Time passed in a hurry, and within a few months after marrying Cai Yan, Wang Xu devoted himself to the restoration of Jingnan and the preparation for the conquest of Liu Biao. In order to ensure that there were sufficient materials and logistics to take Liu Biao in one fell swoop, he even raised conditions from those families in Jingnan for the first time, and the condition was to relax the land policy according to the size of their contributions, and promised that after conquering Jingbei, they could also get some priority rights in agriculture and commerce.

Although this is contrary to the concept of limiting the family's power to the greatest extent, there is no better way now, and Wang Xu still made this move after careful consideration. Because of the comparison between the two, it is obviously a top priority to unite a force to take the north of Jingzhou.

The effect of this is also very obvious, and the families are obviously very concerned about the relaxation of land policies and the right of priority. In addition, the previous defeat of Liu Biao's attack caused the opponent's strength to be weakened, which made them have strong confidence in Wang Xu to win Jingbei, so they have to pay for it. In this era of wealthy families, the energy of these family gentry in various places is indeed not small, the financial crisis in Jingnan has been quickly alleviated, and the speed of material collection in the government treasury has also been significantly accelerated.

On the other hand, Wang Xu also took advantage of this time to pay great attention to diplomacy, and within a few months, his relationship with Sun Jian became closer. With the willingness of both sides, with the help of Wang Xiong's marriage to the orphan of Sun Jian's eldest brother, he was in the emotional honeymoon period and agreed on many things.

It's just that the better of the two families made Liu Xuan, who was caught in the middle, a little worried, and after discussing peace with Sun Jian, he also quickly sent an envoy to visit, hoping that the two families would be friendly! In this regard, after discussing with Wenchen, Wang Xu considered that Yangzhou and Jingnan have a very close relationship in agriculture and commerce, and the cooperation will not only help Jingnan's economic development and prosperity, but also make the east more stable, so he still nodded and agreed. It's just that he informed Sun Jian before, and conveyed that if the two families are evil. Jing Nan would support his message.

But just when Jingnan was preparing for the conquest of Liu Biao. The general trend of the world has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Soon after marrying Cai Yan, Zhu Jun, who was hiding in Nanyang, saw that the princes of the world were attacking each other, and promised to do so, but in fact he did not have the heart to please Dong, so he led the army to attack Luoyang alone, and Yin Yangyi, Henan appointed by Dong Zhuo, was defeated and withdrew to Chang'an. But Luoyang has long been in decay since Dong Zhuo's fire. Zhu Jun then moved to Zhongmu County. But the good times didn't last long, only more than three months later, Dong Zhuo sent commanders Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji to march tens of thousands of cavalry, defeat Zhu Jun, and fight all the way to the division, and only returned after looting several counties in Chenliu and Yingchuan counties.

Meanwhile. The contradiction between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan also gradually intensified. Since Gongsun Zhan broke the 300,000 yellow scarves, his popularity has become increasingly strong, and he was jealous of Yuan Shao's broken promise, so he wrote that Yuan Shao had conspired to force Han Fu, who was appointed by the imperial court, to appoint himself as a high-ranking official, and to seize the state and county, which was a heinous crime. Subsequently, the troops left the Bohai Sea. Successive battles. Go straight to the Panhe area in the middle reaches of the Qing River in Ganling Kingdom, just wait for the time to come. He attacked Julu County and went straight to Yuan Shao's base camp in Yecheng, Wei County. He also appointed his own generals Yan Gang as the Jizhou Thorn History, Tian Kai as the Qingzhou Thorn History, and Shan Jing as the Yanzhou Thorn History, leading troops to scatter everywhere, and the plot was great.

Yuan Shao failed to negotiate peace with Gongsun Zhan, so he had no choice but to personally lead his troops to meet the battle, and twenty miles south of the boundary bridge, his subordinate general Ju Yi took the lead in setting up an ambush and broke Gongsun Zhan. Subsequently, Gongsun Chan organized two counterattacks and was defeated, and the general Yan Gang was defeated, Yuan Shao's army marched forward, and Gongsun Chan had to lead the defeated troops back to Youzhou.

At this time, Cao Cao in Dongjun was also fighting fiercely with the Yellow Turban Remnant Thief, and took advantage of the victory to break the Yellow Turban Remnant Thief Zhenggu, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo. But his side won, but the rest of Yanzhou was not in good shape, facing the main force of the Yellow Turban Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai was defeated in successive battles, and did not listen to the persuasion of Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, to fight, and was killed by the rebel army.

This time, it happened that Cao Cao had just collected his troops and returned to Dongjun, and Cao Cao's subordinate Chen Gong saw that there was something to do, so he persuaded Cao Cao to collect Yanzhou, and personally acted as a lobbyist to go to the counties of Yanzhou. At this time, Yanzhou had no owner, and Bao Xin and others had always been close to Cao Cao, so they welcomed Cao Cao to lead the Yanzhou assassination.

Cao Cao seized the opportunity to rectify the Yanzhou soldiers and horses, unified the order, lasted for three months, and finally designed the main force of the Yellow Turban in Shouzhang. Originally, Dong Zhuo saw that Yanzhou was scattered, so he appointed Jin Shang as the assassin of Yanzhou and led troops into Yanzhou. But when he arrived, Cao Cao had already broken the Yellow Turban, and even in the name of eliminating the national thief Dong Zhuo's canine teeth, he faced Jin Shang. Jin Shang was defeated in three battles, and the wolf bèi fled to Nanyang Yuan Shu!

