Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 533
Far away in Liangzhou, Sun Jian, who was recruiting soldiers and preparing for drills, suddenly received an order from the temple. Moreover, there were two orders. The first one was about the news of Dong Gong's death, and the second one was about his death. According to the recall order, the emperor wanted to worship him as a captain. Sun Jian sat in the tent with two letters on the case, with a complex expression that was hard to describe.

He should be saddened by the news of Dong Gong's death. This is a conscientious general. Although he has a violent temper, he treats his subordinates very well. He can bear the crimes for his subordinates. Having been to such a commander, now that he has passed away, Sun Jian can only shake his head regretfully, and the position of Taiwei
If it is said that Sun Jian does not want to be a prince, it is false. Is there any fool in the world who is not willing to be a Sangong?
Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that there is also Jia Gong, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue.

Sun Jian wanted to be the Taiwei very much, but he couldn't be happy, as if he had taken the position from Dong Gong himself. After thinking for a long time, he still let out a long sigh. , went to pay homage to Dong Gong, he didn't take long, and everything in the general was temporarily handed over to Sun Ce, and he went to Luoyang alone.

After the tempering of this battle, Sun Ce has also grown a lot. Now, he can convince many soldiers without relying on his background.

At this moment, Hua Xiong came to the Yuan Mansion, and when he came here, he was a little confused, what was going on around here, the houses on the left side of the Yuan Mansion had all disappeared, and here, another mansion appeared, It still says Yuan's mansion, not even smaller than Yuan Shu's mansion. I heard about the captain's wedding earlier. Could this be the mansion of the captain's son? ?

Hua Xiong thought in his heart, the captain's action is really fast, his financial resources are also strong, his son is not old enough to build such a big mansion, while thinking, he knocked on the gate of Yuan's mansion.

The door was slowly opened, and a strange servant walked out of it. The man opened the door, saw Hua Xiong outside the room, was taken aback, and asked with a smile, "I don't know what your order is?"

"I don't have any instructions." Hua Xiong said, and was about to go in, but the servant stretched out his hand, stopped him quickly, and asked a little awkwardly: "I don't know what's the matter with you coming here?"

"I want to see the captain."

"Captain?"

"My captain, Yuan Shu."

Hua Xiong said, the servant nodded and said: "Please let me go and report, I don't know your name?"

"My name is Hua Xiong."

"Okay, Hua Jun, please wait for a moment, I will report right away!"

The servant went to the study, and through the door, he said: "Patriarch, there is someone called Hua Xiong asking to see you." Just as the servant finished speaking, the door was suddenly opened, Yuan Shu looked at him and asked, "Hua Xiong is back?? " Before the servant could answer, he hurriedly walked out towards the gate. The servant turned pale with shock, and quickly picked up the exquisite crutch from the door, saying, "Patriarch, are you..."

"Shut up! You idiot, put that away for me!!" Yuan Shu yelled, the servant was flustered, and hurriedly handed the crutch to another servant to take him away. He stepped forward to support him, but was pushed by Yuan Shu Open, enduring the sharp pain in his back, he walked to the gate step by step, Hua Xiong was looking around, seeing Yuan Shu coming, he was overjoyed, and quickly walked up.

"Captain!!" Hua Xiong hugged Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's face was a bit grim, the servant turned pale with fright, and wanted to speak, but remembered Yuan Shu's appearance just now, fortunately, Hua Xiong let him go quickly, seeing Looking at Yuan Shu in front of him, Hua Xiong had a lot of things to say in his heart. Yuan Shu pulled him and walked towards the study. Hua Xiong looked around and said, "Captain, the changes here are really big. Those What about weapons?"

Yuan Shu didn't answer, gritted his teeth, and walked into the study with him, then sat down carefully, leaning against a cushion, his face was still a little painful, looking at his pale face, the sweat dripping from his forehead, Hua Xiong asked with some doubts; "Lieutenant, your arrow wound has recurred again?" Yuan Shu nodded and said, "Just a few days ago, there is some pain."

