Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

Chapter 283 I want to challenge my weakness

"Don't all the gentry in the world look up to the Yuan family, why do you do this?" Liu Qing was puzzled.

"Your lord, I don't know that the gentry have never been one. In Yingchuan alone, the Xun family in Yin County, the Chen family in Xu County, the Zhong family in Changshe, and the Han family in Wuyang have prominent family backgrounds, not weaker than the Yuan family, even if they are more powerful than the court. , and there are also noble families like the Hongnong Yang family who can stand up to the Yuan family."

"Why didn't you Yingchuan Guo family mention it?" Liu Qing changed the subject.

Mentioning the Guo family, Guo Jia's face flashed a trace of desolation, "Master, Guo Tu has joined Yuan Shao. As the most promising talent of the Guo family, his actions represent Guo's choice."

Isn't it a routine operation for the gentry to step on two boats!Of course, Liu Qing would not say such a low EQ.

Even though the Xun clan, who put heavy bets on Liu Qing, sent Xun Chen to vote for Yuan Shao at first.

"The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. All sorts of schemes and calculations are nothing more than a word of profit. This is true for Yuan's family, and so is Yang's family." Liu Qing paused, and said again: " So do I!"

"The lord actually said that about himself."

"What's the point? People live for the rest of their lives, and they should fight for fame and fortune. It's just that fame and fortune can be big or small. A small personal gain, a mansion, and a group of wives and concubines are enough to comfort you for a lifetime. If you take the world as your own responsibility, you need Guangsha. Ten million, everyone has food and clothing, now that the king is the lord of the two states, it should be for the benefit of the people of the two states."

"The lord's heart is for the people, which is really a blessing for the people. Guo Jia's plan is to add another state to the lord, and another state."

Everyone under Liu Qing's tent looked at Guo Jia in unison. His words were too explicit.

Liu Qing didn't think so, the king likes such aggressive employees!

After returning from Longshan, Liu Qing spent an hour reading the information sent from various places as usual, and Guo Jia was arrested.

"Feng Xiao, according to the time, Zang Min's reply should have reached Chenliu for a while, why didn't he reply? Is it because Zhang Miao despises the king?"

Guo Jia closed a document and said with a smile, "My lord, don't worry, the time is not yet ripe. Zhang Miao didn't choose because he didn't push hard enough. When the deadlock in Yanzhou is broken, he has no choice but to choose."

"Hey, he thinks that the king will still be able to offer the original conditions by then. Zhang Miao should really ask Yuan Shao how the king did business with him!"

As soon as he talked about Yuan Shao, Liu Qing remembered what he owed him.

"Why hasn't Yuan Shao's military rations been delivered yet?"

"The war in Yanzhou is very anxious, and it is the time when grain is needed. Jia thought that Yuan Shaoding was waiting for this autumn's harvest."

"It's careless. When you say it, you should say a good time. If you can't deliver it on time, you should charge more interest!" Liu Qing grumbled, "Is there anything important in the letter you saw?"

Guo Jia took the letter in his hand and said, "My lord, this is a letter from Zhongshan County."

On Tian Feng's side, Liu Qing took it with his hand and unfolded it to read.

The letter was written by Tian Feng, but it mainly introduced the matter of Han Hao. At the beginning, Han Hao was ordered to go to Zhongshan to do business, with the purpose of attacking the big businessmen represented by the Zhen family.

As for the method, it is actually very simple. Liu Qing has enough money and enough food in his hands. Manipulating the price of food in a county is just like playing games.

According to Liu Qing's idea, at first, Han Hao created momentum, saying that the war was coming and the price of grain would rise, so he bought grain at a price higher than the market price. In this way, big grain merchants such as the Zhen family would hold back the sale and even look for opportunities Buy grain and hoard it first, and then sell it after the price is high.

Grain looting happens every day. The Zhen family and other big merchants just watch the price of grain every day, and the daily income is actually increasing. Real money, black and white, looking at the piled up copper coins And the accounts, so that the grain merchants have to believe the rumors outside.

Yanzhou is in chaos, Jizhou will be in chaos, and the Yellow Turban Army is about to kill again.

In the end, the grain merchants changed one after another, from selling grain to harvesting grain, and the major merchants were suspected of price hikes. The purchase price of corn unexpectedly rushed to [-] yuan per stone, and it still has a tendency to rise.

After reading this, Liu Qing couldn't help but sigh with emotion, buying up and not buying down has been the case since ancient times.

Then, under the operation of Tian Feng, the price of food rose further, adding to the worries about this year's drought, the price of food mainly corn finally soared to [-] yuan per shi, and the small amount of rice was directly impacted. Up to two thousand.

This price has more than doubled compared to usual.

