Ever since Liu Bei entered Shu four years ago, Mi Fang and Fu Shiren began to cooperate together, selling some arms on a small scale.

At that time, I was still making a little money.

But this phenomenon began to intensify rapidly after Zhuge Liang entered Shu.

Mi Fang is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, and Fu Shiren is a veteran who joined Liu Bei at the same time as Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

Because of their status, the two men were in charge of all the treasury money and food, military supplies, and transportation in Jiangling City and Gong'an City respectively.

In the meantime, which link was "lost", which military supplies were damaged, which ordnance was robbed... Guan Yu couldn't ask every detail.

The accounts of ancient treasuries were often confused!

Gradually, the two of them started fighting each other, and then became more and more courageous. They resold more and more weapons from the treasury.

However, they still maintain a bottom line.

That is Jingzhou's military supplies, which will never be sold to Cao Cao in the north.

As for... Soochow, the Sun-Liu alliance is all fighting against Cao Cao's thieves anyway, so whoever uses these military supplies will have the same effect.

Of course, except Soochow.

Mi Fang and Fu Shiren also have another biggest customer, which is Jiaozhou Taxi Bian.

Mi Fang and Fu Shiren were not familiar with Shibian.

I only know that two years ago, the Shibian family in Jiaozhou surrendered to Sun Quan. In name, Jiaozhou was also included in Sun Quan's territory.

But in fact, Jiaozhou was still under the rule of Shibian, and it only paid a large amount of property to Soochow every year, which was regarded as a vassal state.

What surprised Mi Fang and Fu Shiren was that the Jiaozhou Shibian family was extremely wealthy.

Whenever I make a purchase, I never make a counter-offer.

And...it's a big deal!

For this reason, the two of them made a lot of money.

This is why Mi Fang was surprised when he heard that this merchant was from Jiaozhou.

If there really were arms dealers like Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi in Jiaozhou, then why did Shibian make a special trip to Jiangling to buy them? Isn't this looking at the far side instead of the near?

certainly…

This has nothing to do with Mi Fang's current mission.

He's here to ask for a price!

Over here, Mi Fang and Shi Huolong were still talking.

Colleagues are not necessarily enemies.

For example, arms, Mi Fang still thought about it. After asking about the price, everyone who has money can make money together, and everyone can share their needs and cooperate with each other.

But, it seems that Shi Huolong didn't think so.

When the topic of arms was brought up, Shi Huolong's eyes were fixed, "Prefect Mi made such a warm invitation, probably because of that batch of arms?"

Mi Fang didn't beat around the bush and nodded seriously, "I don't know how many sidecars, how many crossbows, how many wooden oxen and stray horses that Mr. Shi has?"

this…

Shi Huolong thought about it for a while, and then confessed: "Actually, this batch is not many. There are two hundred sidecars, more than a thousand crossbows, and more than ten thousand crossbow arrows... As for the wooden ox and the stray horse, there are only a hundred!"

The topic gradually got on track.

Mi Fang continued to ask with great interest: "Then I don't know...at what price does the owner, Mr. Shi, plan to sell it?"

Indeed, less is a little less...

It can be considered that the practicality of these ordnance, especially the "extreme restraint" of sidecars... against cavalry, and the subsequent further purchase of these ordnance...

From the perspective of the Jiangling prefect, Mi Fang believed that he still had to fight for it.

"I can't say for sure." Shi Huolong waved his hand...

"Brother Shi, didn't your master set a price in advance before coming here?"

"No!" Shi Huolong showed a very honest side, "My master only said that there are rare things to live in..."

"Haha, Governor Mi has also been in the arms business. He should know that when shopping, you should also compare prices. Otherwise...how will I explain to the master when I go back?"

Hey…

Mi Fang felt that Shi Huolong was very drunk after watching several glasses of wine...

But the words are still flawless.

He blinked his eyes and was thinking about what to ask more, or how to use a formula, but if that didn't work... Mi Fang would quote a price for Guan Yu. How much should he quote?

