Looking at the Jizhou intelligence sent by the invincible, the corners of Yuan Yun's mouth raised slightly, as expected, Yuan Shao will die of illness in the summer of this year, and from then on, Yuan Shao's power in the north will gradually decline, and his two sons will begin to fight for power and profit, and they will begin to meet each other for the identity of the successor. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Cao Cao will definitely not let go of this kind of opportunity, so this year the war will start again, although Xu Du, who has been recuperating for more than a year, has not fully recovered, but the strength in Cao Cao's hands has grown a lot.

Because the northern clan has been completely disappointed in Yuan Shao, for the sake of the family's future, they naturally began to fully rely on Cao Cao, and some even directly sent the eldest son of the family to live in Xudu, in order to reassure Cao Cao.

As for the material growth, Xu Du is now not what it used to be, with the support of many northern clans, Xu Du's taxes are twice as high as in the past, and more grain and grass can already be requisitioned from the north, Cao Cao finally succeeded in a large-scale enterprise annexation, and now he is just trying to digest it.

Damn, since you have so much money and food, why do you have to deduct it from me, does the city wall of Xudu really need to be so economical?

Yuan Yun carefully burned the information after muttering, and then looked at the invincible in front of the desk and said, "Xu Du has recently come to a large number of refugees, have you counted the specific numbers?" ”

Invincible smiled: "The number of people announced by the imperial court is 100,000, but the number of people obtained by my subordinates is 140,000, this extra 40,000 is not a decimal number, won't the officials of the imperial court not be able to count it?" ”

Yuan Yun frowned, and said with a wry smile: "Not only can they count, but they also count very well, the extra 40,000 people have definitely become the private slaves of the big family, and now there are a lot of new cultivated land and workshops around Xudu, in the past, no one cared about the place, but now someone has begun to ask the court for new fiefs, you can imagine how much labor those powerful nobles have gotten back." ”

Although Invincible is the leader of the beggar gang, he doesn't know much about this kind of dirty thing in the court, and he was only a little surprised when he heard the words, and asked in disbelief: "Forty thousand people is not four hundred, such a huge scale is concealed, are these nobles too bold?" ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said: "Interests, just these two words are enough to settle this matter, those aristocratic clans only look at interests, as long as everyone has something to earn, it is guaranteed that this matter will not be revealed in the court, and whoever reveals it is unlucky, everyone will definitely beat this person to death." ”

Invincible said decisively when he heard this: "I don't want to be an official in my life, it's too dirty!" ”

Yuan Yun laughed and said: "Invincible, you are a child of the rivers and lakes, naturally you can't stand this, but dirty things can be seen everywhere, even if you don't want to participate, but you must at least take precautions, so it's good to know more, those homeless people who have been abducted and sold into private slaves, you go and help me carefully investigate, I will be of great use when I turn back." ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Yun remembered something again, so he continued: "Let you find craftsmen among these homeless people, how did you do it?" ”

Invincible's face changed a little better when he heard this question, he took out a booklet from his arms, and read it before replying: "The carpenter found more than 1,570 people, and the number is still increasing, the blacksmith is not very ideal, only more than 800 people, and the stonemasons also have more than 1,000 people, in addition, all kinds of craftsmen are almost a thousand people, and now they haven't finished exploring, and they should be completed by the end of the month." ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said: "Yes, there are so many, it seems that many things can be easier in the future." ”

Invincible said suspiciously: "Brother Yuan, you don't need so much to build the city wall, there are more than 100 craftsmen to take the lead, and other laborers will follow." ”

Yuan Yun shook his head and said, "I am going to get these people to go to Luoyang, the construction of the city wall of Xudu is not difficult, as long as the cement is enough, there is nothing to worry about." ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun stood up from the recliner in the study, and then came to the window, and then continued: "Spring ploughing has begun, as soon as this winter is over, those homeless people have survived another terrible winter, and these people must be settled this year, otherwise if they are left outside the city of Xudu, I am afraid that there will be chaos." ”

Invincible showed a smile on his face when he heard this, and said: "Fortunately, there are those black charcoal of yours, Brother Yuan, otherwise these people must have been frozen to death countless times, and I also told the homeless people according to your requirements that these black charcoal were all issued by Cao Ang Shizi, and now the reputation of Shizi is widely spread among the homeless people, and everyone is grateful." ”

Yuan Yun nodded and smiled: "Very good, this matter must be publicized all the time, don't stop, it is best to develop a few diehards of Cao Ang's son among the homeless people, so that it will be more convenient for us to do things in the future." ”

Invincible made a promise and said, "I will continue to run errands in the afternoon, and I will come back to see Brother Yuan in three days." ”

Yuan Yun nodded and sent Invincible out, looking at Invincible's back and couldn't help but sigh, Invincible is definitely a good helper in management, but it's a pity that now he only wants to get his beggars, and he doesn't want to live in Yuan's mansion, he must mix with his brothers on the street, I really don't know what to say.

turned around and greeted Qing'er, ready to go to the street for a walk, by the way to the eastern suburbs to investigate, since the city wall is going to be built, then take a good look, who has more land, it is best to have two that look unpleasant, although the immoral thing of communiqué personal vendetta is very bad, but Yuan Yun will never refuse, and there is no psychological pressure, it is stupid not to do it!

