Xiaoqi

"It's unreasonable, the Zhen family bullied me, Yuan Shao, too much!"

Riding a horse and walking slowly under the shade of the trees, the expression on Yuan Shao's face changed again and again, sometimes he gritted his teeth, sometimes his eyes widened, and sometimes his expression was lonely, which made his fair face red, white, and blue.But in the end, these emotions all turned into monstrous anger and endless hatred, so that he grinned his teeth, his face was ferocious, as if he wanted to choose someone and devour him.

If Li Li could see Yuan Shao's face at this time, he might have a feeling of deja vu, because he also had the same angry expression when he heard Yuan Xi and Feng Ji escaped.

"My lord, calm down." Seeing his lord Yuan Shao blew his beard and stared in anger.Furious, Guo Tu rode to Yuan Shao's side, and persuaded respectfully: "The Zhen family is just a mere businessman, if you want to go, you can leave if you want to stay, why should your lord be angry about this low-ranking family? Woolen cloth?"

However, Guo Tu never expected that Yuan Shaoqiang would calm down under his kind persuasion, suddenly turned his head to stare at him, and squeezed out six words from between his teeth: "Stupid, short-sighted, ignorant!"

What a concise statement, only six words, but extremely powerful.

It was these simple and clear six words that made the conceited and talented Guo Tu blush instantly.Then he turned his head to look aside.He blushed and panted heavily, almost unable to catch his breath.Passed out.

how many years.Guo Tu is also a scholar at any rate. He has devoted himself to studying for more than ten years and has read thousands of volumes. He thinks that his knowledge is no less than that of any wise man in the world today.

When Yuan Shao planned to plot Jizhou, it was Guo Tu who tried every means to persuade Han Fu to take the initiative to let the virtuous.Then he welcomed Yuan Shao into Yecheng, replaced Han Fu as the governor of the state, and occupied Jizhou without bloodshed.For the next three years, he tried his best to assist Yuan Shao.He worked hard and even forcibly invited his younger brother Guo Jia to Jizhou to serve under Yuan Shao's account.

Thinking of Guo Jia, Guo Tu, who was in shame and indignation, finally realized something, and thought to himself: "Guo Jia must have left without saying goodbye not long ago, which made Yuan Shao very displeased, and he has nowhere to vent his anger. I didn't expect to vent his anger on me today. What a disaster!"

"Yes, it must be like this!" Finally finding the source of Yuan Shao's reprimand, Guo Tu felt a little better, not as shameful and indignant as before.

If Yuan Shao really blamed Guo Jia for leaving without saying goodbye, then he, Guo Tu, had nothing to say, because he was indeed to blame for this matter, and acted like a villain.At the beginning, it was he who cleverly used the name of Guo Jia's mother to force Guo Jia to come to Jizhou to join Yuan Shao, but Guo Jia obediently surrendered, but Yuan Shao didn't like Guo Jia, and he listened to Guo Jia's strategy. , If you don't listen to what you say, you don't follow it, it seems to be dismissive.It was precisely because of this that Guo Jia was reluctant to stay in the army, put down the gold, silver, brocade, silk and seal ribbons bestowed by Yuan Shao, and left quietly.

Looking back on the whole story, Guo Tu suddenly felt very depressed, but he was helpless.

Others don't know what Guo Jia's talent is, but as Guo Jia's elder brother, he has studied with Guo Jia for four or five years, and he knows very well that Guo Jia's talent is absolutely amazing, and he is the best counselor in the world.Even Guo Tu, who has always been self-confident about his talent and never puts anyone in his eyes, has to admit that he is indeed a little behind Guo Jia,,, uh, no, it should be a little bit worse.

"Yuan Ze!" Perhaps Yuan Shao realized that what he said just now was too serious and a little unreasonable, so he turned his head to look at Guo Tu again, only to see Guo Tu lowered his head with a blushing face, and was in a daze. .

