In the four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there are not many new or annihilated families. Up to now, only the Dong family in the northwest, the Wu family in Bashu, the Cai family in Jingxiang, the Zhu family in Jiangdong, the Chen Liuwei family, and the Zhen family in Hebei are known as the six wealthy merchants of the Han Dynasty.

These people may control different industries and sources of goods, but the only thing they have in common is that they all have a strong back-end support behind them.

Qin Xu once heard Cai Yan talk about it, the Dong family was a branch of the Empress Dowager Dong's family, Dong Zhuo relied on his financial resources to bully the world, and now although he is weak, the camel that is still emaciated is bigger than a horse, and it should not be despised by it; The Wu family is a family of scholars in Dongzhou, Shudi, and provided great assistance to Liu Yan to lock the country of Tianfu, and most of the Wu children are officials in Shu; The Cai family was originally a wealthy family of Jingxiang, and they had been associated with Jiangbiao celebrities for several generations, most of whom were related, and vigorously supported Liu Biao, who was said to be one of the eight horses who were most likely to inherit the throne, and Liu Biao was actually the son-in-law of the Cai family; The Jiangdong Zhu family is now newly attached to the Sun family to help it regulate Yuzhang, and it seems to be the weakest in strength, but it is an alliance with Cheng, Lu, and Zhang, the three old Jiangdong families, and it can be said that in the entire four counties of Jiangdong, almost all the officials are from these four families or relatives who are attached to the four families; And Chen Liuwei's family is a branch of the Wei family of the Hedong clan, and from the very beginning, Wei Zi came forward to marry Cao Cao, and Wei Ke, who was once "bullied" by Qin Xu, is the eldest son of the Wei family. As for the Mi family, who supported Lu Bujun's forces, although their strength has improved by leaps and bounds in the past two years with the help of Qin Xu's sea salt strategy, they are compared to these old wealthy businessmen who have been passed down for generations. But there is still a lot of lack of foundation, too many congenital deficiencies. Just like the Zhen family in Hebei!

The history of the Zhen family in Hebei can even be traced back to the pre-Qin and Warring States periods. The accumulation of more than a dozen lifetimes. makes the fundamental lineage of the Zhen family not much less than those beautiful Confucian families, that is, the Zhen family stomps their feet, and Hebei has to tremble three times. But since the second emperor Huan Ling, the Han Dynasty is not as good as a day, and in the past ten years, it has been a thief and a military disaster. The Yellow Turban is raging, Montenegro is entrenched, and various forces are constantly conquering, and the land of Hebei Sanzhou. In the past ten years, it has become a pot of porridge, so that the Zhen family has to seek the big tree to rely on.

However, the Zhen family is not as lucky as the other five wealthy businessmen, whether it is the Dong family, the Cai family, the Wu family, etc., they have all been branded as the lord of the local area. As a "tool" for transporting money. It is also protected accordingly. The Zhen family chose Liu Yan, who was the assassin of Youzhou at the time, who actually controlled Hebei ten years ago, but within a few years, Liu Yan invited himself to the town and left Hebei because of his coveting of the spirit of the Son of Heaven in Bashu; The successor Liu Yu is really not a hero, and he is the patriarch of the royal family, that is, the patriarch of the royal family, and the nominal emperor has to take care of all major and minor affairs, so he naturally looks down on the Zhen family, a family that operates the "cheap business" of businessmen. In desperation. The Zhen family chose Jizhou Mu Han Fu, but who expected that this old brother Han was benevolent and righteous. The strategy is not bad, but the luck is a little worse, and within a few years, it was taken away by Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai. Yuan Shao, who was born in the Yuan family with the prestige of the fourth generation and the third duke, and was the patriarch at the time, was obviously much more reliable than those Liu Yan, Liu Yu, Han Fu and the like, and Corporal Yuan Shao Lixian attached great importance to the Zhen family, and even intended to choose a son to marry the Zhen family, and the sincerity was indeed sufficient.

