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"Yes, General Zilong, how can you buy a dan of grain with 400 coins?"

The grain merchant obviously knew the young general, and after discovering his identity, he was not so afraid anymore.

How could someone who could become a big grain trader in this era have no background?

Behind him is Tian Kai.

"Zilong?" Zhuge Tian was startled and looked at the young general.

At this time, the only one called Zilong in Youzhou was probably Zhao Yun, right?

"Here……"

When Zhao Yun heard the grain merchant's question, he felt a little embarrassed.

He knew the situation in Liaoxi County very well.

These grain merchants would sell the grain for at least 2000 coins per stone, but ordinary people could not afford this price.

But he also knew that 400 coins per stone of grain seemed a bit too high.

Seeing Zhao Yun speechless, the grain merchant was even more proud: "General Zilong, I have already negotiated with them for this grain. 1000 coins per stone, I will take it all."

"But if General Zilong wants it, I can give you 2 dan out of the 2 guan!"

"2 dan isn't enough!" Zhao Yun looked at the grain merchant. "I know you're from Tianzhou, but the people of Liaoxi are starving right now. If chaos breaks out, my lord will blame Tianzhou."

"My Lord..." The grain merchant was a little disapproving: "As long as the grain is handed over, my Lord won't care about anything else!"

"General Zilong, besides, we didn't set the price of grain. They are the ones selling the grain. If you want to buy 5 dan of grain, you have to ask them if they agree to it!"

"can."

Zhuge Tian suddenly spoke.

"what?"

"what?"

"what?"

The grain merchant, Lu Diaozhi and Zhao Yun all looked at Zhuge Tian in disbelief.

Grain merchants don't think anyone will sell grain to someone who offers a lower price.

Lu Diaozhi wondered why Zhuge Tian would sell the grain at such a low price, considering his greed for money.

If you want to sell it for 400 coins, why bother coming to Youzhou? The current price of grain in Xuzhou is about the same.

Zhao Yun wondered if he had heard it wrong.

Looking at Zhuge Tian, ​​he asked, "Are you serious? Are you really willing to sell 2 shigu to me for 5 guan?"

"Not 5, maybe only 4." Zhuge Tian said, "I brought 15 shi when I came out. You want to buy 10 shi, leaving some for yourself. I can sell you 4 shi."

"4 is also good!" Zhao Yun nodded happily. This is equivalent to the price of 500 coins per stone.

"You! How could you sell it to him for 500 coins per stone?" The grain merchant was not happy because the price he had agreed with them was 1000 coins.

"You said it all. I'm selling grain. I should have the final say on how much I want to sell."

"Yeah!" This time, Lu Diaozhi stood on Zhuge Tian's side: "If you don't buy it, I can take them to Youbeiping County again!"

"But...but if you sell it to them at this price of 4 shi, the grain price in Liaoxi County... won't it come down?" He really couldn't understand what these people were thinking.

Zhuge Tian no longer cared about him. After all, Youzhou was so big, and it didn't have to be in Liaoxi County.

"It's up to you whether to buy it or not."

"Thank you, sir!" Zhao Yun said directly to Zhuge Tianxing.

"Don't rush to thank me, I also have conditions."

"Any conditions, as long as I can do it." Zhao Yun said.

"You follow us."

"Ah?" This condition made Zhao Yun stunned.

"It's like I'm buying you with 2 dan of grain. How's that?" Zhuge Tian said, "If one day you earn back 2 dan, you can redeem yourself."

There was no way. In the Three Kingdoms stories that my master had told me before, the character of Zhao Zilong was too dazzling.

Even though Zhuge Tian is usually relatively calm, he plans to act willfully today.

Besides, isn’t it just 2 shi of grain?

As long as someone has land, he can grow it again.

But if Zhao Yun missed it, he might really have missed it.

"I..." Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, and actually nodded.

He was here with Gongsun Zan and was already very disappointed with Gongsun Zan's current actions.

In the second year of Chuping, Zhao Yun was recommended by the Kingdom of Changshan and led the volunteers from his county to join Gongsun Zan.

At that time, Gongsun Zan asked Zhao Yun: "Everyone in Jizhou wants to join Yuan Shao, why do you choose to join me?"

Zhao Yun replied, "The world is in chaos. No one knows who will lead a wise government. The people are in dire straits. We Changshan people have decided to follow a place that can implement benevolent governance. This is not because we want to alienate Yuan Shao and favor you, General."

At that time, Gongsun Zan still had great ambitions. He defeated the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and resisted the invasion of Wuhuan in the north, and the people under his rule were able to live and work in peace.

However, in recent years, Gongsun Zan has become increasingly decadent, and the entire Youzhou administration is in chaos.

Many of his troops even robbed civilians.

Unfortunately, he was not valued by Gongsun Zan.

Even Tian Kai, who was behind this grain merchant, was his immediate superior.

After the grain merchant bought the grain and sold it at a high price, all the profits went to Tian Kai.

If I can exchange it for 2 shi of grain, then the people of Liaoxi County will be better off.

"Okay, Yuan Jian, tell the fleet to send 4 dan of grain over here," Zhuge Tian said to Liao Hua, then turned to the grain merchant and asked, "Do you want the remaining 10 dan of grain or not?"

The grain merchant rolled his eyes, but still gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"

In fact, after he learned indirectly from Lu Diaozhi that the fleet had only 300 people, he had some ulterior motives.

He brought all the 800 people he could mobilize, intending to take action during the transaction.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zilong appeared halfway.

Although Zhao Zilong was not valued by Gongsun Zan, he was still very famous in Youzhou.

If a real fight breaks out, his eight hundred men will probably be slaughtered by the enemy's hundreds of cavalrymen in one encounter.

Now he is like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain.

Zhao Yun bought 4 dan of grain. Although it was not enough for the entire population of Liaoxi County to eat, the price of grain would at least drop by about one-third.

He would earn less if he collected the grain.

But there is no other way, it’s good enough to be able to buy it.

At worst, he could just store the grain for a while, and when the 4 shi of grain were basically sold and eaten, he could sell it at a higher price.

Soon, cartloads of food were shipped over from the fleet.

After the grain merchant and Zhuge Tian settled the payment and goods, they hurried to transport the grain back.

Zhao Yun brought only cavalrymen with him, and only asked them to guard the food, and then sent them back to the camp.

It was almost dark when many soldiers came pushing carts.

When the first general came over, he asked, "General Zilong, are you really going to leave the lord?"

"Well, Zilong is ashamed! But if I can sacrifice my life to feed the people for ten months, even if people call me disloyal, I will accept it!"

"After I leave, I ask you, Wen Ze, to use this grain to make porridge for the people. Even if Tian Kai is the governor, he can't do anything to you without his troops."

Then he approached him and whispered, "When all the food is distributed, you can come to Deng County in Jingzhou to find me."

Wen Ze is Zhao Yun's confidant, and he can only feel at ease if he entrusts the task to him.