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The ancestral business of brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang was actually in Qu County, Donghai County, Xuzhou, and most of the industries were also concentrated in Qu County. However, after Mi Zhu was promoted by Tao Qian to the post of Xuzhou Biejiajian, Mi Zhu purchased a house in Xuzhou City for the convenience of living and working.

They built a huge house. Later, Mi Fang followed her brother when he became an official and also lived in this house. In order to accommodate their family servants, the house was further expanded and decorated, and its scale soon exceeded that of Chen, the largest landowner in Xuzhou.

The house of Gui and his son has become the well-deserved first residence in Xuzhou.

Wherever there is a big house, there are secret rooms, and there are naturally many secret rooms in the Mi Mansion. It just so happens that at this moment, brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang are having a secret conversation in one of the secret rooms, and what is placed in front of them is a crude and crude picture that is too rough to look at.

The sketch showed a crooked drawing of a huge four-wheeled wooden cart with a very low bottom and no carriage. There were two side-by-side pillars on the cart. There were no dimensions and no half-word description, leaving Mi Zhu brothers unaware.

What kind of car is it? I don’t know what the use of this old car is.

After pondering over the rough sketch for a long time but unable to figure out anything, Mi Zhu lost his temper and couldn't help but ask Mi Fang: "Brother Xian, have you been fooled? Thirteen thousand dollars bought this crappy sketch.

, what’s the point of the broken wooden car painted above if you don’t even know what it is used for?”

"When I got this picture, I was also so suspicious." Mi Fang frowned and replied, "But the servant I sent to bribe Danyang Bing said that the Danyang soldier who took our money swears to God, he is definitely

It was based on the new woodware that Tao Ying's son secretly made. He also said that if we didn't believe him, there was nothing he could do. We could take it or not. The servant sent by the younger brother had no choice but to give five thousand in money first, and then make up for it after confirming that the sketch was true.

The remaining five thousand dollars. The Danyang soldier refused and wanted to destroy the sketch. Our servant had no choice but to buy back this ruined sketch with ten thousand dollars."

"Money is a trivial matter. Anyway, now that the price of food and cloth has soared, ten thousand dollars is not worth much anymore." Mi Zhu, the richest man in Xuzhou, waved his hand and didn't pay attention to these small expenses. Then Mi Zhu frowned and said: "The key is,

Is this sketch true or false? Could it be that the Danyang soldier deceived us with the false drawing?"

"Brother, if I don't arrange for a few people to capture that Danyang soldier and torture him, I don't believe that he can't tell the truth!" Mi Fang said fiercely.

"Confused!" Mi Zhu was furious and scolded: "Are you stupider than Tao Ying'er? Who are the Danyang soldiers under Cao Hong's command? They are all Tao Qian's fellow villagers and absolutely direct descendants! Send someone to bribe them.

It’s already very risky. If you kidnap them and bring them back for torture, do you really want to force Mr. Tao Qian to attack our brothers?!”

Mi Fang was so scolded by Mi Zhu that she was submissive and did not dare to raise her head. After a while, she asked tentatively: "In my opinion, what should we brothers do?"

"Two steps." Mi Zhu said coldly: "The first is to send this sketch to Mr. Xuande and ask Mr. Xuande to take a look. Mr. Xuande is well-informed and a hero. Maybe he can know about this strange car.

The purpose of the car. The second is to continue to investigate and confirm whether Tao Ying'er is building this kind of strange car, and whether the Danyang soldier lied to us!"

Speaking of this, Mi Zhu paused and added: "We can't attack the Danyang soldiers anymore, it's too dangerous! Let's start with the craftsmen in Tao Ying's army. Although those craftsmen live in Tao Ying's army, their

The family members all live in Xuzhou City, so we can bribe their family members and let them spy on us."

"Brother is smart, little brother understands." Mi Fang replied with a sly smile: "Brother, please rest assured, bribe those common people..."

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Mi Zhu's bragging. After confirming that the knock signal from a close family member was correct, Mi Zhu asked Mi Fang to open the door of the secret room. Mi Zhu's personal entourage outside the door raised his hand and said: "Master, the second master Tao is here.

