"What is the request?" Lu Bu was keenly aware of the change in Zhang Zhao's expression.

"In the past, the Marquis of Jin once sold the thunderbolt to Jingzhou, I don't know if the Marquis of Jin can sell this thing to Jiangdong, if so, Jiangdong is grateful." Seeing that Lu Bu really showed a strong interest in this matter, Zhang Zhao was secretly happy in his heart.

Lu Bu said: "If Wu Hou is willing to give enough things, the thunderbolt is indispensable. ”

Zhang Zhao said: "I don't know what the Marquis of Jin wants? ”

"50,000 stone of rice grain and a thunderbolt cart." Lu Bu said directly.

Zhang Zhao was no longer so calm, "Marquis Jin, this is absolutely impossible. "Fifty thousand stone rice grains can be taken out by Jiangdong, but it is not worth it just in exchange for a thunderbolt.

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, it's still Benhou who suffers a loss, 50,000 stone rice grain in exchange for more than just a thunderbolt car, after having a thunderbolt car, can't Jiangdong still build a thunderbolt car."

Zhang Zhao was silent when he heard this, if he calculated it like this, it was indeed Jiangdong who took a big advantage, but the plan to assemble the Thunderbolt car in the army in a short time was about to come to naught.

"If Jiangdong buys fifty thunderbolts at one time, I don't know how much rice and grain will be needed?" Zhang Zhao asked.

"500,000 stones." Lu Budao.

"If it's 300,000 stones, Jiangdong is willing to buy fifty thunderbolts." Zhang Zhaodao.

"Deal." Lu Bu directly agreed, it is a matter of time before the princes own a thunderbolt, as long as Jiangdong can get a thunderbolt car, a skilled craftsman can imitate it, and sell it to Jiangdong Fifty thunderbolt cars, which is nothing for the craftsman's workshop, the thunderbolt car does not consume much iron, more wood, and 300,000 stone grain and grass is not a small amount, and Jiangdong and Bingzhou will not have a conflict of interest in a short time.

Only when Sun Ce is strong can he resist Liu Biao and his future enemy Cao Cao, and he doesn't want his allies to be wiped out by others so easily.

Zhang Zhao was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Lu Bu to agree so readily, this is still not a small distance from the bottom-line price that Sun Ce gave him.

It seemed that seeing Zhang Zhao's hesitation, Lu Bu said: "Ben Hou has a good relationship with Sun Wentai, Bo Fu is Ben Hou's descendant, even if he suffers some losses, it is nothing." ”

Zhang Zhao showed gratitude, but he didn't think so, if Lu Bu was really because of these feelings, he wouldn't have collected rice grain, "So thank you to Marquis Jin." ”

After a short silence, Zhang Zhao said: "This year, Jingzhou has sent an envoy to Jiangdong to talk about the merger of the state, the envoy said that the Marquis of Jin occupies the state and Youzhou, sweeps away the Xianbei, and is strong, but it is united with the Xianbei and the Huns and Wuhuan people on the grassland, and it will inevitably become a disaster when it enters the Central Plains in the future, and it wants to unite with the Marquis of Wu to attack the state. ”

A fierce color flashed in Lu Bu's eyes, and it was really the same as Guo Jia's guess, but he didn't expect that it would be Jingzhou who took the lead in provoking this matter, and the imperial court canonized himself as a general at that time, and sure enough, none of these people were simple.

"After Wu Hou learned about this, he flatly refused, Jin Hou and Wu Hou have the grace to save their lives, how could Wu Hou do that kind of ungrateful thing." Zhang Zhao said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, when the envoy went to Jiangdong, it did cause a lot of waves in the upper echelons of Jiangdong, but Sun Ce rejected the Jingzhou envoy, but reprimanded the Jingzhou envoy.

Lu Budao: "Ben Hou is also just at the right time, the matter of Jingzhou, Ben Hou already knows, the matter of the thunderbolt car, after Jiangdong transports the rice and grain, Ben Hou will order someone to send it to Jiangdong." ”

"Thank you Marquis Jin, it's just a matter of the bed crossbow?" Zhang Zhao said that Jiangdong is more about the power of the water, and if these bed crossbows can be equipped on the warship, it will be of great help to the navy, and the combat on the water is originally based on bows and arrows.

"Fifty bed crossbows, 600,000 stones of grain and grass." Lu Budao, the matter of Jingzhou made him more vigilant, and now the reason why the princes did not attack Bingzhou is because Bingzhou did not touch their interests, and Bingzhou and Youzhou are not short of elite people, but they are short in terms of grain and grass, which is also the reason why Lu Bu wants to seize Jizhou.

When Zhang Zhao heard that he wanted to bargain, he saw Lu Bu's expression and kept silent.

"The construction of the bed crossbow requires more things, and Ben Hou was able to sell the bed crossbow to Jiangdong, which was already based on the love between the two parties." Lu Budao.

When Zhang Zhao heard this, his heart moved, indeed as Lu Bu said, such as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have a bed crossbow, but it is extremely tightly protected, for fear of being known by others, don't say 600,000 stone grain and grass, even a little more, they may not be sold, after Cao Cao occupies Xuzhou, and Yangzhou is approaching, the two sides will definitely have a conflict of interest in the future, once Jiangdong has a bed crossbow, it is equivalent to setting up a strong enemy for himself.

"This matter is very important, and we will discuss it after I tell Wu Hou." Zhang Zhaodao, since he came to Jinyang, he plans to take a good look in the city, as long as the message is sent back to Jiangdong, the rice and grain will be sent to Bingzhou, just wait for the thunderbolt car to be transported to Jiangdong, fifty thunderbolt cars can play a big role in attacking the city or defending the city, as for the small chaos along the way, as long as the banner of the Zhenyuan dart bureau is played, even some of the generals of the city do not dare to be embarrassed when they see it, and who does not know that the Zhenyuan dart bureau is under the command of the Marquis of Jin, how many bandits and others are unlucky because of the Zhenyuan dart bureau.

With the increasing number of merchants entering Jinyang, the scale of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau is also getting bigger and bigger, and now the number of soldiers in the Dart Bureau has exceeded 5,000 people, even if the number increases, sometimes it is necessary to draw some soldiers from the army.

The dart bureau can be said to have provided a standing army of thousands of people for the state, and also earned a lot of money, which is only envious even if other princes know, and now the name of the Zhenyuan dart bureau has begun, and the merchants who go to Jinyang are the most, and the business will not be too good if the dart bureau is opened in other places.

After Zhang Zhao left, Lu Bu set his eyes on Jia Xu, and seeing Jia Xu's expression, he couldn't hide his worry, Lu Bu smiled and said: "It's just a small fight by Liu Biao, does Wen He think that he can break through the Huguan with the soldiers and horses of the princes?" Ben Hou is worried that after the war starts, it will cause the people of the state to fall into panic and affect the normal operation of the state. ”

"As the lord said, now the state is more dependent on commercial exchanges, and the grain and grass produced in Youzhou and the state are already stretched out to pay for the army, and the families of the soldiers in the army do not need to pay taxes, and the rice and grain that can be collected every year are greatly reduced." Jia Xu said that although this strategy made the soldiers in the army more desperate and the people more supportive of the army, the rice and grain collected by the state pastoral government were much less.

(End of chapter)