Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 60 Brother Zhen, I, Yuan Shu, like you!

On the outskirts of Luoyang, in Yulin Temple, Ren Man and her daughter Diao Xiuer are making vegetable sauce in the yard.

Wearing short coarse cloth clothes, she put handfuls of Huo Cai into a clay jar, along with coarse salt and sauce, while her daughter, Diao Xiuer, pounded them absent-mindedly with a wooden pestle.

Although she looked at her daughter smiling, she was obviously lost in thought.

As for the reason...

Nothing else, the letter from Young Master Liu.

Mr. Liu ordered Ren Man to select trustworthy Yulin audience members and start hoarding donkeys secretly.

驴…

Hoard donkeys!

This made Ren Man fall into deep thought...

To know…

Donkeys... have always been a story-telling animal!

In the early Han Dynasty, Lu Jia, who compiled "Xin Yu", called the donkey, coral, emerald jade, and Ruibo together as the four major treasures. At that time, the donkey was kept in the royal garden!

During Emperor Wu's reign, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty liked a white donkey, and ordered people to feed it with fine nectar and fresh fruits, just to hear the donkey bray every day.

In the world of Emperor Wudi, the braying of a donkey is an auspicious sound.

The big man also had a filial son named Dai Liang, who observed that his mother liked to listen to donkey braying, so in order to make her happy, he secretly taught himself to practice donkey braying repeatedly.

Later, he learned how to bray so vividly that it became a way to make his mother happy, and his reputation as "filial piety" spread.

This is a popular story.

Not to mention that in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the romantic and elegant scholars had a stronger affection for donkeys.

According to "Shi Shuo Xin Yu", the poet Wang Can among the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" loved donkeys very much, and he also liked to listen to donkeys braying.

He had a good relationship with Cao Pi. After his death, Cao Pi led a group of literati to hold a memorial service and suggested that the guests learn to bray as a donkey to see Wang Can off.As a result, donkeys brayed one after another!

Besides... Liu Hong, the current emperor, his hometown is "Hejian"... What is the most famous place there?
Don't need to talk about it?
certainly…

The story belongs to the story, but the story does not mean that the donkey has commercial value.

Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty swept the Xiongnu and restored the style of the Western Regions, coupled with the opening of the Silk Road on land, a large number of donkeys from the Western Regions flooded into the Central Plains, resulting in the extremely low price of donkeys in the Han Dynasty!
It is only one-tenth of the horse price before the skyrocketing, and it has been extremely stable for so many years.

This is where Ren Man is most suspicious.

Diao Xiu'er turned to look at her mother, and whispered to her, "Mother, are you worried again?"

Ren Man sighed silently, but still squatted down, smiling.

"How did you know?"

"Mother used to read big brother's letters and always smiled, but this time she didn't smile, instead she was absent-minded!"

Ren Man chuckled and pinched her daughter's cheek.

At this time...the sound of "dong dong" slamming on the door came from outside, and Ren Man was startled. It is reasonable to say that there are no visitors in Yulin Temple today.

Even if someone makes trouble, they must be able to pass through the hurdles of those homeless Taoists outside the door!
At this time...

Xun Yu went to open the door, but saw several officials striding in.

"Which one is Miss Ren Man?"

"I'm just..." Seeing that it was an official, Ren Man didn't dare to neglect her, and hurriedly stood up.

"My master wants to see the girl! Order me to come and invite..." The tone of the official messenger was neither good nor bad, but the last word "please" made the tone extra accentuated.

"Xiu'er, be good, you go back to the house first, mother will come as soon as she goes." Ren Man patted Diao Xiu'er on the back...

Diao Xiu'er was going to enter the house obediently.

Unexpectedly, the officer quickly ordered: "My master has said that we will also invite Miss Ren Man's daughter!"

This…

Ren Man frowned.

"Dare to ask, Your Excellency's master is..." Xun Yu opened his mouth and said...

"It's not something you can ask!" The officer's tone to Xun Yu was extremely cold.

Xun Yu frowned... thinking about what to do?
"My master said that he didn't mean anything! Otherwise, it wouldn't be 'please'!" The officer blurted out another sentence.

"Let's go..." Ren Man held her daughter Diao Xiu'er's little hand and said.

It's about the government, she doesn't want to implicate Yulin Guan, nor does she want to implicate Liu Yu...

In addition, what the other party said makes sense, the government is out, even if they don't use "please", can their mother and daughter escape?

"Miss Ren..." Xun Yu walked in front of her, held her hand, and said, "Be careful in everything."

In the words, he seemed to stuff something into Ren Man's hands.

