Coincidentally!My name is Liu Bian

Chapter 146 Shi Yue also serves as a businessman

yes!What's the price?
Liu Bian was in a dilemma: the price was too low, what if Zhuge Gui over-purchased, such as buying them all, or a hundred, but Liu Bian and the others didn't have enough stock.

Involuntarily, Liu Bian glanced at Shi Yue, who was silent.

Shi Yue's eyes flashed and he raised his voice: "Can I ask... how much money did you bring?"

Zhuge Gui's eyes flashed with a hint of caution, but he calmly raised his hand and stretched out five palms to show his family wealth.

So, here comes the first question: How much do the five palms represent?
Liu Bian grimaced, feeling that Zhuge Gui was too cunning... Complaining slightly, Liu Bian said: "Mr. Gui, you are too insincere, how can you be vague!"

Shi Yue cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, it's okay, it's okay. I have my own sense of proportion."

Liu Bian waved his hand and looked like he was watching.

Next, Shi Yue and Zhuge Gui negotiated the price. I don’t know how much Shi Yue guessed how much money Zhuge Gui had in his pocket. Every time Shi Yue raised his hand, Zhuge Gui’s face turned dark. After several rounds of confrontation, Zhuge Gui looked like he was fighting. Like a defeated rooster, very dejected.

Liu Bian raised his eyebrows, looked Zhuge Gui up and down, and realized that Zhuge Gui agreed to Shi Yue's request——

No wonder!
Since Shi Yue and Zhuge Gui bargained once, there would be a second, third, and fourth time... At that certain number of times, it was already six days later. Liu Bian was busy processing documents at that time and did not care about Shi Yue and Zhuge Gui. Zhuge Gui's fire barrel business is over.

So, here comes the second question: How many fire barrels does Zhuge Gui plan to buy?

——Zhuge Gui didn’t say anything!

Liu Bian only remembered that he asked Shi Yue that day, but Shi Yue laughed and said nothing, letting Liu Bian guess on his own.

How could Liu Bian guess it? ——Fifty?
It doesn't seem right.

Helplessly, Liu Bian could only put aside his doubts and stop asking questions for the time being.

In short, according to He Xian's report, Shi Yue and Zhuge Gui's fire barrel business... made a lot of money: Zhuge Gui purchased 25 Nanpi County fire barrels!And the money Shi Yue earned was enough for the entire Nanpi County to not collect taxes for half a year and still have a surplus!This made Liu Bian both happy and worried:

Fortunately, Shi Yue's fire barrel business has greatly increased the coffers of Nanpi County. What he is worried about is that only half of the fire barrels have been sold. Is Shi Yue trying to squeeze Zhuge Gui? This business is not very reasonable. Shi Yue is suspected of being a profiteer——

When Liu Bian's concerns were known to Shi Yue through He Xian, Shi Yue went to see Liu Bian privately and said, "Your Highness, you misunderstood! Mr. Jungong and I have discussed all the remaining fire barrels. Sold to Yanzhou, but to Langya County of Xuzhou!
It sounds like Mr. Jungong’s selfishness! "

——Jungong?
Liu Bian was stunned for a while, and it took him a long time to realize: Jungong is Zhuge Gui's character.

Well done!

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, Shi Yue and Zhuge Gui became so good that they called each other by their names.

But I heard Shi Yue continue to say: "Mr. Jungong's surname is Zhuge, and the Zhuge family is a prominent family in Langya County! Therefore, Mr. Jungong used his own money to buy the other fire barrels, and wanted to send twenty fire barrels to Langya County." The Zhuge family, firstly, is dedicated to the family, and secondly, it is used by its own children...

Finally, the price of fire barrels is not expensive, only [-] yuan each... In fact, I didn't make much money! "

Liu Bian: "..."

"However, with the help of the fire barrel, I opened up the business channel in Xuzhou!" Shi Yue added seriously, "Mr. Jungong and I have negotiated that there will be additional orders from Yanzhou and Langya County in Xuzhou, just in these two days ...After all, winter is coming. Not only Yanzhou is in urgent need of fire barrels, but also Xuzhou Langya County is in urgent need of fire barrels?
Therefore, our fire barrels in Nanpi County are still in short supply!

In the next sale, I will increase the price of the fire barrel reasonably. I believe that our Nanpi will not lose money again. "

Bah bah bah, Shi Yue turned into a businessman and spoke eloquently.

Liu Bian was embarrassed when he heard this.

What else could Liu Bian say? ——Liu Bian sighed and said: "I am wrong! When it comes to business, I am not as good as you, Magistrate Shi County! ... By the way, where are Mr. Zhuge Gui and Mr. Zhuge Xuan? Have they left Nanpi County?"

Shi Yue said: "Yes, the two gentlemen left the day before yesterday."