The "big grain merchant" Han Hao transported a large amount of grain from Changshan County into Zhongshan County, and the grain merchants in Zhongshan are still crazily eating, buying at prices far exceeding the grain benchmark, wishing to exchange all the assets in the family. into food.

If a war breaks out, if a drought comes again, just imagine what kind of huge profits these families that monopolize food and grass will reap from it, but they don't know that all of this is just a show.

When they could no longer garrison, what awaited them was not the continued rise in food prices, but the news of Fu Xie's defeat of the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou.

Immediately, the "big grain merchant" Han Hao released a large amount of grain again, bringing the price of grain directly back to the average level of Jizhou, five hundred yuan per stone.

All the grain merchants in Zhongshan County were dumbfounded, and so was the mother of the Zhen family.

The grain they collected for [-] yuan can only be sold for [-] yuan now?Only a fraction?
Lose a thousand dollars per stone?As for the Zhen family who has hoarded tens of thousands of stones, even if not all of them were purchased for [-] yuan, the loss of tens of millions of yuan cannot be escaped.

This is not just something that can be paid back in a few years, but decades!

The rest of the grain merchants are similar to Zhen's.

For a while, the people were jubilant and excited, and the food price not only returned to the usual normal level, but even dropped. Fu Xie suddenly became a hero among the people of Zhongshan County once again.

The last time was when the Yellow Turbans were wiped out.

Although the fate of profiteers has not yet appeared, there is no doubt that they will go bankrupt.

"Mr. Zhen and other grain merchants are probably already like grasshoppers after autumn, and they won't be able to jump around for a long time." Liu Qing smiled and put the letter aside. This letter must be kept well, a classic case.

"Your Majesty's strategy in business warfare is calculated to the hearts of the people, Guo Jia admires it!"

"In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence. The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. People's hearts, but that's it. It's just these two months. It's hard for the people in Zhongshan County to buy food for a living. Fortunately, in the future The price of grain in Zhongshan will not exceed five hundred dollars."

"My lord, there is one thing I don't understand. If this method is so effective, it means that if you control the public opinion, you can control the price. To make an inappropriate analogy, if the lord keeps creating a dangerous situation, wouldn't you be able to make great profits from it? Why don't you, my lord?" For what?"

"Feng Xiao's words are wrong. Creating a dangerous public opinion is just to speed up the process. This method can work because the king has inexhaustible money and food, so he can dominate the price of food in a county. The state of Jizhou, or even the whole country, is far from enough!"

Guo Jia thought about Liu Qing's words, and it seemed to be the truth.

"The lord started business at the age of ten, and he is really a business wizard. Guo Jia admires it!"

Liu Qing directly ignored Guo Jia's rainbow fart, picked up the information from Luo Yang again and read it, at first glance, he was stunned on the spot.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Liu Qing looked at the numerous words of rewards of money and silk on the newspaper, as well as the title of "champion general", and finally the daughter of Situ Wang Yun.

The first two are okay, Situ Wangyun's daughter, can't it be Diao Chan?
Liu Qing's first reaction was not a beauty, but a beauty trap.

But why did this happen?This is a marriage bestowed by Liu Xie, and it should be the meaning of the Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhuo. How could they choose Wang Yun's daughter?
Dong Zhuo met Diao Chan?
Wang Yun recommends himself?

Liu Qing thought of every possibility in his heart, what is the purpose of Wang Yun's move?

All he could think of was to drive a wedge between him and Dong Zhuo, wouldn't it be to assassinate himself?
"My lord?"

Guo Jia called out again, pulling Liu Qing out of his trance.

"My lord, what happened?"

Liu Qing looked at Guo Jia and smiled shyly, "This king is getting married again!"

When Guo Jia heard this, he was stunned. Are you going to get married again?I have been following the lord all this time, but I haven't seen any young woman that the lord has seen?

"with who?"

"If I say that I am the most beautiful woman in the world, and looks better than Xi Shi, do you believe it?"

Guo Jia looked at Liu Qing and couldn't help frowning, even more puzzled.

"My lord, please forgive Guo Jia's offensive words. Jia knows that my lord likes beautiful women. If my lord wants someone's woman, I can tell Jia directly. Even if Jia racks my brains, I will get it for my lord. But my lord, don't do it." What looks better than Shih Tzu's daydream."

"Feng Xiao, how about we make a bet? Bet on your happy time for a year."

As soon as Liu Qing started to gamble, Guo Jia was immediately stunned.

Facts have proved countless times that if the main protagonist claims to bet with himself, he is basically sure of winning, because the protagonist has always only talked about betting, but he would never say bet if there is any other possibility.

Seeing that Guo Jia was at a loss for words, Liu Qing smiled and said: "Feng Xiao knows the Wang family of Taiyuan, Wang Yun."

"Naturally know."

