Although Zhuocheng is not as grand as Yecheng and other important towns in the Central Plains, it is also the location of Yuan Xi's shogunate in Youzhou after all, and there are many mansions such as the Assassin's Mansion in the city. Therefore, after Cai Ji and the others entered the city, they did not worry about having no place to live. Of course, the 10,000 troops that came with them could only camp outside the city for the time being.

"This is Yuan Xi's bookhouse?" Looking at the good layout in the room and the white foot seats, Cai Ji asked with a little emotion.

"Yes, Lord. Next door is the bedroom. Zhang Qing nodded, and added, "If the lord doesn't like it, Qing will let someone clean up the boudoir in the inner courtyard." ”

Thinking of all the inconveniences in the boudoir of the Yuan Mansion in Liyang years ago, Cai Ji turned his head and asked, "Is there a study in the inner courtyard?" ”

Zhang Qing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and replied, "No." ”

"Then the lonely will live here." Cai Ji said, went straight to the back of the case and sat down, stretched out his hand and touched the smooth tabletop. It is undeniable that the utensils used by the Yuan family are very particular. In contrast, Cao Cao's fans, pens, sleeping cages and other items in Juancheng's study are obviously much shabby.

It is no wonder that Cao Cao's administration has always attached importance to thrift and strictly practiced "thrift and leading people". The most obvious example of this is Cao Jun's military uniform. It is said that the princes of the late Han Dynasty have many royal clothes, and the scarf is elegant. Even if Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and other princes were in the military camp, they still tied their heads with silk scarves and wore gorgeous clothes to show their elegance. In this way, the civil and military forces under the account will naturally follow suit. On the other hand, Cao Cao not only replaced the expensive silk scarves with cheap leather buns for his body, but also designed his own school uniforms, trying to be "simple and ready at any time". Of course, according to the vision of Cai Ji's later generations, Cao Jun's simple style can be much more energetic and imposing than the colorful battles of other princes. In addition, Cao Cao's own life also advocated frugality, and his daily necessities were still simple, abandoning a gorgeous carved object. even issued the "Internal Command" to impose strict requirements on Cao's relatives and children. It is precisely because Cao Cao is so frugal in his administration that he can build a good fighting army under difficult conditions. No wonder in the history of another time and space, Guo Jia would say when comparing Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. "Shao Fan, courtesy, public body is natural, this way is better than one."

Although Cai Ji will not sew and mend a piece of clothing for ten years like Cao Cao, she is not interested in luxury goods such as Chinese clothes and jade. At the same time, there is no fetish for vassal elegance. Therefore, compared with most princes of this era, Cai Ji's style of life is quite simple. The only thing that can be talked about is a small luxury, only eating three meals a day and using incense. One of the three meals a day is still a habit brought by Cai Ji from later generations, and it is because she doesn't want to get stomach problems at a young age.

Thinking of this, Cai Ji couldn't help but turn his gaze to Cao Pi who was standing on the side. It is said that one of the reasons why Cao Cao had the idea of abolishing the long and standing young in history was because Cao Cao felt that his fourth son Cao Zhi was "not gorgeous" and was more similar to himself. However, Cao Pi likes to hunt, and even smokes incense to the point that even the horses under his crotch are frightened. However, perhaps due to the influence of the living environment, the current Cao Pi does not appear to be interested in the hobbies of the nobility such as incense, safari, and chess. Of course this year. Cai Ji has also never treated this little fiancé materially. It's just that keeping Cao Pi by his side will still be inconvenient after all. No, at this moment, in order to support Cao Pi, Cai Ji immediately raised his head and instructed him, "Zihuan, you want to take a bath and give the order to prepare soup." ”

"Whoa." Cao Pi bowed obediently and withdrew from the house.

