Yuan Shao walked into Yuan Feng's study with heavy steps, Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu were all present, and even Yuan Kui sat on Yuan Feng's side unexpectedly, they all focused their eyes on Yuan Shao's face, and Yuan Feng's eyes were full of relief. Although the cavalry battalion lost ugly, Yuan Shao defeated the infantry battalion, which saved them a little face, especially his face.

Yuan Shao was a little frightened, Yuan Feng asked people to call him, he thought it was just a casual chat, but he didn't expect such a big battle. He stood at the door, a little confused for a moment: "Uncle......"

"Primordial, sit!" Yuan Feng pointed at Yuan Shu affectionately, Yuan Shu pouted reluctantly, took a seat, and asked Yuan Shao to sit down with a forced smile. Yuan Shao was not in the mood to care about what Yuan Shu thought, taking advantage of the time to take off his shoes and sit down, he sorted out his mood, and when he sat down again, he was already very calm.

"Originally, I invited your third uncle here today to hold a family banquet, first, to celebrate your achievements, and secondly, I want to ask you, what do you think of the next thing." Yuan Feng said with a pleasant face: "The Son of Heaven has shown his tone several times during the court discussion, and he wants to send the northern army to the expedition, but Situ Fu and Dasi Nong can't come up with money and grain, so they can't make the trip immediately. Now that the Northern Military Academy has passed, the results are still obvious, and the Son of Heaven is likely to bring up this proposal again. He paused for a moment, lowered his head and thought about it, put away his smile, and asked solemnly, "Do you think it is appropriate to go on the expedition at this time?" ”

Yuan Shao looked at everyone and smiled easily: "What is suitable or inappropriate, whether it is a expedition or not, there is no loss for me." He took a sip of water and then explained: "If I go on the expedition, I have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, of course, it is a good thing." If we don't go on the expedition, we already have half of the strength in the Northern Army, which can be regarded as an improvement. In the future, if there is any conflict with the eunuch, if the eunuch wants to win with the strength of the Northern Army, he will also see if we agree. ”

Yuan Shu scratched his head and said disappreciably: "If you go on the expedition, you will definitely be able to make meritorious contributions?" Maybe it's going to kill you. ”

Yuan Shao glanced at him, smiled and didn't say anything. He knew what Yuan Shu was thinking now, but he had never been interested in arguing with Yuan Shu, not that he didn't dare, but that he disdained it. Yuan Feng lowered his face and snorted, stopping Yuan Shu from making further trouble, saying such things in front of everyone was like cursing Yuan Shao's early death, this is not what Yuan Shu should say.

"Originally, if you want to go down in the martial arts, then we will help you. The Son of Heaven has no money, the arsenal collapsed last time, and many weapons were damaged, and they have not been repaired until now, even if they are reluctant to go on the expedition, it is estimated that it is difficult to complete the ordnance and armor, and we want to give you some money to equip you with a personal guard battalion, which can be regarded as a little bit of our mind. ”

Yuan Shao was grateful and hurriedly thanked him. Although he did not lack this money, Yuan Feng took the initiative to bring it up, which was also a piece of his good intentions, and a piece of his father's heart for his son. With a strong guard battalion, his life on the battlefield is a little more secure.

"In addition, I have discussed with Chen Taiqiu, and I invite Chen Jifang (Chen Chen) to be a guest in your army."

Chen Yu is a famous man in Yingchuan, and his eldest son Chen Ji Chen Yuanfang, and his third son Chen Chen Chen and Chen Jifang are known as the three gentlemen, and they are famous for their virtues. Ru Ying has always been a good friend, and he was able to invite Chen Chen to the army as a guest under Yuan Shao, which was very helpful to Yuan Shao's reputation. If it weren't for the Yuan family's fame being loud enough, I was afraid that Chen Yu would not have been able to agree to this request that sounded ridiculous.

Yuan Shao was grateful: "Thank you, uncle." ”

Yuan Feng was very satisfied, and felt that he had finally done a good thing for Yuan Shao.

