Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 339
Xu You twisted his beard and said: "One hundred thousand yuan... But I think it is to contribute to the Yuan Clan. I will contribute part of it myself, but I can't afford to take care of other people. Let's count it as [-] yuan!"

"Seventy thousand?" The corner of Yuan Shu's eyes twitched, he suddenly leaned back, and said with a sneer, "I'm afraid you will suffer from eye problems if you look at such a precious thing?"

"If you don't read it, the general, you will suffer from heart disease!" But Xu You didn't give in, and said: "Gaolu, to tell the truth, this book has not yet been printed, and I entrusted someone to buy it from a craftsman, so there is a suspicion of leaking the secret, which is dangerous. Great, once found out, the consequences would be disastrous, if I hadn't considered the kindness of the Yuan family, how could I have taken such a risk?"

Seeing that Yuan Shu was still hesitant, Xu You sighed: "That's fine, you don't need to read it, so as not to take risks, destroying this book will be clean."

Yuan Shu's expression changed, and he asked, "Is it really so important?"

Xu You sneered and said, "It's about the survival of the Yuan Clan, the general decides on his own."

"Okay, I want to see what Han Fu has to say!" Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and told Yuan Yao who had just entered the door: "Go to the porter immediately and get [-] yuan, and give it to Ziyuan's servant."

Yuan Yao didn't know why, but seeing Yuan Shu's unkind expression, he didn't dare to ask further questions. After putting away the tea and snacks, he took all his servants and left.

Xu You calmly took out a package from his bosom, unwrapped a stack of yellow paper inside, and handed it to Yuan Shu crumpled.

Yuan Shu frowned slightly, and hurriedly took out the paper to read. After reading a few lines, his face changed drastically. Halfway through, he couldn't help yelling, and when he finished scanning a few pages, his face turned livid with anger and his breathing became short of breath.

"There's no reason for that, there's no reason for that!" Yuan Shu yelled at the table, angrily shouting: "Han Wenjie is despicable and shameless, how dare you speak nonsense?"

Xu You leisurely sipped his tea, and said calmly: "General, calm down. Although there are exaggerations in this letter, every sentence is true, and there are witnesses to prove everything. Even in person, I'm afraid there is no way to refute it!"

"Bastard, you bastard!" Yuan Shu was so angry that his lips trembled, pointing to a few lines on the last page, and shouted, "What's the meaning of Hanwen Festival? Back then, no food was distributed, because the food in Xingyang never arrived. How can it be said that I was afraid of Sun Jian and withheld food and grass privately?"

"Is there another matter?" Xu You was taken aback, and quickly took the letter to read, and then suddenly realized, and said again and again: "Oh, sorry for my stupidity, I was only interested in telling the general about this, and I didn't read the letter. Unexpectedly, there are still such rhetoric, this must be because Han Fu hates the capriciousness at the beginning, and under the anger, he talked nonsense, which made the general a disaster."

"Hmph!" Yuan Shu slammed the letter on the table, stared at Xu You and said in a low voice, "Have you ever published the book next month?"

"I came here just for this matter, so it hasn't been published yet!" Xu You hurriedly said: "In order to protect Yuanmen, I deliberately made a shortage of ink and paper. Next month's magazine will not be published until half a month later."

"Hiss..." Yuan Shu stroked his chin and took a deep breath, then asked, "Can you delete the last few words in your heart?"

"This..." Xu Youwei said in disbelief, "I'm sorry I can't do anything about it. I only want to publish and sell it, but I have no right to ask about the content, and this letter has already been read by General Liu. How dare I change it without authorization?"

Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes, and asked: "This book is printed manually, there are always mistakes, I don't know how to deal with the mistakes in the past?"

Xu You frowned and said, "Looking at the size of the mistake, since this book was published, half of Lu Gong's manuscript was once missed, and a fine of [-]% was fined."

"Is it just a fine?" Yuan Shu rubbed his chin and looked at Xu You: "If I offer you a [-]% fine, can you write these few sentences on a separate page...intentionally omitted?"

