"Brother Benchu, is there a problem?"

Yu Buzhi's voice was calm, his expression was indifferent, there were a few smiles on the corners of his mouth, and his gaze at Yuan Shao was not half angry, but the coldness that inadvertently flashed in his eyes clearly showed his insistence on this issue.

Yuan Shao was silent for a long time.

In the crowd, Chen Lin sighed secretly.

Yuan Shao, on behalf of the Jizhou government, proposed that after five years, he hoped to purchase 2,000 horses from Zhululing, which could keep the horses at the scale of a large herd, which would inevitably lead to the fact that Zhululing would not even have a quota for his own use, let alone export to other forces.

Didn't Yuan Shao know about these situations?

Of course not.

As an outstanding contemporary representative of the Yuan clan in Runan, and a figure who is publicly promoted as the master of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), if he can't even count these accounts, Yuan Shao is not worthy of earning such a large foundation and gaining the upper hand in the struggle with Gongsun Zhan. The Yuan family is a real wealthy family, and the children of a real wealthy family may not always be gentle and approachable, but it also depends on who is standing opposite them. Dealing with people with sufficient weight, the children of wealthy families will naturally restrain unnecessary pride and reserve, and negotiate with each other on an equal footing.

At that time, there is absolutely no need to doubt the sense of proportion of the children of wealthy families.

Yu Buzhi is the Taishou of Bajun, and he has the absolute strength to influence the battle for hegemony in Hebei, even if Yuan Shao has just won a key battle, or has soared into the sky since then, he does not dare to despise the energy of the deer leader. This is also the reason why the Jizhou Mansion knew that Qu Chen let go of the Beiping Army, but still waited patiently for Yu Buzhi to come back.

At this stage, Yu Buzhi is definitely a person with enough weight.

Directly taking away the share of the horses for their own use, it is obviously out of proportion.

According to common sense, Yuan Shao should not have made such a request. But Yuan Shao did that, which seemed inadvertent, and it could also be understood as a small negligence in calculation, but Chen Lin understood that this was of course not an oversight, this was actually a test of the Jizhou Mansion on the Zhulu Ling.

Yuan Shao hoped to see a tendency to rely on the Jizhou capital and create obstacles to Beiping's military strength.

Even the horses used by the deer were bought, and naturally there were not many horses sold to Beiping.

The strategic value of the horse is immeasurable, and the Jizhou government naturally does not want the Beiping Mansion to form a cavalry army with the horse. Although he had just won a brilliant victory, the situation was very favorable to Jizhou Mansion, and Yuan Shao did not dare to underestimate Gongsun Zhan's strength. Even if the deer leads the goods and sells the two, the Jizhou government is not satisfied, everyone understands that Beiping is more than a step better than Jizhou to play cavalry, so it is best to chase the deer and not sell the horse to Beiping.

This is clearly in conflict with the neutral stance upheld by the Raiders.

In the big tent, Xu Shu and Feng Ji went toe-for-tat, and almost came to the crossroads of the two sides, and it was naturally inconvenient for the Jizhou Mansion to clearly ask for the position of the deer leader to tilt towards him. But there are a lot of things that don't need to be singled out. Yuan Shao's proposal for 2,000 horses was in itself an implicit struggle and temptation.

After dealing with him for so long, he believed that the fish did not know his true intentions.

Even if Yu Buzhi is temporarily confused, and Xu Shu and Xun Yan accompany him, the three of them can't be confused at the same time.

As long as Yu is unwise and responds on the spot, even if he asks about it in Beiping in the future, it can be inferred that he did not notice it for a while and did not think about it so thoroughly. Even if the Zhulu Ling's side really failed to react on the spot, as a fish unwise, the princes should be a promise, and even if they regret the good things they promised, they can only pinch their noses and swallow them by themselves.

This is Yuan Shao's calculation.

In the final analysis, Yuan Shao still has a grudge against Sun Zhan, the private indulgence of the Flying Fish Leader, although he explained that he should pay attention to the overall situation, but he still hopes to force the Zhulu Leader to make more concessions.

Yu Buzhi did understand his true intentions.

But what Yuan Shao didn't expect was that the guy chose to deal with it in this way.

It is not so much that Yu Buzhi asked Yuan Shao for advice, but rather that he used this reason to reiterate his position.

To be neutral is to be neutral.

Although there was a situation in the middle, Zhululing took responsibility and made compensation, but it does not mean that Zhululing will succumb to the pressure of the Jizhou government and draw a clear line with Beiping.

Such a reaction may be somewhat resolute, but Yu Buzhi is obviously unwilling to be vain on this issue.

Yuan Shao didn't want to really turn his face with the deer collar, at least not now.

