Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

"Well salt is the first of the four salts, and it is only produced by salt wells in Shu!"

"Now that Liu Yan is separatist in Shu and has cut off all contact with the Central Plains, how did Cao Yuan buy so much well salt?"

Sun Qian jumped up and asked, looking a little out of sorts.

"The key is that even if you can buy well salt, it will take at least three or four months to transport it from Shu to Feng County!"

"How can it be done in just one month? Mi Zhu was cleared of suspicion, but he still had a look of disbelief on his face. Guan Yu also changed his face and guessed:"Could it be that Cao Mengde was secretly buying well salt from Shu when he was doing business with us?""

"impossible!"

"If it was really Cao Cao's handiwork, he could just transport the salt directly to Xudu. Why did he transport it all the way to Feng County and then back to Xudu? Isn't this stupid?"

Zhang Fei shouted and denied Guan Yu's guess, but he was smart for a while.

Guan Yu was startled and fell into confusion.

Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, and the two frowned deeply, thinking in various ways, but they still couldn't figure it out.

Zhao Yun sighed:"Yun is too After thinking about it, I couldn't figure it out, but the fact is that Cao Yuan did have great powers. He bought 200,000 stone well salt for Cao Mengde and solved the salt shortage in the Central Plains!"

The lobby immediately fell silent.

"boom!"

A dull sound sounded, and Liu Bei came to his senses, and smashed the wine glass on the table.

He originally wanted to use Cao Cao's hands to kill Cao Yuan, and then take a huge amount of military resources from Cao Cao.

Who would have guessed that everything would happen According to the calculation, Cao Yuan did not kill him, and the money was wasted. The remaining 150,000 stones of sea salt, as the little official said, could only be smashed into his hands and eaten by himself.

At this moment,

Liu Bei had the guts to compensate his wife. The shame and anger of defeating the soldiers again

"Sun Gongyou, what kind of bad idea are you giving to your elder brother? Now that the military resources we have are gone, how can we recruit troops to deal with those three family slaves?"

Zhang Fei pointed the finger at Sun Qian again.

Liu Bei slowly turned his head and stared at Sun Qian with subtle eyes.

Although he didn't express it clearly, how could he not see the complaint in his eyes?

Sun Qian's forehead rolled. Khan, with a grimace on his face said:"I really didn't expect that Cao Yuan, a mere unknown official, would have such great powers. This is really beyond my expectation."

"Gongyou’s plan is indeed a clever one"

"It's just that Cao Yuan is an anomaly that none of us could have estimated. Gongyou can't be blamed for this. Mi

Zhu did not add insult to injury and defended Sun Qian.

Liu Bei withdrew the resentful look in his eyes and sighed with a wave of his hands:"Zi Zhong's words are reasonable. Yide, please don't blame Gong You carelessly." Zhang

Fei had no choice but to swallow his complaints, but spread his hands:"Now Cao Cao's flesh can't be scraped. Without this military resources, how can we recruit troops and buy horses to deal with Lu Bu's three surnamed servants?""

Everyone looked stern, shaking their heads and sighing, but they were helpless.

"Cao Yuan, Cao Yuan...."

Liu Bei secretly clenched his fists, repeating that name over and over again in his heart.

…

Mifu

"That Cao Yuan, what methods did he use?"

"Weird, weird...."

Mi Zhu muttered to herself and walked into the main hall in a daze.

My sister Mi Zhen has been waiting for a long time.

As soon as he entered the door, Mi Zhen stepped forward and asked,"Brother, that Cao Yuan, hasn't you decided to buy our Mi family's salt yet?"

Mi Zhu came back from his trance. Seeing his sister like this, it was obvious that she hadn't received the news yet.

Cao Yuan bought Cao Cao well salt a long time ago, so why do you need your inferior and high-priced sea salt?

He didn't know how to answer, so he could only smile bitterly

"Brother, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and there are some things I must tell you."

"Although our Mi family has been in business for generations, since our ancestors, we have always believed that a gentleman loves money and gets it in the right way."

"Now the people in Yanzhou and Henan are suffering from a lack of salt, but we take the opportunity to raise the price of salt and make huge profits!"

