The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 179 Chapter 179
"It's been like this since ancient times, doesn't your husband know about it?" Mi Zhen looked at Zhang Yan suspiciously.

Zhang Yan was very depressed, he had never impregnated any woman, how did he know?

"Ma'am, are you not allowed to do it during the whole pregnancy?" Zhang Yan asked in front of Mi Zhen again.

Mi Zhen nodded and said, "Not only during the whole pregnancy, but also within three months after the baby is born."

"Then what should I do? Don't I have to endure it for a whole year?" Zhang Yan said.

Mi Zhen doesn't care what Zhang Yan does, she only cares about the baby in her stomach now.

Zhang Yan came here in high spirits, but returned disappointed. However, he didn't have to worry about not having a woman to accompany him. Without Mi Zhen, he still had Diaochan, and it happened that he hadn't looked for her for several days. Went to find Diao Chan.

He suddenly remembered something, and asked: "By the way, Madam seems to have said before that if I make Madam pregnant, I can marry a concubine, right?"

"What? I'm just pregnant, you want to marry a concubine?" Mi Zhen suddenly reacted strongly, her eyes were fixed on Zhang Yan and kept spinning.

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "Isn't that what you said at the beginning, I just mentioned it casually..."

"Just mentioning it casually? I think you have already had this intention, right? You men all look the same, and you always like three wives and four concubines. However, I can't blame you for this. Who made you men? How about several concubines, I am pregnant now, how can I stop you?"

"So, you agree?" Zhang Yan said excitedly.

"I agree, I agree, but even if you want to marry a concubine, you can't marry someone who is more beautiful than me, otherwise, you will not love me in the future."

"How could it be! Whether I marry a concubine or not, I will love you the same."

Mi Zhenming knew that what Zhang Yan said was sweet words, but she would rather believe Zhang Yan's words. In her opinion, this is a stage that women must go through.

As for whether Zhang Yan will marry a concubine, Mi Zhen doesn't want to interfere, and she can't interfere. Instead of something that can't be prevented, it's better to follow his mind, at least accept her own feelings.

Zhang Yan came out of the mansion in a good mood, then rode on the horse and ran straight to the other courtyard.

Diaochan's place, Zhang Yan often comes here, and occasionally stays here overnight, but after all, we get together less and leave more.When he was away on an expedition, Zhang Yan originally planned to take Diao Chan with him, but in the end he decided against it. After all, there would be a lot of trouble along the way with a woman, and he was afraid that he would be distracted and unable to take care of him.

Zhang Yan came to the other courtyard and told about his plan to bring Diao Chan into the mansion. He thought Diao Chan would be very happy, but he found that Diao Chan's expression didn't change, she just let out a soft "oh" and then disappeared. below.

So Zhang Yan asked, "I'm going to take you to live in the mansion, aren't you happy?"

"What's there to be happy about? Isn't it the same to be a concubine for an adult everywhere? Rather than being a concubine in a mansion with countless rules, it's better to come here and be at ease." Diao Chan replied.

As far as Diao Chan was concerned, he wholeheartedly served as Lu Bu's concubine, but in the end he was treated coldly and jealously by Lu Bu's two wives, wishing to kill her.He was terrified whenever he thought of such a thrilling scene.

"Actually, it doesn't matter where you are. What matters is that you have me in your heart, and that's enough." Diao Chan said.

Zhang Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that it would be more suitable for Diao Chan to live here. It is quieter, more elegant, and suitable for his life. How many incidents have occurred.

"In this case, then don't move, just continue to live here." Zhang Yan said to Diaochan.

Diao Chan's frowning finally eased when she heard this, and she took the initiative to walk over, put her hand on Zhang Yan's shoulder, and gave Zhang Yan a squeeze.

The reason why Zhang Yan often comes here is because Diao Chan is well-behaved enough, she doesn't cry, make noise, and doesn't like to talk, but she seems to know how to take care of people, and she seems to be able to read people's minds, know what he needs, what he wants what to do.

These days, Zhang Yan has been busy with official duties, so he would sit for a long time, causing some pain in his shoulders. Diao Chan's pinch really relieved it a lot compared to before.

I don't know how long it took, but Zhang Yan sat there and fell asleep.When he woke up, there was nothing else on his body except a thin blanket.

At this moment, the sky was already dark, and even if he opened his eyes, he couldn't see a ray of light.

Suddenly, in front of him, a candle was lit, and the light dispelled the darkness, allowing him to see the light.

"Are you awake? Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Diao Chan sat opposite Zhang Yan, and she lit the candle.

