Soldiers come to the world

The north city of Yedu is close to Zhangshui. In the 12th year of Jian'an, in order to prepare for the war in Jingzhou, Cao Jun built Xuanwu Pool to the north of Zhangshui, forming a huge lake with thousands of hectares of waves, which was specially used for training the navy.

However, as Cao Jun's southern expedition suffered repeated setbacks, Cao Jun finally gave up his plan for the southern expedition, and this Xuanwu Pool was gradually abandoned by Cao Jun, turning into a lake full of reeds.

There are hundreds of warehouses on the east bank of Xuanwu Pool. They used to be the military material warehouses of Cao Jun's navy, but now they are all abandoned. Many buildings have become dens for rats, foxes and wild dogs. However, some shrewd businessmen bought them at low prices and became warehouses. A warehouse for stockpiling goods.

In the afternoon, more than a dozen people on horseback came to this desolate and huge warehouse group. Li Fu and several of his subordinates were also among them. His current identity is a black market businessman with a background in the Han Dynasty.

And another middle-aged man in his fifties is another protagonist. His surname is Jin, and everyone calls him Jin Sanye, but his real name has not been mentioned.

This person was originally a Cang Cao in Cao's army, and was a relative of Cao Hong. He had been in Cao's army for more than [-] years and had a wide network of contacts in the army. He opened a grain shop in Yedu, but there were people who embezzled grain during the Hefei battle. Suspected and dismissed by Zhang Liao.

He simply returned to Yedu and devoted himself to running the grain shop. Unexpectedly, last year the grain was strictly controlled by the government, and his grain business could not continue, so he started to operate some black market goods, using the military contacts to get a lot of contraband, and sold them privately to the source. Unknown businessmen to make huge profits.

Recently, the Han and Cao sides have liberalized trade, and the black market has begun to flourish. It seems that Jin Sanye has also encountered spring and has become extraordinarily active. He recently got a batch of prohibited goods, and he was eager to get rid of them, so he went through a middleman Contacted Li Fu, hoping to make this deal with Li Fu.

"Master Li, I assure you that they are all real military products, not the kind of junk you find on the battlefield. If you sincerely want to eat all the goods, I will give you a little profit on the price. Master Li thinks how?"

Mr. Jin was very forthright and had a loud voice. Li Fu smiled slightly and said, "Let's talk after seeing the goods!"

"That's right, seeing is believing."

They approached a large warehouse, and there were a few guys standing in front of the warehouse. Seeing the owner bring someone, they quickly opened the warehouse door.

"Master Li, please!"

Li Fu nodded and followed him into the warehouse. The outside of the warehouse looked very dilapidated, but there seemed to be a wall partition inside, and there was a small door on the wall, which was locked with an iron chain.

Mr. Jin stepped forward to unlock the lock and pushed open the small door. Inside was his secret warehouse. The warehouse took up quite a large area and was filled with wooden boxes and straw bags of all sizes. Mr. Jin pointed to Dozens of large wooden boxes in the corner smiled and said: "If Master Li wants kerosene, I have it here too, but the price is not negotiable. There are [-] barrels of kerosene in total, and the price is five taels of gold per barrel."

Li Fu was secretly surprised. He knew that Cao Jun was very strict with kerosene, but this man managed to get it. It seemed that this man was really capable. Mr. Jin didn't want to sell him kerosene. They walked to another corner, here There are thousands of straw bags piled up, some long and some short, which are the standard straw bags used by Cao Jun's weapons.

"It's all here, a bundle of thirty spears, a total of [-] spears, [-] war knives, [-] military crossbows, each with [-] crossbow arrows, none of which have ever been used. Over the top class."

Li Fu bent down and turned it over, and it turned out that they were all brand new military spears and war knives. He picked up another military crossbow, a standard crossbow with two stone arms, exquisite workmanship and exquisite materials, it can be seen that it was made by a military craftsman Li Fu saw five military crossbows in a straw bag, his heart moved, and he looked through them one by one, and sure enough the numbers were all linked together.

