The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 389 Exchange Armor for Coal
Cui Yan asked Yuan Shang to send someone to inform Yuan Shao of what happened in Pengcheng, but then he felt that something was wrong and wrote a letter to Yuan Shao himself.

The people Yuan Shang sent back to Yecheng arrived half a day earlier than Cui Yan's letter.

Hearing that Yuan Shang received a cold reception when he went to Pengcheng, Yuan Shao was also very annoyed.

Calling Shenpei, Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others to the front hall, Yuan Shao discussed with them whether they should give Lu Bu some good looks.

Everyone had different opinions, Guo Tu and others advocated for the Yuan family's alliance with Lu Bu, so they must not offend him.

But Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others supported Yuan Shang, thinking that Yuan Shao should really show Lu Bu some color.

The two sides were arguing, and a guard came to the front door: "Report to my lord, Cui Gong sent me a letter, saying that I must hand it over to the lord for review."

Yuan Shang's talents arrived within half a day, and Cui Yan sent someone to send back a letter. Everyone stopped their disputes and turned their attention to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao ordered the guards: "Bring the messenger here."

The guards retreated in response, and Cui Yan's personal guards were brought in after a while.

Holding a letter in both hands, the guard entered the front hall, bowed his head and said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, Cui Gong wants me to send back the letter, saying that there is something urgent to report. He also specially instructed that the letter can only be opened by the lord himself. "

It was beyond Yuan Shao's expectation that Cui Yan asked him to send back the letter, and he also specifically asked him to open and read it himself, so that Yuan Shao could faintly notice something.

Signaling the guard beside him to take the letter and pass it to him, Yuan Shao opened the bamboo tube containing the letter and took out a piece of silk from it.

After unfolding the silk and browsing through it, Yuan Shao understood.

When Yuan Shang went to Pengcheng, he didn't have a good discussion with Lu Bu and others as he asked, but instead he was arrogant and domineering, so he was snubbed by Lu Bu.

After reading Cui Yan's letter, Yuan Shao was really annoyed.

He frowned, put the letter into his arms, and said to everyone: "I have reached an alliance with Lu Fengxian, and we can't just ruin the alliance just because he is a little arrogant and rude. Earlier, I sent my third son and Cui Yan to Pengcheng, I asked Lu Bu why he refused to send troops, and the news they brought me was the same. They all said that Lu Bu's army lacked armor, so it was impossible to send troops to attack Cao Mengde in time. I decided to allocate [-] sets of armor to him, starting today Send it to Pengcheng."

"My lord." Feng Ji said, "[-] sets of armor is a lot, we can't just give it to Lu Bu."

"Of course." Yuan Shao replied: "I have to ask him to give some more coal. Our armor this time is not given away for free, but to be exchanged for enough coal. I have also heard craftsmen say that using Coke is extracted from coal, which can be forged into better steel. Since I helped Lu Bu when he was in danger, he should have no reason to refuse me."

"My lord is right." Guo Tu said, "Although Lu Bu is capricious, how can Xuzhou's military strength compare with that of Hebei? As long as my lord sends a message to tell Lu Bu that these armors are not given away for nothing, he will surely succeed." Bring enough coal. By then we will be able to forge more sophisticated weapons and armor, which will benefit Hebei without any harm.”

"Gongze's opinion is the same as mine." Yuan Shao nodded, and said to everyone: "You don't need to continue arguing, this matter will be settled like this."

Looking at Guo Tu's face, Yuan Shao said again: "I planned to send someone else to visit Pengcheng, but after much deliberation, it is not appropriate for anyone to go. I wonder if Gongze is willing to take this trip? "

"As long as my lord asks me to do things, I will go forward." Guo Tu replied: "This time I go to Pengcheng, I will definitely let Lu Bu get some more coal. I will never let him get benefits from Hebei for nothing. "

"If you have the words of the public, I can rest assured." Yuan Shao then said: "Immediately send an order to the treasury to select [-] sets of good armor and send them to Pengcheng."

"My lord." The examiner interjected, "Lu Bu just wanted armor, and he didn't say that it's normal to get good ones. It's better to take those defective products in the treasury that no one wants..."

"Zhengnan doesn't know that Lu Bu doesn't have enough armor, it's not because he doesn't have reserves in his army, it's just that he destroyed most of the armor he had in reserve earlier."