"Did I fall asleep just now?" Zhang Yan asked in surprise.

"Well, maybe you are too tired, so you haven't had a good rest. I just squeezed your shoulders two or three times, and you closed your eyes and fell asleep. I didn't dare to disturb you, so I didn't wake you up." Diao Chan said.

"Maybe it's because I haven't had a good rest recently. I'm really busy with some things recently, so I'm so tired."

"If you are tired, you should rest more. Your Excellency is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. The whole army is supported by you alone. If your Excellency falls down, they will become a mess." Diao Chan said.

Zhang Yan stood up, put his arms around Diao Chan's waist, and said, "Let's go to bed and rest."

On the bed, Zhang Yanxiong was so excited that he had to have sex with Diao Chan before going to sleep.Diao Chan complied with Zhang Yan's request, and Zhang Yan felt a little more tired after being passionate, and fell asleep on the bed after finishing the work.

After cleaning up the dirt, Diao Chan fell asleep beside Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan woke up and had breakfast at Diao Chan's place, he went back to the mansion alone. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw a middle-aged man with shaggy hair and ragged clothes pacing up and down in front of the mansion gate. From time to time, I will look inside the payment.

The yamen servants couldn't bear it anymore, one of them stood up and said to the middle-aged man: "How many times have I told you that our master didn't come back all night last night, why don't you believe it?"

The middle-aged man retorted: "This is your master's residence. If I don't wait here, where else can I wait? What if he comes back?"

"Okay, if you like to wait, then you can wait, but, go over there and wait, don't be an eyesore in front of the brothers, be careful that the brothers will beat you together!" The guard at the gate said coldly.

At this time, Zhang Yan led a horse from a distance and walked towards the gate of the mansion. Seeing such a scene, he asked, "What's going on?"

When the gatekeeper saw Zhang Yan, he immediately bowed, "See my lord!"

The middle-aged man heard that these people called Zhang Yan the lord, he sized him up first, and then immediately said: "Li Cai, a grassroots man, pays his respects to your lord."

Zhang Yan looked at Li Cai and asked, "Are you..."

"I'm a close friend of Taishou Mi, the one who was ordered to cross the sea to Youzhou with your lord's letter..."

Li Cai had never met Zhang Yan, so Zhang Yan naturally didn't know him.But after Li Cai finished speaking, Zhang Yan immediately remembered who this person was.

"Oh it's you!"

"That's right, it's Caomin! Caomin left in a hurry, and the matter that your lord told him was very urgent, so he never came to Pengcheng to meet you. He wanted to come back to meet you after completing the task that your lord entrusted..."

Seeing Li Cai's appearance, Zhang Yan immediately invited Li Cai into the hall, and then ordered people to serve wine and vegetables for Li Cai to enjoy.

Li Cai was indeed starving, and he didn't care about his face, so he immediately ate and drank a lot, and after eating and drinking, he said: "It's really delicious in the world!"

"It's not delicious in the world, it's because you haven't eaten for a long time. You have been in Youzhou for such a long time, have you ever done what I told you?"

Li Cai sighed heavily, and said slowly: "Financial management is ashamed of trusting your lord. The letter was given to Gongsun Zan, but the matter was not completed. Moreover, he was trapped in Gongsun Zan's army for half a month." If Zhao Yun, a member of Gongsun Zan’s account, hadn’t released me, I’m afraid I’m still imprisoned in the cage.”

"Oh, tell me quickly, what's going on here?" Zhang Yan became interested and said hastily.

Li Cai then slowly narrated his experience of the past one and a half months, and told Zhang Yan everything he knew in Youzhou.

It turned out that after Li Cai received the order, he happily went to Youzhou. He first crossed the river by boat to Yuyang County, and logged in from Quanzhou. As a result, it happened that Gongsun Zan was fighting with Liu Yu's old troops in this area.

Although Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan, Liu Yu's Yuyang people Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Xian Yuyin pretended to submit to Gongsun Zan and had been secretly accumulating strength to avenge Liu Yu.It happened that Gongsun Zan led an army to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou. The three thought that Yuyang had few soldiers, so they gathered a crowd to rebel, but they feared that they would lose prestige, so they invited Yan Rou from Guangyang County.

Yan Rou is a famous person in the county, and he has always been kind to Hu Handu, so Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and others elected Yan Rou as Karasuma Sima.

Yan Rou also recruited Xianbei, Karasuma and other troops, and gained tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers. They fought against Gongsun Zan's Yuyang prefect Zou Dan in the north of the Lu River, defeated Gongsun Zan's army, and beheaded Zou Dan.

