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

Chapter 64 Where is my Diaochan?
By the river, the flowing water was gurgling, and the falling flowers formed a trail. Sometimes Diao Xiu'er lay in her mother's arms, and sometimes she ran around like flying.

The mother and daughter are collecting elm, peach blossom and madder.

Among the folks, in February, apart from offering sacrifices to the God of Land and the God of Grain, the essential work is to collect elm ginseng, steam it first, then dry it in the sun, and then store it.

In ancient times, elm can be used as an emergency food...

As for the collection of peach blossoms and madder, they are used as dyeing agents.

As the number of Taoists in Yulin Temple increased, more and more dyeing agents were needed to make Taoist robes, which increased the work of female Taoist nuns, mainly Ren Man.

Looking at the elms growing out of the trees, Diao Xiuer asked curiously: "Mother, in the big house I went to yesterday, many sisters played with me... I asked their names? They said they didn't have a name, and one of them was the most beautiful." My eldest sister told me that I can call her 'Diao Chan'! Mother, what is 'Diao Chan'?"

"'Diao Chan' is a female official in the palace..." Ren Man carefully explained to her daughter: "The female official who is in charge and arranging the crowns of those officials is 'Diao Chan'!"

As Ren Man said, in the Han Dynasty, the hats worn by courtiers were called "Diaochan crowns", and the female official Diaochan was in charge of these hats!
Diao Xiuer's big eyes blinked again and again, as if she liked the title "Diaochan" very much.

"Mom, I want to be 'Diao Chan' when I grow up!"

While talking, Diao Xiu'er sat in her mother's arms...

Ren Man was wearing a coarse cloth jacket today, with her trousers rolled up. She hugged Diao Chan, as if... she suddenly recalled something, looked back at Diao Xiu'er, and said quite seriously, "You can't tell anyone what happened yesterday. bring up..."

"Why..." Diao Xiu'er wanted to ask "Why?" But when the words came to her lips, she found her mother's solemn face, and immediately swallowed all the words.

She just asked in a low voice: "Big brother, can't you tell me?"

The big brother Diao Xiu'er was talking about was naturally Liu Yu.

Counting the days, the big brother will be back soon.

"Big brother can't either!" Ren Man's tone was extremely sure.

She recalled what the chief eunuch told her when she left the palace yesterday - "Don't tell anyone what happened today, it's not only good for you, but also good for your Guanzhu Liu!"

Ren Man didn't dare to be careless, so she warned her daughter with a serious face.

"I remember!" Diao Xiu'er pouted, then ran away with a smile, shouting as she ran. "Mother, look...Look, there are a lot of madder...I want to dye new robes for Mother and Big Brother."

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A village five miles east of Luoyang City.

Cleanliness emerges from simplicity.

Wuji Zhen's family bought several farms here, connected them, surrounded them with wooden stakes, and became a place for horses.

In the farm, flags and flags can be seen everywhere, with the inscription "Get a good horse, sell for 2 million dollars each!"

You must know that before "Dong Zhuo Zhu Xiaoqian", the price of the big man was generally stable. The 2 million here, in terms of purchasing power, is about 600 million yuan in later generations!

It seems that what is sold here is no longer a "horse", but a "BMW"!
What can accompany it is the huge gap between the rich and the poor of the big man than the later generations.

If we say that in later generations, 20.00% of the people own 80.00% of the wealth;

Well, because of land annexation, and because the clan monopolizes all resources, it is no exaggeration to say that at the end of the Han Dynasty, one percent of the people owned 90.00% of the wealth!
Of course…

Because a horse here dares to sell for 2 million dollars, attracting a large number of passers-by who "eat melons"!
At first everyone thought it was a gimmick, but now the price of a horse is only 200,000 yuan!
2 million...how can it be sold?

The members of the Wuji Zhen family were all kicked stupid by horseshoes, right?
But... in fact.

For ten days in a row, the "2 million money per horse" was extremely stable, and the business was extremely bleak. Many people who eat melons commented that the Zhen family is really a big hit!

On the other hand, Zhen Yi, it has not been a day or two before being regarded as a "stupid" by others, he is used to it.

He even recalled that year.

At that time, I was "foolish" and took my clansmen to put the "Hu Qi" in the East City of Luoyang, and sold it at a hundred times the price. At first, most of the onlookers were mocking, but in the end they were all dumbfounded!

How mocking it was at the beginning, how shocking it was in the end!

That scene is still unforgettable to Zhen Yi even today!
It seems that the scene of selling hu utensils in those days is similar to today's?

Simply, Zhen Yi didn't care about the eyes of the people around him, he sat cross-legged, his eyes looked at his nose, his nose looked at his heart, and he looked like a Buddhist horse dealer.

