The Yihong Building is not the original Yihong Building, it has been rebuilt, and it is taller and larger than the original Yihong Building, up to five floors.

There are quite a few wings on the top floor, and now it is naturally no longer the place where those top red groups receive guests as before. It is now a premium room dedicated to receiving some distinguished guests.

In the corridor, there are many maids waiting, but now the guests are participating in the meeting in the hall downstairs, and there will naturally be no guests in the wing room now.

Naturally, Liu Yi wouldn't eavesdrop on what they were saying so happily, so he pushed the door and walked in.

"Excuse me, ladies, but I came in without knocking. What are you talking about so happy? As soon as Liu Yi came in, he said gracefully.

"What are you doing here? What does it matter to you about other people's daughters' conversations? Mrs. Zou rolled her eyes at Liu Yi.

"Well, didn't I want to come to meet Mrs. Du and Mrs. Yu?" Liu Yizhi said that he was a little abrupt and a little embarrassed.

In fact, Liu Yi himself didn't know why he wanted to go upstairs, maybe subconsciously, he wanted to see the four ladies at the same time and see their beautiful scenery when they were together. When he was in the hall downstairs, Liu Yi couldn't concentrate on appreciating it, so he subconsciously looked for it to see how beautiful the four ladies of Luoyang would be when they were together.

"It turned out to be for Sister Du and Sister Yu, so you don't have to worry about others?" Mrs. Su pretended to be sour.

"Ha, we came with Sister Zou, see you in the morning and see you in the evening, why don't you ignore Sister Su?" Liu Yi laughed, walked unceremoniously to Zou Yu's desk, and sat side by side with Zou Yu.

"Slave Du Ruo, meet the Taifu."

"Yuru visits the Taifu."

When Liu Yi was laughing with Mrs. Zou and Mrs. Su. Mrs. Du and Mrs. Yu stopped laughing at once, and their expressions quickly straightened, and they stood up and saluted Liu Yi.

"Two sisters, don't be polite, don't be too restrained, sit down quickly." Liu Yi waved his hand casually.

"Yes, Taifu, if you want to talk to Sister Zou and Sister Su, let's avoid it first." Mrs. Du and Mrs. Yu glanced at each other at this moment. Speak in unison.

"Avoidance? Why should you avoid it? I'm here to see you. Liu Yi seemed stunned, and said to the two daughters: "Well, you are all amazing, as a daughter, you can achieve the glory of a family." Many men are inferior to you. ”

"It's too good to have won the award, Sister Zou and Sister Su are women worthy of our admiration."

"Hmm. You're all good women. Women don't let their eyebrows go. ”

Liu Yi looked at them and looked at them carefully.

The two women sat back, and when they saw Liu Yi looking at them with burning eyes, they didn't know what to say for a while, and they turned their heads a little unbearable from Liu Yi's gaze. They looked at Zou and Mrs. Su as if asking for help.

Zou secretly pinched Liu Yi with his hand, and said angrily: "I don't know if it's rude for Lu Dao to stare at others like this?" Sisters are chatting here, what are you doing here? Rain on someone's parade. ”

"Hey, I'm not here to care about you." Leo Yi probes. hugged Mrs. Zou's soft waist and said.

However, then Liu Yi let go again, turned his head and said to Mrs. Du and Mrs. Yu: "Ha, let you see and laugh, we husband and wife, we are used to being together like this." ”

"No, nothing wrong, in fact, from Taifu, Sister Zou and Sister Su, we can all see that your relationship must be very good. It shows your true nature. Mrs. Du's face turned red for no reason, her beautiful eyes flashed and she looked at it, and said a little timidly.

"Ah, by the way, I'm here to see the two ladies, in fact, there are still some things I want to ask you." Liu Yi pretended to remember suddenly, and asked Mrs. Du, "Mrs. Du, I don't know what you are doing?" There were so many people just now, I didn't remember it. ”

"Yes...... It is a product of the cloth direction. Mrs. Du was stunned for a moment when she heard Liu Yi suddenly ask about this.

"Oh...... Cloth ...... "Leo seemed to be attached thoughtfully.

