When you're drunk, it's a good time to chat.

The reason why Zeng Yu's first stop was to visit Cui Yuan in Eping County, although there was Zhao Yi's reason in it, but it was more because he was a member of the Cui family. Cui's power in Jizhou is very large, Boling Cui's as early as the Western Han Dynasty is the Guandong Wang clan, the Eastern Han Dynasty officially among the world's famous families, there is an evaluation that "Cui's family has beautiful talents, and Shen Lun classics, so it is Confucian Wenlin."

Zeng Yu's greater hope is to use Cui Yuan as a springboard to enter the circle of Jizhou Shilin. At this time, if a person wants to become famous, what he needs is the recommendation of Shilin authorities, and with the power of the Cui family, it is very easy to do this. Because of Cui Yu, his relationship with Qinghe Cui's is destined not to be too good, and with the relationship between Zhao Yi and Cui Yuan as an introduction, befriending the Boling Cui clan is the best choice now, so that you can not only improve your reputation in Jizhou through the Boling Cui clan, but also understand the current scholars in Jizhou, whether you can recruit it or not, it is always good to leave a good impression first.

It's just that I thought that Yuan Shao, whom I met in Luoyang, would be the lord of Jizhou in the future, if I knew that I would come to dig his corner early, I don't know if he would make a note of himself in his death diary after he knew.

But this still can't stop Zeng Yu from recruiting Wenchen military generals, he wants Cui Yuan to ask, "Uncle Cui, tell me about the situation in Jizhou Shilin now, we travel this time, I hope to meet more friends." ”

Cui Yuan took a deep look at Zeng Yu, since he knew Zeng Yu's identity, he expected him to ask this question, but he didn't refuse, and said slowly, "Now there are many families in Jizhou, and most of the scholars are children of the family, but if you want to talk about talent and fame, you should be headed by Tian Toyoda Yuanhao." This person is erudite and talented, very famous in the whole Jizhou, before being recruited by the Taiwei Mansion, recommended as Maocai, and later was selected as the imperial history, because of resentment of the eunuch in power, the virtuous minister was killed, so he abandoned the official and returned home, returned to Julu to educate the children of the family. ”

"I have also heard of this person, saying that he is upright and unyielding, and has a little strange power, and has the style of an ancient gentleman. I don't know if Uncle Cui can have a relationship with Tian Yuanhao, and the little nephew plans to visit this person. When talking to Xun You in Luoyang before, Xun You once mentioned Tian Feng, saying that he was too rigid and difficult to be reused in today's Han officialdom, lamenting that he was born at the wrong time and it was difficult to find a master.

"It's not about dating, but there was a one-sided relationship, and it was a few years ago when he abandoned his official position in Luoyang and passed by Eping. In this case, I will write you a letter of recommendation, and as for whether it can be successful, it depends on whether you are destined or not. Cui Yuan said.

"Thank you, Uncle Cui, I salute you for this wine!" Zeng Yu raised his glass and saluted Zeng Yu.

"Let's also follow one, Uncle Cui." Zhu Wen and Zhao Yi raised their glasses together and said.

"Haha, okay, let's go!"

After eating for an hour and a half, several people drank the entire jar of wine, and there was no wine and food left, of course, mainly into Zhu Wen's stomach. By the time they walked out of the restaurant, it was already completely dark, and the moon in the night sky was shining brightly, and it seemed that they had the ambition to illuminate the whole sky; There are also stars next to them, who are not willing to be lonely, blinking their eyes hard, and using their faint light to help the moonlight brighten the starry sky.

Cui Yuan asked them where they lived, if not, they could go directly to his house, although Cui Yuan was also incorruptible, but he had been governing Eping County for so many years, and the mansion was not small, and there were guest rooms for them to live in.

Zeng Yu told him that he had found a good place to live, and there were not only these few people, but also many people living in the inn, and politely rejected Cui Yuan's kindness.

expected that Zeng Yu and they must not be the only ones who came over, and Cui Yuan did not refuse, his mansion was on the edge of the county office, and the inn where Zeng Yu and the others lived was not in the same direction, so the four of them separated at the door of the restaurant, and Cui Yuan naturally walked to his mansion accompanied by the guards. As for Zeng Yu and them, they were full of wine and food, and the harvest of this visit was quite large, and the three of them returned to the inn with relaxed steps.

Before entering the door of the inn, Zeng Yu saw his own soldiers waiting for him at the door. Zeng Yu and the three of them went out and said that after visiting Cui Yuan, they didn't come back until the evening, fortunately Guo Jia was there, he knew that Zeng Yu and they were fine, and calmed down the pro-soldiers, but the pro-soldiers were still a little worried, so they took turns waiting for Zeng Yu and them to come back at the door.

Seeing the figure of Zeng Yu and the three of them appear on the street corner, several personal soldiers hurriedly greeted him, and one of them asked him, "Lord, how are you going to the county government today?" ”

"Of course, it's a bumper harvest, and the reason why we came back so late is that Uncle Cui wants to entertain us in the restaurant." Zhao Yi replied first.

