Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 509 Bingzhou Xiongnu
Yuan Xi was startled for a moment and then realized: "I didn't think it through well. Ling County is at the forefront of Xuzhou. Yuan Shu's army often attacks the city. It's too dangerous. If I send you there now, I'm afraid it will hurt you."

After hearing this, Mi Zhen sighed inwardly, and said softly: "I'm afraid I'll cause a lot of trouble to the young master by staying here."

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "How could it be? Thanks to the young lady who takes care of Liu Yuzhou's wife and daughter these days and manages the affairs of the mansion, otherwise I'm afraid I'll be very busy."

"If the girl leaves, I don't know what to do."

There was a gleam of joy in Mi Zhen's eyes, she raised her head, "Really?"

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "Of course it's true, the Mi family caravan was also transferred by girls before, it's really hard to let a woman out."

"And the meaning of getting cotton seeds is extraordinary. In the future, people all over the world will definitely thank the girl."

Mi Zhen said in a low voice: "I am ashamed, actually I am not as good as you think."

"When the young master came to rescue me with soldiers, I was actually very scared, thinking that the enemy army was coming."

"So at that time, I subconsciously wanted to commit suicide by throwing myself into a well. In fact, my concubine...is a very incompetent person."

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "No, madam is already very brave. During the war, a woman falls into the hands of the enemy, and her end is very miserable."

"This time, I just saved the girl by accident, but I don't know how many such things will happen all over the world. That's because I'm beyond my powers."

"So I want to end this troubled world as soon as possible, so that the people can live a stable life again, and there will be fewer and fewer such tragedies."

After hearing this, Mi Zhen sighed, "Young Master's ambition...is very big."

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "I can't be praised by a girl. In fact, I also have many problems, and I am not as good as the girl thinks."

Mi Zhen gritted her teeth, "My lord...why do you belittle yourself so much?"

"In my heart, the young master is more powerful than anyone I have ever seen."

Yuan Xi was taken aback, he didn't expect Mi Zhen to have such a high opinion of him, in fact, in Yuan Xi's view, he just knew some things about future generations in advance, so he took advantage of it.

But when things go off track, as they did this time, he gets frustrated.

In fact, Yuan Xi has been worried about what happened in Xuzhou during these days. He felt that he was too incompetent and ignored many clues, which led to Xuzhou's current situation.

Therefore, Mi Zhen's words, no matter what, solved his knot a little bit. He stared blankly at Mi Zhen. Feeling Yuan Xi's gaze, Mi Zhen panicked, her ears felt a little hot, and she quickly lowered her head.

Seeing the snow-white and slender nape of the other party, with the curve extending to the shoulders, Yuan Xi suddenly realized that he seemed to have very little resistance to women.

Mi Zhen, however, lowered her head and didn't notice it. She mustered up the courage to say something, but her voice was too soft, Yuan Xi couldn't hear it clearly, so she could only take a few steps forward and said, "What did the girl say?"

Mi Zhen panicked when she saw Yuan Xi walking too close. She took half a step back, bit her lip and said, "Master, do you hate me?"

Yuan Xiyou said: "Why does the girl think so?"

"Among the women in the world, no matter in appearance or talent, there are very few who can stand shoulder to shoulder with girls. Why do girls belittle themselves?"

Mi Zhen stared at Yuan Xi resentfully, with an incomprehensible light flashing in her eyes, she hesitated for a while before she lightly parted her lips, "Then why does the young master embarrass the concubine repeatedly?"

The second monk Yuan Xizhang couldn't figure it out, "Me? Is there one? Why did the girl say that?"

Mi Zhen took a few deep breaths, and finally plucked up the courage to say: "At the beginning in the Mi Mansion, the young master proposed marriage, and counting Liu Yuzhou's discussion with the young master this time, the concubine has already experienced marriage proposals twice, but was rejected by the young master in the end. gone."

