Guo Tu was ordered by Yuan Shao to send 30,000 sets of armor to Pengcheng.

If these armors were distributed to the army, they would not be considered too much, but if they were placed in the treasury, they would take a long time to count.

From Guo Tu's entry into the city, the inventory was carried out until the sun set in the west, and Cang Cao took the officials to complete the inventory and inspection.

Coming to Lu Su, Cang Cao said: "Lu Gong, we have checked clearly, there is no set of inferior armor, and each set is excellent. And 30,000 sets is enough. ”

Lu Su nodded: "You have worked hard, put the armor in the treasury first, and I will go to report to the Marquis of Chu." ”

He mentioned Lu Bu, and Guo Tu asked again: "Isn't it time for Zijing to lead me to General Lu?" ”

"It's not early, Guo Gong is sure to go see Chu Hou now??" Lu Su asked him.

"Of course I'm going to go now." Guo Tu replied: "General Lu has a lot of daily affairs, if you don't go now, I don't know when I will have the opportunity to ask for a meeting." ”

"Gong Guo sent the armor, no matter how busy Chu Hou is, he will find time to see each other." Lu Su replied: "But if Guo Gong really plans to go now, I can also recommend it." ”

"I came to Pengcheng on the orders of the lord, but I can't delay." Guo Tu said: "Please also ask Zijing to lead me to ask for a meeting." ”

Guo Tu came to Pengcheng, Lu Su took him to the treasury to count and inspect the armor, and Lu Bu went to the coal mine accompanied by Sun Ce.

After determining that there was a large amount of coal in reserve, Lü Bu and Sun Ce returned to Pengcheng.

When they returned to Pengcheng, the sun had not yet set in the west.

When he arrived at the official mansion, Lu Bu did not go to the backyard, but went directly into the front hall.

"It's not too early, so it shouldn't matter." Following Lu Bu into the front hall, Sun Ce asked suspiciously, "Why did Chu Hou come here?" ”

"What's wrong with coming here?" Lu Bu smiled slightly and asked Sun Ce rhetorically.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Sun Ce replied: "I just think that Chu Hou should go back to the back garden to rest first, and there is not even a place to lie in the front hall......"

"Guo Tu and others will come later, I don't know them too well, so I can't meet them in the study." Lu Bu said: "You accompany me here to talk, maybe when it gets dark, they should come." ”

"Guo Tu has arrived in Pengcheng, and the armor has been handed over to the treasury, is he still not at ease with the Marquis of Chu?" Sun Ce said: "I think that even if he wants to come, it should be tomorrow, how can there be a reason to ask to see him after nightfall?" ”

"If it weren't for the rush to transfer coal to Hebei, Yuan Shao would not have sent Guo Tu." Lu Bu replied: "Since it is a matter of urgency, after counting the armor, of course Guo Tu will come to see me." ”

"What is Yuan Shao doing in such a hurry to ask for coal?" Sun Ce frowned slightly, and said not too clearly: "The Hebei family has a great business, and there must be a lot of weapons in his treasury, even if the coal is sent, it will take time to forge new weapons......

"It's because it takes time that he's in a hurry." Lu Bu said: "Yuan Shao actually knows very well that he can watch the battle from the sidelines to defeat Cao Cao. Once the winner and I have decided between Cao Cao and me, the winning side will have the strength to compete with the Yuan family. The battle between the Yuan family in Hebei and the winning side will also start soon. Rather than thinking about preparing ordnance at that time, it is better to start preparing now. When the day of war came, they did not worry about the use of more sophisticated ordnance. ”

"No wonder Yuan Shao is willing to exchange 30,000 sets of armor for coal." Sun Ce said: "In this way, when we give him coal, we really dig a big hole for ourselves." ”

"We have to jump even if we know it's a pit." Lu Bu said: "Fortunately, coal is inexhaustible for us. If the Yuan family wants coal, they must give us corresponding benefits, if there is a big chaos today, if they really only send copper coins, I still have to think, what can I buy with these copper coins? Hiring? How many people still care about how much copper money there is? Buying ordnance? It doesn't seem to be appropriate. The most cost-effective thing for us is to obtain armor and weapons from the Yuan family. The arsenal had only recently been built, and it was not yet able to forge enough ordnance for a large army. I have formed an alliance with Yuan Benchu, and we both have what the other needs, and obtaining it from Hebei is perfect for us in the short term. ”

"The arsenal also doesn't know when it will actually be able to provide enough ordnance for the army." Sun Ce said: "If we follow this progress, they won't be able to produce decent things in half a year......