Seeing that Yuan Shao has been in charge of Jizhou since he entered Jizhou, he has worked hard to restore the vitality of Jizhou in a short time, and then compiled and merged the state in the bag, peeking at Youzhou on his side, and the son of Youzhou Mu is willing to lower his body to seek shelter, Zhen Jian, who is the head of the Zhen family in this generation, can be regarded as relieved, and has been changing masters for more than ten years, almost just feeding people and leaving, so that this old Mr. Zhen is overwhelmed, and he is really a little jumpy. Now looking at this Yuan family, who was born in a wealthy family and is known as the protégé of the Yuan family, Yuan Benchu, has such a "mighty position" Zhen Jian has made up his mind to borrow the big tree of the Yuan family to recuperate, so as to alleviate the immeasurable huge losses caused by the turmoil of more than ten years.

The wish is very plump, but the reality is very skinny. Just when the Zhen family was full of joy to increase investment in Yuan Shao and help Yuan Shao, who already had the momentum of sweeping Hebei, to go further and grab greater profits, "misfortune" once again befell the head of Zhen Jian, the old head of the Zhen family, who was in his sixties, but could still count women at night, had a great body, and ate a lot of fragrance.

Yuan Shao is dead! Die suddenly! This news made the Zhen family panic. I heard that the old master, Liu Yan, who is only more than fifty years old, has not been able to do well in the past two years; Han Fu and Liu Yu are already a piece of loess now, and now Yuan Shao has also died young, is it possible that the old Zhen family will take refuge in whoever will be finished?

This kind of thing may be a coincidence once or twice, but it has been staged again and again in the past ten years, even if the Zhen family itself does not scare themselves, they can't stand the small words of some people who are interested in the wealth and power of the Zhen family. Now Hebei and Zhou are occupied by Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, this kid's previous attention was on military affairs, relying on the production of horses in Bingzhou, can make cavalry, when he first took power, he was reckless and reckless, regardless of his own strength, if it weren't for Yuan Shu's matter to drag Cao Cao's hind legs, he wouldn't know where he is now, not the image of the Ming Lord; And Yuan Xi, the second eldest member of the Yuan family, although he has a milder temperament and is closer to the officials of the government department under Yuan Shao, but after all, he is under his brother, even if he is not annexed by Yuan Tan in the future, but in the current situation in Hebei, it will be difficult to achieve a big deal after all. Moreover, the strangeness of Yuan Shao's death, some "well-informed people" have released the wind, saying that it seems to be inseparable from his two precious sons.

Zhen Jian didn't think about moving his family to Gongsun Zhan, who could fight against Yuan Shao for so many years. But now Gongsun Zhan is trapped in the capital of Yijing, and he will "hand" all the state affairs, military and political affairs, regardless of the size of the state, to Liu Xuande, the clan of the Han family. Zhen Jian is an old thief, and he can naturally see that Liu Bei holds his own identity, and there are two brothers who are peerless generals, who are by no means people who have lived under the people for a long time.

But sometimes things don't just get away with it if you want to. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi were born in the Yuan family, so they naturally knew that if they wanted to have great ambitions, it was not enough to collect so much agricultural tax and harsh donations just by practicing the people in the country. At the beginning, his father Yuan Shaoruo did not have the full support of the Zhen family. Hoping to have the current situation in a short period of time is simply empty talk. Therefore, although the scenery of Hebei Yuan is no more. But whether it is Yuan Tan or Yuan Xi, the wooing of the Zhen family has never been broken. Moreover, whether it is Yuan Tan, who has empty ambitions, or Yuan Xi, who is trying to survive in the cracks, the two brothers invariably remembered that the Zhen family had a marriage with the Yuan family.

These words were said by Zhen Jian himself when Yuan Shao's power was at its strongest. Naturally, you can't fake it. But at this time and again, now that the old Yuan family has fallen to Si, who is willing to mention that "old thing" again? In desperation. can only be dragged slowly with the snake first, and then find another way to solve this matter.

The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, whether it is a cold weapon or a hot weapon, the war is actually a national strength. The so-called cannon sounded 10,000 taels of gold. It can almost be regarded as a universal truth regardless of ancient and modern times. As a wealthy businessman with the financial resources that can make a power soar. There are two choices in front of Zhen Jian.

