The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 391 It's Time to Deliver on the Promise
Guo Tu took a team of men and horses to escort [-] sets of armor to Pengcheng.

Each carriage can only hold two to three hundred sets of armor. In the team he is responsible for escorting, there are more than 100 huge carriages used by the army to load supplies.

After walking for more than a day, Guo Tu led the team to the outside of Pengcheng.

Other than Yuan Shang and Cui Yan, those waiting at the gate of the city were Lu Su who was ordered by Lu Bu to take over the armor.

Seeing Guo Tu coming with the team, Yuan Shang and Cui Yan went up to meet them, while Lu Bu waited in place.

Arriving in front of Guo Tu, Yuan Shang just cupped his hands, Cui Yan said after seeing the ceremony: "I thought the matter here in Xuzhou could be solved easily, but I didn't expect to bother Guo Gong to come here in the end, it really makes people ashamed."

"Cui Gong, please don't say that." Guo Tu first returned the gift to Yuan Shang, and then smiled at Cui Yan: "I came here to escort the armor under the order of the lord. In fact, the things here still need Cui Yan. The public will take care of it."

"In terms of ability, I can't compare to Mr. Guo." Cui Yan waved his hands and said, "Since Mr. Guo is here, I should explain everything in hand clearly, and then obey Mr. Guo's orders."

"Don't do that!" Guo Tu hurriedly said, "Mr. Cui is always in charge of everything. I just came here. I don't know anything. If Mr. Cui pushes them all over, with my little ability, how can Maybe it’s handled well? I think Mr. Cui should not shirk it, and if it’s useful in the future, just ask me to do it.”

"Guo Gong said that, but I am very ashamed." Guo Tu insisted on refusing to take over the matter of Pengcheng, Yuan Shang was very happy in his heart, but Cui Yan didn't think like him: "Since my lord ordered Guo Gong to come here, I I feel that I must have failed to do things well and made the Lord unhappy. If I continue to do things, maybe I will ruin things."

"How about this." Guo Tu said: "Cui Gong feels that it is difficult to take care of one person, so I will share some of it. If there is any matter, we will discuss it, but most of the things should be dominated by Cui Gong."

"They are all doing things for the Yuan family. It really doesn't matter who is in charge." Cui Yan said, "The people who came to meet Guo Gong outside the city included the third son and me, and Lu Zi, who was ordered by Lu Bu to inspect the armor. Respectfully."

"What?" Guo Tu seemed to be surprised and asked, "Could it be that they didn't trust the lord, and even sent someone to inspect the armor?"

"Speaking of which, you can't blame Lu Fengxian." Cui Yan replied: "Earlier, he was going to send troops to attack Cao Cao, but he found that most of the armor in the army was poorly made. He ordered that all the armor be destroyed. Most of the soldiers in Xuzhou today have none. Armor can be worn. Soldiers without armor go to the battlefield, and they are no different from refugees. The lord sent the armor, so as to avoid shoddy manufacturing, it is reasonable for him to have people come to inspect it."

Cui Yan never took sides in Yuan's family, he was always on the right side and would not offend both sides, so his popularity was pretty good.

When he was talking to Guo Tu, Yuan Shang remained silent, but his face showed a displeasure. Obviously, when he came to Xuzhou this time, Lu Bu did not give him the treatment he imagined.

Although he could see something from Yuan Shang's face, Guo Tu didn't point it out. He said to Cui Yan, "I was planning to question Lu Bu, but since Mr. Cui spoke for him, I can only hold back. It's just this matter. It makes people think about it, and it really makes me feel very uncomfortable.”

"There are many unpleasant things, but not just this one." Cui Yan said with a smile: "When Mr. Guo enters the city, I will tell you about many things in detail."

"Third son, Cui Gong, please!" Guo Tu asked Yuan Shang and Cui Yan to go first.

Yuan Shang was not polite, he just walked in front, Cui Yan and Guo Tu made room for each other, and rode towards the city gate.

Lu Su, who was waiting at the gate of the city, saw them coming and rode his horse to meet them.

"This must be Guo Gongze?" Lu Su bowed his hands to Guo Tu.

Guo Tu replied, "I am Guo Tu under Yuan Gong's command. If you dare to ask your honor, is it Lu Zijing?"

"That's right." Lu Su returned and said to Guo Tu, "I am here to meet you at the order of the Marquis of Chu, and I also invite Mr. Guo to follow me into the city."

