Hu Zong couldn't hold it anymore, stood up, and said angrily: "General, you are blackmailing." Can a pottery bomb be worth a thousand dollars? The clay pot is at most twenty yuan, and no matter how expensive the fire inside is, can it be more expensive than Shu brocade? ”

"Of course Shu brocade is not so expensive, the problem is that you can buy Shu brocade if you have money, and you have no place to buy my pottery bomb." Wei Ba said after a while: "I won't tell you, my price is a bit high, because I don't want to sell it to you at all." You also know that Shu brocade is to be beautiful, but Tao Dan is to be killed. If there is no buying and selling, there is no killing, and if I sell one more pottery bomb, it is possible to kill one more person, which is a matter of hurting yin and virtue. I've already sold...... I made so many pottery bombs, and the killing was too heavy, and I really didn't want to kill more. ”

The momentary change in Wei Ba's tone did not escape Hu Zong's ears. He couldn't help but be stunned. Who else did Wei Ba sell pottery bombs to? If Li Yan and Zhuge Liang want, even if they allocate some money to him, they can't be said to be selling, so who will buy the pottery? Wei State, or is there someone else?

Hu Zong's heart suddenly stretched a string, but his face pretended to be angry.

"Besides, I'm worried that these pottery bombs you bought will fall on my head." Wei Ba shrugged: "In the final analysis, I just don't want to sell." Hu Jun has worked hard from afar, but he really can't help it, and he will have another piece of melon? ”

In the face of Wei Ba's honesty, even if Hu Zong is witty, there is no way. People don't want to sell it at all, and they will give you face if they offer you a price. What worries him even more is that if Wei Ba sells the pottery bomb to Wei Guo, then things will be in trouble. Who said that an enemy country cannot be sold? A thousand dollars for a pottery bomb. It's a huge profit. Anyway, Wei State does not border Wei Ba's jurisdiction, so it will definitely not be able to hit Wei Ba's head. As for Zhuge Liang and Meng Da, who is unlucky, what does it matter to him.

The more Hu Zong thought about it, the more nervous he became, the more complicated he became, and he was a little restless. They expected Wei Ba's shamelessness, but they didn't expect Wei Ba to be so shameless that he actually offered a pottery bomb at a sky-high price of thousands of dollars. At that time, they estimated that Wei Ba's price of two or three hundred yuan would be considered sky-high.

A thousand dollars, 500,000 pieces are sold, that is 50,000 gold. This is about the total amount of taxes that Sun Quan can control in a year.

This is an expense that Wu Guo simply cannot afford. Fighting Shouchun is not something that can be completed with these pottery bombs, and at least 30,000 troops must be mobilized. Countless grains, grasses, and ordnance. The total cost is staggering. If the pottery bomb has to spend so much money to buy, what is the difference between it and spending money to buy Shouchun? Maybe it's cheaper to buy Shouchun.

This business could not be discussed, Hu Zong tried every means to persuade him, but Wei Ba was unmoved. Not a single money will be given. Hu Zong was anxious: "General." The pottery bomb is indeed extraordinary. But before you invented the clay bomb, we also attacked and plundered the land. Now without these pottery bombs, we can also take the city and plunder the land. If the general insists on such a high price, then we will have to sacrifice some more soldiers' lives. ”

"Listen to me." Wei Ba shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Anyway, there are many people in your Great Wu, it doesn't matter if tens of thousands of people die, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Looking at Wei Ba, who was not soaked in fire and water and did not give an inch, Hu Zong had no choice but to brush his sleeves and leave. When he walked to the door, Wei Ba suddenly shouted: "Hu Jun, please stay." ”

"What else is the matter with the general?" Hu Zong was completely enraged by Wei Ba, and his tone was very bad.

"I want to ask something, and if it's inconvenient for you, you can not answer." Wei Ba stood up, tucked up his clothes, and walked in front of Hu Zong: "Who led the army to attack Shouchun?" ”

Hu Zong hesitated: "Auxiliary General Lu Xun." ”

"It's him." Wei Ba nodded as if he had expected it: "If it's really him, then I can let a little." However, I have to meet with the auxiliary general. He raised his hand and signaled Hu Zong not to worry. To tell the truth, you Wu Guo, I only believe in the auxiliary general alone. When the pottery bomb is handed over to him, I can believe that it will be used in Shouchun and will not fall on my own head. Others ......" he shook his head and smiled contemptuously.

"You want to talk to General Fuguo?"

Wei Ba nodded vigorously: "It's only to talk to the auxiliary general, otherwise, you will sign the contract now and pay the deposit." Out of this door, the next time I come back, I don't know if I will promise you, and I don't know what price I will offer. ”

Hu Zong had no choice but to promise to send the news back to Wuchang. The price quoted by Wei Ba was too high, and he didn't dare to agree at all. And he also knew that Sun Quan couldn't come up with so much money at all.

Fifty thousand gold, that's not a small amount.

Hu Zong is gone. Wei Ba shrugged his shoulders and returned to the lobby. There are already two more people in the hall, one is Xiahou Xuan and the other is Deng Yang.

"The general not only fights well, but also does first-class business." Deng Yang smiled half-truthfully.

"This is the liliang of wisdom." Wei Ba smiled disapprenously: "The reason why I can offer such a high price is because he doesn't have a second place to buy." Believe it or not, it won't be long before he comes back and begs me to sell it to him. ”

"I don't think so, Sun Quan can't take out this money." Xiahou Xuan shook his head: "This is about the total amount of taxes paid by the Wu State in a year, considering the unique system of the Wu State, I am afraid that Sun Quan can really use less than this amount of money." ”

"Sun Quan can't take it, but someone can."

