Later, the counselors around Lu Bu tried their best to dissuade him and told Lu Bu that if he did this, it would only make the Mi family completely fall to Liu Bei.

Not only would it not be of any benefit to Lu Bu, but Xuzhou would be constrained everywhere, and he might not even be able to get enough food and grass.

After being dissuaded by his adviser Chen Gong, Lu Bu gave up the idea of ​​​​wiping out the Mi family.

Although he publicly gave up on being enemies with the Mi family, privately, Lu Bu couldn't swallow his anger, so he asked his men to go and cause trouble for the Mi family.

Because there happened to be a group of Taishan thieves under Lu Bu who had just taken refuge.

This Taishan bandit was well-known throughout Xuzhou and specialized in robbing and plundering. The most powerful of the Mi family was the caravan, so Lu Bu asked his Taishan bandit to specifically look for trouble with the Mi family's caravan.

With Lu Bu, the Xuzhou Mu, backing them up, those Taishan thieves were happy. They were already familiar with doing things like killing people and stealing goods, so they agreed to it directly.

This is what Yuan Yao encountered at the beginning.

And this is not the first time this has happened. In the past half month, the Mi family's caravan has been robbed by bandits seven or eight times in various parts of Xuzhou.

Not only were tens of millions of dollars worth of goods lost, but many people were killed and injured. Just paying for the fallen guards and coachmen cost the Mi family a large amount of money.

This is also the reason why the caravans sent out by the Mi family recently have increased the number of guards.

And this time it was even worse. Even Donghai County, which was only a few dozen miles away from Mijiawu Fort, was attacked by mountain bandits. This shows how arrogant the Taishan bandits under Lu Bu were.

Now the Mi family is having a headache. Although sending more guards can effectively solve the problem of bandits, the number of guards is small after all. As a result, the additional manpower costs will increase and the profits of the Mi family caravan will decrease.

A business trip sometimes doesn't make much money, which greatly affects the Mi family's business. The loss in a month is probably no less than tens of millions of dollars.

Mi Zhu was still thinking about how to deal with the next bandits. He had to come up with an indicator and a permanent solution.

After Yuan Yao listened to Mi Zhu's description, he couldn't help but laugh. In his calculation, Mi Zhu did not have any grudge against Lu Bu, but the mistake was that Mi Zhu had a close relationship with Liu Bei.

Therefore, it indirectly worsened Lu Bu's relationship with the Mi family.

If you want to cure this problem, you have to find Lu Bu in the end.

Since he is going to find Lu Bu, Yuan Yao is capable of helping the Mi family solve this problem.

His next goal was to go to Xiapi City and meet Lu Bu.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yao spoke directly before Mi Zhu finished speaking.

"Master Mi, it turns out that's what happened. If you don't mind it, I might be able to help you solve this problem."

When Mi Zhu heard what Yuan Yao said, his face was suddenly startled, as if he had heard wrongly.

With a look of ecstasy on his face, he quickly asked Yuan Yao.

"Seriously?"

"I went to Xuzhou this time. Firstly, I wanted to talk to the head of the Mi family about purchasing grain. Secondly, I was ordered to go to Xuzhou to meet Lu Bu. Since I have to go to Xiapi anyway, I would like to do a favor by the way.

, say a few nice words to Master Mi."

"I think I can help you turn conflicts into friendship."

After receiving Yuan Yao's affirmative answer, Mi Zhu, who had a frown on his face, suddenly became happy.

"Great, great. If Zichu you can really help our Mi family solve this problem, then it will be a great favor to our Mi family."

"Quickly, let the second brother come to see me."

Mi Zhu couldn't wait to shout to the boy behind him.

The boy nodded immediately and hurried down to call for someone.

Soon, someone came to the living room with hurried steps.

Before anyone arrived, I heard the sound first.

"Brother, are you looking for me?"

The visitor is Mi Zhu's second brother Mi Fang.

Mi Fang is slightly similar to Mi Zhu, but she is younger, dressed more casually, and wears leather armor. She does not look like a Confucian scholar, but more like a general on the battlefield.

"Second brother, you are here, hurry up, hurry up, let me introduce you."

At that moment, Mi Zhu introduced his younger brother Mi Fang to Yuan Yao.

In fact, without Mi Zhu's introduction, Yuan Yao's mind automatically searched for some information about Mi Fang.

Although it's not much, generally speaking, Yuan Yao doesn't have much favorable impression of Mi Fang.

The most important thing, of course, is that this guy directly changed the historical trend of the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty.

When Guan Yu was powerful in China, this guy did not choose to resist when Lu Meng attacked Jingzhou, but chose to surrender in Kaicheng. This move eventually led to Guan Yu's defeat and death, and also led to the beginning of the decline of Shu.

Although Yuan Yao is not a fan of Guan Yu and Liu Bei, he still feels shameful for Mi Fang's behavior.

Contempt is nothing but contempt, at this moment, Yuan Yao still cannot show it.

After another round of greetings, the two of them finally got to know each other.

"Zichu, I heard that you are going to Xiapi City this time, and you are willing to intercede for my Mi family and Lu Bu, turning the hostility into friendship. I can't go, so I have to let my younger brother Mi Fang go on my behalf."

"At that time, I will order him to prepare some generous gifts. As long as it can ease the relationship with Lu Bu, that will be great."

As the head of the family, Mi Zhu naturally could not leave the East China Sea easily. He sent his second brother Mi Fang there because he attached great importance to this matter.

Seeing this, how could Yuan Yao refuse?

"So good."

After everything was settled, Mi Zhu invited Yuan Yao to have a meal at his house, and Yuan Yao happily went to the appointment.

Mi Zhu also treated Yuan Yao to Xuzhou's famous local dishes. Although he tasted them, they didn't have the same taste as later generations, but they still had a different flavor.

After drinking for three rounds, Yuan Yao suddenly remembered the third young master Mi and asked Mi Zhu casually.

"Master Mi, what about Third Young Master Mi? Why haven't you seen him today?"

"Oh? Tell me, he was called over by my mother when he came back today. My mother heard that he had been attacked by bandits, and was very worried. She made him face the wall and think about his mistakes."

Yuan Yao laughed dumbly and didn't ask any more questions.

The dinner lasted until midnight. After Yuan Yao became a little drunk, he was arranged to stay overnight in the Mi family's Wubao.

At the end of the day, Yuan Yao followed the servants of the Mi family and was about to leave Mi Mansion, but at the corner of the corridor in the mansion, he heard a melodious sound of the piano.

The sound of the piano is delicate and euphemistic.

Even Yuan Yao, who was a little drunk, couldn't help but stop when he heard the sound of the piano.
Chapter completed!