Lu's relatives

Chapter 413 This Unlucky Child......

The generals of the Cao family were still speculating about the sudden defection of the Black Mountain bandits, but in Pingyuan City, Qin Xu met an unexpected but reasonable "guest".

"Young Master Yuan?!" Looking at Yuan Shang standing in front of him, Qin Xu was astonished, but also sighed at the reluctance of this aristocratic nobleman who was once favored by Yuan Shao for the glory he once might be about to obtain.

To be honest, on the issue of Jizhou, Qin Xu and Lu Bu were still a little entangled in choosing whether to cooperate with the Zhen family or Yuan Shang.

Bohai County of Jizhou was the place where Yuan Shao started his business, and after several years of operation, he went down to Hebei and merged the two prefectures, and his power was unmatched for a while. On the ground in Hebei, it can be said that apart from Youzhou, there are actually It has already become the base of the Yuan family.Even if Yuan Shao dies suddenly, Yu Wei is still there. Just look at Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, the two ineffective sons of the old Yuan, each occupying a state, and Cao Cao has to gather soldiers cautiously if he wants to plot a plot, and he dare not make a move easily. You can see it.It can be said that if there is a direct descendant of the Yuan family to help, even if it is used as a puppet, it will be of great help to the stability of Jizhou in the future.

Yuan Shang is the third son of the Yuan family. It is well known that Yuan Shao was extremely favored during his lifetime. He is also the only "innocent man" who has not been involved in the mystery of Yuan Shao's death. If this status and reputation are used well, let alone It is Jizhou, even if Bingzhou is taken together, it is extremely beneficial to Lu Bujun, at least in terms of moral commanding heights.

As for the Zhen family in Hebei, although there is no doubt that their influence on this one-third of an acre of land is quite unquestionable, they are still known as merchants.These years, in order to enrich their military resources, the major forces are all vigorously supporting the rise of merchant families, but the ultimate goal is to use their wealth to strengthen their own strength. In terms of political status, these powerful merchants and tycoons sometimes It is even far inferior to a small and medium-sized family with a slightly poor reputation.

The same is true of the Zhen family.Since Emperor Ling, although he stared at the name of one of the six great merchants of the Han Dynasty, and assisted three or four lords at the front and rear, in fact, whether it was Liu Yan, Liu Yuyi, Han Fu or even Yuan Shao, the most important It's just that the Zhen family's wealth rivals that of an enemy country, and the benefits of the food, grain and iron horses it controls.The Zhen family actually knew this.No matter how rich or powerful a private soldier is, a wealthy businessman in a troubled world can hardly compare with the established forces of all parties.It is extremely difficult to preserve life and property, let alone continue to develop.It is also because of this that the far-sighted head of the Zhen family, Zhen Jian, split up with his eldest son after Yuan Shao's sudden death and Hebei fell into the hands of Yuan's second son to find a new support.

Lu Bu's choice is actually more inclined to Yuan Shang.In any case, Qingzhou has the help of a group of sea salt merchants gathered under the leadership of Xuzhou's Mi family, and also has the support of Xuzhou, a major grain and iron-producing state. Tao Qian can rely on it for three or four years. Therefore, in terms of military resources, food and grass, with the current scale of Lu Bu's army, if there is no big war, there is actually not much desire.

Although he is extremely greedy for the horses in the north, the strategic focus of our army is in Jiangdong. There are many waterways in Jiangdong, so it is useless to have more horses.Moreover, ever since Qin Xu said that the dense array of long spears could easily destroy the advantage of the horse army's charge, Lu Bu actually began to use the newly established Qingzhou barracks as a model, and gradually began to focus on the force of the army. On the infantry, and several battles have also proved that Qingzhou soldiers, mainly pike infantry, are already comparable in combat power to the heavy cavalry that Lu Bu is proud of.

Therefore, regardless of other factors, Jizhou is surrounded by enemies, has many parties to spy on, and is extremely difficult to govern. If it is not for the threat to the army brought by the surge in Cao Cao's strength, Lu Bu is actually not as interested as others think. as big as yours.

Furthermore, from a personal point of view, not to mention Mi Zhu, a modest gentleman who is not very pedantic, he gave Lu Bu a pretty good impression.After all, when Lv Bu was in trouble, the Mi family congenially supported each other and helped them get to Xuzhou, and because of Qin Xu's and Mi Zhen's "relative" relationship with Lv Bu's family, in terms of emotion and reason, if another With roots far away in Hebei, the Zhen family seems like icing on the cake at best, but the Mi family's heart is chilled, no matter how you look at it, it is an extremely uneconomical deal.Not to mention the attitude Zhen Jiafu showed when he entered Linzi, which made the arrogant Lu Bu very upset!

