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"This, is Youzhou?"

A long team of chariots and horses slowly passed through the straight, wide, heroic streets of Gaoliucheng in Daijun, and in front of and behind the chariot and horse convoy, there was a team of about fifty Youzhou iron horsemen who opened the road and broke their tails. On both sides of the street, dense crowds of people are pointing and judging with great interest.

In the convoy, the curtain of a carriage was lifted by a delicate little hand as white as jade, and a soft voice came out of it, like spring rain, with a feeling of softening the soul.

"Yes, princess. He

replied in a playful voice with a delicate maid sitting next to the coachman, looking around with a look of curiosity and surprise.

"Princess, how wide the street is, and these red houses, so neat!" the maid chirped, like a lark, "There are many people, and there are not so many in our royal city!" The

window was completely opened, and a fair and delicate face full of exotic customs was revealed, and a pair of big eyes with a slight blue glow on the face, like water waves, were full of smart and soft brilliance.

"Well," the ruddy lips opened slightly, and a soft sigh came out: "These people are all well-dressed, ruddy complexion, and spirited, and their living conditions must be very good." It would be good when we can have such a situation in Loulan. The

maid nodded fiercely: "The princess will definitely be able to fulfill this wish!" The

chariot and horse team entered from the west gate of Gaoliu, went straight through the entire county, and went out from the east gate, and disappeared into the open field, and the people of Gaoliu City were only three or five groups talking about these Hu people with great interest, and gradually dispersed.

The chariot and horse team stretched for several miles, along the wide and smooth bluestone gallop road, through the wilderness, through Shanggu and Guangyang two counties, and finally entered the Yuyang range.

Along the way, what the envoys of the Western Regions countries in the convoy saw and heard, in addition to making them amazed, was extremely shocked.

First, there are many people in Youzhou!

There are countless county towns and county towns that the convoy passes through all the way, but the population in each city is more than their royal city! As the saying goes, there is great strength in the number of people. In particular

, in the era of cold weapons, it was the population that was fighting a war! With a large population, the war potential was great! Second, Youzhou was rich

! In every city and county, there was not a single person with a yellow face and thin muscles!

Every common person had enough food and clothing, and was full of spirit

.

Along the way, the gallop was lined with endless fields ploughed by ploughs. Although they didn't know why the land had to be turned over, they could see that the land was used to grow food! The farmland was so large that it was hard to imagine how much grain could be harvested every year.

With these backing conditions, who can stop the invincible and invincible army of Youzhou?

The envoys of the Western Regions, who originally had a trace of luck in their hearts, were all in a heavy mood, and they were suffering from gains and losses.

Yuyang.

"My lord, the envoy of the Western Regions is almost here!" said as he burst into the door in a hurry, saluting as he spoke.

Li Tianlong put down the book in his hand, stretched his waist lazily, and said indifferently: "Isn't it not here yet, what's the hurry?"

"Uh," frustrated for a moment, and secretly said ashamed. But no, it was the Western Regions Worship Envoys who should be anxious, not the side that he defeated in Youzhou. As a winner, it is right to put on a proud posture.

"My lord, I'm dizzy, I'm ashamed.

"You're a workaholic. Li Tianlong asked the professor to sit down, and said: "In the past few years, many people who have graduated from Youzhou Academy have been assigned to you, why do you have to take care of them all? "

Hey," he laughed dryly.

It's not that he doesn't want to rest, but he has formed a habit that can't be changed. At the beginning, there were only a few of them under Li Tianlong's command, and one of them was responsible for a major aspect, and they have been deeply rooted in the bone marrow over the years, and it is really not easy to change it for a while.

"Okay, I know you care about this, our grand event in Youzhou is related to the glory of hundreds of millions of people in Youzhou, hehe, go down and prepare, early tomorrow morning, this king will accept the worship of the envoys from the Western Regions in the central square. "

Yes, my lord.

Frustrated, Li Tianlong picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, squinting slightly and not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, there was another knock on the door.

"Who?"

"Brother Xian, it's me." Cao

*'s voice sounded outside the door.

