The family is not easy to deceive, really.

In these days, anyone who can become the head of a family is not a simple fool.

For example, Zhang's family advocate ginseng in Shuzhong, in the eyes of Li Yu and others, belongs to the existence of "idiots", and Li Yu is quite uncomfortable when he sells his teammates backhanded.

The families in Guanzhong, although those big families followed the favored relocation brigade into the Guannei, but none of these families left behind were fuel-efficient lamps.

Zhang Xi wants to come forward to invite guests to dinner, these people will not refuse, Zhang Xi wants to "turn fate" and seek some support from the coal, these people will also symbolically come up with a little to deal with the scene, but when it comes to the follow-up smuggling of grain and grass, none of these families is willing to let go.

It's not that these people are too timid to do this, it's really the conditions given by Zhang Xi, and these people are not satisfied at all.

Zhang Xi's meaning is that these Guanzhong families will come forward to contact the families of Hedong and Luoyang, and smuggle grain and grass in Cao Wei through them, and Zhang Xi will buy them from these Guanzhong families at the price of Shu grain.

According to Zhang Xi's idea, now that Dahan is short of grain, the grain price in Dahan is really not low, and it can be said that it is the country with the highest grain price among the three countries.

It's really not that Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei are incompetent in governing the country, they really spread the stall too big in a short period of time, and there are too many territories to start at once, plus two consecutive Northern Expeditions in five years, and the consumption of money and grain is also incalculable. There are places everywhere that need money and food, and it is no wonder that the price of this food can be lowered.

The price of grain in Shu is more than 20% higher than that in the Central Plains of Cao Wei, and according to Zhang Xi's idea, the profit in this is not small.

Twenty percent of the profits, even if these families have to bear the cost of smuggling, it is enough for these families to make a lot of money.

But obviously, the families definitely don't want to just have such a little benefit, they want more.

Of course, on the surface, one by one, these families are all pretexts that they are loyal to the Han family, and they have already cut off the relationship with the families who moved into Guanzhong and the Heluo family, what is actually going on, Zhang Xi can still be unclear? !

But the problem is that without these families to match, it is really not easy for Zhang Xi to engage in this kind of semi-official smuggling.

Just rely on those small families in Meixian County, do they have the energy to bypass Tongguan, cross the Yellow River, and scavenge enough grain smuggling channels from the Heluo area?!

Even those families in Meixian County didn't dare to play this package with Zhang Xi.

One more. In particular, you have gathered a total of 500 catties of fire carbon, which is enough for those people who came to Chang'an to escape the famine for a few days?!

No, we have to find a way to do this.

Zhang Xi doesn't have Zhuge Liang's layout experience, so he can't buy a certain family to rebel in advance, and this kind of smuggling channel, the channels between each family basically have something in common, even if Zhang Xi can buy one or two families, if the rest of the families want to do bad things, it is very easy.

It's a big deal, everyone has nothing to do.

Therefore, Zhang Xi had to be patient and go back and forth with several representative Guanzhong families.

In this, Hu Zun still helped a lot.

One is that Hu Zun is the Taishou of Zuo Fengyi County, and if he wants to carry out semi-official smuggling in this area, he must start from the Zuo Fengyi area, and it is impossible not to inform him of this matter.

On the other hand, the Anding Hu family has a close relationship with the Guanzhong family in the Zuo Fengyi area, and even the Hedong family, the Hu family also has some connections, and this kind of thing is the most suitable person to be handed over to Hu Zun to be in charge.

In the end, if this matter is completed, it will also be of great benefit to stabilize the Hu clan to expand its influence in Guanzhong and even Yongzhou, and Hu Zun can't wait to take this matter down.

With Hu Zun going back and forth to make peace, the Guanzhong family finally came up with their own conditions.

First, since it is you, the Yongzhou Thorn History, who wants to engage in this kind of semi-official smuggling, then the grain they smuggle from the Heluo area cannot be taxed by the official.

After all, they need to spend money to pay for the shipping costs.

Second, the official purchase price should not be based on the price of Shu grain, but should be based on five times the price of Shu grain.

After all, if the Heluo family wants to agree to smuggle, they also need to make money, and there is no profit that is more than three times as high as before, who is willing to take this risk and smuggle grain to the enemy country?!

The crime of smuggling grain is even greater than the crime of smuggling ordnance.

Third, the Guanzhong family has been in turmoil and has insufficient financial resources, if this type of official smuggling is to be carried out, then it is necessary for the Yongzhou Thorn History Mansion to provide enough five baht coins, Shu brocade, and paper as a pledge in advance, so that they can have the capital to operate these things.

When this condition was mentioned, Zhang Xi was angry and had a toothache on the spot.

It's too much of a lion's mouth.

Although, Zhang Xi also knows that this is the way for the Guanzhong family to bargain, he asks for a price all over the sky, and you can also pay it back on the ground. But the problem is, Zhang Xi is unhappy, just the strength of these families who stayed in Guanzhong, how dare they bargain with themselves like this?!

Do you think that the county soldiers under your command can't lift the ring head knife?!

But Hu Zun also has something to say.

On the one hand, persuade Zhang Xi not to be too angry, what conditions can be mentioned.

On the other hand, Hu Zun also said that this kind of smuggling is also extremely risky, and there is not enough profit, how can these families take risks.