Visit and ask the head of the family to receive you."

"Second Young Master Tao?" Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were both stunned. Mi Fang couldn't help but ask nonsense, "That Second Young Master Tao?"

"That Second Young Master Tao?" Mi Zhu's personal attendant was also stunned and asked in confusion: "Master, besides the Second Young Master Tao who is Mu Tao of Xuzhou, are there other Second Young Masters Tao in Xuzhou City?"

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang looked at each other, and a thought came to their minds in confusion, "Why did Tao Ying come to visit our brother? Did he discover that we were spying on his military plane?"

Doubts are doubts, Tao Ying still has the identity of Xuzhou Mu's second son. Mi Zhu and Mi Fang are not easy to give up on Tao Ying. They confirm that Tao Ying is not bringing the army to catch spies - which is called "catching spies" for short. Mi Zhu

The brothers quickly left the secret room, put on their official uniforms and went out to greet Tao Ying. When they arrived at the door of Demi Mansion, they saw that Tao Ying in plain clothes was waiting in front of the door with several followers. Mi Zhu brothers did not dare to

If you are negligent, you quickly come forward together and bow to show your humility, "Mi Zhu, Mi Fang didn't know that the young master was coming, so she missed the opportunity to greet you from afar. I hope you will forgive me."

"Two adults, please get up quickly." Brothers Tao Ying and Mi Zhu couldn't get used to the silly look, and said with a silly smile: "Tao Ying came to visit you two adults on his own initiative. It's natural that you two adults didn't come far to greet you.

——On the contrary, Tao Ying has had enough of waiting here. You two masters, how deep is your mansion?"

"When Mi Zhu learned that the young master was coming to his humble residence, he went to change his clothes and go out to greet him. He didn't want to keep the young master for a long time. Please forgive him." Mi Zhu was also very dissatisfied with Tao Ying's harshness and unkindness. He first apologized and then turned to the doorkeeper.

He scolded: "Are you all just wooden chickens and tile dogs? When the young master is here, why don't you invite him to the living room to serve tea and let him wait here?"

The servants of the Mi Mansion were obedient and complained repeatedly, but Mi Fang became more and more dissatisfied with Tao Ying and took the opportunity to say: "You are so bold and cunning, who is the second young master? He is the son of our lord and a benefactor of Xuzhou. You are just a simple man."

How dare you, the slave of the sect, be so indifferent to him? Come here, drag this evil slave down and give him a heavy punishment!"

The servant of the Mi Mansion was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy. Tao Ying smiled stupidly and said: "Master Mi, forget it, why should you get angry over a trivial matter? Besides, Tao Ying came to visit this time to ask for help from the two adults.

Mr. Mi blamed his family heavily for Tao Ying's affairs, how could Tao Ying be so embarrassed to ask for help?"

"Young Master has already said that if you have anything to do, just send someone to give him an order. Mi Zhu should act like a dog and a horse, and he should not be pleading." Hearing what Tao Ying said, Mi Zhu was even more confused and curious, and hurriedly made a request to Tao Ying.

With the gesture of invitation, he said: "Young master, hurry and invite me in. The house is simple, but I hope you will show your kindness."

Tao Ying agreed immediately, smiled stupidly and walked in without politeness. He even walked in front of brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. Along the way, he kept looking around, making a fuss, and was envious of the luxury and extravagance of Mi Mansion. He looked like a typical country bumpkin, Mi Zhu

Brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Zhu took their own precautions and invited Tao Ying to the main hall for tea. They also ordered a banquet to be prepared for Tao Ying. Tao Ying thanked him and sat down with Mi Zhu brothers respectively.

When the tea was served, the beautiful maid brought the cup to Tao Ying. Tao Ying, who wanted to make Mi Zhu brothers look down on him, took the opportunity to act cute and deliberately grabbed the maid's hand. The maid cleverly avoided it and bowed to leave. Seeing this, she kept quietly.

