Pengcheng Yamen Office.
Lu Bu only brought Dian Wei and walked in swaggeringly.
Tao Qian hurriedly stood up to greet him and introduced with a smile: "Marquis Wen! Welcome, your Majesty. Let me introduce you, this is my fellow countryman and Prime Minister of Xiapi State, Zuo Rong. Zuo Rong, this is the Prince Consort Lu Fengxian Got it!"
Lu Bu looked at Zuo Rong, who had a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "It turns out to be Mr. Zuo. I have admired him for a long time."
The guests and hosts took their seats and exchanged a few words. Tao Qian then turned to the topic: "Marquis Wen, is there any misunderstanding between you and Zuo Rong?"
"Misunderstanding?" Lu Bu looked innocent: "What misunderstanding?"
"Two days ago, how did your general, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, lead his troops to rob the money and food transported by Zuo Rong?" Tao Qian asked again.
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Lu Bu slapped his forehead: "Ah, I remembered it. They brought back a convoy from nowhere a few days ago, and it turned out to be Prime Minister Ze's!
These people, behind my back, do such lawless things again!
It was Lu Bu's lax discipline in disciplining his subordinates that made Tao Gong laugh! Don't blame Mr. Ze for making a trip because of this, don't blame him! "
Lu Bu's attitude of admitting his mistake with a smile was very sincere.
But after grinding for a long time, he didn't mention anything about returning the food.
Zuo Rong finally couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing that Lu Bu spoke in an easy-going manner, he said, "Marquis Wen doesn't know something. These money and grains are used to worship the Buddha..."
"Worship the Buddha? Your father's name is Buddha?" Lu Bu said pretending to be stupid.
"I..." Zuo Rong had no choice but to explain what Buddha was.
Lu Bu nodded in understanding: "That's it!
If you give him money and food, you can go to the Western Paradise in the future and enjoy the blessings of eating, drinking, and being surrounded by beautiful women every day.
If I don't give it, I will go to the eighteenth level of hell, a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and a pan of oil?
Simply, don’t worship Buddha in the future. Can’t you just worship me?
I also let you eat delicious food and drink spicy food every day, and I can also protect you from being attacked. Isn't this more practical than your Buddha? "
When the Dharma was mentioned, Zhe Rong was no longer angry. He patiently told Lu Bu how powerful the Dharma was and how scary the eighteen levels of hell were.
After talking for a long time, Lu Bu finally understood: "Oh~ you mean, I should return the money and food to you and to Buddha, right?"
"Ah, if Marquis Wen can pay it back, that would be the best. Buddha will definitely not blame you and will bless you!" said Zuo Rong.
"Is this okay? It's not a big problem. But my men also made a trip, so I should give them some reward." Lu Bu said with some embarrassment.
Zuo Rong secretly scolded this thing that Yan Guo was plucking its hair.
But he still smiled and said: "This is what it should be, then let them pay back 10,000 less!"
Lu Bu said, "Since the money is used to cast Buddha statues, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the Buddha to let them divide the money?"
Zuo Rong said: "Then what Marquis Wen means is..."
Lu Bu said, "Well, how about you give them some extra money to reward them, and then I ask them to send the money and food back intact?"
Zuo Rong gritted his teeth and said, "That's fine! I wonder how much Marquis Wen thinks is appropriate to give them?"
Lu Bu thought for a moment and stretched out two fingers with a smile.
"Twenty...twenty thousand?" Although he felt a little unhappy, the price was still acceptable to Zuo Rong.
Lu Bu shook his head: "No!"
"Two...two hundred thousand dollars?" Zuo Rong's voice was gritted.
But Lu Bu said: "Hey! I told you that I was just giving them some hard-earned money. How can we use so much?"
"Then how much is Marquis Wen?" Zuo Rong asked.
Lu Bu chuckled: "Two articles!"
"Two...two texts?" Zuo Rong suspected that he heard wrongly.
Lu Bu continued: "I mean, you give them two cents on the first day, four cents on the second day, eight cents on the third day, sixteen cents on the fourth day, and so on. You can give them enough for a month. .how?"
"Two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two..." Zuo Rong clasped his hands and counted for a long time without fully understanding how much money he would have to pay in a month.
But with these few pennies, how much can you get if you give them a month?
Because he no longer bothered to think about it, he said directly: "Okay, then it's settled! Mr. Tao, you heard everything clearly. Do you still want to be a witness?"
As long as I give you enough money for one month, Marquis Wen is willing to return the money and food in full! "
Tao Qian obviously didn't bother to calculate how much money he would have to pay per month. He laughed and said:
"Ze Rong, Zuo Rong, you are so petty! Wen Hou is a man who upholds the truth, how can you still break your promise? Isn't that right, Wen Hou?"
Put a high hat on me?
Lu Bu chuckled: "That's right! You must keep your word! Since you asked Mr. Tao to be a witness, I might as well ask Mr. Tao to be a witness!
If Zuo Rong refuses to give it to me, I will have to ask Mr. Tao for an explanation! I have no choice but not to pay back the money and food! "
Tao Qian and Zuo Rong both had contemptuous smiles on their faces: "Lu Bu, you don't have a good brain and you don't understand. Do you really take this little money seriously?"
Tao Qian even felt that Lu Bu was actually a little afraid of him and did not dare to offend easily.
But he couldn't return the food and grass obediently, so he asked Zuo Rong to give him some symbolic money, which could be regarded as finding a way out for himself.
So Tao Qian was also happy to show off his status as a big boss in Xuzhou and readily agreed to guarantee the two of them.
At Lu Bu's request, the two parties also signed a written agreement and signed it.
In order to show his generosity, Zuo Rong took out his money bag and put it on the table and said, "Marquis Wen, this counts as the money given to them on the first day! No need to count it!"
But Lu Bu chuckled and took only two copper coins in his hand: "No! Let's just follow the rules! I don't want one more coin, and I won't take one less!"
Since we have made a contract, we must abide by the contract. Mr. Tao, do you think this is what you mean? "
"Yes, yes, Marquis Wen is right!" Tao Qian was too lazy to talk to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was also very considerate and asked Zhang Liao to take a team of people to escort Zuo Rong back to Xiapi so that he could pay him every day.
Back at Mi Mansion, I was watching a large cart of things being transported in.
Mi Zhu saw this and said hastily: "Marquis Wen, I only bought these saltpeter and sulfur together. Do you think they are enough?"
Lu Buyi frowned and said: "It's not enough... the more the merrier! The more the better! In addition, let Cai Gong quickly promote the story in Pengcheng that the Han people are the best nation in the world!"
Unexpectedly, less than a month later, Zuo Rong ran from Xiapi to Pengcheng again.
As soon as he saw Tao Qian, he fell to the ground and cried, "Mr. Tao! You have to make the decision for me!"
Tao Qian frowned and said, "What's going on? Lu Bu stole your food again?"
Zuo Rong cried: "No, it's Lu Bu'er...he plotted against me! This contract can't be counted, it can't be counted!"
