Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Lan Tian winked at Deng Fan who was beside him. Deng Fan took the cloth bag and put it on the case before pouring it out. Inside were some treasures from Jiaozhou.

Lan Tian glanced at the few, but there were agates, pearls, rhino horns, tortoise shells and so on.

"Clan Chief Abu has put in a lot of thought, and he is already so fluent in Chinese." Lan Tian smiled slightly.

Seeing that Lan Tian didn't refuse, Abu said with a smile on his face, "It's impossible to do business without learning Chinese..."

"In the past, I asked you to promote Liu Shijun's benevolence and policies among the Yue tribe in Lingnan, and provided you with goods to travel around. By the way, I asked you for information on various places in Jiaozhou. Why is there no news about Shi'an this year?" Lan Tian wrinkled I frowned.

A Bu swallowed his saliva, he knew that Lan Tian would definitely hold on to him.

When he first received this task, he was still working hard for the livelihood of his clansmen, but after the business gradually became stronger, especially when Gan Ning led the army to the south to help Lai Gong, Abu tried his best to mobilize the Yue people to help, and finally Xu Shuang led The trapped camp easily regained Yulin County.

Abu felt that this was considered a great favor, and he gradually did not go to Shi'an to collect food and salary, so he felt that the cooperation between himself and Lantian should be automatically terminated. If it were not for the trend of heavy profits, he would not be today. Rush to Bushan.

"I have been serving you with all my heart these years, but now that the caravan has gradually formed a scale, I don't have much energy to publicize and collect information. However, it has been a long time since we have been paid, and I hope the general will not blame..." Abu Bowing said.

"It's understandable. The Abu patriarch is here to give gifts?" Lan Tian naturally didn't get angry, which made Gan Ning next to him very puzzled. For this kind of ungrateful guy, he should be chopped down with a knife, and he talked so much nonsense with him What?

Seeing that Lan Tian was not angry, Abu quickly cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll cut to the chase. I came to Bushan today to do business with the general..."

"Bold, who do you think you are talking to?" Gan Ning finally couldn't hold back his anger.

"Xingba, let him continue." The reason why Lan Tian didn't get angry was because he knew the negotiation strategy very well, let the other party reveal his purpose first, and it would not be too late for him to find a way to dismantle the trick.

Over the years, Abu has traveled all over the world to do business, and Abu has experienced life and death many times. These experiences made him understand one thing, that is, wealth and wealth are found in insurance. He believes that anyone can trade, as long as the bargaining chip is high enough.

"I know that the general has some green pills, which are very effective in curing Lingnan's acclimatization. Abu dares to ask you to buy some..."

When Gan Ning heard this, he exchanged glances with Lan Tian, ​​it seemed that the information he got was not false, this guy was making a lot of money by reselling Qinghao pills, and now he turned his mind on Lan Tian.

"Clan Chief Abu is really well-informed, but these pills are not easy to refine, and the quantity is very limited, and they are only distributed in our army, and will not be sold outside." Lan Tian shook his head.

"The general can ask for any price..." Abu has had more contact with the family of scholars in the past two years. The richer these people are, the more greedy they are. From his limited knowledge, he thinks that Lan Tian is similar to Shiwu and others, all for profit and live.

"My asking price is not low." Lan Tian smiled mysteriously.

"As long as there is a price..." Abu said in his heart that I have found a buyer, even if you want gold in exchange, you can negotiate.

"Abu, I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid. Everything you have now is really obtained by your own hard work? If Lai Shishi and I don't provide you with convenience, you should still be cheated everywhere. , believe it or not, I can make you lose everything with just a snap of my fingers?" Lan Tian's expression changed suddenly.

Abu was startled, and quickly knelt on the ground, "General calm down, Abu hasn't forgotten his roots, it's fine if he doesn't have that green pill, I'm... let's leave..."

Just as Abu was about to get up, Gan Ning had strode towards him, and his fierce aura instantly made him dare not move.

"Forgive me, General..." Abu begged bitterly.

"I asked you to go into business to inquire about news. I didn't expect you to actually start a business. Tell me now, where are Lu Tan's green pills sold?" Lan Tian asked with a frown.

"Big... Most of them were sold to Shi Taishou, and a few pills were also sold to Cangwu..." Abu's forehead was dripping with sweat. When he was negotiating business with Shi Xie in Jiaozhi, he was not under as much pressure as he is now.

Lan Tian sneered: "Your hometown is in Yulin County, and you know that Governor Lai and I are friends. The scholar family has conflicts with Wu Judu and Governor Lai. Such behavior is tantamount to treason by the enemy.

