"General Qiyu, there is an anomaly ahead!"

Cao Ren led the army to march for half an hour, and at this moment, the scout who was exploring the way ahead hurriedly rode his horse to Cao Ren to report the news.

"Check it out!"

Cao Ren waved his hand, and the group galloped forward.

After walking for nearly five miles, I came to the place where the scouts found the abnormality, only to see that there were corpses everywhere on the ground, and after a little calculation, there were about four thousand people. Obviously, these 4,000 corpses are the men and horses led by Zhang Min.

"With this place as the center, search within a radius of ten miles to see if there are any living people. ”

Cao Ren ordered in a deep voice, and in the blink of an eye, all the soldiers dispersed in all directions under the command of their respective commanders. Looking at the execution ability of this soldier, you can see that they are a well-trained team.

"General Qiyu, there are corpses found due south, a total of one hundred and five people. ”

"General Qiyu, there are corpses found in the southwest direction, totaling eighty-three people. ”

"General Qiyu..."

In a moment's effort, there were soldiers from all directions reporting news to Cao Ren, and there were dead people in each direction, adding up to about a thousand people. And with the addition of about 4,000 people here, the total number is about 5,000. Obviously, who these corpses were, Cao Ren also understood.

"Uncle, he is Zhang Min. ”

Cao Anmin was also present, looking at a corpse wearing delicate armor, Cao Anmin shouted at Cao Ren. Zhang Min killed Cao Anmin's father, mother, grandfather and other relatives, and Cao Anmin was naturally angry when he saw the enemy. snatched the long knife from the soldier next to him, and slashed at Zhang Min's corpse. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Min's body was chopped to pieces by Cao Anmin. I can't tell who this guy really is.

Although Cao Anmin's behavior was cruel, everyone understood his actions. His closest people were killed by the other party, and it makes sense to make such a move. Of course, understanding does not mean agreeing, after all, in this era, the dead are the greatest, and treating a corpse like this. It still made most of the soldiers frown.

"An Min, that's enough!"

Cao Ren has been watching Cao Anmin all the time, and he also understands Cao Anmin's approach. But. As a general, he had to take into account the emotions of the soldiers, and when the soldiers were dissatisfied, Cao Ren also saw that Cao Anmin's actions were stopped. Cao Anmin was Cao Cao's nephew. To a certain extent, it represents Cao Cao. If it was because of Cao Anmin's actions that affected the soldiers' views of Cao Cao, then Cao Anmin's sin would be great.

For the majestic Cao Ren, Cao Anmin is still a little afraid. Therefore, when he heard Cao Ren's shouting, Cao Anmin also stopped honestly, just knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but it's not time to be sad. Cao Anmin's crying was not despised by the soldiers. On the contrary, because of Cao Anmin's crying. Let the soldiers who were dissatisfied just now feel a trace of guilt in their hearts. Cao Anmin's relatives suddenly suffered a tragic change, and it is natural for others to take revenge, but they are dissatisfied with Cao Anmin because of this. Put yourself in their shoes, if they encounter such a situation, wouldn't they have done the same thing as Cao Anmin?

Cao Anmin cried so darkly that his tears could no longer flow, so he stopped, and during this period, Cao Ren and the soldiers did not make any moves, just waited quietly.

"An Min, although Zhang Min, the murderous thief, is dead, the mastermind has not been eliminated. Judging from the wounds of these corpses, they have been dead for some time, and now I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with Tao Qian. Although my uncle wants to avenge my uncle, with such a force, I am afraid that it is beyond his reach. Now, we should return to Yanzhou as soon as possible and report this matter to the lord, and the lord will decide. ”

Although he didn't see the murderer who killed these people, Cao Ren just thought about it, and he could know that it was Tao Qian who killed people. Fortunately, Cao Anmin escaped, otherwise, Cao Cao would not have known that he was Tao Qian's poisonous hand.

"What my uncle said is that I must inform my uncle about this matter, let my uncle lead his troops to destroy Xuzhou, and use the head of Tao Qian's old thief to pay tribute to the soul of my Cao family. ”

Cao Anmin listened to Cao Ren's words and said through gritted teeth.

