Life in Luoyang Capital is completely different from life in Liulin City, Julu County.

Living in the capital, in a bustling and busy environment, it is easy for people to have a comfortable inertia.

It seems that everything here is so beautiful, there is no sense of urgency that is precarious, and there is no sense of oppression that may be attacked at any time.

If it is really a peaceful and prosperous era, Liu Xian feels that it is actually good to live in Luoyang like this. At least, you don't have to worry about so many things every day, in Luoyang, you can accompany your own woman, and it's not bad to live a leisurely life.

On this day, Liu Xian did travel with a very homely mentality, accompanying the women.

For the coincidence that after leaving the city, he met Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who went to Xiaotai Mountain with their families to incense and worship Bixia Yuanjun Temple, Liu Xian was only slightly surprised, but he didn't feel anything. After all, it was a good day, the snow had stopped, and the sky had cleared. In the past few days of heavy snowfall, everyone is suffocating at home.

In fact, since the night Liu Xian took Ying'er away, there was a conflict with Yuan Shu in the draft workshop, and then after he met Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao soon sent someone to send an invitation card and invite Liu Xian to drink. It's just that Liu Xian refused.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao probably also planned to visit Liu Xian in the Marquis Wuyong's mansion, but this relationship has not yet reached the point where they can visit each other. Therefore, the two of them did not go to the Marquis Wuyong's mansion to pay homage to Liu Xian.

Of course, they secretly investigated Liu Xian a lot, and they were really jealous of Liu Xian's methods of collecting money in Luoyang. This is a rich man, if he can make friends with Liu Xian, so good that they can be friends with each other and can work together, then they will no longer be determined to plot funds.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did want to befriend Liu Xian, and they set their sights on Liu Xian's money bag.

It stands to reason that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao should not be short of money. Theoretically, that's true, but it's going to have to be looked at.

If Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were just the children of a rich family, and they only lived the life of ordinary second ancestors, then they would indeed not be short of money to spend. But the problem is that they are all ambitious guys, unlike the average kid of the powerful.

Especially after organizing their own military horses to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, they directly understood many things clearly.

First of all, I understand that it is not easy to raise a team of men and horses, it will cost a lot of money and food, and the more people and horses under him, the more money and food will be needed. If you want to build your own men and horses into real elite military horses, you need more money, at least to build and purchase sergeants' clothing, armor, weapons and other equipment, it is a bottomless pit, without a lot of money and food, and to pay endlessly, then it is really difficult to afford an elite army.

In fact, they also deeply realized that the current big man did have a sign of chaos. Don't look at the fact that after the Yellow Turban Army has been pacified, the capital of Luoyang still looks like it is still singing and dancing, and the magnates in the court are still as poor and luxurious as usual, living a life of drunken dreams and death. But they are all worried, feeling that all the prosperity in Luoyang Capital is an illusion, a bubble, and it may burst at any time.

In various parts of the Han Dynasty, there are still new Yellow Turban thieves rising from time to time, and disasters are continuous. Even if it wasn't for the banner of the Yellow Turban Thieves, those bandits and robbers also increased. It can be described as full of thieves.

These do not include the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro and the Yellow Turban Army of Taishan, as well as the rebellions in Xiliang, northern Youzhou and other regions.

At this time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were a little worried about how long the false prosperity of Luoyang Capital could last.

But at this time, they naturally haven't really thought about the idea of supporting their own troops and standing on their own. But there is already a clear awareness of the importance of having people on hand. In addition, they know that the current Han court has indeed reached a point where it must be rectified, and if it goes down this time, then the Han Dynasty will really be finished.

They think they are talented, ambitious, and capable of saving the Han Building. So, they all felt that something had to be done.

But no matter what you do, you can't do without money.

Contact people with lofty ideals to eradicate traitors in the DPRK and China. How can I get in touch with this? Who are the people with lofty ideals? And how to eradicate it? These are all questions.

Many people are secretly lobbying, but many times, it is just empty talk.

Liu Xian already knew some routines, so he was unwilling to have deep friendships with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Instead of doing some useless work with them, it is better to find a way to get more money, and when the time comes, then you can wave the money, desperately recruit troops, and train a truly strong elite army to conquer the world.

