Lu Bu promised to take people to the coal mine early the next morning, and Guo Tu and Cui Yan had no reason to delay any longer.

The two of them talked to him for a while, and then took their leave.

Lu Su did not accompany them to leave, but stayed in the front hall.

"I didn't drink the tea that people prepared, and they really were." Lu Bu stood up and beckoned Lu Su and Sun Ce: "Zijing, Bofu, follow me to the study to talk." ”

"It's not early, and I'm going to take them to the coal mine tomorrow." Sun Ce said: "Forget the narrative, I feel that after Zijing reports what he should say to Chu Hou, Chu Hou can rest." ”

"Bo Fu is really right." Lu Bu nodded and said to Sun Ce: "Since Bo Fu thinks that I should rest earlier, then go to the study to listen to Zijing and understand the matter, and we will each go back to rest." ”

Lu Su and Sun Ce accompanied Lu Bu out of the front hall, entered the back garden and walked to the study.

Lu Bu asked Lu Su: "Have all the armor been checked clearly?" Are there any gaps and quality failures? ”

"Thirty thousand sets of armor is a lot." Lu Su replied: "After the treasury is counted, there are dozens of more sets, and none of them are shoddy. ”

"It seems that Yuan Shao is sincere." Lu Bu nodded: "For him, sure enough, coal is more important than anything else." ”

"I accompanied Chu Hou to the coal mine today, and there is indeed a lot of coal stored there." Sun Ce asked Lu Bu, "Could it be that the Marquis of Chu really wants to send all the coal to Yuan Shao?" ”

"Lots of coal?" Lu Bu smiled, lowered his voice and said to Sun Ce: "Bo Fu has been to the coal mine so much, can't he even tell the difference between gangue and coal?" ”

Being asked by Lu Bu like this, Sun Ce was stunned for a moment: "What does Chu Hou mean ......?"

"There's only half the coal there." Lu Bu replied: "If it is based on the amount of coal, it will definitely not be able to withstand the armor sent by Yuan Shao. I made half of the black gangue miserable in the coal. Black gangue, and coal seem to be imaginary, but they are difficult to burn. Even if gangue can be burned, it will not produce as much heat as charcoal. Yuan Shao seems to have picked up a big bargain this time, but in fact, he has lost a lot. ”

"Chu Hou did this, what if Yuan Shao saw it?" Lu Su was kind after all, and he asked Lu Bu in astonishment.

"If you're not an expert, you can't see the difference between coal and black gangue at all." Lu Bu said: "The surface of the black gangue is frizzy, and there is no reflection on the cut surface after cutting. They look like coal, but they're just stones. As for the coal, it should be large, and after cutting it, you will see a shiny reflection inside. This is the result of hundreds of millions of years of trees being buried in the soil and carbonized. Although they have been carbonized over time, they are still wood, how can they be the same as black gangue, which is originally a stone? ”

"I probably understand what Chu Hou means." Sun Ce nodded thoughtfully: "Yuan Shao wanted more coal to forge more sophisticated ordnance, so Chu Hou added some stones to the coal. Yuan Shao and his men did not know how coal was different from those stones, and they would use these miserably mixed coals to refine coke. Coke like this is used in forging, and it is simply impossible to forge a fine sword forged from pure coke. ”

"That's what it means." Lu Bu smiled slightly and nodded: "Bo Fu has been with me for a long time, and he really understands more things than before." ”

"It's not all Chu Hou's words and deeds!" Sun Ce replied, and then asked Lu Bu: "Isn't the Marquis of Chu worried that Yuan Shao won't be able to forge better weapons with those coals, and will send someone to question?" ”

"Question?" Lu Ju said innocently: "If he sends someone to question, I will have something to say." Coal is buried in the ground, and no one knows what the quality of the next one will be. He's unlucky to catch up with the worst ones, can he blame me? ”

As soon as Lu Bu said this, Lu Su and Sun Ce were full of black lines.

Previously, they were still worried that Lu Bu would give coal to Yuan Shao, and in the future, Hebei would forge better weapons, which would be unfavorable to Xuzhou sooner or later.

Now it seems that this kind of worry is completely unnecessary, and Lu Bu has already made a plan.

Accompanied by the two of them, they went to the study, and Lu Bu instructed the guards to bring them three cups of tea.

