Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 137

When Yuan Xi came to Xuzhou this time, he really came with his own agenda.

Regardless of the south of the Yangtze River, if he wants to develop maritime commerce, the line of Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou must be opened first, especially Xuzhou.

In the future, half of Zhen's family will be counted as Yuan Xi's, so he took the opportunity of Xuzhou to settle this business route in advance.

As for the taboo, he didn't care. Mi Zhu was an official under Liu Bei, and he would definitely tell Liu Bei the content of the discussion between the two parties without any concealment. So he raised it openly, but he was helping Mi Zhu avoid suspicion.

Otherwise, if he went to contact Mi Zhu in private, the other party would most likely not agree, otherwise, he would not be able to explain clearly in front of Liu Bei.

Now that Yuan Xi proposed it openly, it was difficult for Liu Bei to refuse.

Sure enough, Mi Zhu secretly glanced at Liu Bei, nodded slightly to himself, and then he was relieved, and hurriedly replied: "Young master thinks highly of it. If you don't mind the humble house, Zhu will sweep the couch to welcome you."

Yuan Xi laughed and said: "This is troublesome sir. I have heard for a long time that Xuzhou kabuki and dancers are very famous. Now Xi is lucky."

Liu Bei and the others thought of the rumors about Yuan Xi, and thought to themselves that fortunately this son has a weakness!
A group of counselors in Xuzhou had carefully studied Yuan Xi's past experience before, and finally found that Yuan Xi was not invulnerable.

Amorous!

He raised dozens of concubines in Beixincheng, and after returning to Yecheng, it is said that he had close contacts with several women.

What's more, it is said that after he brought Cao Cao's family to Yecheng, he even robbed Cao Cao's concubine and daughter among them, and openly raised them in his inner house.

What's more, according to the news brought by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Yuan Xi came to Tancheng in the same carriage as Kong Rong's wife and daughter!
Kong Rongbi didn't attend the luncheon at noon because he couldn't stand still when he heard the news before, and he had to be carried home.

In this era, the gentry's lust is not a big problem, on the contrary, it is still a good thing, but it is still rare for the lust to reach the level of Yuan Xi's ruthlessness.

Could it be that this son can be dealt with by a beauty trick?
Yuan Xi got into the carriage and saw that Tai Shici was still following him every step of the way. He finally relaxed. After a day, his energy and physical strength had reached their limits, and now he just wanted to take a good rest.

He rubbed his temples, feeling that it was really inconvenient not to have Wu Zhao by his side.

Before he left, when he visited Wu Zhao, he saw that she must have contracted a cold, but she didn't recover even after taking the medicine, so he had to ask her to cultivate her body well.

I don't know how medical skills are in this era, is Hua Tuo really that good, is Zuo Ci really good at magic?

But judging from the previous rumors, although the three Zhang Jiao brothers were blown up like gods, they were mostly limited to prophecies and prophecies, and they probably wouldn't be able to call the wind and rain.

Mi Zhu's carriage led the way, and it arrived in front of Mi's house not long after.

The door opened, and Yuan Xi looked from the car, and saw tall buildings everywhere inside, which were so magnificent that they even overwhelmed the Zhen family by a few points.

He got off the carriage, and he saw carved beams and painted buildings everywhere, cornices and arches, which were no less than the palaces he had seen in his previous life.

At this time, it was already night, but there were red lanterns hanging under the eaves. From afar, everywhere was brightly lit, like a paradise on earth.

Damn it, no wonder the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce will let you do bloodletting sooner or later.

He exclaimed: "The wealth of Mi's family is so rich that I can see it with my own eyes today, so I know that the rumors are true. I'm afraid the palace in the legend is far from the same?"

Mi Zhu was heading towards him, and when he heard Yuan Xi's words, his feet twitched and he almost fell down.

His face turned bitter, the second young master couldn't get through with him, he must kill him, right?
He hurried up and grabbed Yuan Xi's sleeve, and said with an apologetic smile, "Go in and talk, go in and talk."

Mi Zhu led Yuan Xi and Tai Shici in, and a maidservant had set up a banquet, Mi Zhu said with a smile, "I hope you will forgive me for preparing a little wine."