Seeing that Cao Pi agreed to prepare bath water for Cai Ji without saying a word, Zhang Qing's expression was somewhat strange. Seeing this, Cai Ji on the side hurriedly coughed dryly. Explained to Zhang Qing, "Brother Zhang, don't misunderstand. Cao Gongzi is just a lonely guard at the moment. Lonely and he has no love for men and women. ”

But who knew that after Zhang Qing listened to Cai Ji's explanation, his eyes when he looked at Cai Ji became more and more complicated. And so it went on for a long time. Zhang Qing finally couldn't help but sigh and said, "The Lord is not young, do you really plan to live alone for the rest of your life?" ”

In fact, although Zhang Qing had not met Cao Pi before, from the correspondence between Tong Guò and his colleagues and some rumors from the outside world, he also knew that Cai Ji and Cao Pi were not husband and wife. Perhaps in the eyes of some people, it is wise for Cai Ji not to treat Cao Pi as his fiancé. But Zhang Qing, who is a retainer of the Cai family, still hopes that Cai Ji can have a suitable marriage and give birth to an heir for the Cai family. It is important to know that ordinary women will marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and by the time they are twenty years old, their children will be able to walk. But the owner of the family not only dragged on until the age of nineteen to get married, but also married a doll six years younger than her. Regardless of the relationship between the two, if the Lord finally and Cao Pi are officially married and have a husband and wife, it will take three years to complete the calculation. Three years later, Jesus was a twenty-three-year-old woman. How do half-aged have children!

Zhang Qing's anxious questioning made Cai Ji's heart sink involuntarily. Although later generations paid attention to late birth and late childbearing, for the Han Dynasty people with an average life expectancy of only thirty or forty years old, a woman after 20 was equivalent to spending half of her life. People in their thirties can even call themselves "old body" and "old man". Of course, there were many people who lived past the age of 60 or 70 or even 80 at the end of the Han Dynasty. For example, Sima Yi of Hanoi lived to be seventy-two years old in history, and he could still have sons in his fifties and sixties. But such people are a minority after all. What's more, since Cai Ji has chosen the path of hegemony. It is no longer possible to live the life of an ordinary person. So the next moment, she tilted her head slightly to avoid Zhang Qing's gaze, and reluctantly smiled, "This matter is alone." ”

As early as Donglai, Zhang Qing knew that once his little master decided to do something, ten cows could not be pulled back. Therefore, seeing Cai Ji say this, Rao is Zhang Qing was worried, and he had to sigh faintly and stop talking. At the same time, the atmosphere in the room became more and more depressing.

Seeing this situation, Cai Ji immediately cheered up, beckoned to Zhang Qing, and said, "Brother Zhang, come and sit." When I first arrived in Youzhou, I had a lot to ask you about a thing or two. ”

Seeing that Cai Ji deliberately shifted the topic from marriage and childbirth to the affairs of Youzhou, Zhang Qing had no choice but to put aside the worries in his heart for the time being, and sat down in front of Cai Ji and said, "I don't know what the Lord wants to ask?" ”

Cai Ji pondered for a moment, leaned over and asked, "Gu heard Tian Yu at the gate of the city before, Xian Yufu was busy conquering Xianbei people and couldn't come to Zhuo County to see Gu. Could it be that the Xianbei people are really rampant in Youzhou? ”

