Guan Ping actually wanted to buy wood.

The first thing that everyone thought of was the wood that Cao Jun had collected to prepare for the manufacture of large ships.

Now that Cao Jun has given up the plan to build ships, of course, he wants as much as he wants.

But Guan Ping smiled and said that he was a rich man, so of course he had to make some requests.

He slowly took out a silk from his sleeve and showed the pattern he needed to the soldiers, and the sergeants looked over curiously, only to see that the picture was drawn on a long, slender and straight wooden stick, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

"This is chopsticks?"

"It can be understood that way." Guan Ping smiled, "But I want to be two feet three inches long...... Well, it's okay to be longer, but make sure that the pattern is knotless, straight, and round. A chopstick, a ten-dollar, how? ”

There was a long silence.

Chopsticks that are two feet and three inches long...... Who would use this thing for dinner?

After thinking about it for a long time, a middle-aged soldier finally stepped forward tremblingly and said very respectfully:

"What you want at the foot can't be an arrow shaft, right?"

"I didn't say I wanted an arrow shaft, but if you look at it this way, it does look similar to an arrow shaft, so it's an arrow shaft!"

Guan Ping said, picked up a handful of copper coins, and said with a smile:

"Isn't it beautiful that I used my money to buy wood from you, and that you can use the money to come to me again in the future to sell grain?"

"Well, why doesn't the general just buy it with grain?"

Guan Ping smiled:

"If I mix water and sand with my grain, will I not take advantage of you in vain? These money are all good copper, so you don't suffer a loss with this. ”

Although everyone subconsciously felt a little weird, the matter was in front of them, and everyone gritted their teeth and said yes.

Guan Ping also said that he could not stay in Xiangyang for too long, and that he would have to return to Xiangyang to transport grain in a short time, and if there were goods, they should hurry up and prepare for trading, and if they didn't trade, they would go to find someone else.

These Cao soldiers had seen Cai Mao's generous hand before, they didn't have much copper money available in their hands, if they gave up this opportunity, they would have to wait silently for the military rations withheld from above in the future.

"Okay, isn't it chopsticks! Let's do it! ”

Looking at the backs of everyone leaving in a hurry, Guan Ping's treacherous smile slowly disappeared, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and subconsciously shook his head.

Hey, finish the war early, and let the world be peaceful.

In the evening, Chen Qun asked someone to bring a bereavement to Guan Ping - Chen Qun reported to Cao Cao that yesterday Yunshan, a righteous soldier from Xiangyang, attacked under his command to intercept Guan Ping, and the two sides launched a fierce water battle.

As Cao Cao's staff, Chen Qun still has a very good right to speak, and fellow villager Xun You also helped Chen Qun speak, so that Cao Cao quickly believed that he really had a righteous man from Xiangyang under his command - Le Jin's letter also said so.

"The prime minister has decided to fight Liu Bei and Sun Quan in a month, and when there will be a meritorious service for Tan, I will congratulate Tanzhi in advance." Chen Qun's eyebrows fluttered, and he casually told Guan Ping the news, and when he saw Guan Ping's eyes widen, he immediately added: "Don't tell others." ”

"This month's battle? This is the middle of winter? ”

"Not bad." Chen Qun said confidently, "The prime minister has decided to make peace with Cai Mao, and he will march east to fight Liu Bei in a decisive battle within a month." I have to tell you something, the prime minister hates Guan Ping deeply, and once said that he can behead Guan Ping's head and give him a knight, and accept him as a son-in-law.

Hey, I don't have a chance, but I can fight as hard as I can, and if I need anything, just come to me. ”

Cai Mao is now extremely rampant, Cao Cao actually wants to talk to him about making peace with the east, it seems that Cao Jun's life is really a little sad.

"I really have something to trouble Chen to join the army - I will return to Xiangyang in a few days, and I will ask General Chen to write a few beautiful words, so that General Xu and General Le will not investigate my fault for losing grain and grass."