Brother Mi Zhu, who noticed Tao Ying's actions, suddenly became displeased and looked down upon Tao Ying more and more. Tao Ying seemed unaware, but stared at the slender back of the maid as she left, and said with great envy: "Mi Farewell!"

As expected, he is incredibly wealthy, and even the maids at home are so beautiful. Compared with those ugly people in Tao Ying's family, they are so many times better."

If Liu Bei had said this, Mi Zhu brothers would have offered this maid with both hands. But for Tao Ying, Mi Zhu brothers had no such intention at all - it was not worth it at all. So Mi Zhu pretended not to understand Tao Ying.

The overtone was just that he raised his hand to Tao Ying and said: "Master, just now Master said that he came to visit because he had something to ask for. Mi Zhu didn't dare to accept the request. If Master has any orders, just tell him directly. Brothers Mi Zhu will do their best if they can do it."

"Okay, it seems that apart from being hostile to me, these two young men don't pay too much attention to me." Tao Ying was secretly happy in his heart. Tao Ying's move of Brother Zhu just now was actually a test of brother Mi Zhu. If brother Mi Zhu took the opportunity to take advantage of that beauty,

The maid gave it to Tao Ying, so it goes without saying that the Mi Zhu brothers must have regarded Tao Ying as a dangerous enemy and took the opportunity to plant a beautiful spy. But the Mi Zhu brothers were so stingy and stingy that they missed this great opportunity, which just proved one point - the Mi Zhu brothers were not

He didn't pay much attention to Tao Ying's opponent, at least he didn't think it was necessary to put a trick in Tao Ying's room.

After initially understanding Mi Zhu's brother's attitude towards him, Tao Ying felt reassured and replied to Mi Zhu: "Mi Biejia doesn't have to be so humble. Tao Ying came to visit today because he really has something to ask for, and among the five counties of Xuzhou, he can help.

The only people who are as busy as Shang Taoying are two brothers named Biejia."

"Oh, sir, please tell me." Mi Zhu was even more curious.

"Then you're welcome, Tao Ying." Tao Ying said straight to the point: "Tao Ying took the liberty of asking someone to help me. I got twenty pieces of sandalwood three feet long for Tao Ying, and two thousand kilograms of fine iron.

There is a thousand pounds of fine raw silk."

"Young Master, please forgive me. May I ask, Master, what do you want these things for?" Mi Zhu was confused again. Mi Zhu knew that Cao Hong purchased raw silk for Tao Ying, but the two materials, iron and sandalwood, did not appear in Cao Hong's shop.

On Hong's purchase list - Cao Hong just purchased a batch of ordinary wrought iron for Tao Ying to use for making weapons.

"It is necessary in the army." Tao Ying answered vaguely, "As you know, Tao Ying received permission from his father to form a separate army as a commander of the army, named Junzi. These wood, iron and raw silk are all part of Junzi's army.

A necessity for building an army."

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang exchanged glances with each other. They were both curious. They said that wood and iron were indeed necessary for the army, but why did the army need raw silk? Weaving silk flags? Also, what did the army need the extremely expensive sandalwood for?

A stake or a camp? Out of curiosity, Mi Fang couldn't help but ask: "Sir, it's not surprising that the army needs iron and steel, but what do we need sandalwood and raw silk for? These are not necessary items for the army, right?"

"The secret must not be leaked." Tao Ying pretended to be secretive and said with a silly smile: "Anyway, as long as Biejia does this favor for Tao Ying, Tao Ying will definitely give Biejia a big surprise."

Mi Zhu remained calm, calculating quickly in his mind. After a while, Mi Zhu asked tentatively: "Master, Mi Zhu dares to ask again. Although sandalwood, raw silk and iron are expensive, they are not very rare. Mi Zhu

I heard that my lord appointed General Cao Hong to provide the young master with all the things he needs to build an army, why did the young master not ask for it from General Cao Hong, but came to Mi Zhu instead?"