"Don't hide it from the lord, Xianbei is indeed powerful on the border of Youzhou. It seems that there is a tendency to replace the Xiongnu and Wuhuan. Zhang Qing said and spread out a map on the case, and explained to Cai Ji one by one on the name of the place, "Lord, please see, during the reign of Emperor Huan, Chief Hu Tanshi Huai built a court on the bank of the Qiu River in the Danhan Mountain, three hundred miles north of Gaoliu, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and outstanding intelligence. The adults of the eastern and western parts of Xianbei are all attached. During this period, Tanshi Huai led the Xianbei tribes to defeat Fuyu in the east, attacked Wusun in the west, chased Ding Ling in the north, and disturbed the Han border in the south. There are all the birthplaces of the Xiongnu, a total of more than 12,000 miles from east to west, and more than 7,000 miles from north to south. He also refused to accept the title of king and the proposal of his relatives, and divided the land under his jurisdiction into three parts, eastern, central, and west, about 60 yi, and each placed the lord as the leader and placed it under his control. In the east, from the east of Beiping to Liaodong. It borders with Fuyu and Hao, a total of more than 20 yi, and its adults are Mijia, Queji, Suli, and Huaitou. In the middle, from the west of the right Beiping to the upper valley, more than ten yi, its adults are Ke Shi, Que Ju, Murong, etc., all of them are handsome. In the west, from the west of Shanggu to Dunhuang. It is connected to Wusun in the west, more than 20 yi, and its adults have the place of Luoluo, the deduction of the Japanese law, the banquet and the tour. All of them are handsome. ”

After Zhang Qing's illustrated comparison, Cai Ji roughly knew the current distribution range of Xianbei. Combined with the historical knowledge from later generations, Cai Ji couldn't help frowning and said, "As far as Gu knows, Tanshi Huai has passed away for many years, and the Xianbei tribes are at a time when the dragons are leaderless. ”

"That's true." Zhang Qing bowed slightly, "After the death of Tanshi Huai, his son and Lian Jili, and Lian have no talent, sex and greed, the law is uneven, and half of the people are traitors. The last years of Emperor Ling. He Lian was shot dead while in the northern county of Chalu. His son Qian Man is young, and his brother is the head of the leader. Later, Jian Man grew up, fought with the leader for the country, and the people were separated. The head of the head died, the younger brother Budu was rooted, and the Xianbei people west of the era county had rebelled. The central and eastern Xianbei to the east of Dai County is divided into three factions, one of its adults is Budugen, and its subordinates are distributed in Taiyuan, Yanmen and other places in Bingzhou; the second is Kebineng, whose subordinates are distributed in Youzhou Daijun, Shanggu and other places; The third is Xianbei Suli, Mijia and Que Ji in the east, and the people are distributed in Youzhou Liaoxi, Youbeiping, and Yuyang. This time it was the Suli Department that disturbed Yuyang. ”

Cai Ji didn't care about the nuisance Yuyang Suli Department, what she cared about was another Xianbei, "You said that the adult who commands Daijun and Shanggu Xianbei is called Kebineng?" ”

"Yes. This person is said to be extremely young. Zhang Qing nodded.

"From now on, send people to pay attention to the movements of the Kebi Energy Department." Cai Ji said, and added, "There is also the Murong Ministry." ”

"Murong Ministry?" Zhang Qing raised his head in surprise. Obviously, in his opinion, in the Murong Ministry, he is not worthy of being compared with Kebi.

But Cai Ji emphasized again, "It's the Murong Ministry." ”

In fact, the reason why Cai Ji paid special attention to these two Xianbei forces was mainly influenced by the history of later generations. Because in the history of another time and space, Kebineng is the second leader to unify Xianbei after Tanshi Huai. It's just that before he could show his ambition to go south, he was assassinated by Han Long, an assassin sent by Wang Xiong, the assassin of Youzhou at that time. As for the Murong Department, he was the founder of the Yan State among the sixteen kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. So much so that when future generations hear the Murong family, they will think of the Xianbei people. In fact, Murong is also the ancient surname of the Central Plains, derived from Gao Xin, is the descendant of the emperor, in ancient times, there was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor called "Feng", he took the surname Murong, is intended to carry forward the traditional culture far away from the Central Plains, "Mu Eryi (heaven, earth) virtue, following the three lights (sun, moon and stars) of the appearance" meaning.

Although Zhang Qing didn't know what the achievements of these two factions would be in the later generations, he still solemnly hugged his fists at Cai Ji and replied, "Rest assured, the Lord will definitely step up monitoring these two departments." ”

Seeing this, Cai Ji bowed his head with satisfaction, "Thanks to Brother Zhang's introduction this time, I can get a glimpse of Xianbei and reality." ”

"The lord has also won awards. In fact, many Xianbei insiders were told by Changshi Tian Yu to Yu Qing. Zhang Qing said frankly.

