Zhang Xianzhong made a request and set a price, but Shan Xiongxin was slow to express his position.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but ask, "Okay?" ”

After a while, Shan Xiongxin finally spoke. "Okay. But the price is increased by 30%, and the delivery is made in three months. ”

Zhang Xianzhong pouted. "Lao Dan, it's too ruthless, isn't it?"

"It's not that I'm always ruthless, it's that you're too ruthless. Such a large amount, I don't need you to say it, I also know that it is the official family who wants the goods. There are rules for refining black goods, and they are not allowed to sell them to officials. ”

"I know, it's easy to get, and I won't come to you. It's just that adding three percent is too high. ”

Shan Xiongxin smiled slightly. "The Eight Kings have lifted me up. And the state needs to be dotted, and the ground in Hanzhong is more tightly stuck and needs to be dotted. Jiangyou and Mianyang all the way also need to be dotted. Adding 30% of the money is not enough at all, and I have to take 10% of it myself. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "You don't have to worry about the affairs of Jiangyou and Mianyang ground. You just have to take the goods out of Hanzhong and deliver them at Baishuiguan in Guanghan County. Add three percent, yes, but the delivery period is two months. ”

"Two months? No way! ”

Zhang Xianzhong squinted at Shan Xiongxin and smiled shrewdly. "Lao Dan, you don't have to fool me. Since you can make black goods, you must not go to Yanmen to get the goods. ”

"Hehe, you can't hide anything from the Eight Kings. Good! Two months, Baishuiguan delivered. However, I always have a rule, only gold, not money. ”

Zhang Xianzhong lit up the big golden ball in his hand. "Well said!"

The two laughed.

"The Eight Kings have sent me a big deal today, let's go, I'll invite you to eat and drink, and a new wine shop will open in the city, which is very good."

"Huh!" Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand disdainfully. "This Nan Zheng was made like a Taoist temple by Zhang Laodao, how can he have fun. Let's go, go to Chuyang, which is loose, it's easy to play tight, I'll show you. ”

After speaking, pull up Shan Xiongxin. Bring a few companions and drive to the west of Nanzheng.

……

Outside the city of Chuyang, a courtyard.

Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates opened the door and whispered a few words. The people inside hurriedly let Zhang Xianzhong, Shan Xiongxin and his party in. Then the door was closed.

This courtyard, which is inconspicuous from the outside, enters the inside, turns left and turns, and enters the cave built by the mountain. But there is no other cave.

In the cave, the décor is simple.

The bluestone is the table, and the stone platform is the couch. On the couch, there are several black and yellow tiger skins, and the middle two are black and white panda skins.

"I'll invite you to sit down today."

Zhang Xianzhong put Shan Xiongxin on the panda skin, everyone sat down, some people clapped their hands, and more than a dozen girls. Walked in, lined up, each wrapped in a wide robe.

Shan Xiongxin has done a lot of things and has seen the world. To be honest, these goods may not catch up with the girls in Hedong.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled at Shan Xiongxin. "Let's pick two." After speaking, he clapped his hands.

Shan Xiongxin only felt that the snow was white in front of him!

More than a dozen girls took off their robes together, and there were no wisps inside! Naked and naked, waiting for guests to choose.

"How...... "How" Zhang Xianzhong laughed at Shan Xiongxin: "How." You still have to play tricks, right? ”

Rao is a character like Shan Xiongxin, and he can't help but feel his heart beat faster. "Not bad!"

And several of Shan Xiongxin's younger brothers, Ren Jie, Wang Guan, etc., joined the army. There is no chance to spend all day and wine, it is the year of blood and qi, how can I stand this picture, if it is not for the presence of the big heads, I must have sprayed nosebleeds and rushed straight up......

……

Homing pigeon. Fly to Luoyang.

Wu Yong got Shan Xiongxin's information and immediately came to see Liu Mang.

"My lord, Yizhou buys a lot of iron, and specifies the iron from the iron mine. For details, Lao Shan then sent someone to explain in detail. ”

Liu Mang read the information written in the secret language, and he was happy and worried.

Fortunately, Shan Xiongxin came into contact with the core affairs of Yizhou so quickly. What is worrying is that when Yizhou buys iron, it must upgrade its armaments.

"Reply to the old order. You can open the Yizhou situation with iron, but you have to control the quantity. ”

"Good. Lord, here is the information from Jizhou. ”

Liu Mang took it, looked at it, and frowned.

