Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 302 What kind of armor is worth such an expensive price
"The 150 sets of standard armor are all delivered in grain and fodder. The conversion is based on the rice price of [-] yuan per stone grain. On average, each set of standard armor can be exchanged for [-] stone grain, a total of [-] million stone grain and fodder."

In Qihou Mansion, Xun Yu, who rushed back to Xuzhou, had a brief meeting with Xu Shu and Chen Deng and exchanged information.

So Qiqi came to see Yuan Tan and reported the corresponding transaction.

The transaction of standard armor was presided over by Xun Yu.

Because Xuzhou Kai was produced in a general institute, it was quite special, so Xu Shu personally presided over the transaction.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Xu Shu also cupped his hands and said:
"Three thousand sets of Xuzhou armor, two thousand sets have been delivered so far, and the remaining one thousand sets will be delivered by the end of March as agreed. At present, the General Institute has produced [-] sets, and it is expected that the number can be collected by the beginning of March. "

Xu Shu paused, and continued:

"Three thousand sets of Xuzhou armor, at a price of 480 shi rice per set, will be paid in one lump sum by Jiangdong, totaling 140 million shi grains. It has been shipped and is expected to arrive in Xuzhou by the end of February."

After the two finished reporting, it was Chen Deng's turn to report.

Chen Deng's expression was a little serious at the moment, and there was still a bit of blood on his body, his eyes were a little cold, and he said in a solemn tone:

"During the transaction, it was found that three officials tried to communicate with Jiangdong, shoddy as good, or wanted to replace old grain with new grain after the rice grain arrived. They have all been executed according to the law."

After the reform of official positions in Xuzhou, in order to prevent official corruption.

Yuan Tan also specially gave the officials in accordance with their grades, and according to the level of their annual salary, they gave out a low-income rice equivalent to 20.00% of their annual salary.

But at the same time, the penalties for corruption and bribery have also been increased.

As long as someone dares to reach out, the easiest thing is to be exiled to the bitter cold of Youzhou as a soldier guarding the frontier.

As for going further, it would be beheading, if the amount is huge or the circumstances are bad.

Even family members are involved.

But even so, there are still people who dare to reach out, which can only make Yuan Tan sigh.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the operation of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty gave local aristocratic families great autonomy.

It also made scholars from aristocratic families in these places take themselves too seriously, thinking that they have the status of scholars, so they put on a layer of natural protection.

Don't worry about being killed.

Simply don't know.

For these people, Yuan Tan naturally has no mercy.

Xuzhou has just begun to develop, and this bad sign must be cut off immediately.

Immediately, Yuan Tan encouraged Chen Deng with a smile and said:

"Yuanlong has worked hard. In the next transaction, there will definitely be a lot of trouble. Yuanlong, these days, work hard. After the transaction is completed, I will celebrate Yuanlong."

In this armor transaction, the grain and fodder that could be recorded before and after was as high as 290 million shi.

Plus Xuzhou's original stock of 40 stone grains.

330 million stone grain fodder.

After deducting the food and fodder needed to raise the army for one year, there is still a surplus of 120 million shi rice grain!

Plus the 5000 million in stock in the treasury of Xuzhou!
Let Xun Yu and the others couldn't help but smile, and even jokingly said:
"If Tzuyu knew about the inventory in our treasury in Xuzhou right now, I'm afraid I would laugh out loud even in a dream."

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Zhuge Jin had a headache some time ago and Xuzhou was unable to make ends meet, and his hair was almost going bald.

Now that he finally doesn't have to worry about this problem anymore, he can start his planning.

It's a pity that he couldn't celebrate the news with his colleagues at the first time.

"Speaking of which, Tzuyu said he was going to visit friends in Kuaiji, counting the days, he should be back."

……

Xuzhou at this moment is full of celebration.

On the other side of Jiangdong, it was another scene.

After Sun Ce and Zhou Yu received Zhang Hong's report, they also received confirmation from Jiang Qin and Dong Xi.

