Xiaoguangong

Chapter 63 Isn't this just chopsticks?

Guan Ping actually wanted to buy wood.

What everyone first thought of was the wood that Cao Jun had collected before to make a big ship.

Now that Cao Jun has given up his shipbuilding plan, of course he wants as much as he wants.

But Guan Ping chuckled, saying that he was a rich man, so of course he had to make some demands.

He slowly took out a piece of silk from his sleeve, and showed the soldiers the pattern he needed. The sergeants looked at it curiously, and saw that the picture was a long, thin and straight wooden stick, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

"Is this chopsticks (箸)?"

"It can also be understood in this way." Guan Ping smiled, "But I want two feet three inches long... Uh, I can also be longer, but I must ensure that there are no knots along the grain, straight and round at both ends. A chopstick, How about ten coins a stick?"

Everyone fell into a long silence.

Chopsticks that are two feet three inches long... who would use these for dinner?
After thinking for a long time, a middle-aged soldier finally stepped forward tremblingly, and said very respectfully:

"What I want with one step, shouldn't it be the shaft of the arrow?"

"I didn't say I want the shaft of the arrow, but looking at it this way, it does look similar to the shaft of the arrow, so it should be considered the shaft of the arrow!"

Guan Ping said, held up a handful of copper coins, smiled and said:
"I use money to buy wooden utensils from your hands, and you can use money to sell food to me in the future, wouldn't it be great?"

"Uh, why doesn't the general just use grain to buy it?"

Guan Ping laughed and said:

"If I mixed water and sand in the grain, wouldn't it be in vain to take advantage of you? The money is good copper, so you won't suffer if you use it."

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

Guan Ping also said that he couldn't stay in Xiangyang for too long, and he would return to Xiangyang to transport grain in a short time. If he had goods, he had to hurry up and prepare for a deal. If they didn't trade, they would go find someone else.

These soldiers of the Cao army had seen Cai Mao's extravagant spending before, and they didn't have much usable copper coins in their hands. If they gave up this opportunity, they might have to wait silently for the military rations that were deducted layer by layer.

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

Seeing the backs of everyone leaving in a hurry, Guan Ping's treacherous smile gradually disappeared, he 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 send a pension to Guan Ping——Chen Qun reported to Cao Cao that Yunshan, a righteous man from Xiangyang, attacked Guan Ping under his command yesterday, and the two sides launched a fierce water battle. Yunshan suffered heavy losses and was still desperate Fighting, and finally repelling Guan Ping, this prevented the fire from spreading.

As Cao Cao's staff, Chen Qun still had a good voice, and his fellow villager Xun You also helped Chen Qun speak, which made Cao Cao quickly believe that he really had a group of righteous men from Xiangyang under his command - that's what Le Jin said in his letter .

"The Prime Minister has decided to fight Liu Bei and Sun Quan within one month. When the time comes, there will be a time for Tan Zhi to make contributions. I will congratulate Tan Zhi in advance." Chen Qun beamed with joy, and casually told Guan Ping the news. He closed his eyes, and immediately added: "Don't tell others."

"A war this month? This is the middle of winter?"

"That's right." Chen Qun said confidently, "The prime minister has decided to make peace with Cai Mao, and within a month or so he will head east to fight Liu Bei. There is something I have to tell you. The prime minister hates Guan Ping deeply. The one who cut off Guanping's head was bestowed with a noble title and accepted as his son-in-law.

Hey, I don't have a chance, but Frank can fight as hard as he can, if you need anything, just come to me. "

Cai Hao is now extremely rampant, and Cao Cao actually wants to make peace with him. It seems that Cao Jun's life is really a bit sad.

"Humble, I really need to trouble Chen Canjun with something—I'm going back to Xiangyang in a few days, and I also ask General Chen to write a letter to prevent General Xu and General Le from pursuing my fault for losing food and grass."

Chen Qun laughed dumbfounded:

"What kind of fault is this? You didn't have much food in the first place, and it's a huge victory for you to come to Jiangling. I want to praise you in front of the prime minister, so why go back?"

"No, I must go back! General Le and General Xu entrusted me a lot. Although I am willing to be under Chen Canjun's command, I must not forget the righteousness of the two generals. I believe that the general does not want to have unbelievers under his command. Bar!"

These words really touched Chen Qun's mind.

He nodded silently and said no more, his eyes were a little complicated.

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

Chen Qun was once under Liu Bei's command. Although he had serious conflicts with Liu Bei's ideas and even disagreed with most of Liu Bei's ideas, the more he was like this, the more he respected Liu Bei's idealists.

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

"Hey, wasn't there a fire yesterday?"

"Yes."

"A lot of things were burned."

"Ah."

Chen Qun squeezed his chin:
"As long as you know."

Since ancient times, a fire in a granary has been a good omen, and everyone knows it.

Guan Ping and Chen Qun smiled at each other tacitly, and their impression of this great celebrity improved a bit.

Cao Cao is not a fool, but he can only take care of the general direction.

Everyone has their own emotions and will, 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 known to be good at managing his own family. I, Chen Qun, are doing it for the whole army. Is it wrong?

No matter how hard it is for those soldiers.

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

Yesterday's fire destroyed so many things that Guan Ping's men took a long time to move them with bare hands.

Although the stinky sweat was blown by the biting cold wind and it was uncomfortable, everyone's faces were still full of smiles.

Jiangling had a lot of savings. The pensions of the fallen soldiers and the grain and rice given by Chen Qun amounted to [-] shi. In addition, there were [-] bolts of linen, [-] bolts of silk, [-] bolts of plain silk, salt, dried meat, and pickled vegetables. There are five hundred stones in total, and these things are enough to load two boats.

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

He kept grain, rice, salt, dried meat and other foodstuffs, and traded all the remaining cloth and silk with Cai Mao.

Cai Mao didn't know why Guan Ping liked five baht coins so much. He obviously couldn't buy anything with a handful of money these days, but he was still very happy when someone helped him clean up five baht coins.

So he bought all the goods from Guan Ping at the affordable price of [-] yuan for linen, [-] yuan for silk, and [-] yuan for plain silk. These things are more useful in his army than five baht. If there are too many, it would be better to reward the subordinates.

The more Cai Mao saw Guan Ping, the more pleasing he was. He asked someone to bring enough copper coins overnight and send them to Guan Ping's army.

"Nephew, what are you going to do with this money... Hehe, forget it, don't ask, the old uncle won't ask. When there is such a thing in the future, you must think of the old uncle first."

"It is indispensable to ask uncle to help." Guan Ping smiled humbly, "If the younger generation's business is a bit messy, please forgive me, uncle."

"Hahahaha, I knew it."

If Guan Ping had nothing to ask Cai Mao, Cai Mao would feel uncomfortable. Hearing that Guan Ping had something to ask for, Cai Mao immediately stroked his beard happily.

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

"Don't dare to lie to uncle, my nephew wants to buy arrow shafts."

Cai Mao: ...

"Buy, buy what?"

"Arrow shaft."

There was a hint of panic in Cai Mao's eyes:
"No, you're crazy! You're crazy!"

"Hey, my uncle said that in the territory of Jingzhou, when the Haotian God came, he had to call Uncle God.

For such a trivial matter, treat it as a nephew's mischief, and thank you uncle. "

Cai Mao: ...

"You dare to do such a thing? There is no arrow in the battle on the river, do you want all the generals under my command to die?
No, the next time you transport food, you must go to zero! "

　Chopsticks in the Han Dynasty were called chopsticks, but for the convenience of writing, they were still called chopsticks, and everyone must know this.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)