He Jin thought of the two businessmen who took refuge in him, or now they are his good friends, and now they are sitting on the first floor of the auction house, so He Jin smiled and said to Liu Xin: "Lord Wang, I happen to have two very good businessman friends, and now they are sitting below, their qualifications are very good, they are all doing business in Bingzhou, and they can provide you with a large number of horses and iron, although Yizhou is not suitable for running horses, but it will be more convenient to have a certain cavalry, and as for iron, it is a key resource. What's more, Lord Wang, you are also qualified to make weapons on your own now, and it is also a good choice to reserve some more iron, of course, as for other materials such as grain, I will also arrange other merchants to be responsible, but it may take a day or two, what do you think, Lord Wang? ”

After Liu Xin listened to He Jin's words, he nodded with a smile and agreed with He Jin's opinion, after all, as He Jin said, Liu Xin is now qualified to build an army on his own, of course, the quantity cannot be too excessive, touching the bottom line of Emperor Han Ling, so Liu Xin can also manufacture corresponding weapons and various equipment according to the number of Yizhou Army, so Liu Xin needs a large amount of iron, especially the high-quality iron, and the Yizhou area. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ。。 Although the Yizhou area in later generations is still considered to have developed resources, but that is a matter of the future, after all, even if it is to give Liu Xin thousands of barrels of oil now, what is the use, it is impossible to let Liu Xin use fire when he fights...

After all, Liu Xin knows that it will not take long for the world to be in chaos, and then it will be fought year after year, and the consumption of weapons and equipment will be very large, so Liu Xin must prepare in advance and purchase a large number of strategic materials such as iron and iron as reserves.

As for horses, especially horse resources that can be used as war horses, that is the focus of Liu Xin's recent acquisition, because as He Jin said, although the battle in Yizhou does not need much cavalry participation, after all, there are not many flat areas in Yizhou that can be used for cavalry to exert their strength.

However, Liu Xin is a good man with ambitions in all directions, so Liu Xin will definitely not live in Yizhou, and will definitely lead the Yizhou army to attack the Central Plains, and the main combat strength in the Central Plains is undoubtedly the cavalry, and there are border areas like Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou, which are the home of the cavalry.

Therefore, Liu Xin has already asked Su Jia to plan a horse farm near Chengdu, after all, in the Yizhou area, there is only a large enough plain area near Chengdu City to be used as a horse farm, and at the beginning, Liu Xin also planned to find Liu Yu to help him contact a few horse sellers, after all, Liu Yu is quite famous in Youzhou, and it is easy to help Liu Xin contact a few reliable horse dealers.

As for other materials, Liu Xin is not much interested, because this is not too urgent, because in terms of food, Liu Xin already has various crop seeds from modern times, so as long as Liu Xin is given about a year, Liu Xin can ensure that half of the Han population can be fed, so Liu Xin is not concerned about the purchase of grain.

And now, He Jin also happened to send a pillow when he wanted to doze off, and now there is still a period of time before the second half of the Luoyang auction begins, so Liu Xin said to He Jin with a smile: "General, it's still early, why don't you let the two businessmen you mentioned come up and talk, General?" ”

As soon as He Jin heard Liu Xin say this, he immediately nodded, and directly beckoned his entourage, and asked his entourage to call the two businessmen he said.

After a while, two men who looked to be about thirty years old walked into the VIP room a little nervously, after all, He Jin was a little anxious just now, and he didn't tell his entourage why he went to find these two merchants, so the two merchants also walked up with a confused face, not knowing what He Jin was thinking.

However, the two businessmen also learned from He Jin's entourage that they were going to the VIP room where Liu Xin, the king of Chengdu, was going to, which made the two businessmen surprised and delighted, and was surprised that He Jin let the two of them come to the VIP room where Liu Xin was, as for the reason why the two businessmen were happy, naturally they vaguely guessed the reason why He Jin asked the two businessmen to come over, after all, He Jin was okay and would not have come to see Liu Xin, so nine times out of ten, he let himself come to visit Liu Xin, right?

As soon as Liu Xin saw the faces of these two businessmen, he couldn't help but nodded, of course, the amplitude was naturally untraceable.

Because Liu Xin grew up with his grandfather since he was a child, he often looked at all kinds of patients, observed their faces and behaviors, and then guessed the identities of these patients. The focus is naturally on the physiognomy, because many diseases will be reflected in the physiognomy, many capable and experienced old Chinese medicine doctors, can only look at the patient's face for a look or two, you will know where the patient's general problem is, this is also the common point between the doctor and the physiognomy, the so-called "Yintang blackening" is also a kind of vision (the older generation of Chinese medicine really has many people who can work part-time as fortune tellers, just like the author's grandfather's collection of books, most of which are handwritten medical skills and photo books).

In addition, Liu Xin has always liked to read some books such as "cold reading", and he also took a lot of psychology courses in college, so Liu Xin took a few glances at the two businessmen who came in, and knew that these two businessmen should be honest people, not treacherous people, Liu Xin can also be regarded as relieved, after all, Liu Xin is still skeptical of He Jin's circle of friends, in case He Jin introduces a few profiteers to him, it will also be a trouble.

He Jin saw his two friends walking in, so he introduced to Liu Xin cordially: "Lord Wang, these two are the businessmen I want to introduce to you, this is Zhang Shiping, this is Su Shuang, both of whom are from Zhongshan, Bingzhou, and now there are famous and wealthy merchants in Luoyang City, mainly selling horses and iron." ”

As soon as Liu Xin heard that the two businessmen in front of him were Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, Liu Xin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, because if he wanted to select the most famous businessmen in the Three Kingdoms period, then Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang would definitely be among them, because Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were the nobles that Liu Bei could start a family of.

