The generals of the Cao clan were still conjecturing about the sudden defection of the Black Mountain thieves, but in the Plains City, Qin Xu saw an unexpected, but reasonable "guest".

"Yuan Sangongzi?!" Looking at Yuan Shang, who was standing a little restrained in front of him, Qin Xu was not only stunned, but also sighed at the reluctance of this nobleman who was once very favored by Yuan Shao for the glory that might be about to come.

To be honest, on the issue of Jizhou, Qin Xu and Lu Bu were still a little entangled at the beginning when choosing whether to cooperate with the Zhen family or with Yuan Shang.

Bohai County, Jizhou was Yuan Shao's starting place, and after several years of operation, then it was merged with Hebei and two states, and the power was unrivaled for a while, on the ground of Hebei, it can be said that in addition to Youzhou, in fact, it has already become the base of the Yuan family. Even if Yuan Shao died suddenly, Yu Wei was still there, just looking at Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, the two sons of the old Yuan Chengqi, each based on a state, and Cao Cao wanted to plot, he had to gather soldiers and generals cautiously, and he didn't dare to do it easily. It can be said that if there is a descendant of the Yuan family to help, even if it is used like a puppet, it will also be a considerable help to the stability of Jizhou in the future.

Yuan Shangnai is the third son of the Yuan family, and it is well known to everyone that he was extremely favored during Yuan Shao's lifetime, and he is the only "innocent white" who was not involved in the mystery of Yuan Shao's death.

And the Zhen family in Hebei, although it is also influential in this acre and three points of land, it is undoubted, but after all, it has the name of a businessman. In recent years, the major forces have been enriching military resources. It is true that they vigorously support the rise of the merchant family, but the ultimate goal is to use their wealth to strengthen their own strength and political status. These powerful big businessmen are sometimes far from a small and medium-sized family with a slight reputation.

The Zhen family is actually the same. Since the beginning of Emperor Ling, although he has been staring at the name of one of the six giant merchants of the Han Dynasty, and has assisted three or four lords in the front and back, in fact, whether it is Liu Yan, Liu Yu, or Han Fu or even Yuan Shao, what they value is only the wealth of the Zhen family, which rivals the country's wealth, and the benefits of the grain and iron horse under their control. The Zhen family actually knows this. A wealthy businessman in troubled times. No matter how rich the wealth is, no matter how powerful the private soldier is, it is difficult to compare with the various forces that have become a climate. It is extremely difficult to save one's life and family wealth. What's more, it has continued to develop. It is precisely because of this that Zhen Jian, the head of the Zhen family with a long-term vision, will fall into the hands of Yuan's second son after Yuan Shao died violently and Hebei. and their own parents and children to seek a new backing.

Lu Bu's choice was actually more inclined to Yuan Shang. Anyway. Qingzhou has the help of a group of businessmen who have gathered together with the Xuzhou Mi family as the leader, and Xuzhou, a large state that produces grain and iron, and Tao Qian can rely on it in three or four years to become a powerful company, and Xuzhou will be rich and unparalleled, so in terms of military resources and grain, with the current military scale of Lu Bujun's army, if there is no big war, there is actually not much desire.

Although he is extremely greedy for Northland horses. However, at present, the strategic focus of our army is Jiangdong, which has many waterways. There are too many horses, and there is little use. Moreover, since Qin Xu said that the dense spear phalanx could easily break the advantage of the horse army's charge, Lu Bu had actually begun to use the newly established Qingzhou Barracks as a blueprint and began to gradually focus his troops on the infantry, and several campaigns also confirmed that the Qingzhou soldiers, who were mainly spear infantry, were comparable to Lu Bu's proud trap camp in terms of combat power.

Therefore, regardless of all factors, Jizhou, a place where the enemy is facing and peeps from many sides and is extremely difficult to govern, if it were not for the threat brought by Cao Cao's sudden increase in strength to his own army, Lu Bu would not be as interested as others thought.

Moreover, from a personal point of view, not to mention Mi Zhu, a modest gentleman who is not very pedantic, gives Lu Bu a pretty good impression. After all, the Mi family was a family member when Lu Bu was in trouble, and they helped each other in Xuzhou, and because Qin Xu had a "relative" relationship with Lu Bu's family about Mi Zhen, it was reasonable to introduce a Zhen family with a foundation far away in Hebei, which seemed to be the icing on the cake at most, and the heart of the Mi family was cold, no matter how you look at it, it was a very cost-effective deal. Not to mention the attitude that Zhen Jiafu showed when he entered Linzi, which made the arrogant Lu Bu very unhappy!

