Even if you don't drive for Xuzhou, Chen Deng actually ate all this meal, softly fried river shrimp, softly fried pork ribs, fried Yellow River carp and fish with bones removed, hot kohlrabi without chili peppers, and even scrambled eggs with leeks were eaten empty, ten people and fifteen plates, and I couldn't guess what I just ate.

Thinking about Cao Hongjie's belly, which was about to catch up, snuggled up to the back of the high and comfortable chair, Chen Deng hummed elegantly in the last second, this trip is not in vain! In the next second, he suddenly became nervous, and in the eyes of Zhao Yun on the opposite side, he suddenly choked Wang Hou's neck.

"Wang Tuqiu, you harm me!"

"Why did Brother Yuanlong say this?"

"After eating this delicious and sweet food, all the coarse food in the world will be tasteless, how will you let the foolish brother live next?"

was dragged by the collar, looking at Chen Deng's round eyes pretending to be fierce, Wang Hou pushed him back with a smile and a smile: "Brother Yuanlong, some cooking tips, it's just that the first time you eat stir-fried vegetables and fried food, you feel novel, ...... in the future, don't stare at you, I'll let Qiling write the dishes for you in a while, brother, can you?" ”

That's pretty much it! After Chen Deng, a scoundrel, rubbed his stomach and sat back satisfied, but then he gave Wang Hou benefits again, and waved his hand to the strong man next to him who had just been eating with his head down.

"Zang Ai, Langya Xiang Zang Ba's second son, I beg you to scold Lu Bu downstairs in the black gate, but the scolding has reached Zang Guoxiang's heart, this time I sent the second child of my own family to come over, follow the way to beg you to study, my brother should not give me this face!"

No wonder when he came, he also followed more than 100 big-waisted and round-shouldered man, originally Wang Hou thought it was the bodyguard brought by Chen Deng, but it turned out to be the personal soldier of the Taishan thief, where is this not to give face, not to mention that now Wang Houbing is a major general, and he can add a great help to talents, just to get in touch with Zang Ba, the overlord of Qingxu and Xuzhou, he must also accept the funeral family from the Zang family, laughing, Wang Hou is a high-ranking official and promised to go out.

"There is a vacancy in my command, Wang has had a headache in this position for a long time, Brother Yuanlong, you are a gift from heaven here! Zang Xiaoyou, just be a captain of an individual department under Wang! ”

"The last general has thanked the king!"

This Zang Ba's tutor is good, Zang Ai who ate a full and round Zang Ai didn't dare to hold it up, and immediately had a subordinate etiquette, stood up and bowed respectfully to Wang Hou, this appearance made Wang Hou, who was originally just to give Zang Ba face, couldn't help but look at him again.

The charm of stir-frying, not only Chen Deng ate it, but even the Xuzhou merchants who followed Chen Deng downstairs, the guy also ate a full bosom, Wang Hou is a talker, and directly sent his servants to lead this big-bellied man to the other side to give Chen Deng the best location of the four small shops, when the building was built, Wang Hou considered this accommodation problem, there are a bunch of small rooms of two or three square meters on the second and third floors, and it is not a problem to live in a building with more than 100 people, and people in this era are not picky, and they can sleep when they put down their luggage, but they do not sleep in the open air.

And after a full meal, Chen Deng couldn't wait to go to the back kitchen and ask Lu Ji how to cook this meal, and the first night passed so peacefully.

But the next day, Puyang, which has been quiet for several years, has become lively, the overwhelming advertisements in later generations, there must be more than 30 seconds of advertising to watch a video, Wang Hou He also knows the importance of advertising too well, this shop has not yet been built, and it is written in paper and crepe in Puyang business district, how cheap salt is, and the merchants of Xuzhou bring rich seaside specialties, and it is the captain of the transportation team Wang Congge who runs errands, and goes to the major families of Xudu to vote, along the way "Clan Chronicles" in the register of the big family a send, Early in the morning, there was already a day or two before arriving at the ferry port on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the housekeepers or children of the big clans who rode in horse-drawn carriages came to sweep the goods.

The Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty society is actually completely different, from the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty to kill a bloody road, the Han Gaozu Liu Bang is to see the power of the local family, in order to completely disintegrate the old forces of the Seven Kingdoms, Liu Bang and the successor Emperor Wen Jingdi paid special attention to the fight against Haoqiang, and even forced Haoqiang to divide the family, to the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was to appoint cool officials to fight and frame the Haoqiang in various places, in the early stage of the Western Han Dynasty, the main strata of the society were still dominated by homesteaders.

