Ma Gui signed the agreement with Li Ru, completed the formalities, and asked after returning to Gao Shun's study: "Lord, is it an act of capital enemy when we sell horses to the Cao family and grain to Dong Zhuo?" ”

Gao Shun said with a smile: "The hundreds of war horses sold to the Cao family have little impact on us; As for the grain that Dong Zhuo purchased, even if we don't sell it, they can buy it from other merchants, so it's better for us to earn the money first, and besides, this is also to save some people in Liangzhou. ”

"They're strong, and it's not good for us."

Gao Shun had his thoughts about this, so he simply explained: "If our family is dominant, the big man will not be in chaos, even if there is chaos, maybe all the forces will unite and unite against us, and when we are solved, they can fight each other with confidence, so we have to hide our strength at present; Second, if we don't cultivate a few powerful enemies, there will be dozens or even hundreds of warlords in the Central Plains, and we need to occupy one city and one pool, wouldn't it be troublesome? If a few more powerful hostile forces appear, it will help us pacify those small warlords and help us speed up the unification of the Central Plains. ”

Ma Gui didn't understand a little, but since it was a fact, there was no need for him to continue to ask, so he changed the topic and said, "Lord, how to treat the Wei family and the Mi family?" One of the Wei family has formed an alliance with the Cao family, and I don't want to make a deal with them. ”

Gao Shun said with a smile: "The family branch is also a way for the big family to protect itself, and diversification is the consistent style of any big family, so there is no need to worry about it, as long as we are strong enough." ”

"In this way, it is easy to appear collaborators, and they will even sell our supplies to the enemy."

"Haha, collaborators will exist at any time, but the impact on us is not great, the key positions are our own people, it is difficult for outsiders to grasp our core secrets, don't worry; Besides, if you can bet all your wealth on us, it is either a poor family and a good family, or a family like the Zhen family who is forced to be helpless, the scholar family is rarely so stupid, if you care about this, it will be more difficult to get the support of the scholar family in the future, and it will invisibly increase the resistance to our unification of the Central Plains and rule the Central Plains. ”

Seeing that persuasion failed, Ma Gui took a step back and said: "My lord, even so, I suggest that you can trade with them, but you must show enough sincerity and control the quantity they sell. ”

Gao Shun thought for a moment and said: "Our bulk substances are all from Taoyuan Fort, it is very easy to control, tomorrow morning we will talk to the Wei family first, and in the afternoon we will talk to the Mi family, you will go and then think about it carefully." ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Recently, Ma Gui has been very tired, but fortunately, the matter is about to end, and Gao Shun asked him to go home early to accompany his family.

Gao Shun also returned to the backyard.

His wife, Xu Ting, was in her mother's house.

At the beginning of February, the wind was still howling and very cold, but Huang Zhong's wife and two children still lived with their mother. The mother's house is as warm as spring, the two children only wear single clothes to play, the butterfly is only 5 years old, it is the naughty and cute age, plus the elf is beautiful, the house has added a lot of laughter, which is deeply loved by the mother; Huang Xu's body gradually improved under the warm supplement of a large number of precious medicinal materials in Gao Shun, and he was able to move on the ground, and Huang Zhong and his wife were very excited about this.

Except for coming to the backyard to see his children, Huang Zhong eats and lives in the barracks most of the time; Gao Shun's family and Huang Zhong's family have been eating at the same table; With a stable life, a good diet, and Huang Xu's health getting better day by day, Huang's mood is very good, and his complexion looks much better, and he is no longer so pale.

The next morning, the chief steward of the Wei family was led to Gao Shun's study.

The Wei family's chief steward has a lot of decision-making power over business, and sending him to negotiate business shows that they attach great importance to Gao Shun.

First of all, explain the intention, congratulate Gao Shun on the wedding of the new marriage, and secondly, hope to strengthen commercial trade with Gao Shun.

In order to increase the success rate, the Wei family abandoned the Central Plains market and was willing to open up the Liangzhou and Yizhou markets.

Gao Shun was very satisfied with this and agreed to the requirements of the Wei family, refined salt, fine wine, cotton cloth, bedding, grain, etc. can be operated, and the delivery location is still in Fenglingdu, and the price is on the market.

