After Guan Yu killed Hua Xiong, the morale of the coalition army greatly increased, and they captured 30,000 Xiliang troops, approaching Hulao Pass.
In Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei were sitting around a table mysteriously, and there were heavy troops guarding them outside.
"General Liu, I wonder what your plans are for that immortal thing?" Yuan Shao asked Liu Bei. It was not convenient for him to ask when other princes were there before. But now it's fine. The coalition has won a great victory. There are only four of them in this room.
personal.
Sun Jian also pricked up his ears and listened carefully. He also wanted a share of the pie.
Only Cao Cao was calm and composed.
Seeing the anxious expressions of Yuan Shao and Sun Jian, Cao Cao said proudly: "Thanks to my old Cao for his foresight. He has observed before that Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are by no means ordinary."
After becoming an emperor, he could say in front of everyone that he was a mat weaver and shoe seller without changing his expression.
When Guan Yu went to kill Hua Xiong, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him but his expression remained unchanged, and there was no emotion at all. Yuan Shao would probably have to pay a lot of price if he wanted to use the immortal thing that he wanted as the leader of the alliance.
"There are 1,000 kilograms of immortal things in total, including 500 kilograms of General Cao's."
"For the remaining 500 kilograms, Zhongbei is willing to give 300 kilograms in exchange for soldiers, horses, food and grass!" Liu Bei said slowly. What he needs most now is soldiers, horses, food and grass to complete his great mission.
"Are they really just exchanges? Brother Xuande, aren't you willing to give up just 300 kilograms of military rations?" Yuan Shao stood up and glared at Liu Bei and said, trying to use his position as leader to bully Liu Bei.
"It's really just an exchange!" Who knew that Liu Bei was not afraid of power and had a tough attitude, so he expected this thing to be exchanged for some troops. How could he agree to give it to Yuan Shao and Sun Jian for nothing?
"You!" Yuan Shao boasted angrily when he saw Liu Bei with such a tough attitude.
"Brother Benchu, calm down, calm down." Cao Cao quickly stepped forward to comfort Yuan Shao.
"Brother Benchu, why don't we first see what this immortal thing is and whether it's worth exchanging!"
When Yuan Shao heard what Cao Cao said, he felt that this was indeed the case. Exchange is okay, but the things must be worthy of our exchange.
"Okay, as Meng De said, let's first see what the immortal thing is."
"Xuande, please bring out the immortal things so that we can open our eyes." Seeing Yuan Shao agree, Cao Cao urged Liu Bei from the side.
Liu Bei looked around at everyone, slowly took out the ring in the answering space from his arms and placed it on the table.
They have seen this ring before. In the answer space, the final reward is this ring.
Seeing Liu Bei unsuspectingly placing the ring on the table, Yuan Shao quickly reached out to get it.
But no matter how hard Yuan Shao tried, he couldn't pick up the ring on the table.
"let me!"
Seeing this, Sun Jian also tried forward. Among the others, he was the strongest.
But like Yuan Shao, he couldn't pick up the ring on the table.
"this......"
Yuan Shao and the others look at me and I look at you. The Immortal's skills are really amazing. They can't even pick up a small ring.
"Xuande, what on earth is going on!" Cao Cao asked curiously, pointing to the ring on the table.
Liu Bei smiled faintly. The reason why he placed the ring on the table so confidently was because the ring was banned by the immortal and no one but Liu Bei could use it.
"This ring is called the Space Ring, and 1,000 kilograms of Master Kong's braised beef noodles are in it. No one else can touch it without my permission, Liu Bei." Liu Bei explained.
"My dear, such a small ring can actually hold 1,000 kilograms of military rations." Cao Cao leaned down and looked at the space ring carefully.
"Brother Xuande, please set a price for this ring, and you must exchange it with me no matter what." Cao Cao stared at the ring greedily.
It can hold 1,000 kilograms of military rations. How much space there is. If he is used to transport siege equipment, wouldn't the marching time be greatly shortened?
"Meng De, you are not interesting enough. You already have 500 kilograms of Master Kang's braised beef noodles. Don't argue with me. Give me this ring!" Cao Cao could think of the use of this ring. He Yuan Shao
Of course you can think of it.
"General Liu, 5,000 troops!"
"5,000 soldiers and horses, you give me this ring!" Sun Jian directly stretched out his palm and offered a price to Liu Bei in exchange for the ring.
If the soldiers are gone, you can still recruit them again, but if the immortal relationship is gone, it will be a lifetime matter.
