Cui Yan asked Yuan Shang to send someone to inform Yuan Shao of what happened in Pengcheng, and then he felt that it was inappropriate and personally wrote a letter to Yuan Shao.

The people sent back to Yecheng by Yuan Shang arrived half a day earlier than Cui Yan's letter.

Hearing that Yuan Shang went to Pengcheng and received a cold reception, Yuan Shao was also very annoyed.

Summoned the judges, Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others to the front hall, and Yuan Shao discussed with them whether they should give Lu Bu some good looks.

Everyone had different opinions, Guo Tu and other masters must not offend him for the alliance between the Yuan family and Lu Bu.

And Feng Ji and the others supported Yuan Shang, thinking that Yuan Shao should really give Lu Bu some colors to see.

The two sides were arguing, and a guard came to the door of the front hall: "Enlighten the lord, Duke Cui sent a letter, saying that it must be handed over to the lord by hand." ”

Yuan Shang's talent had only arrived for half a day, and Cui Yan sent someone to send back the letter, and everyone stopped the dispute and turned their eyes to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao instructed the guards: "Bring the messenger here." ”

The guards retreated, and a moment later brought Cui Yan's personal guards.

The guard held a letter in both hands, entered the front hall, lowered his head and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, Duke Cui asked me to send back the letter, saying that there is something important to report." He also specially instructed that the letter could only be opened by the lord himself. ”

Cui Yan had surprised Yuan Shao by asking people to send back the letter, and he specially instructed him to open it himself, so that Yuan Shao faintly noticed something.

Signaling the guard beside him to take the letter and hand it to him, Yuan Shao opened the bamboo tube containing the letter and pulled out a piece of silk from it.

Unfolding the silk and browsing it, Yuan Shao understood.

Yuan Shang went to Pengcheng, and did not negotiate with Lu Bu and the others as he instructed, but was arrogant and domineering, so he was snubbed by Lu Bu.

After reading Cui Yan's letter, Yuan Shao was really annoyed.

He frowned, put the letter in his arms, and said to everyone: "I have reached an alliance with Lu Fengxian first, and I can't ruin the alliance at will because he is a little arrogant and rude." Earlier, I asked Sanzi and Cui Yan to go to Pengcheng to ask Lü Bu why he was reluctant to send troops, and the news they brought me was exactly the same. It is said that there is a lack of armor in Lu Bu's army, so he cannot send troops to attack Cao Mengde in time. I decided to transfer 30,000 sets of armor to him and send them to Pengcheng from now on. ”

"My lord." Feng Ji said: "Thirty thousand sets of armor is a lot, we can't give it to Lu Bu for nothing." ”

"Of course." Yuan Shao replied: "I have to ask him to give him more coal, our armor this time is not for free, but in exchange for enough coal." I've also heard artisans say that better steel can be forged by refining coke from coal. Since I pulled Lu Bu when he was in danger, he shouldn't have a reason to refuse me. ”

"My lord is right." Guo Tu said: "Although Lu Bu is capricious, how can Xuzhou's military strength be compared with Hebei? As long as the lord asked someone to bring a message to inform Lu Bu that these armors were not given for free, he would definitely bring enough coal. At that time, we will be able to forge more sophisticated ordnance and armor, which will actually benefit Hebei without harm. ”

"Gongzhi thinks the same way as I do." Yuan Shao nodded and said to everyone: "You don't have to continue to argue, this matter is done." ”

His eyes fell on Guo Tu's face, and Yuan Shao said again: "I originally planned to appoint someone else to go to Pengcheng, but after thinking about it, it is not appropriate for anyone to go." I don't know if the public rule is willing to take this trip? ”

"Whatever the lord wants me to do, I will move forward." Guo Tu replied: "This time I go to Pengcheng, I will definitely ask Lu Bu to get some more coal." will never let him benefit from Hebei plainly. ”

"If there is a public rule, I will be relieved." Yuan Shao then said: "Immediately send an order to the treasury to select 30,000 sets of good armor and send them to Pengcheng." ”

"My lord." The judge interjected: "Lu Bu just wants armor, and he doesn't say that it is ordinary to be good." It's better to ...... the defective products in the treasury that no one wants to want."

"Zhengnan doesn't know that Lu Bu doesn't have enough armor, not because he doesn't have reserves in the army, it's just that he destroyed most of the armor in reserve before."

