Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

When Gan Ning came back, Zhou Yu felt terrible after seeing the bill from the grain store in the city.

Zhou Yu looked at Gan Ning with anger.

"Is Liu Bei a pig? He eats so much food in one day. This food is enough to feed an army of 10,000 for half a month. What on earth did you do?"

Gan Ning told Zhou Yu everything that happened today.

When Zhou Yu heard this, his face turned red with anger. He sat down on the chair, gasping for breath.

"Liu Bei is really good at this. He is using our money to buy his favor. How shameless."

"Grand Commander, what should we do? Are we just going to watch?"

Zhou Yu did not say anything, but tried to calm himself down. After a long time, Zhou Yu finally suppressed his anger.

"Forget it. I want to see what else Liu Bei can do now that he has done this. He should pay the grain merchants. However, since they bought so much grain at one time, we have to give them a lower price no matter what. We can't let people treat us like fools."

"Yes."

Just when Zhou Yu and Gan Ning were sure that Gu Rubing would not cause any trouble.

Early the next morning.

Gu Rubing's behavior completely refreshed Gan Ning's understanding of the word shameless.

Several people arrived at the cloth shop early in the morning.

Gu Rubing simply waved his hand and bought all the cloth in the cloth shop. He also bought all the cloth in the city. He still did not keep any for himself and distributed all the cloth to the people in the city.

Gan Ning looked at Gu Rubing's behavior with a grim face. In his heart, he had already cursed Liu Bei's ancestors for eighteen generations, of course, even the emperor was no exception.

When Zhou Yu saw the bill that night, he was so angry that he smashed the chair next to him into pieces.

"Liu Bei, you beast, I want to see what else you can do. Now the whole city has run out of food and cloth, what else can you buy?"

Soon, on the third day, Gu Rubing showed Zhou Yu through his actions what else he could buy.

Gu Rubing bought up all the meat in the city and distributed it to all the people on the spot.

Zhou Yu was so angry that his legs went weak and he slumped in his chair.

"Grand Commander, we can't go on. Now all the rice, flour, meat, and cloth in the city are in the hands of the people. We have spent hundreds of thousands of gold in the past few days. How are we going to treat our lord when he comes back?"

"How can I know how to explain myself? What can I do when I encounter this beast Liu Bei?"

"Forget it, let's not go see Liu Bei tomorrow. Without us accompanying him, he will have to pay for everything he buys. I want to see if he can carry that much money with him."

Late at night, Gu Rubing sat in a chair, still thinking about what to buy tomorrow.

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong came to Gu Rubing's room at this time.

"My Lord, we have spent a lot of money on Sun Jian these past few days. We have received news that Zhou Yu paid much cheaper prices to those merchants when he settled the bills."

"Oh? A discount? That won't do. I told you not to give a discount at the beginning."

"Discount?"

"Ah, it's cheap. Go and contact those merchants secretly. In a couple of days, have them unite everyone and go to the palace to cause trouble. They will say that the money they gave is not enough. I told them to buy it at the original price."

"Yes!"

Zhao Yun smiled and nodded, but looked at Gu Rubing with some worry.

"My lord, are we going too far? If Zhou Yu and his men get desperate, this is their territory after all. If they start a fight, we worry about your safety..."

"Don't worry, Sun Jian doesn't dare to attack me, and he won't attack me. If Sun Jian dares to attack me, then his reign as a local emperor will be over."

"All right!"

Seeing Gu Rubing so confident, Zhao Yun didn't know what to say and left the room with Huang Zhong.

Early the next morning.

Gu Rubing had packed everything up early.

As a result, after waiting for a whole morning, Gan Ning still didn't come to see him.

Without Gan Ning, how could those merchants listen to me? Wouldn't I have to pay them?

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing immediately asked Zhao Yun to find Gan Ning.

We finally found Gan Ning, but he made excuses, saying that he had something to do and couldn't come today.

In desperation, Gu Rubing had to give up the joy of shopping.

The five days are up.

Zhou Yu also came to Gu Rubing as promised.

