After staying intimate with Mrs. Mi for a while, when Lu Bu came to the study, Chen Gong had been waiting outside the door.

"The office is coming so quickly?" Lu Bu greeted: "Go into the study and said."

Chen Gong muttered in his heart.

He came when he was greeted. Logically, Lu Bu should have arrived long ago.

But he came earlier than Lu Bu, who was far away.

I don’t know which wife Wen Hou lingered with him just now.

As an aide, although Chen Gong muttered so much in his heart, he could not say it.

After responding, he followed Lu Bu into the study.

"Did you hear the news that Li Dian killed Li Mao in the battle?" After sitting down, Lu Bu asked Chen Gong.

"Li Mao is a powerful general under Liu Xun. This man is the best of the three armies. He is not inferior to General Ji in terms of ability." Chen Gong replied: "Let Li Dian fight alone is not his opponent at all."

"I know both of them." Lu Bu nodded: "Li Mao is brave and brave, but he is not very smart. Although Li Dian's martial arts are weaker, he is a wise general. It is not surprising that Li Dian has the upper hand when they meet. I invite you to ask you, what will happen to Cao Cao next?"

"Cao Cao has many capable people, and Huainan Yuan Shu was no match." Chen Gong stroked his beard: "Since Yuan Shu's death, Huainan has long been disintegrated. How could there be any loyal people? Liu Xun will lose this way, and Lujiang is probably already in the hands of Cao Cao."

"The public platform means that Liu Xun will not fight again?" Lu Bu asked.

"I don't think so." Chen Gong said: "But for Wen Hou, it is an excellent opportunity to win Huainan."

Lu Bu knew very well that he and Cao Cao would have a battle sooner or later.

Once the two sides start a war, he must take Huainan first, otherwise he will be passive everywhere and the battle in Xia Pi is likely to be staged again.

He came to this era and rewritten the results of Baimen Tower.

However, if the battle in Xia Pi was staged again, what would he expect to rewrite the ending again?

You can't afford to lose without losing. The only way is to make yourself not lose.

"If we want to survive, it is imperative to take Huainan." Lu Bu said in confusion: "But Huainan is already Cao Cao, so let's attack again, right..."

"The key to this matter is Liu Xun." Chen Gong said: "If he captures Yuan Yao and others to Cao Cao, Wen Hou will have an excuse to attack. But if he guards Lujiang, Wen Hou will not only not have the chance to attack, but he will also have to stare at the Qingzhou area for Cao Cao and stand firm in his position."

Lu Bu was puzzled: "Liu Xun guarded Lujiang to the death. According to the principle, I should send troops to help Cao Cao, why did I have no chance?"

"The Cao family's army is in Shouchun. How can Lujiang stop them?" Chen Gong shook his head: "Liu Xun is just a matter of perseverance. If Wen Hou sends troops, he will be suspicious of Cao Cao. But it is another matter for him to offer Yuan Yao. It is said that Chen Shuzhi once received benefits from Yang Hong and Zhang Xun. Wen Hou can remain unmoved and secretly ordered Chen Shuzhi to seize Huainan. What can Cao Cao do?"

"Uncle Chen only occupied Zhongli. He made an action. Cao Cao sent troops to attack him. I just wanted to turn against him directly?" Lu Bu said: "I won't sit still and watch Uncle Chen fight against the enemy alone."

"Wen Hou considered this level, how could Cao Cao not have thought of it?" Chen Gong said: "Uncle Chen took Huainan. Even if he was willing to send troops to attack, he would throw himself into a rat and dare not act easily. After all, Uncle Chen stood behind him, and Wen Hou was relying on the momentum of the Yuan family in Hebei."

Chen Gong's explanation made Lu Bu suddenly realize.

He nodded and said, "It seems that I still have to look forward to Liu Xun betraying his old master!"

"Huainan can be handed over to Uncle Chen, and Marquis Wen also has many things to be taken care of." Chen Gong said: "Since the defeat of Chen Deng, Xuzhou has all fallen into the hands of Marquis Wen. After many wars, people's livelihoods in various places are in decline, and a large amount of money and food is urgently needed. I wonder what plans are Wen's?"

"Does Xiahou Yuanrang see the wonderful uses of coal every day?" Lu Bu asked.

"He must be able to see the wonderful uses of coal." Chen Gong said: "Wen Hou exchanged some coal for him to win the Qingzhou army. I think he would seek credit from Cao Cao when he returned."

"It's not okay to exchange coal for Qingzhou Army. I have to find a way to sell coal to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao." Lu Bu said, holding his chin and said, "Not only has to be sold, but also has to be sold at a high price!"

With abundant coal reserves, merchants can often make huge profits from it.

Since the mining of the Pengcheng coal mine, many merchants have been waiting in Pengcheng. Once coal is mined, they will be sold out.

Lu Bu got a lot of money because of this, and Zhang Shiping and other businessmen made a lot of money from it.

But Lu Bu knew very well that with the coal mines in Pengcheng that wanted to raise a large army of people, revitalize Xuzhou's economy, and let the people live and work in peace, they were still a drop in the bucket and were unable to satisfy them.

When merchants obtain coal, they often adopt the policy of selling nearby.

A lot of coal was snapped up before leaving Xuzhou.

It is precisely this reason that Xiahou Dun came to Pengcheng and was surprised when he saw coal-smoked food for the first time.

Xiahou Dun saw the benefits of coal, so he would certainly make a big fuss when he returned to Cao Cao.

But the little coal that Lu Bu gave Cao Cao was not enough to replace firewood and charcoal.

Cao Cao will have more needs.

Although Yuan Shao from Hebei did not attack the Cao family, he arranged a lot of people to secretly investigate Cao Cao's actions.

Yuan Shao would not know that coal was sent to Henan.

"I understand what Wen Hou means." Chen Gong nodded: "Although there is a lot of coal, it can be reduced to export, so as to achieve the goal of being a rare product."

"Have you ever heard of economic crisis and inflation in the public sector?" Lu Bu suddenly asked two nouns that appeared in later generations.

These two terms appeared with the emergence of the large-scale machine industry. The Han Dynasty was only the early form of the feudal dynasty, so Chen Gong certainly could not have heard of it.

He looked at Lu Bu in surprise: "Wen Hou is saying..."

"Two forms of social and economic crisis," Lu Bu said: "The economic crisis is the economic turmoil caused by overproduction, which causes demand far less than supply, excessive commodities and insufficient purchasing power of people. Inflation is the opposite of the fact that it is the increase in currency entering the market, while the quantity of commodities has not increased, resulting in a abnormal surge in the price of goods."

Chen Gong was confused when he heard this, and his eyes looked at Lu Bu even more complicated.

He couldn't understand where Lu Bu heard these nouns from, and from which angle he judged them, and gave them explanations.

After careful consideration, he found that the two nouns mentioned by Lu Bu can really cover many market laws.
Chapter completed!