Chapter 4250: thinking bias

After Liu Bei and Sun Ce sent Kou Jun's coffin out, they waited in the outer hall. The two of them were fine, but when they received the news, their expressions changed significantly.

After all, the first monarchs of Wei, Shu and Wu, only Cao Cao could be regarded as indifferent to emotions, Liu Bei himself didn't have much skill in this area, and Sun Ce didn't have this awareness directly, so the two got their respective secret reports, After reading it, I looked up to the other side, and felt that the other side seemed to be in trouble too. Is this a misfortune that never comes singly?

"Here, let's exchange the secret report." Sun Ce handed it to Liu Bei with a droopy face, which can be regarded as an exchange of information to see who can be more miserable.

When Liu Bei saw Sun Ce's actions, he could roughly understand Sun Ce's thoughts, but Chen Xi and Zhou Yu had mentioned this information to both Liu Bei and Sun Ce, so now that it happened, Liu Bei didn't think there was any problem when he told Sun Ce. Sun Ce is required to contribute.

On the contrary, it was Sun Ce's gloomy expression that made Liu Bei even more curious about what happened. There shouldn't be any major events happening recently.

The two exchanged information, and Sun Ce was expressionless. He was mentally prepared for this matter before, and his cognition of this matter was a matter of when it happened.

Therefore, after seeing it, I hardly felt any substantive feeling. After all, it was something that would happen sooner or later, and I had already prepared for the worst.

As for Liu Bei, Liu Bei is not only not angry, but also a little excited!

Because in Liu Bei's view, isn't this the Australian animal horde, and it's a million-scale small animal horde, isn't this sending jerky? Jiangdong soldiers are considered dishes, isn't fighting a million-scale beast horde the same as playing?

The big deal is to ask Chen Xi to clear the inventory again. Before, Liu Bei didn't know how much inventory Chen Xi had, but after wandering back and forth on the territory of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei has more or less realized how much supplies Chen Xi has stored. After all, these large warehouses must be excellent. guarded by veterans.

Liu Bei basically knew the brains and brains of these veterans, and it was precisely because of that that he almost understood them by asking a few casual questions.

If one route county is like this, but eight of the ten route counties are like this, even if Liu Bei doesn't pay much attention, he can more or less understand what material and others mean.

Therefore, when Liu Bei saw the beast horde mentioned in Zhu Hao's secret letter, not only did he not feel furious, but he was also a little excited that God was giving our Han family a treat.

Even if this mouthful of rice is not big, it is a mouthful if you can eat it, and it is a bit of a saving!

The high-end jerky imported by the Han Dynasty was all looted by Rome from Africa, and the reason why it was able to plunder continuously from Africa was not because the beast tide was still going on.

For this expenditure, Liu Bei can’t be said to be brooding, but he is somewhat heartbroken. After all, the purchase price of advanced jerky at the lowest level of Qi Chenggang is not low, and the amount consumed by the Han Dynasty in a year is not astronomical. Numbers are also very large data.

These all cost money. According to the current situation, the high-end dried meat produced by the African animal tide is the main commodity of the private trade in Rome, and the export volume is huge. The sellers are basically the Han Dynasty and the official.

Pompianus has been turning a blind eye to this. Private trade is not a problem. As long as you pay taxes, the Roman Senate will endorse you. There is absolutely no problem.

The reason why it is private trade is mainly because this kind of behavior is to eat wild food on the territory of Roman Emperor Severus. If you don’t want to give Severus money, you can only trade privately.

In Pompianus' view, the military expenditure is already high enough, so let's forget about having less fun. Even if we don't go to the national trade, the price will be somewhat lower, but it is better than Severus pulling half of it into his own internal funds. Then take it to the soldiers to continue to distribute military expenses.

Pompianus always had a feeling that if he continued to pay his wages like this, the Roman Empire would go bankrupt sooner or later due to financial problems. Following his ancestors was not just a habit of the Han Dynasty, the Romans also had this habit. heap of reasons.

Liu Bei didn't know this, but Liu Bei knew that the high-end jerky that his family spent a lot of money every year was obtained from Africa. Although the Romans didn't mind the Han Dynasty, they also went to buy some wild food, but if the Han Dynasty took large troops to the back garden of Rome It's really too much to beat jerky.

