Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 189 The relationship is complicated
Seeing Yuan Xi carefully pushing a small box under the seat, Wu Zhao asked curiously, "What is this?"

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "For the dowry to the Zhen family, this time I will go back to adopt, and I will get married by the way."

Cao Xian opened his eyes wide after hearing this, "Is this part or all?"

Yuan Xi scratched his head: "It should be all I can give, right?"

Cao Xian was dumbfounded, a box?
How can there be such a thing?
Wu Zhao felt a little envious at the same time, she naturally knew that Yuan Xi had already given the bulk of the dowry to the Zhen family in advance.

She became more and more curious about what was at the bottom of Yuan Xi's box, but the box was locked, which cut off her thoughts.

But looking at Yuan Xi's cautious appearance, it must be a very valuable thing, right?

When the weather turned into early winter, Yuan Xi and his party finally saw Yecheng again.

This time, Yuan Tan and several subordinates were the first to welcome the crowd, they were waiting [-] miles out of Ye City, leading their horses by the side of the road.

Yuan Xi jumped off the carriage and said with a smile, "I've seen brother."

Yuan Tan was obviously in a good mood, and greeted him with a big smile, "Second brother!"

Yuan Xi asked for a horse, got on the horse and walked ahead with Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan said: "This time I really want to thank my second brother for helping me so much."

"My father has announced that when the second younger brother returns to Yecheng, the adoption ceremony will be held at the Yuan's Ancestral Hall."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It should be me thanking my brother."

"And this time in the battle of Yijing, my brother's [-] troops blocked the tens of thousands of Black Mountain troops, which can be said to be famous in the North."

Yuan Tan shook his head and said: "Our brothers are not playing tricks, anyone with a discerning eye knows what's going on, if it wasn't for the second younger brother to hide his edge and deny the credit for the battle of Yi Jing, how could I get this reputation."

"Speaking of which, if the second brother is adopted, we can't call him brothers. As the eldest brother, I always feel regretful."

"But thinking of the second brother coming out of a tiger, brother is happy for you again."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Xi said solemnly: "Xi will always remember what brother did in it."

"If Brother is willing, he will still be called a brother from now on."

After hearing this, Yuan Tan showed a relieved expression on his face: "With my second brother's words, my visit this time is worth it."

"You know, the third brother planned to suppress you a few days ago. As an elder brother, I can't openly tear myself apart with him. I can only pretend to be false. After all, I am my father's son."

He lowered his voice, "However, I heard that he opposed his second brother's adoption a few days ago. Seeing that his father had made up his mind after returning from Yijing, and it was difficult to change it, he secretly wondered what to do."

Yuan Xi's voice was very soft at this time, "The eyeliner sent back news that the third brother sent someone to visit Wuji County, Zhongshan County."

Yuan Xi was taken aback for a moment, he was extremely sensitive to matters related to Zhen Mi, after hearing what Yuan Tan said, he vaguely understood, and said, "The Zhen family still has a branch in Wuji County?"

Yuan Tan said a few words in a low voice, Yuan Xi's face changed slightly, and after a while, he said to Yuan Tan: "Brother helped a lot this time, Xi will keep it in mind."

Yuan Tan waved his hand and said, "It's just a little effort."

"It's the second younger brother who took over the matter of adoption for me, otherwise I might never be able to stand up again."

"Now that my reputation has risen, I still have the strength to fight against my third brother, let's see who can have the last laugh!"

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said, "Then I wish you success."

It is actually very difficult for him, because sometimes the partiality of parents is actually very unreasonable.

Even though Yuan Shang's ability is a bit worse than Yuan Tan's, but with Yuan Shao and Liu's preference, the two are not on the same starting line at all.

Moreover, although Yuan Tan fought fiercely, his internal affairs were actually inferior to Yuan Shang's. As the lord, the bonus points for internal affairs were higher than force.

But if he was Yuan Tan, he would not be reconciled if he didn't fight to the end. After all, as the eldest son of the direct line, he had worked hard for the Yuan family for so many years, and the position of heir would be gone if he didn't.

He said: "I heard that my brother collected too much grain in Qingzhou, and the local people are dissatisfied."

Yuan Tan listened, and sighed, "You also know that Qingzhou has been plagued by bandits and soldiers for years, which is far worse than Jizhou, and there are hundreds of thousands of Taishan bandits who often come out to harass the mountain."

"It's very difficult to feed the soldiers with local taxes and taxes, but just in time for the Battle of Yijing, I had to collect more rations."

"The officials below took the opportunity to expropriate and extorted too much. There were signs of instability in several counties. Until I led the troops to Qingzhou, it was not completely calmed down."

"The third brother criticized me with this, which made it difficult for me to refute."

Yuan Xi said: "My brother needs officials who are good at governing. With so many people under his command, can't he find any available?"

Yuan Tan smiled bitterly and said, "The counselors in Jizhou are unwilling to go to Qingzhou. The gentry in Qingzhou have their own plans, and they are against me."

Yuan Xi suddenly thought of Cai Zhaoji's younger sister, Cai Zhenji, who was born and said: "The Taishan Yang family is a prominent family in Qingzhou, brother can think of a way here."

Yuan Tan heard this, and said with an ugly face: "Don't mention it, the current Patriarch of the Yang family, Yang Mi, is young, but he is very stubborn. I have been rejected several times."

Yuan Xi became interested and asked, "What's going on?"

"You are the governor of Qingzhou now, how dare he offend you?"

Yuan Tan said helplessly: "That's why he has a very tough temper. He obviously has something to do with me, but he is still waiting and watching. I don't know what he thinks."

