.,The Three Kingdoms began with fooling Liu Bei

"Liu Bei... can promise us wealth? Can he allow our army to forever maintain Bingzhou and defend the Xianbei vassals for the court?"

After Fei Shi repeatedly tentatively attacked his self-esteem. After realizing the situation, Lu Bu's psychological superiority was basically exposed. He couldn't wait for Fei Shi to offer a price, so he had to expose his psychological price and trump card first.

Fei Shi also stopped talking about the general trend of the world. He knew that as long as Lu Bu begged first, even if he was talking about a relatively high asking price, it wouldn't matter. Because this is already Lu Bu's psychological limit, in fact, it is impossible to talk about that high, just cut it down step by step.

When negotiating, the most feared thing is that people know your psychological expectations.

So Fei Shi directly rejected: "General Lu, I hope you can understand the situation. Yuan Shao has no time to take care of others, so that he can actually admit that you occupy Bingzhou. As a general of the defeated army, you still want to completely retain the old authority after abandoning the darkness and turning to the light. Isn't that too much?

Besides, Xihe County, Shangdang County, has fallen into the hands of the court, and it would be too insincere to make this request. Not to mention using the Zhenbingzhou, even the Taiyuan County under your feet cannot be yours.”

Lu Bu slapped the table and drew his sword out of the sheath: "What else is there to talk about? Do you think my sword is unfavorable?"

Fei Shi's expression remained calm: "General Lu, you know in your heart that as long as the imperial army continues to attack, it is nothing more than a matter of time. At most, ten thousand people will die, and a huge amount of weapons, money and food will be spent. At that time, your 40,000 to 50,000 subordinates will only be wiped out.

Bingzhou is near Shuofang, with Xianbei and Di people causing trouble. We Han people kill each other like this, and it is really a pity for the relatives and enemies. If you fight to the end, in the future, the future history books will be nothing more than a narrow-minded national scum.

It is easy to draw a sword to scare me. Li Sikong's history has left you with a stigma for the ages, so don't you care. How long can the murder sword in your hand last? Historical pen is as iron as iron, but who has the final say.

Let me be sincere and tell you the bottom line of the court. Taiyuan County and Yanmen County within the Great Wall must be given up.

Yanmen Pass can discuss it. If you can't bear to leave that wall and feel insecure, you can leave it to you. At worst, the imperial court will invest in building another pass camp within the old Yanmen Pass, and everyone can just be at ease.

In exchange, the court can cease the war and let your entire army retreat safely from Jinyang City. If you feel uneasy, you can retreat in batches. The vanguard will go to Yanmen first to prepare to stop, and the rear army will only leave the fast light cavalry, so you won’t be worried that General Guan will pursue you.

Your Majesty knows that you are capricious, so he must be worried that Taiyuan will stay in your hands. As long as you come out of seclusion, you can keep the title of General of the North and the court will re-establish it for you. You can also give you the title of Bingzhou Defense Envoy, but you can only control the three counties of Yunzhong, Wuyuan and Dingxiang.

Your Majesty can also guarantee that your troops will not need to participate in the unified civil war between the Han people in the future. As long as you concentrate on fighting with the Xianbei Hu people, you will definitely have a good relationship with your subordinates. The title of Marquis Wen will be transferred to the Marquis of Jiuyuan."

Lu Bu didn't think about it for a moment, and felt that he had suffered a great loss: "This is the price of "freeing my life". I'll give up Taiyuan and Yanmen County for free? It's so scheming. It turns out that you don't give up anything."

Fei Shi: "How can you say nothing about you serving Yuan Shao? Although you have actually controlled Bingzhou now, how many tough battles have you fought by Yuan Shao? After surrendering to the court, you will not have to participate in the civil war. This is the great kindness of Your Majesty!

One head is exchanged for ten stones of flour, or two wide cotton cloth, or two stones of salt and tea. In short, we will make a conversion of the official price for acquiring the Xianbei head."

Fei Shi's conversion price was obviously calculated before departure. It can be seen that the price of grain here is obviously inflated, because considering the low density of grain value, the freight rate accounts for a high proportion.

In places with convenient transportation in the Central Plains, perhaps only ten stones of coarse grain can be replaced with a five-foot-wide cotton cloth, but when you reach the border, five stones of fine grain can be replaced with a five-foot-wide cotton cloth.

The normal price difference between refined grains and coarse grains is definitely less than twice. In those places where hydraulic mills are developed in Yizhou, the price comparison between flour and wheat is only four to three.

On the one hand, the flour in this era will not be too fine, so the grain yield is high. On the other hand, the people are reluctant to let the mill make a difference, which is determined by supply and demand. The hydraulic mill only earns half of the milled wheat bran, and does not charge processing fees.

At that time, the prices of specific border trading materials can be discussed slowly.

Lu Bu just roughly calculated the free aid promised by Fei Shi and his loss to give up Taiyuan and Yanmen.

Taiyuan County is of course the largest county in Bingzhou, and its core location is the center, concentrating one-third of the population of the state. Including Yanmen County, which is the mainstay, has a total population of more than 400,000, and the strong labor force that pays full tax is about 150,000.

From this data, it can be seen how luxurious it was to Lv Bu to raise 30,000 cavalry at will. In the past few years, he could only hold on to the entire Bingzhou territory and Yuan Shao provided him with some military rations.

Now that Bingzhou has lost half of its food, Yuan Shao's food was cut off. Lu Bu himself was just eating the food in the Yin and Mao. Five strong men and 12 people had to raise one cavalry, which was nonsense. So Lu Bu would not be able to hold on in a few years, and he had to shrink his troops or divide his troops to go to the grassland nomadic country.