"Taifu, the texture of the cloth woven by the New Han Dynasty is much better than that of cloth in other places, and there is never a shortage of goods, the slave family buys silk, twine, cotton flowers, etc. from other places, and sends them to Luoyang, so that they can be sold at a higher price than other places, and now they are purchased from the New Han Dynasty and trafficked to other places." Mrs. Du explained to Liu Yi.

"It's from Xuzhou, right?"

"Huh? Yes...... "Mrs. Du didn't seem to expect" Liu Yi would know her business scope, first seemed to be surprised, and then subconsciously responded, but immediately said: "No, no, in fact, it is not fixed in one area, but now, after these discussions, our Du family's business scope should have a fixed direction area...... This, this is all the preferential treatment given to Du Ruo by the New Han Dynasty. ”

"Hmm......" Liu Yi nodded as if understanding, and suddenly asked again: "By the way, Mrs. Du, I don't know who your husband's family is?" ”

"Qin Yi......" Mrs. Du bowed her head and responded.

"Qin Yi? Qin Yilu? Liu Yi pretended not to care.

"Yes...... Hey? Mrs. Du answered, then raised her head, and looked at Liu Yi in a little surprise: "Tai, Taifu, you, do you know my husband?" Otherwise, you, how would you know that the husband of the Dao slave family is also called Yilu? ”

"Know...... Seems to know? ”

"What? Tai, Taifu, do you really know? I, my husband, and he's ...... now How's it going? Mrs. Du suddenly asked a little excitedly.

"Oh? You don't know about your husband's situation now? Seeing this, Liu Yi also asked a little strangely.

Liu Yi had already asked Mrs. Su clearly that this Mrs. Du should be the wife of Qin Yilu, the general of Lu Bu's department, but now, he just pretended to be ignorant and asked Mrs. Du. In Liu Yi's heart, it became clearer that this Mrs. Du should not be simple, and Lu Bu's military rations should have been secretly purchased by Mrs. Du for Lu Bu.

Now, Lu Bu has been destroyed, and Lu Bu's people are already in his hands. Isn't it clear that such a big thing has happened? Xuzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao, Liu Yi estimated that Qin Yilu should have also taken refuge in Cao Cao, it has been so long, has Qin Yilu not written to inform Mrs. Du of his current situation?

Liu Yi came to see Mrs. Du and Mrs. Yu. In addition to wanting to touch the origin of this seemingly mysterious Mrs. Jade, he just wanted to solve Mrs. Du's problem. Because, the New Han Dynasty is about to send troops to unify the Han Dynasty, and all walks of life must be absolutely loyal to the New Han Dynasty and serve the New Han Dynasty.

It is impossible for Liu Yi to let some other powerful forces install the spies in Luoyang. In Luoyang now, there are so many merchants, among them, there are definitely many other forces that have been installed in the New Han Dynasty. Otherwise, Lewi will ask people to investigate thoroughly. If those merchants can completely surrender to the New Han Dynasty, it will be fine, if they can't be used by the New Han Dynasty, even if they don't solve it, they will have to drive their industry in Luoyang away. It is impossible to let those other powerful agents in Luoyang exist. Leaked the secrets of the New Han Dynasty.

"Slave, slave, really don't know how to do it......," Mrs. Du said a little anxiously.

It seems that she probably really doesn't know about Qin Yilu's situation now.

Liu Yi saw that his delicate face showed a look of panic. I couldn't help but sigh and said, "Mrs. Du." You may not know about your husband's current situation, but you should have heard about the situation in Xuzhou, right? You who are in business have the best ears and eyes, and it is impossible for you to be ignorant of the Tao. What you did before, I don't want to care about anymore. However, do you Du family have to make a choice now? ”

"Choice? What did the slave family do before? Mrs. Du didn't seem to be able to realize it all of a sudden, and her expression was a little dazed.

"Huh. Mrs. Du, your business is ostensibly doing cloth and other businesses, but secretly, it is to buy food for Lu Bu and provide a large amount of military rations for Lu Bu, you will not be unclear about these things, right? ”

"What? How did you, how did you know the Tao? Mrs. Du's expression changed, and she turned a little pale.

