The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 341 He Can't Know How Much Money He Has
Like a peddler, Lu Bu asked Yuan Shao to raise the price in front of Yuan Shao.

"I can only give [-]%." Yuan Shao squeezed his chin and thought for a while, and said to Lu Bu: "Fengxian should know that between you and Cao Mengde, whoever I decide to help will survive. If I stand For Cao Mengde, life after Feng Xian will definitely not be easy. But on the other hand, if I join forces with you to attack Cao Mengde, how can you get coal worth [-]% of the value?"

"But..." Lu Bu said with a bitter face, "The price I gave at the beginning was too low. If you leave, I will lose a lot..."

"The loss of coal, Fengxian can make up for it from other places." Yuan Shao asked: "Whether to keep the coal, or to unite with Hebei, Fengxian can make a decision."

After thinking for a long time, Lu Bu finally sighed and said, "Ben Chu is really a shrewd person. When it comes to bargaining, I am not your opponent."

"Fengxian seems to have suffered a loss, but he actually gained a lot of benefits." Yuan Shao said: "If you keep Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and get Yuzhou in the future, what is a mere coal?"

"What Ben Chu said makes sense." Lu Bu sighed reluctantly, "Speaking with a big fist is tough. When will I be able to speak as grandly as Ben Chu?"

"Sooner or later, Fengxian will have the opportunity to talk to people like this." Yuan Shao held up his wine glass and said to Lu Bu, "Come, Fengxian. For the alliance between Hebei and Xuzhou, drink this cup to the brim!"

"I hope there will be such a day." Lu Bu also picked up the wine glass and asked Yuan Shao after drinking, "Dare to ask Ben Chu, when do you plan to attack Cao Mengde?"

"This time sending troops to attack Fengxian cost a lot to Hebei." Yuan Shao said, "After returning to Yecheng, I have to let the soldiers rest for a while before sending troops to Xudu."

"How long?" Lu Bu asked.

"Three to five months are always needed." Yuan Shao said: "For the army to go out, it is necessary to prepare food, clothing, armor and ordnance. Fengxian also knows that it is not an easy task."

"I can't wait for three to five months." Lu Bu said, "Cao Mengde will not die in destroying me. In three to five months, he will definitely send troops to Xuzhou."

"Fengxian can resist the army of Hebei for three to five or seven years, so are you afraid that Cao Mengde will fail?" Yuan Shao waved his hand with a smile: "There is no rush for this matter."

"That's okay." Lu Bu said: "Before the decision to send troops, Xuzhou's coal would not be sold to Hebei. From now on, Hebei will not even be able to buy a bucket of coal from merchants!"

Before coal was discovered, except for smelting iron and steel and a few wealthy people using charcoal, firewood was used everywhere.

Since the discovery of coal, the habit of using firewood has changed in many places.

It is not only cheap, but also burns for a long time, especially the tar extracted from coal, which can raise the temperature of smelting steel to a new height.

If a large amount of coal can be purchased, Hebei's military armor will be qualitatively improved.

Of course Yuan Shao didn't want Lu Bu to cut off his channels for purchasing coal.

"Why does Fengxian do this? I also have difficulties." Yuan Shao said with a smile: "It's really not that easy to mobilize a large army. Fengxian has led the army for many years, so don't you understand it at all?"

"Of course I understand that it's not easy to send troops, but Ben Chu has to give me an explanation." Lu Bu said, "Even if I send out a letter to challenge Cao, at least I can see Ben Chu's sincerity."

"Fengxian just wanted an essay on Cao Cao?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Of course not." Lu Bu said: "The Call for Call to Cao can be published first, and after three months, I hope you won't be dishonest at the beginning!"

Lu Bu's words showed that he did not believe Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao replied: "Since I have promised Feng Xian, of course I will not break my word."

"Please show me Ben Chu." Lu Bu didn't leave Yuan Shao any room to go back to Huan: "If Ben Chu read out the call for Cao Cao at this time and announced it to the world, when I return to Pengcheng, people will prepare coal. Send it to Yecheng."

"How long will it take?" Yuan Shao's eyes lit up when he mentioned coal.