Cai Ji listened to the flip finger and said playfully, "Oh? And what's going on? ”

Zhang Qing nodded and said, "Yes, as soon as Tian Yu entered the city, he explained the situation of Xianbei to Qing. ”

Cai Ji asked with interest, "Did Tian Yu ever mention Wuhuan?" ”

"This ......," Zhang Qing shook his head for a moment and said, "I didn't mention it." Xu Shi Tian Yu thought that the Lord had formed an alliance with Badun, so there was no need to say more. ”

Really? Cai Ji secretly sneered in his heart. She is familiar with history, and she knows very well that Tian Yu, Xian Yufu and Yan Rou have a great relationship. And Yan Rou is Yuan Shaofeng's Wuhuan Sima, and he also married his daughter to Yuan Shang. Now that Yuan Shangzheng is being blocked by Cao Cao under Handan City, Yan Rou's identity can be described as embarrassing and abnormal. However, judging from Yan Rou's appearance in history, this person should be a handsome man who is good at judging the situation and sizing up the situation, and it is impossible to drag it out until now and still be entangled with Yuan Shang. In addition, judging from the fact that Tian Yuken was covering for Yan Rou, Yan Rou should still be loyal to the Han family, but he hadn't figured out who he wanted to surrender to.

In fact, not only Yan Rou, but also a big problem in front of other powerful people in Ji and Youzhou. In the original history of another time and space, the only force that defeated Yuan Shao to represent the imperial court was Cao Cao's family. Therefore, Yan Rou, Tian Yu and others could not hesitate to surrender directly to Cao Cao and act as pawns for him. But now in Hebei, two forces have emerged to take over the Yuan family's incorporation of various counties. Among them, Cao Cao occupied the imperial court, and Cai Ji controlled the actual territory. This makes it a little difficult for the powerful families in Hebei to choose. chose to surrender to Cao Cao, but it was far away from Cao Jun. Choose to surrender to Cai Ji, in case Cao Cai turns his face a day later, won't he have to stand in line again. Yan Rou, who was far away from the battlefield, could wait and see for a while for the time being. Tian Yu and Xian Yufu, who were blocked by Cai Ji at the door of the house, had to pinch their noses and come to offer their sincerity.

Although Yan Rou and others suffered from gains and losses, Cai Ji was never narrow-minded. So even if the Haoqiang of Ji and Youzhou is not optimistic about her Cai Ji, she is confident that she will prove that she is worthy of the other party's loyalty with her actions. So Cai Ji then changed the conversation, "Is there any news over there?" ”

Cai Ji's jumping change of topic made Zhang Qing a little uncomfortable, but he still sorted out his thoughts a little and replied, "Back to the Lord, since he was appointed as the lieutenant of Wuhuan, he has used this as a basis to send troops to attack Youbeiping Shan Yu Nengchen. When Nengchen went south to help Yuan Xi in the rebellion, he lost a lot of soldiers and horses, how was he the opponent of Badun. It is reported that he has been driven out of Youbeiping County by Bunton and fled to the desert. ”

"It's quite a good idea to get stitches." After Cai Ji snorted, he immediately looked straight at Zhang Qing and admonished, "Brother Zhang, you are a fierce person, and you must wait to sit in Youzhou." ”

Zhang Qingcha, who has always regarded Badun as an ally, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Cai Ji say this, "What does the Lord mean by this?" ”

Cai Ji emphasized solemnly, "Whether it's Xianbei or Wuhuan, if it's not my race, its heart will be different." Although he has a very happy relationship with us at the moment, there is a way that you must not have the heart of harming others, and you must not have the heart of guarding against others. In the face of foreign races, you must not take it lightly. (To be continued)