Chapter 37: Coercion and Inducement

A dinner party really frightened Mi Zhu a lot, although the other people under Cao Cao's account still had a lukewarm attitude towards him, but Cao Cao and Gao Ye took care of him very much. The two of them not only toasted him frequently www.biquge.info but Gao Ye even sat directly next to Mi Zhu and drank with him, which really made Mi Zhu feel flattered. Especially when Cao Cao looks at him now, it is not at all like when they met in the afternoon. Now I feel like a prey targeted by a beast, not only my scalp is numb, but also my whole body is uncomfortable. Cao Cao's appearance, thinking about it, may be how to calculate himself.

Therefore, at this banquet, Mi Zhu didn't dare to drink more at all. Now that he has only half a pound of wine, he has already pretended to be overwhelmed by the strength of the wine and fell on the table. Seeing this, Cao Cao had to order someone to send Mi Zhu back to the room to rest for the time being. Gao Ye made a color to Cao Cao, and then urinated and ran away. As for the others who haven't had enough at this time, how can they just leave the table?

Mi Zhu, who was sent back to the room, has been lying quietly on the bed, closing his eyes and contemplating. After all, tonight's events are too weird, I really don't know what kind of wind Cao Cao and Gao Ye smoked tonight, and they were so polite to themselves. If they are sincere, they will rejoice. But as a businessman, even Tao Qian abandoned him, how could people like Cao Cao and Gao Ye be respected?

But here's the strange thing, after all, there is nothing to do, and it is either a traitor or a thief. But they are a small Xuzhou businessman, and they are businessmen, what can they plan for here? Is it impossible to plot your own family property? But their family property is now all in Xuzhou, and it is impossible for them to plot even if they want to. This kind of unreasonable dedication to oneself is what scares me the most. After all, the horror of the unknown is the most terrifying thing.

Just after thinking about it for a while, I clearly heard someone knocking on the door. That voice is very familiar to me, it is this voice, I have been in my ear during the dinner, persuading myself to drink a few more glasses. is also the same voice, and during the dinner, he kept telling about his friendship with his younger brother Mi Fang. Who else can this voice be besides Gao Ye?

"Brother Zizhong, are you resting?"

Gao Ye outside the door asked this sentence three times in a row, but Mi Zhu didn't dare to answer, after all, he pretended to be drunk and fell to the banquet, if he let Gao Ye in now, wouldn't this be exposed. When Cao Cao was angry, he didn't know what tragic things would happen to him. Fortunately, the voice was quiet, and it looked like Gao Ye should have left. Mi Zhu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Mi Zhu, who just wanted to open his eyes, heard Gao Ye's voice continue to sound, and the most terrible thing is that this time Gao Ye's voice is not outside, but inside!

As the sound of the door closing sounded, Gao Ye smiled and said: "Brother Zizhong, you don't need to pretend, Zifang has always praised you for not pouring a thousand cups, but you have only drunk less than twenty cups tonight, how can you get drunk and unconscious?" Don't you even know that the servants sent you back and the door wasn't closed? For Zifang's sake, I have an important thing to tell you here, if you don't get up again, I'll go. ”

When Mi Zhu heard this, he couldn't help it. Then he opened his eyes, sat up, and saw Gao Ye sitting at the table next to him, looking at himself with a smile and fiddling with the candle flame on the table. Such a scene, I look at it with an indescribable weirdness. However, Mi Zhu still smiled bitterly and said: "I can't drink enough, and there are many rudes today." Since Gao Taishou has something to say to me, then please tell me. It's just that I'm dizzy now, if I offend, please Gao Tai Shou Haihan. ”

"Well, I'm just a martial artist, and I don't have so many rules." Gao Ye smiled faintly. Mi Zhu's heart was slandered. Gao Ye is like the name of today's celebrities, who has never heard of it, as soon as those poems came out, not only set a precedent for seven-word poems, but also the choice of words and sentences is not comparable to ordinary people. Coupled with a good hand, who dares to say that Gao Ye is just a martial artist? He was just about to refute and ask Gao Ye not to be modest, but he heard Gao Ye say directly: "So I speak directly, Zizhong don't care too much." I'm here today, just one thing, to recruit Zizhong for my lord Cao Mengde. How is it, how is Zi Zhongyi? ”

Mi Zhu couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. First, he didn't expect that Cao Cao actually had the idea of recruiting him, and let a big man like Gao Ye come to be a lobbyist in person. To be honest, it is enough for me to brag about it for a lifetime! The second is that I didn't expect Gao Ye to be so direct, if you want to recruit me, you must have some rhetoric, as soon as you come up, ask me what I think, how do I answer?

"Gao Taishou, you just ...... Say what? Cao Gong intends to let me work under his account? Mi Zhu really couldn't answer, on the one hand, he still had some excitement about Cao Cao's solicitation, but on the other hand, he was worried that he agreed too happily, which made Cao Cao look down on him. At this time, the nature of the businessman was immediately revealed, asking for a price, and paying back on the ground was the most basic principle of bargaining.

"Yes, exactly."

