Chapter 73: Meeting Zang Ba [45, please read it! 】
The Mi family has a great business and is a world-famous wealthy businessman. It is the leading business family in Xuzhou and its integrity is beyond words.
If it were not a matter of life and death for Zang Ba, he would have believed it directly.
Zang Ba thought for a long time and couldn't make up his mind, so he turned back to ask Zang Ai for his opinion.
But Zang Ai can’t give an answer.
And the pot was too heavy, and he couldn't carry it.
Zang Ba frowned and asked: "Then how much grain do they want to buy?"
"As much as they want within one hundred thousand shi, the price given is twice the market price. But if they need to sell it back, they will only pay one and a half times."
Hiss...
Zang Ba calculated in his mind that the current price of corn is 220 qian per stone. , one hundred thousand stones is twenty-two million dollars.
The Mi family is really willing to invest.
Zang Ba felt jealous for no reason. Why didn't such powerful merchants like him?
Obviously I am pretty good at fighting, and I can also secure a place.
Can’t Kaiyang just let himself be managed well?
But with a shy face and a strong military force, he managed to get only two to three hundred thousand dollars from powerful merchants in Kaiyang and surrounding areas. He was really not even worthy of carrying shoes for the Mi family.
But with just this little money, powerful businessmen are complaining, and his reputation will plummet along with their complaints.
If the oral miscellaneous taxes three years later were collected in advance, Zang Ba's reputation would probably be even more bleak.
Zang Ba collected his thoughts and returned to the topic.
He now only has 110,000 shi of food in his treasury.
This is half a year's rations for his 4,000 direct lineage soldiers, 5,000 ally troops, and all the officials, large and small, in several counties under his control, totaling more than 9,000 people.
According to the Mi family's method, they can replenish the food supply by early May at the latest.
Then they only need to keep four months of food rations, and they can sell almost 30,000 shi of grain, which can be exchanged for tens of millions of dollars.
When the time comes, the Mi family will sell back the grain to them at the market price. Thirty thousand shi will only require 7 million yuan, and the extra money can buy almost 100 more war horses.
This transaction not only made friends with the Mi family, but also supported Liu Bei on the surface. He could claim credit from the state government and earn a hundred war horses for free.
This is simply killing two birds with one stone.
When they thought about the many benefits, Zang Ba and Zang Ai became even more excited.
If Zang Ba hadn't always been known for being cautious and careful, he might have agreed to the deal long ago.
The father and son stared at each other. After hesitating for a long time, they finally decided to talk to the Mi family again.
This time, Zang Ba is ready to take action personally.
After receiving an invitation from Zang Ba’s mansion to pass over to the mansion, Liu Feng knew that the plan was half successful.
As long as he can dispel Zang Ba's worries, or raise the stakes until Zang Ba makes a decision, he will be able to completely capture the big fish of Taishan Thief.
Liu Feng continued to ask the Mi family caravan to collect intelligence so that more information could be discovered. Even if it is not needed now, it might be useful soon.
The next day, Liu Feng and Mi Lu arrived at Zang Ba's Cavalry Commander's Mansion. At this time, Zang Ai was already waiting outside the gate.
After Liu Feng and Mi Lu showed how flattered they were, they followed Zang Ai into the mansion and met the leader of the group, the leader of the Taishan bandits, Tao Qian's Cavalry Commander, and Langya's local snake. Later, he became the prefect of Langya, a close vassal of Lu Bu, and Zang Ba, the Qingxu king of Cao Cao.
Yes, this man has so many titles.
His ability is enough to allow him to achieve more, but his ambition is not big enough, limiting him from climbing to higher mountains.
Zang Ba’s most famous things all reflect his characteristics. When Cao Cao besieged Lu Bu, Lu Bu asked for help from several allies.
Far away is Zhang Yang, the governor of Hanoi, a close friend of life and death, and nearby is Yuan Shu, the overlord of Huaisi.
But in the end, the only one who actually sent troops to help and officially fought with Cao Jun was Langya Zangba.
Later, he was recruited by Cao Cao and was responsible for guarding Xuzhou and responsible for the Qing and Xu battlefields.
In the Battle of Guandu, Zang Ba selected his elite troops and marched directly into Qingzhou, once controlling most of Qingzhou.
But at this time, he stopped and stopped fighting.
Zang Ba’s mentality is different from that of ordinary people.
Others wanted to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, but Zang Ba seemed more like he was here to complete the task, and after finishing it, he would clock out and get off work.
He promised Cao Cao that he would help Cao Cao guard his flank and prevent reinforcements from crossing the Yellow River from Qingzhou and flanking Taishan County in Yanzhou.
So he was ruthless at the beginning, gathering all the elites, and pushed three or four counties in one go, driving Yuan Shaojun directly back to the north bank of the Yellow River.
Then...then I got off work.
In the next year, Zang Ba and Yuan Jun of Qingzhou stared at each other across the Yellow River. The two sides never even tried to cross the river, and the stalemate continued until the winner was decided on the main battlefield of Guandu.
Then Zang Ba did not have the idea of beating the drowned dog, but directly withdrew his troops and went home.
From the beginning to the end, Zang Ba's troops have been stacked on the front line of the confrontation with Yuan Shao's army, without any threat or attempt to threaten Cao Cao's flanks.
It is such a person, Zang Ba, who has outstanding talents, can win over people's hearts, and recruit heroes, but does not have much ambition. The huge Qingzhou and Xuzhou have completely disappeared since the Battle of Guandu. In the public eye.
In the future Three Kingdoms period, there will be almost nothing happening in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, as if they have disappeared.
The initiator of this magical scene is Zang Ba.
Liu Feng secretly looked at Zang Ba. He was a middle-aged man with a strong and powerful figure. His skin was a bit rough and his facial features were not handsome, but he had a natural heroic aura.
Liu Feng and Mi Lu came forward to greet each other and presented the gifts they had brought.
There is a familiar small black wooden box among them, which is particularly conspicuous.
Yes, it’s magic snow salt and rock sugar again.
Liu Feng has already inquired clearly. Zang Ba’s desire to buy a horse was not kept secret because raising funds would make it known to all the powerful nobles in Kaiyang City.
Therefore, Liu Feng became more confident in persuading Zang Ba.
Originally, Liu Feng would have thought that Zang Ba was aloof and would act red and white in cooperation with his son.
To Liu Feng's surprise, Zang Ba was much more enthusiastic than expected, without any airs.
Liu Feng was instinctively wary. As the saying goes, being courteous for nothing is either a traitor or a thief.
With Zang Ba’s fame and status in history, even if he is not the person he will be in the future, he will not be so easy to talk to.
“I heard that you two want to buy grain?”
After the guests of honor were seated, Zang Ba served tea, and then went straight to the topic: "Don't blame me for being impatient. I'm really in a state of distress right now. If the Mi family can help me, Ba will be richly rewarded in the future!"
Liu Feng and Mi Lu looked at each other, then their eyelids drooped and they didn't reply, looking like they were deep in thought.
Seeing this scene, Zang Ba also understood in his heart that he could not fool the two of them just by talking.
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