Sun Ce soon received news from Jiang Gan that Zhang Miao was willing to trade, especially interested in weapons. He planned to buy 1,000 ring-headed knives first, and each one cost 2,000. On the day of arrival, 20,000 stone of grain can be delivered.

Sun Ce was very satisfied. It seems that Zhang Miao is really under pressure, and he needs better weapons to give himself courage. Ordinary four-foot ring knives are only four or five hundred yuan a piece, and the best hundred refining knives can be sold for more than a thousand, Zhang Miao is at a high price, but the price of grain for one hundred yuan and one stone is definitely a conscience price. At the best of the year, the price of grain was still about 80, and that was more than ten years ago. Now that there are many natural and man-made disasters, how can there be such a low price of grain, four or five hundred is normal, and tens of thousands are not uncommon.

It can be seen that selling arms is definitely a big business, and it is also a wise decision to let Huang Chengyan control the Nanyang Iron Official. In just half a year, Huang Chengyan has carried out two technical upgrades and eliminated a lot of old equipment, and this time it was sold to Zhang Miao that was the latest batch of eliminated ones, which had just been built and had no formal equipment.

20,000 stone grain, saving some food, should allow the Tuntian soldiers led by Feng Fang to eat the autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest, the food shortage was further alleviated, and as long as the planning was done properly, the Tuntian soldiers would be self-sufficient next year, and there would be no need for Yingchuan blood transfusion. In the following years, they will be able to provide food, turning from pure consumers to producers.

Tuntian is a big plan, but the initial investment is also very large, and tens of thousands of people are not a small amount of food and clothing, especially for people like Sun Ce who do not have the support of the family. After the tuntian fields in Xuxian and Dangshan are done well, they will not only be able to provide military rations for the Suishui defense line, but will also be able to provide experience and early investment for the tuntian fields in the south of the Yangtze River in the future, forming a virtuous circle.

Sun Ce agreed to Zhang Miao's request and immediately arranged for the shipment. The 1,000 knives were loaded in several carts with them. The reason why it is 1,000 is because Huang Chengyan tried to produce 5,000 at that time, 4,000 were equipped with the pro-guard battalion, and 1,000 were in stock. After the third-generation new knives came out, the 4,000 people who were redressed and removed from the guard battalion were transferred to other battalions, and the 1,000 unused new knives were sold to Zhang Miao. There are only so many, and Zhang Miao doesn't want to buy more.

Zhang Miao is a rich financier, and if he buys a knife, he will have to buy armor and other weapons and equipment in the future, so his service attitude must be good.

Because he wanted to receive grain, Sun Ce handed over this task to Feng Fang and asked him to rush to trade with thousands of Tuntian soldiers. Feng Fang was very happy, and he was rarely proactive, quickly gathered all the men and horses, and rushed to the border of the two counties with a thousand knives.

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Yuan Tan came to Chenliu, accompanied by not only Cao Ang, but also Liu Biao and Bian Rang and other celebrities.

Zhang Miao still didn't go out of the city, but just asked his younger brother Zhang Chaocheng to meet Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan and Zhang Chao met and had a very happy conversation, especially Zhang Chao's former official Guangling Zang Hong. He told Zhang Chao that Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Zang Hong and had appointed Zang Hong as the Taishou of Bohai.

Zhang Chao was still smiling on his face, but he began to curse in his heart. Zang Hong is his Gongcao who is too punctual in Guangling, and he is also the initiator and main member of the Sour Jujube Alliance, and his reputation is very high. He originally arranged for Zang Hong to go to Youzhou to contact Liu Yu, but now he was intercepted by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was simply too much. However, he is also a person who has seen the world, and while praising Zang Hong as a loyal and righteous person, sooner or later he will be famous all over the world, and he is just doing his duty. On the one hand, he praised Yuan Shao for knowing how to make good use of people, not only for Zang Hong, but also for Yuan Tan. Yuan envoy Jun came to Yanzhou, relieved the people of Yanzhou in the upside down, peace is just around the corner, our brothers are waiting to see the envoy chase the death to the north, and stabilize Yanzhou.

Yuan Tan was modest on his lips, but he was very uncomfortable in his heart. He has already arrived in Chenliu, and Zhang Miao has not shown up, so that's all. Listening to Zhang Chao's words, not only did they not mean to help him fight, but they also had the idea of watching his jokes. Yuan Shao knows how to make good use of people, I chase the death and chase the north, if I don't fight well, will I lose my father's face?

