The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 390 Guo Tu Is Also Capable

Yuan Shao sent Guo Tu to escort the armor to Pengcheng. Of course Lu Bu could guess that he was also very careful about exchanging the armor for coal.

Asking Cui Yan if it was the armor of crude blue algae, it was nothing more than that he wanted Cui Yan to be at a disadvantage first, so that the rest of the conversation could follow his rhythm.

Sure enough, Cui Yan was a little angry at Lu Bu's words.

Seeing that he was angry, Lu Bu said with a smile: "Don't take what I said to heart, Mr. Cui. I am good at everything else, but there is one thing. Whenever I doubt something, I always like to hang up." Ask directly with your mouth. In fact, I also understand that even if Duke Benchu ​​really sent me a shoddy armor, he would never let Duke Cui know about it. I asked this just to reassure myself."

"My lord has always been the same." Cui Yan replied: "General Lu can rest assured of his character."

"Of course." Lu Bu replied with a smile: "I and Ben Chu agreed that it is not a day or two. Although I am still young, he is already middle-aged. But this is also destiny, and it cannot change me. I have known him for many years."

"General Lu was young overnight, and I don't know how many people in the world admire him." Cui Yan replied: "It's just that this matter now has nothing to do with the general's youthful youth back then. It's okay for the general to separate the two things. explain."

"Separate, of course we have to separate." Lu Bu pretended to look behind Cui Yan and asked him, "Why didn't Yuan Xianfu accompany Cui Gong to see me today?"

"If the third son comes, will General Lu still see us?" Cui Yan was not polite and asked Lu Bu directly.

Lu Bu chuckled, and said to Cui Yan: "Whether I see you or not is actually not up to me, but to Yuan Xianfu. When he came to Pengcheng earlier, I would never treat him like that..."

"Chu Hou should not always talk about the events of that day. The third son of my family is young, unlike Chu Hou. Although he looks like a young man, he has a way of life that ordinary people don't have." Cui Yan said: "Wouldn't Marquis Chu lose his temper if he cares about the third son?"

"Cui Gong is right. I really shouldn't argue with him." Lu Bu nodded and replied, "If it spreads, it will be said that the big bully the small."

"It's good that Marquis Chu understands." Cui Yan then changed the subject: "I came to ask to see Marquis Chu, and there is actually one thing I want to discuss."

"Is it for coal?" Lu Bu asked calmly.

"Exactly." Cui Yan said, "My lord has sent someone to deliver the armor that Marquis Chu wants. I wonder when Marquis Chu plans to send the coal that we lack in Hebei?"

"As soon as the armor arrives, it has been inspected and there are no problems. I will ask someone to prepare coal and send it to Lord Benchu." Lu Bu replied, "To be honest, I exchanged [-] sets of armor with coal. No matter how I think about it, I feel that I am at a loss Very good. But right now I am in a hurry to attack Cao Cao. The soldiers in the army have no armor and cannot send troops. I know that I will lose money, but I still have to do this..."

"My lord knows that coal is precious." Cui Yan replied, "So the Marquis of Chu asked for [-] sets of armor, but he sent someone to send them without even thinking about it."

"Ben Chugong's love for me is always in my heart." Lu Bu replied, "It's just the coal exchanged for [-] sets of armor..."

"If the Marquis of Chu intends to make a discount, we can calculate it." Seeing that Lu Bu was going to say something that would not benefit the Yuan family, Cui Yan interrupted him and said, "Coal and armor have prices, so we can exchange them after discounting. Neither side will suffer.”

"This way is appropriate." Lu Bu said, "It just looks like I'm a bit petty..."

"Although it is an alliance, the money still needs to be settled." Cui Yan said: "In order not to be unhappy with each other in the future, and cause some troubles."

"What Cui Gong said is very true!" Lu Bu said: "Since Cui Gong intends to discount the price, let's wait until the armor arrives, and we will carefully calculate the price."

"I've made it clear. Marquis Chu also thinks that it can be exchanged at a discount, so I won't bother you here." Cui Yan stood up, bowed to Lu Bu and said, "I'll take my leave first."

After Cui Yan left, Lu Bu called Sun Ce into the study.

He asked at the beginning: "Do you know what the price of coal is now?"

