Chapter 434: The Merchant

Jia Xu was sent out by Liu Mang, when the two paid the money, Jia Xu went downstairs under the excuse, and now Liu Mang is seizing a possible opportunity to obtain grain and grass, and these two people are also representatives of Jingzhou businessmen, if they can be moved, then Yangzhou can develop rapidly, although these businessmen are mercenary, but they will also bring real vitality to Yangzhou, only an active market can truly belong to the prosperity.

"You're a guy from Kid Kuaran?!" On the side, Liang Fatzi and Wu De took Jia Xu to an inn near the music hall when they learned that Jia Xu had no ill will towards them.

Just now in the music hall, the two offended the prince of the family Cai He, and the intercession was also the son of the family, and these two people may send someone to say something to them, Cai He would not be so easy to talk if he sent someone, then there is only one left Kui Ran, thinking of Kuai Ran speaking for the two of them in the music hall, the two are very grateful, if this person is really the person of the son of Kuai Ran, then they are really an honor, the two of them would like to have a relationship with Kuai Ran. I couldn't help but show joy on my face.

"It's not!" Jia Xu shook his head directly.

Jia Xu shook his head, the faces of these two people suddenly darkened, how could Jia Xu not know the disappointment of the two when he looked at the reaction of the two, businessmen want profits, this is the essence of doing business, in addition to the sale of goods, there is also the purchase and sale of human favors.

"And who are you?!" Although the two were not interested, they still maintained a kind of respect, which was a kind of politeness.

"Huh. Do you only know one of them? "Jia Xu is a human spirit. How could it not be seen that the two were absent-minded.

"Who are you?" The fat man on the side of Liang is fat. But he also has a lot of eyes, "Are you the person of Wang Shu's son?" "In the music hall, there is not only Kuai Ran who speaks for them, but also a son named Wang Shu, he is the first to speak for the two, although the words are a little rushed, but because he spoke first, Kuai Ran Gongzi will intercede.

"Yes!" Jia Xu nodded, he glanced at this fat man Liang no wonder he could occupy two percent, but this Wu De could only occupy one and a half percent, and those who thought more would naturally get more.

"I don't know what Wang Shu Gongzi is looking for us?!" Liang Fatzi continued to speak. He hugged his fist at Jia Xu, and spoke Hengyu level, so there is actually a rhetorical question in it, who is this Wang Shu Gongzi, shouldn't he be the follower of Kuai Ran Gongzi?

"Hehe, Brother Liang, Brother Wu, can I call you that?!" Jia Xu called the two brothers and sisters, so Jia Xu would be so open, after all, the status of businessmen is still very low. Those who read disdainfully associate with businessmen.

"Lift love!" Wu De and Liang Fatzi clasped their fists and said.

"Our son-in-law, no matter whether he has a low status, is only higher than his son-in-law!" Jia Xu's words suddenly stunned the two.

"What?!" Wu De was the first to lose his breath, who was Kuai Ran. Kuai Ran is the real second generation of officials in this Jingzhou, the son of a high-ranking official, his father Kuai Yue is the other driver of Jingzhou, which is equivalent to the second person in this Jingzhou, if it is just the son of a high-ranking official, it is nothing, after all, the official position is very mobile, and the Kuai family where Kuai Ran is located is a real behemoth, it can be said that even if Liu Biao dies in this Jingzhou, even if Jingzhou changes its name and surname, this Kuai family still exists. This is the Shi family is the survival of the family, and Kuai Ran is the only heir of the Kuai family.

Now some people even say that this Wang Shu is higher than Zhi Kuiran's identity, even Liu Biao's two sons dare not say that his identity is higher than Zhi Kuaran, is he Jingzhou Mu? It's just a joke! There are royal clans in the entire Jingzhou, but there is no one who is bigger than the Kuai family.

"You don't believe it!" Jia Xu looked at the reactions of the two and said.

Wu De and Liang Fatzi didn't speak, but their expressions were obviously disbelief.

