Three Kingdoms: Economic mastermind, Cao Cao wins!

As a result, Chen Deng became involved in Tao Qian's core group, and he also had his own unique insights on strategy.

"My lord, Mi Zhu thinks that what Yuan Long said is inappropriate."

"Oh, what’s the explanation?"

After hearing Mi Zhu's words, Tao Qian also asked,

"My lord, Mi Zhu still feels that we still have to meet Cao Cao's envoy. Once we choose to delay, even if we really get rid of Cao Cao's envoy with the help of others, we will be completely at odds with Cao Cao, and we can do so at any time. We may be retaliated by Cao Cao. My lord, Cao Cao now has an army of 300,000. Although there is a lack of food and grass, it still cannot be underestimated."

"If the lord adopts Yuan Long's method, he and Cao Cao will become mortal enemies. What if Cao Cao abandons Yingchuan, Chenliu and other places and personally leads an army of 300,000 to attack the lord?"

"this......"

After listening to Mi Zhu's words, Tao Qian also fell into silence. He really had to think carefully about Mi Zhu's words. This was indeed a possibility.

Mi Zhu was originally a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, and was later appointed as a businessman by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian. Biejia's job can be regarded as gaining Tao Qian's trust. The position Biejia holds is basically the same as the president's secretary in the company in later generations. This shows how much Tao Qian trusts Mi Zhu, and the Mi family has been engaged in reclamation for generations. , has nearly 10,000 servants, diners, and assets of more than hundreds of millions. It is also a major help to stabilize Xuzhou after Tao Qian took over as the governor of Xuzhou.

"Master Mi Zhu is exaggerating a bit. Even if he is at odds with Cao Cao, it doesn't matter. I, Xuzhou, are afraid that Cao Cao will not succeed. When the time comes,

Cao Cao will be attacked from both sides. How can he be my lord's opponent?" This time, it was Cao Bao under Tao Qian's command who spoke. Cao Bao's abilities were sparse. Ordinary, but he is a man with heavy troops under Tao Qian's command. People like Cao Bao can be said to be common in the hands of the princes. Many people with little ability can be in high positions. The reason is because The influence of the strength of the aristocratic family behind it, and the aristocratic family behind Cao Bao is the powerful local family in Xuzhou. This is also the reason why Cao Bao was able to hold a heavy army in the end. However, Cao Bao objected to what he said to Mi Zhu. On the one hand, he felt that Mi Zhu was a bit too much. On the other hand, Cao Bao exaggerates Cao Cao's abilities because he does not look down on people like Mi Zhu who were born as merchants.

"What about you, do you have any other opinions?"

"My lord, actually I think it would be better to meet him. At this time, Cao Cao suddenly sent envoys to visit my lord for unknown reasons. In this case, if the lord just disappears or takes action, it will be tantamount to directly exposing the lord. The purpose is not good for the lord's plan. Secondly, in the worst case, the lord can also use the envoy's mouth to make Cao Cao relax his vigilance towards the lord." At this time, Tao Qian's subordinate Zhe Rong spoke, which was also followed early on. If Tao Qian is a man of some ability, then Zuo Rong is more greedy for money and lustful, and unjust for profit. In the original history, Zuo Rong was a huge greedy person under Tao Qian. After Qian's death, he defected to Zhao Yu, Xue Li, and Zhu Hao successively and killed them. This is definitely the villain's novel to the extreme. It is even better than Lu Bu, but because he is a small person, he is not. be remembered,

"Well, what Zuo Rong said makes sense. We still don’t know the reason why Cao Cao sent the envoy. Wouldn’t it be a joke to mess up the situation? Mi Zhu, I will leave it to you to greet the envoy tomorrow and treat him with courtesy."

""Here."

Hearing that Tao Qian was already worried, no one said anything more. Only Zuo Rong had a smile on his face when he left the Zhou Mu Mansion. A good person like Zuo Rong would say such a thing. The reason why he said this was because Li Mo had already asked someone to give several glasses to Zuo Rong in advance, and asked him to help Li Mo speak in front of Tao Qian.

Li Mo is not afraid of villains like Zuo Rong, as long as he has weaknesses, he will It's easy to deal with, especially if the other party is greedy for money. As long as you can buy it with money, it's not a problem, and it's just a few words of advice. Zuo Rong himself didn't suffer any losses, and he got this kind of treasure like glass. , I was naturally happy in my heart, and even regarded Li Mo as a big fat sheep.

Early the next morning, Li Mo and his party had already appeared not far outside Xiapi City, and Mi Zhu had already led others to wait. At the gate of the city,

Cao Cao sent envoys, and Tao Qian sent people to greet him. It was already a show of respect. It was definitely impossible for Tao Qian to greet him himself.

"On behalf of my lord, Xuzhou Farewell Mi Zhu is here to greet you all."

"Yanzhou Diannong Li Mo was ordered by my lord Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao to come here to pay a visit to Tao Zhou Mu." When the two parties met, they simply introduced themselves to each other. After that, Li Mo and Mi Zhu were both slightly startled. Mo didn't expect that the person who came to pick him up was Mi Zhu, and Mi Zhu also didn't expect that the envoy sent by Cao Cao was actually Li Mo. They were both merchants. Although Li Mo's reputation was not world-famous, he was still among the merchant circles. Li Mo's name has long been well known. The products Li Mo sells, whether it is paper, soap, or fine wine, are the most sought-after goods in the business circle, but Li Mo's share of external sales has always been small. Even though he was old, Mi Zhu had already heard about Li Mo.

In just a few years, he was able to go from almost nothing to becoming a famous Yanzhou. From a businessman's point of view, Mi Zhu admired Li Mo very much. , although the two had different origins, they were both called merchants and philistines, so when the two met, Mi Zhu felt a sympathy for each other.

"Lord Li Mo, Mi Zhu has heard about it for a long time, it’s like thunder piercing his ears."

"Haha, Master Mi Zhu, this is not necessary. You and I are almost the same, we are traveling on the same road."

"Ha ha ha ha......"

Listening to Li Mo's pointed words, Mi Zhu didn't expect that Li Mo was so humorous, so he burst out laughing.

As they talked and laughed, they had already entered Xiapi. Mi Zhu naturally asked Li Mo on the way. Mo's idea was whether to take a rest first or visit Tao Qian directly, but Li Mo naturally chose to go directly. At the same time, the two of them did not forget the business flattery along the way.

During the seemingly chatting process, Mi Zhu also While probing Li Mo's thoughts, one can know how seriously Cao Cao attaches to this matter just by looking at whether Li Mo is eager to meet Tao Qian.

Li Mo also indirectly saw the situation in Xiapi. The battle in Xuzhou was relatively There are less, so overall it can be considered stable, and the prosperity is much stronger than that of Yanzhou.