"After I return to Pengcheng, it will only take three to five days at most." Lu Bu said: "Although there is no ready-made coal in the coal mine, I can order that all the coal ordered by merchants be stopped, and all the coal produced in the past few days will be sent to Yecheng. .”

"General Yan!" Yuan Shao immediately ordered Yan Liang: "You go, Chen Lin finds him, and if you want him to write an article to challenge Cao here. When I read it out, it will be announced to the world!"

Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang to invite Chen Lin, and a smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth.

As long as Yuan Shao's appeal against Cao Cao was issued, from then on, Hebei and Cao Cao became hostile.

Once the Yuan and Cao families who jointly attacked Xuzhou were hostile to each other, even if Xuzhou could not defeat Cao Cao with his own strength, at least Cao Cao would have some scruples, and he would never dare to covet Xuzhou easily...

Satisfied in his heart, Lu Bu didn't show any expression on his face.

He looked at Yuan Shao expressionlessly.

Yuan Shao, who thought he had gained a lot of benefits, smiled, and said to Lu Bu: "Fengxian, don't look at me like this, people think I have gained a lot of benefits from you..."

"Could it be that the benefits you got at the beginning were not enough?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically.

He didn't know anything about coal mines at all, and he didn't know how much operating capital he needed to invest. Yuan Shao really thought that he had benefited a lot from Lu Bu, and his face was a little embarrassed.

"Everyone wants to survive longer in the chaotic world." Yuan Shao chuckled and said to Lu Bu: "Feng was too powerful a few days ago, who in the world is not afraid? Cao Mengde sent someone to find me to state the pros and cons. Of course I will weigh the pros and cons. Then decide whether to attack or not."

"According to what Ben Chu said, it would be a good thing for you to attack me?" Lu Bu asked Yuan Shao.

"Don't dare to say it's a good thing, at least it's not a bad thing." Yuan Shao said with a smile: "At least Cao Mengde and I both feel that Fengxian is already so powerful that it's hard to control if we don't attack him."

Lu Bu shook his head with a helpless smile: "Why do I listen to the original explanation and make people dumbfounded? You came to beat me, but you spoke as if I owed you a lot of favors..."

"There's no need to owe favors." Yuan Shao waved his hands graciously: "Feng Xian remembers my benefits."

Yuan Shao's reaction really made Lu Bu dumbfounded.

He and Cao Cao jointly sent troops to crusade against Xuzhou, and this time he actually asked Lu Bu to remember his benefits...

Every hero must have shameless traits, it seems that he is right.

When the two were talking, Yan Liang brought a person to Yuan Shao.

This person is about 30 years old, dressed as a scribe, and looks old and dull.

If you don't know who he is, and just judge from his appearance, you will definitely think that he is just an extremely honest ordinary person.

Lu Bu had seen him before.

He is Yuan Shao's subordinate Chen Lin who is best at grasping swords and writing.

Coming under the canopy, Chen Lin bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "My lord called me over, what do you want me to do?"

"Write me an article against Cao Cao." Yuan Shao told him: "I want to attack Cao Cao."

Yuan Shao was still attacking Lu Bu before, but now the wind turned 180 degrees, and he wanted to attack Cao Cao again.

Chen Lin didn't ask any more questions, and replied, "I'll go back and write now..."

"Kong Zhang doesn't need to go back, he can just write here." Yuan Shao motioned him to write the call to action in front of Lu Bu.

Dazed for a moment, Chen Lin hesitated and said, "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there is no pen and ink here..."

"Serve the pen and ink for Kong Zhang." Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

The two agreed but did not leave, Yan Liang nodded to the guard not far away.

The guards also heard what Yuan Shao said, and two of them turned around and ran to prepare pens and ink for Chen Lin.

Useless for a long time, the pen and ink came.

A thick piece of silk was spread on the table.

This kind of silk has a thick material, which is different from the silk made into clothes.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun invented paper.

The texture of the paper he invented is rough, just looking at the material, it looks like the yellow paper that people used to sweep graves after 2000 years.

Moreover, the cost of paper is very high, so high that it even surpasses silk.

Due to the cost and the impracticality of the paper material, the paper named "Caihou paper" is not very popular, and only a small number of nobles and nobles in the south occasionally use it.

