The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 39 Take what you need
As soon as the window was pushed open, a big big head flooded into the eyes in an instant, occupying the entire field of vision.

It's time to.

He was poking his head out to look into the room when he was suddenly thrown out of the window, and he was at a loss.

Cheng Yuanzhi quickly took a step back, leaned back, tried to make his expression gentle, and his tone was slightly surprised:

"Why are you here?"

"How can you be here?"

"You're only 12 years old."

"You are young……"

Su Gai scratched his head and said, "Commander, you may not believe me when I say it, but I'm just passing by to see if Commander is asleep."

"Do you think I believe it or not?" Cheng Yuanzhi's face darkened.

Su Gai looked left and right, and said softly, "Marshal, I'm not young anymore."

After all, he ran away.

"..."

Being interrupted like this, Cheng Yuanzhi didn't have any thoughts, especially when he turned his head and saw Zhang Xiaoyu's calm body, his agitated clothes instantly returned to their original state, and his mind became more ascetic.

Shaking his head, he pushed the door and walked out.

In the room, Zhang Xiaoyu quietly opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately lost again...

……

Cheng Yuanzhi wandered around his mansion, and was shocked when he learned the whole picture of the mansion presented by Yuan Shu.

This mansion can be summed up in one word - big.

Pavilions are connected to pavilions, rockeries are accompanied by real water, winding paths lead to secluded gardens, and other courtyards are filled with flowers and plants. They are like a maze.

It is roughly estimated that it covers an area of ​​more than two square kilometers, and the outer courtyard alone occupies half of it. It is like playing with three or five hundred servants.

But now there are only ten male servants living here, and it looks very empty.

The maids and other female relatives live in the inner courtyard.

There used to be an old housekeeper surnamed Yuan in the house, but after the house changed owners, he returned to Yuan Shu's place.

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Li Er, carefully thinking about his words and said: "Er, do you want to be a big leader who is less than one person and more than a hundred people?"

Li Er nodded in surprise.

For a moment, he felt that his silent dedication had finally paid off, and the commander finally discovered his essence-both civil and military, loyal and brave.

Then reuse it for him!

He has already begun to dream of leading a team of troops, charging into battle, scolding Fang Qiu, and making achievements...

So when Cheng Yuanzhi walked out of the gate with Su Gai, he took over the post of housekeeper in a daze.

The gap between dreams and reality is too great...

He couldn't accept it a little bit.

……

The capital city of Han Dynasty, the east city of Luoyang.

The Qingshiban street is straight and wide, and there are many shops on both sides of the downtown area. There are countless mobile vendors hawking loudly on the roadside, and there are many merchants.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion did not affect the city, nor did it affect the smoothness of the Silk Road.

Along the way, Cheng Yuanzhi saw many merchants from the Western Regions with blue eyes and high nose bridges, some leading horses, some leading camels, carrying silk and porcelain, in groups.

The common people were wandering in the streets happily, selling goods, with contented smiles on their ravaged faces, and gratification in their eyes that had experienced many vicissitudes of life.

They are forgetful, as long as they can survive, they can enjoy the hardships and forget all the sufferings they have suffered.

They also memorize it by force, as long as they can't survive, the pain they have suffered will reappear in front of their eyes.

They can even clearly remember that 20 or 30 years ago, a certain landlord bully and corrupt officials robbed them of the only food they had, causing their parents, wives and children to starve to death one by one.

Being in Luoyang, a city that carries a rich history, Cheng Yuanzhi intuitively felt the sadness of history.

If someone hadn't patted his shoulder heavily, he would have been immersed in this pitiful and desolate atmosphere, unable to extricate himself.

"Brother."

Yuan Shu led a group of followers, went around to the front, blocking the way.

"What's the matter with the highway?" Cheng Yuanzhi quickly collected his emotions and asked him.

Yuan Shu laughed, and Gu Zuo said to him: "The imperial court will enlist me as a general of Huben Zhonglang in the near future."

General Huben Zhonglang is currently second only to General He Jin in the military.

This is the starting point for the children of the Four Generations and Three Dukes, and it is also the end point that ordinary people cannot reach in their lifetime
Cheng Yuanzhi responded numbly: "Congratulations."

Yuan Shu waved his hands and replied cheerfully, "Congratulations, congratulations."

Cheng Yuanzhi glanced at him: "Is the road all right?"

Yuan Shu shook his head quickly: "It's really nothing."

"I'm leaving."

"Wait a minute, Shu suddenly remembered something, let's talk while walking..."

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head helplessly and followed his pace.

This is not a good thing for a rich man, he clearly says he has something to ask you on his face, and he has to turn eighteen corners before he can say it.

Can kill a person in a hurry.

Cheng Yuanzhi is not used to his problem.

Along the way, there were as many people as eating dumplings, and they broke out in sweat after walking a few steps.

In the past 40 years, the population of the Han Dynasty has grown rapidly. At the time of Emperor Heng, the population of Luoyang was less than 50, and the population of the entire Sili Department was only 120 million.

Today, the population of Sili has more than doubled, and the population around Luoyang City alone has reached 70.

All are concentrated in the four outer cities and the inner city with a radius of twelve miles.

What is the concept of 70 people living in a city?
The most intuitive feeling is that there is a flood of people on the street, and at a glance, there are densely packed heads.

