Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

That night, Kong Rong, Yang Biao and others gathered in the mansion of Guojiu Dong Cheng to discuss food matters.

"Now the price of grain has risen to [-] renminbi a stone, and it may be [-] renminbi tomorrow. This is already a sky-high price." Kong Rong said softly.

The problem of soaring food prices is already the most serious problem in Xudu.

Fortunately, Cao Cao introduced a guarantee system that allowed all ordinary people to receive food on a regular basis, otherwise it would have become a mess, and even a rebellion may have occurred.

Although Dong Cheng and others didn't like Cao Cao, they didn't want to see Xudu in chaos. This would not do them much good, and they might even flee with the emperor again.

Yang Biao also said: "Nowadays the price of grain is soaring, I wonder how much grain you both bought? I bought [-] shi when it cost [-] yuan a shi, and I'm waiting to sell it to Cao Cao in a few days."

Speaking of this, he snorted softly, and said again: "I finally understand why Cao Cao sells wine, he wants our wine money to buy our grain, and I have to earn back all the money from the grain. "

Hearing this, Dong Cheng laughed and said, "Even if Cao Cao spends all the money we spend on wine on food, he probably won't be able to buy your hundred thousand shi, right?"

Before Yang Biao could open his mouth, Kong Rong said, "Don't worry about this problem. It hasn't rained for nearly two months, which shows how severe the drought is. Since there is a severe drought in the world, what is lacking is food. Now Xu Du The price of grain in other states will probably be even higher in the future, so you won’t lose money if you prepare a little more grain, if I’m not wrong, Uncle Guo also bought a lot of grain during this time, right?”

Dong Cheng nodded and said with a smile: "Wen Ju, you are right, the money is guaranteed to be profitable."

Then all three of them laughed.

"However, the most important thing to think about now is how to deal with Cao Cao. Although he is not as cruel as Dong Zhuo and others back then, his thoughts are the same as Dong Zhuo's. He is not as unscrupulous and arrogant as Dong Zhuo. It's scary." Dong Cheng said worriedly.

These words made Kong Rong and both of them fall into deep thought.

"Xu Du is Cao Cao's place, and the military power is in Cao Cao's hands. It may not be easy to deal with him!" Yang Biao shook his head and sighed.

Kong Rong said: "If you want to deal with Cao Cao, you can only rely on external forces!"

Dong Cheng immediately shook his head and said, "That's not okay. If other people hold the emperor hostage like Cao Cao, wouldn't we be leading wolves into the house?"

As soon as the words fell, Kong Rong and Yang Biao frowned, and the matter was difficult to resolve.

"Master, Lord Sima, please see me!"

At this moment, the housekeeper from the uncle's mansion came in.

"Sima Fang, what is he doing here?" Dong Cheng pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Let him in!"

Soon, Sima Fang appeared in front of them, followed by a middle-aged man.

"Sima Fang has met Uncle Guo, Lord Yang and Lord Kong." Sima Fang gave a slight salute, and so did the person beside him.

"It's already so late, Master Sima came to see me, what's the matter?" Dong Cheng asked.

Seeing Sima Fang pondering for a while, he said: "I have a plan to defeat Cao Cao, and I want to discuss it with Uncle Guo, but I didn't expect Master Yang and Master Kong to be here."

"what!"

Dong Cheng and the three of them were slightly startled.

Dong Cheng quickly asked, "What's the trick of Jiang Gong?"

Sima Fang glanced at the person beside him, and said, "Wen He, tell me!"

The man stepped forward and said respectfully: "I'm Jia Xu, I've seen Uncle Guo..."

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The next morning, Chen Yang got up in Zhang Chunhua's gentle hometown, and continued to practice Hua Tuo's Wu Qin Xi and sword practice with Wang Yue.

After practicing Wuqinxi and sword for half a month, although Chen Yang has made rapid progress, compared with a great swordsman like Wang Yue, he is still as vulnerable as a child.

"Shopkeeper Chen, here I come again!"

While Chen Yang was practicing his sword, Cao Ang walked into his backyard with a smile.

During this period of time, Cao Ang came to look for Chen Yang almost every day, and they almost didn't live together. Everyone in the Chen family knew about him, and now he just came in if he wanted to.

"Xiao Cao, you came at a good time. Let's go to the salt mine, let's go!" Chen Yang threw the sword to Wang Yue, went back to the room and changed a set of clothes, and the two went out directly.

At present, their focus has shifted from the tavern to the salt mine, and the winery has begun to produce wine, which will be sent to those aristocratic families one after another.

As for Chen Yang's restaurant, which has not opened yet, he plans to finish harvesting the leeks this time and make a fortune before officially opening, so there is no need to worry.

Not long after, the two arrived at the salt mine barracks outside the city.

"Lord!"

As soon as Ye Shun saw Chen Yang appear, he took the lead to kneel down to greet him with a few personal soldiers and lieutenants.

Master, probably has two meanings, one is the honorific title for the lord by the subjects.

The other is the title of the family general or servant to the master's family.

Ye Shun's ability to call Chen Yang "the lord" proves that he can smash his body to pieces and is absolutely loyal to the master.

"Get up, you've all worked hard, how are you all doing recently?"

Chen Yang walked slowly in front of many soldiers like inspecting soldiers and horses.

Ye Shun said: "Everything is fine, and the factory building you want was completed last night, my lord. As long as the craftsmen come, it can be put into production at any time."

After hearing this, Chen Yang nodded in satisfaction, and took Cao Ang to have a brief look here.

The plant used for purification and production was built completely according to Chen Yang's standards. Although it is still very different from modern society, it has been built very well.

In addition, a simple dormitory was built next to the factory building for the workers to live in.

In addition, Chen Yang also planned a huge school field on the other side of the mine that can accommodate more than 5000 people. This is used to train those soldiers. This team is stationed here with him. Otherwise, they will lose their blood, and Chen Yang has to be responsible for them.

Since he wanted to train, Chen Yang would not follow the ancient methods of training soldiers. He wanted to copy the training methods of special forces in modern society. Except for the lack of hot weapons, other training equipment is basically complete as long as it can be manufactured.

"Shopkeeper Chen, what's the use of these things you got on the school field?" Cao Ang looked at the training arrangements in puzzlement, and asked in doubt.

"It's for training. I haven't figured out how to do it yet. In two days, when my training plan comes out, I'm going to train them like hell." Chen Yang looked at the three thousand soldiers with pride. He smiled, this is the benefit of being the protagonist.

Ye Shun, who had been following him all the time, suddenly heard these words, and was startled in his heart. He inexplicably had a feeling that Chen Yang's training method might not be too simple.

Cao Ang was still puzzled and said, "Is it really okay to use these to train soldiers?"

Chen Yang said with a smile: "If I say yes, I will definitely do it. I will train all 3000 people to become soldiers kings!"

After inspecting the factory, Chen Yang said again: "Xiao Cao, you can recruit workers now, and the salt mine has to be put into production as soon as possible to make money. Please help me prepare a notice. I have already figured out where to recruit workers."

Cao Ang nodded, according to Chen Yang's instructions, he first wrote a notice, and then went back to Xudu City together.

However, the recruiting place Chen Yang chose made the corners of Cao Ang's mouth twitch, because it was outside the government office.

The last time I was blocked outside the gate of the imperial palace, this time I chose the government office.

Cao Ang thought to himself, only Chen Yang dared to do this, and no one else could think of it like this.

But the outside of the government office is indeed a good place, because it is located in the downtown area of ​​Xudu, and there are many people coming and going. As soon as the notice was posted, it attracted many people to watch.