"Wait." Lu Su was about to step aside when Guo Tu said, "I came here this time to deliver armor to General Lu at the order of my lord, but I don't know if General Lu has prepared what my lord wants. thing?"

"What Duke Yuan wants is nothing more than coal." Lu Su replied: "Although there is not much coal in Pengcheng, it should be enough for Duke Yuan. The Marquis of Chu has always kept promises. Since he promised Duke Yuan, he will definitely make people take The coal is sent."

"I heard that General Lu invited Zijing to come here. The name is to welcome him, but in fact he wants to inspect the armor, but it is shoddy." Guo Tu said: "Our armor in Hebei has never been said to be shoddy, so I asked Zijing to reply to General Lu in this way. "

"Mr. Guo said that would make it difficult for people to handle." Lu Su smiled slightly and said to Guo Tu: "But there are always one or two unsatisfactory things made by man. What Chuhou wanted me to examine is just these things. Whether there is any armor that is not suitable for distribution to the soldiers is not to check whether it is crudely made as Guo Gong said."

He changed the subject, and then said: "We didn't doubt Yuan Gong's sincerity. What Guo Gong said really made people feel uncertain. If there is no benefit, please speak carefully. Those of us who work below It's nothing, but don't cause suspicion between Chu Hou and Yuan Gong because of what we said, that would be bad."

Guo Tu originally planned to give Lu Su a bad start, but he didn't expect that this seemingly dull person in front of him could speak in a different way, which made Guo Tu a little bit embarrassed.

Cui Yan next to him stepped forward and said with a smile: "Zijing should check the armor, just like we want to transport the coal, we must also check the quality of the coal. There has always been such a rule when exchanging with each other, Guo Gong and Zijing don't use it. Take it to heart."

Lu Su smiled slightly, and asked Guo Tu, "Dare to ask Mr. Guo, do you want to enter the city now?"

"Go in, of course you have to go in." Guo Tu also laughed, and said to Lu Su: "If we are not allowed to enter the city, it is possible that I will take the soldiers to sleep outside the city."

"Don't dare, dare not!" Lu Su responded with a smile all over his face.

They all spoke with smiles on their faces, but Yuan Shang next to him felt that when these people talked, each other's words showed their sharpness, but none of them showed on their faces.

After entering Pengcheng and seeing a row of prosperous scenes in the city, Guo Tu said with some surprise: "I heard that in the battle of Xiapi, Cao Cao once slaughtered Pengcheng and could not find even half of the living. There is no depression in the rumors, so what I have heard are all rumors from the world?"

"Guo Gong heard that it was not a rumor." Lu Su replied: "Cao Cao did slaughter here and killed half of the living people, and Chu Hou migrated people from other places. After many days of polishing, Pengcheng was born. The current scene."

"Being able to rebuild the barren land to such a state shows that General Lu has spent a lot of thought here." Guo Tu nodded and said, "General Lu's ability is really impressive!"

"If Guo Gong gets acquainted with the Marquis of Chu, he will soon find out that his ability is not limited to this." Lu Su said: "Since I voted for the Marquis of Chu, I often feel that he knows astronomy above and geography at bottom. Existence, he seems to have nothing unclear."

Looking at Lu Su in astonishment, Guo Tu couldn't believe it.

It's not that he doesn't know Lu Bu.

At that time, Lu Bu, who was driven out of Chang'an by Li Jue and Guo Si, had nowhere to go and could only take refuge in Yuan Shao's tent, was like a bereaved dog. Apart from his brute strength and unparalleled bravery, he seemed to have nothing special strengths.

But Lu Su said in front of him that Lu Bu knew astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom, which really made Guo Tu feel that this person was arrogant.

Although he thought so in his heart, Guo Tu did not expose Lu Su.

However, he did not respond to Lu Su's statement.

The other party is bragging, is it possible that he also cooperates to make the other party brag more freely?
Guo Tu didn't think he had such an obligation when he came to Pengcheng.

"Does Mr. Guo go to the library to rest first, or go to the treasury with me to deliver the armor first?" Lu Su asked Guo Tu.

"It's better to go to the treasury to deliver the armor first." Guo Tu said: "I have already arrived in Pengcheng, if I delay the delivery of the armor for rest, it will be a big crime."

"Mr. Guo was just joking." Lu Su replied, "When you come to Pengcheng, Mr. Guo is the honored guest of the Marquis of Chu. Who else in Pengcheng would dare to question Mr. Guo's guilt?"

