As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will not go to the Three Treasures Palace.

Liu Xian came to the Zou family with Lu Zhi this time, which was clearly to help the people's food. If Liu Xian is not more direct, if he talks about it left and right, it will inevitably give Miss Zou a not very honest impression of this guy.

In addition, there is Zhang Ji, the "pearl jade", but whenever Liu Xian is a little flickering, I am afraid that people will misunderstand that Liu Xian also has any intentions for the Zou family, who is beautiful and fragrant.

Therefore, Liu Xian simply talked about the matter, we are here for your family's food. As long as you talk about it, then everything will be easy to talk about.

Liu Xian said: "Miss Zou, Ben Hou is in some trouble now. I came to meet Miss Zou because I really came for food, and I wanted to beg Miss Zou for help. ”

"Grain?" Zou Xue was really surprised when she saw that Liu Xian directly stated the purpose of coming to see her.

You must know that she and Liu Xian do not know each other, and they have no friendship with each other, this is the first time they have met. And it's just finished the cold hustle and bustle, and he hasn't sat down to serve tea yet, so he's so anxious to get down to business?

Liu Xian's inadvertent direct honesty did make Zou Xue have some good feelings. After all, Zou Xue naturally knows that she is very beautiful, if ordinary young men see her, most of them will be fascinated by her beauty, and at this time, they will only think about talking to her, where will they think of anything serious?

In fact, Zou's father also knew that his daughter was born too badly, so he has always protected her well. has been in Luoyang for some years, but except for those who have a close relationship with the Zou family, no one outside knows that the Zou family is so stunning.

Otherwise, those who come to the Zou family to ask for relatives may have to step on the threshold of the Zou family. Where is it the turn of Zhang Ji to come to the door to ask for marriage at this time?

Lu Zhi couldn't help but talk about business when he saw Liu Xian, and he was also a little surprised, after all, Zhang Ji was also here, and there were many things that were inconvenient to talk about, but Liu Xian didn't care about it?

But having already said it, Lu Zhi answered: "Niece Xian, there is indeed such a thing. It's just two or three things that happened, and you may not know it yet. Marquis Wu Yong, he actually didn't care about personal gains and losses, and was determined to help the people who were suffering from disasters in various parts of the Han Dynasty today. In the court, in front of the civil and military people of the court, it was decided to invest 100 million yuan to purchase relief materials. Among them, the main thing is to purchase food. But who knows, in the past two days, Wu Yonghou's people wanted to purchase relief grain in Luoyang, but the rice and grain merchants in Luoyang either did not have so much grain to sell to Wu Yonghou, or they sat on the ground and the price doubled. It just so happened that the old man also volunteered to participate in the relief work of Marquis Wu Yong, and when they discussed together, the old man remembered that your Zou family was also one of the rice grain merchants in Luoyang. Therefore, I brought Marquis Wu Yong to your house to pay a visit. ”

"I see, that's ......" Zou Xue listened to Lu Zhi's words, and understood, and her image of Liu Xian in her heart was a little better, and she even admired it a little.

She has naturally heard of Liu Xian's name, and she has already heard it in her ears, after all, since Liu Xian arrived in the capital, his reputation has risen, and he has made some big moves from time to time, so that Liu Xian's fame has never cooled down at all.

Now she still uses the toothbrush and toothpaste she bought from the shop in Liu's house. There is also Tianlou's wine, as well as those different dishes and ways of eating Tianlou, she loves them all. Of course, she didn't go to the sky tower herself, but someone in the family went to buy it for her.

Now that she heard that Liu Xian had another big move, and she was still doing good deeds and good deeds to help the people suffering from disasters in the world regardless of her personal interests, she was naturally full of good feelings towards Liu Xian.

However, this involves the issue of food, which makes her hesitate, you know, food is the foundation of her family, whether the Zou family can continue to live a better life and survive, she also has to rely on the food left by her father.

And this is also a problem involving the entire Zou family. Although the Zou family is now the one who has inherited everything from her father, the Zou family still has a side Zou family, and she has to ask for their opinions when she makes any decisions.

