I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 27 The first cooperation

Du Yu is a top talent.

How high is it?
He was the first person in China to enter the Wen Mo Temple at the same time, and Zhuge Liang was the second.

Although Du Yu was much younger than Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang entered the Confucian Temple after Du Yu.

In the late Three Kingdoms period, Du Yu assisted Zhong Hui in destroying Shu, then suppressed the Xiongnu rebellion, and then went south to suppress Soochow.

Not only is the strategy outstanding, but the tactics used in the siege of Jiangling are also at the ceiling level.

Forget about waiting for a fight, this guy is also a top figure in martial arts.

His civil governance was not limited to governing a certain place, otherwise he would not be able to enter the Confucian Temple.

He is the kind of person who reads books and writes biographies.

It mainly focuses on two points: one is annotation on "Zuo Zhuan"; the other is studying the law and writing "Lvben" to explain one's understanding of the law.

Let’s put it this way: No. 1 in the early period of the Three Kingdoms was Cao Cao; No. 1 in the middle period was Zhuge Liang; No. 1 in the later period was Du Yu.

This buddy also has a descendant who is also very famous: Du Fu, the poet sage.

Du Yu is so powerful, but he has no ambition.

He was more qualified than Zhong Hui to destroy Shu, but Sima Zhao did not trust him.

Later, the "Lvben" he annotated was not reused in the Western Jin Dynasty.

why?
Because his father Du Shu had a conflict with Sima Yi.

Du Yu's father, Du Shu, was an upright man, but he was a high-ranking official in Wei State and served as a casual knight (consultant to the emperor) of Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui.

An upright person has no friends in official circles.

In the era of Emperor Ming, where the political situation was relatively good, he could securely serve as an official. But when Sima Yi came to power later, his character became fatal.

Therefore, although Du Yu was born in the Du family of Jingzhao and was a prodigy since childhood, he himself had a premonition that the future would not go well.

"There are not many powerful people in Longyou, and there is not much food there." Du Yu said.

"I don't need mountains of food. It's enough to feed the people of Chencang County for a while."

"Aren't you raising food for the Prime Minister?"

"It is impossible to raise food for the prime minister with the help of Longyou's powerful force." Li Heng handed over the cattail leaf fan and said, "If you don't fan yourself, I will feel hot when I see you."

Du Yu was stunned for a moment and looked at the cattail leaf fan in Li Heng's hand. He took it and fanned it a few times without thinking too much. It was indeed a lot cooler.

"I am the magistrate of Chencang County, and my responsibilities are in Chencang County."

Du Yu looked at Li Heng. He felt that the young man in front of him, who was wearing a pair of clothes and fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan, looked a little unruly, but in fact he was thoughtful and spoke clearly.

He recalled Li Heng's identity: the magistrate of Chencang County in the Han Dynasty.

What kind of person is Zhuge Liang?

Would he give it to a young magistrate under his nose at will?

"How much food do you want?"

"How much food can you bring?"

"I can still make two trips this year. Two thousand dan per trip is no problem."

"Then four thousand stones."

It’s enough for Chencang County’s food rations for the second half of this year.

"I can't give you that."

"It doesn't matter, business has risks, I understand."

Du Yu asked doubtfully: "Then you still want to do this business with me?"

"Not only do I want to make this deal with you, but I also want to make future deals with you."

"Future business?" Du Yu asked knowingly.

Li Hengming knew that Du Yu knew, but pretended that Du Yu didn't know. He continued: "Chang'an needs paper, Luoyang also needs paper, Hebei and the Central Plains need paper, and we can continuously provide it."

"How much can you give me now?"

"I can give you [-] pieces of paper first."

"Is it exactly the same as the paper you just showed me?"

"Exactly the same."

"Give it to me now?"

"Before tomorrow evening."

Du Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."

But then he asked: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away with these [-] pieces of paper?"

Li Heng said with a smile: "I'll just run away. What can I do if I run away? I'll just find someone else to cooperate with me in the future. Is it possible to go to Duling County and smash the door of your house?"

"You are quite interesting." "That's it?"

"Okay, I'll wait for you for a day."

After discussing it, the two walked back.

Du Ling asked: "Lang Jun, are you okay?"

"Li Gong is very hospitable. Let's take a rest today by the Weishui River."

"Want to rest again?"

"Yeah, we're not in a hurry."

Du Yu's men stopped by the Weishui River, and Li Heng took Dong Hong and Xue Liang back.

Dong Hong asked: "How?"

"We will face two situations next: [-]. Du Langjun brings us food and two thousand stones. We can quickly recruit more refugees, build walls, build houses, and dig canals in advance; [-]. Du Langjun We broke our promise and ran away without bringing back the food. We will wait until September to harvest a batch of rice by ourselves to survive the winter. If this is the case, our progress will be slow, but papermaking cannot stop. There will be a chance next year."

"Did you talk to Du Langjun about the idea of ​​exchanging paper for food?"

"Talk."

"The other party agreed?"

"accepted."

"How much for how much?"

"Forty thousand pieces of paper are exchanged for two thousand stones of grain."

Dong Hong took a deep breath, looked at Li Heng, and said reproachfully: "Twenty pieces of paper can be exchanged for one stone of grain?"

"Yes."

"Will the powerful Longyou want it?"

Li Heng looked at Dong Hong and said, "Your family has been saving on food and clothing for too long. Have you almost forgotten the life of a powerful man?"

Ji Han's top management was very frugal because Zhuge Liang was there.

Li Heng’s price has historical reference.

Calculated according to the currency of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the price was 100 cents for a piece of paper.

Is this price expensive?
It’s so expensive!

During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, a piece of paper cost 50 Wen, and the price of grain was 100 Wen per stone. A piece of paper could be exchanged for half a stone of grain.

Half a stone of grain is enough to feed a farmer working in the fields for two months.

The price of paper plummeted and it was during the Song Dynasty that bamboo began to become popular in large quantities.

Before that, paper was a luxury product that wealthy families could afford.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the paper market was almost blank.

When a product has just been released, taking advantage of the freshness of the market, it doesn’t matter if the price is set higher.

After all, there were many kinds of paper in the Tang Dynasty, but paper was still expensive.

"What if I can't exchange it?"

"If you can't exchange it, exchange it for less. Exchange as much as you can." After finishing speaking, Li Heng turned around and asked Xue Liang, "How much paper does our county paper mill have now?"

"There are still three thousand copies made so far."

Li Heng said: "Go to the previous paper-making factory and take out [-] sheets. Do you have any idea?"

Dong Hong said: "We need to declare."

"Borrowing it temporarily, there's not enough time."

"You are violating the rules set by the Prime Minister."

Li Heng said: "The Prime Minister will blame me later. If you want to punish me, punish me."

The matter was thus agreed upon.

The next morning, Dong Hong came on time and brought the paper on time.

Li Heng glanced at him and didn't ask much about how he did it. Fei Yi must have played a role in it.

As the Prime Minister has been busy with everything lately, it must be the Prime Minister who nods personally at night.

"Return it back as soon as possible. This is not a matter of paper, but a matter of law. To command so many people and govern a place or a country cannot be done by cleverness. Do you understand what I am saying?"

"I know."

In the afternoon, Li Heng handed [-] pieces of paper to Du Yu.

"I'll wait for you to come back." Li Heng said, and then took the cattail leaf fan from Du Yu's hand. "This was given to me by someone else. I can't give it to you. I made this one with my own hands yesterday. You can take it with you." For use on the road.”

(End of this chapter)