Liu Shan's words were very exaggerated, which frightened Tao Qian.

"Zhang Yu is an outsider, can't you compete with him? Zhang Yu can sell the price so low, you might as well lower the price, although you have made less money, but it will not be like this for you now. ”

Tao Qian was recovering his strength, but he didn't want to have any conflict with Zhang Yu at this time, so he just persuaded these salt merchants.

"Tao Gong, if we have a way, we won't come to you, we have exhausted all the means, if Tao Gong doesn't care anymore, this salt market in Xuzhou will be completely controlled by Zhang Yu in less than a month." Yan Cheng said.

Seeing that Yan Cheng also said the same, Tao Qian paid attention to it.

Since ancient times, salt and iron have been related to the imperial court regime, and the same is true for a Xuzhou.

Tao Qian paid attention to it and asked a few salt merchants.

"What? Zhang Yu mastered advanced salt manufacturing methods and could produce cheap salt in large quantities. Tao Qian also exclaimed in surprise.

If this is the case, then Tao Qian is also aware of the problem.

"Zhang Yu is really treacherous, let me sign a trade agreement, I can get rid of tens of millions of dollars, and now Zhang Yu has rolled up so much money in Xuzhou."

Tao Qian couldn't calculate how much it was, but the salt eaten by these salt merchants alone exceeded 100 million yuan.

100 million money sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is not a lot for a state, because Cao Cao's father Cao Song spent 100 million yuan to buy a Sangong dangdang from Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, which shows that the Cao family was so rich at the beginning, and a Xuzhou would not have much impact.

But you must know that the Cao family has accumulated over several generations, and Zhang Yu has swept up so much money in about a month.

In the long run, when Xuzhou's local salt goes out of business, if Xuzhou's salt market is controlled by Zhang Yu, then Tao Qian will indeed be passive.

At this time, Tao Qian also realized that Zhang Yu's signing of the trade agreement with him was a conspiracy.

"The old man miscalculated, miscalculated, and fell in love with Zhang Yu's way." Tao Qian thought secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, thinking that he was afraid that these salt merchants would take the opportunity to put pressure on him.

Tao Qian said: "I will immediately send a messenger to negotiate with Zhang Yu, and I must discuss a solution." ”

Tao Qian didn't dare to promise too much at this time, but these salt merchants were not so easy to deal with.

"Tao Gong, it's not that we don't believe you, we have supported you a lot over the years, we must also participate in this negotiation, which is directly related to our net worth." A salt merchant said.

Tao Qian was helpless, these big salt merchants did support him, but the two sides were mutually beneficial, Tao Qian supported them to monopolize the salt government of a place, and they supported Tao Qian.

But these people have strong strength behind them, so Tao Qian doesn't dare to offend.

However, Tao Qian did not give in, but said: "Wait for me to study it, and give you an answer within three days." ”

"Tao Gong, today's market, three days, will make our family lose millions." Yan Cheng said.

It's true, they haven't sold any salt for a month, and so many people have to feed, no income, no work, and they really can't afford it.

Tao Qian frowned, and then said, "Okay, then you come back tomorrow, and we will discuss a way." ”

Several major salt merchants couldn't twist Tao Qian's thighs, so they could only go back first.

Tao Qian immediately called Chen Gui and Liu Bei, although Mi Zhu had returned to Xuzhou, Tao Qian had already excluded him from the core and did not call him.

What Tao Qian didn't know was that Mi Zhu quietly transferred his assets after he came back, but he transferred it by sea, so he was not discovered.

Mi Zhu will not be transferred all, and in a short period of time, Xuzhou is still his base camp.

Tao Qian told him about the situation, and Chen Gui and Liu Bei were also taken aback.

"This Zhang Yu is really insidious, he can do such a thing." Chen Gui was also dumbfounded, a seemingly innocuous trade agreement could become like this.

Although Chen Gui was only a high student, he didn't expect that he could still be like this.

Liu Bei has always had a dark belly, he didn't express his opinion, but he was also shocked by Zhang Yu's operation.

It turns out that business can still play like this.

However, Huaxia has always been the official standard, and they have never thought about what a businessman can do.

If it were someone else, a paper order, a large army would be sent, everything would be settled, and a large amount of assets would be confiscated.

But they didn't dare to do anything to Zhang Yu.

"Xuande, my military strength in Xuzhou, can I still fight with Zhang Yu, can I keep him out." Tao Qian asked.

Liu Bei frowned, he didn't have much confidence in the soldiers in Xuzhou, they were all a group of recruits, although there were 200,000 in number, but Zhang Yu's army was all elite soldiers, and it was not clear how many there were.

"Tao Gong, Xuande is not talented, it will take at least half a year to train the army." Liu Bei said.

Tao Qian sighed, he also knew the situation in Xuzhou, and he was indeed not the opponent of the "murderous" Zhang Yu.

These Tao Qian regretted it incomparably, and it was simply a wolf into the house.

At the beginning, in order to deal with Cao Cao, Tao Qian invited Zhang Yu to enter Xuzhou to support, but he didn't expect that it would eventually become a major hidden danger in Xuzhou.

"Lord Zhou Mu, if there is a war with Yangzhou now, Cao Cao may take advantage of the situation, we really can't deal with it, but we can't let Zhang Yu monopolize my salt market in Xuzhou, we must find a way to restrict it." There is nothing good to be done by Chen Gui.

Now Tao Qian feels that the initiative is completely out of his hands.

Thinking of negotiations, Tao Qian had a big head, Zhang Yu's appetite was not small at all, if he had the opportunity, he would definitely pounce and swallow them completely.

"It's better to ask Mi Zizhong to probe Zhang Yu's tone and then deal with it." Chen Gyu proposed.

In fact, the Chen family and the Mi family are completely opposites, but there seems to be no more way at this time.

It is impossible for Tao Qian to let the salt market in Xuzhou be controlled by Zhang Yu, but Tao Qian does not have the strength to fight.

Tao Qian went to ask people to find Mi Zhu.

After Mi Zhu came, when he saw Chen Gui and Liu Bei, he understood a lot in his heart.

Mi Zhu had already gotten the news, knowing that Tao Qian often called Chen Gui and Liu Bei did not call him, obviously he had been excluded from the core, but Mi Zhu was not angry at all, he had seen Zhang Yu's potential, and he was already planning to tie up with Zhang Yu.

"Zizhong, please take a seat." Tao Qian was still polite to Mi Zhu as always.

Mi Zhu sat down, Tao Qian first cared about him a few words, and thanked him for going to Yangzhou as an envoy.

Mi Zhu is modest on his lips, but in his heart, like Tao Qian, he already has his own thoughts.

After a while, Tao Qian began to get down to business.

"Zizhong, General Zhang's doing this will indeed destroy the harmony between me and his two families, and I have to ask Zizhong to send an envoy to Yangzhou again to discuss a way with Zhang Yu, otherwise I can't explain to tens of millions of people, and I can't explain to more than 200,000 troops in Xuzhou." Tao Qian said.

Mi Zhu's heart was full of sarcasm, Tao Qian threatened him to be useful, and he actually used the people and army of Xuzhou to threaten Zhang Yu, he simply wanted to be slaughtered.

(End of chapter)