[Three Kingdoms] After crossing, I opened the sick and weak main road line

Lu Bu's appetite was directly proportional to his size, and the kitchen knew that he was staying in the main courtyard to eat, so they paid special attention to the portion size when delivering the food.

Yuan Jing had already eaten a small bowl of egg custard after waking up, and being fed half a bowl of porridge by the nanny meant that he was full. After picking up the empty plate, his eyes rolled round in shock.

Wow, that's a lot.

The little guy looked at the small bowl in front of himself, at the small bowl in front of Guo's elder brother next to him, and then at the half of the food left in front of his father, turned around and returned to General Lu, opened his mouth wide and continued to be shocked, " Wow."

Guo Yi raised his head in a daze, followed his gaze, waited for the nanny to wipe the corners of his mouth clean, and then sighed, "Wow."

Lu Bu eats very fast. When marching and fighting, it is rare to have the opportunity to sit down and eat slowly. In addition to learning how to fight, a soldier also has to learn how to fill his stomach in the shortest time. When the situation is bad, he can’t eat for days and nights The situation is not unheard of.

The steamed buns are soft and delicious, and the round ones are not as big as his fist. People who practice martial arts put in a lot of effort, so they naturally eat a lot. When he finishes the food on the food table, the two little guys next to him are already in a trance I forgot where I was.

Really, a lot.

General Lu Da had enough to eat and drink. Seeing that their lord was still eating porridge slowly, he moved his shoulders and turned sideways, winking at the two little guys, and got their unanimous exclamation again.

Yuan Huan: ...

General Lu, they are three years old this year, right?

In the past, the two little guys would obediently go back to the room to play or learn characters after breakfast. They would study in the afternoon. Yuan Huan couldn't get up too early in the morning, and he had to handle some official duties in person. In the morning, he went to the Council Hall One trip, wake up from a nap in the afternoon, is the time to take care of the children.

If we didn't want to see Guo Tu, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping today, breakfast would be later than now, and the two little guys would have breakfast in the wing room, and after eating, we would seriously discuss where to go to play.

The outside of the Yuan Mansion was protected by layers of soldiers and horses. There were more soldiers and horses stationed around the farm than in the imperial city. The children grew up day by day, so it was not easy to be confined in the room every day. When the weather was good, they would go outside to play.

But now, the two little guys were shocked by General Lu's appetite, and they sat there with dazed faces, completely unable to remember that they had agreed to go to the field to pick up wheat ears before they went to bed yesterday.

Lu Bu was free, seeing the interesting expressions of the two little guys, he couldn't help but made a face at them again, that is to say, he has a good background, a handsome face with sword eyebrows and starry eyes can withstand his making, another appearance is ordinary I can't tell whether it's to amuse or scare the children.

After Yuan Huan finished eating the porridge in the bowl, he asked people to remove the food table, interrupted the play of the three "peers" and asked the two little guys to play, and then asked Guo Tu, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping to come to the guest room Come.

Lu Bu rubbed his face to regain his mighty and domineering aura, he was going to meet outsiders soon, he is the lord's personal guard today, and he couldn't lose the lord's face.

"Fengxian, don't be so nervous." Yuan Huan walked out of the room with a smile, and let the unparalleled generals who were waiting in full force as if they were facing thousands of enemy troops relax. Tu and the others are not worth their nervousness.

Lu Bu clenched Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand and responded, but looking at his tense body, what he said just now should have come in from his left ear and out from his right ear.

Seeing this person walked straight to the main seat after walking into the guest room, and put down the Tianhua halberd after walking to the back, and the straight waist and murderous pestle stopped moving there, Yuan Huan sighed helplessly, "Feng Xian, sit."

He was not Dong Zhuo, and he didn't intend to use him as a guard, a brave general who charged into the battle. Judging by his skillful posture, he must have done this kind of thing before.

Lu Bu thought that he came here to act as a temporary guard, and never thought about having his own seat. He was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and pointed at himself blankly, "Sit?"

