Xu Shiji said: "Dong Zhuo, the army is strong and the generals are wide, and he controls the imperial court, but he violates the way of heaven and is spurned by the world, so he can be excluded." The rest of the princes, counting on their fingers, can be called 'wood', nothing more than two Yuan and two Liu. ”

"Yuan Shao Yuan Shu ......" Shan Xiongxin muttered softly, "Which two Liu?" ”

"Yizhou Liu Yan, Liu Junlang, Jingzhou Liu Biao, Liu Jingsheng."

"Oh?"

Yizhou, located in the southwest, is blocked by mountains from the Central Plains. There are few wars, and it is a large state with the same economy and population as Jizhou. Under the rule of Liu Yan, it became the land of the Han Dynasty.

Jingzhou, the place where it is emerging, has a great tendency to catch up with and surpass Jizhou in terms of economy and culture.

Shan Xiongxin's way of selling salt is Yizhou, and he has established a lot of relationships in Yizhou, and has long regarded Yizhou as one of the alternative retreats.

It's just that Yizhou is too remote and will not choose to go to Yizhou unless it is a last resort.

And Jingzhou is indeed an ideal place. But there is one point, which is the most frightening of Shan Xiongxin.

Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, born in Taixue, has knowledge and culture, and is a celebrity today, and also likes to make friends with celebrities. Those who are reused, in addition to the children of the Jingxiangwang family, are also celebrities.

Shan Xiongxin is self-aware. I was born in a reckless manner, I can't count as a soldier, but I have a name, but it's a pity that it's a thief's name and a thief's name. Based on this alone, how could Liu Biao treat himself?

And the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu ......

How to say it, Shan Xiongxin more or less looks down on the Yuan brothers, of course, he also knows very well, and the second Yuan may not look down on him.

The chips in Shan Xiongxin's hands are only money and minions and salt farmers with less than 1,000 people. It will not be looked at by the second Yuan of the big family at all......

"Lao Xu, Liu Jiangtian in Bingzhou, what do you think?"

Xu Shiji smiled and shook his head. "Although there was some movement in Yanmen and Taiyuan, after all, the foundation is too shallow and too presumptuous. It can only be called a 'seedling', not a 'wood' that can be inhabited. ”

Shan Xiongxin gently stroked Qingli's back and was silent.

Xu Shiji gave an answer, Shan Xiongxin was not satisfied, so he had to change the topic.

Shan Xiongxin put what happened recently. and Chao Gai's invitation, which was explained in detail, and the two discussed it carefully......

……

Salt Prison is an abandoned small town by the salt pond. Before. The imperial court set up a salt supervisor here, and it was named.

The small city of Yanjian is about the same as the Tianwang Village of Chaogai and the Yishi of Shan Xiongxin, and here is designated as the place where the two sides meet.

The men on both sides had already arrived at the salt prison. The meeting house was cleared, and the wanderers who lived there were expelled.

When the two leaders meet, the pomp is not important, the important thing is equality.

The rivers and lakes are sinister, and everyone is worried about being calculated by the other party, so the number of people involved in the meeting and the number of minions brought have already been discussed.

Each side took fifty minions and stayed two hundred paces away.

Chao Gai took Shi Jin and Hou Junji, and Shan Xiongxin took Wang Bodang and Xu Shiji. At the same time, they came outside the house.

Chao Gai and Shan Xiongxin met each other with the courtesy of the rivers and lakes, called each other "big boss", and sat down in the house. The four people who accompanied him stood behind his eldest brother.

Shan Xiongxin had already discussed with Xu Shiji, and said first: "Chao Datou, there are two things, I want to talk to Chao Datou first, can I?" ”

Chao Gai stretched out his hand and generously made a gesture of please.

"That's the first thing, my brother Saburo. In order to help his friends, he broke through the road of Chao Datou's goods, and the fault was Saburo, and Chao Datou was left to deal with it. ”

After speaking. Shan Xiongxin waved his hand at Wang Bodang, Wang Bodang took a step forward, knelt down on one knee in front of Chao Gai, and arched his hand: "Little brother is reckless, offending Chao Datou's cargo route, let Chao Datou deal with it." ”

"Uh......" Chao Gai was speechless for a moment.