"Cough, cough, cough!" So Yuan Shao coughed heavily, and said to Guo Tu with a bad face: "Yuan Ze should know that my Yuan family and the Zhen family are family friends, at least for decades. With the prominent status of the Yuan family before, and the fact that the family of merchants such as the Zhen family are family friends, is it possible that the ancestors of my Yuan family were all fools and had no sense of family status? Just take you, Guo Yuanze, as an example, you are willing to be the same generation as the common people Talk about making friends, do you want to make friends for a long time?"

After a few rhetorical questions, Yuan Shao's gloomy face softened a little, and he said in a deep voice: "So, I just said that you are short-sighted, and it is by no means aimless. You only know that the Zhen family is inherited from the ancestor Zhen Taibao's Yu Yin, so it barely ranks among the aristocratic families. But they don't know that the Zhen family has been in business for a hundred years.

As far as I know, the Zhen family is sitting on billions of dollars in wealth, with countless money and grain, and their shops are spread all over the Han states and counties, and even developed to the point where more than half of the counties in the Han states have Zhen's shops.It is no exaggeration to say that if the Zhen family hadn't been restrained and low-key because of the lack of males in the direct line, this family would have already become a big and wealthy family.Because of this, my Yuan family has been in contact with the Zhen family for decades, and the long-term mutually beneficial cooperation has continued to this day.

The reason why I let Xianyi and Fengji come to the Zhen family this time is not to forcefully borrow food, but to take the opportunity to let Xian Yi and the Zhen family get to know each other, and it is best to form an in-law relationship with the Zhen family, so that the Zhen family will be determined Support me Yuan Shao.Unexpectedly, this rebellious son actually forced the Zhen family away, and he didn't dare to come out to see me after he did something stupid himself.

This rebellious son is really mad at me! "

Speaking of this, the anger that Yuan Shao had finally suppressed surged to his forehead again.As a result, he was gasping for breath with anger, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he still looked like he couldn't vent his anger.

Seeing that the lord Yuan Shao explained to himself for the first time, the shame and resentment in Guo Tu's heart disappeared immediately, and he was flattered instead.

Because Yuan Shao is an extremely conceited and proud person, it is rare for him to explain himself after yelling at his subordinates.Usually, he scolded his subordinates as soon as he scolded them, and he would not say a word at all. Instead, he made the scolded people terrified and worried all day long, for fear that they would never be appreciated and reused by Yuan Shao again.

In view of this.Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry again, Guo Tu quickly persuaded him: "My lord, calm down, don't get angry. After all, the second son is young, and he couldn't understand the lord's good intentions for a while. This is an unintentional mistake. It was not intentional." .

What's more, there are two sons under the lord's knees.The eldest son Yuan Tan is very like the master, acting decisively.Proficient in the art of war.After a little experience, you will become a master in the future! "

While speaking, Guo Tu caught a glimpse of the suspicious look in Yuan Shao's eyes, and quickly said: "The third son, Yuan Shang, is also very good. He has been very intelligent since he was a child, and has both civil and military skills. Although he is young, he has extraordinary knowledge. In time, he will be a pillar of talent. My lord There are successors, congratulations!"

Hearing Guo Tu's praise of his youngest son Yuan Shang, the anger on Yuan Shao's face eased a little.Obviously very useful.

Immediately, he sighed softly, and said with regret on his face: "Hey! Today the world is in chaos, heroes are everywhere, and the princes are separatist. No matter how good the family background is, the key is to continuously strengthen our own strength. I, the prince of the Yuan family, The prosperity of the reputation is unmatched by anyone in the world except the royal Liu family. However, in troubled times, the prosperity of the family alone is not enough, and it is even useless.

Leaving aside Cao Cao in Yanzhou and Tao Qian in Xuzhou, let's take Li Wenchang from Xiliang as an example.This son is just the son of common people, at best he is considered a good family son, he came from a lowly background, but he is militaristic and warlike. Such a lowly person dares to steal the artifact of the country. Woe to the world.It seems that these young people dare to rank as high as the Sangong at the moment, and lead the guards themselves, and rank alongside me, Yuan Shao, as the great generals.Hey, what is the reason for God! "

This was already the second sigh that Guo Tu had heard from his master.This kind of helpless sigh actually happened to the extremely conceited Yuan Shao. From Guo Tu's point of view, this was unprecedented.

