When Han Zhan, Guo Jia and the others led the army to triumph, Zhao Yun personally led people outside the city to greet them.

In the welcoming crowd, Han Zhan unexpectedly saw two familiar faces: one was his housekeeper patch in Sheguo County; The other is Hu Cha, the richest man in Sheguo County.

Seeing these two people, Han Zhan's face showed a surprised expression. He hurriedly turned over and dismounted, arched his hand towards Hu Cha, and greeted politely: "Mr. Hu, it's been a long time!" ”

"Congratulations to Lord Hou, congratulations to Lord Hou!" Hu Cha saw Han Zhan dismount and greet him, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted: "The villain greets the triumph of the Hou Ye!" ”

"Mr. Hu," Han Zhan knew that Hu Cha was a big businessman, and if he hadn't had something important to do with him, he would never have suddenly appeared here, so he hurriedly helped the other party up and asked, "I don't know when you arrived in Jizhou, what are you doing?" ”

Hu Cha looked left and right, lowered his voice and said, "Master Hou, this is not the place to speak, let's wait until we go back to the state pastor's mansion." ”

Seeing Hu Cha's expression, Han Zhan knew that there must be something important, and it was indeed not suitable for discussion in public. He walked in front of the patch again and asked with a straight face, "You are not in Sheguo County, what are you doing here?" ”

"Back to Childe's words," Patch hurriedly lowered his head and replied, "It was Sister Pear Blossom who said that Childe didn't even have anyone to serve, so she urged the villain to come and wait for you." It happened that Mr. Hu was going to Jizhou to do business, and the villain came here with him. ”

Back at the state pastor's mansion, Han Zhan ordered Yuan Tan to be put in prison and locked up with Chun Yuqiong; He also ordered Zhao Yun to go to the barracks to be responsible for the reorganization of the captured Yuan officers and soldiers. After all this was done, he summoned Hu Cha to the main hall and asked bluntly: "Mr. Hu, can you tell me now the purpose of your trip?" ”

"Back to Hou Ye's words," Hu Cha said respectfully, "The villain heard that Hou Ye has developed a new wine, which tastes purer and more fragrant than the wine we usually drink. ”

Hearing this, Han Zhan nodded and said, "Mr. Hu, your news is quite well-informed." Yes, Benhou did develop a new wine, but due to the limited production, the new wine produced could only be used to wipe the wounds of wounded soldiers. ”

"Wipe the wound with wine?" When Hu Cha heard Han Zhan say this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise: "Master Hou, this is too wasteful, right?" ”

Seeing that the topic of Hu Cha had been revolving around the new wine he had developed, Han Zhan couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mr. Hu, do you have any plans?" ”

As soon as Han Zhan's words fell, Hu Cha gave him a thumbs up and said flatteringly: "It's still Hou Ye who is wise, and he guessed the villain's mind at once." That's right, the villain came to see Hou Ye today for this new wine. ”

Han Zhan didn't interrupt him, just made a gesture of invitation to him and motioned for him to continue. Hu Cha continued: "The villain has two wineries in Jizhou City, and the annual sales are not bad, and it is also an important entry in the villain's business. Now the villain wants to partner with Hou Ye to jointly develop this new wine, how about the future profits? The villain is forty percent, and the Hou Ye is sixty percent. ”

As early as when he ordered Rob to steam wine, Han Zhan thought about finding a larger winery to produce this kind of high-strength liquor, because he had been busy recently, and he couldn't take care of it for the time being. Now Hu Cha offered to use the wine shop to cooperate with him, which is really if he wants to fall asleep, someone will send a pillow, how can there be a reason not to agree. However, he thought about it, steamed wine does not have much technical content, and the people in the Hucha Wine Workshop can learn that if they want too many shares, this kind of cooperation may not last long.

After careful consideration, he stretched out three fingers and said to Hu Cha: "Mr. Hu, you are not an outsider, if you want to partner with me, we will divide it into three or seven." ”

"Thirty-seven?" Hearing Han Zhan's proposed sharing ratio, the muscles on Hu Cha's face couldn't help twitching violently a few times, and he said in his heart that this little marquis is really black, and he gave him sixty percent of the shares, which is already the limit, but he didn't expect him to want to add another one. If you don't cooperate, now Jizhou is his territory, and if you offend him, many of your workshops and shops in the city may have to close sooner or later. Therefore, he hesitated for a long time, and finally stomped his foot, gritted his teeth and said, "Sanqi is Sanqi, little marquis, we will make up our minds." ”