The sound of soft footsteps floated in, Yuan Yun didn't look back, and directly stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup, but he didn't follow for a long time, so he could only look back with some surprise, good guy, standing behind him was glaring at his charm.

After returning from herself, she didn't see much with Charm, but there were a lot, as a captive, she seemed to enjoy her life in the Yuan Mansion very much now, and she had as many examples as Qing'er, and I don't know what the eldest sister thought?

Occasionally, I see Charming and Qing'er on the street to sweep the goods, and the most I bump into at the door is to say hello, but today I suddenly came to stare at myself, is what happened?

"Girl, is it comfortable to live in Yuan's Mansion?" Yuan Yun asked casually, and then ran to the desk and poured two cups of tea.

Charming took the teacup handed over by Yuan Yun, hesitated, and finally took it, and then asked seriously: "When is Master Hou going to let Charming serve you to sleep?" ”

Flutter!

Yuan Yun squirted out all the tea in his mouth in one bite, and then coughed: "I don't understand what Miss Yu said, you ate the wrong thing today, right?" ”

Charming replied impatiently: "The letter from the family teacher said that Charming will be Lord Hou's person in the future, but you always don't let me serve, and you don't call me when you sleep at night, what are you going to do?" ”

The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth twitched twice, such bold words were said by a young girl, it always felt weird, and in desperation, he could only pat his head, and then smiled awkwardly: "Your master just let you live in Yuan's Mansion, but he didn't tell me anything else, so you live well, it doesn't matter if you live for a lifetime." ”

"No, I ate you, I used yours, I always have to repay you, let me serve you to sleep tonight." Charming said very resolutely.

Yuan Yundeng took three steps back, and then stopped and said: "Miss Yu is laughing, your food and clothing, didn't your master send a few boxes of goods over, it is enough to offset, and I plan to draw drawings all night tonight, so I don't plan to sleep." ”

Charming immediately shook her head and said: "Those boxes of goods are all for you, and it has nothing to do with me, but since you don't plan to sleep tonight, I will serve you in this study, Qing'er should also come, and the two of us will serve you, and you will earn it." ”

The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth unconsciously turned up by half a point, this is not good, three people together, ridiculous!

Wait, Yuan Yun seemed to understand something, so he asked, "Girl, do you know what it's like to serve people to sleep?" ”

Charming pursed her lips and said unhappily: "What's so difficult about this, Qing'er has taught me, as long as you drag your shoes and socks, then cover the quilt, and finally blow out the oil lamp and cover the door, this is done." ”

Yuan Yun's old face was a little red inexplicably, and he turned around because he wanted to be crooked, damn, it's good to ask clearly, otherwise he really had some evil thoughts, and he would be shaved by this charming, thinking about it is terrifying, and he is unlucky.

After letting go of a piece of his heart, Yuan Yuncai asked, "What about Qing'er, why don't you see anyone?" I'm going to go out on the street, and I'm going to take her with me, and I'm going to play Miss Temper again when I come back. ”

Charming tilted her head and thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Since you have to serve you, why don't I accompany Qing'er to the street with you, don't look at my slender figure, but I still have a lot of strength, and the Hou Ye bought something and handed it to me to carry." ”

As soon as he finished his charming words, he saw Qing'er coming in from outside the door, and then obediently made a cup of tea, and then lightly delivered it to Yuan Yun's hands, and finally stayed by Yuan Yun's side with a smile, and waited for his young master to take him to the street.

Yuan Yun took the tea and took a sip, and smiled bitterly casually, Qing'er estimated that she had been guarding outside the door all along, and it was estimated that she had just let Charm come in to serve her, but Charm was confused, and he Yuan Yun also understood the confusion.

In short, everyone is confused.

greeted Shi Shen and Xiao Liu, and brought five or six guards, Yuan Yuncai and Qing'er and Charming got into the frame.

Watching a bunch of people shopping with him, Yuan Yun had a little headache, but since he was kidnapped by Liu Bei last time, the eldest sister Feng Xuan has issued a strict order, every time she goes out, she must take with her the most capable veterans in the house, and she must be fully armed.

The result of going out like this is that everyone has to walk around, at the beginning Yuan Yun still felt very majestic, and after a few times, he felt very bored, and occasionally wanted to find a passerby to chat, but the other party saw a group of people coming, and he had already run away.

Sighing secretly, Yuan Yun was also about to board the frame, but before the front foot was lifted, he felt a pain in his abdomen, and he was pressed by some kind of hard object, and rubbed it twice before he smiled bitterly at Qing'er in the frame: "When did you start shopping, young master, I still have to wear inner armor, Qing'er, can we not wear it?" ”

When Qing'er heard this, she immediately shook her hand nervously and said: "The young master must wear it, or the eldest sister will scold Qing'er for being useless, if the young master wants Qing'er to be scolded, you can take it off." ”

Yuan Yun was stunned, and could only nod and agree to continue wearing the inner armor, because Qing'er is his own death hole, the eldest sister and Wen Ji are very clear, forcing themselves to wear inner armor, it is estimated that he also guessed that he Yuan Yun would take it off halfway, but with Qing'er staring, there is no way, and it is uncomfortable.

Xiao Liu shouted, and finally led the horse's head to take the frame to the gate of Yuan's mansion, but before he could walk on the street, he saw the housekeeper Zhang Xiang hurriedly running in from outside, and then said to Yuan Yun by the window: "Family master, there is a Taoist priest at the door, saying that it is your senior brother." ”