After sighing again, Yuan Shao said in a low mood: "When the Zhen family was passed down to Zhen Yi's father, Zhen Yi, the family status had declined, and it had already been reduced to a second-rate family. He found a way out, simply gave up his official career, and devoted himself to running the family business. However, the Zhen family originally had many industries and many business routes. He easily ranks in Shangcai Ling and can be granted a title. This is the merit of his father Zhen Yi's friendship with my Yuan family.

However, since Zhen Yiyao's death, the huge family property of the Zhen family has been handed over to a widow of the Zhang family.However, although Zhenzhang is a woman, she is extremely shrewd and intelligent. In her hands, the Zhen family consortium not only suffered losses due to the advent of troubled times, but also made a lot of money year after year. Nothing less than that, in just a few years, he has earned tens of millions of huge wealth for the Zhen family, completely occupied the position of the world's number one merchant, and became the richest in the world.

Four years ago, when my father was still alive, he saw that the world was in chaos, and he wanted me to marry Zhen Zhang as his concubine, but it was a pity that Dong Zhuo occupied the imperial capital, so the matter was shelved.Since then, the situation in the world has changed drastically, and my father died tragically at the hands of Butcher Dong Zhuo, so the matter was left alone, let it go.It wasn't until I came to Chen Bing Changshan that I inadvertently learned that Zhen Yi's widow was actually a beautiful young woman in her prime, who was less than 30 years old.It is said that she is extremely intelligent, shrewd and capable, and unparalleled in beauty, and her fame spreads far and wide in Zhongshan and Changshan countries.It's a pity that she is gone now, and there is no chance to see her, so I regret it! "

Speaking of this, Yuan Shao showed a look of great regret on his face, as if he still missed the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Shi, but missed her by chance.

But Guo Tu heard the meaning behind Yuan Shao's words.

It turns out that the lord of the family came to the Zhen family not only to find out the reality of the Zhen family, but also to see with his own eyes whether the Zhen family is as beautiful as the rumors; if the rumors are true, maybe Yuan Shao still has the intention of taking a concubine.

Just when Guo Tu was dreaming, Yuan Shao said with deep emotion: "Nowadays the world is in turmoil and chaos, all the heroes are rising together, and the princes are divided. Xiong, if he wants not to be annexed by other princes, he must strengthen his own strength and train an invincible elite division.

However, if you want to strengthen your army and horses, money and food are indispensable and hot items.Whoever has enough money and food can take the lead in the troubled times, recruit troops, conquer cities and expand territories. "

Chapter 466

Chapter 466

Looking at the huge and empty house, Yuan Shao said thoughtfully: "Money and food are the key to restricting our own development and growth!

Without money and food, so what if you have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, just like Li Li in Xiliang.This son has 40 soldiers, and most of them are Xiliang cavalry. His combat power is so strong that no prince in the world can compete with him.

However, Xiliang has been a place where barbarians have ravaged since ancient times, and it has also been a place of protracted wars. All the states and counties under its jurisdiction have suffered from long-term wars.

Because of this, even though Li Lixiaoer had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he could only defend a corner, watching the states and counties in the Central Plains have thousands of miles of fertile fields and sufficient money and food, but there was no food and grass to supply the army.Therefore, when we wantonly sent troops to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, Li Li could only sit and watch Xiliang and sigh, unable to move his troops eastward.