"That's right, sit down." Yuan Huan saw that he was a foolish and peaceful person, walked to the main seat and sat down, pointed to the seat closest to him on the right and emphasized again, "Feng Xian is me. My confidant and favorite general, how come I don’t even have a seat.”

Lu Bu scratched his head in a daze, moved his head up step by step and sat down on the seat, muttering joyfully in his heart: When he was beside the old thief Dong Zhuo, the old thief also said that he was his confidant and beloved son, and every day he said "Bong Xian my son" "He kept talking, when he met courtiers and generals around him, he didn't see him prepare more seats.

It's still good for their master.

General Lu Da grinned happily. When he heard footsteps outside, he immediately straightened his face and sat upright. Even if he didn't have to stand behind the lord, his proud height would still make those who harbor evil intentions dare not act rashly.

Guo Tu was fainted and carried into the mansion last night. It was already midnight when he woke up. He remembered how he fainted and sat up violently. However, before he could calm down and wonder why Guo Jia appeared here, he heard The servants who saw the movement came in to see if he was all right.

The Yuan family is worthy of being the head of the Kanto family. Even if it is just a few courtyards, the servants in the house are well-trained. When they heard the sound in the middle of the night, they would come in and ask him if he needed to serve him. Even the meals were prepared just as before. the same.

Guo Tu thought that he was valued by the owner of the mansion, so the kitchen was always preparing food for him to wake up, but he was just happy for a while, and found that the food was not prepared for him, and his neighbor just moved in. Two horse merchants who came to visit , it was just a coincidence that he was able to eat hot meals when he woke up.

Is this worth it? !

When Guo Tu found out that the two people who came were businessmen, he couldn't eat immediately, so he inquired about the origin of the two people. Just now, he felt that the servants in the house were well-trained, and when he wanted to inquire about things, he wished that they would all be open to money. , like a saw-mouthed gourd, how can he inquire about news?

If he hadn't been so quick-spoken and stooped, he didn't know what jokes would be made when he went to meet the new lord.

No, I have to find a way to make those two merchants have some problems. Before he has time to use the Zhen family to take over the position, the lord can't have other merchants join him, otherwise he won't be able to show his ability.

Coincidentally, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping next door thought the same way.

The two of them are horse dealers, and they are well-known in the north. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, bandits have been rampant all over the world. The commercial roads in Youzhou and Bingzhou have been cut off repeatedly. Many businessmen's fortunes and lives are accounted for by them. The two are lucky, and they have a little bit of noodles in the Wuhuan of the Xiongnu, so the business has been going so far.

It is not easy to do any business these days. Traveling between the grasslands and the Central Plains is very profitable, and there are more dangers. The internal turmoil of the Hu people is endless, only relying on those Qiang Hu who were overthrown and killed at some point. There are too many variables in the leader, it is more reliable to find someone to rely on in the big man.

They had funded many people before, and the most promising one was Liu Bei and Liu Xuande in Zhuo County. However, that person defected to Gongsun Zan of Youzhou after the Kwantung Alliance disbanded. connect.

Gongsun Zan is an unreasonable person, he hates the barbarians outside the Great Wall, his white horse righteousness is invincible in all attacks, and among the barbarians, he is as powerful as a child crying at night. Of the three thousand white horses galloping across the grassland, most of them are The horses are "requisitioned" from various horse dealers.

Good horses are hard to come by, ordinary people can't afford horses, these horse merchants buy them on the grasslands, and when they return to Han, they mostly sell them to the government or aristocratic families. In the past, there were rules of the imperial court. It wasn't a one-time transaction, and the transaction between the two parties was quite pleasant. Who would have thought that Gongsun Zan, a master named officer and soldier who was actually a robber, would suddenly appear.

Those horses were said to be "requisitioned." After requisitioning, paying money is requisitioning, and not paying money is open robbery.

Gongsun Zan was able to directly "requisition" horses, and had a reputation among the barbarians for being ruthless and murderous. No one dared to go to his house to ask for money, so he could only treat him as a dumb man.

