"Young master Yuan, there is no need to worry. For thirty yuan per stone, our Mi family will not lose money. First of all, all the grains are grown by the tenants of our Mi family."

"Secondly, our Mi family has its own transportation channels and manpower. These men usually do nothing else and need to be fed. It's the same if we let them transport goods."

Mi Zhu avoided the important matter and tried to say a few words casually to dispel Yuan Yao's doubts.

However, Yuan Yao still knew that what the other party said was mainly to sell Yuan Yao's favor. If he agreed directly, it would be equivalent to a net profit of 20 to 30 million yuan.

This was a generous gift, but he was too embarrassed to agree directly.

After a second thought, Yuan Yao suddenly remembered something.

"Master of the Mi family, Zichu really deserves it. How about this? I think the Mi family must have encountered some trouble recently. The master might as well tell it and listen. If Zichu can solve it, then he can help the master solve it."

Yuan Yao was already very grateful that the other party was willing to give him 200,000 shi of food, so in order to repay Mi Zhu, he decided to help the Mi family solve some problems.

"Trouble? Oh? Mr. Yuan, why do you think that our Mi family is in trouble now?"

Mi Zhu looked confused, but Yuan Yao just laughed and quickly explained.

"Master Mi Zhu, have you forgotten that when I came here this time, I encountered your caravan being hijacked by bandits in Donghai County?"

"From this matter, you can tell that our Mi family is in trouble?"

Mi Zhu frowned, still a little confused.

"Of course, where is Donghai County? That is the base camp of your Mi family. It is the place with the most strongholds of your Mi family. In the entire Donghai County, every village has your manpower."

"But there are bandits in Donghai County who dare to attack you. From this point of view, these bandits either know nothing about the capabilities of your Mi family, or they have no fear of your Mi family."

"And I think these bandits definitely don't know anything about the capabilities of your Mi family, so there is only the second possibility."

"Since these people dare to come to Donghai County to cause trouble for your Mi family, they naturally don't worry about your Mi family's revenge."

When Yuan Yao inferred this, Mi Zhu's face was shocked and she showed a look of surprise.

Then he became very solemn, as if everything Yuan Yao said was true.

"Let me guess again who those people are."

Yuan Yao took two steps and showed a frown on his face.

After a while, he continued to speak.

"Ordinary bandits who dare to attack your Mi family in Xuzhou will definitely not have the courage. So naturally only those with strong backgrounds will do so."

"I see that those bandits are very skilled, and they are not like ordinary bandits. They have neat orders and have a measured advance and retreat. They should be people who have received some training."

"In Xuzhou, only the Taishan bandits must have such ability, and in the past one or two years, the Taishan bandits seem to have taken refuge with Mu Lu Bu in Xuzhou."

"So, your trouble should come from Xuzhou Mu Lu Bu?"

Yuan Yao deduced a few words, and Mi Zhu's face changed in shock, because everything Yuan Yao said was correct.

Not only did he guess that the Mi family was in trouble at the moment, he also knew that the trouble came from Lu Bu.

"God, it's so amazing. Mr. Yuan is so smart. From such a small thing, he was able to determine the predicament our Mi family is encountering and also know where our predicament comes from. It's really amazing."

Mi Zhu couldn't help but clapped her hands and Chen Zan was amazed at Yuan Yao's intelligence.

"What the hell, this little skill is nothing more than a little cleverness. The head of the Mi family might as well tell you what difficulties the Mi family has encountered?"

Mi Zhu sighed.

"Well, since Mr. Yuan already knows everything, it would be disrespectful for me to hide it any more, so I'll tell you."

"It is indeed Xuzhou Mu Lu Bu who is causing trouble for our Mi family recently."

"Oh? Why is Lu Bu causing trouble for your Mi family?"

"Is it possible that he is short of money and food and wants to borrow some from your Mi family?"

Yuan Yao couldn't think of any enmity between Lu Bu and the Mi family. The only thing he could think of was that Lu Bu must be short of money and food, and the Mi family must have come here for money and food.

Mi Zhu sighed.

"If it's just these, that's not bad."

"Our Mi family lacks everything except these things."

"Then Lu Bu intends to make us surrender to him, and wants to make our Mi family his vassals."

When Yuan Yao heard this, he was immediately surprised. After thinking about it carefully, it was normal.

In troubled times, no matter how powerful a family is, they can only protect themselves. They cannot survive alone in these troubled times. They must choose to take sides.

Tao Qian, the first Xuzhou pastor in Xuzhou, had a good relationship with the Mi family. It was with the help of Tao Qian that the Mi family developed rapidly.

Even when Xuzhou was still in Tao Qian's era, Mi Zhu was still working as a Biejia in Xuzhou. What kind of official position does Biejia have? He was the assistant to the Xuzhou governor, which was equivalent to the secretary to the governor in Yuan Yao's era.

It's not bad, but later Tao Qian died of illness. Because of Liu Bei's friendship, Tao Qian planned to give Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

Although Liu Bei refused, he finally accepted it, and Mi Zhu became friends with Liu Bei. After getting to know Liu Bei, he also got to know Liu Bei well.

He was determined to assist Liu Bei, but the good times did not last long. When Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, he accepted Lu Bu, but was conspired by Lu Bu and successfully changed from the governor of Xuzhou to the governor of Yuzhou.

Lu Bu directly asked Liu Bei to go to Xiaopei to guard the gate.

After Liu Bei's defeat, he almost collapsed, but thanks to Mi Zhu's secret help, he not only funded Liu Bei a lot of money, but also gave Liu Bei a lot of food and grass, allowing him to regain his strength and recruit troops.

In order to be wary of Liu Bei, Lu Bu not only restricted Liu Bei's development, but also planned to disintegrate Liu Bei's connections in Xuzhou.

The first one to bear the brunt is naturally the Mi family. The relationship between the Mi family and Liu Bei is not bad. Not only does it provide a lot of support to Liu Bei, but it also has a good personal relationship with Liu Bei.

Naturally, Lu Bu couldn't tolerate the Mi family helping Liu Bei overtly or covertly.

So a few days ago, I visited Mi's house directly, hoping to let Mi Zhu express his attitude and support Lu Bu in taking over Xuzhou.

Once he has the support of the Mi family, Lu Bu will not worry about money and food, recruit troops and horses, and point his sword at the Central Plains.

But the Mi family couldn't see Lu Bu's wolfish ambition, and conspiring with Lu Bu was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger.

The Mi family knew very well what Lu Bu's reputation was, so they were naturally reluctant, so they refused on the spot.
Chapter completed!