Can I get to the other side?

The Zhen family is a wealthy family in Jizhou. Although Liu Xie now accepts Zhen Mi as a nobleman, he has not won over the Zhen family.

A wealthy family will not place a bet easily before seeing the benefits.

What's more, he, the emperor, was in name only and was under Yuan Shao's control.

There is no capital and no value worthy of Zhen's trust.

It can even be said that instead of investing in Liu Xie, it is better to invest in Yuan Shaolai.

However, Guo Jia did not expect to help Liu Xie successfully win over the Zhen family from the beginning, and designed to send Zhen Mi, who was originally married to Yuan Xi, into the harem. This was just to establish a bond with the Zhen family first;

Only when we truly get rid of Yuan Shao's control in the future can the role of this bond be fully exerted.

"If I can win over Mrs. Zhen in advance, it will be helpful to my current situation, right?"

Liu Xie was thinking in his heart while ordering people to get cloth and charcoal.

Zhen Mi is the link between him and the Zhen family and can play a key role.

During this period of contact, he found that this Luo Shen was extremely intelligent, perhaps because he was still young and was well protected by his family, and he had no city at all.

Perhaps she can be used as a breakthrough to win over Zhen.

But what kind of chips should be used to make Zhen willing to invest?

Prince?

Liu Xie glanced at Zhen Mi's belly and was shocked.

A sentence flashed through my mind: V, I am 50, and I will make you a general.

If Xu Zhen takes the position of prince, Zhen will definitely be moved, and will even protect Liu Xie's imperial power at all costs and become his staunchest supporter.

Just when Liu Xie was thinking about how to use Zhen's hands empty-handed, charcoal and cloth were brought.

Zhen Mi on the side began to grind the charcoal and spread out the canvas. Then she looked at Liu Xie with a pair of big bright eyes.

"Your Majesty, where do you start painting? What do you paint?"

These days, she is also thinking about sketching by herself, but she still can't get started, which makes her worried.

Liu Xie gathered his thoughts and said with a smile: "Don't rush to start writing. Let me tell you about sketching first... which is the basic skill of this painting technique."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhen Mi nodded obediently, sat up straight and listened carefully.

Liu Xie then told her about the basic principles of sketching, such as space, structure, light and shadow, lines, etc.

In order to make it easier for Zhen Mi to understand, he explained it in simple terms.

And while explaining, practice on the canvas.

Although Zhen Mi had never been exposed to the theories of light, shadow, and lines, she was better at it because of her intelligence. In addition, Liu Xie taught it in an easy-to-understand way. In just half a day, she had learned a lot about what Liu Xie taught.

"You can't bite off more than you can chew. That's it for today. You go back to the logistics and practice more, and you will be able to get started soon." Liu Xiecai dropped the charcoal and let out a long sigh of relief.

Teaching in the summer is really tiring work.

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty."

Zhen Mi thanked her sweetly.

Unlike Liu Xie, instead of feeling tired, she was in high spirits and her face was full of energy.

I wish Liu Xie could talk more.

The palace maid brought water and was about to clean Liu Xie's hands, but was stopped by Zhen Mi.

"I, my concubine, will cleanse your hands for Your Majesty."

Zhen Mi took Liu Xie's hand and put it into the basin, carefully cleaning the charcoal stains on his hands.

What Liu Xie was thinking about was how to make Zhen follow him wholeheartedly and no longer be as cold as before when facing Zhen Mi.

"I heard that you have been smart since you were a child and you are known as a female doctor."

Zhen Mi was a little shy when she heard this: "Your Majesty is ridiculous. I just like reading. The name of a female doctor cannot be taken seriously."

"How can you not take it seriously?" Liu Xie looked into Zhen Mi's eyes, and the emotion that had been brewing for a long time burst out: "You are the smartest and most beautiful woman I have ever seen, and you have a temperament that is unlike anything I have ever seen before. Women are all different...you are special.”

As he spoke, he gently scratched Zhen Mi's palm.

These clichéd words from later generations are simply explosive in their lethality now.

Where had Zhen Mi heard such sweet words?