"That is to say, since I am doing things for my lord, I have to do it more safely." Guo Tu said: "When the armor is delivered, I will go to the library to rest, and I will be able to rest more safely."

"What Guo Gong said is true." Lu Su agreed first, and then told the guards: "Lead the way ahead and go to the treasury!"

Guo Tu escorted the armor to Pengcheng, and the treasury was already ready to accept it, and many of them stayed here to check the quality of the armor.

When the armor was transported to the treasury, Cang Cao immediately led the men to unload it from the carriage.

However, the people brought by Cang Cao were not in a hurry to send the armor into the warehouse, but counted the number and checked the quality outside.

Looking at the group of people who were busy, Guo Tu whispered to Cui Gong beside him: "Cui Gong sent letters to Yuan Gong, and Shen Zhengnan also said that he would take some inferior armor from the treasury and send it to Lu Bu. Fortunately, the lord rejected his proposal at that time, judging by the posture in front of him, even if there is a set of inferior armor, I am afraid that it will not be able to escape the eyes of these people."

"Guo Gong is right." Cui Yan also whispered back: "Lv Bu suffered from inferior armor before, so he sent so many people to check the quality of the armor. If there is really inferior armor mixed in, with the seriousness of these people Vigorousness, you can definitely pick it out.”

"Did Cui Gong talk to him about how much coal can be exchanged for [-] sets of armor?" Guo Tu asked Cui Yan again.

"Lv Bu feels that exchanging armor for coal is a lot of loss." Cui Yan said: "I have agreed with him to use the armor to convert the price of armor in the market, and then use the price to buy coal. In this way, we and him It’s not a disadvantage.”

"Cui Gong's suggestion is useful for a gentleman, but for Lu Bu..." Guo Tu smiled slightly, and did not continue.

"Could it be that Mr. Guo thinks he's going to cheat?" Cui Yan asked Guo Tu.

"I didn't say that, but I felt that we might suffer a lot from exchanging coal with Lu Bu." Guo Tu asked Cui Yan: "Did Mr. Cui ask about the prices of armor and coal in the market?"

"I sent someone to ask." Cui Yan replied: "The price of coal has always been high. In order to get coal, many people can only buy it from the black market. As for the armor, there is really no one in the market in Pengcheng. It is said that Lu Bu What kind of arsenal did you hand over the responsibility of making armor to?"

"Arsenal?" Hearing this new name to him, Guo Tu asked again, "Did Mr. Cui ask someone to go to the arsenal to inquire about the price?"

"I have already sent people there." Cui Yan replied, "Although the price of the arsenal is not too high, it is not so low that it is unacceptable. Lu Bu should not have tampered with it."

"Whether he has tampered with or not, we can't tell." Guo Tu shook his head slightly: "But what the lord wants is coal, as long as he is willing to send the coal to Hebei, the lord can accept some losses."

"The armor has been delivered, and I plan to go see Lu Bu later." Cui Yan said: "We fulfilled our promise, and it's time for him to honor the coal."

"I'll go with you when the delivery here is over." Guo Tu replied.

Guo Tu and Cui Yan talked in a low voice, while Yuan Shang stood a little far away with a very unsightly expression, watching Cang Cao lead a group of people to count the number of armors.

Lu Su stood next to Cangcao, seeing a lot of armors counted out, he asked, "How about these armors?"

"Report to Duke Lu." Cangcao replied, "The armor is all of the best quality, and there is nothing crudely made in it."

After receiving such a reply, Lu Su nodded his head and said to Cang Cao: "There is no crude manufacturing at present, but it does not mean that there are really none. You have to let people inspect it carefully, and you can't ignore even one thing."

"I understand." Cang Cao agreed, and then shouted to the group of treasury officials who were inspecting the armor: "Be careful, the armor worn by the soldiers must not be slack."

Although no one responded, when the petty officials inspected the armor, it was indeed more detailed than before.

Lu Su was still watching the servants counting and inspecting the armor, when Guo Tu and Cui Yan came to him.

"Is there any problem with the armor?" Guo Tu asked Lu Su, his tone clearly tinged with displeasure.

"No." Lu Su replied: "Of course there will be no problems with the armor sent by Yuan Gong. We are just checking it routinely. If I don't check it and understand, I can't reply to Chuhou."

"I can understand what Zijing did." Guo Tu said, "I just want to ask Zijing, when is he going to take me to see the Marquis of Chu?"

(End of this chapter)