Whether it is Jiang Qin or Dong Xi, they are all veterans who have experienced many battles.

They can make such a high evaluation of Xuzhou Kai.

It is enough to show that the performance of Xuzhou armor is definitely worth the price Zhang Hong paid!
In addition, when Zhang Hong reported back, he also specifically stated that he had met Kuai Yue, the Marquis of Fan Ting under the command of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, in Xuzhou.

This greatly increased the sense of crisis in Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's hearts.

Three thousand sets of Xuzhou armor are clearly Xuzhou's largest output right now.

If Liu Biao of Jingzhou buys it, then the fun will be great!
Even if this kind of military weapon cannot be held in one's own hands, it must not be held in the hands of the enemy!
In fact, when Zhang Hong mentioned Kuai Yue's visit to Xuzhou, he also added one more sentence.

Kuai Yue's visit was probably Yuan Tan's side who specially let them see and put on a play for them.

The purpose is to prevent them from bargaining with Yuan Tan any longer.

But neither Zhou Yu nor Sun Ce dared to gamble on this fact.

Three thousand sets of Xuzhou armor, armed with an elite unit, can crush the Jingzhou army on the battlefield.

Conversely, armed with the Jingzhou army, it can also crush the Jiangdong army!

Therefore, even if you know that Yuan Tan's asking price is largely in the lion's mouth.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu could only grit their teeth and admit it.

Anyway, nearly 300 million stone grain and grass, although the amount is not small, it is not really difficult for Jiangdong.

But in order to avoid long nights and dreams, this time the expenditure of 300 million shi for food and grass.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu directly enforced it with the order of Marquis Wu, and did not discuss with the Jiangdong officials and generals at all.

The generals are okay, at most they just think that Xuzhou's selling armor is too black-hearted.

But the Jiangdong officials have fallen out.

Originally, Jiang Zuo's officials, except for a few, were truly poor.

Most of them are from the real Jiangzuo family.

Most of Jiangdong's stored grain was collected by Sun Ce from them. Of course, it must not be so rude in name.

It is only said that the people of Jiangzuo felt the kindness of Wu Hou and donated as much rice as they produced every year.

But who doesn't know that this is equivalent to the investment of the Jiangzuo family!
After all, the big cake of Jiangdong was made by everyone.

Whether you, Sun Ce, or Zhou Yu, are just the executive officers we have elected, so silently, we took out the large sum of money that everyone collected and used it with a wave of our hands.

What do you mean?
The truth is this, it's just because of Sun Ce's deterrence and Zhou Yu's calculations.

Although the Jiangzuo officials were excited, they all acted as if Sun Ce had done something rebellious.

But when Sun Ce actually invited them into the Marquis of Wu's mansion, all of them had extremely calm faces, as if they were not the ones who had caused a commotion outside Marquis Wu's mansion before.

Let Sun Ce and Zhou Yu only feel that there is a catty of orange, hemp and wheat skins to talk about.

Finally, after a long silence, Zhang Zhao, the leader, finally spoke.

But Zhang Zhao deserved to be the leader of Jiang Zuo's civil servants, and he was very skillful in speaking, so he didn't point the finger at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu as soon as he came up.

Instead, he took his own brother first, looked directly at Zhang Hong, and said in a deep voice:

"Zhang Canjun, I would like to ask you, when you went to Xuzhou as an envoy and bought back 300 sets of armor, you actually spent 300 million stone grains. I'm waiting, and for the sake of nothing else, I just want to ask Canjun how good the armor produced in Xuzhou is. , is it worth spending [-] million stone grain to buy?!"

While Zhang Zhao was talking, he was staring at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu with his eyes, making it clear that the drunkard was not interested in drinking.

It's just that when he finished speaking, there was something bad in his heart.

Because whether it was Sun Ce or Zhou Yu, after hearing his words, both of them had relaxed smiles on their faces.

And his younger brother Zhang Hong looked at his elder brother helplessly, coughed, and opened his mouth slowly.

(End of this chapter)