Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 12 I want money, but I don’t want to give you the goods, what should I do?
  "There are some conjectures."

Zhuge Qiao raised his lips slightly, already understanding the mystery behind this.

simply speaking.

Armored soldiers in the army will be damaged, some are damaged due to war, and some are damaged due to daily training and patrolling.

The damaged armored soldiers cannot be scrapped directly. Instead, they are centrally allocated to Mi Fang, who will find craftsmen to determine whether to scrap them or repair them.

Those that are scrapped are listed as scrapped products, those that can be repaired are listed as under-repair items, and those that have been repaired are listed as old products, and old products need to be recorded in the inventory of the munitions depot.

Whether it is a scrap product, a product under repair or an old product, Mi Fang needs to report the number to Guan Yu.

If repair products are scrapped due to accidents, Mi Fang will also record them as scrapped products, deliver the scrapping documents to Guan Yu, and at the same time deduct the amount in the inventory of the munitions depot.

When Guan Yu needed armored soldiers, it was Mi Fang who decided whether to allocate new or old soldiers.

Normally, Mi Fang would give priority to old products.

however.

According to Liao Hua's account statistics, in the past six months, Mi Fang's troops transferred to Guan Yu were almost all new ones, with few old ones.

The reasons given by Mi Fang are also very legitimate, such as "Old products are being inspected monthly", "It is the time when new products are being put into storage to avoid manpower loss", "The weather is humid and old products need to be inspected." and so on.

On the surface, Mi Fang's reason seems to be fine.

Armored soldiers are the second life of soldiers, and there is no room for sloppiness. Therefore, it is better to use new products than old ones.

however.

It was precisely Mi Fang's seemingly sound reason that made Zhuge Qiao see the mystery behind it.

In the past six months, there has been no fighting in Nan County.

Daily training and inspections require a small number of armored soldiers to be replaced, and they are not urgently needed.

If there are normal factors of inventory management such as monthly inspection, warehousing, moisture, etc., delaying delivery for one or two days is not a big problem.

For daily training and inspections, it is more appropriate to use old products for consumption.

However, Mi Fang insisted on using new products.

When something goes wrong, there must be a reason.

Zhuge Qiao told Liao Hua his conjecture in detail.

Liao Hua pondered for a moment: "Ah Qiao, are you too worried? The military depot will take inventory every year, and will determine the damage and scrap the normal damage during the storage period. The inventory is also approved by me personally."

Zhuge Qiao said firmly: "There is no problem with my judgment. I just looked through the accounts of last year and the year before last, and only the accounts of the past six months have records of allocating new products instead of old products."

Liao Hua was even more puzzled: "There are only half a year's records, and the total number of new products allocated is not large. This cannot prove that Prefect Mi secretly sold armored soldiers from the munitions depot."

Zhuge Qiao put forward another conjecture: "If Governor Mi wants to use the armored soldiers in the military supply store, there can only be one reason, and that is that someone is willing to spend money to buy them."

"And the purchase price is so high that even if Mi Taishou spends money and food to create new products, he can still make a lot of money."

"Even if the prince is aware of it, Governor Mi can still use the money and food from selling used goods, and then complain to the prince about his poverty and describe how difficult it is to raise military expenses."

"Your Majesty is not unreasonable. For something like exchanging an old product for a new one, which is a sure profit, the Lord can only verbally scold you."

Liao Hua asked suspiciously: "Although your conjecture, Aqiao, is reasonable, it has a premise, that is, someone is willing to pay a high price to buy used goods. How can there be such a stupid businessman in this world?"

Zhuge Qiao had something to say: "If I were Lü Meng, I would be willing to be this stupid businessman." Liao Hua was surprised: "Lü Meng? Impossible! Even if Grand Administrator Mi is greedy for money, there is no way he will sell the armored soldiers to Lü Meng."

Zhuge Qiao said with a smile: "If we sell it directly to Lu Meng, Governor Mi will definitely not agree. But if it is sold to the barbarians from the four counties of Jingnan, and the barbarians offer a high price, does Master Liao think that Governor Mi will refuse?" "

Liao Hua's eyes widened and he took a deep breath subconsciously: "What A Qiao means is that Lu Meng secretly incited the barbarians from the four counties of Jingnan to disguise themselves as barbarian merchants to buy soldiers and armor from Prefect Mi?"

"But Lu Meng, why do you do this? What's more, the total number of new products in the past six months is very small, and it will not have much impact on the monarch at all."

Zhuge Qiao's eyes gradually turned stern: "Indeed, there have been very few new products in the past six months, and there are not many old products sold privately by Mi Taishou. As long as the accounts are properly managed, they can get away with it."

"However, when marching and fighting, the tactic of luring the enemy deep into the army is often used. How did Chief Liao know that this was not Lu Meng's tactic to lure the enemy in?"

"If at this time, a barbarian merchant proposes to purchase a large number of armored soldiers, can Prefect Mi withstand this temptation?"

"As long as the barbarian merchants give enough money and there is no war in Jingzhou in the short term, Governor Mi can create new armored soldiers to fill the military supply store."

"For businessmen, profit is the only criterion for deciding actions. As long as the profit is large enough, you can take risks."

Zhuge Qiao's inference made Liao Hua tremble with fear.

"The prince intends to send troops to Xiangfan. If Mi Taishou sells the armored soldiers to barbarian merchants at this time, he will not have time to build new armored soldiers even if he has money."

"This is a serious crime that delays military aircraft!"

a long time.

Liao Hua took a deep breath: "But even if this is true, this is just your guess, Aqiao. We don't have any evidence to prove that Governor Mi did this."

"The number of new products in the past six months alone is not enough to give the Lord a reason to take stock of the inventory of the military supply warehouse."

"It's just like Aqiao Zhi said. Even after taking stock, Mi Fang can still complain about poverty and use the excuse that she is raising military expenses."

"In addition to the Lord's plan to send troops to Xiangfan, in Jiangling City, apart from General Anhan and the Lord, only Aqiao and I know about it."

"If we take inventory of the military supplies warehouse at this time, Cao Ren's spies in Jiangling City will definitely get the news and deduce the monarch's intentions."

If Guan Yu wants to send troops to Xiangfan, he needs to prepare secretly and find the opportunity.

If Cao Ren was informed of Guan Yu's purpose in advance, Cao Cao, who was in Chang'an, would definitely take countermeasures.

If Cao Cao and Cao Ren were prepared, it would be difficult for Guan Yu to surprise Xiangfan.

Zhuge Qiao raised his lips slightly: "Master Liao, I want to ask you a question. I want the money from the barbarian merchants, but I don't want to give them the armored soldiers that the barbarian merchants want. Do you have any good ideas?"

Liao Hua was stunned.

Want money but not give goods?
  Isn't this a hooligan act?

Integrity is what matters in business. If Mi Fang wants to do long-term business with a barbarian merchant, how can she take money but not deliver the goods?
  If this is the case, Barbarian Shang is not a fool.

Even if it was Lu Meng who was behind the barbarian merchants, there was no way he could just let Mi Fang give him money but not goods.

"How can anything be so cheap? What's the difference between this and directly robbing barbarian merchants of their money?" Liao Hua blurted out.

Zhuge Qiao put his hands on his hands and smiled: "Master Liao has a great plan! Then just rob the barbarian merchants of their money!"

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