But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, first of all, Liu Xiu himself was born in a strong family, and the reason why he was able to calm down the troubled times so quickly and gain the world, most of the generals under his command Yuntai 28 generals were also born in Haoqiang, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Haoqiang and the landlords of the gate valve have made great progress, and politically there is even a situation where the eunuch forces on behalf of the imperial power wrestle with their relatives, and the economy is a large number of homesteaders who are bankrupt, and the family gate valve swallows the land, and even the whole village and the entire clan are now serving as tenant slaves to the door valve. The self-sufficient feudal manor of the gate valve severed the relationship between the people and the market, so the economy of the Eastern Han Dynasty could not surpass that of the Western Han Dynasty even at its peak.

This situation, in fact, has caused a certain amount of trouble to Wang Hou, the objects that can do business are only dozens of hundreds, fortunately, things are scarce and expensive, and things are not worried about selling, and the eight shops that are now open are overcrowded, and the stewards of each big family are basically queuing up from the first shop to the last shop.

It is also because there is no procurement demand of so many citizens in the Tang West Market or the Song and Ming dynasties, there is no need to care too much, Wang Hou also has time to accompany Chen Deng to see his one-acre and three-point land, the first stop is to go to his Pudong salt farm, looking at the big iron pot that has just been replaced for more than an hour, under the burning of blazing coal, the well salt of Baihuahua is burned out, Chen Deng's eyes are shining, and he threw out an order of 5,000 big black pots in one go.

Originally, I wanted to open the salt drying method in the salt field with him, but Wang Hou, a profiteer, counted the profits with his fingers and swallowed the words back.

After visiting the salt pond, Chen Deng followed Wang Hou to inspect the use of the barren land in Dongpu, a giant pig farm of 10,000 heads under construction, waiting for the construction of such a large pig farm, the use of pig manure fermentation to produce biogas, the fuel demand of the well salt field can be reduced by more than half, these things that can be eaten and pulled can also supply fertilizer for half of the East County, Wang Hou's eyebrows danced, and Chen Deng also thought it was true.

In the end, the left, and the most unsightly, is the Yongye field on the edge of Puyang City, in the green wheat fields, it can be regarded as a personal show, Wang Houshi gushed about his plan, planning to build a number of water-powered mills on the side of the Yellow River this year, and strive to harvest at least one million stones of flour this autumn, but while following him, Chen Deng, who was thoughtful, finally stopped him, full of groans, he asked with a frown.

"Tuqiu, how are you going to keep all this in front of you?"

Seeing that Wang Hou turned his head in amazement, Chen Deng shook his head with a stern face.

"Ming people don't say dark words, it is already known that Prime Minister Cao Cheng of Xudu and Yuan Jizhou of Hebei are incompatible, as early as this autumn, at the latest next spring, this war is inevitable! Tuqiu you Puyang is at the intersection of the two armies, foolish brother said something you don't like to hear, as soon as the army arrives, your Puyang will be like a flower in the moon mirror in the water, disappearing into invisibility. ”

"You are a genius in governing the world, and you can't see the situation in front of you clearly, so what are you doing with such a big plan? With your mere 5,000 Puyang soldiers, can you be saved? ”

Indeed, not to mention the distance, the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Yan Liang, who is close, are not something that Wang Hou can contend with, these years are troubled times, no matter how much wealth and industry are created, it is a castle in the air if he can't hold it, but listening to Chen Deng's worries, Wang Hou smiled and hugged his fists heavily, bowed to Chen Deng.

"So this time, the foolish brother invited Brother Yuanlong to come anyway, all this in Puyang, the foolish brother still wants to ask Brother Yuanlong to pull the younger brother!"

This sentence almost didn't make Chen Deng angry, originally he thought that my Wang Hou had some secret weapon or killer plan, but after making trouble for a long time, he actually hit himself with his idea, and shook his head speechlessly, but Chen Deng still snorted in distress.

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng, you say hello, Xuzhou soldiers, I can support you for 5,000! Including 2,000 Danyang soldiers! If you have a good relationship with Zang Ba on the side of the Taishan thief, it should not be a problem to ask for another five or six thousand soldiers and horses, only these are the ones that my brother can help you, and the rest, you have to hurry up and repair the city wall and fortress yourself, and then fill in more of your return cannon! ”

"Be quick!"

Chen Deng is a good friend, his old-fashioned and warm-hearted personality When Liu Bei took refuge in Liu Biao, even if he offended Liu Biao's relative Xu Xi, he had to speak for him, which shows that Chen Deng's popularity is good, and his words are also heartfelt, but listening to Wang Hou, he shook his head heavily.

"If you really want to defend it, let alone more than 10,000 people and horses, even if there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, a big battle, all of these will be destroyed by the fire, so the foolish brother has no intention of defending it according to the army at all!"

"Brother Fool wants to ask Brother Yuanlong for help, just repair a few letters, I heard that Brother Yuanlong studied in Jizhou back then, and had a friendship with the frustrated Duke and Guo Tu Guo Gong also has some friendship with you!"

Listening to Wang Hou's words, Chen Deng's brows rose again, but after thinking about it again, Chen Deng still shook his head helplessly.

