The night breeze is cool, looking out from the high-rise buildings in the palace of Taiyuan City, you can see the sparkling lights of Jinyang City, the courtyards and streets, it seems so quiet and serene.

In the tall building, the room was brightly lit and the veil was swaying, and Cui Jun and Cui Houzheng were raising their wine glasses to drink. In the room, there are also some singers and dancers, dancing, and there are several musicians on the side, playing music in a dingdong dong.

Cui Jun was originally an official eunuch family, and these extravagant tones naturally understood. After all, Cui Jun's father, Cui Lie, was also once ranked as the third duke, although he had to pay a lot of money to Emperor Han Ling to hold this position at that time......

Amid the sound of the musicians playing and the singers' singing, Choi Jun and Choi Hou approached and were drinking while talking in a low voice. In such an environment, even the adopted sons who stayed around to serve them might not be able to hear what they were talking about, let alone the ears of the wall.

Taiyuan, Cui's is a foreign surname after all.

Cui Hou has been running from east to west, north and south over the years, and he has seen a lot of things, plus his subordinates are also in charge of many caravans, this person's momentum has gradually cultivated, this time Jizhou needs a batch of materials, Cui Hou took the opportunity to come to Jinyang, one is to meet the new cousin Cui Jun, and the other is to discuss the future direction of the Cui family.

“…… The younger brother has been reading history books, and since ancient times, it has always been difficult for those who are purely engaged in business to ...... The younger brother's current business mostly relies on General Zhengxi...... Some businesses are point-to-point, and they dare not get involved too deeply...... Presumably my brother can understand what is going on...... In Cui's concerns, the land of Jinyang is not bad...... The elder brother wants to erect the lintel here, and the younger brother agrees very much...... It's just Wang's Wen's...... When I heard about the discussion outside, I was a little ...... Anyone who does things for others needs to be ...... slowly"

For the general of Zhengxi, Cui Hou does not have much malice, in a sense, Cui Hou was able to make a fortune again, and he also soared all the way with Zhengxi, but these words of him and Cui Jun can be regarded as digging out their hearts. Cui's development in Taiyuan is too fast, it will arouse the vigilance of the local scholar Haoyou, and even some rejection, Cui Hou means to persuade Cui Jun, first the foundation in Jinyang City is firm, and then expand other aspects.

Of course, there are also things that Cui Hou can't say, for example, on the side of General Zhengxi, Cui Hou, as an important person in charge of the caravan, no matter how famous he is, he does not hold any specific official position in the Zhengxi system, which in his opinion, the fundamental reason is that after he controls the money, General Feiqian of Zhengxi naturally cannot let him hold power again......

Cui Junneng was transferred to Taiyuan Taishou, and Cui Houdu felt that General Zhengxi was very good. For Cui Jun, the first thing is to consider the interests of General Zhengxi, and then he can do something in it, and use the power of General Zhengxi to overwhelm the Taiyuan Wang's Wen clan and other head snakes.

The superior must have a balance, which Cui Hou certainly knows.

After Cui's came out of Heluo, he always had to choose a place to take root again, Pingyang was obviously Feiqian's own place, even if he gave Cui Hou seventy or eighty guts, Cui Hou didn't dare to fight Pingyang's idea, so Cui Jun was ready to re-erect Cui's lintel in Taiyuan, and Cui Hou also readily agreed and was willing to support.

For people like Cui Hou, there is no base for the scholars, there is no territory of their own, it seems that they will never be at ease, and they will still have the same identity after all.

Whatever you do, of course, it takes time.

Cui Hou said this to Cui Jun, and he also hoped that Cui Jun would not make some unstable moves because he was now Taiyuan Taishou, but of course, he also hoped that Cui's could really settle down and no longer feel adrift. So Cui Hou himself is also very contradictory.

Doing business is completely different from being an official.

Doing business represents risk, from purchasing to transportation, to selling, there are all kinds of expected and unexpected risks, but being an official is different, officialdom, no matter what they do, is to seek stability, and if they can not take risks, they will not take risks.

The problem is that if Cui Jun wants to do this, there must be risks.

But the leaves fall back to the roots.

I don't know where the roots are, and how will they fall?

Therefore, although this matter is risky and may not be pleasing to both sides, it is still necessary to do it.

