Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

And he didn't pay too much attention to this point, while Mi Zhu was looking at Zhang Yan with his eyes, he was also looking at the two new younger generations of the Mi family in front of him.

I saw that Mi Zhu was about 27 or [-] years old, not very different from Zhang Yan's own height.It's just that men in the Eastern Han Dynasty generally had the habit of growing beards, so after adding a beard on their lips, the other party looked a little older than Zhang Yan.

But at this moment, the other party was dressed in a white robe, with an elegant demeanor, and it seemed that he did not fall behind Chen Shou's high evaluation of "graceful and courteous in the world" by the later generations.

Withdrawing his eyes from the other party, Zhang Yan just nodded slightly, and then heard the other party repeat the previous words again.

"Wan Guohou, you are probably just worried that my Mi family will break the contract for some reason, and it will have some adverse effects on you. If this is the case, put my Mi family's head family as a hostage, Wan Guohou, can you do it? Do you rest assured to decide on the purchase of this batch of armaments?"

"I want to come to my Mi's family to have a great business, but the only thing is that the population is not prosperous. Until today, there are only three brothers and sisters waiting for me in the master's family."

"As long as there are no irresistible events that mortals can resist, then we will naturally not ignore the brothers and sisters of the master's family."

"In this way, you can safely and boldly go to Lujiang, Marquis of Wan, and I will return to Xuzhou to help you transport this batch of supplies to the vicinity of Lujiang to wait for you. satisfy?"

Smiling and saying, Mi Zhu is also staring at Zhang Yan closely at this moment, his eyes are full of faint confidence.

Today, because of an invitation from the Chen family, one of the wealthy families in Xuzhou, he took his younger sister, Mi Zhen, to a mansion near Luoyang as a guest of the Chen family. Together, we will discuss the various impacts of the changes in grain prices in the Eastern Han Dynasty on these merchants in Xuzhou, whose grain trade accounts for a large part of their annual income.

But he didn't want that when he came back, he learned from the servant at the door that today a person in charge of the Sang family in Luoyang brought a group of generals to his temporary residence in Luoyang to look for him, so he immediately felt sorry for him. The other party's visit was very surprising.

And when he hurriedly brought his family to the backyard of the shop, he happened to bump into his younger brother, who was also the one between Mi Fang and Zhang Yan, who were the temporary spokespersons of the Mi family when Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, was away. The atmosphere fell into a stalemate.

After just thinking for a while, Mi Zhu, who is five or six years older than Mi Fang and has much more social experience, quickly thought of a solution to the two issues, and he immediately came up with a solution from the side. Walked in from outside the courtyard, and took on the important task of rescuing Mi Fang.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yan agreed with Mi Zhu's statement.

After all, since the Zhou Dynasty, the behavior of exchanging the backbone of the family and even the heirs as protons among famous families has appeared widely, and it is also very easy to be recognized by everyone in this era.

Under normal circumstances, the status of the proton in the other party's family is very important, but it can also ensure that the other party can wholeheartedly guarantee the smooth progress of the transaction for the safety of the proton.

It's just that Zhang Yan couldn't help feeling slightly curious about who in the Mi family would be the hostage.

"This method of using people as hostages is not bad. Thinking about coming to your Mi family for the safety of family members, it is easy to not break the appointment."

"I just don't know, if your Mi family sends a hostage this time, who will be the hostage to follow Benhou?"

Some curiously asked in Mi Zhu's direction, Zhang Yan naturally knew that if someone from the Mi family was willing to be a hostage, the basic trust between the two parties would be raised to a very good level in an instant.Just like what Mi Zhu said before, the members of the older generation of the Mi family are basically very old, so even the few old guys who are alive today are out of the world, and among the younger generation, The head of the Mi family only has three siblings, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and Mi Zhen.

Among the three, Mi Zhu himself, as the head of the family, certainly cannot be pledged by Zhang Yan's side as a hostage. Even though Zhang Yan wanted the other party to follow him very much, it was not suitable for the situation and reason.As for Mi Fang, the younger brother, because she is the person in charge of the Mi family in this transaction, the possibility of being a proton is also unlikely.

After all, just like what Zhang Yan saw before, Mi Fang's need to take advantage of Zhang Yan's opportunity to achieve a big event to make the family recognize her is actually very urgent, so urgent that Zhang Yan faintly feels that the other party will never be willing To the point where he was the proton and let his elder brother Mi Zhu handle the matter.

And even if Mi Fang finally succumbed because of family interests, Mi Zhu, as the elder brother, would not jump out at this moment to make such a hurtful proposal so that there would be no rift in the relationship between the two...

