Demon of the Three Kingdoms

() Although Lu Rui was cheated by Cao Caoyin, he forced Cao Jie to betrothed to Lu Rui as his first wife, and officially married Cao Cao, but Lu Rui didn't have any complaints. Anyway, marrying Cao Cao is not a bad thing, Cao Jie In history, the queen of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was famous for being loyal to her husband. It is not bad to have such a marriage! <After the festival, Lu Rui returned to Fan County with his entourage. Cao Song is not dead. It is not certain whether Cao Cao will attack Xuzhou again, but Lu Rui’s fishing nets in Fan County are about to be put away. Hehe, get ready It will take three years, and by then, all businessmen in the world will be stumped by Lu Rui!

Not long after Lu Rui returned to Fan County, Cao Song also brought the children of the Cao family to Lu Rui's Fan County. The reason is very simple. Fatty Cao is here for vacation.Cao Song was fine, but Cao Pi and a group of boys gave Lu Rui a headache. Every day, the Marquis of Qi State’s mansion was messed up. In the end, Lu Rui had to strictly order the guards of the Cao family boy not to enter the inner courtyard where he lived, so that he could be a little quieter. down.

In Xuzhou Mi's mansion, the housekeeper is pacing back and forth anxiously, why hasn't the owner come back?I have something important to report!Mi Zhu and Mi Fang went to Jingzhou to do business. The housekeeper stomped anxiously when he received the tax bills from Fan County a few months ago. The tax that was originally worth a penny now cost millions. there is none left!and?Alas, seeing the tax calculated by the accountant for the next few months, the housekeeper was so anxious that his forehead was twisted into a mountain character!

Mi Zhu came back three days later than expected. The two brothers Mi Fang and Mi Zhu entered the house talking and laughing. This time they negotiated a big business again. With the support of the Jiangdong family, my business in Jiangdong will be secure!

Seeing Mi Zhu, the butler hurried up to greet him, and shouted anxiously, "Master, you're back!"

Mi Zhu was stunned for a moment, what happened to the butler today?Usually he is considered a person who has experienced heavy wind and rain, why is he so restless, today only his brother is here, if there are outsiders, wouldn't it be a loss of face?Mi Zhu flicked his sleeves and asked, "Housekeeper, what's the matter?"

The butler hurried forward and said urgently and in a low voice: "Master, something big, something big happened, the military supplies we transported from the north may be gone!"

When Mi Zhu heard this, the whip in his hand slipped and fell to the ground. After a few seconds, Mi Zhu realized, and asked quickly, "Have you been robbed by bandits?"

The butler looked at it, and whispered to Mi Zhu, "Master, let's talk in the room!"

It was only at this moment that Mi Zhu realized that he was at the gate. If the news reached Tao Qian's ears, his life would be saved, that is, half of his life!Mi Zhu hurriedly dragged the butler into the inner hall.

After the two arrived in the inner hall, the housekeeper hurriedly showed Mi Zhu the taxes he had calculated after three months. Seeing the figures above, Mi Zhu was stunned, just looking at the decorations in his room without saying a word.

The bitterness and crying in Mi Zhu's heart can't express his feelings, he has been calculated, he has been calculated, but what can he do?deny?No, honesty is the most important thing for a businessman, tell Tao Qian that he was cheated?Everyone in the world says that there is no money without business, and someone believes that I was deceived?Even if he believed it, he was also the one who was beheaded to fight the law!

Mi Fang looked at her elder brother's appearance, and she herself was in a state of confusion. This time it's over, it's over, Tao Qian will not let the two brothers go. Thinking of this, Mi Fang tentatively asked: "Brother, this?"

Mi Zhu looked at Mi Fang and said, "Second brother, get your bags ready, we're going to Fan County to discuss business this time!"

When Mi Fang heard this, she scratched her head, looked at the gorgeous decorations at home, and asked, "Brother? We don't want everything in Xuzhou?" After speaking, she looked at all this with distress, this is the hard work of the Mi family for several lifetimes. , if they are defeated in their hands like this, how can they go to see their ancestors?

Mi Zhu looked at Mi Fang and said, "Second brother, don't panic. Although we lost to Lu Rui once, we may not be able to recover from the defeat. Come to Fang Chang, let's go to Fan County and earn back!"

After hearing this, Mi Fang nodded blankly and said, "Brother? What about everything in Xuzhou?"

Mi Zhu smiled and said: "We will take our family to Fan County, and the family business will be handed over to the brothers in the clan. Xuzhou still needs our Mi family to stabilize the business market, and the lord will not make things difficult for us. Let's go out to avoid the limelight and make a deal. Then move!"

