Chapter 676: Counting is Counting
The potter put down the account book in his hand, and a bright light was suddenly lit in his mind.
The Zhen family is as rich as the state just for livestock, and such abundant financial resources are like the Mi family in Xuzhou, and the rulers in charge of this place must take such a huge financial group into their own hands.
The economy is the lifeblood of a region, and the potter has been engaged in the economy in the southeast for so many years, and he certainly understands this truth.
And what he understands, the potter thinks that Yuan Shao should also understand.
But since Yuan Shao understands this truth, it is absolutely impossible to let the Zhen family be so casual, at least he will definitely put the Zhen family in a controllable situation and prevent them from getting out of his own fiddling.
Throughout Tao Qian's treatment of the Mi family back then, the same is true.
But Tian Feng still advised him to unite with the Zhen family, couldn't he guess that Yuan Shao would control such a wealthy scholar clan?
Where is it so easy to rebel against your side?
But in fact, although he and Zhen Mi did not exchange names, the potter had already guessed her identity! The friendship with the Zhen family seems to be so smooth, and there seems to be no hindrance in the middle.
What is the reason?
The reason is that there must be something going on here!
Tian Feng definitely didn't really surrender.
At the beginning, the suspicion of Tian Feng was a subjective assumption made by the potter based on some understanding of his previous life, but now, all this is justified.
The potter lowered his head, looked at the last number of the Zhen family in the Qingzhou livestock account book, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
To lure yourself with a scholar who has such a great karma...... with a pretty hostess who is the best in Hebei, and this hostess is likely to be the daughter-in-law of the Yuan family in the future......
Brother Yuan Shao really made a bloody investment this time!
What did he do to prevent him from seeing him, and he wanted to kill himself so much?
Isn't it okay to smile and smile?
If Guo Jia was here, knowing what the potter was thinking, he would definitely scold him for being too naΓ―ve.
Why did you beat the soldiers and horses to the door of people's homes, and you almost built the base camp on Yuan Shao's face, and you still have a grudge against Nima?
After a while, I saw Zhen Mi walking in with a food box.
She handed the food box to the potter and said, "Taste it, this is the sweet cake I made this morning, although it is not as hot as delicious, but it is definitely enough to quench hunger." β
The potter glanced at Zhen Mi deeply, not knowing what kind of role this smart and beautiful woman played in Yuan Shao's plan.
"How about a taste?" Zhen Mi looked at the potter expectantly and said softly.
Zhen Mi's performance made the potter very strange, it didn't look like she came to make the beauty trick pour her soul into it, why did she look like she was enjoying it.
The potter glanced down, then picked up the cake and gently put it in his mouth.
"Is it delicious?"
After chewing for a while, the potter nodded, "Normally, it's just a little too sweet." β
Zhen Mi originally thought that the pottery chamber would praise it for being delicious, but he didn't expect that he would find fault with one mouth, his face showed a somewhat aggrieved look, and his eye circles became slightly red.
When the potter saw Zhen Mi crying, he was a little confused.
Please, chick! Are you sent by Yuan Shao and Tian Feng to make a beauty trick? It's so easy to cry in front of the enemy, it's too unprofessional, right?
The potter's heart tightened: "Miss Zhen, you will be anxious and quick in the next moment, please don't be surprised." β
Zhen Mi shook her head, sobbed and laughed: "It's okay, don't blame me, sir, in fact, the little girl is not a hypocritical person, but just ...... Somehow, if the gentleman doesn't praise me, the little woman's heart can't be ......"
When the potter heard this, he couldn't help but have a black line.
What's wrong with this? Cry without being praised?
In fact, Zhen Mi was not hypocritical, but the look of the pottery merchant who spoke just now, very similar to his brother Zhen Yan who died the year before last.
When Zhen Yan was there, he was in charge of everything in the Zhen family, Zhen Mi was just a girl in the boudoir, ignoring other things, but later Zhen Yan died, Zhen Yao was not angry, Zhen Mi, as a woman, also had to go out of the boudoir and assist the family in dealing with various things.
