Chapter 13: Kunpeng

When Liu Bei woke up from a hangover on the second day, he was faced with the situation of two more sworn brothers overnight. www.biquge.info he is not unacceptable to such a situation. Because he is the oldest, he is the boss, the owner of this family is the second, and Hai Yunfan is naturally the third.

For some reason, he was a little stunned, as if he had lost something important. In the midst of melancholy, the owner of this room broke in and said with a laugh: "Big brother got up so early!" ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, and said with a smile: "My family has been poor since I was a child, and I often need to get up early to work, even as I get older, this habit has not changed. But why did the second brother get up so early? ”

The owner laughed and said, "I only sold my pork when I got up early!" ”

Liu Bei said: "Yide said that he laughed, with your identity, why do you have to sell pork in person?" By the way, I don't know ........ third brother."

It turned out that the owner's surname was Zhang, and his single name was a "fly" character and a "Yide" character.

After listening to Liu Bei's question, Zhang Fei replied: "The third brother also got up early in the morning and is now strolling around the Zhuangzi." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he secretly said in his heart: But it turns out that I am still the latest to get up, Liu Xuande, Liu Xuande, since you want to do something big, how can you be so slack?

At that moment, Liu Bei secretly made up his mind that in the future, he would not drink like he did yesterday, and he would have to get up early in the morning. This Liu Bei was originally a child in the township, and since he was a child, he has been a beautiful woman in a beautiful suit, a good and a lackey, although he has listened to classes at Lu Zhi, but he is not liked by Lu Zhi. Liu Bei kept swaying like this until his mother died, and then he felt the heat and coldness of the world and the warmth of people. Since then, he has changed his old style and has been strict with himself.

said that after Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Hai Yunfan worshipped, their power increased greatly. There are thirty or fifty heroes who use knives on that Zhang Feizhuang, and there are countless fertile fields in the family. Haiyunfan brought thirty or forty riders over, and dozens of good horses, and the confluence of the two became a powerful force near Zhuo County.

As for Liu Bei, although he was a little dissolute when he was young, he traveled extensively and knew a lot of scholars and officials. Since you want to do something big, the demand for talents is naturally the better. And now they are not short of money for the time being, and the property brought by the young man, plus the assets of Zhang Fei's family, is enough for them to maintain for a long time.

So, Liu Bei wrote a letter to recruit his old friend Jian Yong, and personally went to persuade Sun Qian to join in. Originally, Hao Yunfan still wanted to go to Changshan to find Zhao Yun, but I heard that he had already come out and followed Gongsun Chan to fight Zhang Chun.

Jian Yong is a big man who looks quite rough, but his martial arts are not very clever, that is, he can fight seven or eight miscellaneous soldiers. But this person is quite business-minded, and the interpersonal relationship is also handled very well, and within two days of coming, everyone and others have a good impression of him.

So, he suggested: "Xuande, we have hundreds of people here, and we have to consume a lot of grain and grass every day, but the income is still the same. If it goes on like this, it won't take more than a few months, and it will be difficult to maintain it anymore. ”

Liu Bei flipped through the bamboo slips that Jian Yong handed him, and recorded the daily expenses one by one. Not to mention anything else, those fifty or sixty war horses alone cost thousands of dollars for food every day. Originally, these war horses were rare good horses, but if they were willing to sell, they would definitely be able to sell them for a good price. But since they have made up their minds to do great things, they have to raise these war horses well.

"This ...........", Liu Bei didn't have any good way, he thought for a while, and said to Zhang Fei and Hai Yunfan: "What can the two virtuous brothers do?" ”

Although Zhang Fei was brave and invincible, his face was quite fair, and he smiled at the moment: "If you really don't support it, you can't say it, so you have to do some smuggling salt and iron tools." ”

Since Guan Zhong's "Guanshan Hai", this salt and iron tools have always been operated by the state. If a private person is involved in any of these things, it is a great crime to rob the family and exterminate the family. It's just that in this world, the family doesn't know how much they have done to break the law, and smuggling war horses, illegal salt, and iron tools are nothing............. As long as you don't get caught.

Hai Yunfan said: "People are not as good as me." We don't have many horses, and if we want to join the army in the future, weapons and armor are also indispensable. So, let's make our own iron. ”

"Make your own iron?" Liu Bei asked, "But the manpower required for iron smelting is hundreds or thousands, where do we have so many people?" Even if there is, the rice and grain consumed that day are even more numerous, isn't this the opposite of what we want? ”

Hai Yunfan originally wanted to say that the earth is round, as long as you keep walking in one direction, even if you go in the opposite direction, you can reach the destination. In this case, however, he must first prove that the earth is round. Therefore, people are very wise to give up complaining.

"Now that there are people everywhere, as long as you have money and food, are you afraid that you won't be able to recruit people?" Hai Yunfan said: "As long as it lasts for two months, after the private iron is sold, the money and grain will naturally be available." ”

"But what if the government takes care of it?" Sun Qian asked on the side: "This is a big crime of killing the head!" ”

"There's no need to worry," Liu Bei straightened up and said, "Captain Zou Jing is my former friend, and with him to take care of him, it's fine." It's just that, third brother, are you really sure that you can refine fine iron? ”

To this question, Hai Yunfan replied confidently: "Don't worry, not only fine iron, but also steel, is also at your fingertips!" ”

As a result, the Zhang family, a large household in Zhuo County, widely recruited people to recruit displaced people. People who don't know still think that this is to take advantage of natural and man-made disasters to buy and sell people. Those who know are silent, secretly waiting for the results.

So, Hai Yunfan moved out the black-hearted small workshop-style steelmaking soil method that he had cleaned up. These local methods that are going to be attacked by the police uncle, although the consumption is a little larger, the pollution is a little more serious, and the output is a little smaller, but it can really train steel!

In the first half month, Liu Bei saw that the young man was just digging pits and digging coal every day, and he was still a little worried. With so much money thrown down, if it can't produce results, it will be a loss. After the strange-shaped buildings were repaired, he began to worry, whether Zou Jing could settle the county order? This private iron smelting is a big crime, although everyone is doing it, but after all, it can't be mentioned in the open.

After more than a month, the first molten iron came out of the furnace, changing from red to dark red, and then to black and gray steel. All worries are gone. Liu Bei pulled out the ring head knife and slashed at the iron ingot, only to hear the sound of "dang", the knife was scored, and it was bounced away.

When I looked closely, the knife had already popped out of a gap.

"This ......," Liu Bei was overjoyed, "this is the best fine iron!" ”