The third day of August.

Yesterday, I agreed to buy carpentry tools. Fortunately, I came across a village with people around noon that day.

This is a rather special village. From a distance, it even has a city wall. The low wall surrounds the village, like a Wubao.

When the rebel sentries arrived at the village, the civilians who were standing guard outside thought that the rebels were coming again, so they hurriedly got in with weapons and ran to the city wall.

Not only that, there were two young men who rushed out of Wubao on horseback with swords and spears raised, and their horses collided with each other without fear of death, as if they wanted to directly capture the thief and the king, and protect the village from the disaster of the army.

The rebels came here to prepare for the purchase. They took Liu Bei with them. There were four cavalrymen. The two from the opposite side dared to charge directly. Their courage was commendable.

The cavalry arrived in the blink of an eye and stopped twenty paces away.

Liu Bei ordered the sentries not to put away their weapons, and put on a kind face.

Both sides were observing each other. Liu Bei saw that the two young men had no ill intentions, and the two young men did not look like thieves.

Liu Bei lightly kicked the horse's belly and slowly stepped forward, "Two little brothers, we are the Zhuojun rebels. We are going to Jizhou to attack the Yellow Turbans and are passing by here. I wonder if your village can be convenient for our army to purchase urgently needed supplies?"

As he said that, Liu Bei took out a small money bag from his arms, "then." Lingkong threw the money bag to one of the older students.

"Go back and inform the elders so that they can make a decision. I'll be waiting here."

The money bag in his hand was heavy. Liu Bei acted grandly and did not look like a gangster. The young man immediately hugged his fist and said, "General, wait a moment. I will come as soon as I can!"

After saying that, "Drive!" the two young men kicked the horse in the belly and went straight to Wu Bao.

The cavalry drove away.

Behind Liu Bei, a small head appeared.

Li Mengxi poked his head out curiously and looked at the village, which was like a small town, from a distance. With Li Mengxi's level of knowledge now, he believed that such a village, plus the three to five hundred people in the village, not one of whom was two or three thousand people, was

It can't be captured.

"Mr. Xuande, there are horses in this village. You can buy them to supplement our cavalry." Li Mengxi's eyes lit up when he saw the horses.

The rebels now have less than thirty cavalry, not even enough messengers and scouts.

Li Mengxi suggested buying horses from the village. Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it later."

Liu Bei responded vaguely.

How can I say it again? After passing this village, there is no such store.

Liu Bei seemed to have little interest in buying horses, which was strange. Li Mengxi told Liu Bei the importance of cavalry, and said why he didn't buy it if he didn't want to pay.

Liu Bei shook his head and said nothing.

Li Mengxi was unwilling to give up and wanted to continue talking. Several cavalrymen rode out from the village, led by an energetic old man. Although the old man had white hair, his face was red.

When the elder arrived, Liu Bei hurriedly dismounted before the old man could dismount.

Seeing that Li Mengxi was indifferent on the horse, "Xi'er, dismount." Liu Bei called.

"Oh." Li Mengxi jumped off the horse.

Liu Bei had a natural affinity, and when he met a stranger, he would immediately chat with them warmly.

Li Mengxi saw Liu Bei come forward and exchanged a few words with the old man coming out of the village. He asked the old man how he was and how the harvest was.

Unexpectedly, within a few words, Liu Bei had a very pleasant conversation with the stranger. The old man had a smile on his face and was about to drag Liu Bei to the village for a drink.

Liu Bei only said that it was inconvenient to bother him, but asked the elders to allow the rebels to buy urgently needed items on the spot.

In order to appease the old man's heart, Liu Bei specially considered for the other party, and if he wanted to trade, he could just leave it outside the village.

In this way, the old man's last worry is gone, and he doesn't have to worry about the other party having evil intentions when he comes to the village to buy things.

The old man was also a cheerful person. He stroked his beard and hesitated, "I wonder what the general wants to buy? Logically speaking, the purpose of the rebel army to fight thieves is for the people. We, the people, should donate food and raise the army. But now that the situation is getting worse,

There is not much food in the village. If the general wants to buy food, I'm afraid..."

"Hey, old man, don't worry. There is no danger of food shortage in our army. As for what we need to buy...Xi'er." Liu Bei let Li Mengxi out from behind and let Li Mengxi talk about what he needed to buy.

"I need carpentry tools." As he said this, Li Mengxi looked at the horse with greedy eyes, his eyes shining, "I want to buy the horse too."

"Only buy carpentry tools, nothing else." Liu Bei interrupted Li Mengxi and directly finalized the purchase.

Li Mengxi scratched his head and looked up at Liu Bei with a puzzled look on his face.

The old man glanced at the young Li Mengxi in surprise. It was rare to see such a young boy who was articulate and not timid. "I wonder how much carpentry work a young general needs? I'll go back and find someone to do it."

"As many as you want." Li Mengxi said domineeringly.

The deal is done.

Li Mengxi and the cavalry went back to call professionals. Liu Xuande asked a cavalryman to wait where he was while he went to the supply camp to get the money.

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The wheels were turning, and the old scalper pulling the cart came pulling the empty cart.

This is the rhythm of buying a car.

Li Mengxi, Liu Bei, and the carpenter brother took the money and returned.

Formal negotiations begin.

Li Mengxi didn't know what the carpenter used to do his work, and he didn't know the price of these tools, so he asked the carpenter to do his best.

Professional matters must be left to professionals.

The carpenter Lu Li went to negotiate with the people in the village about carpentry tools, while the leader of the two parties, Liu Bei, was chatting and laughing with the old people in the village.

The conversation was over in a short while. It was just a larger village and it didn't actually provide much supplies.

When Lu Li came back after the conversation, Li Mengxi took him aside and discussed in a low voice behind his back.

"How was the discussion?" Li Mengxi asked quietly.

Lu Li was a little angry. Even with his dull personality, he was angry. "I asked how much a plane cost, and he asked me for thirty cents! Why don't you go and grab it!" Lu Li was very angry. The plane was made of copper.

Do it? Just ask for thirty coins.

"Keep your voice down." Li Mengxi frowned, raised his hand and lightly punched Lu Li.

Li Mengxi understood what Lu Li meant. He thought the prices were high.

Lu Li thought it was so expensive that Li Mengxi wanted to laugh. How could something so cheap be so expensive even if it was several times more expensive?

Moreover, the tools used to maintain your vehicle are worth buying no matter how expensive they are.

After Li Mengxi thought for a moment, he nodded and looked at Lu Li.

"Lu Li, you can buy as many planes and saws as you can at twice the price they raised."

Lu Li suspected that he had heard wrongly, so there was no reason for him to increase the price.

In fact, Li Mengxi felt that although it was a sale, if the price was fair, people might not be willing to sell it.

Justice is fair, but axes, saws and the like are tools for making a living. If you sell them, you won't be able to do carpentry work.

So, although, suppose the market price of an ax is thirty cents.

So, if the offer is thirty cents, it seems fair, but the possibility of it being sold is extremely low.

Even if the offer is 40 cents, they may not sell it.

If war breaks out, the price of iron will inevitably rise sharply.

Therefore, Li Mengxi thought that if he didn't give the price far beyond the market price, the purchase would not be so smooth.

Furthermore, if people sell things, it doesn’t matter whether the things are sold or not.

But the rebels are different. They urgently need these tools. If they pass this village, they won't encounter another village for several days. If another car breaks down along the way, they will have to abandon the road.

The price of a pallet truck is much more expensive than woodworking tools.

How can we lose the small because of the big?
Chapter completed!