After a while with Mrs. Mi, when Lu Bu came to the study, Chen Gong was already waiting outside the door.

"The public platform came so quickly?" Lu Bu greeted: "Go into the study and say." ”

Chen Gong muttered in his heart.

When he was greeted, he came, and it stands to reason that Lu Bu should have come a long time ago.

However, he came earlier than Lu Bu because of the distance.

I don't know which lady Wen Hou was hanging out there just now.

As a staff member, although Chen Gong muttered so much in his heart, it was impossible for him to say it.

In response, he followed Lu Bu into the study.

"In the battle of Yijing, the news that Li Dian killed Li Mao was heard by the public station?" After taking his seat, Lu Bu asked Chen Gong.

"Li Mao is a fierce general under Liu Xun, this person is the champion of the three armies, and he is not inferior to General Ji in terms of ability." Chen Gong replied: "Fighting alone, Li Dian is not his opponent at all. ”

"I know both of them." Lu Bu nodded: "Li Mao is still brave, but he doesn't have much brains." Although Li Dian's force is weaker, he is a wise general. When the two met, it was not surprising that Li Dian had the upper hand. I invited you here to ask you, what will Cao Cao do next? ”

"Cao Cao has a lot of capable people, and Huainan Yuan Shu is not an opponent in the first place." Chen Gong stroked his beard: "Since Yuan Shu's death, Huainan has long been disheartened, how can there be any loyal people?" Liu Xun will be defeated, and most of Lujiang has fallen into the hands of Cao Cao. ”

"Does the public station mean that Liu Xun will not fight again?" Lu Bu asked.

"I don't think so." Chen Gong said: "But for Wen Hou, it is an excellent opportunity to take Huainan. ”

Lu Bu knew very well that he and Cao Cao would have a battle sooner or later.

Once the two sides start a war, Huainan must also be taken first, otherwise he will be passive everywhere, and it is likely to re-stage the battle of Xiapi.

He came to this era and rewrote the results of the White Gate Tower.

However, if the battle of Xiapi is staged again, what does he expect to rewrite the ending again?

If you don't lose, you can't afford to lose, and the only way is to keep yourself from losing.

"If we want to survive, it is imperative to take Huainan." Lu Bu said suspiciously: "But Huainan already belongs to Cao Cao, let's attack again, isn't it ......?"

"The key to this matter is Liu Xun." Chen Gong said: "If he captures Yuan Yao and others and dedicates them to Cao Cao, Wen Hou will have an excuse to attack." But if he stubbornly defended the Lujiang River, Wen Hou not only had no chance to start, but also had to keep an eye on the Qingzhou area for Cao Cao and stand firm. ”

Lu Bu was puzzled: "Liu Xun is defending the Lujiang River, it stands to reason that I should send troops to help Cao Cao, why don't I have a chance?" ”

"The Cao family's army is in Shouchun, how can Lujiang stop them?" Chen Gong shook his head: "Liu Xun's stubborn defense is nothing more than a lingering breath, if Wen Hou sends troops, he will be suspicious of Cao Cao." But his dedication to Yuan Yao is another matter, it is said that Chen Shuzhi has received benefits from Yang Hong and Zhang Xun. Wen Hou can not move and secretly order Chen Shuzhi to seize Huainan, what can Cao Cao do? ”

"Uncle Chen just occupies Zhongli, he has a move, Cao Cao sent troops to fight, don't I just want to directly turn against him?" Lu Bu said: "I will not sit idly by and watch Uncle Chen fight the enemy alone. ”

"Wen Hou has taken this into account, how could Cao Cao not think of it?" Chen Gong said: "Uncle Chen will take Huainan, even if he has the intention to send troops to fight, he will not dare to act lightly. After all, Uncle Chen was standing behind Wen Hou, and Wen Hou was relying on the momentum of the Yuan family in Hebei. ”

Chen Gong's explanation made Lu Bu suddenly have an epiphany.

He nodded and said, "It seems that I still have to look forward to Liu Xun turning his back on the old master!" ”

"Huainan can be handed over to Chen Shuzhi, and Wen Hou also has a lot of things to take care of." Chen Gong said: "Since defeating Chen Deng, Xuzhou has all fallen into the hands of Wen Hou. After many wars, people's livelihood in various places is withering, and a lot of money and food are urgently needed, I don't know what Wenhou's plans are? ”

"Xiahou Yuanrang eats every day, can you see the wonderful use of coal?" Lu Bu asked.

"He's definitely going to see the power of coal." Chen Gong said: "Wen Hou exchanged some coal with him for the Qingzhou army, and I think he should ask Cao Cao for credit when he goes back." ”

"It's not enough to only exchange coal for the Qingzhou army, I still have to find a way to sell coal to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao." Lu Bu pinched his chin and said, "Not only do you have to sell it, but you also have to sell it at a high price!" ”

Coal reserves are abundant, and merchants turn around from them, often able to make good profits.

Since the coal mining in Pengcheng, many merchants have been waiting in Pengcheng, and once the coal is mined, it will be snapped up.

Lu Bu got a lot of money because of this, and Zhang Shiping made a lot of money from it.

But Lu Bu knew very well that with the coal mines in Pengcheng, he wanted to raise a large army, revitalize the economy of Xuzhou, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment, but it was still a drop in the bucket and could not be satisfied at all.

Merchants often obtain coal by selling it nearby.

A lot of coal was snapped up before it left Xuzhou.

It was for this reason that Xiahoudun came to Pengcheng and was very surprised when he saw coal-smoked food for the first time.

Xiahoudun saw the benefits of coal, and of course he would make a big deal about it when he returned to Cao Cao.

But the little coal that Lu Bu gave to Cao Cao was not enough to replace firewood and charcoal.

Cao Cao will have more demand.

Although Yuan Shao of Hebei did not attack the Cao family, he arranged a lot of people to secretly investigate Cao Cao's actions.

The coal was sent to Henan, and Yuan Shao would not know that it was a ghost.

"I understand what Wen Hou means." Chen Gong nodded: "Although there is a lot of coal, the export can be reduced, so as to achieve the purpose of strange goods." ”

"Have you ever heard of the economic crisis and inflation?" Lu Bu suddenly asked two terms that only appeared later.

These two terms appeared with the emergence of a large machine industry, and the Han Dynasty was only the initial form of the feudal dynasty, and Chen Gong certainly could not have heard of it.

He looked at Lu Bu in astonishment: "What Wen Hou said is ......"

"Two Forms of Socio-Economic Crisis." "An economic crisis is an economic upheaval caused by overproduction causing demand to be much less than supply, and there are too many commodities and people's purchasing power is insufficient," Lu said. Inflation, on the other hand, is the result of an abnormal spike in the price of goods caused by an increase in the amount of money entering the market without an increase in the quantity of goods. ”

Chen Gong listened in a fog, and his eyes when he looked at Lu Bu were even more complicated.

He couldn't figure out where Lu Bu had heard these nouns, and from which angle he had judged them and given explanations to them.

After careful consideration, he found that the two terms Lu Bu said can really encompass many market laws.

"The best way to live in a strange commodity is to create an artificial inflation." Lu Bu smiled: "Today's currency is copper coins, let's make enough copper coins first." Find another opportunity to push the purchasing power of copper coins to recover, and the difference in price earned from it is far more than selling goods directly. ”