Four years is just over a thousand days.

One day is just opening and closing his eyes, and between Xiao Buyi's eyes opening and closing his eyes, more than a thousand days have passed in this strange era. If you count your toes with your hands, it will be difficult to endure for more than a thousand days, but Xiao Buyi feels that it is just a blink of an eye!

He even remembered the high spirits and ambitions he had when he first came, but the path he had taken was obviously different from what he had envisioned. People are in the rivers and lakes, they can't help themselves, he is in troubled times, and it is even more difficult to control himself.

There are hesitations, confusions, struggles, and involuntary ...... There are those who rise up, those who survive, those who intrigue and intrigues, those who are cold-blooded bystanders, and those who are bloody and tragic...... He never expected life to be so miserable, and he never thought that simple survival in the troubled times would be so difficult. He wasn't that kind of person, he just wanted to enjoy life in that peaceful era.

But life doesn't let him enjoy it.

Since he stepped into the troubled times, he is like an arrow from the string, and there is no possibility of recovering it. When history changed him, he also created a piece of history!

More than a thousand days, but it is only four years, but these four years are much richer than his whole life. More than a thousand days is enough to make a naïve and young girl elegant and noble.

He is changing, and Yuan Qiaoxi is also changing, which makes him can't help but admire Yuan Lan, this person's vision is far-reaching, his choices are correct, and his wisdom and wisdom are actually rare.

When everyone else was blatantly plotting, Yuan Lan fought quietly for the family, he chose a person to take refuge, and then silently supported him, Xiao Buyi also knew that marrying Yuan Qiaoxi was a problem that he had to face both for him and for Yuan Lan.

He kept saying that he was busy and didn't want to think about it, in fact, because he felt sorry for the woman waiting in the grassland, sorry for the woman who said he wanted to marry her...... Then he saw the woman he said he was going to marry. That woman was not Yuan Qiaoxi, but actually Pei Bei, seeing Pei Bei looking over, Xiao Buyi was a little ashamed.

When Pei Bei saw Xiao Buyi's gaze move over, she smiled slightly, revealing her teeth like broken shells, more than a thousand days, Pei Bei has also changed a lot, what hasn't changed is her feelings for him!

**

"All here?" Xiao Buyi's first sentence could only be a general greeting.

Yuan Lan, Yuan Qiaoxi, Pei Bei, Fat Huai, and Sun Shaofang are all there, but the strange thing is that Wan'er and the younger brother are not in the hall. Sun Shaofang just grinned, his eyes showed warmth, the ordeal of the war made this palace guard grow rapidly, and the wind and frost and bitter rain also left a deep mark on this man's face.

After Sun Shaofang fled to Xiangyang with Xiao Buyi, he has been assisting Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others in the appointment and dismissal of officials. But Dongdu can be said to be his hometown, and this turn is inevitably full of emotion.

When Xiao Buyi saw these people, he also had a warm feeling in his heart, as if he had returned to the past.

At that time, he was still a servant Shaoqing, and a group of people gathered in his servant's mansion, intimately intimate, like a family. When he arrived in the Eastern Capital, he did not think of the current situation. He rarely thinks about the result, but he only knows that every time he tries his best to fight, this makes him have no scruples. I always thought that Xiangyang was stable, and all the people stayed in Xiangyang, but at the moment, the eastern capital was also stable, and it was Yuan Lan who came with Yuan Qiaoxi and others, Yuan Lan has always been a very stable person, worthy of his Xiao Buyi's trust.

Li Mi controls his subordinates with power, but he controls his subordinates with sincerity. Maybe he can't be as strong as Li Mi for a while, but his foundation is extremely stable.

Yuan Lan heard Xiao Buyi's inquiry and said with a smile: "Everyone who should come has come." ”

"It seems that the one who shouldn't have come has also come, so who is guarding Yiyang?" Xiao Buyi looked at Pei Bei, his eyes full of tenderness.