Liu Bian raised his forehead and sighed: "Ashamed! I didn't have time to say goodbye to Mr. Zhuge Gui and Mr. Zhuge Xuan! I wonder when we can see each other again after we say goodbye?" Shi Yue said curiously: "Your Highness, you seem to value these two people very much. Sir?"

Liu Bian thought: I don't value these two people - what I value is Zhuge Gui's three sons!
It's a pity that Liu Bian didn't dare to say this.

"It's not too important." Liu Bian said, finding a perfunctory reason, "I just think the compound surname "Zhuge" is very interesting!This reminds me of an allusion:
It is said that during the period of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, there was an official whose surname was Zhuge, whose given name was Feng and whose courtesy name was Shaoji. He was smart since he was a child and read scriptures and history. He was once an official of Gongyu, the imperial censor, and was later recommended as a literary minister to the censor. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty awarded him the title of He was appointed as a lieutenant of Sili school, and later became a doctor of Guanglu.This man had an upright character and hated corrupt officials and flattery villains to the core. Later, he was demoted to the rank of city gate captain because of the impeachment of powerful officials, but the emperor refused.Soon he was dismissed from office and demoted to a commoner, and later died at home——

I have always admired such upright people. I feel that such people are like "a clear mirror, where good and evil must be seen"!If I were Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, I would definitely reuse Zhuge Feng instead of letting corrupt officials and sycophants run rampant!
Therefore, when I heard that the other party's surname was Zhuge, I fell in love with him. "

"That's it!" Shi Yue's eyes flashed slightly and he bowed, "But Your Highness has no need to regret! Although Mr. Cui Yan, Mr. Guoyuan, Mr. Sun Qian, Mr. Bing Yuan and Mr. Guan Ning dare not call them great talents and sages, they He has an upright personality, and he also rejects and dislikes corrupt officials and people who specialize in flattery... His Highness might as well take the time to meet those five gentlemen? It is said that since the gathering at the wine shop, His Highness has not seen any of the five gentlemen. Are they?"

Makes sense!

Liu Bian's ears turned red and he said with a smile: "What Magistrate Shi said is right! I plan to visit Xian Ye every evening! I also admire those five talents?... I feel a little sorry for Mr. Bing Yuan and Guan Mr. Ning! Last time, I wanted to build a college and asked Mr. Bing Yuan and Mr. Guan Ning to be teachers, but it never happened. I am really ashamed!"

Shi Yue smiled slightly and said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Highness! Today's Nanpi County is far from what it used to be! As long as His Highness gives an order, a college or academy will be built within seven days!"

"Really?" Liu Bian smiled and wanted to complain: Given this condition, why didn't you build colleges and academies before and why did you have to postpone it until now?

"Your Highness, you will know after you give it a try." Shi Yue said.

Liu Bian said: "I will try, but not now."

Now, he has to determine how many children there are in Nanpi County... To be honest, it is easy to build colleges and academies, but it is quite difficult to educate and teach a group of children: not to mention whether the children want to study or not, the parents Are you willing to let your children study? In this chaotic world, most people are displaced. Among the refugees, there are very few old, weak, women and children because they have to crawl and wallow in order to survive——

well!Don't mention it.

Standing up, Liu Bian was about to say goodbye to Shi Yue when he suddenly saw snow falling in the sky.

Snow?
This is the first snow in Nanpi County, Bohai County.

Beautiful snowflakes fell, falling on the treetops, on the roofs, and on the ground. I don’t know when they started to accumulate, and finally turned the world into a vast expanse of white.

The whole world is covered in silver and is as beautiful as the ordinary world.

Countless noble people once praised the beauty and extraordinary scenery of this scenery, but for the poor people who were struggling to make ends meet, snow represented coldness and could inadvertently take away the lives of those who were frail, sick, or too old or too young.Every snowfall is a harvest of life.

If you don’t have food, you will starve to death, if you don’t have clothing, you will freeze to death. Even if you have a little bit of these left over, it will be difficult for your body not to be strong enough to survive the whole winter.

Maybe one day, the person suddenly loses his breath...

Returning to his dormitory, Liu Bian put on a thick cotton coat, just barely wrapping himself into a ball... Looking at the scenery outside the window, Liu Bian was not happy but worried: Although Nanpi County was fully prepared for the winter , but he is still worried? ——"Here comes someone! Prepare a car!" he said.

He still wanted to patrol the "log house area".

The houses in the wooden house area were not built with blue bricks, and Liu Bian was really worried about the quality of the wooden houses.

"Your Highness, you want to go out?!" He Xian, who had always been obedient, now said with disapproval, "This is absolutely not allowed! It's snowing outside! The road is slippery, so it's really not suitable to walk around."

Liu Bendao: "I just want to go to the "Wooden House Area"..."

"What are you going to do there?" He Xian asked.

"Of course I want to confirm the situation over there." Liu Bian glared.

Hello!Find out your status!Am I your highness?Why are you questioning me?

(End of this chapter)