"Wang Yun has a daughter named Diao Chan, who is said to have the appearance of a closed moon. Wang Yun was the governor of Yuzhou before. Do you think Dong Zhuo would find this person trustworthy?"

"The factions in the court are complicated. Dong Zhuo is in charge of the military, and he is not good at fighting for power. He recruited many famous people. However, there are many famous people in the world who have been protected by the Yuan family before. How many of them can survive alone? Maybe Dong Zhuo is not ignorant, but chooses Believe it, after all Wang Yun's reputation as upright is well known to everyone."

"Dong Zhuo won't think too much, but it doesn't mean that this king won't. I know that Wang Yun belongs to the Yuan family and won't do anything that is beneficial to Dong Zhuo. Now, I will ask for his daughter to marry me with a reward from the court. How can I ask for it? Can you prevent it?"

"The lord's intention is to accept all other rewards, except Diao Chan?"

Liu Qing shook his head.

Guo Jia came to a sudden, "The imperial court rewards, the emperor bestows a marriage, temporarily cannot refuse, Lord Jiachai wants to accept him first, then alienate him, and treat him coldly. In this way, he will not violate the sacred order, but also prevent conspiracy, and even expose the conspiracy. , use all the tricks, my lord is wise!"

Liu Qing looked at Guo Jia, wanted to laugh but didn't.

You are really a dog-headed military strategist, you can be dihua.

But Liu Qing still opened his mouth to correct him: "No! This king wants to challenge his weakness!"

When Guo Jia heard it, his chest felt tight, and he almost didn't bring it up in one breath.

The meaning of listening to the lord's words is to ignore those so-called conspiracies and tricks. After all, you are still greedy, lord!
"My lord, you must not risk yourself!"

Liu Qing put the letter aside again, got up and walked out of the study, followed by Guo Jia.

"Go, go and say goodbye to Zang Min. We should go back to Jizhou. The battle of Yanzhou should be coming to an end soon."

……

Yanzhou, Baima County, outside the east gate.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked at the city wall, crossed their arms and looked back at the gradually rising sun.

For the defenders of the east gate, it was guarding against the sun, which was extremely dazzling.

"Brother Yan Liang, you attack the right side and I attack the left side. In three days, this city is bound to be captured!" Wen Chou said.

"Okay, let's see which one of us climbs to the top of the city first, and whoever turns around invites us to drink!" Yan Liang responded.

"You and I should fight the enemy hand in hand. Don't be preempted by Na Ding Yuan. He has led his army to rob Fan Chou's army. Xu Rong is alone and helpless. This battle will definitely be won!" Wen Chou's words were sonorous, full of confidence.

As they spoke, the two looked at the sun again. At this time, the morning sun had dispelled the morning mist, and it began to erupt with a scorching heat.

"Okay, get ready!" Yan Liang said.

At the head of the White Horse City, Xu Rong, who was wearing a golden armor, squinted his eyes and looked down. Not far away, beyond the range of the bow and arrow, was Yuan Jun.

"General, the enemy army is coming up!" The soldier beside him quickly reminded.

Of course Xu Rong saw it, the morning sun was particularly glaring today, and the other party wanted to use the morning sun to gain some slight advantage, which is ridiculous!

He nodded to the other, signaling him to start.

So the soldier quickly ran to the rear and ignited a puff of wolf smoke. Immediately, black smoke billowed and rose above the White Horse City.

Seeing this, Yan Liangwen suddenly felt uneasy, wolf smoke?

Does Dong Zhuojun still have reinforcements?Let the smoke draw the soldiers to rescue?
However, the order to siege the city had already been issued, and it was absolutely impossible to retreat, so Yan Liang roared twice again: "Come on! Climb the city quickly, and the archers will cover you!"

Reinforcement troops flooded towards the top of the city like a tide, facing the rain of arrows from the top of the city, some people fell down from time to time along the way, but if someone fell down, someone else would take his place, carrying the climbing ladder forward, and finally put it on the city wall , start climbing.

Being the first to make the first contribution is an honor and reward that every soldier cannot refuse. Even if he dies in battle, his family will receive a generous subsidy.

Xu Rong was at the top of the city, commanding calmly. The soldiers fired arrows, while ordinary soldiers smashed down with stones and big logs.

Going down the ladder, one hit the other accurately, the light one was injured and fell, and the severe one directly smashed his head and died on the spot.

From time to time, arrows were shot down below, and the archers shot back and forth, notifying that the engineering awl was also pushing and approaching quickly.

There is no moat in Baima, and the city gate is directly threatened. For this reason, Xu Rong has ordered people to fill the back of the city with stones in advance. It can be said that there is no need to be afraid of siege cones. For Xu Rongjun, the sight problem.

But this point, Xu Rong is also relieved.

"Look, general! The rear is on fire!" a soldier of Yuan Jun said to Wen Chou.

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