Liu Yuan hugged Cai Yan's soft and delicate body, rode on the back of the lion and tiger beast, and took two thousand guards, slowly walking on the wide and flat Youzhou official road paved with bluestone, looking at the endless green wheat field, his face was full of gentle smiles.

Along the way, the people who carried hoes and wore straw hats from time to time greeted them affectionately when they saw their large group of people and the signs on their battle flags.

Diao Chan and Cai Yan were curious.

The people here are fundamentally different from the Central Plains!

When the people of the Central Plains saw the officials and soldiers, they all lost their faces, as if they saw a flood and a beast, and turned around and left. And Youzhou, the officers and soldiers and the people, seem to be a family.

Diao Chan turned his eyes, grabbed the reins of the horse, walked out of the team, and stopped an old farmer who had greeted Liu Yuan with a smile and was about to leave.

"Old man, do you know who he is?"

Diao Chan pointed at Liu Yuan and asked.

"How do you not know? Our Qingtian parents in Youzhou, Marquis Liu, who doesn't know, who doesn't know? ”

The old farmer is rightfully suited.

"Huh?" Diao Chan was even more strange: "Since you know, you are not afraid of him?" He is a murderer like a chicken! ”

"Haha" The old farmer actually laughed: "You girl, you must be the first time to come to Youzhou, right?" ”

The old farmer looked at Diao Chan's puzzled eyes and explained: "The Hou Ye killed them, but they were all Hulu!" ”

"The female doll doesn't know, a few years ago, Hou Ye was not in charge of Youzhou, that scene, tsk, miserable!" The old man seemed to remember the unbearable memories of the past, and sighed: "What are the villagers doing? Pigs and dogs are not as good! and all day long in fear, for fear of being plundered by the captives. ”

"Since the Hou Ye came, our people have had a good life! There is food, there is clothing, and there is a rush! The old man smiled: "A few years ago, my old man thought that he couldn't go on, look at me now," he pointed to his face, and said, "It's full of red light!" ”

"A few days ago, my son added another grandson to me, this is called, haha" The old man laughed.

"Master Hou is a good person." The old man said: "The year before last, the Hou Ye toured here, not only to remove the scourge in the township for us, but also to help us plough the fields. The old man's eyes suddenly reddened: "In this world, where is there a good official like Hou Ye?!" ”

"Master Hou is still living in my house," the old man touched his eyes and said with a smile: "Everyone is very envious!" ”

Diao Chan said goodbye to the old man, silently returned to the team, and looked at Liu Yuan's tall back with a pair of wonderful eyes, which was even more colorful.

Along the way, Diao Chan asked many passers-by.

Some people say that Liu Yuan drove out Hu Lu and returned the people to Qingping; Some people say that Liu Yuan encouraged agriculture, and even personally went to the field to plough the fields to keep the people fed and clothed; Some people say that when the child grows up, he will be sent to the army to serve the Hou Ye; Some people say that it is a great merit for Hou Ye to open up the academy and let the people of Youzhou open up the wisdom of the people

Everything, what I saw, and what I heard, all surprised Diao Chan and Cai Yan!

The people here are optimistic; The soldiers here are fierce but kind; The farmland here is endless; The road here is wide and smooth, as if it leads straight to the sky;

Especially the new-style cities, red bricks and green tiles, solid, simple, and the city walls that are condensed into one piece, it is even more surprising and inexplicable!

Youzhou is a different place, and Liu Yuan is a magical person!

Diao Chan thought.

Brother Zihong is so powerful!

Cai Yan is proud, proud.

In contrast, the Central Plains is hell, and Youzhou is heaven.

Liu Yuan is also very satisfied and proud.

Everything here was built by him and his subordinates. The natural environment, the human environment, the business environment, etc., all tend to be the ideal world.

Moreover, this is just the beginning, it will be better in the future, Liu Yuan firmly believes.

Back in Yuyang, there is naturally a burst of excitement.

People rushed to greet them, cheering and worshiping.

Liu Yuan personally entered the crowd and mingled with the people, businessmen, and officials.

The scene is so harmonious.

For most of the day, Liu Yuan asked people to arrange Diao Chan, and then he took Cai Yan with a smile on his face and went to visit his mother, but saw that Zhen Yi was also taking Xiao Luo Shen and was chatting with Liu's mother.

"Uncle, mother!"

Liu Yuan took Cai Yan forward and saluted respectfully.

"Akihime, come here, let me see."

Mother Liu was very happy when she saw Cai Yan, took her hand, looked up and down, and her face was full of smiles.

"Zhao Ji has changed a lot, hehehe was a little girl a few years ago, and now, it's a big girl!" Mother Liu introduced Cai Yan to Zhen Yi with a smile, and suddenly said, "Yuan'er, when did you and Zhaoji get married?" For my mother, I'm still waiting to hold my grandson! ”

Cai Yan's pretty face like white jade turned red.

Liu Yuan laughed dryly twice and said, "I would like to, but Uncle Cai is not here, so Yu Li is not in agreement." ”

"Well, that's right." Mother Liu pondered for a while, nodded slowly, and said, "The two in-laws are not in Yuyang, this matter is really difficult to do." Why didn't Yuan'er bring your uncle to Yuyang? Yuyang is much better than Luoyang! ”

"It's not that I don't take it, but my uncle doesn't want to" Liu Yuan looked sad: "I don't believe you asked Zhao Ji." ”

Cai Yan also nodded and said, "Father doesn't want to come to Yuyang." ”

"Alas, the old body knows that this in-law is such a person"

Liu's mother had lived in Cai's house for a period of time before, and she also knew Cai Yong and his wife very well, so she naturally knew Cai Yong's temper.

