Xiaoguangong

Chapter 166 Crazy vs. Crazy

There are not no people who lick blood, but the great development of business does require a relatively stable environment.

In the case of insufficient productivity, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce is the choice that everyone will insist on, but this does not mean that the primitive social model of bartering should become the mainstream of this era.

Although Guan Ping didn't like Liu Ba very much, since Liu Ba's methods could greatly restore trade and play the role of Jiangling's position, he was of course willing to enlist Liu Ba as a subordinate official.

In this way, he sent letters to Le Jin and Cao Cao respectively, saying that he had found Liu Ba, but it would take some time to investigate, in case Liu Beijun's spies mixed in.

Cao Cao was very satisfied with Yunshan's clever use of troops to recapture Jiangling before. He had so many famous men and there was no shortage of Liu Ba, so he simply ordered Yunshan to appoint any local officials in Nanjun at will, and the final memorial would be fine.

So Guan Pingbiao Liu Ba temporarily acted as the magistrate of Jiangling County, and told him to vigorously restore the economy—if he couldn't, he would be punished as a spy of Liu Beijun.

Ten thousand beasts roared past Liu Ba's heart, wishing he could catch Yunshan and fight him.

This is clearly a serious insult to himself, how dare Liu Bei threaten him with such behavior?

He was arrogant by nature, so he couldn't tolerate such humiliation, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves and wanted to beat Yunshan, but Cao Zhi's eyes behind Yunshan were as cold as ghosts, and he still stopped Liu Ba's thoughts.

"Didn't Brother Liu reject Liu Biao and Liu Bei's conquest back then? If you don't want to do it, you don't have to. The Yangtze River is not covered, so you can swim to Liu Bei's place."

Cao Zhi realized that the more he treated Liu Ba, the better Yunshan treated him, so he simply regained his haughty and cold appearance, and tortured Liu Ba when he had nothing to do, but Liu Ba liked this very much.

"I, I will do my best to never let the young master down."

Although Liu Ba was resentful, there was nothing he could do.

He rejected Liu Bei severely, just to show his ability under Cao Cao, he told himself to endure the insult a little bit, Cao Cao will see his ability sooner or later.

Yun Shan is really hateful, when I am summoned by the prime minister, I will definitely speak ill of him.

correct……

Liu Ba suddenly remembered something.

Why does Yunshan look so familiar?

I seem to have seen it somewhere.

A few years ago when Liu Bei visited Liu Ba, Guan Ping followed behind him, but Guan Ping was still young at that time, and Liu Ba's arrogant temperament did not look at Liu Bei at all, and naturally he would not look directly at the guards behind him.

But Liu Ba's excellent memory still gave him a vague impression. He believed that there was nothing impenetrable in this world. As long as he investigated carefully, he would be able to find the origin of Yunshan.

At that time, he must have a big fall.

Liu Ba didn't know that when he was secretly thinking about this matter, his expression was rather ferocious and weird, all of this was in Zhang Yun's eyes.

Surprised and delighted, Zhang Yun rushed to Guan Ping and told Guan Ping about the matter.

Zhang Yun knew Guan Ping's identity.

It was because he knew Guan Ping's identity that he was very worried, and was forced to work hard, for fear that there would be the slightest mistake. A famous person like Liu Ba would be manipulated by Guan Ping at will, and he, who had lost his support, was like a pig and dog in front of Guan Ping. Normally, Guan Ping would find any reason to kill Cao Cao without any blame.

"General, you must be extremely careful.

This Liu Ba seems to have recognized you before, and he has a lot of contacts in Jingzhou. If you get your identity out of someone's mouth, you must hold back for now, and then find an opportunity to report to Cao Cao. This matter must be guarded against. "

Guan Ping reached out and patted Zhang Yun's shoulder, and nodded slowly:
"Thank you, Dudu Zhang, for your reminder.

But I have already prepared for this matter, Liu Ba can't make waves. "

Seeing Zhang Yun's disappointed face, Guan Ping calmly said:

"Dudu Zhang's kindness is appreciated. There was a lot of delay in the training of the navy before, and the deployment of the navy will be handed over to Dudu Zhang."

"Ah, this, this..." Zhang Yun's face showed ecstasy, "It's easy to say, I'm willing to do my best for the big man, and I don't hesitate to sacrifice any sacrifice!"

Zhang Yun also knew that Guan Ping barely regarded himself as a confidant now, and as a confidant, he must do some due things.

Well, I have to work hard.

The captain of the navy and the captain of the navy are different.

When Liu Biao was in the past, Zhang Yun had soldiers and generals under his command. He could be called the pinnacle of Jingzhou generals, and even Liu Bei was afraid of him.

At that time, Zhang Yun only cared about his own status and the power in his hands, and he just dealt with all kinds of confessions to Liu Biao under Cai Mao's arrangement.

Now he is still the commander of the Jingzhou navy, but he is a vacant job with no soldier or title, but because of Guan Ping's appreciation, he decides to work hard to learn the tactics of the navy and the way of life.

Only when you lose it will you know how rare it is. This is absolutely true.

Zhang Yun knew how important Jiangling was to Guan Ping, so he had to seize the opportunity to prove his ability no matter what.

After a few more days, under the auspices of Guan Ping, the official market in Jiangling finally opened.

Shu brocade and salt in Yizhou, which had been blocked by the navy at the wharf before, were unloaded one after another. Guan Ping ordered the salt to be sold at a low price, giving priority to soldiers in Jingzhou. Shu brocade entered the official market as an important luxury, and only the official market could monopolize the sale.

