Three Kingdoms

When the Hedong convoy came to the suspension bridge in Shaanxi, the military commander guarding the suspension bridge rolled his eyelids, looked at the convoy up and down, curled his lips slightly, waved his hand, and asked a few soldiers to come forward for inspection.

The leader of the Hedong team hurriedly stepped forward and handed the money bag that had been prepared to the leading veteran with a smile on his face.

"What's in the car?" The veteran asked casually as he shook the money bag up and down, then threw it to the soldiers on the side to count.

The caravan leader laughed and said, "It's just some ordinary food and grass, nothing prohibited."

"Oh? Food and grass? Are you new here?" The veteran chuckled twice, and without waiting for the leader's answer, he asked the soldiers to randomly check a carriage. If there were no problems, he didn't waste any words, so he went back to report to the military commander, and then Just let the convoy pass.

While the team leader was thanking him profusely, he was wondering in his heart. Normally, these ruffians would look for problems even if they didn't have any problems. Even if they couldn't find any problems, they would circle around the carriages and horses but not let them go. There must be something wrong with them. How much more blood do you need to survive? Why is it so strange today? You don't even need to take out the second prepared purse before letting you go? And what’s new about that sentence just now? What exactly does that mean?

Feeling strange, but not daring to say anything, the caravan set off quickly and passed the long Shaanxi-Jin floating bridge.

Not far from Shaanxi and Jin, there is a trumpet-shaped valley. On the wider side near Shaanxi and Jin, there is a very large temporary trading market surrounded by wooden fences. It is very simple but very lively.

The trees used to build the shed didn't even have their bark completely cleaned. They just built a rough frame with empty walls on all sides. Then they paved the roof with thatch, which was just barely able to cover it. Except for some overhead wind, rain, and sun, it has no effect.

But even in such dilapidated conditions, many businessmen wearing plain silk were like flies eyeing carrion, buzzing and buzzing under the thatched huts, running from one thatched hut to another. Waving the document in his hand, as if he had received tens of millions of dollars, he was cautious and proud. The leader of the Hedong caravan was so excited that his body trembled slightly...

This is what big business looks like!

The running figures, the carts and carts of goods piled under the hay shed, it seems that this piece of land is filled with the charming fragrance of copper coins...

The team leader took a deep breath, as if he was inhaling all the smell of copper coins in the air into his lungs. Then he opened his eyes wide and recognized that the largest hut among them was for trading grain and grass. He couldn't help but feel There was a little flush of excitement on his face, he hurriedly said a few words, and then strode towards the hay shed.

Before the team leader could reach the hay shed where grain and grass were traded, he was stopped by soldiers maintaining order on the outside. Then without saying anything, he pointed to a wooden sign standing beside him.

I saw four big characters written on the wooden sign: "Only for shopping but not for buying"!

ah!

The team leader looked confused, there was no food harvest here!

Why not collect grain?

How could it be possible not to collect food?

Then where will the grain and grass I brought be sold?

The soldier seemed to know what the leader wanted to say, and pointed with his hand. He saw a lonely small shed outside the fence of the market, not far from the official road. There was a table under the shed, and there was a middle-aged man. Just as I was waving my hand, there was a very small wooden sign next to the table. The wooden sign was so small that I couldn't even notice it if I didn't pay attention. There was only one word written on it - "籴".

Looking at the lively scene in the big market, and then turning to look at the lonely and slightly desolate small shed, the leader suddenly had an unpleasant premonition, as if he would be the next to be desolate.

"Are you new here?" the middle-aged man in the shed asked with a smile.

"Why do you say that again? Also, why don't you collect food and grass inside?"

"Because this is the only place to harvest food." The middle-aged man smiled, his eyes like a big bad wolf seeing a cute little white rabbit, full of joy.

The team leader cupped his hands and said, "May I ask what the price of grain is?" Although he was a little confused, it was fine as long as someone collected it. After all, wouldn't grain and grass be sold the same to everyone?

The middle-aged man pulled out a wooden sign from the table, pointed at the price marked on it, and asked the team leader to read it for himself.

"Each large piece of stone rice is 650 yuan! Millet is only 500 yuan! Wheat is 390 yuan! Millet is 420 yuan! You are kidding me!" The team leader became angrier as he looked at it. This price is only a little more than the current market price in Hedong. It's almost the same as the freight for carriages and horses...

The price of grain in Sili is not less than a thousand yuan. Is it possible that he worked hard to collect grain and grass from Hedong just to earn a carriage fee?

The team leader was furious and walked away. There was no food here. Could it be that Sili didn't collect food everywhere?

The middle-aged man in the hut still smiled and said nothing. He watched the leader leave angrily and did not dissuade him.

To go from Shaanjin to Shaanxian, you have to pass through a trumpet-shaped valley mouth formed by a natural mountain. All caravans need to pass through this valley mouth to reach Sili. There are also soldiers maintaining order, so although each caravan is backlogged at the intersection , but it is not too messy, but passes through in order.

The team leader is also waiting in line with his team.

"Are you new here?" Suddenly an old man from a caravan nearby said.

"Ah? Why do you say this?" The team leader was very surprised. Did I have the word "new" written on my face? Why are you asking me this question?

The old man smiled, then pointed to a small triangular flag hanging in front of his motorcade and said: "You can't get out without this flag..."

The team leader looked around and discovered that the fleets of merchants queuing up all around basically had a small flag. On the small flag, there were words like "Yi Hai", "Ding Chou" and so on, which looked like numbers.

"Please tell me, my father-in-law, how to obtain this flag?"

The old man pointed to the market behind and said: "At this time, there are documents for all transactions. Then go to the hay shed at Yingkou with the documents to collect them. You can only pass by handing them in when crossing the valley."

"Old man, may I ask you what you bought?"

"Haha, of course it's grain and grass." Now in Sili, there is no more popular commodity than grain and grass.

The leader rolled his eyes. Since he had no flag and no way to get out, could he--

"There is also food and grass in the carriage and the horse. If my father-in-law is interested..."

Before the team leader could finish speaking, the old man said angrily: "If the things you pass by are inconsistent with the documents, the lighter ones will be lost, and the more serious ones will be beheaded! I kindly remind you, why do you want to harm me? Humph!" After saying that, he shook it off! The sleeves went away.

The leader was stunned for a while, then turned to look at the mouth of the trumpet in front of him. He felt like a rabbit that had fallen into a trap...

Let me tell you an interesting detail:

Chapter 23 of the Romance, Boss Cao praised his civil servants and generals in front of Mi Heng, saying, "Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Li Dian, etc. are all enemies of ten thousand people..." Balabala, etc.

Then he was mocked by Mi Heng with his ultimate move...

This is not the point. The point is that Zhang Liao of Baimen Tower surrendered to Cao Cao in Chapter 21. Why did Boss Cao mention Zhang Liao first? Could it be that in Boss Cao's mind, the newcomer Zhang Wenyuan is ranked before his old buddy Xu Chu and his confidant Li Dian?

The reason is that "only Zhang Liao is by his side" at this time...

Anyway, that's it. As for how to interpret it, it's up to you...