"King Lie, I'm sorry, our lord hasn't come back yet. It seems that there was a flood where the lord is. You know it rains a lot here. I'm afraid we need to wait until the water level drops and the mud and sand dry up before we can come back. After all, the safety of the lord is related to the safety of the entire Anluo Empire and cannot be taken lightly."

"Okay, I'm not in a hurry."

Not long after Zhou Yu left, Gu Rubing called Zhao Yun over.

"Zilong, go and unite those merchants and tell them to go to the palace gate to make trouble early tomorrow morning. It's time to start now."

Zhao Yun immediately smiled and nodded.

Through these few days, Zhao Yun discovered that if anyone messed with his lord, it would be his lifelong nightmare.

No matter what time it is, there is no peace.

Early the next morning.

Zhou Yu was still sleeping when he heard someone banging on his door frantically.

He opened the door with dissatisfaction and found Gan Ning standing at the door.

"Governor, something terrible has happened. The merchants have gathered together and said that we paid too little. Liu Bei told us to pay the normal price and not less."

"what?"

When Zhou Yu heard this, he guessed that this was the work of Gu Rubing.

"Liu Bei, damn it."

Zhou Yu immediately put on his clothes and came to the gate of the palace.

"Everyone, calm down. When I gave you the money, didn't you all agree? Why do you all disagree now?"

However, Zhou Yu's words were drowned out by the voices of those present, and no one could hear what Zhou Yu said.

Gu Rubing, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong mixed in the crowd and watched the excitement quietly.

A merchant was swinging his arms excitedly and accidentally hit a guard who was maintaining order nearby.

The guard thought someone was attacking him, so he turned around and stabbed the merchant with the knife in his hand.

Gu Rubing saw all of this. He did not expect that a simple protest would result in a loss of life. Zhou Yu also did not expect that someone would actually be killed.

When the merchants saw the body, they were in complete chaos.

As the merchants became more and more confused, the guards gradually became unable to hold on and soon some of them accidentally injured several merchants.

Looking at the merchants lying in a pool of blood, everyone fell silent and just stood there quietly.

When Gu Rubing saw this scene, his face turned gloomy and he walked over with Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong.

"Liu Bei, are you satisfied?"

Zhou Yu looked at Gu Rubing in front of him and said these words through gritted teeth.

"Humph, you guys are really good at this. Soldiers can kill civilians at will. Is this what Sun Jian taught you?"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he nodded at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun went straight to the soldiers who had taken action and slapped each of them.

These ordinary soldiers were no match for Zhao Yun, and could not withstand his strength.

Those who were beaten fainted on the ground.

Just as Zhao Yun was about to draw his sword to kill these men, Gan Ning immediately stepped forward and blocked Zhao Yun.

"Just hit them a few times. There's no need to kill them."

“They killed the people.”

“Those are our people too.”

However, just as they were talking, Huang Zhong suddenly took action and shot the soldiers to death with arrows.

Zhou Yu couldn't stand it anymore when he saw this. He pointed at Gu Rubing and shouted, "King Lie, you are too presumptuous. This is our Anluo Empire, not the Han Dynasty. It's not your turn to act recklessly here."

"Haha, I call this reckless?"

Zhou Yu was stunned by what Gu Rubing said.

Yes, if they attack the civilians, even after that, these soldiers will surely die. But no matter what, these people cannot die at the hands of Gu Rubing.

"Okay, Zhou Yu, I don't want to say anything either. Let Sun Jian come out to see me."

"I'm sorry, King Lie, but the lord hasn't come back yet."

"Really? I'll make him come out to see me."

After saying this, Gu Rubing waved his hand, and Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, grabbing the body of a soldier in each hand, turned around and left.

Zhou Yu didn't know what Gu Rubing was going to do, but looking at his expression, he knew that what Gu Rubing was going to do would definitely be something big.

As expected, Gu Rubing took these corpses and went directly to the city wall. He wrote the actions of these soldiers on a piece of cloth, and then dropped these corpses directly on the city wall. The white cloth was spread on top of the corpses.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yu immediately ordered his men to go up to the city wall and take down the body, but they were stopped by Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong.