…… Liu Xiu invited Xiahou Yuan and others to drink tea in the Taiji Daoist Hall, and at the same time asked Duan Cheng to comment on the gains and losses of everyone in this exercise. Among the several people under Liu Xiu, only the infantry battalion was defeated, Zhang He's expression was calm, and he couldn't see anything unhappy, but Xiahou Yuan was very uncomfortable, feeling that he was embarrassed, and he was embarrassed to sit in a close place, hiding in the corner alone and drinking stuffy tea.

Unexpectedly, after Duan Cheng commented on them one by one, he said that he couldn't really see anything in this exercise, because on the actual battlefield, it is very rare for everyone to know each other clearly, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no matter how many scouts are sent, they may not be able to really understand the situation of the other party. Because sometimes deception is essential, the strong can show weakness, the weak can show strength, ever-changing, there is no certain rule, the so-called soldiers do not get tired of deception is this meaning.

And today's situation is actually equivalent to competition, that is, the two sides set up a position and compete fairly, from this point of view, the three horses of the Changshui Camp should win, because your strength is significantly higher than that of the opponent. He specifically mentioned Yuan Shao's battle against the infantry battalion, he said, cavalry against infantry, small formation one enemy three, large formation one enemy five, under the same strength, the infantry can not have a chance to win, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He can support for most of the hour, it is already a very remarkable achievement, there is not only Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He are well trained, but also Yuan Shao is not skilled in the use of cavalry, one is the other, so there is such an opportunity.

In Duan Cheng's words, if Yuan Shao was replaced by either Xia Yu or Tian Yan, they would be able to win the game with at most two charges, followed by pursuit and slaughter, so Xia Houyuan and Zhang He were the most brilliant people in this exercise. Because you don't forget, this time the infantry battalion was not covered by archers, with spears and halberds and cavalry hard carries.

Xiahou Yuan originally thought that Duan Cheng was comforting him, but after thinking about it, he felt that his words were indeed reasonable, so he turned his anger into joy, and was humble to everyone's jokes.

Duan Cheng finally reminded Liu Xiu that although Yuan Shao, He Hao and others did not perform well this time, you should pay attention to the fact that they all have no actual combat experience, especially Yuan Shao, he is not suitable for the way the cavalry fights at all, three months ago, he couldn't even sit in the saddle, and this time he can command the cavalry decently, his progress is obvious to all, and he will definitely be a strong opponent in the future.

Duan Cheng used the word opponent, I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional.

Liu Xiu kept every word Duan Cheng said in his heart, he knew that he was an expert in playing antiques, because of physical reasons, he could be regarded as a master in personal fighting, but when it came to arranging troops, he was a pink newcomer, and it was his luck to have a famous general like Duan Cheng as a teacher, if he didn't study hard and comprehend it with his heart, then he would be a tyrannical thing, sorry for the people and sorry for the party.

After sending Zhao Yun and Han Sui away, Liu Xiu talked with Duan Cheng for a while, it used to be purely on paper, but this time after more than three months of training, he has actual experience in leading troops, and when he asks Duan Cheng for advice, many things are more specific and more to the point.

They talked for most of the night, and they didn't return until the hour of the hour.

Although Liu Xiu was a little tired, he was still very excited, he had gained too much from this training, enough for him to digest for a while, and when he returned to his room, he was still reluctant to rest, so he asked Wang Chu to light the lamp, take out his pen and ink, and prepare to write down today's experience.

Wang Chu polished the ink, made a pot of tea for Liu Xiu, and silently accompanied him, quietly looking at Liu Xiu, who was engrossed, his eyes were full of tenderness. Liu Xiu wrote a few words, suddenly raised his head and smiled at her: "Achu, I may write late today, you go to rest first, you don't have to stay up late with me." ”

Wang Chu was a little reluctant: "It's better for the husband to rest first, and let the concubine help the husband transcribe." ”

Liu Xiu shook his head, got up and pushed Wang Chu out of the door, "Ah Chu, it's not that I can't trust you, I've seen it a hundred times, it's better to write it by hand, and I'll write it myself, which is more impressive." You go to bed early, don't worry about me. ”

Wang Chu nodded: "Husband, let's rest early." He waved his hand and walked lightly. Liu Xiu looked around, closed the door, closed the window again, turned back to the bed, and arched his hand behind the bed: "Ah Weng, come out." ”

The bed curtain moved slightly, Liu Yuanqi walked out from behind, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, glanced at the pen and ink spread out on the case, and said with some distress: "Freezing three feet, not a cold, you also have to pay attention to your body." ”

Liu Xiu smiled and put the notes away. "How is Grandma?"