"Brother!"

The adults were chatting here, and Xiao Luo Shen was not willing to be lonely, so he hurriedly jumped out of Zhen Yi's arms and pounced on Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan laughed, picked up the little wife, and kissed her face fiercely.

"Brother has been gone these days, is Mi'er obedient?" Liu Yuan tied Xiao Luoshen's pretty face with a slightly popping beard and asked with a smile.

"Humph!"

Zhen Mijiao snorted and said, "Brother left Mi'er at home and went to play alone, it's not a good brother!" ”

"Hehe," Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Brother brought Sister Zhaoji, Mi'er and Sister Zhaoji play together, okay?" ”

"Good!"

Zhen Mi is like a little elf, pulling Liu Yuan's ears for a while, and correcting his nose for a while, very naughty

At the time of the night banquet, Liu Yuan called Guo Jia and other subordinates in Yuyang to the house to entertain them together.

Liu Mu, Zhen Yi, Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Jia Xu, Qi Zhou, Yuyang County Ling and Yuyang Taishou, as well as Cai Yan and Zhen Mi, gathered together and laughed.

After the banquet, Liu's mother and Zhen Yi left with Zhen Mi and Cai Yan, and Liu Yuan called Guo Jia and others into the study.

After everyone sat down, Liu Yuan told the matter of going to Luoyang word by word.

Guo Jia sighed: "I didn't expect the Son of Heaven to be so crazy" said, shaking his head: "Yuan Kui and the others are too bold to dare to poison the Son of Heaven!" "Although everyone has known about this for a long time, every time I talk about it, I can't help but sigh.

Tian Feng listened quietly, a trace of regret flashed on his face, and said: "As the lord said, the Han Dynasty is really in danger. ”

Liu Yuan could hear his tone and knew that Tian Feng still had a trace of illusion about the Han Dynasty, but he also knew that Tian Feng was a sensible person.

"Don't talk about that." Seeing this, he opened the topic and said, "I didn't expect Zhang Jiao to be really a character. ”

"Not bad." Jia Xu continued: "Although it has been three years since the creation of the dark department, it has not been able to spread all over the world for a long time due to lack of manpower. The members of the dark department have also recently discovered clues about Luoyang, and have sent a letter to spread the word, saying that Luoyang has a huge web covering the imperial court. I was about to report to the Lord, but he already knew. ”

"The development of the dark part is not in a hurry." Liu Yuan said with a smile: "I have always pursued the strategy of being more expensive than expensive. The dark part is very important, and there is no mistake, so the more elite it is, the better. Besides, I still have enough time to develop the dark department, and sooner or later it will be all over the world. ”

Jia Xu and others thought so.

"Now that all matters in Youzhou are on the right track, then the next step should be discussed." Liu Yuan knocked on the table and said, "According to various intelligence, it is speculated that the Taiping Sect will start at the beginning of next year. The Son of Heaven has a request for me in this matter, and I am a subordinate after all, so I should do it. In my opinion, although the Taiping Sect has a large number of people, its combat effectiveness should be very poor, so it is only necessary to send a general to prepare for this matter. Feng Xiao ordered Huang Chang to prepare. ”

"Yes, my lord."

As soon as the business came, Guo Jia immediately put away the hanging on his face, and he received the order.

"Secondly, the border troubles in Youzhou are still unresolved." Liu Yuan's face was solemn, and he said: "The Xianbei people, the Goguryeo people, the Buyeo people, the Sanhan people, the Lulou people, and the Wuhuan people, although because of everyone's strategy and the containment of economic means, they have attacked each other, but in the past few years, they have not been greatly damaged. They still have a large army, and they are still a threat to my Youzhou. ”

"So, the second step of the grassland plan is to start implementation."

"First of all, under the pretext of economic and trade exchanges, build a city on the grassland north of Youzhou, and extend the road into the grassland. This war, it's best to fight on someone else's land, my people in Youzhou, can not withstand the destruction, and it is the best policy to keep the enemy outside the country. ”

"Secondly, we will use every means to provoke all ethnic groups, and we must not let them ease their breath until the defense line of the northern Xinjiang grassland is established."

"Third, after the defense line is established, slowly raise the trade tax and force it to resist, so that we can have a legitimate excuse to do it."

Liu Yuan said, glanced at Jia Xu and Fuzhi, and said, "In this matter, Wen He and Gong He have to work hard. ”

The two of them surrendered their orders.

"Lord, are you underestimating the Taiping Sect too much?"

At this time, Chen Qun spoke.

"According to the Lord, there are as many as one million followers of the Taiping Sect, such a huge power is comparable to the alliance of the major interracial races, isn't it worthy of the Lord's attention?"

"It's not that I don't deserve my attention. It's worth paying attention to too many people! Liu Yuan thought of Cao Ying, Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei, who still didn't know where to hide, and thought of these heroes who would call for wind and rain in the future, and couldn't help but feel sad for Zhang Jiao.

His horns and millions of yellow scarves are the stepping stones for these people to reach the sky.

"What's more," the corners of Liu Yuan's mouth curled, revealing a smile: "Did I say that I don't pay attention to the Taiping Sect?" ”

Everyone was stunned and speechless.

Liu Yuan really didn't say how to deal with the Taiping Sect, only said that Huang Chang should be prepared.

"Do I have to drive the armies under Xu Huang, Yan Liang, and Zhang Fei to the Central Plains to pay attention to it?"

"The Taiping Sect uprising is an opportunity! A great opportunity for the rise of Youzhou. ”

"Population! Captives and refugees are all objects of Youzhou's absorption! ”

"After next year, the population of Youzhou will reach at least five million!"

"That's the goal!"

"So"

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