Chapter 019 The Spring Breeze Is Proud, And the Rats Rise
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of the first year of the first peace.
After a month of renovation, the three counties have been completely renovated, and the cities have been basically repaired. The roads and water conservancy projects are relatively large, especially water conservancy. According to Yuan Shu's idea, this project will take at least two years to complete.
Later Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal and worked for millions of migrant workers, which took six years.
However, Yuan Shu only diverted the Huai River, and the project was much smaller than the Grand Canal of Emperor Yang of Sui, and the method he used was very different from that of Emperor Yang of Sui.
Emperor Yang of Sui forced the civil servants to work, while Yuan Shu "uses work for relief". The enthusiasm of workers is obviously higher. In addition, in the current chaotic times, countless refugees from all over the country provided Yuan Shu with a large amount of labor. He did not have to force recruit migrant workers like Emperor Yang of Sui, which was a waste of money and caused chaos in the world.
At the end of the year, Yuan Shu married Cai Yan and Diao Chan.
For this wedding, all the civil and military officials under Yuan Shu had great expectations. After all, inheritance of offspring is an extremely important matter for a prince.
Except for Wen Pin, Zhang Xun, Ji Ling and other generals guarding outside, they did not come, and everyone else gathered together, happily and those who didn't know thought they were getting married.
Even if he had a marriage, Yuan Shu still couldn't stand the cumbersome etiquette of this era.
Just like a puppet pulling a string, Yuan Shu was physically and mentally exhausted when he arrived at the bridal chamber.
We married two wives at the same time, but there was only one bridal chamber.
After a day of fatigue, he finally managed to reach the bridal chamber. Yuan Shu almost lost the strength to speak. He didn't care about **, and a tiger pounced over the two girls.
After a while, there were bursts of panting from the bridal chamber, and the sickly moans made people imagine.
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The first year of Chuping passed like this, and this year can be said to be a year of Yuan Shu.
The attack on Dong Zhuo became famous and profitable. He became the head of the Yuan family in a daze. He received the full support of the Yuan family. Then he conquered Runan, went to Jiujiang, and dominated the Jianghuai River. His expansion speed was astonishing.
Seeing Yuan Shu prospering, all the princes were envious and jealous. It was a pity that they were more or less hurt in the battle against Dong, so they were unable to expand externally at this time.
However, with the arrival of the new year, the princes have gradually recovered their vitality and are even stronger than before. Such an restless heart may no longer be able to hold back.
It can be foreseen that heavy rain is coming and war will sweep the whole world.
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In Shouchun City, just after the New Year, a big happy event quietly fell on Yuan Shu, and Zou Jia finally got pregnant!
After the news came out, all the civil and military officials under Yuan Shu were celebrating each other. The civil and military officials who were dissatisfied with Zou Jia in the past were now applauding Zou Jia.
Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Yuan Shu ordered to reward the three armies. The soldiers and civilians were immediately happy and the rule was full of joy.
Zou Jia looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally waited for her first child. She was even more careful while being happy.
After learning that he was pregnant, Zou Jia's first thing was to "expel" Yuan Shu and refused to let him into his room, for fear that Yuan Shu would not be able to control himself and hurt the child, which made Yuan Shu laugh and cry.
"Is this considered destroying a bridge across the river? It's my credit to have children!" Yuan Shu thought indignantly.
There was no more time to go to Zou Jia, so Yuan Shu had to linger in the room of Cai Yan and Diao Chan. It happened that the three of them were newly married. It was a sweet time, and Yuan Shu was so happy.
Among the people, Cai Yong was probably the only one who was more depressed.
Originally, when Cai Yong saw Zou Jia being pregnant for several years, he thought she would not have children anymore, and fantasized that Cai Yan's status would be more stable whether it was a biological daughter or a prostitute girl.
Things in the world are unpredictable. As soon as Yuan Shu got married, good news came from Zou Jia, as if he was happy, which made Cai Yong feel like he was shooting himself in the foot.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Cai Yong didn't care. His various plans were just to make Cai Yan live a better life, and he had no other extravagant hopes.
