Chapter 5 Harvest Processing

  There was a Han dynasty, which was the most strongly advocated for moral education in Chinese history. From the imperial court to the common people, almost everyone took loyalty, righteousness, and integrity as their creed. The government simply used moral exemplars as the standard for selecting officials, directly promoting morally excellent individuals to become officials, with the hope of forming a political system where gentlemen filled the court and educated the people on behalf of the emperor.

  Of course, history has proven that such a so-called ideal country will never succeed. Without the rule of law, the idea of governing the country purely with morality will forever be an illusion.

  However, it is undeniable that after hundreds of years of such a system and customs, under the atmosphere where everyone pursued noble behavior, the moral concept of the Han people as a whole was much better than that of modern people.

  The Su family members Li Zhe encountered are now like this, after reaching an agreement, they have no idea of conspiracy and betrayal at all, and they start to think for Li Zhe in every possible way.

  Then, together with the Su family, they continued to head north. Along the way, Li Zhe used the Su family's grain reserves to attract many small groups of refugees to join them, and in the end, they became a migrant group of hundreds of people, marching northward in a mighty and majestic manner.

  At this time, Li Zhe and Su Laozhang dared to truly contact the local Hua tribe's stronghold and hurriedly thought of a way to strike the lighter.

  These tribal people and the Su family were as astonished by the lighter as if they had just seen a divine object.

  Li Zhe was on the side, boasting that the lighter was a rare and precious family heirloom, but due to the war-torn times, he had no choice but to sell it to protect his family's life. He even threw out an enticing price of "divine fire" for just 10 gold coins, which finally made the local tyrants unable to sit still.

  The local tyrants had thought of robbing them, but looking at Li Zhe and Su Lao's hundreds of refugees lurking behind them, they eventually gave up the idea and traded with the refugees in peace.

  These fortresses were established by local warlords for self-protection during the local wars, and they all stored a large amount of life-saving food. In today's Three Kingdoms, grains and cloth are hard currencies, while gold and silver coins are not very popular. As a result of Li Zhe and Su Laozhang's negotiations, the lighter transaction yielded a large amount of grain, and the remaining gold and silver coins were all handed over to Li Zhe.

  Grain can attract refugees, while gold coins have greatly reduced in value in a society without order.

  Li Zhe can finally take home valuable goods after a 22-hour stay in the Three Kingdoms, almost reaching the 24-hour limit. He had been anxious for some time. Next, he will anchor himself to Su Lao's body and give him 500 lighters to sell freely. He will also leave his personal knives and other items with the crowd for self-defense before finding an excuse to disappear and return home.

  ……

  Back in his original timeline, Li Zhe began to relax and secretly planned in his heart.

  The second crossing brought huge gains to Li Zhe, and the most important gain was meeting the Su family, this group of refugees. To know that in any era, doing anything, people are always the most important factor, and the Su family helped Li Zhe solve the problem of helpers, providing agents for Li Zhe's smuggling in the Three Kingdoms era, and laying the foundation for Li Zhe's large-scale expansion in the Three Kingdoms era.

  Secondly, Li Zhe re-recognized the mistake of his first decision. Obviously, making decisions on a whim is unreliable. Although modern lighters are good things and selling them in the Han Dynasty would have brought huge profits, during this period of the Three Kingdoms, social consumption power was limited, and large-scale dumping was not easy.

  The Three Kingdoms was indeed born out of a chaotic era.

  In the chaotic world, soldiers are running wild and people's lives are in danger every day. Everyone is busy trying to protect themselves and their families. Apart from high-ranking officials in stable areas, who else can afford to spend a lot of money on lighters? If Li Zhe had brought 1,500 lighters back to the Three Kingdoms period, they probably wouldn't have been used up for a long time. This sounds ridiculous, but it's true.

  In a chaotic world, people's only strong demand is for food and weapons. Survival is the biggest problem.

  Li Zhe finally realized the correct way of thinking.

  Let's calculate the gains. Li Zhe now has a total of 20,000 Han Dynasty coins and more than three catties of gold in his hands. It's not easy to get rid of either one, so he can't help but think of some ways.

  He thought of a big hoodlum he had known before, Sanzhao, a figure in the East City Gang of Zhongzhou.

  "Third brother! I'm Li Zhe! Long time no see, how's it going lately!"

  "Ah! So it's Little Zhe! What's with the pretenses? Isn't this just what I expected? What's up? You looking for me about something?"

  "Haha! Of course, there's something going on. If it wasn't a big deal, who would dare come and bother you, Third Brother?"

  "Hey! You little brat! Your mouth isn't usually so sharp! Spit it out! What's going on?"

  "I have a batch of goods, Han Dynasty coins, in large quantities, please ask Third Brother to find a big customer who can afford it."

  "How much?"

  "Twenty thousand! And several catties of yellow goods!"

  "Ah! Little Zhe, I really didn't expect that you'd also be involved in this line of work!" With such a large quantity, it's clear that it's not from ordinary sources. Third Brother had thought that Li Zhe was tomb raiding with someone else, as this kind of occupation has always been secretly active in Zhongzhou Ancient City.

  "Where? Where? Is life forcing you?"

  "Alright, no problem! I'll help you find a big client. The guy has several stores all over the country, this little thing is nothing to him."

  "Then thank you, Third Brother. I'll definitely invite you out for a meal next time, and we'll absolutely follow the proper etiquette."

  "Haha! Xiao Zhe, our relationship is like this, you're still being polite to me! In the future, if there's any business like this, just take care of San Ge and that's enough."

  "Nowhere! Definitely definitely!"

  Putting down the phone, Li Zhe figured out a mind.

  It's said that one should rely on the mountains and rivers, and eat from the waters. This kind of smuggling business can only be entrusted to these people. Although they take a heavy commission, their reputation is still better than some honest businessmen. Especially when it comes to local folks who know each other well, they still observe certain rules and etiquette, which reduces a lot of trouble. Besides, nowadays Li Zhe has no other choice but this route.

  After a few days, Li Zhe and San Ge's acquaintance, the famous antique dealer Hai Ge, met up. After some small talk, they successfully completed the transaction, and Li Zhe got his hands on 200,000 yuan. The other 200,000 yuan was left with San Ge, that cunning guy.

  It's time for shopping now.

  To solve the food problem, Li Zhe went to the agricultural market and bought a batch of high-quality sweet potato, potato and corn seeds. Then he continued to the weapon shop and ordered a batch of finely crafted five sets of crossbows and twenty long knives, in order not to reveal his intentions, this batch of long knives all adopted the ring-headed knife style of the Han Dynasty. Li Zhe planned to use them to equip his own guard team. These miscellaneous things added up to make up for the weight.

  Everything was ready, Li Zhe activated the time-space shuttle system again and went to the Three Kingdoms era.