Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 459 Banquet Discussion 1
After toasting each other, all the people in the hall happily chatted with the people around them. Gongsun Xu holding such a banquet is not only beneficial to Beijiang, all the representatives participating in the banquet are not only to have a good relationship with Beijiang. The Xinjiang army does business, and there are many business exchanges between them.For example, the grain business of the Mi family in Xuzhou is spread all over Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others have all purchased grain and grass from the Mi family in Xuzhou. Now that Lu Bu is stationed in Luoyang, he also needs to buy a lot of grain and grass.

Fortunately, before Lu Bu withdrew from Chang'an, he transferred out a large number of gold, silver and jewelry that he had obtained. This is mainly thanks to Dong Zhuo.The large amount of gold, silver and jewels that Dong Zhuo had amassed was seized by Lv Bu. Back then, because of conflicts with court officials, Lv Bu kept a lot of them privately. Now he has a lot of money, but other items such as food, weapons, armor, etc. Relatively lacking, this is the main reason why Lu Bu sent Zhang Liao to northern Xinjiang.

The reason why Lu Bu was in a hurry to buy a large amount of military supplies was because he knew that he could not stay near Luoyang for too long. Luoyang has a small population and has been destroyed by the war, so it is not suitable for stationing at all. If he finds a good place, I'm afraid he won't stay here.

Fortunately, Lu Bu had already contacted Gongsun Xu, and Gongsun Xu also agreed to find a piece of land, but there was a price for this.It is impossible for Gongsun Xu to do business at a loss. Now that Lu Bu has something to ask him, he has to take advantage of this opportunity to make a good profit.Although Lu Bu knew that Gongsun Xu was not a cheap lamp, he had no other choice.

It is good that Chang'an did not continue to send troops to chase him down, otherwise Lu Bu would not have dared to station his troops in Luoyang.Now that the Xiliang army controls Chang'an, they have not deployed their troops to the east of Chang'an for the time being, which gave Lu Bu a chance to breathe.

After about a stick of incense, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu came to the banquet after washing up. If they were beggars before, no one in the hall would doubt them, but now after the two bathed and washed, their appearances were different immediately. up.These two people are young heroes like dragons and phoenixes. In terms of appearance, they are definitely at the level of handsome men, especially Sun Ce's heroism, Zhou Yu's elegance, and their temperament. I am afraid that even if they walk on the street, they will attract women. Onlookers.

"Jiangdong Sun Ce, pay homage to the general." Sun Ce and Zhou Yu stepped forward to bow and bowed: "My two brothers were blocked by a villain on the road, which affected the schedule, so I came late. Please forgive me for the impoliteness. .”

"Hehe, it's fine if you come. There's nothing rude about it. Let's take a seat. We have to talk about business later." Gongsun continued with a smile: "Don't affect everyone's interest."

Sun Ce and the two nodded, stood up and looked around. Only then did they realize that there was no room for them to make in the hall. It turned out that because they arrived late, the servants who arranged the hall did not prepare their desks. Now it is okay to fill them up. But other people may not be willing to give up their positions. Besides, even if they make up for it now, they will have to be next to the gate. The better places are already occupied. Who would want to move away?

While the two were still looking for an open space, Gongsun Xu glanced at Ji Ling and Pang De and occasionally coughed. After Ji Ling understood, he immediately waved to Sun Ce and said, "Bo Fu, come to me. Location."

It happened that Ma Teng's envoys and Yuan Shu's envoys were next to each other, and Ma Chao hurriedly called Sun Ce over.

At this time, if you are more hypocritical, you will definitely be a fool. Sun Ce and Sun Ce thanked each other repeatedly, and then walked over here.

Ji Ling greeted Sun Ce to sit down and said, "You child, didn't you tell you to come to Huainan to join us? I waited for two days and didn't hear from you. I thought you wouldn't be able to come."

"Hehe, thank you uncle for your kindness. Something happened on the road, which delayed the trip and missed the time to meet uncle." Sun Ce glanced at Cai Mao in the distance intentionally or unintentionally, and said: "Later on the road, I met some Mao Thief, no news that he was bitten by a dog."

"Well, hey, it seems that you must have encountered a lot of things." Ji Ling comforted: "Let's go together when we go back, my lord has mentioned many times that I want to take you back, you must not be safe outside. "

"Then thank you very much, uncle. I'll do it first as a respect." After finishing speaking, Sun Ce raised his wine glass to toast, and after greeting the people around him for a while, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu began to eat, as if they hadn't seen each other for many days Zhou Yu was okay after eating, and he still paid attention to his image, but Sun Ce was different. He ate meat and drank heavily, and ate up the five catties of beef and other food on the table in a short while. This posture, pure A hungry ghost reincarnated.

Gongsun Xu just glanced at Sun Ce, and it is not suitable to say anything in this environment. Anyway, Sun Ce is still alive and well. Although he has suffered a lot during this period, Sun Ce looks more stable and mature now. There is also a sophisticated look on his face.After all, people who have experienced storms will not be defeated so easily.

The singer withdrew after she finished performing her dance. After the musicians also left, everyone stopped their movements one after another, because they had already seen that Gongsun Xu was about to start talking about business, which was what everyone expected. As for They still have a lot of time to deal with the private communication and business dealings between the various representatives. It is better to focus on the transaction with the Northern Xinjiang Army now.