Shi Huolong was the first to speak, "Besides, it was thanks to the Fourth Young Master that we were able to get a hold of the weapons today, and the Fourth Young Master has so swornly promised that he will give us a satisfactory price tomorrow, although...

Businessmen pay attention to business matters, but the Fourth Young Master has reached such an extent, we have to give him some face, right?"

Shi Huolong's eyes were deep, and he slowly opened his mouth and suggested, "How about, Governor Mi doesn't rush to make the quotation first, and wait until tomorrow to hear the Fourth Young Master's quotation before making a calculation?"

Mi Fang's eyes flashed, and he pondered slightly, but nodded.

"Okay, this is best...fair!"

Having said this, Mi Fang raised the wine bottle again, and the two started drinking together again.

Another round of drinking.

Mi Fang felt that the time was almost ripe, and he asked quietly: "May I ask Brother Shi, where are you from Jiaozhou? Why doesn't Brother Shi's accent sound like someone from the south?"

Shi Huolong, who was still drunk at first, seemed to perk up when he heard Mi Fang's words, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Then, he slapped the table and stood up unsteadily...

He looked unhappy.

Mi Fang quickly stood up and asked, "Brother Shi, why is this happening?"

"Prefect Mi, this is a good banquet... but why did you break the rules?" Shi Huolong directly accused.

"Why did I break the rules?" Mi Fang was confused.

Shi Huolong shook his head and made a gesture to leave, but Mi Fang quickly grabbed him.

Now that we are leaving, this batch of ordnance will be exhausted.

How does he explain to Guan Yunchang?

"Brother Shi has something to say, something to say..."

At this time, Mi Fang didn't look like a superior person at all. It was as if she was begging for Shi Huolong.

Shi Huolong rolled his eyes at him and said, "Prefect Mi just said that he has also made arms. Don't you know that in our arms business, we should not ask the host?"

As soon as these words came out, Mi Fang took a deep breath.

Indeed, there are such rules for reselling arms.

You need to know that in today's world, there are many people who sell arms and make war profits.

The more chaotic the world is, the more people are speculating, and the more people are taking desperate risks - to make big money!

It ranges from the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and even the county officials, to the three gongs and nine ministers in the court, and the prefect who holds heavy troops.

As long as they want, as long as they have it, they can sell some of their military supplies and ordnance on the black market in exchange for large sums of money!

The specific operation is also extremely simple, as long as you release the news on the black market, some people will buy it, and some people will come to visit you.

And these county magistrates, county magistrates, county officials...three ministers, nine ministers, and governors who resell arms, how could they not know that once this matter spreads, their reputation will be ruined, and their heads will probably be moved.

Just like Mi Fang and Fu Shiren.

Why were they afraid of Guan Gong inspecting the armory in history?

Why was the armory set on fire?

Isn't it because he is worried that Guan Yu will find out about reselling arms?

Something happened and a fire broke out, no one was aware of it, no connection was involved...if the whole thing was not protected, the wrong person would take the blame.

This matter, some institutions in later generations call them experts!

On the contrary, if the conclusive evidence of arms reselling was obtained by Guan Yu.

Well... whether it is resold to Cao Wei, Soochow, or Jiaozhou, even if it is Wuxi Barbarian King Samoko, or Shanyue... Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Sword will definitely not show mercy.

You don’t even need the privilege of “false festival yue”!

Just cut it off to set the record straight.

It is precisely because of this that there is an unwritten rule in arms trafficking.

That is, the buyer, no matter what the circumstances, at any time, or at any stage, must never ask the seller's identity. As the saying goes, the guest does not ask the host.

Undoubtedly, Mi Fang's question "Where are you from Jiaozhou" just now violated this iron law!

"Prefect Mi doesn't understand the rules, so let's find cooperation with someone who understands the rules... Prefect Mi says goodbye!"
To be continued...