Chapter 478

Liu Shan's words were very exaggerated, which frightened Tao Qian.

"Zhang Yu is an outsider. Can't you compete with him. Zhang Yu can sell it at such a low price. You might as well lower the price. Although you have made less money, you are not as good as you are now. "

Tao Qian is recovering his strength, but he doesn't want to have any conflict with Zhang Yu at this time, so he just advises these salt merchants.

"Tao Gong, if we have a way, we won't come to you. We have exhausted all our ways. If Tao Gong doesn't care any more, the salt market in Xuzhou will be completely controlled by Zhang Yu in a month." Yan Cheng said.

Seeing that Yan Cheng said the same thing, Tao Qian took it seriously.

Since ancient times, the relationship between salt and iron and the regime of the imperial court is the same in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian paid attention to it and asked several salt merchants.

"What? Zhang Yu has mastered the advanced method of making salt, and can produce cheap salt in large quantities. " Tao Qian also exclaimed in surprise.

If so, Tao Qian is also aware of the problem.

"Zhang Yu is really treacherous. If I sign a trade agreement, I can get rid of tens of millions of dollars. Now Zhang Yu has already made so much money in Xuzhou."

Tao Qian couldn't figure out how much, but the salt merchants alone ate more than 100 million yuan of salt.

A hundred million dollars sounds like a lot of money. In fact, it's not a lot for a state, because Cao song, Cao Cao's father, spent a hundred million dollars to buy a Sangong Dangdang from Liu Hong, emperor of the Han Dynasty. It can be seen that the Cao family was so rich that Xuzhou would not have much influence.

But you know, the Cao family has been accumulated for generations, and Zhang Yu has made so much money in a month or so.

In the long run, after the collapse of Xuzhou's local salt market, if the salt market in Xuzhou is controlled by Zhang Yu, then Tao Qian will indeed be passive.

At this time, Tao Qian also realized that it was a conspiracy for Zhang Yu to sign a trade agreement with him.

"I have miscalculated. I have miscalculated. I'm in Zhang Yu's way." Tao Qian thought in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it. He thought that he was afraid that the salt merchants would take the opportunity to exert pressure on him.

Tao Qian said: "I immediately sent envoys to negotiate with Zhang Yu. We must come up with a solution."

Tao Qian did not dare to promise too much at this time, but these salt merchants were not so easy to deal with.

"Tao Gong, it's not that we don't believe you. We've been supporting you all these years. We must also participate in this negotiation. It's directly related to our lives." Said a salt merchant.

Tao Qian was helpless. These big salt merchants did support him, but both sides were mutually beneficial. Tao Qian supported their monopoly of a local salt policy, while they supported Tao Qian.

However, these people have strong strength behind them, so Tao Qian did not dare to offend them.

However, Tao Qian did not give in, but said: "I'll study it and give you an answer in three days."

"Tao Gong, today's market will cost our family millions in three days." Yan Cheng said.

It's true that they haven't sold any salt for a month, and they can't afford to feed so many people who have no income or start work.

Tao Qian frowned, and then said, "OK, come back tomorrow, and we'll discuss a solution."

Several salt merchants could not wring Tao Qian's thigh, so they had to go back first.

Tao Qian immediately calls Chen Gui and Liu Bei. Although Mi Zhu has returned to Xuzhou, Tao Qian has excluded him from the core and has not called him.

What Tao Qian didn't know was that MI Zhu quietly transferred his assets after he came back, but he was transferred by sea, so he was not found.

Mi Zhu will not all transfer, in a short time, Xuzhou is still his base.

When Tao Qian talked about the situation, Chen Gui and Liu Bei were also shocked.

"Zhang Yu is so insidious that he can do such a thing." Chen Gui is also silly. A seemingly harmless trade agreement should be like this.

Although Chen Gui was talented and learned well, he didn't expect to be able to do so.

Liu Bei always has a dark stomach. He didn't express his opinion, but he was surprised by Zhang Yu's operation.

It turns out that business can still play like this.

However, Huaxia has always been an official standard, and they never thought about how a businessman could be.

If it's someone else who sends out an army with an order, everything will be solved, and a lot of assets will be seized and confiscated.

But they dare not tell Zhang Yu what to do.

"Xuande, our military strength in Xuzhou can still fight Zhang Yu. Can we turn him away?" Tao Qian asked.

Liu Bei frowned. He didn't have much confidence in the soldiers in Xuzhou. They were all recruits. Although there were 200000 soldiers, Zhang Yu's army was all elite soldiers, and it was not clear how many were there.

"Tao Gong, Xuande is not talented. It will take at least half a year to train the army." Liu Bei said.

Tao Qian sighed. He also knew the situation in Xuzhou, and he was not the "ferocious" opponent of Zhang Yu.

These taoqian regret incomparably, simply lead the wolf into the house.

At the beginning, in order to deal with Cao Cao, Tao qiancai asked Zhang Yu to enter Xuzhou for support, but he did not expect that it would become a big hidden danger in Xuzhou.

"Mr. Zhou mu, if we go to war with Yangzhou now, Cao Cao may take advantage of the situation. We really can't deal with it, but we can't let Zhang Yu monopolize the salt market in Xuzhou either. We must find a way to restrict it." Chen Gui has no good idea.

Now Tao Qian feels that the initiative is completely out of his hands.

At the thought of negotiation, Tao Qian has a big head, but Zhang Yu's appetite is not small at all. If he has a chance, he will rush over and swallow them up completely.

"It's better to ask Mi Zizhong to find out Zhang Yu's words and then deal with them." Chen Gui suggested.

In fact, the Chen family and the MI family are totally opposite, but there seems to be no more way at this time.

It is impossible for Tao Qian to let Zhang Yu control the salt market in Xuzhou, but he has no strength to fight against it.

Tao Qian asked people to find Mi Zhu.

After MI Zhu came to see Chen Gui and Liu Bei, he understood a lot.

Mi Zhu has been informed for a long time that Tao Qian often calls Chen Gui and Liu Bei instead of him. Obviously, he has been excluded from the core. However, MI Zhu is not angry at all. Having seen Zhang Yu's potential, he has planned to tie up with Zhang Yu.

"Zizhong, please sit down." Tao Qian was as polite to MI Zhu as ever.

Mi Zhu sits down. Tao Qian first cares about him and thanks him for his mission to Yangzhou.

Mi Zhu is modest in his mouth, but like Tao Qian in his heart, he already has his own thoughts.

After a while, Tao Qian began to get down to business.

"Zizhong, general Zhang's doing this will really destroy the harmony between my family and his family. I also need to ask Zizhong to go to Yangzhou again to discuss with Zhang Yu, otherwise I will not be able to account to tens of millions of people or to more than 200000 troops in Xuzhou." Tao Qian said.

Mi Zhu's heart is full of irony. Tao Qian threatens him to be useful. He even uses the people of Xuzhou and the army to threaten Zhang Yu. He just wants to be killed.