Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 320: Kindness and force! (Thanks to Momen Yizhidou for the four little gifts~~)
"I will obey your orders!"

After Gao Shun finished speaking, he turned around and left the government office.

Although Mr. Chu did not say it explicitly, he could feel from the other party's serious expression that this thing was different from any previous invention!
Now, he and the Xianzhen Camp have been entrusted with an important task, so he naturally has to complete it as well as possible.

The first thing to do in this mission is to let the brothers in the Xianzhen Camp refine and purify sulfur.

The reason why this matter has to be handed over to the most trusted trap camp.

This means that this matter is the top priority of this mission and is a core secret that outsiders cannot get involved in!

Of course, before that, he needed to go to the blacksmith shop in the city to order a large amount of fool's gold.

Gao Shun rode his horse towards the largest blacksmith shop in the city.

Just as he passed by a grain purchasing shop, he suddenly heard a loud quarrel coming from inside.

There was also a very familiar female voice.

Gao Shun immediately slowed down and stopped in front of the shop, and sure enough, he saw a familiar slim figure inside.

I saw that she was dressed in simple peasant clothes, her skin was slightly dark, but her figure was graceful and her face was quite pretty.

If it weren't for her dark complexion, she would definitely be considered a rare beauty.

She was none other than Deng Ai's mother, Minister of Agriculture Yang Yun.

They have become familiar with each other ever since they used the "Crossing the River in White Clothes" strategy together last time.

Later, Yang Yun would occasionally ask him for help, and he would often help her solve agricultural problems.

After a few interactions, the relationship between them naturally became very good.

Seeing that the other party was arguing with another person, Gao Shun immediately dismounted, tied the horse at the door, walked into the store and shouted:
"What are you guys arguing about?!"

Gao Shun's low roar instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.

Yang Yun turned around, and a hint of surprise suddenly appeared on her angry face.

However, before she could say anything, the shop owner also knew Gao Shun and immediately complained:

"General Gao, you've come just in time! This Mrs. Yang Sinong is determined to help the farmers sell their grain to me at a high price.

“Right now, grain is no longer a scarce commodity in our Chu State, and it cannot be sold at such a high price.

"But Madam Yang insisted on selling it to me at a high price. Do you think this makes sense?"

After listening to the shopkeeper's words, Gao Shun roughly understood what was going on.

However, he did not believe the shopkeeper's one-sided words, but instead looked at Yang Yun beside him.

Yang Yun immediately questioned the shopkeeper:
"Manager Liu, you can't say that, right?

“Under the leadership of Duke Chu, our Chu State has indeed achieved a surge in grain production.

"But other places outside of Chu don't have as much food as we do.

“Although the curved plow and dragon-bone waterwheel have spread to other places.

“But those in power elsewhere would not be as generous as Lord Chu in allowing farmers to use these tools.

“Those in power have been restricting the development of the grassroots people and are even unwilling to let them have enough food.

"So you buy grain from us at a low price and then sell it overseas at a high price. Do you really think we don't know?"

Manager Liu's expression suddenly turned ugly:

"Mrs. Yang, you can't say that.

"We are businessmen too. We buy everyone's grain. We can't just let you make money and not let us make money, right?

“You have to know that transporting grain abroad, storing grain, and connecting with overseas businessmen also require extremely high costs.

"If I don't buy your food anymore, can you still sell it to others at a higher price than mine?"

Manager Liu's rebuttal left Yang Yun speechless for a moment.

Obviously, they had a disagreement over the high and low grain purchase prices.

Gao Shun was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked Manager Liu:
"What is the price you pay for grain?"

Shopkeeper Liu replied disapprovingly:

"Ten thousand coins per stone." Gao Shun pondered for a while, then looked at Yang Yun:

"Mrs. Yang, what's the price you offered?"

Yang Yun turned towards Gao Shun, and her voice softened unconsciously:

“We hope that Manager Liu can purchase it at the price of 25,000 coins per stone.

"According to the information I have gathered, the grain purchased by Manager Liu was sold overseas at the price of 50,000 coins per stone!"

Hearing that Yang Yun actually had this information, Manager Liu's face became even uglier:

"Madam Yang, there is no evidence, please don't slander someone's innocence here!"

Seeing that Yang Yun was about to quarrel with Manager Liu again, Gao Shun immediately raised his hand and signaled Yang Yun to stop talking.

Then he looked at Shopkeeper Liu and said indifferently:

“Although there is no clear law in our country that prohibits selling grain abroad.

"But can your actions be considered as treason in some ways?"

When Manager Liu heard the word "collaborating with the enemy", his face changed instantly and a bad premonition came to his mind.

Gao Shun continued expressionlessly:

“Also, if the government wants to check how much you’ve earned, they can easily find out.

“But the reason why Lord Chu has not established such a law is that he hopes that businessmen like you can achieve mutual benefit and win-win results with the grassroots people.

“As for the so-called scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, the status of merchants should be below that of farmers.

“If you are not living in troubled times, you won’t have this opportunity to grab money.

"Of course, since you are not from an aristocratic family, you are not Lord Chu's target.

"So for Lord Chu's sake, let's buy their grain for... 24,000 coins. How do you think?"

After hearing Gao Shun's words of both kindness and severity, Manager Liu dared not say anything more.

He naturally knew that he was able to become a wealthy businessman by benefiting from the policies of the Chu State.

Some people work hard on farming all their lives, but they are still just poor farmers.

Are they not working hard enough, getting up early and going to bed late?
of course not.

It’s just that the effort is in the wrong place or not appropriate.

If you are standing at the forefront of policies or the times, even if you are a pig, you can take off as long as you work a little harder!
As a leading businessman, Manager Liu naturally saw that Gao Shun was partial to Yang Yun.

Although he was very reluctant, Gao Shun was after all the de facto second in command in Lu Bu's army!

Giving him face can also gain some hidden benefits.

What if he offends the other party? The other party will really target him.

Then he should not only not ask for less money in the future, but also ask whether he can make money at all.

Thinking of this, Manager Liu could only smile bitterly and bow:

"Since General Gao has spoken, how dare I disobey?

"Just do as the general said and buy their grain at the price of 24,000 coins!"

The farmers who came with Yang Yun immediately showed surprised smiles.

Obviously, the price of twenty-four thousand coins was far beyond their expectations!
After all, the 25,000 coins mentioned by Yang Yun were the price given for bargaining with Manager Liu.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Gao Shun took action, Manager Liu immediately agreed.

Yang Yun also looked towards Gao Shun with gratitude, her eyes like spring plum blossoms blooming in the snow, hiding her love.

Yang Yun bowed to Gao Shun and then asked in a low voice:

"General Gao, are you free tonight? How about coming to my house for a simple meal?

"Deng Ai hasn't seen his uncle Gao for a long time and he misses him a lot!"

(End of this chapter)