Wan County, Nanyang County, Jingzhou.

As Li Yi said, Yuan Shu was very dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's becoming the leader of the alliance, or even more dissatisfied, it could be said that he was angry. After all, he was full of hostility to Yuan Shao from a very young age. But now, Yuan Shao has become the leader of this coalition army!

Just like Cai Yan said, among these local heroes who responded to the call and joined the crusade against Dong Zhuo, if you want to choose an alliance leader, then only the children of the Yuan family can serve as it. In this way, there are naturally only two people, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

In Yuan Shu's view, the position of the alliance leader is very important, and the future head of the Yuan family, the person who replaces Dong Zhuo after defeating Dong Zhuo, are all the benefits that can be brought after becoming the alliance leader.

Therefore, Yuan Shu was so anxious that he even did not hesitate to receive Sun Jian's letter, and asked him to help kill Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Zhang Shi, the Shou of Nanyang County, in order to obtain a power that was comparable to Yuan Shao or even surpassed him.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't give Yuan Shu this opportunity, although Yuan Shu has been trying to delay until now, but he has only recruited less than 3,000 soldiers. With this amount of troops, how can it prevent Yuan Shao from ascending to the throne? It can even be said that if it weren't for Yuan Shu's identity, those local forces involved in the crusade against Dong Zhuo would not have paid attention to him at all.

"Bastard! In this way, even if I win, then Yuan Ben didn't want to press on my head?! Yuan Shu scolded indignantly.

"The lord doesn't need to worry, according to the news, Dong Zhuo is now constantly recruiting troops in Sili, and he even let Liangzhou Ma Teng and Han Sui lead the army to Beijing. In this way, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo's troops will exceed 200,000 by then. This kind of army is not something that can be defeated in a short period of time, so the lord only needs to wait with peace of mind. On the side, Yang Hong, the elder of Yuan Shu, persuaded respectfully.

"That's right, and the position of the leader of the alliance is not so easy to do. Once anything goes wrong, Yuan Benchu's reputation will definitely be damaged! At that time, it will be the lord's chance! The main bookkeeper, Yan Xiang, also echoed.

Hearing the words of the two, Yuan Shu's mood calmed down a little, and he looked at the two of them and asked in a deep voice, "Then what should I do now?" ”

"Wait! Wait for that Sun Jian to kill Zhang Zhi! At that time, with the prestige of the lord, he will definitely be able to take Nanyang and even the entire Jingzhou in one fell swoop. At that time, the lord who will sit on the entire Jingzhou, and in fact, Yuan Benchu can be compared? Yang Hong replied respectfully.

"And when Yuan Benchu became the leader of the alliance, he would definitely be eager to make a contribution, and the lord only needed to wait for him to make a mistake. In addition, when the time comes, the lord can also win over the Yuzhou assassin Shi Kong Ling, as long as Yuzhou is taken again, even if Yuan Benchu is still the leader of the alliance, what can he do? Yan Xiang also said.

"Well, that's it!" Yuan Shu nodded, and then said with a cold expression, "That counselor, if you neglect me like this, then I, Yuan Highway, will definitely pay back twice!" ”

Well, obviously Yuan Shu was angry with Brother Zhang Zhi, in fact, although Zhang Shu was unwilling to offend Dong Zhuo, he did not interfere with Yuan Shu's recruitment in Nanyang. It can even be said that most of the money and food consumed by Yuan Shu when recruiting troops was given by Zhang Zhi.

However, many times this is the case, people who don't stand in line are the easiest to be hated, not to mention Yuan Shu, who is not very strong in the first place.

With Yuan Shao becoming the leader of the alliance, the Dong Alliance was also officially established. At the same time, in order to dominate everyone in the name, Yuan Shao went to the court to express himself as a chariot general. There's no way, who made Li Yi's General Fei an official rank of 2,000 stones? If Yuan Shao still holds the title of Bohai County Guard, how can he take it for granted that he is the commander of the group?

At the same time, Yuan Shao went to the imperial court and recommended Cao Cao, the initiator of the alliance, as the general of Fenwu, well...... That is, a miscellaneous general with an official rank of two thousand stones. This action, in the eyes of Li Yi and even everyone, was completely Yuan Shao's trick to win over the Yanzhou forces. After all, in addition to Li Yi and Yuan's protégés, the only forces in the alliance were Yanzhou with Cao Cao and his friend Zhang Miao and others.

However, for these, Li Yi is actually still very disdainful, "Shangshu Imperial Court...... Isn't it just to make yourself an official? Shall I also make myself a general? Li Yi thought speechlessly.

Yes, although Yuan Shao said that he was in charge of the imperial court, but now that the imperial court is under the control of Dong Zhuo, how could he give Yuan Shao an official? Everyone knows this, but this does not prevent them from changing their title to Yuan Shao as "Yuan Cheqi".

On the other side, there is no such thing as a state.

In the kitchen, Diao Chan and Du Yue were preparing their evening meals. Before Du Yue came, the meals in Wushuang Mansion were all prepared by Diao Chan, although Li Yi had recruited a few cooks, but after Diao Chan learned their skills, he dismissed them and went into battle in person. In her words, she hopes that Li Yi's three meals a day will be prepared by herself.

Speaking of which, in this era, the vast majority of people belong to the two-meal system, the morning food after sunrise, also called gluttony, and the evening food after sunset, called 飧.

However, in fact, the three-meal system appeared as early as the Warring States Period, and in the Han Dynasty, it became a system. However, nowadays, there are not many people who abide by this three-meal system, after all, the family always likes to follow the trend, and some of the luxurious lives of the princes and nobles may not be learned, but they can't learn to eat three meals a day?

Of course, Li Yi's side is purely because he is used to it, and under his influence, Lu Bu and the others have also become accustomed to three meals a day, even the flying cavalry camp and the trapping camp under his command. This is one of the reasons why many people want to join these two forces. After all, in an era when many people can barely eat their stomachs, they can eat three meals a day here? That's the life you've ever dreamed of.

"Hehe, Sister Yue's craftsmanship is really good, and she is beautiful, no wonder the owner fell in love with you after eating it once." Smelling the fragrance emanating from the country, Diao Chan said with a smile.

"The mink steward laughed, the servant just knows how to cook some wine and food." When Du Yue heard this, she lowered her head and responded shyly.

Although Diao Chan is only 14 years old this year, because of Li Yi's favor and Diao Chan's own efforts, he has now become a very outstanding steward of the Wushuang Mansion. From the management of personnel in the government to the expenses of money, all of them are handled by Diao Chan.

And no one in the house dares to have an opinion on this, on the one hand, because Diao Chan has handled these things very well, and on the other hand, it is also because all the subordinates know very well that Diao Chan will become Li Yi's woman sooner or later. In this case, who would dare to trouble Diao Chan?

Listening to Du Yue's words, looking at Du Yue's graceful figure, a meaningful smile appeared on Diao Chan's face, and then came to Du Yue's side and asked in a coquettish voice, "Sister Yue, I heard that Ling Fu is now working as a steward in the ranch?" ”

"yes." Du Yue responded softly when she heard this, but there was a hint of grievance in her tone.

Diao Chan heard it, and the smile on his face was even worse, and he immediately chatted with Du Yue, but between the words, it was more around Qin Yilu and Li Yi.