The next morning, Guo Yuan and Liu Ye went to the main gate of Nangong, which was still intact in the city, and when the guards took them outside the Chongde Hall to wait for Dong Zhuo to summon them, they happened to meet Lu Bu, a general who had just returned from an inspection of Wuguan.

The tall and majestic Lu Bu didn't know Guo Yuan and Liu Ye, so he curiously asked if the two had come from the Chang'an Dynasty? After Guo Yuan finished greeting with a smile, he first introduced Liu Ye to Lu Bu, and then said his name and identity.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu was very happy, and greeted Guo Yuan and Liu Ye very politely, seeing that it was so cold outside, and the people inside had not come out to greet him, he invited Guo Yuan and Liu Ye to go up the steps and enter the shelter on the inside of the hall to talk warmly.

It wasn't until Dong Zhuo went to the palace that Lu Bu quickly entered the palace to greet his father-in-law, briefly reported the military situation of Wuguan, and finally reported on his behalf very carefully:

"Mr. Qingzhou Beijia, Mr. Guoyuan, and Mr. Liu Ye, a member of the royal family, came to meet him, and they were waiting at the shelter at the entrance of the palace."

Dong Zhuo was very happy, he didn't expect Guoyuan and Liu Ye to be so interesting, so he shouted to invite him quickly, and then walked down the jade steps in person, politely supported Liu Ye and Guoyuan, who were bowing, and sighed while taking a closer look:

"Sure enough, it's royal blood, and its demeanor is extraordinary! There is also Mr. Zini, the prime minister has long wanted to ask the emperor to decree and recruit the two gentlemen to return to the dynasty to share the emperor's worries...... There are also Zheng Xuan, Bing Yuan and other gentlemen from Langya Academy, who are all pillars of the country! Later, I was worried that Liu Qingzhou would complain, so I had to endure the pain and cut my love, haha! ”

"I'm afraid the two gentlemen don't know that the ministers of the DPRK and China have asked the emperor more than once to summon you back as officials, and to appoint people to Qingzhou to take office, haha!"

Guo Yuan and Liu Ye hurriedly thanked them. Then he met with Lang Zhongling Li Ru, Zuo General Dong Min, Zhonglang General Hu Zhen and other civil and military officers one by one to salute, and waited for their respective positions. The two solemnly presented the list of gifts and handwritten letters that Liu Cun gave to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was very surprised when he saw the generous gifts on the gift list, and then looked at the letter that Liu Cun wrote to him. I couldn't help but be happy.

Liu Cun had never written to him before this, most of the chapters in Qingzhou were ghostwritten by the staff, Dong Zhuo only saw Liu Cun for Lejin and Guan Hai, and Dong Zhuo was also in front of the emperor and ministers, praising Liu Cun's writing on paper is much more beautiful than writing on a teapot.

At this moment, receiving Liu Cun's handwritten letter, Dong Zhuo was a little excited, and after reading the above content, he laughed, and only after laughing enough did he ask Guo Yuan, who was sitting in the lower right: "Mr. Zini, how big is this Yizhou mentioned by Lord Zijian in the letter?" ”

Guo Yuan thought for a moment: "The large and small islands of Yizhou are combined. It's about a quarter the size of Qingzhou, that is, the four Yizhou together are about the same as Qingzhou...... However, Yizhou is a large island with high middle and low on both sides, with mountains stretching from north to south, and the places where people can live are flat land near the sea, and there are not many fields that can be cultivated. ”

"The Qingzhou caravan first occupied the small plain in the north of the island, and the local indigenous tribes were found sporadically, but they were all uncivilized villages that did not belong to each other, so the state pastor believed. As long as the imperial court included Yizhou in the territory of our Han Dynasty, the land and territorial waters of our Han Dynasty would extend eastward for more than a thousand miles, and the Japanese and Sanhan on the islands in the north would not dare not come to worship and pay tribute. ”

The exclamations in the hall were endless, and Dong Zhuo thought for a while and couldn't get the point. hurriedly called Li Ru to his side to ask, and it didn't take long for him to readily agree, but he was a little embarrassed:

"It's a great thing to expand your territory. Not to mention a county, even a state. It's just this General Zhenhai...... I vaguely remember that all dynasties have never had the martial arts position of General Zhenhai! Which rank should be counted? ”

Guo Yuan arched his hand and smiled: "Before, those of us who were subordinates also persuaded the state pastor like this. Lord Kezhou said, why did General Yuan Benchu engrave the square seal himself, and he could arbitrarily appoint so many generals and captains that had never been seen in this dynasty, and my Han court couldn't appoint a general Zhenhai? ”

"The subordinates and others have nothing to say when they hear it, they can only obey the orders of the state pastor, as for whether the court is allowed or not, we have no idea, presumably the state pastor who is loyal to the court can also see it."

Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "What a Liu Zijian, he is testing his true appearance!" Knowing that he was using the method of agitation, and his true appearance was also accurate, he immediately played the imperial court for him, and enshrined his righteous son Liu Zhen as the Taishou of Yizhou County, and added the title of General Zhenhai, haha! ”

"Xie Guoxiang!"

Guo Yuan and Liu Ye glanced at each other and thanked each other, so far the two of them finally settled down in their hearts, and admired Gongsun Pei's ability to perceive people's hearts - the above words were actually ordered by Gongsun Pei, not from Liu Cun's mouth.

At Dong Zhuo's suggestion, Li Ru stood up and put forward the request he had made with Dong Zhuo last night to Guoyuan and Liu Ye.

Guo Yuan and Liu Ye felt that this matter was very important, and they discussed it together for a while and did not dare to decide, Li Ru saw this, and quietly walked behind Dong Zhuo and whispered.

