After Yuan Shao led the army back to Luoyang in a hurry, he immediately led the army to Hongnong County west of Luoyang to make arrangements to prevent Dong Zhuo.

And Yuan Xi was left in Luoyang by Yuan Shao to stabilize the hearts of the people in Luoyang.

This morning, Yuan Xi received a flying pigeon message from his mother, Mrs. Liu, and immediately read it, with a look of surprise on his face.

Then he said indignantly: "Mother actually told me to stop all actions against that scumbag? Do we forget that we have lost so much? ”

Feng Ji on the side hugged his fists and said, "Second son, can you let me take a look at Madame's letter?" ”

Yuan Xi handed the handbook in his hand to Feng Ji. Feng Ji smelled a fragrant fragrance coming to his face, and his heart couldn't help but flutter, and he immediately knew that this flying pigeon biography must have been written by his wife.

Respectfully took the handbook, read it, nodded thoughtfully, returned the handbook to Yuan Xi, and said with a fist: "Second son, Madame's decision is very wise.

From this failure, it can be seen that we have underestimated the fourth prince before, and if we continue to take action against him, I am afraid that we will only lose our precious strength in vain.

Moreover, the fourth prince is obviously already suspicious of us, if we continue to act, it is difficult to ensure that we will not be caught, and even if we are in the position of a lady, we will inevitably be reprimanded and even punished by the prime minister!

If the snipe and the clam compete with each other, won't the fisherman benefit at that time? ”

Yuan Xi's heart moved, and he asked, "What does Mr. mean, the eldest brother and the third brother?" ”

Feng Ji smiled and hugged his fists and said: "The second son is wise, and he knows the elegance when he hears the string song!" ”

Yuan Xi frowned, returned to the main seat and sat down, muttering, "Because of that cheap thing, I ignored the two of them!" But I'm a little unwilling! Seeing that scumbag repeatedly coming out of the limelight, I can't wait to ......"

Feng Ji hugged his fists and said: "The second son doesn't have to mind too much!" If it really comes time to decide who belongs to the name, what is the use of the so-called credit? In the end, it depends on who has the strongest power in their hands!

As long as the second prince gets the most civil and military generals here, and controls the most troops and territory, everything will be under the control of the second son! ”

Yuan Xi opened his eyebrows and laughed, and praised: "What Mr. said is extremely true! After a pause, he looked at Feng Ji and smiled; Then the most important thing I should do now is to get the support of the Korean Chinese Wu, and win over Wang Kuang, Zhou Ren, and Yang Yi. ”

Feng Ji showed a look of relief, hugged his fists and said: "The second son is wise!" ”

Feng Ji pondered: "Wang Kuang, now it can be said that it is a powerful force under the prime minister's account, controlling the two counties of Shangdang in Hanoi, and now it is expanding its army on a large scale, and in the near future, it will definitely become a powerful figure under the prime minister."

If you can get his full support and even loyalty, you will definitely become a big help to the second son.

And Zhou Ren and Yang Yi, respectively, Yanmen County Taishou and Dingxiang County Taishou, although they suffered considerable losses in the recent Xiongnu invasion, but the people under their rule were fierce, and the officers and soldiers under their jurisdiction were brave and good at fighting.

And their rule is rich in good horses, so the help for the second son should not be underestimated!

Now that both of them have also sent messengers, the second prince can take the opportunity to take them for his own use! ”

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "Mr. Feng Ji is really my son's room!" Just do as he suggests! ”

Time is constantly passing in the disturbances of the world, and unconsciously, most of the time has passed, and the Spring Festival is not far away.

The bright and warm autumn sunshine has long since disappeared, replaced by snowfall and a knife-like north wind!

However, in such a snowstorm, Taiyuan, a war-torn city, was a lively and noisy scene. On the official road, the business travelers who braved the wind and snow were rushing towards Taiyuan, and the vitality there was attracting them.

In the hall of the Taishou Mansion, a huge brazier is blazing, and the orange light illuminates the entire hall. The cold outside could not penetrate at all, and the whole hall was warm like spring.

At this time, Zhang Lang was sitting above, listening to the reports of his subordinates.

Zhang He hugged his fists at Zhang Lang and said: "Big brother, now we have a total of more than 33,500 soldiers,

Among them, there are 500 sharp blade troops, 6,000 heavily armed Eagle Yang troops, 10,000 Cangting troops who are good at long-distance warfare, and 17,000 Longxiang troops, 7,000 of which are cavalry.

All the troops are still undergoing high-intensity training, and everyone is highly motivated, as long as the eldest brother gives an order, they will not hesitate to rush towards the enemy, even if there is a sea of swords and fires ahead, they will never retreat! ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said with a smile: "Very good." Looking at the head of the ordnance factory, Dian Qing, he said with a smile: "Lao Dian, your ordnance factory should also have good news that makes me happy, right?" ”

Dian Qing immediately stood up, hugged his fists and said: "General Qiqi, in the past half a year, we have finally not disappointed the general, and have created water hammer and water blowers, which have greatly improved efficiency!"

In addition to the armor and ordnance of the army, there are now 3,600 spears, 2,500 swords, 1,500 shields, and 1,600 bows and crossbows.

In addition, there are 3,300 pairs of leather armor, 50 sets of plate armor, and 250 sets of fine iron armor! ”

Zhang Lang was very happy and nodded: "Very good!" After thinking for a while, he looked at Dian Qing and said, "I plan to expand the scale of the ordnance factory, do you have any problems there?" ”

Dian Qing patted his chest and said with a smile: "With water hammer and water blower, anyone with a little training can be a blacksmith, and there is no problem with how the general wants to expand!" Of course, the prerequisite for this to happen is that the funds must be in place! As he spoke, he looked at Chen Gong.

Chen Gong smiled bitterly: "All of you came to ask me for money, but I know that less than one-third of the previous seizures are now left." ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "Gongtai, you will make every effort to ensure the expansion of the ordnance factory, that is the strong foundation of our army, and we must make every effort to ensure it!" ”

Chen Gong stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates obey the order." Then he frowned and said: "General, we must find a way to increase our income, otherwise it will not be long before the funds will run out, and I am afraid that there will be problems in all aspects at that time." ”

Zhang Lang rubbed his forehead with a little headache, nodded and said, "It won't be long before I go to Luoyang to report on my work." I'll figure it out when the time comes. ”

Chen Gong said: "General, it has been more than half a year since the tariffs were lifted on our side, can we restart the tariffs?" This can also add a lot of money to us! ”

Zhang Lang waved his hand and said, "Since we promised to be tax-free for one year, we can't break our promise." Otherwise, who will believe us in the future. ”

Then he comforted: "Don't worry about the public station. I'll think of another way. A living person will never let his urine suffocate to death! ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard what Zhang Lang said interestingly.