Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 239 Guo Jia decides to start a full-scale war (subscription required)
What are the faces of Cao Cao and Guo Jia?The two of them would have made a mistake, Li Chen stretched out five fingers, meaning that I would sell it to you at [-]% below the market price.But Guo Jia and Cao Cao thought that Li Chen was going to sell them five floors above the market price.

No wonder Guo Jia and Cao Cao thought too much, just like Li Chen blackmailed Cao Cao with two swords, Cao Cao and Guo Jia never imagined that Li Chen could sell grain to Cao Cao at [-]% of the market price.

"Fifty percent?" Guo Jia asked tentatively.

Li Chen nodded, and replied: "That's right, [-]%."

Hearing Li Chen's affirmative answer, Cao Cao's complexion became even darker. Cao Cao thought to himself, Li Chen, you are really dark enough.

Cao Cao's face was ugly, but there was nothing he could do.Because if this war won't end for a while, the price of food will naturally rise.And if the war lasts for two or three years, the increase in food will definitely exceed [-]%.

"His Royal Highness, to tell you the truth. Our army faces so many enemies at the same time, whether it is the front line or the rear, it is very difficult. If the price of this food is [-]% higher than the market price, it will be a huge challenge for our side. burden."

"I don't know His Majesty King Qin, can we discuss the price of this food, how about it being [-]% ​​higher than the market price?" Guo Jia looked at Li Chen with a pleading look on his face.

For Guo Jia, it is good news that the food can be managed. The only bad news now is that the food is too expensive.

As soon as Li Chen heard Guo Jia's words, he immediately became happy: "Feng Xiao, you misunderstood. My [-]% is not [-]% higher than the market price, and I sold it to you at a price [-]% lower than the market price."

"What?" Guo Jia was shocked instantly.

Similarly, Cao Cao's face was also shocked at this time.

[-]% below the market price, what kind of concept is this.This means that, under the same budget.Each soldier in Cao's army can get half more food than before.Originally, if Cao Jun ate thin food on the battlefield, now he can eat dry food.This is undoubtedly a huge boost to morale.

Or more intuitively, the food that was originally used to feed [-] soldiers can now be used to feed [-] soldiers.

"Brother Li, [-]% of the market price of food is provided for brother's food, and it's still enough. You didn't make fun of brother, did you?" Cao Cao's tone was a little excited.

Li Chenxin said, you are not a beautiful woman.You are a short dark old man, what am I going to do with you.

"That's right, you can have as much grain as you want at [-]% of the market price. If you need it, you can go directly to Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong, and you will pay for it and deliver it." Li Chen promised Cao Cao.

"Thank you, Brother Li, thank you, Brother Li." Cao Cao quickly thanked.

In Cao Cao's view, if he can buy half-price grain from Li Chen, not to mention the two swords of Yitian and Qingzhi, but even ten or eight swords, this is a very good deal .

With the promise of half-price food, Cao Cao felt that the trip was worth it.For Cao Cao, this half-price food was more cost-effective than asking for a hundred thousand troops from Li Chen.With food, Cao Cao can recruit troops on a large scale.

It can be said that what Yuan Shao and others cost to raise 5 people, Cao Cao can use it to raise 10 people.If this is the case, then Cao Cao will have a bottom line in this protracted battle.

Weidi, Xudu, Wei Wangfu.

As soon as Cao Cao came back, he immediately summoned his civil servants and generals to start a battle memory.

"Cheng Yu, starting tomorrow, you will bring enough money to Xuzhou to buy grain from Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong. King Qin agreed to sell the grain to King Gu at half the market price."

"Although I promised so much, if this battle breaks out, it will be bad if something happens. I think we should stockpile enough food and grass in Xudu first, so that we can rest assured." Cao Cao confronted his opponents. Cheng Yu, the next counselor, ordered.

"No, this subordinate has orders." Cheng Yu accepted the order.

"I didn't expect that Li Chen still knew the overall situation. He understood that if we fell, Yuan Shao would be the next one to deal with him. That's why he gave us half-bought and half-gifted food." Xun Yu stood aside Said.

Food is a necessity for life, and it is just needed, so as long as there is no natural disaster or military disaster.The price of this food is very stable, and food is not a profitable commodity, and there must be no half of the profit.Because of this, even Cao Cao felt that Li Chen was buying half and giving half away.

Cao Cao doesn't know anymore, the output of sweet potatoes and potatoes is more than ten times that of normal food, and this food is really a profitable product for Li Chen.Even if it was sold at half the market price, Li Chen still made a huge profit.

"Hey, I don't understand this matter either. I have seen the military rations that Xuzhou is willing to provide us. The quality is far better than our army's millet, and it is not much worse than wheat flour. Compared with millet The quality is good, but it is half cheaper than Su. I absolutely do not understand Li Chen's intentions, but since he dares to sell it, we dare to buy it." Guo Jia also said the same.

The food Li Chen provided them was potato flour and sweet potato flour that were ground into powder.The millet mentioned by Guo Jia is sorghum.Sorghum is the main food of poor people in this era. It is usually eaten steamed, and the taste is very poor.Compared with the steamed buns made of potato flour and sweet potato flour, there is no comparison at all.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were also a small amount of barley and rice.However, because the husking technology is not advanced, even the food of rich people such as barley and rice does not taste very good.

After tasting the cornbread made of potato flour and sweet potato flour provided by Li Chen, Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others agreed that the military rations provided by Li Chen were far better than their own.

After ordering Cheng Yu to be responsible for buying food and grass, Cao Cao said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, let's start formulating tactics."

After the worries about food and grass were resolved, Cao Cao was now full of confidence, and Cao Cao was somewhat sure of winning this battle.

Guo Jia came to the military adviser's map, looked at it for a while, and then said: "The most urgent task now is to first determine how many people our opponents have."

"Your Highness King Wei, what I mean is this. King Ma Teng of Liang captured the three counties of Wuwei, Mayi, and Liangcheng and stopped moving. Obviously, he is waiting for us to attack him. You guys Let’s look at the three counties of Wuwei, Mayi, and Liangcheng as horns of each other, if they are connected together, this happens to be a pocket formation.”

"If we retaliate recklessly, then we will definitely plunge into this pocket formation. In a short time, let alone win, I am afraid that we will lose troops. And the rest of the people are waiting for this time, once we are entangled by Ma Teng , all our opponents must jump out together and attack the rear of our army."

"What we have to do now is to make the illusion of attacking Ma Teng first, and defraud all the enemies hidden in the dark." Guo Jia looked at the crowd and said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)