"Jizhou is ......" Cui Jun also lowered his voice and mixed his words into the music, "Virtuous brother views it...... How is the situation......"

The first and foremost of Taiyuan's affairs was the defense of the east and north. At present, the general of Zhengxi is like a rainbow, so he naturally follows Zhengxi, but if there is a case, how to go back, Cui Jun naturally has to consider.

“…… There is still a ...... business," Cui Hou said slowly, "Recently, Jizhou has added a lot of armor and equipment...... In two or three years, it should still be ...... The number of soldiers on the left is not enough to fight...... The soldiers of Jizhou are mostly stationed in the northern ......"

Cui Jun nodded.

Cui Jun also listened to Cui Hou's judgment to some extent, after all, in the past few years, he has traveled from south to north, and from the needs of military rations and equipment, he can judge whether there are heavy troops stationed in an area.

"Two or three years...... Cui Jun sighed, and then picked up the wine.

Cui Hou understood, and also picked it up, and the two of them signaled and drank it all......

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Outside the Yanmen Pass, the sky is full of stars.

More than a dozen tents stood on the edge of the meadow, and a group of men in leather robes were roasting their prey around several campfires.

Yan Rou stood outside the tent, looking back at the majestic mountains in the darkness. In the Yanmen area, everything seems desolate, although it was once prosperous for a while.

For a lot of things, last year, he was in the Wuyuan area of Yanmen. Originally, after the death of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, many things changed. At the beginning, Liu Yu and Liu Yuanjun went to encircle and suppress with more troops than Gongsun Zhan, and thought that Gongsun Chan would be brought to justice in a bright and bright way, but he didn't expect to be suddenly attacked by Gongsun Chan and broke the middle formation......

Liu Yu is kind to Yan Rou.

If it weren't for Liu Yu hearing about Yan Rou at the beginning, and then recommending Yan Rou as an intermediary to communicate with Wuhuan Xianbei, perhaps Yan Rou would not have the status in the hearts of Wuhuan and Xianbei people today.

After following Hu Ren for a long time, I almost forgot that I was still a Han person, if it weren't for Liu Yu and Liu Yuanjun......

Yan Rou touched the robe she was wearing, this piece of clothing was given by Liu Yu herself.

"I'll leave tomorrow and go to the Wuhuan King's Tent!" Yan Rou commanded, there are some things that should be done or done, otherwise I will be uneasy in my heart for the rest of my life, "If it is...... If one day, I die in a foreign land, you will burn me, and then bring back my ashes and scatter them on the land of the Han family......"

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In the cool morning, the envoy Yuan Yin tidied up his clothes and walked into the newly built, slightly simple, and even somewhat simple Xianbei King Tent in Kebineng.

Yuan Yin came with a mission, it has been three months since he went north, he brought a lot of gold and silver, porcelain, silk, these days, he visited many Xianbei ministers, also sent out a lot of things, bribed many people. Today, the Xianbei King Kebineng is finally going to see him in person.

This is when the dust settles, and when it all begins......

In the tent of the Xianbei king, the words of subdued and frustrated continued to come out.

“…… A pair of flawless white jade cups with mutton fat, a pair of flawless jade bowls with mutton fat, a pair of green jade carved dragon and phoenix Ruyi, a pair of carved gold bowls, and a pair of silver cups inlaid with red jade......"

With the recitation of the gift list, one by one the gift boxes were accepted Recently, when the deputy envoy read out the gift entries, Yuan Yin secretly looked at the faces of the Xianbei ministers around him, as well as the expression of Kebineng who was sitting at the top.

These things, even if they are placed in the Han land, are enough to be coveted, not to mention the area north of Daijun, which has always been poor and bad, and has not produced much except cattle, sheep and horses.

As a new force that suddenly rose up and replaced the old Xiongnu, Xianbei is not a noble family with a deep heritage, but a pure nouveau riche, however, as a nouveau riche, Xianbei is not qualified enough.

As far as the king tent of Kebineng is concerned, even the shadow of the nouveau riche has not been revealed, neither gold and silver, nor exquisite decoration, the only thing that can be praised is that it occupies a large area, with wood as the structure, the felt laid on the ground has some patterns, and then the tiger skin is laid on the top to look a little powerful, but compared to any family with a little background in the Han land, such a furnishing can really only be called a burrow.