But Qin Xu is different.Qin, who has been a human being for two generations, knows very well how unnatural the fate of the three people who are the protagonists of the end of Han Dynasty is.Although Cao Cao has been defeated several times now because he carelessly underestimated the enemy or encountered a sharp weapon that someone from Qin has surpassed 800 years, Liu Bei has also been run away several times and went away to Youzhou, and Sun Ce was even suppressed in the remote Kuaiji County. In the land, Guo Jia, Liu Yao, and even Yan Baihu and his son were put in shackles to restrict their display.But Qin did not dare to take it lightly.

Sun Ce is known as the Little Overlord of Jiangdong, and he has a group of veteran officials to help him. Although the civil servants and military generals are not first-rate, they are all outstanding for a while. In addition, although Yuzhang County is a county and is close to mountains, its area is not as large as that of Qingzhou. The environment is much smaller, and it also has the advantage of two crops a year.The potential is huge; Liu Bei should have been wandering around at this time in history, calling himself a hero is useless.But now he has succeeded in evading his classmate Gongsun Zan, and has eased his relationship with Gongsundu in Liaodong, secretly controlling the land equivalent to Qingzhou and Xuzhou.It is also assisted by the benefit of giving birth to horses. I heard what Xun You said before, and now I am not satisfied with only half of Youzhou's territory, and I am starting to think about going south. Shangguan Zhang, Zhao Yun and other peerless fierce generals should not be underestimated as their minions.As Qingzhou's biggest imaginary enemy, Cao Cao has always been supported by the Wei family of the Central Plains family. Although he failed to compete with Lu Bu's army several times, he still had Yan, Yu, Sili, Yong Zhuzhou and Liangzhou for him. In the land of martial arts, there is also the banner of righteousness that the emperor ordered not to be ministers. When the big man is still there, he is in an invincible position.Now he is targeting Hebei again. If things come to fruition, Cao Cao, who owns seven states, will be the number one vassal in the Central Plains and even in the world, and he will be well-deserved.

The situation is worrying!Although Lu Bu's army is strong, at the moment, only Qingzhou and Xuzhou are based, and Yangzhou, which is not very "obedient" by remote control, is just a strategic buffer.If you don't be prepared for danger in times of peace, after these three guys grow up, although they have successfully avoided the disaster of the White Gate Building, who knows if there will be any black gate buildings or red gate buildings in other places.Therefore, strength!It is the foundation of survival in this troubled world.

And how does the strength come from?Although the Mi family is rich, and almost every month they continuously absorb and hoard huge amounts of materials from all over the world to enrich the treasury of Lv Bu's army, Qin Xu knows that if Lv Bu only wants to be a small local warlord, only relying on Mi With the power of family and the gimmick of the world's most powerful general, it is enough to live comfortably for at least ten years!But if you still want to develop, if you look at the whole big man or even beyond, it is far from enough.

Compared with Yuan Shang, even the nobleman of the Yuan family who has been in trouble, the influence of the Zhen family is far beyond comparison.Just looking at the sudden death of the patriarch Yuan Shao and the emergence of a rebellious thief like Yuan Shu, the Yuan family still cannot shake the foundation of the Yuan family in Hebei, one can see how famous the so-called four generations and three princes are. easy to use".It can be said that if one climbs up to the Yuan family through Yuan Shang, with the help of the Yuan family's prestige, not to mention other things, it will not be difficult to achieve the dominance of Yuan Shao.But in this way, not to mention whether a grassroots hero like Lu Bu can occupy a dominant position and not be ostracized compared to the Yuan family with hundreds of years of inheritance, it is difficult to guarantee that it was originally a powerful aura of the protagonist at the end of Han Dynasty in history. Can the three of you be able to tolerate Lu Bu, will you wait for an opportunity to find a reason to take advantage of Lu Bu's army, and once again "the princes beg for Lu", just relying on Cao Cao, who controls the emperor, to be arrogant about Cheng Yu's teasing of Lu Bu's army Lift it up and put it down gently to see, this matter is by no means a fantasy.