Uncle Wang should do this. To put it mildly, it's a broken rule. To put it mildly, it's the same as straying into someone else's vegetable patch. I didn't steal or take it, and I didn't even step on the seedlings.

Shan Xiongxin said to the end, if Chao Gai pursued this matter again, it would not be righteous enough.

"Hahaha, what should I do?" Chao Gai laughed, "Brother San Lang has always been good friends with my brothers in Tianwangzhai, it's just a door, it's okay!" Moreover, Da Lang has already told me before, this is not a breakthrough, hurry up. ”

Since Chao Gai didn't plan to pursue the matter, he simply sold his favor.

"Thank you, big boy." Uncle Wang thanked him, got up, and stood back behind Shan Xiongxin.

Shan Xiongxin also thanked him, and said: "One more thing, a few days ago, I sent San Lang to Dongyuan to do a job. ”

Chao Gai was stunned when he heard Shan Xiongxin mention Dongyuan. He didn't expect Shan Xiongxin to take the initiative to mention this matter. Wang Bodang killed his feet in Dongyuan, this is not the same thing as breaking the road, it is serious, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, the matter of seeing blood must be settled by seeing blood.

Chao Gai put away his smile and listened to Shan Xiongxin's words.

Shan Xiongxin looked very casual. "San Lang goes to work, not for money, not for goods. The one who killed was the enemy of the early years. There are rules in the rivers and lakes, and personal grudges are self-defeating. Absolutely no offense to anyone in the salt pond. It's just that I later learned that that person was the foot of Tianwangzhai, and I felt that I had to make it clear to Chao Dajiao. The two of us are in a village, and we usually move around a lot. Don't let a personal vendetta get hurt. ”

Chao Gai's brow furrowed. Hou Junji only said that Wang Bodang killed people, and did not mention that it was a vendetta.

The rivers and lakes pay attention to happiness and enmity. If it is really as Shan Xiongxin said, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, Wang Bodang cannot be held accountable.

These two things are exactly what Chao Gai wants to say to Shan Xiongxin, and now they have been said first. Especially in the matter of killing feet, people also caught Li'er, and Chao Gai was passive.

Chao Gai and Shan Xiongxin are both competitors and allies in the private salt business.

Yanchi Wuzhai belongs to their two families, and their power is small. The reason why it was able to find a position on an equal footing with the other three villages was due to the tacit understanding of the two villages.

However, from Chao Gai's point of view, he not only needs Shan Xiongxin's alliance, but also doesn't want Shan Xiongxin to do too much.

Originally, everything was running on the track of Chao Gai's hope, but with the changes in the situation in the world, especially the intervention of Liu Mang in Taiyuan, Chao Gai felt threatened, and he didn't want Shan Xiongxin and Liu Mang to be related. This time I invited Shan Xiongxin to beat him with these two things.

However, the matter was told first, and Li was caught by others. For a while, Chao Gai was speechless......

On the scene, it was obvious that Chao Gai fell to the downside.

Hou Junji saw that Chao Gai was silent, and finally couldn't help it, and said: "You say it's a personal grudge, just count?" If I kill your footsteps, I can use this kind of rhetoric, okay? ”

"Oh?" Shan Xiongxin didn't even glance at Hou Junji, but smiled at Chao Gai. "Chao Datou, I have explained everything. Believe it or not, it's all up to Chao Da to decide. I know that in Chao Dadatoutianwang Village, the rules are very big! ”

Shan Xiongxin deliberately said the words "the rules are very big" very seriously.

Chao Gai's face darkened.

"Smack!"

Chao Gai slapped his palm on the case.

Shi Jin and Hou Junji were both shocked, clenching the sword in their waists.

Wang Bodang was also slightly startled and took half a step forward.

Shan Xiongxin stretched out his hand to the side and stopped Wang Bodang. The smile did not change, and he looked at Chao Gai...... (To be continued.) )