Xun You pondered for a moment and said: "Now that Liu Bei is compared with Cao Cao, there are not enough soldiers and horses, and the generals are only available to Guan Yu and Zhang Chao, and the strategists have plans in Chen Gong, and they are indeed not Cao Cao's opponents." ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said: "Now that Liu Bei has lost the opportunity, it is estimated that it is impossible for him to defeat Cao Cao, but it is not impossible for him to support Cao Cao." ”

Zhao Qian looked at Jia Xu's unhurried appearance, but he was a little anxious, so he asked again: "Wenhe, please speak." ”

"There are not enough soldiers and horses, and the talent is not as good as Cao Cao, so I can only find a way from the equipment of the troops." Jia Xu said lightly.

Zhao Qian frowned, then his eyes lit up, and he said: "The meaning of Wenhe refers to the iron that Si Jin Zhonglang refined Han Ji?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Yes, the iron smelted by General Han is of higher quality than the iron currently used, the blades made with it are sharper, the armor is stronger, make a batch of weapons and equipment, and find a way to hand it over to Liu Bei, although it can't change the result, but it will definitely improve Liu Beijun's combat effectiveness and make it support for a while longer." ”

"Wouldn't that be a cheap broken arm Liu?" Zhang Fei said dissatisfiedly.

Zhao Qian laughed and said: "Yide, don't worry, we can sell it to him at a high price, and now that he is facing the strong Cao Cao, he can knock him hard." ”

Xun You frowned and said, "The lord's method, I can't agree with you. ”

"Oh? Why is that? Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows and asked.

Xun You bowed his hand and said: "Selling the equipment forged from fine iron to Liu Bei can certainly improve Liu Bei's combat effectiveness, however, after the Yanzhou war is over, this batch of equipment will inevitably fall into the hands of other princes, or Cao Cao, or Yuan Shao, in the future, against the enemy's territory, that is, our sergeants will face the equipment made of fine iron, won't the casualties increase?" This is to drink water to quench thirst. ”

Zhao Qian nodded, smiled slightly, turned to Guo Jia, and asked, "What does Feng Xiao think about this matter?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Since the lord has this idea, he must have his own reasoning, and say it, let you listen to it." ”

Zhao Qian shook his head angrily and said: "It's not a secret, the refined iron smelted by General Han also has several grades of quality, and what I sold to Liu Bei is the kind of low-grade one, even if one day, those equipment are in the hands of the enemy, and it is still not enough to look at the soldiers of our army." ”

"Really?" Xun You still asked a little uneasy.

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "Don't worry, Gongda, how can I joke with the lives of my soldiers?" ”

"In that case, then Wen and this plan can also be used." Xun You nodded and said.

Zhao Qian flicked his clothes and said, "Since this matter was raised by Wen He, it will be handled by Wen He." ”

"Obey the order!" Jia Xu replied with a calm face.

Zhao Qian nodded and said: "The next thing is to accept the affairs of the displaced people, I will go to see Your Majesty, and ask for a will, in the name of the Son of Heaven, to gather the displaced people from all over the world to rebuild Luoyang and Chang'an!" ”

"If it can be built, the merit of the lord will benefit the future!" Guo Jia said with a smile.

Zhao Qian waved his hand and didn't speak, he didn't have that kind of mind of "benefiting the future" now.

The biggest purpose of accepting displaced people is to restore the livelihood of the eastern capital Luoyang and Chang'an Sanfu.

In this era, the basis of everything is people, and with people, you can recruit soldiers, and you can cultivate and grow grain.

With soldiers and food, only then can we have the confidence to face the princes of the world.

On this day, Liu Bei was sitting in the mansion of Puyang City, sighing, the current situation was indeed not optimistic for him.

Now his forces, that is, the western part of Dongjun and Chenliu County, Zhang Miao recently sent grain and grass, which eased the tense atmosphere.

However, during this period, he also fought a few small battles with Cao Cao, but most of them failed.

The second brother Guan Yu is still brave, but the soldiers under this command are not beaten, although the casualties in a few battles are not large, but they are extremely demoralized.

At this moment, Chen Gong walked in and shouted, "Uncle Huang, great joy, great joy!" ”

Liu Bei glanced up at the excited Chen Palace, and asked a little depressedly, "What kind of happy event?" Then Cao Cao died violently? ”

"Cao Cao's violent death?" Listening to Liu Bei's words, Chen Gong was stunned, and then waved his hand and said, "It's not, I'm talking about another thing." ”

"What's that good news about?" Liu Bei then asked.

Chen Gong replied and said, "Meng Zhuo sent someone to send a batch of equipment for 5,000 people, which is a great joy." ”

"Oh." Liu Bei agreed without being salty.

"The equipment of these 5,000 people is enough to help us break Cao Cao!" Chen Gong said again.

Liu Bei sighed lightly and said: "There is no shortage of weapons and equipment in Puyang City, Gongtai and Meng Zhuo have a heart." ”

Seeing Liu Bei's expression, Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Liu Bei didn't know the importance of that batch of equipment.

"Uncle Huang should not despise this batch of equipment, this is what Meng Zhuo spent a lot of money to buy." Chen Gong continued.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "What's the difference?" ”

"Weapons are sharper, armor is stronger!" Chen Gong said.

When Liu Bei heard this, he seemed to be interested, and said, "Is it really such an effect? ”

Chen Gong nodded and said, "Now that the equipment has been transported outside the mansion, if the imperial uncle doesn't believe it, he will find out as soon as he goes and sees." ”

Liu Bei couldn't hinder Chen Gong's face, so he walked out of the mansion with Chen Gong, and met Guan Yu on the way, and several people came out together.

Coming to the cart transporting equipment, Chen Gong pointed to the equipment on the cart and said, "Uncle Huang, that's it." ”

Liu Bei looked at it and beckoned, and two sergeants stepped forward and put a bundle of steel knives from the car and placed them in front of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei picked up a steel knife with one hand, looked at the blade, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "But it's good." ”

Guan Yu also stepped forward to take a look, and said to the sergeant beside him: "Take out your knife!" ”

The sergeant didn't know why, so he pulled out his saber and handed it to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu took the sergeant's saber, and then picked out a random one from the big knives that were placed together.

The two knives were in his left and right hands, Guan Yu took a deep breath, drank lightly, and struck the two knives in his left and right hands together.

While!

There was a crisp sound, Guan Yu's own hands were a little numb, and then looked at the two knives in his hands.

The steel knife sent by Zhang Miao was only a small gap, but the knife he took from the sergeant had already broken into two!

You must know that this is Guan Yu, his strength is so great, it is not comparable to ordinary soldiers, but the steel knife is only a small crack, which shows that the texture is hard!

"Good knives!" Guan Yu praised, "Big brother, if all the sergeants are equipped with this sword, their combat power can be increased by two percent!" ”