The group trekked through mountains and rivers, but just when they were about to enter the territory of Xuzhou, Liu Lan met an old acquaintance and intercepted him, it was none other than his old friend Tian Kai, the former Gongsun Zhan's military Sima, and now he was appointed by him to trust Qingzhou Thorn History. It's just why did he come to Peiguo at the junction of Xu (Zhou) and Yan (Zhou)?

Liu Lan asked the doubts in his heart, many major events have happened in the past six months, first of all, Liu Yu took the Xiongnu as a threat, and finally did not sit on the throne of Yuan Shao's puppet emperor, but he failed to make a plan and then used a plan, and finally he forced Han Fu to sit in the position of Jizhou pastor, and the reason was that he secretly united to attack the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou and occupy Gongsun Zhan, who had a great rise in power, and then spread the news of Gongsun Zan attacking Jizhou in Jizhou, so as to drive away the frightened Han Fu, knowing that Gongsun Zhan, who was put together by Yuan Shao, was furious, The benefits did not get the anti-cheap Yuan Shao, the younger brother Gongsun Yue wanted Jizhou, but he didn't expect that Gongsun Yue, who had a very strong relationship with Liu Lan, was killed by the loss, and the new hatred and the old ruthless and angry Gongsun Chan immediately ordered to raise troops to attack Yuan Shao, and at this time he heard that Liu Lan and Yuan Shao had a disagreement when they were discussing Dong, and immediately repaired the book Liu Lan hoped to crusade against Yuan Shao with him, although Liu Lan was once his subordinate, but if it was Xiangping County, the order is not what it used to be, in order to make him send troops, Yuan Shao is willing to give up Qingzhou Huang County, of course, this is Gongsun Zhan's small abacus, First of all, he believed that Liu Lan would definitely send troops, not only for the revenge of Gongsun Yue, but also for his character with clear grievances, and it was impossible not to ask for the hardships he had suffered from Yuan Shao, but if Liu Lan agreed to send troops, when he returned to Liaodong from Xuzhou, and then sent troops from Liaodong to Jizhou, the daylily was cold, so he cut out Huangxian, and at the same time sent Tian Kai to meet him in Peiguo, the purpose was to hope that Liu Lan could send the news back to Liaodong as soon as he got the news, so that his Liaodong troops could directly cross the sea to Huangxian and cross the Yellow River to the plain. formed a two-sided attack on Yuan Shao with him, and leveled Yuan thief in one fell swoop.

And the plain, since Chen Ji entered Beijing, the plain has been idle, plus the grain and grass he expected in the plain after he swept the yellow scarf is enough for Liu Lan to use, of course, there is another thing he doesn't know, he thinks that using the two counties of Qingzhou as bait is enough to attract Liu Lan. In any case, he is just the county commander of a remote county like Xiangping in Liaodong, and now he gives him the two big counties of Qingzhou, he has no reason to refuse, but he doesn't know that Liu Lan has already controlled Liaodong, and Pingyuan County has no temptation for him at all, but Huangxian is very attractive, which is the key to whether he can go out of Liaodong, otherwise he can only fight with Gongsun Zan in the east for the right Beiping, or go west to fight with Goguryeo and other foreign races. Otherwise, it is to go south and cross the sea into Qingzhou, but Qingzhou is also Gongsun Zhan's territory, and he can't start a war lightly, not because he is afraid of Gongsun Zhan, but because of his friendship with Gongsun Zhan, it is difficult for him to take this step.

Liu Lan didn't even think about it, and immediately agreed to attack Yuan Shao with Gongsun Zhan, and at the same time sent Shiren back to Liaodong by sea and land, first of all, he asked Ou Yejian to build 3,000 sets of dragon riding armor (tiger and leopard armor) as quickly as possible. Secondly, he ordered the Huns to take the small seed department into the east of the river, because in another year or two there will be a major event in Luoyang. And that stinky basket Cai Yong, he must be rescued, and the third point is that he needs Tian Chou to cross the sea to report on the current situation in Liaodong, which is what he is most concerned about now, what is the situation of the alien race, after internal stability. He needs Xu Huang to 'expand' against the aliens and defeat their arrogance for decades.

In this way, Liu Lan arrived at Linzi, the Qingzhou Governance Office, with Tian Kai, after sending Shiren to lead the team back to Liaodong, and lived for a few months, calculating the distance, almost after arriving at the plain, Tian Chou and his party would arrive and say goodbye to Tian Kai and set off for the plain.

Although the plains have been idle for a year, the plains are not chaotic, and there is a plain order to govern. Of course, it won't be the big ears in history, this person seems to have disappeared out of thin air, there is no trace after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, of course, maybe the Liu family has such a habit, Liu Yin has disappeared so far There is no news, Liu Lan passed the book to Wen Shu, but he has not received a reply so far, after entering the plain, Liu Lan stayed in the county guard mansion in a grand manner, and ordered Guan and Zhang Haosheng to settle the troops and return to the inner courtyard with Zhen Jiang to rest, as for official business? Send Yan Zhi to pass the word and hand everything over to Pingyuan Ling, when he is the shopkeeper? Of course not, he didn't plan to stay in the plains for long.

