Han Zhan didn't know that Lan Erqi, the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai who had escaped, had fallen into the hands of Sun Liang, who had been the lieutenant of Anping County. At this moment, he was feasting in the backyard of the county government, busy entertaining Hu Cha and others who had contributed to the battle to defend the county seat. Don't look at today's guests, they are all some big businessmen and the like, but Han Zhan is extremely polite to them.

Han Zhan held up the wine lord on several cases and gestured to the guests present: "Today, you can completely annihilate the visiting Yellow Turban thieves, you have made a lot of contributions, and this envoy respects you all of you." Please! After speaking, raise your head and do it first as respect.

Seeing that Han Zhan had drunk all the wine, everyone didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said, "Please envoy!" With the sound of a piece of clothing, everyone drank along.

Because Xun Yu and Zhao Yun were still busy in the barracks, only the Hua master was the only one to accompany them. He got up and poured a full wine for Han Zhan personally, and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, don't look at the young envoy, but he is very brave. Have any of you ever seen such a county order that dares to brave the arrows and stones to supervise the battle at the head of the city? As he spoke, he raised the wine jue in his hand high, "For the sake of Han Envoy, let's have another toast." ”

If at the last banquet, the politeness shown by everyone to Han Zhan was only a superficial politeness, but now it is respect from the bottom of their hearts. Everyone knew in their hearts that as long as there was this brave county order in Sheguo County for one day, their net worth and life would be guaranteed, so everyone raised the wine lord in unison and said in unison: "For Han Envoy, do it!" ”

Although Han Zhan has always disliked this kind of entertainment scene, he knows very well in his heart that if he wants to gain a firm foothold in Sheguo County and slowly develop his own power, he must have a good relationship with the local wealthy businessmen. Just imagine, if Hu Cha hadn't taken the lead in donating, how would he have raised enough funds to repair the city wall; If there was no golden cake given by Hu Cha, where would he have the money to let Zhao Yun return to Zhending to recruit soldiers?

Moreover, most of the wealthy businessmen in Sheguo County are only Hu Tea Horses. Forming a good hut tea is equivalent to being recognized by the rich businessmen in the county. He smiled at Hu Cha and raised the wine jue, "How can this envoy be worthy of such praise from you." Today, Mr. Hu can break the yellow turban thief, and Mr. Hu should make great contributions. Mr. Hu, please drink this knight. After speaking, he and Hu Cha raised the wine and drank it all.

"Envoy," Hu Cha put down the wine lord and said to Han Zhan in a flattering tone, "I see that there are no maids beside the envoy, only a group of domestic servants. They are all rough people, where do they know how to take care of people, it just so happens that the grass people have bought a few new singers in the family, if the envoy does not dislike it, the grass people are willing to send them to the county government to serve the envoy. ”

When Han Zhan heard that Hu Cha was going to give away a few singers to himself, his heartbeat suddenly sped up. Don't look at him now he is only seventeen years old, but in later life, his actual age is almost thirty, and when he hears that others want to give beautiful women to himself, where is there no reason not to be tempted. But before he could speak, another wealthy merchant sitting next to Hu Cha also spoke: "Qiyu envoy, there are also a few singers in the grass people's family, and they are quite beautiful, and the grass people also want to send them to the envoy." ”

Han Zhan was dumbfounded when he heard this, what is the situation, the two of them are actually rushing to give themselves women? Originally, he also wanted to accept the singers presented by Hu Cha half-push and half-on-the-spot, and let them take care of their own lives. At this moment, seeing that there were other businessmen who were also going to send them, he hurriedly dispelled this idea, once he accepted the singers sent by these two people, other wealthy businessmen would follow suit, and everyone would send them to themselves, or it wouldn't be long before their backyard would become a daughter country.

In order not to let Hu Cha's self-esteem, he deliberately diverted the topic and asked: "Mr. Hu, I have heard that Chen Liu's filial piety and honesty are safe, and his family is very rich, and his family once funded Cao Mengde to recruit volunteers and crusade against Dong Zhuo, I wonder if Mr. has ever heard of this person?" ”

"Don't hide it from you, tea and Wei Hong are old friends." Hu Cha said to Han Zhan: "When Cao Mengde arrived in Chenliu, he personally feasted Wei Zixu. After a long talk, Zixu believes that the person who can calm the world in the future is none other than Cao Mengde. In order to help Cao Mengde recruit troops and horses, Wei Hong not only scattered his family property, but also personally traveled all over Chenliu and neighboring counties to help Cao Mengde recruit 5,000 recruits. ”