One is Cao Cao, who welcomed the Son of Heaven. Whether it is to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, or to obey the Son of Heaven to order not to obey, in fact, the essence is the same, with the help of the righteousness of the Son of Heaven on the side, it is to stand on the commanding heights of morality, unless the Han Dynasty is declining, otherwise it will be invincible first. With Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sili, Yongliang a section of the Dynasty Taiwei, Wuping Marquis led Yanzhou Mu, Xiao cavalry general Cao Cao. Whether it is in terms of military strength or government decrees, in just a few years. All of them are soaring and unstoppable, and they are an excellent candidate.

But Cao Cao's forces have been tightly tied to Chen Liuwei's clan since Chen Liu's army, coupled with the influence of his own branch Hedong Wei clan in the Han Dynasty, the Zhen family rashly intervened, Cao Cao will naturally be overjoyed, but for the Zhen family, it is tantamount to competing with the Wei clan for a share of the cake. As the saying goes, getting in the way of people's wealth is like killing parents. Although the Zhen family is not afraid of Wei's in the slightest, they have to admit that whether it is in terms of heritage and strength, as well as the degree of trust by Cao Cao, at least in the past two decades, they don't want to compete with Wei's. is also a big six wealthy businessmen, just inexplicably became inferior, including Zhen Jian, the old Zhen family of more than 10,000 people, how could they not agree. Moreover, the Zhen family has been in business for more than ten generations, so it naturally has its own sources, and Boss Cao's not-so-elegant "Ya name" is also the reason why Zhen Jian is a little hesitant to raise his daughter to make friends with powerful people and consolidate his family. It's not that Zhen Jian loves his daughter, but that his old Zhen is so old, and the youngest of his concubines is not as big as his eldest granddaughter. Besides, it was not his choice, so Zhen Jian naturally shelved this "most correct" decision.

Qingzhou! This is the second choice of Zhen Jian, the head of the Zhen family. Lu Bu came from a humble background, his ancestor was just a small official, and his previous reputation was not very good. The most important thing is that the Mi family, who is now faintly among the seventh wealthy businessmen in the Han Dynasty, was pushed to power by Lu Bujun's forces. Who doesn't know that although Qingzhou still has many mountains and few fields, it is rich because of the "funding" of the Mi family? It is a great miracle that such a small state can feed more than two million people. Zhen Jian also once stopped the knowledgeable people in the clan, and carefully studied the policy of exile introduced by Qingzhou, although what was said was a framework for guiding people's livelihood, but it had to be said that whether it was work for relief or income according to work, it was possible to see the shadow of the secret law of business operation. This naturally made Lao Zhen have a natural impression of Lu Bujun. Moreover, Zhen Jian also learned from the side through his own news channels that Lu Bu is really a person who cares about his family very much. Although he now has a wife and two concubines, he does not abandon his wife and does not leave his concubine. simply beautified Lu Bu's evil behavior of being a concubine in the eyes of the defenders into the best portrayal of Lu Bu's arrogance and dedication. And the reason why Zhen Jian finally chose Lu Bujun's forces is that Lu Bu has no children!

In Zhen Jian's opinion, it's not that Lu Bu is "not good", he is only forty years old, and it is when a man is most energetic, and there is a baby daughter Lu Lingqi in front of him, how can it be that Boss Lu is not good in "something"? Then the problem must be with the wife and concubine.

The wife of the Lu family's compound, Yan, is the same age as Lu Bu, and it is estimated that there is no play. Since Diao Chan was selected as a meticulous work, the Zhen family also has its own kind of women, and Zhen Jian naturally knows that all women who carry out this kind of "task". The first thing he did before "going out on a mission" was to use the secret method to "kill the red dragon", which eliminated the possibility of giving birth, and naturally it was impossible to continue the offspring for Lu Bu. And for that Mrs. Cao. It is said to be younger than Lu Bu's only daughter, Lu Lingqi. It was sent by Cao Bao in a hurry before it had grown at all, and it was difficult to "make achievements" for a while.

