Lu Dynasty

Chapter 33
Hearing my question, Mi Zhu immediately remembered the purpose of this visit.

"Oh, I almost forgot. I was ordered by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qiantao to buy some war horses from the Qiang people. On the way, I heard that the Qiang people in the Jiuyuan area were swallowed up by a group of Han people. It's better than dealing with those foreigners who don't understand etiquette." Mi Zhu said: "But I never thought that I would meet Mr. Cai Yong's beloved son-in-law here. This trip is not in vain!"

"Sir, you are overrated!" I said, "I wonder how many war horses you need?"

"The more the better!" Mi Zhu replied: "This time, Mr. Tao gave me a thousand catties of gold to buy war horses. Naturally, I hope to buy as many as possible."

"The current market price of horses is [-] gold for inferior horses, [-] gold for middle-class horses, [-] gold for war horses, and [-] gold for top-class war horses. The money is not even enough to buy a horse!"

"Brother Baxian was joking, Zizhong is only here for war horses, fifty gold a horse is enough!" Mi Zhu said with a smile.

"Brother Zizhong, don't worry! I just want to quote you the approximate price of the horses now." I asked Mi Zhu, "Xuzhou is a state that produces a lot of grain, but I in Jiuyuan rarely grow grain, and brother Zizhong I also saw that I have a large camp of nearly 10 people, and cattle and sheep are naturally not enough for food. I want to do some mutually beneficial business with Tao Xuzhou, I wonder what brother Zizhong wants?"

"Oh." Mi Zhu said clearly: "Brother Ba, do you want to buy grain from Tao Xuzhou?"

I nodded and asked Mi Zhu, "I heard that brother Zizhong is also in the grain business, don't you know?"

"It's natural, I don't know what to teach Baxian?" Mi Zhu said.

"My brother-in-law and I are both addicted to alcohol. To make wine, we need grain, but the grain output in Jiuyuan is too low!" I said to Mi Zhu, "Although my uncle Huang Ming is now buying food outside Luoyang Food, but the price is really too high, I want to make friends with brother Zizhong, hoping to exchange for more food, I wonder what brother Zizhong wants?"

Mi Zhu was startled, he was a grain merchant, and he knew that Huang Ming sold horses and tea in Luoyang, and then collected grain.Huang Ming collected at least tens of millions of shi of grain in Luoyang, which is enough for a 20 army for [-] years, but now I am still harvesting grain, if the grain is made into wine, it can flood the city of Chang'an.Of course, the brewing in Mi Zhu's mind was not the kind of high-grade wine I mentioned, but the kind of wine that was similar to rice wine in the homes of ordinary people in the Han Dynasty. That kind of wine didn't need a lot of food.

After hearing my words, Mi Zhu stood up and said coldly, "So, if I say no, you won't sell the horse to me?"

"Brother Zizhong, don't get excited, please sit down! Please sit down!" I said, "Brother Zizhong is a gentleman, how can you treat my belly with the heart of a villain? Although I am not a gentleman, I still don't bother to do such a threatening thing." If Brother Zizhong agrees, I will just sell the horses cheaper and collect food cheaper. If Brother Zizhong does not agree, I will still sell the horses to Brother Zizhong at the market price. Later, Brother Zizhong or Tao Xuzhou will send people. , I am still like this. After all, business is not righteous. But if Brother Zizhong agrees to my request, it will be the friendship between me and Brother Zizhong. If Brother Zizhong does not agree, then we will be pure business from now on. At that time, the price of my horse will be too high, brother Zizhong, don’t blame me for being unkind. A businessman just wants to make a profit, isn’t it! My camp is so poor that I can hardly afford food, so I have to buy it from brother Zizhong. Food."

"Hehe!" Mi Zhu shook his head and laughed, "Brother Baxian is indeed straightforward. Since that's the case, Zhu makes Brother Baxian a friend! If you want to collect food, Baxian can send someone to contact me at any time." In fact, Mi Zhu just doesn't bother me Why collect food? Even if I want to rebel, someone will take care of me, and it has nothing to do with him, Mi Zhu.But he thought I was threatening him with a horse, so he was a little angry.When I made it clear, Mi Zhu was relieved. Mi Zhu was not a stingy person in the first place.

"That's it, please brother Zizhong to deliver the gold, brother Zizhong and I will be the horse!" I called out of the tent: "Come here, call Zhengzhong." Gao Shun walked into the big tent and asked: "My lord , what's the matter?"

"Prepare a hundred high-quality war horses, a thousand war horses, and a Dawan horse for Brother Zizhong." I said to Mi Zhu, "Brother Zizhong, I gave that Dawan horse to Brother Zizhong, and the war horse is for Tao." I don’t know what Brother Zizhong’s intentions are for your envoy?”

"I'm so grateful to Ba Xian!" Mi Zhu said.

"Go and tell Rui'er to hold a banquet for Brother Zizhong today, and you won't return if you don't get drunk!" I said.

"Baxian is too polite!" Mi Zhu said.

After a while, the banquet will be ready.Gao Rui ordered people to move it to my special round table, and put a hot pot in the middle.What Mi Zhu saw was unusually novel.

At this time, the little boy beside him said: "Could it be that this is hot pot? I heard that this way of eating has become popular in Luoyang since Cai Bochi hosted a banquet. Even His Majesty often set up such a table with your empress in the palace." Hearing the clear voice of the little boy, I took a closer look at the little boy but there was no Adam's apple.A [-]-year-old boy is developing, how can he not see his Adam's apple?

"Hehe, come and sit down, brother Zizhong, please!" I greeted.Grandpa, Abu, Mi Zhu and Gao Rui all sat down.The little boy stood behind Mi Zhu, staring straight at the table.I looked at the little boy, smiled and said to Mi Zhu: "Brother Zizhong, I don't need so many rules here, let your sister sit too!"

"Ah!" Mi Huan said in amazement: "How do you know I'm a girl? You know I often go out with my brother, and no one has ever seen it."

"Hehe!" I laughed and said, "The male rabbit's feet are fluttering, and the female rabbit's eyes are blurred. No matter how difficult it is to recognize a creature, it always has its characteristics. Boys will have boy's characteristics. If they don't, you can tell her What is it?"

"The male rabbit's feet are fluttering, and the female rabbit's eyes are blurred." Mi Zhu said, "Is this true?"

"I've seen it in the book. I don't know if it's true or not. But there are differences between men and women!" I said.

"Oh?" Mi Zhu asked, "How can you tell the difference?" You know, the clothes in the Han Dynasty were long robes, and it was really difficult to distinguish between men and women when they were wrapped around the body. It is absolutely difficult to distinguish a thicker woman.

"Brother Zizhong, you can see the difference between Lingmei's neck and Brother Zizhong." I said.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on Mi Huan's neck, Mi Huan's snow-white neck all the way to her cheeks flushed.Mi Huan gave me a blank look and said: "Brother Baxian is really bad, you just say it, why bother to embarrass him like this!"

"Haha!" I laughed and said, "The little girl who can dress up as a man is also shy. In fact, men have a protrusion in the neck, which I call Adam's apple, but women don't have it."

Mi Huan touched her neck, then looked at her brother's Adam's apple and said, "Really, my brother has it, but I don't. Brother Baxian, you are so amazing! You know more than my brother!"

Everyone at the table laughed loudly. In this atmosphere, the guests and hosts of the banquet enjoyed themselves!
(End of this chapter)