The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 112 All that can be eaten has been eaten up long ago
Xun You rushed to Pengcheng with hundreds of carts full of grain and grass.

Cao Cao's fierce general Xu Huang was also escorting him.

Before they reached Pengcheng, Lu Bu brought Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao to welcome them.

The place where he greeted Xun You was more than ten miles away from Pengcheng.

Seeing Lu Bu, Xu Huang curled his lips in contempt: "Lu Fengxian really went there when he saw the benefits. He may have heard that there was food and grass delivered, so he went out of the city to meet him."

"I think he's looking forward to the food being delivered later." Xun You shook his head.

"It is said that he killed Ding Yuan for a Chitu horse, and later killed Dong Zhuo for Diaochan." Xu Huang said, "So much food and grass are much more valuable than Chitu and Diaochan."

"Which is more valuable, a few hundred carts of food and grass, or a [-]-strong army?" Xun You asked him.

Xu Huang didn't know how to respond to the question, but just looked at Xun You in a daze.

"Do you know the difference between Chitu and Diaochan?" Xun You lowered his voice and asked again: "Why did Lu Fengxian betray the old master for this one person and one animal?"

"Isn't it because he has neglected righteousness at the expense of others?" Xu Huang frowned slightly: "It is said that Diao Chan is a stunning beauty, while Chi Tu is a steed. What is the difference between the two?"

"The two are similar in that they can both be ridden." Xun You's expression became a little strange, and his voice was lowered: "Diao Chan and Chi Tu will not die, and Lu Fengxian will be able to ride forever."

Xun You put Diaochan and Chitu together to talk about things.

He also said that the commonality between the two is that they can be ridden.

It is true that the red rabbit horse can be ridden.

As for Diao Chan...

As a general, there are certainly not a few women who have slept with him. Of course Xu Huang understands what Xun You means.

Regarding Xun You's statement, Xu Huang has a different introduction: "I don't think he can ride for too long. In a few years, Diao Chan will be old and young. I'm afraid that Lu Fengxian will lose interest in riding. As for Chitu, he Dong Zhuo was only five years old when he gave it to Lu Fengxian. Now eight or nine years have passed, and it is already thirteen or fourteen years old. After a horse is fifteen or sixteen years old, its stamina and speed will decline a lot every year. He wants to ride it. For a long time, Chitu can't last that many years."

Xun You chuckled and said nothing more.

Lu Bu was already very close to them.

There were still more than ten steps between the two sides, and Xun You greeted Lu Bu first: "This is still far from Pengcheng, why is Wen Hou here?"

"I heard that Mr. Xun is coming. I'm worried that something will happen on the road, so of course I have to meet him personally." Lu Bu looked at Xu Huang: "If I knew that General Xu was with me, maybe I would really be lazy."

"Xuzhou is the boundary of Wen Hou." Although he despised Lu Bu from the bottom of his heart, Xu Huang said politely: "We feel more secure if Wen Hou is willing to come."

"The two of you brought me food and grass, who dares to make a decision? One day they caused trouble, and the next day I led my troops to root out their nests!" Lu Bu chuckled, "Grand Xun, General Xu, please!"

Lu Bu and Xun You rode side by side, while Xu Huang rode in line with Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao.

"Wenhou." Xun You asked: "The grain and grass have arrived, when can we send troops to Huainan?"

"The day after tomorrow." Lu Bu said, "Leave on time the day after tomorrow."

"Huainan is not far away, does Wen Hou still have something to prepare?"

"It's nothing important." Lu Bu smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Xun knows that I have regained my youthful physique. Being young has its advantages, but it also has its disadvantages."

Leaning closer to Xun You, Lu Bu lowered his voice: "If some things are left unattended, even if you go out to fight, you will feel empty in your heart."

Who is Xun You?
Lu Bu didn't know what to say, but he knew what it meant.

With a hey smile, Xun You shook his head.

"The day after tomorrow, leave on time the day after tomorrow." Emphasizing it again, Lu Bu turned his head to look at the food delivery team: "The fine wine that Duke Xun promised..."

"Yes, there are all!" Xun You said: "The lord said, as long as Wen Hou sends troops to attack Huainan, the food and grass can be used at will. As for the fine wine, there will be a lot of wine for Wen Hou and the soldiers in the army to enjoy."

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the farmlands in various places have been barren, and the annual harvest is not even enough to feed the population of the Central Plains.

Countless people starve to death or are killed almost every day.

Brewing requires a lot of food.

In the era of shortage of rations, wine is undoubtedly a luxury brewed at the cost of many people's lives.

However, the more extravagant something is, the more people will chase after it.

Even in the most scarce areas, there will be a group of people engaged in wine making.

Cao Cao has managed Yuzhou and other places for many years.

The localities under his rule have stabilized, and because he has implemented a series of measures to promote agricultural development, the Cao family does not have to worry about insufficient grain and grass, and even has surplus grain for brewing fine wine.

What Xun You brought to Lu Bu was the Dukang old wine from Runan under Yuzhou's rule.

The name of Dukang wine begins with the name of the person.

It is said that Du Kang, the ancestor of wine, accidentally discovered that after processing, he could get fine nectar like sweets and sweets from grains.

The delicious nectar he discovered was fine wine that formed an independent cultural system in later generations.

Since the brewing process of wine originated from Du Kang, a native of Runan, later generations respected him as the ancestor of wine, and named the fine wine produced in Runan as Du Kang wine!
Dukang wine is not only the source of wine, but also its brewing process is very strange.

The craftsmen who make wine will store the fine wine in different wine cellars.

Some wine cellars have relatively low quality wines, while others are sweet and mellow, which makes people taste endless aftertaste.

It is precisely because of the characteristics of Dukang wine stored in separate cellars that the brand after 2000 will be subdivided into different series such as "six cellars, nine cellars, twelve cellars, and fifteen cellars".

Although Du Kang at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty also divided the cellars, he did not have the title of later generations, and Lu Bu did not know what kind of fine wine Xun You sent him.

After cruising around among the convoys transporting grain and grass in advance, Lu Bu secretly sighed in his heart—the people in many places can't even eat a bite, and there are still people who make wine for a living under Cao Cao's rule.

Lu Bu said very sincerely: "The last time Duke Xun came to Pengcheng, I didn't greet him well. This time I will definitely order some meat to entertain Duke Xun."

"Wen Hou doesn't have to be deliberate." Xun You said with a smile: "The wild vegetables are very good."

"Last time, I didn't have good wine, so I just ate wild vegetables." Lu Bu said, "If Mr. Xun sent you good wine, if you used wild vegetables for a feast, wouldn't it be a waste of money?"

He told Zhang Liao behind him: "Wen Yuan, take someone to hunt some wild animals..."

"Where are there wild animals near Xuzhou?" Zhang Liao said with a bitter face, "Everything that can be eaten, even the bark, has been eaten up by the people, and the wild animals have been hunted to extinction."

"This is really difficult..." Lu Bu scratched his head, his eyes fell on the horses pulling the cart.

"Horses can't be killed." Xun You said quickly, "Without horses, who can pull these carts?"

(End of this chapter)