Qingzhou, Beihai County, in the Thorn History Mansion, Yuan Tan was pacing back and forth, his brows were furrowed on his resolute face, his eyes were also flickering, sometimes sad, sometimes happy, sometimes fearful, there seemed to be something important in his heart that was difficult to decide, in addition, there was a small pocket in front of him, and there was a person standing!

The small pocket contains the best refined salt, the color is white and translucent, fine as sand, bright as crystal, there is no impurity in it, such refined salt is only enjoyed by large households, and it can be called the price of gold!

Qingzhou is located on the coast, there is also a tradition of 'boiling sea salt', but here is too close to the mouth of the Yellow River, the water quality is turbid, and the sea salt boiled out is also a mess, almost half salt and half sand, eat it and stuff your teeth, sell it to reduce the price, in terms of appearance and taste, it is 108,000 miles different from the refined salt produced in Xuzhou!

Since the refined salt of Xuzhou came out, with the advantage of good quality and low price, almost swept the original sea salt market, north to Youyan, south to Wuyue, west to Guanzhong, everywhere is the shadow of this refined salt, people also gave it a nice name - 'Wuwu salt', and the same marketing around the 'Wuwu wine' go hand in hand, become the two most profitable commodities!

A flower blooms, a flower fails, Qingzhou's sea salt can not be sold at any price, and now it is squeezed by this 'worry-free salt', and no one cares, except for the poorest mountain people and the Huns on the grassland, basically no one wants this kind of inferior products with half sand and half salt, and if you can't sell the sea salt, you can't collect the money, and in less than half a year, Qingzhou's taxes have been reduced by about fifty percent, and it is still plummeting, and the worried Yuan Tan can't sleep day and night, and he loses his hair, and there is a tendency to decline before he gets old!

As for the person standing, thirty-seven or eighteen years old, medium build, slightly emaciated, long eyebrows, flat nose and sharp mouth, plus a dark expression, living like a fox into a sperm, it is none other than the fish that slipped through the net~~ Chen Deng!

A few months ago, the metropolitan governor Xiao Yi led the troops to wash Guangling County in blood, uprooted the power of the Chen family, hundreds of men and women in the clan, all beheaded to show the public, Chen Deng was in Xuzhou City at that time, after getting the news, like five thunderbolts, the official position was also lost, and his wife was gone, riding a fast horse, escaping the Yellow River alone, and defecting to the Qingzhou Thorn Yuan Tan, becoming an idle guest secretary, and living in secret!

These days, Chen Deng has only done two things, the first is to curse the big enemy who destroys the door, that is really scolding during the day, hating at night, and specially inviting a wizard to play Gu, just the little puppet with the name of 'Xiao Yi' on it has been broken seven or eight, and the result has no effect at all, that Xiao Dadu Governor is not sick or disaster-free, and he is getting more and more energetic, but it is Chen Deng himself, who is overly worried, has lost weight several times, and has a serious illness, and almost returned to the West!

In this regard, the wizard gave an explanation, "The Metropolitan Governor you cursed is the 'Greedy Wolf Star Monarch' in the sky, who is specifically in charge of killing in the world, no matter how many people he kills, there will be no cause and effect, so it is useless to curse Gu, it will only eat himself, and it will be difficult to save his life!" ”

Since the curse is useless, Chen Deng began the second thing, looking for an opportunity, casting a three-inch incorruptible tongue, instigating Yuan Tan to raise troops to go south and attack Xuzhou, trying to borrow the quick knife of the Yuan family to avenge himself and reinvigorate the prestige of the Chen family!

Of course, Yuan Tan, as the eldest son of the Yuan family, has a resolute personality and is not incompetent, otherwise how can he govern a state, if you want to encourage him to raise troops to go south, there must be great temptation, and what Chen Deng took out was ~~ refined salt!

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"The world's refined salt, out of Xuzhou, just half a year, has been sold all over the Han Dynasty, earned back a lot of money, not to mention tens of millions, the eldest prince is in charge of Qingzhou, recruiting troops and horses, accumulating grass and grain, the cost is huge, if you can capture Xuzhou, take the refined salt production area, it is equivalent to having an inexhaustible way of wealth, you must know, there is money to do things!"

Chen Dengren gave the nickname 'Chen Fox', he was witty and cunning, and naturally understood how to move people's hearts, so the first bait he threw was ~~ money!

The eyes are black, the silver is white, who in the world doesn't love money, when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was the son of heaven, he also did the thing of selling officials in order to collect money, not to mention a mere Yuan Tan!

"What Mr. said is somewhat reasonable, but the Yuan and Cao families have been facing each other across the Yellow River, although there are some small battles, but they are generally peaceful, and they have never handed over swords, if this son rashly sends troops, I am afraid that the harmony of the two families will be broken, and my father is not easy to explain!"

