Chapter 142

Linzi City was decorated with lanterns and colored banners.

Kong Rong raised his wine cup and laughed heartily.

"Brother Liu Xuande, you're quite something! You've gained the number one beauty of Xu Province; even I am envious!"

Liu Bei drank a cup with him.

"Brother Brother Wenju, we must not return home until we are drunk today!"

Other Qing Province noble clans toasted him one after another!

Previously, the situation in Qing Province had been tense, and everyone had been living in constant fear.

As a result, after Liu Bei arrived, life suddenly became much easier.

The bandit threat had been taken away by Liu Bei, and they were drinking every day; they hadn't been this happy in a long time!

The population of Qing Province had decreased, so there was enough land to go around!

Everyone had sent quite a bit of gift money this time; they had to drink until they got their money's worth!

In truth, everyone was a little jealous.

Mi Zhen was not only beautiful, but her dowry this time was astonishing.

Three thousand servants!

Abundant gold and silver!

Hundreds of thousands of shi of grain,

And countless sea salt, pearls, seafood, and so on...

It could be said that this dowry was the largest in the late Han period!

The Mi family had truly spent their life's blood!

Sun Jian Yong, Guo Jia, Taishi Ci, and Zhang Fei were all heavy drinkers and competed with the Qing Province noble clans until they were all drunk under the tables!

Liu Bei was helped into the back courtyard by a maid.

Mi Zhen, who looked especially beautiful today, was already waiting there with a smile on her lips; clearly, she was feeling wonderful inside!

With the help of the maid, Liu Bei completed the ceremony and drank the nuptial wine with Mi Zhen.

After the maid withdrew,

Liu Bei looked at Mi Zhen with a smile and held her hand.

"Wife, you are truly beautiful, and your skin is so good."

Mi Zhen had a sweet appearance, the kind of "sweet girl" look that was very popular, and her skin was excellent; Liu Bei was very satisfied.

Mi Zhen's face turned bright red, and her eyes shone.

"Husband, this isn't the first time you've held my hand. When I was disguised as a man, you surely must have noticed, right?"

Liu Bei smiled; this little girl looked very sharp.

"Sigh, I can't hide anything from you, Wife. The moment you walked in, I recognized you. It's just that you were too beautiful, and your husband had to strike first!"

Mi Zhen pouted.

"Lord Liu Xuande, the great hero who shakes the world, is this how you bully a young woman?"

"Bully? We've only just begun. Miss Mi, you are still too young."

Liu Bei pulled Mi Zhen toward him...

The livestream screen instantly went black!

"Damn, the Big-Eared Thief is shameless!"

"My lovely sweet girl Mi Zhen!"

"Jealousy is driving me mad! Righteousness."

Mi Zhen, who had just been crying like a pear blossom in the rain, was now curled up in Liu Bei's arms like a little lazy cat.

She said in a delicate voice,

"Husband~ this time you are taking a million Qing Province people back to Bing Province; it costs too much."

Liu Bei hugged Mi Zhen.

"There's no other way. Migrating a million people—how could it not be a loss?"

Mi Zhen giggled.

"Husband, I have a way to not lose money, and even make a profit."

Liu Bei: ??

Mi Zhen began to explain her little abacus to Liu Bei.

"Husband, a million people, and most of them are young and strong—think about how much transport capacity that is. If each person carries a little something, how much can we carry?"

Liu Bei: ?? He really hadn't thought about this!

"We can purchase local specialties from Qing and Xu Provinces—sea salt, pearls, seafood, cloth, silk, tea, and so on—and sell them along the way for profit, then continue to purchase local specialties as we head toward Bing Province."

"Husband, think about it. Not only will we not lose money on this journey, we'll even make a profit!"

Liu Bei: ??

He sighed at length.

"Wife, you are truly a great talent. The loss-making business I intended to do has been turned into a profit by you, and we're even making a killing!"

Mi Zhen smiled, looking very proud.

"I'm not worse than Zhen Zhen Jiang, am I?"

Liu Bei indicated that in terms of business, Zhen Zhen Jiang was indeed not her equal.

Mi Zhen pouted again.

"And in other aspects?"

Liu Bei rolled over and laughed.

"We'll have to try again to find out."

Mi Zhen: ??

Starting the next day,

Mi Zhen sent people to purchase specialties all over Qing Province and had the Mi family transport Xu Province specialties over as well.

The whole of Qing Province was boiling over.

Especially the noble clans of Qing Province; they had quite a bit of goods on hand, and this time they were bought out by Liu Bei, making a killing!

"Lord Liu Xuande is benevolent and righteous. He only borrowed a little grain, and this time he's helping us clear our stock even if he has to smash his pots and sell his iron!"

"If only Lord Liu Xuande were the Governor of Qing Province!"

"Lord Liu Xuande is too good; he won't lose money, will he? We'll sell cheap!"

Many more days passed.

Everything was settled.

Liu Bei bid farewell to the teary-eyed noble clans of Qing Province and set off on his return journey.

The massive transport team of a million people headed toward Bing Province.

Liu Bei selected 35,000 elites from the 300,000 Qing Province Yellow Turban soldiers.

Guan Hai led 10,000,

Zhao Yun led 10,000,

Taishi Ci led 7,000 fellow Donglai townsmen,

Wuqiu Sun Jian and Guo Huai each led 4,000,

And Zhang Fei and Chen Dao led the former cavalry to protect the million people.

Guo Jia looked at the massive, endless procession and the fully loaded goods, sighing with great emotion.

"My Lord, who says women are inferior to men? Lady Mi's strategy this time is better than all my strategies combined!"

Liu Bei laughed.

"Every trade has its master; Mi Zhen is indeed very good at this business aspect."

"However, compared to Guo Fengxiao in strategy, she couldn't catch up even if she whipped her horse."

Mi Zhen had been very busy lately, with many subordinates following her; she had to consider what the needs were in various places, where the specialties were, and whether transport was convenient.

The livestream chat exploded.

"The Big-Eared Thief has made a killing; he directly married a super-listed company and even got a super-strong business genius as a bonus!"