Again, we really don't have such a smuggling channel at hand, such a channel is only in the hands of the Middle Family. People have the confidence to open their mouths like this.

Killing people can deter these families, but the problem is, killing people doesn't solve the problem, does it?!

Now that the Han Dynasty needs enough food to support the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty, what do you say to those families to revive the Han Dynasty, people may not admit it.

Hu Zun's persuasion, Zhang Xi also had no temper. Who told Hu Zun to tell the truth.

Just when Zhang Xi was pondering how to continue to bargain with these Guanzhong families. Huang Quan came to the door.

I don't know where Huang Quan learned about Zhang Xi's plan to engage in official smuggling, as soon as he heard about this, Huang Quan immediately threw away the matter of buying and selling land in the customs of foreign families, and came directly to Zhang Xi to "settle accounts".

If you Zhang Yuanchang want to smuggle grain, he Huang Quan can't control it, but the question is, you Zhang Yuanchang want to exchange Shu brocade, paper, and even five baht coins from Shu as commodities, have you agreed to this matter with the imperial court? !

Huang Quan said this, which can be regarded as a relatively euphemistic.

To put it more directly, it is - how can such a good thing not have a share of our Yizhou family?!

The paper thing is produced by the royal family, and the imperial court selects agents, and they are not good at interfering with the Yizhou family.

But the biggest producer of Shu brocade is the big families in Shu.

Again, since the development of Nanzhong University, although the Shuzhong families do not have the right to mint coins, they have the ownership of copper mines. Five baht money can only be exchanged for one-fifth of the usual Shu grain in the Heluo area, does it mean that the copper mine has to depreciate? !

Isn't this going to kill my Shu family?!

You can't do that.

If you want to make a fortune, of course the Shuzhong family is willing to get involved, but the problem is that your imperial court buys a large amount of grain, but let our Shu family bear the loss in this regard, this thing must not be done.

Therefore, as soon as Huang Quan heard about this, he was in a hurry to die or live, and hurriedly came to Zhang Xi to ask for an explanation.

This made Zhang Xi worried.

On the one hand, it is already difficult to deal with, and here Huang Quan is protesting on behalf of the Shu family. Both sides are not pleased.

Moreover, Huang Quan did not ask that he represent the Shu family and join the smuggling negotiations related to the Guanzhong and Heluo regions. Zhang Xi was depressed again.

Why didn't Liu Ba have so many things to do when he was in charge of this smuggling affair?!

Zhang Xi was also helpless, since he remembered Liu Ba, Zhang Xi had no choice but to immediately write a letter to Liu Ba, who was recuperating in Hanzhong, and asked him about it.

But Zhang Xi didn't expect that when Zhang Xi's letter was sent to Hanzhong, Liu Ba was already terminally ill.

After insisting on reading what Zhang Xi said in the letter, Liu Ba was also anxious, supported his body, dictated by himself, and asked his son Liu Yan to ghostwrite a letter back to Zhang Xi.

In this letter, Liu Ba first affirmed Zhang Xi's thoughts, but pointed out that the Guanzhong family and the Yizhou family could not be Hu Lai, and the Yongzhou Thorn Mansion must occupy the leading position in this matter, especially the pricing power of grain, which must be in their own hands, this is the bottom line, and there can be no room for concession and retreat.

Secondly, for the exchange of materials, five baht as legal tender, there is no room for bargaining, and Shu brocade as a luxury goods, as long as the transaction must be taxed, but this tax can be reduced and reduced by the Yongzhou Thorn History Mansion as appropriate, which can be regarded as a concession to the two families.

As for paper, this thing is a royal industry, and it is also a sharp weapon for the Han Dynasty to lay out the world, and the exchange of interests on it, Liu Ba suggested that Zhang Xi could consult Zhuge Liang before making a decision.

After saying the content of this letter, Liu Ba had basically reached the state of running out of oil and lamps.

But Liu Ba was still not at ease, he strengthened his last physical strength, and asked his son to write another letter to Zhuge Liang - quickly send an official who understands economics to send it to Zhang Xi, otherwise it is really hard to believe that Zhang Xi's economic acumen can handle such a troublesome official smuggling matter.

After saying these things, Liu Ba couldn't support it anymore and fell into a state of serious illness and coma.

Three days later, Liu Ba woke up again, and this time, Liu Ba's spirit was obviously much better than three days ago.

But whether it's Liu Ba or Liu Yan, they all know that this is not a good thing, and it is very likely that it is just a return to the light.

Liu Ba did not waste this time, on the one hand, he explained the aftermath to his son, and on the other hand, he seized the time, and asked his son to write a letter to Zhang Xi, roughly telling his views on this smuggling, as well as the experience he presided over before and smuggled goods into Guanzhong.

In the end, Liu Ba recommended to Zhang Xi a talent who could understand these things, and at the same time could also take advantage of the situation to plant spies in the Heluo area and establish an intelligence network - Fei Yi and Fei Wenwei.

After explaining these things, Liu Ba couldn't support it anymore and fell into a coma again.

That night, Ji Han's generation of economic wizards, Liu Ba, a famous man in the world, died of illness in Hanzhong.

I only found out today, I didn't update yesterday and apologized on my knees, so I quickly made up for it, today's special situation, four more.

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