Merchants from all over the world couldn't wait for a long time. When they heard that the official market was unblocked, everyone cheered and poured into the official market.

Although the official city is very simple for the time being, it occupies a large area. Zhang Yun personally leads the navy in armor and armed to patrol around. The surrounding merchants are very happy and plan to barter according to the previous routine.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ba said with a gloomy face that at present all the goods are not allowed to be exchanged directly, and they must be exchanged into direct hundred coins before they can be used in the official market.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what kind of routine this was.

The world has been in chaos for a long time, and there is no sign of calming down. In order to raise military expenses, various warlords will definitely mess up currency, resulting in a large amount of currency that has lost its credibility. No one dares to use currency for transactions.

But I have to say that a stable currency is indeed the best medium, far better than the very primitive way of bartering.

Guan Ping pretended to be a soldier and observed secretly, seeing that these merchants from Yizhou couldn't afford the money, he couldn't help being a little bit surprised.

"Yizhou is rich, a land of abundance, why are these merchants accustomed to bartering like this?"

Liu Ba said angrily:
"It's money from the Central Plains, so that's why you even have this...cough, coughcough..."

Sima Fu smiled gently at the side:

"Yes, the main reason is that Prime Minister Cao didn't think about minting coins until last year. The money in the Central Plains is cheap and food is expensive. Naturally, these merchants dare not accept the money.

As long as the general sticks to the right path, they will soon accept straight hundred dollars, which is also a great good thing. "

The merchants from Yizhou originally wanted to spend some effort to communicate with Yunshan to see if there was any chance to let go, but Sima Fu took the place of Guan Ping to be the bad guy, saying that the government should either not participate or use Zhibai.

This place is the front line of the battle. If anyone sells Shu brocade privately, they will all be confiscated, and all other goods will also be confiscated.

If anyone is disobedient, I won't even let you sell the salt—the prime minister has already resumed the salt and iron franchise, and we are justified in this matter.

Shu brocade can only be sold in the official market, but salt can be circulated at will, which is already a great convenience. Most merchants come all the way to sell one kind of thing. The warehouse is sufficient, there is a lot of food, and the issuance of Zhibaiqian is also based on the food standard. There is no sign of excessive issuance for the time being, and everyone can only nod silently.

If you believe in Yunshan once, you will pay the protection fee.

There is no way, the location of Jiangling in this era is too important. Jingzhou lacks salt, and a large amount of salt in Shu is an absolute best-seller. In addition, in a huge market with multiple parties involved, it is a big deal to be fooled first, and there is no time when no one does business without losing money.

As long as Liu Ba is serious, he is indeed capable.

He cracked down on private brewing in the name of saving food, and used several wineries in the official market as the main channel for selling wine. Other merchants had to enter the official market if they wanted to sell wine.

The soldiers who fought hard and got a lot of rewards were greedy for this wine, and they all came to the wine shop to exchange money and drink, and slowly spent their previous rewards.

And the gambling houses in the official city are also slowly opening, starting with cutting off the soldiers to gather money little by little, and everything is thriving.

What made Liu Ba most painful was that he had to continue to maintain trade relations with Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

If business wants to prosper, it must circulate, and if it wants to circulate, it must have a good relationship with the surrounding area.

Liu Bei's army has obviously participated in it, and a large number of goods exchanges will surely make Liu Bei's rule more prosperous. This is something Liu Ba absolutely does not want to see.

He even vaguely felt that with Zhuge Liang's talent, he would definitely seize the opportunity to infiltrate Jiangling. If Yunshan didn't care about it, Jiangling would be in danger.

Damn, I need a helper.

He thought for a moment, then quickly rushed to Cao Zhi's barracks, and soon found a fellow villager.

"I found Liu Beijun's spies!" He whispered as he entered the tent.

The man was concentrating on reviewing the documents, and he couldn't help trembling when he heard the words, and the brush in his hand fell to the ground.

"Ah, this..."

"Hmph, don't you believe me." The fellow villagers naturally didn't have much courtesy when they saw fellow villagers, so Liu Ba immediately sat cross-legged and said intently, "I don't feel right looking at Yunshan.

This person captured Jiangling so easily, and Liu Bei didn't raise troops to fight for it immediately. I think he is a spy of Liu Bei's army! "

The man breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the pen from the ground, and said with a wry smile:
"Liu Shijun is so benevolent that everyone will follow him. Why is Brother Zichu like this?"

Liu Ba snorted forcefully, he opened his mouth wide, then closed it discouraged, and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister Cao is gentle and martial, broad-minded and decisive, far above Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's ghostly schemes, sooner or later he will be defeated.

I am no longer successful, but Gongyan, you are still young, don't be fooled by Liu Bei, and do things that anger people. "

The man nodded like a chicken eating rice, and said with a wry smile:
"I'm just a swordsman under the command of Mr. Zijian. Even if I want to help brother Zichu, I can't do anything."

Liu Ba waved his hand vigorously:

"Hmph, how can I not know your talent and ability? Yunshan Fangding Jiangling is the time when there is a shortage of capable people.

As long as I pretend to cooperate and recommend the public to work in Jiangling, wouldn't Jiangling be in our hands, just like Ma Jichang in Xiangyang, so that Yunshan can't do anything, and then he will reveal his true face. "

The man nodded again and again, full of admiration:
"Brother Zichu is right, then I will wait for brother Zichu to support me."

　Wuhu, unblocked, but too fast
　　
　
(End of this chapter)