After getting married, Xu Ting is even more delicate, in Gao Shun's view, his wife's appearance is not inferior to any beauty, and after a few years of getting along, she knows the roots, and her conduct is impeccable.

Gao Shun has been busy since the second day after his marriage, and there are still many things waiting for him to deal with in the castle.

Gao Shun is very generous, unwilling to owe favors, all the congratulatory gifts, Gao Shun let Ma Gui register, estimate, and return the gift with double value.

Anyway, in his opinion, the things that are returned are not valuable, but outsiders like them very much.

Cotton, bedding, wine, salt, etc. are all good gifts in return.

The representatives of small families and officials are handled by Ma Gui; The important people were personally received by Gao Shun.

Merchants such as the Wei family and the Mi family, as well as representatives of the Cao family and Dong Zhuo, were waiting to meet with Gao Shun.

The Cao family sent a young generation of talents, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and Xiahou Yuan came together, feeling that they were the same age as Gao Shun, easy to communicate, by the way to visit and study, and there was also a purpose to buy war horses from Gao Shun; Things were relatively simple, and only five hundred horses were bought for the first time as a temptation; Gao Shun readily agreed, laying the foundation for the future alliance between the two sides.

The complicated thing is Dong Zhuo's forces, and the ones sent are his two sons-in-law, Li Ru and Niu Fu.

Gao Shun attached great importance to this, and first asked Ma Gui and Li Qiang to come to report the information about Dong Zhuo before the meeting.

"Tell me about Dong Zhuo's situation in detail."

Ma Gui said with a serious expression: "Lord, Dong Zhuo's strength is no less than that of Guang Nian, a big victory a year ago, and he was even named the Marquis of the Township, and he was sealed with a thousand households; With the support of the Yuan family, his strength increased greatly, and the cavalry alone was close to more than 50,000 people; And they are all strong soldiers who have experienced the baptism of war, savage, bloodthirsty, aggressive, and extremely strong in combat. ”

Gao Shun said: "Tell me more details!"

Ma Gui said: "Yes, lord!

The official army and the rebels confronted each other in Meiyang County, and Zhang Wen and Dong Zhuo were unfavorable in the initial battle.

On the fifth night of the first day of November, a meteor streaked across the sky, shining into the rebel camp, and the donkeys and horses suddenly neighed, and the rebels considered this a bad omen and prepared to retreat. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he learned of the situation, and the next day, Dong Zhuo and Bao Hong attacked together, broke the rebels, and beheaded thousands of people;

The rebels were defeated and returned to Yuzhong County, Jincheng County, Liangzhou. Zhang Wen sent Zhou Shen to lead 30,000 men to pursue, Dong Zhuo proposed to Zhang Wen to lead the troops to meet Zhou Shen, but Zhang Wen did not allow it, and let Dong Zhuo lead the army to attack Xian Lingqiang. Dong Zhuo sent his son-in-law Niu Fu and Sima Xu Jing of other departments to lead 20,000 troops to settle in Anding County as a response, and then marched, Dong Zhuo's army was surrounded by the Qiang and Xiongnu people in the north of Wangyuan County, and the army was short of food and the situation was critical. Dong Zhuo asked the soldiers to pretend to stop the water in the Weishui to repair the embankment, claiming that it was fishing, but in fact let the army pass under the embankment quickly. When the rebels found out, they couldn't catch up;

At the beginning, Zhang Wen sent six people, of which five people, including Zhou Shen, ended in failure, but Dong Zhuo's army was full of teachers. ”

After Ma Gui's report was completed, Gao Shundun was surprised, Dong Zhuo's development exceeded his expectations, 50,000 cavalry now, and the strength will be stronger in a few years; He asked again: "I don't know what happened to Dong Zhuo's generous gift?" ”

"The lord is nothing more than trying to befriend the lord and leave a way back for him; According to the grapevine, Dong Zhuo was arrogant and offended many forces, Sun Jian once suggested that Zhang Wen get rid of Dong Zhuo, Zhang Wen was afraid of Dong Zhuo's strength and did not start, I guess Dong Zhuo's move was for self-protection. ”

Li Qiang interjected: "Lord, it's really tiring to think so much, don't you understand if you call someone to ask?" ”

Gao Shunjue is reasonable, Dong Zhuo will not make excessive demands as soon as he comes up, send someone to invite Li Ru and Niu Fu to come, and set up a banquet to entertain him.

Li Ru has a slender body and long beard, a white complexion, and at a glance he knows that he is a literati, his eyes are deep-set, and his cheeks are fleshless.

Niu Fu is a big man, with black skin and a strong face, and a standard martial artist image.

Gao Shun checked the attributes of the two, and was suddenly shocked in his heart, Li Ru's intelligence was 98, and Niu Fu's force value was 88.

Li Ru was also looking at Gao Shun and Li Qiang and Ma Gui behind him.