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It's a long journey, not to mention a little girl like Zhen Jiang, even Liu Lan can't stand it, but just after entering the room, Zhen Jiang was busy pouring water for him like a hostess, stopped him and ordered her to go to bed and rest quickly!

Although she was tired, she still endured her tiredness and smiled at Liu Lanyan: "Deran, I'm not tired." The beauty in front of her was full of tiredness, a pair of bright eyes with a slight red thread, how could she not be tired as she said, pity, and said: "Rest quickly, do you really think I can't see it?" As he spoke, he wanted to carry him to the bed.

"I don't want to sleep." Zhen Jiangjiao slipped under the man's outstretched arm in disgust, naughty as a child. But in the end, where could she hide in such a small inner room, and in the end, she was stopped by Liu Lan with both arms and picked up like a princess. Zhen Jiang, who was picked up by his sweetheart, had a spring on his face, and when he went to the bed to put himself down, he took advantage of the situation to hug the back of his sweetheart's neck, his eyes were like silk, and he murmured: "Deran." She screamed and pulled his head and neck down.

Of course, the two of them have kissed at most so far, but at this moment, Yan Zhi's shout came from outside the door: "Lord, there is a guest in front of the ya, claiming to be Zhongshan Zhenyu asking to see!" ”

The moment they heard Zhen Yu's name, the two of them had the opportunity to sit up at the same time, and Zhen Jiang stood up, hugged his sweetheart's waist with a worried look and said, "What should De Ran do?" My eldest brother must have come to take me back! ”

Liu Lan comforted Zhen Jiang and comforted: "Don't worry, I won't let them take you away, I'll go and see what his purpose is here." So saying, he walked out of the house. As soon as I arrived in Pingyang, the Zhen family came to the door, and it seems that I have been waiting for a long time.

Watching his sweetheart open the door, Zhen Jiang's face was full of anxiety: "Then you go and come back quickly and see what they are going to do?" ”

"Don't worry, you rest first, if they see you like this, they will never agree to let you stay with me." Liu Lan looked back and smiled.

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Out of the house, just transferred from the inner courtyard to the front office, I didn't want to see a few people from a distance, of course it was not Zhen Yu, the person in front of the head was the house slave sent to him by his father-in-law Liu Yuanqi. But now it is Liu Lan's Shaofu in Xiangping County's Lingfu (County Shoufu), and he is even more in charge of all matters in the Shaofu as the Shaofu, and the person next to him is Tian Chou, Liu Lan was stunned, and then greeted him with a big laugh. Today's day is a bit mysterious, and I'm all in a hurry.

Talking about the current situation in general, but it is a little difficult to expect Liaodong to transfer troops to the plains, but this is all expected by Liu Lan, and what he really cares about is whether the dragoon armor can be made in the near future.

Although there is a map, but iron is scarce, and it will take time to equip the dragoon army as soon as possible, although it is a pity, Liu Lan can only wait patiently. Tian Chou finished reporting. Liu Lan asked some more about Liu's mansion, but he didn't get anything, and then Liu Lan asked the two of them to go down to rest, and was about to go down to see Zhen Yu, but found that Liu An never left, glanced at him, saw that he had something in his heart, and asked, "Why don't you go to rest?" ”

"The head of the house. It was a little brother named Zhao Yun who came to visit Liaodong some time ago! Liu An wasn't sure whether to say such a trivial matter.

Liu Lan's expression changed several times, did he go to Liaodong? It was after going to Lu Longsai to worship his eldest brother Zhao Hong. Still is...... With a move in his heart, he suddenly asked, "Where are the others now?" "His face was full of eagerness.

"At that time, I left Brother Zhao to live in the Ling Mansion for a few days, but Brother Zhao couldn't wait for the head of the family, so he left and left!"

Let's go? Liu Lan felt sorry in his heart, he didn't expect to miss Zhao Zilong after being delayed in Runan and Linzi for more than half a year, and he felt sorry in his heart. He said, "Then what does he say is looking for me?" ”

"I didn't say it." Liu An was very sure that he was saying, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, recalling it in his heart, and after a while, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Although he was in a hurry when he left. But he muttered in a low voice that he wanted to go back to Zhengding first and take a look! ”

"Settled?" Liu Lan was overjoyed in his heart, he could be sure that Zhao Yun must have left Yuan Shao, otherwise how could he leave the army without permission at this time when Gongsun Zhan was moving south? It's a pity that he came to me, but I wasn't there, and he couldn't wait for me to return to Liaodong, so he had to go back to his hometown first! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but have a bold idea in my heart, now the war with Yuan Shao is far away, and the dragon riding armor is still in preparation, not weak to take this opportunity to find a time to find him in Zhengding, the spirit is lifted, and Liu An smiled and said I know, you go down to rest first and then walk towards the living room.