But Qin Xu is different. Qin, who is a human being in two lives, knows very well how the anger of the protagonist of the late Han Dynasty is against the sky. Although Cao Cao has been defeated several times because of his carelessness or encountering a sharp weapon of someone Qin who has exceeded 1,800 years, Liu Bei has also been squeezed away from Youzhou several times, and Sun Ce has been suppressed in the remote place of Huiji County, and Guo Jia, Liu Xuan, and even Yan Baihu and his son have been shackled to restrict their use. But someone Qin didn't dare to take it lightly.

Sun Ce is known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, there is a group of old ministers to help, although the military generals are not first-class, but they are also the masters of the moment, plus although Yuzhang County is a county, and the mountains are crossed, but the area is not much smaller than the whole territory of Qingzhou, and it also has the advantage of two crops a year. The potential is huge; Liu Bei should have been wandering around at this time in history, claiming to be a hero and useless. But now he has successfully set aside his own classmate Gongsun Zhan, and eased the relationship with Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and secretly almost controlled the land equivalent to Qing and Xu Erzhou. There is also the benefit of producing horses to assist it, and after listening to Xun You's words before, he has begun to be dissatisfied with the territory of only half of Youzhou, and began to think about going south, with Liu Bei's manipulation of people's hearts, plus Guan Zhang, Zhao Yun and other peerless fierce generals' minions, which cannot be underestimated. As the biggest imaginary enemy of Qingzhou, Cao Cao has always had the help of the Central Plains family Wei, although several times with the Lu Bu army to compete for power, but also with Yan, Yu, Sili, Yongzhuzhou and Liangzhou for a place to use, and the Son of Heaven to order the banner of righteousness, in the case of the Han Dynasty, first established in an invincible position. Now that he is aiming at Hebei again, if it comes to fruition, Cao Cao, who owns the seven states, will deserve the name of the first prince in the Central Plains and even in the world.

The situation is worrying! Although Lu Bujun is strong, he is only based on Qingxu and Xu at the moment. The remote control of Yangzhou, which is not very "obedient", is just a strategic buffer. If you don't think of danger in times of peace, after this thing grows up, although you have successfully escaped the misfortune of the White Gate Tower. But who knows if there will be any pickled ground of the Black Gate Tower and the Red Gate Tower in other places. Hence the strength! It is the foundation of survival in this troubled world.

And where does the strength come from? Although the Mi family is rich, and almost every month they continue to absorb and hoard huge amounts of materials from all over the world to enrich Lu Bu's military treasury, Qin Xu knows that if Lu Bu only wants to be a local small warlord, he will only rely on the power of the Mi family. and the gimmick of the world's number one fierce general, enough to live comfortably for at least ten years! But if you still want to develop, look at the whole Han or even beyond. But it's not enough.

Compared with Yuan Shang, even the nobles of the Yuan family who have fallen into trouble, the Zhen family is far from comparable in terms of influence. Just look at the Yuan family, who experienced the violent death of the head of the family, Yuan Shao. There is a rebellious thief like Yuan Shu. still can't shake the foundation of the Yuan family in Hebei, and it can be seen how "easy to use" the reputation of the so-called fourth and third dukes is. It can be said that if you climb the Yuan clan through Yuan Shang, and use the prestige of the Yuan clan as Sasuke, not to mention anything else, it is not difficult to achieve the point of dominating one side like Yuan Shao. That's it. Not to mention that compared to the Yuan family, which has a centuries-old heritage, can a grassroots hero like Lu Bu occupy a dominant position without being set aside. It is also difficult to guarantee whether the servant who originally hung the powerful halo of the protagonist of the late Han Dynasty in history can tolerate Lu Bu, and whether he will wait for an opportunity to find a reason to take advantage of the fact that Lu Bu's army has not yet taken shape, and come to "the princes to ask for Lu" again, just because Cao Cao, who has the Son of Heaven in his hand, raised Cheng Yu's teasing of Lu Bu's army and gently put it down, this matter is by no means a fantasy.