"It's not a secret, your husband Qin Yilu is an official who raises food and grass for Lu Bu, as Qin Yilu's wife, you don't stay with your husband, but went to Luoyang to do business, when you think about it here, you can understand what is going on." Liu Yi looked at Mrs. Du and said, "Over the years, you have purchased a lot of grain from the New Han Dynasty, you should understand the stakes here, right?" ”

"Huh? Tai, Taifu ......" When Mrs. Du heard this, she seemed to be frightened and trembled, quickly stood up, and knelt in front of Liu Yi with a little panic.

"Taifu, please, please spare your life, then, those things were all done by Du Ruo alone, and they have nothing to do with the Du family...... Please, please be kind! ”

Mrs. Du really felt a little scared now, and cold sweat had already broken out.

In fact, the merchants in Luoyang, not only grain merchants, but all merchants, understand that grain is the most important war preparation material of the New Han Dynasty. No one dared to privately sell the grain of the New Han Dynasty elsewhere. These are all clearly stipulated.

But Mrs. Du violated these regulations.

In fact, in recent years, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and other places have been caught in the problem of war, and the local people are not able to make a living.

Therefore, Qin Yilu, who raised food for Lu Bu's army, no, is Mrs. Du, and it is impossible for her to get a large amount of military food for Lu Bu locally. The only way is to go to Luoyang to find a way.

In recent years, under the banner of trafficking cloth, Mrs. Du took a lot of grain from Luoyang and sent it to Xuzhou.

Mrs. Du thought that she was doing it secretly, but she didn't know what to do, everything was under Liu Yi's control.

Therefore, now, when she saw that Liu Yi had already revealed her secret, she was naturally terrified. One is not good, it is a trivial matter for her to get her own life, I am afraid that it will affect her Du family.

However, although Liu Yi had already known the Tao, in fact, not only Mrs. Du, but also many grain merchants in Luoyang, they were actually under the banner of the New Han Dynasty, taking advantage of the protection of the strength of the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army, eating inside and out, and transferring the war materials that were originally going to be sent to Luoyang to the hands of other powerful princes. However, Liu Yi did not investigate and deal with those merchants.

The officials of the imperial court also knew about it and reported it to Liu Yi, but why didn't Liu Yi deal with those illegal grain merchants early?

Well, here, there is actually a reason why Liu Yi does not deal with it.

For example, before Lü Bu took refuge with Yuan Shao, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Lü Bu suddenly sent an army to attack Cao Cao's territory Yanzhou. Lü Bu's army burned, killed and looted, harming hundreds of people.

At that time, the grain merchants of Luoyang. There are many people who take risks and take advantage of the chaos in Yanzhou to make a lot of war money. They secretly trafficked the grain that should have been reserved for the New Han Dynasty to the Yanzhou area to sell at a high price, and even sold it directly to Cao Cao's government at that time. For these phenomena, the New Han Dynasty adopted an attitude of opening one eye and closing one's eyes. At most, more taxes were levied on those grain merchants.

That's why. That is, no matter what, it is the people who suffer, and if the new Han Dynasty cuts off the food supply to those places, then most of the people in those places will inevitably starve to death because of the lack of food. Those grain merchants. Most of the food that was secretly trafficked was sold to the people. Although it is a high price. There is a suspicion of exploiting the people, but it is better to let the people in those places starve to death, right?

And knowing that Mrs. Lu Daodu was supplying food to Lu Bu, she could still be allowed to run it, because she really wanted to give Lu Bu a little way to live at that time, if Lu Bu couldn't get a little food to feed the army, then how could he use Lu Bu to contain Cao Cao. How can the New Han Dynasty be at ease when it goes on an expedition to the desert?

What's more, the most critical point is the issue of interests. The grain of the New Han Dynasty was purchased from all over the Han Dynasty at a low price. If there is a reserve, when the time is right, it will also be sold at a high price to earn back the wealth of other powerful forces.

Mrs. Du secretly purchased grain from Luoyang, not from the grain merchants at a low price, but at a higher price than the market. In other words, through Madame Du, the New Han Dynasty could make money from Lü Bu's hands.