"This..." Xu You was taken aback, seemed a little tempted, but waved his hands again and again and said, "This matter is too risky. Once it is found out, it will not be as simple as a fine. I may lose my life."

"Fifty percent!" Yuan Shu stretched out a slap, gritted his teeth and said, "As long as this is done, there will be benefits in the future. In addition...if Liu Boxing can't accommodate you, I, Yuzhou, will always reserve a place for you."

"This..." Xu You looked puzzled, stood up and walked to the window, stared at the sky with his hands behind his back and remained silent for a while.

Yuan Shu looked at Xu You nervously. He had embezzled Sun Jian's food and grass, which led to the defeat of the coalition Yangren in the First World War. This incident was also mentioned before, but it was suppressed in time and covered up.

Now everyone is just talking about it occasionally, if Han Fu pokes it out again, his reputation will be hit hard, not only his Yuan Shu's face will be unsightly, but the crumbling Yuan family will also be worse.

"Well, since Mr. Yuan worked so hard back then, I'll take the risk!" After a long time, Xu You finally sighed, turned around and said with a wry smile: "How can you be a teacher for a day, a father for a lifetime, and a student for others?" Don't repay the teacher's kindness?"

"Okay, this is my disciple of the Yuan family!" Yuan Shu was overjoyed, and quickly stood up, pulled Xu You to sit down, clasped his fists and said, "At this time, I will get rid of Brother Ziyuan."

Xu You nodded slightly, and said, "The sales volume of this magazine is huge now. Last month, [-] copies were sold, and each copy was [-] yuan. The total..."

"So much?" Yuan Shu's expression changed drastically, and he watched Xu You settle the score in astonishment.

"This is already the lowest price!" Xu You shook his head helplessly, "A total of 1000 million...you have to pay 500 million."

"Hiss—" Yuan Shu sucked in a breath of cold air, his face was cloudy and uncertain, he sat there silent for a while, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.

This much money was enough for him to set up an archery battalion. Recently, in order to defend against Cao Cao, military expenditures were huge, and the treasuries of various places were basically depleted. Xu You opened his mouth and said 500 million, which was louder than Chen Ji, who was in charge of Cao Cao.

Xu You said: "The matter is urgent, and I have to go back to Fan Yang to handle this matter. The general must make a decision early. If it is a step late, 1000 million yuan will not help!"

"Is this magazine...really making so much money?" Yuan Shu was stunned for a while, then forced a smile.

Xu You sighed: "Nowadays, the authentic works of Cai Gong are hard to come by, not to mention Zheng Gong's monthly writings. If you get a book, it is like sitting in front of you and listening to lectures for a month. Two hundred dollars is actually not expensive."

"Okay, I'll go!" Yuan Shu gritted his teeth, patted his thigh and said in a deep voice, "But you have to help me handle this matter properly. If there is a mistake, I will never let it go, no matter how far away it is."

Xu You clasped his fists and said, "I will definitely do my best. If the work fails, all the money will be refunded."

"Hmph!" Yuan Shu snorted coldly, but he didn't dare to ask for money. He naturally hoped that Xu You would finish the matter, otherwise he would be stabbed in the back again.

Taking a deep breath, he picked up the letter again, and then turned to the business, and asked: "But once this matter is made public, the bastard Yuan Benchu ​​will definitely affect the Yuan family, and the disciples of the Yuan family will be scolded by the world and will be stigmatized forever. You said earlier You are here for the Yuan Clan, what countermeasures are there?"

Xu You took a sip of tea, leaned on the sofa and said slowly, "It's actually not difficult to say, it's not difficult to clear Benchu ​​out of Yuanmen and remove his name from the family tree. This matter has nothing to do with Yuanmen."

Yuan Shu frowned and said, "I've had this intention for a long time, but although Yuan Shao came from a humble background, after all, he was adopted by his family uncle and inherited the clan's property and mansion. How easy is it to get rid of his name?"

Xu You Nianxu curled his lips and smiled: "It's simple, just take his land deed and property."

(End of this chapter)