When Mi Fang heard it, she suddenly realized that it made sense. As long as her two brothers left Xuzhou, Tao Qian would not be able to find them, and he would definitely not deal with the Mi family, because Xuzhou still relies on the Mi family to maintain business stability, and the daily life of the people is also very difficult. Can't do without Mi's business!Having figured this out, Mi Fang immediately prepared her bags, and left Xuzhou with Mi Zhu and her family at night.

Soon, Chen Deng also received the tax information sent by the housekeeper. Chen Deng was also shocked when he saw the information, and hurriedly asked Mi Zhu to come to the house, but the housekeeper came back and reported that the Mi Zhu brothers had left Xuzhou!

When Chen Deng heard this, he sighed and waved his hand to let the steward go down. Both himself and Mi Zhu were tricked. He didn't expect that the two resourceful people in Xuzhou would be tricked by a child. He didn't expect that Lu Rui would be tricked by a child. Son, actually know this strange way?The way of arithmetic has been studied to such an extent, this son is clever, hehe, like me, Chen Yuanlong!

Just when Chen Deng was feeling Lu Rui's intelligence, Chen Gui walked in, and Chen Deng hurriedly said, "Father!"

Chen Gui leaned on a cane, sat down slowly, and said, "Yuanlong? What are you going to do about Lu Rui's taxation?"

Chen Deng said: "Father, I have decided that our Chen family will return to Guangling and wait for the opportunity!"

Chen Gui nodded. Although the Chen family suffered heavy losses this time, the interests of Tao Qian in Xuzhou were not involved. It is safe for the two of them to stay in Xuzhou, and Guangling is their hometown with deep roots and Guangling as the backing. The Chen family can be invincible in Xuzhou!

Chen Gui looked at Chen Deng and asked, "Yuanlong, our Chen family has suffered a heavy loss this time, and it is up to you to recover the loss."

When Chen Deng heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "Father, please clarify!"

Chen Gui said: "Yuanlong, do you know where the Mi Zhu brothers went? They went to Fan County!"

Chen Deng was stunned, going to Fan County?Recover the goods?This is unreasonable!Chen Deng asked, "Father, are brothers Mi Zhu going to Fan County?"

Chen Gui said: "Turning back the game and regaining the Mi family's lost face will also have an impact. Do you know that now the world's aristocratic families are rumored that the black hands behind it are the Chen family and the Mi family!"

When Chen Deng heard it, he jumped up quickly, what?Are we behind the scenes?Isn't this wronging us?

Chen Gui saw Chen Deng's appearance and said: "Yuanlong, don't be surprised. These are all rumors in the market. It will become true after a long time, and the truth will become clear after a long time. What our Chen family has to do is the same as that of the Mi family. Save our face! We have been raped, and we can't be raped in vain, Yuan Long, go to Fan County quickly, and work with Mi Zhu to give Lu Rui some power!"

Chen Deng nodded and said, "Yes, Father!"

Chen Gui nodded and said: "In three days, I will return to Guangling, and you will go too!" After speaking, Chen Gui turned and left.

Just when the two great families in Xuzhou were regretting, Lu Rui was leading people in Fan County to count the prizes!As long as the family caravan enters Fan County and immediately seizes the goods, many leaders of the family want to resist, but after seeing the tax bill and Lu Rui's troops, they all stop. Others collect taxes legally. If you do it yourself, That is, there was a mistake first, and it was Lu Rui's reason to be killed and scratched!

In this way, within a month, Lu Rui used the method of taxation to seize the goods of the Han family and spread throughout the Han family. Lu Rui also began to enter the eyes of the Han family. Hou Ye, at first he thought he was just a playboy, but he didn't expect that he would have such a miraculous skill, which surprised all the heroes from the noble family of the big man.Especially big merchants, Lu Rui? nainai, this kid knows how to do business!

Lu Rui's method of one penny not only caused heavy losses to the Xuzhou family, but also caused heavy losses to the Zhen family in Hebei, which in turn affected the supply of Yuan Shao's army!

Near Yi County, Hebei, Yuan Shao's army was fighting Gongsun Zan. In Yuan Shao's main tent, Yuan Shao sat on the main seat, glaring at the grain and grass officer. I am about to attack Yi County in one fell swoop. Tell me, the grain and grass are gone?

The grain and grass officer knelt down, looking at Yuan Shao tremblingly, if Yuan Shao said the word beheaded, his head would fall to the ground!Seeing this, Tian Feng stood up, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, you can't blame him at this time, the Zhen family has done their best, if it wasn't for the help of the Zhen family, our army might not even have enough food to retreat. "

Yuan Shao took a look at Tian Feng and shook his head. Unfortunately, there is no food, Gongsun Zan?The only option is to retreat, or to retreat, when the whole army has no food to eat, it will be a mutiny!

Unwillingly, Yuan Shao punched the table, and then said: "Pass down our military order: withdraw the troops, order Zhang Jai and Quyi Hall to retreat, and the army will retreat to Yecheng. As a plan, order Gao Gan to be the guard of the left army to prevent Zhang Yan's surprise attack. !"

