Xuchang!

As Xuchang, which is still the capital of the Han Dynasty, thanks to the careful governance of Cao Cao's powerful people in the past few years, it really has a bit of the atmosphere of the residence of the Son of Heaven.

Entering from the east gate, a straight and wide main road stretches into the distance. Looking up, the huge palace complex facing north and south, like a giant squatting, occupies almost the northern half of the entire city, and the majestic momentum shows the nobility of this place. The houses and streets densely scattered on the east and west sides are also like stars arching together, setting off the atmosphere of the whole city.

At this moment, on the official road outside the east gate, a carriage waiting to enter the city with the bustling crowd attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the gate.

"Come, stop! Get checked! As a group of sergeants with soldiers in their arms approached, the inconspicuous-looking carriage was separated from the crowd that was entering the city one after another.

"Sir...... The ...... voices in the carriage sounded young, with a hint of panic, as if they were frightened by this sudden encounter.

"Don't worry, childe!" With a faint comfort in the carriage, a middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt got out of the car with the support of the coachman, stood in front of Cao Bing who surrounded him, his face did not show the slightest panic, he arched his hand slightly, and asked: "You sergeants don't know what to teach me to stop me from waiting for the frame?" If it is because of the lack of some tea, a little book is provided, and I hope that the sergeants can make it convenient. ”

"Huh? You wait for this to be the first time in Xuchang, right? "The first soldier in this squad was wearing the ink-colored armor of the Han Dynasty standard like Lu Bu's predecessor was Yu Linwei's personal guard battalion. didn't reach out to pick up the money bag handed over by the middle-aged man, but looked at the person with a suspicious face, and said with a light snort.

"The sergeant said it exactly! In the past, Kong Tai kept the day. coincided with the Yellow Turbans rebellion and had to leave his hometown, and in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed. Seeing that the soldier did not stretch out his hand, the middle-aged scribe also showed a little surprise on his face, and without leaving a trace, he took the money bag back into his chest and arched his hand. Pointing to the carriage behind him, he said, "The young master of my family is in the car, because he was young at that time. As the family avoided the chaos in Hebei, how could it be that after only a few days of peace, there was another war in Hebei! It was because I happened to meet a distant relative in Xuchang in Jizhou and learned that my hometown had been decided. The Son of Heaven is even more here to accompany him. The head of the family misses his homeland. Only then did I send a certain young master to come back and have a look! But who would have thought that the young master's body bones were too weak, no, he would be a little uncomfortable when he returned to his homeland......"

"Alright, alright! Who wants to hear you complain here! Hearing the words of the middle-aged scribe, and the style and accent just now did seem to have lived in Xuchang for a long time, the sergeant leader gradually dispelled his doubts, waved his hand to disperse the soldiers who came over, and said to the middle-aged scribe: "That's it." I miss you for a long time from your homeland, and you are new to Xuchang. I don't embarrass you, and let you go into the city to look for relatives and friends, but when you wait for this carriage, you are going to be requisitioned. ”

"This ...... What's going on? What are you going to do? Seeing the politeness of the soldier's words, the middle-aged scribe thought that this inexplicable encounter could be solved in a vague way, but unexpectedly, these people didn't want money, but they got into the carriage.

"Don't worry! Don't use yours in vain! The leader of the soldiers seemed to be accustomed to seeing the reaction of the middle-aged scribe, and he was not annoyed, and took a seemingly heavy package and a piece of bamboo slip from the hands of the soldier behind him, and stuffed it into the arms of the middle-aged scribe, as if he was quite coping with official business, and said: "According to the order of the Duke of Xun, it is now the time when the lord of my family goes out to rebel for the imperial court. You can redeem it at the Xuchang official mansion with bamboo chips, and there will be another return at that time! Okay, Kumon has already informed you, you can get out of the car and enter the city as soon as possible! ”

"This ...... How so! How so? This is the case in Hebei, how can I return to my homeland, but it is still like this, this ......" The middle-aged scribe seemed to be a little angry, but he still turned around and helped his own son from the car in the frame that was tightly covered, and saw that this son even went down to the ground with a little weak legs, which made these soldiers believe it, waved his hand impatiently, and drove himself to the frame and entered the city first.

"What the hell is going on, sir? Could it be that Shang's whereabouts have been noticed by Cao Cao, so he has come to play tricks on us? The little boy who spoke was the third child of the Yuan family from Qingzhou, Yuan Shang. And the middle-aged scribe was naturally depressed.

