Pan Jinlian smiled and said, "Although the wine is good, you can't be greedy." ”

The people next to him smelled the wine, drooled greedily, and scolded the people who had drunk before: "What else do you drink, get to the back, it's our turn." ”

"Don't be anxious, everyone has a share." Pan Jinlian poured another ten bottles.

In this lively, friendly atmosphere, hundreds of people tasted the sake and praised the taste. However, there are too many people in the hall, and not everyone has a part as Pan Jinlian said.

At this time, the whole hall was filled with the intoxicating aroma of wine, and those who didn't drink it were itching and clamoring for another round.

But Pan Jinlian shook the bottle in her hand and said with a smile: "I'm sorry everyone, there is no wine." ”

"Huh? Out of alcohol? How can there be no alcohol? ”

"Didn't you say everyone had a share?"

"One more round, one more round..."

..............

Smelling the intoxicating aroma of wine, everyone in the audience went crazy.

But Pan Jinlian didn't bother to care about this, left with the people on the stage, and went straight upstairs.

"Brother Fengxian, what do you think of my trick?" When she came to the private room, Pan Jinlian was like a child and asked Lu Bu for credit.

"You want to make a name for yourself through these people. How many days will I wait before selling fairy wine? Lu Bu broke it with a word.

"Brother Fengxian is so smart, that's what I mean."

"It's a good idea, but it's too slow." Lu Bu said with disappointment: "I thought I could harvest hundreds of thousands of dollars today." I didn't expect it to be just foreplay. ”

"Brother Fengxian, the rarer the thing, the higher the price, and the harder it is to get, the better. If you don't make a name for yourself first, how can you raise prices? ”

It can be seen from this point that Pan Jinlian is still very suitable for business.

But Lu Bu's eagerness to make a profit was contrary to her thoughts: "It doesn't have to be so troublesome. You go out now and tell everyone that tomorrow morning, Yingchun Pavilion will sell 2,000 bottles of fairy wine, priced at 500 yuan. ”

"Huh?!" Pan Jinlian was stunned.

Lu Bu seemed to think of something, and then said: "Oh yes, then give away all the remaining wine in your hand, as if it was given to them by this general, and let them taste it well, and see if the fairy wine is worth the price." ”

"Ahhh How can this be, I still want to hold an auction... Pan Jinlian went crazy directly. She had a plan in her heart, using the auction to raise the price of the fairy wine, and then selling it, but now that Lu Bu is doing this, she has prepared it all in vain.

Lu Bu smiled bitterly and said, "It's still an auction, it's not necessary at all." ”

Pan Jinlian: ".... ”

Lu Bu: ".... ”

The two were relatively speechless.

After sorting out the thoughts in her head, Pan Jinlian carried two pots of wine and walked onto the high platform again: "I'm back again, are you surprised, surprised?" In fact, it was all nonsense before, we Yingchun Pavilion, and there are a lot of fairy wines. ”

"Come on, come on... One bottle per person, and it won't be empty. ”

Seeing that Pan Jinlian had already grasped the situation, Lu Bu got up and left the Yingchun Pavilion.

He still has a lot of things to do, and he really doesn't have much energy to deal with selling alcohol. As long as the price of immortal wine is 500 yuan a bottle, and it can be sold, he can rest assured.

Time flies, seven days later.

Zhang Liao led the men and horses of his headquarters and rushed to Pengcheng two days ago to join Liu Bei's army.

Yesterday night, he attacked Cao Ying, beheaded more than 2,000 people, captured 4,000 prisoners, and completely defeated Cao Ren and Xiahoudun's soldiers and horses back to Qiyang.

"Newspaper... Cao Cao had personally led an army of 100,000 and rushed to Qiyang. There was an urgent report from outside the tent.

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Liao, arched his hand, and said, "General Wenyuan, according to the agreement, you should send 50,000 troops here, why only 20,000?" Is General Bongseon trying to tear up the agreement? ”

"Xuande's words are serious."

Zhang Liao saluted Liu Bei with a bottle of water and wine, and said slowly: "Although the number of our army is small, it is a brave soldier. Worth an army of 50,000, Xuande should not be suspicious. My lord didn't want to tear up the agreement. ”

Liu Bei said: "But now that Cao Cao is here, what does the general want?" ”

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the strength of the two armies of you and me is enough to defeat the Cao thief."