"Who the hell is Ling Gongzi!" Liang Fatzi thought about it a little more, maybe this Wang Shu is not this person's real name! You must know that if this person has no identity, then Kuai Ran will not open his mouth to plead with Cai He to cover the two of them, and this Kuai Ran also mentioned that this Wang Shu and his uncle Kuai Liang have old friends, so the identity is not much worse, it may be an exaggeration to compare with Kuai Ran, and it is very likely that he is also a child of a big family.

"I can tell you the identity of our son-in-law, but you also have to think clearly, if you know, you must keep your mouth shut, if you dare to leak it, then don't blame me for being ruthless, our son-in-law can save you, and you can also make the two of you disappear in Jingzhou like that Cai He!" Jia Xu smiled, although he was smiling, but in the eyes of Liang Fatzi and Wu De, he sneered, which made the two of them shudder.

That's right, this is a sneer, Jia Xu understands people's hearts, and naturally knows that a person's softness is not good, only force and benefits are the real root of a person's life.

"Don't say it!" Wu De shook his head, he immediately flinched when he saw Jia Xu's expression.

The fat man on the side frowned, he wanted to know, but he was afraid that after knowing it, he would really get on the thief ship and waver.

"Hehe, if you don't want to know, forget it, anyway, you have always been just a lowly businessman, although you have money, but you don't dare to spend it, it's a pity!" Jia Xu began to stimulate the two of them.

"What do you mean?!" Liang Fatzi immediately fought, his eyes were full of anger, the feeling that they were humiliated before was still there, if it was a prince here, forget it, but such a housekeeper would dare to say such a thing, "We are lowly businessmen, so what is Your Excellency!" ”

"Well, although I'm just a housekeeper under Childe now, as long as I stay by Childe's side, I will be released sooner or later, and I don't want to be rich and rich, but the identity of a small scholar is still rewarded.

"What!" Both of them were stunned by Jia Xu's words. The identity of a small scholar! You have to know the identity of such a small scholar. How many people have fought for it all their lives. Even for several lifetimes, most people are out of reach, and only a small number of people can become scholars in order to truly become human beings. It's like the Xuzhou Mi family back then, such a big merchant family, with thousands of gold, he befriended Liu Bei, for what is not the identity of a scholar, but now. The family property was scattered, but nothing was found. Fortunately, now the identity of the scholar clan has reached the extreme in the nine-grade Zhongzheng system on the original trajectory, and at that time, it was really a high-grade and low-grade non-cold. How many people are stumped by a small identity.

"If the two of you want to continue to be a lowly merchant in this Jingzhou, then please, if you want to become a small scholar in the end like Zaixia, you can stay and listen to the next word!" Jia Xu pointed to the door over there and said to the two.

"Let's, let's go!" Wu De was scared, this was beyond his comprehension.

Liang Fatzi's eyes turned, and he thought for a long time, "Slow! Liang Fatzi looked at Jia Xu deadly, as if he wanted to see the slightest clue from Jia Xu's face. But he was disappointed, the old fox Jia Xu had already been a human spirit. How could a clue be pursued? Jia Xu was very calm, and even naturally picked up the teacup on the table, poured water and drank it himself.

"Your son really has such ability?!" Liang Fatzi looked at Jia Xu and asked.

As soon as he heard Liang Fatzi say this, Jia Xu laughed in his heart, this fish has been hooked.

"Fat Liang, you're crazy!" Wu De was anxious on the side, he was really afraid that this fat man would not come on the thief ship, although the two were in competition again, and their peers were enemies, but the two still had feelings, so Wu De was comforting him, the whirlpool between those scholars was not something that businessmen like them could participate in at all, and their sons and gentlemen might really be finished with their businessmen moving their fingers.