"Then you have to take care of your health. The captain knows that Dong Gong died. He was a good person. If he said nothing, he would be gone. I was stunned. Captain, you have injuries in your body. You have to take good care of yourself, otherwise, I'm afraid I have to be like Dong Gong!"

Hearing Hua Xiong's words, the servant standing at the door turned pale with anger. The Patriarch kindly went to pick you up in person, but you cursed the Patriarch like this. He was about to speak, but Yuan Shu waved his hand and said: " You all go out! You don’t need to serve here!”

"This" servant hesitated.

Yuan Shu looked at him coldly, and the servant hurriedly retreated.

"Who are these people, old brothers?"

"These are... the slaves sent by my wife's family. The old brothers are all working in Luoyang now. They are doing well. If you are free, you can go and visit one or two."

"Hahaha, I almost forgot, Captain, you are also married." Hua Xiong smiled, untied his saber from his waist, put it on the case, and said, "I didn't bring any presents, this is my saber." Sword, you have followed me all these years, and today, I gave it to my nephew as a congratulatory gift!" He said, but Yuan Shu was dumbfounded, "Which one is your nephew?"

"Could it be a niece? I saw that there was a rather large side courtyard built next door, and it was also named Yuan Mansion, so I thought..."

"That's where the mastiff lives"

Hua Xiong suddenly realized, and hastily put the sword back, and hung it on his waist again.

"Changsheng was also here to visit the captain, but he still needs to deliver soldiers to the new Zhijinwu, and he is busy. Maybe in a few days, he will come."

The two chatted for a long time before Yuan Shu said: "Okay, you have made great achievements this time, I am afraid it is enough to sneak into the temple, if you sneak into the temple, control your mouth, don't talk too much, you go Just take a look at Mastiff, he misses you and I take a break," Yuan Shu said, Hua Xiong nodded, bid farewell to 1 Yuan Shu, walked out of the study, watched Hua Xiong leave, Yuan Shu then quickly rubbed his back Come.

The severe pain made him feel extremely uncomfortable, lying on the desk with a distorted expression, enduring the pain by force.

Hua Xiong walked into the side courtyard, there was no one guarding here, and there were no servants blocking the way, so he walked in directly, and just as he walked in, he saw several people sitting in the courtyard, and there was a small pavilion in the courtyard, and they were sitting in the pavilion While chatting, they had already discovered Hua Xiong as soon as he walked in, and Liu Mastiff was the most excited. He quickly stood up and rushed towards Hua Xiong.

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi also got up quickly, and Yuan Shang also got up slowly. He has not been here for a long time, and he has never met this person before. "This person is Hua Xiong!", Yuan Shang suddenly realized that this person was talked about by Liu Mastiff many times on weekdays.

Hua Xiong also gave Liu Mastiff a hug, but Liu Mastiff was still young, barely reaching Hua Xiong's chest, which was a little awkward.

Hua Xiong laughed, looked Liu Mastiff up and down in front of him, and said in surprise: "I haven't seen you these days, you are so old, you, I can hardly recognize you!" During this period of time, Liu Mastiff Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi may not have noticed the change in their temperament, but Hua Xiong, who had been away for a long time, could tell it at a glance. This temperament was quite similar to that of the man in the palace.

Liu Mastiff dragged Hua Xiong to the pavilion, held him down, sat on the main seat, and gave him great respect.

Hua Xiong smirked, and was greatly worshiped by Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. He looked at Yuan Shang, and saw that he was somewhat similar to Yuan Shu in his eyebrows. He was surprised and said: "The captain deceived me!!" Yuan Shang was also a little dazed, He cupped his hands and said: "Yuan Shang has seen the general!"

"Okay, okay!" Hua Xiong looked at him and asked, "Are you the captain's illegitimate son?"

"I am..." Yuan Shang looked at Hua Xiong dully, unable to speak.