His words made everyone laugh, and Pei Bei was dissatisfied: "Okay, you miser, grab a toad and pinch out five baht money, shouldn't I come?" Can't I steal my spare time to come to Dongdu to have a look? Again...... It's just an expedient measure for me to keep Yiyang, and I don't want to live in Yiyang for the rest of my life......"

The corners of Pei Bei's eyebrows and eyes were also tender, Xiao Buyi smiled knowingly, he understood what Pei Bei meant. Pei Bei complained, and Sun Shaofang explained with a smile, "Boss Xiao, Xiangyang now has Du Shilang in charge, and the selection and appointment of talents is extremely effective. The current manpower is not as overstretched as in the past, Yiyang has Pan Qixian and An Lu have Meng Chang in charge. These two people are all carefully selected talents by Du Shilang, and they are safe to defend the city, and Miss Pei does not have to defend the city all the time. Besides, now that Wagang is fighting against the Eastern Capital with all his might, he has no time to deal with Yiyang and other places, and Miss Pei is there, so it's really too much. ”

Xiao Buyi vaguely saw Sun Shaofang's original appearance again, and said with a smile: "I see, it's hard for you, Brother Yuan, Qiaoxi, how are you?" ”

Yuan Lan finally stepped forward and said, "Back to Liang Guogong, I'll wait for everything to be fine." ”

Yuan Qiaoxi was looking at Xiao Buyi, but when she saw him looking over, her face flushed again, and she said softly: "Xie Xiao...... Big brother is worried. ”

Although Xiao Buyi is polite, Yuan Lan is extremely responsible, and he does not take credit at all, seeing that Xiao Buyi has been promoted to the Duke of Liang Guogong, and his demeanor is much more formal. Of course, he is different from Fat Huai, who can be regardless of the occasion and place, but he is adjusting his role at any time to adapt to Xiao Buyi. Xiao Buyi had already ordered him to go down and let his subordinates set up a banquet to entertain his friends.

Although Xiao Buyi was holding a banquet, it was not luxurious, but everyone gathered around a table. Xiao Buyi saw that Wan'er and the little brother were not present, so she looked at Yuan Lan strangely and said, "Didn't Wan'er and the little brother come?" ”

"It's coming, it's coming, but Wan'er said to take her little brother out alone to do something." Yuan Lan explained: "I...... Let people protect them secretly, and nothing should happen. ”

Xiao Buyi frowned and said, "Do they still have relatives in Dongdu?" ”

"I've never heard Wan'er mention it." Fat Huai continued.

While everyone was talking, Wan'er and the younger brother had already walked in from outside the hall, Wan'er was as shy as ever, but the younger brother cheered and rushed over to hug Xiao Buyi.

His enthusiasm could not be hidden, and he did not want to hide it, Xiao Buyi reached out and lifted him, as usual, as if they had never separated. Although it is late autumn, the hall is warm, and everyone's hearts are full of tenderness.

The younger brother has grown a lot taller and stronger than before, and as soon as his feet hit the ground, he said: "Brother Xiao, I heard Mr. Yuan say, you are now Liang Guogong, if I go to the Eastern Capital, I can be an official if I want to be an official?" ”

"Little brother, don't be so rude, which one do you think you are?" Wan'er scolded.

Xiao Buyi laughed, "Familiarity is familiarity, being an official depends on your ability, what skills do you have?" ”

The younger brother patted his chest and said: "I have the ability to raise horses, in Xiangyang, more than 10,000 horses are raised by me." ”

Wan'er scolded with a smile: "Don't be ashamed, General Xu is just giving you something to do, you are just a helper, those tens of millions of horses, can you raise them?" ”

Xiao Buyi actually knew about the recent situation of his younger brother, and his casual remarks were just ridicule. Since the younger brother followed him, he has always regarded him as an idol and a character to imitate in the future. knew that Xiao Buyi started raising horses, and began to learn to ride horses and raise horses. If a child is serious, his ability to learn is not weak.

