This Erlai, in his previous life, must have been a starving ghost. He eats so much and always wants to eat wherever he goes.
However, Long Chen has always been generous with his generals.
So he ordered his personal guards to fetch so delicacies from iwo for Dian Wei and Xu Chu to try.
"Hehehe, the lord is the best! Treats so well~"
"And got so many delicious things, it’s aweso!!!"
Dian Wei’s mouth was greasy, and he held a well-cooked piglet in his right hand.
"Lord, watch this, I’ll show you how to eat a whole pig in one bite!"
Long Chen: ............
"Erlai, we’re here to confiscate the wealth, not to eat!"
Forget it, forget it. Long Chen took his white-armored Zhao Yun to handle official business.
At this ti, the calm and steady Zhao Zilong was more reliable.
When they reached the warehouse door,
a group of soldiers had already gathered at the entrance. Half were Lu Bu’s Bingzhou soldiers, and the other half were Long Chen’s Tiger Guards.
Seeing Long Chen approaching, Lu Bu stepped forward, clasped his fists, and laughed:
"Jueming, you’re here too!"
"Co, see how much treasure we’ve found!"
At this point, Lu Bu’s eyes could no longer hide his excitent.
Long Chen raised an eyebrow, moved closer to Lu Bu, and whispered: "Wenhou, how much?"
Lu Bu’s eyebrows danced with excitent:
"Jueming! Just the gold in iwo alone amounts to a hundred thousand taels, and the silver amounts to a million taels!"
Holy crap!!!
Long Chen’s starry eyes widened instantly, like two frightening lanterns.
A hundred thousand taels of gold, a million taels of silver, what kind of concept is this!!?
All of Long Chen’s current wealth amounted to nearly a thousand taels of gold and nearly sixty thousand taels of silver.
But the wealth Dong Zhuo accumulated in iwo was more than ten tis that of Long Chen!!!
Such wealth would be enough for Long Chen to expand his army tenfold.
Reaching an army of six hundred thousand!!!
But Long Chen could only think about it for now.
A large part of this wealth had to be handed over to the national treasury.
Huh!?
Why should it be handed over to the treasury?
I fought this battle.
I reversed this desperate situation with my strength!
Why should I hand over this gold and silver to the treasury?
Thinking of this, Long Chen paced back and forth on the roadside.
Lu Bu saw this and scratched his head in confusion.
"Jueming, what are you thinking about!?"
Lu Bu’s voice brought Long Chen back to reality. Seeing Lu Bu, Long Chen had a sudden inspiration.
Lu Bu is a greedy man; why not tempt him with great benefits and have him temporarily join ?
This way, we can form a powerful alliance, and then I will have the confidence to bring the Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, back to Yangzhou’s Jiujiang County!
The situation in Chang’an City is already very clear!
There are three main forces.
The first is and my three thousand Tiger Guards!
The second is Lu Bu with his fifty thousand elite Bingzhou troops!
The third is the remnants of Dong Zhuo’s forces, represented by Li Su, as well as Hu Zhen, Xu Rong, and others, who have over ten thousand Xiliang soldiers temporarily under Wang Yun’s command.
The fourth is my father-in-law Wang Yun, who represents the majority of the civil and military officials in the court and has fifty thousand Chang’an guards.
Currently, my relationship with my father-in-law Wang Yun is the best. If I can also gain Lu Bu’s support,
then I will surely have control over the court.
Thinking of this,
Long Chen beckoned Lu Bu.
Seeing this, Lu Bu strode over, looking puzzled.
Long Chen whispered in his ear:
"Wenhou, what are your plans next?"
Lu Bu didn’t know what Long Chen was up to, but he thought that currently, he and Long Chen were both loyal ministers of the late Han.
So he replied honestly:
"I intend to guard the Emperor and contribute to the revival of the Han Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, Long Chen rolled his eyes inwardly.
Co on, Wenhou, who are you fooling with this talk!
But Long Chen didn’t reveal it directly. Instead, he clasped his fists and said:
"What a coincidence, Wenhou’s aspirations are very similar to mine! In the future, we should cooperate closely!"
After getting closer, Long Chen quickly brought up his real purpose.
"Wenhou, what do you think should be done with the treasures we found in iwu?"
Lu Bu gazed greedily at the boxes inside the warehouse, shining with gold and silver.
"Sigh, what else can we do but hand it over to the treasury?"
Long Chen shook his head and whispered, "This is inappropriate!"
"Wenhou, you and I eliminated the traitor during the nation’s crisis, this is a trendous rit!"
"And these treasures before us are our rightful rewards!"
Hearing this, Lu Bu’s eyes sparkled even more.
He muttered to himself, "Re... reward..."
"Yes! Why didn’t I think of that?"
Lu Bu clapped his hands excitedly and looked at Long Chen with admiration.
He had always respected Long Chen for justifying the confiscation of these treasures so righteously.
"So, Wenhou, how much do you think we should report from this wealth confiscation? And how much should we keep?"
Long Chen smiled at Lu Bu.
In essence, he was asking how much gold and silver they should embezzle and how much to report to the treasury.
After a brief thought, Lu Bu tentatively asked, "Should we report seizing eighty thousand taels of gold and eight hundred thousand taels of silver?"
According to his plan, keeping ten thousand taels of gold and one hundred thousand taels of silver each was already a lot.
Unexpectedly, Long Chen shook his head and held up four fingers.
"Wenhou, why do I only see forty thousand taels of gold and four hundred thousand taels of silver?"
Whoa!
Astonished, Lu Bu thought to himself, this guy is even greedier than !
However, in a mont,
Lu Bu’s face flushed with excitent, thinking about getting so much gold and silver, he couldn’t help but feel delighted.
His goodwill towards Long Chen surged.
"Ding! Lu Bu’s goodwill towards you has increased to 65."
It felt as if he had suddenly found a kindred spirit among the crowd. Lu Bu’s goodwill towards Long Chen was very high.
Moreover, Long Chen’s martial prowess was comparable to his own, making Lu Bu admire him even more.
Next,
Long Chen used his persuasive skills and modern ideas, leaving Lu Bu dumbfounded.
Their bond quickly deepened.
"Ding! Lu Bu’s goodwill towards you has increased to 68!"
Long Chen was also surprised by the notification, not expecting Lu Bu’s goodwill to be so high.
A goodwill level of 68 indicated a strong inclination to pledge allegiance!
To be fair, Lu Bu was indeed unfit to be a lord; he lacked the aura and qualities of one.
But as a general, he was more than sufficient.
However, Lu Bu’s personality traits destined him to be disliked by any lord.
He was too dangerous!
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