"Before the subordinates left, the imperial court had just received news from Jingzhou that Sun Wentai had died."

"Sun Jian is dead?" Liu Mang was not surprised.

Wu Yong said that Yuan Shu and Sun Jian conspired to seize Liu Biao's Jingzhou, and Sun Jian was unfortunately hit by an arrow. A few months ago, he died of an arrow wound. Now, Sun Jian's team is taken over by his eldest son, Sun Ce, and he has returned to his hometown in Jiangdong.

The affairs of the Sun family in Jiangdong still seem to follow the original historical process. Looking at it this way, history is not completely off the rails, at least.

"One more thing. In order to win over the Central Plains family, Dong Zhongying released Xun Yu Xun Gongda. ”

Xun You, Liu Mang knows, is an outstanding figure in the Yingzhou Xun clan, and will become the main think tank of the Cao Cao Group in the future.

"Oh, Cao Mengde is picking up cheap again."

Liu Mang was calm about Xun You's case, because he didn't know why Xun You was imprisoned and why he was released.

He didn't know that Xun You was imprisoned for plotting to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and if according to the course of history, Xun You would not be released until after Dong Zhuo's death.

And now, Xun You has been released ahead of schedule, and history has slowly departed from its original track in these bits and pieces of changes......

As for other information about Chang'an, Wu Yong does not need to introduce too much.

Liu Mang is now the Taishou of the two counties, and he is officially appointed by the imperial court. General news can be obtained through the imperial court's newspaper.

After Wu Yong's report, Liu Mang told Wu Yong about the main problems faced by Taiyuan, and the focus was to prepare to send Wu Yong to Hedong to understand the situation in the Yanchi area clearly.

After communicating with Wu Yong, Liu Mang found Qiao Zhiyong.

Jointly helped Yanmen fight against the Huns, cooperated to open an iron mine, especially after the battle between Qixian and Zhang Yang, Qiao Zhiyong has completely stepped on Liu Mang's chariot.

Although Qiao's ancestors were trained and were not allowed to participate in politics, Qiao Zhiyong had no choice. Or it was because of the situation, or it was coerced by Liu Mang. In short, Qiao Zhiyong has tightly tied himself and the fate of the Qiao family with the fate of Liu Mang.

However, after all, the battle of Qixian has become a thing of the past, in the past two months, everything Liu Mang has done in Taiyuan has made Qiao Zhiyong, who was initially shocked, feel gratified, Liu Mang is by no means comparable to other princes and warlords at that time, and his choice, although contrary to the ancestral teachings, may also become the right choice for the Qiao family to go to the peak of glory!

Liu Mang looked for Qiao Zhiyong, mainly to recruit Hu people to raise horses.

In Pingtao, the principle of official horses and pastoral husbandry was clarified, and the feasibility of recruiting Hu people to raise military horses was also discussed. It's just that there is no good way to recruit Hu people who are good at raising horses.

Liu Mang thought of Qiao Zhiyong.

The Qiao family's business is big and far, and Liu Mang wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qiao family's caravan to trade north and recruit some Hu people.

Listening to Liu Mang's thoughts, Qiao Zhiyong was a little embarrassed.

"Taishou, although my Qiao family trades frequently with the Hu people, due to the large number of goods, it is time-consuming and laborious to trade directly with the Hu merchants, so the Qiao family only transports the goods to the border between Han and Hu, and resells them to local merchants of all sizes, and they trade with the Hu merchants."

Liu Mang understood. Qiao's family is a big business, a big wholesaler. Unlike ordinary merchants, in order to make a few more money, they set up stalls and trade directly with Hu merchants.

"Qiao has a close relationship with some Hu businessmen, if Taishou wants Qiao to come forward, Qiao should do his best. It's just that Qiao needs to recruit Hu people who are good at raising horses through Hu Shang, and there is an extra layer of relationship in the middle, and it is difficult to ensure that Taishou is satisfied with the recruits. ”

What Qiao Zhiyong said is very reasonable, but what Qiao Zhiyong can't guarantee, who else can do better?

"Taishou, Qiao has a suggestion."

"Brother Qiao, say it quickly."

"In this matter, if it is a businessman who does a small business, it should be easier and more certain."

"Oh?"

"Merchants with small trade volumes, few goods, low profits, in order to grab more profits, they usually take the risk to go to Mobei, directly trade with Hu merchants, and some even sell goods directly to the Hu people, they can contact more nomadic Hu people, for Taishou to undertake this matter, more convenient and grasping."

"Oh...... Right! Liu Mangmao suddenly opened up and had an idea.

After a day of rest in Qi County, he communicated with Fu Youde about the defense situation in the Zhaoyuze area.

Early the next morning, Liu Mang returned to Jinyang with Shangguan Wan'er, Qin Qiong and Gao Chong.

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Overall, Zhao Yuze's trip was very rewarding.

Recruit Kou Zhun, with Kou Laoxi, a talent who dominates the world, it will not be a problem to rectify the eight counties of Zhaoyu within three months.

Shangguan Wan'er was another takeaway from the trip. During this trip, all the information collected was sorted out and summarized by Shangguan Wan'er. Liu Mang can get out of these cumbersome things and have more time to study the big issues of strategy and development. Due to Wan'er's excellent work, the efficiency of this trip has been greatly improved.

Another gain from this trip is that he is a riding apprentice, and he also gains two points of force!

Practicing body and eye skills with Yan Qing, practicing precision and archery with Hua Rong, and learning riding with Man Gui, all received force value rewards.

Liu Mang also figured out some rules of system tasks.

Doing tasks, Liu Mang is no stranger.

Liu Mang played a lot of online games in his previous life, and in every game, there was a task system.

However, there is a big difference between the tasks in this scum system and the tasks in online games.

In the online game, the task is released first, and the player goes to do the task according to the task prompt. In this way, the purpose is clear and the task is much easier.

The tasks in the Bronze Mirror system are hidden and triggered after the fact. In other words, the system will only give a prompt if the task is completed, or if it is completed in stages. Until then, at most give a task number that doesn't have much information.

Without a task prompt, you can't take the initiative to complete the task.

Now Liu Mang has completed several tasks, such as the task of commanding the war book of war, the intellectual task of listening to the teachings, the task of cultivating the charm of the body and mind, and the task of learning kung fu martial arts.

However, many of these tasks were completed by mistake.

Although this kind of after-the-fact triggering method can bring more surprises, it will not produce the boring feeling of doing tasks for the sake of doing tasks. But it also made Liu Mang feel like a blind cat going to kill a mouse.

However, this time the riding apprentice and the completion of the martial arts task gave Liu Mang a big hint - continue to take the initiative to learn martial arts, and he should also complete the martial arts task and harvest the force value!

In addition to body and eye skills, precision archery, and riding, there must also be hidden tasks for practicing fists, feet, and weapon kung fu!

The fierce generals in his army are like clouds, as long as you follow them to learn fists, feet, and weapons, you will definitely be able to do it!

Thinking that he had practiced martial arts, improved his martial arts, and could personally go into battle to kill the enemy in the future, Liu Mang was excited when he thought about it!

Can't wait!

There are two top masters around - Qin Qiong and Gao Chong, what are you looking for others to do?