"I don't want to be a businessman anymore, a businessman!" Liang Fatzi began to roar, his eyes were glowing red, this is not today by Cai He was stimulated by Jia Xu, but he has been stimulated by living for decades, he originally thought that he could make money, he had money, he could bring happiness to his family and bring dignity to himself, but he was wrong, the identity of a businessman was doomed, he could only be in the hall of the music hall, the Tianzi box, the Dizi box He couldn't go! He could! He had enough money to go, but just because he was a businessman, he was not qualified to go! and no one will invite him to go. "I've had enough!"

"Liang Fat Man, you!" Wu De suddenly found that the fat man in front of him had become unfamiliar, and this was no longer the fat man he had competed for decades.

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth rose, and he looked at the two of them while drinking tea, he knew that neither of them could leave.

"Wu De, Wu Slender Man, do you want to be aggrieved for the rest of your life!" Fat Liang opened his blood-red eyes and looked at Wu De.

"I, I, I!" I don't know why, seeing Liang Fat Man like this, Wu De also gritted his teeth in his heart, "Yes, I don't want to live a life of grievance!" ”

"Our son-in-law, don't talk about a mere scholar, even if you become a family, it's not impossible!" When the scholar clan grows bigger, it becomes a family, and the family is the real person who can take root in one place.

"Tell me, who is your son-in-law, and what do you need us to do!" Liang Fat Man on the side calmed down, he knew that there was no free lunch in this world, how could someone who could give them the status of a scholar be able to let them get it for nothing, what conditions must be needed.

"Hehe, it's easy to talk to smart people!" Jia Xu put down the teacup in his hand, and the two of them had basically entered Jia Xu's pocket.

"The son of our family is the one in this Jingzhou who is much older than your Jingzhou pastor!" Jia Xu still let them guess, because in this way they can really know who Liu Mang is and how high Liu Mang's status is

"Bigger than Jingzhou Mu?!" Liang Fatzi and Wu De fell into thought.

"Impossible! There is no one in Jingzhou who is bigger than Jingzhou! Wu De shook his head, he looked at Jia Xu, this can't be brushing them.

"You mean!" Liang Fatzi paid much more attention to things than Wu De, so he thought about it and said to Jia Xu.

"That's right, that's our son!" Jia Xu said with a look of Ran.

"Fat Liang, who is he talking about?!" Wu De looked at Liang Fatzi and the housekeeper and asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, Brother Wu!" Liang Fatzi suddenly smiled bitterly: "Who is the one who helped us speak!" ”

"It's Wang Shu's son!"

"You read this Wang Shu Gongzi upside down!" Liang Fatzi said to Wu De.

"Read it upside down?!" Wu De was stunned for a moment. Then I started reading. What's the mystery of reading this backwards?

"Prince Wang Shu. Zigong Shu King! Wu De didn't react at first, but then he was stunned, "Wang Shu, King Shu!" King of Shu, His Royal Highness the King of Shu! Wu De looked at Jia Xu stupidly.

"You mean His Royal Highness the King of Shu?!" Liu Mang's reputation is not small in the entire Han Dynasty, because Liu Mang is the only prince, and he also has the title of a holy king, which originally had nothing to do with these small businessmen, after all, he was a businessman from Jingzhou. How could he know about these princes, but Liu Mang's conscription order made him Wu De know about this king of Shu, because the tax burden of the fields given by Liu Mang was only three layers, and Wu De laughed at it at that time, if they collected grain in Yangzhou, they would definitely be able to buy the most grain and grass at the least price, because things are scarce and expensive, and more will naturally be worthless.

If that Wang Shu is really the king of Shu, then you can really give them the identity of a scholar, after all, Liu Mang is a prince has long opened his own mansion and built his teeth. You can even set up your own kingdom with the ability to do so. The identity of a mere scholar is not a problem.

But Liang Fat Man is still smiling bitterly, this is really on the thief ship. The identity of this scholar clan is easy to get, but you have to know that if this one is not good, it will be a broken family. Although Liu Mang is now the king of Shu, but others are in Jingzhou, and they are basically equivalent to hostages in Jingzhou, and they are difficult to protect, how to help them, if they don't get the hat of a collaborator to be buttoned down, then everyone will be finished.

