Chapter Twenty-Three: Men Don't Have a Good Thing
"You men really don't have a good thing!" Zhao Yun glared at Chu Yi angrily.
The corners of Chu Yi's mouth twitched: "Did I do something wrong, why did you suddenly fire the map cannon?" β
"Hmph, three wives and four concubines are really your man's dream? Actually sisters are also receiving, admire and admire! Zhao Yun clenched his fists.
Chu Yi glanced at Zhao Yun: "...... Well, are you here to find fault today? β
Zhao Yun's face was full of disdain, seven points of gossip, and said with a smile: "No, no, I just knew, I didn't expect that your fiancΓ©e, senior, was actually Cai Wenji's sister, I'm just curious how you did it?" I really can't see that you're interested in sister flowers. β
"How do I feel that you have damaged me again......" Chu Yi frowned: "You really want to know?" β
Zhao Yun was sitting precariously, his eyes full of gossip: "Well, I'm curious." β
"Well, it's not a secret. Unlike you, I came to this world to be reincarnated with memories. At that time, I was in Bingzhou and was adopted by Bongxian and her father. β
"I know this, and then, how did you know Cai Wenji?"
"Within a year, Feng Xian's father was killed by the Xianbei people, so I opened my mouth to speak and asked Feng Xian to take me to live in seclusion by Zhenze in Jiangdong."
"Where's Zhenze?"
"Yangzhou Wu County, our world calls it Taihu Lake."
"Oh oh, you go on."
"Actually, I have already planned it, if I want to enter the official career, I must worship Cai Yong as a teacher......"
"Why, with Lu Bu's martial arts, it shouldn't be difficult to be an official, right?"
"It's not difficult, but if it's not my race, the scholars won't approve of me. It has to be integrated into them in an 'orthodox' way. I worship Cai Zi as a teacher, and spread my reputation in the name of Cai Zi, so that I can become a famous man. Moreover, the reason why I chose Cai Zi is also because the other party will be reused by Dong Zhuo in the future, so I can take the opportunity to borrow Dong Zhuo's momentum. β
"Well-intentioned...... Ahem, I mean, senior, you're really resourceful. β
Chu Yi glanced at Zhao Yun: "Cai Zi's daughter is Cai Yan, that is, Cai Wenji in your mouth." Of course I had heard her name, and thought to myself that if her character was not too bad, then I would marry her, whether beautiful or ugly. Because just being Caizi's disciple is not enough for him to help me with all his might, I think it would be better to be his son-in-law. β
"666, shameless enough!" Zhao Yun gave a thumbs up, "But how can you be sure that people will definitely be able to take a fancy to you?" β
"This world doesn't pay attention to free love, and she will definitely be able to take a fancy to me if she doesn't want her. Marriage and love in this world are still the orders of my parents, as long as Cai Zi can see the potential of me and Feng Xian, and agree to marry her to me, and she herself does not hate me, this will be done. β
"Can you be a little more shameless?" Zhao Yun covered his face and smiled, leaned back and forth, kicked his legs straight, and kept asking, "And then what?" β
"But it's okay, we can be regarded as happy with each other......" Chu Yi scratched his face a little embarrassed, "There weren't many peers who were together at that time, and Cai Zi's two daughters and I were often together, and at most one Gu Yong was added." And Gu Yong's people are several years older than us, and they are usually silent, so they will like me, and it is because they have been in love for a long time. β
"After all, there is no other choice......" Zhao Yun teased.
Chu Yi raised his hand: "Okay, this matter is over, you can leave if you don't have anything, remember to come to my wedding in a few days." β
ββ¦β¦ Wait, wait, what about that Zhang Qing'er? How did you meet? β
"She is the daughter of Zhang Jiao, and after the death of the Zhang brothers, she wandered to Yingyin. At that time, I was seriously ill, and the Xun family offered a sky-high price to recruit people to treat me, and it was she who saved me. She was alone at the time, and she wanted to seek refuge, and when she rescued me, our bodies were naked...... But I already had a marriage contract, and I couldn't marry her, so I had to take her as a concubine. β
"And the wife, it seems to be the one surnamed Ma?"
"She has nothing to do with me, Dong Zhuo wanted to marry Mrs. Ma by force, but I just took the opportunity to shelter her. Didn't Your Majesty and I already return her innocence, don't talk nonsense in the future, it will affect people's reputation...... Okay, okay, if you don't have anything else to do, go back quickly, I won't leave you to eat. β
"Eh, I haven't said anything yet!"
ββ¦β¦ What's on your business? β
"Senior, do you owe me something that you didn't give me?"
"Huh? I owe you something? Nonsense, what do I owe you? β
Speaking of this, Zhao Yun said indignantly: "You promised to give me 5,000 soldiers and horses, why are there only 3,000 now?" β
"There is no way, now Qingzhou counts the soldiers of various counties and counties, and the total number of troops is worthy of 50,000. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each commanded 3,000 people, and Pan Feng volunteered to be under Guan Erye, so he had no troops. I transferred Wu Anguo from Kong Rong, and I will divide another 3,000 troops to order him to defend the palace. Liu Bei is a little more, and it is only 5,000...... Ah, but now that he has been promoted to the Qingzhou Assassin History, the military power should be handed over, but it is also under the control of the Taiwei Huangfu Song. The rest of the army is basically in the hands of Huangfu Yizhen and Zhu Jun, are you qualified to rob them now? β
Zhao Yun clapped his hands: "Then why don't you recruit soldiers?" Don't you want to fight, how can this little soldier be enough? β
"You speak lightly!" Chu Yi pointed at Zhao Yun a little helplessly, "It also takes manpower and material resources to raise soldiers, and now there are more than two million people in Qingzhou plus Taishan County, less than three million, how many soldiers can be raised?" Moreover, this Qingzhou has been ravaged by the Yellow Turban for a long time, and now it has resettled displaced people and opened a warehouse for relief. The granaries and treasury of Qingzhou counties are almost empty, and if you raise troops again, it will be tantamount to forcing the people to die. Wait a minute, I've already sent someone to the south of Jiaozhou to find Zhancheng rice, I remember that next year will not be a disaster year, and it will be a little better after next year, maybe you can raise 10,000 more soldiers by squeezing it. β
ββ¦β¦ Raising 50,000 soldiers is a lot? What is the situation with Dong Zhuo's hundreds of thousands of troops? β
"Which ear did you hear that Dong Zhuo has hundreds of thousands of troops? When I came from Chang'an, Dong Zhuo's troops were no more than 100,000...... However, Sili has a large population and a lot of food, so he can raise more soldiers. Moreover, Dong Zhuo is also not sympathetic to the people, and regards the people as ants, so he desperately recruits soldiers. β
Speaking of which, before Chu Yi fled eastward, Dong Zhuo made a small amount of money for five baht in order to make money, but as a result, prices skyrocketed, and a bunch of grain was sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars!
What is this concept? According to historical records, in the twelfth year of Emperor Yongping of the Ming Dynasty, the people were rich, Su Hu was thirty, and the cattle and sheep were wild. In other words, a piece of corn is sold for 30 yuan, which is considered a peaceful and prosperous era. And now the price of Si Li has risen at least thousands of times, which is simply evil...... [.]