"It won't take half a year, three months is enough." Lu Bu said: "Now the entire arsenal is in a shutdown, just because there are too few skilled craftsmen there, and the new ones sent are all unskilled. It will take time to teach these people their skills. When these people have learned to be competent, our arsenal will no longer be just a decoration. ”

"Three months?" Sun Ce shook his head: "Skills can't be learned in two or three months......

"Of course, the whole set of skills can not be learned in two or three months." Lu Bu smiled slightly: "However, for those who have just gone, what they have to learn is only one of the skills. Focus on learning the same ability, as long as it is not natural, you can get started in two or three months. ”

"What does Chuhou mean is that in two or three months, the so-called assembly line will also be put into use?" Sun Ce asked.

"Of course." Lu Bu replied: "The assembly line is different from the craftsman completing something alone, it has a fixed template, and the people who work there only need to assemble things according to a fixed routine, and eventually it will become a useful ordnance." When I took you to the arsenal and asked Zhang Shiping to change the manufacturing process to an assembly line, it was not completely unreasonable. ”

"Chu Hou thinks it makes sense, of course it won't be wrong." Since he voted for Lu Bu, Sun Ce has often been pleasantly surprised by him, and he already has an almost superstitious trust in Lu Bu.

So what Lu Bu said, even if he thought it was impossible, he would not question it again.

As the two of them spoke, the sky gradually darkened.

A guard entered the front hall and lit all the oil lamps in the house.

The front hall is very spacious, and there are many shelves for oil lamps.

All the oil lamps were lit, and the room was suddenly brightly lit, in stark contrast to the darkness outside.

"It's getting late, and I don't think Guo Tu and the others will come again." Sun Ce said to Lu Bu: "Otherwise, Chu Hou should go back to the backyard to rest first, and if they really come, I will push them back." ”

"If Guo Tu comes to ask for a meeting, we really can't push him back." Lu Bu said: "He sent us armor, if I don't meet him, I'm afraid he will leave a handle for Yuan Shao, and he can try his best to discredit me in the future." ”

"If Guo Tu doesn't come all night, is it possible that Chu Hou will have to wait for him all night?" Sun Ce said: "I still think that what he asked to see today may not be very big......"

Before Sun Ce finished speaking, a guard came to the door: "Qi Chu Hou, Lu Zijing led Guo Tu and Cui Yan to ask for a meeting." ”

"How?" Lu Bu grinned at Sun Ce: "I knew they would definitely come." ”

"I really convinced them." Sun Ce shook his head: "It's already night, it's not good to go back to the Daoist Pavilion to rest, but I want to come to see Chu Hou at this time." No matter how important the coal is, it will not rush for a night. ”

"Their mood is the same as when we were in a hurry to get the armor." Lu Bu said: "I'm the best at thinking about others, Bo Fu doesn't need to say more, you go and greet them on my behalf and invite them to the front hall to speak." ”

Sun Ce agreed, and after he stepped back, Lu Bu instructed the guards again: "Prepare some tea, I will have a good talk with Guo Tu and the others here tonight." ”

Not to mention that Lu Bu was waiting in the front hall, but only that Sun Ce came out and was about to arrive at the main gate of the official mansion, and he saw Lu Su waiting there with a few people.

Although it was night, and there were still twenty or thirty steps away from Lu Su and the others, Sun Ce still saw that Yuan Shang was not coming here.

He didn't know if Guo Tu was on Yuan Shang's side in the Yuan family, and Yuan Shang's dislike for him even exceeded that of Lu Bu and Sun Ce.

So Cui Yan accompanied Guo Tu to see Lu Bu, but Yuan Shang returned to the pavilion first.

Walking up to Lu Su and the others, seven or eight steps away from them, Sun Ce asked, "Zijing, I heard that you brought Guo Gong and Cui Gong here?" ”

Waiting there with Guo Tu and Cui Yan, Lu Su heard Sun Ce speak, bowed and said, "General Bofu, Guo Gong and Cui Gong are anxious to see the Marquis of Chu, although I know that it is not early, I have to bring the two of them over." Please also ask the general to act on his behalf. ”

"Chu Hou has been waiting in the front hall for a long time, and it was he who asked me to come to greet the two of them." Sun Ce bowed to Guo Tu and Cui Yan: "Please come with me." ”

Following behind Sun Ce, Guo Tu looked at him from behind and asked, "Dare to ask if this general is Sun Bofu, who dominated Jiangdong back then?" ”

"I don't dare to say that I am Sun Ce." Sun Ce first replied, and then asked Guo Tu and Cui Yan: "It's getting late, the two of you are still here to see Chu Hou at this time, is there anything particularly important that you have to say clearly tonight?" ”

"The armor has been sent to Pengcheng, and I don't know if it matters to Chu Hou or not." Guo Tu asked Sun Ce.