"Okay, I just miss you." Liu Yuanqi sighed slightly, "I told her, it's inconvenient to be in Luoyang, and when you get out of Luoyang, I'll arrange for you to meet." ”

Liu Xiu was silent for a while before he raised his head and looked at his father: "You came to me in the middle of the night today, is there something wrong?" ”

"Can't you come if you're fine?" Liu Yuanqi asked rhetorically. Liu Xiu was training in Pingle Hall, he had been busy, and it was inconvenient for him to go, he hadn't seen Liu Xiu for about three months, and he thought strangely, but he was embarrassed to say these words in front of Liu Xiu.

"Ah Weng, you are a dragon who sees the beginning and the end, you don't miss me, so you don't sleep in the middle of the night to come to see me." Liu Xiu felt that the atmosphere was a little heavy, and deliberately quipped. Without waiting for Liu Yuanqi to answer, he said again: "Since I am here, I happen to have something to discuss with you." The Son of Heaven wants me to lead the Northern Expedition, and I don't have enough money and food, can you help me find a way? ”

Liu Yuanqi sank his face and sneered: "You want me to pay to help him fight?" ”

"Not for him." Liu Xiu shook his head and pointed to his nose: "It's to help me." ”

"Help?" Liu Yuanqi was even more unhappy, although his voice was very low, the dissatisfaction in his tone was very obvious. "The current country is yours?"

"Not now, but it may be in the future." Liu Xiu thought about it, took out a map from the side and spread it in front of Liu Yuanqi, pointed to the location of Bingzhou, and drew a line along Taihang Mountain, all the way to Hedong County. "Ah Weng, now that the Huns have arrived in the central part of Bingzhou, you don't want them to enter Luoyang City and burn Luoyang to ruins, right?"

Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows, and stopped talking.

Liu Xiu patted the map and continued: "Ah Weng, I believe you must be no stranger to the past history. After the death of Qin, Chu and Han contended, and the Great Wall, which was built by the First Emperor with countless manpower and material resources, became an ornament, and the Huns drove straight in. After Wang Mang replaced the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, the Huns revived, and the frontier was eroded. Now that less than half of the state is still in our hands, do you want the events in history to repeat themselves again, do you hope that after your children and grandchildren seize the country, they will face the humiliation of the Xianbei people, and you want me to send my daughter to Xianbei to make peace? ”

"I don't want to." Liu Yuanqi felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, and he waved his hand and interrupted Liu Xiu's words, "But you can't expect me to spend money to fight for his Liu Ji's descendants." ”

"I said, not for him, but for me." Liu Xiu reminded his father again: "Troubled times are coming, whoever has the right to fight will have the right to speak." Do you think in my situation, what else can be fought for besides military power? Flag-ripping rebellion? ”

"Why not?" Liu Yuanqi said disappreciably: "So many people in the world can rebel, and so can you." "Has there been any success so far?" Liu Xiu persuaded bitterly: "Dad, we don't just want to break this country, but to seize this country, do you think you can be satisfied with getting a pile of ruins in the end?" ”

"Even if the ruins are mine, it's better than someone else's flower world." Liu Yuanqi said indifferently, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and praised: "This daughter of the Wang family is skillful and makes good tea." Then he lowered his face again, and looked at Liu Xiu angrily: "How do I think of your actions, it looks more and more like you want to be a loyal minister." ”

Liu Xiu frowned, he couldn't fully explain what he was thinking to his father, and sometimes he felt that communication was really a big problem. He thought about it for a long time and asked, "Ah Weng, do you think that if I kill Liu Hong now, will I have a chance to succeed to the throne?" ”

Liu Yuanqi sneered and disdained to answer this question.

"I know that Ah Weng has a lot of money in your hands, so I want to ask, do you have more strength at hand than the Yuan family?"