More often, when people choose writing tools, they still choose sheepskin, silk or simply carved bamboo slips.

Although the cost of carving bamboo slips is low, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and most nobles and nobles would not choose it.

Among them, silk is the most expensive, but very smooth to write on.

Having prepared the pen and ink, Chen Lin spread the silk on the table, picked up the pen and thought for a while, and then completed a call to Cao Cao in an instant with a flick of her wrist.

As one of the Seven Sons of Jian'an, Chen Lin's talent is of course outstanding.

Holding the newly written proclamation in both hands, he handed it to Yuan Shao: "My lord, please have a look."

As a result, Yuan Shaozai read the call to arms carefully, and then handed it to Lu Bu: "Fengxian also take a look."

Calligraphy is written in Xiaozhuan characters, even if there are no more than a thousand characters, it is almost a few.

The soul in Lu Bu's body couldn't recognize a few small seal characters.

In this era, he has inherited the memory in his physical body, so he also recognizes Xiaozhuan characters.

After reading the call-to-action, Lu Bu said: "I really don't know when Cao Mengde dug his grave, and founded General Faqiu Zhonglang and Captain Mojin."

"Fengxian has been very busy these past few years, so how could he take care of these things." Yuan Shao smiled and said to Lu Bu: "He may not remember what Cao Mengde did, but someone will always remember it for him."

Looking at Chen Lin, Lu Bu asked, "Did you write a call to action when Ben Chu attacked me?"

Chen Lin didn't answer, but looked at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao chuckled, "During the crusade against Fengxian, Kong Zhang really didn't write a call to action."

"Who wrote that?" Lu Bu asked curiously, "Why didn't I see the call to action?"

"Not at all, of course it is impossible for Fengxian to see it." Yuan Shao said with some embarrassment: "I never thought of writing a call to action at that time..."

He didn't speak very clearly.

But Lu Bu understood immediately.

Yuan Shao didn't even think about what to write about the crusade against Xuzhou.

In his eyes, Lu Bu was not worth mentioning at all. How could he need someone to write a special article to attack Xuzhou?
There are so many heroes in the world, although Lu Bu is entrenched in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, but his foundation is too shallow after all, Yuan Shao really didn't take him seriously.

From Yuan Shao's expression and the meaning in his words, Lu Bu had already understood what he wanted to express.

For some reason, knowing that there was no call to crusade against him, Lu Bu actually felt a little lost, a feeling of being ignored...

People are really strange.

There is nothing wrong with wanting good things, and he also wants things like Xiwen, but people can't figure it out no matter what.

Even Lu Bu himself found this idea ridiculous.

He handed back the call to action to Yuan Shao: "Kong Zhang is really a talented person in the world. If Cao Mengde read the call to arms, he would be so annoyed that he would spit out a bucket of blood. As long as the call to action is really released to the world and formally declare war on Cao Mengde, except for Xuzhou, Except for the coal retained in Yangzhou, the rest will be sent to Yecheng."

What Yuan Shao wanted was his words.

Handan, Hebei is rich in steel. After the coal is transported to Hebei, the quality of the steel will have a leapfrog development.

Smelting steel with better quality means a lot to Yuan Shao.

On the battlefield, the quality of the weapons used by soldiers is determined by steel.

Steel is tough, and the weapons it forges must be extremely sharp.

Having a weapon with better spelling is of great significance to Yuan Jun's future conquest of the world.

Of course, Yuan Shao would be very happy if he could use the crusade against Cao Cao in exchange for better quality steel.

"Send someone to copy [-] copies and distribute it to the world so that the world will know." Yuan Shao told Chen Lin: "Don't forget to send a copy to Cao Mengde."

Chen Lin agreed to resign.

Lu Bu said to Yuan Shao: "I was sincere at the beginning, and I will definitely fulfill my promise. I have been here for too long, so I should go back."

He stood up and bowed his hands to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao stood up and returned the salute: "Will Feng Xian not accompany me to drink a few more cups?"

"Benchu's army is not far away, but now you are here to attack me." Lu Bu replied: "If I were replaced by Benchu, would you be willing to stay here longer?"

Yuan Shao laughed loudly: "I thought Feng Xian was not afraid at all..."