"Ahhh Wu De was scared again, he was too careful, "Can you quit!" ”

"Hehe, Brother Wu, what do you think!" Jia Xu looked at Wu De with a smile, "Since you all know the identity of the son, then either you are your own people, or you can only shut up!" ”

"Shut up?! I'm going to keep my mouth shut! Wu Demundt nodded and said.

"Only the dead are the ones who can keep secrets the most!" Liang Fatzi is much better than Wu De, he knows that they may still be able to leave if he said before, but now that he knows who this Wang Shu Gongzi is, is there any possibility of leaving!

It's impossible, this butler is not alone, there are two guards by his side, these two guards look like the kind of characters who have killed people and seen blood, and if one is not good, the two of them will really die here. As for what you want to go out and report something perfunctorily, then don't even think about it, even if they tell Liu Mang's identity. Liu Biao can't do anything to Liu Mang, because Lu Bujun is eyeing him around, how can Liu Biao do anything to Liu Mang! And these two small businessmen couldn't be taken by Liu Biao to appease Liu Mang's heart, and they died in the end.

"Alright! This gentleman, since we all know His Royal Highness the King of Shu, you should also tell us your name! "Liang Fatzi is worthy of being a person who has seen the world, he wants to know who is next to Liu Mang who is talking to them, whether he can speak in front of Liu Mang, and how much weight he has to say, so that he can invest.

"Hehe, I'm Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe is now added to this Yangzhou Hefei Taishou!" Jia Xu hugged his fists at the two, Liu Mang gave Jia Xu a Hefei Taishou This is just a false position, Jia Xu is more by Liu Mang's side as a staff member of the military division.

"Are you Jia Wenhe?!" Liang Fatzi pointed at Jia Xu and said in surprise.

"What, Brother Liang knows me?!"

"Master Jia, you may be a noble person, when you were under General Xiao Zhang, we had a transaction!" Liang Fatzi said to Jia Xu.

"Yes!" This Liang Fat Man said that General Zhang is Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu used to be the alliance army of Jingzhou, it can be said that Zhang Xiu's watchdog at the south gate of Jingzhou is still very competent, at least at that time Liu Biao can sleep with peace of mind, no longer have to worry about what yellow scarf remnants, what Lao Cao, during that time Jingzhou and Nanyang Zhang Xiu was a honeymoon period, naturally Zhang Xiu's requirements are to be satisfied as much as possible, this Zhang Xiu does not love gold and loves grain and grass, it is precisely because of buying and selling with these people that he can accumulate hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass, It's just that in the end, Jia Xu burned him clean.

"Since I have been in a relationship with Brother Liang. Then the cooperation after that is naturally even more enjoyable! Jia Xu also maintained a kind of goodwill towards Liang Fatzi.

"That's nature. That's nature! ”

"What does His Royal Highness the King of Shu need!" Liang Fatzi and Wu De asked Jia Xu.

"It's still called His Royal Highness the King of Shu!" Jia Xu said with a smile.

"It's the lord. Lord! Liang Fatzi and Wu De nodded very obediently and said.

"Yangzhou lacks grain and grass, I believe the two of you also know it!" Jia Xu began to command the two of them.

The two of them listened to Jia Xu's words and nodded, this Yangzhou lacks grain and grass, which is basically known to half the world, because of Jiangdong Sun Ce's planning, the originally barren place of Yangzhou suddenly poured into more than one million people, it can be said that who is the heaviest burden in the world, that is Yangzhou Lu Bujun, and the people raise a large army of hundreds of thousands at most, even if it is the largest Hebei overlord Yuan Shao. Occupying the land of the four continents, it is only to raise 500,000 soldiers and horses, and Liu Mang has to raise a population of more than one million at once, and this burden is naturally extremely heavy. If it weren't for the pressure of grain and grass, Liu Mang would not have come to Jingzhou, just wanted this Liu Biao to sell grain and grass to Yangzhou to alleviate Yangzhou's difficulties.

