Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

A month later, Xiao Pei.

In the main hall of the county government, Liu Bei was pacing with his hands in his hands, and the word anxiety was written on his gray face.

Lu Bu in Xiapi seemed to have heard some rumors, suspecting that he was eye-to-eye with Cao Cao, and the signs of using troops against Xiao Pei became more and more obvious.

Time is running out for him.

He must recruit as many troops as possible to expand his strength before Lu Bu makes a move.

What you need to recruit is money.

Or a lot of money.

The Mi family has been hollowed out by him, and now he can only hope that he can use this sea salt business to scrape a sum of life-saving money from Cao Cao.

The salt in Kefeng County ordered Cao Yuan, but his head was tight, and he died for more than two months, but he refused to buy his high-priced salt.

Liu Bei was a little out of breath.

"Don't be too anxious, Cao Cao can't last this month, and he will definitely order Cao Yuan to buy our high-priced sea salt. "

Sun Gan saw Liu Bei's thoughts, and said with a confident look of relief.

Liu Bei's brows relaxed slightly.

Zhang Fei also shouted: "Sun Gongyou is right, that Cao Apu will not be able to stay up sooner or later, maybe he has already beheaded that Cao Yuan, and sent a new salt official to buy our sea salt." "

Kill Cao Yuan!

Listening to these four words, Liu Bei's heart was full of joy.

"I've been waiting for a lot of attention, I didn't pay attention to this matter at all. "

"I'm just thinking about how to deal with Lu Bu's attack after recruiting troops. "

Liu Bei flatly denied it.

As he spoke, he stopped pacing, sat down, and leisurely poured himself a glass of wine.

"The lord has the world in his heart, how can he be sad for a small official who is just a salt order, and only Lu Bu and others are worthy of letting the lord spend his gods. "

Mi Zhu took advantage of the situation and complimented.

Liu Bei smiled, and a little imperceptible conceit crossed his eyebrows.

Hold a glass of wine and bring it to your mouth.

Then.

Zhao Yun walked into the main hall with a solemn expression, and arched his hand: "Lord, the situation has changed, and I am afraid that our sea salt business will not be able to be done." "

Liu Bei's hand shook, and the wine in the cup spilled a little.

"Why did Zilong say this?".

A trace of uneasiness flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, and the wine glass was slowly lowered.

Zhao Yun took a deep breath and said silently: "We have just sent back the news that a few days ago, Cao Cao opened warehouses in all the counties of Yanyu Prefecture and released salt at the same time, and the shortage of salt in various places has been completely lifted!"

Inside the lobby.

Suddenly, there was a dead silence.

Liu Bei's wine glass froze in the air, and his gray face instantly swelled up with astonishment.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu....

All the ministers and generals present changed color in shock and froze in place.

The next moment.

The pot exploded in the lobby.

"This can't be!".

Zhang Fei jumped up and shouted excitedly: "Then Cao Apu only bought 50,000 stone sea salt from us, how can it be possible to solve the grain shortage in more than a dozen counties in Yanyu Prefecture, this is impossible!"

Liu Bei also came to his senses and said hurriedly: "Yide is reasonable, Zilong, isn't there a mistake in the news?"

"The news is true. "

"Cao Cao did receive 200,000 stone salt from Feng County, secretly allocated it to various counties, and at the same time opened a warehouse to release salt, so that the price of salt was lowered in one fell swoop and the salt shortage was lifted!"

Zhao Yun held the secret report in both hands.

Liu Bei jumped up, stepped forward a few steps, and snatched it away.

After I couldn't wait to see it, the surprise and confusion on Liu Bei's face continued unabated.

"Feng County!".

"How can there be so much salt in Feng County, and it will be transported to Cao Cao to relieve the salt shortage?"

Liu Bei saw something suspicious, and raised his head sharply and asked.

Zhao Yunyi arched his hand: "According to the report we arranged in Feng County, in recent days, Cao Yuan has arranged more than 1,000 salt trucks to return to Xudu, and these 200,000 stone salts should be from his hands." "

Liu Bei was stunned.

In his deep-set eyes, endless surprise swelled up, as if he had heard the strangest thing in his life.

Cao Yuan.

The Cao Ying official who humiliated him.

Ming Mingtou Iron refused to buy his own high-priced sea salt.

Then where did he get 200,000 stone salt for Cao Cao?

Could it be that he conjured it out of thin air?

Not only Liu Bei was stunned.

Everyone present was stunned.

Mi Zhu was the first to come back to his senses and said hurriedly: "This is impossible, all the sea salt of my Mi family is in the warehouse, and there is no shortage of one or two, so how can Cao Yuan get 200,000 stone sea salt!"

He wanted to prove his innocence first, so as to show that he did not secretly communicate with Cao Cao and sold salt to Cao Yuan in private.

"In addition to your Mi family, then Cao Yuan is less than two months, who else can he buy 200,000 stone salt?"

"Mi Zizhong, did you hide from my eldest brother and sell salt to Cao Yuan's house in private?"

Zhang Fei was the first to suspect him, and questioned him in public without any scruples.

Liu Bei was silent, and let Zhang Fei question Mi Zhu.

After all, it's too strange.

Except for Mi Zhu selling salt to Cao Yuan privately, he really couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation.

Mi Zhu's forehead was sweating, and he was anxious to justify: "My Mi family is loyal to the lord, heaven and earth can be proven, the sun and the moon can be seen, I Mi Zhu will never do such a thing behind the lord's back!"

The suspicion in Liu Bei's eyes diminished slightly.

Zhang Fei still didn't believe it, and shouted: "There is no basis for what you say, I'll go to your Mijia salt warehouse now to see if those sea salts are still there!"

Liu Bei's eyes moved slightly, even if he wanted to stop it.

Mi Zhu's character, he can still be trusted.

swore like this, most of them were the truth, and they did not sell salt to Cao Yuan privately.

If he connived at Zhang Fei to check the Mi family's salt warehouse, it would be tantamount to openly acquiescing in suspicion of Mi Zhu's loyalty in front of everyone.

In case the salt of the Mi family is still there, it is equivalent to wronging Mi Zhu, wouldn't it make him feel cold!

That's when it happened.

Guan Yu said: "What the third brother said, I really can't think of where Cao Yuan can get so much salt, he should really check it, and it is good to return the Mi family's innocence." "

As soon as Liu Bei's words of blocking came to his mouth, he gave Guan Yu these words and pressed them back.

If he doesn't check it with his own eyes, he really can't feel at ease...

After weighing it, Liu Bei chose to acquiesce.

Seeing Liu Bei's attitude, Mi Zhu frowned, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold.

Seeing that the eldest brother also acquiesced, Zhang Fei jumped up and went to check the Mi family's salt warehouse.

"My lord, Yide, don't check. "

"The Mi family never sold salt to Cao Yuan!".

Zhao Yun suddenly spoke.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Zilong, why do you say that?"

Zhao Yun said silently: "Because, according to the detailed report, Cao Cao's 200,000 stone salt is not sea salt, but well salt!"

Well salt?

Everyone in the hall.

Up to Liu Bei, down to Zhang Fei.

Even Mi Zhu, who was suspected, was stunned and discolored, and they were all stunned.