A few days later, news of Mi's caravan was brought to Xinye.
Different from the good news before, this time even Mi Zhu, a long-sleeved and good dancer, failed to buy a grain of grain in the Central Plains.
"Your Highness... I feel ashamed to trust Your Highness..."
"Mi's caravan has been deployed in the Central Plains for a long time, but they can't buy a grain of rice!"
"Now that Jingbei is short of food, even if Mi Zizhong dies, it will not be enough to make up for his fault!"
Mi Zhu had a look of guilt on his face. If Liu Mang hadn't promoted him, he and his younger brother Mi Fang would have been despised by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for who knows how long.
Now when it comes to the Mi brothers, they are the big benefactors of the Shu Han court, and they are even more capable people.
"Mi Fang is incompetent, please forgive me!"
Mi Fang lowered her head in shame, not daring to raise her head to look into Liu Mang's eyes.
"What are the two uncles guilty of?"
"Cao Pi sent another group of refugees a few days ago, which shows that this bastard has been planning this for a long time."
"Letting more refugees come to consume my food in Jingzhou is nothing more than trying to make me bow my head and buy food at a high price."
Liu Mang understood Cao Pi's thoughts at a glance.
"Yes, just as His Highness expected, the Cao Wei court strictly prohibited major merchants from selling food to us!"
"Even the nobles who had made good friends before now dare not disobey Cao Pi's wishes for fear of being settled by the Queen."
"My two brothers searched all over the place, but they still couldn't get them to open their eyes."
Mi Zhu then thought of something and said, "Your Highness, those brothers you asked me to pay attention to before have all been brought back by me."
"By the way, Chen Da and Deng Wu are good people. I wonder if His Highness wants them to join Feiyu or stay in Mi's caravan?"
When it comes to Chen Da and Deng Wu, Mi Fang is also deeply impressed.
"These two men are really upright men, and they actually castrated Sima Yi with one knife!"
"It's a pity that God didn't open his eyes and allowed that turtle son to survive!"
"I thought I could help us get rid of a problem!"
Regarding the arrangements made by Chen Da and Deng Wu, Liu Mang still planned to follow their opinions.
"It won't be too late to discuss it after I meet them."
"Now it seems that Cao Pi is just waiting for those high-quality grain merchants to enter our Jingzhou!"
"Last time I cut Cao Wei's leeks, I never thought that this time I would be regarded as leeks!"
Liu Mang laughed at himself, making the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang even more ashamed.
"Mang'er... it's all because of my uncle's incompetence..."
Mi Fang felt deeply powerless. He thought that the ability of Mi's caravan would allow those wealthy families to give in to others.
After all, Liu Bei is now very powerful, and many nobles have already taken the initiative to contact Mi Zhu.
But Mi Fang forgot one thing. Cao Pi was still in control of the Central Plains now. Those Central Plains nobles could not disobey each other's orders in order to survive.
"It doesn't matter! Don't talk like that again, uncles!"
"This is not your fault at all!"
"Cao Pi has a good plan, I have a ladder!"
Liu Mang stood up and poured tea for Mi Zhu Mi Fang, indicating to them that he had no intention of getting angry.
"Mang'er, those merchants are going to enter Jingzhou. We'd better identify them and not let them enter the city easily."
Mi Zhu took a sip of tea. If those high-priced grain merchants entered the city, it would be a disaster for Jingzhou.
"My nephew! Wouldn't it be nice if we just blocked the road and robbed their food?"
Zhang Fei's bold voice came, and he laughed and said: "Let Cao Pi steal the chicken but lose the rice! Tell me, my plan is good!"
Zhao Yun smiled helplessly, Guan Yu closed his eyes and pretended not to hear.
"Chicken! Oh no, Mr. Fengchu, you can show me a clear path!"
"If they don't speak, does that mean they're acquiescing?"
"To be honest, when I was waiting for my elder brother in the ancient city, I did a lot of robbing Cao's army of food!"
Zhang Fei was extremely proud, while Pang Tong was a little irritated by his loud voice.
"Yide, you are ignoring the chicken. Is there something wrong with the chicken?"
"If such a food robbery happened in Jingzhou, wouldn't it mean that the public security in our country is poor?"
"When the time comes, who will be willing to do business with us?"
"This move can only relieve an urgent need, but it will be of no benefit to our future development in Jingzhou!"
After Pang Yi pointed it out, Zhang Fei's plan that he finally came up with instantly turned into a joke.
"Then tell me if you have any good ideas!"
"If you can't figure it out, you're deliberately trying to embarrass me, Lao Zhang!"
"Chicken, please speak!"
Zhuge Liang may be the only one who can crack Zhang Fei's messy skills.
Pang Tong took a sip of wine impatiently and frowned: "Your Highness, why don't you let Deng Zhi go to Soochow again?"
"I hope Sun Quan will sell us some low-priced food for the sake of the alliance!"
"We have captured Soochow generals several times, but we have never killed them. It's time for them to repay us."
Pang Tong's words made Guan Yu and Zhao Yun nod their heads.
At least from the perspective of the overall situation, Sun Quan should help him both publicly and privately.
Liu Mang raised objections.
"Sir, if it's the icing on the cake, Sun Zhongmou will take the initiative to send food without us reminding him."
"But if it's a timely help, I think Sun Zhongmou will only add insult to injury!"
"Instead of asking Sun Quan for help, it is better to believe that I am Qin Shihuang!"
Liu Mang waved his hand, but saw that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun still had hope.
"Mang'er, it's only been a few days since I let Lu Ziming go, your second uncle."
"In view of this friendship, Sun Zhongmou should also send some food!"
"For the sake of the alliance, Guan has shown mercy at every turn!"
Guan Yu caressed his beautiful beard and explained his reasons.
"Yes, as long as Sun Quan is not stupid, he will not ignore things."
"Once the four counties in northern Jing are captured by Cao Pi, Soochow will be threatened again."
"Your Highness, you might as well send an envoy to have a try!"
Zhao Yun also placed his hope in Sun Quan, after all, this was a real ally.
"Forget it, since you all agree, let Bo Miao make a trip."
"But the ugly words are ahead, so don't hold out too much hope."
Liu Mang smiled lightly and then left the table first. He still had to think about how to resolve this dilemma.
When the food from Jiaozhou and Yizhou arrives, I'm afraid the day lilies will be cold!
"Now, the only way is to buy low-priced food to meet our urgent needs!"
When Liu Mang was hesitating, he found that his eyes were blinded.
"who?"
"If you guess it right, I'll give you candied haws!"
"Screen! Listen to the voice and it's you!"
"Wrong, it's Sister Xingcai!"
Guan Yinping laughed loudly. After a long time, Zhang Xingcai blindfolded her and let her speak.
"Okay, you two little girls, are you starting to tease me?"
Liu Mang pretended to be angry and looked up, only to find that the two girls were really quite big now!
It can only be said that if a rich woman can keep up with her nutrition, she will never become smaller!
"Brother Liu Mang, what are you looking at?"
Zhang Xingcai pretended to be shy, which made Liu Mang suddenly excited!
"I thought of it! You two girls are really my lucky stars, I thought of it!"
