There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that he was silent, the Tao merchant smiled and said: "The so-called blackmail refers to using violence, intimidation and other means to ask others for things that should not belong to you. But if you dare to ask Mr. Zheng, Tao just beat you up." Did you hit you? Or did you murder and set fire to me? I just made a request, and Zheng Gong didn’t have to agree to it. How could it be said that I blackmailed you Hanoi’s famous family? Please forgive Tao for not taking the blame.”

"you!!"

After saying these words, Zheng Yan was so angry that he stammered: "You are fighting against thieves, this is the duty of the officers and soldiers, why use this matter to blackmail us?"

The pottery merchant raised his hand, blocked Zheng Yan's words, and said righteously: "Dare to ask Mr. Zheng, which law in the court of the Han Dynasty expressly states that my pottery merchant must clean up the thieves for you? A prominent family in Hanoi haha , It’s okay to be domineering in Hanoi, how dare you break ground on the head of my Xuzhou people?”

"You!!" Zheng Yan's complexion turned red, and he sat on the spot with a puff, panting heavily, his eyes widened instantly, and it seemed that he had difficulty breathing.

Sima Lang and Li Shao were taken aback, they hurriedly got up from their seats, came to Zheng Yan's side, and kept flattening his chest.

The potter widened his eyes

no?I'm not serious. Don't really make me mad.

On the other side, Ping Zheng looked at the pottery merchant with a serious face, and saw that the kid had a sunny smile on his face, a refined and modest appearance, who never wanted to speak but babbled so hard that he could choke him to death.

I thought that I would invite Wang Kuang, Bao Xin and others to the banquet first to take advantage of the face of the famous families, and then express my pain and blame for the Bo army, moving them with emotion, and finally promised to donate military rations and clothing. And unfavorable!

The matter had already been rehearsed smoothly according to Pingzheng's script, and it seemed that the curtain call was about to be successful, but Pingzheng didn't count on it. The most difficult thing to deal with these three soldiers was not Wang Kuang and Bao Xin, but actually It's this young boy from the Tao family!

It really was a single inadvertent move, and he lost everything, and in a few words, he let this kid lead the way by the nose, taking the lead.

On the other hand, after Bao Xin and Wang Kuang heard what the potter said, they were silent now.

Obviously, the current conversation opened the hearts of the two princes a little bit, and they must have moved their minds to get more benefits from the Hanoi nobles!

How can anyone who can be an officer be a fuel-efficient lamp?Give them a little chance, and they will immediately counterattack and bite!

At this moment, Mrs. Ping really hated the pottery.

The old man remained calm, stood up and cupped his hands at the potter, and said indifferently: "Master Tao, this old man has already agreed to subsidize your military rations and winter supplies. I wonder what else Mr. Tao wants?"

The pottery merchant turned his head to look at Pingzheng, and said with a smile: "It's a good one to support me, Pinggong. Tao has just said that he should hire me."

Pingzheng took a deep breath, calmed down the anger in his chest, and said: "Okay, then follow what Mr. Tao said, I will hire you! Mr. Tao thinks, how much should this old man pay to hire you to eliminate the Baibo army bandits?"

The pottery merchant smiled, and said: "Tao is not a greedy person, everything I said is well-founded. Since Mr. Ping also agrees that it is an employment rather than an obligation, Mr. Tao will calculate the sum with Mr. Ping today." Account paid."

Pingzheng stretched out his hand: "I would like to hear the details."

The potter raised his left hand, counting with his fingers one by one, and said to Pingzheng: "Pinggong, since you are hiring me to eliminate thieves, apart from the military rations and winter supplies you just mentioned are necessities, people will die in wars." Yes! The military management of our Xuzhou Army has always been very strict. The dead soldiers on the battlefield must be subsidized. How much is this? Also, how much medicine will be consumed for the wounded soldiers? The dead soldiers are in Xuzhou The family members of the widow still need to be supported, how much is this? Horses and ordnance will be consumed during the war, how much are these damages?"

Ping Zheng was confused.

This kid can even calculate the "loss and consumption" of weapons with the old man?

"Young Master Tao, you don't have to argue with the old man one by one here, you can just talk about your conditions! Whether it succeeds or not, the old man will follow!"

At this time, Pingzheng has completely understood that this kid is definitely not Yi Yi's generation, he is probably even darker than Dong Zhuo in Chang'an!

Instead of talking to him about these useless things, it's better to just say it straight.

The pottery merchant smiled slightly, and said, "Mr. Ping is straightforward, then I told you, don't be impatient."