Yuan Tan glanced at his eyes and spoke. "Zhong Zhuo, Yuan Yuanjun first came to Chenzhou, all kinds of waste to be revived, Zhixian Kunzhong is an old acquaintance of the alliance leader, entrusted as a confidant, so he is not far away, rushed to Chen Liu to ask for advice, sincerity is commendable. At this critical time, Xian Kunzhong should do his best as a friend and a caring heart, and it is not appropriate to follow the demeanor of a celebrity. ”

Zhang Chao had already prepared and bowed very politely. "What Boon Lai said is very true. My brother was stupid, but he didn't dare to hold it up. The brother is not self-assured, and he refuses to come out to greet him, so he really can't get out of it. Although Yanzhou is critical, there are alliance leaders who are thousands of miles away, Zhu Ling and Liu Bei are minions, and Wenli, Jingsheng and others are wings. My brother is not talented, he is cautious and does his duty. ”

Liu Biao couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed: "Zhong Zhuo, what is Meng Zhuo busy with?" ”

Liu Biao and Zhang Miao are good friends, they met when He entered the General's Mansion, and they are both Yuan Shao's key passes, and they have a good relationship. Yuan Tan dragged him to Chenliu, just to use his friendship with Zhang Miao to mediate. Now that he has arrived outside the city, Zhang Miao does not show up, of course he is not happy.

Zhang Chao was not in a hurry. "Jingsheng doesn't know, Sun Cetun soldiers in Xu County, friends and enemies are unknown, and my brother is afraid of changes, so he has gathered men and horses and gone to be on guard."

Yuan Tan and the others had different expressions when they landed.

When Liu Biao heard the word Sun Ce, his heart trembled, and he calmly swept away. A few months ago, he had just been driven out of Xiangyang by Sun Ce, and his memory was still fresh. Returning to Shanyang's hometown can't escape Sun Ce's shadow. Not long ago, Sun Ce broke Liu Bei in Xiao County, Liu Bei was almost wiped out, and when he retreated to Shanyang, he also heard the news. When Yuan Tan entered Yanzhou, he rushed to assist, but he didn't expect Sun Ce's ghost to linger, and he actually followed Chen Liu.

Bian Rang also closed his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while. Zhang Miao's hostility was very clear, and Sun Ce was watching from the sidelines, with the intention of meeting Yuan Tan's sword soldiers. He is Chen Liuren, and it is not appropriate to rush to show his attitude at this time, otherwise Zhang Miao may use the excuse to attack his side family.

Yuan Tan had a different mind. Zhang Chao said it very politely, but there was a needle hidden in the cotton, and the meaning of the threat was very clear. Whether Sun Ce is in Xu County or not, no one knows, but Zhang Miao has already gathered men and horses and is ready to fight, whether it is Zhu Linglai or Yuan Tanlai, he doesn't care, Chen Liu is his, whoever wants to take Chen Liu, he will fight with whom.

Zhang Miao's resoluteness surprised Yuan Tan. Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao were originally good friends, even if they had a quarrel, they were also gentlemen's friends, how could it have developed to this point, could it have happened in the middle that he didn't know? Zhang Miao was ready to fight, but he had no such plans. When he first entered Yanzhou, he still needed Zhang Miao's support, how could he tear his face with Zhang Miao first.

What exactly does father mean? Yuan Tan was suspicious.

Seeing that Yuan Tan and the others were speechless, Zhang Chao waved his hand and asked his entourage to take a knife. He took the knife and sent it to Yuan Tan with both hands. "Let you come from afar, there is nothing to give, a new knife, please make you smile. May this sword help the general to capture the flag and expel the Yellow Turban. ”

Yuan Tan glanced at the new knife, but did not reach out to take it. The knife is an ordinary ring-headed knife, which is very inconspicuous. He didn't quite understand, and was even a little angry, the Zhang family brother is not a stingy person, how could he take such an ordinary war knife as a gift, is this looking down on me?

Seeing that Yuan Tan didn't move, Liu Biao had to reach out and take it, and said in a joking tone while pulling out the knife: "It seems that the name of the eight chefs is going to be replaced, so that Jun came to ask for help, Zhang Mengzhuo avoided it, only this ring knife is a mouthful, it is inevitable to ......" Halfway through the words, Liu Biao's face suddenly changed. "This ...... Where did this knife come from? ”