Chapter 409 Zhongshan Rich Businessman (please vote for recommendation!!)
Zhongshan Su family!
Sure enough, it is the Su family of Zhongshan...
Let's just say that the Su family of Zhongshan Kingdom seems to be the only one who has some grudge against me.
Four years ago, Cao Peng's brother Zhu Zan was killed. Cao Peng was ordered to take up the position of Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang to find the murderer of Zhu Zan. He experienced many twists and turns, many things happened, and many people died.
The small Luoyang had a lot of involvement, including people from the Zhongshan Su family who were involved and assisted Liu Bei in his actions.
Later, the case was solved.
Chen Qun intensified his management of Luoyang, causing the Su family to lose its foothold in Luoyang.
However, at that time, the Su family did not react much. Although they were doing business all over the world, their roots were not in the south of the river, but in the north of the river. Hebei was under the rule of Yuan Shao, so the Su family naturally did not worry about the Cao family's revenge. Besides, Guandu
Before the battle broke out, almost everyone in the world believed that Yuan Shao would win. How could the Su family contact Cao Peng rashly?
Only later...
Yuan Shao was defeated and Hebei was in danger.
Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan fought endlessly, increasing the exploitation of Hebei merchants.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine the impact the Su family received. As a wealthy businessman in Hebei, he naturally became the fat man in the eyes of Er Yuan. Su Shuang's partner Zhang Shiping was also a wealthy businessman in Zhongshan. In the end,
Because he could not bear the exploitation, he decided to rebel. Unfortunately, before he had time to start a rebellion, he was discovered by the Yuan family and his entire family was killed.
The Su family was also suppressed by the Yuan family because of their close relationship with Zhang Shiping.
Fortunately, the Su family's business in horses was different from the nature of the ironware that Zhang Shiping dealt in. Su Shuang purchased the horses from the Hu people and had close ties with the Hu people. It was precisely for this reason that the Yuan family did not dare to oppress too much.
.But even so, the Su family was under tremendous pressure and was almost unable to gain a foothold in Zhongshan Kingdom...
Cao Peng didn't have any hostility towards the Su family.
The two families used to be their own masters, and it was impossible to say who was right and who was wrong.
On the contrary, he was very interested in Su Shuang. This guy was really generous. How could he spend so much money to help Liu Bei start his career? In other words, what was his consideration in thinking that Liu Bei was not the only one in the pool?
This guy’s vision is not bad either!
"Su Gong, in the past, each of you and I were our own masters, so there is no grudge.
But, why did you come here? Since you are worried about my revenge, why do you need to see me? "
Su Shuang smiled bitterly and toasted Cao Peng with a glass of wine.
“Young Master Su’s son, I really can’t take him seriously.
At the beginning, Su failed to react in time to the changes in Luoyang. Later, he wanted to contact the young master, but he had no way. When I came this time, I was ordered to come to Master Tan to buy horses. I didn't want to know during the conversation,
The young master is actually in Hexi. Therefore, I shamelessly asked Mr. Tan to introduce me to the young master and apologize to the young master. I have offended the young master before, so please don’t blame the young master."
After Guandu, Cao Peng was dismissed from his official post due to the incident and ordered to stay at home and reflect on his mistakes.
As for Cao Peng himself, he deliberately kept a low profile and hardly had much contact with the outside world. So at that time, Su Shuang wanted to repair the relationship with Cao Peng, but he didn't know where to start. But he didn't expect that the two of them would end up in this red sand.
Meet each other...
Tan Zhe said: "I need a large number of weapons, brother, you don't need to worry.
Su Shuang and I have worked together for many years, and naturally know what I need. However, it is very troublesome to transport it. In the past, we could pass through the territory of the Southern Huns, but now that the Southern Huns are in civil strife, this route is no longer safe.
Mr. Su hopes to open up a new trade route, from Hedong to Hexi, and deliver the goods to me...
As for Hedong, Mr. Su knows how to take care of it. But for Hexi... When he mentioned this to me, I thought of my brother. I also know the plight of my brother. Mr. Su is also in trouble now, and when I go to Mobei next year, I will also know how to take care of it.
There are a lot of troubles. In this case, you and I might as well cooperate. As long as brothers are willing to help, other things can be discussed."
smuggling!
This guy actually smuggled iron weapons.
Cao Peng looked at Su Shuang and saw that Su Shuang's eyes were extremely sincere.
"Young master, you may be wondering where I got the iron tools from.
It's very simple. The Zhongshan Kingdom was originally responsible for manufacturing weapons for the Yuan family... Now Yuan Shang needs a large number of horses, and he relies on me. After Zhang Shiping died, the iron business he ran was taken over by my Su family. I can pass
This channel is used to deliver various items that Master Tan needs. I also heard what Master Tan said just now...Su can accept this matter and at the same time provide various items that Master Tan needs.
As far as the young master is concerned, just opening the Hexi Passage can solve a lot of troubles, I don’t know..."
Cao Peng fell into deep thought.
"What I need most now is labor and troops, and it's very urgent..."
Su Shuang looked at Tan Zhe.
Tan Zhe smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? My subordinates can immediately give my brother two thousand slaves. I wonder what your brother thinks?"
"As long as the young master needs it, Su can also help."
"Then...what do I need to do?"
"In addition to opening the Hexi access road, Su also hopes to ask the young master to give him a title."
"Name?"
Cao Peng understood immediately.
The so-called title is just a banner.
Presumably, Su Shuang would have some trouble opening up the Hedong Road.