Then, the opportunity for his old Zhen family came. As long as he can marry the beautiful Zhen family girl known to the world to Qingzhou and become Lu Bu's concubine, Zhen Jian has enough reason to believe that his old Zhen family definitely has hope to replace the position of the Xuzhou Mi family that has risen rapidly in a short period of time. Become the biggest boss behind the scenes in Qingzhou. It's no wonder that Zhen Jian's confidence is so "strong"! Although the Mi family has also been in business for generations, it is just rich food! Now at most, there is a salt policy that can make it valued by Lu Bu, but the Zhen family is confident that it can be taken out and that Lu Bu has to agree to.

The Zhen family controls the largest iron mine and horse farm in Hebei!

People don't eat salt and don't have strength. That's true; It is true that salt can bring endless wealth to Qingzhou! But salt, while a necessity, is not a strategic commodity. Just salt, even if it can make Qingzhou empty gathering and accumulate a mountain of gold. Under the watchful eye of the surrounding forces. Eventually, it will definitely turn into a way to get trouble!

But if there is iron, it is different. The reason why Lu Bu's army is strong depends to a large extent on the fact that most of the elites in the army are cavalry, whether it is trapped, horseman, flying horseman, personal guard, or Xiandeng and Xiliang soldiers, they are all known for being the elite of the cavalry! But Qingzhou did not produce horses, nor did there be any iron ore, which greatly constrained the development of Lu Bujun. Zhen Jian believes that with Lu Bu's current vision, it can be seen that as long as the Zhen family joins. And if the corresponding status is exchanged for all the strength of Zhen Jiatian to help, who else in the world can restrain him, the world's number one fierce general, at that time? The "future" that can make Yuan Shao salivate. Zhen Jian didn't have to think about it to know that Lu Bu would definitely make the most correct choice in the end!

Therefore, Zhen Jian made up his mind and decided that Lu Bu would never refuse this good thing that was almost equivalent to a gift from the heavenly general, and brought him with him the "candidate" who could talk to Lu Bu without much effort, bypassing the "surveillance" of the second Yuan, who was somewhat restrained because of Yuan Shu's affairs, and personally came to Qingzhou to contact Lu Bu, and put the marriage on hold because of Yuan Shao's death, the second Zhen Jiang, who had not been married for nearly two decades, and the fourth Zhen Mi, who was only thirteen years old, with him, and planned to take Lu Bu with him. Then directly "implement" the matter, so as not to delay the change for a long time.

Sure enough, Zhen Jian didn't take much effort to get the approval of Lu Bu's reception, and after revealing the news that he was going to take refuge, he was born in a state, even if he was a perennial "mess" in the army, and Lu Bu, who had heard of the reputation of the Zhen family for a long time, also put on a huge formation to greet him, which was enough to give the Zhen family face. But when Zhen Jian revealed a little bit of his intention to marry Lu Bu, he encountered a "strange thing". Although the specifications of Lu Bu's orders to greet people rose again and again, they obviously did not have the enthusiasm they had before. This made Zhen Jian, who expected that Lu Bu would definitely be "ecstatic", a little puzzled. Fortunately, the source of the Zhen family also has permanent eyes and ears in Qingzhou, a place that does not suppress business, and inadvertently told the "anecdote" that Lu Bu was "forced" to marry with his baby son-in-law Qin Xu and was swept out of the door by his wife. Although in the eyes of different people, the people of Qingxu Erzhou think that this is the image of Lu Bu's Gu family, and the defenders think that this is the "evil fruit" of Lu Bu's contempt for etiquette and law, and he has always been salivating at the wealth of Qingzhou, thinking that this is a precursor to Lu Bu's lingering bed, the world's first fierce general is about to be swept away. In short, no matter what others imagine, Zhen Jian in the middle of it is reading a little different meaning in it.

The key is Qin Xu!

Lu Bu is thinking about Qin Xu's feelings?! Or is it using Qin Xu as an excuse? Of the two speculations, Zhen Jian is actually more inclined to the former.

Since Qin Xunian was less than Double Ten, he broke out of a great name. In fact, Zhen Jian is also like most people, he doesn't believe it very much. thinks that this is Boss Lu deliberately promoting his son-in-law. There is no other reason, everyone knows that Lu Bu is over forty years old, has only one daughter, and has no other children. If the three ladies don't come out again, the huge foundation of Lu Bujun will eventually fall into the hands of this little-known kid who is said to be just a slave from Lu Bu's family. Because of the problem of background, no matter how vigorously Lu Bu "cultivates" Qin Xu, it can be explained smoothly.