Picking up the tea bowl and taking a sip, Lu Bu said to Lu Su and Sun Ce: "Now that the armor is enough, the next step is to distribute the armor to the soldiers." When the soldiers who lacked armor had their protective gear, it was time for us to go on the march. ”

"When does Chu Hou plan to go on the expedition?" When it came to the expedition, Sun Ce's eyes suddenly lit up.

Lu Bu said that it was not a day or two to go on the expedition, and they should have sent troops to attack Cao Cao a few days ago, but there was a problem with the armor of the generals and soldiers in the army.

Now the armor obtained from Yuan Shao is enough to distribute to the soldiers, and the day of the expedition is getting closer and closer.

"Wait until I send Guo Tu and Cui Yan away." Lu Bu replied: "If they don't leave, we won't be able to lead the army out of Pengcheng." I can't leave them here and go with my soldiers to fight Cao Cao. ”

"Crusade against Cao Cao, I don't know what kind of results Chu Hou intends to achieve?" Lu Su asked Lu Bu, and then said: "It's not that I have the ambition of others, Cao Cao has been running Yuzhou and other places for many years, and the soldiers under his command are also very elite. If the two armies meet, it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose, even if the Marquis of Chu breaks Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, it is not an easy thing to completely destroy him. ”

"I didn't think I'd be able to wipe him out completely." Lu Bu frowned slightly, and said to Lu Su: "This expedition, I actually have only one goal to achieve, that is, to drive Cao Cao out of Xu Capital and take away His Majesty from him. Cao Cao can have today, and it was also when he welcomed His Majesty to Xudu. Since then, he has been holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes. If it weren't for His Majesty's name, how could he command the world? How can it be possible for some people to agree that he is the humerus of the big man? ”

"That's what Chu Hou said." Sun Ce said: "Cao Cao also did his best for the Han Dynasty back then, but over the years, his mind is no longer on recovering the Han Dynasty, but on how to get more benefits in the troubled times." His mind has changed, and Cao Cao has also changed from a minister of the humerus to a thief today......"

"Thief!" Lu Bu shook his head with a smile: "The Han is tired, and the imperial power has long since withered." For example, today's heroes are under the banner of Kuang Fu Dahan, but in fact, how many people really think so? Wang Yun and I killed Dong Zhuo back then, and His Majesty treated me well. That's why I thought of rescuing His Majesty from Cao Cao's hands. Let Your Majesty always look up to Cao Cao, as a courtier of the Han Dynasty, I have never felt good in my heart. ”

"The Marquis of Chu has a heart for the Han Dynasty, and he is indeed a good minister in the world." Sun Ce said: "If everyone in the world can spare no effort to do things for the Han like Chu Hou, why can't the world be pacified as soon as possible?" ”

"That's what I said." Lu Bu pursed his lips: "If you talk about loyalty, I'm afraid that there are few people in the world who can compare with me." ”

When Lu Bu said these words, he was actually muttering in his heart.

The Han Dynasty has long since declined, and there are heroes all over the world, and it is better to use the name of this dynasty to strengthen oneself by offering loyalty to a declining dynasty.

The emperor took turns to do it, and this year came to my house.

Who dares to say that as long as his strength expands to a certain level, he is not qualified to be an emperor?

Of course, if you think about these words in your heart, although the Han Dynasty has declined, the heroes in the world are still attacking each other under the banner of the Han Dynasty after all.

If anyone is like Yuan Shu back then, who rashly proclaimed emperor when he was not strong enough to replace the Great Han, he would definitely be discussed by the whole world.

In today's situation, if you want to strengthen your own strength and make everyone in the world agree with you, the best way is to rescue the puppet emperor who is still in Xudu and bring it to Pengcheng......

Pengcheng was once the foundation selected by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and after Liu Bang, the king of Han, won the world, he always adopted a suppressive attitude here, so that the later emperors of the Han Dynasty also adopted a policy of suppressing more than supporting Pengcheng.

However, Lü Bu chose Pengcheng as his foothold.

In the future, once he really breaks through Xu Du, finds Liu Xie and brings him to Pengcheng, the most ironic scene will really begin.

The place where Liu Bang tried his best to suppress it back then eventually became the foothold of the last emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Every time he thought of this, Lu Bu would feel very much looking forward to it.

Before coming to this era and taking away the body of the first fierce general in the late Han Dynasty, he had no good impression of Liu Bang.

It is really interesting to be able to bring Liu Xie here and let the emperor of the Han Dynasty declare to the world that Pengcheng is the capital of the Han Dynasty......

Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo back then, and later Li Dao and Guo Yan attacked Chang'an, and he also led troops to defend the city, so he should not be too strange to the Han Emperor.

Therefore, he said in front of Sun Ce and Lu Su how loyal he was to the Great Han, which did not arouse the slightest suspicion from the two.

After talking with Sun Ce and Lu Su in the study for a while, the two of them retired, and Lu Bu also walked to Diao Chan's residence.

After tossing and turning, it was indeed getting late.

When he came to Diao's residence, Diao Chan had already slept.

The maid bowed to Diao Chan, and when she heard that he was coming, Diao Chan hurriedly put on her clothes and greeted her.

Seeing Lu Bu, Diao Chan bowed: "Why did the husband come so late?" ”

"There's a lot to deal with." Lu Bu said: "By the time everything is done, it will be too late. ”

"Go fetch hot water and wait for your husband to wash up." Diao Chan commanded the maid who followed behind her.

One of the maids left in response, and Diao Chan accompanied Lu Bu into the room.

After entering the house, Diao Chan said to Lu Bu: "My husband works hard every day, how can he always be like this?" You must know that all parts of Xuzhou and Yangzhou are looking at the husband, in case the husband is tired, what can we do? ”

"In troubled times, everyone is in danger, if I don't let myself be tired, others will find an opportunity to destroy me." Lu Bu said: "With a physique like me, I will definitely not die of tiredness, once I am idle and destroyed by others, I really have no chance to turn over." ”

Standing face to face with Diao Chan in the room, Lu Bu gently held her practice sword with both hands, stared into her eyes and said, "In the original battle of Xiapi, Madame also experienced it with me. How much we lost at that time, Madame is not unaware. ”

When it came to the battle of Xiapi, Diao Chan's face became a little gray.

She lowered her head, avoided Lu Bu's gaze, and said to him: "The concubine body that the husband said understands it, but every time I see the husband working so hard, the concubine is physically and mentally ......."

Speaking of which, Diao Chan never said any more.

Lu Bu smiled slightly and said to Diao Chan: "It was precisely because I was too slack back then that I thought that with Xuzhou, I could sit back and relax. However, in the troubled times, who dares to say that it can really live a stable life? Just because I don't provoke others doesn't mean they don't provoke me. ”

He gently lifted Diao Chan's chin to make her raise her head again, and Lu Bu continued: "I also want Madame to have a few more children for me." In the future, they will grow up, and boys will be invincible in the world just like me. The girl is as beautiful as Madame, which is enough to make Yaochi Xian'e ashamed to face it. ”

"What the husband said made the concubine feel uncomfortable." Diao Chan sighed leisurely: "Now the husband is getting younger and younger, but the concubine is getting older day by day." One day, the concubine will no longer be old and red-faced, how can she match her husband at that time? ”

"Of course." Lu Bu said: "But as a person, there will always be a day when you will grow old. Although I was young overnight, no one knows if I will enter middle age again in a few years. At the beginning, I was much older than my wife, but now I can be white with my wife. ”

With his cheek pressed against Lu Bu's chest, Diao Chan said softly: "With these words of the husband, the concubine is already satisfied, and she doesn't dare to ask for anything else." ”：

While the couple were talking, the maid brought them water.

Holding Diao Chan's waist, Lu Bu put his lips to her earlobe and whispered, "I'll wash it up later, how about Madame wrap it for me?" ”

As soon as he said this, Diao Chan pursed his lips and smiled and said, "The concubine's mouth is not very big, why does the husband always have trouble with it?" Every time I wrap up my husband, the concubine always feels that the cheeks on both sides hurt a lot......"

"It's because Madame's mouth is small that it's fun to wrap it." Lu Bu smiled and said to Diao Chan: "If you take a big mouth of blood and swallow it in one bite, wouldn't it be completely meaningless?" ”

"The concubine was wrapped in her husband first, and when she couldn't stand it, let the maid take over, what does the husband think?" Diao Chan said: "The husband is too brave, and the concubine really can't stand it." ”

Lu Bu pretended to think for a moment: "It's okay, but when it's serious, Madame is not allowed to run away." ”

"It is the duty of a concubine to serve her husband, how can she escape." Diao Chan first responded, and then instructed the maid: "Why don't you hurry up and wait for your husband to wash?" ”

The two maids stepped forward in response and untied Lu Bu's wide clothes, and Diao Chan also helped Lu Bu take off the hair crown.

(End of chapter)