Therefore, when Liu Bei saw a beast tide in his own garden, Liu Bei's first reaction was not anger, but excitement. Come on, our family also has a meat supply factory. Although the scale of this meat production is not large, but Anyway, it's the first time!

Sun Ce looked at Liu Bei's excited expression a little strangely, it didn't seem to be anger.

"How about this kangaroo? Is it delicious?" Before Sun Ce could explain, Liu Bei asked, "Can this scale be made bigger?"

Sun Ce was silent for a while, watching Liu Bei, who was a little excited, realized that the two sides were not on the same mind map, and was a little dazed about how to answer.

"I have eaten it, and the tail is delicious." Sun Ce thought for a while, and thought he should answer truthfully, "The other parts are not good or bad."

"It's fine if you can eat it. Whether it tastes good or not is a matter of cooking technology. We have a team in Chang'an that specializes in researching how to make food delicious. As long as it can be eaten, it can be delicious. At least it's meat." Liu Bei With a wave of his hand, he said vigorously.

For Liu Bei, this is really the best news he has received since Liu Ye's treason. Even if Liu Hao was killed by Kou Jun, Liu Bei didn't think it was comparable to this news.

"Uh..." Sun Ce was silent for a while, and he realized that he and Liu Bei were not in the same realm.

"Are there many of these things?" Liu Bei directly asked the most important point without waiting for Sun Ce to say anything else.

"There are probably hundreds of millions." Sun Ce has caught up with Liu Bei's thinking, but he feels that Liu Bei is a little drifting, and it is necessary to popularize to Liu Bei what kind of weird animal the Australian kangaroo is.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, this is simply a natural meat bank. I used to envy people every day that Rome had a free meat bank, but now they also have it in the Han Dynasty.

"But Taiwei, Australian kangaroos are like this." Sun Ce created a kangaroo for Liu Bei, and it was the kind of red kangaroo that felt extremely muscular at first glance.

"Is this the original size? It doesn't look too big." Although Liu Bei saw the big and strong muscles of the red kangaroo, he didn't take it seriously, and even wanted to laugh. Is the old man delivering meat?

"Then they have such a community structure." After all, Sun Ce was beaten by a man who was beaten by a kangaroo, and he also had an in-depth understanding of kangaroos. It was because of his understanding that Sun Ce went to Africa for research.

"A group of forty or fifty, they seem to be relatively weak animals." Liu Bei didn't realize how big the problem was.

"That's how they move." Sun Ce began to play the kangaroo's high-speed maneuvering jump. The speed surprised Liu Bei, because most of the war horses are not as fast as the kangaroo. The movement of the height made Liu Bei more vigilant, this thing looks ordinary, it seems a little strong.

"Then their side kicks and tail flicks are like this, and their fist claws are like this." Sun Ce continued to play, and then Liu Bei saw the kangaroo's side kicks, tail flicks, and high-speed explosive claws.

Although Liu Bei realized the strength of this animal when he saw the speed and jump of the kangaroo before, Liu Bei did not realize that the body structure of the kangaroo can use its own strength well.

Therefore, after watching Sun Ce's broadcast, Liu Bei fell silent. This thing is a bit strong, but fortunately, animals are animals, and their organizational skills are average. The army beat them like slaughtering dogs.

"Of course the above are just the most basic performances. The biggest problem is that this thing won't retreat." Sun Ce said expressionlessly.

The excited Liu Bei had already started to think about how to sustainably obtain a large amount of meat from the meat depot, but after hearing Sun Ce's words, he immediately calmed down.

"We have studied it carefully. Because of its body structure, this thing cannot retreat, but can only move forward." Sun Ce said helplessly.

As long as you can retreat, you have a plan to deal with it. If you can't retreat and rush over on a large scale, even if you can kill the front, the rest will still rush forward. As long as these things really want to rush, the number Enough to break through.

Zhu Huan lost on this point. Zhu Huan's trilogy's fighting power is still reliable, and with enough archers, when facing large-scale gray kangaroos, Zhu Huan had the same idea as Liu Bei. It's a walking jerky.

Although there were still four or five internal qi fragments among the gray kangaroos that charged at that time, in a battle of this scale, internal qi fragments without the ability to command troops were almost meaningless, and Zhu Huan was not afraid of a few internal qi fragments at all. body livestock.

In addition, Zhu Huan himself is considered an excellent general and school, so he was well prepared for the battle against the gray kangaroos, and the result was no surprise.

