In July of the first year of Xingping, Lujiang.

Han Yi held Qiu Rui's hand and said: "Brother Rui, Yuzhang Taishou Zhoushu died of illness, and now you go south to Yuzhang to take over the position of Taishou, this Jiangdong Yuanshu matter will be entrusted to you." As long as Yuan Shu is limited to the land of Jiangdong, Ruidi will have great achievements, and I hope that Ruidi will be able to live up to his expectations. ”

Qiu Ruibai said: "Eldest brother, rest assured, Yuan Shu is just a dry bone in the mound, although there are many soldiers and horses, but in my opinion, it is just a grass chicken and tile dog." I have an army of 40,000 land and water, which is enough for Yuan Shu not to dare to give birth to the heart of the north. ”

Han Yi told him again and again, and then he reluctantly said goodbye to Qiu Rui. In March after the Battle of Taishan, Taishan Taishou Che Jing sent a message to report that Cao Cao had successfully escaped from Taishan County. With the support of Liu Bei in Qingzhou, he fled to Jizhou and is now under Yuan Shao.

After all, Qiu Rui had a fight with Cao Cao's monarchs and ministers, and he was unwilling to stay in the Central Plains to fight against Cao Cao in Hebei. So he was sent by Han Yi to Yuzhang County to deal with Yuan Shu. There were also 30,000 troops from the original Yanzhou, Qiu Hui and more than 20 generals such as Yu Ban, Liu Ruo, and Lu Qian who had surrendered. Han Yi also transferred the 10,000 sailors of Jiao Rong and Zhang Nan to serve under Qiu Rui.

Han Yi was about to return to Runan, when he suddenly heard the horse's hooves behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Qiu Rui hurriedly riding back. Han Yi hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and shouted, "Brother Rui has anything else to say?" ”

Qiu Rui ran close and said: "The land of the Central Plains has been basically pacified by the eldest brother, but if you want to fight Yuan Shao, I am afraid that there is still an unstable place, and the eldest brother needs to pay more attention." ”

Han Yi was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Where?" ”

Qiu Rui said: "Yanzhou. ”

"Yanzhou?"

"Not bad." Qiu Rui explained: "Dongjun Taishou Chen Gong was originally Cao Cao's subordinate, but because Cao Cao was too brutal, he abandoned Cao Cao and joined Lu Bu. Chen Gong is a person who is extremely upright, has a clear distinction between good and evil, is resourceful, and is extremely loyal to the Han family. Lu Bu was already brave in the world, but the reason why he did nothing was because he lacked resourcefulness. Now with the help of Chen Gong, it can be said that it is like a tiger with wings. ”

However, Lu Bu has been suspected of devouring the lord repeatedly, and now he has the two counties of Dongjun and Jiyin as his foundation. Jiyin is the essence of Yanzhou, with a lot of money and food. In addition, the population of the two counties is nearly one million, which can support an army of 40,000 or 50,000. If the eldest brother fought a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, but Lu Bu suddenly killed from Dongjun...... I hope that the eldest brother will consider it more. ”

Han Yi pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Although Brother Rui goes south, the matter of Yanzhou will naturally be saved for my brother." ”

After returning to Runan, Lü Bu ordered Xu Yan to send Cao Cao's family with him. Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, is over seventeen years old, loyal and simple, but not as versatile as Cao Cao. Han Yi ordered him to return to Qian County to study, and served Cao Cao's wife Ding, succeeding the Cao County Cao family.

And Cao Cao's concubine Bian, after Cao Cao's failure to assassinate Dong and escape from Luoyang, once observed festivals for Cao Cao, and did not obey others. He had three sons, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi. The three sons were still young, and Han Yizheng was worried that his son-in-law Han Wang had no playmates, so he left them behind and accompanied Han Wang with Du Ting, Lu Ji, Lu Yi and others.

Xu Yan met Han Zhengdong. General Lü ordered Bian to come to Runan, in addition to handing over Cao Cao's family, he also wanted to obtain 500,000 stone of food, countless cloths, and was ready for a plague of locusts. ”

Han Yi was shocked and asked, "Locust plague?" Is there a locust plague in Yanzhou? Why haven't there been any news reports from other counties in Yanzhou? ”

Xu Yan bowed his hand, indicating that he did not know. Han Yi hurriedly asked Xu Yan to retire temporarily, and summoned Aike, Le Peng, Yang Li, Lu Ping, Chen Qun and others to inquire.