The two of them suffered losses in Youzhou. They didn't earn a penny when they went back and forth. They even lost the money they invested in buying horses. Well, a few more times and they'll be bankrupt.

Even though Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, works diligently and loves the people, the life of the people in Youzhou seems to be much better than before, but once bitten by a snake for ten years, they are afraid of well ropes, and the expenditure of the Youzhou government does not need the support of other states and counties. It doesn't mean that Gongsun Zan is willing to spend a lot of money to pay back the horse.

The most important thing in doing business is to be well-informed. Last time they fell into the trap of not getting the news in time, they learned a lot from a pitfall.

Youzhou can’t go if you don’t say anything, and the counties in Bingzhou are in charge of their own affairs. The county magistrates are no different from bandit leaders. I don't even bother to find excuses for "expropriation", and they may even kill people directly.

Youzhou and Bingzhou can't do it. Just at this time, Jizhou has a Xinzhou shepherd. Not only is this Xinzhou shepherd better than Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, but as far as they know, his identity is not simple. And state animal husbandry.

Bingzhou is not a good place, don't look at the state shepherd, it also depends on the location, the state shepherd of Bingzhou is not as comfortable as the prefect of Jizhou.

Jizhou, a shepherd from Xinzhou, came from an extraordinary background, and he had never heard of any robbery in the past. A family member would never rob someone like Gongsun Zan. They prepared generous gifts and went to visit, maybe it was a way out.

The two of them thought it was a good idea. It happened that they had just bought a thousand horses from the grassland not long ago. The horses are tall and fat in autumn, and it is time to grow fat. It is a generous gift.

Unexpectedly, just after handing in the greeting card, I learned that there are other people coming with the same purpose as them. The two of them are from Zhongshan, and the Zhen family is also a big businessman in Zhongshan County. They have dealt with each other a lot before. Well, there's nothing to say about that.

The Zhen family has a wide range of businesses. Compared with people like them who run business in person through wind and rain, the Zhen family has been in business for generations and has much more influence than them. It's just that the previous head of the family passed away early, and the current head of the family took over when he took over. He was just a child with a pendulous hair, and then he slowly fell down.

However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how much the Zhen family has declined, it has only been in decline for a few years, and they have more business contacts than them, so they cannot afford to ignore them.

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping knew that the person living next door might be a lobbyist of the Zhen family in Zhongshan. After discussing overnight, they were ruthless and directly added a zero to the twenty or thirty horses they had originally prepared, and sent two hundred horses. Say hello in front of Master Mu.

The sky was clear, and the two parties were summoned at the same time. They tidied up their clothes and went out with their heads held high. When they greeted each other politely and with a smile on their faces, the smiles on their faces disappeared instantly when they turned away.

Oh, but that's all.

The three of them walked along with the servant leading the way. The atmosphere on the road was too quiet. When they came outside the guest room, Guo Tu took off his shoes and went in directly. Liu Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping took off their shoes and socks outside. It seemed a little anxious.

There is a difference between honor and inferiority. Mr. Guo said that he is also a son of an aristocratic family. When he meets Zhou Mu, he only needs to take off his shoes. Like those lowly businessmen, if they want to meet such an honorable person as their lord, they can’t keep their shoes and socks. Just go in with your feet.

Guo Tu found a place where he could crush the opponent, and even his back was a bit arrogant. Of course, no matter how arrogant he was, he could only be arrogant outside. When he passed the threshold of the guest room, he suddenly became terrified, "Yingchuan Guo Tu, have you seen the master?" .”

The chubby middle-aged man stood in the middle and saluted, with a smile on his face, no matter how you looked at it, it was incompatible with the style of their house.

Yuan Huan glanced at him lightly, didn't shout, but asked lightly, "Gongze is making suggestions under Yuan Benchu's command. When did you change your court?"

Lu Bu's upright body froze for a moment, embarrassment flashed in his eyes, and he looked straight ahead, pretending that he was just a display.