General Gan, how do you usually punish this kind of crime? "

Gan Ning clasped his fists and said, "The main criminal will be beheaded in front of the village, and the rest of the accomplices will be strangled..."

Abu suddenly felt his body go limp, and he changed from a kneeling position to a slumped sitting. Is he going to lose his head?I haven't had a good life for a few days yet, General Lan is so amiable, why is he scarier than General Gan when he really wants to kill someone?

"God has the virtue of good life, and I don't want to kill too much. Since I am paid to do things for me, I shouldn't give up halfway, let alone do business with me stupidly." Lan Tian said coldly.

Abu swallowed hard, seeing Lantian's tone loosened, he quickly kowtowed and pleaded: "General, I already know that I was wrong, please give me another chance, Abu will definitely cherish it..."

"Tell me, what benefits did Shi Xie give you? What did you do for him?" Lan Tian's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. A smart person like Abu could be bribed and used by him, and it was impossible for the scholar family to remain indifferent.

The Shi family occupies most of Jiaozhou. When Abu was active in Hepu, Jiaozhi and other places, Shi Xie discovered the value of use, so he lured him with a lot of money to make him a secret agent of the Shi family, and Abu became a double agent in this way.

"One hundred thousand dollars a year is to use the caravan to deliver letters..." Abu replied with his head down. He didn't know how he was exposed, so he could only say that General Lan was too scary.

"The news about Governor Lai and me has been revealed, right?" Lan Tian's eyes became sharp again.

"I only talked about Yu Lin's situation, and didn't mention anything about the general..." Abu quickly waved his hand.

When Abu was captured in Shi'an, he knew that Lantian was a big man who could not be offended. When he sold information on Yulin County to Shi Xie, he only said that Lai Gong recruited the Yue people from the mountains to defeat Wu Ju in Bushan.

Although Shi Xie didn't really believe it, after all, Abu was just the leader of the little Yue people, and it was very reasonable if he didn't know the truth. There was a case of Lu Tan reselling Qinghao pills.

Liu Biao and Sun Quan Shixie can't be offended, but Jiaozhou is far away from the Central Plains, and there is miasma everywhere in the area, and the people are tough and aggressive. No one will spend their troops here. Be the emperor here.

The Shi family has been entrenched in Jiaozhou for a long time, and the military conquest is not directly proportional to the income. In Lantian's original plan, Abu's pawn is a hidden piece he placed in Jiaozhou. It may become a sharp weapon to disintegrate the Shi family. Lan Tian was distracted by too many things, such as the battle between Li and Liu Qi, and the transfer of power to Liu Qi.

With the support of Lai Gong and Shi Xie, A Bu, a red-capped Vietnamese businessman, soon became a wild horse, gradually breaking away from Lan Tian's control.

"Your people are still in Yulin?" Lan Tian asked with a frown.

Abu nodded, "I originally planned to move the whole family to Hepu or Panyu, but the old people in the family miss their homeland and don't want to leave, and now they are still in the mountains of Dingzhou..."

"If you don't forget your original intention, you will always be able to achieve it. Building your hometown is a good deed." Lan Tian sighed.

"Yes yes yes..." Abu quickly agreed.

Lan Tian nodded, then stretched out three fingers and said: "You and your clansmen have made contributions to helping Governor Lai regain Yulin before, and I will let Shi Xie do the work for you. I can let the past go. Now I will give you three ways , you must choose carefully.”

"Thank you General, I will go through fire and water this time..." Abu quickly kowtowed.

Lan Tian said slowly: "The first thing is to go back to your own village to farm, and the so-called caravan will be disbanded. I think you have made a lot of money. It's time to repay the elders of the clan;

Second, you can continue to do business, but you must send back useful information on time. If the information is of no value, you will hand over half of the annual trading income. "

After talking about the first two items, Lan Tian deliberately stopped to see Abu’s reaction. It was easy to go from being frugal to extravagant, and it was difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. Abu has just lived a decent life, so he should have higher requirements.

Abu's work for Shi Xie has been exposed. If he continues to serve Lantian loyally in the future, Lai Gong will take special care of his clansmen. If this guy is a ruthless person who abandoned his family and business, it can only be regarded as a failure of Lantian's investment.

As Lan Tian expected, Abu was not satisfied with the status quo, he raised his head and continued to ask, "What about the third way?"

"The first two roads have almost no risk, and they can be regarded as the road of diligence and stability. The third road is the road of speculation. You are very clear about the current situation in Jiaozhou. You need to help Governor Lai to completely control this place. When the time comes, you will be rewarded for your merits. At least I can give you a county magistrate." Lan Tian leaned back.

