Chapter 71 Mutual Benefit [25 Please read it! 】
Zang Ai's son Zang Quansi is one of the typical examples. Later, because he wanted to become the ninth minister, he did not hesitate to curry favor with the courtiers and dignitaries, and gave his father, Zang Ai's favorite concubine, Send it to Deng Yang.
This Deng Yang was a close associate of Cao Shuang, the general in charge of Cao Wei at that time. He was a descendant of the famous Eastern Han Dynasty general Deng Yu. Together with He Yan and Ding Mi, he was known as the Three Dogs of Taichung.
You can see how bad this reputation is.
Therefore, Zang Quansi’s gift of his father’s concubine in order to seek an official position shocked the entire city of Luoyang, and it became a “good talk” for a while.
Now Zang Ai naturally didn't know that he had such a filial son, and he actually wanted to give him another hat after his death, for fear that he would have a cold head under the ground.
Zang Ai was talking and laughing with Mi Lu at this time, and they were still old acquaintances.
Soon, there was a sound outside the house.
Today, the entire inn was booked by the Mi family, and the banquet was also held on the second floor.
Liu Feng was waiting in the private room of the banquet. When the door opened, he stood up to greet him.
As soon as Zang Ai entered the house, he saw Liu Feng. He looked at Mi Lu in surprise. He didn't expect that there were other people in the house.
Mi Lu smiled and explained: "Master Zang, this is my young master Mi Feng. This time, it was arranged by the family to come out with me to practice."
Zang Ai suddenly realized. : "So that's it. I heard before that you, Mr. Mi, have returned home to be recuperated. I'm still wondering why you are the leader of the caravan this time. It turns out that you were entrusted with an important task by the head of Mr. Mi's family."
Accompanying It is indeed an extremely important task for the direct young master of the family to go into business. It is impossible for an old man who is not extremely trusted and capable to get such a high position.
Liu Feng greeted Zang Ai in a low-key manner, and then sat down on both sides.
Zang Ai seems to be very literary and has the air of a Confucian scholar. Judging from his conversation, he is quite capable and wants to be a good official who does practical things.
If possible, Liu Feng actually wanted to recruit Zang Ai. After all, with his ability, he was more than enough to be a county magistrate.
It's a pity that this time Liu Feng has to deal with Zang Ai's father Zang Ba, and Zang Ai has to be the sharp blade that penetrates Zang Ba's heart.
Both parties exchanged polite greetings, then after five dishes and three rounds of wine, we got down to business.
Mi Lu spoke first and introduced the topic: "Master Zang, I heard that Captain Qi was raising funds?"
Zang Ai nodded, this was something that everyone in Kaiyang knew, and there was no need to keep it a secret.
"Yes, it is true."
Zang Ai looked calm and said frankly: "Even now, my family's fundraising is still insufficient. Since Mr. Mi already knows about this, I wonder if the Mi family is willing to sell a favor?”
Hearing this, Mr. Mi smiled without saying a word and looked at Liu Feng aside.
Zang Ai also followed Mi Lao's gaze and turned to Liu Feng.
Liu Feng, who felt the gazes of the two people, showed a trace of nervousness on his face, but forced himself to be calm, and said to Zang Ai: "Since the chief secretary has something to do, my Mi family is naturally willing to help, but my Mi family also has something to do. I would like to ask the chief clerk for help. What does the chief clerk think? "
Zang Ai was stunned and thought about it.
From what Liu Feng said, it seemed that he wanted to make some kind of deal with himself.
Thinking of his irritable father at home, Zang Ai decided to listen to Liu Feng's opinion first.
With Zang Ai's permission, Liu Feng suddenly showed an excited expression: "Master Secretary, since the Cavalry Commander is short of money, and the Mi family happens to be short of food, why didn't the Chief Secretary tell the Cavalry Commander to use the extra money? Sell the grain to my Mi family?”
"Your mansion wants to buy food?"
Zang Ai asked in surprise: "Why is the Mi family in Donghai suddenly short of food?"
"It's not that my Mi family is short of food, but Uncle Fang is short of food. "Liu Feng explained: "After Liu Shijun took office as Fang Bo, he wanted to teach the people to farm, but he was short of food and seeds. "
< br>"You also know that my head of the family is serving as a chariot in the state capital. Previously, my head of the family also strongly supported Tao Gong's farming. Now he is naturally entrusted with an important task by Liu Shijun, and he really has to do it."
Zang Ai realized that it turned out that the Mi family was back to their old business, providing money, food, and strength, and changing their jobs in the state.
The Mi family had done this a few years ago. When his father was appointed as the Cavalry Captain, the Mi family also sent him a heavy gift.
It is completely normal to raise food for the state government now.
Immediately, Zang Ai remembered the information he had received a few days ago.
According to the intelligence, Liu Bei does want to carry out large-scale farming and has already started taking action.
Both the Mi family and Xiapi State began to raise resources and send them to Tancheng.
Judging from the situation, this old man’s words are quite reliable.
"Master, my family is willing to pay a high price for food. What do you think of this figure."
The price Liu Feng gave is quite tempting, let alone twice the price now. , even at the most lean time before the summer harvest, they can't be sold at this price.
It’s just that Zang Ai, as the eldest son of Zang Ba, has already become an official, and still serves as the chief registrar of Kaiyang, so he knows Zang Ba’s family background very well.
Zang Ba is not only short of money now, but also short of food.
Although there is not a lot of food shortage, barely enough to last until the summer harvest in June, there is really nothing left to spare.
Now I have a headache.
The Mi family wants food and is willing to pay a high price to buy it. Although they are also willing to sell it, there is no way they can do it if they don’t have enough food.
Zang Ai smiled bitterly and said to Liu Feng and Mi Lu: "You two are not outsiders, so I will tell the truth. To be honest, Kaiyang's food supply has already bottomed out. My father collected the remaining grain and grass from around, but it was only enough for the people and soldiers in the city to eat until the summer harvest, and there was really nothing left to squeeze out. "
Liu Feng and Mi Lu both had very obvious disappointment on their faces.
Zang Ai was also helpless, but the food must not be sold.
Suddenly, Liu Feng proposed a new idea.
“Master Zang, can we buy grain at a high price first, and then buy grain from afar and sell it back to you?”
Zang Ai was confused at first, until Liu Feng explained Only after that did I understand.
It turned out that Liu Feng explained that Liu Bei needed food urgently, so the Mi family had no time to go to distant places to collect food.
In other words, what the Mi family lacks is not food, but time.
If given enough time, the Mi family can definitely raise enough food.
In this case, why can't we borrow a sum of grain on credit in Kaiyang, send it to Tancheng for delivery, and then purchase the grain from other places and return it to Kaiyang.
Zang Ai was shocked by Liu Feng's boldness and shrewdness. He didn't expect that the other party could come up with such a bizarre idea at first glance, but upon closer inspection, he had a quite reliable idea.
Liu Feng even came up with detailed details. As long as Zang Ai was willing, they could purchase grain at 1.5 times the market price, and then sell the same amount of grain back to Kaiyang at the market price.
They can even keep double the price difference as a deposit.
The loan period only takes two months. It is now January, so the food can be repaid in late March, which will not harm Kaiyang at all.
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