Cao Tianci sat opposite Zhou Yuan, carefully observing the former lieutenant of the Yan Kingdom who was once the most powerful in the world, but in two years, this retired lieutenant was already much haggard compared to when he saw him himself, with white hair on his head and layers of wrinkles stacked on his face, which made people almost can't believe their eyes.

Looking at him, his life is not very easy.

Although the Zhou family has been preserved because of Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yuan's branch has been ruthlessly suppressed, from the most brilliant in the past, a branch that needs to be looked up to by all the Zhou clansmen, to now everyone dislikes, for fear of being stained with a little fishy smell of Zhou Yuan's descendants, naturally there are many dissatisfied people, which gave Cao Tianci an opportunity to take advantage of, the first batch of people in the Supervision Yuan to enter Fenzhou, recruited several such Zhou clan people, although it is still only the periphery, but it can also provide a lot of convenience for the Supervision Yuan's actions in Fenzhou.

After all, Fenzhou is Zhou Yuan's base camp, and the emaciated camels are bigger than the horses, and they still have some influence to a greater or lesser extent.

Cao Tianci was looking at Zhou Yuan at the same time, Zhou Yuan was also observing the young man in front of him, Cao Tianci was too young, the young made Zhou Yuan feel extremely jealous, that vigorous face, revealing absolute confidence, once upon a time, let alone the person in front of him, it was his master Gao Yuan, in front of him, he was just an insignificant little person, he could determine life and death with a word, but now, he sat in front of him calmly.

Back in Yuyang, for various reasons, he let Gao Yuan go, and did not kill him on the battlefield, perhaps after returning to Jicheng, in order to pull Ye Xiang off the horse, he took Gao Yuan as a gunman, which was the biggest mistake he made in his life, if he had maintained a good relationship with Gao Yuan. Is it true that your ending will be completely different from what it is now?

Zhou Yuan's thoughts flew far, far away at this moment.

When people are old, they always love to reminisce about the past. Hearing Cao Tianci's slight cough, Zhou Yuan suddenly woke up from his memories.

"Gao Yuan, has always been good? He annihilated the 50,000 troops of Donghu in Hetao, and after the old man heard about it, he drank three glasses of wine, you know. Since I returned to Fenzhou, I have rarely drunk like this. Zhou Yuan smiled at Cao Tianci.

"The Governor is well!" Cao Tianci bowed his head and said, "Thank you Taiwei for your concern." The governor just got a son a few years ago, and now he is half a year old. ”

"In a blink of an eye, another few years have passed!" Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"The governor said that if the Taiwei is not happy in Fenzhou, he might as well go to Jishi City to live, and it is okay to go to Yang or Hetao." Cao Tianci said with a smile.

"To the Loop?" A hint of discoloration flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes, but he smiled and said, "If you want to come to your house as the governor, you must hope that I still live in Fenzhou, okay?" ”

Cao Tianci remained silent. "As long as the Taiwei is interested, the governor of my family will build a residence for the Taiwei on the shore of Dayan Lake in the Hetao Plain, where the sky is high and the sun is far away, and the scenery is pleasant. It is indeed a good place to live. ”

"Then build one, maybe one day, I will really go to live somewhere." Zhou Yuan smiled, "Gao Yuan." He is really an open-minded person with a big heart, which is difficult for the world to reach. Dean Cao, I just want to ask, Liang Zi, who I married with the governor of your family back then, is not deep, he almost died in my hands several times, does he really not hate me? ”

"I also asked my governor about this issue, and my governor only has one sentence, and this time is also that time." Cao Tianci said: "I don't understand, please make it clear to the governor, the governor said, at that time, the captain was still the captain, and he was in that position, so he had to do things in that position. Now that the captain is no longer in that position, and we have found common interests with each other, it is not impossible to be friends again. What's more, Taiwei has also helped us a lot since he returned to Fenzhou. ”

Zhou Yuan nodded, "All these years have passed, and Gao Yuan has slowly grown from a martial artist to a mature and amazing politician. Is he trying to replace Dayan? ”

"The Governor has never said anything like this to me." Cao Tianci shook his head and said.

Zhou Yuan smiled, "Well, he didn't say anything like that, but you must think so, right?" There are only you and me here, you are a rebel in the eyes of Dayan, and you also know my current situation, allowing me to live is also a last resort, so you don't have to guard against me. ”

"If Taiwei's question is my personal thoughts, what I want to say is that we not only want to replace Dayan, but we also have the ambition to set foot in the Central Plains and compete in the world, will Taiwei think it is ridiculous?" Cao Tianci stared at Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan's body shook slightly, and he was stunned for a moment before he said, "What's so ridiculous about this?" People are born with ambitions, some people are just for the small profits in front of them, and some people have the world in their hearts, only the big and the small, and there is no essential difference. The poor want to be rich, the rich want to be richer, and when they are richer, they want to be powerful, and if they are lofty, they have a piece of land, a foundation, and then look forward to the world, but that's it, such as the strongest Qin State today, in those days, it was just a small candidate. At that time, who thought that they would take the world by storm, but now that they look at it? ”

"Captain said it well." Cao Tianci said: "The governor of my family has always regarded the Qin people as the strongest opponent. ”

"With Qiang Qin as the ultimate opponent, it seems that Gao Yuan does have the ambition to win the world." Zhou Yuan sighed. "Tell me, what did Gao Yuan ask you to come to me for?"