"Someone comes, put the lord's relatives into the funeral, and return to Yanzhou immediately. ”

Cao Ren gave an order, and the soldiers began to move again. I am afraid that Tao Qian's move will bring a bloody storm to Xuzhou.

……

Bohai County, Jizhou, in Nanpi City

Today, there are guests in Yuan Chang's mansion, and there are not just one, but two. These two are not strangers either, they are Xuzhou Beijia Mizhu and Tai Shici.

"Haha, I don't know Zizhong and Ziyi, you are here, I don't have good wine and food in my house, don't be surprised!"

Yuan Chang laughed and invited Mi Zhu and Tai Shici to take a seat, but Mi Zhu and Tai Shici had no intention of sitting. After glancing at each other, the two of them smiled knowingly, and then both knelt down on one knee.

"The lord is above, the two of us are willing to serve the lord and serve the lord, and I hope the lord will not be disgusted!"

"Zizhong, Ziyi, you two come to vote, I can't welcome it, how can I still dislike it? Today, it is really fortunate to have Zizhong and Ziyi. ”

Yuan Chang heard that the two of them were committed to themselves, although he knew that it was reasonable, but he was still excited and excited.

"Someone, pass on Lord Guo, Zhao County Lieutenant, Deputy County Lieutenant and others to my mansion to discuss matters!"

Not long after, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Han Sui, Yu Ban and others arrived one after another, and when they learned that Mi Zhu and Tai Shici had also taken refuge in Yuan Chang, all of them had a happy look on their faces. After these days of contact, Mi Zhu and Tai Shici's behavior has made everyone have a good impression, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to work together with Yuan Chang now.

"It's a kind of fate that everyone can come together and work for the same ideal. I hope that everyone can cherish every colleague, but don't lean into each other, and strive for our ideals!"

"We should obey the Lord's orders!"

Yuan Changzheng sat on the main seat, with Guo Jia and Mi Zhu on one side, and Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Han Sui, Yu Ban and Tai Shici on the other side. Looking at it this way, Yuan Chang's subordinates are still few civil officials. A situation where there are many generals.

Guo Jia was most happy to see Mi Zhu serve Yuan Chang. The situation of Yuan Chang's henchmen and more martial arts has not changed, and Yuan Chang is a hands-off shopkeeper. Therefore. Most of the things are basically handled by Guo Jia, and now with Mi Zhu's help, Guo Jia can breathe a sigh of relief.

Under Mi Zhu's surprised look, Guo Jia took out the wine jug, took a beautiful sip, and said happily: "Lord, now I finally have Zizhong to help me." Lighten my tasks. Otherwise, Jia is wondering if he will be lazy one day. ”

For Guo Jia's such casual actions. Mi Zhu and Tai Shici, the two new members, were obviously surprised, but Zhao Yun and Dian Wei and others were used to it. If Guo Jia is not so casual one day, they will still feel abnormal.

Guo Zhubo said with a smile. Zhu's ability is not as good as that of Guo Zhubo. If there is something that can't be done, please ask Guo Zhubo to take care of some. ”

"Haha, Fengxiao, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you!"

However, before Guo Jia was happy, Yuan Chang's words made Guo Jia's face fall again. And Mi Zhu on the side also changed his face slightly. There was some loss in my heart.

But he said that the reason why Mi Zhu was lost was because of Yuan Chang's words.

Guo Jia said that Mi Zhu wanted to help him deal with government affairs. However, Yuan Chang objected, that is, Mi Zhu was not allowed to handle government affairs, so what else could Mi Zhu do? According to Mi Zhu's idea, of course, he would continue to be his businessman. Although the Mi family has a fortune of hundreds of millions, in today's era of low status of businessmen, under normal circumstances, no one wants to be a businessman and be despised by others. Mi Zhu inherited the family wealth of his ancestors and continued to do the work of a businessman, so he could not throw away the inheritance of his ancestors! Moreover, although Mi Zhu was a different driver in Xuzhou, because of the suppression of many families in Xuzhou and Tao Qian's covetousness, Mi Zhu had a position in another driver, but he did not have the corresponding power to drive in another driver, and it was a false position. The Mi family already has money, if he is given the power, wouldn't it be even more unfavorable to Tao Qian, and if Tao Qian wants to fight the Mi family's idea, it will be even more difficult.

