Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 43
The most important point, why is such a person with a much higher fate than himself, and is he poor in ability?Or is there other factors besides ability in the level of fate?

Chu Nan is very clear that in terms of social status, Zhang Yuan in front of him is not much higher than himself before he became an official. At most, his family has some fertile land, and his ancestors were officials, but that was three generations ago. Calling her a poor family... Isn't that too bad?
"It turned out to be Chu Lie Cao." The smile on Zhang Yuan's face did not change because the other party was just a state official, and was still quite enthusiastic.

Sometimes you can't just look at the surface of a problem. Cao Xing is a general, and his status is supposed to be higher than that of Chu Nan, but judging from the performance of the two, it is obvious that he is respected by Chu Nan.

Being able to change the difference between official positions or identities means that there must be something else in Chu Nan to make up for this lack of identity, either because of a prominent background, or because Lu Bu values ​​it. Privilege is called privilege, and no matter where it is, people with privilege must be extraordinary.

"I'm here. First, I heard about Mr. Zhang's virtuous name and came to make friends." Chu Nan smiled and said, "Although Mr. Zhang is white, he can care about the common people. I really admire him."

When Zhang Yuan heard the words, he laughed quickly and said, "Where, try your best, it's not worth being like Cao."

This is just a polite way of saying, give a handful first, liven up the atmosphere, increase your favorability, and then it will not be so abrupt when talking about business. Zhang Yuan has seen a lot of this kind of speech, and he doesn't like it. Seeing that Chu Nan didn't continue to praise him, he said in a timely manner, "I don't know, Chu Lie Cao is here, but what can I do for you?"

"It's not a big deal." Chu Nan nodded and said, "I'm Jincao at the beginning of the Xia Dynasty. However, there is not much salt in the treasury. Marquis Wen is worried about this matter. He specially ordered Xiachu to come and make a batch of salt. He wants to recruit here. Five hundred fishermen make salt, but they know that the fishermen on the seaside are harassed by pirates and are unwilling to contribute. Hearing that Mr. Zhang has a great reputation here, he wants to ask Mr. Zhang to come forward as a guarantor. In addition to their wages, they will donate to the pirates That part of the salt, come down."

"This..." Zhang Yuan frowned when he heard the words, looked at Chu Nan and said, "In this way, there is no profit..."

After finishing speaking, he saw Chu Nan looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and he panicked inexplicably. After saying this, he knew how much tax the pirates collected from the fishermen, but in the hearts of Chu Nan and the fishermen, he shouldn't know That's the right amount of detail.

"Don't worry, I'm entering the government office for the first time, so I need a batch of salt to show my loyalty to Marquis Wen, and it won't cut off people's wealth." Chu Nan comforted, with a dark smile on his face.

Zhang Yuan understood, and also showed a tacit smile, nodded and said: "It's not difficult if it's just a guarantee, but..."

"General Cao!" Chu Nan turned his head and looked at Cao Xing.

Cao Xing silently took off the bag on his back and put it on the table, there was a muffled sound, and the sound of metal impacting inside continued to resound.

"This money should be regarded as a security deposit. Although it is not much, it will be temporarily deposited with the husband. After the matter is completed, I will be grateful." Chu Nan laughed.

"Lie Cao misunderstood..." Zhang Yuan got up quickly, wanting to decline.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm a little tight on time. If I don't feel it's enough, I'll send another batch tomorrow. As far as I'm concerned, it's just a passer-by. I understand the rules of going to the mountains to pay homage to the door. Please, sir." Don't refuse!" Chu Nan said with a smile while holding the purse.

"This..." Zhang Yuan said helplessly: "Forget it, I will help Lie Cao to keep it first, and when the matter is completed, how about these security deposits being counted as the wages of those fishermen?"

"These are Mr. Zhang's business. Anyway, I will give the full wages to those fishermen. Mr. Zhang is generous and willing to take the opportunity to help them. That is Mr. Zhang's business and has nothing to do with me." Chu Nan laughed stood up and said.

"Okay, Lie Cao, let's go back first, tomorrow there will be fishermen who are willing to apply." Zhang Yuan laughed.

"Farewell!" Chu Nan gave Cao Xing a look and clasped his fists at Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan sent the two of them outside the door, watched them go away, and then went back to the room.

"Sir, why don't you go to the county magistrate to do these things?" On the way back to the barracks, Cao Xing looked at Chu Nan with a frown and asked in doubt.

"Firstly, he can't do it, and secondly, he won't do it for us." Chu Nan shook his head, seeing that Cao Xing was puzzled, he said casually: "General Cao doesn't care about government affairs and doesn't understand these things. respect, but if you want to do things, it depends on the county officials and the rich and famous families in the county."

"Zhang Yuan is not from a wealthy family." Cao Xing frowned, he was sure of this.

"This Ganyu is barren. Although there are several gentry ancestral lands, the clansmen have already moved to other places." Chu Nan walked aside.

This is just like the era he lived in. Once the barren county town has no financial resources, the local prominent figures will usually find ways to migrate to the bustling city. They may call back during the holidays, but in this era, people who move away will basically not come back. Therefore, most of the power in the county will sink to another echelon, and people like Zhang Yuan have a chance to hold some kind of power.

"That Zhang Yuan is obviously not a kind person. Why are you being so polite to him, Mister?" Cao Xing recalled the time he had been talking with Zhang Yuan. At first, he had a good impression, but as time went on, it became more and more wrong. , at the moment he put down the purse, it changed obviously.

"He can handle things. I am waiting to solve the urgent need. If I wait a little bit to settle it, how much time will it take? For all these things, you need to be clear about the priority. First solve the urgent need, and then talk about other things."

"Then there is no need to accommodate him like this, just give him money." Cao Xing obviously couldn't adapt to this.

"It's not that simple." Chu Nan shook his head: "People like Zhang Yuan don't lack this kind of money. If you give the money directly, he will definitely not accept it, and he will not do anything for you."

Cao Xing looked at Chu Nan blankly, did he say anything just now?

"When I said I wanted to deal with Marquis Wen, I was telling him that this matter was just for errands and I wouldn't stay here for a long time, and I would give him enough compensation. If I really said I wanted to stay here forever, it would be cutting off his fortune." Lu, he will definitely not agree, what I say, plus he treats me as a big shot, and it won't hurt his interests, so naturally he won't embarrass me." Chu Nan said with a smile.

What he said in such detail, apart from clearing up Cao Xing's confusion, also made Cao Xing take it seriously, foolishly thinking that he was really just trying to deal with Lu Bu, Hou Cheng had already gone on strike, if Cao Xing didn't stand by him again , I really became a bare-bones commander.

"Are you really going to leave after that month?" Cao Xing asked suspiciously.

"How is it possible? I came here because of Haiyan. To put it bluntly, I came here to cut off their money. It's just a rhetoric. First, solve the current problem. After one month, let him eat all the things he eats." Spit it out!"

Cao Xing: "..."

For some reason, Cao Xing suddenly became worried about Hou Cheng's future...

(End of this chapter)