Lu's relatives

Chapter 524 The sky is turned upside down, chaotic wars attack ([-])

Xuchang!

Xuchang, which is still the accompanying capital of the great Han Dynasty, has actually become a bit of an emperor's residence thanks to the careful governance of Cao Cao's many powerful men over the past few years.

Entering from the east gate, a straight and wide main road stretches to the extreme distance.Looking up at each other, the huge palace complex facing south looks like a squatting giant, almost occupying the northern half of the entire city. The majestic momentum clearly shows the nobility of this place.And the houses and streets densely scattered on both sides of the east and west are like stars arching against each other, setting off the grandeur of the whole city incomparably.

At the moment, on the official road outside the east gate, a carriage waiting to enter the city along with the bustling crowd attracted the attention of the guards.

"Stop coming! Accept inspection!" As a group of sergeants with weapons surrounded them, this seemingly inconspicuous carriage was separated from the crowd that was entering the city one after another.

"Sir... this..." The voice of the person in the carriage sounded young, with a hint of panic, as if he was quite frightened by this sudden encounter.

"Don't worry, my lord!" With a faint comfort from inside the carriage, a middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt got out of the carriage with the support of the coachman, and stood in front of Cao Bing who surrounded him, with no expression on his face. With the slightest look of panic, he slightly arched his hands and asked: "I don't know what advice, sergeants, to stop us from waiting for the carriage? If it is because of the lack of some tea, I will give you a little booklet. I hope all sergeants can Make it easy."

"Huh? Wait, this is the first time you have come to Xuchang, right?" The leader of this small group of soldiers was wearing the black armor of the Han Dynasty, which was the same as the personal guard battalion of the Habayashi Guard next to Lu Bu, and he did not reach out to pick it up. The middle-aged man handed over the money bag, but looked suspiciously at the visitor, and said with a soft snort.

"What the sergeant said is very true! In the past, when the governor of Kong was in Japan, when the Yellow Turban rebelled, he had to leave his hometown. In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed." Seeing that the soldier didn't stretch out his hand, the middle-aged scribe showed a little expression on his face. Surprised, he put the money bag back into his chest without leaving a trace, arched his hands, pointed to the carriage behind him, and said: "In the carriage is the young master of my family. Because I was young at that time, I followed my family to avoid chaos in Hebei, what can I do?" Only a few days after An's birthday, war broke out in Hebei again! It was because I happened to meet distant relatives who used to be in Xuchang in Jizhou, and learned that the hometown had been fixed, and the emperor was here to accompany him. The head of the family missed his homeland, so he sent someone Come back with the young master first to have a look! But who would have thought that the young master's body is too weak, no, returning to his homeland is a little uncomfortable..."

"That's enough, that's enough! Who wants to listen to you complaining here!" Hearing that the middle-aged scribe's words were impeccable, and the style and accent just now really seemed to have lived in Xuchang for a long time, the sergeant leader gradually Dispelling his doubts, he dismissed the surrounding soldiers with a wave of his hand, and said to the middle-aged scribe, "Forget it, I think you have been away from your homeland for a long time, and you are new to Xuchang, so I will not make things difficult for you, and let you go into the city to find relatives and friends, but you wait This carriage is going to be requisitioned."

"What... what's going on here? What are you going to do?" The middle-aged scribe saw the politeness of the soldier's words, and thought that this inexplicable problem could be solved in a daze, but unexpectedly, these people don't want money, but It was the idea of ​​getting into the carriage.

"Don't worry! I won't use yours in vain!" The soldier leader seemed to be used to the reaction of the middle-aged scribes, and he didn't feel annoyed. He took a seemingly heavy package and a piece of bamboo slip from the soldier behind him, and stuffed it all in one go. In the arms of the middle-aged scribe, he seemed to be dealing with official business, and said: "Following the orders of Lord Xun, it is the time when my lord is going out to seek rebellion for the court, and all horses and carriages entering the city will be confiscated temporarily. , for military use, in order not to disturb the hearts of the people, and temporarily pay the full rental car fare and the lease certificate. When the war is over, you can use the bamboo to redeem it at the Xuchang government office. Yes, Gong Wen has already informed you, so hurry up and get out of the car and enter the city!"

"This...how could it be like this! How could it be like this? A certain person was like this in Hebei, how could he still be like this when he returned to his homeland, this..." The middle-aged scribe seemed to be quite upset, but he turned around and covered his whole body tightly In the tight frame, my son helped him down from the car. Seeing that the son was a little weak even when he got off the ground, these soldiers were more or less convinced. They waved their hands impatiently and drove the car by themselves. Let's go to the city first.

"Sir, what's going on? Could it be that Shangzhi's whereabouts have been noticed by Cao Cao, so he came here to play tricks on us?" The "unacceptable" young man who spoke came from Qingzhou The third child of the Yuan family, Yuan Shang.And that middle-aged scribe was naturally Ju Shou.

"It seems that Qin Zhongming is really a man with open eyes and open eyes!" Ju Shou didn't answer Yuan Shang's question directly, but looked at the carriage that was going away, muttered to himself, and explained to Yuan Shang in a low voice: "The plan that Qin Xu told me to wait for is to use the edict of the emperor not to leave the Weiyang Palace as a trigger to stir up public opinion in the world and force Cao Cao, who is burdened with the responsibility of loyalty, to retreat under orders. In other words, with Cao Cao's suspicious nature, he will definitely not sit back and watch the chaos in Xuchang, so he will definitely return to stabilize the situation after stabilizing Jizhou, which he has won. In this way, it will be difficult to determine the gains and losses of Jizhou The surface is completed, even if it is two... Yuan Xi wants to sell Jizhou to protect himself, maybe he will also worry about Cao Cao's return to the army, not only will our goal be achieved, but also for him It gave other forces a buffer opportunity. This kind of plan, tsk tsk, no wonder it has not been defeated now!"

