Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1061 Negotiation
Yuan Xi felt a little embarrassed, looked at the memorials stacked on the table in front of Zhen Mi, and said with a smile: "The queen has many things to do every day, so she should also pay attention to rest when she is free."

As a queen, Zhen Mi naturally has the right to handle internal affairs, and Yuan Xi also intends to train Zhen Mi. After all, he will leave Jicheng later. What is most reassuring is that Zhen Mi will handle some political affairs on his behalf.

Zhen Mi covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Whatever your husband thinks is what I think. If I go out, they will have to be cautious and polite, but they will not have fun."

Although Zhen Mi said this in a joking tone, Yuan Xi could hear a hint of helplessness in her tone, so he could only nod and sigh, "So sometimes the higher you go, the less freedom you have to act. This is what they call being at the top is lonely."

Seeing that Yuan Rui was not there, he said, "Where is Rui'er?"

Zhen Mi said: "He went to see Mrs. Cai for advice."

"Although I told him that Mrs. Cai had just given birth to a child and was still recuperating, Rui'er said that Mrs. Cai had already promised him, and I couldn't stop him, so I had to let him go."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi sighed: "As an father, I am indeed not very qualified. I have been away for more than a year to fight, and I can't teach my children by words and deeds. I didn't know until Zhaoji gave birth to a child after I came back."

Zhen Mi smiled and said, "She didn't let me tell you because she was afraid of delaying your fight."

"But Sister Zhaoji is so lucky. She has been a son and daughter all her life. We are all very envious of her."

She joked: "Not to mention the ladies my husband brought back this time, the previous ones are all waiting."

"Husband, take good care of your health and wait to explain to them."

Yuan Xi couldn't help but shudder, and said with a wry smile: "For the first time, I feel that with more women, there are also more worries."

"But in the past six months, I am not planning to fight. I will recuperate with the people first, and then dredge the rivers and connect the waterways around Jicheng. Then the time to go to Yuyang Port will be greatly shortened, and the Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou lines will be completely improved. trade routes.”

"I believe that within three years, Youzhou will undergo earth-shaking changes."

When Zhen Mi heard that Yuan Xi would stay in Youzhou temporarily, she felt happy at first, and then worried: "What about the Jianghuai war?"

She pointed out the window and asked narrowly: "That son seems to have a lot of resentment towards his husband. Isn't your husband afraid of his retaliation?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "The overall situation in Jiangdong has been decided, he is just lingering."

"Speaking of which, if he hadn't taken the initiative to come in for a fight, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly."

"Since he has exposed his shortcomings, I will naturally not miss this opportunity. Now that Boyan and others are sitting there, he can no longer make any waves."

"But Mrs. Wu definitely didn't want to see me and Sun Quan fighting each other, so I simply brought her over and went back when the overall situation was decided. Out of sight, out of mind."

Zhen Mi twirled her fingers and joked: "Judging from the status of my husband, I am unprecedented in marrying these ladies."

"Gongsun Zan's wife, Yuan Shu's wife, Sun Jian's wife, Cao Cao's wife, are there any more?"

Yuan Xi felt a little embarrassed and said repeatedly: "It's gone, and don't mix Mrs. Cao Cao into it. I don't want to lose something because of small things, otherwise Cao Xian and the others will hate me."

Zhen Mi smiled and said, "No more?"

"Isn't there someone with the most distinguished status over there in Shouchun?"

Yuan Xi was startled and said, "Don't talk nonsense. The Queen and the Emperor have a deep relationship, which may not be worse than that between you and me."

"In order to help the emperor, she did not hesitate to take risks herself. She died in defeat, which is admirable."

"Although she was rescued from the door of hell, her body is already disabled and she doesn't know how many years she can live."

After hearing this, Zhen Mi said softly: "I am not even half as good as the Queen."

"But if something similar happens, I can die for my husband."

Yuan Xi held Zhen Mi in his arms and said in a deep voice: "I won't let that happen. Don't look at Jicheng like this. It's actually loose on the outside and tight on the inside."

"The spies who tried to sneak in and plotted evil over the years have all been retaliated by me with the most cruel and ruthless means, so there are fewer and fewer people who dare to try. After all, the purpose of being a spy is to seek money. If you lose your life, That’s not worth the loss.”

Zhen Mi listened to Yuan Xi's understatement, but she could indeed hear a bit of thrilling in it. She knew that the comfortable life she had lived in Jicheng these past few years was definitely not without a price. She didn't know how many turmoils there were in private. Lives turned upside down.

Especially since she has helped handle political affairs in the past few years, she has also heard about the mysterious organization called the Prosecutor's Office. It is said that its annual financial expenditure is no less than raising an elite army of 10,000 people, which is a quite large number. .

But Yuan Xi told her that the situation and lives saved by the prosecutor's office were worth every penny compared to the investment. It was Yuan Xi's most lucrative investment in these years.

She suddenly remembered something and said: "Mrs. Mi came to see you earlier and said that Mrs. Lu will come back from Jiuyuan next month with the Mi family's caravan. There is another thing that she couldn't explain clearly. It seems that your husband is going to do it in person. Go ask."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi stood up and said, "I understand. I happened to be looking for him regarding trade routes. The Gongsundu family has been unstable recently, and Sanhan can arrange their arrangements through caravans." When he went out, Zhen Mi Asked: "If Mrs. Lu comes back, the room in the house may not be enough. Should we renovate the house?"

