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

Mi Fang froze on the spot, thinking she heard wrongly.

The salt road in Hedong was cut off by the Huns, and the salt shortage in the two states of Yan and Henan not only caused the price of salt to skyrocket, but there was no salt to buy at all.

Although their sea salt has increased fivefold, they can still buy it if they have money to alleviate the salt shortage.

This Cao Yuan actually dared not buy it because he thought the price was high?

After being stunned for a long while, Mi Fang came back to her senses.

His eyes turned to contempt and he sneered:"Cao Yanling, this matter is very important. I think you should ask your superior for instructions and don't make the decision without authorization."

Cao Yuan was too lazy to pay attention to him and glanced sideways at Xu Chu:"Zhongkang, wasn't what I just said clear enough?"

Xu Chu understood, rolled up his sleeves, strode forward, and grabbed Mi Fang.

"what are you doing? let me go!"

Mi Fang was taken aback, screamed and struggled in excitement.

"The young master told you to get out, are you deaf? Why don't you get out!"

Xu Chu dragged Mi Fang out roughly like a chicken and threw it outside the hall.

Being treated so rudely, Mi Fang was so embarrassed and angry that her face almost exploded.

"Cao Yuan~~"

But he could only grit his teeth in anger, get up, throw down his sleeves and run away in frustration.

In the hall.

Cao Yuan took a sip and felt relaxed and leisurely, as if nothing had happened.

"Mr. Cao, the price of Mi family's sea salt has increased five times. What do you think is going on?"

Xia Houjuan couldn't calm down and asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"What else could it be? Of course Liu Bei wanted to take advantage of the situation, give Cao Cao a hard blow, and instruct the Mi family to increase the price."

Cao Yuan said disapprovingly.

Xia Houjuan suddenly came to his senses.

She clenched her fists and cursed:"This big-eared thief is really despicable and shameless....Mr. Cao, secretly adding insult to injury!"

"Liu Bei prides himself on being a member of the Han royal family and wants to help the Han Dynasty. However, our Duke Cao is scolded as a powerful official who wants to usurp the throne. Do you think Liu Bei will sincerely join our Duke Cao?"

Cao Yuan sipped the wine lightly and asked with sarcastic eyes.

Xia Houjuan was shocked and seemed to realize something.

Xu Chu was puzzled and said:"I heard that Liu Bei has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness. Everyone said that he loved the people like a son. How can he be kind and righteous to the people of Yan and Hezhou in this way?"

"Benevolence and righteousness? Cao

Yuan smiled disdainfully and said meaningfully:"I'm afraid I only talk about benevolence and righteousness, but my heart is all about business.""

Xu Chu scratched his head, and it took him a while to understand the hidden meaning of his words, and cursed:"Then let's put it this way, this Liu Da'er is really fucking hypocritical."

"Hypocrisy or not is none of our business. Don't be upset or angry about it. It's not worth it. Cao

Yuan didn't think he was here, but told Gan Mei:"Mei'er, tell them to cook some good dishes and have a few drinks tonight.""

Gan Mei promised.

Xia Houjuan's eyes moved, and he said hurriedly:"Even if Liu Bei is despicable and takes advantage of others' danger, if you don't buy his sea salt, how will you solve the salt shortage and how will you communicate with Cao Sikong?"

"Don't worry, there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there will always be salt."

Cao Yuan's face was relaxed, without any pressure at all.

Xia Houjuan looked suspicious and asked:"What do you mean by this? If you don't buy Mijia sea salt, is it possible that salt will fall from the sky?"

"Maybe, salt will really fall from the world....."

Cao Yuan smiled, with a hint of mystery in his eyes.

Xia Houjuan's starry eyes flickered and he became more and more confused.

…

Xiaopei, county seat

"What?"

"Did Cao Yuan seriously say that he wouldn't even buy a tael of salt?"

Liu Bei's eyes gathered together, and surprise appeared on his face.

"He said it himself, how could I hear it wrong!"

Mi Fang said angrily:"Not only did he say he wouldn't buy it, he also kicked me out. He was extremely rude and rude. Liu

Bei frowned and looked at Sun Qian in confusion:"Gongyou, this result is a bit unexpected. What do you think we should do?""

"It stands to reason that the Hedong Salt Road was cut off. Not to mention that our salt price only increased five times. Even if it increased ten times, Cao Cao would have to buy it."

"Could it be that Cao Yuan made his own decision?"

Sun Qian's eyes were also suspicious, and he guessed like this.

Mi Zhu questioned:"Our sea salt is very important to Cao Cao. He is a small salt orderer, but he dares to make his own decision and say if he doesn't buy it, he won't buy it. He is not afraid of Cao Cao's rule. His sin?"

Sun Qian was speechless and couldn't explain.

"It would be better for him to make his own decisions!"

Zhang Fei jumped up and shouted:"When Cao Ah'an gets angry and chops off his head, won't he play into our own hands and vent his anger on his eldest brother?"

Zhang Fei's voice reminded Sun Qian and others, and everyone's eyes lit up.

Sun Qian then sneered:"If it is true as General Yide said, then this Cao Yuan is seeking his own death."

"Good, very good! Liu

Bei also relaxed his brows, stroking his short beard and sneered:"I want to see how this Cao Yuan explains to Cao Mengde!""

…

After one month.

Xudu, Sikong Mansion

"Feng Xiao, then Cao Ziyou, haven't you bought back the sea salt yet?"

Cao Cao frowned deeply and asked again.

Guo Jia cupped his hands and said,"Sikong, according to news from Feng County, the Mi family raised the price of salt five times, so Cao Yuan stopped buying Mi family sea salt."

Bang!

Cao Cao slapped the desk,"This must be Liu Bei's instruction. The big-eared thief is taking advantage of others and wants to make a huge fortune from me!"

"Although Liu Bei was forced by the situation and was forced to secretly befriend Sikong, he had great ambitions and would not be willing to succumb to others."

"He must be taking advantage of our lack of salt to make a huge profit to recruit troops, so that he can compete with Lu Bu without Sikong's help."

Guo Jia's eyes were sharp and he exposed Liu Bei's wishful thinking with a few words.

Cao Cao clenched his fists and was silent for a while.

After a long time,

Cao Cao unclenched his fists and sighed:"Although the big-eared thief is hateful, the situation at hand cannot be controlled. We couldn't bear it, so we sent someone to tell Cao Yuan that if you should buy the high-priced sea salt from the Mi family, just buy it."

He still chose to give in by cutting off his flesh.

"Sikong, with Cao Yuan's resourcefulness, he should be able to realize that even if the Mi family raises the price, we have to buy it."

"But now, he has chosen not to buy Mijia sea salt. Could it be that he has some ulterior motive?"

Guo Jia reminded.

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he suddenly realized something.

"Feng Xiao was right to remind him that although Zi Xing's actions were always weird, they always had their own reasons."

"If I force him to buy the Mi family's high-priced salt, am I being smart and disrupting his plan?"

Cao Cao paced with his hands behind his back, his thoughts turning over in his mind.

He pondered for a long time.

Cao Cao flicked his hand fiercely:"Fengxiao, please quickly ask Dian Wei to prepare. I have to rush to Feng County overnight to ask Ziyou personally what happened."

"promise!"

Guo Jia accepted the order.

That night,

Cao Cao, as the chief official Wang Bi, and under the protection of Dian Wei, rode a red rabbit horse and galloped away to Feng County.