The younger brother learned to ride a horse in less than half a month, and after a while, it was almost the same as living on horseback. fled from the eastern capital to Runan, and then from Runan to Xiangyang, the younger brother could throw anything down, but the equestrian did not leave behind. After arriving in Xiangyang, Xu Shiji saw that his talent for horses was no worse than Xiao Buyi's, and Suo asked him to follow the captains to learn some skills in archery and horse raising.

Since Xiao Buyi took Xiangyang, the horses transported from the grassland have never been cut off, or dozens of horses, or nearly a hundred horses, these things are under the influence of Meng Chenxue, Yuan Lan, Xu Shiji and others in the grassland. Since the Xiangyang Incident for a long time, there have been more than 10,000 horses, which can be called mighty, although Li Jing can gather people, but the provision of this horse must rely on Xiao Buyi. Xiao Buyi also divided the horses into several classes, the best boxing and hair, that is, the horses with excellent loads were selected to build heavy armored cavalry, and the superior ones were used to form elite light armored cavalry, that is, the black armored cavalry at present, and the middle and inferior ones were used for ordinary battles. Even so, it is also a great advantage to conquer Jiangnan with middle and lower horses!

Xiao Buyi had already asked Xu Shiji to build another horse farm near Xiangyang, and asked Cai Mu and others to recruit people. After Li Mi conquered Xingyang, the spearhead was directly aimed at the Central Plains Horse Farm to collect horses and form cavalry, and the Qingjiang Horse Farm was naturally within the scope of their key attack. If the rogue comes to attack, the Qingjiang Racecourse can still cope with it for a while, but Li Mixing is heavily attacked, Songcheng and other places can't hold it, Liangjun Taishou Yang Wang has already surrendered, what is a Qingjiang Racecourse in Li Mi's eyes? Li Mi took all the horses of Henan officials to form an internal army, so that there could be tens of thousands of cavalry. Since then, the Central Plains has had many forces, but it can be said that it has the ability to form an elite cavalry team, which should be dominated by Wagang, Xiangyang, Dongdu, Hebei and Guanlong. Guanlong also has a place for the Great Sui to breed horses, but it was divided by the Guanlong lords early, Li Yuan started later in this aspect, and because there are few horse farms around, so he has to rely on the grassland for horses, but he is plotting to be in Guanzhong, relying more on the geographical advantages, this disadvantage is not obvious at the moment.

Under the persuasion of Cai Mu, Bai Wanshan and others brought dozens of horses and hundreds of people to Xiangyang's Xiao Buyi, Xiao Buyi was welcome, and asked them to help manage the big horse farm near Xiangyang.

When Wan'er heard her little brother's reply, she was happy and sad, afraid of people's jokes, so she preemptively blamed: "Little brother, don't have no rules, what kind of ability is raising horses, don't make people laugh." ”

The younger brother was stunned, "Why is raising horses not a skill?" ”

He is simple-minded, and he wants to learn Xiao Buyi to be a towering figure, but he has never thought about why he should be laughed at when raising horses. Yuan Lan said in his heart, under the clan of the gate lords, I am despised by the world when I do business, don't say that you raise horses. Seeing the little brother's stunned face, Yuan Lan comforted: "Little brother, of course raising horses is a skill, and it is a great ability. Your big brother Xiao can only rely on the horses you raise to conquer the world, do you think you are capable? ”

Seeing his little brother's suspicion, Xiao Buyi reached out and patted him on the shoulder, pulled him into the seat, and smiled: "Of course, raising horses is a skill, in this world, as long as you have a skill and rely on your own hands to achieve happiness, then it is a skill!" Not to mention that the horses raised by you and me want to conquer the world and make the four seas admire, that is a great ability! ”

The younger brother was sure of Xiao Buyi, and his face was radiant, but he didn't forget to ask, "Then what can I do when I come to the capital?" ”

Wan'er wanted to blame again, this younger brother said that he didn't dare to say much in front of her, but he knew that Xiao Buyi was good to him, and he was revealing his rogue surname.

