In order to avoid Cao Jun's eyeliner and possible troubles, Ma Chao and his entourage went around in a big circle, directly avoiding Cao Jun's sphere of influence, and spent a lot of energy and time to reach the Qingzhou territory.

From Xichuan into Shu. The prosperity of Shu is true, but it is still the same as before, the local families are strong and the government is high, although the life of the people at the bottom is much stronger than that of the people of Xiliang, they can only barely mix seven points full.

Here is still the familiar Han model, although the language is very different from Xiliang, but it also makes Ma Chao feel very cordial, if he doesn't want to expose his traces, he wants to be intimate with the current lord of Shu.

Then he went down the river, first to Jingzhou, then to the Central Plains through Jingzhou, and then from the Central Plains to Qingzhou, the journey was almost millions of miles, and it took more than half a year.

This is because they are all warriors who enter the stream and have fast feet, and at the same time, the horses under them are all good horses that travel hundreds of thousands of miles a day, otherwise it is really not easy to reach the destination so quickly.

It's just that what he saw and heard on the way made Ma Chao not happy at all.

The situation in Jingzhou is okay, what Liu Biao implements here is still the law of the Han Dynasty, which is quite familiar to Ma Chao, and there is no problem of adaptation, but the accent is different and naturally there is regional exclusion.

Of course, because the Jizhou army was pressing forward step by step, there was inevitably a tense atmosphere within Jingzhou, especially in the area near Nanyang, and the situation in the barracks was tense.

Fortunately, although the Jingzhou army was well guarded, it did not dare to take the initiative to sever contact with the Jizhou military territory opposite, not only did there be no problem with personnel exchanges, but even caravans came and went quite frequently, and even a scene of prosperous commerce appeared, which was a miracle in such a situation in a heavy tense atmosphere.

Although Ma Chao and his entourage were eye-catching, they entered the Nanyang territory controlled by the Jizhou Army without the slightest hindrance.

It is said that with his understanding of the Central Plains family, as the representative of the family, the military discipline of Yuan Shaobu in Jizhou will not be too good.

Even, because of greed, there may be something unspeakable, Ma Chao and his subordinates are ready to kill, and the power of the peerless fierce general in a small-scale battle is enough to be called rampant and invincible.

You must know that Ma Chao and his subordinates are good horses, even if they are placed in the Xiliang Cavalry, they are considered to be first-class horses, and it is not an exaggeration to call them BMW in the Central Plains, and the value can reach a thousand gold.

The so-called wealth is moving, and when they pass by in Shu and Jingzhou, they don't have a lot of long-eyed guys.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that when they entered the territory of the Jizhou Army, the horses under their seats did attract the attention of the sentry soldiers, and even showed an undisguised greedy look, but in the end, they didn't make a move, just the normal clearance fee charged.

It's really strange, Yuan Shao's subordinate soldiers still have such a good character?

It's just that when they entered the territory of the Jizhou Army, the style here suddenly changed, and it became strange to Ma Chao and others, and even disgusted.

Rune cars, as well as all kinds of rune equipment, can be seen in the city casually, so Ma Chao's mood is not good.

Although the Jizhou Army-controlled area was prosperous in commerce, the people lived in abundance, the people and carriages on the official roads were endless, and the people in the city were prosperous in commerce and trade, all of them were ruddy and healthy, and they actually showed a prosperous atmosphere, but Ma Chao's mood was not happy.

Because the territory of the Jizhou Army was also developed by relying on strange rune equipment such as rune cars, he was not blind, how could he not see it?

Xiliang's repeated battles made him instinctively rebel and reject the forces that relied on rune appliances to develop and grow, but he didn't show it.

What he didn't expect was that Yuan Shao, the representative of the dignified family, would be mixed with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban like Cao Cao, and he would be embarrassed?

I hid something in my heart, and I didn't have the heart to observe the prosperous scene in the territory of the Jizhou Army, and I didn't even bother to pay attention to the different breeding scenes here.

It's just that he has doubts in his heart, didn't he hear that Yuan Shao's Jizhou army was fighting with Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, why did he now aim at the hinterland of the Central Plains?

Although he was not in a good mood, every time Ma Chao went to a city, he would temporarily stay for a few days to inquire about the situation, so as not to be too ignorant and attract ridicule and suspicion, which was very detrimental to the purpose of his trip.

The most ear-catching information is the gossip about the disputes between Yuan Shao's sons.

In other words, the situation in this world at the end of the Han Dynasty has changed greatly because of the chaos of the yellow turban collar.

Jizhou Yuan Shao, who was supposed to unify the four northern states a long time ago, and later lost even his pants in the battle of Guandu, not only is he still alive and well, but the development of the Jizhou Group is also quite rapid with the help of a large number of rune instruments.

Don't look at Cao Cao's current occupation of Xiliang, his prestige and strength have skyrocketed, but it is still very inferior to Jizhou Yuan Shao Group.

After all, Guanzhong and Xiliang are withering, although the rune equipment provided by the Yellow Turban Collar can greatly improve productivity, but the time is too short and the development speed is limited by other places.