Mi Zhu's ability is there, and at least there is no problem in handling some government affairs. According to Mi Zhu's idea, that is, to slowly transform the Mi family from a commercial family to a political family, but Yuan Chang's opposition made his idea fall short and made Mi Zhu very disappointed. Mi Zhu has now joined Yuan Chang and called Yuan Chang the lord, how Yuan Chang arranged, of course he couldn't object.

In history, Mi Zhu followed Liu Bei, but he only obtained a highly honorable title, and he also had no real power. The reason why this is so is that it can't get rid of the background of the Mi family businessman.

The Mi family was originally a businessman, although they gave great help to Liu Bei when he was down, so that Liu Bei came out of the trough. However, Liu Bei couldn't give Mi Zhu too much power because of this. Otherwise, what will others think? A businessman with such high power will definitely make the people under his command dissatisfied. It is said that when Liu Bei led the king of Hanzhong, he was named the general of the five tigers, Guan Yu was dissatisfied because Huang Zhong was an old man, if it were not for Fei Shi's persuasion, it is estimated that Guan Yu would not change his meaning. Guan Yu is still like this as Liu Bei's sworn brother, let alone others? Therefore, the Mi family has not been able to really stand out under Liu Bei all their lives, and the root cause is because of their status as merchants.

"Haha, lord, don't hide your clever plan, otherwise, Zizhong is afraid that it will be difficult to sleep. ”

Mi Zhu's face changed, and everyone saw it. Guo Jia laughed, but urged Yuan Chang to quickly say what he thought. Guo Jia knows that Yuan Chang has many ways to make money, and it is impossible to waste Mi Zhu on this. Yuan often wants to borrow the Mi family to make money, not by Mi Zhu's ability, but by relying on the Mi family's business routes to promote his business. Because the Mi family has been in business for many years, has a wide range of roads, and cooperates with many businessmen, it is easy to promote Yuan Chang's business information. Otherwise, Yuan Chang would be able to make money by relying on his ability to bring anyone to him.

When Mi Zhu heard Guo Jia's words, he realized that he had misunderstood Yuan Chang, and looked at Yuan Chang with apologetic eyes, but saw Yuan Chang smiling and shaking his head, obviously not caring, which moved Mi Zhu's heart even more.

Yuan Chang looked at Mi Zhu with a smile and asked with a smile: "Zizhong, now that you are willing to follow me, you obviously already know what Liu Bei did at the beginning. Liu Bei is a hero, and he will definitely be extraordinary in the future. The reason why I didn't ask you to help Feng Xiao is because I want you to return to Xuzhou to keep an eye on Liu Bei for some time, Zizhong, I don't know if you want to?"

"The lord has an order, and his subordinates should obey it!"

Mi Zhu readily agreed. In the previous period, Mi Zhu sent a large number of men to investigate Liu Bei's past. found that Liu Bei's actions were indeed as Yuan Chang said, therefore. Mi Zhu immediately had a bad feeling for Liu Bei, and he no longer hesitated to serve Yuan Chang. In fact, Liu Bei's approach can be said to have two sides. In the eyes of those who are optimistic about Liu Bei, this is called having a strategy and being obscure; if you look at it from the other side, Liu Bei is scheming. Hypocrisy and hypocrisy. Because Yuan Chang planted Liu Bei's disgusting side in Mi Zhu's heart, Mi Zhu had such thoughts. However, Yuan Chang only elaborated on his views on Liu Bei's behavior. did not deceive Mi Zhu, who Mi Zhu serves, in the end it is Mi Zhu's own decision. In Mi Zhu's investigation, he naturally knew that Liu Bei had been staying in the corner of Xuzhou to pry Tao Qian. So. He was not surprised that Yuan Chang asked him to return to Xuzhou.

"My lord, my subordinates have something to ask for, and I hope that my lord will agree. ”

Mi Zhu looked at Yuan Chang, hesitated for a moment, and still spoke.

