Three Kingdoms

In Chang'an City, Zhang Liao looked at the scattered pedestrians on the street and couldn't help but frown. Is this Chang'an? Is this still the capital of the Han Dynasty?

Since the capital was moved, a large number of people poured into Chang'an, which brought a short-term prosperity to Chang'an. Like silk cloth burned by flames, after that moment of brilliance, only ashes are left.

The supplies on the market were scarce, and many people had to start migrating outside Chang'an City, or even further areas. However, all the conditions that Dong Zhuo had promised to relocate the people were reduced to nothing because of Dong Zhuo's death.

Chang'an now looks like an Internet celebrity whose face was suddenly hit by a heavy downpour and has nowhere to hide. The sparse eyebrows, freckles on the sallow complexion, and the dark bags under the eyes that were originally covered are all exposed...

Zhang Liao walked silently through the streets and alleys, and then he got off his horse in front of a large courtyard. Lu Bu's soldiers on duty at the door naturally recognized Zhang Liao and quickly stepped forward to lead the horse.

"General, Marquis Wen has given orders. If the general comes, there is no need to inform him. Marquis Wen is in the courtyard." Lu Bu's soldier said.

Zhang Liao nodded, and just as he entered the courtyard, he heard Lu Bu banging the table in the courtyard and singing a Bingzhou tune at the same time, singing very enthusiastically in ups and downs.

"Hahahaha, Wen Yuan is here! Come on, come on, drink this bowl first!" Although Lu Bu said he wanted Zhang Liao to drink a bowl, he actually raised the bowl and poured it into his mouth inside.

"Boping is in the military camp again?" Zhang Liao looked around and asked when he didn't see Gao Shun.

Lu Bu nodded.

Lu Bu was sometimes speechless about Gao Shun. Asking him to come drink was mostly to shirk his inability to come because he had something to do. Maybe it wasn't shirk, but in Gao Shun's eyes, things in the military camp were more important than drinking with Lu Bu.

Zhang Liao was also silent, and he had no way to say anything about this matter.

Nowadays, prices in Chang'an City are soaring. Although Lu Bu is warm, there are still a lot less dishes on the wine table. However, for people who drink, food is not important. What is important is wine. As long as there is wine on the table That’s fine. As for the dishes, that’s secondary…

When Lu Bu's wine bowl was empty, he poured it out, then emptied it again, and then poured it out again. Soon the jar of wine was finished. Lu Bu patted the table again and asked the attendant to bring him wine, but the attendant tremblingly replied that the wine was gone.

Lu Bu became furious and shouted, "You won't sell the wine if it's gone!"

"Xin Wen... Wen Hou..." The waiter turned pale with fright and quickly knelt down to apologize. His words were useless, "Money... there is not enough money..."

Lu Bu jumped up and threw the empty wine bowl directly at the waiter, "Why is there not enough money? Didn't you just pay your salary not long ago?! Are you greedy for someone's money when you wait to kill him?!"

"Marquis Wen, calm down!" Zhang Liao glanced at the empty wine jars beside the table in the courtyard. There were seven or eight empty wine jars, then he grabbed Lu Bu and asked the waiter, "How much does a jar of wine cost on the market now?"

The waiter kowtowed repeatedly and said: "General, the price of a bottle of wine on the market is already fifteen thousand yuan! It's not... It's not just a greedy thing, it's really... the price of wine is too expensive... Please treat me with kindness, the general will take this as an example..."

"Fifteen thousand dollars?!" Lu Bu was also shocked.

"Marquis Wen, may I ask how much salary you received these days?" Zhang Liao asked Lu Bu again.

"One hundred thousand dollars." Lu Bu said.

Zhang Liao calculated silently, then pointed to the seven or eight new wine jars in the yard and said, "Wen Hou, these are already more than one hundred thousand dollars..."

"This..." Lu Bu looked at the wine jar in the yard, and then at the wine spilled on the table as he poured the wine. He seemed to be calculating in his mind the value of the wine splashed on the table. money……

"Wen Hou, is there any tea at home? How about removing the wine table and making some tea?" Zhang Liao said upon seeing this.