Niu Fu is secretly sighing, Taoyuan Fort is really hiding the dragon and crouching tiger, and there are many talents, even if the Marquis of Guangnian and the Marquis of Guangping, as well as the civil and military officials stationed in various places, there is still no shortage of masters in Taoyuan Fort, and the three people in front of him are by no means opponents, as well as Huang Zhong who patrols outside, martial arts are above him, and Gao Shun's wife and brother Xu Lin are rare masters.

After the greetings, when I entered the house, the chef had already prepared the food and drinks, and waited for everyone to take their seats.

For this way of dining around a table, Li Ru feels that the distance between people has been shortened and it is more suitable for communication.

Gao Shun tried many times, Li Ru skillfully coped, and finally Gao Shun had to give up, it seems that Li Ru's trip is indeed only to make friends and lay the foundation for deepening exchanges in the future.

At the banquet, Li Ru introduced Dong Zhuo's strength, and Gao Shun had a comprehensive understanding of this. Dong Zhuo's army had a large number of Qiang, clan, Xiongnu and Xianbei people, no wonder the combat effectiveness was so strong.

Gao Shun also lost no time in understanding the situation of the various forces in Liangzhou.

Li Ru was very happy about this, not only explaining the situation of the main generals of Qianghu such as Beigong Boyu and their strength, but also explaining the situation of the various forces on the side of the Han official army.

The rapid rise of not only Dong Zhuo, but also Cao's, Yuan's, Gongsun Zhan, Sun Jian, Tao Qian, Zhang Chun and other dozens of large and small forces quickly formed a powerful army by war, Liangzhou has become a place for various forces to compete, and the various forces are intertwined with each other and the relationship is complicated; The officers and soldiers were strong and strong, but Zhang Wen's command level was too poor, and he was stubborn and self-serving, so that he was useless and lost his soldiers; As a result, Liangzhou was poisoned by the war and its production was seriously damaged.

The talks between the two sides were very harmonious.

In the end, Li Ru still proposed that he hoped to buy a large amount of grain from Gao Shun for a long time; The people of Liangzhou have been displaced, agricultural production has been severely damaged, there is a lack of large quantities of food, food prices have skyrocketed, and it is difficult to buy money with money.

Li Ru asked for something, but Gao Shun relaxed his mood, but he didn't rashly agree, just asked them to seek negotiation with Guangnianhou.

Li Ru, as a wise man, has long seen the doorway, although Guang Nian Hou is now independent, but it is still inseparable from the support of the champion Hou, and even the food that Guang Nian Hou needs must be bought from the champion Hou, then they negotiate with Guang Nianhou, and finally need the approval of the champion Hou, it is better to directly find the champion Hou to come happily.

After listening to Li Ru's explanation, Gao Shun was very embarrassed, the price of grain was not high, but the freight was very high.

Li Ru didn't care, and asked Gao Shun to organize a convoy to transport it to Fenglingdu for trading, and the freight could be added to the price of grain. For the Guanzhong region, it is the most convenient to buy grain from Gaoshun, and the quantity can be guaranteed, otherwise, it would be difficult for any other state and county to supply such a large purchase quantity.

And after trading from Fenglingdu, it can be transported by ship, from the Yellow River to Weishui, directly to Xianyang, the transportation cost is very low, suitable for a large number of transactions.

In order not to stimulate the major families too much, Gao Shun ordered the grain price to gradually increase, and now the grain price in Bingzhou and Youzhou has recovered to 300 yuan per stone, the grain price in Jizhou and Qingzhou has risen to 350 yuan, and the grain price in Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Beijing has reached 400 yuan per stone.

Gao Shun doesn't want to support Dong Zhuo, otherwise his strength will be stronger, and he will be his big rival in the future, if he doesn't support Dong Zhuo, the life of the people in the Guannai will be more difficult, and he also hopes that Dong Zhuo will be in trouble and chaos, destroy the last fig leaf of the Han court, and disturb the world, he is so good that he will be in the Central Plains; After all considerations, Gao Shun decided to trade with Dong Zhuo's forces, but the number must be strictly controlled.

Gao Shun offered to trade at Fenglingdu at a price of 450 yuan per stone, but Li Ru did not counter-offer and agreed without hesitation, hoping to trade at least 200,000 stones per month.

Gao Shun still didn't fully agree, but agreed to try to supply 200,000 stone per month, and if there were special circumstances, transportation could not be guaranteed, so he could only make up for it next month.

Li Ru has no objection to this, as long as Gao Shun can ensure that the supply is as good as possible, otherwise even if the agreement is signed, Gao Shun will not implement it, and they will not be able to do anything.

The two parties agreed to start trading in February, and the goal in February was to trade 100,000 stones; Gao Shun asked to pay in gold and copper coins as much as possible, and the copper coins must be of full value, and other cattle, sheep and horses can also be priced, but they should be two percent lower than the market price; You can also trade with beautiful girls, this move is to take into account Dong Zhuo's thirst for killing, try to preserve as much of the population as possible, and solve the marriage problem of a large number of synthetic officers and soldiers.

Li Ru readily agreed to Gao Shun's request.

In this way, both parties are mutually beneficial, and both are happy.

With the support of food, I believe that Dong Zhuo's forces will develop by leaps and bounds.