"I'll go back in a while, you say I'll write, and Chen will see what kind of medicine you sell in Wang Tuqiu's gourd!"

"Thank you, Brother Yuanlong!"

After settling Chen Deng, Wang Hou also went to a heart disease, full of excitement, he hugged his fists and bowed heavily.

...........

A few letters were carried by the Chen family, bypassing Yan Liang's camp from the northeast of Huaxian County, and went straight to Jizhou, but although Chen Deng was an important part of Wang Hou's plan, it was not all, and then, he was a letter like flying, and successively sent to Xu Du, Yang Xiu, Xun You, and even Cao Cao's father-in-law, through this network, the letterhead sent from the Central Plains to Jizhou, Hebei Province was also more, and there were dozens of letters before and after.

In July, Wang Hou's Puyang City also continued to heat upstream, just a few days after the merchants of Xuzhou went upstream, it was a mighty fleet of ships down the Yellow River, Zhong Xuan's Guanzhong merchant group.

There are hot springs in Huashan, along with the special sulfur, this spring, Cao Cao ordered, the sulfur as an important tribute, ask for thousands of stones, now Cao Cao clan has destroyed Li Dao, although Guanzhong is still a mountain forest, but large and small military leaders have to give Cao Cheng a few faces, these sulfur is quickly gathered.

However, it is rare to gather the official shipowners to take a hand, in recent years, Guanzhong has first experienced the rebellion of the ten permanent servants, and then has been violently collected by Dong Zhuo for so many years, and then experienced a warlord melee, the warlords of various families have long been poor, taking the opportunity, a group of warlord families have also gathered a number of Guanzhong specialties, and followed the official ships south, and also wanted to do some small business to supplement the family.

This scale is larger than the scale of the merchant group brought by Chen Deng from Xuzhou, Qingzhou, there are more than 80 large and small sailing ships, more than 4,000 people and merchants who come to exchange businessmen, sheepskins, bronze, jade, and even many burial goods of Qin and Han nobles, and all kinds of Guanzhong specialties are dazzling.

These Western goods, but also stimulated the Central Plains family, Chen Deng brought a lot of merchants and even the goods were not enough, hurriedly returned to Xuzhou, once again transported the goods over, Yanzhou and Yuzhou family gate valve is also moved, with a large number of goods just like no money, crazy crowding across the Yellow River, come to exchange.

In just one month, Wang Hou took advantage of his geographical advantages and built his Puyang into a commercial center city! More than 20,000 people gathered in the small city of Puyang.

Among the commodities that have come together from all walks of life, one of them is precious, and that is food!

In the past few months, Wang Houdong moved a piece of military food to do this, and moved a piece of military food to do that, Puyang's military food reserves were once hovering on the edge of hunger, making Cao Hongjie and Zhao Yunwang follow them every day to mention this heart to their throats, but now, these guys can finally put their hearts back in their stomachs!

The Central Plains are all over the plains, and the biggest thing that can be taken is the grain, in a month, the grain that gathered in Puyang was nearly 300,000 stones, as well as the dried fish and shrimp brought by Chen Deng, taking the opportunity, Wang Hou hoarded the goods fiercely, and now his granary in Puyang is completely bulging, and the corn and wheat covered with straw exuding the fragrance of grain were collected by him as much as 170,000 stones, and several large granaries in the backyard of the Taishou Mansion were piled up, and they couldn't even be put outside.

Cao Hongjie, who led his belly into a big leather ball, and Zhao Yun, who was the second-in-command of the military of Puyang City, pointed to the grain pile, and Wang Hou patted his chest triumphantly.

"I said, what are you worried about! Follow Lao Tzu, can you still starve? ”

Cao Hongjie rolled his eyes beautifully, but Zhao Yun has followed Wang Hou for so long, and finally he has grown a little, and this old handsome man also hugged his fist with a smile, and slapped it with a big fart: "The lord is clever, we are absolutely out of time!" ”

"Cut, you better transport the grain to the south of the Yellow River as soon as possible, and the thieves in the province should worry about it!"

I couldn't get used to Wang Hou's daunting appearance, rubbing his belly that was getting heavier and heavier, Cao Hongjie was puffing and splashing him with cold water, but unfortunately, Wang Hou still looked so proud, and hummed indifferently.

"I knew it earlier!"

But just when these heads were bragging and farting, Zang Ai, the captain of the other department who had just taken office, suddenly ran in anxiously and hurriedly.

"Report! Lord! The sentry is coming! There was a team of Yuan troops in Huaxian County, which drove straight to Puyang!! ”

"Yan Liang !!".

Startled, his little face tweeted, Cao Hongjie shouted solemnly, but on the other hand, Wang Hou's reaction to the news was completely different, instead of being anxious, he slapped his thigh suddenly, but he raised his head excitedly and laughed, and he looked like he was breathing.

"It's a fucking coming!"