He didn't see the letter Cui Yan sent back, and he didn't know that Pengcheng had killed many profiteers and officials because of the armor. The judge asked in surprise: "It's so good, why did he destroy those armors? Could it be that he doesn't understand, Cao Cao is watching closely, and he may kill him at any time. Destroying the armor at this time is tantamount to killing himself."

"Lu Bu destroyed the armor because they were poor quality goods that were crudely made and the materials were deducted." Yuan Shao said, "He wanted better armor, so why didn't I satisfy him? I sent the inferior armor, in case he returned it Coming back, going back and forth has actually delayed our use of coal."

"My lord is wise!" Before the judge could speak, Guo Tu lost no time in flattering him: "Give the best armor to Lu Bu, I would like to see what excuses and reasons he has for not sending us more armor." Lots of coal. "

Yuan Shao nodded, and said to everyone: "I have made a decision, and you should go to work on your injuries. When Lv Bu attacks Cao Cao, we have to think about how to deal with the complicated variables."

Everyone got up and left one after another.

After Guo Tu withdrew, he immediately asked people to count the armor and prepare to transport it to Pengcheng.

Lu Bu, who was in Pengcheng, was dealing with things that he thought must be dealt with as soon as possible before the war came.

Earlier, he had asked people to look for sulfur, and asked to use sulfur to refine sulfuric acid.

As long as there is sulfuric acid, he can use some copper sheets and the like to achieve the purpose of generating electricity.

However, Lu Bu tried many times, but the sulfuric acid was not produced successfully.

It wasn't until this time that he realized that many things could not be produced by his ability, at least power generation was an absolute luxury for him.

Without power, he couldn't make light bulbs.

If there were no light bulbs, open flames would still be required for lighting in mine shafts.

Now the mines are not deep, so it is not a big deal to use open flames. In the future, as the coal seam is further mined, and open flames are used for lighting, it is likely to cause mine disasters, resulting in the death and injury of a large number of miners.

The purpose of mining coal mines is to get more coal to use or sell for profit. Lu Bu does not want to fill the lives of many miners under the mine due to coal mine production.

He really couldn't think of a way, so he invited Liu Hong to the study.

Sitting opposite Lv Bu, Liu Hong also had a look of embarrassment on his face after listening to the difficult problems he described.

"Does Liu Gong also feel that what I said is impossible to realize?" Lu Bu asked Liu Hong.

"To be honest with Marquis Chu, I have never heard of such a fantastic idea." Liu Hong said, "If what Marquis Chu said was told to me in the past or by someone else, I would definitely think that those people They're all crazy. But it's Chu Hou who said these words, so I don't think it's strange. But I didn't think of any way to make something that glows but has no heat..."

"If Mr. Liu is willing to share my worries, you might as well take the students around you to think about it together." Lu Bu said, "I have too many things to do all day long, and I have to deal with Yuan Shang and Cui Yan recently. Get some armor and use it to equip the soldiers. There are so many things waiting for me to do, I really don't have the energy to think about them."

"Does Marquis Chu have a clear direction for us to do?" Liu Hong said, "Although what Marquis Chu said makes sense, I feel that it is not so easy to do it. If we can give us A clear direction, maybe we can really create it.”

"Electricity, mainly electricity." Lu Bu said: "Put two copper pieces in sulfuric acid, and the electricity can be released through the reaction. Using these weak electric energy, although it is impossible to do more things, it is enough to light up the bulb... ..."

When it comes to light bulbs, Lu Bu has some troubles again.

In this era, even glass cannot be made, so how can it be possible to make light bulbs?

"Bulb?" Liu Hong asked in surprise, "What is that?"

"Let's put it this way, the positive and negative poles are electrified, and there is a tungsten wire in the middle." Lu Bu said: "When the current passes through the tungsten wire, it will immediately turn red and hot, thus achieving the effect of luminescence. However, if the tungsten wire is directly energized in the air , it will be burned in an instant due to contact with air. We have to cover the outside with a cover, and the best thing to make the cover is glass..."

Lu Bu was talking endlessly about the incandescent light bulb in his impression, but what Liu Hong was listening to was clouds and mist, and he didn't understand what he was talking about at all.

From Liu Hong's confused gaze, Lu Bu could see that he didn't understand what he was talking about at all.

Sighing annoyedly, Lu Bu said to Liu Hong: "Forget it, forget it, Mr. Liu should rely on his own ability and think about how to find a light source for me that can shine and won't ignite other things. "

After listening to Lu Bu talk a lot, Liu Hong's mind is full of muddleheadedness.

