Chapter 247

"My lord also exempted the wasteland from taxes for three years. Now we in Bingzhou are all tightening our belts to live. Why doesn't the Alliance Leader lend us a little?"

Jian Yong looked like they were in a miserable state!

Yuan Shao's mouth twitched, and he felt terrible. Borrowing again?!

"Fine, I'll send someone to transport twenty thousand shi of grain to Mengjin Ferry. Xuande can go get it himself. Consider it my sponsorship for Xuande and Kong Beihai... no need to pay it back!"

Anyway, Liu Bei had never paid it back, so Yuan Shao would be generous for once!

"Thank you, Alliance Leader!"

The broadcast room's comments exploded,

"Damn, the big-eared thief is here to 'borrow' grain again!"

"Yuan Shao looks like a baby whose heart is bitter; it's so awkward! The landlord's family doesn't have much surplus grain either."

"The big-eared thief is the number one deadbeat of the late Han Dynasty!"

"Borrowed by ability, why pay it back?"

"I think Liu Bei is quite good; he only pits those warlords and aristocratic families. He didn't eat that grain and fodder himself; he helped many poor people!"

"Exactly, seventy thousand people in Luoyang, how much do they need to eat!"

Liu Bei didn't know that he was just borrowing some grain and actually received so much complaining.

Yanzhou,

Cao Cao looked at the bamboo slips in his hand,

"Kong Rong asking me for help? Liu Bei leading fifteen thousand elite cavalry to the rescue?"

"Hehe, this Xuande is really a warm-hearted person; he's everywhere!"

Cao Cao's tone was a bit unpleasant,

"What do you all think?"

Xi Zhicai bowed,

"My lord, Kong Rong has no friendship with us, so there is no reason to aid him."

"Liu Bei spreads benevolence and righteousness throughout the world and has a friendship with Kong Rong, so he must go."

Cao Cao was a bit sour,

"Xuande's reputation is also extremely good."

Xi Zhicai cupped his hands,

"My lord, Liu Bei's reputation is extremely good, but he will also be burdened by his reputation. In the future, perhaps there will be things he doesn't want to do, but he will be forced to do them."

Cao Cao thought it was the same. For example, this time, Liu Bei was on an expedition to Qingzhou; next time he could also use this point to make Liu Bei do something for him.

Cao Cao thought for a moment,

"Send someone to deliver five thousand shi of grain to Liu Bei to express our sincerity."

"Yes!"

Qingzhou,

Beihai Commandery, Duchang,

Kong Rong angrily patted the desk, sighing at the fickleness of the world!

"Back then we drank and chatted happily, agreeing that if there was trouble we would carry it together. Now one by one they are playing dead; not a single one is willing to help me."

"They are indeed fair-weather friends! None of them are trustworthy!"