New Year is the beginning of the new year. Families went out the door.

In order to catch up with his brother-in-law Zhao Xing in the first month, Mi Zhu, the richest man from Donghai County, Xuzhou, has not been in his home for many years.

It stands to reason that Zhao Xing, who is a brother-in-law, should first pay New Year's greetings to his eldest brother. But the problem is that there are really a lot of Zhao Xing's brothers-in-law, such as Hu Che'er, Zhang Jian's sons who are older than Zhao Xing, and a few godbrothers of Diao Chan who stay in his hometown in Bingzhou...... Second, Zhao Xing's identity is really a bit big, not only the prince of the two lords, but also in charge of nearly 200,000 troops, so that he risked being intercepted and killed by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to go to Xuzhou to pay New Year's greetings, Zhao Xing dared to go, and Mi Zhu did not dare to let him come.

Since the brother-in-law couldn't come, the eldest brother who asked for help had to deign to descend and go all the way to the Jin Kingdom to pay New Year's greetings to Zhao Xing.

Mi Zhu came to Jin this time and shouldered many heavy tasks for both public and private purposes. First of all, he came to Zhao Xingtao on behalf of Xuzhou Mu Taoqian. Tao Qian befriended Zhao Xing for several considerations:

First, the 20,000 Qingxu troops were still stranded in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and Tao Qian was anxious to ask Zhao Xing for his troops to return. He also knew that the Qingxu Volunteer Army, which had been trained by Zhao Xing, would definitely be several times stronger than the local soldiers in Xuzhou. Now Lao Cao in the east of Xuzhou and Yuan Shu in the south are all looking at Tao Qian with fierce eyes, which makes his back chill for a while, so Tao Qian urgently needs these nearly 10,000 polished Xuzhou soldiers to come back to defend the city for him.

Second, Xuzhou and Jin have a strong complementarity in commerce and trade, and befriending Zhao Xing is beneficial to the people. Xuzhou is rich in grain and crystals for making glass, which are all items that the Jin Kingdom needs to buy in large quantities. And many of the goods produced in the Jin Kingdom are eye-catching good things, and the people of Xuzhou naturally like them very much, so the demand for purchase is also huge.

Third, befriending Zhao Xing can be brave for Tao Qian. Qingzhou and Xuzhou are relatively weak forces, sandwiched between Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Yan, Yuan Shu and other forces, everywhere you have to look at the faces of these bigwigs, and you have to be afraid at all times, lest anyone will come over and destroy themselves. If you are good friends with Zhao Xing, at least make other forces of your own side jealous, and you have to consider Zhao Xing's feelings and opinions when you want to do it.

Secondly, Mi Zhu represented Qingzhou Kong Rong to make friends with Zhao Xingpan. Kong Rong's reason for befriending Zhao Xing is basically the same as Tao Qian's, but because of the return to protect Tai Shici's mother, Kong Rong can be regarded as having a long time with Zhao Xing. Kong Rong, as a descendant of the Confucian sage, is particularly rare is the exquisite books produced by the Jin State, so he did not hesitate to open all the gold mines in Qingzhou to the Jin State, only asking Zhao Xing to continue to sell the new books compiled and printed by the Taihang Academy to Qingzhou.

In the end, Mi Zhu came to discuss business cooperation with Zhao Xing on behalf of the Mi family. Because of this relationship between Mi Zhen, the Mi family in the East China Sea has maintained close business and trade contacts with the Jin State over the years, and has also obtained rich profits and returns from this trade route. This time, Mi Zhu came in person in order to partner with the Jin State and divide some of the management rights of the peasant and soldier merchant gold bank in Qingxu into the hands of the Mi family. To be honest, this deal is really not a small amount, if he didn't come to negotiate in person, no one would dare to make a decision with Zhao Xing.

