There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The problem is that not getting married at the age of 25 is generally illegal in the old society of the Han Dynasty.

Since the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the "single tax" was set up due to the sharp drop in population. The highest rate was as high as 120 yuan per year. The penalty should be around [-] yuan, and ordinary people simply cannot afford such a tax.

However, Xu Huang, as a member of the imperial court, even though he is a single dog, it is estimated that this tax was also missed.

Chapter 153 Killing the Little Prince

At this time, through the resentful tone in Xu Huang's words, the potter can feel that Xu Huang still wants to work hard. After all, no one wants to be unknown, and everyone wants to let go and do something , not only become famous, but also seal his wife and son.

"Brother Gongming, do you want to go to Jizhou to develop? Yuan Benchu, the fourth and third prince, now replaces Han Fu as the temporary shepherd of Jizhou. He is famous all over the world. He must be recruiting heroes from all over the world. I don't think Brother Gongming is a person who is content to be mediocre. Why not Take this opportunity to try your luck?"

The pottery merchant friendly tested Xu Huang's bottom line. Although Wang Yi was the governor of Hedong County, he could barely be regarded as a prince according to the situation in the world. Instead of ambition, he cautiously abided by the laws of the Han Dynasty and supervised and governed Hedong County for the court.His behavior can be described as quite satisfactory, without overstepping.

For a well-behaved person, it is generally impossible for his subordinates to achieve rapid development in a short period of time.

The pottery merchant didn't have much confidence in himself. One was that he was young and had a father on top of him, and the other was that among the princes of the world, he was more famous and had a much better reputation than Dow, so he didn't dare to recruit Xu Xu too quickly. Huang, Han Hao is still in the stage of hesitation about the olive branch he throws out, so the potter intends to use Yuan Shao's door first to try Xu Huang's bottom line.

Perhaps it was the potter's approachable attitude that infected Xu Huang. Xu Huang had no defense against this modest young man, and he told the truth.

"Mr. Tao, to be honest, Xu Huang is a man of eight feet. Although he is not from a famous family, he also wants to make some achievements for the benefit of the family. The Yuan family in Runan is famous all over the world. Although Huang intends to, it's just, it's just me. origin"

really!

Tao Shang nodded secretly in his heart, Xu Huang really intended to change his court at this time.

However, it is clear that Xu Huang himself does not have much confidence in joining Yuan Shao.After all, the power of the Yuan family is based on the reputation of the family of the four generations and the three princes, recruiting people from the world's famous families. Xu Huang's identity is placed there. up.

The potter began to envy Yuan Shao in his heart.

Yuan's reputation is really too high, so high that even a pig would squeeze his head and try to get under Yuan's gate!If Yuan Shao released the announcement and recruited someone to pour the chamber pot for himself, there would probably be countless people who would recommend themselves and step down the threshold of his Jizhou mansion.

"Brother Gongming, to tell you the truth, when Tao was in Luoyang, he and Yuan Gong formed a good friendship. If you are willing, brother, after the conquest of the little prince Yu Fuluo is over, when I return to Xuzhou, I would like to Take the Jizhou Road instead, and introduce my elder brother to Yuan Gong."

This remark was completely against his will. For a person like Xu Huang, the pottery merchant was 1 reluctant to part with it, so how could he recommend it to Yuan Shao?

But if he didn't make such a bad move, I'm afraid Xu Huang might not follow him.

Recruitment of talents, sometimes not only depends on sincerity and interests, but also has to be a little tricky, although it is not authentic.

"Master Tao is serious?" Xu Huang couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words.

Unexpectedly, this young master from Xuzhou, whom he had known for only one night, would be willing to be his referrer. Xu Huang was half surprised, half puzzled, and didn't understand why the pottery merchant was so kind to him.

"Of course it is true. It is said that a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a virtuous minister chooses a master to serve. In my opinion, my elder brother has the appearance of an admiral. After a long time, he must be a great talent. That's why I just wanted to make friends. If my elder brother comes to Yuan Under the Gong's sect, I hope that Brother Gongming will contribute more to the mediation between Xuzhou and the Yuan family."

When it comes to making up nonsense, the adaptability that potters developed in the commercial society of later generations is naturally not at the same level as most ancient people, and their ability to tell nonsense has reached the point of perfection.

Hearing what the pottery said was sincere and logical, Xu Huang was moved inexplicably, and cupped his hands and said, "Young master Tao, if Huang can be recommended by Mr. Tao to join the Yuan family to achieve great achievements, then in the future, you will be a member of my Xu family in Hedong. Benefactor, but you have an order, how dare you not obey?"

Seeing that Xu Huang was so solemn, the pottery merchant blushed a little.

After all, I had no intention of recommending Xu Huang to Yuan Shao at all, so I cheated Gu Zhiliang with slanderous words, so that no matter how thick his skin was, he would feel ashamed and flustered.

"Brother Gongming, you are being polite. Tao is just helping out, but after all, it is Yuan's recruiting talents, but Tao can't guarantee that this matter will be successful."

Xu Huang smiled heartily, waved his hands, and said: "Young master is willing to recommend for Huang, he is already a great virtue, how dare I choose this or that."

