Cao Ang now feels that as long as he sees Yuan Yun, then everything that happened before will get better, especially the mood at this moment, with Yuan Yun's appearance, he slowly has a smile on his face.

Dian Man was more direct than Cao Ang, strode up directly, and then patted Yuan Yun's shoulder vigorously, followed by a big hug, although these few actions made Yuan Yun on the other side frown, but he smiled very happily.

Soon, the three brothers sat in Yuan Yun's frame, Xiao Liu shouted, and thousands of people began to drive towards Luoyang City, and those ironclad guards who were armed to the teeth also stepped on the war horses, even their war horses were wearing a thick layer of armor, making the whole team look like a torrent of steel.

"When I was in Yecheng, many people heard that Ma Chao and Han Sui planned to make trouble again, so they began to impeach me, saying that my previous capture of Xiliang was a fake, so as to invite credit to the imperial court, as a result, Brother Yun's hard work for a few months, let these people all shut up, and my father even rewarded Luoyang again, this time I came back, and also brought back several official positions from the imperial court, and your retainer Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong and Zhao Yun were rewarded." Cao Ang still had a smile on his face as he spoke.

Yuan Yun pursed his lips when he heard half of it, and said, "Don't pick up all the good things, tell me now, there is any bad news." ”

Cao Ang's face darkened in an instant, and he said with a wry smile: "Father plans to let our soldiers enter Jingzhou, it is best to tear a hole over there, so that Liu Bei and Sun Ce can focus their attention, and I received another news, that is, Liu Bei's conscription in Yizhou has increased again, this time it has reached 400,000, Jingzhou is also like Yizhou, began to requisition a large number of people and soldiers, the two states are almost all soldiers, but the requisitioned soldiers in these two states are high-spirited, obviously brainwashed by Liu Bei, and now we Luoyang invaded Jingzhou, It's bound to be the worst time. ”

Yuan Yun touched his chin, and after thinking for a long time, he replied: "Now attacking Jingzhou, it is not impossible for us to defeat, although the other party has a large number of people, but the soldiers are not sophisticated, we must be able to win, but to maintain the territory occupied for a long time, it will be too difficult, just like Cao Ang Shizi said, those people have almost been brainwashed by Liu Bei, so even if we grab the land, it is difficult to maintain, and we can't kill all the local people, this is the problem." ”

Cao Ang nodded and said: "I think the same way, once our gunpowder army and Cao Hong of Wancheng jointly attack, with our combat strength, we will definitely be able to break through, but no matter how fast we attack, once someone in the territory we have just conquered is disturbed, our soldiers on the front line will be in danger." ”

Yuan Yun thought about it for a while, and felt that this matter could not be solved at all for the time being, so he could only shake his head and said with a smile: "For the battle launched in Jingzhou, we must use procrastination, and we can only maintain the battle line within a hundred miles south of Wancheng, and then we will wait patiently, waiting for the enemy to be unable to bear it by himself." ”

Cao Ang sighed and said: "Before, Brother Yun asked me to withdraw all the money villages in the south, and began to block the trade routes over there on a large scale, I don't know if this method can work, if it doesn't work, we can only launch a surprise attack on the hinterland of Jingzhou, hoping to hit Xiangyang in one breath and end Liu Qi's so-called rule, or we can be lucky to catch Liu Bei, so that the war can be completely ended, otherwise it will be a protracted battle." ”

Yuan Yun heard Cao Ang say this, just looked outside the car, and at this moment he had already entered Luoyang City, looking at the rows of merchants, who were introducing trucks or camel caravans into the inner city, and there was a large queue at the gate of the money village at the gate of the city, all of whom were ready to exchange silver tickets.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Yuan Yuncai's mouth raised slightly, and said: "It will be successful, let's be patient for a while, once there is a shortage of money in the economy of the south, there will be a soaring price rise, before because of the emergence of our money bank, many local governments have long stopped making money, everyone is almost using our silver tickets, this time we will draw out the money in the south, it will inevitably make the business over there chaotic, once this chaos can be expanded, I guarantee that it is more terrifying than the military disaster." ”

At this time, Dian Man had already drunk a pot of wine, burped, and then said: "There is still some time to go before the war to attack Jingzhou, and we should be more concerned about the north in the near future, Brother Yuan's protégé Cao Zhang is on the expedition for the first time, and I don't know if this little guy is okay?" ”

Yuan Yun was stunned and puzzled: "Why do you still want to use troops against the north on a large scale now?" ”

Dianman smiled and said: "Brother Yuan proposed to let the Karasuma people deal with the Xianbei tribe before, and now the Xianbei tribe has begun to provoke us earlier than we expected, and the people in the border area are now not lightly harmed by the Xianbei people, and Gongsun Kang of Liaodong also seems to have deliberately closed his eyes and allowed these Xianbei people to plunder in our territory."

