Cao Cao was shocked. He didn't expect his daughter to say such a thing.
After pondering for a while, Cao Cao finally understood his daughter's intentions and sighed.
"Jie 'er, get up first."
Cao Cao helped Cao Jie up with a helpless expression.
"Since you married Li Heng, it's only natural for you to think for your husband. It's also the duty of a wife.”
"If I could, I would agree to let you and your wife stay away from worldly disputes and live freely.”
"It's just that the Han Dynasty is declining, the world is in chaos, and the common people are in hell every day.”
"Father conquers the east and the west. I only want to pacify this chaotic world and return peace to the people.”
"In this world, only your husband has the ability to assist me in fulfilling this great wish!”
"The life and death of all living beings in the world depend on your husband!”
"Father has no choice but to ask him to come out of the mountain. Jie 'er, I hope you can understand Father's difficulties.”
Cao Cao expressed his helplessness to his daughter.
Cao Jie was silent.
After a long time, she sighed.
"Father wants to save the world, rebuild the mountains and rivers, and save the people from fire and water. How can I not know?”
"Father wants to invite husband to be an official, and I have no reason to stop him. I only hope that father can respect husband's heart. If he insists on not being an official, I hope father won't force him with authority.”
Cao Jie understood Cao Cao's difficulties and made some concessions.
Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief and smiled,"Jie 'er, don't worry. Your husband is a genius who can go through heaven and earth. I will naturally move him with my utmost sincerity. I will definitely not rely on my status and force him in any way.”
Only then did Cao Jie relax and leave.
Cao Cao looked in Xiao Pei's direction and sneered,""Big-eared thief, you thought that you could take advantage of the situation and take a few pieces of meat from me. Unfortunately, you didn't expect that I had a good son-in-law.”
His mocking laughter echoed in the hall.
…
In the following month, Su Yi expanded the Su family's salt workshop by ten times. He boiled green salt day and night.
The price of salt in Xudu plummeted under his dumping. In just a few days, it recovered to its original price.
After the salt shortage in Xudu ended, Su Ji's green salt was sold to the states of Yan and Yu, bringing the soaring salt prices back to their original state.
Because the cost of Su Ji's green salt was low, even though the price of salt was not high, with the massive sales volume, Su Yi had earned nearly 100 million yuan.
Relying on the price and quality advantage, the Su family's salt shops were everywhere. They opened salt shops all over Henan Province and squeezed out Xuzhou sea salt in one fell swoop.
…
Little Pei City, County Manor.
Liu Bei sat on the throne, his face as dark as steel.
"The Su Clan's green salt is cheap and of high quality, and the production is shockingly large. Not only did it bring the price of salt in the provinces controlled by Cao Cao back to its original state, but it also pushed our Mi Clan's sea salt out of the market.”
"Previously, we had gathered hundreds of thousands of bushels of sea salt. We originally wanted to raise the price and slowly sell it, but who knew that it would all be smashed in our hands. Not only did we not make a profit, but we also lost hundreds of millions of money.”
Mei Fang reported with a bitter face.
Liu Bei said in a deep voice," The salt in the Central Plains has always been Hedong Lake Salt and Xuzhou Sea Salt. Why did Su's Green Salt suddenly appear?"”
"Reporting to my lord, little sister and the others have already asked around in Xudu. It seems that a young master of the aristocratic family named Su Yi created a new salt-making method.”
"This method can extract salt from the salt and produce a large amount of salt, which helped Cao Cao solve the salt shortage.”
Mi Fang quickly reported.
"Su Yi?"
Liu Bei's eyes were blank as he asked,"Gongyou, who is this Su Yi? He actually has such ability?"”
Sun Qian shook his head." This person is a nobody. I've never heard of such a person before."”
"Bang!"
Liu Bei punched the table and frowned,""I didn't expect that our plan would be ruined by such a nameless person. It's really annoying!”
Mi Fang said with a bitter face," My lord, my family has suffered a great loss. It will be difficult for us to recover in a short time. I'm afraid we won't be able to provide enough military supplies and food for my lord!"”
Liu Bei frowned even more.
Zhang Fei was furious. He shouted," Your Mei Family is one of the three biggest merchants in the world. How could you lose so much money? I say, Mei Fang, don't tell me you're taking this opportunity to cry about being poor!”
"Yi De, don't be rude to Zifang!”
Liu Bei glared at Zhang Fei.
Only then did Zhang Fei shut his mouth, but he muttered.
Mi Fang sighed bitterly." I'm really not poor. After Lu Bu seized Xuzhou, he suppressed my family's business in every way. Our financial resources are not as good as before. Now that the sea salt business has suffered a huge loss, we really have no money left.”
Zhang Fei snorted coldly. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were still filled with disbelief.
Liu Bei looked at Sun Qian.
Sun Qian sighed." I believe that the Mi Family has indeed done their best. My lord, since things have come to this, I'm afraid we can only dismiss some soldiers."”
Liu Bei shook his head and waved his hand.""Now that things have come to this, we can only do this.”
Guan Yu, who had been silent, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Big brother, Cao Cao's actions clearly show signs of using troops against big brother. If big brother cuts down his soldiers and Cao Cao's army attacks, how can we defend Xiao Pei with only a few thousand soldiers?”
Guan Yu reminded in a deep voice.
Liu Bei sneered,"Don't worry, Commander Yun. If that Cao Cao dares to attack our Xiao Pei, he will be doomed."”
Guan Yu's phoenix eyes narrowed as he looked at Liu Bei.
"Zifang, you can leave first.”
Liu Bei dismissed Mi Fang, leaving only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Sun Qian in the hall.
Guan Yu hurriedly cupped his hands." Please forgive me for my ignorance, Big Brother. I hope Big Brother can explain."”
Liu Bei took out a silk book and waved it at Guan Yu.""Zilong sent this back from Xu City yesterday. Second brother, after you see it, you will understand what I mean.”
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