Lu Bu actually looked like a peddler, and asked him to raise the price in front of Yuan Shao.

"I can only give seventy percent." Yuan Shao pinched his chin and thought for a while, then said to Lu Bu: "Feng Xian should know that between you and Cao Mengde, whoever I decide to help will survive." If I stand on Cao Mengde's side, Feng Xian's life will definitely not be easy in the future. But on the other hand, if I join forces with you to fight against Cao Mengde, will you get only seventy percent of the value of coal? ”

"But ......" Lu Bu said with a bitter face: "The price given at the beginning is too low, if you want to leave some, I will lose a lot of ......"

"If there is a loss of coal, Feng Xian can make up for it from other places." Yuan Shao asked: "Whether to keep that coal or to unite with Hebei, Feng Xian can make a decision." ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Bu finally sighed and said: "Ben Chu Guo is really a shrewd person, if it comes to bargaining, I am not your opponent." ”

"Feng Xian seems to have suffered a loss, but in fact, he has asked for a big benefit." Yuan Shao said: "If you keep Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and then get Yuzhou in the future, what is the coal alone?" ”

"There is some truth to what I said at the beginning." Lu Bu sighed reluctantly: "Talking with a big fist is hard." When will I be able to speak as magnificently as I have been? ”

"Sooner or later, one day Bong Xian will have the opportunity to talk to people like this." Yuan Shao picked up his wine glass and said to Lu Bu: "Come, Fengxian." For Hebei and Xuzhou alliance, drink this cup! ”

"I hope that day." Lu Bu also picked up the wine glass, and after drinking it, he asked Yuan Shao: "Dare to ask Ben Chu, when are you going to crusade against Cao Mengde?" ”

"This time to send troops to attack Fengxian, Hebei cost a lot." Yuan Shao said: "After returning to Yecheng, I have to let the soldiers rest for a few days before sending troops to Xudu. ”

"How long?" Lu Bu asked.

"Three or five months is always required." Yuan Shao said: "When the army goes out, it is not easy to prepare food and grass, as well as clothing, clothing, armor and ordnance. ”

"I can't wait three or five months." Lu Bu said: "Cao Mengde's heart will not die, and in less than three or five months, he will definitely send troops to Xuzhou." ”

"Fengxian can resist the Hebei army for three or five years, are you still afraid of Cao Mengde?" Yuan Shao smiled and waved his hand: "This matter is urgent. ”

"That's done." Lü Bu said: "Before the initial decision was made to send troops, Xuzhou's coal would not be sold to Hebei at all. From now on, I'm afraid that from Shangjia, Hebei won't even be able to buy a bucket of coal! ”

Before coal was discovered, firewood was used for fire, except for the smelting of steel and the use of charcoal by a few wealthy families.

Since the discovery of coal, many places have changed the habit of using firewood.

Not only is it inexpensive, but it also burns for a long time, especially the tar extracted from coal, which can raise the temperature of smelting steel to new heights.

If a large amount of coal can be purchased, Hebei's ordnance and armor will be qualitatively improved.

Yuan Shao, of course, did not want Lu Bu to cut off his access to coal.

"Why should Feng Xian be like this, I also have a hard time." Yuan Shao said with a smile: "It's really not so easy to use the army, Feng Xian has led the army for many years, don't you understand it at all?" ”

"Of course I understand that it is not easy to send troops, but I have to give an explanation in the first place." Lu Bu said: "Even if I send out a letter to ask Cao Wei, at least I can see the original sincerity." ”

"Feng Xian just wants an article to discuss Cao Xuan?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Of course not." Lu Bu said: "You can send it first, and after three months, I hope that I will not be untrustworthy!" ”

Lu Bu's words revealed that he didn't believe Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao replied: "Since I have promised to serve first, of course I will not be untrustworthy. ”

"Please show me the original work." Lu Bu did not leave the slightest room for Yuan Shao to return: "If I had read out the text of Cao Wei at this time and announced it to the world, I would have people prepare coal and send it to Yecheng when I returned to Pengcheng." ”

"How long will it take?" Speaking of coal, Yuan Shao's eyes lit up.