"Abu doesn't know how to march and fight. In addition, can we be an official with more people?" Abu didn't even dare to think about such a major event as controlling Jiaozhou, but when he heard that he could be an official, he couldn't help but ask one more question. Yulin's Dingzhou County is very majestic and prestige when it governs tens of thousands of people.

"Who said you were going to go to the battlefield? Didn't the magistrate just say a word?" Lan Tian smiled slightly.

Abu swallowed his saliva, "The tallest..."

"How about the county guard? If he is really competent, he might be able to be knighted. He will promise a thousand gold." Lan Tian is not just making empty promises. He has always been thinking about using Yue people to govern the ethnic areas in Jiaozhou. Liu Bei will definitely say that in the future. Emperor, it's not impossible to give this fellow a Marquis.

"I would like to choose this way of speculation." Facing the huge temptation, Abu made up his mind without hesitation.

Lan Tian smiled and said, "Children can be taught, you go down first, and I will make arrangements when Ustin and Ushei arrive."

"Wei." Abu imitated the appearance of the Han people, bowed and exited the hall.

Looking at the back of Abu leaving, Gan Ning said disdainfully: "Sir, this guy is not trustworthy at all, why do you..."

Lan Tian sighed: "Bu Zhi came to Jiaozhou with not many troops, but under the banner of Jiangdong Sun Quan, this guy has secretly won over Wu Ju and his family. Now the situation is very unfavorable for Lai Inspector. I want to use Abu to break the situation... "

"The official Xu Jue..."

"Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. It's not just talk. Have you forgotten to use barbarians to control barbarians when you are in martial arts?"

Two days later, Usdin and Ushei came to Mount Bushan one after another. Because they were not as flexible as Abu, they couldn't effectively supervise Abu's team after it grew, but they still remained loyal to Lantian.

Wu Sihei brought a piece of news that Lantian was interested in. After Bu Zhi arrived in Nanhai County, he was not acclimatized and recuperated in Panyu.

It was really drowsy and someone brought a pillow. Lantian called Abu and Wu Sihei. After explaining to them, they went to Jiaozhilongbian and Nanhai Panyu respectively.

Wu Sihei brought some local products from Lingling in Bushan, and arrived in Panyu in two days by boat along the east of the river. Because Abu was doing business in various places every year, his Vietnamese caravan was unimpeded on the waterway.

Bu Zhi's acclimatization disease had a lot to do with the climate, but it was not as serious as Gan Ning's before. He was drowsy every day, and the work of occupying Jiaozhou had not progressed.

One day, Wei Jing, who went to Jiaozhou with Bu Zhi, heard his followers chatting about Lv Wan.

After inquiring carefully, he found out that this green pill is a magic medicine for treating acclimatization, and Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, had it in his hand. Wei Jing thought that Bu Zhi was troubled by this disease, so he went to discuss with the prefect Shi Wu.

"Does the prefect know about green pills?" Wei Jing asked.

"General Wei also knows? The news is spreading in the city recently..." Shi Wu replied.

Nanhai County is in the easternmost part of Jiaozhou. Because of salt production, it is better developed. It is far less miasma-prone than in the west. Therefore, the Qinghao pills bought by Shi Xie were not distributed to him, but it was mentioned in the correspondence. .

"Where can I buy it?" Wei Jing asked knowingly.

Shi Wu shook his head, "This pill has only recently spread, I don't know where I can buy it..."

"I heard that Brother Ling has it. Why doesn't the prefect write a letter to ask for two pills? It would be best if he can invite a doctor who can make medicine." Wei Jing snorted coldly, thinking that you are still pretending to me?

"Ah...then I'll write to ask my elder brother, if there is such a magic medicine, or if I can invite a doctor, I will send it to Panyu immediately." Shi Wu said.

"Then I'll wait for the good news."

After Wei Jing left, she didn't have any hope at first, thinking that there was no such a miraculous thing, but she also learned that the person who made the medicine was the genius doctor Hua Tuo.

After knowing the origin of the green pill, Wei Jing's heart became alive again, and he went to Shi Wu to urge him for three days in a row.

Shiwu had no choice but to send letters to Shixie repeatedly, but the wind and waves on the sea were much stronger than the inland river, and it took seven or eight days to travel from Panyu to Longbian by boat, so it was useless to rush.

Shi Xie ignored Shi Wu's letter at first. Whether it was Wu Ju, Lai Gong, or Bu Zhi who is now representing Jiangdong, he didn't want to have too many contacts. As long as everyone is safe and sound, as for Bu Zhi's illness It doesn't matter, it's best to go back to Jiangdong when you're sick.