So he could only retreat, Yuan Shao's smile was as warm as a spring breeze, and he smiled lightly: "There is no problem." ”

"Thank you for your understanding."

Yu Buzhi is not a person who does not know what to do, waved his hands as a salute, and said seriously: "After five years, it may be difficult to guarantee two thousand horses, but it should not be a problem to supply one thousand horses to Jizhou, and if we can find a way to make the horse herd grow faster, it may not be impossible to provide two thousand horses." Not much else, what I can promise now is that the time for Beiping to get the horses will not be earlier than Jizhou, the number will not be more than Jizhou, and the price will not be cheaper than Jizhou. ”

"Brother Benchu, how's it going?"

Yuan Shao finally had a real smile on his face, and said angrily: "Okay." ”

He did not doubt the sincerity of Yu Buzhi.

The deer leader would not be so stupid as to kill chickens and eggs and reduce the size of the herd to less than large, which means that in five years there will be a maximum of 2,000 horses slaughtered. Jizhou can get 1,000 horses guaranteed, even if the Zhulu army is not equipped for the time being, all of them are sold to Beiping, and the number of war horses obtained in Beiping is at most the same as that of Jizhou. As Xu Shu said just now, Zhulu Ling has always been very willing to spend money and resources on military investment, and Qu Chen, the leading cavalry general of Zhulu, is a righteous brother of Yu Buzhi, it is difficult to imagine that Zhulu Ling can endure not to change the clothes of his cavalry army after five years, so Beiping can only get fewer horses than Jizhou, and it cannot be more.

From another point of view, it can also be regarded as a concealment compromise made by the deer leader to the Jizhou government.

Yuan Shao was not surprised that this kind of thing could happen.

Anyone with a little vision can see that Jizhou Mansion has obvious advantages.

Even if Zhulu Ling is unwilling to lean towards Jizhou, there is no reason to help Beiping, the Jizhou government controls much more population, resources and wealth than Beiping, since the Beiping army has successfully blocked the border of Youji again, he will not easily give Gongsun Zhan the opportunity to break through. Even if it fights a protracted war and competes for war potential, the Jizhou government is confident that Beiping will run out of fuel.

"On the surface, he didn't give an inch, but in fact left the back door, probably to avoid falling into a weak and compromising pretext, and at the same time to take care of the feelings of the pro-Beiping people in the Zhulu Territory. Hmm, sure enough, I want to ...... face" Yuan Shao sneered secretly in his heart.

No matter how slight a compromise is, it is still a compromise after all.

As a rule of thumb, there has been a first compromise, a second and a third.

The always tough Lord of Zhulu quietly lowered his head, making Yuan Shao feel a little happy.

In order to avoid the other party's strong negative emotions due to compromise and lead to some unpredictable things, Yuan Shao believes that it is necessary to be more friendly to Yu Buzhi, and try to soothe the impetuousness and resentment that may quietly breed in the other party's heart.

He does not make any new temptations.

In the following time, Yuan Shao treated his old friends for many years, and warmly invited Yu Buzhi and others to a banquet, and tried his best to declare his attitude and determination to make friends with Zhululing. During the staggering, Yu Buzhi took the initiative to tell Yuan Shao that the ant caravan was his own industry, and hoped that the caravan could get official shelter when it walked in the jurisdiction of Jizhou Prefecture, and Yuan Shao readily accepted.

So the banquet seemed to be happy, and the guests and hosts were happy.

After the banquet, Yuan Shaoqin led the tent and sent the three of Yu Buzhi out of the camp to watch them board the carriage.

The carriage headed in the direction of the Flying Fish Leader, escorted by a Jizhou cavalry team.

Inside the carriage, Yu Buzhi yawned and said to Xu Shu and Xun Yan: "It's passed." ”

The two nodded.

"In order to show sincerity, send Zixi to Beppu as soon as possible after going back, Hengzhu He can't continue to stay in Jizhou, let him go to Wajima to sit down. With Zixi's qualifications and abilities, it is logical to lead Ma Yuanyi and others, who are stationed in Beppu. Moreover, Zixi's identity is special, the situation on Wajima is tense, Jia Wenhe is used to being lazy, and he never dares to let Zixi have an accident, he is willing to put more effort into it, and it is basically difficult for Beppu to capsize. Yu Buzhi said in a deep voice.

Xun Yan frowned and said, "General Zixi may not be willing. ”

"Not really." Xu Shu said with a smile.

"The lord promised him, five years later, all the people who broke the captives and rode the horses in disguise, and it was too late for Zixi to be happy."

Xun Yan's eyes widened, and he lost his voice: "We will have so many horses?" ”

Yu Buzhi also laughed: "Hugh Ruo doesn't know yet, the natural growth rate of the horse is twice that of the ordinary horse herd. ”