"After I return to Pengcheng, it will only be three or five days at most." Lu Bu said: "Although there is no ready-made coal in the coal mine, I can order that all the coal ordered by the merchants be stopped, and all the coal that has been ordered by the merchants in the last few days will be sent to Yecheng." ”

"General Yan!" Yuan Shao immediately instructed Yan Liang: "You go, Chen Lin will find him, and ask him to write an essay on Cao Wei here." When I read it, announce it to the world! ”

Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang to invite Chen Lin, and a smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth.

As long as Yuan Shao's letter against Cao Cao was issued, from then on, Hebei and Cao Cao became hostile.

The Yuan and Cao families, who originally united in the crusade against Xuzhou, once they were hostile to each other, even if Xuzhou could not defeat Cao Cao by himself, at least Cao Cao would have some scruples, and he would no longer dare to covet Xuzhou easily......

was proud in his heart, but Lu Bu didn't show anything on his face.

He looked at Yuan Shao expressionlessly.

Yuan Shao, who thought he had received a lot of benefits, smiled and said to Lu Bu: "Don't look at me like this, let people think that I have received a lot of benefits from you......

"Could it be that there are fewer benefits in the first place?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically.

He didn't know anything about coal mines at all, and he didn't know how much working capital he needed to invest, Yuan Shao really thought that he had gained a lot of benefits from Lu Bu, and the expression on his face was immediately a little embarrassed.

"Everyone wants to survive in troubled times for a long time." Yuan Shao smiled and said to Lu Bu: "Feng was too powerful a few days ago, who in the world is not afraid?" Cao Mengde sent someone to find me to state the pros and cons, and of course I would weigh the pros and cons before deciding whether to fight or not. ”

"According to what I said in the beginning, it's a good thing that you've come to crusade against me?" Lu Bu asked Yuan Shao.

"I don't dare to say it's a good thing, at least it's not a bad thing." Yuan Shao said with a smile: "At least Cao Mengde and I both feel that Feng Xian is so strong that it is difficult to control it if he does not crusade. ”

Lu Bu smiled helplessly and shook his head: "How can I listen to the original explanation that makes people cry and laugh?" You came and beat me, but you spoke as if I owed you a great favor......"

"You don't have to owe favors." Yuan Shao waved his hand as if he was very generous: "Feng Xian remembered my benefits." ”

Yuan Shao's reaction really made Lu Bu cry and laugh.

He and Cao Cao jointly sent troops to attack Xuzhou, and this time he actually asked Lu Bu to remember his benefits......

But all heroes must have shameless qualities, and it seems that it is really true.

While the two were talking, Yan Liang came to Yuan Shao with a person.

This man was about thirty years old, dressed as a scribe, and looked old.

If you don't know who he is, judging just by his appearance, you will definitely think that he is just an extremely honest ordinary person.

Lu Bu had seen him before.

He is Chen Lin, who is the best at catching knives and writing under Yuan Shao.

Coming to the canopy, Chen Lin bowed down and saluted Yuan Shao: "The lord summoned me over, what do you have to order?" ”

"Write me an essay on Cao Wei." Yuan Shao instructed him: "I will crusade against Cao Cao." ”

Yuan Shao was still crusading against Lu Bu before, but the wind turned a 180-degree turn, and he wanted to crusade against Cao Cao.

Chen Lin didn't ask much, and said, "I'll go back and write......"

"Kong Zhang doesn't have to go back, just write here." Yuan Shao motioned for him to write out the text in front of Lu Bu.

Stunned for a moment, Chen Lin hesitated and said, "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there is no pen and ink here......"

"Serve the pen and ink for Kong Zhang." Yuan Shao instructed Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

The two of them answered but did not leave, Yan Liang nodded to the guards not far away.

The guards also heard what Yuan Shao said, and two of them turned around and ran to prepare pen and ink for Chen Lin.

It didn't take long for the pen and ink to come.

There was a thick silk silk on the table.

This kind of silk is thick and thick, which is different from the silk used to make clothes.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun invented paper.

The paper he invented has a rough texture, and just looking at the material, it looks like the yellow paper that people used to sweep tombs 2,000 years later.

And the cost of paper is very high, so high that it almost exceeds silk.

Due to the impracticality of the cost and paper material, the paper named "Caihou Paper" is not very popular, and only a small number of nobles in the south occasionally use it.

More often than not, people choose writing instruments, or sheepskin, silk or simply carved bamboo slips.

Although the cost of carving bamboo slips is low, it is time-consuming and laborious, and most nobles will not choose it.