"This..." This time it was Tao Ying's turn to hesitate, and after a moment he said hesitantly: Tao Ying did not dare to deceive others. In fact, Tao Ying had already spoken to General Cao Hong, but his father felt that Tao Ying

Weapons made from these things may not be useful, and the things Tao Ying needs are too expensive, so... General Cao Hong is not allowed to provide them to Tao Ying. Tao Ying had no choice but to come to Mi Biejia to speak."

Speaking of this, Tao Ying quickly added, "Originally, Tao Ying wanted to ask Chen Yuanlong and his son, but Chen Yuanlong had not negotiated. Even if he agreed to help, he might not be able to get what Tao Ying needed at the moment, so Tao Ying

Ying was so shameless that he had no choice but to come and speak to Mi Biejia. Biejia had been doing business for five generations, and his home had a mountain of goods. He had everything he wanted. It was difficult for Biejia to get these items. I wonder if Biejia could help to get these things for Tao Ying.

thing?"

Mi Zhu's eyes flashed with light, and he secretly winked at his brother. Mi Fang understood and asked Tao Ying with a smile: "Master, twenty sticks of sandalwood three feet tall, two thousand kilograms of fine iron, and a thousand kilograms of fine raw silk are quite a few."

They are all quite expensive. Since the young master has spoken to the brothers Xiaguan, the brothers should try their best to prepare for the young master. It is just the money and food for purchasing these goods. How do the young master plan to pay for it?"

Tao Ying was stunned for a moment, as if he had just remembered this important issue now, and then Tao Ying hesitated for a moment, and finally asked with a blushing giggle: "Mi, farewell, brother Zifang, can Tao Ying give you a temporary credit?"

Will you return it later?"

"Bah!" Mi Fang and Mi Zhu almost spat on Tao Ying's face. They said to themselves that you are still the second son of Xuzhou Mu. Do you have the nerve to say the word "credit"?

"Young master, you are really embarrassing Mi Fang." Having basically figured out Tao Ying's purpose, Mi Fang stopped being polite and immediately declined: "Although Mi Fang's brother's family has little wealth, after experiencing the Cao Thief Rebellion, Mi Fang

Like all the merchants in Xuzhou, our family has been severely weakened and has difficulties in turnover. The goods that the young master needs are of great value. The Mi family really cannot afford to advance the money for the young master, so we hope that the young master will forgive you."

The silly smile on Tao Ying's face solidified, and his words became more hesitant, "Biejia, is that really like this? How did Tao Ying hear that Biejia's brother donated two thousand servants to Duke Xuande, as well as a large amount of military supplies, Tao Ying needed it

Compared with what Xuande Gong received, these military supplies are probably just a drop in the bucket, right?"

"That's Mi Zhu doing his best." Mi Zhu spread his hands and said helplessly: "Mi Zhu donated a batch of money, food and horses to Duke Xuande, but that was also Mi Zhu's gratitude to Duke Xuande for his rescue mission on behalf of the soldiers and people of Xuzhou.

Well, later Mi Zhu promised to donate two hundred fine war horses to the young master, but his meager savings had already been completely wiped out, and he really could no longer lend a helping hand to the young master."

"What on earth did the big-eared thief use to bribe these two young men? How could he make these two young men so determined to eat and drink?" Tao Ying muttered in his heart, "But it's okay, you don't want me to give you anything.

This is your last chance to atone. When I attack your Mi family in the future, I won’t have any psychological burden."

He was secretly hating himself, but there was no trace of anger or hatred on Tao Ying's face. He still had a vivid look of pleading, and he asked with pleading: "Don't drive, can't you think of something for Tao Ying?"

"It's beyond my power, and there's really nothing I can do to help." Mi Zhu shook her head firmly and began to look impatient.

Tao Ying's face changed from dark to bright, as if there was a battle between heaven and man in his heart. After a long time, the muscles on Tao Ying's face twitched a few times, and he lowered his voice and said: "Don't drive, can you step back for a while? Tao Ying has an object that he would like to ask for.

Don’t drive and watch?”

"Little Tao Ying, your bottom may be exposed." Mi Zhu's eyes flashed, and he immediately waved his hand to let the servants on the left and right leave.
To be continued...