Extraordinary daily life starting from evil spirits

On the main seat was a young woman, about thirty or so.The body is very plump, even bigger than a kite somewhere.So naturally Zhiyuan set her sights on this young woman after seeing the child.

When the young woman saw the kite coming in, she immediately performed a beautiful etiquette: "My concubine, Mrs. Zhang, has met Princess Xiangping. The seats in these rooms are all made by the princess. It really makes us feel a lot more comfortable." .”

Mrs. Zhang, this name Zhiyuan really doesn't know who the other party is.Because there is no such person in Zhiyuan's memory, could it be the wife of that awesome general?

Naturally, Zhiyuan also met for a while, and then several generals came over, and a group of people took their seats as guests and hosts.Chunyu Qiong must be sitting at the top, and the Zhang family is at Chunyu Qiong's bottom left, which seems to be quite prestigious.

Chapter 240: The richest man in Zhongshan

In addition to Chunyuqiong, it is the Zhang family, and there are Sui Yuanjin and Han Juzi.Then there are a few companions, that is, in this small town of Fuyang, a character similar to the village head, and two or three squires.

Of course, these people must have relatively low status, so there is some distance from Zhiyuan.Then the people in a house started to eat. Naturally, there were a few polite words during the period, but overall they were relatively restrained, and they didn't say anything excessive.

When the food was almost finished, Chunyuqiong said to Zhiyuan: "I will arrange my soldiers later, and I promise not to conflict with your subordinates." I was actually the one who was sent to communicate with the princess, after all Now my lord is fighting with the Black Mountain Army, so you can come to me for everything in Bohai County...."

"This woman is considered a wealthy family in Jizhou. She may want to discuss some business with the girl. I won't bother you here. If you need anything, you can tell the soldiers at the door, and they will notify me."

Zhi Yuan nodded, and then Chunyu Qiong left, and the squires in the house naturally also left one after another.These people are just here as companions, and their status seems to be too different from the person in front of them.

After everyone left, the woman drank a few more sips of tea.Then she smiled at Zhiyuan: "I'm much older than you, so I should call you younger sister. In fact, I just want to see what kind of girl the legendary tiger girl is."

"It's not easy for us women. We have to take care of the family and go out to do things. And sister, you are even more powerful. After all, this is the first time I've heard of a woman who can lead soldiers to fight in this world."

Zhiyuan chuckled lightly: "Sister, I was joking, in this troubled world... In fact, men and women are the same, the only thing to do is to survive."

"Everyone has a different way of living, and I chose the most difficult one."

Mrs. Zhang agreed: "That's right, men and women are the same. What men do, we women can do the same."

The two of them chatted politely for a while, and then Mrs. Zhang said: "My husband died early, so now I take care of many things in the family. Since they are both women, then I won't beat around the bush."

"We are from Zhongshan Wuji, and we can be regarded as a big family in Jizhou... My husband's family name is Zhen, and we usually do some business, usually for selling rice."

When Mrs. Zhang said this, Zhiyuan immediately reacted.She definitely didn't know Mrs. Zhang, but Zhen Ming... There is still someone famous in the Three Kingdoms.

Zhi Yuan took a look at that pink and tender loli, but she wasn't surprised at all, after all, she thought it was cute, so she must be the empress Wen Zhaozhen in history.

But Zhiyuan didn't bother Zhang Shi and let her continue talking.

"I heard that you have spirits there. To be honest, we still want to buy some. I wonder if the girl can sell it to us?"

"Of course...we can also spend a lot of money to buy the formula in the hands of the girl."

When Zhiyuan heard what Zhang Shi said, she knew what the other party meant.After all, he is a businessman, and since he is a businessman, it must be for profit.

To be honest, it is possible to sell the formula to the other party for things like wine making, because wine making requires a lot of food, and the production of paper kites has been reduced now. Apart from selling to Gongsun Zan and giving some to Yuan Shu, paper kites are no longer given to others.

After all, in troubled times... Food is much more important than wine.

The Zhen family also supported Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao failed, he sold the little girl Zhen Ji to Cao Cao in exchange for the safety of the whole family.

If I sell the wine formula to Mrs. Zhang, it will be in Yuan Shao's hands.The profit of wine is huge, and neither the Zhen family nor Yuan Shao is short of food.

So according to the ability of the Zhen family, I am afraid that they are making a lot of money every day.But I'm afraid that all the money will be spent on the army in the end, and I will be the one who suffers...

Zhiyuan thought for a while, then smiled at Mrs. Zhang: "I can sell you drinks, but I'm afraid I can't with the recipe."

"Because I didn't make this formula. You know that I also practiced Taoism on the mountain, so this formula was given to me by my teacher, Mr. Wujiao."

"So it's impossible for me to transfer the things of my mentor to others. I ask sister Zhang to forgive me for this."

