Chapter 673: It's time to prepare
In Chang'an City, Zhang Liao looked at the scattered pedestrians on the street, and couldn't help frowning, is this Chang'an? Is this still the capital of the Han Dynasty?
Since the relocation of the capital, a large number of people have poured into Chang'an, bringing a short period of prosperity to Chang'an, just like a silk cloth burned by flames, after a flash of brilliance, now only ashes remain.
The materials on the market were scarce, and many people had to start migrating to areas outside Chang'an City and even farther away, and the conditions that Dong Zhuo had promised to relocate the people were also zeroed out because of Dong Zhuo's death.
The current Chang'an is like an Internet celebrity face suddenly encountering a downpour and has nowhere to hide, the sparse eyebrows, the freckles on the sallow complexion, and the black bags under the eyes that were originally covered are all exposed......
Zhang Liao walked silently through the streets, and then turned over and dismounted before coming to a compound, and Lu Bu's personal soldiers who were on duty at the gate naturally recognized Zhang Liao, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horses.
"General, Wen Hou has instructed, if the general comes, there is no need to communicate. Wen Hou is in the courtyard. Lu Bu's personal soldier said.
Zhang Liao nodded, and just walked into the courtyard, he heard Lu Bu slapping the table in the courtyard, while pulling his neck and singing the minor tune of Bingzhou, singing very energetically.
"Hahahaha, Wen Yuan is here! Come on, come on, drink this bowl first! Although Lu Bu said that he was asking Zhang Liao to drink a bowl, he actually raised the bowl and poured it into his mouth.
"Pepin is in the barracks again?" Zhang Liao looked left and right, but didn't see Gao Shun, so he asked.
Lu Bu nodded.
For Gao Shun, Lu Bu is sometimes very speechless, asking him to drink, most of them are to shirk something and can't come, maybe it's not shirk, but in Gao Shun's eyes, things in the barracks are more important than drinking with Lu Bu.
Zhang Liao was also silent, and he had no way to say anything about this matter.
Now the price of Chang'an City is boiling, although Lu Bu is warm, but there are still a lot fewer dishes on the wine table, but for people who drink, the food is not important, the important thing is the wine, as long as there is wine on the table, as for what dishes are secondary......
Lu Bu's wine bowl was empty, poured, emptied, emptied, and poured again, and soon a jar of wine was drunk. Lu Bu slapped the table again and asked the attendant to bring the wine, but the attendant trembled and replied that the wine was gone.
Lu Bu was furious and shouted: "I won't sell it when the wine is gone!" ”
"Warmth...... Wen Hou ......" The waiter's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly knelt down to make amends, and his words were not good, "Money...... Not enough money......"
Lu Bu jumped up violently and smashed the empty wine bowl directly on the waiter, "How can it not be enough money?" Isn't it not long since I paid for it?! You're waiting to kill talents, are you greedy for money?! ”
"Wait for the anger!" Zhang Liao glanced at the empty wine jar on the side of the table in the courtyard, there were seven or eight, then grabbed Lu Bu and asked the waiter, "How much is a jar of wine on the market now?" ”
The waiter kowtowed again and again and said, "General, the price of wine on the market is 15,000 yuan per jar!" No...... It's not a small greedy ink, it's really ...... Wine is too expensive...... Please wait, General Mingjian......"
"Fifteen thousand dollars?!" Lu Bu was also taken aback.
"Wen Hou, dare to ask how much money you paid a few days ago?" Zhang Liao asked Lu Bu again.
"One hundred thousand dollars." Lu Bu said.
Zhang Liao silently calculated, then pointed to the seven or eight new wine jars in the courtyard and said, "Wen Hou, these are already more than 100,000 yuan......
"This ......" Lu Bu looked at the wine jar in the courtyard, and then at the wine that was spilled on the table because of the pouring, as if he was calculating in his heart how much the wine that was spilled on the table was worth......
"Warm wait, can there be tea at home? Why don't you remove the wine table and cook tea to drink? Seeing this, Zhang Liao said.
Lu Bu sat down, then nodded dejectedly and waved to the attendant.