Speaking of this, Xu Huang smacked his mouth, and said with emotion: "The recent Yuedan review, Huang was quite puzzled when he first read it. Evaluation, now that I see a real person, I realize that Mr. Xu's words are true to Mr. Taiping, and his reputation is truly well-deserved!"

The potter's smile suddenly collapsed.

"Brother Gongming, can you not call me Mr. Taiping? Tao really can't hear this."

Xu Huang nodded heavily: "So modest? Young master is really low-key, Huang admires it."

At the beginning of the next day, Qu Yi and a group of people came to Xu Huang's military tent to see the Xiongnu guerrilla route he planned last night, so as to arrange an ambush route for the march.

When Xu Huang pointed out the three routes to Qu Yi, the famous Hebei general became a little anxious.

"Xu Bingcao was able to plan three guerrilla routes for the Xiongnu, which is very rare. But even so, the area covered by these three routes is still too wide. The general has limited troops and horses, so I really don't know where to arrange them."

The pottery merchant smiled when he heard the words, and said: "It's actually not difficult. Since we have planned three possible routes for the Huns to travel, the next step is to find a way to lure the little prince to one of these routes." , as the saying goes, throwing fragrant bait to catch big fish.”

Qu Yi frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Mr. Tao's bait, what do you mean?"

The potter spread his hands and said helplessly, "This is up to you to decide. Tao was born in Danyang, and he has never had any dealings with the Xiongnu. He really doesn't understand."

Qu Yi turned his head to look at Xu Huang, then at Han Hao, but saw that both of them also lowered their heads, frowning, and couldn't think of anything that could lure the Xiongnu.

"Everyone, if you really can't figure it out, Tao has someone under his command who may be able to help."

After obtaining the consent of the three, they saw the pottery merchant walk to the entrance of the tent and asked the guards to call Xu Rong over.

When I was young, I saw Xu Rong wearing a bronze mask, walking into the tent under the guidance of the guards.

"This is Captain Xu under my command. He was born in Liaodong. Although he has never dealt with the Huns, he is familiar with Xianbei's nature. They are all foreign nomads. Perhaps they have something in common with each other."

Qu Yi came from Yuan Shao, and he knew something about the fact that the pottery merchant had subdued Xu Rong in Bianshui. Why does a well-known general of the Liang army wear a bronze mask on his face?

Pretending to be an uncle?

Or after changing the door, feel ashamed and ashamed to see others?

After listening to the potter's narration, Xu Rong thought for a while before slowly opening his mouth and said: "The general is not familiar with the Xiongnu, but when he lived in Xuantu in the past, he had many contacts with Xianbei. According to the general's opinion, These horses are nomadic, not afraid of the cold, can endure hunger, can eat food and grass in all kinds of hardships, and so on. They won't be very attractive to them, but there is one thing, they have to be in business with my big man, otherwise they will not be much. have to."

Qu Yi asked hurriedly, "What is it?"

Xu Rong said coldly: "It's made of iron. The nomadic horses are stronger, and they are all grass horses in the north. Like their masters, they can endure hunger and have strong patience. The general guessed that although Yu Fuluo was expelled from the Southern Court of the Huns, But as a prince, it should not be difficult to secretly buy horses from nomads in the grasslands, but the bad thing is that there are few iron tools. The nomads are not good at processing iron. Even if they can be processed, the output is extremely low. Other things may not be a big problem to him, but this iron ordnance is a precious item to him.”

Hearing the words, Qu Yi seemed to have awakened.

Xu Huang said: "This general is very kind, if it is convenient for General Qu, you might as well write a letter and ask the king's mansion for help, asking him to dispatch a batch of ordnance from the arsenal in Xiangling to Yang County, and then spread the news! From Xiangling to Yang County, you need to go through Fen River, and the water and grass are abundant along the way, which is one of the three routes analyzed below, if Yu Fuluo intends to use these weapons, he will definitely appear on this route!"

Qu Yi looked at Xu Huang, then at Xu Rong, and nodded in agreement.

"What's the opinion between Han Zhengeng and Mr. Tao?"

Han Hao shook his head and said, "The generals' analysis and design are just right, and I have no objections."

Tao Shang was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "General Qu, these 500 people under his command are all infantry, if they go into battle, there is nothing that can help the general, if it is convenient for the general, my 500 people will not fight with the general Let’s attack the enemy together, and then we’ll just support the surrounding area, how about that?”

To be honest, Qu Yi really didn't pay attention to the 500 pottery merchants. In his opinion, these people were even in the way.

Qu Yi nodded, and said: "It's okay, since that's the case, please ask Mr. Tao and the soldiers under his command to stand by and support, and Han and I will lead the troops to ambush in Fuluo."

After leaving the tent, Qu Yi, Han Hao, Xu Huang, Pottery Merchant, and Xu Rong went to pack up their soldiers and horses and prepare for the expedition.

After leaving the tent, Xu Rong asked the potter very puzzled, "Why did you lead the troops alone to support the dispatch of troops against Yu Fuluo? Although our 500 people are small, we must be able to help."