"The Strategic Borrower: How Lu Su Revolutionized

Why do poor people die if they owe hundreds of thousands?Why don't rich people think it's a big deal if they owe tens of millions?Zhou Yu's army was short of food. He heard that there was a wealthy man named Lu nearby.I have a lot of food at home, so I went to borrow itLu Su saw that Zhou Yu seemed to be very talkative even though he was gentle and gentle.But he saw more than a hundred soldiers behind Zhou Yu who looked like wolves and tigers.I couldn't help but shudder.Wait until Zhou Yu explains his intentionA smart person like Lu Su would understand immediatelyHe took Zhou Yu to visit his warehouseThree mountains of grain stacksHe generously gave Zhou Yu two stacks.From then on, Lu Su and Zhou Yu became good friends.Not only did he often visit Zhou Yu’s residence,He also had the rank of joining the army.Joined Zhou Yu's leadership team.It seems the time is ripeLu Su came to see Zhou YuHe said to him: "Of the three piles of grain, only one is mine."The other two piles are from several nearby villages.What do they want from me now? "When Zhou Yu heard this, he said, "That's easy. Now that I've turned over here, I'll return half of the pile to you and you'll have to support it first." Lu Su said, "That's not necessary. You just need to lend me two hundred soldiers. Not only will I be able to seal the hole, Fill it in, and you don’t have to pay back the things you borrowed from me." When Zhou Yu heard that Lu Su was so capable, he let him go.Lu Su first took these soldiers to borrow food from nearby wealthy families, and the wealthy families naturally gave him face. Then he took the grain and piled up five mountain-like stacks of grain in his home warehouse.He called for those who wanted to pay and said to them: "It doesn't matter how much food you want to haul away, but these days there is a lot of war and chaos. I can't care if someone is robbed when you go out. Now I have soldiers and horses here to protect the food. You Just take as much as you need from me, there is no need to take it all away." The creditors heard that it made sense, and seeing that Lu Su still had so much food, they were not in a hurry.From now on, Lu Su's job was to borrow food from everywhere, and secretly sent soldiers dressed as bandits to rob those who did not lend him food. Soon, all the food from hundreds of miles away was deposited with Lu Su. Apart from leaving a few piles at home for creditors to collect directly, Lu Su went to support Zhou Yu in the war.Soon Lu Su became an important minister of Soochow because of his excellent logistics capabilities, and he could borrow more food.