Visible, build a wall high!Accumulate food widely!Take it easy!That's the kingly move!That is to say, Qin, as the "spokesperson" of the Mi family and Lu Bu's son-in-law, almost spent countless saliva to make Lu Bu listen to what he said, so that he has a wide network of contacts and the benefits of food, grass and iron horses. The Hebei Zhen family, which brought the strength of Lu Bu's army to a higher level, barely entered Lu Bu's eyes.Promising to temporarily "help" stabilize Lu Bujun, Yuan Shang's mother and son who were jumping up and down as they wanted to use troops against Hebei, and the two great counselors who were coveted by Qin Xu, let Qin Xu "play around" again.

But when he saw that young master Pian Pianjia was lying in front of him with a big gift, Qin Xu knew that either his father-in-law's inaction in a fit of anger, or Tian Fengju's contribution to these two wise men made Yuan Shang successful. She escaped from the eyes and ears of Jia Xu, who continued to control the shadows on behalf of Qin Xu, and escaped from the cage of freedom in Qingzhou.

"Does Qin Shijun want to abandon it and ignore it!" I don't know who taught this unlucky child to pretend to be pitiful.The last time before Qin Xu recognized his daughter, Yuan Shang used such a trick that he wanted to marry Zhen Mi and was inferior to Qin Xu's generation in order to take the opportunity to tie Qin Xu to the chariot, but this time he did it again. A play of grievances.

"Why did Xianfu say that?" Qin Xu feigned a look of astonishment, stretched out his hand and pulled Yuan Shang up, who refused to get up, and said with righteous words on his face: "The third son is the youngest son of Yuan Gong, Yuan Tan of Hebei He and Yuan Xi are both brothers. Right now, Qin is being invited by Xiaoqi General Cao Gong to participate in the mediation of the war in Hebei by the order of the lord, in order to appease the people and protect Yuan's family from being ruined by the war. Moreover, before the lord I also asked carefully that there is another important thing this time, that is, because of Yuan Gong's kindness in recommending the lord as the shepherd of Qingzhou, it is necessary to persuade Xianfu to clear up the misunderstanding between the three brothers Yuan Tan Xiansi and Yuan Xixianyi. Even under Yuan Gong's nine springs, I feel heartbroken for the three sons fighting for the top. A good heart is like a jade pot, but the sun and the moon can shine, how can you think so, Xianfu?"

"Are you serious what the Shijun said?" Although Yuan Shang was not a few years younger than Qin Xu, but after all, he had always been used by the Liu family, favored by important ministers, and had little experience.Seeing that Qin Xu's words are logical, every sentence is reasonable, and it is extremely unlikely to be fake.Moreover, Yuan Shang also knew that Qin Xu's army had been stationed in Pingyuan. Even if the Zhen family left Pingyuan and returned to Zhongshan, they did not take the opportunity to cross the line to Jizhou and contact Cao Cao's emissary. The appearance of wanting to mediate the war.I believed it for seven or eight points at first, and my tone eased a lot, and said with a face of shame: "For the sake of Shang's family, I am so tired that Qin Shijun is like General Cao, and Shang is still suspecting that Shijun is plotting Jizhou and not wanting to be Shang. As far as I know, it is true that you really measure the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and I am ashamed to hear that the envoy has told you the truth."

"Ahem... there is no need for this! There is no need for this! Whether it is Qin or Wenhou, they have all been "favored" by Yuan Gong, so it should be so! Moreover, General Cao is also under the order of the emperor. As a minister of the great man, he should be If you follow orders, why should you thank me?" It is estimated that only Yuan Shang, an inexperienced dandy, would believe this nonsense, Qin Xu couldn't bear to listen to Yuan Shang's self-ashamed words later, and at the same time he was silent in his heart Promise, if one day Lu Bu achieves something, he will definitely give the unlucky boy in front of him an explanation.

"The envoy of Qin was able to become a high-ranking official of the Han Dynasty at such an age. He is really very human! Shang admires him very much. I wonder if I can ask the envoy to take Yuan Shang in. He will serve him sooner or later, listen to his lessons, and express his admiration for him?" Qin Xu's words "from the heart", Yuan Shang, the unlucky child, showed a look of excitement, stood there as if thinking for a while, and said.