"This day ......" Lu Bu shook his head and sighed.
Originally, when I was in the state, although I was poor, I was happy, and although I didn't have much wine and meat, I didn't seem to have any troubles.
When I arrived in Luoyang, I had money, wine and meat, but there were more and more worries, and I was in a panic.
Now in Chang'an, there is more money, and tens of thousands of dollars are handled at every turn, but it seems to be poorer, there is no wine and meat, and there are more troubles......
Zhang Liao waited for the attendants to finish their work, and then lowered his voice a little and asked, "Wen Hou, could it be that Situ rejected it again?" ”
Zhang Liao said 'again' because Lu Bu's suggestion was rejected by Wang Yun and Wang Situ not once or twice, and this matter sometimes made Zhang Liao feel a little incredible.
Lu Bu nodded silently.
Counting this time, Wang Yun has already rejected him three times.
The first time Lü Bu spoke to Wang Yun was when Dong Zhuo had just been killed, and Lü Bu suggested that the gold and silver treasures in Dong Zhuo's Hewu should be taken out and distributed to the generals in the army, so as to buy people's hearts and stabilize the hearts of the government and the opposition.
Wang Yun refused very seriously, saying that Dong Zhuo's money is the people's fat and the people's ointment, and he must take back the treasury and use it for the people, how can he give it privately, not to mention that as an important minister of the country, he naturally has to share the worries of the court, and the generals who buy it with money don't want to......
Lu Bu's face turned black at that time, and he left without saying a word.
The second time I persuaded Wang Yun, it was after a period of time, at that time, the Xiliang army was leaderless, disorganized, and panicked, and even at that time, Niu Fu ordered the slaughter of the soldiers of the state, and the military spirit of the Xiliang army was very unstable, Lu Bu suggested that Wang Yun issue an edict to pardon the generals of the Xiliang army, and then order him to report to Chang'an, divide the Xiliang generals, and collect his soldiers, so that the Xiliang army can attack each other, and there is no threat.
Wang Yun refused very seriously, saying that he had pardoned these Xiliang generals once before, and the imperial court had given them a chance, and it was impossible to allow the existence of people who were wrong again and again, these Xiliang soldiers lost their leaders, and there was no money and food supply, so they couldn't make much waves, not to mention that the Shandong army was just around the corner, and the imperial court ordered it to attack westward, and the Xiliang army would definitely collapse, so there was nothing to worry about.
Lu Bu touched his nose, fell silent, and left.
Two days ago, Lu Bu found Wang Yun again.
The Shandong army, which originally thought that it would cooperate with the imperial court's actions, was unusually silent; Then the personnel of the Yang clan either talked about the price problem in Chang'an every day, or talked about the problem that Dong Zhuo was dead and could return to Luoyang; The Xiliang soldiers outside Chang'an City seem to be connecting with each other day by day, gradually gathering together......
Lü Bu suggested that Wang Yun should mobilize 40,000 soldiers from the Chang'an court, led by Lü Bu, and then strike at the one or two Xiliang armies closest to Chang'an with a thunderous force, so as to shock his heart and make him dare not act rashly.
Then Wang Yun refused very seriously. Wang Yun thought that it was difficult for the Xiliang army to become a big weapon, and it was not enough to make a big move, not to mention that there was a shortage of materials in Chang'an now, and there was not much grain and grass to support the army's actions.
Zhang Liao listened to Lu Bu's words, but he was also silent. 、
Although it was Lu Bu who spoke, it was Zhang Liao who had an idea and made a plan, but now, even Zhang Liao was helpless......
Zhang Liao said: "Wen Hou, if it goes on like this, something will go wrong sooner or later......" Dong Zhuo has been dead for a long time, but there seems to be no unified thought and strength in the government and the opposition, Wang Yun seems to have exhausted all his action and courage when he assassinated Dong Zhuo, and now he is almost looking forward and moving slowly, and he does not listen to Lu Bu's advice, this situation makes Zhang Liao very worried.
"Ready?" Lu Bu muttered and repeated, "It's time to prepare, but how to prepare......