Chapter 331

The third year of Chuping, end of December

As Lu Bu of Yanzhou was defeated by Cao Mengde, Lin Yang recovered the four commanderies of Yangzhou, and in the north, Yuan Benchun forced Gongsun Bogui into a desperate situation!

Among the warlords of the world, except for the Central Plains which was still in chaos, the other warlords had all stabilized!

In Jingzhou and Yizhou, under the control of Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, the people lived in peace and contentment, recuperating!

Ma Teng and Han Sui of Xiliang joined forces to occupy Xiliang, constantly strengthening their power!

And in Chang'an, located in Sili, the two traitors Li Jue and Guo Si still held the Emperor, seeking pleasure all day, and sending troops to wreak havoc in the countryside!

This caused the people of Sili to flee to Cao Mengde's territory!

This allowed Cao Mengde, who had just defeated Lu Bu, not only to recuperate but also to further strengthen his power!

Yuzhou, Pei Commandery, Pei County

"My lord, Yuan Gonglu arranging for us to be here is to help him attack Xuzhou; this is not an easy thing!"

Beside Lu Bu, Chen Gong was very worried!

Coming to this Yuzhou territory, what Lu Bu had to face now was Lin Yang, who occupied two provinces!

The latter had one hundred thousand troops in Yangzhou, one hundred and forty thousand in Xuzhou, plus the fifty thousand-strong army in Qingzhou!

Lin Yang had thirty thousand troops under his command!

He was definitely the top warlord in the world!

Contending with such a person was extremely unwise!

"Alas, our grain and supplies now all have to be provided by Yuan Gonglu, so what can I do!"

Lu Bu didn't want to fight Lin Yang either!

The troops under his command had followed him all the way!

The former fifty thousand Bingzhou troops now only had a little over ten thousand left!

If they continued to be consumed!

Lu Bu would really have no one left!

But if he didn't fight, there was no way!

Yuan Gonglu provided them with grain and even recruited soldiers for them in Pei Commandery!

This was already very good treatment!

Once he didn't take action, the grain would be gone, and Lu Bu wouldn't even have a place to settle down!

"My lord, you might as well deal with Lin Yang superficially, and then..."

Leaning close to Lu Bu's ear, Chen Gong explained his plan!

Listening to Chen Gong's suggestion, Lu Bu, who had been frowning, couldn't help but smile!

"Haha, let's follow Gongtai's plan!"

Lu Bu laughed, and his gaze toward Xuzhou became cold!

And as for the movements of Lu Bu in Yuzhou, Lin Yang on the other side was unaware!

Xuzhou, Donghai Commandery, Xuzhou City

"Zijhong, how is the preparation for the betrothal gifts?"

"My lord, I have prepared all the betrothal gifts; they can be sent to the Cai Mansion tomorrow!"

Hearing they were ready, Lin Yang nodded!

Lin Yang attached great importance to marrying Cai Yan!

"By the way, my lord, the officials sent to the imperial court haven't returned yet; should we send someone else?"

Now that Lin Yang occupied two provinces, he naturally submitted a memorial to the court, requesting to be appointed as Inspector of Yangzhou and to manage Yangzhou affairs!

But the envoys they sent hadn't returned with a reply!

"Let's wait and see!"

The two traitors Li Jue and Guo Si were far inferior to Dong Zhuo!

Although Jia Xu was under their command!

Jia Xu didn't plan for them at all!

This also allowed the two to wreak havoc around Chang'an!

If it weren't for the fact that the Emperor of the Han was still there and the last bit of the Han's prestige remained!

Lin Yang wouldn't have even submitted a memorial!

"By the way, Zijhong, come with me!"

Seeming to have thought of something, Lin Yang took Especially Mi Zhu and walked toward a warehouse!

"My lord!"

The personal guards responsible for guarding the warehouse, seeing Lin Yang arrive, bowed respectfully, and at Lin Yang's signal, opened the warehouse door!

The next moment, pieces of cotton-padded coats, piled up like small hills, appeared before Especially Mi Zhu!

"This, what are these?"

Looking at these cotton-padded coats, Especially Mi Zhu touched them; the texture was soft and very warm!

They weren't sable fur, nor were they Shu brocade!

"My lord, could this be a cotton-padded coat?!"

In an instant, Especially Mi Zhu realized what this was!

He had heard that Lin Yang had distributed something in the army called a cotton-padded coat!

It was similar to a brocade robe, and in terms of warmth, it was even better!

Could this be it!

"That's right, this is a cotton-padded coat!"

Nodding, Lin Yang had asked Especially Mi Zhu to come because he was ready to sell this batch of cotton-padded coats!

Yes!

Sell them!

A small favor leads to gratitude, a large favor leads to resentment!

Lin Yang had already treated the people under his command well enough!

"Zijhong, how much do you think it's appropriate to sell this for?"

Looking at Especially Mi Zhu, Lin Yang asked!

"With this texture and material, it's definitely the price of a brocade robe, at least two thousand cash!"

Especially Mi Zhu had a sharp eye and saw the extraordinary nature of the cotton-padded coat at a glance!

If you wore this, you wouldn't have to suffer from the cold all winter!

"Two thousand cash is too expensive!"

Shaking his head, Lin Yang rejected this price!

He brought out the cotton-padded coats, actually hoping more that the people under his command wouldn't freeze to death!

Don't think Lin Yang was lying!