Although he is proficient in arithmetic, he does not have the cognition of 2000 years later. Of course, he will not understand what Lu Bu is talking about.

Lu Bu was also sensible, seeing that he didn't understand, he stopped talking and simply pushed the whole matter to Liu Hong.

"I will do my best to do what the Marquis Chu entrusted to me." Liu Hong said, "It's just that I can't be too sure about whether it will be completed in the end. If it is not done, please forgive me. "

"Forgive, forgive, I can understand." Lu Bu replied: "As long as Liu Gong leads people to do it, even if it doesn't work, I can't blame you."

"Thank you, Marquis Chu, for your understanding!" Liu Hong stood up and bowed to Lu Bu as a big gift. "Lu Bu raised his hand and said to him: "I entrusted Mr. Liu to do things, so Mr. Liu doesn't have to do this. "

"If Marquis Chu doesn't mention anything about him, I'll go back and think about it first." Liu Hong told Lu Bu to quit and planned to leave.

Lu Bu didn't force him to stay, got up and sent him to the door, and told Liu Hong to pay attention to safety when developing these things, and then went back to the study.

After sitting down in the study, Sun Ce came to the door: "Marquis Chu, Cui Yan asks to see you."

"Have the Yuan family's armor been delivered?" Lu Bu asked Sun Ce without telling him to enter the house.

"It seems not yet." Sun Ce replied: "However, Cui Yan has brought news that Yuan Shao has ordered Guo Tu to prepare [-] sets of good armor, which are being transported to Pengcheng."

"It seems that Yuan Benchu ​​is still a sensible person." Hearing that Yuan Shao asked Guo Tu to send the armor, Lu Bu said very satisfied: "If he hadn't asked Yuan Shang to come to Pengcheng this time, maybe the matter would have been settled long ago. "

"Does Marquis Chu want to see Cui Yan?" Sun Ce outside the door asked again.

"Everyone is here, so there's no reason not to see them." Lu Bu said, "Please come here."

Sun Ce left in response, and brought Cui Yan to Lu Bu's study after a short while.

After entering the study, Cui Yan bowed to Lu Bu: "I have seen General Lu!"

"It's only on my side that the matter is settled." Lu Bu bowed his hand in return, asked Cui Yan to sit down and said, "It's really a coincidence that Cui Gong came here."

"I came here because I actually have something to tell Marquis Chu." Cui Yan said, "My lord has agreed to dispatch armor from Hebei to Pengcheng, and I ask Marquis Chu to be ready to respond."

"Yuan Benchu ​​really sent me the armor?" Having already received the news from Sun Ce, Lu Bu still pretended to be happy and asked Cui Yan.

"General Lu and my lord are allies, so we will attack Cao Cao together soon." Cui Yan replied, "Now that Marquis Chu lacks armor, how can my lord just ignore it?"

"What Cui Gong said is true." Lu Bu chuckled, and said to Cui Yan: "With the armor sent by Benchu ​​Gong, I don't have to urge Xuzhou to hurry up and make it. Thirty thousand sets of armor are taken from the treasury. There are a lot of them coming out, not to mention the craftsmen have to rush to make them. By the time they rush to make them, half a year may have passed."

"Marquis Chu is right. My lord also considered these things, so he ordered Mr. Guo to escort the armor to Pengcheng." Cui Yan said, "With the armor, I hope that General Lu will not disappoint my lord."

"I have always done things safely, so how could I disappoint Lord Benchu?" Lu Bu chuckled and asked Cui Yan, "It's not that I try to figure out the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart, I just want to ask, Yuan Benchu ​​sent me this time. Is your armor good? Will he use some poorly made armor to fool me?"

"General Lu said that." Cui Yan showed displeasure on his face, and he said to Lu Bu: "Could it be that Chuhou still can't trust my lord's conduct?"

"Of course I can trust Ben Chugong's character." Lu Bu chuckled, and said to Cui Yan: "What I'm worried about is actually those under his command. It's hard to guarantee that there won't be a few of them pretending to be smart and replacing the best armor with inferior ones. Ugly words I can say up front that if it is inferior, I will definitely not take it."

"Don't worry, Marquis Chu, he will definitely not be an inferior product." Cui Yan replied: "My lord is also very concerned about this matter, otherwise, how could he send Guo Gongze here? You know, he is very close to the lord. People who are relied on."

(End of this chapter)