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said: "Forget it, there are a few ladies who won't stay here for a long time, so let's make do with it for now."

"In a few years, maybe we can go back to Yecheng, and then both sides can settle down."

Zhen Mi agreed, and she felt strange. It turned out that her husband had decided to make Jicheng the capital, so why did he want to return to Yecheng again?
Could it be that something happened outside the Great Wall?
She was right about this. After Yuan Xi came back, he found that the weather in Youzhou was still getting colder. If it continued like this, within ten years, the Xianbei outside the Great Wall would not be able to withstand the severe cold and would move south.

If Yuan Xi is unable to dominate the world during this period, he will face a situation of being attacked from both sides. Thinking about the millions of beast-like Xianbei people, Yuan Xi has a headache. After all, the Five Hus in later generations almost wiped out the Han people!

Yuan Xi came all the way to Mi Zhen's house. When Mi Zhen saw her, she quickly stood up to greet her and said, "I am really ashamed to ask my husband to come here in person."

Looking at Mi Zhen's appearance, Yuan Xi knew that something was really going on, so he smiled and said, "Why, what big trouble could there be on your side? Why are you so guilty?"

Mi Zhen hesitated and said: "It's about the Japanese slave country."

"In the past two years, Mi Tai has tried many sailings from Yuyang and Huang counties, and finally found several waterways that are most suitable for the four seasons."

"Now he has recruited nearly 10,000 refugees to settle in the Wonu Kingdom. He has successively built more than a dozen coastal mountain towns, mined minerals, and planted crops. He has become almost self-sufficient."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "This speed is far beyond my expectation, isn't it good?"

Mi Zhen gritted her teeth, "But there are rumors about the second brother in the Japanese slave country."

Yuan Xi was startled, Mi Fang?

He then remembered that because Mi Fang betrayed Liu Bei, he exiled her to the sea in order to have an explanation.

At that time, Yuan Xi was busy fighting Jiangdong and only pointed out a few roads to Mi Fang. Now it seems that Mi Fang did not run to Alaska, but chose the nearby Wonu country to settle down. It is reasonable, but he only has a few ships. , what else can be done?

After some questioning, Yuan Xi just learned that the news Mi Zhen got from Mi Tai was that after Mi Fang went to sea, he actually escaped and ran back to a place in Haixi, secretly digging out a Mi Fang that he had secretly hidden. Furniture library.

Mi Fang was not good at anything else, but he was very good at making money. The amount of wealth he had secretly accumulated over the years was quite astonishing. He used these wealth to build more than a dozen sea-going ships, purchase weapons, and bring He left some craftsmen and servants who were loyal to him, formed a large team, and then went to the Wonu Kingdom from Haixi.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi was both surprised and amused. He said, "He is really capable of tossing people around. If he hadn't gone astray, he would have achieved a lot long ago."

"Why, he had a conflict with Mi Tai and the others?"

Mi Zhen shook her head and said, "That's not true. After he came into contact with Mi Tai, he also realized that he was wrong. He asked Mi Tai to take a letter to apologize to her husband, and then went north."

"Judging from the route, he also deliberately avoided the places where his husband established ports. Instead, he made a circuit and landed directly on the largest island in the Wonu Kingdom. After establishing a dock, he went all the way inland."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi pondered: "The natives of the Japanese slave country are not fuel-efficient lamps. Did they have a conflict with the locals?"

Mi Zhen shook her head and said: "There has been no further news since then."

"But what my husband just said is correct. The natives of the Japanese slave country are really not easy to deal with, especially the queen of the Japanese slave country, Himiko, whom my husband once mentioned."

"Mi Tai once sent an envoy to negotiate with Himihu, but the other party was quite cold. Regarding the transaction between the two parties, the price he proposed was also quite outrageous. He almost wanted to give it away for free."

"Mi Tai is naturally not good at making loss-making transactions, so the deal was not concluded and the two parties were at a standstill."

Yuan Xi said: "It's no wonder. When Bimihu was young, she once sent someone to the Han court. She used a few slaves and exchanged them for a lot of good things. I'm afraid she didn't think this was the courtesy of the Han court. As a guest, take this kind of thing for granted.”

"If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to support such an old man, but considering her age, she must be around forty. With such a bad temper, I'm afraid she's going through menopause."

When Yuan Xi said this, Mi Zhen couldn't help but laugh. Most of the worries she had previously buried because of Mi Fang's incident were dissipated, "My husband's mouth is really mean."

"Then what happens next?"

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said: "We do our thing at our own pace and ignore them."

"As long as we build coastal trade routes and the territory is prosperous and happy, the people around us will naturally become naturalized."

"And the closest place to the Wonu Kingdom is the southernmost point of the Korean Peninsula. Otherwise, it will take at least twice as long."

"Previously, the only way to go to Liaodong was through the narrow land route along the coast, which made it very difficult to send troops. But now the sea route has become safer and safer, and the time is ripe to capture Baekje and the three Koreas."

(End of this chapter)