"Everyone, stop trying. I can't exchange the ring with anyone. The ring will be taken back by the immortal in two days." Liu Bei explained to everyone.
I also know this is a good thing, and I want it too, but it doesn’t belong to me!
"Brother Xuande, are you serious about this?" Cao Cao asked, staring into Liu Bei's eyes, obviously not believing what Liu Bei said.
"Seriously!" Liu Bei replied firmly.
Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and sighed: "Hey, what a pity!"
"Yes, it's such a pity." Yuan Shao also felt a little pity and sighed politely, such a divine object did not belong to them.
"You should still look at what Master Kang's braised beef noodles are!" Liu Bei suggested.
"Yes, yes, let's take a look at Master Tang's braised beef noodles first." Yuan Shao agreed. A small ring is so magical, so the Master Kong's braised beef that the immortal eats must also be extraordinary.
"Is this the immortal thing - Master Kong's braised beef noodles?"
"Hey, isn't this just an ordinary noodle cake?" Yuan Shao threw the instant noodles in his hand on the table in disappointment, thinking that there was something extraordinary about the immortal thing, but it turned out to be just an ordinary noodle cake.
Just for this thing, I was struck twice by lightning.
"Liu Xuande, you won't lie to us with noodles, will you?" Yuan Shao, feeling disappointed, suddenly changed his tone towards Liu Bei.
"Xuande, is there anything special about this pancake?" Cao Cao also picked up a pack of Master Kong instant noodles and looked at it.
The outside is packaged with a material that I have never seen before, and there is also a picture of a bowl of hot noodles on the package that makes people drool.
There was only one piece of bread in the package, and there were a few small packets of something I didn’t know what they were.
"Haha, General Cao really has a keen eye."
"This noodle cake is indeed different from ordinary noodle cakes. In addition to the name Master Kang's braised beef noodles, it also has a common name - instant noodles." Liu Bei explained as he picked up a pack of instant noodles.
"Instant noodles?" After hearing this name, everyone was wondering, what are instant noodles?
"As long as you put these seasoning packets and noodles together, soak them in hot water for a moment, you can get braised beef noodles consistent with the picture above!" He opened a pack of instant noodles and put the noodles into a bowl.
, pour the packet of ingredients onto the dough, only hot water is needed now.
"Is Xuande really so magical?" Most of today's military rations are cooked by cooks before they can be eaten. The place where your army is stationed can be judged by the rising smoke.
If there is such a thing that can be eaten by just soaking it in hot water, then this army will definitely become an army that comes and goes without a trace.
"Come here, get hot water and add three pairs of bowls and chopsticks!" Yuan Shao shouted outside the room and asked someone to come and add three pairs of bowls and chopsticks for the three of you.
After a while, the guard brought three pairs of bowls and chopsticks.
"Brother Xuande, is it like this?" Everyone followed Liu Bei's instructions and put the instant noodles into the bowl, and sprinkled the seasoning packets on top of the instant noodles.
"That's it, just add hot water."
Then he poured the hot water sent by Liu Bei's guards into the bowl, spread the packaging bag according to the method taught by the immortal, covered the bowl, and then pressed it with chopsticks.
Others followed suit.
"Brother Xuande, is this okay?
"Cao Cao asked Liu Bei, after all, there is still half of him in it, so he has to study hard.
"Well, just wait." Liu Bei took a look and found that there was nothing wrong. He nodded and replied, then closed his eyes and waited, silently timing the time in his heart.
After a while, the whole room was filled with the aroma of instant noodles.
"Gulu!" A sound of swallowing saliva came from Sun Jian.
"Hehe, hehe, I'm sorry, I didn't eat enough this morning and I'm a bit hungry." Sun Jian smiled sheepishly, wishing he could slap himself in the mouth, why can't he control it so much, and now he will be embarrassed and thrown into his grandma's house.
Already.
But when Sun Jian looked at the others, he found that no one was paying attention to him. They were all staring at their bowls eagerly, with longing in their eyes.
The words "I want" have been engraved on my face nakedly.
Seeing that everyone was like this, Sun Jian was relieved. It turned out that I was not the only one like this!
"Xuande, are you okay?" Cao Cao asked Liu Bei without raising his head. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked Liu Bei. It is indeed a thing of immortality. It is just a small noodle cake. Even he, who is so determined, was hooked.
The soul has arrived.
"Wait another 10 breaths!" Liu Bei secretly timed the time, and there was still 10 breaths short of the best time mentioned by the immortal.
After hearing Liu Bei's reply, everyone began to count the seconds silently in their hearts.