Mi Zhu is here, and Zhao Xing naturally can't slack off. He not only personally took Mi Zhu from the Welcome Garden to live in his own house, but also let the representatives of all parties in Crouching Tiger City as escorts and had several meals with Mi Zhu. Of course, eating is not the point, the key is to give enough face.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after the ladies and children in Zhao Xing's mansion went to the street to see the lanterns, Mi Zhu finally sat down and talked to Zhao Xing about the business of the trip.

Mi Zhu first said the things entrusted by Tao Qian and Kong Rong, and the words that should be brought were also spoken, and then he didn't say anything more, waiting for Zhao Xing's reaction.

Zhao Xing was not impatient, and said: "The things mentioned by the two state ministers of Taokong are not difficult. I originally planned to arrange for the Qingxu army to go down the river after the Yellow River flood in the spring, and go directly to the territory of Qingzhou. As for some other business matters, they are also mutually beneficial, and I will naturally not stand in the way. ”

Mi Zhu saw that Zhao Xing only had to give Qingzhou and Xuzhou courage and did not spit out, so he asked: "So, what does Guochang think of the two state pastors' hope to get the support and help of the Jin State in the future?"

Zhao Xing pondered for a moment, and then said: "There are no outsiders present at this time, I want to ask my brother first, if I want to take charge of the world in the future, I don't know how the Mi family will deal with it?"

Mi Zhu seemed to have thought about the question thrown by Zhao Xing, and did not seem surprised, but replied quietly: "The Mi family and the Zhao family have come to this day, there is no way back, naturally they are in the same breath and branches, advancing and retreating together!"

Zhao Xing didn't seem excited or surprised by Mi Zhu's answer, nodded and said, "Then I will say my own conditions." If Qingxu Erzhou wants to get the full support of the Jin State at the time of crisis, it is natural to secretly express its position and form an alliance. When I wanted to win the world on another day, the two states stood firmly behind the Jin Kingdom. ”

Mi Zhu pondered for a moment, and then said, "I know your mind about this matter. Judging from the current situation, Qingxu Erzhou has not yet faced the catastrophe of extinction for a while, presumably Kong Rong and Tao Qian will not spit out easily, and it seems that this matter needs to be considered in the long run. ”

"This matter is not in a hurry, I will not start a war lightly in the near future, the Jin Kingdom will develop internal affairs with peace of mind, and the newly acquired Youzhou and Liangguo will be thoroughly digested and stabilized, and then there will be the next move. Zhao Xing was not in a hurry, and said slowly.

Hearing Zhao Xing personally admit that Youzhou and Liangguo had fallen into his hands, Mi Zhu couldn't help but change his face, and said with emotion: "Although I secretly speculated that Youzhou and Liangguo had the figure of Jin Guo, I didn't expect it to be completely controlled. Guochang is old and sharp, and he admires his brother very much!"

Zhao Xing smiled disapprethoughtly and said: "At this time, there is no one, and the eldest brother does not have to put grease and powder on my face, this kind of thing is not a matter of great perseverance and great wisdom!

"But if you ask for something, you will definitely do your best to help!" Mi Zhu promised with a serious face.

"By the way, I also brought a few people with me on this trip, I wonder if Guochang is interested in meeting him?" Mi Zhu remembered a few other things and said again.

"I don't know what kind of person it is?" Zhao Xing asked with some curiosity.

Mi Zhu then introduced them to Zhao Xing one by one: "One of them, named Liu Xuan, the word Zhengli, a native of Donglai Muping (now Muping, Shandong), was filial piety and honesty at the beginning, and was awarded the head of the city for Langzhong, and abandoned the official because he refused to ask for it. Later, he opened up the sky, except for the imperial history, and avoided Huaipu in chaos. ”

"One of them, named Wang Lang, whose real name is Wang Yan, is Jingxing, a native of Tancheng in the East China Sea (now northwest of Tancheng, Shandong). ”

"One of them, named Sun Shao, was originally a Gong Cao under the account of Kong Rong, the Taishou of Beihai, and was praised by Kong Rong as a talent who could serve as an important position in the imperial court, and was personally recommended by Kong Zhou Mu to come to the Jin State as an official. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, indicating that he already knew the names and surnames of the three people, and then said: "Wang Lang has been famous for a long time, I have heard of it before, but this Liu Xuan and Sun Shao are very ear-catching. ”

After Mi Zhu listened, he didn't see anything outside, and said with a smile: "If I tell you, then Liu Miao is the brother of Liu Dai, the current minister of the Jin Dynasty, I don't know how Guochang feels?"

