Chapter 27: The Bond of Friendship Under the Sunset

  After the horses arrived at the designated warehouse, Liu Mang was in a dilemma. Armor and weapons! How could he buy these things? Weapons, such as large knives and long guns, were all state-controlled and only a few ethnic groups were allowed to carry knives.

  Even buying a kitchen knife requires real-name registration, if Liu Meng went to buy several thousand of them and wasn't caught, that would be a miracle.

  Armor? Although this thing is not restricted, it also takes time to make. Kaiyang can only hold on for three days, and Liu Mang also has only three days of time. So Liu Mang is worried that once Kaiyang is broken, with Cao's personality, nothing will be left.

  Liu Mang didn't know when he started to have a soft spot for Lü Boss and Chen Gong.

  "What are you thinking, boss?!" Chen Yu had been planning to follow Liu Mang after he threw away his wealth. Liu Mang also intended to have someone help him when he arrived at the end of the Han Dynasty, so that he could collect some things and buy some things in the present world. So Chen Yu was left behind by him.

  "I want to buy armor and purchase cold weapons!" Liu Mang replied.

  "What's the point of buying that?! Chen Yu was puzzled. Is this thing for fun? If it's just one or two pieces, can't you just have them custom-made?"

  "What I want is not one or two, but five thousand long guns and five thousand sets of armor!" The war horse went back to form a cavalry, and the cavalry's special weapon was the long gun.

  "Five thousand? That many?! Chen Yu was a bit tongue-tied, if there really were manufacturers custom-making five thousand sets of controlled knives, then that manufacturer must not want to do business anymore. Five thousand sets of armor wouldn't be a problem."

  "Those friends are preparing to play a Cold Arms Era campaign, reliving the glory of the Cold Arms Era. These 5,000 sets are prepared just for them!" Liu Mang's casual lying skills were getting more and more proficient.

  "They really have money!" Chen Yu calculated roughly, five thousand sets of armor and weapons plus labor should also cost nearly ten million yuan, these spendthrifts really do have money.

  "They have a lot of money, but I'm actually just an agent!" Liu Mang downplayed his identity again.

  "Our country has regulations on controlled knives, but there are none abroad. You can go abroad to purchase them!" Chen Yu suggested.

  "It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that my sister's time is up! There's only one and a half days left, and I have to hand in the stuff, there's simply not enough time!" Liu Mang was also very anxious.

  "Long gun, long gun?!" Chen Yu suddenly remembered "Boss, we can't buy a long gun

  "But you can go buy a javelin!"

  "Javelin?!" Liu Mang's eyes also lit up.

  "Right, nowadays javelins are basically made of steel, although the tips are rubber, but we can get people to process a batch of steel tips! This way, it doesn't violate the law and we can also buy 5,000 long spears!" Chen Yu's idea got Liu Mang very excited.

  "Ah, how come I didn't think of that!" Liu Mang was actually a javelin athlete, and the javelin is actually an ancient long spear modified, with him it can completely replace the long spear, and the quality is absolutely better than the iron-making technology in ancient times.

  The short spear is 1.5 meters, the long one can reach 2.8 meters, this length is absolutely enough for a long gun, and the knight's long gun is about three meters, which is the most suitable.

  "What about armor?!" Long spears are ready, but cavalry units also need armor. Except for light cavalry wearing leather armor, all others are heavy armored cavalry.

  If there were no armor on top of the Yangcheng outer city, the tiger and leopard cavalry might not have won.

  "Armor!" Chen Yu was also thinking "Armor needs to be polished, otherwise it's uncomfortable for people to wear, and it also takes time to carve patterns, there's definitely not enough time!"

  "Polish, wear comfortably, and carve patterns?!" Liu Mang was stunned for a moment "No need, no need, my few friends want to show the scene of the Cold Arms era, don't need too luxurious armor! Just ordinary full-body armor is fine!"

  "That's easy, boss. You can find some large-scale lathe factories, where they have CNC or ordinary lathes. Let them press the steel plates for you, and you don't even need to provide the materials yourself. Just bring the money! One machine can produce dozens of sets in a day. A factory with a larger scale won't have any pressure producing 5,000 sets!" Chen Yu's understanding of things was actually much better than Liu Mang's, after all, Liu Mang was just an otaku before he crossed over.

  "Chen Yu, Ah Yu, you've helped me out a lot!" Liu Mang's two difficulties were instantly resolved by Chen Yu.

  "Five thousand sets of full-body armor, plus five thousand long guns. I'll give you 10 million, not enough? Then place the order with me now!" Liu Mang had already received the remaining payment from Chen Yi's mother, and he didn't bother to check it carefully. If he had checked, he would have found that there was more than just the remaining 25 million, but more than three times that amount, nearly 80 million.

  The gold bars given by Liu Mao were all in the style of the late Han Dynasty, and had already become antiques. The 500 kilograms of gold was sold for a total of 140 million yuan after being handled, with a handling fee of 10 million yuan deducted, leaving 80 million yuan, which was all deposited into Chen Yi's mother's card.