"10,9,8....3,2,1!"
"That's it!" The timer ends,
As soon as Liu Bei's voice fell, the four people immediately lifted the packaging bag covering the bowl, and a bowl of noodles with the same picture on the packaging appeared in front of everyone. The aroma of instant noodles was completely released, it was really tempting!
Yuan Shao couldn't wait to pick up a bunch of instant noodles and put it into his mouth.
"Smells! It really smells good!"
I, Yuan Shao, have eaten so many delicacies from mountains and seas in my life, but none of them are as delicious as a piece of immortal bread!
"Bah liu ba liu!"
Then Yuan Shao took several big bites in succession.
The others had already taken the first bite when Yuan Shao took it, and they couldn't help but start eating.
"It's delicious! The elastic noodles shuttle in the aroma, exuding a special deliciousness."
If there were any modern people here, they would be shocked by the current scene. Everyone would have thought that Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian actually got together to eat instant noodles, and they all ate with gusto.
"call!"
It didn't take long for several people to finish their instant noodles, not even a bit of soup was left, but there was still some lingering flavor.
"Alliance leader, General Sun Wentai, I wonder if this noodle soup is worth the food and grass for the soldiers and horses." After drinking the last mouthful of noodle soup, Liu Bei asked Yuan Shao and Sun Jian.
Although instant noodles are delicious, Liu Bei did not forget his original goal.
"this!"
Yuan Shao looked at Sun Jian hesitantly, not knowing what to do. He wanted to have sex for nothing and didn't want to change it!
But now that I have fallen into the trap of a big-eared thief, I have eaten someone else's face. I am short-handed at taking others and short-mouthed at cannibalism. It is impossible to have free prostitution.
"Of course you can. I wonder how Xuande wants to exchange it?" Yuan Shao thought for a moment and decided to let Liu Bei set a price, and then he would bargain for it. Even if he wanted to exchange it, he would have to exchange it at the lowest ratio!
"As much as the alliance leader and General Sun say, it's up to you. After all, you can only exchange for 300 kilograms." Liu Bei said with a faint smile, and he didn't seem to care about how much he could exchange.
"Huh, let me set the price myself. This is what you said!" After hearing Liu Bei's reply, Yuan Shao snorted in his heart.
"If you ask me, although this food is delicious, it is just a belly wrap. How about exchanging 1 catty for 1 soldier!" Yuan Shao shamelessly offered a very low price.
In this troubled world, if one pound of ordinary grain is exchanged for one person, it would make sense, but this is food for immortals, and you still need to exchange it at the ratio of ordinary grain.
Yuan Shao, you are too shameless!
Liu Bei guessed that Yuan Shao would lower the price, but he did not expect that Yuan Shao would be so shameless.
But it doesn’t matter, you Yuan Shao don’t want to exchange it at a low price, but there are only so many things, and other people who want it will naturally pay a high price to snatch your share!
"What does General Sun think this thing is worth?" Liu Bei asked Sun Jian.
Hearing Liu Bei ask Sun Jian, Yuan Shao's heart skipped a beat. I said, "Why is it so smooth? Let me make an offer. It turns out that this is the trap!"
"this......"
Sun Jian pondered for a moment and replied: "What Alliance Leader Yuan said is indeed true. Although this food is delicious, it is just a belly wrap after all. However, this food is extraordinary. Sun is willing to exchange 900 soldiers and horses for the 300 instant noodles in the hands of General Liu!"
"Sun Jian actually gave a more fair price, one pound for 3 soldiers.
"Okay, then as General Sun said, 900 soldiers and horses will be prepared to deliver 300 kilograms of instant noodles to you!"
Liu Bei felt that what they said was indeed the truth. Instant noodles were just something to wrap around the belly, and they were just more delicious. It was appropriate to exchange 900 soldiers and horses for 300 kilograms of instant noodles.
Yuan Shao became anxious when he heard that, you want all 300 kilograms, what about me?
"Wait a minute, I am also willing to send 900 troops!" Yuan Shao hurriedly stopped Liu Bei and Sun Jian.
"Leader Yuan, everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis. General Liu and I have already reached an agreement. Could it be that the alliance leader wants to use his body as the leader of the alliance to help others?" Seeing Yuan Shao coming out to intercept Hu, how could Sun Jian let him succeed?
"You..." Yuan Shao pointed at Sun Jian and was speechless. He knew that this mute would have to recognize him even if he didn't recognize him!
"Humph!" Yuan Shao snorted coldly and was about to leave.