Seeing Yuan Qing's unhappy face, Yuan Yun shook his head helplessly, this Yuan family has now become a handsome young man, and has inherited the appearance of his mother Cao Qinghe, no matter how you look at it, she is a little fresh meat that can charm thousands of girls, but under such a charming appearance, there is a military general's heart, so what he loves most on weekdays is to tinker with the long spear and short sword at home, but he doesn't care much about books.

The result of this is that the women in the back house unanimously jumped out to oppose it, after all, the eldest son will inherit the family business in the future, how can he not read more books? Is it really possible to solve the problem with fists in the future?

For example, if it is too peaceful today, everything is gradually returning to normal, and force is becoming less and less important, but Yuan Qing admires those brave generals the most, such as his uncle Cao Zhang, among the several uncles in Cao Mansion now, his favorite is also Cao Zhang, and he has always sneered at Cao Zhi's literary talents.

After Liu Yiyi taught a lesson, he sat down directly to the side, at this time, even Cao Qinghe, who had always been gentle, couldn't sit still, took Yuan Qing's hand and sighed, and then persuaded him to follow Cai Wenji more to study knowledge, instead of pestering Cao Zhangxue all day long to learn light skills.

Yuan Yun saw that Yuan Qing's face was getting redder and redder, so he could only sigh again, and then patted the little guy on the shoulder and said: "You like martial arts, Daddy will not object, everyone can choose their own path, but once they choose, they must implement it to the end, this is also the rule I set before, so Qing Bao'er has already made plans?" ”、

Yuan Qing heard his father say this, his eyes suddenly lit up, because he obviously felt that his father's words had a lot of encouragement, so he didn't hurry up to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The child has already set a big ambition, and in the future, he will also learn from Uncle Cao Zhang, so no matter how much bitterness the child can bear." ”

Yuan Yun listened to his son Yuan Qing's words, patted him on the shoulder again, and then said with a smile: "Since you are not joking, but have seriously considered it, then go and realize it, remember not to give up halfway, otherwise I will definitely look down on you, father." ”

Yuan Qing was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed to his father Yuan Yun, and then happily slipped out of the courtyard, leaving only a group of female dependents staring.

Yuan Qing just left, Zhen Mi came to Yuan Yun's side very unhappily, and then said angrily: "How can Yuan Lang be so indulgent to Qing Bao'er, he will inherit the family business in the future, now that he is young and does not follow the literary road, I am afraid that he will really become a reckless man in the future, how can the family business be handed over to him at that time?" ”

Yuan Yun smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and then turned to the tea sent by Qing'er, and then said: "This family business will not all be handed over to Qing Bao'er, I Yuan Yun don't have many children, whoever has the ability will be on it, always forcing a child who doesn't like these to be hard, I think it will only be counterproductive." ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun paused slightly, and after taking a sip of tea, he continued: "I see that Quan'er is very good at managing accounts and managing the family, and I can only rest assured that the family business is handed over to her." ”

As soon as Yuan Yun's words came out, the wives and concubines were even more surprised, it was an incredible thing to hand over the family business to Yuan Quan's daughter, where would anyone inherit the family business to their daughter?

Yuan Yun looked at the wives with wide eyes, quickly put down the teacup, and then hurriedly slipped out of Cao Qinghe's small courtyard, because if he stayed, he would have to talk for a long time, and there would be a few guests coming in a while, so he needed to prepare earlier.

When Yuan Yun finally set up all kinds of tea sets in the study, Xu Yi, Xiahou Nan, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Chong, and Guo Yi also arrived, and after everyone sat down around the tea table, it was naturally a warm frolic.

After Yuan Yun poured the tea for everyone, Cao Chong frowned and said, "Why don't you see Xiao Ai, every time you come to Yuan's mansion, you almost can't see him, isn't he busier than me?" ”

Yuan Yun glanced at Cao Chong angrily, and then said: "If you want to ask Xiao Ai what she is doing, just say directly, why do you have to talk in circles when you come to me?" ”

Cao Chong smiled, stopped talking, and waited for Yuan Yun to explain Deng Ai's whereabouts.

Yuan Yun thought for a moment, and then continued: "I sent Xiao Ai to discuss the conditions with the great monks of the White Horse Temple in the morning, and this meeting should still be in progress. ”

Cao Chong was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "Isn't it better to hand over this matter to Wu Yong, why do you want to use Xiao Ai?" ”

Yuan Yun said with a smile: "Because this is not doing business, but talking about cooperation, Xiao Ai is naturally on behalf of me, Xuanwei Hou, with this identity, those monks will be honest and obedient." ”

Xu Yi asked at this time, "What is Brother Yuan going to cooperate with those monks?" ”

Yuan Yun said with a smile: "I want the monks to buy a large amount of copper from Sima Yi so that it can be used to cast the Buddha." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Yun obviously saw that everyone became more confused, so he continued to explain: "In order to speculate on the price of copper, Sima Yi will inevitably buy a large number of copper coins, and these things are very troublesome to store.