Zou Xue hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle Lu, Marquis Wu Yong, when it comes to food, in fact, you can go to other places to purchase it." After all, there are so many grain merchants in the world, and the price of grain in other places must be much lower than that in Luoyang Capital. ”

Liu Xian smiled bitterly: "What Miss Zou said Benhou naturally knows. In fact, Benhou's Liu Mansion caravan has been established for two years, and it usually pays attention to the situation of rice and grain, and is also doing some business of purchasing grain. However, this distant water could not save the near fire, and Ben Hou had already decided to solve the problem of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people living around Luoyang. However, the situation is somewhat complicated, and it is necessary to get a batch of grain first, and first solve the current survival difficulties of these hundreds of thousands of displaced people. So...... As a last resort, I will come to visit for help. ”

"Miss Zou, please rest assured, the price of grain, Ben Hou will not deliberately lower the price, as long as you think it is so suitable, then Ben Hou will pay the money with one hand and pick up the goods with the other. However, it is not enough to just have the current batch, and I hope we can continue to cooperate in the future. Moreover, Ben Hou promised that if your Zou family is engaged in the rice and grain business, it is naturally indispensable to go to the grain producing areas to purchase and escort grain. Ben Hou promised that Ben Hou's Liu Mansion caravan could escort your grain to the designated place without any cost if they were on the way. Note that this is not limited to one time, as long as it is on the way, every time, Ben Hou will protect your Zou family's goods as if they were Ben Hou's property. ”

Liu Xian made another promise on the spot.

In this ancient era, especially in today's Han situation, what is the most worrying thing about doing business? It's a matter of worrying about what will happen in the process of transporting your goods from one place to another.

Often many businesses go bankrupt and fail, that is, their goods have accidents, leaving them with no money.

What does the Zou family need? In fact, this is the case, which needs the protection of a safe and reliable shipper for goods.

Speaking of which, Liu Xian's Liu Mansion caravan is really similar to some later dart games. It not only escorts and escorts its own commercial goods, but also undertakes the escort and escort business of some merchants.

By the way, protect the Zou family's commercial goods, that's not a big deal, anyway, one cow is a drive, and two cows are also a drive.

"Really? But Marquis Wu Yong's Liu Mansion caravan ......" Zou Xue's eyes lit up at first, but then he had doubts: "Your current business route seems to be limited to the Jizhou area, right?" Or travel back and forth between Luoyang. But our Zou family's business route is in ...... Uh, Marquis Wu Yong, can you talk about this again? Let me think again. ”

This already involved some secrets of the Zou family, so Zou Xue didn't say it, but said instead.

"Ahem!"

At this time, Zhang Ji coughed twice and said: "Lord Lu, Marquis Wu Yong, this, I don't need you to protect the Zou family's merchant shipments." I, Zhang Ji, have promised Miss Zou that I will be fully responsible for the Zou family's commercial delivery in the future. Miss Zou, Zhang is indeed sincere to you, and he is the same for you in this life, and he also asked Miss to favor you and agreed to Zhang Ji's proposal. I, Zhang Ji, promise that in the future, the affairs of your Zou family will be my Zhang Ji's affairs, as long as I Zhang Ji is here, I will ensure the stability and prosperity of your Zou family! ”

Zhang Ji didn't want to be silent at this time. Even if Lu Zhi's official position is much bigger than him, Marquis Wu Yong is more famous and even powerful than him. But he had to get the Zou family's food and food resources no matter what. Of course, it is still Zou Xue, a rare beauty in the world.

In this, food resources, in fact, only the Zou family can have a relationship, and they can get a steady stream of food resources from other places. It can also be said to be a kind of interpersonal relationship. If you don't form a relationship, you won't even be able to buy food from places where it's abundant.

The situation in this ancient era is completely different from that of later generations. It is difficult for a strange businessman to get a foothold in a place where he has no connections at all, no matter what business he wants to do. The local forces can't tolerate him to grab food.

Who wouldn't want to do a business with money? It's hard for outsiders to meddle in local business.

That's what Zhang Ji needs. If he marries Zou Xue, then the Zou family's food source will naturally not be hidden from him, so that he can use the relationship of the Zou family to establish relations with those local power figures who are rich in grain, and receive the connections of the Zou family. In this way, he will be able to get more food in the future. Thus it was possible to completely master the task entrusted to him.

