Yuan Shu was also having a headache at the moment. The emissary who went to Linzi City to visit the King of Donghai had finally returned. He also brought some conditions from the King of Donghai. This was also the only emissary sent by Yuan Shu to bring back good news.
Among the other forces, as long as Yuan Shu thought they were more pleasing to the eye, he basically sent emissaries to contact them. However, most of them were negative. At most, they maintained a wait-and-see attitude. Some of the emissaries were even beaten and scolded.
Thinking of those forces, Yuan Shu could not help but clench his fists with hatred. In contrast, Yuan Shu felt that King of Donghai, Blazing Sun, was indeed quite sincere. Even if the conditions of giving up Xuzhou were excessive, the other party was willing to provide a large number of materials, which reflected the close relationship between the two sides.
The most important thing was that the King of Donghai did not combine the two conditions. The supply of materials was completely independent. A large number of materials had been gathered in Nanping Yang County, which was on the border with Yuan Shu. There was no need to wait until the internal trade fair every month. They could trade at any time.
This made Yuan Shu, who was originally very mean, feel that his friendship with the King of Donghai was not in vain.
Among the many forces in the world, Yuan Shu believed that his relationship with the King of Donghai was relatively good. It was just that there were some small conflicts during the battle for Xuzhou, which were quickly resolved through peace talks.
Yuan Shu thought about it repeatedly and gradually felt that it was a good choice to give up Xuzhou. In the future, the King of Donghai would get Xuzhou and connect it with the Yanzhou Territory. If the King of Donghai stood on his side, it could become his barrier in the north.
Yuan Shu was also very dissatisfied with the six counties in Xuzhou that he occupied. Xuzhou was originally a rich and populous place. This could be seen from the 35 counties under the control of the King of Donghai and the counties under the control of Liu Big-eared.
However, the six counties under the control of Yuan Shu himself made him feel the most troubled. Not only were various taxes difficult to implement quickly, but since he took over, a large number of people in the six counties began to leave in large numbers. Now, it made people feel that they were no longer rich and populous. Instead, they were very desolate.
Back then, Yang Rui, Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu jointly governed Xuzhou. The difference in the ability of the three feudal lords to govern the territory was obvious.
Yang Rui had a complete management system under his jurisdiction, which had been tested and modified. It was relatively mature and effective. Naturally, it was not comparable to other feudal lords.
Liu Bei had always been known for his benevolence and love of his people. He was also very dedicated to improving the lives of Liemen. and actively implemented policies to reduce taxes and encourage production.....
.......... Compared to the other two feudal lords of Xuzhou............. the other two..................... there...... to..................
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu suddenly felt that it was not a big deal to give up the six counties of Xuzhou. However, it seemed that the King of the East Sea, Blazing Sun, had not agreed to accept Yuan Shu's act of proclaiming himself Emperor. He also did not accept his title as the King of the Four Seas.
Maybe both sides can reach an agreement by taking a step back? Yuan Shu thought. However, Yuan Shu did not make up his mind to give up Xuzhou. So, the matter was temporarily put on hold.
Yuan Shu spent his thoughts on the trade of materials. The trade fair of the merchant alliance was held every month. Recently, Yuan Shu had seen the wealth of materials in the hands of the King of the East Sea, especially some special items. The value of these items was not small.
At this time, the level of Yuan Shu's agent in the merchant alliance had been specially upgraded by Yang Rui to A-level. Some items that could not be purchased before appeared on the list. For the first time, Yuan Shu was prepared to spend a huge amount of money to buy a batch of Mohist Divine Armament items for the defense of Shouchun.
Yuan Shu had seen the power of the Divine Crossbow and the Divine Armament Mechanical Dolls. When Yang Rui first promoted these items, there was no clear restriction on the level of the merchant alliance members who could buy them. Yuan Shu's agent tried his best to buy one set.
However, later on, this level of goods was strictly limited. Only A-level members of the merchant alliance could buy these items. This made Yuan Shu, who only had A-level and B-level agents, angry for a while.
Of course, Yuan Shu's agent, being a Class A or Class 2 member of the Business Alliance, was already considered a high rank. Many of the items he could obtain were things that others could not purchase. For example, the hunting bow, which could only be purchased by a Class A or Class 2 member of the Business Alliance.
Such a contradictory situation made Yuan Shu realize the importance of the level of the members of the Merchant Union very early on. At this time, Yuan Shu was given a special promotion by Yang Rui, which showed that he valued it very much.
Later that day, Yuan Shu had already sorted out a purchase list and handed it to his agent to go to Nanpingyang City.
This time, Yuan Shu had put in a lot of money. He was prepared to buy one hundred sets of Divine Armament items, including the Divine Crossbow and the Divine Armament Mechanical Dolls. The total cost was ten thousand Donghai gold coins. This was also a large part of the wealth that Yuan Shu had accumulated over the years.
Originally, it would be difficult for Yang Rui to take out so many Divine Armament items at once. It would even take a few months to accumulate them. However, Yang Rui had already instructed Wei Xiu 'er to take care of Yuan Shu's recent transactions and ensure that Yuan Shu's needs were met in the shortest time possible.
Therefore, after Yuan Shu's goods list was sent to Wei Xiu 'er, he received a reply from her regarding the Divine Armament items. She would first pay for all the items in one set, and the rest would be delivered within one game month!
This was a very fast delivery rate. If it were not for Yang Rui's implementation of the industrial workshop centralization system, it would be difficult to complete such a large number of orders in a short period of time.
Wei Xiu 'er received Yang Rui's instructions to stay in Nanpingyang City and deal with Yuan Shu's current needs. When Wei Xiu' er estimated and replied to Yuan Shu's requests one by one, she could not help but be impressed by Yang Rui's foresight.
The total value of Yuan Shu's purchases was over two hundred and twenty thousand Donghai gold coins. This included Divine Armament items and large transport ships. If this was before the industrial workshop centralization system was implemented, who knew how long it would take to complete the order.
While Wei Xiu 'er was sighing, she also found a transaction of ten Asahi Pills from Yuan Shu's order. The transaction value was over ten thousand Donghai gold coins. It was very eye-catching in the entire list.
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