I didn't see the letter sent back by Cui Yan, and I didn't know that Peng Cheng had killed many profiteers and officials because of the armor, so he asked in surprise: "Good and decent, why did he destroy those armors?" Didn't he understand that Cao Cao was eyeing him nearby and could kill him at any time. Destroying the armor at this time is tantamount to self-destruction. ”

"Lu Bu destroyed the armor just because it was shoddy and shoddy." Yuan Shao said: "He wants some armor, why don't I satisfy him?" Inferior armor was sent, and if he returned it, it would delay our use of coal. ”

"The lord is wise!" Without waiting for the judge to speak, Guo Tu lost no time in patting his ass: "Give Lu Bu the best armor, I want to see what other excuses and reasons he has for not sending us more coal." ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said to everyone: "I have made a decision, and you will each go and get injured." When Lu Bu crusades against Cao Cao, we also have to think carefully about how to deal with the complex variables. ”

The crowd got up and withdrew.

After Guo Tu withdrew, he immediately ordered the armor to be counted and prepared to be transported to Pengcheng.

Lu Bu, who was in Pengcheng, took advantage of the fact that the war had not yet come, and was dealing with the things he thought he had to deal with as soon as possible every day.

Earlier he had people look for sulphur and wanted to use it to refine sulphuric acid.

As long as he has sulfuric acid, he can use some copper sheets and the like to generate electricity.

However, Lu Bu tried many times, but the sulfuric acid was not successful.

It was only at this time that he understood that many things could not be made by his ability, at least electricity generation was an absolute luxury for him.

He couldn't generate electricity, and he couldn't make light bulbs.

Without light bulbs, open flames would still be needed for lighting under the mine.

In the future, as the coal seam is mined deeply, and then illuminated with open flames, it is likely to cause mining disasters, resulting in a large number of casualties.

Coal is mined to make more coal for use or to sell for profit, and Lu Bu does not want to fill the mines with the lives of many miners because of coal production.

couldn't think of a way, so he invited Liu Hong to the study.

Sitting opposite Lu Bu and listening to the problems he talked about, Liu Hong also showed a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Does Liu Gong also feel that what I said is impossible to achieve?" Lu Bu asked Liu Hong.

"Don't hide it from Chu Hou, I've never heard of such a whimsy." Liu Hong said: "What Chu Hou said, if it was in the past or someone else told me, I would definitely think that those people were crazy." However, it was Chu Hou who said these words, so I don't think it's any strange. But I didn't think of any way to make something that glows but doesn't have heat......"

"If Gong Liu is willing to share my worries, you might as well take the students around you to ponder together." Lu Bu said: "I have too many things to do all day, and I have to deal with Yuan Shang and Cui Yan recently, and I plan to get some armor from the Yuan family in Hebei to equip the soldiers." With so many things to do, I really don't have the energy to think about them. ”

"Does Chu Hou have a clear direction for us to do?" Liu Hong said: "Although I feel very reasonable after listening to what Chu Hou said, I feel that it is not so easy to do. If we can give us a clear direction, maybe we can actually create it. ”

"Electricity, mainly electricity." Lu Bu said: "The two copper sheets are put into sulfuric acid, and electricity can be released through the reaction. Using this meager amount of electricity, while not possible to do more, is enough to make the light bulb light up......"

When it came to the light bulb, Lu Bu was a little troubled again.

In this era, you can't even make glass, so how can you make a light bulb?

"Light bulbs?" Liu Hong asked in surprise, "What is that?" ”

"Let's put it this way, it's the positive and negative electrodes energized, and there is a tungsten wire in the middle." Lu Bu said: "When an electric current passes through the tungsten filament, it will immediately become red and hot, so as to achieve the effect of luminescence. However, if the tungsten wire is directly applied to the air, it will burn off in an instant due to contact with the air. We also had to cover the outside with a cover, and the best thing to make a cover was a glass ......."

Lu Bu gushed about the incandescent light bulb in his impression, but Liu Hong listened to the clouds and mountains and mist, and didn't understand what he was talking about.

From Liu Hong's confused gaze, Lu Bu could see that he didn't understand what he was talking about.

Sighing in annoyance, Lu Bu said to Liu Hong: "Forget it, forget it, Liu Gong still relies on his own ability, think about how to find a light source for me that can shine and will not ignite other things." ”

Listening to Lu Bu say a lot, Liu Hong is full of mush.