Cao Tianci smiled slightly, "Taiwei, now it's not as good as before, I've been coming to Fenzhou for some days, the reason why I decided to come to see Taiwei in person is to see that Taiwei is indeed very unsatisfactory, to tell the truth, if it goes on like this, you, the Zhou clan, I'm afraid that it will be precarious, to put it more strictly, maybe the Zhou ancestral hall will change hands, if you really have that day, I'm afraid that after a hundred years, in the Zhou ancestral hall, it is also a luxury to get a spiritual position, right?" ”

"What do you want to say?"

"Taiwei is a person who has experienced the vicissitudes of the world through great storms and waves, or he will not care about the ups and downs of the world, but he can't help but think about it for your children and grandchildren, as far as I know, you just had a little granddaughter last year, and you look very cute!" Cao Tianci said with a smile.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, "You can inquire clearly." Let's get down to business! ”

"Okay, we got the information not long ago, the Donghu people and Jicheng have reached an agreement, Kumamoto will reorganize the 30,000 Yan standing army that is still prisoners of war in Donghu, and prepare to use them as the main force to invade our Hetao area again."

Zhou Yuan's eyes widened suddenly, "What are you kidding, those 30,000 people are not raised in Donghu for nothing, they are doing coolies, they are suffering hardships, under this situation, how much combat power do they have?" Are they willing to serve the Donghu people? ”

"According to the information we have discovered, this is a fact, to be honest, General Kumamoto is capable, these 30,000 people, even if the combat strength is not as good as before, but pick and choose, 10,000 or 20,000 people can still be scraped together. If you take care of it for a few more months, it will not be empty words to restore the previous combat effectiveness, and it is not difficult for General Kumamoto to provoke the fighting spirit of these people, these people have long wanted to go home. Cao Tianci said: "For us, they may not be able to create many obstacles, we are in the Hetao area, stationed in the most elite troops of the Eastern Army, is the old foundation of the governor, but when they really fight, they kill and kill, and they all die in the Dayan people, and the governor can't bear it." ”

"No wonder Gao Yuan wants to build a house for me in Hetao, and he wants me to go somewhere to solve this matter for him!" Zhou Yuan sighed.

"And it's not all." Cao Tianci said with a smile: "In fact, in Fenzhou, Taiwei has solved a lot of problems for us, at least, using the shipyard and those excellent shipwrights owned by Taiwei Zhou in Fenzhou, we already have several sea ships, and my family governor said that these sea ships and the sea ships that will be built in the future will become an important force in Zhengdong Mansion." So even if you don't agree to this thing, the house in the Hetao will still be built for you. ”

"Building a sea ship, do you want to deal with the Qi people? Gao Yuan still thinks that his enemies are not enough? ”

"If you dare to be the first in the world, you must naturally have the consciousness of being an opponent with the whole world." Cao Tianci smiled and pulled the topic back again, "Xiong Ben is the confidant and favorite general of the Taiwei, Yu Zhouyu and they have never bought it, otherwise he would not have refused to return to China with you at the last moment and was willing to stay in Donghu as a prisoner of war. ”

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, he somewhat understood Gao Yuan's thoughts.

"The Donghu people rushed to the hospital in a hurry, and they could not do anything about our fortified city in the Hetao, so they came up with such a method, which is like putting a double-edged sword between us, which may hurt us, but it is also likely to cut themselves. If the captain is willing to step forward, this double-edged sword will become a sharp weapon to cut their throats. ”

Listening to Cao Tianci's words, Zhou Yuan slowly closed his eyes, but he was thinking about the other party's mention repeatedly in his heart.

"If I do this, it will be tantamount to a complete betrayal of the Yan Kingdom, do you understand?"

"Today's Yan Kingdom court, is it still worth your nostalgia?" Cao Tianci asked with a smile.

"You just said you had a cute little granddaughter a few years ago, didn't you?" Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Cao Tianci. "Gao Yuan also has a son who is half a year old."

Cao Tianci was stunned and looked at Zhou Yuan, an incredible look flashed in his eyes.

"If Gao Yuan's son and this little granddaughter of mine make a marriage contract, I will agree to this matter, don't fight this old bone, I will also go to the Hetao for a while, you pass on my meaning to Gao Yuan, let him decide!" Zhou Yuan stood up, "Master Cao, I'm too old to sit for a long time, so I won't keep you longer." (To be continued......)