Chen Qun smiled dumbly:

"What kind of fault is this? There wasn't much food in the first place, so if you could come to Gangneung, it would be a huge victory. I want to exalt you before the Prime Minister, and what will I do when I go back? ”

"No, you must go back! General Le and General Xu have entrusted me a lot, and although they are willing to join the army under Chen, they cannot forget the righteousness of the two generals. I believe that the general does not want to have unbelievers and unrighteous people under his command! ”

These words really hit Chen Qun's heart.

He nodded silently and said no more, his eyes slightly complicated.

"Good man, then go early and come back early!"

Chen Qun was under Liu Bei, although he had a serious conflict with Liu Bei's ideas, and even disagreed with most of Liu Bei's ideas, but the more this was the case, the more he respected an idealist like Liu Bei.

Seeing the young Guan Ping's yearning for morality, although Chen Qun felt that he was a little nerdy, he decided to reward this person generously - well, of course, the premise is that he can't spend money.

"Ahem, wasn't it on fire yesterday?"

"yes."

"A lot of things were burned out."

"Hmm."

Chen Qun pinched his chin:

"It's good to understand."

Since ancient times, the fire in the granary is a good omen, and everyone understands it.

Guan Ping and Chen Qun tacitly smiled at each other, and their perception of this famous man was a little better.

Cao Cao is not a fool, but he can only manage the general direction.

Everyone has their own emotions and wills, and when there are many people, there are also many moths.

Chen Qun is just a member of the army, Cao Hong, the general of the Cao family, is recognized as good at governing his family, he governs his own family, and I, Chen Qun, am I for the whole army, is it wrong?

Just suffer those soldiers a little harder.

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At night, Guan Ping honestly and unceremoniously took Chen Qun's warrant to collect waste in the granary.

There were too many things burned by the fire yesterday, and Guan Ping's men moved them with their bare hands for a long time.

Although the smell of sweat was unbearable by the biting cold wind, everyone's faces were still full of smiles.

Gangneung had a lot of savings, including 800 stone of grain and rice for the bereavement of the fallen soldiers and Chen Qun's reward, 900 horses of linen, 200 horses of silk, 10 horses of plain silk, and 500 stones of salt, dried meat, and pickled vegetables, which were enough to hold two boatloads.

Many of his subordinates suggested that Guan Ping could exchange these things for the "wood" he wanted, but Guan Ping still shook his head and refused.

He left grain and rice, salt, dried meat and other foods, and took the rest of all kinds of cloth and silk to trade with Cai Mao.

Cai Mao didn't know why Guan Ping liked the five-baht money so much, obviously he couldn't buy anything with a handful of money most of the time, but he was still very happy to have someone to help him clean up the five-baht inventory.

So he wrapped all the goods from Guan Ping at a reasonable price of 400 yuan a horse of linen cloth, 800 yuan a horse of silk and 1,000 yuan a horse of plain silk, which were much better than five baht in his army, and it was better to reward his subordinates.

The more Cai Mao looks at Guan Ping now, the more pleasing he becomes, and he asked someone to bring a full amount of copper coins overnight to Guan Ping's army.

"Virtuous nephew, what are you going to do with this money...... Hehe, forget it, don't ask, uncle doesn't ask. When there is such a thing in the future, you must think about your uncle first. ”

"It's indispensable to ask my uncle to help." Guan Ping smiled humbly, "If the younger generation's business is a bit Meng Lang, please bear with my uncle." ”

"Hahahaha, I know."

If Guan Ping didn't ask Cai Mao for anything, Cai Mao would be uncomfortable, and when he heard that Guan Ping had something to ask for, Cai Mao suddenly stroked his beard happily.

"I've heard that you want to buy some wood from those Northern Army sergeants, tell me, what kind of heart are you hiding?"

"Don't dare to deceive my uncle, my little nephew wants to buy an arrow shaft."

Cai Mao: ......

"Buy, buy what?"

"Arrow shafts."

There was a hint of panic in Cai Mao's eyes:

"No, you're crazy! You're crazy! ”

"Hey, my uncle said that in this Jingzhou realm, Haotian God has to call Uncle God when he comes.

This little thing is just a little nephew, and Uncle Lao has it. ”

Cai Mao: ......

"How dare you do this kind of thing? There are no arrows in the battle on the river, do you want the generals under my command to die?

No, the next time you transport grain, you have to go to zero! ”