Two Zhongshan businessmen stood in front of Xu Tian.

When the eighteen princes gathered together to buy weapons, food and grass, and planned to Jizhou, Xu Tian also began to prepare for the war and fought the largest war in the north.

Fighting war costs money.

As the lord, we must try to raise enough money and food to defeat powerful enemies.

The powerful and powerful merchants in Jizhou and Bingzhou became the first targets for Xu Tian to blackmail.

The two merchants in front of him are Ma Dashang, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, the country's domestic dealer.

These two people were the big merchants who had just begun to sponsor Liu Bei's troops, horses, food and grass.

After funding Liu Bei, the two returned to Zhongshan Kingdom and continued to engage in the business of selling horses.

Political investment does not necessarily have returns.

After the two invested in Liu Bei, how should they live, how should they live.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang had a pretty good vision, and Liu Bei had become a vassal of the prefect.

However, Xu Tian occupied Zhongshan Kingdom, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang found that investment in Liu Bei might not have real benefits.

"Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, you two come to visit, what's the matter?"

Although Xu Tian had guessed their purpose, he still asked him knowingly.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang looked at each other, and then Zhang Shiping said, "We heard that Lord Mu of Zhou and many princes were fighting each other and lacked money and food. We are willing to give each other five thousand good horses, 50,000 taels of gold and silver, and 100,000 kilograms of iron to use it for the use of the equipment. Lord Mu of Zhou should not dislike it."

These two men are indeed giant merchants, and they can donate 5,000 war horses and 50,000 gold and silver in one go.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were basically aristocratic families and huge merchants.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang are quite different from Xuzhou's giant Mi Zhu, but they are also considered big businessmen in Zhongshan.

"Do you have any demands?"

Xu Tian intends to accept the gift from Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, but he needs to know the request of the two.

"I don't know if my disciples in the two of us can become officials... We also know that our status is humble, so this matter has disturbed Lord Mu of Zhou..."

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang believed that their status was humble, so they used money to buy official positions for their son, hoping to transform from a business family to a political family.

It's true.

It was not uncommon in ancient times that merchant families wanted to become political families.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have the lowest status.

The most famous businessman in the Three Kingdoms was Mi Zhu, who was called a different leader by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian. Later, Liu Bei took over Yizhou and appointed Mi Zhu as the general of Anhan, which was related to Mi Zhu's support for them.

Xu Tian could set up some idle positions to raise money.

But Xu Tian pretended to hesitate: "This matter may be a bit difficult..."

Xu Tian did not refuse directly, and the subtext was already very obvious.

If you want to make the disciples in the clan become one and half titles, it is not impossible, you have to pay extra money.

During the special period, Xu Tian was inseparable from the provision of gold and silver by these merchants, but Xu Tian could also take the opportunity to start the price.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang hesitated for a moment and communicated silently with their eyes.

Finally, Su Shuang said: "We two are willing to pay 100,000 taels of gold and silver to provide military supplies."

Xu Tian then showed a satisfied expression.

One hundred thousand gold and silver can play a significant role in dealing with the eighteen princes. Just give Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang's son a false position to satisfy their vanity.

As for how far their descendants can get, that is something that will happen in the future.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang couldn't help but be overjoyed and thanked Xu Tian one after another: "Thank you, Lord Zhou Mu, let's go back to raise money now!"

Their sons could become officials and became the highest-ranking class among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and it would be no less for them to pay a price of 100,000 gold and silver.

Even for the big businessmen in Zhongshan, it was a considerable price.

Although the cost of investing in Xu Tian is far higher than investing in Liu Bei, the return can be seen directly.

Investing in Liu Bei is too risky and the return period is too long.

It took Mi Zhu 20 years to invest in Liu Bei before he could live a stable life.

A few years of stable life was not bad. In the Jingzhou Incident, Mi Fang defected to Dongwu, and Mi Zhu died soon.

If Mi Zhu stayed in Xuzhou and served in Wei, the Mi family would actually have the opportunity to become a political family because Cao Cao intended to appoint Mi Zhu and Mi Fang as the prefect of the county.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang invested in Liu Bei in 184, and Liu Bei took over Yizhou's governor in 214, with a return cycle of 30 years.

At that time, perhaps Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang had already left...

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang thought about it and thought that they should be willing to pay a lot of money in exchange for the future of the family.

So the two of them came to pay homage to Xu Tian.

In order to transform the family, these businessmen can spare no effort to make a heavy loan.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang revealed a little about the news that more businessmen and families came to ask for their visit, and they donated gold, silver and horses in exchange for political capital.

When Xu Tian and Yuan Shao competed for Jizhou, these people stood on Yuan Shao's side.

Now Xu Tian conquered Bingzhou, which was awe-inspiring Hebei, Hebei families and merchants, and they all turned to Xu Tian.

These aristocratic families and merchants are originally fence-bearers and speculate everywhere.

As long as they support themselves, Xu Tian will not touch them easily.

The Wang family in Taiyuan, Cui family in Qinghe and other families also donated one after another.

"The Li family in Yanmen gave out five thousand taels of gold, two granaries, and two hundred cavalrymen."

The owner of Yanmenwu Fort rescued by Zhang Liao learned that his daughter Li Xiu was appointed as Sima of another department, so he generously donated money and took out all his money and donated it to Zhang Liao's Bingzhou Army.

"This person is proficient in human nature. If Zhang Liao doesn't want his daughter, he may not be able to do it."

Xu Tian couldn't help but sigh that it seemed that the savings of these local tyrants were quite amazing.

Most of the famous figures in the Three Kingdoms were from powerful families, such as Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Xun Yu, and Xun You.

"Zhongshan Country Zhen's family gave 30,000 taels of gold."

Xu Tian saw a list of gold and silver donations from various aristocratic families, and the Zhen family in Wuji County, Zhongshan Country paid a lot of money.

Zhen did not ask for any reward on the surface, but Xu Tian already felt the potential requirement of Zhen’s family, which was to ensure Zhen Mi’s status.

The higher the status of Zhen Mi, the higher the status of Zhen's family in Zhongshan Country.

Therefore, Zhen did not make an open request.

This is a hidden rule, and you all understand it.

The gold and silver donated by various wealthy families and tycoons were totaled in millions, and the fiscal revenue of Jizhou and Bingzhou was enough to launch a war.

"Hey, our Zhen family also has it..."

When Zhen Mi helped Xu Tian handle the documents, she found that her family had donated 30,000 taels of gold, and was a little surprised.

When did Dad become generous?

"Mi'er, you have to grow up quickly to be worthy of the cultivation of your family."

Xu Tian wanted to improve Zhen Mi's level as soon as possible to see if the Luo Shen, who broke through the boundary, had the level of a first-class strategist.

Zhen Mi looked down at her flat chest, obviously misunderstood Xu Tian’s meaning, and said Youyou: “Mi’er also wants to grow up quickly…”

In Chaoge City, Luchang Mountain, and Zhang Yan led the Black Mountain Army generals who were familiar with the terrain of the place and returned to Cangyan Valley.

Yu Du, Li Damu temporarily returned to Zhang Yan's command as deputy general.

Yu Digen, a general of the Black Mountain Army, said: "Brother, we will return to Luyan Mountain, and the sky is high and birds can fly. The eighteen princes are coming in full force. Do we want to take the team again?"

Zhang Yan raised Yu Digen with one hand: "I, Zhang Yan, are not a person who is busy with Qin and Chu. Since I promised my lord to keep this place, I will have to say nothing of it!"

"Yes...Brother, I understand..."

Only then did Zhang Yan let go of Yu Digen, and Yu Digen quickly breathed.
Chapter completed!