Liu Bei frowned, feeling that he was being tricked by Lu Bu, and the 50,000 army he said was good, but only 20,000 came, saying that the soldiers were brave and fought the enemy together, and he didn't want to use him as a gun.

Liu Bei was dissatisfied in his heart and thoughtful, but he still smiled on his face, and raised the bottle and said, "General, please." ”

"Please."

After the banquet, Zhang Liao led his army to leave and camped twenty miles away.

Liu Bei was still stationed in Zhixian County, competing with Cao's army in Qiyang.

On this day, Cao Cao sent farewell to Xun Yu and sent an envoy to the county to negotiate peace with Liu Bei.

"Xuande, don't come to harm?"

"It turned out to be Mr. Gongda, please come inside." Liu Bei seemed to have known that Xun Yu was coming, and he had already prepared a banquet. And his attitude towards Xun Yu is also very friendly, not at all like facing his own enemy.

In the hall of the county, two people sat on the ground.

Xun You asked: "Since Xuande is a relative of the Han family, why doesn't he respect the holy decree and help the rebels?" Won't it make the world laugh at it? ”

"Gongda doesn't know. It was only because Cao Ren and General Xiahoudun led troops to attack that I misunderstood Meng De, and if the holy decree came first, I would never help Lu Bu. ”

Xun You's eyebrows were stunned, and he said eagerly: "In this case, Xuande agreed, joined forces with the prime minister, and jointly crusaded against Lu Bu?" ”

"Ugh...." Liu Bei sighed vigorously, as if he was very embarrassed.

"What does Xuande mean?"

Liu Bei said: "Gongda doesn't know, I once signed an agreement with Na Lu Bu, if I go against Cao, how will I deal with myself?" ”

"Xuande's words are wrong!"

Xun You stood up and said, "Lu Bu sent you to garrison the county because he wanted to borrow your hand to resist the imperial court and trap you in a disloyal place. Today, Zhang Liao came to help, but there were only 20,000 soldiers, and he still wanted to borrow your hand to resist the enemy. Xuande is a hero in the world, how can he be at the mercy of those three family slaves? ”

"Today, there is a holy purpose, if Xuande does not want to bear the infamy of disloyalty, he should raise an army and join forces with the prime minister to fight against the thief. When Lu Bu is eliminated, the prime minister will definitely cede Xuzhou to you. After speaking, Xun You took out the holy decree.

Liu Bei took the holy decree and arched his hand: "Okay." Please reply to the Prime Minister. I, Liu Bei, am willing to listen to his dispatch. ”

"Very good, I will take my leave."

After Xun You left, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun all surrounded him.

Zhao Yun asked, "Lord, don't you hate Cao Thief the most, why do you want to help him?" ”

"Yes, Cao Cao's name is Han Xiang, but he is actually a Han thief. If you help him, I am afraid that all the princes in the world will complain about the eldest brother. After Cao Cao seized Xuzhou, his strength soared, and it was difficult for the princes of the world to resist him. ”

Guan Yu also frowned, very puzzled by Liu Bei's approach.

Liu Bei rolled up the holy decree and said, "Cao Cao is a thief, why not Lu Bu?" Instead of helping Lu Bu and being called by him as a gun, it is better to respect the holy decree first and recapture Xuzhou. ”

"That's... What about that agreement? ”

"Lu Bu broke his promise, how can you blame me? People in the world have their own judgments. ”

is all nonsense, which can be regarded as convincing Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, but they don't really understand Liu Bei. After these days of garrisoning, Liu Bei has long had enough, if he doesn't break the deadlock, he will have to be stationed here for the rest of his life. If you can't expand the army, you can't govern the people, and you are surrounded by strong enemies, if you are tired of eggs everywhere, it is still difficult to protect yourself, so what can you talk about fame?

Of course, what made him finally make up his mind was the arrival of Cao Cao. Cao Cao has 150,000 elite soldiers, and Yuan Shu is crazy about conquering Xuzhou, in this case, Xuzhou is bound to be difficult to protect. If he still helped Lu Bu at this time, it would be tantamount to looking for death. But it would be different if he helped Cao Cao, after eliminating Lu Bu, even if Cao Cao didn't give Xuzhou to him, he wouldn't be embarrassed by him. Because he has made great contributions to the imperial court, if Cao Cao wants to kill him, he will not be able to explain to the subjects of the world.