Since Gongsun Zhan has asked for himself, 50,000 cattle, he agreed to give it to himself without discount, but attached a condition of salt, who doesn't know that he will use the 100,000 stone of salt to go to the grassland in exchange for more cattle and sheep? Now the price ratio of salt and cattle and sheep in the grassland is that twenty catties of good salt can be exchanged for a cow, that is to say, including various expenses, the price paid by his grandson Zhan for each ox is only a mere 200 yuan, and this kind of trade is simply a lot of money.

Lu Peng thought of these in his heart, but said to Liu Bei: "If I promise him 100,000 stone salt, then he must give me 100,000 cattle, and he must deliver me 50,000 cattle in the near future, and he will never bargain." ”

Liu Bei had no choice but to say goodbye, and ran back to Gongsun Zan again in a hurry, saying Lu Peng's additional conditions. Gongsun Chan also has no choice, although Lu Peng let go of the official sale of salt, but it is still in the hands of Lu Peng, he has a state and a half counties, and a vast grassland Xianbei salt demand, that is an astronomical number, if he can control a large part of the salt trade, then his finances will be easily solved, Xianbei can also be appeased, in fact, this is also a win-win situation.

So Gongsun Zhan gritted his teeth and agreed to this condition, and urgently searched all the scalpers that could be scavenged within his sphere of influence, which was escorted by Liu Bei and delivered to Lu Peng's hands.

After receiving 50,000 cattle, in front of Liu Bei, he immediately issued an order to Zhao Quan, the secretary of his military department, to immediately disband 250,000 of the 300,000 troops under his control, and let them carry out military cantonment and spring ploughing.

Zhao Quan solemnly carried out the order, came to the outside of the hall, and announced this peaceful disarmament order to the air, and Mi Zhu also showed joy.

Liu Bei quietly calculated the distribution of Lü Peng's remaining 50,000 troops - Lü Peng needed an army to guard against Gongsun Du in the east, and an army to guard against the Wuhuan people in the north, and Yuan Shao in the south, plus the people in charge of public security in various places, these 50,000 people would no longer be able to draw an army with combat effectiveness to face Gongsun Zhan.

After Gongsun Zhan got this exact news, he immediately reorganized the army, and killed Yuan Shao in Yizhou with great momentum, and when he left, he did not forget to tell Liu Bei that he must often come to Lu Peng's place, closely monitor Lu Peng's every move, and if Lu Peng has any abnormal movements, he must notify himself in time.

Liu Bei was also conscientious, and simply handed over Fengyuankou to his third brother to take care of, and he ran directly to Lu Peng's side, eating and drinking, and doing the responsibility of monitoring at any time.

Of course, Lu Peng understood Liu Bei's thoughts, so he simply rode a horse and took Liu Bei to wander around in his territory, check the situation of spring sowing, and supervise the people's farming.

On this day, resting in one place, Lu Peng saw Liu Bei's reassuring smile, and he understood that he understood himself thoroughly, and indeed had no intention of sending troops, and the expressions of both sides became calm. So, in a field, looking at the land full of fresh soil and sturdy cultivation, Lu Peng suddenly asked Liu Bei a question.

"Xuande Gong thinks that this time my father-in-law, Lao Taishan, can win in this battle with Yuan Shao?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lu Peng was starting to move, and his face was not very good-looking.

Lu Peng explained with a smile: "Xuande Gong misunderstood, for the issue of sending troops, you can rest assured, the plan of the year lies in the spring, this is the most critical thing, don't say that I take the initiative to send troops to fight, even if there is an invasion of outsiders, I will try my best to compromise, and I must ensure the smooth completion of spring ploughing and production, so that I can really take revenge and complain about injustice in the future." ”

After receiving such an explanation from Lu Peng, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. is really compassionate, great wisdom, and long-term insight, as long as the spring plowing is completed, the autumn harvest must be rich, rest with the people, rest with the army." When autumn comes, when the grain and grass are abundant, what the sword points to will be invincible, so why care about this time. ”

Lu Peng nodded, agreeing with Liu Bei's analysis and thoughts, "Xuan Degong hasn't answered the question I just said. ”

After thinking carefully for a while, Liu Bei analyzed to Lu Peng: "Yuan Shao has newly won Yizhou, and his name is not right, and he is even more scared to death by Han Fu, which makes everyone in the original Yizhou Han Fu line resentful, and people's hearts must be unstable. ”

Lu Peng smiled and nodded, but shook his head again.

"Am I not right?" Liu Bei humbly asked for advice.

Lu Peng sat on the field, then patted his side and asked Liu Bei to sit beside him. Liu Bei sat down naturally, and the two of them faced the vibrant wilderness and began a heart-to-heart conversation.

"Xuande Gong thinks that Yuan Shao has many shortcomings, but why don't you say that my old man has more problems?"

Liu Bei opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

"It's inconvenient for you to say it, then I'll say it, although I accuse the elders of being disrespectful, but I'm just talking about things, let's discuss it."

Liu Bei nodded silently and did not interrupt Lu Peng's words.

"I don't think the same as you, in fact, as a person who stands on a strategic height, I have to realistically evaluate all the enemies we face-heroes."

Liu Bei had already heard half of Lu Peng's broken sentence, as a smart person, so Liu Bei still didn't say anything, still waiting for Lu Peng to say it.

Lu Peng sighed, in fact, some things are point-to-point, and it is not good to talk too much, so he suddenly changed the topic: "In case Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao have a fight this time, then how should you deal with Xuande Gong?" Lu Peng suddenly asked an inexplicable question.

Liu Bei looked at the vast wilderness and thought deeply, but he was indeed confused. Since starting with Zhang Fei, he has been working hard for five or six years, although he has great ambitions, he can only run under the roof of others, watching others soar step by step, but he is still poor, how can he be willing?

But the current situation is like this, no matter how big your ambition is in your heart, it is the dragon you lie down first, the tiger you lie down first, you can only look at others, high-rise buildings are gradually built, such as this Lu Peng next to you, but what can it be? As the so-called fate of the time, it is also helpless.

Lu Peng turned his head and looked at the down-and-out Liu Bei now, at this time, a historical traveler knew the reason for the other party's fate, and had to have a choice.

The first option is to pick up a brick and smash him to death while the overlord of one of the future Three Kingdoms is still around and has no defense, and another option is to teach him a little wisdom and let him still go on according to his fate.