"Haha, Zizhong, don't say it, let me guess what's going on!"

Yuan Chang smiled and stopped Mi Zhu's words. He pondered for a moment, then smiled confidently. said: "If what I expected is good, what Zizhong said is probably for the sake of making my brother Yuanfang... Uh, the matter of the sub-party, I wonder if what he said is correct?"

"The lord is really a man of God, and his subordinates admire him!"

Mi Zhu praised it, and then said with emotion: "His subordinates' parents died early, and then his subordinates took over the family business, and he had no time to discipline Zifang, so he became the character he has now. It's just that Zifang is the younger brother of his subordinates after all, and his subordinates can't bear to be too strict. Now the subordinates obeyed the lord's order to return to Xuzhou, but they didn't plan to take Zifang and Xiaomei away, so they let them stay with the lord. For the little sister, the subordinates are relieved, but the sub-party is really a headache for the subordinates. ”

"Zi Zhong and relieved, this is just a trivial matter! Zi Fang has such a character, let Hong Fei discipline him for some time, and ensure that he is allowed to reform and become a new person!"

Looking at Dian Wei's fierce face, Mi Zhu was a little worried about Mi Fang in his heart. However, thinking that in order to get Mi Fang rid of his current character, Mi Zhu decided not to care.

In the past, when he was in Xuzhou, Mi Zhu had to manage the family's business and deal with the enemies hidden in the shadows, so he had no time to manage Mi Fang. Now that he has taken refuge in Yuan Chang, he returned to Xuzhou alone, leaving Mi Fang and Mi Zhen in Bohai County, and he no longer has any worries, but he can give it a go. And Mi Fang can still get the best cultivation here in Yuan Chang. Let's just say that Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others under Yuan Chang's command, which one is not the dragon and phoenix among the people, Mi Zhu does not expect Mi Fang to be able to reach the level of Guo Jia and them, as long as there is one-tenth of them, one percent, Mi Zhu will be satisfied.

"Thank you so much, my lord!"

Mi Zhu saluted to Yuan Chang, and then asked: "Lord, I just don't know what to do after my subordinates return to Xuzhou?"

"You don't have to do anything!"

"Huh?"

Listening to Yuan Chang's words, Mi Zhu was stunned for a moment, what is called nothing, there is no need to do anything, but Mi Zhu did not react for a while.

"To put it simply, Zizhong, after you return to Xuzhou, you will do what you want, and you don't have to do anything out of your way. ”

Yuan Chang patiently explained that he asked Mi Zhu to do this because he didn't want history to change dramatically, so that it was beyond his control. Being able to know the course of history is an advantage for Yuan Chang. Before he didn't have enough strength, Yuan Chang didn't want to change this advantage, at least so far, Yuan Chang's strength was still insufficient.

"As far as I know, Liu Bei will serve as the assassin of Xuzhou in the near future, and Zizhong can pretend to take refuge in Liu Bei. And give Liu Bei a little help when he is in difficulty, and when the time is ripe, Zizhong, you can return to Bohai County to complete the business you want to accomplish!"

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

Originally, after learning about Liu Bei's personality, Mi Zhu didn't want to have anything to do with Liu Bei. However, since this was Yuan Chang's order, Mi Zhu did not object. Another point, Mi Zhu was also very puzzled, Yuan Chang said that as far as he knew, Liu Bei would soon serve as the assassin of Xuzhou, Mi Zhu was strange, how did Yuan Chang know? Could it be that Yuan Chang would not be a prophet. However, Mi Zhu looked at Guo Jia and Zhao Yun with strange expressions, so he hid his doubts in his heart and didn't say it.

Many people will think that since Liu Bei is so awesome, he will be a fierce rival in the future, and Yuan Chang knows Liu Bei's existence. Why didn't you solve Liu Bei as soon as possible?

As Yuan Chang said, he didn't want history to change dramatically too early.

Throughout the period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei's existence runs through the entire plot. No matter where you are. can see Liu Bei's figure, if Liu Bei is gone, many plots will inevitably not happen, which will affect the development of the entire history. Therefore, before Yuan Chang's plan is completed, Yuan Chang will not make much action. As for Yuan Chang's plan, hehe. It's a secret for now.