His father-in-law, of course, is Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo developed in Xiliang, but Xiliang was originally a desolate place and was not rich in food. If he wants to recruit troops and expand his strength, he must get more grain and grass to feed more military horses.

During this period, Dong Zhuo did rely on Zhang Ji very much, regarded Zhang Ji as a confidant, and maybe promised Zhang Ji many benefits, but only Zhang Ji could provide him with more grain and grass.

Therefore, now that Liu Xian is clearly going to get involved, how can Zhang Ji let Liu Xian get his wish, if Liu Xian can help the Zou family solve the problem of grain escort, then he Zhang Ji will lose some of the support for the Zou family.

"General Zhang!"

When Zou Xue heard this, her face changed, she put on a pretty face, and said very seriously: "General Zhang Ji, the little woman hasn't promised you anything yet, General Zhang." Therefore, the Zou family does not need the protection of General Zhang yet. ”

"Miss Zou's words are wrong, Zhang Ji has sworn that Miss Zou will not marry! Therefore, in Zhang Ji's heart, Miss Zou is already my wife. Therefore, regardless of whether Miss Zou has agreed to our family affair, it can't stop Zhang from doing something for Miss Zou, right? In order to show Zhang's sincerity to Miss Zou, not to mention the issue of protecting the Zou family's merchant delivery, even if he paid Zhang's life for Miss Zou, Zhang Ji would not frown. Anyway, no matter what he does for Miss Zou, Zhang Ji has no words or complaints! ”

Zhang Ji looked excited, and said loudly as if he was very sincere.

"General Zhang Ji! You—you don't have to...... You, you are like this, it will make the little woman embarrassed......" Zou Xue seemed to be a little angry, but it seemed to be difficult to have a seizure. After all, Zhang Ji doesn't seem to have any problems on the surface.

"Haha, it turned out to be a phoenix!" Liu Xian laughed, looked at Zhang Ji and Zou Xue, and turned his eyes on the two of them: "General Zhang Ji has a good eye, Miss Zou Xue is indeed a beautiful woman in the world, and she is indeed the best candidate for a good wife and mother." At first, I thought that General Zhang Ji, like Ben Hou, came to ask Miss Zou for food. What do you think? General Zhang Ji, you have purchased a lot of food, isn't it enough? By the way, I heard that you are in charge of some of the military ration escort affairs of our Han military, and you should be able to get a lot of food from it, right? Xiaohou really doesn't understand, what are you doing with so much food and grass by yourself? ”

"I buy food? When did General Ben get rations from the army? Zhang Ji listened to Liu Xian's words, and his face changed suddenly, but then, he denied it, and pretended to be confused and said: "Lord Lu, Zhang Ji didn't get food from the army privately, who did you listen to, Marquis Wu Yong?" Please Lord Lu must be the master of Zhang! ”

"Hehe, General Zhang Ji doesn't need to be nervous, Ben Hou is just hearsay. There is no real evidence, they are all rumors. Liu Xian smiled softly, and said casually: "In addition, I have also heard some other rumors related to General Zhang Ji, do you want to hear them?" ”

"What rumors?" Zhang Ji said subconsciously, but after finishing speaking, he regretted it a little, at this time, in front of Zou Xue, he should not let such a topic continue.

Liu Xianke didn't care about him, and said to himself: "It is rumored that General Zhang Ji has a very close relationship with General Dong Zhuo, the general of Zhonglang again. It is rumored that Dong Zhuo is in Xiliang, deliberately slowing down the pace of the foreign rebels, in order to expand his military horses, and it seems that he has other intentions. However, Xiliang did not have so much grain and grass for Dong Zhuo's expansion of military horses, so he had to appoint his henchmen to buy grain for him everywhere, and he wanted to be the military grain and grass for Dong Zhuo's expansion of the army. This person who secretly purchased grain for Dong Zhuo is you, General Zhang Ji, right? ”

"What? Sling the bull! Zhang Ji was really a little flustered at this time, and Liu Xian said the hidden truth.

"Don't be nervous, rumors, these are rumors. However, as the saying goes, if you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. ”

"What does Marquis Wu Yong mean? Could it be that Zhang is secretly buying grain for Dong Zhuo? Zhang Ji wanted to deny it vigorously.