Hearing that as soon as Wei Hong made a move, he helped Cao Cao recruit 5,000 recruits, which couldn't help but make Han Zhan jealous. He diligently recalled his memories of Wei Hong, and felt as if he had inexplicably disappeared after helping Cao Cao recruit troops. Therefore, after he toasted Hu Cha again, he asked curiously: "Mr. Hu, I don't know where Wei Hong is now?" ”

Hearing Han Zhan's question, Hu Cha put the wine jue in his hand on the table, sighed and said, "Alas, last year, Cao Mengde led his troops to set off from Sour Zao and march to Chenggao. and Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong's army, and fought a fierce battle on the banks of the Bianshui River near Xingyang.

Before Cao's army finished arraying, Xu Rong waved his army and launched an attack. Cao Cao's army was suddenly in chaos, and Cao Cao was also injured by random arrows, and even his mount was killed by random arrows. Fortunately, Cao Hong, who was under him, gave up his mount and covered him to fight his way out of the encirclement. And Wei Hong, who was broken, died in the chaos. ”

Knowing that one of the most famous wealthy businessmen during the Three Kingdoms period actually died on the battlefield, Han Zhan couldn't help but sigh, feeling that it was a pity that he died. Seeing Han Zheng's regretful expression, Hu Cha secretly guessed in his heart: Han Yuanjun suddenly mentioned Wei Hong to me, is there any special intention? Is he going to ask me to donate my family property to help him recruit new soldiers?

Hua Hu, who was sitting on the side, had been observing Han Zhan and Hu Cha, and at this moment, seeing Hu Cha sitting in a daze, he didn't know what was going on, so he quickly got up and took the opportunity to pour wine, and asked quietly: "Brother Hu, why are you suddenly worried, is something wrong?" ”

Hu Cha glanced at Han Zhan quickly, and saw that the other party was toasting to another wealthy businessman, so he lowered his voice and said to Hua Hu: "The right envoy suddenly mentioned Wei Hong. ”

"Wei Hong?" Hearing this name, Hua Hu's eyebrows couldn't help but rise, and he asked in surprise: "That Chen Liuju rich Wei Hong Wei Zi Xu?" ”

"That's right, it's this person." After Hu Cha gave Hua Hu an affirmative answer, he asked in a low voice, "Could it be that the envoy also wants me to help him recruit troops?" ”

Hua Hu knew that Han Zhan sent Zhao Yun to Changshan County to recruit troops. At this moment, after listening to Hu Cha's speculation, he took it for granted that Han Zhan was ready to recruit more recruits, so he followed Hu Cha's words and said, "Brother Hu, you and I have been friends for many years, and we are old friends. As a brother, I advise you, money is just something outside the body, and life does not bring it to death, and it does not take it away. You have a family and a job in Sheguo County, and I won't say what the strength of the county soldiers is, you should also know. I really refused to help the envoy recruit troops for a few thousand gold, once the city was broken by the Yellow Turban thieves, it would be burned at that time. ”

Hua Hu's voice was not loud, but what he said smashed into Hu Cha's heart like a hammer. After some deliberation, he finally made his final choice. He stood up, arched his hand towards Han Zhan, and said in a loud voice: "Envoy, there is a word below, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

As soon as Hu Cha's words fell, the entire hall became silent, and everyone focused on him, wanting to hear what he had to say. Han Zhan smiled politely at Hu Cha and said politely: "Mr. Hu has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

"Envoy," Hu Cha greeted Han Zhan first, and then his gaze swept over the rich merchants in the hall: "You should know that if it weren't for the arrival of reinforcements today, Sheguo County would have already fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and the whole city would have become a purgatory on earth at this moment." In order to prevent the Yellow Turban from attacking again, Hu planned to invest 3,000 gold alone, and personally went to Yecheng, Chenliu and other places to recruit volunteers for the envoy. ”

After Hu Cha's words were finished, the rich merchant sitting beside him also stood up and said heroically: "The envoy and the grass people are also willing to donate 500 gold to make the king recruit soldiers!" ”

"Envoy, the grass people are willing to donate three hundred gold!"

"The grass people are willing to donate two hundred gold!"

Not to be outdone, the rest of the wealthy businessmen shouted out the amount they wanted to donate. For a while, the thank-you banquet set up by Han Zhan turned into a fundraising dinner with a warm atmosphere.