The annual grain for 150,000 yuan for 150,000 shi, so the free support promised by Fei Shi was equivalent to that of the first three years. Moreover, he also gave some more beans to squeeze oil for people to eat, and feed the squeezed residue soybean meal to the horse.

Considering that Liu Bei promised that Bingzhou would be exempted for two years, it would be reasonable for other states to pay additional supplies equivalent to Bingzhou's taxes for two years in exchange for this land.

At least both sides can kill tens of thousands of elite soldiers less, so don't consume them in the civil war.

After thinking about it, Lu Bu was still worried that after the free aid was cut off in the future, if the year was not good, he would not be able to survive, so he finally offered a condition:

"Let me do this, I agree to the previous conditions. After three years, I will have to halve it. I have a clear idea. At least I will give me 100,000 stone noodles and 50,000 stone beans free of charge every year. Then I can discuss with the generals and discuss the withdrawal of troops."

Fei Shi felt that Lu Bu was in a long way to go, so he decided to be scheming: "This condition has exceeded the authority given to me by Your Majesty. Even if I abandon this Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I would not have the right to agree.

Let me go back to the camp and meet Shangshu Zhuge of the Ministry of War. He may be able to take this responsibility and agree to such harsh conditions."

Only then did Lu Bu realize that the person who was talking to him was not the boss, but the guy, and the "discount permissions" were limited.

This is like a later salesperson who performed “Brother, I can only give you so many discounts. I will ask the general manager for special approval for any higher discounts.”

Of course, Zhuge Liang is not equivalent to the general manager. Even if the general manager is specially approved, it is nothing. There can be a chairman's special approval on it.

Fei Shi didn't say it was too far, and she didn't want to wait too long. If she said she would ask Liu Bei for advice from Chang'an, she would have been delayed for half a month.

Lu Bu even regretted that he had opened a big price, and his greed scared away the sales on the other side. However, he still couldn't repent and said he didn't want it, as that would be too shameful and people would see his weakness, and maybe he wouldn't even have the previous price.

Lu Bu had to wait for two days and one night nervously. It was not until the next evening that Fei Shiran came back.

Fei Shi brought new conditions: "Zhuge Zhuge also used his official position as a guarantee. He felt that His Majesty would agree to the additional expenses, so he agreed with me to the general's money and food demand.

However, the imperial court also had to give an explanation. After taking this batch of long-term military rations, the general would write a letter to the people of Bingzhou before receiving the first batch of supplies, and send a letter to the world.

Emphasize that you have publicly abandoned the dark and turned to the light, and explain the reasons for you abandoned the dark and turned to the light, and list Yuan Shao's sins and incompetence, jealousy of the virtuous and capable. The specific content of Zhuge Shangshu has already thought about it for you, just copy it accordingly. This manifesto was passed to Yecheng, when you can get aid supplies. Remember to stamp it with your General Seal of the North and let your own confidant spread it."

It turned out that after Fei Shi discussed with Zhuge Liang, he felt that such conditions must be something the court would be happy to see.

Lu Bu's side is full of small money and small problems. If he could take the great cause of pissing Yuan Shao to death, even if he just let Yuan Shao die a few months earlier, it would save countless money, grain and labor for the whole world and be freed from suffering as soon as possible.

Lu Bu was originally worried that he would not come after Fei Shi left. Now he heard that the price of getting an extra long-term food coupon was just to make him openly write a manifesto that insulted Yuan Shao, so he was of course happy to accept it.

It’s not cost much to scold him, so he didn’t let him kill Yuan Shao.

Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun both needed him to kill the old master back then. Liu Bei was still a kind person, just as long as he scolded the old master.

Lu Bu agreed: "I will discuss with all the generals about gradually withdrawing the troops. Please give me half a month... ten days to prepare. I should take away the property of Taiyuan Treasury."

Fei Shi also knew that the Jinyang city wall has not been destroyed much, so there is no suspicion of "sending time to repair the city defense after a long bloody battle."

He just warned Lu Bu not to go out of the city to repair the damaged peripheral fortifications, and to re-excavate the filled moats and trenches. Lu Bu also agreed, and the two sides would temporarily quit for ten days, allowing Lu Bu to pack property, sort personnel, and let the vanguard explore the way and retreat to Yanmen.

Ten days after that, Lu Bu also identified his troops. Although there were more than 40,000 people, some of the soldiers were not very elite, and some of them were definitely unwilling to leave their homelands and go outside the gate to make a living.

In addition, there are only 30,000 war horses, and even the more than one manpower cannot all ride a horse to retreat. At the same time, life after leaving the seclusion is very hard and may not support too many people.

After careful consideration and rectification, Lu Bu mercifully distributed a severance fee to the soldiers who were unwilling to follow, allowing them to stay where they were waiting to accept the adaptation.

After removing more than 10,000 people who could not fight and refused to leave, Lu Bu only brought 30,000 cavalry, all the property in the Taiyuan County Government was in stock. He retreated from the tenth day of July and retreated outside the Yanmen Great Wall before July 20th.

The more than 10,000 relatively less elite soldiers left behind were confirmed to have safely left on July 24 that the former master had gone away, and then changed his flag and pacified the city and surrendered to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu entered the city and immediately blocked the empty treasury. Zhuge Liang reorganized the people and registered the treasury accounts. In August, he finally completed the peaceful reception of Taiyuan and Yanmen County. He also established a confrontation with Lu Bu's army across the Great Wall at Yanmen Pass.

After ensuring the security of the Great Wall defense line, Guan Yu gradually withdrew more than half of his troops. After all, Bingzhou was too poor, and the loss of military food transportation was too great. For a long-term garrison, it was enough to keep 30,000 to 40,000 people, and 50,000 to be evacuated.
Chapter completed!