"Of course, if my sister wants to buy it, there's no problem. But you have to use food in exchange, because it's not easy to make the wine of Immortal Drunken. Since it's several times stronger than ordinary wine, it needs several times the food."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Zhang nodded: "That's fine... I heard that Yuan Gonglu in the South also exchanged food with you for wine, so how about we also use that ratio?"

This is considered to be good to Zhiyuan, after all, the food Yuan Shu gave Zhiyuan was much more than the wine Zhiyuan gave him, more than five or six times.After Zhiyuan thought about it, she agreed.

It's not impossible to get acquainted with a gentry who is mainly businessmen.Because if you need to buy things, it is very convenient to talk to these people.

So the two sides had a very enjoyable conversation, and then that Zhang asked Zhi Yuan a strange question, why did she fall in love with Yuan Shu, but didn't like Yuan Shao?

Speaking of ability, Mrs. Zhang is also clear.Yuan Shao's ability is obviously stronger than Yuan Shu's, and now Jizhou is considered prosperous and borders Qingzhou.Yuzhou, where Yuan Shu was located, was a little far away from Qingzhou, and the kite could not take advantage of it.

Yes... Mrs. Zhang said to Zhi Yuan, after all, women are meant to marry.And once you marry the wrong one, it's definitely not a good thing.

Zhi Yuan glanced at the little Zhen Ji, then sighed: "Marriage is also a kind of transaction, just like you are in business, there is nothing in this world that cannot be traded."

"But it must be in line with my own interests, and...my interests are not for myself, but for the people of the world."

"I have been in Jizhou for a while, and there are still many refugees on the side of the road. You must know that five or six years have passed since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but Jizhou is not much different from that time."

"Whether it's Yuan Shao or sister, why do you care about their life and death, but these people are the most numerous people in the world. And what I do is to let ordinary people have a meal, and the common people don't sell their sons and daughters anymore."

Mrs. Zhang frowned, what the girl in front said was indeed good.But...the life and death of those people has nothing to do with them.

But Mrs. Zhang still smiled and asked, "Then sister, what difference does this have between you planning to marry Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu?"

Speaking of this, Zhiyuan giggled and said, "Because I need someone to help me realize this ideal..."

"Yuan Shu is obedient... Yuan Shao can't do it."

Chapter 240 [-]: Youzhou is full of swords and soldiers

Generally speaking, the two of them talked happily, but after Zhiyuan left, Mrs. Zhang sighed.Little Zhen Mi asked from the side: "Mother, what's the matter? Is there something wrong with this girl?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head: "No, it's just that when I came, the Yuan family told me to check out this girl and see if I could win her over. After all, Qingzhou occupied by this girl is also a large area. .”

"Besides, this woman does have quite a few soldiers. If she can't win her over, she will definitely belong to the enemy in the future. Although that woman likes Yuan Shu, she has nothing to do with Yuan Shao after all."

"And our Zhen family can only rely on Yuan Shao's side now, so I am also a little tangled now."

The little Zhen Mi on the side smiled from the side: "Since it's all been decided, why bother? We are originally from Jizhou, so what can we do if we don't rely on Yuan Shao?"

"The world is in chaos, and there are ambitious people everywhere. No matter what happens in the future, men may still be able to rule the world and become kings and emperors, but how can women do it? Just because of this, you can't rely on that young lady's side, can you?"

"Although there are rumors that the young lady can't marry because of the emperor's luck, Liu Liang, the fortune teller, also said that I am precious. So... this woman may still be the enemy of the child in the future, so we must guard against it." .”

If the kite was here, it would definitely be slapped.No matter how old you are, you start to engage in palace fights. You came to the wrong dynasty. Wouldn’t it be more interesting to go to the Qing Dynasty?

But Zhen Mi's words made Zhang couldn't help nodding and said: "Yes, I have to think about my daughter. By the way... Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family, intends to marry his daughter, so what do you think?" ?”

Zhen Mi thought for a while, and then smiled lightly: "Okay, I see the current situation, maybe the Yuan family can really go a step further."

"But Yuan Shao is still Yuan Shu, but it's not necessarily true...so when we bought the woman's things, we can just send people into Qingzhou to find out about the woman's reality."

"I believe.... The Yuan family will definitely reuse us."

This is simply not like the words of a girl in her teens. If Zhiyuan heard it, she would definitely kill this woman immediately.Just met once, and Zhiyuan unexpectedly had an extra enemy for no reason.

Zhiyuan rested in Fuyang for a few days and punished some soldiers who refused to mend their ways.The punishment was the same as back then, running around Fuyang naked.And Zhiyuan said to them, if they commit the crime again next time, tie a stone in front of them and run away!

Hmm... This kind of punishment made the subordinates quickly get organized. Of course, Guan Hai was also pulled out later, and he was whipped a few times as a way to attract hatred.Seeing that even Guan Hai was beaten, those people were much more honest.