Zhang Ji was also an official of the imperial court, and held a relatively sensitive official position. If someone is presented to the emperor and says that he has used his position to enrich his own pockets, and has taken refuge in someone, he is doing something to store food for someone. Think about it, what is it for? Do you want to rebel?

When the time comes, Zhang Ji's official position will not be kept. And there is also the danger of being beheaded and having their homes raided.

After all, Zhang Ji is not Liu Xian, and now is not the time for the real princes of the world to stand on their own. What the court wants to do to him, Zhang Ji may not dare to resist.

"Enough, Zhang Ji, Mingren don't do dark things." At this time, Lu Zhi blew his beard and glared: "What you have done, you know yourself." Now Marquis Wu Yong is just talking about Liufang, and he doesn't do anything to you. Moreover, your old man is too lazy to take care of it, and it is not Lu's turn to take care of it. But you don't know that Zou Shuang, the head of the Zou family, was originally friends with Lu, and Zou Xue was also equivalent to the old man's niece. If you come to propose marriage to the old man's niece or something, as long as the old man's niece is willing and agrees to your proposal, then the old man will not care. However, if you are like this now, the old man is a little overwhelmed. Zou Xue's niece has already made it clear that she didn't promise your proposal, so what else do you say to protect this and protect that, so what is this? What already regards Zou Xue's niece as your wife? Bah! Are you still going to be shameless? If no one else agrees, return your wife? ”

Lu Zhi seemed to be a little angry when he said this, and Zhang Ji suddenly didn't dare to say anything.

After all, Zhang Ji really can't afford to provoke Lu Zhi now. Lu Zhi is also qualified to reprimand him.

"Yes, it's the last general." Zhang Ji bowed his head and said.

"Forget it. You came to propose marriage to Zou Xue's niece, this is indeed your freedom. But are you really sincere? Not a little bit of other intentions? Lu Zhi said with a look of disbelief: "You clearly said protection, but it is actually monitoring and control, right?" The ultimate goal is not for that...... Hmph, do you need the old man to say it? ”

Lu Zhi was so straightforward that he almost didn't directly reprimand Zhang Ji for coming for the Zou family's food.

At this point, Zhang Ji really couldn't stay any longer, and if he was reprimanded by Lu Zhi like this, he was afraid that his bottom would be exposed.

"Lord Lu, Marquis Wu Yong, Miss Zou, since you have something to discuss, then Zhang Ji will leave first. But Zhang Ji is indeed sincere to Miss Zou, and I will see Zhang's actions in the future! Come and visit Miss Zou another day! ”

After Zhang Ji finished speaking, he hurriedly fled.

Burst!

After Zhang Ji left, Zou Xue laughed suddenly, but she quickly covered her mouth, her peach blossom eyes rolled, and she said to Liu Xian: "Okay, the annoying guy is finally gone, or Uncle Lu is powerful, you can scold him away directly." However, Marquis Wu Yong, are all the rumors you said true? ”

"Who knows if it's true or false? However, Ben Hou believes that some things are by no means groundless. ”

"Yes, for no reason, how could there be such rumors. By the way, Uncle Lu, Marquis Wu Yong, please be seated. ”

After Zou Xue invited Lu Zhi and Liu Xian to sit down, she continued: "Actually, the little woman also faintly feels that Zhang Jilai is a little strange to propose to others. But he didn't expect that he also came for the Zou family's food. In addition, what makes the family feel strange is that since Zhang Ji came to ask for marriage, it turned out that some people who came to find trouble did rarely come. In other words, although the little woman did not agree to Zhang Ji's proposal, she did not refuse him to visit him. But he is like this, and he talks about it once every three days, which really makes people feel bored. ”

"Haha, the three major tricks of pickling girls, bold and thin-hearted, thick-skinned, this Zhang Ji, I'm afraid I have three of them."

"What are the three tips for pickling girls? What does it mean to pick up a girl? Marquis Wu Yong, you ......" Zou Xue didn't quite understand what Liu Xian said for a while.

"Eh, it's funny, pickling a girl means chasing women......"

"Haha! Bold, careful, and thick-skinned? That sounds like some truth. Haha, Marquis Wu Yong, I'm afraid you also know the three flavors, right? ”

After Lu Zhi heard this, he also laughed out loud, which was very unimpressive.

Well, sometimes, Lu Zhi is also an uninhibited person.