Seeing the luxurious utensils served by the maid and the exquisite dishes, Yuan Xi thought to himself that if this is considered thin wine, did he always beg for food?

He smiled and sat down politely.

For a while, the host and guest chatted, with Yuan Xi talking nonsense, Mi Zhu handling it carefully, Yuan Xi probing everywhere, and Mi Zhu resisting hard. After several rounds, honest Mi Zhu's brow was sweating.

He thought to himself that this time he really lured the wolf into the room, so he hurriedly called the kabuki and dancers to come up, and the room was filled with Yingying and Yanyan, most of them snuggled up to Yuan Xi's side to persuade him to drink.

Yuan Xi smiled at Mi Zhu, "I always vomit when I drink, so I hope brother Zizhong don't blame me."

Mi Zhu hurriedly apologized with a smile: "No, no."

Seeing that the exquisite plate of fish cakes in front of Yuan Xi was still intact, he couldn't help asking curiously: "My lord doesn't seem to like fish cakes?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I'm a little afraid of death."

Mi Zhu blushed: "Master, do you suspect that I poisoned the fish?"

Yuan Xi laughed: "Brother Zizhong misunderstood, I mean, there are some bad things in this raw fish, and it has nothing to do with Mr."

Mi Zhu was puzzled, thinking of what Yuan Xi said to Chen Deng during the day, he vaguely thought of something, but he hadn't connected the two.

Seeing that Yuan Xi didn't seem to be interested in the maid beside him, he felt even more headache. Why does this person's behavior seem to be different from the rumors?

Yuan Xi was a bit regretful, originally he came to Mi's house to talk about business on the one hand, and hang out Chen Deng on the other hand, unexpectedly Chen Deng was quite calm and did not show up.

But Yuan Xi was not in a hurry, he had plenty of time, so he didn't believe that Chen Deng could endure it forever.

During the meeting, Yuan Xi talked about the business route again, and Mi Zhu sighed: "This matter is not up to me alone, it needs to be discussed by many members of Mi's family. Can you please wait for two days for Zhu to reply?"

Yuan Xi thought to himself that you are the head of the family, why can't you make a decision, obviously you want to ask Liu Bei for instructions.

However, he also knew that he should not push too hard, so he nodded and agreed immediately.

After eating, Yuan Xi didn't wait for Chen Deng, so he wanted to get up and go back to rest.

Mi Zhu quickly hinted that Yuan Xi could choose a concubine Ji. Yuan Xi heard this, and turned to Taishi kindly and said, "Is Ziyi interested?"

Taishi Ci hurriedly said: "Ci already has a wife, please forgive me, son."

Yuan Xi nodded and said to Mi Zhu: "Although these women are good, they are still not as good as the people in my house. Let's just leave it like this today."

Mi Zhu and Yuan Xi's tone showed that he was dissatisfied with himself, and he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he had to send Yuan Xi and Tai Shici to sleep separately.

He went out of the house overnight, found Liu Bei, and told Liu Bei everything about the conversation between the two.

Liu Bei listened, pondered for a while, but didn't notice anything wrong, so he said: "Since this is the case, please Zizhong take care of it."

Mi Zhu wiped off his sweat, and hurried back again.

As a result, Mi Zhu went to invite Yuan Xi to discuss with Liu Bei the next day, and Tai Shici came out and said that Yuan Xi was not feeling well, so he would not go today.

Mi Zhu didn't know what medicine was sold in Yuan Xi's gourd, so he went to report to Liu Bei in a daze. Liu Bei was waiting to continue the negotiation, so he had to give up.

Liu Bei didn't expect that Yuan Xi would be sick for three days because of this disease, and he was released as a pigeon for three days!

Liu Bei was depressed, so he summoned his counselors and said, "Then what does the Yuan family want to do?"

Jian Yong thought for a while and said, "Why don't you wait and see what happens?"

Sun Qian also nodded in agreement: "Now he wants to compare patience with us to see who will give in first. If we go to invite him, we will be at a disadvantage."

Everyone agreed.

Guan Yu waited for the crowd to disperse, and said to Liu Bei, "Brother, there was something the day before yesterday that I was very concerned about, so I went to investigate it."

