"Gongjin, what other benefits can we get now?" Sun Ce asked.

"Soldiers and horses are not good, if you want soldiers and horses, Yuan Shu will not only not give them, but will also be afraid of us, you can ask for some money and food." Zhou Yu said again.

"Gong Jin, this time it's because Ye Chen forced Yuan Shu to be so anxious, why don't we also ask Ye Chen for some benefits?" Sun Ce said.

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "There is no need to ask Ye Chen directly for benefits, he will give it to us himself." ”

Sun Ce was slightly surprised and said, "Why is this?" ”

Ye Chen has always supported you before, firstly, the old general's affection, and secondly, Ye Chen's own interests.

"For his own interests, Ye Chen can help me far more than we can give him." Sun Ce said suspiciously.

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the ease left by the old lord has been exhausted, but it's okay, we have important interests for Ye Chen." ”

Zhou Yu began to answer Sun Ce and said: "First, Ye Chen has important interests in the entire Yangtze River Basin, support us, we will not go against him, and will help him maintain his interests; Second, it is also to use us to contain Cai Mao, once Cai Mao becomes bigger and wants to annex Ye Chen's interests, at this time, we can be used to balance Cai Mao. ”

When Zhou Yu said this, Sun Ce nodded, he understood it.

"This third is that Yuan Shu entered Yangzhou, and we don't have a good impression of Yuan Shu, and Ye Chen is an enemy with him, supporting us is naturally beneficial, this fourth point, Youzhou recruits millions of displaced people and needs a lot of food, Ye Chen can get some of the food from us."

Zhou Yu analyzed four reasons for Sun Ce, which made Sun Ce feel a lot more at ease.

"Then why don't you take the initiative to ask Ye Chen for benefits? With the above reasons, I believe he will agree. Sun Ce said again.

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "This Ye Chen never suffers losses except for being lustful, if we take the opportunity to benefit this time, then he will take more from us in the future, so we won't do anything, and when Ye Chen comes to the door, we will speak again." ”

"Okay." Sun Ce agreed to Zhou Yu's proposal.

Sun Ce handed over the navy, of course, very reluctantly.

But no matter how reluctant he was, he didn't have a choice, and his arms couldn't twist his thighs.

Yuan Shu went to find Sun Ce and did not hide it from Ye Chen, and Ye Chen also got the news.

"Lord, we are going to sell ships to Yuan Shu, if he gets a batch of big ships from Sun Ce, then our plan will be frustrated or discounted." After receiving the news, Xu Shu said to Ye Chen.

"It doesn't matter, Sun Ce only has a few big ships, and the rest are some small boats, and they can't go to sea, but if they are on the Yangtze River, they will inevitably cause some trouble." Ye Chen said.

Ye Chen went around such a big circle, and directly got into contact with Yuan Shu, the purpose was to sell the ship.

Let Yuan Shu know the importance of the navy, he will inevitably equip the navy, and the most important thing in the navy is the boat, without the ship, everything is not to be discussed.

After years of investment and development, Liaodong's shipbuilding technology has long surpassed that of the Jiangnan region.

Yuan Shu wants to form a naval army, and they in the river can also build it themselves, but the cost is high and the speed is slow, so Ye Chen is here to fool and sell weapons.

And he is using the classic theory of later generations, it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy.

As long as Yuan Shu bought the ships of Liaodong and did not develop them themselves, then their shipbuilding technology would never be able to improve.

In this way, Ye Chen can train more craftsmen through continuous shipbuilding, and then build more and larger ships.

"Lord, what about negotiating with Yuan Shu?" Xu Shu asked.

"Of course, we can't go on, and we can't stop doing business, otherwise what will millions of people in Liaodong eat." Ye Chen said with a smile: "But there is one more detour." ”

Ye Chen looked at the sea and said: "If you want Yuan Shu to have to expand the water army, Liu Biao is Yuan Shu's enemy, in addition to our factors in Nanyang, it was Liu Biao who cut off Yuan Shu's grain route, so he had to leave from Nanyang, the two families have a feud, we let Liu Biao expand the water army first, this Yuan Shu naturally did not dare not expand the water army." ”

"Well, to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, the lord has a good plan." Xu Shu said.

Ye Chen would not say that this was a common method in later generations, and if he wanted to sell weapons, he would provoke wars and conflicts.

And then let the two sides engage in an arms race.

Ye Chen just wanted to let them have an arms race.

In fact, the most important thing is to let them have no effort and money to build their own ships and build their own weapons.

Just imagine, the enemy spends a small amount of money to equip the best warship, and if you build your own warship, not to mention the slow time, the cost is still high, you build one, others have already bought three, do you dare to invest a lot of money in shipbuilding?

If you don't dare, then follow the enemy to buy a ship.

In later generations, whatever Huaxia was blocked, they could finally develop it by themselves, and Ye Chen wanted to stifle their R&D capabilities and shipbuilding capabilities.

Ye Chen was not afraid that they had a powerful navy, as long as they didn't have shipbuilding skills, no matter how powerful the navy was, what was the use.

Just do it, Ye Chen immediately wrote to Cai Mao.

Now Liu Biao basically can't interfere in the big and small things of the water army, and Cai Mao's family in Jingzhou is dominant, so Ye Chen directly trades with Cai Mao.

Ye Chen took immediate action, summoning Cai Mao on the one hand, and spreading rumors on the other, claiming that Cai Mao was going to expand the water army on a large scale.

Yuan Shu finally got Sun Ce's water army, but he didn't dare to use Sun Ce's people, so he removed all the officers inside, and most of the soldiers were scattered.

Therefore, although Yuan Shu has obtained a naval army, he has no combat effectiveness.

"Lord, we have received news that Cai Mao is very dissatisfied with our establishment of a naval army, and has begun to prepare to expand the naval army, if it is not handled well, we will suffer from the enemy." Yang Hong said to Yuan Shu very worriedly.

"Liu Biao is already a dry bone in the grave, I'm afraid of what he will do, if he dares to come to our Yangzhou, they will definitely get any benefits." Yuan Shu held heavy troops, and he was angry with Liu Biao, who had driven him out of Nanyang.

"Lord, this Liu Biao is not terrible, and Cai Mao is not terrible either, but they hooked up with Ye Chen, if Ye Chen sabotaged it, it would be very difficult to do." Yang Hong tried his best to persuade Yuan Shu in a tactful way, because as long as Ye Chen's name was mentioned, Yuan Shu would often be angry.

"Ye Chen, my sworn enemy, he will inevitably come to sabotage, it seems that we are going to establish two water armies." Yuan Shu said.

Yang Hong's face was bitter, he also knew that it was most important to build a naval army that was strong enough to resist Cai Mao and Ye Chen.

However, the construction of the naval army is not so easy, and the army can recruit soldiers, give them equipment, give them food, and train them for a few months.

But the navy is not good, first of all, the ship needs a lot of maintenance, and the ship itself is a large investment.

"Report, Liaodong sent someone to send a letter, please take a look at it."

When Yuan Shu was discussing things with Yang Hong, a personal guard came in and reported.

"Ye Chen's letter?" Yuan Shu was very puzzled, why did Ye Chen come to him, did he come to blackmail again?