"Since Marquis Chu asked the mine not to send more coal to merchants last time, Zhang Shiping is now busy building an arsenal, and there is very little coal in the market." Sun Ce replied: "The price should not be too low."

"Go and get Zhang Shiping for me." Lu Bu ordered, "I want him to bring me all the information about the price of coal."

"I'll go right away." Cui Yan came to see Lv Bu for coal, of course, and when Lv Bu asked about the price of coal, there must be something deep in it, Sun Ce agreed and went to find Zhang Shiping.

Not long after, he led Zhang Shiping to Lu Bu's study.

Zhang Shiping had just entered the study, and before he had time to greet him, Lu Bu asked, "What is the market price of coal now?"

"Extraordinary goods can be lived in." Zhang Shiping replied: "The Marquis of Chu controls the delivery of coal, and the merchants can't buy it even with the money. The price of coal is even higher than that of charcoal."

"How long has this price been stable?" Lu Bu asked again.

"At least two months." Zhang Shiping thought for a while, and then asked Lu Bu: "Is Chu Hou going to sell coal?"

"The Yuan family in Hebei sent a lot of armor, and they want to exchange the armor for coal at a discount." Lu Bu smiled and said to Zhang Shiping: "Of course I hope that the price of coal will be as high as possible."

"To control the price of coal, as long as Chuhou orders not to export it outside." Zhang Shiping replied: "If something is rare in the market, its price will inevitably rise. Chuhou wants to sell coal at a high price. This is the way It does work."

"No, no!" Lu Bu waved his hands and said, "The price of coal in the market has reached this level, and there is no need for us to do anything else. What we need to do is to lower the price of armor."

"Armors are easier to handle." Zhang Shiping replied: "Now the Marquis of Chu does not allow the market to make armors. As long as the arsenal lowers the price of armors, the armors they send will be worthless."

"You are cunning and cunning." Lu Bu smiled, and said to Zhang Shiping: "You will decide the price of the armor. If you go too far, if you offend Yuan Shao, there will be a lot of trouble."

"I understand." Zhang Shiping replied: "It will only make Chuhou a lot of money, and I will not make things unacceptable."

After Zhang Shiping left, Lu Bu was satisfied.

He got up and walked to the courtyard, came to the gazebo and watched the fish playing in the water.

Just as he was looking at Yu'er, a sweet voice came from behind: "I have met my husband in person."

Without looking back, just listening to the voice, Lu Bu knew that Zhen Mi was coming behind him.

Turning around and smiling slightly at Zhen Mi, Lu Bu asked, "Why are you here?"

"The sky is a little gloomy, it seems to be raining." Zhen Mi replied: "I feel very stuffy in the room, so I went out for a walk, I didn't expect that my husband is here too."

"Like you, I also feel very stuffy, so I came here to take a breath." Lu Bu replied, "But this terrible weather is really unbearable."

"My husband may have been busy with too many things recently, so I feel irritable." Zhen Mi smiled sweetly and walked up to the gazebo. She bowed to Lu Bu: "As a concubine, I can chat with my husband to relieve my boredom, but I don't know if my husband will be willing." Or not?"

"It would be great to have you talking with me." Lu Bu stretched out his hand and put her in his arms, wrapping one arm around her waist, and asked with a smirk, "What are you going to say to me?"

Being hugged by Lu Bu, Zhen Mi smiled slightly: "Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the weather."

In the later life of 2000, if two people have nothing to talk about together, they will occasionally find words from the weather.

However, the topics that are often found will be ended in an instant, and in the end they can only end in embarrassment.

"Just talk about the weather when you're with me?" Lu Bu put his arms around Zhen Mi, and smiled: "Why don't you talk about when you will be able to give me two children."

Speaking of having a baby, Zhen Mi's pretty face blushed slightly: "It's better to talk about such topics in the room..."

"Then go to your room and have a good talk." Lu Bu hugged Zhen Mi and strode towards her residence.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu would propose to her in broad daylight, Zhen Mi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Husband, it's still daytime..."

"No one stipulates that such things can only be done at night." Lu Bu said, holding Zhen Mi in his arms as he walked towards her residence, "You and I will have nothing to do at this time, others will beat their children on cloudy days, and we will be children on cloudy days. Isn't it more emotional than them?"

