Originally, when he heard Liu Zheng say that he was willing to sell grain, Guo Tu still had a little joy in his heart.

After all, as long as Liu Zheng is willing to sell grain, Yuan Shao's crisis can be solved.

But after hearing Liu Zheng's lion mouth, Guo Tu's face was quite ugly.

200,000 stone grain for 10,000 war horses.

It's simply not possible.

The normal price, a war horse, can be exchanged for fifty stone of grain.

Of course, the price proposed by Liu Zheng must not be regarded as a normal price, after all, it is not Liu Zheng who is selling grain now, but Yuan Shao coming to the door to sell, and the price is naturally different.

On the one hand, it is impossible for Liu Zheng to sell grain to Yuan Shao at the usual price.

The reason why he sold them to the Karasuma people at a low price was also because he valued the horses that the Karasuma people could bring him, and now the horses under his command were not particularly scarce, so the price was naturally going to rise.

But Liu Zheng more than doubled the price in one go, and Guo Tu still had some things that he couldn't accept.

He looked at Liu Zheng with a solemn face, and he was already scolding Liu Zheng in his heart for being shameless, and he took advantage of the danger of others to sit on the ground and raise the price.

But he didn't dare to get angry, after all, there was money elsewhere, and he might not be able to buy it.

"Big ...... My lord, what is your price...... Isn't it too high? ”

Guo Tu couldn't help but ask, and wanted to open his mouth to discuss with Liu Zheng again, after all, tens of thousands of war horses, this number, even if he reported it to Yuan Shao, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be satisfied.

Even if the current Yuan Shao has won over the Karasuma people, it does not mean that those Karasuma people will unconditionally give Yuan Shao war horses, and the Karasuma people also know that war horses are strategic materials, and a small amount can be given, but a large number of them are given to Yuan Shao, and they are afraid that they will not be able to curb Yuan Shao's rise.

Therefore, when Yuan Shao spoke to them, at most, he gave Yuan Shao two or three thousand war horses each time.

Yuan Shao's men did not have any cavalry themselves, and his cavalry were all cavalry of the Karasuma people.

He doesn't really need any war horses, but Liu Zheng now asks for tens of thousands of war horses, which can also give Yuan Shao a headache.

"Is it high? It's not high at all, if it was still last year, of course I could sell it to you at the same price that I sold to Su Muyan, but now it's different from the past, now we don't have any grain and grass ourselves, and we have to save 200,000 stone of grain and grass for you, this is 200,000 stones, not 20,000. ”

"If you only need 20,000, then you can also exchange 400 war horses."

Liu Zheng did not hesitate to reject Guo Tu's possibility of wanting to reduce the price.

Guo Tu smashed his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw Liu Zheng's appearance, he knew that it was useless to say anything, since Liu Zheng had made up his mind and opened his mouth, then he also knew that it didn't make sense.

"In this case, then I have to agree to the lord first, but whether this deal can be completed in the end depends on the will of my lord."

Guo Tu didn't agree directly, anyway, it's not him who calls the shots, he's just a messenger, whether he can succeed in the end depends on Yuan Shao's intentions.

"No problem, it just so happens that this ship will soon go to Youzhou to sell other goods, I asked people to load two ships of grain first, in the past, if you are willing to trade, you will receive the grain first, and then come back with the war horses I need, and we will transport 200,000 stone grain and grass over within three months."

"After all, it's 200,000 stone grain and grass, which is too much, and it's more troublesome to transport."

Although Liu Zheng's current caravan has grown, it is still impossible to transport 200,000 stones of grain and grass at one time.

Even if it was possible, Liu Zheng would not be stupid enough to transport the grain and grass over the first time, in case Yuan Shao, this guy, swallowed his grain and grass, patted his ass and left, and didn't give him the hair, Liu Zheng could still fall and kill him?

After Guo Tu understood that there was nothing to talk about, he didn't say much to Liu Zheng, and after a simple farewell, he went down.

A few days later, Guo Tu followed the merchant ship heading north to Youzhou.

It only takes half a month to go back and forth, and Liu Zheng transported 20,000 stones of grain and grass for the first time he went north, and Yuan Shao will definitely buy these grains and grass to solve his urgent needs.

As for the follow-up grain and grass, whether they want it or not depends on Yuan Shao's own intentions.

188, end of November.

Guo Tu, who had been away for a month, returned to Jizhou.

At this time, Yuan Shao was worried about the matter of grain and grass, and the cavalry he sent out to fight the autumn wind before had gone south to sweep the villages and towns under Lu Zhi in the past few days, but they found nothing.

After a month of looting, Lu Zhi's men and horses also learned to be smart, and they all moved the people in the villages outside the town to the city.

In this way, the grain and grass crisis became more and more serious for Yuan Shao.

It just so happened that Guo Tu, who had gone south to find Liu Zheng at this time, came back, which immediately made Yuan Shao excited and hurriedly summoned Guo Tu.

At this time, in the palace hall of Jizhou.

Although it is the main palace hall, it is actually just a palace left before Wang Fen, and this palace was built when Wang Fen coerced the young emperor before.

However, it can be regarded as saving Yuan Shao's effort, and there is a ready-made palace to use.

Guo Tu soon came to the main hall, and first gave Liu Yu a fake salute, after all, Guo Tu also knew that Liu Yu was just a puppet emperor and did not have much power.

The power is in Yuan Shao's hands, and after saluting and meeting Liu Yu, Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao.

"Guo Tu, come on, how did you go to Yangzhou this time?"

Yuan Shao was also eager to know the result.

Guo Tu smiled flatteringly, and first said good news to Yuan Shao.

"Lord, then Liu Zheng is willing to trade with us and give us 200,000 stone of grain!"

"Good! Hahaha, then Liu Zheng really has so much grain and grass, God really helps me, with these 200,000 stone of grain, our grain and grass crisis can also be alleviated. ”

As soon as Yuan Shao heard Guo Tu's words, before he could speak, he had already called out a good word.

Seeing this, the frustrated professor on the side frowned, he knew that things must not be so simple.

"Lord, Guo Tu hasn't finished speaking, let him continue."

"Guo Tu, you say, does Liu Zheng have any additional conditions?"

Guo Tu showed a hint of pride on his face, this is the little trick he used, first say the good news, and when he says the bad news, Yuan Shao will automatically ignore the good news, so that he will only remember how bad Liu Zheng is.

"My lord, this time I went south, and I really suffered a lot of humiliation. Then Liu Zheng doesn't take us seriously. ”

Guo Tu immediately changed his face, and he almost cried.