He received letters from Shi Wu for several days in a row. Shi Xie knew that the brother was under a lot of pressure, so he took out the Qinghao pills from his collection, but because of improper storage, the green pills had turned into brown pills.

This kind of thing can't be given away, if you eat it to death, you won't be in trouble, so you sent your idea to Abu in the city.

Shi Xie summoned Abu and asked, "The last time you went to Bushan to buy green pills, do you have them in stock?"

Abu shook his head and said, "Now my place is gone. The green pills are not easy to refine. I only pre-ordered a few of them through my relationship. I guess my people have already taken them."

"Quickly ask them to send Longbian..." Shi Xie thought for a while and then changed his words: "It's better to send it directly to the Panyu Prefect's Mansion. The inland river is faster than the sea."

"Don't the general still have some?" Abu asked doubtfully.

Shi Xie shook his head, spread his hands and said, "These green pills have turned into brown pills, how can I take them out and give them away..."

Abu picked up one and smelled it, "It also smells like medicine, so it should be okay, right?"

"I don't know the effect, but if you give it away, it shouldn't be used as poison? Let your people take it fresh. I'll give you an extra [-] yuan this year. Is it okay?" Shi Xie asked with a sneer.

"It's alright...it's alright..." Abu bowed his hands in thanks, with a greedy look on his face.

More than ten days later, Abu came to Longbian's prefect's mansion in a panic, crying, "General...the green pill I bought recently was robbed..."

"What?" Shi Xie was so shocked that his beard turned up, and he continued to ask: "Where is it? Who was robbed?"

Abu shook his head, "The merchant ship passed through the Duanxi waters and was attacked by unknown bandits, and the cargo on board basically suffered..."

Shi Xie said in his heart that Duanxi is Wu Ju's territory, but it is relatively close to Yunkai Mountain. Who is targeting me?

"How long does it take to refine a batch of Mr. Hua's green pills?" Shi Xie asked again.

"Because the medicinal materials are difficult to find, I heard that the next batch will have to wait until next year..." Abu said with his head down.

next year?

Shi Xie smiled coldly, I can afford to wait, but Bu Zhi may not.

"General, if it doesn't work, just use the previous medicine. Although the color is not correct, it is true anyway. If it doesn't work, then just try the medicine." Abu reminded.

Shi Xie was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately asked someone to find a patient in Longbian to test the medicine. The green pill has a special effect on curing malaria, but not everyone has the opportunity to take it. A local wealthy family like Shi Xie, even if it is left there, it will naturally fail. It will not be given to ordinary people easily.

The effect of the test medicine is very good. Although it is not as miraculous as the fresh Qinghao pills, it can also get better after taking it with water.

Just when Shi Xie was about to send one pill to Panyu, Abu stopped him and said, "General, it's better to take two pills, in case there is also a trial over there, isn't it not enough preparation..."

Shi Xie nodded and praised: "Abu has a brain, and he is indeed a good businessman..."

"Ustin's merchant ship was hijacked. He should go to Panyu now. I want to take the general's boat. Is it convenient?" Abu asked for instructions.

Shi Xie handed the wooden box containing the green wormwood pills to Abu and said, "Ustin is a good guy, I have to go over there and comfort him. Since you are going there too, you will take the green pills for me." .”

"Is this appropriate?" Abu hesitated.

"What's not suitable? I've already tried the medicine anyway, I'm writing a book and take it for me." Shi Xie said nonchalantly.

Abu took medicine and letters, sailed eastward on Shi Xie's big ship, and arrived in Panyu seven or eight days later.

Shi Wu was dumbfounded the moment he opened the wooden box. Can these two dark things be called green pills?If Shi Xie hadn't said it clearly in the letter, he wouldn't have believed it.

"Come on, follow me to see General Wei."

After arriving at the posthouse, the soldiers presented the wooden box to Wei Jing.

At the end of August, Bu Zhi was still groggy every day, and this green pill became Wei Jing's hope.

"The prefect calls this green pill?" Wei Jing asked, pointing to the wooden box.

"General Wei, don't doubt that the green pill was originally green, and after a long time it has become this color, but it is still an effective medicine. This is a letter from my brother..." Shi Wu said and handed Shi Xie's letter over.

The letter mentioned that it was not easy to refine the green pills, and the fresh pills were robbed during transportation. Now Shi Xie only has three old pills in his hands, and after testing the medicines, it was found that they are still effective.

Wei Jing frowned and asked, "Have you really been robbed?"