The negotiation went unexpectedly smoothly, and Li Ru felt a little uneasy, but the agreement between the two sides was indeed reached, Li Ru looked at it repeatedly, and there were no traps in it, but Li Ru saw the smile on the young Xu Shu's face, but he didn't have the slightest pleasure in his heart to see the opponent fall into the trap he dug with his own hands, which was too strange.

What made Li Su even more strange was that Fang Zhiwen was not only willing to accept Dong Zhuo's use of population in exchange for the right of way of Hangu Pass, but also promised to help hold Hangu Pass and not be occupied by others, as for the prisoners in Hangu Pass, including Li Su, Li Ru could be redeemed at the price.

Fang Zhiwen even promised Li Ru that he could exchange the population for food, which made Li Ru even more depressed, and he really didn't know where the food of this lonely army came from.

It wasn't until Li Ru was both proud and a little apprehensive that he walked out of the pass of Hangu Pass, and when there was a roaring sound of the river in his ears, Li Ru suddenly realized, patted his thighs and shouted that he was fooled!

Li Ru finally understood that it was not he who dug a big hole for Fang Zhiwen, on the contrary, he was stupid to give a big gift to prevent it, but this matter cannot be said to be Li Ru's failure, or that Dong Zhuo suffered a great loss, Fang Zhiwen wants the population, there is no doubt about it.

Li Ru stupidly sent it to the door automatically, which really made him very frustrated, but is this a loss for Dong Zhuo?

In fact, if you look at the population distribution in the western part of Yongzhou, you can understand that although Hanzhong in the western part of Yongzhou rebels every year. However, the population is still good, as for the Guanzhong area, this traditional high-development area, if according to historical facts, this area has been roughly declined because of the invasion of the Hu people for many years.

But in the game it's different, Chang'an or Xijing. A super big city, not to mention that the Qiang people in Xiliang are now trembling for fear of being wiped out, and Xianbei has been driven to the Western Regions. The Xiongnu have completely surrendered, so the current situation in Guanzhong is better than ever. This is also the basis for the Guanzhong clan to dare to argue with the Kanto clan.

Therefore, although Dong Zhuo looted wealth and population around Luoyang, wealth is of course very important, the population is also good, and it can even greatly weaken the foundation of the Kwantung clan, but these are not Dong Zhuo's core interests, even if he pays some price to Fang Zhiwen, for Dong Zhuo, it is just a move to borrow flowers and offer Buddha's favors to other people's things.

Therefore, although Li Ru understood that Fang Zhiwen wanted to use the Yellow River channel to transport the people in hand, although he shouted that he was fooled, he seemed to regret it. In fact, I didn't really feel that this thing was unacceptable, but I just felt that I was a little embarrassed, obviously being played by the young Xu Shu, but I still thought that I had taken advantage of the proud, and Li Ru, who was a big ugly, inevitably felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

Dong Zhuo didn't care about Fang Zhiwen's asking price. Population is of course wealth, of course, it is very important, but what can be taken away and carried into his arms is called his own wealth, the population around Luoyang is millions, even if Dong Zhuo really has this thought, in fact, it is impossible to take it all away.

And. Fang Zhiwen's foundation is far away in Youzhou, these people have come to Youzhou from the Central Plains, which is harmless to themselves, on the contrary, this weakens the foundation strength of the Central Plains Kwantung clan, which is directly beneficial to Dong Zhuo, in Dong Zhuo's view, for a period of time in the future, his main enemy is the Kwantung clan, so it is harmful to the Kwantung clan, that is, it is beneficial to himself.

So Dong Zhuo didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Ru being tricked by Fang Zhiwen, in fact, even if Fang Zhiwen told Dong Zhuo that he had opened the Yellow River waterway, Dong Zhuo would not only still sign this exchange agreement, but also sign a larger agreement on exchanging people for food, in fact, Dong Zhuo's difference now is not the population, but the grain.

On the other hand, the Yuan brothers who learned that Fang Zhiwen had traveled far to attack Hangu Pass were indeed very excited, Fang Zhiwen occupied Hangu Pass, Lu Buxi entered the Pingyang area of Hedong County, and there were other changes on the battlefield, so that the Kwantung clan occupied a favorable position in this Central Plains war, and Dong Zhuo could be said to be surrounded by the enemy.

But Dong Zhuo was not a person who was waiting to be killed, and Zhang Ji's action of throwing off Cao Cao and attacking Yingchuan instead gave Dong Zhuo an inspiration.

On February 8 of the second year of Guangxi, Huaxiong left Xu Rong to guard the Tiger Prison, and he led 30,000 cavalry to bypass Guancheng to raid Zhongmu, Zhongmu is Yuan Shu's grain and grass gathering place, so the town naturally has heavy troops stationed, and Huaxiong's cavalry is impossible to capture the city, but Huaxiong's cavalry is wandering around outside Zhongmu City, and the grain and grass in Zhongmu City naturally dare not transport it.

And under the Tiger Prison, there are hundreds of thousands of troops waiting for food with their mouths open! This situation was obviously unacceptable, so the Ji Ling Department was sent back to Zhongmu to expel Huaxiong's cavalry troops and ensure the smooth flow of the grain route.

Yuan Shao's troops moved to Aocang in the north, cooperating with the offensive in the north of the Yellow River, trying to put pressure on Luoyang from the side, and now Yuan Shu is entangled by Huaxiong and Xu Rong, Yuan Shao is naturally very happy, the more Xiliang troops Yuan Shu can attract, the easier Yuan Shao's offensive in Hebei will be, the only thing that makes Yuan Shao unhappy is that the channel of the Yellow River is the world of Han Fu and Fang Zhiwen.