Pingzheng snorted and said, "Sir, please tell me!"

The pottery merchant stretched out a finger, his complexion suddenly turned cold, and he said coldly: "The first one, take the money!"

Pingzheng was taken aback by the potter's sudden aura, lost his mind for a while, and murmured, "How much?"

The potter raised his head and said, "Ten million yuan! I can't do without a penny."

Wang Kuang, who was holding the wine cup over there, couldn't help but spit out the wine he just drank from his mouth when he heard the words.

This kid really dares to ask for 1000 million yuan. It's not that the aristocratic family can't afford it, but the asking price is a bit too much?

Pingzheng stared at the potter with a sullen expression, wishing he could pounce on him and strangle him to death.

After a long while, Fang heard him grit his teeth and said, "Young Master Tao, is it too much?"

The potter raised his eyebrows and said, "1000 million yuan, is it a lot?"

Pingzheng snorted, and said, "Are there a lot? Hehe, why don't you grab it! No, definitely not!"

Is this kid crazy about money?It costs 1000 million to open your mouth!

The pottery merchant rubbed his chin thoughtfully, and said, "I think you can afford it."

With a gloomy face, Pingzheng said: "Dare to ask Mr. Tao, why do you say that the old man can afford 1000 million yuan?"

The pottery merchant smiled, and suddenly bowed to the southwest, and said: "In the first year of Guanghe, Emperor Xiaoling issued a decree to set the price for the positions of military officers of the Han Dynasty. Jiuqing has 1000 million yuan, and there is also a clear text list priced according to salary. Among them, the official money of two thousand shi is 500 million, and the official money of four hundred shi is 2000 million. How can there be no basis for the price drawn up for the official position? Emperor Xiaoling Shengming must have done research on the family properties of the world's famous families, so consumption within 400 million yuan must be within the tolerance range of ordinary famous families. Not to mention there are four of them here!"

Pingzheng was almost mad when he heard this.

This bastard actually moved out of Emperor Xiaoling?Still use the policy of selling officials as the basis for how much money the family can spend?

Ping Zhengqi's eyes turned black, and he said angrily: "Even if we can afford it, why do we have to pay so much!"

The pottery merchant pointed at Wang Yun, and said in a loud voice: "The boy thinks that the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers from Hanoi Army, Jibei Army, and my Xuzhou Army are at least worth more than a bought Sangong, right? So I say Ten million is not too much!"

Everyone in the hall fell silent after hearing the words.

After a while, Wang Yun spoke slowly.

"It doesn't matter how much you want, but when you said you bought the Sangong, why did you point at the old man?"

Chapter 1 Be Good When You Are in Difficulty (two chapters in one)

The first year of Guanghe was AD 178, about 12 years before the current year of the potters. In that year, the ruling Hanling Emperor Liu Hong once issued a decree that shocked the government and the public and was despised by later generations.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty opened a mansion in Xiyuan to sell things. The products are very strange, and they are very exclusive luxury items held by Liu Hong.

Guan is a good product. It is what everyone dreams of, but high-quality imitations cannot produce A products. There is no similar product competing in the market. Liu Hong can sell it as he wants.

The specific price is determined according to the size of the official position. The price of the official position is based on the official's annual salary. The price is roughly the official's annual income in the market at that time, and then multiplied by a coefficient. This coefficient also fluctuates according to the market, of which two thousand Shi's official money is 2000 million yuan, and four hundred stone's official money is 400 million yuan; he also ordered his left and right to sell the title of Gongqing.Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty set up another money bank in Xiyuan, and stored the money he received in the West Garden storehouse, thinking that he already had it.

Although this matter is shameful and detestable, this decree had been officially promulgated at that time, and it belonged to the emperor's decree, so even if the pottery merchants come out to speak out now, as long as there is no disrespect to Liu Hong in their words, it is not considered unreasonable.

At that time, the famous and wealthy families in the world heard that if they had money, they could buy officials and work, and all the happy ones would explode.

There is such a smooth road to go, but also Nima Xiaolian.

The wealthy people of the gentry used ox carts and horse-drawn carts to carry a large amount of cash to the West Garden in Luoyang, and they did their best to buy various official positions without hesitation.

For a while, the supply of official positions in the Han Dynasty was in short supply, and Liu Hong and his mother, the Queen Mother Dong, earned a lot of money!

In order to refine and differentiate the business of selling officials, expand domestic demand in the market, and increase corporate profits, Liu Hong even ordered that those who buy officials can pay in installments, with mortgage purchases without collateral and zero interest rates.