Of course…

Zhen Yi's mood was not without waves.

More than two thousand horses!

If this is true according to what Liu Guanzhu said, a horse is 2 million...then the wealth of their Zhen family will be...

"Gudong"!
Subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, sure enough, there was everything in the dream!

However, the reality is still enough backbone!

The price of Hu Qi has skyrocketed a hundred times because of the prevalence of Hu Feng in the palace, but... the price of horses, apart from the imperial court setting up "騄静炒成" and "receiving county and national horses", there is no new decree.

And this decree has been issued for a month. From a business point of view, it seems... the Zhen family has missed the best time to sell.

Even, if the imperial court cancels this decree and circulates county and national horses in the market again, his Zhen family will definitely lose all their ancestral property!
The more I think about it, the more inexplicably I feel lingering fear.

"Master, look, someone is coming..."

A servant hurriedly awakened Zhen Yi with his eyes closed... pointing to the entrance of the racecourse.

Zhen Yi looked into the distance.

Sure enough... I saw a man slowly approaching, surrounded by several people like stars holding the moon.

This man is just standing there, but his temperament is particularly eye-catching. He is dressed extremely luxuriously, but his body is a little weak, to be precise, a little weak, as if he has overdrawn himself early because of some strenuous exercise.

But those eyes are particularly eye-catching, domineering yet majestic!
Surrounded by everyone is the emperor Liu Hong!
As usual, he played the role of King Chen and Liu Chong, and even the huge "King Chen" banner was displayed on the carriage he was riding in.

but…

What surprised Liu Hong was that the area around the racecourse was full of people!

It's like... Many people from inside and outside Luoyang City came here to watch.

This, Liu Hong thinks carefully, is also understandable.

As the saying goes, watching others make money is more uncomfortable than not making money yourself; in the same way, watching others lose money is also a different kind of happiness for ordinary people!

just like…

This group of "melon-eating" people came to witness the Wuji Zhen family's "hoarding and hoarding", but in the end "the cleverness was misunderstood by the cleverness"!
— O wicked merchant!
Liu Hong quickly walked in front of Zhen Yi. While he was looking up and down at Zhen Yi, Zhen Yi was also looking at him. As early as when they entered the door, a servant came to announce that King Chen and Liu Chong had come!
Zhen Yi naturally knew that this Chen Wang Liu Chong had an inseparable relationship with today's emperor Liu Hong, and he was one of the few feudal lords with real power!
Zhen Yi didn't dare to be negligent, and simply looked at the passerby, then lowered his head.

——"Xiaguan Zhenyi, I met King Chen!"

With his hands behind his back, Liu Hong looked playful. He walked to the wooden fence, looked at the horses in the enclosure, and groaned softly. "The horses are well raised, and they are all good horses."

After saying this, he just turned around. "You are Shang Cai Ling Zhen Yi?"

"Exactly!"

"Shang Cailing didn't do it well, but started the horse dealer business."

Liu Hong said this a little lazily, but Zhen Yi became nervous.

"Reporting to King Chen, I refer to the "Yuan" promulgated by the imperial court. Those who excel in the local assessment can take a [-]-day long vacation every two years! Therefore, take advantage of the long vacation to do some business!"

As Zhen Yi said...

The Han Bamboo Slips "Two Years' Laws and Officials' Law" stipulates that if an official is more than [-] miles away from his hometown, he can visit his relatives once every two years, with [-] days of vacation each time.

In addition, those who have excelled in the assessment for two consecutive years can also take a [-]-day long vacation.

Zhen Yi used the holiday to sell horses, which did not seem to have violated the court's laws and regulations!
"I heard that in order to hoard these two thousand horses, you not only sold all the business of the Zhen family, but also sold [-]% of the ancestral property? Is there such a thing?"

"Yes!" Zhen Yi replied truthfully.

"Then why? Taking advantage of the high price of horses, your Zhen family bought instead of selling them?" Liu Hong's eyes fell on the flag that read "Good quality horses, each sold for 2 million dollars". "Is Shang Cailing a bit greedy?"

For a moment, Liu Hong really wanted to beat Zhen Yi up.

In his opinion... Yu'er made this guy hoard!
When, let him sell a good horse for "2 million dollars", people will not be satisfied!

Uh…

Zhen Yi paused for a moment, then hurriedly replied.

"Reporting to King Chen, it's not that Xiaguan doesn't want to sell it, but a friend of Xiaguan told Xiaguan that a good horse can be sold for '2 million'. Xiaguan has always believed in this little friend's words! "

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(End of this chapter)