Thinking of the last possibility, Zhang Yan couldn't help but frowned slightly. At the same time, he secretly looked at the girl from the Mi family behind Mi Zhu who had been silent since she made her appearance and stood quietly by the side. .

"Could it be her?"

I imagined with some repulsion in my heart, Zhang Yan actually quite repelled this kind of behavior of using his sister as a proton in his heart, and it did not exceed his expectations. After hearing Zhang Yan's question, Mi Zhu also smiled slightly , then pointed to the girl behind him, and loudly introduced it to everyone present.

"Look, Marquis of the Kingdom of Wan, this girl is my younger sister, Mi Zhen. Although she is a woman, she is also quite intelligent. When my brothers and I were doing business, we would always bring her by our side. The knowledge passed on to her."

"This time, if Zhen'er is the hostage and goes with you, the Marquis of Wan, then even if you are the Marquis of Wan, you can rest assured, right?"

Smiling and introducing to everyone present, Mi Zhu pointed to the girl behind him and then stopped making a sound. At the same time, the girl Mi Zhen also took a step forward, slightly bowed her knees in the direction of Zhang Yan and saluted.

But this time, Zhang Yan, who was frowning tightly, had not had time to speak. Mi Fang, who hadn't looked at Mi Zhu before seeing Mi Zhu, was a little impatient, and took the lead to step out from behind Mi Zhu and blocked him. In front of everyone present.

"Brother, wait a minute, isn't it inappropriate for Zhen'er to do this proton?"

Chapter 30 Impressive

"Brother, wait a minute, isn't it inappropriate for Zhen'er to do this proton?"

Frowning tightly, she stepped out from behind Mi Zhu, this time before Zhang Yan could make a sound, Mi Fang couldn't hold back her body, and questioned her elder brother aloud.But when he heard Mi Fang's words, Mi Zhu did not get angry, and just turned around to look at Mi Fang, with a trace of complicated emotions flickering in his eyes.

"What's the matter, Zifang, is there something inappropriate?"

Responding softly to his younger brother, although Mi Zhu didn't say anything explicitly, he naturally knew what Mi Fang meant by the inappropriateness.It's just that for Mi Fang's concerns, as an elder brother, he has completely different views and plans from the other party.

"What's inappropriate, there are too many inappropriate places..."

Frowning and speaking in Mi Zhu's direction, Mi Fang felt quite displeased with the other party's decision at the moment.Not to mention that Mi Zhen is the youngest of the three of them, and he is only fourteen or five years old this year. If he acts alone as a proton, the risk is the greatest among the three of them. One thousand and ten thousand are not suitable to be by Zhang Yan's side.

You know, no matter what Zhang Yan says, he is still an adult man in his twenties, and there are differences between men and women. Letting his sister follow Zhang Yan inevitably made Mi Fang feel that Mi Zhu was a little too unreasonable. .

Therefore, even because of her status as a concubine, Mi Fang, who seldom had conflicts with Mi Zhu on weekdays, and even silently tolerated conflicts of ideas, could not bear it this time. bumped in front of him.

Unlike Mi Zhu, who is the eldest brother, who shows a little indifference towards family affection on weekdays, although Mi Fang is just a concubine, and Mi Zhen was not born to the same mother, but because the age difference between the two is not so huge, the relationship between them is also the same. They get along very well, and even faintly have a closer relationship with Mi Zhen than Mi Zhu, his own brother.

Seeing that Mi Zhu planned to pledge his own sister by Zhang Yan's side for a small benefit, Mi Fang naturally felt a little angry at the moment.

On the other hand, seeing Mi Fang's appearance, Mi Zhu also felt a little helpless in his heart.

"Otherwise, Zifang, do you have any good ways to solve this matter?"

"If you really don't want to go, will you go for the hostage, or will I go?"

Asking Mi Fang aloud, Mi Zhu naturally knew why the other party suddenly became so hot as if he had taken the wrong medicine.It's just different from Mi Fang's opinion, Mi Zhu, as the head of the Mi family, feels that his younger sister Mi Zhen follows Zhang Yan as a proton, but from a certain point of view, it may not be a bad thing.

Although Mi Zhen is already fourteen years old this year, and she is already a big girl who has not yet left the court, but she is different from girls from ordinary families. What I have learned is also known in advance about my future destiny.

Not to mention that if Zhang Yan is a good character, then nothing too embarrassing will happen if Mi Zhen is pledged by the other party's side this time.Even if it really happened...it might not be a bad thing for Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, for the Mi family in Xuzhou, or even for Mi Zhen herself.

And if it is possible to get in touch with Zhang Yan, who is rare in a big man through Mi Zhen, who was enshrined as a Marquis in his twenties, then it will also play a very good role in helping the development of the Mi family. .