"Who?"

"Lu Xun." Wei Ba picked up a piece of melon and took a big bite, the melon juice was dripping. "If my guess is correct, Sun Quan wants to borrow the Liliang of the Jiangdong clan to attack the Qingxu area. According to the layout of Han and Wu to divide the world, now our army is only left to merge the states and has not yet succeeded, and Wu still has a large area of land to capture. It is impossible for him not to worry that after Prime Minister Zhuge captures the state, he will seize Jizhou in front of him. Moreover, after winning Qingxu and other places, his strength is stronger, and he is not afraid of the dominance of the Jiangdong clan. It's an opportunity that he won't let go of easily. I'm afraid that the Jiangdong clan will not give up this opportunity to occupy more seats in the court. ”

He glanced at Deng Yang: "Nanyang has become an imperial township because of his support for Emperor Guangwu, and Qiaojun has become one of the five capitals because of the establishment of Great Wei, do you think Jiangdong people are not red-eyed?" If Wu can really dominate the world, Wu County will be the emperor's hometown, and I don't know how many generations I can enjoy this benefit. ”

Xiahou Xuan and Deng Yang nodded sympathetically. As Wei Ba said, the benefits of the imperial township are too tempting, and it is impossible for Jiangdong people not to be tempted. If you can exchange 50,000 gold for the treatment of an imperial township, Jiangdong people will definitely be willing.

"You say, will Cao Rui be interested in buying some too?" Wei Ba said with a smile: "Sun Quan has a pottery bomb, but Wei Guo doesn't have it, and it will be a loss." ”

Xiahou Xuan and Deng Yang glanced at each other awkwardly, and shrugged in unison. Xiahou Xuan said: "I can't care about this matter. Although I can't get rid of the blood of the Wei clan, I really can't do this kind of thing. ”

Wei Ba hahadaxiao, pointing at Xiahou Xuan with a finger stained with melon juice: "You celebrities, you just can't wipe your face." Okay, you ask Cao Fu, if he's interested, I don't mind selling a little to him. ”

"Your price is too high, I don't think he can afford it."

"No matter how high the price is, can it be higher than the national fortune of Wei?" Wei Ba pouted: "You don't care, just ask him if he's interested, I'll talk to him directly about the price." ”

Xiahou Xuan nodded and agreed.

"Brother Xuanmao, have you decided to become an official?"

Deng Yang bowed and bowed: "General, although I also want to be a wise man who will leave a name in history like Zhang Pingzi, but I don't think I have that talent, so I should honestly be a shepherd and benefit the people." ”

"You've seen my Jiaozhou system, you should know that I'm a little different here from other places." Wei Ba put away his smile and said solemnly: "If you are law-abiding, I can ensure that your family has no worries about food and clothing, and lives a decent life." But if you want to make a windfall from it, then don't blame me for not giving Taichu face. Taichu must have told you that his sister Xiahou Hui cut off eighteen heads in Wuling last year, the most one was just greedy for a thousand gold, and the least one was only two hundred gold. ”

Deng Yang shuddered, leaned over and said, "I heard about it, and I won't dare to do anything wrong." ”

"Okay, you go to Wuling to take office. Try it for a few months first, and if you don't have a temple at the end of the year, I will turn you to Zhentaishou. Wei Ba wiped his hands: "Flying Fox and Heisha are both rough people, and there may be some collisions in words, but as long as you uphold the law impartially, they don't dare to mess around." It should be noted that those big clans, Zhao Tong is a gentleman and can't do it, so some people are too presumptuous. I hope you'll be a little bit more ruthless and make them restrain a bit. ”

"Whoa." Deng Yang bowed down to receive the order. Before that, Xiahou Xuan had reminded him that Wei Ba might arrange for him to go to Wuling. Zhao Tong had just been transferred back to Chengdu by Wei Ba, and everyone knew that this was to help Wei Ba master some of Chengdu's strength, but Xiahou Xuan knew that Wei Ba was very satisfied with Zhao Tong in military affairs, but he had some complaints in terms of governance. Zhao Tong is kind and refuses to wipe his face. Under his rule, the Pan family and the Liao family were a little too greedy. If Zhao Tong doesn't do these things that offend people, does Wei Ba have to do them? Xiahou Hui was also out of helplessness, so he made up his mind to execute those people before Wei Ba and Zhao Tong returned to the division.

For Deng Yang, this is a test and an opportunity. If he can deal with the troubles left by Zhao Tong, his position under Wei Ba will be stable. As a recommender, Xiahou Xuan is of course happy to see it happen.

"Xuan Mao, if you have the general's words, you can do it well. Don't be afraid of offending people, think about how the Wei State got to where it is today, and don't repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Deng Yang comprehended, and quickly nodded yes. It was because of the big family that the Wei State squeezed the career of the Hanmen scholars, so that the old Nanyang clan like him could not squeeze in, and could only live in Jiaozhou. Wei Ba felt this, and presumably his vigilance against the family would not relax in the slightest.

"Before taking office, go and meet Liao Gongyuan." Wei Ba said lightly: "He is quite disciplined in politics, you can ask him for advice, it will be beneficial in the future." ”

"Whoa." Deng Yang breathed a sigh of relief. That's what he wants, and he doesn't know how to open his mouth. Wei Ba took the initiative to say it, it was too considerate...... (To be continued......)

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