After leaving the Taishou Mansion, Liu Jian immediately rushed to his home - to be exact, it was Zhang Fei's house, and he was just a borrower.

When I entered the door, I saw Zhang Fei and Liu Bei competing in the courtyard.

I have to say that Liu Bei's martial arts skills are still remarkable, at least in front of Zhang Fei, he is not completely inferior, and he can support the other party with all his might.

The four tigers of Zhuoxian County have also competed with each other in martial arts before, with their current ability, if Liu Bei joins forces with Liu Jian, he can deal with Zhang Fei, but after all, Zhang Fei is still young and not fully grown, if it is another three years, I am afraid that if there is another pair of Liu Jian and Liu Bei, it will not be enough for Zhang Fei to beat him alone.

As for Jian Yong...... Forget it, it's not worth talking about.

"Deran!"

Seeing Liu Jian enter the courtyard, Liu Bei hurriedly shouted, then took a few steps back, jumped out of the circle and said to Zhang Fei: "Brother Mo Dou, Deran has returned, it is still a big matter, and today is barely a draw." ”

Zhang Fei licked his lips with some interest, quite unhappy: "It seems that I am winning, how did it become a tie?" ”

Liu Bei laughed twice, reached out and rubbed Zhang Fei's stiff shoulders.

The meaning is obvious, save some face for your brother!

Jian Yong rushed to Liu Bei's front and said hurriedly: "How is it?" What did Fu Jun say? ”

"Pack up and leave in a few days."

"Let's go?"

Zhang Fei looked at him with a stammering mouth: "We just moved here, and we haven't stayed for a few days?" ”

"Bring me some water, your mouth is too dry!"

As soon as the words fell, he saw Su Shuang holding a clay pot and a clay bowl, and sent a bowl full of water to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian took the bowl, raised his head and drank it all.

After putting it down, he pursed his lips and said strangely: "Sweet? ”

Su Shuangmian had a smug look: "There is some honey in it." ”

"That's a good thing, it's expensive."

"What do you say? The relationship between you and me, how can this little money be enough? ”

Liu Jian smiled when he heard this, and then he found a place to sit down in the courtyard, and told the four people around him about what he had discussed with Lu Qian in Taishou Mansion today.

"Lu Qian, do you really want to let you go to Bingzhou to see that Dong Zhuo?" Zhang Fei said.

Liu Jian coughed lightly: "If you want to call Lu Fujun, this person has a good character, and he is kind to my teacher, don't be rude." ”

When Zhang Fei heard that Lu Qian was actually kind to Lu Zhi, and guessed that the other party was a Qingliu celebrity, he immediately showed a shameful expression on his face.

I actually scolded a celebrity just now! I'm damned!

Liu Jian shook his head helplessly, this kid has a kind of admiration from the bottom of his bones for Qingliu celebrities, even if he has never met, he needs to be trained well when he goes back.

"By the way, Brother Su, you don't have to go with us, today I tested the matter of buying war horses from the imperial court on the side of Fujun, what Lu Fujun meant, with the current number of war horses domesticated in various horse gardens, it is still enough, the key is still in the pack horse, this part, the imperial court should be requisitioned and purchased."

When Su Shuang heard this, he couldn't help but lift his spirits.

"Shaolangjun can listen clearly, if the imperial court wants to buy, at what price, can the treasury be filled?"

Liu Jian smiled: "Since I can explain this matter to you, then I naturally have confidence in this." I have inquired about the matter for you clearly, the imperial court has surplus money to buy horses, and you can buy them at a market price if you want to, but I admonished Lu Zhijun and asked him to contact the Taishou of the counties in Youzhou, and only after the imperial court decided to send troops, he released rumors, saying that the treasury had no money, and could only use the name of borrowing to requisition the surplus horses of each household for military use. ”

After all, Su Shuang is a businessman, but overnight, he figured out Liu Jian's intentions.

He was overjoyed!

"In this way, the market of Youzhou horse market will fall, this is a good opportunity to collect horses!"

Liu Jian nodded and said: "It's just that the boundary is too big, Guangyang, Zhuo County, Shanggu, Yuyang Counties of the Horse Market, with your financial resources alone, I'm afraid you can't eat, you need to find some like-minded people to ridge this channel together." ”

Su Shuang hurriedly said: "Although Shaolangjun can rest assured, I have thought about this matter in the past few days, but there are a few like-minded people who can advance and retreat with me, such as Zhang Shiping in Zhongshan, Feng Lan in Fuyang, Tian Wu in Hunu, etc., there are at least six large horse merchants available, and most of these people are in the same situation as me." ”

Liu Jian reminded him: "Go back and go to Gongsun County, it's best to bring the Gongsun clan in Liaodong for this matter, and at the critical moment, there are also big clans who come forward to help you eliminate disasters." ”

Su Shuang was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly said: "What Shaolangjun said is very true, this matter still needs to be dragged to the Gongsun clan." ”