Liu Yuanqi was stunned for a moment, carefully considered what Liu Xiu said for a long time, and finally said with some uncertainty: "Each has its own strengths, it is not easy to compare." ”

"Then do you think that if they all start the army, will the Yuan family have a better chance, or will we have a better chance?"

Liu Yuanqi was silent. He looked at the teacup in his hand, his eyes flashed like the tea soup in the cup, pondered for a long time, and finally looked into Liu Xiu's eyes and said, "Are you sure you are not pretending to be clever and making a wedding dress for others?" ”

Liu Xiu laughed silently, laughing confidently, he looked straight at Liu Yuanqi, and made a joke: "If you don't believe me, who else can you trust?" Liu Bei? ”

Liu Yuanqi was not in the mood to joke with him, waved his hand, and ended the topic. "I can trust you, but it's not yet time for me to take out the strength I've accumulated over the years. Since you want to do it according to your own way, then find a way to solve it yourself, and when I think you are really doing what you should do, I will naturally take out all those strengths. That's the work of many generations, and I can't easily bury it in your hands. ”

Liu Xiu scratched his head in distress, very disappointed. Whether it is for the sake of accumulating strength for himself, or starting from the sake of maintaining the Han Dynasty, running a good annex and merging states, and first solving the threat of the northern nomads, he can't let the Huns or the Xianbei people and Wuhuan people have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and cause the tragedy of Wuhu Chaohua in advance, then he will be a sinner for the ages.

However, it is not easy to run a good state. The total population of Bingzhou is now only more than one million, which is not as good as a large county, and it is really a bit whimsical to want to compete for hegemony in the next troubled times with such strength. In order to make Bingzhou strong, he needs to immigrate to Tuntian and need a lot of money, and his father is suspicious of his route and refuses to take out the money in his hand to help him, so he can only rely on self-reliance.

But is it easy to be self-reliant? He is good at calligraphy and painting, and is good at counterfeiting cultural relics, but he can't turn food into food, and the money he earns from doing business is a drop in the bucket compared with the money needed by immigrants to the tunbian, which is far from the difference. Don't look at him tossing happily, but compared to a giant like the Yuan family, he is really inconspicuous, and he can't even be compared with the Cao family.

A penny is forcing a hero to death, not to mention that what he needs is not a penny or two pennies, or even 100 million or 200 million yuan. Duan Cheng said that he attacked Dongqiang, and Emperor Xiaohuan prepared 5 billion for him, and it was much more difficult to conquer Xianbei than to conquer Dongqiang, but the Son of Heaven couldn't even take out 500 million.

Liu Yuanqi saw that he frowned and thought about it, so he didn't interrupt him, he sipped tea by himself, and unconsciously drank a large pot of tea cleanly, his belly was round, and he shook the copper kettle with some regret. Liu Xiu looked at the copper kettle intently, and suddenly had an idea.

"Daddy......"

Liu Yuanqi carried the empty pot, a little embarrassed: "The tea tastes good, and I drank it." ”

Liu Xiu smiled, he was not in the mood to mention tea with him, and asked bluntly: "Do you have a workshop in your hand, such as pottery or glazed ware?" ”

Liu Yuanqi glanced at him: "What, you want to make money yourself?" ”

"If you don't give it, can't you let me earn it myself?" Liu Xiu said angrily: "I have a way to make money, are you interested in hearing about it?" ”

"Tell me about it." Liu Yuanqi said casually: "Even if I don't have one, it's not difficult to build one." ”

Liu Xiu smiled. He dragged a piece of paper, took a pen, and quickly wrote a full sheet of paper, and then pushed it in front of Liu Yuanqi. Liu Yuanqi glanced at it and was a little surprised: "This is pottery?" ”

"It's porcelain." Liu Xiu explained. In the antique industry, porcelain is a big item, although he did not specialize in porcelain counterfeiting in his previous life, but he is no stranger to porcelain production. In the Han Dynasty, there were already celadon and white porcelain, but they were all more primitive and closer to pottery, which was far from the beautiful porcelain of later generations. He is very familiar with the craftsmanship and origin of porcelain, where there is good porcelain clay, and what kind of kiln should be used. The current Han country is financially tight, but the wealthy families have a lot of money in their hands to squander, and there is definitely a market for luxury goods such as fine porcelain.

