Yuan Shao sent Guo Tu to escort the armor to Pengcheng, of course Lu Bu could guess it, and he was also very attentive to exchanging the armor for coal.

Asking Cui Yan if it would be the armor of crude blue-green algae, it was nothing more than that he wanted Cui Yan to fall behind first, and the rest of the conversation would be able to go with his rhythm.

Sure enough, Cui Yan was a little angry by Lu Bu's words.

Seeing that he was angry, Lu Bu said with a smile: "Cui Gong, don't take what I say to heart, I'm a good person, but there is one, but whenever something is suspected by me, I always like to ask directly." In fact, I also understand that even if Ben Chu Gong really sent me shoddy armor, he would never let Cui Gong know. I ask this just to reassure myself. ”

"My father-in-law has always been the same." Cui Yan replied: "General Lu can rest assured of his character. ”

"Of course." Lu Bu replied with a smile: "I didn't recognize Ben Chu for a day or two, although I am still a teenager now, he is already middle-aged. But this is also destiny, and it can't change the cause of my acquaintance with him for many years. ”

"General Lu was once young overnight, and I don't know how many people in the world admired him." Cui Yan replied: "It's just that today's incident has nothing to do with the fact that the general was young overnight, and the general will talk about the two things separately." ”

"Separate, of course." Lu Bu pretended to look behind Cui Yan and asked him, "Why didn't Yuan Xianfu come with Cui Gong to see me today?" ”

"If the third prince comes, will General Lu still see us?" Cui Yan was not polite, and asked Lu Bu directly.

Lu Bu smiled and said to Cui Yan: "Whether you see or not is actually not me, but Yuan Xianfu. He came to Pengcheng earlier, but if there is a certain amount of courtesy, I will definitely not ...... him like that."

"The things of the day, Chu Hou don't always talk about it, my third son is young, unlike Chu Hou, although he looks like a teenager, he has a way of life that ordinary people don't have." Cui Yan said: "If Chu Hou is scheming with the third prince, wouldn't he lose his bearing? ”

"Cui Gong is right, I really shouldn't have anything to do with him." Lu Bu nodded and replied: "If it is spread out, it will inevitably be said that it is a big bully." ”

"It's good that Chu Hou can understand." Cui Yan then changed the topic: "I came to ask to see Chu Hou, but I actually have something I want to discuss. ”

"Is it for coal?" Lu Bu asked very calmly.

"Exactly." Cui Yan said: "The armor that the Marquis of Chu wants, my lord has already sent it. We lack coal in Hebei, I don't know when Chuhou plans to send it? ”

"As soon as the armor arrived, and there were no problems with the inspection, I asked people to prepare coal and send it to Benchugong." Lu Bu replied: "To tell the truth, I exchanged coal for 30,000 sets of armor, and no matter how much I think about it, I feel that I have lost a lot. But right now, I'm in a hurry to crusade against Cao Cao, and the officers and men in the army can't send troops without armor, so I know that I will lose, but I still have to do it......"

"Coal is expensive, and my lord also knows it." Cui Yan replied: "So Chu Hou asked for 30,000 sets of armor, but he sent them over without thinking about it." ”

"I remember the affection of the first prince for me." Lu Bu replied: "It's just a coal ...... in exchange for 30,000 sets of armor."

"If Chu Hou plans to discount, we can also calculate it." Seeing that Lu Bu was going to say something that was not beneficial to the Yuan family, Cui Yan interrupted him and said: "Both coal and armor have a price, and if they are converted and exchanged, neither side will suffer." ”

"That's appropriate." Lu Bu said: "It's just that it looks like I'm a little angry......

"Although it is an alliance, the money still has to be settled." Cui Yan said: "So as not to be unhappy with each other in the future and cause some trouble." ”

"What Cui Gong said is very true!" Lu Bu said: "Since Gong Cui plans to discount the price, let's wait until the armor is sent, and we will calculate the price carefully." ”

"The words have been made clear, and Chu Hou also thinks that it can be exchanged at a discount, so I won't bother here." Cui Yan stood up, bowed to Lu Bu and said, "I'll retire first." ”

After Cui Yan left, Lu Bu beckoned Sun Ce into the study.

