Chapter 144: Second entry into Xuzhou
Although Guan Hai was not a big boss, he was not good at speaking. After listening to Liu Xin's words, he gradually fell to Liu Xin's side. Rather than follow the Taiping Road and perish, it would not be his own luck to rely on Liu Xin to give him the writer general.
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Liu Xin took out the [Centurion Talisman] and saw that Guan Hai's name was included in it. Liu Xin checked Guan Hai's attributes.
Guan Hai: 25 years old
Realm: Giant Power Realm
Martial Arts: Elementary sword technique [Baichao Knife Technique] (superb), intermediate boxing technique [Tiger Power Fist] (superb), advanced sword technique [Xinwu Knife Technique] (reaching the pinnacle)
Force:79
Intelligence: 28
Military Strategy:46
Status: 80
Comprehensive strength:51
Loyalty: 12
Evaluation: A second-rate peak military general, as a martial arts fanatic, ordinary people are still far away from him!
Looking at Guan Hai's attributes, it appears that his martial arts has reached the peak of a second-rate military commander. At the age of only 25, he has already mastered all martial arts except advanced sword skills to the highest level. This is a person who is even more martial arts obsessed than Zhang Fei.
Looking at his other attributes, his intelligence is not high, but his military strategy is not bad. It is enough to be a leading general. However, Guan Hai's overall strength is 3 points higher than Liu Xin's. Now he cannot enjoy the [Centurion Talisman] Liu Xin.
Xin's attribute ratio bonus.
At night, Guan Hai arranged for Liu Xin and others to live in the best house in the village. He and his men lived in a thatched house far away to ensure that no one would harass Liu Xin and others at night.
He told several of his important subordinates that he wanted to take refuge with Liu Xin. Everyone had expected this and were willing to continue with him, but they were not sure whether Liu Xin was willing to take them in.
Early the next morning, Liu Xin woke up and saw Guan Hai kneeling at the door of his house with more than ten people. He walked out and came to him.
"Brother Guan? These are the men you chose to take away with you? Where are your family members?" Liu Xin saw Guan Hai and said proactively.
"Lord! Our family members are all gone long ago. These are the brothers who have been following me for the past few years. Come, let's meet the master together!" Guan Hai said to more than a dozen people around him.
"Greetings, my lord!" Everyone paid homage to Liu Xin together.
"Well, everyone, get up! From now on, Guan Hai, you will be my general, and the rest of you will be the guards. If you perform well in the future, you will be promoted to general.
Brother Guan, I also want to select some strong people to bring down the mountain with me, what do you think?" Liu Xin asked.
"If your lord is willing to take in more people, Guan Hai will naturally do so," Guan Hai replied.
Liu Xin asked Guan Hai to gather all the capable soldiers, but he used the [Centurion Talisman] to find only 49 soldiers. He then added the names of 9 of the 15 guards selected by Guan Hai into the [Centurion Talisman].
Within the "Long Talisman", there are only 40 places left in the "Centurion Talisman".
Let Zhou Tai pay more attention to the 6 new guards who cannot be included, because Liu Xin knows that their strength must have reached more than 30 points, and if they are not recognized by the [Centurion Talisman], they must have insufficient loyalty points.
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On June 18, Liu Xin and his party of more than 400 people entered Xuzhou. The situation in Xuzhou was much better than that in Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places. Although there were refugees on the road, many cultivated fields were planted with wheat seedlings, which showed that most of the people were still alive.
Can stay in your own home.
Most of the city gates in the major counties and counties in Xuzhou were open. Liu Xin also saw carriages coming from the east. They were ships from Wu County. The situation in Xuzhou was the best Liu Xin had ever seen.
One stone of wheat costs 460 yuan, and one stone of rice costs 550 yuan, which is more than three times more expensive than before. But compared with Jizhou and Youzhou, this price is more than four times cheaper. Liu Xin really wants to transport the food here to the north, but it is a pity.
That's simply impossible.
On June 20th, Liu Xin finally arrived in Quxian. Quxian was more prosperous than other cities in western Xuzhou. Many motorcades came in and out of the city gate. The Yellow Turban Rebellion did not seem to have a great impact on Quxian.