"Zhou Yu, you don't know how to manage soldiers, so I will help you. As a soldier, killing civilians at will is a capital crime. I am giving you and Sun Jian face by not killing all your clans. I will keep these bodies hanging until Sun Jian comes back."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu immediately turned around and left, and at the same time a letter was delivered by a soldier.

Gu Rubing, who was sitting on the city wall, naturally saw the soldier leaving. He could also guess where the soldier was going, but Gu Rubing had no intention of following him. He wanted to force Sun Jian to stand up himself.

Deep in the woods outside the city.

Inside a thatched house.

Sun Jian and Sun Ce were lying leisurely in the thatched hut, looking at the night sky.

At this time, a messenger came running over and handed him a letter.

After Sun Jian opened the letter, he saw that it was full of Zhou Yu's accusations against Gu Rubing and what Gu Rubing had done.

When Sun Jian saw that Gu Rubing actually hung someone on the city wall, he could no longer sit still. If someone made a big deal out of this, there would be public resentment.

Soon, Sun Jian and Sun Ce hurried into the city.

Late at night, Gu Rubing saw several people riding horses rushing to the city gate.

After seeing who was coming, Gu Rubing laughed out loud.

"Hey, isn't this the King of Wu? Where have you been? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"King Lie, I went out to inspect the border, but something unexpected happened and I came back a few days late. I heard that there was some trouble in the city, but fortunately King Lie was here to help me solve it. I have to thank King Lie a lot, but don't leave the bodies of these people hanging here. Don't worry, I will give condolence money to the families of the people who lost their lives."

Seeing that the real owner had returned, Gu Rubing naturally didn't bother to make a fuss about these corpses.

After slashing the rope tied to the body with a knife, the body fell directly to the ground.

Soon, Gu Rubing and Sun Jian returned to the palace.

"King Lie, I wonder what brings you here?"

"Haha, the King of Wu is really a forgetful person. Could it be that the King of Wu has forgotten so quickly that you helped Shi Xie take over my Youzhou?"

"what?"

Sun Jian pretended to be surprised and looked at Gu Rubing.

"King Lie, what are you talking about? Shi Xie did run away from me, and he took his wealth with him, but I didn't do anything to help Shi Xie. All the wealth belonged to Shi Xie. He ran away secretly. When I found him, I asked Lu Xun to chase him, but he didn't catch up."

"Let Lu Xun go after him? King Wu, do you think I'm a fool? I believe everything you say? You have two legendary generals. Who can you catch? You don't use the legendary generals, but choose a famous general to chase him. Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? Also, you don't have to say it has nothing to do with you. I have received intelligence that a batch of grain and grass has been transported to Shi Xie's Youzhou, and this grain and grass was sent from your Anluo Empire. How do you explain this?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian hesitated for a moment. Although he thought that Gu Rubing would ask this question, this matter was hard to explain, otherwise he would not have to hide away.

"King Lie, just tell me what you want to do."

"It seems that the King of Wu is too lazy to explain. That's fine. We are all smart people. I will speak frankly. Since you have done something wrong, you will naturally be punished."

Upon hearing about the punishment, Sun Jian immediately said, "The 2 million grains and fodder I promised you have already been delivered. Isn't this a punishment?"

"Two million in exchange for Youzhou and the trust of an ally. Don't you feel that you are losing out, King Wu?"

"Then what do you mean?"

"I want you to send troops to help me take back Youzhou."

"impossible."

Sun Jian immediately shook his head.

I funded Shi Xie, but now I have to defeat him. What am I doing? Playing? Shooting myself in the foot?

"In this case, it seems that there is no more room for negotiation. In this case, I will take back Kuaiji County. Our alliance will be completely over."

"You want to open up a fourth battlefield?"

"I don't have the ability to open up a fourth battlefield. I will choose to give up three states in exchange for my time, and then use this time to destroy your Anluo Empire. By then, won't I have everything? Population, territory, food, I have everything, don't I?" (End of this chapter)