Li Fu immediately understood that these weapons were either stolen by the guards of the arsenal of Shaofu Temple, or they were obtained from the barracks. However, the possibility of the arsenal is not high. The management of Yedu is still relatively strict. Li Fu has also heard that there are many false reports from Cao Jun's barracks. The number of soldiers was used to obtain military rations. It is estimated that these weapons were also received in excess due to false reporting of soldiers, and were resold by the general.

This made Li Fu sigh secretly. Cao Cao was desperately smuggling pig iron grains, but there were loopholes below, and the weapons he worked so hard to forge were constantly being lost.

"Well, the goods are still satisfactory!" Jin Sanye was very confident in his goods.

Li Fu pondered for a while and smiled, "I want all these goods, and the price doesn't have to be compromised, but I have two conditions."

Jin Sanye was overjoyed that he would not give up the price, that would be the best, he hurriedly said: "Master Li, please tell me!"

"First, I want to establish a long-term business relationship with the third master. I will eat as much as the third master has. The price is negotiable, and all payments will be made with Han Guo gold ingots."

"What about the second?" Third Master Jin asked without showing any signs of expression. He knew that the first condition was so favorable, so the second condition must be difficult to handle.

"The second condition is the delivery address. Frankly speaking, I can't ship these military products out. I hope that the delivery location will be on the north bank of the Huaihe River in the future. How about it?"

In fact, Mr. Jin had vaguely guessed that this Mr. Li bought these military products, either to send them to the grasslands or to the country of Han. Now the other party proposed that the delivery place was in the Huaihe River, which was indeed the country of Han.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if the Han Dynasty is sold to Xianbei people, he will be embarrassed, and he doesn’t want to sell these weapons to foreigners, so Jin Sanye laughed heartily, “If I go to Bingzhou, I really can’t do it.” , I have contacts on the Huaihe River, so I will do as Master Li asked."

"Then this batch of goods will also be sent over."

"No problem, I'm going by water, and I'm ready to go at any time."

Li Fu was overjoyed, raised his palm and said, "Then we'll make a deal!"

The two clapped their hands heavily, and the deal was concluded. At this time, Mr. Jin couldn't help but asked, "Where is Mr. Li from?"

"Everyone is a businessman. Some people want to buy military funds. I can make a profit. Of course, I will not let this opportunity to make money go."

Li Fu chuckled, "For example, where did these military goods come from? I would never ask the third master."

The two looked at each other, and both burst out laughing tacitly.

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The Honglu Hall of the Han Kingdom in Yedu is equivalent to the embassy of later generations. Li Fu’s intelligence organization is dark, and the Honglu Pavilion is the Ming Dynasty. It is the official representative of the Han Kingdom in Yedu. At the same time, Wei Guo also has A Honglu hall, representing Wei Guochang stationed in Han.

The Honglu Hall of the Han Dynasty is not far from the Deputy Prime Minister’s Mansion of Cao Pi. It is a mansion covering an area of ​​about 100 mu. There are more than [-] Han officials and sergeants in it. Qing Zhengli, he is a shrewd and capable young official in his thirties.

Zheng Li was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang. He is the grandson of the great Confucian Zheng Xuan. He was No. 9 in the Xiangyang imperial examination. The Honglu Museum was established in Yedu, and Zheng Li served as the envoy of Honghe, stationed in Yedu.

In the afternoon, Zheng Li met a small businessman who came to complain about fake money. The businessman's surname was Zhao. He said that Master Li from Jucai Tavern suggested that he come here to complain. Zheng Li understood that it was Li Fu who asked him to come here.

Zheng Li asked the businessman to sit down, and the businessman poured a bunch of fake money on the table, pleading: "Here are 120 coins, equivalent to 1 yuan, I am a small business, I can't afford to lose it! I beg Zheng Gong to help me Justice."

Zheng Li nodded, "I will do my best!"

At this time, an official walked quickly into the lobby and saluted Zheng Li. This person was Zhang Ping, an official from Shaofu Temple. He had not been in Ye for long, and he was specialized in dealing with fake money.

In Yedu, I saw a lot of fake five baht coins, but this was the first time that fake money appeared. Zhang Ping had a serious expression on his face. He sat down and picked up a piece of fake money for a closer look. Asked: "How?"