When I was on an envoy to the Karasuma people, Lou Ban, who had our support, soon became the new Shan Yu, and now he has unified most of the Karasuma people again, and after hearing this, he took the initiative to ask for a crusade against the Xianbei tribe on behalf of the imperial court, so in order to cooperate with this crusade, General Lejin was ordered to become the general of the expedition to the north, and Cao Zhang was his lieutenant general, and the 20,000 soldiers we trained in Yecheng were the orthodox to start another northern expedition. ”

Yuan Yun smiled when he heard this, and said, "This is Cao Zhang's fate, it seems that he is destined to find his place in the Northland and establish an immortal merit from now on." ”

Dian Man also smiled and said: "Cao Zhang, this little guy, is born with a strange strength, and he has practiced equestrianism diligently in the past few years, but he is also decent, but I am not as optimistic about this kid as Brother Yuan, and it is estimated that General Dele Jin has a headache." ”

Yuan Yun's smiling face was still maintained, and then he said lightly: "I bet that Cao Zhang will inevitably impress everyone in this Northern Expedition." ”

Cao Ang was stunned when he heard this, and wondered: "Why is Brother Yun so optimistic about my brother Zhang?" ”

Yuan Yun patted his chest confidently and said, "Because he was taught by me, of course I know how powerful he is." ”

Dian Man immediately rolled his eyes when he heard this, and sneered: "You as a teacher probably can't even pull up a two-stone bow, the disciples you teach are visible, don't talk nonsense when you go out, lest you laugh off your big teeth." ”

The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth instantly raised slightly, and he looked at Dian Man and said, "Do you want to make a bet with Lao Tzu?" ”

Dian Man raised his neck very unconvinced, and said, "What are you betting on?" ”

Yuan Yun touched his chin, and then replied: "Our trade with the Karasuma people was originally 40% for Brother Cao Ang, and the rest of my Yuan Mansion and your pawn family accounted for 30% each, if you lose, then I and Brother Cao Ang will both account for 40%, and your pawn will only account for 20%, in other words, if I lose, it will be like your pawn." ”

Dian Man was overjoyed in an instant, stretched out his big hand, and said, "A gentleman's word!" ”

Yuan Yun decisively slapped it and laughed: "Whip the horse quickly!" ”

After flickering around, Yuan Yun turned his head to Cao Ang again with a smile, and then said flatteringly: "Brother Cao Ang is also going to make a bet with me, the bet is not much, and you will also contribute a part of the red, how about it?" ”

Cao Ang's understanding of Yuan Yun is obviously much richer than that of Dian Man, at this moment, he only looked at the cunning in Yuan Yun's eyes, and immediately felt that Yuan Yun had always been the master of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, since he dared to guarantee that Cao Zhang would have outstanding performance in this Northern Expedition, then he must be very sure.

After thinking about it, Cao Ang glanced at the still proud pawn with pity, and then waved his hand at Yuan Yun, and said: "Don't gamble, He Yao has always told me that the house is spending a lot of money now, let me get more money, so my forty percent is enough, I don't want to increase or decrease." ”

Yuan Yun instantly moved his cheeks like a deflated ball, and secretly scolded himself for being too proud, but his Oscar-like acting skills were not played, otherwise Cao Ang would not have been fooled, so he felt very unhappy when he thought about it, and planned to work harder, and then trick Cao Ang into adding a part of the money to gamble.

Cao Ang really didn't want to be entangled by Yuan Yun at the moment, so he changed the topic and asked, "In my absence, everything is still going well in Luoyang?" ”

After sitting down again, Yuan Yun glanced at the ceiling of the carriage, and finally said in a low voice: "On the days when you are not there, Cao Chong is taking care of Luoyang City Commander, and I am mostly idle at home. ”

Cao Ang instantly became nervous, and said in disbelief: "What? How old is Cao Chong, how can Brother Yun be so confused, how can such a villain take care of Luoyang's position as the city commander? ”

Seeing Cao Ang so nervous, Yuan Yuncai felt a little more comfortable, because Cao Ang was not fooled just now, and felt that he had pulled back a game, so he continued to reply lightly: "Cao Chong is not small, if he is an ordinary family, he will have to marry a wife, and Luoyang handed it over to him, I don't think there is anything wrong, on the contrary, this little guy is very careful and cautious in everything, and there is no problem at all." ”

Dianman didn't believe it at this time: "Can Cao Chong be the city commander of Luoyang?" This is a big deal, so many businessmen, as well as many things in Chang'an, Hongnong, Hanzhong, and Xiliang, how can he do it as a little guy? Brother Yuan is really a little nonsense. ”

Yuan Yun smiled, then looked at Dian Man and said, "Do you want to make another bet with me?" ”

Seeing that Yuan Yun was so sure, Dian Man's heart suddenly stirred, and then he realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the bet, and there was always a feeling that he was in Yuan Yun's dag again.

This will make Cao Ang also calm down, thinking of Yuan Yun's personality, and suddenly realized that maybe Cao Chong really took care of Luoyang very well, otherwise Yuan Yun would not be able to hide at home so leisurely and be lazy.

Haha laughed, Cao Ang was really happy that he had such a powerful brother, and Dianman began to be secretly distressed, just now with a stick of incense, he lost the pawn's business, and now he feels pain when he thinks about it.

Yuan Yun saw that the two of them finally stopped asking about Cao Chong, so he leisurely opened the folding fan in his hand, and then said lightly: "In addition, I have also formed a new army, and I hope that Brother Cao Ang will not put it above official affairs in this matter, and I also hope that their future actions will be out of Luoyang's control." ”