Xiao Buyi tapped his forehead with his fingers and said with a smile: "I thought of it, in fact, the little brother can start from the pawn Mucheng." ”

Everyone was slightly shocked, and the younger brother was puzzled: "What does Dian Mucheng do?" ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "There are four offices under the Taifu Temple, each of which is under the order and the shepherd, and the pawn is mainly responsible for the supply of miscellaneous animals and the matter of preserved cheese. ”

"Feed the horses?" The younger brother frowned and asked.

Xiao Buyi said lightly: "I only have this job suitable for you, if you don't want to, I will not force it." ”

Sun Shaofang saw that the younger brother was arrogant, and secretly thought that the younger brother was a pawn at such an age, but in fact, it was rare in the Great Sui. Xiao Buyi let the younger brother start from the bottom to be proficient, in fact, it is also a good intention, but I am afraid that the younger brother does not know the severity, but he has disappointed Xiao Buyi's good intentions. I didn't expect the little brother to laugh, "Isn't that what I do, my sister said, what Brother Xiao said, it's all for my good, I believe in my sister, and I believe in you, Brother Xiao!" ”

Wan'er's face flushed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Xiao Buyi smiled at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Come here, drink and eat." ”

**

Everyone at the banquet was talking and laughing, saying some interesting things about Xiangyang City and the Eastern Capital, but they avoided talking about some sensitive topics, and Fat Huai also sat under the table, with no one in his eyes, and kept serving dishes to Wan'er, Wan'er's face was flushed, but it was not easy to refuse, and the little brother pouted and wanted to say something, but was stopped by his sister.

When everyone was full of wine and food, Sun Shaofang was the first to hug his fists and said: "Boss Xiao, my brother has arrived in the Eastern Capital, and some people are going to visit, so I will ask you for three days off first, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Xiao Buyi smiled and nodded, Sun Shaofang left excitedly, and Pei Bei said softly: "I'm a little tired, let's go rest first." She stood up together, and Yuan Qiaoxi stood up, "Sister, I'll help you." When Pei Bei was seriously ill, she had been taking care of Pei Bei, but now Pei Bei has long since improved, but her habits have remained the same.

Pei Bei looked at Yuan Lan and said with a smile: "I'm just afraid that something will happen to Mr. Yuan." ”

"I have some things to talk to Brother Yuan about alone." Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice.

Yuan Qiaoxi's face was slightly red, his heart trembled slightly, and he secretly thought about what Brother Xiao was going to talk about with his father, after coming to the Eastern Capital, he seemed to be a little more divided with himself, thinking of this, he felt slightly uneasy in his heart.

Yuan Lan nodded, "Qiaoxi, you help Miss Pei back to the room first." Wan'er had already pulled her little brother to retire with interest, and Fat Huai naturally followed early, but Pei Bei shook her head when she saw it.

When everyone retreated, Xiao Buyi ordered his subordinates to withdraw the banquet, and after serving two fragrant teas, he said in a deep voice: "Yuan ...... Brother ......"

"Liang Guogong called me like this, it really kills me." Yuan Lan hurriedly said, "It might be better to call me Mr. Yuan." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled, "I'm actually a bohemian person, and I'm not used to being an official." But since I have done it, the public is public, and the private is private, no matter when, for Brother Yuan, I am always grateful, this Brother Yuan's title is full of red gold, sincere. ”

He jokingly said, but Yuan Lan was moved in his heart, "Buyi treats people generously, although he is in a high position, he is not arrogant or impatient, which really gratifies me." ”

Xiao Buyi sighed lightly after laughing, "But there are a few things I have thought about for a long time, and I have quite doubts in my heart, which are always in my heart, and it is inevitable that there will be some pimples, and I hope that Brother Yuan will give me an answer." ”

Yuan Lan nodded, "Buyi, please speak." ”

Xiao Buyi kept staring at Yuan Lan's expression, and saw that his eyes were sincere and his face was as usual. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Pinch your fingers, I have known you for four years, and I came to ...... Here, I have made countless brothers, and Brother Yuan is also a teacher and friend to me, and he is also a powerful helper. I can have today, but I really have a lot of help from Brother Yuan......"