  "Ten million?! Chen Yu had never seen such a large number before. Looking at the numbers on his computer and the prompts from his account, Chen Yu was truly stunned. "It can't be used up, it can't be used up!" A set of ordinary full-body armor doesn't require any advanced technology, nor does it use much steel. One set of armor is only over a thousand yuan, so five thousand sets would be around five million yuan. And the five thousand spears are even cheaper, they can be made with just a little steel, each one costing no more than five hundred yuan at most. That's only over seven million yuan! But Liu Mang gave himself ten million yuan!"

  Chen Yu told Liu Mang, and instead of taking back the extra 2 million, he said "Use this money to help me rent an office building in Jinling, and also help me recruit some employees to set up the company's framework. Our company's profit project is these rich family children who have no place to spend their money. Whatever they want to play with, we'll customize it for them! Also, I might bring back some antiques and jade, you need to help me find some professional talents!"

  "Hey, aren't you afraid I'll run off with the money?" Chen Yu asked.

  "Not afraid?!" Liu Mang laughed "A mere 20 million yuan, if you follow me to do it, let alone 20 million, 200 million is also a small matter!" Liu Jianren started showing off, just a few days ago he was still a person who couldn't even take out 1,000 yuan, a deadbeat. But now he discovered a business route, that is, reselling things between two worlds.

  "Alright, I, Chen Yu, will follow you!" If previously Chen Yu followed Liu Mang because of money, then now Chen Yu just wants to show off his skills.

  "Let's go and place an order quickly!"

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  Outside the city of Puyang, it's already been three days! The sunset is red, the city wall is red, and the earth is also red. The corpses have piled up to half the height of the city wall. Cao's army of 100,000 has lost nearly 25,000 men in the siege, while Lü Bu's force of over 10,000 men is defending the city, relying on its high walls and abundant defensive equipment. However, his force has been reduced to less than 4,000 men, including some who are heavily injured. The entire army, including the elite troops from Pingzhou, have all taken to the battlefield, with Lü Bu himself leading the charge, repelling wave after wave of enemy soldiers.

  "It's been three days! My lord!" Chen Gong was covered in blood, his eyes had turned red, he was a scholar but not a weak bookworm, he was quite skilled in riding and shooting, and the soldiers who died at his hands during these three days were no less than fifty!

  "Yes, it's been three days!" Lü Bu also looked towards the sunset. The Cao army had retreated, and in Cao Cao's view, Lü Bu was already a setting sun, no longer able to stir up trouble. What he needed was to deliver a final blow tomorrow and directly behead Lü Bu on the spot, resolving his greatest enemy once and for all.

  "Tomorrow at the latest, if Han Yang still doesn't come, we'll prepare to live or die with Kaiyang!" Chen Gong said solemnly.

  Lü Bu looked at Chen Gong, and Chen Gong also looked at Lü Bu. Suddenly, Lü Bu smiled and asked a question: "Gongtai, why did you choose me back then? I, Lü Bu, may compare myself to the heroes of the world without being inferior, but I also have self-awareness. In terms of reputation, my three surnames are not as good as Yuan Shao's four generations of three dukes. In terms of using people, I am also arrogant and self-willed, unlike Cao Mengde who loves talent like his life. As for benevolence? Ha ha, I, Lü Bu, am extremely cruel to everyone except my own family members and brothers, not comparable to that Liu Bei!"

  "Ah, Lord Lü!" Hearing Lü Bu say this, Chen Gong's tense nerves relaxed a bit. He no longer called him "Your Excellency", but instead used his courtesy name: "Yes, in terms of reputation, you, Lü Fēng Xiān, are infamous throughout the eighteen avenues! You killed two adoptive fathers, and can't compare to Yuan Benchu's four generations of nobles. In terms of talent, what else have you accomplished besides being under my, Chen Gongtai's, command? You can't even compare to the many talents under Cao Cao's command."

  "More benevolent than Ren Ci, haha, you are the number one martial general. The people who died at your hands, there aren't eight thousand but also ten thousand women and children. As long as they block your way, Lü Fengxian, you will unhesitatingly kill them on the spot! You can't compare to Liu Da'er, but in one aspect, what you said is right!"

  "You treat your brothers and loved ones with true sincerity, truly pouring out your heart, only this part can make me, Chen Gongtai, dedicate myself to you until death!"

  "Chen Gong, Chen Gong, don't you regret it?!" Lu Bu had never spoken to his old partner like this before. Chen Gong was a great talent, his ability could be considered top-notch in the world. Sometimes Lu Bu also thought that if he were still in Luoyang or Chang'an with Chen Gong's assistance, how would he have ended up like this? He might have already achieved his ambition by now!

  "Regret?!" Chen Gong stroked his sleeve. "Fengxian, you once said that Lü Fengxian would never regret for a lifetime. I'll tell you too, following Lü Fengxian, I, Chen Gong, will also never regret, forever and ever!"

  "Okay, haha, I can have a public platform with Lv Bu"

  "Bury this life, not alone!"