But less than ten days after that, Chang'an was shocked, and Situ Wang Yunqiao used a divisive plan to win over Dong Zhuo's subordinates Lu Bu and others, and assassinated Dong Zhuo in Beiyemen when he entered the court. Taking advantage of the fact that Dong Zhuo's subordinates had no owner, he quickly controlled the military power of Chang'an in the name of the emperor, and killed the Dong family and his loyal henchmen. Dong Zhuo's private collection of more than 100,000 catties of gold and silver, rare treasures, and countless silk satins.

The little emperor Longyan Dayue immediately asked Wang Yun to preside over the affairs of Shangshu, and Lu Bu was the general of Fenwei, and the treatment of false festivals and etiquette was equal to that of the three dukes......

When he received this news, Wang Xu was not surprised, it was only the first month of 192 AD! Because of his arrival, as well as some small changes, counting before and after, the speed of the general trend of history has been getting faster and faster, and there are more and more small changes, I really don't know what the impact will be.

Walking through the garden of the General's Mansion, Wang Xu's brows furrowed tightly, thinking about the rapidly changing shape.

"Husband, it's so cold, why do you wear that little?"

Hearing Cai Yan's voice, Wang Xu came back from his contemplation and smiled slightly: "It's okay, being cold can make your mind clearer." ”

Cai Yan suddenly glanced at Wang Xu reproachfully, and walked over with the clothes in his hand: "Let's put on a cotton coat, this is the latest product in my sister's workshop, it's very warm!" ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Wang Xu to answer, he had already unfolded his clothes and draped them on his body.

Wang Xu smiled slightly and held Cai Yan's hand on his shoulder. "Thank you, Yan'er!"

"Why did you say that? This is what Yan'er should do! ”

"Huh!"

Wang Xu smiled, didn't say more, turned his head to look at the little snow on the branches, and sighed: "This year's winter is really cold, even the south is snowing, I really don't know if it's a good omen or a bad omen!" ”

"Of course, it's a good omen!" Cai Yan took over the words gently.

"That maybe, the world really shook last year, and I don't know what will happen this year!"

"No matter what happens, Yan'er believes that her husband will be able to win!" Cai Yan comforted gently.

"Huh!" Shaking his head with a smile, Wang Xu didn't say much about this, and asked instead: "By the way, have you seen Xu Shu and Diao Chan?" ”

"They just went out!"

"Where did you go?" Wang Xu said strangely.

"Workshop!" Cai Yan said with a smile: "My sister's workshop is going to promulgate a plan for the new year, and when my husband went to the front house this morning, I went out, and Sister Diao Chan also went with me." ”

"Oh! So why don't you go? Staying at home alone? Wang Xu said with a smile.

"There should be someone in the family, otherwise the husband will come back empty. Sister Diao Chan used to be able to help a little, but I really didn't understand anything about that. Speaking of this, Cai Yan's expression was a little gloomy. Husband, do you think Yan'er is useless? ”

"How so? Although you are not good at dealing with those things, you are very knowledgeable, can sing and dance, and are proficient in poetry and painting, how can you say that it is useless? ”

Hearing this, Cai Yan shook his head and said with a little frustration: "But these can't help my husband at all!" ”

"Huh! How can you say that? ”

Stretching out his hand to take Cai Yan into his arms, Wang Xu smiled slightly: "Your talent is used inadvertently, for example, the last time I wrote a letter with Sun Jian, the words were not mellow enough, wasn't it you who revised it for me?" Also, sometimes I can't understand when I read some ancient books, isn't it also you who help me compile them? And you have an amazing memory, almost unforgettable, and many times unconsciously reminds me, isn't that enough? People have their own strengths and uses, so don't think about it so much! ”

"Oh!" Cai Yan replied softly.

Wang Xu smiled, didn't say anything for a while, and was silent.

After a while, he suddenly found that Zhao Yu hadn't been here for a long time, and immediately asked, "By the way, Yan'er, have you seen Zhao Yu recently?" Why haven't you been here for so long? ”

"No, I haven't been here since I came here eight days ago." Cai Yan also frowned.

"Huh? What's wrong with this Nizi? Did she change sex? ”

"I don't know, I did find that she has been talking less recently, and she is not so lively!"

"Hmm!" Wang Xu nodded, also recalling. During this time, I have been busy with the affairs of the year-end and the beginning of the year, and I didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, but now that I think about it, it is true, Zhao Yu seems to have not been in the general's mansion for a long time.

"I think there must be something wrong with this Nizi, you can go see her another day when you have time, and inquire! Recently, there have been frequent incidents, and Liu Biao will be conquered soon, and many things need to be decided by me, so there is no major matter, and I dare not leave the general's mansion for too long. ”

In fact, Cai Yan was also very concerned about Zhao Yu, and when he heard Wang Xu's words, he replied: "Well! Na Yan'er will go over tomorrow to have a look. ”

"Good!"

Smiling, Wang Xu didn't say much, swept the snow around him again, and slowly walked back to the house with Cai Yan in his arms: "It's so cold outside, you're weak, let's go back to the room and talk!" ”

"Hmm!" Cai Yan snuggled up to Wang Xu and nodded happily.

But as soon as the front foot stepped into the door, there was a sudden call from Shan Huai outside: "Lord! ”

"Huh?" Wang Xu immediately retreated, looked at Shan Huai, who was still a little snowy on his body, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Shan Huai, is there a new situation?" ”

"yes!" Shan Huai answered, and he was already walking quickly towards this side.

When he got closer, he bowed his hand and said word by word: "Report to the lord, Yuan Shu has already started a war with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao!" (To be continued.) )