"How much money do you have left?" Yuan Xi asked, and both of them immediately showed a kind of vigilance. The money and food are the capital of the two brothers. If the money and food are taken out, then they really won't be able to make a comeback. possible. 『≤top』≤point『≤small』≤say,
You must know that although the two are sitting together now, the mutual suspicion between them has not diminished in the slightest.
Now hearing Yuan Xi's question, everyone became vigilant.
Seeing the appearance of his elder brother and his third younger brother, Yuan Xi couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart. Could it be that God really didn't bless his Yuan family? Why did his father's favorite and his father's eldest son behave like this
"Big brother, third brother, this money is not for me, Yuan Xi, but for buying food and grass!" Yuan Xi said to his eldest brother Yuan Tan and third brother Yuan Shang.
"Where is the second brother? Elder brother still doesn't trust you. You and I are brothers!" Seeing Yuan Xi's appearance, Yuan Tan laughed. He knew that he had wronged Yuan Xi. Treat him like a villain. The belly of a gentleman, but the third younger brother Yuan Shang over there also looks normal, which makes Yuan Tan feel a little better.
"That's right, big brother is right, if you want money, second brother, you can take it as you like!" Yuan Shang also said it very freely, but if Yuan Xi doesn't say anything about it, I'm afraid our third son Yuan will turn his face on the spot. .
Although Yuan Tan felt bitter in his heart, he also knew that the enemy was at hand, and this was not the time to think about other things.
"Second brother, I have 150,000 gold in my hand!" Yuan Tan took out a number and said to Yuan Xi.
"Second brother, I also have about one hundred thousand gold." Yuan Shang also said his number. One hundred thousand gold, one hundred and fifty thousand gold. This adds up to two hundred and fifty thousand gold. This is not a small number. From here, we can see that this veteran gentry has a huge background. Look at Jiangdong Sun Ce. After the failure of the Battle of the Yangtze River, the entire Jiangdong could not afford money. Now that Cao Cao has been kicked out from Jizhou Qingzhou Bingzhou, it can be said that the strength of the topic has shrunk by more than half, but he can still come up with hundreds of thousands of gold. Moreover, Yuan Xi really knew that this amount of money was not the limit of his two brothers. If the two brothers really went all out, Yuan Xi believed that there would be no problem with five hundred thousand gold.
"Okay, 250,000 gold, 150,000 gold to buy food and grass, 100,000 gold to buy armor and weapons to equip the army!" Yuan Xi told his two brothers his plan. The 150,000 gold grain and grass can buy about 300,000 shi, which is enough for the army to consume for half a year. As long as you persevere, Cao Cao's 300,000 troops will not last long. Because three hundred thousand people will also eat and drink Lazarus. The food and grass in Bingzhou and Qingzhou in Jizhou were either taken away by Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, or those who could not be taken away were burned by the two brothers. In addition to the grain and grass obtained, some were transported from Xudu from Yanzhou Zhili, and the cost was too high.
"Second brother, forgive me, where can I buy food, armor and weapons now?" Yuan Tan frowned and asked. The west side has been completely blocked by Cao Cao. Cao Cao will never allow any grain and grass to be sent to Youzhou. The north side is the territory of foreigners. Those Karasuma people and Xianbei people still can’t get enough to eat. As for weapons and armor, it's a joke. They don't have iron ore and they don't know how to forge iron.
"Brother, the north and west sides are blocked, so there is another east side!" Yuan Xi said to his elder brother.
"You mean Liaodong Gongsundu?" Yuan Tan asked suspiciously.
"Exactly!" Yuan Xi nodded.
"This Gongsun Du of Liaodong is also a poor ghost. In those penniless places in Liaodong, does he have food and grass to sell us? Second brother, you will not be brushed by that Gongsun Du!" Yuan Shang simply looked down on this so-called The king of Liaodong, because this Gongsundu has been pretending to be a grandson since the beginning of their Yuan family. He was not even an opponent of Gongsun Zan. He was basically beaten by Gongsun Zan at the beginning, and Gongsun Zan was the prodigal of his Yuan family. The Yuan family looked down on Gongsundu even more. It was Gongsundu who begged the Yuan family to trade with him. The only thing Gongsundu could sell was those wild goods, some wild ginseng, and some medicinal materials. It can be said that he is a poor person.
But now they actually want to buy grain and grass from Liaodong to buy weapons and armor, isn't it a joke
"Third brother, it's not what it used to be!" Yuan Xi shook his head and said to Yuan Shang, "The Yuan family is no longer the northern hegemony of the original Yuan family, and Gongsun Du has also changed from a dog of the Yuan family to a dog." The current King of Liaodong.
Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were a little silent. They also knew that their father Yuan Shao's foundation was wasted bit by bit in their hands, but they didn't feel that it was their own fault, but it was definitely the other party's fault. If he, Yuan Tan (Yuan Shang) admitted The position of my great general, this Cao Cao has long been wiped out. But even if they have opinions, the two of them haven't revealed it yet.
"This Gongsun Du of Liaodong, somehow started a trade with Liu Mang, the king of Shu who is far away in Yangzhou!" Yuan Xi explained to the two brothers.
"Shu King Liu Mang?" Both Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan are familiar with this name, and even have a trace of shame and anger, that Liu Mang rascal
Yuan Shang scolded immediately, because, at the beginning, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were still using troops against Cao Cao. Yuan Shang hoped that Liu Wei, the king of Shu, would send troops, that is to say, he would make close friends and join forces with Liu Wei in Yangzhou. As long as Liu Wei sent troops, Yuan Shang would Benefit Liu Mang.
But Liu Wei swallowed this benefit, but this soldier was not a thing. Under the banner of Yuan Shang, he took down half of Xuzhou, kicked Yuan Shang away with his last kick, and took Yuan Shang's bounty , This is simply bullying.
"Let him go about the past of the third brother!" Yuan Xi comforted Yuan Shang to himself, and Yuan Tan beside him was also a little bit ashamed, because it was him Yuan Tan and Cao Cao who made Yuan Shang want to fight with Yangzhou Liu Mang Unite.
"The king of Shu, Liu Mang, opened up a commercial route on the sea. The continuous grain and grass from Yangzhou to the south of the Yangtze River can be transported to Liaodong by sea, and Gongsun Zan of Liaodong relied on war horses to exchange for the grain in the south of the Yangtze River and those armors and weapons." Yuan Xi came prepared.
Yuan Xi clapped his hands, and several soldiers walked out from behind him, one of them was holding armor and the other was holding a saber weapon.
"Brother, please look, third brother, this is the battle armor sold by Yangzhou!" Yuan Xi said to Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang and others. What they were holding in their hands was the one-piece armor of ordinary soldiers of the Yangzhou Army and the armor formed by molten iron. steel knife. The black light is shining. (To be continued..)