Although Zou Jia is pregnant now, Yuan Shu should not treat Cai Yan too much for his teacher and father-in-law. Moreover, Cai Yong's student Gu Yong is also the most important official under Yuan Shu. Even in order to win over Gu Yong, Yuan Shu will treat Cai Yan well.
After figuring it out, Cai Yong even sent someone to send two gifts, one to Yuan Shu and the other to Zou Jia.
There is a saying that joy is more joyful. After a joyful event, another joyful event also follows.
Earlier, Yuan Shu ordered the Yuan family to open restaurants and shops in various cities under his rule, and now all of them have been completed.
When Yuan Shu learned the news, he hurriedly summoned his confidant Mo Yun (a fictional character, more important) to discuss.
Mo Yun is a slave adopted by the Yuan family. He was sent to Yuan Shu since childhood. He can be said to have grown up with Yuan Shu.
He cultivated Mo Yun and Yuan Shu very much, and taught all the craftsmanship skills of later generations, hoping that he would become his strong arm in the future. Mo Yun did not disappoint Yuan Shu's expectations. Now the cities, roads, water conservancy, etc. repaired in various parts of Huainan are all planned by Mo Yun.
All the restaurants opened by the Yuan family this time are also in charge of the decoration of Mo Yun.
The Yuan family’s restaurants are very different from today. The tables and chairs of later generations are officially unveiled at this time. Moreover, some high-end restaurants also have many games, such as Go, chess, singing and dancing, riddles, poetry, etc., but they are for the entertainment of those literati and elegant guests.
Of course, most of them are purely edible restaurants, which are set up for ordinary people.
Yuan Shu believes that after these stores are officially opened, it will not take too long to cause a trend, and Yuan Shu will definitely make a lot of money in the stock trend.
After a while, Mo Yun hurried over, sat down after visiting the court.
Yuan Shu didn't beat around the bush and asked directly: "Can the recipe I handed over to you be completed?"
"Don't worry, my grandson, it has been completed, and many other dishes have even been derived. The chef training has also been completed. Just wait for the grandson's order, you can be assigned to various places." Mo Yun replied seriously. Because he was a slave of the Yuan family, Mo Yun always called Yuan Shu the young master. Yuan Shu didn't care about these things, so he let him like it.
"What about the time of brewing wine?" Yuan Shu continued to ask.
"It is not enough to reach the level that the young master said now. Please give me some time to give you a grace." Mo Yun said in a little panic, looking a little ashamed.
Yuan Shu frowned and asked, "How much wine you brewed is compared to the wine you are today?"
"It's more than several times stronger!" Mo Yun replied confidently.
"That's good!" Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "You can take your time to study new wine. Now we need to speed up the time to make wine and distribute shops in the family to make shortages."
"Uh...yes!" Mo Yun reacted and understood that Yuan Shu planned to launch it while researching it. Although this delayed the research on new wine, it could recover funds in advance. In this way, it would make more money.
"There are also furniture items such as tables, chairs, cabinets, etc., and we must speed up the production. Once our cooking restaurant is popular, those furniture items will also become popular everywhere." Yuan Shu instructed.
"Yes! Please don't worry, my son!" Mo Yun replied loudly.
"Okay, go!" Yuan Shu waved.
"I'm going to leave!" Mo Yun bowed and turned around and went out.
After Mo Yun left, Yuan Shu immediately changed his face and laughed: "Time travelers are indeed not short of money!"
Yuan Shu, whose eyes almost turned into gold coins, seemed to see countless gold and silver smashing towards him, his face full of intoxication.
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In Hanoi, Yuan Shao has been stationed here for nearly half a year, but his strength has not increased, but has weakened a lot.
These days, Yuan Shao's fire has risen and he doesn't like anyone else. He changed the artifacts in the room.
"How is it? Have the food and grass been collected?" Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu indifferently, as if the tranquility before the storm.