Dong Zhuo nodded, lowered his face and said loudly to Guo Yuan and Liu Ye, who were still discussing, "What? The first time he spoke, didn't you give face? Do you think that the prime minister does not dare to investigate Liu Zijian's crime of illegally minting five baht coins? ”

Guo Yuan was startled, and quickly stood up and bowed deeply:

"Prime Minister of the State, the two officials are not perfunctory, but we really can't be the master of such a big thing! Everything else is easy to do, but the 3,000 sets of stainless steel armor proposed by the Minister of State are really difficult to do, and it takes at least ten days of work by twenty skilled craftsmen to make a set of stainless steel armor! ”

"If you want to make a set of gold armor like the one that paid tribute to the emperor last year, it will take at least fifty craftsmen five months to do it, so it's not that you don't want to do it, let alone want to disobey the prime minister, but it's really difficult to do!"

Dong Zhuo then understood what was going on, the set of gold armor that Liu Cun gave to the little emperor last autumn has now fallen into Dong Zhuo's hands, Dong Zhuo regards it as a treasure, loves it, treasures it and does not want to show it, and knows very well how much effort it takes to make that ingenious set of fish scale gold armor.

But now Dong Zhuo doesn't want the kind of special precious gold armor, but the ordinary stainless steel armor worn by the captain of the Langya army, he said the armor of the captain of the Langya army to him yesterday, and repeatedly emphasized that this is what the emperor's guards need.

Guo Yuan let out a sigh of relief after understanding, Liu Ye immediately remembered Liu Cun's previous instructions, and quietly approached Guo Yuan and whispered: "This also has to be customized, and you must give money first, the lord said that this is the rule." ”

So Guo Yuan reluctantly conveyed this, Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard it, and the civil and military forces on both sides couldn't help laughing.

Li Ru explained while laughing: "There is no problem in giving money first, Liu Qingzhou is a believer with a good reputation all over the world, the minister of state and us can be trusted, although the two of you can rest assured, just say the number later, and when the two turn around and come back, we will load enough gold and silver into the carriage of the two of them on the return journey, and send troops to escort them all the way to the west of Dongjun, and we will definitely not let the two of you be a little embarrassed." ”

Lu Bu took the opportunity to step forward and make his request: "Please ask the two gentlemen to also help me order a thousand sets of Langya cavalry armor, you can give any amount of money first, and when the two gentlemen's convoy returns, you can transport the money back to Qingzhou first......"

"I heard that in Langya Money Shop, silver can also be converted into gold, and there are still a lot of silver nuggets in the lower camp, and you can't use it if you want to, so the two gentlemen can just say a price."

In the laughter, Guo Yuan and Liu Ye were ashamed, feeling like a hillbilly who had never seen money, while scolding Liu Cunjiao in his heart for his commodity, he squeezed out a sincere smile and apologized to Dong Zhuo and Zhong Wenwu.

Dong Zhuo was very arrogant and didn't care at all, and happily instructed Li Ru to accept the twenty-carriage gift from Liu Cun, and then Li Ru led five hundred elite horsemen to escort Guoyuan and Liu Ye's tributary convoy to Chang'an, and instructed his son Lu Bu to entertain Guoyuan and Liu Ye on his behalf, and to eat enough before leaving in winter.

Before leaving after the meal, Guoyuan was very grateful to Lu Bu for his warm hospitality, and he told Lu Bu in a low voice: "Before I left Qingzhou, my lord ordered that if I saw him admiring and respecting General Fengxian, I would definitely send greetings and respect on his behalf......

"My lord also said that if General Fengxian does not dislike it, only 50 carriages and horses can be brought back from the 150 special carriages of the tribute convoy, and the rest should be accepted by General Fengxian, so that he can give the general's corporal a step and transport food."

"Now there are twenty vacant vehicles, if the general doesn't dislike it, let's stay first, and save us from taking care of it all the way."

Lu Bu was overjoyed, although the one hundred and fifty carriages in front of him looked dirty, they could be seen at a glance that they were all new, and he knew very well that this kind of carriage, whether it was wood or bearings, was selected and refined to the highest quality.

The two-wheeled military carriage made with such a high grade is sturdy and durable, the steering flexibility and transportation capacity are amazing, and the cost is higher than the beautiful and comfortable Langya four-wheeled carriage in Chang'an City, but so far, I have never heard that Qingzhou has been sold to the outside world, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see it, let alone have it.

Lu Bu, who received the gift, warmly thanked Guoyuan and Liu Ye, personally sent the tributary convoy out of the west gate of Luoyang, and had a good impression of Liu Cun, who had never met before, and politely asked Guoyuan and others to stay in Luoyang for a day before parting, so that he could thank him well, and bring him greetings and thank-you gifts to Liu Cun.

Li Ru, who led his troops to escort the tributary convoy to Chang'an, was very happy to ride in the same car at the kind invitation of Guo Yuan and Liu Ye, and walked a few miles and couldn't help but ask Guo Yuan and Liu Ye: "Lord Zijian has never met General Feng Xian, how can he respect General Feng Xian so much?" ”

Guo Yuan replied, half seriously, half jokingly: "Brother Wenyou, if my lord praises Brother Tai as one of the few people in the world with superb intelligence, and has always praised Brother Tai's strategy and intelligence, will Mr. believe it?" ”

Li Ru looked at Guoyuan, who was smiling, and then turned to Liu Ye, who nodded slightly, and there were bursts of indescribable complex feelings in his heart in an instant, wanting to laugh, but feeling rude, wanting to thank him, and feeling that his throat was blocked, and finally he could only let out a faint sigh. (To be continued......)