At the same time, Gongsun Zan was also defeated by Yuan Shao in Gaoyang City with Cao Cao's trick, and almost lost his life.

Knowing that Yuyang was in chaos, Zhao Yun was asked to lead troops to put down the rebellion. Yan Rou and others lost to Zhao Yun and were forced to retreat.And just when he was looking for songs, one of Zhao Yun's soldiers captured Li Cai. After learning that Li Cai was an envoy sent by Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun respected Li Cai very much, and then asked someone to take Li Cai to Gongsun Zan.

After seeing Gongsun Zan, Li Cai immediately handed Zhang Yan's letter to Gongsun Zan. After Gongsun Zan took a quick look, he concluded that Li Cai was a spy of Yuan Jun, and he wanted to drag him out and execute him.

If it wasn't for Zhao Yun's timely dissuasion, Li Cai's head would have already fallen.After that, no matter how Li Cai explained, he couldn't prove his identity, so he was kept in the cage all the time.

Later, Zhao Yun released Li Cai and told Li Cai that Gongsun Zan was in troubled times at this time and had no time to take care of trade matters, so he asked Zhang Yan to forgive him.

After Li Cai left, he didn't return to Xuzhou immediately, and he felt too shameless, so he took a boat to Liaoxi and Liaodong successively, and negotiated with the Wuhuan people about buying horses.

No one thought that the Wuhuan people actually agreed. They have a great demand for salt, and they are very interested in advanced smelting technology. They are willing to exchange the fine-bred horses they raise with Li Cai and the others.

After Li Cai got the news, he left Youzhou. Before leaving, he heard that Yan Rou, Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and others were secretly welcoming Liu Yu's son Liu He back. Tens of thousands of troops came and General Ju Yi threatened to avenge his father. He joined forces with Yan Rou, Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and others to attack Gongsun Zan with great momentum.

In addition, riots broke out in Guangyang County, Dai County, Youbeiping County, and Shanggu County. The mobs attacked and killed Gongsun Zan's prefect separately, and joined forces with Liu He and Yan Rou to attack Gongsun Zan.As for what happened to Gongsun Zan later, Li Cai didn't know.

Moreover, Li Cai also expressed his own opinion, thinking that Gongsun Zan would definitely not be able to maintain long-term stability in Youzhou, and it would be better to directly turn the partner of cooperation to the Wuhuan people.Moreover, the Wuhuan people are very satisfied with these weapons, battle armor, and refined salt. If they are shipped over, the supply will be in short supply.

No matter who Zhang Yan is cooperating with, as long as he can transport the horses.Zhang Yan didn't care about Gongsun Zan's fate at all. Anyway, Gongsun Zan would be besieged to death by Yuan Shao.

He was interested in horses, so Zhang Yan said to Li Cai: "I will now officially appoint you as my foreign trade envoy, and you will be fully responsible for the trade with the Wuhuan people. You just have to say it! As long as I can satisfy you, I will definitely satisfy you!"

"My lord, I don't want money, I just need people, and the more the better, the water quality must be good. In addition, I need [-] large ships, the bigger the better." Li Caidao.

"Is that all?" Zhang Yan asked.

Li Cai said with a smile: "Of course, refined salt, steel swords, and steel armor are also needed as commodities. My lord, how many war horses do you need?"

"The more the better!"

Li Cai said: "The more supplies I load, the more horses I will bring back. This time, please take a look at Li Cai's!"

Zhang Yanxi smiled. Basically, he met Li Cai's conditions and gave him thirty "big ships".

"This... is this boat too small? Is there a bigger one?" After seeing the [-] boats provided by Zhang Yan, Li Cai said in shame, "These boats are usually fine for crossing rivers and rivers. It’s not worth mentioning when it’s in the sea. When Wan Yu encounters a hurricane and a huge wave comes, all these ships will sink to the bottom of the sea. Therefore, I need a bigger ship, a sea ship that is specially designed for sailing on the sea!”

Therefore, Zhang Yan issued an order to Mi Zhu, asking Mi Zhu to buy [-] sea ships from the sea, use Qu County as the sea port, transport all the completed battle armor and weapons to Qu County, and purchase a batch of them from the local area. Refined table salt is loaded onto ships in full quantity.

In addition, Zhang Yan even sent Tai Shici to lead [-] soldiers with excellent water skills to escort Li Cai to complete this task.

At this moment, Zhang Yan seemed to have seen the spectacular scene of a steady stream of war horses pouring into Xuzhou...

(End of this chapter)