It is difficult for a woman to show up outside, not to mention that now the second brother was taken to Yecheng by Yuan Shao, but Zhen Mi was threatened by Yuan to do something that had nothing to do with her, and the grievances in her heart were suppressed for a while.
Facing Zhen Mi's aggrieved eyes, Tao Shang said helplessly: "How can that girl stop crying?" β
Zhen Mi wiped her tears and said half-jokingly: "Sir, tell me a story." β
Is this girl a child? Not only crying nose, but also telling stories to coax?
The potter was helpless, cleared his throat and said: "Okay, just talk about one, it's a long, long time, about a thousand years ago, there was a man who practiced medicine, his name was Xu Xian, this Xu Xian has no other hobbies, just likes to play with long worms......"
After a few cups of tea, the tears on Zhen Mi's face became more, and she just sobbed gently, but this time it was good, and it completely turned into crying.
The potter's head was big, and he said weakly: "You cry so fiercely, is my story bad?" Besides, this is a story of a reunion, aren't Xu Xian and the white girl a perfect match, and they live and fly? β
Zhen Mi shook her head vigorously and said, "It's because it's so touching that I can't stop crying, how do you know such a beautiful story?" Who are you listening to? β
"Uh...... My dad. β
"Ling Zun is really talented, which is really admirable."
"The girl is polite, in fact, he is like that, a stubborn and pretending to be able to pretend, his physical condition is average, and he always loves his starting point."
Zhen Mi burst into tears and laughed, not knowing if she should criticize the potter.
When he was young, he saw Zhen Mi lower his head, and his face was red to the root of his ears: "Sir, it is really a little woman's luck to meet you." β
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Leaving the main hall, the potter saw Xu Chu, who had been guarding him outside the door, in the courtyard, and smiled awkwardly: "I haven't slept so late." β
Xu Chu rolled his eyes: "The prime minister is still so busy in the middle of the night, and his subordinates protect the prime minister's safety, and they dare not do their best." β
The potter looked at Xu Chu's sourness and couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, don't be sour, let's meet this woman, it should be a conspiracy, you quickly send someone back, let Linzi City transfer Ah Fei and Liu Huyu and others, I need to use them for something."
Xu Chu was stunned when he heard this: "Conspiracy, seriously?" But didn't our men find out that there wasn't any Yuan Jun nearby? Even if they have a plot to take your life, someone has to be talented. β
The potter smiled faintly and said, "I don't know what Yuan Shao is doing, but it's okay, take this opportunity to plan and see what strategy Yuan Shao is playing, and maybe find out what unexpected gains." β
Xu Chu nodded abruptly and said, "Then I'll do it." β
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A few days later, Ah Fei and Liu Huyu secretly arrived in Qihe County and met with Xu Chu in response to Yuan Shao's actions.
Ah Fei's skills are extremely high, and he is still above Xu Chu, and he is dispatched over, and everyone understands and understands.
But when Liu Huyu was dispatched here, everyone didn't know what was going on?
He was just a potter in charge of buying horses.
After seeing Liu Huyu, the pottery merchant said to him: "Liu Bao, are you still satisfied with your life in Jinling City in the past few years?" β
Liu Hu stood stunned for a long time and didn't react.
For many years, no one has called him Liu Bao.
Now being called by the potter is somewhat uncomfortable.
"Cheng, Prime Minister, why do you want to call me like this?"
Tao Shang smiled faintly and said: "Your father made great contributions in the previous battle of Linzi, and Tao has promised him that after the Yuan clan is pacified, he will help him regain the throne of the Southern Xiongnu royal court and allow him to go to the north to be the king." β
Liu Huyu's face did not have any expression of joy, on the contrary, he had a bitter face.
"Prime Minister, the villain has a request, my father is willing to return to the Huns, then let him go back on his own, the villain wants to stay in Jinling City and serve the prime minister for a lifetime, I don't know if the prime minister agrees?"
"You don't want to go back to Mobei?"
"Yes, I don't want to go back."
The potter weighed it in his mind for a moment, and a mature plan began to take shape in his mind.
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