One day in March of the third year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, Pei Qing, the Taishou of Yingchuan, came to Wuyang to inspect the salt field in the support of many officials in the county, at this time the salt had just been exposed, only to see the salt white and snow, exuding a dazzling light in the sun, Pei Qing was overjoyed when he saw this scene, so he summoned the rich businessmen and gentry who had been waiting outside, and announced that the salt would be officially sold in a month.

When these words were spoken, the rich merchants and gentry all cheered, for they had been waiting for this day for three months, and now they finally saw hope.

On this day, Pei Qing did not return to Yangzhai, but stayed in Wuyang, Zhao Yan vacated his mansion for Pei Qing to live in, but Pei Qing resolutely refused and lived in Guanyi.

That night, Pei Qing ordered Zhao Yan and Du Xi to be invited to the pavilion, first affirming Zhao Yan's outstanding performance in the past few months, and then urging Du Yan to step up the training of the army so that he could have the ability to protect Wuyang.

At this time, Du Xian has recruited three thousand troops, these three thousand people are in full swing training, although the training has not been long, but it has begun to show momentum, Pei Qing found that the team was neat when he inspected the team, and he was still quite satisfied in his heart, but he also knew that something big would happen soon, before he had to establish an armed force sufficient for self-protection, he had now spread out in Yingchuan, and he would never allow others to get involved, so in this case, the training of the army must not be slowed down, Even if he had to use the army in order to build a salt farm, his army was built in rotation, and those who did not build a salt field had to step up their training.

At the same time, Pei Qing also instructed Zhao Yan that the salt works are now recruiting thousands of workers, and these thousands of workers can also become the force to defend the salt works, and they can use their free time to train them, so that they can also contribute to the defense of Wuyang at a critical time, of course, this premise is that this force must be firmly controlled in the hands of the government, and must not become a tool for anyone's personal gain.

Zhao Yan also admired Pei Qing's novel ideas, he really didn't know how Pei Qing came up with these whimsical ideas, but he also knew that these ideas were indeed effective, so he carefully recorded them and decided to do so in the future.

However, at this moment, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the pavilion, Pei Qing was stunned, and immediately asked what happened.

I saw his personal guard general Xie Yingdeng come in, and said respectfully: "Lord, Mr. Changwen has sent a message, saying that Zhu Jun, the general of the right chariot cavalry, sent a messenger to invite the lord to Zhongmu to discuss the crusade against Dong Zhuo. ”

Since Pei Qing has gained a firm foothold in Yingchuan, he naturally has a deep understanding of his neighbors, this Zhu Jun is one of them, Zhu Jun made great contributions because of the breaking of the yellow scarf, was worshiped as the general of the right car cavalry, named the Marquis of Qiantang, and then was the Taishou of Hanoi, defeated Zhang Yan's attack, Dong Zhuo Bingzheng, because of Zhu Jun's prestige, he was a servant, and wanted to let Zhu Jun be his deputy, Zhu Jun did not accept, and was later ordered by Dong Zhuo to stay in Luoyang, but Zhu Jun secretly communicated with the Kanto heroes, and then he was afraid of Dong Zhuo's attack, so he fled to Jingzhou.

So Dong Zhuo appointed Hongnong Yang Yi as Henan Yin to guard Luoyang, Zhu Jun heard the news and led his troops to expel him, seeing that Luoyang was dilapidated and could not be guarded, so he came to Zhongmu Tun to guard and gather the heroes. Later, Dong Zhuo sent his general Li Dao Guo Biantun to Hanoi to resist Zhu Jun, Zhu Jun took the initiative to attack, but was defeated, and had no choice but to return to Zhongmu, not daring to fight again, and now gather people, probably worried that Li Dao will attack again.

Pei Qing thought for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "Zhu Jun is my general, especially when he suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, he made great contributions, and our army started from the Yellow Turban, and now he invites me to go to Zhongmu, if I don't go, he will definitely find fault with the excuse, not to mention leading the troops to attack, even if we say a word, I am afraid that we will become the target of the public, so I have to go this time, but it will not be possible to do it, because within two months, Zhu Jun will leave Zhongmu, so this time I only take 500 soldiers to go, Of course, we can't go in vain, and send food thousands of stones, just to show our attitude. ”

"Huh? Thousand, thousand stone grain? Isn't that a little too little? As a subordinate, Zhao Yan knew that he shouldn't speak, but at this time, he couldn't help but interject.

However, he didn't expect Pei Qing to shake his head and said: "This is already a lot, a thousand stones of grain is enough for 120,000 catties (Han system, one catty is equal to 222.73 grams, less than half a catty now), this is enough for 1,000 people to eat for a year, and Zhongmu's army will soon be disbanded, no matter how much food you bring, it is useless, if I don't want to avoid war, I won't give him a thousand stones of grain." ”

Although Pei Qing said this, he was still looking forward to this trip in his heart, because he knew that Zhu Jun was a generation of famous generals in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and of course he had to be close to a character like this, because he could take the opportunity to get his genes, and as long as he found a corresponding type of talent surnamed Zhu in the future, he would be equivalent to getting a famous general like Zhu Jun.

exchanging a thousand stones of grain for a famous general like Zhu Jun is simply earned, how could Pei Qing not go?

At this time, Zhao Yan asked: "The envoy has just said a few times that Zhu Cheqi is about to leave Zhongmu, I don't know what the truth is for this?" Please also ask the envoy to give me advice. ”

Pei Qing said with a smile when he heard this: "This matter is not difficult, I watched the sky last night, and learned that Dong Zhuo's general in the direction of Chang'an was dim, it seems that his life is not long, as soon as Dong Zhuo dies, Chang'an will be in chaos, no matter who is in power, he will inevitably invite a general like Zhu Jun back to Chang'an, so it is concluded that Zhu Jun must return to Chang'an." ”

"It turns out that this is the case, I didn't expect the envoy to understand such a profound celestial phenomenon, I really admire it." Zhao Yan saw that Pei Qing said this, and naturally he could only be full of admiration, because there are very few masters who know how to observe celestial phenomena in this era, but each of them is a great person, not only is he secretly glad that he can do things under such a master.

"Haha, in that case, I will return to Yangzhai tomorrow, Bo Ran, Zixu, Wuyang will be handed over to you, to be honest, today I observed the military and civilian conditions of Wuyang, and I am very satisfied with what you have done, I am very relieved that you do things."

Pei Qing really praised the two, and ordered them to be rewarded, gave them money, and talked with them all night, telling them some of his ideas about local internal affairs and military affairs, and inspiring them until the rooster crowed.

After Pei Qing finished the conversation with the two, he stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Next, let's send troops to Zhongmu, and we will ride this Zhu car for a while." ”