Yuan Tan shook his head slightly, although he also coveted the huge wealth brought by refined salt, but provoked a war between the two princes, this responsibility was too heavy, and he didn't want to bear it!

"The eldest prince is reasonable, provoking a war, but it is a great responsibility, but since ancient times, the two males have not stood side by side, as the so-called 'there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the people', between Yuan and Cao, sooner or later there will be a big war, this truth Cao thief understands, Yuan Gong also understands!

Now Yuan Gong let the three sons each take charge of a state, the eldest prince leads Qingzhou, and the third prince sits in Jizhou, which seems fair and reasonable, but when it comes to land, population, money and grain, soldiers and ......horses, Qingzhou is far inferior to Jizhou, if it goes on like this for a long time, the third prince will inevitably gain power, and the eldest prince will be willing to be a minister?

The land of the five counties of Xuzhou, with a large population, rich money and food, is a place where the soldiers of the north and the south must fight, if they can control it in their hands, and take this as the foundation, the things of the world are promising! ”

Chen Deng knew very well that the open and secret battles between the sons of the Yuan family were to the point of life and death, and he didn't believe that Yuan Tan would be willing to bow down, so he threw out the second bait~~ right!

"What the gentleman said is very true!" Yuan Tan didn't shake his head this time, in terms of strength, Qingzhou is far inferior to Jizhou, so in the competition for the storage position, he has always been at a disadvantage, plus his father dotes on the third brother, takes him with him, teaches by word and deed every day, and the meaning of establishing a reserve is very obvious, if there is such a day, I am afraid that I will ~~

If he can take Xuzhou, he will be in control of the land of the two states, and he will not be slightly worse than Yuan Shang in terms of strength, and even stronger, at that time, when his father chooses to establish a reserve, he will have to think twice, and take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Yuan Shang is really on the throne, he can still divide the two states of Qing and Xu, fight against the court, and stand on his own!

"However, Xiao Yi is a famous general in the world, superb in martial arts, and good at using soldiers, and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry under his command is invincible and invincible. Although he was tempted, Yuan Tan still knew that he was fighting against 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang', wasn't that going to die?

"Although the ghost-faced Xiao Lang is a little brave, but this person is brutal and unkind, and he is a murderer, and the Xuzhou Shi clan has long hated him, if the eldest prince leads the troops south, the villain is willing to contact those big scholars, and he will be able to win in one battle!"

Speaking of Xiao Yilai, Chen Deng's teeth are three inches long, and he also knows how powerful this enemy is to destroy the door, if it is usual, he would not dare to go to Xuzhou to make trouble if he has the guts, but now~~

"The eldest prince can know that in the battle of Wancheng, tens of thousands of Cao soldiers were killed and wounded, and their spirit was exhausted, and now Xiao Yi led the Xuanjia Army to sit in Xuchang, and was busy helping Cao Thief stabilize the situation, and he was not in Xuzhou, so he took this opportunity to send troops!

In addition, although Xiao Yi is not there, but his confidante 'Fifth Son' lives in Pengcheng, this woman is beautiful and fragrant, known as the best in the world, and is good at financial management, she is a first-class virtuous helper, does the eldest prince have no intention of calling? ”

There is nothing bad about men, not to mention that the Yuan family and the Zhen family have long had the intention of marrying, one party is Yuan Tan, and the other party is Zhen Mi, but unfortunately this big beauty walked fast and ran to Xuzhou, but Xiao Yi was cheapened in vain, so the two of them have 'hatred of taking their wives', which is also the third bait prepared by Chen Deng~~ color!

Manly, big husband, there are two things that must not be tolerated, one is the hatred of killing the father, and the other is the hatred of taking the wife!

And for Yuan Tan, the latter is more important than the former, Zhen Mi is his dream wife, originally the two families have discussed it properly, who knows that the boiled duck suddenly flew and flew into Xiao Yi's bowl, is it bearable, which is unbearable?

"Eldest prince, send troops, conquer Xuzhou, recapture the beauty, and let everyone in the world see your invincible demeanor!" Chen Deng was also excited, God blessed, his chance to take revenge has finally come!

"Xiao Lang, you deceive people too much!" Yuan Tan's face turned red, he drew his sword in his hand, pointed to the south, his teeth clucked, and finally spit out four words for a long time...... "Let's discuss this matter again!" ”

Discuss again, that is, to discuss again, to discuss, to discuss, to study and study, to consider ......, in a word, the matter of sending troops to Xuzhou has to be very heavy!

Chen Deng ......, spit blood in his mouth, and fell to the ground, "I spent a lot of words and countless thoughts, in exchange for such a result, it is really infuriating, Yuan Shao, you dominate Hebei, known as the head of the 'Ten Princes', how did you give birth to a son like a stupid pig and a stupid cow, hey......"