Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 285 War monger, Li Chen.

Chen Deng's attitude can be said to be aggressive, while Liu Bei is giving way.This is not to say that Liu Bei is cowardly, but that he has to bow his head under the eaves.

The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great, and now that the Central Plains is fighting, almost all the forces of all parties have entered the arena, and it is impossible to withdraw in a short time.Liu Bei knew in his heart that if Li Chen raised his troops to destroy him now, he would have no helpers in the whole world.

Of course, now Li Chen has no plans to destroy Liu Bei.To kill pigs during the Chinese New Year, you still have to pick up the fat. Now Liu Bei has no meat in his body. It is completely useless for Li Chen to move Liu Bei.At this time, it is obviously better to kill Jiangdong's fat pig first, which is more feasible for Li Chen.

"Boom, boom, boom." Chen Deng tapped the table with his fingers, but to Liu Bei, it was like tapping on his heart.

After a long time, Chen Deng said slowly: "The basic condition of the negotiation is that the king of Shu must not hinder the transaction between us and the king of Wei, and the business route of Zhuo County must be kept open."

As soon as Chen Deng said this, Liu Bei's face immediately turned into a pig's liver color.You know, Liu Bei is fighting Cao Cao now?And what Li Chen is trading with Cao Cao is military rations.In other words, Li Chen wanted to fight Liu Bei to transport military food to Cao Cao, and then let Cao Cao's soldiers eat enough to fight Liu Bei.

Li Chen is simply shitting on Liu Bei's neck, even asking Liu Bei for paper.This is no longer just asking Liu Bei for paper, this is asking Liu Bei to lick himself clean after shitting on Liu Bei's head.

People under the eaves have to bow their heads.Liu Bei looked at the military adviser Shan Fu with some confusion, only to see Shan Fu nodded towards Liu Bei.

What Shan Fu meant was obviously to get Liu Bei to agree.This was a bit beyond Liu Bei's expectations. It stands to reason that Shan Fu would have to argue hard for Chen Deng at this time.It seems a bit too refreshing to agree so simply.

"This king agrees to this condition." Liu Bei gritted his teeth and agreed to this somewhat shameful request.

After Liu Bei agreed to this request, the two parties began to negotiate.Rather than talking about negotiations, it might be better to say that Chen Deng is making demands.

For Liu Bei, as long as he can let him settle down in Zhuojun, then as long as the request is not too excessive, then there is nothing he cannot agree to.

"The king of Shu is really sincere. I don't know if the king of Shu has any request. If the king of Shu has any request, he can ask for it." Chen Deng said to Liu Bei with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei was shocked and said to himself, what, I can still make a request, and there are such good things.

Hearing this, military adviser Shan Fu's eyes flashed.From Chen Deng's words, Shan Fu heard a bit of a hint, which was hinting at their request.

"I don't know, is there a lot of food in Qin?" Shan Fu asked tentatively.

"There are too many. The Qin land has had a good harvest in recent years. Alas, it's a pity that the food business is not easy to sell in this turmoil." Chen Deng said with a sigh.

After listening to the words, Shan Fu immediately understood what Chen Deng meant.Chen Deng just hinted that they made a request because he wanted to do grain business with them.

Food, Liu Bei is extremely short of food now.The garrison in Zhuo County is only [-], and naturally there is not much food and grass.For Liu Bei, the food and grass obtained by conquering Zhuo County is a drop in the bucket.

Liu Bei was thinking about asking Yuan Shao for some food these days, but it is important to know that now is the time when the army is in a panic, even if Yuan Shao has food in his hand, it is impossible to give it to him for nothing.

Chen Deng is now doing the food business for them. To Liu Bei, this is simply giving them pillows when he is sleepy.

Liu Beixin said, good guy, we are now at war with Cao Cao.You are selling this food to Cao Cao as well as to us.It's not too big of a deal for you guys to watch the excitement, you're the mastermind behind the scenes.

Despite thinking so in his heart, Liu Bei still had to buy it.Now for Liu Bei, it is the easiest and quickest way to buy food from Li Chen.

One side was anxious to sell grain, and the other was anxious to buy grain. Naturally, they quickly reached a consensus on the grain business.Now is the time of war and chaos. At this time, food and gold are hard currencies.Despite this, Chen Deng did not ask for prices, but sold grain to Liu Bei at a discounted price of [-]% of the market price.

Making war fortune is the fastest way to rise.As long as the Central Plains War lasts for three to five years, there is no doubt that Li Chen, a warmonger, will become the biggest winner.

Chen Deng quickly finalized the details of the transaction with Liu Bei, and when he was about to leave Zhuo County, Chen Deng kindly reminded Liu Bei.If the cash in hand is not enough, all resources such as population, timber, iron ore, etc. can be discounted for food.

As soon as Chen Deng left, Liu Bei and Shan Fu began to discuss.

"Military Master, what does Li Chen mean? He is an ally with Cao Cao, but he sells food to us?" Liu Bei asked puzzled.

"King of Shu, you don't understand. Li Chen is not only selling grain to us, I am afraid that whoever asks him to buy grain now, he will sell it."

"He doesn't want the war in the Central Plains to end. Li Chen is ambitious. He wants to make a profit." Shan Fu said with a sigh.

"Military Master, what do you mean by that?" Liu Bei asked Shan Fu.

"There are too many forces in the world today. If we fight one by one, we will fight until the year of the monkey. Li Chen is letting us fight first, and he will enter the arena to clean up the mess after one or two are determined to be the strongest." Shan Fu said to Liu Bei.

Shan Fu is a sensible person. From the fact that Chen Deng sold them food, he has already seen Li Chen's intentions.Although he understood Li Chen's purpose, he still had to sell the grain.If they don't sell Li Chen's food, I'm afraid they won't even have the qualifications to last till the end.

On Chen Deng's side, he mentioned that Li Chen had signed a big order.There is no doubt that as long as the Central Plains War does not end, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are Li Chen's biggest food customers.On the surface, it seems like a win-win business, but in fact they will only be drained by Li Chen and become weaker and weaker.

Xuzhou, Yunlong Hall.

"His Royal Highness, there is news from the Weishan County shipyard that our first boat is about to be launched. Do you want to go there in person?" Luo Yangxing reported the latest news to Li Chen.

"Go, of course. Let someone inform Cheng Yaojin, I will be there within seven days." Li Chen said.

This is the flagship of Li Chen's navy, and this is the first boat to be launched, which means that Li Chen's navy is not far away from becoming an army.After the ships of the water army are formed, they can conduct actual combat exercises on the water army in a serious manner, which means that the pacification of Soochow can be completely put on the agenda.

(End of this chapter)