"The lord wants us to transport grain and grass over!" Liang Fatzi and Wu De were very embarrassed, "Don't hide what Jia Junshi said, we also want to transport the grain and grass to Yangzhou and sell it, but this grain and grass can't get out of Jingzhou at all!" Liang Fatzi said bitterly to Jia Xu.

Yangzhou lacks grain and grass, and these grain and grass merchants also know that Yangzhou is also buying a large amount of grain and grass. These grain and grass merchants are also eager to sell grain and grass. Businessmen are mercenary. Liu Mang took out such a big price to buy grain and grass, how could they not sell it, but they wanted to sell it but couldn't transport it. There are only two ways to transport grain and grass in Jingzhou, one is to go down the Yangtze River and go to Jiangxia, so that it can be sold to any place on the Yangtze River. After the difficulty, it was replaced by steel and salt.

But now Jiangxia is in the middle of the war, most of Jiangxia has been occupied by the Jiangdong army, although the Jiangdong army is still very tolerant of the merchants of Jingzhou, the two armies are fighting in addition to not killing these merchants, so as to ensure the smooth financial road between Jiangdong and Jingzhou, but if the Jiangdong army knows that these grains and grasses are transported to Yangzhou, then the Jiangdong army has already taken them directly, and will let these grains and grasses be transported to Yangzhou, it is obviously impossible.

There is also a way to take the Yangtze River upstream, from Xinye or Nanyang, Nanyang is now in the hands of Liu Bei and it is impossible to pass guò, Xinye is also an important town in Jingzhou, how can it be transported, and it will be beaten back to Xinye.

"Niinno!?" When Jia Xu heard the name of the place, he couldn't help laughing.

"If your grain and grass can be transported to Xinye, then the rest of the things will not need you!"

"Huh?! Jia Junshi, what are you? Liang Fatzi looked at Jia Xu suspiciously, could it be that Jia Xu has someone in Xinye, even if he knows some people, it is impossible to transport it out, this Xinye's Taishou is Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, how could he let his father's grain and grass be transported out.

"You don't have to worry about that! Mountain people naturally have a clever plan! Jia Xu said with a smile, they guessed that there was still a way, Liu Mangjun in Xinye should really be the eldest son of this Jingzhou Mu, Liu Qi's son.

Before, Jia Xu still had a skeptical attitude towards the connection between Liu Mang and Liu Qi, because if he befriended Liu Qi, then he would inevitably offend the Cai family, one of the largest families in Jingzhou, and even the Kuai family with the Cai family, but now this is an unspeakable benefit.

"If that's the case, then it's naturally the best, tomorrow we will start to leave, and I can take out about 10,000 stones in the granaries of Jingzhou!" Liang Fatzi said to Jia Xu.

"I don't have as many as Liang Fat, but I still have eight thousand stones!" Wu De also said to Jia Xu.

10,000 stone plus 8,000 stone! It is less than 20,000 stones, although this is also a large number, but it is still a lot different from the behemoth in Yangzhou, Jia Xu frowned.

"What? Jia Junshi is too little! Liang can only do his best, and he can also come up with 5,000 stones! "Liang Fatzi is going to consume his family's funds, that 10,000 stones. It was supposed to be sold by him this year. He also spent a lot of money on this 10,000 stone.

"I can also take out 3,000 stones!" Wu De looked at the sides and took out another five thousand stones. Not to be outdone, they also joined in.

Jia Xu shook his head again, no more than eight thousand stones was enough.

"Master Jia, our ability is limited, and we may not be able to support our families if we raise it again!" Liang Fatzi was very embarrassed and said to Jia Xu that although they were rich businessmen, this was also a limit. If you take it out again, they're really going to go bankrupt.

