Speaking of which, in this era, although the status of the merchant is very low, there is no doubt that the merchant is very rich! After all, what in this world can make money faster than doing business? In fact, all the families and landlords, as long as they have the opportunity, will send those children of their families who cannot be officials to do business.

It's like the Li family, although they are only landlords, they are also suppliers of war horses in cooperation with the government.

It's just that although the landlords of the family are generally engaged in business, the scale and efficiency of doing business are obviously not the same, just as the landlords of the family also have the same difference in size.

The Zhen family in Hebei, the Wei family in Yanzhou, the Mi family in Xuzhou and the Lu family in Yangzhou are the four families that seem to be the most profitable in Li Yi's memory.

And the state, unfortunately, whether it is the Wang family or the Guo family, they are just doing some small business. But this is also something that can't be helped, after all, the business of Bingzhou itself is not very developed, except for war horses, there are no special products, and it is not a place that can breed wealthy merchants at all.

"If you have the chance, see if you can take the Zhen family over, huh...... You can also send a Zhen Mi ......," Li Yi thought to himself.

Well! Yes, the main thing is to win over the Zhen family, Zhen Mi or something, it's just incidental thinking, Li Yike never felt that he was a womanizer!

While waiting for Gongsun Zhan's reply, he was making a lot of transactions with Zhang Yan, and at the same time, Li Yi also asked Guo Jia to send the shadow department to infiltrate Jizhou to find out the information.

At this moment, four Confucian scholars arrived in Jinyang one after another. Two of them were Guan Ning and Wang Lie, who had rejected Bingyuan's solicitation before and were attracted by the Great Dao Academy.

"The two gentlemen are so talented, if they can be for me, it will be a great blessing for the people of Bingzhou." Li Yi looked at Guan Ning and Wang Lie and said respectfully.

"Junhou is polite, I can't wait for a country man, and I have learned some knowledge by luck, which is far from many talents under the command of Junhou." Guan Ning respectfully refused when he heard this.

"Alas, in that case, I don't force the two of you, now the Great Dao Academy is still in the Peerless City, if you want to go, I can arrange a carriage to send you there." Li Yi sighed when he heard this, but he didn't persuade him to say anything.

Because during this time, he also understood the character of these Confucian scholars, and if he said no, he really didn't want to. Well, the fact is that Li Yi was rejected by Hu Zhao and Handan Chun, who were also attracted by Dao Academy, not long ago.

Well? Three visits to the thatched house? Li Yi naturally didn't fail to do it to this extent, but if he thought about it carefully, although Liu Bei took care of the thatched house, in fact, he only really saw Zhuge Liang for the third time, and then Zhuge Liang followed Liu Bei out of the mountain. Not to mention that it's just a story in romance.

And having said that, even if Guan Ning and the others don't plan to go out, as long as they can stay in the Great Dao Academy, it is still a very good thing. As for whether they can stay, Li Yi is full of confidence. After all, for these Confucian scholars who were dedicated to their studies, was there anything more attractive than the Great Dao Academy? No! Handan Chun is like this, and so is Guan Ning and others!

At the same time, in Qingzhou, Liu Bei sent people to rush back from Youzhou, but they couldn't bring back Liu Yu's reply, "Infected with the wind and cold and didn't see it?" Liu Bei muttered strangely, then shook his head and smiled, "I see." ”

"Lord, what does Liu Youzhou mean, I'm afraid he plans to stay out of the matter, right?" Wang Xuan on the side said in a deep voice.

"Even if it's just staying out of the matter, that's enough to show Liu Youzhou's attitude." Hearing Wang Yu's words, Bing Yuan said with a chuckle.

"What Genju said is very true, Liu Youzhou is benevolent, righteous and kind, and naturally he is reluctant to use troops, but his current attitude is enough to show his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shao." Hearing this, Liu Bei nodded and smiled.

If Liu Yu really wanted to prevent Gongsun Zan from contacting them to crusade against Yuan Shao, it would naturally be impossible to avoid it. This reason seems to be quite clumsy, but whether it is for Liu Yu or Liu Bei, both sides have got the results they want. In this way, it is enough.

Subsequently, Liu Bei sent someone to reply to Gongsun Zhan, saying that he agreed to join the ranks of the crusade against Yuan Shao. It was more than ten days, and Li Yi, who got the news of Gongsun Zhan, naturally expressed his willingness to join the coalition army.

"What a Gongsun Zhan! I underestimated you......" Yuan Shao looked at the information in his hand and gritted his teeth and muttered to himself. The alliance that Gongsun Chan came up with to crusade against Yuan Shao was naturally impossible to hide from Yuan Shao. In fact, Yuan Shao had already vaguely guessed, after all, the troops gathered in the plains and Taiyuan and Shangdang were enough to show many problems.

"Don't panic, my lord, although Gongsun Chan has won over Li Yi and others, it seems that it is difficult for our side to resist, but in fact it is not the case." Xu You said with a chuckle.

"Oh? Ziyuan, what's the clever plan, hurry up~" Yuan Shao hurriedly asked when he heard this.

"Returning to the lord, among the people who Gongsun Zhan has wooed, Zhang Yan is just a remnant of the Yellow Turban, although he is known as a million army, but his subordinates guess that his real capable troops may not exceed 30,000 people." Xu You chuckled and said, "And Li Yi, although he is known as the world's number one general, is already short of soldiers and food, and because of the implementation of reforms, the state's tax revenue has dropped sharply. Coupled with Dong Zhuo, who has to guard against the division, it is unlikely that he will send too many troops. ”

Speaking of this, Xu You looked at Yuan Shao and said with a smile as if he was holding the chance of victory, "So my subordinates think that they only need to send a general to guard against Li Yi, even if Li Yi really mobilizes a large army to invade Wei County, as long as he defends the city to the death, there is no more than half a year, then Li Yi will not be able to capture Wei County at all!" ”

"My lord, what Ziyuan said is very true, and his subordinates suggested that they immediately send someone to contact the kings of Dingfu in Hanoi and the kings of Yanzhou. As long as they are willing to help, then they will definitely be able to contain Li Yi and Liu Bei's large number of troops. In this case, the lord only needs to quickly defeat that prince Sun Zhan, and if he wants to come to that Li Yi and Liu Bei, he will not continue to be the enemy of the lord. As soon as Xu You's voice fell, Xun Chen on the side opened his mouth and agreed.

"Good! Good! Just do what you say! Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, "Zhong Jian, order you to be the general, and immediately rush to Yecheng to beware of that Li Yi!" Gongwang, Gongzhi, you two assist Zhong Jian! In addition, Zhao Guo, Julu, Anping, Hejian and other counties and countries were ordered to pay attention to that Zhang Yan. Yuan Shao ordered Chun Yuqiong and the others.

"Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely block that Li Yi in Wei County!" Chun Yuqiong replied in a deep voice when she heard this.

"Yuancai, order you to be the general, and Jun Yi and Zhengnan will assist you, and you can go to Qinghe to defend Liu Bei." Yuan Shao looked at Gao Gan and ordered again.

"Yuan Tu, you go to Yanzhou in person and help me lobby the people in Yanzhou!" Yuan Shao looked at Feng Ji and said in a deep voice.

"No!"