Today's Hedong is controlled by Cao Cao. The governor of Hedong is Cao Ren...
In addition, various troops were stationed in Hedong, including Xu Huang and Gan Ning. If Su Shuang did not have a banner, the price he would have to pay to open up the Hedong trade route would be staggering. Moreover, he might not be able to succeed.
As far as Cao Peng was concerned, there seemed to be no loss.
But in fact, if Su Shuang used his name to do evil, it would still have a huge impact.
Cao Peng didn't know much about the Su family's situation.
Cao Peng could not help but have many concerns about arbitrarily lending his flag to Su Shuang.
"Let me think twice about this matter."
"Brother, what else should I consider? In my opinion..."
Tan Zhe was a little anxious and wanted to persuade him.
But Su Shuang waved his hand towards him, which meant: Don't push too hard, let me handle this matter.
Tan Zhe just closed his mouth.
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The banquet in the evening ended unhappily.
Cao Peng did not agree to anything in the end, only saying that he needed to consider it.
Tan Zhe arranged a place for Cao Peng, and everyone went to rest...
The Jade Rabbit rises in the east!
A bright moon hangs high on Helan Mountain.
As the night got darker, the red sand hill was shrouded in darkness and gradually fell silent. A figure quietly came to Cao Peng's tent.
The visitor discovered that there were no guards outside Cao Peng's tent. He couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, and soon understood.
"Su Shuang, please see General Beizhong Lang."
"come in."
Su Shuang picked up the curtain and walked into the tent.
The tent was brightly lit, and Cao Peng was sitting on the couch, looking at Su Shuang with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Su, I'm here late at night. Do you have any advice?"
Unexpectedly, Su Shuang knelt down with a pop and said in pain: "Sir, save me!"
"Sir, why is this?"
Su Shuang kowtowed repeatedly, with a look of horror on his face.
"Young Master Gao Zhi, I would have guessed that Su would come tonight.
To be fair to the young master, if I had not learned from Tan Zhe that the young master was in Hexi, Su would have made preparations to go to Mobei with his family next year."
"oh?"
Cao Peng stepped forward and helped Su Shuang up.
"Mr. Su, as far as I know, the Su family in Zhongshan can be considered a wealthy family.
Although he is not a famous family, his roots in Zhongshan Kingdom are very deep. Why do you suddenly want to escape from Zhongshan Kingdom?"
Su Shuang sat down on the ground and said with a wry smile: "How can Su Shuang be willing to leave his hometown if there is a way to survive?
The young master doesn’t know that the situation in Hebei is now in dire straits. In the early years, when Mr. Yuan was alive, although he was wary of merchants like us, he still had a way to survive. But after Mr. Yuan passed away, Mr. Yuan Shang had nothing to do with him.
Yuan Tan fought fiercely... At the same time, he followed the advice of his advisers and suppressed merchants such as us very hard. I, the Su family, have been doing business for many years, and I have some wealth. But... Yuan Shang's son ordered us to donate money and food, and on the other hand, he had
Continuous exploitation... My old friend Zhang Shiping was almost bankrupted by exploitation, and was forced to rebel. Now that I have taken over his ironware business, if I don't have a source of horses, I am afraid that I will also rebel!"
Cao Peng pondered for a moment, "If that's all, there's no need to leave home?"
Su Shuangdao: "The Yuan family must die, and Duke Cao must rise.
I was forced to assist the Yuan family. If Cao Gong destroyed Hebei, how would I survive? Although the Su family has some foundation in Zhongshan Kingdom, it is not a famous family after all. When the Yuan family is destroyed, I am afraid that my entire Su family will be in trouble.
day.
I thought about it and wanted to take this opportunity to buy horses for Yuan Shang and go to Mobei to find a way out...
I happened to hear that Tan Zhe was also going to Mobei, so I started to think about it. However, since the young master was in Hexi, and Su wanted to come, instead of going to Mobei, it would be better to go to the young master. Su was willing to use the Su family’s wealth for many generations to seek help from Hexi.
A place to stand."
Cao Peng understands!
Su Shuang is scared...
In history, what was the ending of Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping?
Cao Peng didn't know very well.
However, the demise of Zhang Shiping's family must be consistent with history; and Su Shuang's final result was most likely to flee beyond the Great Wall.
Merchant, merchant...
If Hexi is to develop, merchants are indispensable.
At that time, Deng Ji was able to govern Haixi properly because of the support of the nine major guilds.
Now, Cao Peng wants to govern Hexi well, but how can he succeed without businessmen? In comparison, Huang Wenqing and others in Hexi are far inferior to Su Shuang. At least, Su Shuang is one of the best in history.
A person who has a name.
Su Shuang took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms and presented it with both hands.
"What Su said during the banquet was to use the young master's banner, but he actually wanted to donate his family property."
In ancient times, presenting a list of family property was tantamount to asking Cao Peng to be loyal...
Cao Peng took the bamboo slips but did not open them to check.
"Su Shuang, it's not that I don't want to accept your Su family, it's actually that the situation I'm facing right now is not optimistic."
Su Shuang heard this and laughed, "What you are worried about now is just the population.
Tan Zhe does have some slaves in his hands, but in Su's opinion, they are just a drop in the bucket of the young master. They may be able to stabilize them temporarily, but in the long run, the young master still needs more people to suppress the local forces in Hexi.
The two have a plan, which may be able to relieve the young master's worries..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation at *** (***.***), ***, your support
