In the autumn of the third year of Guanghe, after half a year of court game disputes and co-ordination, the imperial court once again enabled Xia Yu and Zang Min, and at the same time Bai Lu Zhi was the general of Beizhong Lang, responsible for the control of Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Youzhou, Liu Yuzhong and the Taishou of Youzhou, and dispatched the soldiers of the Hebei Military Region to gather Youzhou, and the state, Jizhou, and the division of the horses and horses, and at the same time recruited local horses and people as reserves, transferred grain and grass baggage, and raised You, and the townships were young and strong!

Following the failure of the expulsion three years ago, the Han Dynasty once again launched a powerful counterattack against Xianbei.

This time, more people were involved than Xia Yu, Tian Yan, and Zang Min three years ago, and there were more criticisms from the imperial court, covering a wider geographical area.

The army came out of the fortress, and the whole secluded and juxtaposed immediately fell into a state of anxiety.

After all, the defeat three years ago is still fresh in people's minds.

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Time flickered, more than four months passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the fourth year of Guanghe, and there was still no news from the Youhe army to go out to conquer.

In this way, it is hard for those women and children who are waiting in Youzhou, many men who are out of the fortress are the main laborers in the clan, and now the pillars of the family are out of the fortress to fight for the country, and all the big and small matters in the family undoubtedly fall on the women.

Those fathers of Qianshou and daughters of Li Shu have to look north at home every day, thinking about their hearts, and even washing their faces with tears.

And among them, there is also Liu Jian's mother Hu Shi.

Since Liu Jian's expedition, Hu would go to the official road to the north of Zhuoxian every two days, looking north, thinking day and night, and hoping that his son could come back as soon as possible.

Now it has been nearly a year, snowflakes are flying, and the mountains and rivers are all snow-white.

Hu Shi held a bamboo basket in his hand, wrapped in a robe, and stood on the side of the road and looked at it stupidly.

Inside the bamboo basket is her son Liu Jian's favorite food cakes, he comes to wait for Liu Jian every day, he will prepare five cakes in the basket, only when his son returns from the war, he will feed the child three cakes to eat, the plug is bitter cold, the child designated that it is not good to eat.

The other two Hu cakes were for Liu Bei.

On weekdays, it is difficult to make things difficult, and it is not good to look at them, but when the child of Abei also went to the battlefield like Liu Jian, Hu couldn't help but think about it in his heart.

But unfortunately, after waiting for many months, Hu did not wait for his son to come back.

When she stands by the official road every day, she can't help but think of the scene a few months ago.

That day, when Liu Jian and Liu Bei went home and told the news that the two of them had been recruited by Youzhou and would go north with the army, Hu and Liu Zhou almost fainted on the spot.

It had been almost seventeen years, and it was the first time that Hu had viciously scolded his son, and the scolding was hoarse and hysterical.

And Liu Zhou even took a rattan cane, and greeted Liu Bei and Liu Jian at once!

That night, Liu Zhou beat them all over with scars, and there was hardly a place to look at the entire back.

But no matter how they beat and scolded, in the end, the two children still followed the army.

It is said that on this expedition, the imperial court dispatched a lot of figures, among which the new Bei Zhonglang will be their fellow villager, that is, the child's teacher Lu Zhi, and Gongsun Chan was also recruited and transferred out of the county.

On the day Liu Jian and Liu Bei set out, neither Liu Zhou nor Hu sent them off, and they let the children go by themselves.

However, when they left the house, the two old men came out of their rooms and stood at the door silently looking at the backs of the children......

"Ahh

Hu Shi, who was standing in the ice and snow, couldn't help but sneeze heavily, and his body trembled unconsciously.

"Madam, the weather is too cold, it's this hour, I'm afraid the two young men won't come back today, you should go back and rest early."

The attendants behind Hu Shi were also so frozen, stomping their feet back and forth in place, and always reaching out to cover their ears.

Hu Shi didn't move, but turned his head and asked him, "Where has my father-in-law been these days?" ”

The attendant Leng spat hot air into his mouth and said, "My father-in-law went to the flag tower in the city for three consecutive days, where he waited for news from the front line of the Han army. ”

"What news can you have from that place?" Hu Shi said coldly.

"Madame doesn't know, the post envoy of the post house will bring back the new battle situation of the month from the front line every month, and the head of the gentry of our Zhuo County will gather in the pavilion to wait for news outside the fortress on these three or two days of every month."