"Because I have become a topic of conversation among the noble clans, I don't actually care that much. But what I care about is that I am so unbearable in the heart of the young master that the young master cannot avoid me?"

"I also know that there is no shortage of noble women from the noble family around the young master. Even Mrs. Lu, who has such a noble status, cannot be the young master's wife. In comparison, I am the daughter of a merchant, and I am really wishful thinking."

"But now the whole world knows about the relationship between the concubine and the young master. How can the young master let the concubine deal with herself when the young master leaves the concubine alone?"

Yuan Xi thought that this was the case, and quickly explained: "The girl misunderstood."

"Since I proposed marriage to the Mi family back then, of course it wasn't just casual talk."

"It's just that the Mi family didn't express its position at that time. I went through several life-and-death battles. I thought it was difficult to protect myself, so I hesitated for fear of delaying the girl's future, so I put the matter on hold."

Mi Zhen bit her lip, "What about Mrs. Zhen?"

Yuan Xi was startled, "She is already married to me, if I die, I'm afraid she will have a very difficult life."

"But the girl is not yet married, so she can always go back..."

Mi Zhen interrupted Yuan Xi, "So, the young master just doesn't like me."

"Thinking about it, which of the girls around the young master is worse than a concubine?"

"The concubine is really wishful thinking, since then she has no face to climb up to the young master."

"Forget it, my concubine will return to Ling County tomorrow." After saying that, she stretched out her hand, about to close the window between herself and Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi quickly stretched out his hand, blocked the window, and sighed: "The girl really misunderstood."

"Actually, the reason is that I feel very guilty towards the girl."

"The first time I proposed marriage, I wanted to bribe the Mi family. The second time Liu Yuzhou proposed marriage, he wanted the girl to serve as a bond to maintain the relationship between the two parties. In fact, the original motive was not very pure."

"I just think it's unfair to girls to be taken advantage of in this way, so I haven't made up my mind yet."

Mi Zhen opened the window a few times and found that it was firmly blocked by Yuan Xi. She could only sigh: "This is just the young master's wishful thinking."

"Have you ever asked my concubine what she really thinks?"

Yuan Xi was stunned, yes, it seemed that he was talking to himself all the time, but he never asked Mi Zhen, isn't this a kind of arrogance?
He collected himself, "What does that girl think?"

Mi Zhen said in a low voice: "I'm also in a mess right now, wait a few days for my concubine to calm down, and then tell the young master."

"Before this, I wanted to sort out the routes and transaction records of the Mi family caravan. These things should be useful to you."

Yuan Xi was delighted that the trade routes of the Mi family and the Zhen family were different. These things were indeed what he needed very much. If the two could complement each other, they would avoid many detours in sea trade.

He said: "Then what will happen to the Mi family caravan?"

Mi Zhen sighed softly, "The people and boats are gone, so there will be no Mi family caravan anymore."

Yuan Xi wanted to say that after he repaired the Mi family merchant ship, he could return it to the Zhen family, but Mi Zhen had already taken the opportunity to close the window, isolating the two of them.

Yuan Xi shook his head, thinking that he was really worried about gains and losses. As a woman from the noble family, it was already very rare for Mi Zhen to muster up the courage to uncover this layer of window paper.

In fact, Mi Zhen herself is very good, and the Mi family is the only one who can't worry, especially Mi Fang's brain circuit is too strange. It caused a series of negative chain reactions in the East China Sea.

If Mi Fang was under Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi would have to think carefully about being a county magistrate and put him in the position of county magistrate. Isn't this a clear deception?
A few days later, Tian Yu's ship arrived, and he not only brought Yang Feng, but also good news.

The Southern Huns sent envoys to contact Youzhou.

Although the southern Xiongnu claimed to have tens of thousands of people, they were extremely scattered in the Bingliang area, and as a pawn used to deal with the northern Xiongnu in the detainment policy, they were sandwiched between the Han court and the Xiongnu. In fact, the situation was not good.

