4. Uncle, let's cooperate
After hearing Liu Yu's words, Liu Bei was silent for a moment: "The father decided this matter. There is nothing wrong with the yamen today. Please go home and rest first."
"Yes, father." Liu Yu responded and took his guards away from the government office.
"Young Master, are we going back to the house now? I'll order someone to prepare a car." Liu Quan hurriedly met Liu Yu and asked.
"Well, prepare the car. But don't go back to the house first, go to the Mi family."
"Okay, the eldest son wait a moment." Liu Quan said and ran to the cross-yard and ordered the coachman to prepare the car.
It was too late that a carriage was parked outside the gate of the government office.
Liu Yu got on the carriage and headed straight for Mi's house.
As soon as Mi Zhu entered the house, he heard the servant report that the eldest son Liu Yu was coming. Mi Zhu was stunned for a moment and then ordered someone to take the eldest son to his study.
It was Liu Yu's first visit to Mi's family. When he entered Mi's study, he found that there were many books in it, including three large bookshelfs against the wall, filled with book slips.
"Hello, Mr. Uncle, Chang'an has given you a greeting."
"Hahaha, Chang'an, please give me a gift, come and sit down and talk." Mi Zhu warmly greeted Liu Yu, and his servants brought in fragrant tea.
After the servant stepped down, Liu Yu asked with a smile: "Uncle, isn't the second uncle at home?"
"He, he is in the barracks outside the city, and he is training with the second general! You are rare to come here in Chang'an. You will have lunch at my uncle at noon."
"No need to worry, uncle, I came here this time because I have something to discuss with my uncle." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"Oh, if you have anything to do in Chang'an, just say it. As long as my uncle can do it, he will definitely not refuse." Mi Zhu said seriously.
Liu Bei now has only one son like Liu Yu, and the Mi family has already put a heavy bet on Liu Bei, so he naturally would not refuse Liu Yu's request.
After hearing this, Liu Yu smiled and shook his head and said, "Uncle, you misunderstood. I didn't ask for help from my uncle, but wanted to do a business with my uncle."
"Doing business?" Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yu in confusion. He never expected Liu Yu to make this request. Could it be that Liu Bei instructed him to interfere in the Mi family's business?
Is this a look of eating too ugly?
"Haha, what business do you want to do in Chang'an? My uncle will definitely support it." Mi Zhu laughed dryly and agreed.
"Haha, uncle, don't think too much. The business I want to do with you will never affect the current business of the Mi family. Because this is a unique business, only I can do it."
Seeing his determined expression, Mi Zhu couldn't help but urge, "Chang'an, then tell me what kind of business it is?"
"Making paper!" Liu Yu slowly said two words, and Mi Zhu couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
"It has been more than a hundred years since Hou Cai invented the papermaking technology. However, the cost of paper is too high, so it is impossible to use it for families without aristocratic people. Is it necessary to sell paper in Chang'an to aristocratic families?"
It is not for Mi Zhu to ask, the largest families in Xuzhou are nothing more than Cao, Chen, Tao, and Mi. The Tao family has been in a slump since Tao Qian's death. The Mi family started out in business and has a deep foundation than the other three.
Therefore, the largest family in Xuzhou's visual storage is nothing more than the Cao family and the Chen family. So Mi Zhu thought that Liu Yu wanted to make paper and sell it to them.
After hearing Mi Zhu's words, Liu Yu smiled and shook his head and said, "Cai Hou's paper costs a lot, so I can't use it. I have another way to greatly reduce the cost of papermaking. The paper made is as white as snow. My uncle thought what's the business?"
"Chang'an, do you really know the method of making paper? It's still lower than Cai Hou's paper?" Mi Zhu was not calm anymore, and suddenly stood up and asked excitedly.
"Of course. If my uncle doesn't believe it, he can send a few confidants and use my method to experiment. It will naturally be clear at that time." Liu Yu said calmly.
"Okay, okay! If this method is done, my Mi family will only take three parts." Mi Zhu said directly as soon as he heard this.
"Then I'll have to 30% of it, and the remaining 40% will belong to my father."
"Okay. But I don't know when Chang'an will pass on this method?"
"I will write this method when I go back today and I will be able to hand it over to my uncle tomorrow."
Mi Zhu was overjoyed and was about to hold a banquet, but Liu Yu politely declined. Then the two talked about the details of the papermaking workshop, and Liu Yu took Liu Quan away and returned to his mansion.
After arriving at the sky, Liu Yu sent Liu Quan to send the papermaking method he wrote to Mi Mansion.
On that day, Mi Zhu brought people to the manor outside the city and started making paper according to law.
Three days passed in a flash.
Lu Bu indeed sent someone over and said he wanted to surrender to Liu Bei's command.
Liu Bei immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss the matter.
"Master, we have discussed this matter before, so we will do it according to what we discussed before!" As everyone came, Sun Gan said first.
Liu Bei nodded and said, "I plan to do it as I discussed before. However, the person who came to discuss this matter on behalf of Lu Bu this time was Chen Gong, so I want everyone to see him."
After Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Yu was shocked. He didn't expect that it was Chen Gong who came in person!
Wasn't Lu Bu afraid that his father would forcefully detain Chen Gong?
All right!
He is really not afraid.
Liu Bei is famous for his kindness and righteousness, and he really will not do anything to force the envoy.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but look forward to Chen Gong. This trip was definitely not instructed by Lu Bu, but should have been recommended by Mr. Chen Gong.
Could it be that he was determined to defect to his father and came here to inspect it?
Seeing that everyone had no objection, Liu Bei asked someone to invite Chen Gong to the lobby of the government office.
Chen Gong met Liu Bei and finished saluting, saying, "The Lord Liuzhou is above, and my lord Lu Bu cannot bear the emperor's hand falling into the hands of the thief Cao. He wanted to attack the thief rescue him, but he did not want to be defeated by the thief Cao. Now that the troops are trapped and the military rations are exhausted, I sent someone here to ask the thief to take him in."
After hearing Chen Gong's words, Liu Bei immediately spoke, "Sir, please get up. Cao thieves are powerful, and it is not surprising that your lord Lu Bu is defeated by him. Now that he has come to join us in Xuzhou, he needs to follow our Xuzhou's arrangements. I wonder if Mr. can make the decision?"
"It's so that Lord Zhou Mu will know that before leaving, the lord has allowed me to do things cheaply." Chen Gong replied calmly.
"Okay. I'll ask your lord Lu Bu to live in Pengcheng for the time being?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.
"Pengcheng?" Chen Gong was shocked. His goal for this trip was Xia Pi, which has now been changed to Pengcheng. Compared with Xia Pi, it can be said that it is in the sky and the other underground.
"Mr. Zhou Mu, it's a bad thing for Pengcheng! Our army was newly defeated, and I'm afraid that the thief Cao would not let our lord go. Pengcheng is not a hundred miles away from Yanzhou. If the Cao thief army attacks, our lord will be the first to be attacked."
"Mr. Chen's words are wrong. Your lord Lu Bu has a grudge against Cao's thief, and there will be a battle sooner or later. Isn't it just right in Pengcheng?"
After hearing this, Chen Gong laughed and said, "I dare to ask sir, yes..."
"In Xia Jian Yong, whose courtesy name is Xianhe."
"Xian and brother are so different. This time, our lord made a grudge with the Cao thief because of great righteousness. Now that the Cao thief is powerful, our lord should be dormant for a while. Therefore, Pengcheng is not suitable." Chen Gong talked happily, and Jian Yong was speechless for a while.
Chapter completed!