"Ahem, Uncle Hua, this is Duke Yuan's nephew."

"Oh! Hahaha, that's how it is!"

When several people sat down, Yuan Shang was still a little embarrassed and felt a little uneasy while sitting.

"The changes here are too great, especially the captain has married a wife. I never thought of it. You don't know that when I go to Guishuang, the people there are very strange. Some people, he can't do it all his life If you marry a wife, you can't engage in farming, you can only do the most humble industry." Hua Xiong quickly entered the mood, and began to talk about many interesting things about Guishuang.

Liu Mastiff and the others listened carefully.

"Also, their appearances are very different. Some have blond hair, some have black hair, and some have red hair. I thought I saw a monster. Moreover, their land is very good, and they grow food and harvest a lot. of"

Hua Xiong talked a lot, and never got tired.

"What about the war?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Hua Xiong was taken aback, then smiled, and said: "There is nothing to say about the war."

Seeing the new wound on Hua Xiong's ear, Zhuge Liang asked, "Then your wound?"

"This, it's inevitable, let's not talk about this and tell you other interesting things." Hua Xiong stayed here until the evening, and he was a little tired from talking, but the stories he told were extraordinarily exciting. People were so lost that they forgot the time, Zhuge Liang looked at the sky, stood up suddenly, and shouted: "No, I have to go back!"

Before Hua Xiong came to his senses, he saluted and bid farewell to Hua Xiong, and hurried out of the courtyard.

Hua Xiong looked at him, and asked in a daze, "What's wrong with him?"

"Hahaha, it's okay, general, you can continue talking and ignore him!" Sima Yi said with a smile.

"I have also talked a lot, and you guys also talked about the changes in Luoyang."

"Luoyangli? Is it all right if the Son of Heaven canonize His Highness the Crown Prince?" Sima Yi said with a smile, Hua Xiong was taken aback, looked at Liu Mastiff at the side, and asked, "Are you the Crown Prince?"

Liu Mastiff smiled and nodded.

"That's great, hurry up and make me a high official! I don't want to stay in Zhijinwu anymore!!"

"This"

A few of them were chatting here, and in the palace, the emperor was also chatting with Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Lu Zhi.

"Jia Xu's performance, you have all read it. He wants to resume foreign trade, or directly trade with Anxi. He wants to turn Xiting County into an important area for foreign trade, and he also wants to trade with Guishuang. How do you feel?"

"Your Majesty, it's nothing more than trading with Anxi, but we are now at war with Guishuang, what a shame"

The emperor shook his head and said with a smile: "You underestimate Cao Mengde and Jia Wenhe. After discussing with them, they decided to set up a trading place in Xiting County. That is to say, there is no need for us to send people to talk to them. It’s time to trade, but let them come to Xiting to trade with us, big Han merchants don’t have to take risks anymore, just go directly to Xiting.”

"They want to pile up all the goods here and make it a trade center between the East and the West. If their plan can be completed, I am afraid that the development of this Xiting will be extremely rapid. In the future, it will become an important place for the Han treasury. The source is better than the New Deal." The emperor said with a smile.

Lu Zhi and the others suddenly realized, but asked again: "How did they come to trade with us?"

"Because Guishuang's merchants can no longer go to Anxi. If Anxi still wants to get Guishuang's products from Dahan, he must rush to Xiting."

The emperor smiled, looked at Lu Zhi who was on the side, and asked:
"I govern the great Han, with a household registration of nearly [-] million people, rich people, widening the borders, opening up business channels, serving as the foundation for future generations, cultivating official studies, and cultivating thousands of talented people. I don't know how my merits compare with filial piety?"

Lu Zhi pondered for a moment, pursed his lips, and said: "Your Majesty has great merit, but Emperor Xiaokang's merit is world-class, and he has never heard of him asking the ministers to compare his merit with his ancestors."

The smile on the emperor's face froze, and he nodded without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)