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion led to chaos in the world, the Southern Xiongnu also split into several factions. Even those in power were often in conflict and opposition, even if they were brothers.

This is the case with the former Shanyu Fuluo and his younger brother, the current Shanyu Huchuquan.

When Han Suimateng attacked Chang'an and Li Jue and Guo Si were fighting among themselves, Yu Fuluo allowed his son Liu Bao to plunder the Luoyang Chang'an area repeatedly, torturing the people of the Han family and being extremely arrogant.

Later, under the surprise attack of Yuan Xi and Zhao Yun, Liu Bao died, and the Southern Huns were shocked. In addition, Yuan Xi used the name of the Yuan family at that time, and Yu Fuluo once attached to Yuan Shao, and then betrayed him, fearing Yuan Shao's revenge, so Since then, the Southern Huns have become much more honest.

Soon after Yu Fuluo died suddenly, Hu Chuquan came to power and began to repair with the Han court. When Liu Xie's convoy was in danger, he sent King Youxian to Bei to assist the Baibo Army in rescuing the Emperor's convoy and successfully repulsed Li Xie's convoy. Jue Guo Si.

However, when they went to Bei, they were driven away by the Baibo army who killed the donkeys. They did not get any benefits, which made the Southern Huns very resentful.

However, because the Baibo army was too impatient, they were defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si, who came from the reorganized army in the subsequent Battle of Dongjian, and their strength was greatly damaged, which laid the groundwork for Cao Cao's calculations.

It can be said that the Baibo army and the Southern Huns, including Dong Cheng and others who drove out of Chang'an with the car at the beginning, failed to become the final winners.

Especially the Southern Xiongnu, they are eager to find someone to rely on, otherwise when the world is in chaos, if they don't attach themselves to the princes of the Central Plains in advance, and finally wait for the Central Plains to be settled, they will definitely be attacked.

After discussing with Guo Jia and others, Yuan Xi believed that the Southern Huns would definitely come to contact Youzhou in the near future.

Without him, because the Southern Huns had no better choice.

First of all, the Southern Xiongnu and the Northern Xiongnu have been fighting for hundreds of years. The hatred for 200 years has been deeper than the hatred with Wuhuan Xianbei. What's more, life in the Hetao Plain is half farming and half herding, which is much better than pure herding outside the pass. Therefore, The chance of the Southern Xiongnu seeking refuge with the Northern Xiongnu outside the Pass is very low.

Secondly, the governor of Bingzhou sent by the Yuan family entered the southern part of Bingzhou from Wei County of Jizhou through the Heishan Passage, and began to occupy the most affluent Taiyuan County.

In this way, the relatively barren north five counties Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, and Yanmen's southern Xiongnu will be very uncomfortable. These places have less grain production, and losing Taiyuan, the grain-producing area, will seriously threaten them Survive.

Since the Southern Xiongnu had betrayed Yuan Shao, the Southern Xiongnu were eager to find a mediator who could talk to them, and Yuan Xi became the most suitable candidate.

Of course, the main reason is that the Youzhou Army fought the Northern Xianbei during the Chinese New Year, which frightened the Hu people and made them no longer dare to underestimate the Youzhou cavalry.

So the Southern Huns came to show their friendship to Yuan Xi at this time because they were afraid of the expansion of Youzhou, and the next attack would be on themselves. If Yuan Xi and Gao Gaogan attacked from both sides, the Southern Xiongnu in Bingzhou might have nowhere to go.

Daijun of Youzhou borders Yanmen of Bingzhou, so the Southern Xiongnu royal court sent envoys into Daijun, and first contacted Yan Rou. After receiving the envoy, Yan Rou sent him to Tian Yu.

At this moment, Yuan Xi happened to be taking Yang Feng to Haixi, so Tian Yu brought the envoy's documents along with him.

(End of this chapter)