"My lord, recent intelligence shows that after Yuan Shao conquered Youzhou, he returned to the south and did not return to his respective defense areas, but gathered in the southern area of Julu to rest."

"What?"

Liu Mang hurriedly walked to the map.

After the war, the combat establishment was still maintained, could it be that Yuan Shao was going to war again?

Julu is located in the central part of Jizhou. The location of the Jizhou army's assembly was facing Jinwei County in the south and the Jinqing River in the east.

What is Yuan Shao's purpose?

Immediately summoned Liu Bowen, Wang Meng and others to a meeting.

……

If Yuan Shao tried to use troops, the direction of the operation would be nothing more than the adjacent area.

To the west of Jizhou, it is the eastern part of the state and Sili. To the south, Cao Cao's Yanzhou and the northern part of Qingzhou. To the southwest, it is the western part of the eastern county of Lü Bu and Zhang Miao, and Chenliu.

The crowd first analyzed the strength of Jizhou and the possibility of using troops against the annexation of the state.

Jizhou has developed rapidly in recent years, and in Jingcheng and Hanoi, although Liu Mang's Bingzhou army defeated the Jizhou army many times, it did not hurt the muscles and bones of the Jizhou army.

This raid on Youzhou, exterminated Gongsun Zhan, and incorporated more than 20,000 Youzhou troops. At present, there are 200,000 elite troops in Jizhou. If it is mobilized for battle, the number of soldiers and transporters that can be recruited can reach 600,000.

Although Jizhou has a large number of troops, Liu Mang also has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Bingzhou and Sili, and he is not afraid of Jizhou taking the initiative to attack.

And the two states of Hebei, although the realm is long, but the passable place, there are only three passes in the eight Taihang mountains, the well, the mouth and the white. None of them are conducive to the passage of large armies.

Even in Hanoi, with the Taihang Mountains on one side and the Yellow River on the other, the terrain is very narrow.

Geographical reasons make it difficult for the state to use troops against Jizhou, and Jizhou is the same.

Therefore, Liu Mang and Yuan Shao, the two opponents, had more battles in the imperial court and not many military conflicts.

Regardless of strength, purely from the geographical point of view, there is no possibility of a large-scale decisive battle.

In layman's terms, it is: in the absence of others' interference, whoever makes the first move will die.

It is unlikely that Yuan Shao will take the initiative to start a war with Liu Mang.

……

In this way, Yuan Shao's opponents were only Cao Cao and Lu Bu and Zhang Miao.

"Yuan Shao wants to take Puyang and Chen Liu?" Wang Meng stared at the map, not sure of his judgment. "Although Puyang Chenliu can be used as a springboard to enter the Central Plains, these two places are prominent outside Yuan Shao's base area, and the communication channel with Jizhou is long and narrow."

"Hehe...... Liu Bowen smiled slyly, "I hope Yuan Benchu will make this move." In this way, our army can cut off its retreat at any time by sending troops to the east, and Puyang Chen will be left alone outside Jizhou. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Puyang Chenliu is the place where Cao Mengde raised his troops. was occupied by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, and he was always haunted. If Yuan Shao wanted to seize these two places, how could Cao Mengde agree. ”

Liu Mang couldn't guess Yuan Shao's intentions. "Yuan Benchu can't use troops against Cao Mengde, right?"

Liu Bowen said: "Cao Mengde has repeatedly disobeyed Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, recently, and it is not impossible for Yuan Shao to use troops against him. ”

Everyone discussed for a long time, and most people believed that it was more likely that Yuan Shao would still retain troops from Puyang Chen.

Puyang Chenliu two places, located in the east of the south of Sili. If Yuan Shao seized these two places, he would be able to cut off the connection between Liu Mang and Cao Cao, and it would also completely block Liu Mang's eastward development.

If this is the case, Liu Mang will face a situation where there is Yuan Shao in the east, Yuan Shu in the south, the Western Liang army in the west, and the Xiongnu in the north. There is no possibility of expansion on all sides.

Comparatively speaking, the current situation, Lü Bu and Zhang Miao's occupation of Puyang Chenliu, as a buffer between Liu Mang's land and other princes, is more advantageous.

Something must be done to stop Yuan Shao.

The guards came to report, and Xun Yu asked to see him.

The transportation of grain for disaster relief is a big problem, and recently, Xun Yu has been constantly traveling between Yanzhou and Sili.

Xun Yu's request to see may be related to the abnormal movement of soldiers and horses in Jizhou. (To be continued.) )