Visible, build a high wall! Accumulate grain! Slow reign! It's the way to go! That is, Qin someone, as the "spokesperson" of the Mi family and Lu Bu's son-in-law, almost spent countless saliva to make Lu Bu listen to the words, so that with a broad network and the benefits of grain, grass and iron horses, if it is properly controlled, the Hebei Zhen family, which can completely make Lu Bujun's strength go to a higher level, can barely be regarded as entering Lu Bu's eyes. promised to temporarily "help" to stabilize Yuan Shang's mother and son, who were jumping up and down with Lu Bujun's desire to use troops against Hebei, and the two great strategists who were coveted by Qin Xu, let Qin Xu "mess around" again.

But seeing that this handsome son was bowing in front of him right now, Qin Xu knew that either it was the inaction of his father-in-law's anger, or Tian Feng's frustration taught these two people with extraordinary wisdom that Yuan Shang successfully avoided the eyes and ears of Jia Xu, who continued to be in charge of all things in the shadows on behalf of Qin Xu, and escaped from the cage of freedom in Qingzhou.

"Qin Envoy Jun wants to abandon it, but he still doesn't care!" I don't know who taught this unlucky kid to pretend to be pitiful like this. The last time Qin Xu recognized his daughter, Yuan Shang came to such a trick of wanting to bow to Zhen Mi and belittle Qin Xu's generation, in order to take the opportunity to tie Qin Xu to the chariot, but this time there was such a resentful scene.

"Why did Xianfu say that?" Qin Xu feigned a stunned look, stretched out his hand and dragged Yuan Shang, who refused to get up, and said with righteous words on his face: "The third prince is the youngest son of Yuan Gong, and Hebei Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi are both brothers. Moreover, the lord has also carefully instructed him before, and this time there is another important matter, that is, for the sake of Yuan Gong's kindness in recommending the lord as the Qingzhou pastor, it is necessary to persuade Xianfu to reconcile the misunderstanding between the three brothers Yuan Tan Xiansi and Yuan Xi Xianyi. It will not make Yuan Gong Jiuquan feel heartache for the three sons to fight. A piece of kindness is like a jade pot, but the sun and the moon, how can you think like this? ”

"Is what you said true?" Although Yuan Shang is not a few years younger than Qin Xu, after all, he has always been used to being favored by the Liu family, and he has little experience. Seeing that what Qin Xu said was the Tao, every sentence was reasonable, and it didn't seem to be fake. Moreover, Yuan Shang also knew that Qin Xu's army had not moved since it arrived in the plains, and even if the Zhen family left the plains and returned to Zhongshan, they did not take the opportunity to take a step towards Jizhou, and they had contact with Cao Cao's envoys, and it was also like a picture of wanting to mediate the war. I believed it for seven or eight points first, and his tone eased a lot, and he said with a look of shame: "For the sake of Shang's family affairs, tired of Qin Envoy Jun and General Cao, Shang is still suspected of making Jun plot Jizhou and does not want to be known by Shang, he really lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and he is really ashamed to hear that Jun is telling the truth." ”

"Ahem...... It doesn't have to be that way! It doesn't have to be that way! Whether it is Qin or Wen Hou, they have all been 'favored' by Yuan Gong, and they should be like this! And General Cao was also ordered by the Son of Heaven. As a minister of the Han Dynasty, he should act according to his orders, so why bother to thank him. "That's nonsense. It is estimated that only Yuan Shang, a gentleman who has not been deeply involved in the world, will believe it, Qin Xu heard Yuan Shang's self-ashamed words later, he couldn't bear to listen to it, and at the same time silently promised in his heart that if Lu Bu achieved something one day, he would definitely give an explanation to the unlucky child in front of him.

"Qin Envoy Jun can be a high-ranking official of the Han Dynasty at such an age, and he is really very human! I still admire it. I don't know if I can ask the envoy to take in Yuan Shang, serve in the morning and evening, and listen to the lesson. To talk about the meaning of admiration? Listening to Qin Xu's "heartfelt" words, Yuan Shang, the unlucky child, showed an excited look, stood there as if thinking for a while, and spoke.

The words "this ......" must have been taught! Qin Xu almost didn't have to think about it. Just listen to it and hear it. The calculation was the same as the last time in Qin Xu's mansion. Presumably, it was the means of those two great strategists, who aimed to make sure that Yuan Shang was not too far away from the Lu Bu army, so as not to cause variables. I have to say that after Qin Xu's unemotional expression just now, after hearing this request, it was really not good to refuse too much. Otherwise, all the previous foreshadowing is estimated to be in vain. But Qin Xu really didn't want Yuan Shang to get too involved in this matter, even Qin Xu planned to do so after the previous goal was achieved. If you really can't control the situation in Jizhou, you have to use Yuan Shang's puppet to appease the people. But at this time, Qin Xu could think of Tian Feng's intention to teach these two great sages that Qin Xu would never forget, that is, to let Yuan Shang brush up on his sense of existence, not just after the matter was completed, because he had no merit and could only be a puppet at the mercy of others.