If Xiliang Li Li met such a wealthy family as the Zhen family in Zhongshan, he would probably take the Zhen family into his pocket no matter what, and even send troops to snatch it.It's a pity that Zhang Zhen's family is far away in Zhongshan, Jizhou, and it's too far from Xiliang. Perhaps Li Lilian has never heard of the name of Zhen's family.Otherwise, once Li Li can get the support of a large consortium like the Zhen family, he will be able to send troops to enter the Central Plains in a short period of time. With the strong financial resources of the Zhen family, the Xiliang army can continue to fight for at least three months to half a year.If this is the case, the situation in the world will change drastically that day, and our Jizhou and Yanzhou Cao Cao, Hanoi Zhangyang and other forces will inevitably bear the brunt, and Chenliu Zhang Miao, Jiyin Lu Bu and Nanyang Yuan Shu will hardly be alone. "

When Yuan Shao said these words, in addition to Guo Tu and Yan Liang who followed him closely behind him, there was another person who heard Yuan Shao's words at the corner of the wall dozens of steps away from the three of them. these words.

It was precisely Yuan Shao's words that made this visitor who had something important to report to him suddenly stop, and then hid in the dark corner of the wall, hesitating.He weighed himself over and over whether to tell Yuan Shao the major discovery he had just made.

The time went back to half an hour ago.

Just as Yuan Shao, Guo Tu, and Yan Liang rode their horses to inspect the backyard of Zhen's Mansion, Wen Chou and Ju Yi were ordered to lead their troops to search the front and middle courts of Zhen's Mansion one by one. Wen Chou was in charge of the middle court, and Ju Yi was the Search the front yard with his cronies.

The front yard of Zhen's Mansion is not just a row of houses, as explained above, the front yard has six courtyards and hundreds of houses.

Ju Yi ordered his subordinates to search the front yard and enter the courtyard three times before, one by one, even the corners of the walls, while he himself led more than [-] cronies to search the front yard and then entered the house three times. .

Because most of the valuables in the house have been removed by Zhen's family.As a result, every room is very messy, and it is very time-consuming and laborious to search.Therefore, just to search the courtyard three times, Ju Yi's [-] officers and soldiers were tossed up and down in front of the house, behind the house, upstairs and at the bottom of the wall.Tired enough, but achieved nothing.

Just when Ju Yi thought that there was no need to continue the search and was about to order the troops to withdraw.His subordinates, who were searching for the fifth entry into the house, suddenly came to report to him.Find important clues in the utility room in the northwest corner of the yard.

Immediately, Ju Yi quickly came to the utility room, and under the guidance of his own soldiers, he saw a valuable jade pendant and a piece of brocade robe soaked in blood on the ground under the west corner of the room.

The moment he saw the jade pendant, Ju Yi felt that this piece of jade looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.Immediately, he squatted in the corner and looked at the jade pendant in his hand, but for a moment he couldn't remember when he had seen this jade.Who saw it again.So he casually picked up the blood-soaked cloth on the ground, hoping to find something on the rag, but unfortunately there was nothing on it, only dark red blood stains.Nothing else.

However, just when Ju Yi stood up in great disappointment, out of the corner of his eyes, he inadvertently saw a line of blood on the ground where he had just picked up the blood cloth.This is a bloody word written by someone dipping their hands in their own blood. The handwriting is very clear, and every stroke is very clear. It is obvious that there is plenty of blood, and it is definitely not written by biting a finger.

When he squatted down to inspect again, a few words written in blood on the bluestone board immediately caught Ju Yi's eyes: "Zheng Feng is Li Li from Xiliang, the Zhen family has been attached, and we are leaving today." There are two more characters under this line of words The extremely small and blurred characters, obviously the person who wrote the blood characters was very worried about being discovered, but he was also afraid that his own people would not know who wrote it after seeing it, so he left his name: "Feng Ji."

"Ah!" The moment Ju Yi saw this line of blood, he exclaimed in shock, lost his mind in astonishment, but was awakened by the sound of footsteps surrounded by his own soldiers.

Seeing the soldiers walking towards him, Ju Yi almost subconsciously stood up straight, stepped on the blood written by Feng Ji, and waved to the soldiers with a serious face: "There is nothing here, you go to other places." Take a look at the room and close the door when you go out!"

After the soldiers left, Ju Yi cautiously walked to the door and listened carefully to the sound of footsteps outside the door.After confirming that no one was approaching the utility room, he turned around and walked to the corner, squatting in the corner and staring at the bloody words on the ground in a daze.