"What are all the gentry waiting there? And their sons went out to fight? ”

"That's not it, Mrs. doesn't know, the victory or defeat of this front line is related to the next year's grain in Youzhou and even the next year's poor grain, rations, grain prices, horse prices, or the transfer and appointment of officials at all levels, all of which are closely related to the gentry, so they attach great importance to ......"

"Okay, okay, let my father-in-law inquire about these things, I don't have so many women involved...... I'm just waiting for my son here......"

Speaking of this, Hu's mouth was blank, and tears fell aggrievedly.

Seeing this, the attendant sighed helplessly.

It seems that I can't go home for a while, so I can only continue to freeze here.

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At the same time, on the flag tower of Zhuoxian City, there are more than 20 local tycoons at this moment, all of whom are big households in Zhuoxian County, whether it is financial resources, apprentices, and land in this county are second to none.

And Liu Zhou, who was hiding in the corner, was not a grade at all compared with these people, he just squatted silently in the corner and listened.

For him, nothing else matters, he just needs to know the situation on the front line, and know the life and death of his two shafts.

Compared with Liu Zhou, the rest of the Haoyou clan lords were obviously in a good mood, and everyone gathered together, talking about the most important matters in the counties of Youzhou at the moment.

Liu Zhou didn't participate, and he wasn't qualified to participate, to put it bluntly, he was not qualified to sit here with his identity, but he just walked through the back door of the right house of the acquaintance, and followed other people's father-in-law here to join in the fun.

"Uncle Wang Shi, you have to take care of Su Shuang's affairs!"

A generous head of the wealthy right family said to an elder: "That Yu Yu united Zhang Shiping of Zhongshan, Feng Lan of Frustration, Tian Wu of the fox slave, and Ping of Julu, taking advantage of the low price of horses, all the horse breeds and private horse farms in Hebei were collected, and now these people have formed a force, monopolizing most of the horse markets in You, And, Hebei and other places, and it is difficult for others to intervene, so if it goes on, I am afraid that within a few years, the good horse channels in Hebei will be swallowed by them!" ”

Next to him, another Hao right family master said: "Not bad! So what is Su Shuang? It's just a mere concubine, and you dare to delusionally eat the entire Youji Horse Market? Uncle Shi, you really have to talk to him! ”

Everyone present nodded.

The old man surnamed Wang was calm, and he did not become angry because of these people's fanning of the flames, on the contrary, he was surprisingly calm at the moment.

When he was young, he saw the old man surnamed Wang slowly stand up, glanced back and forth at everyone present, and said tremblingly: "Since you all think that Su Shuang and the others were suspected of monopolizing the Youzhou horse market by collecting horse breeds and horse farms at low prices, then why did you all rush to sell them to him in the first place?" ”

When a word was spoken, the father-in-law of Haoyou who was present was silent.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, the old man continued: "I'm afraid that you all got the rumor at the beginning, saying that there was a shortage of horses in the Northern Expedition of the imperial court, and there was no surplus wealth in Taicang and the local area to collect horses, so you could only forcibly levy them according to households. ”

"Yes, yes, that's what human nature! What's wrong? A wealthy right-hand man shouted unconvinced.

"It is human nature, that Su Shuang dares to bet on this game, loses, he goes bankrupt, wins, he can be among the first-class rich in Youzhou, above us, you don't care when people lose, now that people win, you let the old man talk about him...... Hehe, the old man can't open this mouth. ”

The big man said: "Uncle Wang, what you said is not right, we people are also in the same spirit, everyone has lived here for generations, they are clearly distinguishing from each other, and rarely cross the line, so Su Shuang is just a couple, why did he break the law of Zhuojun?" If we don't pay attention to it, in the future, in this realm, I am afraid that any cows, dogs, horses and donkeys will dare to step on our faces! ”

There was also someone next to him fanning the flames: "Yes, Uncle Shi, you are the oldest here, don't you have a share in the horse market business in Youzhou?" ”

The old man surnamed Wang sneered and pointed at them with a trembling hand.

"You, something is going to happen here, what did you think about in the first place? Although Su Shuang was born as a concubine, but the timing was good, this time after he collected the horse, he turned his head and sold it to the imperial court, not only sold at eighty percent of the purchase price, but also the goods before the money, you know, the Son of Heaven made up his mind to go north, but there was a problem with the transportation of the horses in the rear,"

"Su Shuang had already planned, he would rather lose money at his own expense, and also helped the Son of Heaven plug half of the hole in the shortage of Youzhou, and now this person's name has been transmitted to His Majesty's ears, do you think that the old man can move him now?"