Although he was proficient in arithmetic, he did not have the knowledge of the next two thousand years, and of course he would not understand what Lu Bu was talking about.

Lu Bu was also interested, and seeing that he didn't understand, he didn't continue to talk about it, and simply pushed the matter to Liu Hong.

"What Chu Hou told me, I will do my best to do it." Liu Hong said: "It's just that whether it can be done in the end, I dare not say too sure." If it is not done, please forgive Chu Hou. ”

"Understand, understand, I can understand." Lu Bu replied: "As long as Liu Gong takes someone to do it, even if it doesn't work, I can't blame you." ”

"Thank you Chu Hou for your understanding!" Liu Hong stood up and bowed to Lu Bu. Lu Bu raised his hand and said to him: "I entrusted Liu Gong to do things, Liu Gong doesn't have to be like this." ”

"If Chu Hou doesn't have anything to do with him, I'll go back and think about it first." Liu Hong told Lu Bu to retreat and planned to leave.

Lu Bu didn't force him to stay, got up and sent him to the door, and told Liu Hong a few words about the development of these things to pay attention to safety and so on, and then went back to the study.

Just sat down in the study, Sun Ce came to the door: "Chu Hou, Cui Yan asks to see." ”

"The Yuan family's armor was sent?" Without telling Sun Ce to enter the house, Lu Bu asked him.

"It doesn't seem to be yet." Sun Ce replied: "However, Cui Yan brought news that Yuan Shao had ordered Guo Tu to prepare 30,000 sets of fine armor and was transporting them to Pengcheng. ”

"It seems that Yuan Benchu is still an understanding person." Hearing that Yuan Shao asked Guo Tu to send the armor, Lu Bu said with great satisfaction: "If he hadn't let Yuan Shang come to Pengcheng this time, maybe the matter would have been negotiated a long time ago." ”

"Do you want to see Cui Yan?" Sun Ce, who was outside the door, asked again.

"People are coming, how can there be no reason not to see." Lu Bu said, "Please come over." ”

Sun Ce left in response, and after a while, he took Cui Yan to Lu Bu's study.

Entering the study, Cui Yan bowed to Lu Bu: "I've seen General Lu!" ”

"That's what I've done." Lu Bu returned the salute, invited Cui Yan to sit down and said, "It's really a coincidence that Cui Gong came. ”

"I came here to actually have something to inform Chu Hou." Cui Yan said: "The lord has agreed to transfer armor from Hebei to Pengcheng, and asked Chu Hou to be ready to respond." ”

"Yuan Benchu really sent me armor?" He had already gotten the news from Sun Ce, and Lu Bu still pretended to be happy and asked Cui Yan.

"General Lu and my lord are allies, and they will fight against Cao Cao together." Cui Yan replied: "Now that the Marquis of Chu lacks armor in his hands, how can my lord sit idly by? ”

"That's what Cui Gong said." Lu Bu smiled and said to Cui Yan: "With the armor sent by Ben Chu Gong, I don't have to urge Xuzhou to hurry up." There are 30,000 sets of armor, which are a lot of them taken out of the treasury, not to mention that they have to be made by craftsmen. By the time they rushed out, half a year might have passed. ”

"What Chu Hou said is right, my lord also took these into account, so he ordered Duke Guo to escort the armor to Pengcheng." Cui Yan said: "With the armor, I hope General Lu will not disappoint my lord." ”

"I've always been safe in doing things, how can I let Ben Chu Gong down?" Lu Bu smiled and asked Cui Yan: "It's not that I figure out the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, I just want to ask, is the armor sent by Yuan Benchu this time good?" Will he fool me with some shoddy armor? ”

"General Lu said this." Cui Yan's face showed displeasure, and he said to Lu Bu: "My lord's character, can Chu Hou still not believe it?" ”

"Of course I can trust Ben Chugong's conduct." Lu Bu smiled and said to Cui Yan: "What I'm worried about is actually those people under him, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be a few people who pretend to be smart and exchange the best armor for inferior goods." I'm going to say ugly things first, but if it's inferior, I definitely won't want it. ”

"Chu Hou rest assured, it will definitely not be inferior." Cui Yan replied: "My lord is also very concerned about this matter, otherwise how could he send Guo Gongze?" You know, he is a very relied on figure around the lord. ”

(End of chapter)