Her heart was suddenly aroused and trembled wildly, and two red clouds soon flew over her cheeks.

She lowered her head, not daring to look into Liu Xie's affectionate eyes.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie knew that the way to attract girls was to pull and pull, so he did not pursue the victory, but pretended to be casual and asked: "The Zhen family even owns the business of storing and selling ice, so your family must be involved in a wide range of industries, right? "

Zhen Mi was still happy and shy at this time, and without thinking too much, she subconsciously said: "I have a prominent ancestor and am quite famous in Jizhou. In addition, the clan treats the people leniently, so it has a good reputation. The industry involves salt." Iron, tea, silk, porcelain, etc. are also traded with outside the customs, and Zhen's business name is available in all states. "

Liu Xie couldn't help being surprised after hearing this.

"Good guy, salt, iron, tea, silk and porcelain are a very profitable industry in this era. The Zhen family actually owns them all, and they also do business with other countries? No wonder Yuan Shao wants to win over the Zhen family. This is a complete cash cow. !”

Liu Xie knew the value of trade with foreign countries.

The so-called trade with foreign countries means trading with those foreign races. Things from the Central Plains are extremely popular among foreigners, and they can easily be exchanged for large amounts of supplies.

For example, if a piece of ordinary silk is exchanged with the tribal leaders of the nomadic tribes outside the customs, it can be exchanged for at least twenty sheep; when these sheep are brought inside the customs and resold, the money can buy five or six pieces of silk. This is the huge profit brought by trade!

"Wait... this seems like an opportunity!"

A bold idea came to Liu Xie's mind.

No matter in which era, it is said that things are valuable because they are rare. The rarer the things are, the higher the value is. He can take advantage of this because he has a way to make things that are not available in this era!

For example - glass!

Natural colored glaze in ancient times is very valuable, and glass and colored glaze are the same thing, and the manufacturing method is very simple.

If glass can be made in this era, it will be a huge profit among huge profits.

"But even if I make glass, what can I do? How can I sell it after making it? And now I have no use for money. My money is equivalent to Yuan Shao's money."

Liu Xie's enthusiasm that had just been born was extinguished immediately.

Controlled by others!

He is now just a puppet without even freedom.

If he gets free, he will directly hand over the glass technology to Zhen family and let Zhen family help him accumulate wealth.

It's a pity that he is not free, and there is nothing worth Zhen family to rely on.

"Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?" Seeing Liu Xie's expression changing from excited to lonely, Zhen Mi couldn't help but ask with concern.

"It's okay." Liu Xie shook his head.

Guo Jia has been committed to increasing the conflict between Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang during this period, and the results are very gratifying.

Now, even if the two meet in public, they don't give each other a good face; I have to find a time to ask Guo Jia when to let those counselors fight.

Yuan Shao's internal competition is very fierce. On the surface, it seems calm, but in fact, undercurrents have long been surging.

If the counselors can fight, and thus lead to a melee between the forces behind them, then the internal conflicts of Yuan Shao will completely erupt.

At that time, Liu Xie's opportunity to fish in troubled waters will come.

After helping Liu Xie clean his hands, Zhen Mi left.

She can't wait to go back and practice the sketching techniques she just learned.

Watching Zhen Mi's departing figure, Liu Xie secretly said, "The plan of getting Zhen out of nothing is very feasible. I will discuss it with Guo Jia in detail. If Zhen can't resist the temptation of the prince and really goes all in, it will really take off on the spot."

After leaving the side hall, Liu Xie met Zhang He who was running towards him with excitement on his way back to his bedroom.

"Junyi, why are you so happy?"

"Your Majesty, great joy!" Zhang He said excitedly, "I just came back from the palace and learned of a great event. Wenhou Lu Bu defeated Shouchun and captured the traitor Yuan Shu alive. Now he is bringing the imperial seal and the traitor to Yecheng to present to Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Liu Xie was stunned.

In history, Lu Bu did defeat Yuan Shu, but I haven't heard that he seized the imperial seal and captured Yuan Shu alive.

What's going on?