"Of course I'm not afraid at all." Lu Bu replied, "I just don't want to chat and laugh with Benchu ​​as if nothing happened while the army that was attacking Xuzhou has not retreated."

"Don't worry, Fengxian. I will withdraw my troops early tomorrow morning." Yuan Shao said to Lv Bu, "I will fight Cao Cao together with you after I gather some time."

"Then I will wait for you." Lu Bu said, "Farewell!"

"I'll send Fengxian off." Yuan Shao sent him outside the canopy.

The two arched their hands at each other again, and Lu Bu turned and walked towards the bank of the Yellow River.

When they came to the bank and boarded the boat, Sun Ce said to Lv Bu until the boat left the river bank: "The Marquis of Chu is really not as courageous as ordinary people. Not far away is Yuan Shao's army. I see that it is only a hundred steps away from Huagai. Thousands of Yuan troops Be prepared, as long as Yuan Benchu ​​gives an order, the Marquis of Chu will never return to the south bank."

"Yuan Shao refuses to retreat, so what does it matter if he returns to the south bank or not?" Lu Bu said, "He brought a large number of soldiers and horses. Once the two sides go to war, even if our army wins in the end, the loss will be not small. If we can persuade Yuan Shao to return , is the best result."

"He retreated back, but got a lot of benefits from Chu Hou." Sun Ce said: "Buying coal at [-]% of the price really gave him a lot of advantages."

"Bo Fu thinks it's just that he has benefited?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.

"Isn't it a benefit to buy coal and save so much money?" Sun Ce asked suspiciously.

"Of course we got some benefits, but we didn't suffer a loss." Lu Bu curled his lips: "The price given to the merchants is [-]% of what they sell. If I sell it to Yuan Benchu, I get [-]%. Bofu thinks I got it." Is it a good thing, or a big loss?"

He didn't understand the profit of coal mines at all. Hearing Lu Bu's explanation, Sun Ce suddenly felt in the fog.

He asked Lu Bu: "Selling to merchants is only [-]% of the value of their goods. Don't those merchants make a lot of money?"

"I'm not interested in how much they earn." Lu Bu said, "I just need to know that the coal mine can bring benefits to Xuzhou.":
Looking across the river bank, Lu Bu smiled and shook his head: "I didn't expect Yuan Benchu ​​would really choose to retreat for coal. Whether he chooses to fight Cao Cao or not, it is not a bad thing for us."

"I really don't understand what the Marquis of Chu said." Sun Ce said, "I know that Yuan Benchu's crusade against Cao Cao will bring countless benefits to Xuzhou. But if he doesn't crusade against Cao Cao, Yuan's army may attack Xuzhou again at any time. It can be said that it is a serious worry. How can Chuhou say it is a good thing?"

"Cao and Yuan's joint crusade against Xuzhou is very difficult to resist with our own strength." Lu Bu said: "Yuan Benchu ​​withdrew his troops for coal, and he would not want to fight back for a while. Once the call for Cao Cao falls into the hands of Cao Cao, the two The relationship must collapse completely. Cao Cao wants to unite Hebei to attack Xuzhou again, but it will not be as simple as before."

"The Marquis of Chu owns the coal mine, so don't you worry about Yuan Benchu ​​coveting it?" Sun Ce said: "You know, it is much easier to seize the coal mine from the Marquis of Chu than just buying coal."

"Seize the coal mine?" Lü Bu shook his head with a smile, "Bo Fu thought that Yuan Benchu ​​would not put eyeliners in the future to find out the truth of the coal mine? It is impossible to find out how much money the coal cost when it was transported out. Without detailed calculations, it is impossible for them to see it. Look, how much manpower and equipment are involved in transporting coal from the ground. It also involves many technologies that they can't master at all. Yuan Benchu ​​is not a fool, he should know that without me, the coal mine will definitely not work It is not a good choice for Yuan Benchu ​​to seize Xuzhou and snatch the coal mine from me."

The boat was already approaching the south bank, and Lu Bu looked at Yuan Jun's camp on the other side and said, "If I were Yuan Shao, I would definitely not take it. Although it can produce so many benefits in other people's hands, it is no different from abandoning it in my hands. Rather than offending others, it is better for both parties to benefit from each other and directly benefit from others."

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