Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Cao Cao knew that Li Chen was going deep into his Cao camp at this time, so he must have come to help him.At this time, it seems that Li Chen is the only one who can save Cao Cao.

The servant got Cao Cao's order and immediately went to invite Li Chen.After a while, I saw Li Chen walking in with Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Yuanqing behind him.

Although he was going deep into Cao Ying, Li Chen didn't panic at all.Why do you say that?The first point is that Cao Cao would definitely not dare to offend Li Chen at this moment.Speaking of which, even if Cao Cao wanted to murder Li Chen, Yu Wencheng and Pei Yuanqing were behind him.With the distance within this room, Li Chen is absolutely sure to catch Cao Cao in his hands before he makes a move.

"Brother Li, you didn't tell Brother Wei when you came. If you had notified Brother Wei in advance, I would definitely go out of the city thirty miles to meet Brother." Cao Cao said enthusiastically to Li Chen.

At this time, in Cao Cao's eyes, Li Chen was his savior.As long as Li Chen is willing to send troops to rescue him, Cao Cao is also willing to go out of the city for a hundred miles, not to mention thirty miles.

"Brother Cao, you are being polite. Why do we brothers need so much etiquette?" Li Chen also said politely.

"Hey, my brother must be aware of the current situation. I'm afraid that my life will not be long." Cao Cao sighed as the two sat down.

"Of course I know about Brother Cao's situation. This is why I came here to save my brother." Li Chen said.

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes lit up immediately, as expected, Li Chen couldn't just watch him fall into Yuan Shao's hands.If he Cao Cao was defeated by Yuan Shao's coalition forces.After his chassis was swallowed by these people, the next one to be unlucky would be Li Chen.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao rolled his eyes.He said to Li Chen: "A friend in need is a friend in need. In this case, my brother is willing to help me. I really can't repay him."

"How about it, let's make an alliance by blood, and become brothers with different surnames. We don't want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but we want to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day."

As soon as Cao Cao said this, Li Chen thought to himself, I'll fuck your mother.You are a bad old man, you are very bad, and you have just finished talking about your own life.I am about to become brothers with different surnames. I don’t want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day.

What's the matter, you want to be buried with you before you die?

Besides, our ages don't match.I, Li Chen, are only in my twenties, and you, Cao Cao, are over 40.To become a brother with different surnames with you, not to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month and the same day, I have lost more than 20 years of my motherfucker, what am I trying to do?

Li Chen thought to himself, although we both have the same hobbies and interests.However, this hobby belongs to hobbies, interests belong to hobbies, you can't take advantage of me like this.

"Ha ha!"

"Brother Cao was joking, let's get down to business, shall we?" Li Chen put aside the damned topic of sworn brotherhood, and simply got straight to the point with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao felt a little sorry to see that Li Chen was unwilling to worship him, but he didn't show it.After all, there is a big age difference between the two of them, so Li Chen's reluctance to be sworn brothers is justifiable.

"Brother, Cao is very grateful that you can come. I have something to say, but I will be blunt." Cao Cao said to Li Chen.

Li Chen didn't bother to talk to Cao Cao, but asked directly: "If there is no foreign aid in this battle, Brother Cao is somewhat sure of winning."

Hearing Li Chen ask this, Cao Cao boasted: "Seventy percent."

Not to mention, Cao Cao is really a natural bragging material, [-]% of this sentence is full of confidence, if Li Chen hadn't investigated Cao Cao thoroughly in advance, he might have been bluffed by him.

2 Chapter Fifty

Anyway, there is no need to declare taxes for bragging, and Cao Cao is also bragging vigorously at this meeting.Still [-]% sure, let alone [-]% now, he is not even [-]% sure.

Cao Cao's bragging criticism, Li Chen is dictating this bragging criticism.As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Li Chen got up and stood up.

"Since brother Cao is [-]% sure, then brother, I'm meddling in my own business. Don't send me away, brother. I'm leaving here." After Li Chen finished speaking, he was about to leave.