"Mr. Hu, wait." Han Zhan saw Hu Cha's performance and knew that he had misunderstood, so he hurriedly smiled and said to him: "The thirty-seven points I said are three percent for me and seventy percent for you." ”

Han Zhan's words stunned Hu Cha, he didn't expect Han Zhan to take the initiative to give up Sancheng's part to cooperate with him, so that he stayed far away for a while, not knowing what to say. After a long time, he bowed to Han Zhan and said: "The little marquis is really benevolent and righteous, and he is willing to give seventy percent of the villain's shares, and the villain is grateful." ”

After Han Zhan took a pen and wrote the method of steaming and brewing on paper, he handed it to Hu Cha and said to him: "Mr. Hu, in addition to sending fifty jars of new wine to the wounded barracks every month, you can sell the rest of the wine at will. ”

Hu Cha took the recipe in Han Zhan's hand, carefully put it into the sleeves of his robe, and then saluted Han Zhan again: "Thank you Master Hou, the villain has retired!" ”

After Hu Cha left, Han Zhan returned to the backyard and walked straight towards his bedroom, the room where he had lived when he crossed. As soon as he reached the door, he heard the sound of someone talking inside, and he stopped and listened attentively, and in addition to the sound of the patch, there seemed to be the voices of two young women.

He coughed heavily, and the voices inside stopped abruptly. He pushed open the door and stepped inside. When I went in and saw the people in the room clearly, I couldn't help but be stunned. In addition to the patches, there are two young and beautiful women in the room.

Han Zhan stared at the two beauties intently, and asked the patch who was standing on the side with his hands down: "Patch, whose little lady are these two girls?" ”

"Hui Gongzi," Patch replied respectfully on the side, "These are the two singers that Mr. Hu gave you." ”

"Singer?!" Han Zhan originally thought that these two women were relatives of which family, and followed Hu Cha and Patch to Jizhou City, and temporarily lived in the backyard for a while, but he didn't expect that it was actually Hu Cha who gave him the singer. After figuring out the identities of the two women, Han Zhan turned his head to look at the patch and said unhappily: "Patch, who asked you to make an assertion and accept the singer in Mr. Hu's family?" Why don't you send someone to send them back to Mr. Hu's house as soon as possible. ”

"Childe is angry." Seeing Han Zhan's unhappy look, Patch hurriedly explained: "Mr. Hu said that there is no one to take care of Gongzi outside, and there are many inconveniences. Therefore, these two singers were specially prepared, singing songs for the son during the day to relieve boredom, serving the son's daily life, and warming the bed for the son at night. ”

Knowing that these two singers were sent by Hu Cha in the name of warming the bed, Han Zhan couldn't order the patch to send people back, so he waved his hand and said to the two: "Since it is Mr. Hu's kindness, let's stay." ”

Hearing that Han Zhan was willing to keep himself, the two women glanced at each other, and their faces showed expressions of joy. Then he bowed down at the same time and saluted: "Thank you, little marquis!" ”

Since he left the two singers behind, Han Zhan politely asked, "What's your name?" ”

The woman on the left spoke first: "Back to the little marquis, the slave family is jade!" ”

The woman on the right then said, "The slave family is Ah Nuan!" ”

"Ah Nuan?!" When he heard this name, Han Zhan couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and said in his heart that among the two singers Hu Cha gave him to warm his bed, there was actually one named A Nuan, and this name was really appropriate.

Suddenly there were two women with outstanding posture and excellent figure in the house, and Han Zhan suddenly had the idea of being a faint king, that is, to stay in this house, not go out for ten days and half a month, and enjoy a good life.

But as soon as this thought came to him, he heard someone outside shouting: "Hou Ye, Hou Ye!" ”

Han Zhan, who had just sat on the couch and held the two singers in his arms, heard that it was Rob's voice, and hurriedly raised his chin towards the patch, signaling him to open the door and let Rob in.

As soon as the door opened, Luo Bu stepped in from outside the door with an arrow step, but saw Han Zhan sitting on the couch, holding two beautiful women with his hands, knowing that he had disturbed the master's good deeds, he couldn't help but show embarrassment. Just as he was hesitating whether to withdraw or not, he heard Han Zhan asking, "Rob, is there something wrong?" ”

"Back to the lord's words." Since Guo Jia changed his name to Han Zhan's lordship, many people in the army have also changed their words, and Rob is one of them: "Mr. Guo is waiting in the main hall, saying that there is something important that needs to be reported immediately. ”

Han Zhan knew that Guo Jia had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and since he was in such a hurry to see him, there must be something important. I could only let go of the two singers who were in my arms, stood up, and said to Rob: "Team Luo, come with me to the main hall to see Fengxiao." ”

Guo Jia, who was walking back and forth in the main hall, immediately greeted Han Zhan when he saw him appear, and said, "Qi Yu took the initiative, Mr. Xun has sent a letter." As he spoke, he handed over a letter in his hand.