And since the monks go to buy, Sima Yi always has to deliver the goods, so that we can have a target to loot, which is much more convenient than us going to Sima Yi's copper hiding place everywhere. ”

Xiahou Nan said with some objections at this time: "How could the monks agree to this request, after all, Sima Yi is not a master who can be easily offended in Luoyang now, did those monks eat the bear's heart and leopard gall?" ”

Yuan Yun continued to explain with a smile: "In the first half of the year, I finally collected the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" that was lost in various places, and I used this thing to do the transaction, and the monks promised that I would give it away, if I didn't agree, hum, Lao Tzu would choose a day to burn books in their White Horse Temple, as long as Lao Tzu burned the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" in front of many believers, I believe that the blow to them will be absolutely devastating, so their set of retribution will be completely ineffective." ”

Xiahou Nan began to laugh when he heard half of it, because this method is really inferior, it is equivalent to holding a handle to blackmail those monks, and there is really no need to worry about those monks not complying, after all, the influence of the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" among the Buddhist believers in the Central Plains is very huge, if Yuan Yun is really burned on the spot, there is no punishment from the Buddha afterwards, and it will immediately shake many believers.

"Let's not talk about the monks, can the veterans who ordered Xiao Zhang to contact be done?" Yuan Yun ignored Xiahou Nan, who was still laughing, and asked Cao Zhang directly.

Cao Zhang put down the teacup and replied: "I don't want so many people to still be attached to the battle array, many veterans are excited when they hear the news, and feel that they can't wait to set off today, so the number of 10,000 people who signed up quickly exceeded it, and it took less than half a month." ”

Yuan Yun nodded with satisfaction, looked at Cao Chong again, and said, "Are the paperwork for passing all the way ready?" ”

Cao Chong replied: "It's all implemented, the army will definitely be smooth all the way, and the officials along the way will also do a good job of reception, but they won't know the goal of this army, and now all the people in Yecheng are talking about the Son of Heaven, and no one pays attention to our side at all, so many things are very convenient." ”

Yuan Yun nodded with satisfaction again, and said: "I am also ready for military preparation, Xu Yi will have to worry about it later, the grain and grass must be sent out half a month in advance, and the hardest thing to do in the past is probably you." ”

Xu Yi smiled, and then hugged Xiahou Nan beside him and said: "Our two brothers are about to hold back the birds in Luoyang, this time we went to southern Xinjiang to play in the mountains and rivers, and the grain and grass escort is by the way, although Brother Yuan can rest assured." ”

At this time, Guo Yi also answered: "I will also participate in the escort of grain and grass, and this time I will also bring a group of Guo's craftsmen over first, so as to investigate the situation over there in advance, and when the mine is captured, the construction can start immediately, which will save a lot of time." ”

Yuan Yun finally let go of a big matter in his heart, and just wanted to continue to add tea to a few people, but he found that Cao Zhi looked unhappy, frowning and not knowing what he was thinking.

Cao Zhi saw that Yuan Yun was looking at him, and immediately touched his nose with some embarrassment, and said: "They all have things to do, why am I the only one who just eats and drinks with others every day, and I think I am very incompetent." ”

Yuan Yun smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Don't underestimate these eating and drinking, all our information channels depend on Xiao Zhi you, you accompany the children of the big families who come to Luoyang from all over the world all day long, and we can grasp a lot of important information from them, such as the news that you came back from the previous inquiry is very important, and those clans in the north seem to be more biased towards Sima Yi, otherwise they will not be hoarding copper coins together, this news is very important." ”

When Cao Zhi heard this, he suddenly came to his senses and said with a smile: "I was relieved when my brother-in-law said this, and I thought you thought I was useless, so you sent me away." ”

When Cao Zhang heard this, he laughed, patted Cao Zhi on the shoulder with his big hand, and then said: "Everyone does what they are good at, this is my brother-in-law's way of employing people. ”

Yuan Yun nodded, and then said loudly: "Those savages in southern Xinjiang are not strong in combat, they are just relying on the local environment, this time our army will be equipped with a lot of military doctors in the past, so those miasma diseases should no longer be a problem, so take the mine for a maximum of two months, and once the craftsmen of the Guo family are implemented, there will be a large amount of copper ore immediately."

Xiao Chong's machine was almost ready by then, and the mass production of copper coins would be very fast, and once these copper coins were shipped back to Luoyang, then Sima Yi and those northern nobles would be ruthlessly asked for a piece of meat by us.

It was also at that time that Sima Yi was forced to a dead end by us, and he would inevitably make a last ditch, so even if the copper mine succeeded, we must not take it lightly, and the real danger must be after the copper coins enter the market. ”