"Even if Cao Cao is forced to buy our salt, the money earned will be ill-gotten gains, and I'm afraid it will damage the goodwill of our Mi family! Mi

Zhen finally let out the Xu she was holding in her heart.

From the very beginning, she objected to selling salt to Cao Yuan at five times the price, but she couldn't make the decision.

Mi Zhu couldn't help but sit down and sighed:"Little Sister, you don’t have to worry about the goodwill of our Mi family. That Cao Yuan will never buy our sea salt again."

"Um?"

Mi Zhen was startled, her eyes were blank.

"He has great magical powers and has already bought the best well salt from Shu for Cao Cao. How could he care about the sea salt from our Mi family?"

Mi Zhu laughed bitterly at himself and told the truth.

Mi Zhen's body was shocked, and there was endless astonishment in her face, as if she had heard a fantasy!

Mi Zhu was weak, and told his family what Zhao Yun said, exactly as it was. My sister listened.

The more Mi Zhen listened, the more shocked she became and she couldn't help but gasp.

"The Shu Mountains are dangerous and far away, transportation is difficult and inconvenient, and the trade routes have been cut off for a long time. How could Cao Yuan buy well salt?"

"Besides, even if he bought imported salt, why did he go through all the trouble to transport it to Feng County and then transport it back to Xudu Cao Cao?"

"This doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t make sense!"

Mi Zhen's voice was hoarse and she repeated the questions raised by everyone when the county government was discussing matters.

Mi Zhu shook his head and smiled bitterly:"What you said is also our doubt, but that Cao Yuan is so powerful that he did it."

Mi Zhen's expression was shocked and she was lost for a while.

After a long time,

Mi Zhen took a breath and lowered her eyebrows and said:"Then my lord, by doing this, he shot himself in the foot. He offended Cao Cao and failed to earn money to recruit troops. Facing Lu Bu's military resources, the situation is even more difficult."

Mi Zhu sighed and acquiesced to his sister's judgment.

After hesitating again and again, Mi Zhen lowered her voice and said:"Brother, forgive me for speaking frankly. You bet the entire Mi family on Liu Xuande. Now it seems that you may have made the wrong bet. Where is the treasure?"

Mi Zhu's heart was shaken, and a look of alarm flashed across his eyes.

In his mind, the scene where he was suspected of secretly communicating with Cao Yuan during the discussion could not help but appear in his mind. A little regret flashed through his heart.

Mi Zhu could only sigh helplessly:"It's too late to say this now, we have no choice."

Mi Zhen fell silent, her eyebrows furrowed, and her thoughts turned around.

"Cao Yuan, Cao Yuan, are you really not just an unknown petty official?....."

In front of her eyes, that handsome face suddenly appeared.

…

Five days later, Cao Yuan and his party returned to Xudu.

In six more days, it will be an auspicious day.

When the lanterns first came on, the Cao Manor on the outskirts of Xududong had already hung red lights and was filled with joy.

The car was whirling all the way and stopped outside the gate of the manor.

As Wang Bi, Cao Cao personally sent his niece Xia Houjuan to Cao's manor.

A low-key wedding went ahead as planned.

Cao Yuan pursued a low-key approach to making a fortune and never made friends with his fellow Shangguan officials. Cao Cao also did not want to expose his true identity as Sikong.

The two hit it off immediately, and the wedding was very simple and low-key. Except for Guo Jia, Xu Chu and a few other close friends, no other guests were invited.

They worshiped the heaven and the earth, worshiped in the high hall, and the husband and wife worshiped each other.

After the ceremony, the bride is sent to her new home.

Cao Yuan was very proud of the spring breeze, and he and Cao Cao, Xu Chu and others had a happy wedding wine.

It wasn't until he was half drunk that Cao Yuan staggered into the bridal chamber with the support of Gan Mei and Zou Yu'er.

The red candles in the room were burning high.

On the wedding couch.

Xia Houjuan was sitting upright, twirling the skirt of his skirt with his bare hands, his beautiful face under the kerchief, and his expression was changing, showing his inner uneasiness.

With a creak, the door opened.

Cao Yuan walked into the room with the support of Gan and Zou's two daughters.

Xia Houjuan's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately started jumping wildly. He gripped the skirt of his skirt tighter with his bare hands.

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