However, now that he met them by coincidence, Liu Xian naturally had no choice but to deal with them casually.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were on Liu Xian's left and right respectively, riding their horses side by side, and slowly marched towards Xiaotai Mountain.

Cao Cao said to Liu Xian with a side face: "Marquis Wu Yong is really busy, Cao Mou asked Marquis Wu Yong to come out for a drink some time ago, and he didn't have time to play together." ”

"That's it, Marquis Wu Yong, it's not that Yuan said you, sometimes, money is inexhaustible, let's have more fun while we are still young. The four green buildings in Luoyang, that is the place we should frequent. Yuan Shao said with a full mouth.

"Hehe, it seems that Brother Meng De and Brother Benchu have a lot of complaints about the younger brother." Liu Xian smirked: "Don't hide it from the two brothers, do you think Xiaohou doesn't want to be in the wind and snow all day long?" But...... There's nothing we can do. Think about it, what is my Liu Xian's background? In this capital, there is no foundation at all. To put it mildly, there are tens of thousands of people under our hands, all of whom are counting on the little brother to feed, if we don't work hard to make money, we have to drink the northwest wind. ”

"And you two brothers are different." Liu Xian said to the two: "The Yuan family is a family, the fourth generation and the third duke, and they are deeply rooted in the capital, rich and powerful. Brother Mengde's Cao family will not be much worse than the Yuan family. You can have your own ideological pursuits, and you can do something meaningful without any worries to realize your ideals and ambitions. But the little brother can't. ”

"Marquis Wu Yong, you are too modest to say this. You are the young master of the Plains Palace, let me ask the Han Dynasty now, who dares to be disrespectful to the nobles of the Plains Palace? Moreover, the Plains Mansion is also rich in family background, speaking of which, isn't the Plains King more noble than our so-called Yuan family and Cao family? Cao Cao said.

Liu Xian shook his hand and said, "No, no, if Brother Meng De thinks so, it's really wrong." The so-called King of the Plains, that was all about the time of the first emperor. How many years have passed? Coupled with a son of heaven and a courtier, the king of the plains, who has been dead for more than ten or twenty years, what influence does he still have? Besides, the imperial court summoned Ma Guiren and Benhou to Beijing, what is going on? Hehe, let's not talk about this, anyone with a discerning eye knows what's going on. ”

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were both the kind of people with extremely high political wisdom, how could they not know the sensitivity of the Plains Palace? Seriously, if it weren't for Liu Xian's strength in the draft workshop, and the strength of his subordinates to fight against Yuan Shao's subordinates, and the fact that Liu Xian was a rich man. Then they will definitely not have the idea of having a deep friendship with Liu Xian.

As the saying goes, you can't afford to be early.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao glanced at each other secretly, and each gave a look, and Yuan Shao said vaguely: "Marquis Wu Yong, actually, your situation can really be understood by anyone with a clear eye." There are some things that we won't say in detail, as long as everyone understands them in their hearts. But because of this, Yuan sincerely invites you to join forces with us. ”

"That's right, Marquis Wuyong, think about it, whether it's the Plains Palace, or your Wuyong Marquis Mansion. Speaking of which, in this capital, it is indeed nothing, and to put it mildly, it is empty and has a false name, but it does not have any substantive impact. Don't look at Marquis Wu Yong, you can still eat well in Luoyang now, and you have nothing to do for the time being. But...... If the imperial court ...... Or if the traitors in the DPRK and China want to deal with you, then there are really too many means. Cao Cao also said.

"There's no way, Ben Hou has no choice but to keep to himself, concentrate on business, and don't provoke other things. Of course, if something really provokes us, we are not afraid, as long as we are reasonable, no matter who he is, we don't want to bow our heads. Liu Xian said that it didn't matter.

Yuan Shao turned sideways to Liu Xian and said, "Marquis Wu Yong, speaking of which, you are much younger than Brother Yuan and Brother Meng De, this is too young, and your experience is still not enough." Some things are really not as simple as you think. For example......