"I'm not going to bankrupt you, I mean it's just a drop in the bucket. But it's better than nothing! Jia Xu comforted the two of them, "In this way, Brother Liang and Brother Wu, the two of you will do your best to collect grain and grass and transport it to Xinye, and when you arrive in Xinye, someone will naturally contact you!" ”

"Yes!" Liang Fatzi and Wu De nodded, although they were very distressed in their hearts, because without this batch of grain and grass, they might have done it in vain in the past few years, but they still gritted their teeth and fought hard for the identity of the Shi clan.

Jia Xu looked at the expressions of these two people, how could he not know what the two of them thought, these two people were distressed about the money Jia Xu smiled and shook his head, businessmen seek benefits, this is a matter of course and cannot be avoided "Of course." You can report every amount of grain and grass you buy from me, and naturally someone will give you the money for this grain and grass when you arrive in Xinye! ”

"Don't dare. Can't! Liang Fatzi and Wu De hurriedly lowered their heads and said that they didn't dare.

"What don't you dare! You don't give all this money to you, and you just let you collect the excess grain and grass and transport it to Xinye! Jia Xu said to the two, the two of them looked like they wanted but didn't dare to ask for it, which really made people want to laugh. If you take out all the grain and grass, how can you do things for the lord if you don't have any money?! ”

"In this way, Liang will inevitably look for ten thousand stones of grain and grass for the lord again!" Liang Fatzi promised to Jia Xu.

"Me too, me too!" Wu De also hurriedly spoke.

"Do your best, don't be too ostentatious!" Jia Xu comforted the two, the purchase of this grain will be noticed by those who have a heart, so it is not too much to do his best.

"It's just one of the things!" Jia Xu said that now it is only one of the things, he came to Jingzhou to buy grain and grass, although these two private businessmen can take out tens of thousands of grain and grass, but they can only be a drop in the bucket, not enough for the consumption of Yangzhou, the real can contact the crisis of Yangzhou is the official food of Jingzhou Liu Biao, this is the root of Liu Mang's coming here, Liu Mang is now doing a qiē is not just to make Liu Biao change his mind! This Liang Fat Man and Wu De are just saving the emergency.

What Jia Xu wants to talk about next is the most important thing.

"Please also ask the military advisor to speak clearly!"

"This second and most important thing is that the lord needs the two of you to let the merchants of Jingzhou try to put their properties or transactions in Yangzhou! It is also to let you make more friends with those businessmen, and tell them that we welcome the businessmen of Jingzhou in Yangzhou, these are the things we need in Yangzhou, and the treatment we Yangzhou gives to these businessmen! Jia Xu took out a piece of paper from his arms, on which many things were densely written in ink. These are all written down by Liu Mang, Yangzhou is now in ruins, and many things are urgently needed, such as salt and iron, these are all necessary products in Yangzhou, with salt and iron, Liu Mang can build a heavy armor unit, change the equipment, and ensure the consumption of weapons and equipment.

"Huh?!" Liang Fatzi got his hands on it first, but as soon as he got it, he was taken by Wu De on the side.

"Liang Fatty, you can understand! What to pack! Wu De looked at Liang Fatzi with disdain, Liang Fatzi is an illiterate person who can't read big words, and he has long been known to be illiterate.

"Hey, hey!" Liang Fatzi smiled awkwardly, Jia Xu also looked at Liang Fatzi with a smile, there are more illiterate people in this era, it is not surprising, there are also many people in Liu Mang's army who don't know words, Liu Mang is now forcing them to read and write.

Liang Fatzi didn't know how to read, but fortunately, Wu De on the side knew him, so Wu De took it and read it.

The front is all what Yangzhou is lacking now, and even some coal fires are in it, which can be regarded as a big purchase, and Liu Mang's budget below is also huge, which makes the two of them dumbfounded, writing 15,000 gold~!

That's a huge amount of business.

This is not what shocked the two, what really shocked the two was the preferential treatment for businessmen that Liu Mang wrote after that, and the above terms made the two of them stunned! (To be continued......)