Since Yuan Shao didn't have time to take care of the kites at all, it was quite safe along the way.And Zhiyuan was kind enough to clean up all the bandit and bandit camps he encountered along the way.

After all, one is to train soldiers, and the other is to get some materials and money.Now that she has raised tens of thousands of people, Zhiyuan really feels that she can't help spending money.So I just walked slowly, taking a distance that was less than half a month, and walked for a month and a half.

But in this one and a half months, those are obviously some soldiers.The temperament of the ruffian Qingzhou Yellow Turban has undergone a huge change.At least it gives the feeling that it is already an army, not a group of foolish countrymen.

Of course, the training had to continue. The people Zhiyuan chose were relatively young, so she originally planned to train them for about three to five years before participating in real battles, but it was impossible according to the current situation.

After leaving Jizhou, you will be in Youzhou, but the atmosphere in Youzhou is obviously not very good now. There are soldiers patrolling everywhere, and it seems that the war is approaching.

Only after Zhi Yuan asked a few people did they know that the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan had intensified.To be honest, Liu Yu is a good official. He encouraged the people of Youzhou to farm, and even absorbed a large number of Jizhou's population in the past few years.

In addition, he traded with foreigners and exchanged salt for a lot of cattle and sheep, and these things were also used for domestic services.And Liu Yu himself, as the governor of a state, eats only two or three meals a day, of which there is only a little meat.

Compared with a group of luxurious princes, Liu Yu does have a feeling of being out of the mud and not stained.But after Liu Yu almost solved the Han people under his control, he actually started to take in the Hu people and foreign races again.

This didn't make Gongsun Zan mad at all... Those barbarians who harassed the Han people were frightened by Gongsun Zan's beating, so they ran to Liu Yu's side to take refuge.Waiting until he was almost rested before coming here to provoke Gongsun Zan, isn't this just playing with people?

As for Gongsun Zan, because of the perennial foreign wars, the pressure on the common people is also very huge.Although it is safe...but the taxation is very serious.The policies of these two people are completely opposite, and they cannot persuade each other at all.

Liu Yu forcibly ordered Gongsun Zan not to send troops, and in order to ease the relationship between the Han people and the Hu people, Liu Yu gave tens of thousands of stones, grain and grass to a Wuhuan tribe who was now struggling.

As a result, he was cut off by Gongsun Zan within less than a hundred miles after leaving the customs.All the food and grass went into Gongsun Zan's hands, and by the way, all the Wuhuan people who came to get gifts and food were killed.

This is simply disobedience. After all, Liu Yu is the governor of Youzhou, and you, Gongsun Zan, are just a Marquis of Yi, one rank lower than his.So the two sides are getting more and more at odds with each other...

Of course, there was still some time before the two of them really broke up, because Gongsun Zan not only harassed other places, but even grabbed territory with Yuan Shao.Didn't Yuan Shao go to fight the Black Mountain Army, so Gongsun Zan took the opportunity to occupy Gaoyang and Renqiu in the Hejian Kingdom.

Yuan Shao was defeated by Gongsun Zan in several consecutive battles due to his lack of spare parts.So he had no choice but to consolidate the defense of the Hejian Kingdom, and wait until the main force defeated the damn Black Mountain Army.

It was at this time that Zhiyuan came to Youzhou.And Gongsun Zan immediately came to greet Zhiyuan, after all Zhiyuan's name is too famous now.No matter in the imperial palace or in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Zhi Yuan's reputation has been completely raised and everyone knows it.

However, Gongsun Zan and Zhiyuan were still allies, exchanging oil and wine with Zhiyuan greatly increased Gongsun Zan's power.Even after Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou, the trade route became very difficult.

After all, Gongsun Zan was Yuan Shao's next target, and if Yuan Shao wanted to go south to pacify the princes, he needed a stable rear.So now it is basically difficult for the caravan to pass through Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan was naturally very happy when Zhiyuan came here in person this time.

Because Gongsun Zan had already planned to unite with Qingzhou to kill Yuan Shao first.

Chapter 240 Three: National Integration

In fact, Zhiyuan can't help Gongsun Zan much now, but she still gave Gongsun Zan a few promises.

First: I will not participate in the struggle for Youzhou. In the bitter cold land of Liaodong, I will only fight against foreigners, and give Gongsun Zan internal support in items and weapons.

Second: resume the trade route as soon as possible, and take the sea route if the road fails.But at that time... Zhiyuan's main purchases had to change from horses to furs.

Because the horses are on the boat, it is too easy to die... It is estimated that it will take more than a month for a thousand horses to go from Liaodong to Shandong for such a short distance, and maybe three to five hundred will die.