If that Zhang Yan was not stupid this time, he would naturally know what he meant by using Mi Zhen as a proton, and he would probably express something to the Mi family.As the head of the Mi family, although Mi Zhu knew that it would be unfair to Mi Zhen to do so, he still had to consider certain matters in the interest of the family.

But this time, for some reason, Mi Fang suddenly and uncharacteristically contradicted him in front of this outsider, which made Mi Zhu faintly surprised and surprised.

"I'm going...? Why not if I go?"

Shaking his head resolutely in the direction of Mi Zhu, although Mi Fang, as the second son of the Mi family, is inconspicuous in many things, this does not mean that he is a fool, nor does it mean that he cannot understand Mi Zhu's intention at this moment.

This time, since Mi Zhu has plans to let Mi Zhen follow Zhang Yan as a hostage, it might be sent to Zhang Yan's case tomorrow, and to Zhang Yan's bed the day after tomorrow. Not that hard a decision to make.

And after looking at Mi Zhen, the younger sister behind Mi Zhu, with her gaze for a while, she saw Mi Zhen shaking her head secretly at herself, signaling to herself not to contradict Mi Zhu again, but Mi Fang, who did not come again, was another unknown fire Since then, his tone has also become a little irritable.

"Isn't it just as a proton? Why can't Zhen'er go to my Mi Zifang?"

"Although I'm a concubine, I'm also one of the current head of the Mi family. If it's true, it's most appropriate for me to go to Lujiang with the Marquis of Wan!"

She stiffened her neck and yelled in Mi Zhu's direction. Mi Fang was also a little impatient because of this incident, so she couldn't help taking Mi Zhu's words.Seeing this, Mi Zhu looked at Mi Fang with a look of surprise.

"Zifang, are you doing the pledge yourself?"

Asked Mi Fang in surprise, Mi Zhu seemed to be meeting his younger brother for the first time, with some inconceivable expressions in his eyes.And he naturally knew how difficult it was for Mi Fang to say such a thing, or make such a decision.

After all, he is an older brother. Even though Mi Fang has always thought that the relationship between herself and Mi Zhu is not very harmonious, Mi Zhu knows that her younger brother who is a concubine has always had some small personality in some aspects. minor flaws.

It's not because of trivial things like being too reckless or not alert enough, but that Mi Fang has always separated herself from the Mi family since she was an adult.Whether it's looking at the interests of some things or some other things, Mi Fang has always distinguished her own and her family's very clearly, and at the same time she has always been unwilling to sacrifice part of her own interests to fight for the interests of the Mi family.

This is why Mi Zhu has always been worried about handing over some of the family's property to Mi Fang for management.

Only this time, because Mi Fang didn't want Mi Zhen to be a hostage, she was willing to let him personally follow Zhang Yan, and at the same time, she handed over the matters related to this transaction to her elder brother to be responsible for the stability of her position in the family. The last help really made Mi Zhu look a little different.

Chapter 31 Holding a Shield

In the afternoon of the same day, inside the store.

The sunlight has gradually slanted, shining on the walls of the shops in this square city, showing a warm bright yellow.Sitting in the side hall of the shop, Zhang Yan picked up his teacup and took a sip, then looked in the direction of the young man beside him.

It is now afternoon, and almost half an hour has passed since the previous time. The people who solved the most important problem naturally dispersed one by one, leaving only Zhang Yan and Ye'er free in this side hall. rest.

In the half an hour just now, Zhang Yan also finalized a series of contracts with the Mi family, thus quickly finalizing the weapons and armaments of the army under his command.

Because Mi Fang unexpectedly proposed that he himself be the proton to go to Lujiang with Zhang Yan, so Zhang Yan's efficiency can be said to have improved a lot in finalizing the content of the follow-up contract. The Mi family was relieved a lot.

And almost within this hour, a huge asset of more than [-] million yuan flowed out of Zhang Yan's hands, and was quickly replaced with a large number of weapons and equipment, which were armed to Zhang Yan's subordinates. Inside the army.

Regarding the long lance, which Zhang Yan had struggled with for a long time, considering the loss of equipment such as training, Zhang Yan finally agreed with the Mi family to purchase [-] Zhangba lances made of fine steel for his troops. A margin of about [-]% was set aside as a margin to prevent the embarrassment that some troops would not have weapons to equip after the weapons were damaged due to training in the future.

And when the loss of the people gradually increased to more than [-]% with the increase of training intensity over time, Zhang Yan was almost able to initially integrate the local forces in the Lujiang area, and he could start recruiting blacksmiths for collective forging .

Therefore, in a short period of time, these [-] long lances can meet the training needs of Zhang Yan's soldiers, so that the cavalry under him will not use earthen wooden spears as they are now. train.