"I am very grateful to all of you for coming to Northern Xinjiang. Let me offer you a glass of wine first." Gongsun Xu raised his glass and said, "No matter what, I wish us a happy cooperation."

Everyone raised their glasses of wine to salute Gongsun Xu. After they understood this opening sentence, it was time to talk about business.

"Thanks to everyone's support, our Northern Frontier Army was able to take Hetao within half a year." Gongsun Xu put down his wine glass and said, "There is no trace of the Huns in the south of the Great Wall. My big Han cavalry galloped on the grassland again, and all the barbarians were frightened.

The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan and those countless grassland nomadic tribes used to call themselves the proud sons of heaven.Before autumn, these barbarians sent troops south to plunder the northern border of our Han Dynasty.For many years, the Han people in my northern Xinjiang have been in dire straits, and the arrogance of the Hu people is not without arrogance. I, a descendant of the Han family, have been suppressed for many years.

Fortunately, the blood of my Han family is still there. During the Warring States period, there were famous generals such as Li Mu who guarded the frontier and rejected the Hu people in the north. Qin had a general Meng Tian who drove the Huns for seven hundred miles and took Hetao to shake the grassland. My big man also had Wei Huo The second general led troops across the grasslands, and rode iron cavalry across the desert, beating the Xiongnu so far that they dared not look south.

However, the danger of the Hu people is always there, and the Hu people will not die if I am a big man. I wait for the children of the Han family to step on the horse and carry the guns, so that these ignorant invaders will know how powerful the children of the Han family are. "

"The general is so proud." Zhang Liao raised his glass and said, "I think I, Zhang Liao, was born in Yanmen and grew up in Yanmen. I knew the harm of Hu people since I was a child, but I have been in the army for many years but I can't go north to kill Hu. It is a great pity. Now that I have left home with many brothers, I am afraid that I will no longer be able to protect the elders of Yanmen. With this glass of wine, I respect the general on behalf of the brothers. Thank you, the general, for driving out the Han people in the frontier and defending the peace."

Gongsun Xu picked up his wine glass and laughed loudly: "The land of Bingzhou has never been short of brave fighters. Brother Wen Yuan has the talent of a general, and he should do his best to defend the frontier of the Han Dynasty. Marquis Lu Wen is also from Bingzhou, and there are also Bingzhou wolves. Qi, that is also a resounding and strong army, wouldn't it be great if we could join forces to expel the barbarians."

Before Zhang Liao refused, Gongsun Xu continued: "You all know that war horses are expensive, but you should also know that the war horses of our northern border army are hard-won. It is really not easy to raise war horses to defend against the enemy's invasion of northern Xinjiang, and to prevent the harassment of us by the Hu people.

I am afraid that most of the people here have the intention to buy war horses. If anyone can go to northern Xinjiang with me to resist the invading enemy next time the barbarians invade, I will accept the war horses, cattle and sheep looted by the friendly army from the enemy. All the supplies are owned by the friendly army. Our Northern Xinjiang Army welcomes such friendly troops to cooperate with us. "

As soon as these words were said, some of the people present were puzzled, some were surprised, and some were excited.

For example, the eyes of Ma Chao, Zhang Liao and others were already bright, as if they had found some treasure.

In Ma Chao's view, it is a good thing to cooperate with the northern border army to attack those disobedient nomadic tribes on the grassland. He can strengthen cooperation with the northern border army and seize a lot of supplies, especially cattle, sheep and horses. , This is much better than staying in Xiliang.

And Zhang Liao not only saw supplies such as cattle, sheep and horses, but also saw that he could take this opportunity to train cavalry, improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry, and cultivate the bloodiness of the soldiers to charge forward.In this way, as long as there are many battles, a strong army will appear.Zhang Liao had long been envious of the training methods of the Northern Frontier Army. All the heroes were fought and survived the battlefield.

Soldiers who can't go to the battlefield or whose legs tremble when they go to the battlefield are definitely bear soldiers. Such soldiers are purely sent to die.Zhang Liao also had a certain opinion on military training. In his opinion, no matter how good the recruits were in training, they were not as good as ordinary veterans when they went to the battlefield. Those who survived the battlefield would not have the unique skills to save their lives.

Of course, there are also many people who think that this is thankless, and they may end up making wedding dresses for the Northern Xinjiang Army. Don't work hard for a long time, but in the end they just let the Northern Xinjiang Army take advantage of it for nothing.

Everything has two sides. Everyone has a different view, and they have different starting points for thinking about problems. Zhang Liao is already thinking about whether to discuss the details of specific cooperation with Gongsun Xu, while Ma Chao intends to use his brother-in-law to facilitate this. Even Ji Ling is now thinking about how great it would be to have such an opportunity to train his own cavalry.

Yuan Shu has about [-] cavalry under his command, but only less than [-] have actually been on the battlefield. Compared with the ordinary cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army, they are all inferior, let alone the first-class cavalry like the Huben Army and the Frontier Army. Compared with the strong army, Ji Ling felt that he had to go back and talk to the lord carefully.There are still opportunities for such cooperation.

When Gongsun Xu said this, he already expressed an attitude. What others will do next depends on how they treat this matter. This is no longer in Gongsun Xu's consideration.

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