What Lu Bu said was blatant, Zhen Mi had no choice but to let him carry him back to the residence.

When we arrived at Zhen Mi's residence, Lu Bu told the maid: "Look outside the door, no matter who comes to me, they will say that my wife and I have some urgent matters to discuss, so ask them to wait for a while."

The maid bowed to answer, while Lu Bu carried Zhen Mi into the inner room.

Not long after, the maid standing in the outer room heard a strange sound coming from the inner room.

The maids who heard the movement glanced at each other, each with extremely strange expressions on their faces.

When Cui Yan saw Lu Bu, he went back to the building. Yuan Shang came up to meet him and asked, "Did Cui Gong see Lu Fengxian today?"

"Yes, I also told him the news that Mr. Guo escorted the armor to Pengcheng." Cui Yan replied.

"What did he say?" Although he had provoked Lu Bu and others before, Yuan Shang also knew the importance of coal to the Yuan family, so he asked Cui Yan.

"I didn't say anything else." Cui Yan replied: "He just thinks that exchanging coal for armor is really a loss, so I suggest that both coal and armor should be discounted and calculated with copper coins. In this way, no matter who loses, who gains , can’t say anything else.”

"Cui Gong's method is good, I'm afraid that Lu Bu will make trouble." Yuan Shang said: "I will send people to the market to find out what the price of coal and armor in Pengcheng is."

"That's fine." Cui Yan said, "This will be a probe, and Lu Bu probably won't have time to do something about it."

Yuan Shang shouted outside the door: "Come here!"

A guard opened the door and walked in.

"Take a few people to the market to find out the price of coal and armor." Yuan Shang said to the guard, "No matter what the result is, you must come back and report to me."

"Follow your master's order." The guard took the order and retreated.

Yuan Shang said to Cui Yan: "Lv Bu has always been deceitful, he can agree so readily, most of them are deceitful."

"I also proposed it suddenly, and he was caught off guard when he agreed." Cui Yan replied: "Don't worry, the third son, the price of the armor and coal is stored there. Even if he forces the merchant to change the price, we can find it from it." Clues and clues. As long as we find evidence that he has tampered with it, we have a reason to keep the price of coal very low. Lu Bu should also understand that many times he pretends to be clever, but is often delayed by his cleverness."

"Actually, I don't really understand my father's decision this time." Yuan Shang said: "Pengcheng already has Mr. Cui, so why did you send Guo Tu? I know that Guo Tu is good at flirting. With the ability to do things, I really don't believe it..."

"Third Young Master, don't underestimate Guo Gongze." Cui Yan replied: "Although he is good at flattering horses, it is also a skill. At least he can make the Lord happy. The Lord is happy, and we people will feel better Since Guo Gong followed the lord back then, he has made a lot of ideas. It's just that the Yuan family has grown in power in the past two years, and he has focused on how to please the lord, and he has never considered seeking benefits for the Yuan family. .My lord sent him to Pengcheng, there is no one he needs to slack off here, and it may really bring a lot of trouble to Lu Bu."

"Cui Gong is so optimistic about Guo Tu. Could it be that he is really capable?" Yuan Shang said in disbelief: "Since I followed my father to fight, I really haven't seen him show his skills."

"As I said just now, Guo Gongze's ability is not small." Cui Yan smiled slightly and said to Yuan Shang: "Who can be a mediocre person who can be cast under the lord's account and be appreciated by the lord? Since the lord defeated Gongsun Zan, most of the Yuan family's staff have their own thoughts, and few people really use their energy to strengthen Hebei."

"I understand what Cui Gong means." Yuan Shang frowned slightly. He knew that Guo Tu had always been on Yuan Tan's side, and he didn't have much affection for him, the third son of the Yuan family.

I thought this person would just slap on horses to win Yuan Shao's favor, but Cui Yan said that he is capable.

The last thing Yuan Shang wants to hear is that among the group of people close to Yuan Tan, there are capable people.

Holding his chin, he asked Cui Yan: "After Guo Tu comes, what's Cui Gong's plan?"

"What other plans do you have?" Cui Yan smiled generously: "My lord wants him to come here to take over my affairs. He is willing to take over. Is it possible that I still want to fight with him?"

(End of this chapter)