He told Liu Bei about the crowd being driven away by Tao Qian at the gate of the city. After hearing this, Liu Bei said, "I know this. It should be the family members of some Yangzhou generals who have made friends with Yuan Shu. There may be spies mixed in. I originally asked someone to send them out." I didn't expect the soldiers to be so brutal."

Guan Yu shook his head and said, "That's not what I'm talking about, but that after Sun Polu was ambushed and killed by Huang Zu, his family members lived in Xuzhou, so they may be among those people."

Liu Bei heard this, and sighed: "Sun Polu, that is the fierce general who killed Hua Xiong. It's a pity. I didn't treat his family well. It's my fault."

Guan Yu thought of the woman who could ride a horse, and always felt that something was wrong. I heard that Sun Jian's family was in Guangling County before, what did they come to Xiapi for?
But people have already left, besides Sun Jian is dead, I heard that his heir is still young, what kind of waves can there be?

He shook his head and put the matter behind him.

Seeing Yuan Xi finding a green bamboo pole and fishing in front of the big pond in Mi's mansion, Tai Shici thought to himself that as a master, he was really unconstrained in his actions.

Yuan Xi watched the silk thread trembling and sinking, then shook his hand, and a fat koi was caught by him.

He took the fish down, threw it back into the water, sighed, and said to Tai Shici: "This fish has been in the pond for a long time, and it eats the bait whenever it is available. It is really stupid, and it makes me feel bored fishing.

Tai Shici heard this and said, "When I was young, I lived by the sea, and the sea fish are much more dexterous, and they don't bite the bait too much. It's better to go straight and stab."

"However, this method often requires waiting for a long time to find an instant flaw before it can be done in one fell swoop."

Yuan Xi nodded and said, "The truth of what Brother Ziyi said is actually the same between people."

"Now both sides are comparing patience, and the variable is the third party."

Tai Shici faintly realized something.

Yuan Xi thought to himself that it was true that Liu Bei wanted to bargain with him, but he still didn't fully see the situation.

He originally thought that the situation in Xuzhou should be subdued, but seeing that Liu Bei was still hiding things and the attitude of the officials was also ambiguous, he knew that the officials in Xuzhou still had some resistance to the peace talks.

Since they don't cry when they don't see the coffin, just wait and see who is in a hurry first.

Yuan Xi was confident in doing so.

In history, after Tao Qian's death, Liu Bei actually didn't dare to take Xuzhou animal husbandry right away, because he knew that Xuzhou's fat meat was delicious, but it was very likely to choke himself to death.

Even though he had the support of most of the gentry in Xuzhou, he was still indecisive. Even at this time, Tian Yu, whom he admired so much, left.

Until he asked Chen Deng to write a letter to Yuan Shao.

Pei Songzhi's annotation of "Three Kingdoms·Shushu II·The Biography of the First Master" quotes "Xiandi Chunqiu", which has the following records.

Chen Deng and others sent envoys to Yuan Shao and said: "A calamity falls from the sky, disasters reach the state, the state will perish, and the people will have no masters. They are afraid that once the traitors take over, they will worry about the death of the alliance master. They will serve the old ministers of the plains together. The Lord of Liu Bei's Mansion considers himself the suzerain, and will always let the people know that there is something to rely on. Now that the invaders are in trouble, and they will not let go of their armor, I would like to send my subordinates to report to the deacon."

Shao replied: "Liu Xuande Hongya has good faith, and today Xuzhou loves to wear it, and it is also what the deputy hopes."

This is the decisive factor. Not long after Tao Qian died, Liu Bei secretly took refuge in Yuan Shao, saying that he could help Yuan Shao deal with Yuan Shu.

After Yuan Shao received the letter, he directly agreed to it, so at this time, Yuan and Liu had joined forces in private, much earlier than the official alliance a few years later.

This is where Yuan Xi's confidence lies. He clearly knows that Liu Bei's heart has turned to Yuan Shao, so he dares to go to Xuzhou.

Now Liu Bei was already happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it to his subordinates, so what Yuan Xi had to do was to wait for an opportunity that would make Liu Bei's subordinates speechless.

He was leisurely fishing for the rain, when in the small building in the distance, a maid turned to Mi Zhen and said, "That young master has been fishing for several days, so the girl can only stay in the small building these days." .”

(End of this chapter)