"Lord, if Zizhong can't help me, I will have to work alone again. The lord said it at the beginning. I want to find someone to help me as soon as possible, but it hasn't been achieved yet!"

After Yuan Chang and Mi Zhu finished talking, Guo Jia looked at Yuan Chang with a sad face, like a resentful woman in the boudoir.

"Haha. Bonghyo doesn't need to worry. Gongren will be here soon. When the time comes, you will be able to help you openly, and you will be able to do it a lot easier. Well, for the sake of Fengxiao's hard work, I'll give you a jar of good wine, but don't complain anymore!"

"Hehe, thank you so much!"

Hearing that Yuan Chang was going to give good wine, Guo Jia's face suddenly changed. It turned out that he deliberately pretended to have a complaining expression just now. The purpose was to ask for fine wine from Yuan Chang. Guo Jia knows that Yuan Chang has recently come up with some new varieties. As an alcoholic, it would be a pity for him to not be able to taste the wine.

"Lord, I don't accept it, Fengxiao has good wine, I don't have a drop!

Seeing this, Dian Wei's eyes immediately turned red, and he shouted loudly and asked Yuan Chang for wine.

When Yuan Chang heard this, he immediately glared at Dian Wei angrily, and said loudly: "Hong Fei, you still have the face to say, tell me yourself, what achievements have you made so far?" Look at the people Zilong, who has done more than you, better than you, and didn't say this, you are thick-skinned, if you shout again, this month's share will be stopped for you!"

Well, under Yuan Chang's threat, Dian Wei suddenly wilted.

Seeing this, Mi Zhu and Tai Shici looked surprised, they didn't expect that the master and slave could get along like this, but it was an eye-opener for them.

After discussing Mi Zhu's task, the next step is Tai Shici's task.

"Ziyi, now that I am a Bohai County, you can't display your talents, so I have wronged you. When you have more territory in the future, you will be able to play well, and now you will serve as the deputy county lieutenant for the time being, and manage the military affairs of Bohai County with Zilong, you don't have to dislike the officials, haha!"

"The lord has a good reputation, and it is a blessing for his subordinates to be able to follow the lord, and Ci has no complaints. ”

Yuan Chang has quite a lot of subordinates now, but there is still only one Bohai County in the territory, which is a bit small. However, there is no way to do this, now that he is still in Jizhou, it is impossible to fight Yuan Shao's territory. Therefore, attacking Gongsun Zan and taking Youzhou is also an extremely important thing for Yuan Chang. Thinking of this, Yuan Chang looked at Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, how is the conscription situation in Bohai County now?"

"Lord Qiqi, since the previous military parade in our county showed strong strength, there has been an endless stream of young people who have joined the army. However, the subordinates always implement the policy of the lord, and the unqualified young and strong will never be charged. Therefore, by now, more than 50,000 troops have been collected, and with the previous troops, there are now more than 80,000 troops in Bohai County. ”

Hearing the data Zhao Yun said, everyone was a little surprised!

The population of this era is more than 17 million, divided into 13 states, and the average is more than 1 million people. Even in Jizhou, Xuzhou, and Jingzhou, which have large populations, there are only two or three million. Each state is counted as ten counties, and there are only two or three hundred thousand people. However, a conscription in Bohai County was able to recruit more than 50,000 people, and this number would be shocking enough if others knew about it.

Being a soldier is not a good thing, on the contrary, fighting still kills people. So, basically, very few people will take the initiative to become soldiers. If there is no forced conscription by the imperial court, there will usually be no one to recruit when the county recruits soldiers.

The population of Bohai County is also relatively large in Jizhou, with about 400,000 people, and after deducting the old, weak, sick, disabled, and pregnant, there will not be so many young and strong people enlisted in the army. And now there are 50,000 young people enlisted in the army, but it was because the young men from the neighboring counties learned about the situation in Bohai County and specially came to enlist in the army.

Obviously, the powerful strength of Bohai County has begun to spread in all directions. (To be continued......)