Seeing that Li Chen was about to leave, Cao Cao panicked immediately.Not only Cao Cao panicked, but Guo Jia panicked too.Guo Jia thought to himself, I said Wei Wang, when is this, are you still bragging?

Li Chen is Cao Cao's savior now, if Li Chen leaves, then Cao Cao will be completely finished.So at this time, Cao Cao said nothing to let Li Chen go.

"Fifty percent, fifty percent, at most fifty percent certainty." Cao Cao said, and hurriedly grabbed Li Chen.

Li Chen glanced at Cao Cao and said to himself, Xiao Mian, I can't cure you anymore.

"Brother Cao, if you don't tell the truth, brother, I'm afraid I can't help you even if I want to help you." Li Chen said with a sigh.

"Thirty percent, brother, to tell you the truth, there is only a thirty percent chance of winning." Cao Cao gritted his teeth and told the truth.

Li Chen thought about it in his mind, Cao Cao said that he has a [-]% chance of winning, which is not bad.Hearing Cao Cao tell the truth, Li Chen did it again.

"Brother, to tell you the truth, brother, I can't wait to see you. I wonder how much you can send troops to help?" Cao Cao asked expectantly.

Li Chen is now building ships wantonly, this is to attract Jiangdong's attention, I am afraid that everyone in the world will know about it.But if Li Chen fights Jiangdong, the navy will be the main force. It stands to reason that this army must have surplus, and it should be able to send troops to help.

"Send troops? When did I say I'm going to send troops?" Li Chen looked at Cao Cao and said.

Hearing this, Cao Cao was taken aback. Cao Cao thought to himself, if you don't send troops, what will you say about you?Feelings, you boy came all the way from Xuzhou to Xuchang, are you here to make fun of me?

"Brother, didn't you just say that you came to save someone Cao? If you don't send troops, how can you save me?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

When Cao Cao asked here, Li Chen smiled and said, "Brother Cao, although I have no plans to send troops, I can invite a horse for Brother Cao."

Li Chen explained to Cao Cao that at this time, Li Chen would definitely not send troops.It is true that he has troops in his hands, but if he sends troops, it will be equivalent to joining Cao Cao's alliance.At that time, Yuan Shao and others will definitely send troops to attack him.

Once caught in the middle of the war in the Central Plains, it will affect Li Chen's plan to plot Jiangdong.At this time, Li Chen has to show that he has no plans or thoughts about the Central Plains, only in this way can he be alone.

Li Chen himself does not send troops, but he is willing to invite a support army for Cao Cao. What is the reason for this, Cao Cao does not understand.

At this time, Cao Cao looked at Li Chen's face, wanting to see if what this kid said was true or not, maybe this kid was making fun of him again.

Yuan Shao's grandson's appeal was too strong. With the order of this old boy, almost all the major forces in the world came to attack Cao Cao.He couldn't save Cao Cao from the rest of the sporadic little forces.

"Brother, I don't know where you plan to recruit troops for me?" Cao Cao asked.

Li Mu smiled at Cao Cao, and said slowly: "Today, the only ones in the world who have not yet entered the game and are qualified to enter the game are me, King Sun Jian of Wu, and Gongsun Zan, King of Yan. King Wu Sun Jian is my prey. Since you are invited soldiers, then we can only ask Yan Wang Gongsun Zan to send troops."

"Brother Cao, I don't know if I asked Gongsun Zan to send out an army to surprise Yuan Shao from the rear. Can I rescue you?"

Li Chen stated his plan, and after Cao Cao carefully calculated, he felt that if it was true what Li Chen said, if Gongsun Zan could send out a cavalry to surprise Yuan Shao's rear, then it would really be able to help him out.

You know, Yuan Shao is very arrogant.If Gongsun Zan attacked him from behind, Yuan Shao would definitely turn around and attack Gongsun Zan first.At this time, for Cao Cao, the pressure from Yuan Shao's side was relieved, and then he could free up his hands to deal with the others.

You know, Gongsun Zan is not easy to deal with.In this world, when it comes to cavalry, Ma Teng from Xiliang and Gongsun Zan from Youzhou are the strongest.What's more, Gongsun Zan also has a world-famous white horse righteous follower in his hands.