The kangaroos did not dodge, and the serious high-speed cavalry rushed forward with strong tactics. The amazing combat power of the Jiangdong archers killed a large number of gray kangaroos in the front in an instant, but the gray kangaroos running at high speed in front did not fall down, and the rear sensed the speed ahead. The gray kangaroo, which had slowed down, jumped over the front line in a high jump, and continued to rush towards Zhu Huan's line.

For a kangaroo at a distance of 1,000 meters, it only took 30 seconds to rush over, and the archers under Zhu Huan shot all the arrows in these 30 seconds. What is the beast tide?

The kangaroos running at super high speed are just like the top cavalry, rushing against the rain of arrows. The density of the bows and arrows is indeed sufficient, but the scale is too large, so that the kangaroos can rush to the front despite the loss, and directly destroy the battle line arranged by Zhu Huan. Roll over.

Unlike fierce beasts in other places, which have Qi cultivation and intensive cultivation, all kangaroos are intensive cultivation. Because there is no reference in this place, the first kangaroo is intensive cultivation, and the other kangaroos also follow the trend to become intensive cultivation, and then rely on the scale to pile up. After getting out of the cloud, intensive training of cavalry crushes the infantry front, what quality does the infantry have to hold it?

Unsurprisingly, Zhu Huan was defeated. The result of his desperate struggle was that he killed more than a dozen kangaroos. When he was exhausted, he was hit by a kangaroo following him, his ribs broke and he fell to the ground, and then he was run over by more kangaroos. , nothing left.

Unlike the African animal tide, which is a combination of different creatures, Australia is a paradise for kangaroos. The main force is only kangaroos, and all of them are intensive cultivation, which is the kind of intensive cultivation that soars and cannot retreat.

Liu Bei fell silent after listening, this meat store is a bit difficult to deal with!

"Didn't Zhou Gongjin give the plan?" Liu Bei asked after a moment of silence.

"Gong Jin meant to build and divide the city, but it has not been implemented yet. This involves Marquis Wen, and we need to discuss it." Sun Ce didn't hide anything, and said directly, "Of course, when this plan was made, the kangaroos hadn't rioted yet. Sex is not strong."

Kangaroos are aggressive to a certain extent, but humans are also large animals, and kangaroos are generally unwilling to provoke them.

Because of this nature, although there were many kangaroos in the past, most of the time the two sides lived in peace. The Han Dynasty was mining in Western Australia, and the kangaroos played on the sidelines. Conflicts rarely broke out. appeared.

Sun Ce's trip to Africa to learn Buddhist scriptures was more of a preventive idea.

"That's right, without siege equipment, there is really no way to face the fortified city, and the kangaroo's jumping ability is only so high, it is indeed an effective solution." Liu Bei nodded, agreeing with Zhou Yu's plan.

"However, there has been a wave of beasts now, and kangaroos have begun to actively attack the manpower we have arranged in Australia. It is already too late to build the city." Sun Ce said with a gloomy expression, "Actually, Australia is an isolated island. It's okay to leave it alone, just ..."

It’s just that the high-grade iron ore that Donglai currently uses is pulled by Zhou Yu from Australia with transport ships. Because of the relationship between ocean currents and monsoons, it is actually not enough to transport a full load of iron ore to Donglai Smelting Division. moon.

This time is even faster than land transportation of some iron ore to the east, and the degree of manpower saving is higher. In addition, after the establishment of the transportation team, iron ore is continuously transported from Australia to form a complete cycle, and the arrival is calculated directly on a daily basis. That's it.

Therefore, many of the iron ore used by Donglai Smelting Division are shipped from Australia. High-grade iron ore is also the basis for Donglai Smelting Division to increase production.

Although Chen Xi doesn't mind Sun Ce's smelting company in Australia, the distribution of coal and iron in Australia is too far away, and the efficiency of sending them overland is not even as good as sending them directly to the east. As a result, the large mines in Australia mainly provide raw materials so far, and do not involve smelting.

Similarly, there is no need to build a city. There is a settlement outside the mine, where Zhou Yu captured Guishuang soldiers in many battles.

Australia is an isolated island, lacking water and food. Zhou Yu uses water, food and some other things to manage himself with these self-management, forming organized captives in exchange for iron ore, which not only reduces management costs, but also obtains resources, and weakens the resistance of these people. .