"I heard that Qin Shijun was captured alive, and the one who is now impressed by the family is Jia Wenhe, the poisonous man who forced Wen Hou to retreat to Chang'an and went to Hanoi to join his father. He can make such people willing My servant, Qin Shijun is naturally not a simple person! It's a pity that when the father and son-in-law were in trouble, the father didn't have a good life to win them over, otherwise... Sigh!" After all, Yuan Shang is young and has a lot of experience, but after all It's hard to compare with Jushou, I didn't hear the fear of Qin Xu in Jushou's words, I saw that Jushou seemed to approve of Qin Xu's strategy, and the confidence to come to Xuchang to seek "big things" this time has become more and more sufficient .

"This is not a place to discuss, third son, let's go to the city first!" Just now, because Ju Shou was a young talent, he once stayed in Luoyang, and he is somewhat familiar with Xuchang's local accent not far from Luoyang. The sergeant was skeptical, but Yuan Shang grew up in Hebei after all, and his authentic Jizhou accent was enough to make Cao Jun, who was planning Hebei at the moment, suspicious.It's better to have less incidents.

"All you have to do is listen to your orders!" Compared to Yuan Tan's rudeness and Yuan Xi's arrogance, the reason why Ju Shou and Tian Feng have not changed their ambitions until now is because of Yuan Shao's dying entrustment, and secondly, because of the third son. Since Yuan Shang got older, he changed from the arrogance of his youth and became extremely humble and cautious.Seeing Yuan Shang being so respectful, Ju Shou also showed some relief on his face, nodded, and took Yuan Shang to the city together.

"Mi's House! Huh! It should be here!" Xuchang City was only a small county at the beginning, but in order to welcome the emperor, it was expanded by more than five times by Cao Cao. Ju Shou and Yuan Shang spent half a day in the city. It took time to find the destination of this trip on the side of a rather bustling street in the city.

"Emissary Qin...cough cough, brother Qin is so bold! No one in the world knows that the Mi family is attached to Qin, and that Cao Cao and Lu Bu's army are in harmony with each other, yet they dare to open the Mi family business company to Xuchang blatantly." , Really... Really... Hey!" Although Yuan Shang has shown a mature and stable side in many aspects, in the final analysis, he is still just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child. To show it, at this moment, after seeing the destination, he relaxed his defenses and whispered to Jushou.

"Sir, keep quiet!" Although Yuan Shang's voice was very low, Ju Shou still frowned, and carefully observed that the faces of the people passing by all around showed no abnormalities, as if he didn't care about a kid with a Hebei accent. Talking about things in front of other people's businesses.Only then did Jushou feel relieved for the time being, and dragged Yuan Shang, who knew he had almost revealed his secrets again and was blushing, into the firm.

The Mi family's business is mainly engaged in cloth produced in Qingzhou.Thanks to Qin Xu's exile policy, the most daunting barren hills and hills in Qingzhou, which had extremely poor harvests, were all planted with drought-tolerant mulberry trees under the condition of sufficient manpower. The government's plan to buy at a low price to ensure sales, coupled with Qin's half-knowledge, half-and-half experience of only seeing pigs running but never eating pork, and the business route opened up by the Mi family because of the former sea salt policy, made this barren place Now the land has become a cornucopia of treasures.Qingjin, named after its place of origin, quickly became known as the "brand" that Qin Xu often called it by virtue of the advantages of cheap enough price and sufficient inventory, and was quickly sold to all the prefectures in the Han territory by taking advantage of the Mi family's business.

No one will have trouble with money, especially if there is a strong backer behind the person who gave the money, then he will not be turned away.Although everyone knew about the background of the Mi family, but in view of the large amount of taxes paid every year, let alone Cao Cao, even when Jiang Dong was still in the hands of Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, the goods of the Mi family were already unimpeded.What's more, although it is occupied by the "ally" Cao Cao, Xuchang is also the capital of the emperor after all.

Now it is approaching Shenshi, late autumn is approaching winter, the sun is dark and early, this hour has already gone downhill, and the business in this firm has gradually become deserted. Ju Shou was about to lament that although Cao Cao's character is not good, But it is quite good for the people who rule the land. Although many seemingly harsh laws and regulations were issued during the war, such as the expropriation of carriages that the two encountered before, but since this is not the new year or the festival, there are still people It is enough to get a glimpse of the leopard if you can come here to grab a few pieces of cloth in your spare time, and you can see the ability of the government officials who are governing Xuchang at this moment.

But before Jushou finished sighing, he was suddenly tugged at his sleeve by Yuan Shang beside him.Before Jushou had time to react, when he tried to persuade Yuan Shang's rather childish method, he looked at Yuan Shang's gaze from the corner of his eye, but suddenly a very heavy anger surged on Jushou's face, and he couldn't care less about it right now. "Educate" Yuan Shang, because when Jushou saw this person, he could no longer control his emotions. Almost subconsciously, he took two steps forward, grabbed the person's arm, opened his eyes wide, and shouted angrily: "It's you!"

(End of this chapter)