And the person he was playing with was the late emperor’s woman.

But there is a huge difference between playing and playing.

The uncle played with his concubine and came up with a strategy to conquer the country, General Cao played with the late emperor's talented people and came up with an embarrassing move of the capital...

well!

But it's useless to think about this now.

Because the moment he saw Uncle Feng, there was no way out.

Of course, for Cao Miao, he did not need a retreat.

I'm just afraid that when the time comes, the Cao family of Wei Dynasty will use themselves as a retreat.

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The summer of Yanxi's seventh year was a bit hot.

Especially Nanjun in Jingzhou.

Since ancient times, Nanjun has been the center of Jingzhou.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Ying, the capital of Chu State, fell within the scope of Nanjun.

Later, when the Qin Dynasty unified the world, Jingzhou ruled Jiangling in Nanjun, so Nanjun was often referred to as Jingzhou.

Later, the Former Han Dynasty established the Jingzhou Prefectural History Department, all of which belonged to Nanjun.

It can be said that although Liu Biao later moved the state government of Jingzhou to Xiangyang, firstly to guard against the north, and secondly because of Liu Biao's power, he could only control the central and northern areas centered on Xiangyang at first.

And Nanjun is the veritable center of Jingzhou.

After Wu broke the alliance and took Jingzhou, it also took Nanjun as its base.

Now even if the Wu Kingdom captured Xiangyang, the status of Nanjun was still unshakable.

Because Xiangyang is on the front line, it can only serve as a barrier for Jingzhou.

Over the years, Nanjun has become the most important transit point between Han and Wu.

Whether traveling from the State of Wu to the State of Han, or from the State of Han to the State of Wu, business envoys must pass through here.

In particular, the various materials shipped from Han not only brought an abnormal commercial prosperity to Nanjun, but also met Jingzhou's food needs.

Over the years, the price of food in Nanjun has been hovering around more than 300 yuan, which is comparable to the price of food in Shu, the land of abundance.

Compared with the price of food in Jiangdong, which costs thousands or even thousands of dollars, Nanjun is truly the most peaceful place to live and work in Wu.

But this situation changed after the summer grain was put into storage this year.

"What? Six hundred dollars! How could it go up so much?"

In a large grain store in Jiangling City, a man with a cloth bag on his shoulder was shouting excitedly to the store clerk:

"The summer grain has just come down. If you don't lower the price, just raise it. What's the point?"

It stands to reason that every time when summer and autumn grains come into the warehouse, grain stores will lower their prices to clear out the warehouses, just to sell the old grains as soon as possible so that the warehouses can be emptied to receive new grains.

This man came over happily, intending to buy three to five more bushels of grain.

Unexpectedly, this time, instead of lowering the price, the price actually increased.

And this increase has almost doubled.

The waiter's face was full of helplessness, but he patiently explained:

"This guest, we subordinates can't decide what the price of food is. It's all the price set by the employer."

"My boss? Where's your boss? Why don't you come out? Why don't you go and grab the food prices you set at such a high price?"

The boss inside had long heard the commotion outside. He lifted the curtain and although there was a smile on his face, his tone did not mean to apologize at all:

"Guest, guest, don't be so loud. You don't know something. The price of food in the entire Jiangling City is now the same."

"If you don't believe it, please go and ask around. We really didn't raise the price intentionally, because there isn't much new grain coming this year!"

"Most of what I sell in my store now are locally produced grains, which I personally brought with others and spent a lot of money to collect. You think it's expensive, but I still think it's expensive!"

Not to mention Jiangling, even in the entire Nanjun, there are people growing food.

But they are all grown on the big family's manor for their own food, and they don't grow much. Most of them are just enough for themselves.

What idiot is still growing food these days?

Especially after the change from rice to mulberry in the past two years.

The large tracts of fertile land in Nan County are either planted with sugar cane or mulberry trees.

Two years ago, I heard that a secret method was passed down from the Shu Kingdom, which not only allowed the silkworms raised by everyone to spin more silk.

The most important thing is that it allows everyone to raise silkworms for two seasons in a year.

As long as a document is signed with the Shu people, the Shu people will not only recycle the raw silk produced in the future at a high price, but will even give them a certain share of low-priced Shu brocade.

This is an incredible thing.

Isn’t it exactly the same as that kind of sugar cane?

I missed the opportunity to make a fortune growing sugar cane, so I can’t miss this opportunity to grow mulberry and raise silkworms.

Not to mention whether recycling raw silk is expensive or not, just having a certain share of low-priced Sichuan brocade is enough to make people excited.

I heard that there is a kind of plum blossom machine in the Shu Kingdom. The jacquard damask brocade weaved has unique patterns and various patterns. It is the best among Shu brocades.

Once the Shu brocade is taken out, I don’t know how many people want to grab it.

Therefore, the wealthy families in Jingzhou went crazy and wanted to sign contracts with the Shu people.

How much money can you make selling jaggery and raw silk?

The grain shipped from Shu is abundant and cheap.

I spent half of the money I earned on food, but I couldn’t even finish it.

Growing food, what is that but a fool?

But as ordinary people, how can a man who comes to buy food know so many secrets?

He just wanted to take advantage of the rare price drop in food during the year to buy more for his father and husband to take home to feed his wife and children.

"Why isn't this expensive?"

The man's face turned red with anger, "Food prices have not changed for so many years, why did they suddenly rise so much this year? What are you doing, robbing us?"

Seeing the other party being so entangled, the boss clicked his tongue, feeling a little impatient and waved his hand:

"Didn't you tell me? There will be no grain harvest this year, and the grain stores all over the city don't have much grain left in stock. They are all at this price. This guest, let me ask, do you want to buy it?"

"Buy food!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the store darken and several more people walked into the store.

After seeing the person clearly, the man who originally asked his employer couldn't help but quietly retreated to a corner.

Without it.

Because the person who came was not only aggressive, but also wearing weapons.

These days, those who can wear weapons while walking outside must either have a good family background or are not a kind person.

No matter what it is, ordinary people can't afford it.

Shopkeepers are much more discerning than men.

He even saw that the weapons worn by several people were standard military weapons.

"Yes, yes! How many captains do you want to buy?"

The boss personally greeted him with an apologetic smile, bowed and nodded and asked.

"We will take as much as you have."

Great tone.

The store owner was not surprised.

Over the years, it has become common for the military to come to purchase food.

It's just that this year's situation was special, which made the store owner a little uneasy, so he explained a little carefully:

"Commanders, there is less food this year, and the price of food is not as high as in previous years..."

"Bah!"

A stack of bills hit the desk.

"This is a deposit. We want all the grain in your store, as well as the grain in the warehouse in the back yard. We are not allowed to sell it to anyone else."

Don't ask about the price of food, just throw money at it.

The store owner was knocked unconscious on the spot and bent even lower:

"Okay, okay! No problem, no problem! The captain is awesome!"
To be continued...