Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 42 Golden Beast Face Swallowing Head Chain Armor

After leaving Dingyuan, Lu Bu went straight to the school grounds. Since he was already a cavalry captain, he should form his 2000 cavalry as soon as possible.This is Lu Bu's capital in troubled times.

When Lu Bu came to the school grounds, Wei Xu and Song Xian had already arrived.Seeing Lu Bu coming, they all gathered around, greeting in one go, and smiling all the time with shy faces.

Lu Bu understood that these people came to him to ask for officials.After all, these two people also followed Lu Bu, and now they are naturally doing Lu Bu's deployment.

According to the military system of the Han Dynasty, the commander of 2000 people is naturally the school lieutenant.However, although Lu Bu has made a lot of contributions, he has just obtained military registration, so he can't be a school lieutenant right away.You must know that it took Cao Cao a lot of time to get to the seat of the eighth school lieutenant in the capital.Of course, the gold content of Cao Cao's captain is not comparable to that of ordinary captains.

Since Lu Bu is now a riding captain.The two of Lu Bu's subordinates are naturally also rising when the tide rises. After all, they should be army commanders.Lu Bu smiled at Wei Xu and Song Xian and said, "Hou Cheng is still in Jiuyuan County and has not come back. The courage here needs to be shouldered by the two of you. From now on, Wei Xu will be my subordinate. Army Sima, Song Xian is the Right Army Sima. I have 2000 troops, and you usually bring [-] each to train first, and make other arrangements when Hou Cheng comes back."

After listening to Lu Bu's order, the two smiled happily.The two of them were not reused before, when did they work as army commanders?Now that I am a military commander, I feel a little smug.

The two said in unison: "Thank you for your care, we will do our best to serve you."

Hearing that the two changed their names to Lord Lu Bu, they were no longer the son.Lu Bu also had a feeling of being an official in his heart.After savoring the official taste carefully, Lu Bu said mysteriously: "Now that the battle is over, Wuyuan City can't support so many soldiers. It is estimated that the army will be disarmed in a few days. You two, help me out in the next few days." I will select a group of soldiers. My two thousand cavalry will become the strongest cavalry in Bingzhou."

After hearing this, the two became even more excited. "Don't worry, my lord, just leave everything to us."

Lu Bu was relieved to leave the affairs of the army to Song Xian and Wei Xu.In any case, Song Xian and Wei Xu were originally from the army.Doing these things is much better than Lu Bu, a layman.

After leaving the school grounds, Lu Bu began to look for people to explore the mines.If you want to dig coal, you must first find a coal mine.However, to Lv Bu's disappointment, Lv Bu searched all over Wuyuan County, but he couldn't find anyone who knew how to prospect for mines.

But the hard work paid off, and after several days of hard work, Lu Bu finally found someone nearby who had seen the coal mines.

To Lu Bu's surprise, it wasn't long before Lu Bu started mining.Xu You came to the door.

Xu You's news is quite well-informed, and he asked Lu Bu about the coal mine as soon as he came up.

"Brother Lu Xian, this coal mine business. How about our cooperation? You have resources, we have connections, resources, and markets. As long as we cooperate, making money is easy."

Now Lu Bu sent many Xiongnu slaves to mine, but sent Wei Xu and Song Xian to watch over there in turn.All soldiers are paid, and Lu Bu only needs to pay for the food of the slaves.In this way, the cost of Lu Bu's mining is very low.Besides, Lu Bu's father, Ding Yuan, was the prefect of Wuyuan County, so the tax he did would become a dispensable thing.So Lu Bu is now sitting on Jinshan.

Originally, Lu Bu was also considering whether to discuss with Xu You how to open up the market.It is certain that although Lu Bu has such excellent coal resources, he does not have any sales channels.But to really establish such a sales channel, the cost, manpower and material resources needed to be invested are not something that Lu Bu can afford by himself.

But relatively speaking, the advantage of the Zhen clan in this aspect is self-evident.The Zhen family has been in business for many years and has not only made a lot of money, but also has a lot of connections, and is also very good at doing business.It happened to be a strong alliance.

If Lu Bu went to find Xu You today, then as long as Xu You said this, Lu Bu would not hesitate to agree.But since Xu You took the initiative to come to the door, Lu Bu couldn't agree so casually.Anyway, you have to show off first, so that you can get a good price, right?

After hearing Xuyou's words, Lu Bu frowned slightly, and said in a slightly distressed manner: "Sir, how can Lu Bu not know about the kindness. It's just that the coal has just been excavated, and Wan Sheng was going to present it to the royal family to make the emperor happy." Sir, you know that those of us who are officials are servants of the royal family, since we have obtained good things, we must send them to the emperor first."

What Lu Bu said was clever.It only said that Lu Bu wanted to dedicate high-quality coal to the emperor.If the emperor wants to use it, then this coal will be used by the emperor.The price will naturally not be low.In this way, he inadvertently raised the value of his coal, and it was difficult for Xu You to lower the price when he talked about the price.

At the same time, Lu Bu also mentioned that Lu Bu is an official.Although money is a good thing for Lu Bu, in the eyes of officials, the most important thing is to please the emperor.In this way, purely commercial negotiations with Xu You were avoided.