Le Pengyu said: "My lord, this year's Yanzhou drought has been several months, and the grain harvest has failed. Half a month ago, countless locust plagues flew out of Dongping Lake and other waters, eating everything they saw, eating all the grain, wheat, leaves, green grass and other things in Yanzhou. The people were afraid to fight against the locusts. However, the county guards sent troops to hunt and kill locusts, but their manpower was meager, and it was difficult to help, and the unripe grain was eaten up. News had already come from various counties, and we also sent people to Lujiang to inform the lord, thinking that the messenger and the lord had parted ways. ”

Han Yi was hated and shouted: "The locusts eat the food of the people, and they eat my heart." The order was sent to all the soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction, and all the Taishou of Henan, Xu, and Yanzhou were dispatched to the border between Yanzhou and Yanzhou to exterminate locusts. In addition, the people of Yanzhou were ordered not to stop the locust infestation in Yanzhou if they participated in the extermination of locusts and exchanged locust corpses for food. ”

Everyone responded awe-inspiringly, and after leaving the house, they immediately passed the ride out and mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the world to gather in Yanzhou. Yuan Shao of Jizhou heard that Henan soldiers and horses were coming out, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Today, he has Han Yi and Lu Bu in the south, Gongsun Zan in the north, Zhang Yang and salary in the west, and Qingzhou in the east has not yet opened up the situation, and he is already in the middle of the four breads.

If Han Yi attacked on a large scale at this time, and other forces invaded Jizhou together, Yuan Shao was afraid that he would repeat Cao Cao's mistake and be killed by a single blow. Yuan Shao didn't understand why Han Yijie's son-in-law was developing much faster than his own people from the four generations and three princes.

It wasn't until Cao Cao came to vote that Yuan Shao woke up. Han Yi is a loyal minister of the Han family, and he does not obey the royal road, so he naturally has to develop faster than Yuan Shao starting from scratch. If Yuan Shao wants to change his current state, he must welcome the Son of Heaven in Yecheng in the west to stop Han Yi's compulsion. Just like Dong Zhuo, Li Guo and others, because the Son of Heaven was in hand, they could stop Han Yi's westward expedition.

If there is the Son of Heaven in hand, after attacking Gongsun Zan to the north and Qingzhou to the east, he will gather the power of the three states, or he may have the opportunity to fight with Han Yi. Otherwise, within three years, Yuan Shao will die.

Yuan Shao was terrified, and because Hanoi and Henan were in the hands of Han Yi, it was difficult to meet the Son of Heaven in the west. In the end, Cao Cao had to lead 500 elites, turn into merchants, and go all the way to Chang'an, looking for an opportunity to seize the Son of Heaven.

After a one-month campaign to hunt locusts, the soldiers and civilians of the three states killed a total of one million locusts. Han Yi took out the newly obtained grain from Runan and exchanged it with him, plus the grain for the people, and most of the newly harvested grain was used up. The grain of the counties can only barely survive until next autumn's harvest.

There was no grain in his hand, and Han Yi was uneasy, so he had to order someone to go to Jingzhou to buy grain. Liu Biao was quite dissatisfied with Han Yi's land for Yuzhang, and although he agreed to sell grain, he only sold one million stones, which was far from the three million stones that Han Yi expected.

One million stones is only enough for an army of 100,000 to eat for a year, but Han Yi has an army of 200,000, and Lu Bu still needs 500,000 stones of grain. Han Yi looked at the locust corpse in his hand and hated it, which made the locust corpse cook in oil. Unexpectedly, the locust corpses tasted delicious and were very full.

Han Yi hurriedly asked Zhang Bozu to test whether the locust corpse was poisonous? After many examinations by Zhang Bozu, he was convinced that the locust carcasses were not poisonous. Han Yi asked all the millions of locust corpses in the warehouse to be made into dry goods and distributed as military rations. and ordered the officials in the area under their jurisdiction to distribute half a meter and half locusts for a whole year today and tomorrow. From childhood to adulthood, everyone eats locust corpses, and there is no shortage of one. Han Yi also ordered Lu Ping's Hidden Eagle Guard to spy on him, which was a good time to observe the loyalty of officials at all levels under his jurisdiction.