Guo Tu shivered and hurriedly said, "Lord, don't worry, the governor of Jizhou Han Fu has sent someone to send food and grass, and the army has been settled."
"Very good!" Yuan Shao nodded, then stood up and planned to leave.
Seeing this, Guo Tu hurriedly stopped him.
"What else?" Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu coldly.
Seeing Yuan Shao's eyes like this, Guo Tu was so scared that his heart almost stopped. Recently, Yuan Shao was moody and his subordinates suffered a lot.
"Lord! Jizhou is rich in money and food, why don't we take it?" Guo Tu suppressed his fear and persuaded him tempted.
Yuan Shao was very moved when he heard this. He thought for a moment and frowned and said, "Han Fu in Jizhou is not weak, but we are still short of food and grass. I am afraid that he is not an opponent?"
Guo Tu's eyes were circling, thinking for a while, and said, "Han Fu sends lord food and grass. If he attacks it, it will definitely damage his reputation. Since this is the case, we should not prevent him from using other princes to attack Han Fu. Han Fu's incompetent people will definitely ask for help in fear. At that time, we will enter Jizhou City and replace it with thunder. Major events can be settled."
"What a clever plan." Yuan Shao was overjoyed and immediately ordered Guo Tu to act according to the plan.
Guo Tu received the order and sent a letter to Gongsun Zan, Peking, and invited each other to attack Han Fu and divide the land equally.
Gongsun Zan received the letter and did not doubt that he would be there. He immediately agreed and prepared to go south to Jizhou soon.
After Gongsun Zan's reply, Guo Tu was overjoyed and ordered someone to secretly protect Han Fu from Jizhou.
When Han Fu learned that Gongsun Zan was about to go south, he was shocked and hurriedly gathered to discuss.
The adviser Xun Chen, who was the brother of Xun Yu, said, "Gongsun Zan got Yan and replaced him. He fought with foreign tribes all year round. His army was unparalleled in combat. The white horse and righteousness were even more famous in the world. The soldiers of Jizhou were really hard to resist. Yuan Benchu was extremely wise and brave, and his subordinates had many soldiers and generals. You can ask him to work together in charge of the prefecture and fight against Gongsun Zan."
Xun Chen was already dissatisfied with Han Fu's incompetence and had long been determined to serve Yuan Shao. Now that the opportunity has come, he immediately gave Han Fu this plan to attract the wolf into the house.
Han Fu had no idea, so he didn't know Xun Chen's mind. He ignored Geng Wu's opposition and ordered Guan Chun to invite Yuan Shao.
A few days later, Yuan Shao led a large army to Jizhou.
Kill Geng Wu and Guan Chun in front of the city gate, and the army went straight into Jizhou.
After getting Jizhou, Yuan Shaozhi was satisfied and used Tian Feng, Ju Su, Xu You and Guo Tu to take charge of the affairs of the state, completely undermining Han Fu, which was a real person. He also pretended to be the general of Fenwei, but did not give real power.
Han Fu regretted it so much that he abandoned his family and went to another place.
Yuan Shao obtained all the land of Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan sent his younger brother Gongsun Yue to discuss dividing Jizhou equally.
Yuan Shao naturally would not spit out the meat he ate into his mouth. He secretly ordered someone to pretend to be Dong Zhuo's subordinates and kill Gongsun Yue.
Gongsun Zan was furious and raised his troops to Jizhou. Yuan Shao also formed a large army to fight.
The two sides fought several times in Panhe, with countless casualties. Finally, after Dong Zhuo mediated, they stopped fighting.
Gongsun Zan was grateful to Liu Bei for his help and expressed his feelings as a plain. Unfortunately, Liu Bei was not only not grateful, but instead tried his best to pry Gongsun Zan's wall.
Zhao Yun, who performed outstandingly in the battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, suddenly fell into Liu Bei's eyes.
After launching a series of tear attacks, Liu Bei finally won Zhao Yun's heart. The words "Let's meet" moved Zhao Yun so much that they could not stop. In the end, the two of them parted in tears.
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Chapter completed!