Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 341 Trading

  In the early morning, at the ferry of Shanjin, many people had already gathered together, some even knew each other and greeted each other.

   "Hey, isn't this the shopkeeper of the Wang family in the west of Chengxi? Why are you interested in coming here today?"

   "Haha, I came out to see the scenery, and I stopped by, why are you here too?"

   "When I came here, I happened to see a lot of people. You know, I like to join in the fun."

  The two looked at each other and laughed, then arched their hands and parted. The smile lines on their faces immediately solidified into sorrow lines, which were deeply carved between the eyebrows and eyes.

  Luoyang is in the process of moving the capital, and those who leave early must be dignitaries, and these businesses in Luoyang City, especially those who have some relationship with those dignitaries, but are not immediate relatives, are quite sad.

  Whether it's needles and thread, or cotton fine silk, or pots and pans, these things always need some inventory every day, otherwise, if the supply is cut off, wouldn't it be a smashing of your own brand?

  So after Dong Zhuo suddenly announced that Dinghai Day would move the capital, many businesses were in chaos and people were about to move out. Who would come to buy these things?

  On the market, except for the price of things like food and grass that continued to soar, other originally valuable stocks basically fell into the hands and became worthless waste.

   Don't move away, just wait in Luoyang?

Not to mention whether these things can be stored for a long time, just a few days ago, there was a wealthy family in the east of the city. They did not want to move the capital, but wanted to sneak out of the east of the city, but they were caught on the way, and the whole family was arrested. He was beheaded, and his family property was looted.

  The east, west, north and south are blocked on three sides, leaving only the road to the west, and even if it is to the west, there are Dong Zhuo's troops shuttling back and forth along the way,

  Shipping to Chang'an for resale?

  Not to mention the cost of transporting items along the way, but where will this vehicle go? Now each family's own car is like a baby, who is willing to lend it? Without carriages and horses, how to transport it, is it possible to use human hands to carry it?

  These goods are like bone spurs stuck in the throat. I can't spit them out, and I can't swallow them. It's painful to die.

   Now I suddenly heard that in Shanjin, not far from the west of the city, you can use sundries to replace food and grass. These merchants flocked here as if they had grasped the last straw.

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  The Bingzhou soldiers led by Zhang Liao are busy moving the grain and grass on the Hedong carts and horses to their own vehicles, going back and forth like hardworking ants.

   "These grains and grasses just need to be supplied to Wenhou, so we can save the need to collect Luoyang grains and grasses..." Zhang Liao said standing beside Fei Qian.

  Fei Qian turned his head, looked at Zhang Liao, and said, "Marquis Wen wants to send troops? To the east?"

  Fei Qian’s first thought was, is the scene at Hulao Pass finally going to be staged? As a result, Zhang Liao's next words confused Fei Qian.

"No, go north, Hanoi, calculate the time, it should be called today." Before the army moved, the direction was kept secret, but once the operation started, it was impossible to keep the whereabouts secret, so Zhang Liao didn't intend to hide.

   "Hanoi? Could it be Yuan Benchu?" Fei Qian whispered.

  Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "I don't know about that... Xiangguo also went north with him..."

   "Then what about Bo Ping? Did he follow Wen Hou?"

   "Well, they are all together." Zhang Liao said, "If there is no batch of food and grass like you, it is estimated that they will have to be recruited."

  Requisition?

   Could it be that the grain and grass in Luoyang Public Depot have been used up?

However, there is also this possibility. Originally, when the news of the capital relocation came out, the major merchants began to be reluctant to sell grain and grass. Although Li Ruyou managed to obtain some, but after all, he had to supply it to the army, so he had to take it into consideration. Common people, although the public treasury is large, it cannot withstand repeated tossing...

   Once recruited, it will inevitably consume the food and grass that was originally planned to be used on the way to move the capital. Although the targets of the recruited must be targeted at the rich and powerful, but if they are squeezed layer by layer, they will eventually fall on the heads of ordinary people.

  In this sense, the grain and grass purchased by Fei Qian from Hedong has indeed saved many people.

  Zhang Liao looked at the carriages that Feiqian rented from Hedong with some pity, and sighed: "If these carriages can reach Sili, maybe more people can survive..."

  Fei Qian also looked at these vehicles, was silent for a while, and said: "Even if these vehicles can reach Sili, those people may survive..."

   Fei Qian did not hold Zhang Liao up, but told a fact.

Zhang Liao sighed, nodded, patted Fei Qian's shoulder, and said, "No matter what, if you have more food and grass, you will be able to live longer. This is all thanks to you, Ziyuan! Alright, I It looks like it’s almost pretending, so I’ll take the first step.”

  Zhang Liao took half a step back, cupped his hands, and said meaningfully: "Ziyuan's journey to Bingzhou is rugged, and I wish him success!"

   "Accept the auspicious words of Brother Wenyuan, and wish Brother Wenyuan all the best."

   Fei Qian watched Zhang Liao and his party go away. Zhang Liao didn’t bring many chariots and horses before, only more than 30, but Zhang Liao only needed to be responsible for crossing the river from Shanjin to Shanxian County. It only took one day to load and unload, so at most It's a matter of running a few more times.

  Zhang Liao escorted the grain and grass away, leaving behind the entire camp and three carts hidden in a tent behind the central tent.

Fei Qian brought Cui Hou into the tent, and tore off the cloth covering the cart, revealing the boxes on the cart, opened one at random, and saw the bright yellow brilliance overflowing, reflecting everything in the tent. Everything seems to be stained with a color called wealth.

  Even with the experience of two lifetimes, Fei Qian was attracted by his eyes. After standing there for a while, he reached out and covered the lid of the box, and said, "Yongyuan, can these be enough to pay for the follow-up food expenses?"

On top of the three carts, there are boxes stacked one after another, and each box is filled with the real "Wanjin", that is, according to the official regulations, a gold ingot equal to 10,000 yuan, but in the market, now Such "Wanjin" gold ingots can be exchanged for at least 12,000 to 13,000 renminbi.

  Cui Hou made a rough estimate and said: "These are nearly 300 million yuan, enough..."

  Fei Qian patted the box and said: "Although these are attractive, they are dead things after all. You can't drink them when you're thirsty, and you can't eat them when you're hungry, so don't keep them. Remember, we only need food and goods."

   Cui Hou glanced at it, although he was a little bit reluctant, but still nodded seriously and said: "Hou Ding will keep it in my heart!"

"If you can only see this in your heart, you will only have this at most. If your chest is not filled with these, there will be room for more things. We can only stay here for three months at most. How far it can be achieved in a month's time depends entirely on Yongyuan!" After Fei whispered, he solemnly bowed to Cui Hou.

  Cui Hou took half a step back, prostrated himself on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Houding lives up to my lord's expectations!"

   In Cao Cao's barracks, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and Xia Houyuan chatted.

   Xu Huang said that he has a very good relationship with his subordinates, and his subordinates like to call him Brother Huang...

   Xia Houyuan said that his subordinates also called him Brother Yuan...

   Xu Chu burst into tears, and the others asked curiously why...

   Xu Chu said he thought of Dian Wei...

  (end of this chapter)