"All the coal sold?" When entering the official mansion, Lu Bu asked Chen Gong.

"Zhang Shiping brought some businessmen over, and they bought them all." Chen Gong replied: "Actually, more is not enough to sell. ”

"How's the price?" Lu Bu asked again.

"It's a little higher than the selling price given by Wen Hou."

"Or will it be coaxed?" Lu Bu asked.

Chen Gong replied: "If there are so many, I guess they can all of them." ”

"Raise the price next time." Lu Bu said: "If someone asks, they will say that we first tried it for people, so we sold it at a loss. After all, you still have to make money, and you can't get that price in the future. ”

"What price does Wen Hou think is right?" Chen Gong asked.

"It's cheaper than charcoal, it's more expensive than firewood." "Although we are making money at the moment, as the mine gets deeper and deeper, the cost will get higher and higher," Lu said. In the future, the price of coal will have to rise all the way. ”

"These can be put on hold." Chen Gong reminded: "The important thing is that Xun Gongda is here. ”

"He came just to urge us to crusade against Huainan earlier." Lu Bu seemed to respond casually.

"Is it like Xiahoudun to dry him for a few days?" Chen Gong asked.

"No!" Lu Bu immediately denied: "Xun Gongda is different from Xiahoudun, and it is not good to hang him." ”

"If Wen Hou plans to see him, I'll contact him."

"Invite him to the government to meet him." Lu Bu said: "Then we will hold a banquet and hospitality, but the dishes are all wild vegetables, and no meat is served." ”

Lu Bu said that he wanted to entertain Xun You with wild vegetables, and Chen Gong immediately understood his intentions: "Wen Hou wants to cry poverty to Xun You?" ”

"Although we have some money now, we need money to rebuild Xuzhou, money to raise the army, and money to reorganize the soldiers and equipment." Lu Bu said: "Don't say that's it, even if you open a few more coal mines, I'm afraid it's still not enough." ”

"I've been staring at the coal mine these days, what's going on with toothpaste, toilet water, etc.?" Lu Bu asked.

"Zhang Shiping is also doing it." Chen Gong replied: "If they can make money, can they still let it go?" ”

"Command the ministry to recruit more men." Lu Bu instructed: "Build a daily chemical factory in Xiapi to specialize in the manufacture of daily necessities such as toothpaste." If you want to make money, these things will eventually have to go to the low-price civilian level. ”

Chen Gong nodded and wrote them down one by one.

Lu Bu also instructed: "It is best to use women in the place where the toothpaste is made, and they can be given relatively low returns." It would be a waste of labor to use men in that kind of place. ”

"Women?" Chen Gong was stunned: "I'm afraid it's not easy to recruit." ”

"The people live a hard life, women can make money, who refuses to let them out." Lu Bu said: "When Xuzhou is rich in the future, it has become a habit for women to go out to do things, and the people of Xuzhou will not change anything." ”

Chen Gong looked dazed: "Wen Hou really wants to let a woman come out to do things?" ”

"Women are human beings too." Lu Bu replied: "There are many men and girls in the war for many years, and if so many women can be mobilized, Xuzhou will be rich one day sooner." ”

What Lu Bu said, Chen Gong wrote down one by one.

The two discussed the storage of grain and hoarding money in Xuzhou, in preparation for the cost of the future army expedition, and sent Xun You's guards to come to the door: "Qi Yu Wen waits, Xun Gong is here." ”

"Come in, please!" Lu Bu stood up.

Xun You walked in from outside the door, greeted Lu Bu and asked, "Wen Hou is okay lately?" ”

"Thanks to Duke Xun, everything is fine." Lu Bu responded.

He then instructed the guards: "Go and invite the generals, today I will set up a banquet to entertain Xun Gong." ”

"When I came to Xuzhou, I saw devastation all the way, and even Pengcheng was messy." Xun You said: "Wen Hou still don't break the bank. ”

"Xun Gong finally came to Xuzhou, no matter how poor I am, I have to be entertained." Lu Bu grinned: "Duke Xun, please take a seat!" ”

After sitting down, Xun You said: "Xu Du has changed, has Wen Hou heard of it?" ”

I had long heard that Dong Cheng and others were killed because of the edict, but Lu Bu pretended to be at a loss: "Xu has Cao Gong in charge, what can happen?" ”

"It is precisely because of Cao Gong in charge that he will provoke right and wrong." Xun You replied: "Dong Cheng and others intended to murder Cao Gong, and they were captured and killed by Cao Gong at the entrance of the market. Concubine Dong secretly contacted Dong Cheng in an attempt to cause trouble inside and outside the palace, but she was also given death by His Majesty. ”

Lu Bu was silent when he listened, muttering in his heart, what was given death by His Majesty.

I'm afraid that the little emperor of Xu Du will cry more desolate than Liu Bei because Concubine Dong was given to die.

He also secretly sighed in his heart, Concubine Dong has outstanding appearance, although she can't be regarded as a national beauty, she is also a superb beauty among women, so she died...... What a shame......

"If something like this happens to Xu Du, someone will definitely use this as an excuse to be unfavorable to the lord." Xun You said: "The lord asked me to ask Wen Hou, when will you use troops to Huainan?" ”

When it came to using troops to Huainan, Lu Bu seemed to be very embarrassed and smiled: "Duke Xun has just arrived, and it's not too late to have a banquet later." ”

Lu Bu's attitude was clearly shirking.

If it was Xiahoudun who came, I was afraid that he would be angry on the spot.

Xun You is not a reckless general after all, and he still speaks calmly: "What is Wen Hou's plan, it's just a sentence, as for waiting for the banquet?" ”

"Some of the words are really hard to say." Lu Bu shook his head helplessly: "Xuzhou wants grain and no money, I recently borrowed the Qingzhou Army from General Yuan Rang, but the soldiers' weapons and armor are very old, and they are unable to cope with the battle." I know very well that Cao Gong is anxious to crusade against Huainan, but I really don't have the ability to ...... at present."

"Wen Hou once promised the lord, and the lord also allocated grain and grass." Xun You asked, "I'm just afraid that I'm going back on my word, okay?" ”

"Cao Gong did allocate some grain and grass, but I didn't expect Liu Xuande to come and make trouble." Lu Bu looked even more helpless: "If it weren't for him making trouble, I would definitely have sent troops to Huainan a long time ago, why do I need Cao Gong's urging again and again?" ”

Xun You was about to say more, when several attendants walked in with dishes and wine in wooden barrels.

The dishes were placed on the table, and Xun You looked at Lu Bu in surprise: "Wen Hou eats this on weekdays?" ”

Lu Bu smiled very embarrassedly: "If it weren't for Xun Gong coming, I wouldn't even be able to eat these." can only eat some gruel like the soldiers. ”

The dishes in front of Xun You were all wild vegetables cooked in water.

The wild vegetables are boiled to a black-green color, which looks very unattractive, and you can guess that the taste will not be too good if you don't eat it.

"The food is not very good, but the wine is still available." Lu Bu scooped out a spoonful of wine from the wooden barrel and mixed it into the cup: "Xun Gong, please drink a full cup first." ”

Xun You also poured a glass of wine and drank with Lu Bu.

As soon as the wine was in his mouth, he squirted out with a "poof".