"Please have mercy on Qin Envoy!" Yuan Shang saw Qin Xu's face showing hesitation, and without saying a word, he immediately knelt on the ground again, with a resolute look on his face, seeing that if Qin Xu didn't agree, this unlucky child wouldn't plan to get up.

"That's it! Since this is said to be a Qin order, it can also be regarded as a family matter, how can Qin be so decisive? Then you will get what Xianfu wants! But what I just said to serve, let it be stopped! Qin can specially approve the military aircraft of Counselor Xianfu, unless it is confidential, it can be inquired about. Xianfu also knows the rules in the army, even Qin can't easily commit it. It's not that you don't believe in Xianfu's character, it's just that the rules are like this, and I hope Xianfu is not strange! "Seeing that although Yuan Shang was endorsing just now, and even the routine of the request was very similar to being rehearsed in advance, it seems that those two people have studied us quite thoroughly! Qin Xu groaned slightly, and simply made a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor, and first added all kinds of restrictions and agreed to Yuan Shang's request, anyway, this unlucky child probably can't hear anything good or bad, and even if Tian Feng listens to such a resourceful person, it is estimated that he can only be more suspicious, after all, what Qin Xu said is indeed a rule in the army, and it is impossible to give a green light to anyone, especially to a hairy child like Yuan Shang, who is an outsider. What's more, Qin Xu also "kindly" thought of a solution for Yuan Shang, and when he saw Yuan Shang scratching his head, he said with a smile: "Actually, Xianfu's participation is also very good for mediating the affairs of your two brothers, but Xianfu is not very old, presumably even if he is talented, it is difficult to be complete, which is not beautiful!" If this is the case, who told Qin to look at Xianfu is pleasing to the eye. Qin simply took favoritism, and authorized Xianfu to bring two family members who are proficient in military affairs to serve temporarily until this is over, and then you can leave on your own! Is that good? ”

"Qin ...... What Qin Envoy Jun said is true? Yuan Shang had indeed deepened his doubts when he heard Qin Xu's deliberate refusal, after all, as Qin Xu said, if he put aside the covetousness of other forces for the two states of Hebei, to put it bluntly, wouldn't it be his old Yuan family's family matter? The words are all said to be on the part, if you still don't agree, even if Yuan Shang is a fool, you can understand Qin Xu's perfunctory meaning. Fortunately, Qin Xu didn't know what he had in mind, so he changed his mind so "easily", which made Yuan Shangshen think that he was wrong to blame Qin Xu, and made a series of "intimate" words from Yuan Shang's perspective behind Qin Xu made Yuan Shang feel a little embarrassed. Especially the last sentence, in Yuan Shang's mind, Qin Xu can be regarded as an immortal who responds to his needs. Yuan Shangzheng is worried that his two gentlemen are always planning behind the scenes, but the plan has not changed much, if he can react at the first time, maybe it can be more useful.

"A gentleman's words are quick and the horse is whipped! Although Qin is not a gentleman, he is also the master of a spit and a nail, and a person who does what he says! If Xianfu has any doubts, he can now record his name and surname, as well as the family members to be promoted, in the military register. Qin Xu also seemed to be "irritated" by Yuan Shang's distrustful tone, and did not listen to Yuan Shang's panicked explanation, and immediately waved his hand to call a soldier who was on duty outside the door, and ordered him to immediately summon the registrar, even if he wanted to enter Yuan Shang's name and surname into the register. bluffed Yuan Shangzhi thought that it was a good thing to be entered into the military register, and he was deeply afraid that Qin Xu would misunderstand, so he immediately waved his hand and retreated, but how could it be that he had been trained by Lu Lingqi for two years, and combined with the exercise methods of the later generations that he could think of, Qin someone's opponent who still had some muscles on his body, even if he was half-pushed, he signed the flower charge, and repeatedly thanked Qin Xu for his "care", and said that he would definitely bring two "family members" to Qin Envoy's account tomorrow to listen to the appointment.

It's just that Yuan Shang, who thought he had a plan, didn't notice that the eyes in Qin Xu's eyes, which were more smug than him, were flickering...... (To be continued......)