"Mr. Xun, which Mr. Xun?" Han Zhan took the letter in Guo Jia's hand and asked casually, "Is it a letter from my uncle?" ”

Who knew that Guo Jia shook his head and said, "It's not Xun Wenruo, but Xun Gongda." ”

"Cousin Gongda?" After learning that it was Xun Youlai's letter, Han Zhan didn't care about reading the letter anymore, but asked curiously: "Isn't he in charge of liaison matters in Gongsun Zhan's army?" Is there anything important about his letter at this time? ”

"Lord, I sent someone to send a letter to Xun Gongda two days ago, telling him in detail that we have captured Jizhou and recovered Zhang He." Guo Jia said with a smile: "In Gongda's letter today, he said that he had come up with a plan to break the deadlock between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan. ”

Since Han Zhan knew that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan had ceased fighting, he was also very anxious, if the two sides continued to confront each other like this, he didn't know how long he would have to wait to see the two of them fighting and losing both. If it were like in real history, Dong Zhuo came out to mediate between the two sides, everything he was doing now would be in vain. He hurriedly asked, "What strategy?" ”

Guo Jia hurriedly replied: "Gongda is ready to make a statement to Gongsun Zhan, saying that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses at Jieqiao are already a lone army. As long as Gongsun Chan can be provoked to take the initiative to attack Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, who thinks that he is outnumbered, will definitely not be able to resist, and then we can reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"Not bad, not bad," Hearing the strategy that Xun You came up with, Han Zhan nodded with a smile and said approvingly: "What a trick to 'drive the tiger and devour the wolf', it is really a good strategy." It is believed that once Gongsun Chan knew that Yuan Shao had few troops and no reinforcements, he would decisively attack Yuan Ying. When they're almost done, we'll send out our troops to clean up the mess. ”

After Han Zhan said this, he was surprised to find Guo Jia frowning and muttering to himself. I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Fengxiao, what are you talking about?" ”

Hearing Han Zhan's voice, Guo Jia's body shook suddenly, and then he raised his head and said to Han Zhan: "The plan of 'driving the tiger and devouring the wolf' that the lord just said, Jia thinks it is quite appropriate. ”

When Han Zhan heard Guo Jia say this, he secretly screamed badly, and said in his heart I thought this was one of the thirty-six plans, but I didn't expect that even Guo Jia had never heard of this strategy, could it be that it appeared in other dynasties. He laughed dryly twice and said, "Fengxiao, I just said it casually." ”

In order to give full play to the effect of the strategy formulated by Xun You, Han Zhan instructed Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, immediately send out a scout horse to closely monitor the movement in the direction of the boundary bridge. Once Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao go to war, we will immediately send troops to occupy Guangzong and cut off Yuan Shao's back road. ”

"Please rest assured, my lord." Guo Jia had already considered the problem that Han Zhan had thought of, and he reported to Han Zhan: "Jia has already sent three teams of scouts to the direction of the Jieqiao to inquire about the situation of the two armies. If they make any changes, the pony will report back immediately. Speaking of this, Guo Jia paused for a moment, and then asked, "My lord, you once said that we will not kill Yuan Shao for the time being, if we really occupy Guangzong, won't we cut off Yuan Shao's retreat?" ”

"Bong-hyo rest assured." Seeing that Guo Jia was so worried, he took the initiative to explain to him: "I will try my best to force Yuan Shao to the south, and after I occupy Jizhou, I will recommend him to the imperial court as the pastor of Yanzhou, so that he can help us defend against those potential enemies in our south." ”

"A potential enemy?" Hearing Han Zhan say this, Guo Jia suddenly became interested: "Lord, I don't know who our potential enemy is?" ”

Han Zhan naturally wouldn't tell him that Cao Cao was the most dangerous enemy, but said vaguely: "There are Yuan Shu, Liu Dai, Liu Biao and others in the south, and they are all potential enemies to us. We forced Yuan Shao to the south of Jizhou, just so that he could help us block these enemies, so that we could free up our hands to take Qingzhou in the east and annex the state in the west. When I have the land of the four states, I will be able to stand in an invincible position that can be attacked, retreated, and defended. ”