"My envoy, the workmanship of these money is relatively poor, and it is obviously made by private workshops. Generally speaking, it is difficult to fake money, and it is easy to have color difference, but if it is mixed with [-]% gold and [-]% brass, it is really not easy for ordinary people to see. , but if the quantity is large, it will be difficult to take out so much gold, and if the quantity is small, it will be unprofitable, so so far we have not seen fake money and gold ingots.”

Zheng Li nodded, and then asked the businessman, "Where did you get the money?"

The businessman was a little hard to say, and finally said helplessly: "I exchanged it from the black market. The general exchange price of money is 130:110 copper coins, but the money I exchanged is only [-]:[-] copper coins. I was greedy for cheap, so I fell for it." gone."

"Okay! Put these fake money with me for the time being, and I will continue to track it down. If you can help us find the source workshop, we will not only make up for your loss, but also reward you with five hundred coins."

The man cheered up and said urgently: "I will definitely assist with all my strength!"

Zheng Li asked him a few more words, and then sent him away. Next to him, Zhang Ping asked, "After all, this is Cao Wei's territory. It's not right for us to arrest him!"

Zheng Li thought for a while and said, "His Royal Highness once ordered that if someone found fake money, Cao Jun can come forward to solve it. It seems that I have to pay a visit to Cao Pi."

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It is only half a mile from the Han Dynasty Honglu Pavilion to Cao Pi's Deputy Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is only a short walk away. At present, the Han Dynasty still exists in Yedu, but it has long existed in name only. Although most of the official offices in Yedu are concentrated in Yegong, the power The center has already been transferred to Cao Pi's Deputy Prime Minister's Mansion, which was also Cao Cao's former Prime Minister's Mansion. After Cao Cao moved to Tongque Palace, it became the mansion of his eldest son Cao Pi.

The Deputy Prime Minister's Mansion covers an area of ​​nearly [-] mu. The front part is the official office of Wei State, and the back is Cao Pi's residence. Cao Pi spends most of his time in his mansion.

In the afternoon, Cao Pi was reviewing the documents in the official room. At this time, a guard reported outside the door, "I want to report to my son, Zheng Li, the Han Guo Hongyu envoy, has something to ask for an audience!"

Cao Pi quickly put down his pen and said, "Please come in!"

Cao Pi attaches great importance to the envoy of the Han Dynasty. Normally, when Zheng Li comes, he will bring important news. He dare not be negligent. After a while, Zheng Li walked into the official room quickly, bowed and said: "See your son!"

"Zheng Shaoqing is free, please sit down!"

Zheng Li sat down, and a maid served them tea. Zheng Li had no intention of drinking tea, and cupped his hands to Cao Pi, "A few days ago, His Royal Highness the King of Han sent a letter to Duke Wei, requesting the State of Wei to help us crack down on counterfeit money. What's the attitude?"

Cao Pi chuckled, "Do you need to ask? We also hate the act of casting fake money. We have a very clear attitude. We will never allow fake money to spread in Wei State. If there is one, we will crack down on it. We will never tolerate it. Please Zheng Shaoqing tell His Highness the King of Han that we will fully cooperate with Han to crack down on the casting of fake money."

"Thank you for your support, son. At present, we have discovered that fake money has appeared in Yedu. I hope you can keep your promise."

With that said, Zheng Li handed a fake coin to Cao Pi. Cao Pi took it and looked at it for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course we will keep our promise. As long as you can provide clear clues, we will definitely crack down on it."

"Then it's a deal. Within two days, we will provide clear clues."

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Two days later, a 500-man Cao army raided the coin black market in the southern city of Yedu and arrested dozens of traders who were trading in the black market. Then, Cao army destroyed a small workshop for casting fake money outside the southern city and arrested them. There were more than [-] people, Cao Cao immediately ordered to kill all the arrested people, and showed their heads to the public to deter the merchants who made fake money.

At the same time, Wei Guo also gave up casting Wei coins and began to mint new Han coins on a large scale. The currency war between Cao and Han gradually turned into a trade war. They bought a large amount of materials from each other and began to actively prepare for war.

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