He went around in a circle, Yuan Lan was uneasy, secretly thinking that it was also necessary to bring Qiaoxi to him, and he did his best to help Xiao Buyi, now he is in a high position, and he has the power of life and death in the Eastern Capital, presumably it is very fast to be the emperor, if he doesn't finalize a name for Qiaoxi, this hard work is really in vain, and there is no bottom to do things, but Xiao Buyi's words are circling in circles, is there remorse?

"Liang Guogong has everything to say, please speak up."

Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "When I came out of the fortress, there were four merchants, Lin Shizhi, Shen Yuankun, Yin Tianci and Brother Yuan, at that time I thought Brother Yuan was inconspicuous, but I realized afterwards that I was gone, Brother Yuan was able to show everything when he was dispatching for me, but this ability to go to the grassland to do business, it is inevitable that it will be overused, right?" ”

Yuan Lan heard Xiao Buyi's questioning, but laughed, "I thought Buyi was wondering about something, but it turned out to be because of this." There is indeed a mystery in this, but Buyi can think of this suspicion, which shows that he is clever. I am actually not famous in the Yuan family, and the Yuan family is not the first among the seven surnames in Runan, so it is normal to be despised by other businessmen. However, there is a saying that dogs that don't bark are often the most biting, in fact, to say that the family is strong, the Jiangnan Chinese represented by Lin Shizhi and Shen Yuankun are still not as good as the seven surnames of Runan, but we have always been low-key, and it doesn't hurt to let them be the leader. ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, secretly thinking that what Yuan Lan said was good, but the businessman was not angry when he was profitable, and Yuan Lan's move was reasonable.

"As for going to the grassland, I don't know what Lin Shizhi and they are going to do, but I really don't go to business, I just want to cover up my intentions with some goods."

"What's that going for?" Xiao Buyi asked strangely.

Yuan Lan said solemnly: "I went to the grassland for the life and death of the family, most of the cloth clothes don't know, in the troubled times, bandits are rampant, the old valve is divided, and there is actually no place for us in the world of the Great Sui." Every time there is turmoil, in fact, many businessmen will go out to avoid trouble. ”

Xiao Buyi suddenly said: "It turns out that Brother Yuan went to the grassland to find a place to live? ”

Yuan Lan nodded, "That's true, in fact, if Buyi goes to the grassland to understand it, he will understand that there are no less than hundreds of thousands of people in the Great Sui who go to the grassland to avoid disasters." According to our original plan, we were also preparing to avoid disasters and wait until the world was determined before we could return to the Central Plains. It was the Yuan family that let me go out of the horse, and I value you because I think you are capable, and you have the identity of the horse god, which will be of great benefit to us to go to the grassland to avoid trouble. ”

"So you have always disapproved of me being an official?" Xiao Buyi smiled bitterly.

Yuan Lan also smiled bitterly, "That's true, I just wanted to go to the grassland with you, where did I think that many things can't be changed." Later, I saw that you were going well, you could only follow the trend, and you could achieve what you are saying today as a civilian, but I never dreamed of it. ”

Xiao Buyi asked again, "But even if the Yuan family is low-key, as far as I know, the ability you are currently showing has far exceeded the strength shown by the Yuan family in Runan." ”

In fact, when Xiao Buyi asked this question, he was also uneasy in his heart, he had always been very puzzled about this question, and even doubted Yuan Lan's origin. But he still chooses to trust many times, and Yuan Lan did not live up to his trust, which made him unable to treat Yuan Lan's problem carefully.