"That's right, and you don't know, the restaurant we went to today is the one we went to yesterday, it turns out that this restaurant has a good wine, which tastes very good." What Zhu Wen remembers most clearly is the jar of wine.

"Okay, let's go back to the inn, are you all resting?" Zeng Yu stopped them from continuing their conversation.

"The lord hasn't come back yet, and everyone hasn't rested." The pro-soldier replied.

When they returned to the inn, the soldiers came to greet them, Zeng Yu asked everyone to rest in advance, but Guo Jia was left behind, Zeng Yu opened his mouth and asked, "Fengxiao, how did the task I gave you complete?" ”

"My lord, Jizhou is worthy of being the grain producing area in the north of the Han Dynasty, although the natural disasters of the Han Dynasty have continued in recent years, Jizhou has still not been greatly affected. For example, grain, in our Anping County, now a stone of grain costs 5,000 yuan, that is, nearly a pound of grain costs more than 40 yuan, and Eping County, the current grain is 4,000 yuan a stone, this is because of the recent rise in grain prices, and you can buy a stone for 3,500 yuan. ”

Guo Jia continued, "And do you know, my lord, after accepting the homeless people and capturing the bandits, the population of our Anping County only reached 60,000, but in Jizhou, there is a population of nearly 50,000 in Eping County. ”

"Well, how do you know that?" Zeng Yu asked curiously, the population of a county is a secret involving the government.

"I was sitting in the teahouse today, and I happened to meet a county official, and we had a very happy chat, and I took it out." Guo Jia said with a smile.

Zeng Yu pointed at Guo Jia and said with a smile, "With you, I know that it is right to give you this task, but you have not been discovered by the other party." ”

"Of course not, but my lord, what do you think of Jizhou?" Guo Jiafa asked.

"From north to south!" Zeng Yu only said four words.

When Guo Jia heard this, he smiled and nodded, he already knew Zeng Yu's plan, but Zhu Wen and Zhao Yi next to him were still confused, and they didn't know what this meant from north to south.

"By the way, my lord, you went to visit the county order today, what was the result?" Guo Jia asked, he also wanted to know how Cui Yuan was doing, and whether he could use this relationship in the future.

"It's going well, he is one of the few pure legalists in the Han officialdom today, but after all, he is a member of the family, and we can't easily ask him to help with anything for the time being, let's build a good relationship first." Zeng Yu said.

"Well, the disciples of the family are like this, everything is based on the interests of the family." Guo Jia's friends Xun You and Xun Yu are all children of the family, so they are very clear to them, while they accept the family's ability to cultivate themselves, they also accept the family's family-oriented education, so when there is a conflict between the family and loyalty or others, most of the family's disciples will put the family's interests first.

"Fengxiao, I'm going to go through Bohai County and go to Hejian County next, do you have any friends you need to visit?" Zeng Yu knew that there was a future Hebei Four Court Pillars in Hejian County, and he was Zhang He.

In history, there were many generals under Yuan Shao's command, led by the four people known as the four court pillars of Hebei, and Zhang He was the most talented of the four in Zeng Yu's opinion. According to Zeng Yu's memory, he should have been recruited to participate in the suppression during the Yellow Turban Uprising, and he was worshiped as a military Sima because of his meritorious service.

Now there is still more than a year before the Yellow Turban Rebellion at most, and at that time, all kinds of strategists or generals will stand out from the underworld, or set up their own doors, or worship the lord of their own destiny, just like a fish leaping into the dragon gate. What Zeng Yu has to do is to find those fish who can successfully jump over the dragon gate in advance in the pond of Dahan, collect them into his own fish pond, and then let these fish turn the fish pond into the sea, and the fish can also jump into dragons, but they are dragons belonging to Zeng Yu.

Guo Jia heard Zeng Yu's question, he thought for a while, he didn't have any friends in Jizhou, not even drinking friends, he opened his mouth and said, "There are many families here in Jizhou, I am a disciple of the poor sect, and I don't have much friendship with them, at most, I have heard of them, and they will not remember me." ”

"Fengxiao doesn't have to be like this, when our power grows in the future, I believe that not only Jizhou, but even the entire Han Dynasty will know who Guo Fengxiao is." Zeng Yu patted Zeng Yu's shoulder and comforted.

"Don't worry, the lord, I'm just mentioning it casually, and Jia boasts that he is not inferior to anyone, including the children of the family, I will definitely let them understand the strength of the Hanmen Guo Jia." Guo Jia said with a smile.

"Well, let the whole world tremble under our feet." Zeng Yu shouted.

"I'll follow the lord to the death!" Guo Jia and the three of them shouted together.

Zeng Yu pressed his hand and said to them, "We have done everything we need to do in Eping County, let's have a good look in the county tomorrow, and we will set off for Hejian County the day after tomorrow." After a tiring day, go back early to rest, and if you see something you like to buy tomorrow, you can just say it, and it will be my gift to you. ”

"Thank you, lord!" Several people said.

"Okay, let's go rest first, everyone has just finished drinking, it's better to rest early."

"Yes! Lord, you also rest early. A few people clasped their fists and saluted, and then left.