Now Qin Xu is already the captain of the Great Han Special Guard, the general of Zhengdong, and the Marquis of Wuting to lead the Xuzhou Assassin History, and he has already mastered half of the soldiers of Lu Bu's army. And because of Lu Bu's deliberate cultivation, Qin Xu is quite popular among the middle and high-level generals of Lu Bu's army. is even more because after Qin Xu married the Mi family, he had already controlled Lu Bujun's financial resources. In the eyes of Zhen Jian, who doesn't know the truth, Qin Xu has now become a "big tail" in Lu Bu's heart, and even whether or not to take a concubine is a "private matter" for Lu Bu, but it is possible to "threaten" Qin Xu's "future", even Lu Bu, who is the master of the army, has to worry about Qin's feelings.

Thinking of this, Zhen Jian secretly liked in his heart that fierce generals like Lu Bu also had a hesitant temperament, and it might be easy to "control" in the future. Intuitively, Qin Xu, who is also the son-in-law of the Mi family, is regarded as an opponent. As the head of the family, Zhen Jiao's emotions are connected with the people around him. Even the "cousin" uncle of Mrs. Yan, who didn't do anything, began to feel that Qin Xu was not very pleasing to the eye. This "cousin" uncle, who was suffering in Bingzhou, didn't know that his "cousin" niece had become the wife of a hussar general at first, but he was suddenly approached by the Zhen family who came to the door to eat, drink and entertain. Psychologically. Naturally, it is necessary to be inclined to the Zhen family.

"Who is this recruiting and provoking whom?" As soon as he entered the door, he was scolded by a veiled girl, and he was inexplicably slashed by the eyes of these people who didn't know him at all, if it weren't for Lu Bu's words, Qin Xu would have doubted whether these people were crazy. And Lu Lingqi, who came here with Qin Xu, thought that it would be his father who was going to call her husband as a livestock, after seeing the inexplicable eyes of these people, especially after seeing Boss Lu, who was so handsome that he fell off the scum and was extraordinary. is already double ten years old but has not yet married, and has already given birth to Zhen Jiang, the second lady of the Zhen family who is not married to you. After saying sarcastic remarks to Qin Xu that he thought he was helping Lu Bu get angry, he also said that his baby husband had provoked a woman who shouldn't be messed with outside, and was sued by others in front of his father.

It is estimated that even if Qin Xu is a human being in two lifetimes, he would not have expected that just because Lu Bu, who had the "purpose" of the Zhen family to come here in advance, had the intention to find his own precious son-in-law, who seemed to have some ghost ideas no matter what, to "share" or "solve" the raging fire that was about to ignite in his backyard, but it made Zhen Jian and his party, who misunderstood, regard Qin Xu, who has the "background" of the Mi family, as a stumbling block to his ascendancy.

"Oh! It turned out to be the old man of the Zhen family! Lu Lingqi was helped into the inner house by the maid half-invited and half-pleading, Qin Xu stared at the Zhen family who looked at him inexplicably but always unkind, and after glancing at Lu Bu, the corners of his mouth showed a little smile, and he arched his hand and said: "In the next big Hante into the guard, the general of Zhengdong, the Marquis of Wuting led the Xuzhou assassin history, and the end of the school entered Qin Xu is polite!" ”

"Ahem......" Lu Bu has always believed that his baby son-in-law has a poisonous mouth. The headache that Cao Cao was scolded was cured at the beginning, and it was not easy to deal with these businessmen! Seeing that Qin Xuming seemed to introduce himself solemnly, he smashed a large number of official positions from the Son of Heaven to the Zhen family who were just white. The Han Dynasty is the most respectful and humble, even if the etiquette and music are broken now, but as long as Confucianism still occupies a dominant position in thought, it is a mountain-like rule, and you can't help it. This made Ling originally plan to pretend to be an elder and plan to suppress Qin Xu's Zhen family because of the relationship between Lu Lingqi's "uncle" next to him, but after listening to Qin Xu's sudden and formal self-report, he had to pinch his nose and stand up, and give Qin Xu, who was already a very high official rank, a solemn and long salute.