More importantly, in addition to domestic sales, porcelain is also the highlight of foreign trade, later porcelain and silk have become China's marketing commodities in the world, but also become synonymous with China, but not an empty word, porcelain for China in foreign trade to earn a lot of real money.

"How do you know this?" Liu Yuanqi took the piece of paper that could be exchanged for countless gold and silver in Liu Xiu's mouth, and doubted the letter.

"Since you have dealings with Taiping Dao, you must not know that their holy daughter is Yingzi." Liu Xiu flashed the ring on his hand and said with a smile: "Now, your son and I are the owner of this artifact. Daddy, do you believe in providence? ”

"Of course. However, the will of heaven is unpredictable, and there are many people who claim to know the will of heaven, but there are very few people who really understand the will of heaven. ”

"If there is providence, then I am providence." Liu Xiu grinned, and said with a smug smile: "This is what Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao and the heir of Heavenly Master Dao said. ”

Liu Yuanqi was taken aback, he now knew that Tang Yingzi was actually the missing saintess of Taiping Dao, and the inconspicuous ring on Liu Xiu's hand was the artifact of Taiping Dao. He looked at the piece of paper in his hand, suddenly felt confident, and nodded heavily: "Okay, I'll take it to people to test it, if it's really as you said, it's indeed a way to make money." ”

"Hurry up, I'll wait for the money." Liu Xiuzhi scratched his head, "I have thousands of mouths waiting to eat." ”

"Why did you go earlier?" Liu Yuanqi smiled angrily.

"I didn't think you wouldn't give money." Liu Xiu sighed very disappointedly: "I want the horse to run again, and I don't give the horse grass, the Son of Heaven is like this, and you are the same, Ah Weng, all let me run into it." ”

…… Talking to his father too late, and then insisting on finishing the notes, Liu Xiu got up a little late the next day, and when he arrived at the Zhonghou camp of the Northern Army, he just sat down and drank a sip of water, and before he could ask something, Ling Hao led a person in.

"Your Excellency."

"It's Zhongping, what's the matter with me?" Liu Xiu asked while looking at the several official documents on the case that had been sorted out by Liu Biao. He glanced at the young man behind Ling Hao, and estimated that Ling Hao had come to recommend talents. It's just that this young man looks very inconspicuous, he belongs to the kind that can't be found in the pile, and his body is not strong, he can't see any special skills, and he doesn't look like a talent no matter how he looks at it. When he was looking at him, the man was also looking at him, and there was a mixture of disappointment and hope in his eyes, but it was hidden deeply, if it wasn't for the fact that he was used to analyzing psychology from people's eyes in his previous life, he might not have seen it.

"I'm a fellow countryman." Ling Hao took two steps closer to Liu Xiu, lowered his voice and said, "Although it is not from any famous family, he is an extraordinary talent. I heard that I had come to the adult's tent to listen to the order, so I rushed to recommend myself. ”

It turned out to be also from Yingchuan. Liu Xiu had some heart, Ru Yingduo was a scholar, and later most of the strategists under Cao Ying's account were from Yingchuan, the famous Erxun was, and the ghost Guo Jia was also. Doesn't this kid know Guo Jia, right? But it's not right to think about it, Guo Jia was born in the Guo family of Yangzhai, and Guo Xun who was beaten by him is the same family, and he is also a big family in Yingchuan.

He thinks that he is not from a famous family, so most of the people under his account now are also scholars from poor families. This humble family does not necessarily refer to the poor, but refers to the family has not produced any big officials, and those so-called family members with surnames and family backgrounds of 2,000 stones are far away, and the scholars who can only look up to the four generations and three princes like the Yuan family, if you want to say that there is a little capital, it is Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other local tyrants, basically no one knows them when they leave the county.

Although Ling Hao prides himself on being very high, he is not as good as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, he is a standard poor disciple, if it is Guo Jia, he probably won't need him to recommend him.

Despite this, Liu Xiu still put down the cup in his hand, arched his hand to the young man, and smiled politely: "Since he is the township party of Zhongping, he must also be a talent." Liu Xiu is not talented, Mr. Wang is not stingy with advice, dare to ask Mr. Gao's name? ”

(To be continued)