Although Gongsun Zan sent troops to break the siege of Cao Cao, it was not easy for Gongsun Zan to send troops.The relationship between Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei is well known throughout the world, and Gongsun Zan has helped Liu Bei a lot.

"Brother, how did you get Gongsun Zan to send troops?" Cao Cao asked a little puzzled.

Yuan Shao and Liu Bei are allies, Gongsun Zan's attack on Yuan Shao is equivalent to attacking Liu Bei, and Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan are brothers.Under these roundings, Gongsun Zan's sneak attack on Yuan Shao was equivalent to a sneak attack on himself.

Li Chen looked at Cao Cao and said softly, "I have five thousand white horses?"

"White horse?"

"Five thousand horses?" Cao Cao was stunned.

You must know that the white horse among horses is as rare as the white among girls.If you think about it, how many girls here only have one of those white horses, so you can tell how scarce this white horse is.

When Li Chen said that he had five thousand white horses, he was telling Cao Cao that all the girls in his city were those white horses.

Gongsun Zan is a good white horse, this is known all over the world.Normally, for a white horse, Gongsun Zan would pay ten times the price to get it.Now if Li Chen really had five thousand white horses in his hands, it would not be difficult for Gongsun Zan to send troops.

Li Chen saw that his bait was almost done, and Cao Cao's fish was also hooked. Li Chen knew it was time to take the bait.

"Brother Cao, although I have [-] white horses in my hand. But speaking of it, I also lack horses in Xuzhou, and I can't give them for free. My brothers will settle accounts, and I still have to ask for what I should ask." Li Chen Said to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at Li Chen and said, "Brother, if you have any conditions, just mention them."

"I am not only short of horses in Xuzhou, but also short of iron. I use horses, how about replacing Cao's iron?"

"In this way, I have to enter Brother Cao's territory to look for iron ore. After I find the iron ore, I will first take the iron ore equivalent to five thousand white horses. How about I exchange the extra with grain?" Li Chen said to Cao Cao said.

Cao Cao's territory is far larger than Li Chen's, and there are naturally more iron mines. Li Chen proposed to exchange [-] white horses for Cao Cao's iron mines. This is a very cost-effective thing for Cao Cao.Moreover, Li Chen is willing to exchange the extra iron ore with grain.

Once this battle is fought, food is a scarce resource.Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but nodded in his heart.Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, and Guo Jia also nodded towards Cao Cao, meaning that he could trade with him.

Now it is man for the knife and I for the fish.Don't say it's not a loss, even if it's a loss to grandma's house, it has to be exchanged.

Chapter 251 Li Chen's Behavior of Great Powers

In ancient times, salt and iron were basically government-run, and because the mining methods were not advanced, most of the mining in the entire Three Kingdoms period is now open-pit iron mines, even if it is difficult to mine some shallow mines.

The exchange terms proposed by Li Chen are a very good thing for Cao Cao.The current situation is already at stake for Cao Cao.Five thousand white horses can be exchanged for Gongsun Zan's help. Gongsun Zan is located in Youzhou. Once he harasses Yuan Shao from the rear, he can restrain most of Gongsun Zan's troops. In this way, the pressure on Cao Cao's front is greatly reduced.

And judging from the current situation, Cao Cao is not short of iron, and the weapons reserves in the warehouse are also sufficient.On the contrary, what Cao Cao lacks most now is food. With the end of the war, the production of food will decrease, but the demand will increase greatly.On the surface, exchanging iron for food is a good thing for Cao Cao.

Just like Cao Cao lacks food, Li Chen has a great need for iron.Xuzhou is considered a wealthy state and county among the many states and counties in the Han Dynasty, and after Li Chen has attracted refugees in the past few years, the population has also increased.

Li Chen has solutions to population, food, and economy, but there is only one thing that Li Chen cannot solve.That is the reserve of natural resources. Most of the underground ores in Xuzhou are coal mines, and iron ore can be said to be in short supply.

Among the navy ships that Li Chen is building, the main equipment is artillery, and artillery is an equipment that consumes a lot of copper and iron.Although the cannon is powerful, the same amount of iron ore needed to cast a cannonball can be used to cast hundreds of arrows.

