After receiving the task from Liu Yu, Li Su immediately started preparing for the preparations when he returned to his residence that day.

"Boya, is there finally a court job going on a long trip?"

Seeing Li Su packing up his things, Guan Yu, who has been playing a guest role in a bodyguard these days, wandering around and drinking in Luoyang, finally became energetic and hoped that Li Su, a young man with an official position, could take him out for a long trip.

While packing, Li Su explained: "According to the order of Liu Youzhou Jun, he followed the Yuyang Duwei Wuqiu Yi to recruit Danyang soldiers on the same day, and then returned to Youzhou to recruit Qi and join the army."

Liu Yu is still a big shot now, but the recruitment order was indeed issued as the "incoming Youzhou Governor", so Li Su called Liu Yu's future official position.

Guan Yu: "What about me? Just act as a guard with you."

Li Su smiled and said, "How could I feel wronged for my second brother? Fortunately, I have been trusted by Liu Youzhou recently and recommended my second brother to lead the army. Liu Youzhou agreed to temporarily declare a military officer. If the job goes smoothly, I will be rewarded and will be given a real reward at that time."

Guan Yu was actually a little embarrassed: "I don't receive any reward without any merits. There is nothing I have to do. I'll plan a fake official first. I'll try to be diligent this time and repay Liu Youzhou's kindness for his support."

Li Su gave Guan Yu a few more words, took him to the Zhen family business first, and discussed with the chief manager Zhang Quan, and took out all the dividend money that Li Su had not yet withdrawn.

In addition to the copper coins that must be used immediately, the rest of the money is also ensured to be carried in the form of a gold cake for easy storage. Naturally, this gold was left to Guan Yu to protect himself. Li Su was so weak, but he didn't have the energy to carry hundreds of kilograms of gold.

In addition, several carts of woodblocks were also included, and the books that had not been sold were also escorted by Guan Yu, preparing to take them along the way.

Li Su's trip was not about making such a small amount of money by selling books along the way. The Zhen family did not have a business in the south, so it was impossible to rely on Li Su to sell it all the way. Not only did the sales volume be small, but the method was also too profitable.

The reason why I bring so many books is to facilitate the gain of fame and talent. Books in this era are rare. If you sell half a half at a low price and get favors, it is easy to seduce scholars, and you can also open up cooperation channels with local luxury businesses.

Moreover, the Zhen family business mainly sold books in the capital and Yecheng. Liu Bei's "Xiaoyi" deeds became relatively low in the south. The books that recorded glorious deeds were sold and half-given, so that they could become famous faster.

Li Su knew that in history, Liu Bei relied on his trip to the south to recruit Danyang soldiers with Wu Qiuyi, and later made friends with many early talents. According to the current trajectory of the butterfly effect, Liu Bei probably wouldn't have the chance to go to the south to develop in person in his life.

Since Li Su replaced Liu Bei, he always had to find ways to seduce some wise men from the south along the way.

It doesn’t have to be like those friends Liu Bei hooked up with in history. Anyway, if you meet a great sage, just follow the fate.

...

After receiving the money from the Zhen family business, Li Su asked Guan Yu to send all the copper coins and several large trucks to Xiyuan and Liu Yu's mansion respectively.

The money sent to Xiyuan was bought for Guan Yu.

The money sent to Liu Yu's mansion was taken through Liu Yu's "secret channel", and Liu Yu secretly sent it to the emperor and bought an official position for Li Su himself. After all, Liu Yu must be kept as confidential as possible and should not let too many people know, so as not to see through the trick of "edict to pardon the palace for renovating the palace" by the world, so Liu Yu has only used it for Liu Bei so far.

But Li Su is already a person in charge and an insider, so whether Li Su is given or not, Li Su knows it. After thinking about it, Liu Yu went with the flow and made personal favors, asking Li Su to be promoted in the future, and not to pay money in Xiyuan. Instead, secretly give it through his channel, spending more money, but not losing face.

This time, Liu Yu "reported" their officials and had to wait until the task was successfully completed before they were promoted. However, after recruiting troops, they would go straight to Youzhou and would not return to Luoyang.