"This..." These words must have been taught by someone!Qin Xu almost didn't have to think about it, he just heard it.It was exactly the same as the calculation in Qin Xu's mansion last time, and it must have been the conspiracy of those two great counselors, with the aim of not keeping Yuan Shang too far away from Lu Bu's army, so as not to cause changes in vain.It has to be said that after Qin Xu's unrestrained expression just now, after hearing this request, it is really hard to refuse too much.Otherwise, all the foreshadowing before will probably be in vain.But Qin Xu really didn't want Yuan Shang to participate too much in this matter. Even Qin Xu planned to use Yuan Shang as a puppet to appease the people if he really couldn't control the situation in Jizhou after the previous goal was achieved. At this moment, Qin Xu can think with his feet that the intention of Tian Fengjushou, the two great sages that Qin Xu never forgets, is to make Yuan Shang feel a sense of existence, not just after the event is completed, because there is no merit. Can be a puppet at the mercy of others.

"I beg Qin Xu to have mercy!" Seeing Qin Xu's hesitant face, Yuan Shang immediately knelt down on the ground without saying a word, with a resolute expression on his face. It seems that if Qin Xu refuses to agree, this unlucky boy has no intention Woke up.

"Forget it! Since this time is said to be an imperial order, but it is also a family affair, how can Qin be so resolute? Let's do what Xianfu wants! But just let go of the words of service you just said! Qin can The special approval of the Xianfu Counselor's military plane, unless it is confidential, can be inquired about. Xianfu should also know the rules in the army, and even Qin can't easily commit a crime. It's not that I don't believe in your character, but the rules are like this. Don’t blame me for being an eminent person!” Seeing that Yuan Shang was endorsing the letter just now, and even the request routine seemed to have been rehearsed beforehand, it seems that those two people have studied us quite thoroughly!Qin Xu pondered for a while, and then simply put on a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor, and first imposed various restrictions and agreed to Yuan Shang's request. Anyway, this unlucky child probably couldn't tell what was good or bad, and even if it was Tian Feng Jushou, a resourceful person like Jushou, may only be more skeptical after hearing this. After all, what Qin Xu said is indeed a military rule, and it is absolutely impossible to give a green light to a kid like Yuan Shang who is an outsider. .What's more, Qin Xu thought of a solution for Yuan Shang with "good intentions". Seeing Yuan Shang scratching his head, he said with a smile: "Actually, Xianfu's participation is also very good for mediating the matter between your two elder brothers. However, Xianfu is not very old, so it must be difficult to be perfect even if he is very talented, which is not beautiful! Otherwise, who told Qin to look at Xianfu? Take two family members who are well-versed in the military to serve under the account temporarily, until this matter is over, you can leave on your own! Is that good?"

"Qin... Qin Shijun's words are serious?" Yuan Shang had indeed deepened his doubts when he heard Qin Xu's intentional refusal before. Coveting, to put it bluntly, isn't it just his old Yuan's family business?If you don't agree, even if Yuan Shang is a fool, you can understand Qin Xu's perfunctory meaning.Fortunately, Qin Xu didn't know what he thought of, and he changed his mind so "easily", which made Yuan Shangshen think that he had wronged Qin Xu, and made a series of "intimate" people behind Qin Xu stand behind Yuan Shang. The words from the perspective made Yuan Shang feel a little embarrassed.Especially the last sentence, in Yuan Shang's mind, Qin Xu can be regarded as a god who responds to requests.Yuan Shangzheng was worried that the two gentlemen of his family were always planning behind the scenes, but the plan had not changed much. If he could react immediately, it might be more useful.

"A gentleman speaks quickly! Although Qin is not a gentleman, he is also a master who spits and nails, and a man who keeps what he says! If you have any doubts, you can now give your name, surname, and The family members to be nominated are recorded in the military register." Qin Xu also seemed to be "irritated" by Yuan Shang's distrustful tone, and did not listen to Yuan Shang's flustered explanation, and immediately waved to a soldier who was on duty outside the door, Instruct him to summon the censor to come immediately, so that Yuan Shang's name and surname must be entered in the census.It made Yuan Shang think that it was such a good thing to be included in the army book, and he was afraid that Qin Xu would misunderstand, so he waved his hands and retreated, but how could it be that he was trained by Lu Lingqi for two years and combined with the training methods of later generations that he could think of? Qin's opponent, who still has some muscles on his body, signed the monogram with half-heartedness, and thanked Qin Xu for his "care" over and over again, and said that he would definitely bring two "family members" to Qin Shijun's account tomorrow. Listen and use.

It's just that Yuan Shang, who thinks he can do it, has never noticed that Qin Xu's eyes, which are more proud than his, are flickering...

(End of this chapter)