"It seems that Qin Zhongming is really a person who has open his hands and eyes!" Fu Zhu did not directly answer Yuan Shang's question, but looked at the carriage that was gradually moving away, muttered to himself, and explained to Yuan Shang in a low voice: "Then Qin Xu told me that the plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, to put it bluntly, is to use the edict of the Son of Heaven not to go out of the Weiyang Palace as a guide to stir up public opinion in the world, and force Cao Cao, who is burdened with the responsibility of being loyal to the monarch, to be ordered to retreat, in this way, with Cao Cao's suspicious temperament, he will definitely not sit back and watch Xuchang be in turmoil, so it will inevitably be after stabilizing Jizhou, which has been succeeded now, Hurriedly return to the army to stabilize the situation. In this way, it will be difficult for Jizhou's gains and losses to be completed on the bright side, even if it is a second ...... Yuan Xi's idea of selling Jizhou to protect himself may also be worried because of Cao Cao's return to the army, not only will our goal be achieved, but also give other forces a buffer opportunity. Such a plan, tsk, no wonder it has not been defeated now! ”

"I heard that he was captured by Qin Envoy Jun, and now he is impressed, and now the general of the mansion is the poisoner Jia Wenhe, who once forced Wen Hou to retreat to Chang'an and went to Hanoi to defect to his late father, can make such a character willing to be a subordinate, Qin Envoy Jun will naturally not be a simple person! It's a pity that when the two sons-in-law were in trouble, the father didn't have a good life to solicit them, otherwise, ...... Alas! After all, Yuan Shang is young, although he has had a lot of experience, but after all, his experience is difficult to compare with the frustration, and he didn't hear the jealousy of Qin Xu in the frustration of the words, but he saw that the frustration seemed to approve of Qin Xu's strategy, and he came to Xuchang to seek "big things" this time. It's getting more and more sufficient.

"This is not the place to talk about, third son, let's enter the city first!" Just because of frustration, he was a young man. I have been in Luoyang before, and I am somewhat familiar with the Xuchang Xiangyin not far from Luoyang, so it did not make the sergeant suspicious, but Yuan Shang grew up in Hebei since he was a child, and his authentic Jizhou accent was enough to make Cao Jun, who was planning Hebei at the moment, suspicious. It's better to have fewer incidents.

"Listen to the sir!" Relative to Yuan Tan's roughness. Yuan Xi's arrogance, the reason why He Tianfeng has not changed his will until now, on the one hand, is because of Yuan Shao's deathbed entrustment. Another is also because the third son, Yuan Shang, has become extremely modest and cautious since he was older. Seeing Yuan Shang so polite. Frustrated with a look of relief on his face. nodded, and took Yuan Shang to the city together.

"Mijia Firm! Not! It should be here! "Xuchang City was only a small county at the beginning, but in order to welcome the Son of Heaven, it was expanded by Cao Cao more than five times, and Yuan Shang and Yuan Shang went around the city for half a day before they found the destination of this trip on the side of a rather prosperous street in the city.

"Qin envoy ...... Ahem, Brother Qin is so bold! Now no one in the world knows that the Mi family is attached to Qin. And Cao Cao and Lu Bujun looked so close that they dared to blatantly open the Mijia Trading Company to Xuchang. Is...... Is...... Hey! Although Yuan Shang showed a mature and steady side in many aspects, in the final analysis, he was actually just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, and he was about to reveal his inner thoughts if he was not careful.

"Childe is silent!" Although Yuan Shang's voice was very small, he still frowned, and carefully observed that there was no discoloration on the faces of the people who came and went around him, and he didn't seem to care about a kid with a Hebei accent who was chattering in front of someone's business house. Only then did he put his mind at ease for the time being, and dragged Yuan Shang, who also knew that he was almost exposed again, and his face was gloomy, and he was able to enter this firm.

Mijia is a trading house, and its main business is cloth produced in Qingzhou. Thanks to the policy of exile after Qin Xu, the barren hills and hills in Qingzhou, which were originally the most daunting and had extremely bad harvests, were all planted with drought-tolerant mulberry trees in the case of sufficient manpower, and there was a plan for the government to purchase at a low price to ensure the market. Qingjin, named after the place of origin, quickly became the "brand" that Qin Xu often said by virtue of its cheap price and sufficient supply of inventory, and quickly sold it to all states in the Han Dynasty by taking advantage of the Mijia business.

No one will get along with money, especially if there is a strong backer behind the person who gave the money, then he will not turn it away. Although they all know the backstage of the Mi family, for the sake of the face of the large amount of taxes paid every year, let alone Cao Cao, even when Jiangdong was still in the hands of Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, the Mi family's goods were already unimpeded. What's more, although it is based on the "ally" Cao Cao, after all, it is also Xuchang, who is also the capital of the Son of Heaven.

At this moment, it is approaching the time of Shen, the late autumn is approaching the winter sun, the sun is dark, this hour has almost set down the mountain, the business in this trading house, has gradually cooled down, frustrated is about to sigh that although Cao Cao's character is not good, but for the people of the land is still quite good, although because of the wartime issued a lot of seemingly harsh decrees, such as the requisition of the carriage that the two encountered before, but from this day of the New Year's Festival, there are still people who can have leisure to come and pull a few pieces of cloth, it is enough to take a peek at the leopard, The ability of the government officials who govern Xuchang at this moment can be seen.

But before he could finish sighing, he was suddenly pulled by Yuan Shang beside him. Before he could react, when he persuaded Yuan Shang a few words of childish means, the corner of his eye followed Yuan Shang's gaze, but it suddenly made a very heavy anger on his face, and he couldn't care about "educating" Yuan Shang at the moment, because when he saw this person, it was already difficult to control his emotions, and almost subconsciously took two steps forward, grabbed this person's arm, his eyes widened, and he shouted angrily: "It's you!" (To be continued......)