"Of course it is." Sun Ce said: "But when the armor arrives, there is no need to worry about being looted in the middle of the road." I heard that the treasury has been collected, and the two of them specially came to inform Chu Hou, it is indeed bothered. ”

Sun Ce deliberately deviated from the topic, how could Guo Tu and Cui Yan not hear it?

Neither of them responded, and followed Sun Ce to the front hall accompanied by Lu Su.

When they arrived outside the front hall, Sun Ce said to the two of them: "Please wait here for a while, and I will go to Chu Hou to pay respects." ”

"There's General Law." Guo Tu and Cui Yan thanked each other together.

Entering the front hall, Sun Ce said to Lu Bu, who was waiting there: "Chu Hou, Guo Tu and Cui Yan are waiting outside the door. ”

"Invite them in." Lu Bu's tone of command was very flat, as if he had heard something extremely insignificant.

Sun Ce turned around and retreated, but after a while, he led Lu Su, Guo Tu and Cui Yan into the front hall.

Guo Tu and Cui Yan walked in, Lu Bu stood up and smiled slightly and bowed his hand to them: "I have heard that the armor has been transported to Pengcheng, Cui Gong has recently mediated, and Guo Gong personally supervised the transportation, both of them have worked hard." ”

"Do things for the Lord, don't dare to say that it is hard." After returning the gift, Guo Tu asked Lu Bu: "We have already sent what General Lu asked the lord for, what the lord wants, I wonder if General Lu has all the preparations?" ”

"Don't hide it, I went to the coal mine today for this matter." Lu Bu said: "I counted the coal reserves of the coal mine there, and calculated it, if you talk about the value, it is much more valuable than the armor given by Yuan Gong." ”

"I don't know what General Lu means by saying that?" Cui Yan asked Lu Bu.

"It's not interesting." Lu Bu said: "Earlier, Cui Gong said that he would buy coal at the price corresponding to the armor. I thought about it, Yuan Gong is also very affectionate to me, if I still care about such a little gain and loss, wouldn't it disappoint Yuan Gong. I have already told the coal mine how much coal is stored there, and all of it will be brought back to Hebei by the two of them. Anxious to see Lu Bu at night, Guo Tu and Cui Yan were worried that he would shirk and refuse to give coal.

The two of them didn't expect that Lu Bu would be so generous as to take the initiative to send all the coal stored in the coal mine to Yuan Shao.

They glanced at each other, and they both saw a look of beware of deceit in their eyes.

"General Lu is so generous, if the lord knows it, he will be very happy." Guo Tu said: "I just don't know how much coal is stored in the coal mine now? ”

"Not a few." Lu Bu first replied, and then asked them, "Do you think that I will deliberately withhold the coal prepared for Yuan Gong?" ”

"Nope!" Cui Yan hurriedly replied: "General Lu and the lord have already reached an alliance, how can they do such a thing?" We just feel that coal is very expensive now, and if it is too much, I am afraid that General Lu will feel pain after taking it away. ”

Lu Bu laughed and said to the two of them: "Compared with Yuan Gong's affection, what is coal?" If there is more coal in storage, I am willing to give it all to Yuan Gong. You know, 30,000 sets of armor have bothered me for a long time. The war against Cao Cao was fought because these armors dragged on and on. The relationship between me and Cao Cao has long been a fire and water. If I don't destroy him, he will find a way to destroy me. When the armor arrives, I don't have to sit idly by, the coal can be mined again, and the fighters are not always available. ”

"General Lu is really a sensible person." Guo Tu asked, "I wonder when you can take us to see the coal?" ”

"The coal mine is still outside the city, it's too late today, why don't you go early tomorrow morning?" Lu Bu said: "Tomorrow tomorrow, I will ask Bo Fu to invite the two of you, and I hope that the two of you will not sleep too sleepily for an hour." ”

"General Lu, rest assured, we came to Pengcheng this time for coal." Guo Tu replied bluntly: "The general is willing to accompany us to the coal mine, how can we be delayed because we have slept too late?" ”

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