Among them, the most expensive silk silk that can be written but is very smooth.

After preparing the pen and ink, Chen Lin spread the silk on the table, lifted the pen and thought for a moment, and then his wrist flew and he completed a piece of Cao Xuanwen in an instant.

As one of Jian'an's seven sons, Chen Lin's talent is certainly not bad.

He held the text he had just written in both hands and handed it to Yuan Shao: "My lord, please take a look." ”

As a result, Yuan Shaozai read it carefully, and then handed it to Lu Bu: "Feng Xian will also take a look." ”

The inscription is written in small seal characters, even if there are no more than 1,000 characters, it is not a few.

The soul in Lu Bu's body originally didn't recognize a few small seal characters.

When he came to this era, he inherited the memories in his body, so he also knew the small seal characters.

After reading the article, Lu Bu said: "I really don't know when Cao Mengde dug the grave and dug the grave, and also founded the Faqiu Zhonglang General and the Touching Jin School Captain. ”

"Feng Xian has been very busy in the past few years, where will he take care of this." Yuan Shao smiled and said to Lu Bu: "He may no longer remember these things that Cao Mengde did, but there will always be someone who remembers them for him." ”

Looking at Chen Lin, Lu Bu asked, "When you were originally crusading against me before, did you write a text?" ”

Chen Lin didn't answer, but looked at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao smiled: "When he was crusading against Feng Xian, Kong Zhang really didn't write a script. ”

"Who wrote that?" Lu Bu said curiously: "Why didn't I see the appearance of Zhu Wen?" ”

"Not at all, of course Feng Xian can't see it." Yuan Shao said with some embarrassment: "I didn't think of writing an essay at that time......"

Words, he didn't say too clearly.

But Lu Bu immediately understood.

In the crusade against Xuzhou, Yuan Shao never thought about what to write.

In his eyes, Lu Bu is not worth mentioning at all, attacking Xuzhou, why do you need to make a special article out?

There are so many heroes in the world, although Lu Bu is entrenched in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, but his foundation is too shallow after all, and Yuan Shao really doesn't take him seriously.

From Yuan Shao's expression and the meaning of his words, Lu Bu had already understood what he wanted to express.

I don't know what's going on, knowing that there is no crusade against his own text, Lu Bu actually feels a little lost, and has a feeling of being ignored......

People are really weird.

It's understandable to want good things, and he also wants things like Xuanwen, but people can't figure it out anyway.

Even Lu Bu himself felt that this thought was very ridiculous.

He handed the text back to Yuan Shao: "Kong Zhang is really a talented man in the world, if Cao Mengde reads the text, I am afraid that he will be annoyed and spit out a bucket of blood." As long as Ben Zheng really released the text to the world and officially declared war on Cao Mengde, except for the coal retained in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, all the rest would be sent to Yecheng. ”

What Yuan Shao wanted was what he said.

Handan, Hebei Province is rich in steel, and after these coals are transported to Hebei, the quality of steel will develop by leaps and bounds.

Smelting better quality steel is of extraordinary significance to Yuan Shao.

On the battlefield, the quality of the weapons used by soldiers is determined by steel.

Steel is tough, and the weapons you create are sure to be extremely sharp.

Having a weapon with better spelling is of great significance to Yuan's army in the future to conquer the world.

If he could exchange the crusade against Cao Cao for better quality steel, Yuan Shao would certainly be very happy.

"Send someone to copy fifty copies, and distribute them to the world, so that the world may know about them." Yuan Shao instructed Chen Lin: "Don't forget to send one to Cao Mengde as well." ”

Chen Lin promised to retire.

Lu Bu said to Yuan Shao: "I have sincerity, I will definitely fulfill my promise." I've been delayed here for too long, it's time to go back."

He stood up and arched his hand to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao got up and saluted back: "Won't Feng Xian accompany me to drink a few more cups?" ”

"The original army is not far away, and now you have come here to try to crusade against me." Lu Bu replied: "If you change me to the original, will you be willing to stay here for a little longer?" ”

Yuan Shao laughed: "I thought Feng Xian was not afraid of ...... at all"

"Of course I'm not afraid." Lu Bu replied: "I just don't want to talk and laugh with Ben Chu when the army that is crusading against Xuzhou has not yet retreated, as if nothing happened." ”

"Don't worry, I'll withdraw my troops early tomorrow morning." Yuan Shao said to Lu Bu: "When I raise some days, I will fight against Cao Cao with you." ”

"Then I'll wait." Lu Bu said: "Farewell.!" ”

"I'll send it first." Yuan Shao sent him outside the canopy.

