A remote yard in Wuji County.

Yuyang, Zhang Fang and other profiteer groups are in full swing to discuss.

Oh no, no, no!

A subordinate barged in in a panic.

"Master Zhang, no, Mi Fang has been arrested!"

Mi Fang was arrested?

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

When they came, they had already done a good job of dividing the labor, and they would buy the grain in Yunzhou at a high price, take the opportunity to speculate on the grain price in Yunzhou, and while looking for a place to hoard, let Mi Fang come forward to use the Mi family's caravan to transport it out.

It's their routine.

In this way, there is less and less grain in Yunzhou, and the price is getting higher and higher.

When the price of grain rises to a certain level, they will show the grain they have hoarded in the city.

In this way, not only will you make a lot of money, but you will also get a lot of food.

This method, they have tried and tested.

But what they didn't expect was that on the first day of the launch, Mi Fang, a key figure, was arrested.

"What's going on? Mi Fang is Guo Jia's brother-in-law, how could Anguo's defenders arrest him? ”

Zhang Fang asked puzzled.

When they asked Mi Fang to transport grain out of the city, they fully considered this problem.

"Yunzhou City has long had an order that food must not leave the city. Mi Fang went out with people and was stopped by the official army, and there was no problem with his Mi family's banner. But Guo Jia actually came to Anguo. This time, Mi Fang didn't run away. was almost cut by Guo Jia. ”

The visitor whispered.

Bastard stuff!

Zhang Fang understood when he heard it.

This Mi Fang was too careless, and he could walk sideways with anyone in the city under the banner of the Mi family, but he ran into Guo Jia.

Alas!

Get off the wrong foot!

There was some worry on everyone's faces.

"So it's impossible to get the grain out?"

Zhang Fang said with annoyance.

Not really!

"In the past, it was a little difficult to transport the checkpoints on the main road, but there was no inventory on the small road, but the scale was much smaller. ”

Very good!

Hearing that Xiaolu could be shipped, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the road is not blocked, they can continue to get supplies and transport food out, it doesn't matter if they are transported, they can use the ability of ants to move slowly, anyway, it will not be worse for a while.

"One more question!"

The visitor said: "While we are collecting grain at a high price, there are still two groups of people in the market who are collecting grain at a high price. I inquired, it was the Su family and the Zhen family. ”

The Su family and the Zhen family?

Hearing these two names, Zhang Fang's face immediately became gloomy.

The Zhang family in Zhongshan is a branch of the Zhang family in Yuyang, and both families wear a pair of pants. When Guo Jia first entered Zhongshan, he united the Su family and the Zhen family to eradicate the Zhang family.

It can be said that these two families have a deep hatred with the Yuyang Zhang family!

"These two are Guo Jia's sworn friends, and now they also want to take the opportunity to make a lot of money, it seems that there is really not much food in Yunzhou."

Zhang Fang gritted his teeth and said: "In this case, we must be clean and neat, and strive to make money in a short time and leave." Don't be afraid, it's better for the Zhen family and the Su family to add in, so that the food will rise faster. I'm going to contact my husband and ask him to get the money in quickly. ”

Got it!

Everyone nodded in unison.

It's not once or twice that they've done this kind of bad trick.

……

Youzhou Shepherd's Mansion.

Liu Bei sat on Liu Yu's seat and looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction.

When he escaped from Guo Jia's hands, he had nothing but to endure humiliation and work for a mean Liu Yu.

Three years of forbearance have finally paid off.

Liu Yu was sick, and everything in the Assassin's Mansion fell into Liu Bei's hands.

This is also a step to the sky.

But......

Liu Bei's ugly gaze flashed sharply.

Guo Jia!

Thinking of this name, Liu Bei's mottled face twitched.

He has not forgotten the pain that this man brought him at the beginning.

"Envoy!"

An officer walked in respectfully.

Over the years, Liu Bei has bought up and down, and Liu Yu has basically been hollowed out, but Liu Yu doesn't know it.

Now that Liu Yu is sick and can't manage the government, Liu Bei's reception of Youzhou is going well.

Zhang Fang came with the news, saying that the price of grain in Yunzhou has skyrocketed, and many local clans have also joined the hype. He asked the envoy to increase the input of wealth, and they were confident that they would harvest the wealth of Yunzhou in a short time. ”

Very good!

A smile appeared on Liu Bei's face.

But this smile looks very eerie.

Although Guo Jia is his enemy, he admires Guo Jia's whimsical border trade promotion plan very much.

It took only a few years for this man to turn a desolate border county into a commercial center of the Han Dynasty.

The throughput of goods and the flow of merchants every year is an astronomical figure.

The arrival of merchants and the inflow of goods made Yunzhou extremely prosperous, and it can be called a rich country.

At the same time, Liu Bei has been studying Yunzhou, deliberating Guo Jia's operation methods, and looking for flaws in Yunzhou.

After three years of careful study, Liu Bei finally figured out a way to deal with Yunzhou.

Although such commercial and trade cities come in quickly, they all have a fatal weakness, that is, they rely heavily on imported food.

If there is a problem with food, the whole city will collapse without a fight.

If you want to defeat Yunzhou, you have to use your brains in this grain.

After a series of preparations, Liu Bei finally launched the strongest blow against Yunzhou's weakness.

He first detonated the epidemic of malaria in several major cities in Yunzhou, spread rumors to shake the morale of the army in Yunzhou, and instigated businessmen to flee to Zhuo County. Receive the fruits of Yunzhou's development over the years.

Externally unite with the hostile forces in Yunzhou, block Yunzhou's grain and trade routes, and remove Yunzhou's grain sources from the root. Internally, Yunzhou's internal response was bought, and the granaries of the government were burned down, further weakening Yunzhou's grain reserves.

In the end, Liu Bei united the army to crusade against Guo Jia.

However, before that, Liu Bei also planned to use profiteers like Zhang Rang to raise the prices of Yunzhou to harvest the fruits of Yunzhou over the years.

When the last penny of Yunzhou flowed into Youzhou's pocket, and there was no value in scraping, it was the moment when Liu Bei finally made his move.

Otherwise, as soon as the war starts, the wealth accumulated in Yunzhou over the years will come to naught, this is a huge fat, and Liu Bei will naturally not let it go.

Therefore, business first and then soldiers has always been the order of Liu Bei's plan.

"Come on, increase the delivery of funds to Zhang Fang, so that they can bring all their wealth back to Youzhou before the disruption arises."

After cleaning up Liu Yu, Liu Bei's former confidence also returned, and he began to have the spirit of Wang Ba.

Promise!

The officer immediately lowered his head.

Although this master is a little ugly, his courage and means are far more powerful than Liu Yu, and he is also generous to people. It is much better to follow him than to follow Liu Yu.

In just one or two months, a large number of businessmen poured into Youzhou, and their income directly increased more than ten times.

The government's income has increased, and these officials are also happy and support this Liu envoy even more.

(End of chapter)