Lu Bu's method of controlling the locust plague was only to let the people know that locusts could be eaten and that they were delicious.

Chen Gong couldn't figure out how this method could easily control the locust plague.

On the way back to the official mansion, Lu Bu told Chen Gong what he had said to Zhou Yu and Sun Ce again.

After listening to his explanation, Chen Gong was still a little foggy.

There are so many locusts, just rely on people to eat, how much can they eat in a day?

"Gongtai can't understand that there are so many locusts, and people can only eat a few a day?" Lu Bu grinned at him and asked.

"I really didn't figure it out." Chen Gong said: "One person, eating a hundred and ten locusts in one meal is already a lot. In every year of the locust plague, the locusts are so overwhelming that it is impossible to eat them all. ”

"People can store the locusts they catch." Lu Bu said: "No matter what a person's character is, there will be greed in the depths of his heart. Not to mention those who are greedy in the first place, even if they are people with good conduct, when they encounter this kind of benefit that does not cause any harm to others and can be easily obtained, will they let it go? ”

"How do you store locusts?" Chen Gong asked suspiciously, "If you put it there, it will always rot." ”

"If the grain is placed in the granary, it will become moldy and deteriorate over time." Lu Bu said: "Of course, locusts can be stored, and although there are many locusts during the locust plague, there are many people who think they are extremely delicious and are willing to taste them. ”

He then asked Chen Gong, "Did Zhang Shiping come to Pengcheng?" ”

"Zhang Shiping is really in Pengcheng these days." Chen Gong replied: "He would go to the coal mine every day to guard, wait for the coal to be transported out, and transfer the coal in batches. ”

"He now has a monopoly on coal in Xuzhou?" Lu Bu asked.

"It's not Wen Hou who promised?" Chen Gong replied: "Zhang Shiping is now monopolizing many industries in Xuzhou under this banner. ”

"Monopolizing so many industries, I have to let him monopolize one more." Lu Bu asked Chen Gong, "What do you think of locusts, is he interested?" ”

"There are locusts everywhere, and I don't think Zhang Shiping will be interested." Chen Gong shook his head.

Lu Bu instructed: "Back to the official mansion, you prepare some condiments for me, and then invite Zhang Shiping here, I will have a good talk with him, I don't believe that he is not interested in locusts." ”

Chen Gong didn't understand what way Lu Bu had to fool Zhang Shiping into agreeing to monopolize the locusts.

Nowadays, there are locust plagues in various places, and the most important thing is locusts.

If Zhang Shiping is willing to take over this, it will be clear that he will be pitted by Lu Bu, and he, a businessman, will not have to do it anymore.

Lu Bu returned to the Taoist Mansion, and Chen Gong and the others retreated.

He personally led Big Joe and Little Joe to the back garden.

got the news of Lu Bu's return, Diao Chan came out with Zhen Mi and Gan Mi.

Seeing Lu Bu, the ladies bowed.

Diao Chan beckoned, "The husband is back." ”

"I'm back." Lu Bu grinned at him: "I haven't seen you for many days, does Madam miss me very much?" ”

"Of course, I miss my husband." Diao Chan looked at Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao behind Lu Bu: "These two behind Fujun are ......"

"Your new sister." Lu Bu passed Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, and said to Diao Chan and the other ladies: "They are the daughters of Qianshan Qiao's family, and I have already taken them into the house. ”

Diao Chan was once a singer, and since she met Lu Bu, her fate has changed.

It is reasonable for a man to mess with flowers and grass outside, or even marry a new lady.

Although his heart will be unhappy, Diao Chan will never say it.

She stepped forward with a smile and took Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao's hands, and looked at them from head to toe: "The two sisters are really Peugeot, and the sisters brought back by the husband are peerless beauties." ”

"Zhang Shiping will come to see me later." Lu Bu said to Diao Chan: "I'll leave them to you." ”

"Don't worry, husband, when you get home, will you still let your sisters be wronged?" Diao Chan smiled and asked, "Which sister's room is my husband going to rest in tonight?" ”

"When I went home, of course, I wanted to pamper the eldest lady." Lu Bu smiled.

"In front of the sisters, the husband is still not serious." Diao Chan smiled and greeted several ladies: "The two younger sisters of Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao just came, and they settled down for them first, and they all came to my room to talk." ”

The ladies said goodbye and left, and Lu Bu went to the study.

The furnishings in the study were completely different from when Lu Bu occupied Pengcheng earlier.

Before he set out on the expedition, he had drawn a lot of furniture patterns.

From beds to cabinets, to desks, dining tables and even chairs and benches.

Each one is a style he designed.

Behind the desk is a Taishi chair.

The Taishi chair with armrests is indeed very comfortable to sit on.

Sitting on the Taishi chair, Lu Bu casually picked up a book on the table and flipped through it.

Since Cai Lun developed papermaking, the use of paper as a writing tool has become a habit for some scholars.

The paper made by the rough papermaking process is not smooth to write, and in terms of cost, Caihou paper is not much cheaper than silk.

The use of paper as a recording medium is also what many scholars will do in order to show their wealth.

As for the bound books, they are even rarer.

But there are a few books on Lu Bu's desk.

What he picked up was a bound edition of "The Art of War".

After reading a few pages of Sun Tzu's Art of War, Lu Bu suddenly remembered something.

When he passed by Yijing, he once met a fairy in pink in a dream, and the fairy passed on a set of halberd techniques to him.

After practicing that set of halberd techniques, Lu Bu felt that although it was very exquisite, it did not help him much.

After all, he was already the number one general in the world!

What you get from a dream can't be so simple.

With this understanding, Lu Bu took out the book that recorded the halberd method again.

He looked through the book, trying to find different places in the book.

The title page of the book is very thin, and there is no possibility of holding something.

After reading it, Lu Bu was a little disappointed.

No matter how he looked at it, the book was just a simple halberd book, and it didn't come out what he was expecting.

He was flipping through a book in the study, and Zhang Shiping's voice came from outside the door: "Zhang Shiping has seen Wenhou." ”

"Come in and talk." Putting the book aside, Lu Bu raised his head and greeted.

Zhang Shiping walked into the house and bowed to Lu Bu.

Walking into the study, Zhang Shiping once again made a big salute to Lu Bu.

"Sit down and talk!" Lu Bu motioned for him to sit down.

Sitting in the room, Zhang Shiping said: "Wen Hou called, I didn't dare to delay, so I came over quickly." I wonder if Wen Hou has something to do with me? ”

"Have you made a lot of money lately?" Lu Bu smiled slightly and asked him.