After some negotiations, Liu Biao finally agreed to sell another million stone of grain, but he had to return the territory of 60,000 households in ten counties from Danshui to Xiangxiang in Nanyang County. Among them, Danshui County is close to Wuguan, and Liu Biao also wants to continue to have contact with Li Guo Chaoting in Chang'an.

In October, after looking forward to three months, Lu Bujun, who had run out of food, finally waited for Han Yi's 500,000 stone to support food. And the people who came with the grain were Chen Qun and Han Yi's sons Zhu Ning and Zhu Yan.

"Oh? Mingyuan wants to marry me? ”

Chen Qun replied with a smile: "Exactly." General Zhengdong heard that General Lu loved his daughter at the age of twelve, so he was virtuous and virtuous. And the two sons of General Zhengdong are also talented in both civil and military affairs, with excellent character and appearance. The eldest son is good at writing, and the second son is good at martial arts. General Zhengdong didn't know who General Lu wanted, so he sent him to be selected by General Lu. ”

Lu Bu looked at the two and a half sons in front of him, Zhu Ning was eloquent, Zhu Yan was brave and martial, they were all good talents. It's just that Lu Buxin promised Han Yi's sister-in-law, but he also knew that Han Yi's sister-in-law was six years old, and the age difference between him and his daughter was too big, so he had to give up.

Lu Bu also promised Han Yi's eldest son Zhu Ning, because this world is the world of scribes, and martial artists always have to be looked down upon. Ren is the best in the world of bravery, but he is still not valued by the celebrities of Kanto.

It's just that I don't know what my wife Yan and daughter think? Lu Bu only has one daughter under his knees, and he is very pampered on weekdays. When they escaped from Chang'an, they were unable to take them away due to the urgency of the matter, which made them suffer a lot. Lu Bu regretted it very much, and had to spoil them after the reunion. Respond to every request as an act of compensation.

Lu Bu invited Chen Qun, Zhu Ning, and Zhu Yan to rest for a while, and went to the back house to find his wife and daughter. After a while, Lu Bu returned apologetically and said: "My wife doesn't have any opinions, but it's my daughter, but she said that those who want to marry her, even if they are not as good as Lu, they also need to be famous warriors in the world, this ...... This ......"

Chen Qun laughed and said, "General Lu is brave and invincible in the world, and it is inevitable that he loves his daughter and respects his father. It's just a world-famous martial artist, isn't it an adult man over twenty or thirty years old, Miss Lu is twelve years old, how can she match? The second son Yan has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his strength is infinite, and now he is fourteen years old, and he is an adult military attache and has few enemies. He also learned swords with Shi A, the disciple of the emperor swordsman Wang Yue, and his skills are not shallow, and he will definitely be a rare brave warrior in the future. Why didn't General Lu let the two make a family appointment at this time, and then get married after the son became famous in the world in the future? ”

Zhu Yan stepped forward and bowed and said: "Zhu Yan is not talented, I have heard my father talk about the power of the flying generals in the past, and I admire it. I think I still have some ability, and I am willing to use the long lance in my hand to learn under the Fang Tian painting halberd of the flying general, so as to prove that Zhu Yan's courage is worthy of the daughter of the flying general. ”

Lu Bu said with a smile and said: "Okay, well, since Lu became famous, there are very few generals in the world who can live under Lu Mou. If you can stop me, I will recognize you as a son-in-law. ”

Several people then went to the small school field in the house together, the small school field was two hundred steps long and wide, and it was just the two of them who were competing in the field. Before it began, there were more than a dozen Yanzhou civil and military officers such as Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Chen Gong who heard the news.

Everyone heard that Han Yi wanted to marry Lu Bu, with Han Yi's identity and status at this time, this was a matter of great benefit to Lu Bujun, how should everyone not. I'm afraid that Lu Bu didn't make a serious attack and hurt Han Yi's son.

Even though Chen Gong, who looked down on Han Yi, saw that Han Yi's courtship was after the grain was delivered, not before the grain was delivered. Although there is a suspicion of giving favors and hoping to repay them, it is much better than borrowing grain and blackmailing. So there is no objection.