On the throne, Kobi was looking with great interest at the dazzling treasures that had been brought in.

As the king of Xianbei, his title of the king is different from that of Budugen, and it is not really granted, but it is fought for by his power. After the death of Tanshi Huai, in order to compete for the throne of the king, it was a bloody storm, and Budugen was able to stand out among them, and even now the overall strength is slightly better than the starting Dugen, and naturally he has a little ability.

Kebineng is very large, burly, with thick arms, and is said to be born with divine powers, and can fight with his bare hands. This is not necessarily boasting, even in later generations, there are Siberian tribes who raise Xionghu as cats and dogs, so Kebi can be used as a Xianbei king who advocates force, and of course it cannot be too bad in terms of force.

As Yuan Shu's envoy and born in a big family like the Yuan family, Yuan Yin himself is naturally a long-sleeved person who is good at dancing, and he is also good at observing appearances and people. In the process of dealing with these stinky and humble men, he also knew that these vulgar and unbearable guys still had an advantage, that is, they spoke seriously and said whatever they wanted, not as smooth as the children of the scholar clan, and they didn't know what they thought for a long time.

To like is to like, not to like is not to like, and words and attitudes are basically the same.

In the past period of time, Yuan Yin has visited and bribed a lot of Xianbei ministers, and he also knows that Xianbei here has been arguing about this matter, and today looking at these Xianbei ministers who were fascinated by Jin Yu Guanghua, Yuan Yin felt that there should be no problem with this matter.

Sent a variety of gifts, and then handed over the gift list, Ke Bineng accepted it, just glanced at it, and then frowned and put it aside, for Chinese characters, he didn't know much, a lot of don't know, it looks like a ghost drawing.

"Good things...... the surrounding Xianbei ministers chattered about those exquisite jade bowls, golden cups, and beautiful satins, but they really couldn't find any adjectives to describe them specifically, so they could only repeat them blindly, "...... It's a good thing......"

"The king......" Yuan Yin looked at Kebineng with a smile on his face and said, "I don't know about the alliance......

Kebi Neng laughed, like a bear grinning: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the alliance...... Yes, of course, yes......"

Yuan Yin was overjoyed, although as expected, but after getting Kebi Neng to personally agree, he also let go of his heart and said: "In this way, I will worry about the king to give a token, so that I can go back to pay ......."

Kebineng laughed and said: "We are from the Murwei tribe, what we say is iron, what kind of token do we need!" It's really a little family! Haha, okay, take this! Come on, let's have a dinner party today to entertain our friends! Kebineng casually took an old knife from the side and asked Yuan Yin to hand it over, and then stood up and shouted that a bonfire dinner party should be held, which caused the rest of the Xianbei people to shout excitedly.

Yuan Yin rolled his eyes, although he didn't know whether this war knife was Kebineng's or not, and it was also a little worn, it really had no value in terms of value, but since Kebi could give it, he could only accept it like this, and then retire to Kebineng......

Looking at Yuan Yin's distant figure, King Xianbei Zuoxian, who was sitting next to Kebineng, said in a deep voice: "King, do you really listen to this Han for these things?" ”

Kobi can pick up a golden bowl and say, "If this is yours, would you like to take it out and give it away?" ”

King Zuo Xian shook his head: "How can such a good thing be given away casually?" ”

Kebineng snorted, dropped the golden bowl, grinned, and looked into the distance, like a greedy bear staring at the delicious meat: "The Han people sent these...... Do you know what it means? It means that these Han people have more things in their hands, even more exquisite and beautiful things than these! I heard that they Han people are beating themselves up...... In that case, why can't we go and see it? ”

"When the king of Tanshi Huai was alive, he said that in the south of here, there is a warm land, with the best water and soil, the most suitable sunshine and weather...... "Kebi can look into the distance and say, "Where are there countless lands, countless pastures, countless treasures, and countless beauties...... But why are we stuck here, fighting against our brothers? Instead of going to grab more and better things?! ”

Kobi can wave his arms as if he were cutting off a person's head, "Go! Tell the timid guy if he's willing to go south with me! The title of this king can be made by him! ”