There is the eldest son of the Zhen family of the Eastern Han Dynasty waiting for him, the so-called Hao family, is the abbreviation of the Hao Qiang family, in the Hao Qiang clan, the so-called Hao Qiang, Hao Min, the big surname, the right surname, Hao everyone is a Hao Qiang clan, in the Han Dynasty, these Hao Qiang is not in the same surname and the same clan appeared, but with a big family as the center, and many other families or many individuals or even political or economic relations attached to the formation of a Hao family, such as the so-called Runan Yuan family, the real terrible is not the Runan Yuan family, Rather, these forces led by the Yuan family were attached to the Yuan family.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, in addition to the Haoqiang led by the Yuan family in Runan, such as Nanyang Haoqiang, Hebei Haoqiang, Shandong Haoqiang, as well as bureaucratic Haoqiang and the extinction of the descendants of the relatives, eunuchs Zhongjuan, etc., but compared with the businessmen Haoqiang who did not enter the stream, the real terrible thing about these Haoqiang is to control the election and monopolize the official career.

Compared with the latter, the businessman Haoqiang, who started with the colonization of goods, will be suppressed a lot, but the Zhen family is different from the traditional businessman Haoqiang, to be specific, they should be regarded as high-ranking and powerful, although they are not as good as the bureaucrats and eunuchs, but their status is much higher than that of businessmen.

There has always been a consensus in history textbooks that the two Han Dynasty took the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of commerce as the basic policy, but after coming to the Han Dynasty, Liu Lan found that there were misunderstandings with the history he knew, the commerce of the Han Dynasty was extremely developed, and it was not accurate to say that the Western Han Dynasty was a suppression of commerce and the Eastern Han Dynasty was a wide business.

Take salt and iron as an example, since Emperor Wu, this violent livelihood has been nationalized, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the emperor, salt and iron and wine industry turned into private enterprises, although this is the reason why the Empress Dowager Dou has acquiesced to the power of her relatives, but it can also be seen that the Eastern Han Dynasty's policy towards commerce. But it was during this period of time that the salt and iron were released to the private sector, but it was the only period when the common people of China's thousands of years of feudal dynasties spent lower prices to get better salt, and it was far from being comparable to the private sector in the state-owned state, whether it was service or quality, it has been the same since ancient times.

Far away, the key point of the difference between high-capital and powerful people like the Zhen family and businessmen is that they are not city registration, if they are city registration, the Eastern Han Dynasty explicitly prohibits traders with city registration from buying land to be officials, and the so-called businessmen are not farmers, and the people are prohibited from two industries. But in fact, as long as there is no merchant with a city registration, he can become a merchant and make a fortune with goods and become an official, and the so-called prohibition that businessmen do not farm is like a dead letter to high-capital and powerful people like the Zhen family.

This is not that this kind of high-ranking tycoon has played the edge of the law, but that the Eastern Han Dynasty did not prohibit merchants and their children from serving as officials as strictly restricted as the Western Han Dynasty, and the government's official positions also opened houses for merchants, and the ruler did not reject the appointment of merchants, let alone discriminate because he had a merchant background.

Why this happens, tracing the source, is because Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty regime, before he made his career, his business was prominent, and he should be classified as a high-ranking and powerful person. Another example is Li Tong, who is a family of merchants with the surname of goods, and was later appointed by Liu Xiu as the chief secretary.

In such a society, unless Zhang Fei is really forced to make a living and finally end up in the city, as long as he is smarter, he will appear as a high-ranking and powerful person, of course, whether it is this era or at the same time, Zhang Fei's luck is good, he met Liu Lan and Liu Bei, otherwise, he may not be the first town in Guanxi.

Liu Lan strode into the Pingyuan County meeting room accompanied by Yan Zhi, the meeting room faces south and north, and on both sides of the main hall is the kneeling seat where the guests sit, a total of six seats are arranged, but there are only two people seated, nodding to the two people in the room, Liu Lan walked from it to the main seat and sat down, and at the same time signaled Yan Zhi to serve tea for the two of them.

During this period, Liu Lan secretly looked up at the two of them, there was a young man sitting on the right side, around twenty-five or sixteen years old, fresh and handsome, with an extraordinary appearance, he should be a beautiful young man, and on the left side sat an elder, with white temples and a tiger body and a bear waist, just this glance He laughed in his heart, that pair of eagle eyes like him, Liu Lan is still unforgettable.

took a sip of the tea cup handed by Yan Zhi before he smiled and said, "The tea is good, you can also taste it!" (To be continued......)