After the Taoyuan Three Rebellion, the three brothers of Liu Bei faced a very embarrassing problem, that is, they had nothing now, not even their own equipment, let alone the Xiangyong they were ready to gather.

After all, Liu Bei is also an ambitious and far-sighted man, and he knows that this Yellow Turban Uprising is his best chance to turn over, after all, he can take this opportunity to gain military merits, so as to become an official, not to mention that now Liu Bei also has Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two sworn brothers who seem to be very capable of fighting, so Liu Bei's mind is also lively.

After all, as a soldier or as a general, there is a world of difference in the acquisition of military merits, after all, the general's military merits are obtained from the soldiers under him, no matter how great the merit of a soldier is, in the end he will still count the big head on the general, after all, "there is a way to lead the troops"...

And if Liu Bei only took his two sworn brothers to participate in the "copy" of the Yellow Turban Army to counterinsurgency, he would definitely only be a soldier under a certain general, just like in the copy of the Eighteenth Route Princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo, the down-and-out Liu Bei was even under the support of Gongsun Zhan, Guan Yu was just an ordinary archer, not even the lowest-level officer.

Therefore, Liu Bei has studied under Lu Zhi for so long, so he naturally knows these truths, so Liu Bei now has two sworn brothers who can fight, and he will definitely choose to pull up a wave of Xiangyong and then participate in the "copy" of the counterinsurgency Yellow Turban Army, so that whether he joins the general's subordinates, he can have an official and a half-job.

But the embarrassing thing is that there is no money.

Although Liu Bei is a relative of the emperor, Liu Bei said at this time that he is a freelancer and a self-employed businessman, and if he says something bad, then Liu Bei is just a broken household, so Liu Bei is a poor man and has no money on him...

And Guan Yu is a murderer who is absconding at this time, selling some dates to earn some living expenses, so he can't expect Guan Yu to come up with any money.

As for Zhang Fei, he is the only rich and handsome among Liu Guan and Zhang, after all, Zhang Fei is one of the local tyrants in Zhuo County, and he owns the manor of "Taoyuan", you must know that in that era, although the land did not cost money, as long as you were willing to make a big house, but "can" and "do" are two different things, because you can spend ten years to build a manor, but Zhang Fei can buy a manor,

Therefore, Zhang Fei also has a lot of funds, but although these money can make Zhang Fei live a comfortable life, it is enough to equip a hundred soldiers to make Zhang Fei bankrupt, because the equipment that soldiers need is an iron weapon, a set of cloth armor, a pair of shoes, and dry food, all in all, it requires a lot of money, after all, iron weapons alone are a big expenditure, because the iron-making process in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty is not good, so the output of iron has not been good. The price is too high.

Of course, the funding of Xiang Yong has not been taken into account here, after all, Xiang Yong is not a conscription and a mercenary, although he is also fighting for his hometown, but no matter how he says, he has to pay a pen to settle down or something, so it is another expense here.

Therefore, Liu Bei was very helpless to find that even if Zhang Fei was willing to use all the money as military expenses, he would not be able to pull out a sufficiently large Xiangyong army, if the scale was not enough, Liu Bei still had no way to become an officer, which was undoubtedly unfavorable to Liu Bei.

And the three brothers of Liu Bei don't even have a suitable weapon now, you must know that a weapon is undoubtedly a second life for a general, because only a suitable weapon can allow a military general to exert his strength, and a power-based military general like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei relies on the quality of the weapon, so Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both need a sufficient amount of high-quality iron to create a suitable weapon, which is a lot of money.

There are many heroes who are stumped for money, and Liu Bei is one of them at this time.

At this time, the first, or the first or second nobleman who allowed Liu Bei to make his career came to Zhuo County, that is, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang.

To put it simply, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang passed through Zhuo County at that time, and then met Liu Bei, and then heard about Liu Bei's "project prospects", so they happily decided to give Liu Bei an investment, that is, "I am willing to give away 50 good horses, and give 500 taels of gold and silver, and 1,000 catties of iron, which will be used as a weapon." This was a big deal in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, and just fifty good horses were enough to buy Zhang Fei's "Taoyuan".

Therefore, after Liu Bei got this big investment, he first created excellent weapons for his three brothers, the "double-strand sword" used by Liu Bei himself, the "Qinglong Yanyue Knife (also known as 'Lengyan Saw')" used by Guan Yu, and the "Zhangbadian Steel Spear (also known as 'Zhangba Snake Spear'" used by Zhang Fei).

Of course, according to some records, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang later became Liu Beijun's soldiers, but they should be just some false titles.

And why Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping chose to support Liu Bei, Liu Xin visually estimated that there were several reasons.

First, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang "sell horses to the north every year, and they are recently returned because of Kou Fa", and now the horses have not been sold, so they have not made any money, so they naturally hate the Yellow Turban, and the consumption of horses is also very large, so it is better to give it directly to Liu Bei.

Second, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang are good enough, especially Liu Bei's other practical abilities, but Liu Bei has a very charismatic personality and will win people's hearts, so Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang both think that Liu Bei is different from ordinary people and has great ambitions and great achievements.

Third, the imperial court at that time defined the Yellow Turban as a despicable rebel who had begun to suppress the rebellion, so Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, who were businessmen, both thought that it was glorious to kill the Yellow Turban and make a contribution, and it was also profitable, and Liu Bei would definitely repay them if he made a fortune in the future.

Fourth, fundamentally speaking, it was because of the different class interests that Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, two businessmen, spontaneously suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, because the Yellow Turban Army at that time was also acting in the name of robbing the rich and helping the poor, so the situation of the businessmen was very embarrassing.