I have to say that Li Yi has a lot of trust in Xun Yuke, because the next day, Li Yi piled Jian Ce, who couldn't put down the table, in front of Xun Yu under Xun Yu's sluggish expression.

Then, Li Yi lightly dropped the words "Wen Ruo, everything is please", and left flutteringly. And the Jian Ce that was piled up in front of Xun Yu completely blocked his realization, and finally had to pick up one of the volumes with a wry smile and look at it.

Well, I wonder if he is starting to regret taking refuge in Li Yi? But Li Yi was obviously very happy about Xun Yu's arrival, after all, he could finally have a real rest. Although Li Yi still has talents such as Fu Zhu and Tian Feng under his account, they have all been sent out, so now, only Guo Jia, Xia Houlan and a few others are left by Li Yi's side.

And Guo Jia is not good at government affairs, and Xia Houlan's ability is limited, which leads to Li Yi having to be busy with various government affairs every day, and there is no respite at all. But now, Xun Yu is here! The awesome man who is almost full of politics in the game is here! In Li Yi's impression, the real Wang Zuozhi came! Therefore, Li Yi was very unkind and threw most of the things to Xun Yu.

Of course, Li Yi can't really throw everything to Xun Yu, and he will be the shopkeeper completely, after all, he doesn't want Xun Yu to be a great talent, just like Zhuge Liang in history, although he has a genius, he died of overwork.

"Now that Wen Ruo is here, wait until next year Ah Shu and Ah Ling will be able to come down again, hehe, I will finally be able to relax." Lying on the rocking chair with Cai Yan in his arms, enjoying Cai Qing's feeding and Qiao Xin's massage, Li Yi thought happily.

Early October.

"Oh? Yuan Shao wants to make peace with me? Li Yi looked at Xun Yu and muttered strangely.

"Yes, the envoy sent by Yuan Cheqi this time is the brother of his subordinates, and I think he guessed that his subordinates have taken refuge in the lord. However, in this way, it proves even more that Yuan Cheqi has the heart to negotiate peace with the lord. Xun Yu said respectfully.

"Lord, my subordinates agreed to negotiate peace with Yuan Cheqi, after all, with the current situation on the lord's side, it is temporarily impossible to send troops. In this case, it is better to sell the other party a face, and even get some benefits from it......" Guo Jia said with a chuckle.

Guo Jia's words are also Li Yi's thoughts, since Liu Bei has already negotiated peace with Yuan Shao, and he can't continue to send troops to Jizhou, it seems that it is not bad to sell Yuan Shao a face.

However, what Li Yi didn't expect was that Yuan Shao not only came to negotiate peace this time, but also prepared to trade with Li Yi.

"Yuan Cheqi wants to buy a horse?!" Li Yi looked at Xun Chen strangely, with a hint of indescribable tone.

"Exactly! That Black Mountain Zhang Yan was a thief, and he actually sent troops to attack all parts of Jizhou. And in order to better crusade against Dong thieves in the future, Yuan Cheqi hoped that the prince could sell some war horses to form a strong cavalry. Xun Chen said respectfully.

Not long ago, Yuan Shao listed Zhang Yan's many sins and asked the imperial court to deprive him of his official rank. Of course, this is just a procedure, and no matter how the imperial court replies, it can't stop Yuan Shao from redefining Zhang Yan as a traitor.

In Yuan Shao's words, he couldn't defeat Liu Bei and Li Yi quickly, couldn't he still get a mere Zhang Yan?! Of course, Yuan Shao wanted to buy a horse not to deal with Zhang Yan, but to deal with Gongsun Zhan. After all, there are many cavalry in Youzhou, although Koyi defeated Gongsun Zhan's white horse Yicong several times, it does not mean that Yuan Shao can ignore Gongsun Zhan's cavalry threat.

"Hmm...... Naturally, it is not impossible to sell horses, but now there are not many war horses in the state, and there are not many war horses in the state, plus it is necessary to guard against Dong Zhuo's side, and Benhou is preparing to expand the scale of the cavalry recently......" Li Yi said with a look of embarrassment. These are naturally Li Yi's excuses, and the state lacks horses? Something simply impossible! You must know that almost all the livestock used in the reclamation of land in Shuofang and other counties in Bingzhou are horses rather than cattle.

Of course, the horses that plough the fields are all inferior horses, and even if they are not used to plough the fields, they can only pull goods and carts, and it is impossible to use them as war horses. The reason why Li Yi said this was just that he didn't want to sell the horse to Yuan Shao. Selling Zhang Yan, that's because Li Yi didn't take Zhang Yan in his eyes at all, but sold it to Yuan Shao? Wouldn't that be asking for trouble for yourself?!

Seeing this, Xun Chen's expression did not change at all, and it seemed that he had already guessed that Li Yi would say this, "Why should the prince be in the middle?" Although Zhang Yan's transaction with the prince is secret, it is not unknown to anyone......" Xun Chen looked at Li Yi and said lightly.

"That was before, and at that time, there was no shortage of war horses in the state...... Some time ago, there was a sudden epidemic in Bingzhou, and many war horses died of illness......" Li Yi said with a calm expression.

Hearing Li Yi's words, let alone Xun Chen, even Xun Yu and Guo Jia on the side couldn't help but lower their heads, because they were worried that if they raised their heads, Xun Chen would see the unbearable smile on their faces. There's no way, Li Yi's words are so fake that you don't even need to think about it.

After all, who doesn't know that there hasn't been any outbreak in the state over the years? And the plague doesn't come sooner or later, Yuan Shao wants to buy a horse here, and there is a plague in the pasture over there? And also specifically challenging horse infection?

"My father-in-law is willing to double the price of that Yanchu!" When Xun Chen heard this, he looked at Li Yi and said in a deep voice, "Please believe that my lord is sincere in buying a horse!" And compared to that Zhang Yan, my lord can trade more things with the prince, and I think about it......"

"Uh...... Are you sure you're willing to pay twice as much? Hearing this, Li Yi looked at Xun Chen strangely, and Guo Jia and Xun Yu on the side also had the same expression.

Seeing this, Xun Chen's calm expression finally changed, although he knew that Li Yi and Zhang Yan had been trading war horses, but he didn't know what the specific price was. After all, Zhang Yan suffered such a big loss, how could she spread it everywhere?

"I don't know...... How much higher is that Zhang Yan than the market price......" Xun Chen asked with some hesitation, but the confidence just now was completely gone.

"Not much...... Ten times. ”

At that moment, the entire room was silent, and only Li Yi's fluttering words remained.

Nanpi County, Bohai County.

"Bastard! Is he Li Yi crazy or is that Zhang Yan crazy?! A war horse is ten times higher than the market price?! Are all his horses made of gold?! Why didn't he grab it?! Yuan Shao roared angrily, because he couldn't help it. Ten times? If it's twice as high, that's twenty times! Coupled with the crazy rise in prices now, even Yuan Shao, who doesn't have much concept of money, can't help but feel a little dizzy after hearing the price of a war horse.

"That ......" Xun Chen looked at Yuan Shao cautiously.

"Don't buy it! Could it be that I, Yuan Shao, can't handle that Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan without a war horse?! When I take Youzhou, are you still worried that there is no war horse?! Yuan Shao shouted angrily.