Yuan Lan laughed, "Buyi really trusts me very much, and doesn't ask me about most of the things I handle, so it's not surprising that I have this doubt, but still do you think I'm just representing the Yuan family?" ”

Xiao Buyi had already come to his senses, "Brother Yuan is saying that now the seven surnames of Runan have been united?" ”

Yuan Lan nodded, "That's true." In fact, the seven surnames of Runan share honor and disgrace, when you were in the caravan, the seven surnames of Runan used money to win you over, and the Mei family, the Yin family, and our Yuan family sent you with a lot of money...... Of course, it seems that the money is nothing now, but you should have the first hint of the seven of us joining forces, of course, the money is not the purpose of giving it to you, let Miss Pei see that we value you, and then take care of us in other aspects is the most important. Later, I saw that you were on the rise and had the intention of competing for the world, so I slowly mobilized the forces of the Yuan family to help you. Originally, the rest of the families did not agree with this, because the seven families in Runan had huge assets, but they had always been cautious, although they knew many dignitaries in the court, but they did not approve of the family members entering the court as officials. ”

"Why is that?" Xiao Buyi asked puzzled.

Yuan Lan smiled, "Of course Buyi knows about Lu Buwei and his people?" ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, "Of course I know this, Lu Buwei is also a wealthy businessman, and he supports Qin Gongzi as the emperor, and he is a famous person." ”

Yuan Lan sighed lightly: "Actually, Lu Buwei and I have similar practices, hoarding and good at management, but he insists on political affairs, and his achievements are high, and he finally caused the disaster of death, not only was he not spared, but even his family was greatly implicated and almost extinct." In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, the seven surnames of Runan set up the ancestral precept of not entering the court as officials, so that even if some people have our help, there is less suspicion of us, although we may temporarily lose, but we can live in peace for hundreds of years. ”

Xiao Buyi suddenly stood up and saluted deeply: "Brother Yuan said today that these words have completely relieved my doubts, I have always had many doubts about Brother Yuan, please forgive me." ”

Yuan Lan laughed and greeted him with courtesy, "Buyi is sincere to me, how strange am I." At the beginning, only our Yuan family helped you, but seeing that you were thriving, the rest of the family slowly participated. After you enter Xiangyang, it goes without saying that the seven surnames of Runan all look at you differently, but they only support it secretly, just because of this reason, so if Liang Guogong has a great cause, please don't forget what is said today. I don't dare to enter the court to ask for officials, I just want business to be smooth, just for the country and the people. ”

Xiao Buyi's eyes were moved, "Xiao has the help of Mr. Yuan, and he is really fortunate in three lives." ”

"I can meet Liang Guogong, why not?" Yuan Lan replied with a smile.

Xiao Buyi took Yuan Lan's hand and sat down, "Since we have opened our minds, it just so happened that someone suggested that the Eastern Capital should resume trade as soon as possible, and I will ask Brother Yuan to help me at that time." ”

Yuan Lan nodded, "That's exactly how it should be." What he said was somewhat absent-minded, Xiao Buyi had already seen what was on his mind, "Brother Yuan, in fact, I have long wanted to marry Qiaoxi, but I have promised one person to marry her as well, and I promise first, I can't break my promise!" ”

Yuan Lan's eyes lit up, "But Miss Pei?" Seeing Xiao Buyi nodding, Yuan Lan smiled and said: "That's what I brought Miss Pei here, Qiaoxi didn't dare to fight, I just asked Buyi to treat everyone equally." Buyi can actually ask Miss Pei, if it is possible, why not marry at the same time? ”

Xiao Buyi put down his worries and said with a smile: "Okay, now the Eastern Capital is in ruins, and I am plotting against Wagang, and the big wedding is not timely." If Bei'er agrees, when I break the tile gang, it will be the time to marry Ling's daughter! ”

Yuan Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed and said, "Duke Xie Liang!" ”

(To be continued)