[Comprehensive + Sword Three] I am your mother!

Before Su Yunshuang left, he received another letter from Xu Fu. This was the first letter from Xu Fu in the past half a year, and the letter was sent directly to Cao Cao's prefect's mansion.

But that's right, although Xu Fu knew they were coming to Dongjun, he didn't know where they were in Dongjun, so it was safer to send them to the prefect's mansion.

One letter from Xu Fu was addressed to Su Yunshuang and Guo Jia. He said that he had arrived at the boundary of Jingzhou and was very lucky to be appreciated by Sima Hui. narrow.

However, Xu Fu also said that he did not neglect the matter of sword practice. It would be too sad if he had no power to restrain a chicken in the troubled times. He also said that since he had Su Yunshuang as his teacher, he would definitely practice swordsmanship well.

In the letter, Xu Fu also expressed emotion by the way. When he arrived in Jingzhou, because Sima Hui himself was Liu Biao's guest, he also saw a lot of people. He felt that it would be more comfortable to follow Cao Cao as an official. After learning by himself, he immediately went back to Dongjun.

Xu Fu's other letter was addressed to Xu's mother, and he hoped that Su Yunshuang and Guo Jia would convey it.

In this letter, he didn't write anything about Jingzhou's officialdom. He only wrote about his current situation, sighed about the customs of Jingzhou, and was very concerned about his mother's health. He asked her not to worry too much about himself. Don't push yourself too hard either.

Su Yunshuang must have been happy to receive Xu Fu's letter. After all, this was not only the first disciple she accepted after she came to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also the first and only one in Su Yunshuang's life.

So Su Yunshuang, who had just got rid of the hat of illiteracy, excitedly wanted to reply to Xu Fu's letter. Guo Jia thought of Su Yunshuang's unattractive words so far, and the corner of his mouth twitched, but finally gave up trying to persuade him.

Anyway, Xu Fu probably didn't dare to laugh.

After replying to Xu Fu, Su Yunshuang was about to go out.

The first time I didn't go to a place too far away, it was Xuzhou.

There is the Mi family in Xuzhou, and Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is said to be a sincere gentleman, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Besides, Xuzhou is not far away. If you can borrow money, food and grass from Xuzhou, then it is naturally better than coming from afar.

Since this time he would probably have to deal with Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, it was not Su Yunshuang who went alone. Cao Cao thought about it and sent Cheng Yu to Su Yunshuang again.

Cheng Yu's age is relatively old among all the civil servants under Cao Cao. Cheng Yu himself is even older than Cao Cao. Time is the most cordial_(:3ゝ∠)_

Thinking about it this way, Su Yunshuang thinks that Tao Qian will probably have a similar feeling when he sees Cheng Yu?

Tao Qian wouldn't feel it!

Unlike Cao Cao's subordinates, Tao Qian is a veteran official of the Han Dynasty. He climbed all the way from a small county to Youzhou and finally to Xuzhou. It really depends on Cheng Yu to do it.

After all, Cao Cao's subordinates, whether it was Guo Jia, Xunyu or Xi Zhicai, were all young people, and most of them were serving as officials for the first time. Cheng Yu was more tactful about this kind of thing.

When they arrived in Xuzhou, Cheng Yu went to visit Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, and Su Yunshuang went to Mi's house.

The Mi family is a real wealthy family, even if it experienced a Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was only a little scratched on the skin, but when Su Yunshuang went to the Mi family, he didn't see any luxury in the house, it was more like A scholarly family with profound heritage.

The current head of the Mi family is Mi Zhu, Su Yunshuang doesn't remember this person very much, and he doesn't know what kind of temper he is, but before coming, Guo Jia said on purpose that Mi Zhu, the head of the current generation of the Mi family, is honest, elegant, graceful and generous, even though he is a businessman , but he is a true gentleman.

He also said that when talking with him, you don't need to use any scheming, just speak frankly and sincerely.

Mi Zhu looks like a slightly chubby middle-aged man, but he is personable, and he doesn't see the shrewd philistine spirit of a businessman in the impression of people at the time. For a woman like Su Yunshuang, he was only slightly surprised at the beginning. Afterwards, he treated each other with humility and courtesy, without the slightest negligence.

When hearing that Su Yunshuang hoped to borrow some money and food from the Mi family, Mi Zhu did not refuse, but said: "Accordingly, I have no reason to refuse this matter. Zhu has also heard of Cao Mengde's name before, and he is a big loser." The hero of the Yellow Turban was just appointed as Xuzhou Biejia by Taozhou Mu not long ago, and now this kind of food loan needs to be discussed with the lord."

"Don't worry about this," Su Yunshuang said, "Before I came, Zhong De had already gone to see Taozhou Mu. I expected that there would be a result before dark. Some money, food and grass from the county, if you want to come to Taozhou Mu, you will not refuse."

Speaking of this, Su Yunshuang looked at Mi Zhu sincerely: "But even if Taozhou Mu agrees, how much help can Xuzhou give to Dongjun? I came to see Mr. because I hope that after Tao Zhoumu agrees, he can do more. Help the people of Dongjun."

They are currently at a time when the crops are in short supply, and the little grain they have saved before will soon be used up even if they are frugal, but the autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and the new grain is still growing in the ground, so they can't eat it.

