Chapter 263

"Damn, capitalists would cry if they saw this!"

"Miss Mi is too amazing! I didn't even think of that."

"This must be the largest-scale commodity circulation in the late Han period!"

"It looks like the Eared Thief is going to empty out the entire Qingzhou!"

"Miss Mi makes money during the day and has to suffer the Eared Thief's torture at night; it's too hard!"

"Squeezing out the surplus value of a million Huang Jin commoners, Miss Mi is mighty!"

Yanzhou,

Cao Cao had just become the Yanzhou Governor recently and had defeated over a hundred thousand Huang Jin soldiers; his reputation soared for a time!

He was also a bit proud of himself, and the wine in his cup tasted even better!

Xun Wenruo gave him a blow to the head.

"My lord, Liu Bei defeated Guan Hai in Qingzhou and took in thirty thousand young and strong Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and over fifty thousand family members!"

Cao Cao's jaw almost dropped.

"Over eight hundred thousand commoners?!"

"Can he, Liu Bei, handle that?!"

Others were also whispering to each other.

Xia Hou Dun said loudly,

"This Liu Bei is probably overthinking it; eight hundred thousand people, the food and drink every day will cost him his life!"

Yue Jin also said,

"These Qingzhou Huang Jin soldiers are not kind people; if they don't have food, they'll probably just stew Liu Bei!"

Everyone burst into laughter!

"He, Liu Bei, is probably crazy for reputation."

Xun Wenruo shook his head.

"Gentlemen, Liu Bei has already thought of a way. He banqueted the various noble families of Qingzhou, and everyone enthusiastically lent him grain; now he already has over five hundred thousand shi of grain and fodder!"

"According to reports from scouts, now every noble family in Qingzhou has a copy of Liu Bei's IOU, with some having tens of thousands of shi and others having several thousand shi of grain."

Everyone:??

This works too!

Cao Cao instantly felt the wine in his cup didn't taste good anymore!

"Liu Bei actually has such support from the people?"

Xi Zhicai cupped his hands.

"My lord, it's not that Liu Bei has the support of the people, it's that the noble families of Qingzhou urgently hope that these Qingzhou Huang Jin soldiers will leave Qingzhou."

Cao Cao thought for a while and was very annoyed.

"I didn't expect Liu Bei to seize this opportunity!"

Xia Houyuan advised,

"My lord, don't worry, the relocation of a million commoners is extremely costly; a mere five hundred thousand shi of grain is probably not enough, and other supplies are also very much needed."

Cao Cao nodded; this was indeed true.

"Xuande is too impatient; although Bingzhou has few people, he is eating too much at once, I'm afraid he'll choke."

Just at this moment,

"Report~!"

"My lord, a letter from Qingzhou."

Cao Cao opened it and looked, instantly feeling sour, and his expression was very ugly.

"This Mi Zhen is actually so talented."

Xun Wenruo took it and looked...

"Liu Bei took in Mi Zhu's younger sister Mi Zhen in Qingzhou and obtained a generous dowry, three thousand servants, hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, and countless wealth!"

Everyone was shocked!

"Mi Zhen also bought Qing and Xu specialties and had the million commoners help transport them, doing business along the way..."

Everyone was even more shocked.

"This Mi Zizhong's younger sister is actually so talented; Liu Bei gained a million people, and not only did he not lose money, but he actually made a profit?"

"This is truly too incredible!"

Cao Cao's stomach was churning with acid; it was too hard!

This wine naturally couldn't be drunk anymore!

Xia Hou Dun cupped his hands.

"My lord, we cannot let Liu Bei easily relocate a million commoners to Bingzhou."

Cao Cao waved his hand; he also wanted to stop it, but Liu Bei himself already had tens of thousands of troops.

At this time, everyone hadn't torn off their masks yet; if he truly angered Liu Bei, he wouldn't need to develop anymore, and they would just end up fighting in a mess 0......

Xun Wenruo cupped his hands.

"My lord, don't worry, the settlement of these million commoners by Liu Bei is also a problem; with a million more mouths, the grain will surely not be enough."

"We will strictly control the grain in Yanzhou to prevent it from being exported."

"Now that you control the land of Yanzhou, your target should be Yuzhou. The combined population of the two provinces is over eight million; even if Liu Bei relocates a million commoners, he only has a population of four million."

"Yuan Shu has no talent or virtue and occupies the land of Yuzhou, only knowing how to extort and plunder; you can crush him in one battle!"

Once everyone heard this, what Xun Wenruo said made a lot of sense! Morale recovered,

Cao Cao nodded to himself; Xun Wenruo was indeed a great talent, it would be good to have a few more talented scholars from the Xun family to assist!

"Xun Wenruo, I heard your nephew Xun You is locked in a prison in Changancheng? I will find a way to rescue him."

Although Xun You was a few years older than Xun Wenruo, he was indeed Xun Wenruo's nephew.

Xun Wenruo cupped his hands.

"Thank you, my lord!"

Shouchun City,

Yuan Shu's good mood from waking up naturally was instantly destroyed by Liu Bei!

After listening to Yan Xiang's report,

Yuan Shu almost had his teeth turned sour!

"A million people? Liu Bei isn't afraid of choking to death!"

"The Mi family has gone too far; I am right nearby, and they actually married Mi Zhen to this Eared Thief, Liu Bei!"

Yuan Shu snorted angrily a few times.

"The Mi family is absolutely blind!"

"When I seize Xuzhou, I will make that Mi Zizhong pay!"

"With such a large territory of mine, can't I find someone comparable to Beauty Feng? I don't believe it!" ===== CHAPTER 264 =====