More than 400 people entered the inn where they stayed last time. Liu Xing had just changed out of his heavy armor and ordered food at the inn when he saw the innkeeper coming from outside the courtyard.
"Sir, I have already told my head of the family about your arrival at the inn. The head of the house will come over after changing his clothes." The innkeeper said to Liu Xin.
"Well, I'll wait for him here! Brother Mi will be admitted directly to the hospital when he arrives." Liu Xin replied.
Not long after the innkeeper left, Liu Xin saw Mi Zhu and Mi Fang walking out of the small courtyard. Mi Zhu was wearing a silk robe of various colors, while Mi Fang was only wearing a fine cloth short-sleeved dress. It can be seen that the Mi family still attaches great importance to Liu Xin.
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"Brother Liu has arrived at this time, which really caught me off guard! Is this year still the same as last year?" Mi Zhu looked at Liu Xin and asked.
"Recently, when the Jizhou imperial army and the Taiping Road were in a tense situation, I saw the opportunity and sent the candy over quickly. If the battle came to an end, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to come," Liu Xin said.
Mi Zhu nodded. No matter who wins in the end, Jizhou will definitely become more chaotic. He also admires Liu Xin's courage. To be able to come from Zhuo County to Qu County at this time, in addition to strong strength, courage and luck are also very important.
"I brought 2,800 kilograms of candy this time. I wonder if the Mi family is willing to eat them all?" Liu Xin asked.
"We still have some unsold white sugar from last year. The world is in chaos and disasters are everywhere, and road transportation costs are getting higher and higher. This is not our first transaction. If you are willing to give me all the sugar, I will return it to you.
What were the prices last year?" Mi Zhu asked.
"I came to Qu County this time and wanted to bring back some tea, cloth, salt and other goods. Could the Mi family master provide convenience?" Liu Xin said.
"It's easy to say, brother Liu, whatever goods you want to buy, our Mi family will give you the lowest price. In Xuzhou, if the goods are complete now and the price is not 30% higher than before, it may be our Mi family in Qu County." Mi Zhu said proudly, among all the people in the world,
The big merchants Zhen family, Wei family, and Lu family were all deeply affected by the Yellow Turbans. Only the Mi family, whose base camp was on the seaside and mainly engaged in maritime trade with the Kingdom of Wu, was least affected.
Mi Zhu led people to inspect the white sugar that Liu Xin brought. They found a total of 2,864 kilograms of 12 guan each, a total of 3,436 taels of gold and 8 guan.
If this was sold to the Zhen family in Wuji County, it would be good if the Zhen family could give two thousand gold. The Zhen family is too close to Zhuo County, and most of the trade routes are blocked nowadays. Even if Liu Xin purchases goods in Wuji County, he may not be able to buy much.
Mi Zhu took him to the large market in the east of Qu County. This market was larger than any market Liu Xin had ever seen. Most of them were businesses of the Mi family, as well as some small merchants who followed the Mi family. Liu Xin asked about the prices of goods here.
, but was shocked.
Coarse cloth costs 560 yen per piece, fine cloth 1,100 yen, and fine cloth only 2,400 yen. Think about the current price of Zhuo County coarse cloth, which costs more than 500 yen per foot. This is a tenfold profit.
"If you buy a lot of things, you can hire a fleet. The waterway from Quxian can go all the way to Bohai County in Youzhou. It is only 300 miles away from Zhuoxian. It shouldn't be difficult for you to have enough people to return to Zhuoxian." Mi Zhu told Liu
Xin said.
During the Three Kingdoms period, it was very risky for ships to travel by sea. Large ships only dared to sail on the sea from April to August every year. Liu Xin made a lot of money in the market, and finally planned to buy more goods back. When he arrived in Bohai County, he was sure
We can transport all these goods back.
After staying in Qu County for three full days, Liu Xin bought more than 5,000 pieces of various kinds of cloth, which was enough for the entire Zhuo County for more than a year. 1,000 shi of salt of various qualities (300 jin per stone of salt), countless tea and other goods
, a total of more than 1,600 taels of gold was spent.
Chapter completed!