Li Chen now only has Xuzhou and Luoyang in his hands, although these two places are rich and have a large population.However, resources are scarce, so exchanging food for iron is also a good thing for Li Chen.

Cao Cao was short of food, so exchanging food for iron was profitable for Cao Cao.Li Chen lacks iron, so exchanging food for iron is also profitable for Li Chen.So here comes the question, since both of them made money, who lost.

After some friendly negotiations, the two sides initially reached a consensus on exchanging grain for iron.At this point, it's time to start finalizing the details.

Cao Cao looked at Li Chen, and then said: "Brother just said that the market price of grain and iron will be traded, but with this war, both grain and iron ore will become tight supplies, and the price will inevitably increase by a large margin at that time." Climbing, I don’t know how to calculate this.”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he looked at Li Chen firmly.Cao Cao knew in his heart that after the war started, the price of grain and iron would rise, but the increase in iron was definitely not as large as that of grain.Because iron ore can be smelted at any time as long as people are sent to mine it.But food is different. Not to mention that food needs a production cycle, and it depends on the weather.

Why did Cao Cao take the initiative to bring up this issue? To put it bluntly, Cao Cao kept his eyes open. He was afraid that Li Chen would raise the price.If one catty of grain can be exchanged for one catty of iron according to the price in peacetime, then after the outbreak of war, it may take three catties of iron to exchange for one catty of grain.

Li Chen couldn't see Cao Cao's careful thinking.Thinking of this, Li Chen laughed loudly.

"Ha ha!"

"Brother Cao, put your heart into your stomach. Since I, Li Chen, have come today, I have no intention of making trouble. In this way, it is better to hit the day than to choose a date. The grain and iron transactions are based on today's market price, no matter what price in the future , How about we all trade at today's price?"

As soon as Li Chen said this, Cao Cao couldn't help but a gleam flashed in his eyes.Cao Cao never expected that Li Chen could say such a thing.Based on today's market price, there is no doubt that Cao Cao took advantage of it.

As the saying goes, there is no free lunch in the world, and there is no such thing as a free pie in the sky.Cao Cao felt that Li Chen might raise other conditions, and make up for the benefits given to him in other matters.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao was both happy and worried, and asked with a frown: "Brother, do you have any other conditions?"

Li Chen smiled slightly, and shook his head lightly: "Conditions, it can be regarded as conditions, so, little brother, I will tell Brother Cao."

As soon as he heard that Li Chen was going to make a condition, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel tense.He was afraid that Li Chen would put forward some excessive conditions, if he did not agree to it at that time, he was afraid that the matter of food and iron exchange would be ruined.

"Brother Cao, that's right."

"If iron ore is discovered, it will naturally require a large number of strong men. This is what I think. The right to mine the minerals belongs to me, and Brother Cao can send someone to supervise. By then, we will know how much ore will be mined. .”

"Another point is that the safety of this mining area needs to be guaranteed in the era of war and chaos. Brother Cao does not have enough troops. In this way, I hope that Brother Cao will allow us to station troops in the mining area. Of course, each mining area must Brother Cao has the final say on the number of soldiers. Brother Cao allows us to garrison as many troops as I can conveniently.”

"The third point is this. When I came to Xuchang all the way, I found that many official roads have been in disrepair for a long time. In this way, in order to transport iron ore, I can still build roads for Brother Cao. As for the cost of road construction How about we share it equally. If brother Cao is not rich, you can use this iron ore to pay off." Li Chen talked eloquently, explaining his conditions.

After Cao Cao heard Li Chen's conditions, he also said that his face was full of inexplicable applications.

Cao Cao frowned, and asked in a very puzzled tone: "Brother, this is your condition."

Li Chen's conditions, to Cao Cao, these are not conditions, they are simply giving him benefits and warmth.

You see, Li Chen first exchanged grain for Cao Cao's iron ore, and then refused to let them mine it, but sent people to mine it himself, so that Cao Cao even won the manpower.