Liu Jian stretched his arm, and his expression suddenly became solemn: "In addition, Brother Su, you still need to keep in mind that this matter is not for you to make money for profit, there is an opportunity after making money, after you occupy the channel, the court will recruit horses, you still need to bid reasonably, and you must not hoard Juqi, otherwise once this matter passes, not only the lands of Youzhou will not be able to spare you, but the court will not tolerate you, don't cause the disaster of killing because of temporary profits." ”

Su Shuang smiled and said: "Don't worry, Shaolangjun, I have long understood this matter, this time I resell, I don't want to make money, just to be valued by the imperial court, not to mention selling at a high price, I will naturally explain to these cooperating people that the imperial court will use horses this time, and I will sell them at a low price of 20%, so we should donate money for the Han Dynasty, how about it?" ”

Liu Jian nodded very gratifyingly, Su Shuang is not fascinated by money at a critical moment, and this alone makes him more than just a businessman.

"If you can do this, I expect that once this matter passes, the official and horse channels in this county will be monopolized by a few of you! If the other Haoyou families want to insert a kick, they can't insert it! In less than three years, the entire secluded horse market will be decided by a few of us, and with what you did this time, no more villains will dare to touch you easily. ”

Su Shuang said gratefully: "It's all up to Shaolangjun to help, otherwise Su alone will never encounter such a good opportunity in his life!" If Su can monopolize the official horse market in Northern Xinjiang in the future, all the profits can be used by Shaolangjun. ”

……

Subsequently, Liu Jian and Su Shuang acted separately.

The four tigers of Zhuo County went to Bingzhou to see Dong Zhuo, while Su Shuang first went back to Zhuo County to see Gongsun Zhan, and then went to Zhongshan to meet his colleague Zhang Shiping and others, and began to prepare for the collection of horses.

Liu Jian received the talisman, and the brothers hurried to Taiyuan.

There are two roads to Taiyuan, one through Dai County, one through Jizhou, compared to the mountainous area, more thieves, more dangers in Dai County, Liu Jian and others naturally like to walk flat Jizhou.

They traveled all the way south, from the border of Zhongshan all the way through Changshan, and then by water, and finally reached Taiyuan by water.

Because they are handing over official documents on behalf of the county office, they all take the main road all the way, the official road is flat, and there are pavilions and posts to live in, so on this road, they did not suffer too much.

Because they all walked on the regular road, they did not even encounter a single beast thief along the way, nor did they happen to see any tragic scenes of starvation all over the field and wild dogs picking up bones.

They hurried and hurried until Shangai in Taiyuan slowed down their pace.

At night, as soon as the four tigers entered the Shangai Pavilion Station to rest, they heard thunder rolling outside, lightning streaked across the sky, and then saw a downpour.

Zhang Fei turned his head to look outside, and when he saw that the rain was majestic, he bent the branches of the willow tree beside the road, and couldn't help grinning.

"If it's a few steps at night, we'll all be drenched outside!"

Liu Jian looked at the heavy rain outside, and he was also embarrassed.

He shook the whip in his hand gently, and then asked the officer, "Do you have any rice?" ”

The postman shook his head and said, "Originally, there were some, but they were all covered by the nobles in the back two rooms, and there was corn in the warehouse, cook some for the nobles, make do with it." ”

Zhang Fei was very dissatisfied, and said loudly: "They all live together, why do they eat wheat and we eat millet?" Look down on us, think we can't afford to pay? ”

Liu Jian couldn't hold back his joy when he heard Zhang Fei speak.

Just at my Brother Zhang Xian's standard Youzhou accent, he is enough to look down on us.

The post official was not angry, but smiled and said: "It's all for the official office, how can there be anything to look down on, but the refined wheat is indeed gone, if the nobles come earlier, they can naturally be used, and now it's really not okay at this hour." ”

Zhang Fei seemed to have the urge to beat him.

Liu Jian stopped Zhang Fei: "That's it, eat as much as you like, go to bed early, and you have to get up early tomorrow." ”

After the post official left, Zhang Fei said angrily: "All the way to the south, every post station has wheat to eat, why is he the only one here so special?" ”

Liu Bei said on the side: "It's not special, it's just that Taiyuan is close to Hedong and Hanoi, and the officials from Sili to the north will stop here, in their eyes, we are just barbarians from the border counties, and the officials in Hanoi and Hedong are the real important people, and good things will naturally be kept for them." ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, a pair of ringed eyes suddenly widened.

"How dare these horsemen despise me! Wait for me to demolish his pavilion! ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Brother Xian, don't make trouble, we still have big things to do." ”

"No, it has to be demolished! If you don't get the worst, you have to tear down his door panel, otherwise it will be difficult to dispel the anger in my heart! ”

When the words fell, I heard the door outside the pavilion be kicked open with a bang, and the door panel also fell to the side obliquely with this loud noise.

Jian Yong was surprised: "Who, is it really demolished?" ”

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "I just talked, I didn't really do it......"

Liu Jian turned his head to look, and what caught his eye was a red-faced, long-bearded, extremely tall and powerful man, striding into the post house.