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

That night, Cao Yuan and his party arrived in Fengcheng.

Half of the 100,000 pieces of cloth he brought with him were put into a small treasury, and the other half was sold at low prices.

Soon, nearly 50,000 pieces of cloth flowed into various counties in Xuzhou from various channels.

The Mi family's linen was sold for 2,000 yuan a piece, and Cao Yuan's 50,000 pieces of linen were sold in a tearful sale at four times the price, and he could take it away for 500 yuan.

As early summer approaches, it’s time to change into summer clothes, and the demand for cloth is skyrocketing.

Cao Yuan's batch of low-priced cloth was immediately robbed as soon as it entered the Xuzhou market.

The Mi family's Buzhuang in various counties quickly fell into neglect and neglect.

…

Xiaopei, the county seat.

Jian Yong is reporting various military expenditures.

Ordnance, food and fodder, horse feed, and soldiers' pay, everything costs money, and the cost is nearly tens of millions of dollars.

Liu Bei tapped his forehead with his fingers, his brows furrowing.

"It's summer now, and the Mi family's cloth business will definitely make a lot of money. A mere tens of millions of dollars is not a big concern, so just relax, my lord."

Sun Qian smiled and comforted.

Guan Yu also said:"Didn't Mi Zhong say that his cloth business will raise at least 50 million yuan in military resources for his brother, which is not only enough for this month's expenses, but also enough to recruit another 2,000 troops."

"What you say makes sense. Liu

Bei relaxed his brows and said with emotion:"Fortunately, we have the support of the Mi family. Otherwise, how would we be able to support so many soldiers and horses with a mere county of Xiaopei."

Zhang Fei said disapprovingly:"The reason why the Mi family supports eldest brother is because they want to bet on eldest brother because he is a member of the Han clan and a hero of the world.""

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei and coughed softly as a hint.

This kind of thing is well known, why bother to bring it to the table.

Zhang Fei just shut up.

Sun Qian smiled and said:"My lord, from what I can see, my lord and I It’s time to start preparing for Miss Mi’s marriage."

A flash of light flashed in Liu Bei's eyes.

Sun Qian had suggested to him earlier. In order to win over Mi Zhu, he persuaded Liu Bei to marry Mi Zhen and show his favor to the Mi family through marriage.

Liu Bei's wife had been dead for more than a year, and he was missing someone around him. The considerate wife took care of the food and daily life, and considering to appease and win over the Mi family, she acquiesced to Sun Qian's proposal. So Sun Qian volunteered to propose marriage to Mi Zhu as a matchmaker.

Mi Zhu was also interested in marrying Liu Bei, and the two parties hit it off and finalized the deal.

Now Sun Qian is just bringing up the old matter.

Liu Bei stroked his short beard and sighed:"Now Cao Cao may use troops against Xiaopei at any time. It is a troubled time. It seems that the timing is not good to have a wedding at this time.""

"It is precisely because Cao Cao will attack Xiaopei at any time that the lord needs to marry the daughter of the Mi family so that the Mi family can be loyal to the lord. Sun

Qian lowered his voice and reminded him playfully.

"What Gongyou said makes sense. Guan

Yu nodded and said:"The eldest brother marries the Mi family and forms a marriage relationship with the Mi family. Only in this way can the Mi family bet on their wealth and life and support the eldest brother's great cause of supporting the country!""

"It’s just that I have been looking forward to my eldest brother marrying me a new sister-in-law so that I can drink his wedding wine!"

Zhang Fei also shouted.

His impatience made everyone laugh.

Liu Bei then said reluctantly:"Since this marriage is related to the great cause of supporting the Han Dynasty, and you are so hard to persuade each other, Gongyou, you will go with me. Mi Zizhong went to agree on a good and auspicious day to get married. Sun

Qian was overjoyed and said hurriedly:"My lord is wise, just go to Mi's house.""

He jumped up and was about to leave excitedly.

Before he could go out, Mi Zhu hurriedly broke into the lobby.

"Lord, something happened!"

Mi Zhu said with a hoarse voice and a solemn look on her face.

"Something happened?

Liu Bei suddenly became alert and asked,"What happened? Zizhong, tell me slowly.""

"Dozens of cloth shops opened in every county in Xuzhou overnight, and the prices of cloth sold were many times lower than the market price."

"Scholars and people from all counties swarmed to buy these low-priced cloths. No one cared about the cloth of my Mi family at all."

"Within this month, we didn’t even sell a single piece of cloth! Mi

Zhu said with a bitter look on his face. There was an uproar in the hall.

Liu Bei looked stunned and had not turned around for a while.

Sun Qian was shocked and said:"The price is several times lower than the market price. This is not Selling cloth at a loss? Who would do such a business that harms others and does not benefit oneself?"

"Yes, who would be so stupid to make a profit at a loss and not be afraid of losing all their money!"

Zhang Fei also questioned.

Liu Bei came to his senses, frowned and asked:"Zizhong, can you find out who is selling these low-priced cloths? Mi

Zhu cupped his hands and said,"Zhu sent people to follow the clues and found out that the cloth flowed from Fengcheng to Xuzhou. After several spies, they discovered that the person behind the scenes was actually Cao Yuan!""

Cao Yuan.

This name once again sounded in the ears of Liu Bei and his ministers.

"It's this Cao Yuan again!"

Liu Bei's brows furrowed, and deep disgust flashed in his eyes.

Of course he would never forget that it was this little official who abducted the maid Gan who was originally intended to be given to him by the Mi family.

A few months ago, it was still this little official, I don't know where he got 200,000 stone well salt, which shattered his wishful thinking of using high-priced sea salt to get a huge sum of military resources from Cao Cao.

Now, this hateful little official appeared in Fengcheng again.

Unexpectedly Dumping cloth at low prices in Xuzhou left no one interested in the Mi family's cloth, making it impossible to raise military funds for him!

"What on earth does this man named Cao want to do? He is full of food, so does he have to harm others without benefiting himself?"

Zhang Fei jumped up and cursed angrily.

Sun Qian rolled his eyes and suddenly realized

"My lord, Cao Yuan must have been ordered by the thief Cao to deliberately dump low-priced cloth into our Xuzhou. The purpose was to prevent the Mi family's cloth from being sold and to cut off the lord's salary! Sun

Qian had a heavy look on his face and revealed the mystery.

Liu Bei suddenly realized it and couldn't help but snap at the case. He gritted his teeth and said:"What a thief, Cao, he actually came up with such a vicious plan!"

Sun Qian sighed and said:"Although this plan is poisonous, it can weaken our troops without using a single soldier. It has to be said to be a clever plan. I don't know who was dedicated to Cao's thieves.""

Everyone couldn't guess at the moment

"Lord, could this be the trick of the cunning man behind Cao Mengde as rumored?"

Zhao Yun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly guessed.

Liu Bei shuddered and said in a deep voice:"Zi Long's words are reasonable. This poisonous plan was probably done by that person. I don't know who that person is and why he wants to help the evildoer. Go and assist Cao Cao!"

Liu Bei's eyes ignited with hatred.

"Regardless of who the conspirator is, if this continues, once our money is cut off, not to mention recruiting soldiers and horses, we will not even be able to feed the six thousand soldiers and horses we have on hand!"

"When Cao Cao's army came to attack, what could we do to resist it?"

Sun Qian looked worried.

Liu Bei was shocked and fell into silence, but he was helpless.

"There’s nothing to worry about! Zhang

Fei jumped up and shouted:"Please give me the order, brother. I will lead a team of people to sneak into Fengcheng and burn Cao Yuan's cloth with fire. Let's see how he continues to sell it at low prices!""