Gu Yong said: "Lord, we have complaints from thirteen merchants and the receipts issued by Cao Hong. How could we be wrong? This is a matter of ironclad evidence."

After hearing this, Lu Ning's face darkened and said angrily: "Gongda, is there any such thing? Does Cao Mengde think my sword is not sharp? If Cao Mengde doesn't handle this matter well, then after the beginning of spring, I personally lead a large army to trample on Dongjun. I think a Dongjun city should be able to compensate the losses of these thirteen merchants! At that time, I must let Dongjun city flow into a river, so that Mengde can know what consequences would be caused by violating the agreement."

The generals under Lu Ning were majestic and ready to go to war at any time. The civil servants were smiling. After hearing Lu Ning's murderous words, Xun You saw the generals' appearance. He knew that Cao Hong had caused a big disaster this time, and immediately said to Lu Ning: "Ziyi, I really don't know about this matter. Let me send someone to ask my master and report this situation to my master. I think there should be a good solution."

Lu Ning said: "Okay, Mr. Gongda, then you can't leave Jinyang City for the time being. If Lao Cao doesn't pay it back, then the gentleman will earn money for me to help these thirteen merchants pay back the money. From today on, I will collect the 10% of the total amount every day. Even if Dongjun is captured by me, the gentleman will not be able to leave. This is a lesson for Lao Cao. If he wants to let the gentleman go back, it will not be too late to return the losses and the sequel to the gentleman. As for business? We can only wait until this matter is handled before we can negotiate. The gentleman keeps all the expenses in Jinyang City, and let the gentleman return them slowly."

After hearing Lu Ning's words, Xun You almost vomited blood. Isn't this forced hostage? What should I do? Why did this fall on me? Xun You said angrily: "Ziyi, how can you do this? I am a messenger? Why did you become a hostage? Are you not a rogue behavior? Are you not afraid that the world will laugh at you?"

Lu Ning looked at Xun You and laughed and said, "Mr. Gongda, are there too few people in the world who laugh at me? Why don't I care about this more? This time, you can't blame me. You should blame Lao Cao. Who made him not abide by the agreement? Do he think I'm easy to bully? The Xianbei Tartars and the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Hun Tartars could not scare me, let alone the weak Cao Mengde. Is Mengde's soldiers stronger than the Tartars? Is his generals as brave as Lu Bu Tartars?" After saying that, Lu Ning waved his hand and the guards immediately took Xun You down.

Xun You went down and Sima Lang said, "Brother, are you as high as yours? Aren't you slaughtering people? You're too cruel!"

Cai Yong said helplessly: "Ziyi, you are afraid that it is inappropriate to do this? Xun You is very famous!"

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Old man, don't worry, Xun You, famous scholars in the world, Cao Cao will definitely pay for money to save him. If Lao Cao doesn't want it, then I'll have to find such an excellent talent. Now I'll take the initiative to come to my door, of course I welcome you." After hearing this, the officials under Lu Ning shook their heads.

A few days later, Cao Cao received a letter from Xun You in his official residence. After reading the letter, Lao Cao was furious and shouted: "Lu Ning is too bullying. Am I really afraid of him?"

The civil and military officials beside Cao Cao were confused. After calming down his mind, Lao Cao handed Xun You's letter to his subordinates. After reading it, Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said, "Lord, the cause of this is that our side did something wrong, which is indeed a violation of the terms bound in the trade agreement between the two parties. I just didn't expect that Lu Ning would have such a big response because of several merchants. It seems that Lu Ning is really a reckless person and will not care about any consequences. Maybe he will really lead a large army to attack us? Didn't Ding Yuan also attack his messenger back then? Lu Ning was angry and sent a large army to destroy Ding Yuan. If this matter is not handled properly, then our army is very unfavorable. After all, we are now suffering from food and grass, poor soldiers' equipment, and insufficient training time. It is not advisable to go to war with Lu Ning at this time."

After hearing this, Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "Zi Lian, don't you know that we have a trade agreement with Lu Ning? Why do you still want to rob the merchants in Bingzhou? Besides, when you went to rob the merchants in Bingzhou, the merchants in Bingzhou explained to you clearly, do you know that this is a fire? Now, you will be compensated five times the losses and pay 10% of the cents of the money every day. You robbed more than 200 kilograms of gold, and now you have to compensate 2 or 3,000 kilograms of gold. It's really not worth the loss."

After hearing this, Cao Hong said, "Lord, you have robbed me. Could it be that Lu Ning really dares to lead a large army to attack us? Besides, even if he leads a large army to come, we are not afraid of him, and we don't take him seriously."

After hearing this, Cao Cao looked helpless and said to Zi Lian, a rude master. Cao Cao sighed and said, "Zi Lian, you think it's too simple. Can our army fight over 150,000 Hun cavalry? Do our army now have food to support a big war? Do you think it's a crackdown on a rebellious party like the Yellow Turban Army? Lu Ning is bold and he dares not do anything! He dares to disobey the emperor's will. Former Bingzhou Governor Ding Yuan had a precedent. I'm sure that if we can't handle this matter well, then everyone is ready to fight with Lu Ning next year." Cao Cao is worthy of being a treacherous hero. He can really endure humiliation and calm his anger in the shortest time. This is not easy.

When Xiahou Dun heard this, he said, "Lord, is it really that serious? Isn't it just more than ten merchants?"

Xi Zhicai said: "General Yuan Rang, this is not a problem of more than ten businessmen. Is this a problem of Lu Ning's face? It is also a problem of our faith in violating the trade agreement? Lu Ning will definitely make a big fuss about this, and now Gongda has been detained by Lu Ning. If this matter is not resolved, Gongda will not come back."

Liu Fu also said: "This matter must be handled well. Didn't Gongda say that? Lu Ning and our business negotiations were basically completed. Even Lu Ning was preparing to sell the war horses to our army. However, this happened in the end, which affected the execution of the transaction. Although the price was a little higher from Gongda's letter, there was indeed no horse source. The Huns and Tartars were eliminated by Lu Ning, and the Xianbei Tartars had a feud. There was no place to buy war horses. In the future, it was probably difficult to find second-rate war horses, and the price would probably rise."

Cao Cao also knew that he could not fight with Lu Ning's army now, and he had to buy more war horses and weapons from Lu Ning, so that he could turn against Lu Ning after he had the strength, otherwise he would even lose his base. Such a thing could not be done. "You inform Gongda and follow Lu Ning's handling opinions. I will reiterate to you here that you must not provoke Bingzhou merchants in the future. As long as Bingzhou merchants do not evade taxes and do not do evil things, if anyone goes to cause trouble for others, they will be engaged in military law."

The civil and military officials under Cao Cao shouted: "It's the lord."
Chapter completed!