At this time, Liu Bei took over Tao Qian's Xuzhou, and he was in Xiapi.

That night, Liu Bei looked at the information sent from outside.

"Cao Cao no longer attacked Xuzhou, but took Yuzhou first, his movements are so fast!"

When he said this, he wondered.

How could Cao Cao's development be so fast?

Not long ago, Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's little brother, helping Yuan Shao defend the southern part of the Yellow River and prevent Yuan Shu from living in Huainan, so that Yuan Shao could continue to fight with Gongsun Zhan.

But it didn't take long for Cao Cao to have a tendency to break away from Yuan Shao and occupy two states.

In fact, before Liu Bei went to save Kong Rong, he was the prime minister in the plains, and he was Gongsun Zhan's little brother, helping Gongsun Chan resist Yuan Shao in the plains, but he didn't want to be someone else's little brother, he wanted to break away from Gongsun Chan and do a big career by himself, so when Kong Rong asked for help, he did not hesitate to take this opportunity to leave the plains.

After many times, I came to Xuzhou.

finally took over Xuzhou and had his own territory, but the good times didn't last long, and Chen Gong came in with Lu Bu sideways.

On the surface, Liu Bei trusts Lu Bu and is willing to station Xiao Pei to Lu Bu, but in fact, he is very jealous of Lu Bu, and he is on guard against all kinds of guards, but he is also cautious, he is afraid that Lu Bu will come over, and he will be assisted by Chen Gong, and he is not an opponent.

"Around Xuzhou, I don't seem to be able to beat anyone."

Liu Bei found that at this time, he became the softest persimmon.

Beat Lu Bu may not be able to beat him, let alone Er Yuan, as for Cao Cao once pressed him to the ground and rubbed him, if it weren't for Zhang Miao's chaos, it would still be a problem whether Xuzhou could hold it.

His situation in Xuzhou is actually very embarrassing, and there is a feeling that Xuzhou will be taken away by others at any time.

"Xuande!"

Jian Yong is Liu Bei's fellow villager, when he was young, he ran around Liu Bei, and now he has become Liu Bei's adviser.

But this strategist is not very capable.

"Cao Cao has recruited 300,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, those people seem to be a rabble, but they are real troops, as long as they can stabilize the soldiers, everything is possible."

"He was able to develop so fast, and it was from those soldiers that he was able to develop."

"In addition, Cao Cao's ability is indeed not weak."

Jian Yong analyzed.

No matter how weak Cao Cao is, he must be stronger than Liu Bei.

Jian Yong didn't say this, after all, he was embarrassed to say it.

"What do I think I should do?"

Liu Bei asked.

Jian Yong said: "Stabilize Xuzhou first, but it is not easy to stabilize Xuzhou in the land of the four battles, and Lu Bu next to us is already very troublesome." ”

If they don't settle Lu Bu, they have no confidence.

But you can't win if you want to settle it.

Lu Bu's strength is very fierce, and the wolf rides like a wolf like a tiger, and there is Chen Gong to assist, when the tiger prison was outside, the three of them could barely repel Lu Bu, but it was a fighting general, and it was impossible to fight like this.

Liu Bei was not confident that he could withstand the impact of the wolf riding in Bingzhou.

"Alas!"

Liu Bei sighed helplessly, thinking about what he should do in order to have a piece of territory that truly belongs to him, and said: "I am still a little unsteady in my heart today, I always feel that something is going to happen, it seems to be related to my ancestors, why does Xianhe think this?" ”

Jian Yong shook his head and said, "I don't understand this. ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it may be that I am thinking too much, Xianhe will go back and rest first." ”

Send Jian Yong away, and he also has to rest.

However, as soon as he fell asleep, Liu Bei was surprised to find that he dreamed of Liu Chang, the mourning king of Zhongshan, and was frightened and woke up in the dream, but he didn't remember what he dreamed of.

——

After dawn.

Chen Zhou and the others loaded a cart of jewelry.

As for the entrance to the tomb gate, it was quickly sealed.

"Mr. is right, this royal tomb of King Zhongshan is richer than that of King Liang Xiao."

Dian Wei looked at the one hundred and sixty-three carts of belongings around him, and said with a laugh excitedly.

Bring these things back, the military expenses are there, the food is also available, and you can fight any way you want.

The tomb of King Zhongshan is really rich.

Chen Zhou became more and more interested in King Jing of Zhongshan.

As for what Liu Daer thinks, he doesn't bother to care, so he digs it up first.

But now is not the time, the eastern side of Taihang Mountain is not their territory.

"Send these belongings back, there should be no need to rob the tomb for a long time, let's go!" Chen Zhou said.

Their tomb robbery team happily returned to Puyang.

A few days later.

Inside Puyang City.

Chen Zhou returned with a full load, and Cao Cao led everyone to greet him.

Seeing more than 100 truckloads of belongings, they sighed that there was food again, and hurriedly transported it to the warehouse.

"Excuse me, how is the price of grain in Yanzhou now?"

Chen Zhou asked.

Guo Jia first said: "A piece of grain has risen to more than 2,000 yuan, but there is no intention of stopping, and the price of grain in the morning is completely different from the price of grain in the afternoon. ”

It's going up so fast.

It could be two thousand dollars in the morning, and it could be two thousand one hundred dollars in the afternoon.

"In addition, grain merchants from other places began to come to our Yanzhou one after another."

Zhong Xuan added: "The number of people coming is increasing, and the plan of Watari is really feasible, but in this way, we will offend a lot of people." ”

Xi Zhong said: "We have soldiers and food, what are we afraid of offending people? ”

Chen Zhou agreed: "Zhicai said very well, sell grain and buy grain, you and I are willing, regardless of whether he will offend people, as well as the matter of the Son of Heaven, please continue to pay attention to the lord, after a while, their contradictions are becoming more and more acute, and soon someone will contact the lord." ”

"Don't worry, I will!"

Cao Cao affirmed.

Next, Chen Zhou went home and could finally rest comfortably.

Cao Cao and the others continued to manipulate the price of grain, pulling the price up faster and faster.

A few days later, more grain merchants came to Puyang in pursuit of interests, and all kinds of guest houses in the city were filled with foreign grain merchants.

They knew that Cao Cao was now rich and could buy a lot of grain, and with a keen sense of smell, they smelled the smell of making a lot of money.

Cao Cao was also very cooperative, and after Chen Zhou brought the money back, he first bought a batch of grain worth more than 3,000 yuan a hundred, so as to stabilize the hearts of those grain merchants and attract more grain to come in.

Seeing that Cao Cao would really buy grain, the grain merchant was even more excited.

After the news continued to spread, another group of grain merchants came in.

All of them were merchants under the family, and they sold the family's grain.

In the family of scholars, the accumulated grain can't be eaten, and even the worms are not willing to take it out to help the people, but it can be used for money, and the meaning is different.

Relief is altruistic, and money can be profited.

"Lord, there are more and more grain merchants from other places, and a large amount of grain is hoarded in our Puyang City, if we can take it all, we may not be short of grain in the next two years."

Xun You said: "The current grain price has increased to more than 5,000 yuan, do we still need to continue to raise it?" ”

Cao Cao is not very good at economic warfare, and he can't decide whether he should continue to improve or stop, but considering the last words: "Let's go and ask Du Zhi to see what Du Zhi thinks!" ”