Therefore, they had to pay the price for the official they were about to be promoted before they set out.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, official positions were divided into "real teachings" and someone "represented" you. The value of actual teachings was definitely higher, but the value could also be used as a way for the parties to brag about their status. For example, Li Su was only a small official with 300 s, but when he went out to make friends, he could brag about "here is already a major official, and the governor of Youzhou said I was 600 s," so that others could look up to him.

Now that Emperor Ling is not dead, the difference between "Share" and "Real Teaching" is not too obvious. After three years, the world is completely in chaos, the value of the display will plummet.

For example, in history, it is often seen that Yuan Shu also expressed his opinion, Yuzhou Governor, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Tao Qian, but the emperor was controlled by Dong Zhuo and Li Jue in Chang'an. They did not criticize any of them, and those who criticized them had no credibility. In the end, they became the result of their own expressions and no one was authentic.

On the way to buy an official, Li Su was worried at first that "what if he did not make a successful contribution and was not promoted after giving money, he would not be promoted." As a result, the eunuch who collected the money told him that he could keep accounts, which was understood as "existing in the bank buying an official."

I have to say that other governance systems in the era of Emperor Ling of Han might not be very good, but the official selling system was really perfect.

There are all kinds of advance payments, mortgages, and various financial derivative models to adapt to various situations. There will also be temporary price discrimination against customers or mid-year promotions.

As for the balance on your book, when you make a contribution next time and get promoted, you will deduct it from the account. Or if your current official position has expired for one year, you will have to renew your current official position, and you will also deduct it.

The eunuch was holding a thick account book and swayed in front of Li Su: All officials in the court, whether each person paid the official purchase, how many people had a balance in the account, how many people were still on credit, and they had to wait for the plunder and mortgage after taking office, and they were all clear.

Li Su also caught up with a promotion at that time: If you think you may not be promoted for several years, you can pay the rent for the current official position for a few years at one time, and pay the rent for three years at one time for one year! That is to say, spend three years to become an official for four years.

However, Li Su immediately rejected the promotional eunuchs because he knew that Emperor Ling of Han had not had a good life for four years. Isn’t it like to participate in such a big promotion to throw money into the water hole?

Could it be that the emperor himself felt that his physical condition was not good and wanted to pre-sell the money after he died?

...

"The Princess's Family Order of 600 Stone is the theoretical price. There was a Princess's Family Order of 300 Stone. It was less than three months since he took office, so he could recover and pay 1.5 million yuan if he had not finished his term, and he should pay 4.5 million yuan. Because he persuaded Qiang Qu Shanyu to send troops, he gave a discount of 'excellent performance'. In addition, the service fee for the elderly who were pardoned by His Majesty, he finally paid 4 million yuan in actual payment.

Sima, who had 5 million yuan, paid in full from scratch. Liu Yu claimed that he was "brave and knowledgeable about the army" and took office with his talent. It was not all about buying an official position, with a 60% discount, and 3 million yuan.

Alas, before leaving Luoyang, another 7 million yuan is gone. In this world, making money and making meritorious services must be both strong, otherwise there would be no enough money to exchange for mission rewards after making merit."

Before leaving Luoyang, Li Suxin calculated his balance and couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, Emperor Ling of Han had a good user experience in selling officials. The previous official was promoted if his remaining term was too long. Old officials could be recycled at a discount - it was not used for Apple phones for a year and replaced with a new generation, and old phones could be recycled at a discount. Otherwise, Li Su would have to pay more money.

After buying an official position for Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, there was still 18 million left. He remitted 5 million military expenses to Liu Bei. In addition, another 7 million was burned today, and the previous money was only 6 million yuan left.

Fortunately, in April, the dividends from Zhen’s business sold books and papers to Li Su were about three million, and the total amount was only 10 million.

Guan Yu originally planned to pay for this trip to Danyang to recruit soldiers. In addition to the court's mission, he recruited some warriors as Liu Bei's private soldiers. It seems that the money is not enough.
Chapter completed!