At that time, he really thought that this guy was a genius, otherwise, why would he come to visit him in person? If he had known that this guy was not a good person, he would have tied him up and thrown him into the carriage to bring him back. It would be so troublesome as it is now.

Guo Tu didn't think otherwise, only thought that the new master was dissatisfied with Yuan Shao, so he blamed him. He quickly criticized his previous self from the beginning to the end, but he didn't dare to involve Yuan Shao. It had the opposite effect, and he didn't even know where to cry.

Not long after, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping came in after burning the incense, and saw Guo Tu who was still standing there bent over, twitching his lips, they just walked a few steps quickly and saluted respectfully as if they couldn't see this person.

Yuan Huan looked at them with a half-smile, nodded and let the three of them sit down, skipping Guo Tuwen and said, "The two of you came to visit the house, but what difficulties did you encounter?"

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping were overwhelmed by the flattery, and quickly sat up straight and replied, "We both go back and forth to sell horses in the north, and when we heard that your lord took office, we came here to congratulate you with a special gift."

As he said that, he took out the gift list they changed overnight and handed it to the attendant next to him.

The two hundred horses are the main event. Compared with the horses, other money and cloth can be ignored, but they cannot be ignored on the list, otherwise the 200 bare horses will be ugly.

Yuan Huan took the list and glanced at it, his expression remained the same as before, as if what was written on it was not two hundred horses, but two bowls of barley rice, "Nowadays it is hard to find a horse, and two hundred horses cost a lot. As the shepherd of the state, how can you accept such a big gift, Fengxian, remember to take the two righteous men to the accountant to pay the money later."

Just as Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping were about to explain, the tall general sitting across from them clasped his fists in response, scaring them back from what they wanted to say.

Guo Tu cursed secretly in his heart, thankfully he had discussed with the Patriarch of the Zhen family that he would be fully responsible for the next matter before coming here, otherwise in such a situation, it would be better not to take out less things.

If you don't come early or late, you have to come at this time. Did these two people intentionally cause trouble for him?

"My lord, Tu ran into Zhen Yan, the head of the Zhen family in Zhongshan in Yecheng. Although the Zhen family is a family of merchants, they also have a heart for the common people. Knowing that the master is a shepherd in Jizhou, he suffers from no connections. He specially asked me to come down to relieve the Lord's worries." Guo Tu Glancing at the two people next to him, there was only a slit in the eyes of the smile, "My lord guards Jizhou to protect the people. The Zhen family can't help in other places. They only have a little money in the family. I would like to donate three thousand stones of food and grass, cloth Two thousand horses, so that my Jizhou soldiers can survive the winter safely."

Sending horses is nothing, their lord has a lot of cavalry, are they short of those two hundred horses?

What are you staring at, take out food if you have the ability!

Guo Tu was respectful on the surface, but when he lowered his head, he smiled provocatively at the two people beside him. Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping dared not speak out when they met his eyes, they ground their teeth and bowed their heads in silence.

Guo Tu looked away contentedly. The most important thing for soldiers to raise is not horses, but food. The Zhen family's business is mainly food, and there is no way to send food to horses.

Yuan Shao took two thousand shi of grain from the lord, and he took the initiative to bring back three thousand shi, plus two hundred pieces of cloth. There are not many people as capable as him these days, and he will definitely be able to make up for the mistake of investing in the wrong lord before. Lose.

However, things didn't go as smoothly as he thought.

The fairy-like lord above looked calm, as if his expression would not change even if the sky fell, "As an official, you should understand the hardships of the people, and you have never heard of using the assets of the people to support the soldiers of the imperial court." The truth, Fengxian, write down the amount of grain and cloth just now, and report it to the accountant later."

Lu Bu grinned, and his voice was like thunder, "Deling!"

Guo Tu:? ? ?

Guo Tu:! ! !

my lord!My lord, we are our own people!Our own people don't need to see outsiders!

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