Although there is no Guanzhong, Chang'an, the starting point of the Silk Road, is not under Zhang Yi's command, but it can transport Shu brocade from Hanzhong, and transport goods from Jingyang and Yangzhou from Hanshui, which can still support the Silk Road. It's just that the road is difficult, and the profit obtained will not be very high.

Zhang Yi has always wanted to restore the Silk Road, and even wanted to open the Maritime Silk Road. However, now the development of sea ships has reached a bottleneck, Meng Kang's shipbuilding technology has come to an end, Zhang Yi can only look forward to the development of Shen Kuo's science and technology, if Shen Kuo has a breakthrough here, maybe he can build a bigger ship. If he couldn't build a bigger ship, Zhang Yi would have to open up the commercial version of the largest warship and sell it to merchants in order to form the Maritime Silk Road.

But there is also a question here, that is, can the rest of the Maritime Silk Road really be profitable? Zhang Yi didn't know what could be earned in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa right now.

These are Zhang Yi's long-term plans, and they will obviously not be realized in the near future.

Wei Rui arrived at the street pavilion, and Yan Yan immediately handed over his command to Wei Rui. Yan Yan is just a general, but Wei Rui is a general that Zhang Yi values, although his official position is not big, he is just a partial general. But Yan Yan is not the same as before, he is just a general now. When Wei Rui was transferred, he was to serve as Xue Rengui's deputy, so Xue Rengui asked Wei Rui to attack Ji County.

Han Sui also took his subordinates, Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing and others to meet Wei Rui.

Wei Rui was very respectful to Han Sui, and said kind words to Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing and others. "Cao Cao is a person with complicated thoughts, and he has the skills to kill decisively. I know that Han Gong and Yan Jun both have families in Xuchang, but thinking that Ma Shoucheng was not at fault in Xuchang, Cao Cao forced Ma Mengqi to rebel, and then immediately killed Ma Shoucheng, which shows that his mind is vicious. Even if the two of you want to protect your family and choose to surrender, Cao Cao doesn't know when he will kill you. ”

Han Sui and the others looked at each other, and what Wei Rui said was very likely to happen. But they didn't care, because Wei Rui was too young to be convinced.

Wei Rui also knew this, and he didn't say anything more, if he wanted to prove himself, then he had to win a few battles.

At this time, Wei Rui suddenly received a letter from Cao Cao from both Han Sui and Yan Xing. Wei Rui knew that his opportunity had come.

Why did Cao Cao send a letter to these two? It must be an attempt to recruit them. As long as Han Sui's army defected, Cao Cao could enter Liangzhou through the street pavilion.

Han Sui was also surprised to receive Cao Cao's letter, because he saw the meaning of solicitation in Cao Cao's letter. Han Sui hurriedly summoned Cheng Gongying and asked, "Gong Cao's letter this time, Xu Wu's position as a lieutenant, let me fight against Wei Rui." ”

Cheng Gongying hurriedly persuaded: "The lord must not, Cao Cao has always been cunning. It was precisely because of the letter that Ma Chao and the lord had internal strife, and we were defeated and returned to Liangzhou. ”

"So what to do?" Han Sui asked.

"The lord should go to Wei Rui's camp in person to explain the relationship and clear up the misunderstanding." Cheng Gongying said.

Han Sui nodded, but said again: "Yan Ming (Yan Xing's character) also received a letter from Cao Cao, let him go with him!" ”

Cheng Gongying immediately went to call Yan Xing, but Yan Xing was a little reluctant. Yan Xing's father was a hostage in Xuchang, and he had a good relationship with his father, and he wanted to choose to surrender to Cao Cao and save his father's life.

In history, Han Sui also knew, so he let Yan Xing marry his daughter and become his son-in-law.

But now he really wanted to get rid of suspicion, and he didn't care much about Yan Xing at all, and he didn't see Yan Xing's unnaturalness.

When Wei Rui heard that Han Sui and the others were coming to ask for a meeting, he knew their intentions, and after inviting them in, he invited them to drink with great courtesy.

Han Sui immediately took out Cao Cao's letter in a sincere panic and said to Wei Rui: "General Wei, this is a letter from Cao Cao to me, he wants to trick me into surrendering. ”

After Wei Rui received the letter, he read it again, then handed it back to Han Sui and said: "Cao Cao is also whimsical, he used the letter to play Han Gong and Ma Mengqi before, and now he has this set, doesn't he know that the strategy is only the most powerful when it is used for the first time?" ”

After Han Sui heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and complimented Wei Rui: "General Wei is really discerning, and he can see at a glance that this is Cao Cao's strategy. ”

Wei Rui shook his hand and said, "Where, this is just Cao Cao's trick." He also sent people to Shouchun, wanting to persuade everyone to surrender. ”

Han Sui laughed a little, and then looked at Yan Xing with some surprise, "Yanming, didn't Cao Cao also write a letter to you?" ”

Only then did Yan Xing react, and hurriedly said, "Yes, the letter is here." ”

Wei Rui looked at Yan Xing's appearance and knew what he was thinking. He took the letter, put it on a few cases, and said to Yan Xing: "Yan Jun is a person of filial piety and a righteous gentleman. But Cao Cao likes to use people's weakness to deal with them, Yan Jun's father is in Xuchang, and he will threaten Yan Jun with Yan Jun's father at any time. I said before that if Yan Jun surrendered to the past, there would be no room for resistance at all, Cao Cao wanted to kill people, and Yan Jun's family could not be saved. ”

"Moreover, Yan Jun may not know my lord. My lord would never let his talents out to help the enemy. If Yan Jun makes up his mind to surrender, I can only be this wicked person and send Yan Jun to Shouchun to reunite with Wei Kang and the others. In that case, Yan Jun's father didn't know what kind of situation would happen. ”

After Yan Xing heard this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. His current trophies are just over 2,000, and he can't compare with Han Sui, let alone Zhang Yi's subordinates.

In the past two days, he has also seen the elite of Zhang Yijun, and he is afraid of being an enemy with such an army.

Yan Xing hurriedly said, "I just can't bear my father's suffering, so I have no other intentions. ”

Wei Rui laughed when he heard him say this, "In that case, then please ask Yan Jun to be on the defensive, and Yan Jun will be able to meet the person he wants to see in a few days." ”

Yan Xing looked at Wei Rui stunned, "General Wei is talking about my father?" ”

Wei Rui said with a smile: "I have already asked my family lord to report and ask him to find a way to rescue Han Gong and Yan Jun's family in Xuchang." ”

Yan Xing asked in surprise, "What General Wei said is the truth?" ”

"This is natural!" Wei Rui said: "Since our army has formed an alliance with Han Gong, it is natural to solve the worries of our allies. ”

Han Sui and Yan Xing are both grateful to Wei Rui, and no one wants their relatives to be hurt or even die because of themselves!