"This, this thing...... It's so sudden, I'm dizzy right now, you let me think about it, think about it...... It's just that Cao Gong has a lot of talents, and I Mi Zhu is a despicable person, how can I get Cao Gong's love? ”

"Why should Zizhong despise himself? To tell the truth, when it comes to marching and fighting, you Mi Zizhong can't rank among the Cao camps. If you talk about making suggestions, Guo Jia and Xun Yu's talents are far better than you. But Zizhong, when it comes to business, I can jump in front of you twice, and other people don't know anything about it. Zizhong, you have such a great talent, how can my lord not pay attention to it? Not to mention anything else, if Xun Wenruo is now in charge of Yanzhou's economy, what is the use of him being called 'Wang Zuozhicai'? In addition to going in and out of the warehouse and calculating the surplus, I will only write to us vigorously, saying that 'money and food are urgent', if there is no one who thinks of you who is proficient in business, how can my lord calm the world? ”

Mi Zhu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, to be honest, although he was very proficient in business, he was also squeezed out by the Xuzhou scholars because of this business word. Even if he is now in the position he is engaged in, he still can't get promoted, and he can't even get any benefits from Xuzhou officialdom many times. I love and hate this business word. But who would have thought that Cao Cao would attach so much importance to business and have such a high positioning for business. However, seeing Gao Ye here, he didn't feel strange, Gao Ye has attached great importance to business since he entered Yingchuan at the beginning of that year. Not to mention the establishment of the Yingchuan Chamber of Commerce, he himself is also the master of the daily gold. With him under Cao Cao, it seems to be a matter of course that Cao Cao will attach importance to business. It's just that I went to Yanzhou, is it really better than in Xuzhou? After all, Gao Ye has other skills, which can make Cao Cao rely on him, and now he has gone to Cao Ying, but there is really only one way to do business.

I only heard Gao Ye continue: "And Xuzhou Tao Qian is old, I heard that his two sons are not successful. It is also a matter of time before Xuzhou changes hands. Doesn't Zizhong want to think about planning ahead? ”

Hearing this, Mi Zhu suddenly looked up at Gao Ye and said, "Does Duke Cao still have the heart to annex Xuzhou?" ”

"Haha, Zizhong's question is so strange. Since it wants to dominate the world, how can Xuzhou be an exception? Now our army is short of food and grass, but after the bumper harvest, it is not a problem to take Xuzhou next year. If you take effect at this time, it can be regarded as a charcoal in the snow. You know, it's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow. ”

Mi Zhu heard the words and took a deep breath. He knew that Xuzhou was now a piece of fat hanging between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and each of them wanted to take a bite. Although Huainan Yuan Shu was very strong, he was defeated by Gao Ye not long ago. In this way, as long as Cao Cao makes up for the shortcomings of grain and grass and wants to annex Xuzhou, it will be a matter of time sooner or later. Mi Zhu, who had a stronger intention of taking refuge in Cao Cao in his heart, still didn't want to agree like this. The other party hasn't mentioned any benefits yet, and he has to test it again anyway. Mi Zhu immediately raised his head and said: "I think that at the beginning, Tao Gong simply pulled me out to the end, although he has not given me an official rank for many years, but he has never failed my Mi family." How do you want me to betray Tao Gong and go straight to Cao Gong's command? ”

Gao Ye heard that it was a pleasure, this Mi Zhu, if you have something to say, you can't say it well, don't you just want to know what price Cao Cao offered, as for saying it so righteously? If he really doesn't want to take refuge in Cao Cao, why bother asking me how I can take refuge in Cao Gong? It's impossible to put it bluntly.

"Why should Zizhong deceive me? What is your Mi family like in Xuzhou, Zifang has already told me clearly, Tao Gongzu takes 20% of your family's profits every year, and you give it so much peace of mind? My father-in-law said, you came to Yanzhou, in charge of the lord's rule should be business, for this reason, the lord specially added Shang Cao, the same as the thirteen Cao, and ordered you to be Shang Cao Shi, how about Zi Zhongyi? ”

Mi Zhu was even more happy when he heard this, but he still asked: "But there are so many businessmen in the world, why does Duke Cao attach so much importance to my Mi family?" ”

Gao Ye couldn't help but have a black line when he heard this, since you want to take refuge, then say it happily, I even told you about the benefits, you have to continue to try, I really don't know, what do you want to try! Therefore, Gao Ye's tone was also a little impatient: "The Zhen family in Hebei has already taken refuge in Yuan Shao, and other big merchants are far away from Yanzhou. I have a very good relationship with Zifang, which is why you are cheaper. Zizhong, whether you came to give me an accurate word or not. You're coming, and we're all a family, and we're all happy. If you don't come, then I can't help it. ”

Mi Zhu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, this high night, when he persuaded himself just now, he had a Confucian demeanor, but now he forced himself to express his position, and he looked like a scoundrel again. It's just that I really can't make up my mind now, after all, my family business is in Xuzhou, and my family has a big business, how can it be so easy to transport it from under Tao Qian's nose to Yanzhou? Even if you don't want the family property, the family has to ask for it. How to sneak from Donghai County to Yanzhou is also a difficult problem. But Cao Cao's opportunity here is really good, and he doesn't want to miss it, so he is in a dilemma!

Gao Yeyan saw that Mi Zhu was still hesitating, and said with a sinking face: "Zizhong, why should a big man be like this." Come here, don't come if you don't come, give a word of permission! By the way, I forgot to tell you, when I attacked the Lu Kingdom, I followed your Mi family caravan into the city, in case I leaked my mouth in front of Cao Bao, Zizhong, you can take care of it. ”