My husband Zhuge Kongming

Seeing Liu Biao and Liu Bei both showing hesitation, Huang Yueying could only sigh inwardly.

This group of clansmen of the Han Dynasty who have records are kind to their clansmen, but...they don't take the land of Yizhou, some people take it.

Would Cao Cao let it go?
of course not!
Even Jiangdong, if given the opportunity, would not give up.

An inch of land is an inch of gold, and land is a resource!
Only with land can there be food and population, and with food and population can there be a source of soldiers.

Both Liu Biao and Liu Bei understood this truth, but they thought that Liu Zhang...would be on their side.

Because of this, within a short period of time, Yizhou... cannot be taken down.

Huang Yueying didn't say much anymore, anyway... She has already given her suggestion, and it's Liu Biao's business how to choose.

"The more I think, what Ah Chu said is very true." Kuai Yue was the first to agree with Huang Yueying.

Compared with Liu Biao and Liu Bei, Kuai Yue did not have the kindness to these clansmen.

There are tens of thousands of clan relatives in the Han Dynasty in the world, how many of them really thought about contributing?
Didn't Liu Biao have selfish motives in wanting to contribute?

As for Liu Bei...the idiot, he will do it even though he knows it's not going to please him.

Kuai Yue sighed, this situation is still too complicated, in the future... Will Liu Cong be able to control it?
Cai Mao thought for a while, then nodded, and stood by Huang Yueying's side.

Only when Jingzhou embarks on that road and truly unifies the world, can the Cai family...be able to make further progress.

Seeing this, Liu Biao and Liu Bei looked at each other, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

But Liu Cong opened his mouth and looked at Liu Biao, "What Ah Chu said is not unreasonable, how about doing what Ah Chu said first?"

Liu Biao waved his hand, "Let's discuss it later."

Huang Yueying's heart sank, but her expression remained unchanged, "Let's put aside the Yizhou matter first, and take down Hanzhong before we talk about it. But about Yecheng and Xuchang, although Ah Chu does not recommend Jingzhou to send troops, he hopes to find out more information."

Liu Bei looked at Huang Yueying and shook his head, "Information is not difficult, but... this year, Cao Cao imposed heavy taxes on merchants going south to Xuchang."

Huang Yueying was taken aback, "When did it happen?"

"Just a month ago, the news hasn't reached Ah Chu yet?" Liu Bei asked.

Huang Yueying nodded, "I haven't seen these messages yet."

Liu Bei thought for a while, and then told everything he knew, which made everyone frown.

To put it simply, Cao Cao disliked the merchants who went to the south for making too much money, fearing that they would affect the stability of the family in the north, so he imposed heavy taxes on them, ten out of two!
Then, some city taxes were reduced for local grain, cloth and other goods in the north to protect local merchants.

Huang Yueying was dumbfounded, well, this approach... really meant some sanctions.

In this way, the interests of various business agents in the south will definitely be affected. Although the aristocratic family in the north has resentment towards Cao Cao in their hearts, they are also at the mercy of the other side and will not object.

"I heard that this idea was decided by Cao Cao himself, and several of his advisers wanted him to think twice." Liu Bei sighed again.

Huang Yueyingmo, this is... Liu Biao at this time simply doesn't have the courage to claim all the infamy on her.

At this time, Liu Bei...doesn't have that status yet.

Cao Cao's heart is receptive, wave after wave.

"Since that's the case..." Huang Yueying thought about it for a while, "I will transport more salt from Ye County and Nanman to the north."

Salt is a necessity of life.

It is not something that rich people like Chu paper or brown sugar consume.

Nanman's salt is mainly marketed in Jingzhou and Jiangdong, while Ye County's salt is not as large as Nanman's, so it is consumed in the surrounding areas.

Furthermore, Cao Cao has not yet raised taxes on salt, so this thing cannot be taxed heavily.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are inescapable for people to live in this world.

Salt, even more so.

Unfortunately, there is a big salt mine in Nanban, and the one in Ye County is... even bigger.

In the pre-Han period, the salt and iron official operation guaranteed the country's fiscal revenue.

Now because of the collapse of the system, the common people can cook salt, it's just whether the cooking is good or bad.