And the hinterland of the Central Plains occupied by Yuan Shao is not only mature but also the land is plastered, with a large population and a large number of rune appliances provided by the yellow turban collar, the productivity has exploded early, otherwise there is no way to hit the edge of Jingzhou in one go.

At present, Yuan Shao has Jizhou, Yuzhou and three prefectures in one go, as well as Nanyang County, which is the richest county in the world during the Han Dynasty, and his strength is quite strong, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the first prince of the north is not an exaggeration.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao can't afford the arrogance of being the only one in the world.

Not to mention that such a unique existence as the yellow turban collar is enough to easily destroy the entire Jizhou Group, as well as Youzhou Gongsun Zan, who has a great enmity.

The current Youzhou is extraordinary, with a large area of territory outside the Saiwai being taken by Gongsun Zan, and still gaining a firm foothold outside the Saiwai, the resources on the grassland continue to feed Youzhou, making Youzhou appear a grand scene of great development, and the strength of the Youzhou army is also unprecedentedly strong, forming a strong pressure on the Jizhou Group.

According to the old habits of the past, if the Jizhou Group wants to deal with the powerful Youzhou Army, in addition to its own armed attack, the most important thing is to contact the foreign races to attack, so that it is difficult for Youzhou to think about it.

But now this set is not useful, the alien race north of Youzhou has been killed in fear, either it has been completely finished or it has fled, and the Jizhou group now does not know where the footsteps of the Youzhou army have expanded, and how can it be possible to contact the powerful alien allies?

There is also Liu Bei's group in Xuzhou, although their strength cannot enter Yuan Shao's eyes, but they are all princes supported by the Yellow Turban Leader, and no matter how bad their strength is, they will not be much worse.

There is also a Cao Cao who swept through Guanzhong and Xiliang, it can be said that the territory controlled by Yuan Shao was completely defended by several powerful princes, how could he rise up to the pride of being the only one?

Yuan Shao, who is not confused, is still very capable, otherwise Cao Cao would not have followed him as a follower behind his ass.

It's just that it's difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, Yuan Shao'er has relatively soft roots, and he hasn't leveled the water for a few adult sons, so doesn't this cause contradictions in private.

Fortunately, Yuan Shang, Lao Yuan's favorite youngest son, was sent to the Yellow Turban to study and be a hostage, otherwise I was afraid that the sons of the Yuan family would make a public fuss.

But that's the case, the confrontation between the sons of the Yuan family in private was also talked about by the people under the rule of the Jizhou group, and then it entered Ma Chao's ears.

He was very unimpressed with this, there would be no such situation in the Fufeng Ma family at all, he Ma Chao was not only the son of the Ma family, but also a veritable peerless general, which peer in the clan would dare to compete?

In his opinion, the reason why Yuan Shao's sons fought so hard was that they were just incapable of being outstanding.

I don't know if Yuan Shao is such a representative of the family, how the descendants of the princes and alliance leaders of the year are so unbearable, which is really underestimated.

Whenever he heard the people in the teahouse and wine shop, full of gossip and putting the deeds of the Yuan family's sons in his mouth, Ma Chao had an urge to look up to the sky and laugh.

Tiger father dog son, this is the clear tiger father dog son!

If there is no successor to Yuan Shao, the development momentum of the Jizhou Group will end here, unless there is a strong external intervention, otherwise the powerful Jizhou Group may fall apart after Yuan Shao goes.

In addition to listening to the gossip of the sons of the Yuan family, Ma Chao was most interested in strange things such as the Fu Che that he hated and loved.

In the area controlled by the Jizhou Group, he learned that those strange things were called rune instruments, which were all created and spread by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Collar.

In addition to all kinds of gossip, the people in the towns passing by, the most chatted about these rune utensils.

After listening to it a lot, Ma Chao also understood the importance of these rune instruments, it can be said that whether it is Cao Cao, who occupied Guanzhong's troops and swept Xiliang, or Yuan Shao's Jizhou Group, the main reason why he can have the current prosperity is in these rune appliances that he can't understand.

According to his understanding, with rune equipment, the grain yield in the fields is higher, and this alone is enough to make Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other princes rise rapidly.

It's just that he can't figure out why after using the rune tools, the fields will be highly productive, and all kinds of food and living materials will also be produced in large quantities?

It's just that listening to the people under the rule of the Jizhou Group, the rune appliances in the hands of the Jizhou Group are just the old-fashioned rune appliances of the Yellow Turban Collar, and they heard that the new rune equipment has a better effect and is more convenient to use, and they very much hope that the high-level can purchase a large number of them from the Yellow Turban Collar.

At the same time, according to the people under the rule of Jizhou Group, their development model here is very different from that of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Collar, and the people are actually more willing to accept the development model of Yellow Turban Collar, but unfortunately the senior management of Jizhou Group will not agree at all!

Hearing this, Ma Chao became more curious about the Qingzhou yellow scarf collar in his heart.