The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 202 The person who wants to board the boat

Mi Zhu has been very irritable recently, and the income in the family is also decreasing day by day.

It's not because of bad business, nor because of Mi Zhu's poor management, but because of Lin Chao's decree.

The Mi family has been in business for generations, and is one of the richest households in Xuzhou.

In Mi Zhu's generation, it was because of Mi Zhu's good management that he was promoted to be the top merchant in the Han Dynasty.

What is a first-rate merchant in a big man?
Wealthy?

Mountains of coins?

Desperate for extravagance?

Splendid clothes and fine food?

These are only things that nouveau riche will do, and Mi Zhu disdains them.

He has long understood the truth that it is too late, and his vision is farther than most people.Therefore, he will benefit the village many times every year, helping the poor and lonely, and has a very high reputation among the people.

To put it simply, in the entire Qu County, nearly half of the people have received the favor of the Mi family!
It can be said that Mi Zhu's voice in Qu County is definitely more effective than the county magistrate's words.

Therefore, Mi Zhu also has a nickname in Qu County, Mi Bancheng.

This title is well-deserved, because he not only owns half of the city's wealth, but also half of the people's hearts.

In addition, the total number of servants and diners of the Mi family is nearly [-], and the family wealth is as high as one billion, which can be called a colossus.

It's just that the head of the Mi family has been a little unhappy recently, even a little worried about gains and losses.

Being able to control the entire Mi family at a young age, Mi Zhu is naturally not an indecisive person.

Most of the family's business involves salt, iron and wine, which has caused the Mi family's profits to decrease day by day since the decree was issued.

But at Mi Zhu's level, some money is no longer in his eyes.

Don't say that the profit is less, even if there is no profit, his Mi family is still the first-class wealthy businessman of the big man.

Mi Zhu's irritability has nothing to do with business, what he is irritated about is Mi's future.

As a tyrant, he has come to the end of his journey as a merchant, so he naturally wants to go one step further.

Where to go?
Nature is power and status.

As soon as Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, he made big moves, which is enough to show his ambition.Moreover, the interest system under his command has not yet been fully formed. If Mi Zhu goes to join him with his family's assets, he can get a place if he wants to.

So what Mi Zhu is thinking about now is how to get on Liu Bei's boat.

In mid-November, he quietly came to Tan County from Qu County, ready to investigate.

Mi Zhu made all the preparations for this trip.He understood that when he visited Liu Bei, a feudal lord, as a merchant, he might not be able to meet Liu Bei himself, and even if he did, Liu Bei might not take him seriously.

Therefore, he locked his target on Lin Chao.

If you want to board a ship, you must first understand who is on board.

According to the results of his investigation, Lin Chao is the number two figure in the Liu Bei Group and holds great power.The most important thing is that this person is also from a poor family, so he should not despise his status as a merchant.

Moreover, this person is quite far-sighted, so he naturally understands Mi's energy, so he will definitely not refuse to meet him.

Well, tomorrow I will knock on the door with generous gifts, and I will meet Lin Zichu first.

Mi Zhu made up his mind, so he sent someone to deliver the greeting card.

As everyone knows, as early as a few days ago, the moment he stepped into Tan County, all movements were already under Lin Chao's control.

Tan County is Liu Bei's headquarters, if Lin Chao can't find Mi Zhu when he comes, then there is no need for Lin Xi's school office to exist.

Lin Chao could guess the reason for Mi Zhu's visit, but he didn't do anything for the time being, and Lin Chao didn't bother to talk to him, and was going to wait until he couldn't help himself.

Those who are waiting for a price must first show their capital.

At the same time, about [-] miles outside the city of Tan County, dozens of horse-drawn carriages drove slowly, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers escorting them.

Sitting in the carriage were the Zhen brothers who came from Zhongshan.

"Second brother, do you think the capital we invested before was too little?"

On the carriage, Zhen Yao looked at Tan City, which was faintly visible in the distance, and sighed to his younger brother Zhen Yan.

Hearing this, Zhen Yan's eyelids drooped, and she said helplessly, "Brother, you have said this many times along the way."

"Yes!" Zhen Yao said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry for my brother!"

Yes, Zhen Yao regretted it.

When he was in Zhongshan, at the invitation of Liu Bei, he thought twice before marrying his three younger sisters to Lin Chao, Lin Xi, and Zhao Yun respectively.

But at that time, he felt that Liu Bei was at most a prefect of a county. Although he expressed his attachment, he was only a marginal figure and had not entered the core circle of Liu Bei's group.

But in just over a year, who would have thought that Liu Bei could ride the wind and become a prince.

Every time I think of this, Zhen Yao's heart is bleeding!

With such a good opportunity last year, I was not loyal to Liu Beibiao, how stupid!

If he knew this earlier, he would rather give up all his family assets than let Liu Bei accept a woman from his Zhen family.

Even if his mother remarried!
Fortunately, there are countless people who want to board Liu Bei's boat, and it's not certain whether the Zhen family can join them.

Zhen Yao's thoughts are naturally reasonable. For example, Mi Zhu who is in Tancheng at the moment is one of them.

Seeing her elder brother's sad face, Zhen Yan smiled casually and said, "Elder brother, don't worry too much. After entering the city tomorrow, elder brother can go to pay a visit to Duke Xuande and have a chat."

Hearing this, Zhen Yao immediately frowned, and angrily reprimanded in a low voice: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense, what Xuande Lord, that's our Uncle Liu! He will always be!"

Zhen Yan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately and said: "Brother is right, younger brother is wrong."

Only then did Zhen Yao nod his head, then sighed again: "Uncle, the old man is now a feudal lord, with a lot of work to do every day, so he may not have time to meet you and me."

On this point, they were completely wrong.

In fact, everyone is very busy, but Liu Bei is the only one who is so busy that he panics.

If the Zhen brothers came to visit, Liu Bei would definitely be excited to take the two of them to dinner.

"Brother, Uncle doesn't have time, we can visit Elder Zichu." Zhen Yan said.

Zhen Yao shook his head again and said: "Brother Zichu is now the governor of Xuzhou, and I'm afraid he doesn't have time to review the political affairs."

"Then let's go see Brother Zixu in the name of visiting relatives." Zhen Yan made another suggestion.

Anyway, as long as there are people who marry their sisters, one counts as one, and they all have to visit.Except that Zhao Yun is not in Tancheng, so he can escape.

Speaking of Lin Xi, Zhen Yao expressed some doubts about his position in Liu Bei's group.

"Brother Zixu is sixteen years old, I'm afraid he can't say much with his uncle."

As it turned out, they were wrong again.

Lin Xi is in charge of the school affairs office, and she is definitely one of the people who spent the most time with Liu Bei.

Outside the carriage, the leader of these hundreds of soldiers was none other than Zhang Fei.

Because not only the Zhen brothers were escorted this time, but also Lin Chao and other family members.

Zhang Fei looked at the time, ordered to rest, and the team stopped immediately.

Immediately afterwards, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy ran down from the carriage. Although it was a world of ice and snow, the boy was alive and well, running wildly in the snow.

Behind this boy, there is another boy who looks about fourteen or fifteen years old.

The two children played for a while, but for some reason they fought, attracting crowds of people around to watch.

Even Zhang Fei came up and watched with great interest.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the older child gained the upper hand and held the other one under him while grabbing a handful of snow and rubbing it on his face.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei laughed loudly: "Tanzhi, I told you to be lazy in practicing martial arts, so you will be beaten now. Uncle Zhi, give this kid a hard lesson!"

(End of this chapter)