The last point is that Zhi Yuan will go to talk to Liu Yu in person.In any case, Liu Yu is still very useful to the stability of Youzhou, so Zhiyuan doesn't want to make Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu turn against each other.

But since we can't turn our backs, we can only have a good talk.So Zhi Yuan sent another message to Liu Yu, asking him to come over for a gathering.

Of course, she is Princess Xiangping after all, so Liu Yu still has to give this face.So the three of them were near Yi Jing, and they took each other to meet... Although Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu were unhappy with each other.

Zhiyuan giggled, holding a person with one hand.Well... Even if the two of them are not dealing with each other, they can't say anything.Girls mediate, more or less have to give some face, right?

"Okay, don't talk about your respective reasons, because I understand... I even think that what you do is good. But what you do also has its own problems, let me talk about it first..."

"First of all, brother Bogui is here. Is it wrong to attack the barbarians? I don't think there is anything wrong... Don't get excited, Governor Liu, listen to me first..." Zhi Yuan found that Liu Yu was about to refute immediately, but was stopped by Zhi Yuan.

"Back then, the emperor Taizu of the Han Dynasty also fought fiercely with the Hu people, and there was even a situation like Baideng's siege."

"So in my heart, brother Gongsun is indeed a hero. When Qiu Liju entered Youbeiping, my brother and I also cooperated."

When Zhiyuan said this, Gongsun Zan immediately beamed with joy.He winked at Liu Yu frequently to prove that he was not wrong.

But the words behind the kite are not so nice.

"But along the way, civilian labor is very heavy, and most people have food. You must know that in Youzhou, when Emperor Ling was still there, we had to rely on the supply from Qingji Liangzhou to barely feed the farmers."

"Yuan Shao is too powerful in Jizhou now, so Youzhou will definitely not be able to get money and food supplies. My brother is fighting every day like this, which will only make the population of Youzhou, which does not have many civilians, even more impoverished."

"What the princess admires the most about Governor Liu is that at least he can restore a lot of Youzhou production. Although I have some objections to his foreign policy, the current Youzhou should indeed relax a little bit."

Gongsun Zan pursed his lips: "I have already gone to the border of Jizhou to plunder it. Since Yuan Shao won't give it to me, I'll go and get it myself."

Zhiyuan sighed: "Brother's attack on foreigners is to protect the interests of our Han people, but if because of the conflict with Yuan Shao, innocent civilians are plundered, how is it different from that of the barbarians?"

Gongsun Zan was left speechless by Zhiyuan's words...

Then Zhiyuan looked at Liu Yu again and said, "Hu people are capricious. If we are a strong Han, the governor's actions are not at fault. But now the Han has fallen into civil strife. Once a war breaks out between Youzhou and Jizhou, those Hu people will rebel again and suffer in the end. Isn’t it us Han people?”

Liu Yu thought for a while and then said: "Princess, I don't think Gongsun Zan should start a war against Yuan Shao. After all, we were fighting against Dong Zhuo before. If we can work together, the big man can recover."

Zhi Yuan smiled disdainfully: "Master Inspector actually has fantasies about Yuan Shao? Our coalition forces were really good, but Yuan Shao killed Inspector Han Fu in order to annex Jizhou."

"I and the remaining vassals just captured Luoyang, and Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Sun Jian's hometown in order to fight for land... And then he wanted you to become the emperor to control the governor..."

"Does the governor still have a little confidence in Yuan Shao, thinking that he is for the big man?" Zhi Yuan's rhetorical question also made Liu Yu speechless.

After a while, Liu Yu changed the subject: "Then I rewarded the foreign people with food and grass, and they were very obedient? There were even some foreign generals who wanted to take refuge in me. Back then, I could persuade the Hu people to be good. I, Liu Yu Why not do that?"

Zhiyuan sighed again: "Lord Inspector, you gave those barbarians food and grass, and they may remember you. But what if you are gone? Could it be that the big man keeps giving those barbarians food and grass to ensure that they will not harass the Han people?" ?”

"Even if it's ethnic integration, it's not like that...the Hu people must be completely Sinicized, integrated into the circle of the Han people and never rebel, this is called enlightening the people...But now, the governor, can you guarantee that those Hu people are not rebelling?"

Liu Yu didn't speak anymore...

Zhi Yuan said to the two people: "For the barbarians of foreign races, one must be civil and one military, one black and one white. You cannot simply use force or simply adopt a soft policy."

"It is necessary to attract a group of people, suppress a group of people, and suppress a group of talents. To adopt differentiation, recruit some obedient barbarians, let them change their Chinese surnames, and teach them to read and write to destroy their culture and language."

"In this way, within a hundred years, they can be completely integrated into the Han people, and the Han people are encouraged to marry Hu women, and those Hu people are not allowed to believe in shamanism or some other sects, and use our Central Plains Taoism and Buddhism to divide each other."