Shan Jing thought Mi Zhu would be angry with Gongsun Zan's arrogance and was unwilling to come to see Gongsun Zan on his own initiative. Unexpectedly, Mi Zhu agreed without any hesitation. He rushed to Yi County with generous gifts to meet Gongsun Zan, with considerate etiquette and sincere attitude.

Gongsun Zan was very satisfied. He couldn't let go of the sword with exquisite ornate decoration and complex and mysterious patterns.

"Does General Sun's subordinates use such good knives?"

Mi Zhu smiled and shook his head. "This is a treasure sword specially customized for the general, and this is the only one in the world." Mi Zhu took a step forward, pointed to the inscription where he swallowed his mouth and said, "This is a white horse, this is invincible. Together, it is invincible to the white horse."

Gongsun Zan laughed and read it over and over again several times. He had read books, but his knowledge was average. He could only guess the word "White Horse" but could not guess the word "Invincible". He was known as the general of the White Horse. Sun Ce gave him such a knife, which made him tickling his itchy flesh. The envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart had long been thrown out of the sky.

"What kind of text is this? The newly discovered ancient Chinese text in Nanyang?"

"It is an old text from Wu County. A year ago, a Wu County discovered a piece of King Wu Ge, which is written on it. General Sun said that he is a hero of Wu Hui, born in the southeast, General You are a hero of Youyan, and you fight in the northeast, and you should appreciate each other. I ordered my brother to fight side by side with General Zhengdong, but unfortunately died in the battle. Sun and Gongsun have the meaning of robbery, so they should rescue each other. This knife is given to the general, and I hope that the general will hold this to drive out the barbarians, eliminate the rebels, and arouse their grudges."

The smile on Gongsun Zan's face was a little reluctant. He pretended to admire the sword and said for a while: "Now is the general in charge of the rebellion?"

“That’s right.”

Gongsun Zan laughed dryly in a complicated mood. "Sun Zhengdong can let go. It seems that he has a good son." He patted his thigh and placed the new knife on the table. "Since that's the case, let's talk. To be honest, although Qingzhou is half lost, I don't lack food. Three million stones of grain is enough for me to support for a few years. You have to get something else. During the war, the supply of war horses is insufficient, and the price may be higher than usual."

Mi Zhu nodded in agreement. Gongsun Zan immediately arranged for his subordinate Le Hedang to negotiate with Mi Zhu, and he took a few white horses to shoot from practicing riding and shooting. Le Hedang was about fifty years old, describing his vulgarity. Although he was dressed very well, his behavior showed an unconcealed little family spirit. After informing Mi Zhu of his name, he was startled. He was born as a Jiaren and was not unfamiliar with the Mi family in the East China Sea. When he learned that the middle-aged man with a long-clothed Confucian robe in front of him was the head of the Mi family, he suddenly felt that he was three points shorter and even his speech became a little cramped.

After saying a few words to Le Hedang, Mi Zhu was very unhappy when he knew Le Hedang's identity. Gongsun Zan not only lacked respect for Sun Ce, but also was rude to him. He did not treat him as an envoy at all. He actually sent a small merchant to negotiate with him, and obviously regarded him as a businessman.

Both came from poor families, and it is unimaginable that Gongsun Zan and Sun Ce's attitude towards businessmen are so different.

However, Sun Ce asked Mi Zhu to come to see Gongsun Zan as an envoy, on the one hand because Mi Zhu was a Xuzhou barge and could claim it was Tao Qian's order. On the other hand, it was indeed because he was a businessman and was good at negotiating. Mi Zhu almost didn't need to use any means to directly crush Le Hedang from his momentum. He gave Le Hedang generous conditions to complete a war horse transaction. Regardless of the transaction price, he would pay Le Hedang a commission of one thousand yuan.