Zhao Xing couldn't help scratching his head, and said a little sneeringly: "Hey, this Liu Dai is hidden, and he hasn't told me until now, he has a talented younger brother!"

Mi Zhu said: "Liu Xuan, like Liu Dai, is a distant relative of the royal family of the Han Dynasty (the descendant of Liu Wei, the grandson of Liu Fei, the king of Qi Mourning Hui), when he was nineteen years old, his cousin Liu Wei was taken hostage by the bandits, Liu Miao in order to rescue his uncle, gathered more than ten people into the thieves' den, took advantage of the gap to successfully behead the bandit leader and rescued the cousin, and became famous since then. Because of his performance is deeply loved by the villagers, he recommended Liu Miao to be an official in the court, and once worshiped Langzhong. ”

After Liu Miao became an official, he was selfless, honest and humble, and was well received by his colleagues and the people. At that time, there were rumors in the area of Donglai Muping that if Liu Dai and Liu Miao could be obtained, it would be tantamount to getting the dragon and the unicorn at the same time. Now that I've brought you the Kirin, you have to express your gratitude this time!" Mi Zhu explained with a smile.

Zhao Xing pondered in his heart, and found that the three people recommended by Kong Rong and Tao Qian were really talents with real talents, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart. Recently, he was worried about the lack of available people in the six Taishou positions that were transferred away at once in the Jin Kingdom, but he didn't expect someone to send three "big pillows"!

Zhao Xing hurriedly asked people to go to the Yingbin Garden to welcome Wang Lang, Liu Miao and Sun Shao into the mansion to meet each other.

These three people came to the Jin Kingdom with Mi Zhu this time, so naturally they didn't come here to join in the fun. They are conceited in their hearts that they have a talent that can govern the country and the country, but there is no room to be able to display, I heard that Zhao Xing of the Jin Kingdom is a meritocracy, and there are strong recommendations from Kong Rong and Tao Qian, so they went north to the Jin Kingdom and wanted to seek a good way out.

After Zhao Xing met with several people, after a detailed conversation, he found that these three people were indeed useful, so he immediately sent a solicitation to the three of them, and promised the positions of Taiyuan County, Xihe County, and Shangjun Taishou. As a result, Liu Miao was willing to go to Xihe County to serve, while Wang Lang was willing to go to Taiyuan County to serve, and Sun Shao was willing to go to Shangjun County to serve. Zhao Xing naturally promised one by one, encouraging the three of them to work with peace of mind, and their families could come to Jin to live in peace.

After settling down the positions of the three people, Zhao Xing asked the former Shangjun Taishou, Tuntian Duwei, and Zao You, the president of the Crouching Tiger Academy of Agricultural Sciences, to invite to the mansion, and the two had a long talk and set up a plan for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the three prefectures of Youjiliang this year.

Zhao Xing asked Zao Yi if he was busy with work, and if he wanted to match a few more hands, but Zao Yi really didn't be polite to him, saying that he only needed the position of president of the Crouching Tiger Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the big hat of Tuntian Lieutenant was still handed over to someone else to do.

After listening to Zao Yi's words, Zhao Xing thought about it and found that there were two people who were suitable for the important position of Tuntian Lieutenant in history, one was Guoyuan, who had been dug by him, and the other was a guy named Han Hao.

So Zhao Xing hurriedly found Li Jinsi and asked him to secretly send people to various places to inquire about the whereabouts of Han Hao, and once he found out, he must find a way to get him back to the Jin Kingdom.