Qin Xu is an official body, and if he gives his hand as a courtesy, he has already given enough face, and the Zhen family and others are just white bodies, even if they are self-defeating and refuse to bow down, they have to bow to the ground to show their solemnity, otherwise it will be a great faux pas. This has nothing to do with "seniority", even if the Zhen family knows that Qin Xu is deliberate, they must do so, and they can't find fault with Qin Xu.

The most solemn reception etiquette in this year is the roll call, Qin Xu did nothing out of the ordinary, in this kind of occasion, let alone in private, Qin Xu actually gave the Zhen family enough face on his face! Even the Son of Heaven in Weiyang Palace often takes praising and worshipping his name as an honor, and Lu Bu is on his side, and whether he bows or not already represents the cultivation of the old Zhen family! You must not be looked down upon for no reason.

Of course, whether Qin Xu accepts it or not is a personal matter. If it weren't for the people of the Zhen family who were inexplicably hostile as soon as they came up, Qin Xu would either turn sideways or return the salute, and this matter would actually be over. But the problem is that someone Qin was originally living with his own black sister, so he was called by Lu Bu in a daze, and he also encountered this incident, and he was holding back the fire in his heart. For Lu Bu, this is his own father-in-law, so naturally he can't do anything, and he doesn't dare to do anything; But for the sudden appearance of Lao Shizi's "uncle" and a group of inexplicable people, if the other party is more polite, maybe someone Qin, who has always been kind to others, will give his old mother-in-law enough face, but now, even his own father-in-law Lu Bu told himself with a straight look that he tossed casually, so what does it matter if his surname is "true" or "fake"?

"Excuse me! Today is a family banquet, and there are elders here, so there is no need to be so polite! Qin Xu swaggered his stomach swaggeringly under Lu Bu's forced smile and Mrs. Yan's doting and blaming gaze, sat on top of his left hand, and said with a grin.

"Hmm......" The Zhen family, who was holding their breath, was so hung that their eyes popped out. What a terrible thing to say! What do you have to do without being polite? It's still like no one in sight! No wonder Lu Bu has such scruples! Now, Zhen Jian can be regarded as a master of Qin Xu's achievements, how he can't lose his tail, and his brain is full of ten, but because Qin Xu is so domineering, it has indirectly enhanced Zhen Jian's confidence in persuading Lu Bu to replace the Mi family and become the biggest backstage "boss" of Lu Bujun.

"Thank you Qin Envoy!" Zhen Jian almost gritted his teeth and said, but he still made a look of honor on his face, forced out a few wisps of "spring breeze" smile, and said: "The little girl also said just now that the heroic stories of Qin Envoy Jun before are famous and spread all over the world!" Especially Zhen, as a businessman, has heard that Qin Yuanjun has a bit of a skill of turning stone into gold, and when he sees it today, he is really a famous person, Zhen is very lucky! Luckily! ”

"Prizes! Overpraise! Since he has been offended, Qin is not a person who likes to stick a dry old man with a cold ass with a hot face, listening to what Zhen Jian said is not very right, but it is an implicit provocative language, and he pretends not to understand, and said loudly: "Sit, sit, sit!" Although Qin is in a high position, he is also a young man, how can he be so respectful as an old man, sit down quickly! Otherwise, the father-in-law of a certain family should say that Qin doesn't understand the rules! ”

"Sister, who is this brother?" It seems that Zhen Jian was really angry with Qin Xu. This old brother was taught by a stranger when he was young, and his body has always been very healthy, but at this time, he only felt dizzy on his head, mud on the soles of his feet, and an old face was red and white, which was wonderful. Just when Zhen Jian was about to "break the gong" by Qin Xu's poisonous mouth, a little girl like a crystal doll, arched her head from behind the beautiful woman who had just spoken sarcastically to Qin Xu with a veiled scarf, rubbed her eyes, looked at someone Qin who suddenly appeared, and asked in a coquettish voice.

"This little girl was born so ......" Qin Xu just glanced at it, and he sighed like this! (To be continued......)

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