In this way, it was originally a transaction between you and me.It turned out that Xu You was rushing to buy Lu Bu's things, and Lu Bu became the one who could sell them or not.In the ensuing conversation between the two, Lu Bu naturally took the lead.

After listening to Lu Bu's words, Xu You naturally understood the meaning.Although I was upset, I couldn't find anything wrong with it.Although Xu You also knew that the royal family used charcoal and would not use these coals at all.But these words are a bit arbitrary. Who knows if the emperor will use the coal from Wuyuan County on a whim?

But the most important thing is that the purpose of Xu You's visit this time is to do business, not fighting spirit or courage.There is no need to engage in unnecessary disputes.

After thinking for a while, Xu You chuckled and said, "What Captain Lu said is true. Nothing in the world is bigger than royal affairs. I really admire Captain Lu's filial piety towards the emperor. I just don't know Have you heard of Captain Lu? Before, there were people like Captain Lu who wanted to present some good things to the emperor with the same heart, but these things ended up in the pockets of Shi Changshi. Later, even, The ten permanent attendants managed to hide the family business, and the family was ruined."

Speaking of this, Xu You sighed and continued: "General Lu's father, although he is an expensive prefect, is just a lowly official in the eyes of Shi Changshi. I am afraid that after the general presents this coal, not only will he not get it What kind of reward will cause unnecessary trouble. But this is just my guess, it is not true, the general should not be too concerned about it."

Speaking of this, Xu You put on a sincere face.

After this brief conversation with Xu You, Lu Bu has already learned that Xu You's wisdom is definitely not something that Lu Bu can put on balance.So he put away his other thoughts and started to really talk about business with Xu You.

Seeing Lu Bu, he nodded in agreement, cupped his fists at Xu You and said, "Sir, I have been educated lately. Thank you for your teaching."

Xu You saw that Lu Bu was not working.Also laughed.They clapped their hands and asked someone to carry in a big box.

Opening it up to see what was inside really surprised Lu Bu.

Lu Bu came to the box, opened the box, and saw a golden and gorgeous light glowing inside.

Seeing Lu Bu's performance, Xu You laughed heartily, and said with great ease: "General Lu, my master knows the great reputation the general has created in Wuyuan County, and admires him very much. He specially asked me to bring some small gifts for the general. , I hope the general will accept it with a smile."

After speaking, Xu You also came to the box, asked someone to take out a piece of armor from the box, and introduced it to Lu Buyi.

"This is the golden beast-face swallowing head chain armor. It was made by my master, who found famous experts and improved it according to the layout of the western region chain armor. It was originally intended to be dedicated to the royal family. It's just that today's son is good at writing and wastes weapons, so I just stayed and sent it to the general today. I hope the general will contribute more to the big man in the future, and don't disappoint my master's heart."

Hearing this, Lu Bu felt a little clear.In his previous life, Lu Bu knew that there was a kind of chain mail in the Western Regions, which used rings to form a chain mail. Compared with the plate armor in the Central Plains, the defense power was not inferior at all, and it was very convenient to move, and it was very easy to restrain people. Small.But I didn't expect to see an upgraded version here.

Lu Bu took a step forward and stroked the golden beast-faced head-swallowing chain armor carefully with his hands, feeling the slightest chill on it.It's just that after the slightest bit of chill started, I could feel a lot of warmth from it.Lu Bu couldn't put it down immediately when he saw the armor.

Naturally, Lu Bu's performance cannot escape Xu You's eyes.Seeing Lu Bu's movements, Xu You laughed and said, "General, why don't you try wearing it. This armor can meet the general, and it can be regarded as a health care gift for heroes. It finally has a place to use."

Hearing Xu You's admiration, Lu Bu knew that he was still too excited.It made Xu You see the flaw.Then he looked away from the armor, smiled at Xu You and said, "Mr. Xu has won the prize. It is already an honor to be born late to be loved by Mr. Xu."

Lu Bu just kept saying good things about Xu You, but he didn't ask who Xu You was talking about.There was a reason for Lu Bu to say this. Xu You's master must have asked for such a big gift. Although Lu Bu was willing to accept this gift, he was unwilling to be used as a weapon by others.He is even more unwilling to sacrifice his life for this priceless armor.

Xu You saw that Lu Bu only accepted gifts, but he was not fooled.He also secretly felt that Lv Bu was a man of ten people in the city, so he put away other thoughts and concentrated on discussing business with Lv Bu.

It's just that before Xu You opened his mouth again, Lv Bu had already laughed and said, "Lv Bu is an official at the beginning, and he is very unfamiliar with the affairs in the officialdom. I would like to ask you to raise more points in the future. This time, I will leave everything to you regarding the coal matter. Mr. Xu You help sell it. As long as the price is reasonable, Lu Bu will have no objection."

Although Lu Bu was unwilling to discuss more in-depth issues with Xu You.But after receiving gifts from others, there are still some concessions that should be made, otherwise it is a matter of character.

Next, Lu Bu and Xu Youhen quickly finalized the coal trade.

(End of this chapter)