Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

"May I ask if you are a follower of Yuan Shu or Lü Bu?"

Mi Fang asked.

"Haha, what am I worried about, huh? Oh, so this is what I'm worried about."

"Sir, rest assured, we are neither Yuan Shu's men nor Lü Bu's men, but just ordinary merchants."

“These days, it’s not safe to do business. The world is in chaos, and bandits are rampant. We need some kind of protection.”

Zhou Heng burst into laughter.

"Is this true?"

"Those who speak falsehoods will not die a good death."

Mi Fang breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm relieved. Please wait here for a moment, sir, while I discuss this with my elder brother."

In this era, people still have great faith in oaths.

Everyone firmly believes that there are gods watching over us.

Therefore, Zhou Heng's words unconsciously increased his trust in him.

"Go then."

It takes about a quarter of an hour.

Mi Fang then left and returned.

"Sir, please forgive me for waiting."

"Where."

Mi Fang hesitated and said, "Well, I just discussed it with my elder brother. There is no problem with the food supplies, but weapons, armor and military equipment are things that my lord has explicitly forbidden to trade. I'm afraid they will be difficult to obtain. Could you reduce the amount?"

Mi Fang has only made his first round of investment in Liu Bei, and still controls a vast amount of wealth.

Therefore, a mere 5 shi of grain was not a big problem for him.

If you put together the money, you can still easily get it out.

After all, even ordinary aristocratic families had tens of thousands of bushels of grain stored in their homes.

Not to mention the Mi family, who were known as the richest family in Xuzhou.

Liu Bei entered Xuzhou alone, without a single person. How was he able to take control of Xuzhou?

It's all because of the support from the Mi family.

It can be said that Liu Bei's rise to power was entirely due to the support of the Mi family.

In the early stages, the Mi family basically covered all the food, clothing, and other necessities for their troops.

"I'm afraid that's not possible. This is the amount that the patriarch repeatedly emphasized before I left. If the Mi family is unable to provide it, then I will have no choice but to go to Jizhou to seek cooperation with the Zhen family."

Zhou Heng looked regretful and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, sir, please allow me to think it over carefully. I will give you an answer within a day at most."

In fact, leather, cloth, food, and even warhorses were not a big problem for him.

Because apart from food, Zhou Heng didn't need much else.

The real problem is the armor.

In ancient times, the intimidating power of armor was in no way inferior to that of modern firearms.

The difference between someone with armor and someone without armor is like heaven and earth.

It can be said that one person with armor can easily defeat more than a dozen people without armor.

One can imagine the power of the armor.

For an ordinary person to possess even one item is already a capital offense, let alone 300 items.

Moreover, Zhou Heng didn't want ordinary leather armor, but iron armor.

How could this not give him a headache?

It should be noted that among Liu Bei's trusted subordinates, there weren't many men equipped with iron armor!

As far as he knew, only Lü Bu's Trapped Camp was entirely composed of soldiers in iron armor.

Apart from a few bodyguards and elite troops, very few others possess armor.

Most of them wore leather armor, or even no armor at all.

"it is good."

Zhou Heng nodded, then immediately took his leave and headed towards the post station.

"My lord, do you think they will agree?"

“Others might not agree, but Mi Fang definitely will,” Zhou Heng said with a mysterious smile.

"Can he produce that many things?"

"If even he can't produce it, then no one in the world can. Don't worry, those things are nothing to him. They're just putting on a show for us. Just wait patiently, and he will surely return in triumph tomorrow."

"Yes, by the way, my lord, the captains who went to raid the tomb just returned and reported that everything inside has been moved. They got millions of coins, countless gold, silver and jade artifacts, and various funerary objects, which filled about dozens of boxes."

"Okay, I'll mark a few more digging sites on the map in a bit. Send the map to them and have them set off immediately once the supplies arrive. This will be a major source of income for us in the future."

"Yes."

............

at the same time.

the other side.

At this moment, the two brothers of the Mi family were sitting in the inner hall discussing matters.

"Brother, what do you think Zhou Heng's intention is in purchasing so much grain, supplies, and weaponry?"

"Could it be someone from Lü Bu or Yuan Shu? But as far as I know, neither Lü Bu nor Yuan Shu lacks these provisions and weapons."

"Could it be, as he said, that he is just an ordinary traveling merchant who wants to hire some guards to protect him along the way?"

Mi Fang frowned.

Although Zhou Heng had made a vow beforehand, which reduced his doubts considerably.

But it is still impossible to believe it completely.

Especially now that the world situation is tense, he has no choice but to think things through.

"Hmm, what did you say was that businessman's name?"

However, just as Mi Fang uttered these words, Mi Zhu was suddenly startled.

"Zhou Heng, Zhou Zixiu!"

"Zhou Heng, are you sure you want to call him Zhou Heng Zhou Zixiu?"

Mi Fang asked with some confusion, "That's right, what's wrong, brother? Do you perhaps know this person?"

Mi Zhu frowned: "Second brother, you don't know this, but during this period we supported Liu Bei. You didn't go to report for duty because you had to take care of the family business, so it was just a nominal attendance. But I did go to report for duty. As far as I know, there is a man under our lord named Zhou Heng, courtesy name Zixiu. However, this man left our lord several days ago. Why is he here? And what is his intention in buying so much grain and military equipment?"

Mi Fang was shocked: "What? This person is actually one of the lord's men?"

Then he added with some doubt: "That's not right. If my elder brother said he had already left the lord, why would he still be in Xuzhou City? And where did he get so much money to buy things like that? Could it be someone with the same name?"

Mi Zhu nodded and then shook his head: "There are many people with the same name, but very few with the same character. In my opinion, it is unlikely."

Mi Fang remained silent: "That's right, but, elder brother, you said before that he had already left the lord?"

"Yes, he sent a letter yesterday and left without saying goodbye. My lord was quite sorry about it. I didn't expect that he would still be in Xuzhou. I thought that after suffering such injustice, he would definitely join Yuan Shu and Lü Bu. But I didn't expect... This man probably has more than he intends."

"What? Since this person is an enemy of our lord, should we still sell him or not? Or should we hide the knife under the eaves during tomorrow's transaction..."

Mi Zhu made a shushing gesture.

"Second brother, what are you talking about? What are you hiding under the eaves?"

Just now.

Suddenly, a clear and bright voice, like that of a nightingale, rang out from outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, a young girl dressed in a pink ancient costume pushed open the door and slowly walked in.

Her skirt swayed gently in the wind, as beautiful and charming as a peach blossom in full bloom in spring.