And the price of these 180 stainless steel long spears has reached a total price of [-] yuan, which is a terrifying level of nearly [-] gold.

"A long spear costs more than 550 yuan, which is nearly ten stones of grain..."

"Although I have made psychological preparations before, knowing that the price of the horse made of fine steel will definitely be much higher than that of ordinary long weapons, but this nearly double or even triple the price gap really makes people feel a bit Difficult to accept."

In his heart, he silently complained about the price of this horse. Zhang Yan was also a little lucky. Fortunately, when he was building a spectacle some time ago, Zhang Rang helped him bear a lot of construction costs, which left his own wallet. A lot of spare money is enough to support this purchase.

And when he thought that all these expenses were only enough to support a cavalry team of about 3000 people for training, Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh a little. This cavalry is really not an existence that ordinary local officials can easily play with.

"Hey, that's all, it's like spending money to buy time..."

"If this cavalry can be used in the future when the princes demand Dong, or even be able to capture Luoyang before the opponent sets fire, then even if it costs twice as much at this time, as long as we can rescue some cavalry at that time." Books and property, that’s not too much of a loss.”

"Not to mention that compared to 'that thing', the price of this long lance is just a drop in the bucket..."

Wei Wei sighed with emotion that the price of this weapon and equipment is so high, Zhang Yan has nothing to do about it, so he can only choose to accept it silently.In addition to these 1 fine steel zhangbama lances, another one that can be regarded as a big one is the one-handed wooden shield used by Zhang Yan's own [-] sword and shield fighters. up.

Sword and shield hand Sword and shield hand, the most common type of soldiers in the Eastern Han army The most important equipment is the steel knife and one-handed shield.

Among Zhang Yan's previous 5000 people, although he organized and trained them according to the specifications of ordinary sword and shield players, the ratio of shield equipment can only be maintained at about [-]%. of embarrassment.

If it was not a war period and it was just training, then the impact on these swords and shields without shields is not too great.But once this army falls into a wartime state, almost only the 5000 grassroots leaders of the 500 swordsmen and shields have shields, while other grassroots soldiers have almost no ability to face long-range piercing weapons such as bows and arrows. Any protective ability to speak of is as embarrassing and fragile as a scarecrow.

Therefore, after finally taking the time to purchase equipment for his own army, Zhang Yan finally had the opportunity to put the shield holding rate of the troops on the table.

This time, in order to increase the shield holding rate of his trilogy, Zhang Yan purchased a full 1 double-layer wooden shields with iron-rimmed edges from the Mi family at one time, so that all sword and shield players under his command They all have a shield of their own, and they also initially have a certain ability to resist when facing bows and arrows in the future.

And although the craftsmanship of this iron-inlaid wooden shield cannot be said to be too complicated, since Zhang Yan purchased a full 1 one-handed wooden shields at one time, so his spending on the shield , It also reached a full 120 million copper coins in an instant, which is equivalent to a terrifying level of close to [-] gold.

Just looking at the neatly-faced shield being transported by the servants of the Mi family to the direction of the barracks outside the city, Zhang Yan felt that compared to the previous Changlong, the 1 yuan was really spent in his heart .

"If these 1 shields can reduce the fearless casualties of some troops, even if it is only ten or eight soldiers, then the money spent is not considered a loss."

Silently appraised in his heart, unlike other warlords of this era, Zhang Yan, who was born in later generations, has always attached great importance to the lives of his soldiers, and even the lives of the enemy's soldiers.After all, population is synonymous with productivity to some extent, and as long as one more soldier can survive under his command, the help he can bring to Zhang Yan is not a simple number that can be estimated.

And considering that the role played by a veteran on the battlefield can be compared to that of three recruits, for every veteran survived under Zhang Yan's hands, his convenience is equivalent to three more light and strong men who can cultivate for him. Cultivate farmland in wasteland, forge soldiers and armor to enrich armaments.

In this way, perhaps in a short period of time, Zhang Yan's advantage will not be too obvious, but when the entire Eastern Han Dynasty was caught in the flames of war and the population of various parts of the Han Dynasty gradually began to lose money, the relative population ratio was more reasonable. The Lujiang area, where young and middle-aged people account for more, will gradually exert its unique strength and advantages.

Chapter 32 No, no, it's not appropriate

In addition to the 1 shields, the last type of armament that Zhang Yan ordered from the Mi family was also the type of armament that accounted for the largest proportion of the transaction, which was armor.

I don't know what kind of mentality it is, but Zhang Yan, who is a little dazed about protecting the names of his soldiers, ordered a total of [-] sets of simple pig iron armor from the Mi family at one time.And this huge number even far exceeded the limit of the amount of armor that the Mi family resold from the Donghai Arsenal this time.