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

One month later, Xiaopei.

In the main hall of the county government office, Liu Bei was pacing with his hands behind his back, anxiety written on his gray face.

Lu Bu in Xiapi seemed to have heard some rumors and suspected that he was having an affair with Cao Cao, and the signs of using troops against Xiaopei became more and more obvious.

There is not much time left for him.

He must recruit as many troops as possible to expand his strength before Lu Bu takes action.

Recruiting troops and buying horses requires money.

Or countless amounts of money.

The Mi family has been emptied by him, and now they can only hope that through this sea salt business, they can get a lot of life-saving money from Cao Cao.

But Cao Yuan, the salt commander in Feng County, was so worried that he refused to buy his high-priced salt for more than two months.

Liu Bei was a little out of control.

"My lord, don't be too anxious. Cao Cao can't survive this month, so he will definitely order Cao Yuan to buy our high-priced sea salt."

Sun Qian saw Liu Bei's thoughts and comforted him with a confident look.

Liu Bei relaxed his brows slightly.

Zhang Fei also shouted:"Sun Gongyou is right, Cao A'hao won't be able to stand it sooner or later, and he might be beheaded now. Then Cao Yuan sent a new salt officer to buy our sea salt."

Behead Cao Yuan!

These four words made Liu Bei feel happy.

"You are too worried. I don't take this matter to heart at all."

"I was just planning how to deal with Lu Bu's attack after recruiting troops."

Liu Bei denied it.

As he spoke, he stopped pacing, sat down, and poured himself a glass of wine leisurely.

"The lord has the world in his heart, how can he worry about a mere salt order official? Only Lu Bu and his ilk are worthy of letting the lord worry about it."

Mi Zhu took advantage of the situation and complimented.

Liu Bei smiled, with a hint of imperceptible arrogance passing between his brows. He picked up a glass of wine and brought it to his mouth.

At this time,

Zhao Yun walked into the main hall with a solemn expression, cupped his hands and said:"My lord, the situation has changed. I'm afraid our sea salt business won't work."

Liu Bei's hand shook, and some wine in the cup spilled out.

"Why did Zilong say this?"

A flash of uneasiness flashed across Liu Bei's eyes, and he slowly put down the wine glass.

Zhao Yun took a deep breath and said silently:"We have just received news from our team. A few days ago, Cao Cao opened warehouses and put salt in all the counties in Yanyu at the same time. The drought has been completely lifted!"

In the lobby.

For a moment, there was a dead silence.

Liu Bei's wine glass froze in the air, and shock and surprise suddenly appeared on his gray face.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu....

All the counselors and generals present changed their colors in shock and froze on the spot.

The next moment.

There was an explosion in the lobby

"This is impossible!"

Zhang Fei jumped up and shouted excitedly:"Then Cao Ah Man only bought us 50,000 stones of sea salt. How can he solve the food shortage in more than a dozen counties in Yannan and Henan? It's impossible! Liu

Bei also regained his composure and said anxiously:"What Yide said makes sense, Zilong, could it be that the news is wrong?""

"The news is absolutely true"

"Cao Cao did receive 200,000 pieces of rock salt shipped back from Feng County. He secretly mobilized various counties and opened warehouses to release salt at the same time. Only then did he lower the price of salt in one fell swoop and end the salt shortage!"

Zhao Yun held the secret report in both hands.

Liu Bei jumped up, stepped forward, and grabbed it.

After reading it impatiently, the surprise and confusion on Liu Bei's face only increased.

"Feng County!"

"How could there be so much salt in Feng County and transport it to Cao Cao to relieve the salt shortage?"

Liu Bei saw something suspicious, raised his head and asked.

Zhao Yun raised his hand and said:"According to the reports from our agents in Feng County, in recent days, Cao Yuan has arranged for more than a thousand salt trucks to return to Xudu. The two hundred thousand dan The salt should have come from his hands."

Liu Bei was stunned.

There was endless surprise in his deep-set eyes, as if he had heard the weirdest thing in his life.

Cao Yuan.

The Cao camp official who had humiliated him.

He was obviously stubborn and refused to buy. His own high-priced sea salt.

Then where did he get 200,000 rock salt for Cao Cao?

Could it be that he conjured it up out of thin air?

Not only Liu Bei was confused.

Everyone present looked confused and shocked.

Mi Zhu was the first to reply He came to his senses and said anxiously:"This is impossible. All the sea salt of my Mi family is in the warehouse, and there is not a tael missing. How could Cao Yuan get 200,000 stones of sea salt!""

He is trying to prove his innocence first to show that he did not secretly communicate with Cao Cao and sell salt to Cao Yuan in private.

"Apart from your Mi family, who else could Cao Yuan buy 200,000 rock salt from in less than two months?"

"Mi Zizhong, did you secretly sell salt to Cao Yuan without telling me about it?"

As expected, Zhang Fei was the first to suspect him, and he questioned him in public without any scruples.

Liu Bei remained silent and allowed Zhang Fei to question Mi Zhu.

After all, this matter was too strange.

Except for Mi Zhu selling salt to Cao Yuan privately, he I really can't think of any other reasonable explanation.

Mi Zhu was sweating on his forehead, and he hurriedly defended:"My Mi family is loyal to our lord. Heaven and earth can prove it, and the sun and the moon can tell us. I, Mi Zhu, will never betray my lord. Do such a thing! The suspicion in Liu

Bei's eyes subsided slightly.

However, Zhang Fei still didn't believe it and shouted:"There is no proof for what you say. I will go to your Mi family salt warehouse now to see if the sea salt is still there!""

Liu Bei's eyes moved slightly, as if he wanted to stop him. He can still trust Mi Zhu's character. He has sworn like this, which is probably the truth, and he did not sell salt to Cao Yuan privately.

If he indulged Zhang Fei to investigate the Mi family's The salt warehouse is like openly acquiescing to doubts about Mi Zhu's loyalty in front of everyone.

If the Mi family's salt is still there, it means Mi Zhu has been wronged. Wouldn't it chill him!

At this moment,

Guan Yu said:"Third brother What you are talking about, I really can't figure out where Cao Yuan could get so much salt. I really should check it out, so as to clear the Mi family's name."

As soon as Liu Bei's words of obstruction came to his lips, he said these words to Guan Yu and suppressed them.

He would really feel uneasy if he didn't verify it with his own eyes....

After weighing the situation, Liu Bei chose the acquiescence.

Seeing Liu Bei's attitude, Mi Zhu frowned and felt a chill in her heart.

Seeing that his eldest brother also acquiesced, Zhang Fei jumped up and went to check out Mi's salt warehouse.

"Lord, Yide, there is no need to check."

"The Mi family never sold salt to Cao Yuan!"

Zhao Yun suddenly spoke.

Zhang Fei was stunned and asked:"Zilong, why do you say that? Zhao

Yun said silently:"Because, according to the detailed report, Cao Cao's two hundred thousand rock salt is not sea salt, but well salt!""

Jing Yan?

Everyone in the hall, from Liu Bei to Zhang Fei.

Even Mi Zhu, who was suspected, all changed their colors in shock, and they were all stunned.