The two arched their hands to each other again, and Lu Bu turned and walked towards the bank of the Yellow River.

came to the shore and boarded the boat, until the boat left the riverbank, Sun Ce said to Lu Bu: "Chu Hou's courage is really not comparable to ordinary people, not far away is Yuan Shao's army, I see that it is only a hundred steps away from the canopy, thousands of Yuan troops are waiting for it, as long as Yuan Benchu gives an order, Chu Hou Ke will never be able to return to the south bank." ”

"Yuan Shao refuses to withdraw his troops, so what does it matter if he can't return to the south bank?" Lu Bu said: "He brought a large number of soldiers and horses, once the two sides start a war, even if our army can finally win, the loss will be not small." Being able to persuade Yuan Shao back is the best result. ”

"He retreated, but he got a lot of benefits from Chu Hou's hands." Sun Ce said: "Buying coal at 70% of the price really gives him a lot of advantage. ”

"Bo Fu thinks it's just him getting the benefit?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.

"Isn't it beneficial to buy coal and use so much less money?" Sun Ce asked with a puzzled expression.

"Of course, we got some benefits, but we didn't suffer any losses." Lu Bu pursed his lips: "The price given to the merchants is thirty percent of what they sold, and when they sell it to Yuan Benchu, I get seventy percent." Does Bo Fu think I have gained a benefit, or have I suffered a big loss? ”

I didn't understand the profits of coal mines at all, and after listening to Lu Bu's explanation, Sun Ce suddenly felt like he was in a fog.

He asked Lu Bu: "Selling to merchants is only thirty percent of the value of their goods, isn't it true that those merchants can make a lot of money?" ”

"I'm not interested in how much they earn." Lu Bu said: "I just need to know that the coal mine can bring benefits to Xuzhou." ”：

Looking at the other side of the riverbank, Lu Bu smiled and shook his head: "I didn't expect Yuan Benchu to really choose to retire for coal." Whether or not he chooses to go to war with Cao Cao is not a bad thing for us. ”

"I really don't understand what Chu Hou said." Sun Ce said: "Yuan Benchu's crusade against Cao Cao, I know that it will bring countless benefits to Xuzhou. But he didn't crusade against Cao Cao, and the Yuan family's army might attack Xuzhou again at any time, which can be said to be a big trouble. How could Chu Hou say that it was also a good thing? ”

"The Cao and Yuan families jointly crusaded against Xuzhou, and it was difficult for us to resist on our own." Lu Bu said: "Yuan Benchu withdrew his troops for coal, and he would not want to kill him again for a while. Once Cao Caowen fell into the hands of Cao Cao, the relationship between the two families would definitely collapse completely. Cao Cao wanted to unite Hebei to crusade against Xuzhou, but it was not as simple as before. ”

"Chu Hou sits on the coal mine, isn't he worried that Yuan Benchu coveted it?" Sun Ce said: "You must know that it is much easier to seize coal from the hands of the Marquis of Chu than to just buy coal. ”

"Seize the coal mines?" Lu Bu shook his head with a smile: "Bo Fu thinks that Yuan Benchu will not insert eyeliner to explore the reality of the coal mine in the future?" It is impossible to find out how much money it costs to transport coal without a detailed calculation. But they could see how much labor and equipment it took to bring the coal from the ground. There are also a lot of technologies that they don't have to master. Yuan Benchu is not a stupid person, he should know that without me, the coal mine will definitely not be able to operate. Taking Xuzhou and snatching the coal mine from me was not a good choice for Yuan Benchu. ”

The boat was almost on the south bank, and Lu Bu looked at the Yuan army camp on the other side and said, "If I were Yuan Shao, I would definitely not take away what can produce so many benefits in the hands of others, but in my hands, it is no different from being discarded." Rather than offending others and not doing any good, it is better for both parties to benefit each other and directly benefit from others. ”

PS: Starting today, the strongest Lu Bu will compete for the list, which will last for a month, and those with monthly tickets and recommended tickets will be smashed