If the Yellow River channel was in Yuan Shao's hands, Yuan Shao's troops could directly take Mengjindu and use the Yellow River channel for supplies, and Dong Zhuo's entire military deployment in Sili would collapse immediately. It's just that the current situation is just the opposite, Han Fu is using the Yellow River channel to make trouble for Yuan Shao, trying every means to delay and interfere with Yuan Shao's strategic deployment. Now that Fang Zhiwen occupies Hangu Pass, it is ostensibly to form a siege for Dong Zhuo, but Yuan Shao has a deep understanding of Fang Zhiwen, therefore, Yuan Shao will definitely not believe that Fang Zhiwen is sincere in dealing with Dong Zhuo, on the contrary, if Fang Zhiwen uses the Yellow River waterway to provide Dong Zhuo with grain, grass and ordnance, then Yuan Shao will absolutely believe it...... The battlefield of the Central Plains has been fully opened, and for the aborigines of the Central Plains, this is undoubtedly a catastrophe, but for the majority of players, this is an unprecedented feast.

Of course, except for the players of the life and occupation classes, these players have temporarily shifted their positions to other cities, and the only pity is that those players who are planting are losing their harvest in the first season.

"Zhiwen, from a business point of view, this year's spring ploughing and even the summer harvest in the Central Plains will be seriously affected, Sister Zhen Jiang and I have begun to prepare for this, this year we are in Lelang's cultivated area is further expanding, the population growth is also very satisfactory, Lelang's grain production can not only meet the needs of Fengning, can already be sold."

Li Xueyin had just arrived at Hangu Pass with Zhou Tai's ship, and Dong Zhuo's first population would also arrive in the near future, and a large-scale transaction would follow, so Li Xueyin even went out in person.

Fang Zhiwen and Li Xueyin sat opposite each other, on the left was Taishi Zhaorong concentrating on cooking tea, and there was no one else, the three of them were more like chatting.

"You just take care of this, the key is that the amount of grain in stock cannot be less, especially now that our population is still increasing rapidly, the balance of reserve grain cannot be less, otherwise once there is a change, food will become a fatal problem, and the importance of Lelang cannot be lost, I will write to Zhou Xing and Zhengfeng alone."

"Well, that's true, now it seems that the importance of grain is becoming more and more prominent, but with the development of Jingnan and Jiaozhou, as well as the stability of Hanzhong, the overall grain market in Dahan is not in danger of collapsing."

Li Xueyin took the tea cup handed over by Taishi Zhaorong and greeted with a smile.

"Not necessarily, natural disasters and man-made disasters are unknown, once the war in the Central Plains is out of control, or there is a large-scale natural disaster, it may cause an imbalance in the grain market, besides, the grain in Jingnan and Jiaozhou is controlled in the hands of strangers, if they have the intention to use the price of grain to influence the situation in the Central Plains, it is difficult to say what will happen. We can't control anything else, but on our turf, food security always comes first. ”

Fang Zhiwen said very seriously, Li Xueyin couldn't help but be solemn, although Fang Zhiwen's statement was a little pessimistic, but this kind of thing may not happen, especially this Central Plains Rebellion, there seems to be a player behind it, if the Central Plains War is beneficial to the player, then it is possible for the player to continue to promote the continuation and expansion of the Central Plains War.

"Also, Xueyin, don't forget Zhang Jiao, in this case, it's hard for me to believe that Zhang Jiao will honestly stay at home and farm, Jizhou, Taishan, and Runan must have actions, and I guess the biggest possibility is to make a move on Hejian or Anping County to expand the depth of the Yellow Turban Army."

Fang Zhiwen's prediction made Li Xueyin's heart sink, if the Yellow Turban Army took the opportunity to make a move, the situation would not be so optimistic, especially now when the Kwantung clan and Dong Zhuo were in full swing, and in history, the second outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising seemed to be because of the war between the Kwantung nobles and Dong Zhuo, and now, this time seems to be ripe.

Thinking about the recent high prices in the grain market, Li Xueyin suddenly realized that many big grain merchants were on guard against Huang Jin, and once the Yellow Turban Army took action, the grain producing areas would be affected, grain production would decline, and grain consumption would increase due to the war, and grain prices would not be stable.

"I see, it seems that Zhen Jiang and I have ignored Zhang Jiao, this guy has been so low-key recently that people have almost forgotten him."

"Hehe, this guy is not a fuel-efficient lamp, from the perspective of Zhang Jiao's strategic purpose, he must complete the campaign and stabilize the front before spring ploughing, so we can almost accurately estimate the scope and time of his war, and even the purpose of the campaign can be guessed, I will give you and Pan'er these things after the staff is sorted out."

"Well, it seems that Zhang Jiao still has business to do1

"Hehe, that's for sure, war equipment, consumables and the next ploughing cattle, seeds, etc. can be involved, this is really a good time to do business."

Fang Zhiwen's tone was very flat, Li Xueyin didn't hear the joy from the words, there seemed to be a taste of insight and ridicule, looked at Taishi Zhaorong, Taishi Zhaorong just looked at Fang Zhiwen softly, and when she saw Li Xueyin, she also smiled softly at Li Xueyin, Li Xueyin shook her head and expelled the strange feeling in her heart, q! ~！