Opening the way to intelligence with salt will be smoother than sugar and paper at this time.

"This... What if Cao Cao imposes heavy taxes again?" Liu Bei asked.

If Cao Cao imposed heavy taxes, they would easily lose money on the salt they transported.

"There is a large population in the north, and many people still can't afford salt." Huang Yueying explained, "That's why, if I wait for the salt sales to pass, Cao Cao will not stop him. On the contrary... maybe he will take over from them and sell them to... further north."

Liu Bei was taken aback.

Liu Biao was also taken aback.

It seems that it makes sense.

Who wouldn't do a profitable business?
As long as Cao Cao reveals his tone, there are plenty of people to help him do it!
"What Ah Chu said is very true." Cai Mao nodded with a smile. Unfortunately, he was one of the salt sellers.

A large part of the salt produced by Nanman will be transported to Xiangyang. After it is transported to Xiangyang, he will send people to purchase a part of it and sell it to the north.

Everything went smoothly along the way, neither the aristocratic family nor Cao Cao's influence has ever stopped him.

Even, I got a lot of news.

"Since that's the case, Ah Chu should tell the firm." Liu Biao then set the tone, thinking of the firm, and said, "Ah Chu's firm is making money?"

"Last year... finally made money." Huang Yueying said with emotion.

Liu Biao laughed, "Okay."

In this way, he was also relieved a lot.

Liu Bei's expression was strange, and he muttered in his heart, brother Jing Sheng, you haven't seen the ability of the firm to attract money, have you?

That is to buy all kinds of mineral land that can be bought near Nanyang!

It made him have to buy things from the trading company now...

Although convenient, but occasionally feel bad about money.

"Speaking of it," Huang Yueying said again, "the master craftsman at Achu Village has researched a method of iron smelting, which can increase production, and now he is planning to let commercial firms around the world build iron smelting workshops... I don't know, uncle, do you want to buy some armor?"

Liu Biao: ...

Kuai Yue coughed lightly.

Cai Mao's eyes lit up, "How to sell?"

Liu Cong also became interested, "What is the price?"

"A set of iron armor with an iron headed spear or spear only costs [-] yuan, and better-made ones can cost upwards of [-] yuan."

"How much?" Liu Biao's eyes widened.

Five thousand dollars!
Not five hundred dollars!
Equip ten soldiers, and you can buy a war horse!

If you make a better one, you will need [-] yuan to go up!

"Cough, Ah Chu, is this too expensive?" Seeing Liu Biao's reaction, Liu Cong knew what Liu Biao meant, so he asked.

Huang Yueying shook her head, "Iron ore needs manpower to mine, manpower transports it back, then breaks it up, refines it to remove magazines... there are many steps, and the price...is pretty cheap."

Cai Hao nodded, "Indeed, my previous iron armor cost tens of thousands of dollars to make a set, and if it is more exquisite, it will cost more than [-] dollars."

Kuai Liang also nodded.

In the army, those who can wear iron armor are at the officer level, and it is considered good for soldiers to have leather armor or cloth armor.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei suddenly felt that Huang Yueying had been merciful to him, and he could still be a partner anyway!

"Besides, Jingzhou is not short of money and food now..." Huang Yueying said again, emphasizing the word money and food.

Liu Biao's beard trembled angrily, "You, you... have you lost your money?"

Huang Yueying just smiled embarrassedly, "Ah Chu wants Xinghan Commercial Bank to be popular all over the world...it needs a lot of money, that's all I can do."

Liu Biao snorted, thought for a while, and said, "Since that's the case, let's start with...a thousand...no, a hundred sets."

"Thank you, Uncle!" Huang Yueying laughed.

One hundred sets, but 50 yuan.

Liu Biao doesn't want to spend money, she knows it, but...if you order a hundred sets, there will be a thousand sets in the future, [-] sets of business!

In this regard, she is also very confident.

Since she started supplying Liu Bei last year, she doesn't plan to be left behind on Liu Biao's side.

If you want to crush the enemy with force, you have to arm your own people. Not only that, but you can also make money. Why not do it?
With this approach, as long as the business does not fail, it will be easy to support tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of workers in the future.

Chapter 2.

As in the title, ask for all kinds.