Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 92 Transaction Postponed, Ke Lai Ju Tavern
After bidding farewell to Xu Rong, Liu Yu returned to Cui's jade shop, and saw Cui Di standing outside the shop in advance to welcome him.

"It's inconvenient to speak here, please rest in the inner room, my lord."

Liu Yu took a look and found that there were quite a few people in the store, so he went straight to the inner room, and Cui Di followed after giving some instructions to the clerk.

As soon as he entered the room, Liu Yu asked: "Are you familiar with Xu Rong? Didn't expect him to ask you for help in exchange for food?"

Cui Di shook his head quickly when he heard the words, and replied: "How can a villain have the ability to climb up to the captain of the city gate, but recently General Xu got a lot of jewelry and jade, so he went to the west market to bulk goods, and many shops are selling for him. The store has also eaten a lot, and I just signed a delivery contract with Xu Rong."

Liu Yu took a look at the contract, which said that Xu Rong would hand over the jewelry and jade to Cui Di for sale, and the profits would be exchanged for food and grass.

The mysterious rich merchant would not deal directly with the military, and Xu Rong needed a lot of military supplies. He scattered the jade wares in various merchants' shops and said they were consignments. In fact, he wanted the merchants to help him make deals with the mysterious rich merchant.

When it comes to trading grain, Liu Yu is here to ask Cui Di whether he has contacted the middleman to deal with the mysterious rich businessman.

"By the way, last time you said that you would conduct a transaction with the mysterious rich businessman in a few days. Can you set a specific date and place?"

"Oh, I was just about to report this matter to my lord, but the transaction time has been postponed to the middle of next month!"

"Why is it suddenly postponed? Didn't it mean that the mysterious rich businessman who was introduced by an intermediary would never miss an appointment!"

"The villain has just been notified of this matter, and the specific reason is even more unknown."

Originally, Liu Yu planned to go with Cui Di to see if he could find any clues about the mysterious rich businessman during the transaction, but now it seems that there is no hope in the short term.

At this time, Liu Yu thought of Xu Rong who had just left, and asked, "Is it because Xu Rong ordered more grain and grass, so those middlemen can only meet his needs first?"

Cui Di thought for a moment and shook his head and replied: "My lord, the villain doesn't think this is the reason, because I got the transaction postponement notice this morning, a little earlier than Xu Rong came to Xishi Bulk. Moreover, Xu Rong's grain and grass transaction also They were all ranked one month later, so..."

It seems that this matter has nothing to do with Xu Rong, so why?

Is it because the mysterious rich businessman's food reserves are insufficient?But the grain he bought before was enough to cover the entire city of Luoyang for half a year, and it was impossible to sell it out so quickly.

Could it be...the mysterious rich merchant has more important customers who need to serve, so he temporarily postponed the transaction with the merchants?

And could this important client be Wang Yun and Xun Shuang?

Wang Yun and Xun Shuang promised in front of Dong Zhuo in the Chongde Hall that they would prepare food and grass for the bandit suppressing army within ten days, but when they were in Situ's Mansion, the two said that their family was not in Luoyang City, It takes a long time to raise rations.

With such contradictory statements, aren't they afraid of being dealt with by military law? After all, they have issued a military order above the main hall.

Unless they had other ways to raise rations in the first place.

For example, using local materials to trade military rations with mysterious rich merchants, or directly allocating military rations from mysterious rich merchants.

Judging from the current situation, Liu Yu still suspects that the three major families are the supporters and manipulators behind the mysterious wealthy businessman.

Although Yang Xiu denied the relationship between the two, Liu Yu always believed that among the princes and ministers in Luoyang City, only Wang Yun and the others had the ability to set up this situation under Dong Zhuo's nose.

And Yang Xiu may not have lied, but what he knows should only be superficial. After all, such a confidential matter will definitely not involve too many people. Yang Xiu is too young to know too much.

Since it is impossible to trade with the mysterious businessman in the short term, Liu Yu can only temporarily give up his plan to spy on the news from the on-the-spot transaction.

……

It was already evening when we left the West Market. When we walked to the intersection, Liu Yu looked up and saw a plaque with the three characters "Ke Lai Ju".

This should be a newly opened tavern, because it was still empty before Liu Yu went to Hulao Pass.

As he got closer, he could see a person standing under the plaque. This person looked cautious and serious like a waiter in a tavern.

Of course he is not the waiter, but the owner of this tavern, but the owner is not his real identity because he is Zhang Xiu.

"Are you standing here, waiting for me?"

"No, it's General Niu who wants to see you!"

Under Zhang Xiu's guidance, Liu Yu followed into Kelaiju.

The decoration of the tavern is very good, but the store is very deserted, probably because the newly opened store just happened to encounter a food disaster in Luoyang.

I saw a few guys leaning together and chatting listlessly, but when Liu Yu came in, the eyes of these people suddenly became sharp.

Until Zhang Xiu coughed lightly, those guys stopped paying attention to the two of them.

At this time Liu Yu saw another guest drinking in a dark corner.

So he walked over without hesitation.

"It's almost sunset, but you still come here for a drink, General Niu really has a good mood!"

"The sunset is good, the sunset is quiet!"

Niu Fu smiled and motioned for him to sit down, and Liu Yu sat down unceremoniously, poured himself a bowl of wine, and went to work with his head up.

Niu Fu accompanied him with a bowl, while Zhang Xiu turned around and went back to the counter.

The counter is facing the store door, so you can see everything on the street.

"The grand master was very satisfied with the court meeting in the morning, but he has to be wronged that King Zhongshan will be a minor official of the Taicang Order for the time being!"

"Being an official requires seniority and credit. As long as the grand master is satisfied, I'm not in a hurry."

Niu Fu smiled again after hearing this, and got up to fill him up with wine.

After commending Liu Yu's performance in the Chongde Hall, Niu Fu's expression became more serious.

"I heard that King Zhongshan went to Situ's mansion after he retired from the imperial court. Did you find any useful information?"

Liu Yu and Dong Zhuo played a pair of reeds in the Chongde Palace, in order to help Liu Yu break into the royalists and find evidence of their collusion with the mysterious wealthy businessman, so as to have an excuse to punish Wang Yun and others.

It's just that Liu Yu has his own ideas, the case needs to be investigated, but he doesn't want to destroy the struggle pattern between the royalist faction and the Xiliang faction so early.

"Finding information is not so simple. It needs to be done step by step. However, through my hard work, I have become a core member of the Royalist faction. I believe that I will be able to find useful information in a short time."

Niu Fu originally wanted to beat and remind Liu Yu for Dong Zhuo, telling him not to forget his identity as a secret spy, but he didn't expect that he would become a core member of the royalist faction as soon as he entered Situ's mansion.

"Very good! My father-in-law is right!"

As he spoke, Niu Fu picked up the wine bowl and toasted Liu Yu.

(End of this chapter)