Lu Bu sat down, then nodded dejectedly, waving to the attendants.

"These days..." Lu Bu shook his head and sighed.

When I was in Bingzhou, although I was poor, I was happy. Although I didn't have much food and wine, I didn't seem to have anything to worry about.

When I arrived in Luoyang, I was rich and had food and wine, but there were more and more worries, which made me panic.

Now in Chang'an, the rich are even richer. They can easily handle tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they seem to be poorer. They don't even have food and wine, and they have more worries...

Zhang Liao and other attendants finished their work, and then he lowered his voice slightly and asked: "Marquis Wen, could it be that you were rejected by Situ again?"

Zhang Liao said "again" because it was not once or twice that Lu Bu's suggestions were rejected by Wang Yun and Wang Situ. This incident sometimes made Zhang Liao feel a little incredible.

Lu Bu nodded silently.

Counting this time, Wang Yun has rejected him three times.

The first time Lu Bu proposed to Wang Yun was when Dong Zhuo had just been killed. Lu Bu suggested taking out the gold and silver treasures in Dong Zhuo's prison and distributing them to the generals in the army to win people's hearts and stabilize the morale of the ruling and opposition parties.

Wang Yun refused solemnly, saying that Dong Zhuo's money was the wealth of the people and must be taken back from the treasury and used for the people. How could he grant it privately? What's more, as an important minister of the country, he naturally had to share the worries of the court, so he didn't want to buy generals with money...

Lu Bu's face turned dark at that time, and he left without saying a word.

The second time I persuaded Wang Yun was after a period of time. At that time, the Xiliang army was leaderless, disorganized, and panicked. Niu Fu even ordered the massacre of Bingzhou soldiers. The morale of the Xiliang army was really unstable. , Lu Bu suggested that Wang Yun issue an edict to pardon the generals of the Xiliang army, and then order them to report their duties in Chang'an, divide the Xiliang generals, and collect their soldiers, so that the Xiliang army can attack each other, and there will be no threat.

Wang Yun refused seriously, saying that these Xiliang generals had been pardoned once before, and the court had given them a chance. It was impossible to allow people who made mistakes again and again. These Xiliang soldiers had lost their leaders and had no money or food supplies. , can't make much of a wave, not to mention that the Shandong Army is just around the corner. If the imperial court orders it to advance westward and attack, the Xiliang Army will definitely collapse, so there is nothing to worry about.

Lu Bu touched his nose, fell silent, and left.

Two days ago, Lu Bu found Wang Yun again.

The Shandong Army, which was originally expected to cooperate with the imperial court's actions, was unusually silent; then the Yang family members talked about the price issue in Chang'an every day, or the issue of Dong Zhuo returning to Luoyang after his death; the Xiliang soldiers outside Chang'an City seemed to be there again Day by day, they are connected with each other and gradually come together...

Lü Bu suggested to Wang Yun that he mobilize 40,000 soldiers from the Chang'an court, led by Lü Bu, and then use thunderous force to attack one or two Xiliang armies closest to Chang'an, in order to frighten their hearts and make them dare not act rashly.

Then Wang Yun seriously refused again. Wang Yun believed that the Xiliang army was unlikely to be a powerful force and was not powerful enough to carry out a large-scale war. What's more, Chang'an was now short of supplies and could not spare much food and grass to support the army's operations.

Zhang Liao was silent after hearing Lu Bu's words. ,

Although it was Lu Bu who spoke, it was Zhang Liao who had the idea and the plan. But now, even Zhang Liao is helpless...

Zhang Liao said: "Wen Hou, if this continues, problems will occur sooner or later..." Dong Zhuo has been dead for a long time, but the government and the public have not yet formed a unified thought and strength. Wang Yun seemed to have spent all his money when he assassinated Dong Zhuo. Although Zhang Liao's actions and courage were almost slow and hesitant, and he did not listen to Lu Bu's suggestions, this situation made Zhang Liao very worried.

"Prepare?" Lu Bu murmured and repeated, "It's time to prepare, but how to prepare..."

Temperature dropped suddenly, I had a cold...headache, stuffy nose...