Everyone arched their hands and said in unison: "No!"

On the way back to Yecheng, on the carriage, Yuan Shao half leaned on the wooden bed, looked at Tian Feng and said, "Yuan Hao? Yecheng's grain and grass are only enough for our army's daily expenses. If our army has no way to raise grain and grass , I am afraid that if there is no more war within two years, it will be difficult for Hebei to be unified."

Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shao, and then said, "What do you mean, my lord?"

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "Yuan Hao, I want to order you to go to Fan County as an envoy, no, go to Yanzhou, and discuss with Meng De how to buy back our army rations. Remember, our army is most short of food and grass now. No matter what As long as the conditions are suitable, we can agree!"

Tian Feng nodded, cupped his hands and said: "Of order, my lord, I will definitely find out the master behind Lu Rui!"

The next day, Tian Feng went to Puyang with a hundred guards.

In Puyang City, Cao Cao's residence, many aristocratic families from Yanzhou gathered here, Cao Cao refused to see each other on the grounds that he was unwell.I kept pacing in the room, distressed, distressed, why did Lao Cao take the blame again?I absolutely don't know about taxation, this old Cao swears to God!But how could the Yanzhou family believe it?Lu Rui used a legal contract to collect taxes, not illegal, reasonable and reasonable, the aristocratic family suffered from being dumb, so they had to come to Cao Cao to make trouble and lose their temper!

At night, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia came to Cao Cao's residence, and Cao Cao received them in his study.

When Guo Jia saw Cao Cao, he cupped his hands and said, "Hello, my lord? Have you ever been worried?"

Cao Cao was taken aback, smiled, pointed at Guo Jia and said, "Feng Xiao, making fun of me again? This is the good apprentice you handed over!"

Guo Jia also replied: "My lord, Rui'er grew up in Cao's family!"

After speaking, the two looked at each other and burst out laughing.

Cao Cao took a sip of his wine and said, "I didn't expect Rui'er to be so talented, I can't laugh or cry!"

Guo Jia arched his hands and said: "My lord, Rui'er is lazy by nature, likes to enjoy himself, playing with strange things, good money, everyone has his own hobbies, but Rui'er's disturbance will be of great benefit to our army benefit!"

When Cao Cao heard this, his expression changed, and he said seriously, "How is the situation of the Yanzhou family?"

Guo Jia arched his hands and said: "My lord, the Yanzhou family has lost a lot of money and has no way to control too many domestic slaves and fertile land. Many domestic slaves have been recruited by our army, which has enriched our military strength. Our army recently added [-] sergeants!"

Twenty thousand sergeants?The aristocratic family is really the source of the disaster for the big man. Being able to draw [-] soldiers from the house slaves shows how powerful the aristocratic family is, but this time, hehe, you are also seriously injured.How to support people without money and food?farming?Only one year can gain, time is very precious!

Cheng Yu also stood up and said: "My lord, I have sent the new soldiers to farm the abandoned fields, and within a year, we will have new land and food, and our army's strength will definitely increase by then! "

Cao Cao nodded, and then asked: "With so many new soldiers, is there enough food and grass?"

Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao, smiled and said, "My lord, the food is not enough, but you have an adopted son who has a lot of food and grass, what an IOU? I heard that Rui'er withheld all the food and grass from Yuan Benchu , Yuan Benchu ​​has retreated from Yi County!"

When Cao Cao heard this, why do you want me to write an IOU?Am I in debt?How can I pay it back then?Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, Guo Jia flipped his hands over and said, my lord, I have no other choice, you can figure it out!

Cao Cao could only shake his head, alas, he had to write another IOU.Cao Cao knocked on the table, and then asked: "Feng Xiao, Zhong De, if you always borrow food from Fan County, it won't be a long-term solution, don't you know?"

Cheng Yu cupped his hands and said, "The lord is wise, so Feng Xiao and I decided to speak to the lord: March into Xuzhou and seize the granary in the southeast!"

When Cao Cao heard it, it made sense. When Rui'er made a fuss, Yanzhou's military strength increased greatly. After seizing Xuzhou, he would have more land, especially Xuzhou was rich and rich. With Xuzhou, he would have money and food to attack.Cao Cao thought about it, slapped the table and said, "Okay, in the name of Tao Qian's disrespect for the imperial court's orders and murdering important officials of the imperial court, send troops to Xuzhou!"

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu clasped their hands and said, "I am willing to assist the Lord in conquering Xuzhou!"

Lu Rui's taxation policy actually affected Cao Cao's decision. Cao Cao decided to conquer Xuzhou and expand his territory!Cao Cao's second eastern expedition to Xuzhou is about to begin, is this a coincidence?Or is it the inertia of history?Did Lu Rui change history?Or did Lu Rui make history?God only knows!