Of course, the proceeds of the grain sold to Mrs. Du, which was noticed by the New Han Dynasty, were all handed over to the treasury of the New Han Dynasty and would not fall into the pockets of private individuals.

It is precisely because the New Han Dynasty can get more benefits that merchants like Mrs. Du can be allowed to exist.

It was impossible for the New Han Dynasty to really monopolize the business of the grain industry, and even if the New Han Dynasty had an explicit decree, it was unlikely. Commodities must be circulated in order to be profitable. Under the condition that the New Han Dynasty was able to achieve self-sufficiency, the grain that had been stored could be appropriately taken out in exchange for higher profits.

However, all of this needs to be done in secret, not in the open. Otherwise, the commercial system of the new Han Dynasty would be chaotic, and the imperial court's control over those merchants would be weakened.

Therefore, now that Liu Yi has said these things, Mrs. Du is naturally a little frightened.

Liu Yi can come here to see Mrs. Du and talk to Mrs. Du, naturally he doesn't want to make Mrs. Du do anything, not to mention, this Mrs. Du is indeed a beauty that can make Liu Yi tempted?

Seriously, the four ladies in Luoyang who know how to do business the most really have their own strengths, just in terms of their beauty, they are different, and they are all extraordinary, which makes Liu Yi feel attracted.

Mrs. Du is the kind of gentle and elegant beauty, and she looks like she has a touching charm that makes people feel pitiful, if it weren't for the fact that she is a woman who is good at management, she would think that she is a housekeeper who lives in the deep boudoir without leaving the door.

Liu Yi saw her kneeling in front of her in panic, and couldn't help but say lightly: "Mrs. Du, don't panic, Liu is just talking to Mrs. Du, not about what Mrs. you are." Please get up, sit down and talk. ”

"Taifu ......" Mrs. Du didn't dare to get up, still kneeling and said: "Taifu, it, in fact, the slave family is also forced to do that because of helplessness, Lu Bu asked the slave family husband to raise grain, but the money given is not much, if you only use the money given by Lu Bu to buy grain, where can you purchase the ration of food that Lu Bu needs?" There is no way, the slave family doesn't want to see his husband, he loses his head because of this, and it will even cause trouble to Du Ruo's family, so he has to take a small amount of capital and go to Luoyang alone to find opportunities. So...... So ......"

"Okay, I see." Liu Yi waved his hand to interrupt Mrs. Du's speech, and said, "I can't see that Mrs. Du has such a deep affection for that Qin Yi, and it is indeed admirable that Mrs. Du can do what she is today." ”

"Don't dare...... Please also ask Taifu Kaien ......"

"I didn't say what I want to do with your Du family, but I don't know where Mrs. Du will go in the future?" Liu Yi motioned to Zou Yu beside him, stepped forward to help Mrs. Du up, and said: "Actually, I am optimistic about Mrs. Du's talents, the new Han Dynasty needs talents like Mrs. Du." I hope that your Du family can settle in Luoyang with peace of mind and serve the New Han Dynasty well. ”

"Huh? Taifu, you, do you really care that Du Ruo violated the law and discipline of the New Han Dynasty? Can you accommodate Du Ruo's family? When Mrs. Du heard Liu Yi say this, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Well, why can't you tolerate your Du family?" Liu Yi said funny: "You used to raise food for Lu Bu for your husband, but now, Lu Bu has been destroyed by Cao Cao, so you don't have to do those things that secretly raise food, in the future, just concentrate on business and serve the New Han Dynasty well." ”

"Taifu Xie, Du Ruo's family, I am willing to be loyal to the New Han Dynasty forever, even if it is to make cattle and horses for Taifu, I will not frown." Du Niang heard that Liu Yi extended an olive branch to her, and she couldn't help but bow down in surprise.

Mrs. Du is really quite surprised now, because now, even if she doesn't have what Liu Yi just said, her heart is actually extremely worried. Because, the fall of Lu Bu has made her Du family unable to operate any longer. Without the protection of the New Han Dynasty, her Du family would face a desperate situation. (To be continued......)