The ability to accommodate such a large population was only achieved after more than 100 years of planning and development after Luoyang became the eastern capital.

Not long after, everyone crowded into the Dongcheng Market Center.

Yuan Shu pointed to the pitching platform among the crowd and said, "Let's take a look, my virtuous brother."

As far as the eye can see, countless people have surrounded the pitching platform, but they are basically waiting and watching, and no one is buying arrows.

This is very different from yesterday's situation.

The cockfighting ring is limited by the chicken turning rate, and the profits that can be created in a day are predictable, and it is relatively wasteful.

And it takes a lot of time and manpower to cultivate gamecocks.

The pot throwing platform has no upper limit and can accommodate multiple people throwing at the same time.

Yuan Shu had long thought of giving up the cockfighting business, but it just so happened that he learned the new method of throwing pots and competing for money yesterday, and he suddenly felt that it was no problem to make a fortune every day.

But who knew that reality would give him a hard slap today.

When the people saw that they could not make a big deal out of a small sum and could not obtain ten taels of silver, they all stopped moving forward.

Thirty steps is already beyond the range of ordinary people.

Usually, they can wet their shoes with the wind, let alone shoot an arrow not much thicker than chopsticks into the mouth of a fist-sized pot thirty steps away.

They can't sit down.

After doing this once or twice, naturally no one voted again.

Although the Yuan family is a famous family with countless properties and considerable savings, the main source of money is business. Due to their reputation, the business is handed over to the servants to take care of it.

As the actual controller, matters that cannot be solved by the people below will be reported.

How could Yuan Shu not be in a hurry?At a loss, I had to ask for advice.

Cheng Yuanzhi pondered for a moment and decided to sell him his favor.
Then he parted from the crowd, went in and sold an arrow, and shook his hand and shot it into the throwing pot thirty steps away.

The posture is chic and handsome.

Then he stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the money."

The strong man was taken aback, looked at his young master, and then at Cheng Yuanzhi, not understanding what kind of game this was.

However, he still took out ten taels of silver and handed it over.

When the common people saw that someone shot the pot and got the silver taels, they couldn't hold back all of a sudden.

"Boom~"

The crowd was boiling, and they gave generously, eager to give it a try.

Yuan Shu stared blankly at the pot-throwing platform that suddenly exploded, as if he had caught something, but he didn't.

For his own plan, and to prevent Yuan Shu from bothering him in the future, Cheng Yuanzhi simply mentioned the follow-up plan.

But there is one condition...

Yuan Shu immediately agreed.

The plan is as follows:

Set the throwing pot to two levels, the price of the arrow remains the same, and the reward for twenty steps is ten times, that is, one tael of silver.

The reward for thirty steps is still ten times, which is twelve taels of grain silver.

In this way, the number of people who can hit the throwing pot twenty steps away will definitely increase greatly, but it will not exceed the profit obtained, and at the same time, the business will always be maintained at a relatively high level.

This will further promote the fermentation of fame and lead to heroes who can really hit the [-]th step.

And these heroes are Cheng Yuanzhi's reward for his ideas.

How much he wants.

In this way, Yuan Shu got money and Cheng Yuanzhi got talents.

The cooperation between the two parties is win-win and mutually beneficial.

Cheng Yuanzhi had been planning this idea for a long time, and it gradually took shape when he took away the throwing pot from the tea house.

The capital city of Luoyang has a large population and correspondingly more talents, which is perfect for realizing this plan.

Most of the talents here are "learned in literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family", and more of them are low-end talents who have a skill but are struggling to make a living.

He needs these low-end talents.

With his current status and reputation, wanting to recruit talents - that is no different from a dream.

Only out of curiosity.

The ancients once said: Those who do not plan for the whole world are not enough to plan for a moment, and those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region.

Cheng Yuanzhi has been planning his future step by step since he was a big man out of danger.

Even if he was trapped in a barbarian tribe and was treated as a rocking car by a barbarian woman day and night, making him dizzy and nauseated every day, he never forgot to think about ways to save the world.

……

Yuan Shu only watched for a while, and when he saw money being kept in packages by servants, he said with a complicated expression:

"My virtuous brother is truly a genius in the world."

"In the past, there was a clever plan to rob food in Heishan, and in the middle, there was a method of amassing wealth and fame in Hanoi. Now there is a clever plan in Kyoto to gain both people and wealth."

"From today onwards, I am afraid that no one in the world will know you."

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head again and again: "It's over, it's over, if you blow it up again, you'll go to heaven. If you think I'm smarter than others and know more, it's just because my feet are on the shoulders of giants... "

"Oh, my dear brother, you are so eloquent, your words are very insightful!"

There was an astonishing light in Yuan Shu's eyes, and he stared straight at him.

Newton, I'm sorry
Cheng Yuanzhi recited a sentence silently, and quickly took two steps back to avoid Yuan Shu's extended hand, feeling helpless.

People in this era are not good at this.

If a man and a woman see each other right, they will go straight home and start a marriage immediately with the simplest and quickest method that does not contain any technical content...

And if a man and a man see each other, they must hold hands, ask for a big bowl of wine, and sleep with their feet on their feet, and use the most honest and flavorful means to declare sincerity.

It's better to drink, to sleep with hands and feet, Cheng Yuanzhi can't accept anything.

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(End of this chapter)