Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 67
As soon as Liu Yu opened his mouth, he asked to repay the debt for the Huangfu family, but Zhou Fang and Cui Di dared not ask him to repay the money, saying that yesterday was a misunderstanding.

Liu Yu pretended not to believe that he had to pay back the money, and the two had no choice but to tell the secret.

In fact, both the Zhou family and the Cui family wanted to be attached to Huangfusong before, and indeed they often sent gifts to Huangfu's family, but the two families never thought that Huangfusong would suddenly be imprisoned for a crime, and they heard that they would be executed after autumn.

Now the two families are terrified, and it's fine if the investment money is in vain. If they are misunderstood by the court as an accomplice of the Huangfu family, they will be in big trouble.

So after discussing with each other, the two decided to go to Huangfu's house to collect debts, in order to prove that their two families had nothing to do with Huangfu's family.

"It turns out that the two of you deliberately made things difficult for the Huangfu family in order to draw a clear line with Huangfusong! But have you ever thought about it, if the old general Huangfusong is acquitted one day, your two families will be left without food. !"

"Ah! How is this possible! Didn't it mean that Huangfu Song offended the Grand Master and will be executed soon?"

Zhou Fang and Cui Di were a little dumbfounded when they heard the news. They both found out through their respective channels that Huangfusong would not survive this month. Why did Liu Yu suddenly say what if?
But if Huangfusong is really released without charge as Liu Yu said, then his family's pursuit from the north of the city to the south of the city these days may be regarded as the number one target of revenge by Huangfusong.

Feeling fear in their hearts, both of them asked Liu Yu again for confirmation. This time Liu Yu simply gave the shocking news that Huang Fusong would be acquitted in two days.

Then Liu Yu reminded the two of them in a stern tone, saying: "The news that Huangfu Song will be released is a top secret in the palace, you two must not spread nonsense, otherwise it will be a crime of extermination!"

It's just how did Liu Yu know the top secret in the palace?

It turned out that Dong Zhuo met Liu Yu secretly yesterday, and proposed to let him work as a hidden stake in the court officials.

In order to make Liu Yu win the trust of court officials, Dong Zhuo decided to have a tit-for-tat confrontation with him during the court meeting.

The center of the controversy is how to deal with Huangfusong.

Huangfusong was imprisoned only because he offended Dong Zhuo. The ministers had worked together to beg him for mercy, but Dong Zhuo insisted on killing him to make an example.

And if Liu Yu can fight hard in court and save Huangfusong during the court meeting, it will not only prove that he has no intention of joining Dong Zhuo, but also gain the favor of the officials.

That's why Liu Yu can say with certainty that Huangfusong will be released without charge, and may be reinstated.

Seeing Liu Yu's decisive expression, Zhou Fang and Cui Di were completely confused.

Huangfusong was the great Han General Zuo before, and if he wanted to deal with Zhou Cui and his family, it would be as easy as crushing two ants to death!

At this time, Cui Di, who had a bright mind, thought, since Liu Yu told the two of them this confidential information, does it mean that he has a way to rescue them.

Thinking of this, he immediately knelt down and begged: "Please also ask the king of Zhongshan to find a way to save us. From now on, our Cui family will be your subordinate, and we are willing to hand over all the affairs of the family to the king of Zhongshan."

In ancient times, some big families used to curry favor with court officials for the benefit of the family, but this was just a transaction of money and power.

But Cui Di said that making the Cui family a subsidiary of Liu Yu is not looking for a backer, but that the entire Cui family should worship Liu Yu unconditionally.

In other words, Liu Yu will become the new owner of the Cui family, and he can instruct the Cui family to do anything for him as long as he likes.

Zhou Fang was taken aback when he heard Cui Di's decision. This is the last promise a big family would want to make. Once it becomes someone's subordinate, the whole family will only have the right to keep the surname.

But soon he figured it out, offended General Zuo Huangfusong, both of them were in danger of being exterminated, and it was better to find a powerful master to attach to than waiting for death.

The Liu Yu in front of him not only has a prince, but also a Luoyang upstart who is admired by the grand master Dong Zhuo, and he is an excellent candidate to join him.

So Zhou Fang hurriedly knelt down to pay homage.

"Zhou Fang is also willing to entrust the life of the whole family to King Zhongshan!"

Liu Yu was very happy to get the allegiance of the Zhou family and the Cui family, and thought that with the worship of the two families, at least for the time being, he would not have to worry about feeding 50 people under his command.

On the spot, Liu Yu assured the two that he would protect the two families comprehensively.

"How about this, later I will ask Captain Zhang Da to take you two to apologize to Mrs. Huangfu, and then send the gifts brought to my house. I think Huangfu's family will take care of me I don’t care about you!”

At this time, both of them regard Liu Yu as the master of the family, so naturally they follow his example.

Just as the two were about to follow Zhang Da out of the house, Liu Yu suddenly thought of the problem of Luoyang food prices.

Liu Yu thought to himself that these two are big businessmen, and they should be very familiar with the middlemen who resell grain. Why not ask them how those middlemen got in touch with the mysterious rich merchant?

"You two wait a moment, I still have a question for you to answer."

"Your Majesty, just ask, and the two of us will know everything without saying anything!"

Liu Yu nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "Which of your two has had any contact with that mysterious rich businessman?"

When the two heard that the mysterious rich businessman was involved in what Liu Yu asked, they felt nervous for a while.

To say that the most famous person in Luoyang City recently must be Zhongshan King Liu Yu who defeated the coalition forces of the princes, but the most talked about by the people every day is the mysterious rich businessman.

A few months ago, a mysterious wealthy businessman spent a huge amount of money to buy up all the food stocks of retail investors in Luoyang City.

Later, taking advantage of the war and the lack of food in the court, they frantically copied the price of food.

Nowadays, the common people are pushing a cartful of money but can only exchange for small bags of grain. They mourn and complain every day, and there are countless people who curse the mysterious rich businessman.

It's just that after cursing, the common people are secretly worried that if one day the mysterious rich businessman suddenly stops selling grain, how will they live, relying on the inaction of the court?
After a while, Zhou Fang said, "Our Zhou family is also in the grain business, but we have never heard of the name of the mysterious rich merchant. It's just that we bought some grain from the middleman in the past few days."

After that, Zhou Fang explained the whole process of the transaction with the middleman in detail, and Liu Yu found that what he said was basically the same as what Niu Fu said yesterday.

It is the middleman who contacts the buyer in advance and sends the money to the designated place outside the city. After the mysterious wealthy businessman gets the money safely, he will find a safer time to ask the middleman to pick up the food at the designated place.

The military also stayed at the place where the money was received, but every time they returned without success. The mysterious wealthy businessman seemed to know that someone was following him and not only gave up the transaction, but also raised the price of grain again to warn the Luoyang military.

Later, the military gave up close-range surveillance and instead set up guards along the road for reconnaissance. After all, no matter whether it was transporting money or food, there would be traces of vehicles and horses.

But after several transactions in a row, no clues were found on the surrounding roads. It seemed that the transport team of the mysterious rich businessman did not go on land at all.

And when the military conducted a stall-style search, they did not find any places where food could be hidden near the outside of the city.

So the people in Luoyang City began to spread the word that the mysterious spell of the wealthy merchant association could also summon Liu Ding Liujia to carry food.

(End of this chapter)