When Mi Zhu heard this, he nodded immediately: "As long as Taozhou Mu agrees, Mi Zhu will naturally have a duty here."

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Su Yunshuang was also a little embarrassed when he said this: "I came to borrow money and food, so I didn't lie to my husband. Although I said I borrowed it, Dongjun may not be able to pay it back next year. The situation in Dongjun Mr. must also know something, even after the autumn harvest, the people's life will not be rich, so the tax collection can only be done slowly, and the money and food borrowed from the Xuzhou government must be repaid. Based on this calculation, if we want to return it to Mr., I am afraid we will have to wait another year or two before the common people can really recover."

Hearing this, Mi Zhu expressed his understanding at the time, and said: "I have also heard about the situation of the people in Dongjun, and I have also heard about the story of Governor Cao dissipating his wealth to buy seeds and farm tools for the people in Dongjun. How about this? Half of the loaned money and food will be given to Governor Cao, and the other half is not in a hurry to return it, it just depends on Governor Cao's convenience."

Speaking of this, Mi Zhu was particularly emotional: "After all, the people should be the most important thing. A good official like Cao Taishou is really rare in this troubled world."

Hearing this, Su Yunshuang couldn't help admiring Mi Zhu. In this era, let alone a businessman, looking at the whole man, there are not many people who can say such a thing.

No wonder Guo Jia said before coming here that he just needs to tell Mi Zhu about the situation and tell the truth. This person is not fake and kind, he is real!

As expected, Cheng Yu didn't have to worry about doing things, and he didn't even have to wait until dark to get good news. Tao Qian promised to give some money and food to Dongjun.

It's just that, as expected at the beginning, Xuzhou didn't have much money and food to lend to Dongjun, and fortunately there was Mi Zhu around. Su Yunshuang calculated that what Mi Zhu gave was enough to last until the autumn harvest, and there was still a little left over.

Even if Tao Qian agreed to borrow food, but in the end, food and grass can't just be bought as much as you want and you can go on the road. The preparation still takes a few days. These days, Su Yunshuang and Cheng Yu will visit Mi's house from time to time.

On the one hand, it is to thank Mi Zhu for his help, on the other hand...→_→Who said that the purpose of their coming is simply to borrow food?

So one day when the conversation started, Cheng Yu intentionally brought the topic up to the identity of the Mi family as a businessman, and told Mi Zhu the difficulty of doing business, and finally concluded: "It is said that businessmen are treacherous and greedy, but who knows What about the risks of doing business, not to mention, if there are no merchants in this world, how can things communicate with each other? Is it possible that if I want to use a piece of cloth produced in Jingzhou, I really have to go to Jingzhou to buy it? Not to mention Zizhong. If there is no Zizhong, the people of Dongjun will suffer."

Hearing these words, Mi Zhu was very moved. He naturally knew the status of a businessman and the difficulty of doing business. Even in a wealthy family like the Mi family, how many sorrows and sorrows in it could not be shared with outsiders?Hearing Cheng Yu's words, he immediately introduced Cheng Yu as a confidant.

Seeing that the timing was almost the same, Cheng Yu gave Su Yunshuang a look by the way, which was what they discussed at the beginning.

So Su Yunshuang immediately said: "I don't agree with Zhong De's words. It's not easy for a businessman to do business, but not everyone in the world wants to embarrass a businessman."

Seeing Mi Zhu looking over, Su Yunshuang continued: "Before I came, I heard Governor Cao lamenting the benefits of merchants to the common people in troubled times, and said that Xuzhou would not have recovered so quickly after the war if it hadn't been for the Mi family. It can be seen that if Dongjun wants to develop and stabilize in the future, it also needs to have a family of giant merchants like the Mi family. For this reason, Governor Cao specially consulted with his subordinates and wanted to formulate new policies for merchants. He felt that the previous policies A little too harsh."

Sure enough, when Mi Zhu was interested, Su Yunshuang continued to say: "I came here in a hurry, so I only heard a general idea about this matter. Generally speaking, it seems that it is to reduce the taxes of the merchants and increase the income of the merchants." Status and so on, Zi Zhong forgive me, I don’t know much about these things.”

Mi Zhu quickly said it was okay, but Su Yunshuang's words completely aroused his interest in Dongjun.

Even now, although Tao Qian said that he was appointed as Xuzhou's other driver, the status of the businessman has not improved. The Mi family has made great contributions to the reconstruction of Xuzhou after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Even during the war, Mi Zhu also Provided Xuzhou with a lot of money, food and grass for free, but now?Tao Qian just appointed him an official, never considering the status of the businessman himself and the environment he was in.

The Mi family still has to face high taxes every year, and they still have to bear the name of a family of merchants. Even if others don't say this, Mi Zhu knows that other aristocratic families in Xuzhou actually look down on their family in private.

Listening to Su Yunshuang's general introduction of Dongjun's future policies towards merchants, it is impossible for Mi Zhu not to be tempted, but...

"Taozhou Mu treats me well, and now I'm Xuzhou Biejia, even if I want to, I can't go to Dongjun to have a look."

Yes, Tao Qian treated him well, and when Tao Qian still needed him, he would never leave Tao Qian.

Su Yunshuang and Cheng Yu looked at each other, and both felt that this matter was not easy to handle.