Yuan Xi wondered, "What's the relationship?"

Yuan Tan explained: "Although Yang Mi's father, Yang Xu, died young, he made a marriage for his youngest son, Yang Dan, and he will marry the daughter of Zuo Zhi (Xin Pi) in the future."

Xin Ping and Xin Pi belonged to the noble family of Yingchuan, so they naturally sided with Yuan Tan.

Yuan Xi nodded, then frowned and asked, "Xinpi's daughter?"

"how old are you?"

A strange look appeared on Yuan Tan's face: "I heard that he's only four or five years old. You say it's ridiculous."

"I heard that Yang Xu and Simpi had a very good relationship many years ago, and the two families agreed that if each had a man and a woman, they would be relatives by marriage."

"Shortly after Yangdan was born, Yangxu passed away. It took ten years for Xinpi to have a daughter, but he kept thinking about it."

"That Yangdan also remembered his father's last words, and the two families agreed to the marriage after discussing it."

"However, considering the age of Xinpi's daughter, this Yangdan will have to wait at least seven or eight years before getting married."

Only then did Yuan Xi realize that Xin Pi's daughter is Xin Xianying!
He asked, "Does Yangdan have an older brother, Yangqin?"

Yuan Tan nodded, "Second brother knows the Yang family very well. This sheep is the second in line, but he is about to get married. I heard that Kong Rong's daughter has been appointed, and it is estimated that he will marry in the next year."

Yuan Xi was startled, and then the scene in the carriage was heard at that time, a delicate girl foolishly gnawed on a candy cake, while secretly looking at herself.

He was a little sad, unknowingly the girl was going to marry, maybe the day of marriage was earlier than himself.

This Yangyu is quite famous in history. The daughter of the Kong family died young after marrying, and Yangyu married Cai Zhenji as a sequel, and gave birth to Yanghu and Yang Huiyu. She is also a winner in life.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi said: "It seems that Kong Rong still has a grudge against elder brother who drove him out of Beihai."

After hearing this, Yuan Tan was a little surprised, "I only thought about my relationship with George, but I didn't think about this part!"

"Kong Beihai, that smelly and hard old thing!"

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "I'm afraid my brother will find a way to start from here. Thinking about it, it is impossible for the Yang family to remain stubborn. After all, the Yuan family occupies Qingzhou, so they can't go to Xuzhou."

When he said these words, he felt something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't put it into words.

His train of thought was interrupted by Yuan Tan's words, "Speaking of which, I am also grateful to my second brother. The second brother went to Xuzhou last time and opened up the business route from Jizhou to Xuzhou. The dozen ports along the Qingzhou coast have also benefited a lot."

"If it develops like this, Qingzhou's wealth will definitely be rich, and it will be able to recover earlier."

Yuan Xi thought to himself that this was a trivial matter, Yuan Tan could only drink some soup at most, and it was the Zhen family and the Mi family at both ends of the business road who really got the big bucks.

Standing behind the Zhen family was himself, and behind the Mi family was Liu Bei. Yuan Xi felt a little heartbroken at the thought of giving away a large part of the benefits.

It would be great if the entire trade route was his own!
When Yuan Xi returned to Yecheng, Liu Bei, who was in Xiapi Tancheng, felt that he would not have a good year.

He just got the news that Yuan Shu has sent more troops to Guangling County!

It is said that his general Zhang Xunqiaowei led thousands of troops into Guangling City.

When Liu Bei heard this, he was quite disturbed. Guan Yu left Xiapi with thousands of Xuzhou soldiers a few days ago, and wanted to go to Guangling to defeat Sun Ce. The two sides had equal forces, but with Yuan Shu's reinforcements, Guan Yu's situation was not good. .

He said to everyone: "I am going to personally lead the troops to rescue Yun Chang, what's your opinion?"

The officials in the hall were all startled, Chen Qun said: "My lord, why should you take the risk yourself? Why don't you let General Yide lead the troops?"

After hearing this, Zhang Fei praised Chen Qun: "Mr. still understands me!"

Chen Qun smiled wryly. In fact, he didn't want Zhang Fei to sit in Tancheng.

Zhang Fei's reckless behavior, impatient personality, and aggressive words often make everyone lose face. Chen Qun actually doesn't want to work with Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei sighed. He also knew Zhang Fei's flaws. It was easy to offend others if he led troops together, especially the last time he led troops alone to rescue Kong Rong in Beihai, he offended Tai Shici and made himself lose a general in vain.

And this rescue of Guan Yu is very important. If Zhang Fei can't convince the soldiers that something went wrong, wouldn't they both be trapped?

In contrast, it is more appropriate to lead your own troops.

Let Zhang Fei sit in Tancheng, with the help of a group of officials, there shouldn't be any trouble, right?
Mi Zhu said, "Why don't you let Yuanlong lead the troops to try?"

He was one of the few who knew that Chen Deng had studied the art of war, and he had recommended it to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei did not agree.

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let me go."

Not to mention whether Chen Deng is talking about military affairs on paper, the Chen family has a deep heritage in Guangling, if Chen Deng is allowed to lead troops to station in Guangling, will it be too late?

Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind, all the officials stopped talking.

Liu Bei thought that if all went well, he and Guan Yu would be able to fight back Sun Ce in Guangling City at best. At worst, Sun Ce's main force would be consumed, so that he would no longer be able to pose a threat to Xiapi within a year or so.

What Liu Bei can't figure out now is what's going on in Yanzhou. Over there, Mrs. Cao has been watching with cold eyes. What exactly do you want to do?
(End of this chapter)