Then, Li Chen also helped Cao Cao build the road, although Cao Cao also had to bear the cost of building the road.But this is road construction on Cao Cao's chassis, which means that Li Chen has borne half of the cost for him.

As for the garrison in the mining area, this is justifiable.After all, the world is in chaos now, and there is chaos everywhere.Li Chen asked for the garrison to ensure the safety of the mining area, and didn't Li Chen also say that the garrison had to be approved by him.

At this moment, in Cao Cao's eyes, Li Chen was the best and kindest person in the world.At this time, instead of taking advantage of the fire and looting, it was sending carbon in a timely manner.

In the final analysis, Cao Cao's vision is actually poor.This kind of loan is mortgaged with minerals, and then gradually mortgaged with the right of way. This series of behaviors was perfected by the Western powers in that era.

Chapter 252 Gongsun Zan Sends Troops to Assist Cao

Li Chen's request more or less made Cao Cao a little confused, and Cao Cao was a little bit confused for a while.Undecided, Cao Cao looked in Guo Jia's direction.

Guo Jia didn't understand what Li Chen meant, but in Guo Jia's view, it was a good thing for them anyway.Thinking of this, Guo Jia nodded to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao has always been obedient to Guo Jia's opinions, seeing Guo Jia nodding, Cao Cao no longer hesitated, and agreed to Li Chen's request.In this way, Li Chen and Cao Cao have reached a preliminary cooperation.

After Li Chen and Cao Cao reached a consensus, they quickly ordered people to send [-] white horses. For Li Chen, white horses belonged to renewable energy.That is to say, as long as it is Ma Lichen, he can turn him into white.Let alone a horse, you are a mule, a donkey, a tiger, etc. Li Chen can also make him white.After all, in the Three Kingdoms period, he had no defense against this dyed horse after all.

With [-] white horses, Cao Cao immediately sent Chen Qun, a debater under his command, to Beiping, Youzhou to lobby Gongsun Zan.What is a debater? A debater is different from a counselor. A counselor relies on his head for food, while a debater relies on his mouth for food.

The situation in Youzhou is different from other places. The political affairs of Youzhou belong to Liu Yu, the governor of the state, while the military affairs are decided by Gongsun Zan.In the past, the two of them had a pretty good match of one article and one martial arts, but in the past two years, the relationship between the two has become more and more discordant.

This Liu Yu, like Liu Bei, is a clan of the Han Dynasty.But unlike Liu Bei, the so-called Han family clan, Liu Bei, the Han clan clan, is mostly boasting.But Liu Yu, a clan member of the Han family, is the real deal.

When Gongsun Zan accepted the title of King of Yan, Liu Yu stood in the way, not wanting Gongsun Zan to be king.After Gongsun Zan insisted on becoming king, the conflict between the two intensified.Liu Yu's family is the clan of the Han family, and now Gongsun Zan, the king of Yan, is inexplicably extra on his head, how can he feel better.

Chen Qun came to Beiping with two thousand white horses. When Gongsun Zan saw the two thousand white horses, his eyeballs straightened.Immediately afterwards, Chen Qun talked about Wei Wang Cao Cao's invitation to Gongsun Zan to send troops.In addition, he told Gongsun Zan that as long as he was willing to send troops, Cao Cao was giving him three thousand white horses.

Hearing this, how could Gongsun Zan not be moved.To be honest, Gongsun Zan's nest in Youzhou has long since gotten tired of him.It wasn't that he didn't have news of his marching into the Central Plains, the key was that Liu Yu blocked him horizontally and refused to let him send troops, that's why Gongsun Zan didn't enter.

At this time, Cao Cao's five thousand white horses can be said to have given Gongsun Zan an admission ticket.Now for these [-] white horses, Gongsun Zan had to enter the arena, let alone Liu Yu, even if the Jade Emperor descended to earth, he could not stop him.

Gongsun Zan said in his heart, Yuan Shao, I've made up my mind, even Jesus can't keep him.

"Mr. Chen, please go to rest first. I will definitely give Mr. Chen an answer within three days." Gongsun Zan said to Chen Qun.