Everyone stopped squeaking when they heard this.

When he was young, he suddenly saw that the fat man was unconvinced and said, "Uncle Wang, don't you fool us?" How did you know about Luoyang? ”

Someone on the side pushed him and said in a low voice: "Uncle Wang's family is a distant relative of the Taiyuan Wang family......"

Fat Hao was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed.

"However, Su Shuang offered the horse to the imperial court and the military at a discount, and there is also our profit in this!" Someone shouted unconvinced.

The old man surnamed Wang said calmly: "Then we can only blame ourselves for being timid and afraid, letting the family pick up a big bargain, and as far as the old man knows, the current Su Shuang is terrible, in addition to the few people that the old man said, there are also the heads of the Gongsun clan of Liaoxi and Zhongshan Zhen who have joined the horse market circle he established, and with these two families involved, it will be even more difficult for us to crack it......"

Someone was puzzled: "The Zhen family in Zhongshan has always made a lot of profits, and it is not difficult to understand that they are involved in it when they smell the smell of money, but how did the Gongsun family in Liaoxi also get involved?" Who matched the surname Sue? Could it be that this Hebei Ma City really doesn't have a bite to eat for us in the future? ”

The old man surnamed Wang didn't speak, he just glanced at Liu Zhou in the corner not far away without leaving a trace, snorted lightly, and then continued:

"Over there in Luoyang, the Son of Heaven is going to buy Lu Ji this year and receive the good horses levied by the county, and here in Youzhou, Su Shuang is already a figure appointed by His Majesty, and the beauty of this Zhuo County to Luoyang is not good for ten years."

As soon as Haoyou, who was present, heard this, his intestines couldn't help but repent, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

Why did this Su Shuang suddenly seem to be a different person, and everything could catch up with the shit luck?

Whoever is greedy for this good deal as long as it is operated properly, it can ask for a high price, a good horse of three or four hundred thousand yuan, there is no problem with selling him for one or two million yuan at a high price!

However, Su Shuang's responsibility for this matter in Youzhou was appointed by the emperor, even if Zhu Haoqiang wanted to grab this place, he couldn't grab it.

At this time, Su Shuang has completely monopolized the Youzhou horse market and has become a wealthy family with background support!

Just when everyone was not convinced, they suddenly heard a sound of footsteps at the bottom of the stairs.

It turned out that the post envoy rushed here to report the battle situation on the front line this month to Zhonghaoyou.

Everyone turned their heads in unison, and sure enough, they saw the messenger coming upstairs.

The post made his face red, panting heavily, obviously tired day and night.

The old man surnamed Wang stood up, held a lacquer bowl, and came to the envoy: "Drink saliva and then talk!" ”

"Much, much, thank you, Prince!"

The messenger threw up his head and drank the bowl of water, then began to look around, as if looking for something.

Soon, he saw Liu Zhou's figure.

The envoy's face instantly showed a look of joy!

Ignoring the rest of the heroes present, he quickly ran to Liu Zhou, saluted him for a long time, and said in a loud voice:

"Congratulations to Liu Gong, congratulations to Liu Gong! Great victory in northern Xinjiang! Great victory in northern Xinjiang! ”

When everyone heard this, their faces were full of joy, and the battle could be regarded as a victory!

But at the same time, Zhu Haoyou also began to wonder.

The victory in Northern Xinjiang is a good thing to defeat Xianbei, but why should you congratulate Liu Zhou alone?

Could it be that the mosquito clan will also have special treatment in this regard?

Liu Zhou was also puzzled, and said strangely: "The victory in Northern Xinjiang is a good thing, but what does it have to do with me?" ”

"How does it not matter? This great victory is all up to your young man! Your Shao Lang Jun this time has made a great achievement, famous, powerful in the north, he not only personally beheaded the new Xianbei three Great Khan, but also got the body of Tan Shi Huai, and another 35 Xianbei nobles of Dan Khan Mountain were also captured for him, Dan Khan Mountain Wang Court is tied, from now on, no one in the thirteen states in the world knows the name of your Shao Lang Jun, even if it is not enough to show its world-building achievements! This is a great achievement that is rare in a hundred years! ”

"Huh?!"

All the Haoyou fathers on the flag tower let out exclamations.

Liu Zhou's mouth trembled: "Quick, tell the old man what is going on!" ”