Guan Yu said helplessly: "Yide, stop talking nonsense here, Lei Gong can assemble an army of 100,000, we can't defeat them at all!"
Guan Yu still admired Lei Gong's ability. Even though Lei Gong became a yellow turban thief, he never robbed the people. It can even be said that Qiu did not commit any crimes. His military discipline was better than that of the Han army. This made him proud but not humiliating his subordinates.
, I particularly admire Guan Yu who relies on his strength but does not bully the weak.
And after hearing that Lei Gong had offended Zhao Zhong's cousin, who had no choice but to become a bandit, he also had to go into exile because he offended the local powerful, so Guan Yu felt the same and thought that Lei Gong was a down-and-out person.
hero.
Zhang Fei was unconvinced and said: "We also have 100,000 soldiers in the field. How can we be afraid of Thunder Lord! In addition to relying on people, what else can he do? This time our brothers have no fewer soldiers than him. I will kill him several times."
All revenge has been avenged!"
He was defeated several times by Xu Wei, but he was very unconvinced. Each time he was defeated without exerting his full fighting power. He had long wanted to fight Xu Wei again.
Guan Yu said expressionlessly: "You really want to use 100,000 Yellow Turbans to fight Thunder Lord!"
Only then did Zhang Fei remember that their 100,000 field soldiers were all Yellow Turbans! If they really fought, they might really kill Lei Gong!
He could only say: "Brother, this is not just a complaint. Second brother, why do you take it seriously?"
"But I just don't understand. It's the same farmland, and Lei Gong has 100,000 more people than us. We are living in such a bad way, but Lei Gong and his friends are living so well. How much money did Lei Gong rob? How can we live like this?
day!"
Jian Yong said calmly: "After all, they robbed Wei County, which is one of the richest counties in the Han Dynasty. It is not natural for them to have so much money."
Guan Yu worriedly said: "It is said that the food and drink of Lei Gong and his friends are better than those of ordinary good family members. Even if he is rich, he cannot afford their spending like this. Mayi is the poorest place in the frontier. How can he support 200,000 tribesmen?"
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Zhang Fei was unconvinced and said: "Second brother, you are concerned about the wrong place! We are so poor that we are almost eating the chaff, and we actually care about the rich who eat wine and meat. A bandit is so rich, I really can't tell who is the one."
Officers and soldiers."
Then he whispered: "How about we grab some too? The only way to get rich these days is through robbing. Brother, look at this thief Lei Gong, if he hadn't robbed the entire noble family in Wei County, he would be so rich now."
, There are so many big tribes in Youzhou, just one of them is enough for us to survive the winter."
A trip to Jizhou was an eye-opener for Zhang Fei. The Yellow Turban Army slaughtered all the nobles and nobles in Jizhou and his mouth was full of food. It was the first time that he discovered that there was such a way to get rich, which made him envious.
Moreover, Zhang Fei, a Karasuma man from Daijun Shangjun, did not have a good impression. He had been ostracizing the three brothers, which made Zhang Fei want to have an operation on the Karasuma man!
Zhang Fei came from a powerful family, and in this era, a powerful person could be called a clan thief in another word. He is naturally not a law-abiding person.
Liu Bei's face darkened and he said: "Don't say this nonsense. If it causes turmoil among the Wuwan people in Youzhou, I will never spare you, brother!"
There are hundreds of thousands of Wuwan people in Youzhou, which is almost the same number as the Han people in Youzhou. If the Wuwan people rebel, it will be unbearable for the entire Han Dynasty. After all, the rebellion of the Xiliang people has not been controlled yet.
Liu Bei has been paying attention to the situation of the Han Dynasty, knowing that the current Han Dynasty cannot withstand two wars, so even when dealing with the Karasuma people, he is cautious and tries not to use force!
Guan Yu said: "Since winter has come, let's stop clearing land and cut down more dry firewood to store. After the snow falls, everyone will stay in the house to avoid the cold wind!"
Liu Bei also said helplessly: "It seems like this is the only way!"
But Jian Yong thought for a while and whispered: "Xuande, the Lei Gong in Mayi has got a lot of good things. Their people came to me and said they wanted us to represent their products!"
"Agent of goods?" Liu Bei didn't understand.
Jian Yong whispered: "Let us help them sell things. They are just upstream of the Sanggan River. We can come to Shangjun just by going down the river. The quality of the things in Mayi is good, and we can make a lot of money! Through us, we can
It can be sold throughout Youzhou and even Jizhou!"
After Jian Yong finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and several servants brought up a briquette stove, a kettle, knives, daggers, and sweaters, which are Mayi products!
Then he asked his men to leave and said: "This is called a briquette stove. It is said that five briquettes can burn for a day!"
Liu Bei immediately approached and saw that the briquette stove was glowing red and steaming upwards.
He looked at the briquette stove and said with a smile: "This stove is indeed much better than the charcoal fire, but it's not cheap!"
Jian Yong said: "It's very cheap. Such a stove only costs 50 yuan, and the burning briquettes cost three qian. And we can also make it ourselves from coal stones. Mayi will provide the tools for making briquettes!"
Even Guan Yu was surprised by this. In order to survive the winter in this era, the rich relied on charcoal and the poor relied on dry firewood. Therefore, firewood in this era can also be worth a lot of money. A hundred pounds of firewood is about 10 yuan, and this firewood is only enough for the common people.
In a matter of days, it is obvious that briquettes are several times more cost-effective than firewood.
Liu Bei looked at the burning briquettes and smiled and said: "We also need this thing. There are tens of thousands of such stoves. This winter will be much better for everyone, and the price is not expensive. Xianhe, please order 10 of these from Mayi.
Stove! We have imitated this kind of briquette stove, and we also need to order some tools for making briquettes. Maybe this is also a way to make money!"
Liu Bei is a practical man. As long as the thing is useful, he doesn't care whether it was produced by thieves or not! Not to mention that this briquette stove can also solve the heating problem. How many people will die? Of course, because of financial problems, he can only leave
The imitation road.
At this stage, Liu Bei's farming only involved inputs and no output, but he found that if he could popularize this kind of stove throughout Youzhou and create briquette stoves and briquette industries, it might be able to help him feed many people!
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Brother Yingming, this Thunder God wants to make money from us, let him dream!"
Jian Yong took a few more knives and daggers and handed them to Liu Bei and said: "These are the knives made by Lei Gong and the others. They are actually made of hundreds of smelting steel. It is easy to sell this small gadget for thousands of dollars, and Lei Gong and the others also have reasons."
They sell Hundred Refined Swords, and they only charge 2,000 yuan per sword. He doesn’t care how much we sell them, and Lei Gong doesn’t limit how much we sell!”
Liu Bei picked up the knife and looked at it carefully. Having experienced many battles, he could naturally see that it was made of the finest steel. He couldn't help but worry: "Last time we fought against Lei Gong, most of his men
They can only wear rattan armor and carry spears, but if we encounter them next time, I'm afraid we will face the Steel Division!"