Zhang Yu traveled all the way and arrived in Xuzhou a month later.

"Report, lord, there is a person who calls himself Mi Zhu in front of him to greet the lord ten miles ahead, hoping that the lord can go." Walking on the road, the soldiers came to report to the lord.

"It turned out to be Mi Zhu." Zhang Yu was very surprised.

Mi Zhu who doesn't know, the great rich man of the Three Kingdoms.

According to historical description, Mi Zhu's family raised tens of thousands of guests and was a famous wealthy man during the Three Kingdoms period.

Not to mention anything else, being able to fund Liu Bei to equip an army shows that he is not a simple person.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were four major merchant families.

The Zhen family funded Yuan Shao, the Wei family funded Cao Cao, the Mi family funded Liu Bei, and the Eastern Wu Lu family funded Sun Quan.

It can be said that the four princes of their country can go so far, and they are inseparable from the support of these big business families.

And now, Mi Zhu of the Mi family wants to see Zhang Yu, which makes Zhang Yu unhappy.

"Let's go, a few of you will come with me, and you will meet this business genius." Zhang Yu said.

At this time, Mi Zhu was still very young, a few years older than Zhang Yu, in his early twenties.

Zhang Yu rode on a horse and led hundreds of people forward.

In the distance, in a gazebo, Mi Zhu had already set up a banquet and waited.

"Welcome to Zhang Taishou." As soon as Zhang Yu arrived, Mi Zhu came out of the pavilion to greet Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu also hurriedly jumped off the horse and returned the salute.

"The head of the Mi family, you are too polite, and you deliberately do so many things." Zhang Yu also said politely to Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu shook his head and said: "Zhang Taishou passed by here, as a native of Xuzhou, how can he not take the wind and wash the dust for you, the hero of the Han Dynasty." ”

The two complimented each other and talked a lot of nonsense, but the two gradually got to the point.

Zhang Yu's soldiers surrounded the surroundings, and there were only Zhang Yu and Mi Zhu in the pavilion.

Obviously, some things still have to be kept secret.

"The head of the Mi family is so polite, if you have anything to say, as long as you can do it in the future, you will not disappoint the master of the Mi family." Zhang Yu said.

Mi Zhu first toasted Zhang Yu with a cup, and then said: "This Huiji County is full of treasures, not only there are fascinating fairy brews, but the recent tea is a sensation in Luoyang, I really want these things to let the people of Xuzhou also see and understand." ”

Zhang Yu already had a guess in his heart, and now it has been confirmed that this Mi Zhu is going to cooperate with him.

What kind of person is Mi Zhu, the biggest businessman in Xuzhou, and even one of the biggest businessmen in the entire Han Dynasty, so it is not surprising to find Zhang Yu to cooperate.

Zhang Yu picked up the wine on the table, sniffed it and put it down, and then said to Mi Zhu: "I don't know that there are only tea leaves and fairy brews, as well as books, and table salt. ”

Mi Zhu was a little surprised, he knew this book, but he didn't know about table salt.

"I'm not afraid of Lord Zhang's jokes, I don't dare to sell this book, as for salt, there are a few powerful salt merchants in the local area, so I really don't have to rob them." Mi Zhu said.

Mi Zhu didn't dare to sell books, which made Zhang Yu a little disappointed.

Zhang Yu's foundation is too shallow, there are too few channels, it is not so easy to sell goods, and it is difficult to spread the scene without channels in other places.

"Okay, the first cooperation, I will cooperate with you, the fairy brew is good, how much you want, the tea can only be supplied partially, but I also have the conditions." Zhang Yu said.

Mi Zhu was not surprised at all, and stretched out his hand to signal Zhang Yu to say.

Zhang Yu asked for a moment and said: "My conditions are very simple, at least half of the payment for the goods will be paid with grain, and I will take a group of people to Liaodong to support me." ”

It is not difficult to understand that Zhang Yu went to Liaodong, food was a big problem, and it was too far away to transport it from Huiji County, but it was very close from Xuzhou.

Mi Zhu thought for a while and agreed to Zhang Yu's request, because the Mi family was originally in the grain business, and helping Zhang Yu purchase some grain was also profitable.

Support and support Zhang Yu's group of talents, and finally Mi Zhu also agreed.

Zhang Yu wants some grassroots and middle-level management talents, Zhang Yu does not have many manpower, and if he wants to take over a county in Liaodong, he needs manpower.

The two sides reached an agreement, and the rest was easy.

Mi Zhu warmly invited Zhang Yu to go to Picheng, the Xuzhou Governance Office, and Zhang Yu stayed in Mi Zhu's house.

And no other family in Xuzhou keeps a distance from Zhang Yu and doesn't want to get too close to Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu didn't care, he stayed at Mi Zhu's house for two days, and then continued to lead the troops north.

However, in the past month or so, Yuan Kui has suffered a little.

There has been no news of Yuan Gai, and after waiting for a long time, Yuan Kui really couldn't wait, so he sent someone to investigate secretly.

The results of the investigation made Yuan Kui very angry.

"Uncle, this Yuan Gai was obviously put under house arrest by Zhang Yu's people, and even killed." Yuan Shao didn't expect this to happen.

Yuan Kui was angry, but he did not lose his mind.

It's been two months, and everything that should have happened has happened.

"Uncle, can you send someone to sue Zhang Yu for rebellion and take the opportunity to take him down." Yuan Shu said.

Yuan Kui shook his head, if he could, he would have acted a long time ago.

As early as Yuan Gai's arrival in Huiji County, Zhang Yu had already left, and when the time came, it was all gone.

And they don't have any evidence to prove that Zhang Yu rebelled, you must know that Huiji County said that Yuan Gai was infected with a cold on the road.

"It seems that things are not as simple as we thought, and we have to start anew." If it can't be calculated, the loss is not small, Yuan Kui thought of another plan.

"Let Song Yang lead the troops, and send another Taishou." Yuan Kui said.

This will be deep in Jijun, and Yuan Kui didn't expect it to be so tricky.

Yuan Kui went to operate again, intending to make a comeback, and Yuan Gai was miserable.

Yuan Gai lived in the firewood house of Taishou Mansion, and he was already sad, but when Yuan Kui and others knew that Yuan Gai was under house arrest, Huiji County also got the news.

Of course, Yuan Gai can't be released, he can only "die of illness".

After Yuan Kui died of illness, they did not even pursue it, nor did they send anyone to investigate.

Both sides know it, and it's useless to pick it up.

Yuan Kui arranged another Taishou, and at the same time, on the grounds that there were many bandits on the road, he asked Song Yang to bring 3,000 soldiers and horses to "escort" the new Taishou.

said that it was an escort, everyone knew what Yuan Kui was going to do.

Things were quickly arranged, and at this time Zhang Yu had already entered Youzhou.

"Lord, all the way in this Youzhou, there are hungry people, and there are white bones on the road, I didn't expect things to be so serious." Gu Yong said bitterly.

"Youzhou has been invaded by the Huns and Wuhuan, and it is already poor, and it can only survive by relying on the support of the imperial court from time to time, but now the imperial court does not even have support, and Youzhou is really unhappy." Zhang Yu said.

They saw too many tragedies, too many refugees along the way.

After some understanding, this Youzhou, especially Liaodong, Xuansu County and other places, has been plundered by foreign tribes all year round, and the situation is very bad.

Zhang Yu couldn't help but speed up his pace, wanting to get to Liaodong as soon as possible.

At this time, the situation in Liaodong was more difficult than what Zhang Yu and the others saw.

(End of chapter)