It was a sachet…

It is specially prepared by Xun Yu, and the smell is strong and can last for a long time.

Looking for this smell, Xun Yu could know where Ren Man was.

Now, although Liu Yu has not returned, since Xun Yu regards Yulin Temple as his "home", the "goodness" in his heart will drive him to protect everyone in it.

"Da da da…"

As the carriage drifted away, Xun Yu saw Ren Man's hand resting on the window, and a faint fragrance wafted from it.

Smelling the fragrance and looking at the unfinished vegetable sauce in the courtyard, Xun Yu felt an ominous premonition inexplicably.

call…

He let out a long breath, pondered for a moment, then found a horse, looked for the smell, and chased in the direction of the carriage.

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Shen Yun billowed in the sky, the sky gradually darkened, and the muffled thunder came faintly.

This is the Yuan family's horse farm, and there are [-] horses hoarded here.

You know, the emperor Liu Hong set up the "Ji Ji Stable Cheng", and the entire empire recruited good horses. This decree...Yuan Wei and Yuan Feng were the first to get the news.

They also started to prepare immediately, but because the time was too short, even if they used a lot of connections and contacts of the Yuan family, they only hoarded [-] horses!
but…

The price of horses has skyrocketed recently, and the Yuan family has made a lot of money!

At this time, the Zhen family's carriages were unloading boxes in the racecourse, and hundreds of boxes were filled with gold, even in this dim thunder sky, because of the gold, the entire racecourse was shone with rays of light.

Countless servants of the Yuan family are counting...

Because the number was too large, a servant broke into the house just now for two full hours, reporting repeatedly.

"Totally match!"

At this time, the man in his twenties who was silent in the room, just playing with a string of jade bracelets, suddenly raised his head.

His eyes and expression also changed from indifference to enthusiasm.

"Hahaha, brother Zhen, I, Yuan Shu, like you for being straightforward... Today, keep the money, and you take the seven hundred horses away. We will pay for both money and goods, fair trade, no deception, and no deceit. No tangles..."

It only took a few moments for Yuan Shu to go from being indifferent to Zhen Yi to hooking his shoulders.

"Brother Yuan is also a cheerful person."

Zhen Yi stood up and bowed to Yuan Shu...

At a price of 23 yuan per good horse, he bought [-] horses of the Yuan family at one time!
This is not a small amount, almost all of the Zhen family's property was used, including the previous income from buying and selling beard equipment, and all of them were invested in it.

Yuan Shu was naturally happy to hear it. After all, since the Guangwu Dynasty, the price of horses has soared, only 200,000 yuan, and it is almost impossible to increase it any further!

There were a few times that fell back quickly!

Ever since his father and uncle handed over the task of selling good horses to Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu has been unable to sleep all night for the past few days.

He was worried that the price of horses would drop suddenly, just like Emperor Huan!
Nice to hear that…

Someone took over!

The young patriarch of the Wuji Zhen family in Jizhou——Zhen Yi!
certainly…

From Yuan Shu's point of view, the young patriarch of the Zhen family in front of him doesn't seem to be very smart.

The price was [-] yuan higher than the market price, and all [-] horses of the Yuan family were bought at one time. It is simply the "bad boy" in "bad boy"!
—Head in head!

Although the weather today is not good and the clouds are dense, Yuan Shu is very happy to meet such a beautiful event!

"Brother Yuan, if I have nothing else to do, I will take my leave first!"

Zhen Yi bids farewell...

This time to buy the Yuan family's horses, he sent hundreds of people, this is a big project.

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Yuan Shu patted Zhen Yi's shoulder again, his mood was beyond words, "Brother Zhen, to tell you the truth, I like you! We are about the same age, and we need to keep in touch frequently...ah...hahaha!"

"However, we have to start with our ugly words. Once this horse leaves our Yuan family racecourse, it will not be returned or exchanged regardless of 'birth, old age, sickness or death'! Ah...hahaha..."

Yuan Shu seemed to be looking at a "two lacks" and a "big fool"!
The gaze cast on Zhen Yi is also full of caring for "mentally handicapped children"!

In his opinion…

This money, the Yuan family's blood earned!The Zhen family suffered a blood loss!
Inexplicably, the weather, which was originally dark clouds, closed and thunderous, suddenly turned to the sun and the sky was clear.

Watching the Zhen family horse team drift away...

Yuan Shu was filled with emotions.

——"God opened his eyes and sent such a 'big idiot' who is 'stupid and rich'!"

——"Hahaha, open your eyes, open your eyes!"

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(End of this chapter)