The chief steward of the Wei family was very happy, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

However, Gao Shun proposed to sign a three-year agreement first, and the matter after three years should be discussed separately, and the quantity should be booked one month in advance, and the payment should be paid first.

The Wei family readily agreed.

Gao Shun also proposed that such a large territory would not be exclusively operated by the Wei family, and he might increase the number of agent merchants at any time.

Although the chief steward of the Wei family was a little dissatisfied, they had already grasped the opportunity and were very confident to do a good job, and Gao Shun's decision was not something he could change, so he could only passively accept it; In this regard, he proposed to Gao Shun that no matter how many goods are needed, the quantity must be guaranteed.

Gao Shun could not respond to this, and replied, no one can predict natural disasters and man-made disasters, if the number cannot be met in the wrong month, it will definitely be made up after that, and it can only be guaranteed that if the market price is high, the price of the materials that have been paid will not rise, and if the market price is reduced, the price will be adjusted in time to synchronize with the market.

Being able to obtain this clause, the chief steward of the Wei family is very satisfied, and promises to help Gao Shun and Guanghou expand the Fenglingdu wharf and warehouse and other facilities; Gao Shun promised to help Guangnianhou build the road in Hedong County, increase the transportation volume, speed up the transportation, and try to ensure the needs of the Wei family.

Gao Shun is very happy to be able to increase the two-state market.

To obtain the opportunity to cooperate with Gaoshun and grasp the market opportunity, the chief steward of the Wei family is also very satisfied.

Both parties were overjoyed and signed a cooperation agreement on the spot.

In the afternoon, he met with the Mi family in Xuzhou.

The Mi family is a pure merchant family, different from the Hedong Wei family, the Wei family is a famous family of poetry and books, Confucianism, and commerce is only secondary, which is incomparable to the Mi family.

The Mi family is from Lu Zhu, the person in charge of the family, which shows how much the Mi family attaches importance to Gao Shun.

Gao Shun also wants to recover the Mi family, and must not allow it to support hostile forces, otherwise it will definitely affect the trend of a battle.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Zhu proposed to marry Gao Shun and give his little sister to Gao Shun as a concubine. As soon as Lu Zhu entered the door, he carefully looked at Gao Shun and was very satisfied with his appearance, and the little sister definitely liked it.

Gao Shun had just been newly married, and before he had a firstborn son, he was not ready to take a concubine, so he refused Lu Zhu's request, but he remembered that the woman of the Elk family finally married Liu Da'er, and finally died in the escape, and he was a little unbearable, so Gao Shun said: "Shun has just been newly married, and this matter will be discussed later." ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhu was very happy, since Gao Shun did not directly refuse, this shows that there is still hope, so he said: "It is up to the prince to decide." ”

Subsequently, Gao Shun expressed his thoughts that he did not want to cultivate hostile forces or uncontrolled forces.

This made Elk Zhu very difficult, he wanted to expand trade, wanted to find a backer, but did not want to give away the family business.

Gao Shun understands his mood very well, it is still an era of peace, and it is not the time when the world is in chaos, the other party does not dare to bet, it is extenuating, and he can't be in a hurry at present.

Ma Gui suggested in time: "My lord, if you hand over the business of Xuzhou and Yangzhou to Zizhong, you will also sign a three-year agreement, and renegotiate the agreement according to the situation after three years." ”

Gao Shun agrees very much with this, it can only be like this at present, and it cannot be forced too much; Lu Zhu also accepted this compromise.

Due to the precedent of the Wei family, the agreement was easily signed, and the transaction location was still set at Fenglingdu.

Gao Shun was very happy to expand the trade of several states in succession, and the materials he sold were all luxury goods at present, and the high prices were easy to earn the money of the Shi family, and had little impact on the lives of the common people; As for the grain trade, he can stop the supply at any time, which is very easy to control.

And Gao Shun thought to himself, the Wei family and the Mi family had tasted the sweetness from trade, and they would never rashly support hostile forces in the future, for him, even if they couldn't use it for themselves, they couldn't cheapen others, and they themselves had helped earn huge profits.

In two years, if he accepts the Mi family woman as a concubine, their relationship will be more stable, and it will be convenient for him to successfully occupy the rich Xuzhou.

In this regard, Gao Shun couldn't help but be secretly happy.