He asked, "Do you know what the price of coal is now?" ”

"Since the last time Chu Hou stopped transporting more coal to merchants, Zhang Shiping is now busy setting up an arsenal, and there is very little coal in the market." Sun Ce replied: "The price should not be too low." ”

"You go and find Zhang Shiping for me." Lu Bu instructed: "I want him to bring me all the information about the price of coal." ”

"I'll go." Cui Yan came to see Lu Bu for coal, of course, Lu Bu asked about the price of coal, which must also have a deep meaning, Sun Ce agreed to find Zhang Shiping.

It didn't take long for him to lead Zhang Shiping to Lu Bu's study.

Zhang Shiping had just entered the study, and before he had time to greet him, Lu Bu asked: "What is the market price of coal now?" ”

"Strange goods can live." Zhang Shiping replied: "Chu Hou controls the delivery of coal, and the merchant also holds the money but can't buy it. Today, the price of coal is even higher than that of charcoal. ”

"How long has this price been stable?" Lu Bu asked again.

"At least two months." Zhang Shiping thought for a moment, and then asked Lu Bu, "Does Chu Hou want to sell coal?" ”

"The Yuan family in Hebei has sent a lot of armor, and they want to exchange the armor for coal at a discount." Lu Bu smiled and said to Zhang Shiping: "Of course I hope that the higher the price of coal, the better." ”

"Control the price of coal, as long as Chu Hou orders no more exports." Zhang Shiping replied: "Anything in the market is rare, and its price will definitely rise. Chu Hou wants to sell coal at a high price, this method is indeed feasible. ”

"No, no!" Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "The price of coal in the market has reached this point, and we don't need to do anything anymore. What we have to do is how to keep the price of the armor down. ”

"Armor is easier to do." Zhang Shiping replied: "Now that the Marquis of Chu is no longer allowed to make armor in the market, as long as the arsenal lowers the price of the armor, the armor they send will be worthless." ”

"You're a cunning and cunning." Lu Bu smiled and said to Zhang Shiping: "The price of the armor is up to you, and I won't ask much about what it can do." I just have a word to remind you, don't go too far, in case you anger Yuan Shao, there will be a lot of trouble. ”

"I understand." Zhang Shiping replied: "It will only make Chu Hou earn a lot, and I will not do things to the point that it is unacceptable." ”

After Zhang Shiping left, Lu Bu was satisfied.

He got up and walked to the courtyard and went to the gazebo to watch the fish play in the water.

Just as he was looking at the fish, a sweet voice came from behind him: "The concubine has seen her husband." ”

Without looking back, just listening to the voice, Lu Bu knew that it was Zhen Mi who came behind him.

Turning to Zhen Mi and smiling slightly, Lu Bu asked, "Why did you come here?" ”

"It's a little overcast, like it's going to rain." Zhen Mi replied: "The concubine felt very depressed in the room, so she came out for a walk, but I didn't expect her husband to be here." ”

"Like you, I also feel very depressed, and I came here to breathe." Lu Bu replied: "But this ghost weather is really unbearable. ”

"My husband may have been entangled in too many affairs lately, so he feels irritable." Zhen Mi smiled sweetly, walked up to the gazebo, and she bowed to Lu Bu: "The concubine can accompany her husband to talk and relieve her boredom, but I don't know if your husband is willing or not?" ”

"Of course it's nice to have you with you." Lu Bu stretched out his hand and took her into his arms, wrapped one arm around her waist, and asked with a wicked smile, "What are you going to say to me?" ”

Hugged by Lu Bu, Zhen Mi smiled slightly: "Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the weather." ”

In the next two thousand years, if two people are together and have no topic, they will occasionally find words from the weather.

However, the topics that are often found will be terminated in an instant, and in the end they can only end in embarrassment.

"Talking about the weather with me in one place?" Holding Zhen Mi in his arms, Lu Bu smiled: "It's better to talk about when you will be able to give birth to two children for me." ”

When it came to giving birth to children, Zhen Miqiao's face flushed slightly: "It's better to talk about such a topic in the room......"

"Then go to your room and have a good talk." Lu Bu hugged Zhen Mi and strode towards her residence.

didn't expect Lu Bu to ask her for joy in broad daylight, Zhen Mi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Husband, it's still daytime......

"Nobody says that you can only do it at night." Holding Zhen Mi and walking to her residence, Lu Bu said: "You and I will be idle, others beat the children on cloudy days, and we will be children on cloudy days." Isn't it more emotional than them? ”

Lu Bu's words were explicit, and Zhen Mi had no choice but to let him carry him back to his residence.