Le Hedang used to be a small businessman, and he was satisfied with giving him more than 10,000 yuan a year. He was only a high official under Gongsun Zan. His status increased, but his income did not increase significantly. Instead, his expenses increased sharply, which made him feel like he was unable to make ends meet. Now Mi Zhu has given him such a good opportunity to earn hundreds of thousands or millions by just talking. How could he keep him away?

Money can make the devil push the mill, but there is no need for Mi Zhu to talk about anything. Le He Zai bulged his lips and shook his tongue in front of Gongsun Zan, and tried his best to persuade Gongsun Zan to trade with Sun Ce. He also made up several reasons: First, Sun Ce was strong enough to entangle Yuan Shao. Second, Gongsun Zan did not sell horses, and some people were willing to sell them. Liu Yu, Liu Bei and even Gongsun Du were lined up. If they exchanged war horses for Sun Ce's food and weapons, it was obviously not good news for Gongsun Zan. Compared to Zhuo County, Sun Ce's fleet was more convenient to go to Liaodong.

Therefore, not only should we sell horses, but we should not raise the price of horses. We should make arbitrary decisions on this business so that others cannot get involved.

Gongsun Zan was moved by Le Hedang and decided to trade with Sun Ce, but he was unwilling to use his war horse reserves to weaken his strength. So he accepted Le Hedang's suggestion and sent someone to Hu City to recruit. The Hu people sold horses in Hu City, which were only five or six thousand per horse. They snatched them and sold them to Sun Ce, and they could sell them for 10,000. Even if they were paid at the price, the difference was still four or five thousand. If they were not given money to Hu people, it would be a waste of time.

There is another advantage in going to Hu City to force the war horses, which makes Liu Yu and Liu Bei have no horses to sell. Even if they want to make a deal with Sun Ce, they will not be able to find the war horses. They will kill two birds with one stone.

Gongsun Zan did what he said and sent people to nearby counties to conquer horses. For a time, several surrounding counties were full of chaos and complaints, and conflicts of all sizes began one after another. When Liu Yu heard this, he was furious. While ordering people to stop Gongsun Zan, he asked Yuan Shao to be anxious, and at the same time ordered Liu Bei to prepare for war and prepare for forcibly expel Gongsun Zan. When Gongsun Zan received the news, he did not dare to neglect and was ready for the battle.

Mi Zhu retreated back to the sea boat and waited for the good news.

After receiving a detailed report from Youzhou and receiving a request for help from Liu Yu, Yuan Shao immediately summoned the Semen and Guo Tu and others to discuss matters.

Youzhou was Yuan Shao's cavalry and the main source of war horses. Gongsun Zan sent people to Hu City to rob horses to support Sun Ce, not just for trading. It is not easy to transport horses at sea. Even if a large ship can carry 200 horses, two thousand war horses are the limit of capacity. Gongsun Zan did not need to rob all the nearby Hu City.

Without war horses, there will be no cavalry that has the advantage. Without the advantage of cavalry, Yuan Shao cannot deal with Sun Ce's elusive cavalry tactics, and the advantages of infantry cannot be exerted. The battle will inevitably last for a long time and the food consumed will increase exponentially. When the risk increases to a certain level, the offensive after autumn may not be realized.

Therefore, Shen Pei, Guo Tu and others have a rare unification of their opinions and suggested that Yuan Shao defeat Gongsun Zan first and stabilize Youzhou. Even if Gongsun Zan cannot be killed, he must destroy his arrogance, make Liu Yu a firm ally of Yuan Shao, and make Youzhou a stable rear of Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao had heavy troops stationed in Hejian and Bohai Sea, and he did not need to mobilize too many troops to complete the deployment for the war. Because the autumn harvest was getting closer and closer, Yuan Shao decided to lead the main force to go to the battlefield in person and command in a unified manner. At the same time, he transferred the general Queyi, who was conquering the Black Mountains, to the army.

Taking advantage of this time, Ju Su asked Yuan Shao for instructions and asked his son Ju Hu to join the army and obey the orders in the Qu Yi army.

Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Ju Su's attitude of taking the initiative to let his son join the army and agreed immediately.

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