Yuan Shao paused for a moment and said, "It is said that when you sold toothbrushes and toothpaste, you made a lot of money. At that time, do you know how many people were jealous? Yuan has heard a little about some of these situations. At that time, the traitors in the court originally planned to make greedy speeches to the emperor and impose all kinds of crimes, intending to confiscate the mansion of Marquis Wuyong and seize the wealth of Marquis Wuyong. You should know what you will face if the emperor opens Chrysostom and the imperial court decrees. At that time, who would have argued with you about anything? If it weren't for Wu Yonghou, you contributed those manufacturing methods in time, hehe, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

Yuan Shao smiled and continued: "Including the Tianlou that you are running now. Even from the court officials, they may not be able to directly treat you. But that doesn't mean you can't really do anything. “

"Oh?" Liu Xian said curiously: "If someone wants to deal with my Tianlou now, then how can he make a move?" “

"Haha, it's so easy."

Yuan Shao laughed: "Tianlou is open to do business, as long as you have money, you can go in to eat and drink." In this case, if you kill a few guests who enter the Tianlou to eat and drink, then the imperial court has the power to make your Tianlou close. That's right, it is said that the emperor supports Tianlou, but the emperor is not directly involved in it, and when the time comes, the emperor can directly issue a holy decree, saying that Marquis Wu Yong has not managed well, which has affected the reputation of the emperor and committed the crime of defrauding the king. Then, the emperor will change someone to take over the Tianlou, then ......"

Yuan Shao looked at Liu Xian, as if to say that you should understand.

Liu Xian was silent, he really understood, and he had long understood that Yuan Shao didn't say it, and Liu Xian had already considered all kinds of bad things.

In fact, Liu Xian was not worried about these, and he was not too worried about the court or those traitors who clearly wanted to make trouble and kill themselves. Because this is tantamount to tearing his face with Liu Xian, then Liu Xian dares to go out of Luoyang and leave Luoyang.

What Liu Xian is worried about is that someone is doing something, which will directly affect the normal business of Tianlou, but the court will not directly tear his face. In this way, Liu Xian's plan to accumulate wealth in Luoyang will not work.

But it is obvious that neither the court nor ordinary people want to see the prosperity of their skytower, and some insidious means will be used sooner or later.

Doing business pays attention to a harmonious and wealthy, whether it is a shop in Liu's Mansion or a skylou, once someone comes to make trouble every day, then there is really no need to do business.

In this world, there are many outlaws, once those outlaws are allowed to go to the Tianlou to make trouble, and some people die, then the Tianlou really doesn't need to be opened again.

"Marquis Wu Yong, your foundation in the capital is really too thin, how many officials and magnates are there in the capital? If they secretly sent people to make trouble, and those traitors shielded them, you really couldn't help them. “

"Therefore, Yuan Shao really wants Marquis Wu Yong to join us, and we will do secret things together. When the time comes, Yuan, Brother Meng De, and the people we are with will actually have backgrounds. We can speak for you from top to bottom, so that the traitor in the court will not dare to deal with you blatantly. Don't dare to snoop on your wealth easily. “

Cao Cao also said at this time: "Marquis Wu Yong, since you are also well aware of your situation in Beijing, then you should also understand what kind of situation the Han is like today." Now that the Han Dynasty is in power, the traitors are in charge, and we can join forces to fight against those traitors. When the time comes, we will have the money to contribute to collect the evidence of the traitors, write to the court, and ask the emperor to behead the traitors, so that the Han court can be restored. “

On the way to Little Taishan, people come and go. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao actually dared to say these things out loud here, Liu Xian couldn't help but look around, but found that someone had already separated the pedestrians along the way, and if someone was on the road, someone would drive them off the road.

"Mengde, Ben Yuan, today we go to the incense and worship God, and we won't talk about these family and country affairs. When we have a chance another day, let's drink together and discuss it again. “

Liu Xian stopped the topic and said.

"This ...... Okay, then that's it, let's meet another day. ”

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao exchanged glances.

Listening to Liu Xian's meaning, it seemed that it was no longer a refusal, which made the two of them happy, thinking that Liu Xian was a little tempted.