When he arrived at Zhen Mi's residence, Lu Bu instructed the maid: "Look outside the door, no matter who looks for me, they will say that my wife and I are discussing something important, and ask them to wait for a while." ”

The maid owed, and Lu Bu walked into the inner room with Zhen Mi in his arms.

After a while, the maid standing in the outer room heard a strange sound coming from the inner room.

The maids who heard the movement glanced at each other, and the expressions on their faces were extremely strange.

Cui Yan saw Lu Bu and returned to the pavilion, Yuan Shang greeted him and asked, "Cui Gong saw Lu Fengxian today?" ”

"I saw it, and I also told him the news that Guo Gong escorted the armor to Pengcheng." Cui Yan replied.

"What did he say?" Although he had provoked Lu Bu and others before, Yuan Shang also knew the importance of coal to the Yuan family, and asked Cui Yan a question.

"I didn't say anything else." Cui Yan replied: "He just felt that it was a loss to exchange coal for armor, so I proposed that coal and armor be discounted and used copper coins to calculate." In this way, no matter who loses or gains, there is no other way to say. ”

"Cui Gong's method is not bad, I'm afraid that Lu Bu will make trouble from it." Yuan Shang said: "I will send someone to the market to inquire and see what the price of coal and armor in Pengcheng is." ”

"It's fine." Cui Yan said: "This will probe, Lu Bu shouldn't have time to do anything about it." ”

Yuan Shang shouted outside the door: "Someone! ”

One of the guards pushed the door open and walked in.

"Take a few people to the market to find out the price of coal and armor." Yuan Shang said to the guard, "No matter what the result is, you must come back and report to me." ”

"Obey Childe's orders." The guard received the order to retreat.

Yuan Shang said to Cui Yan: "Lu Bu has always been deceitful, he can agree so readily, most of them are deceitful. ”

"I also proposed it suddenly, and he was caught off guard when he agreed." Cui Yan replied: "The third prince can rest assured, the price of armor and coal is placed there, even if he forces the merchant to change the price, we can still find clues from it." As long as we find evidence of his manipulation of this, we will have a reason to keep the price of coal very low. Lu Bu should also understand that many times if he is smart, he is often delayed by his cleverness. ”

"Actually, I don't really understand my father's decision this time." Yuan Shang said: "Pengcheng obviously already has Cui Gong here, why do you want to send Guo Tu too?" I know that Guo Tu is good at whiskers and horses, but if you want to say that he has the ability to do things, I really don't believe it......"

"The third son, don't underestimate Guo Gongze." Cui Yan replied: "Although he is good at slapping horses, but that is also a skill, at least he can make the lord happy." The lord's heart is happy, and we people are better. Since Guo Gong followed the lord back then, he has come up with a lot of ideas. It's just that the Yuan family's power has grown stronger and stronger in the past two years, and he has put his mind on how to meet the lord, and he has never considered seeking benefits for the Yuan family. The lord sent him to Pengcheng, there was no character he needed to slip around, and it might really cause a lot of trouble for Lu Bu. ”

"Cui Gong is so optimistic about Guo Tu, could it be that he is really a capable person?" Yuan Shang said in disbelief: "Since I followed my father to fight, I really haven't seen him show his skills. ”

"As I said just now, Guo Gongze's ability is not small." Cui Yan smiled slightly and said to Yuan Shang: "Who can vote under the lord's account and be appreciated by the lord, which one will be a mediocre person?" It's just that since the lord broke Gongsun Zhan, most of the Yuan family's staff have their own thoughts, and few people really have the ability to last to strengthen Hebei. ”

"I understand what Cui Gong means." Yuan Shang frowned slightly, he knew that Guo Tu had always been on Yuan Tan's side, and he didn't have much affection for him, the third son of the Yuan family.

I thought that this person would just slap the horse to win Yuan Shao's favor, but I didn't think that Cui Yan said that he was capable.

The last thing Yuan Shang wanted to hear was that there were capable people among the people who were close to Yuan Tan.

Pinching his chin, he asked Cui Yan, "After Guo Tu comes, what are Cui Gong's plans?" ”

"What else can I do?" Cui Yan smiled generously: "The lord wants him to come here, it is to take over the matter in my hands, he is willing to take over, is it possible that I still have to compete with him?" ”

(End of chapter)