"Brother Meng De?" Li Tianlong stood up, stepped forward to open the door, and welcomed Cao * in.

"Sit casually, your own family, hehehe.

Cao * was not restrained, sat down by himself, and said with a smile: "Brother Xian is so leisurely." "

At such a critical time, of course, in Cao *'s opinion, it is indeed a critical time, Li Tianlong actually has a book, a bowl of tea, and a leisurely race fairy, which is really a little enviable, but more, it is impossible to see through.

"Hehe, not really. Li Tianlong smiled slightly, and said: "If there is something to do, do you want them to do anything

?" Cao * shook his head, and said helplessly: "Aren't you afraid that the people below will obey the yang and yin

?" "Afraid, why not afraid?"

"You're so incomprehensible. Cao * sighed: "Anyone who wants to hold power in their hands and hold it firmly is you, and you can rest assured that you can boldly delegate power." I'm not as good as you, I'm not as good as you.

"As the saying goes, there is no doubt in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people. Since I can use them, it means that I am completely at ease with them. If something really goes wrong, one means that my vision is not good enough, and the other means that it is time to use the knife. Hehe, Brother Meng De, you're just too suspicious. Why bother, it's hard work, and it's not pleased. In my opinion, isn't fighting for the world just trying to enjoy it? Since you can't enjoy it, what kind of world do you want to fight for, it's better to go home and farm and enjoy your family in peace.

Li Tianlong said with a smile.

Competing for the world, the picture is enjoyment. Enjoy the love of your subordinates, the support of the people, and the admiration of all eternity. Second, enjoying food, beauty, and a wonderful life is another ultimate goal of competing for the world.

If you can't get these, it's really better to go home and recuperate leisurely.

Cao * nodded slightly, no longer talked about this topic, and said: "In the past few days, I have visited Yuyang with Liu Jingsheng, Liu Jiyu and Mr. Wenju, and I have been quite surprised and emotional. Brother Xian, Brother Xian, how did you govern Youzhou? Can you give half a point to your brother

?" "Oh?" Li Tianlong's eyes flashed, and he felt that this Cao * was here to learn from the scriptures.

It is really a generation of heroes, with tenacity and perseverance, and will not be transferred for foreign objects. It seems that the prosperity of Yuyang and the grand event in Youzhou not only did not kill the ambition in his heart, but also played a role in inspiring.

"Hehe," Li Tianlong smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Meng De must have gained a lot from visiting Yuyang in the past few days, do you need me to say more?"

Cao * shook his head and said with a smile: "You, don't be sloppy with me." Those things, but they exist on the surface, and they seem to have gained a lot, but in fact, they are all vague, where can they get it?"

Li Tianlong gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "But with Brother Meng De's intelligence, after seeing so much and listening to this, I should be able to understand the strong foundation of my Youzhou, and I can also understand the root of the weakness of the Central Plains, right?"

Cao*'s face darkened and he nodded.

"In this case, what else is there to ask?" Li Tianlong said with a smile: "If Brother Meng De can pull out the tumor of Yanzhou in one fell swoop, and then draw a scoop according to the gourd, how can he not make a prosperous era of Yanzhou?"

"Alas!" Cao * sighed and said, "What Brother Xian said is good." The weakness of the Central Plains and the decay of the Han dynasty are all due to the poison of this tumor! It's a pity, it's a pity, but the brother doesn't have the courage and strength to uproot it.

Cao * shook his head slowly: "For my brother, I can only boil the frog in warm water step by step and slowly suppress it." However, Cao*'s eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth curled: "I'm afraid that Brother Wei hasn't finished this matter yet, and Brother Xian is probably going to go south, right?" That is to say, if Brother Wei really does this, he will only make a wedding dress for

Brother Xian!" "Ah, hahaha," Li Tianlong laughed dryly twice, and said: "Brother Meng De doesn't need to be so straightforward, let Brother Wei look bad on his face, hahaha..."

For my younger brother, I am determined to seize the world, all kinds of conditions have been met, and no one in the world can resist it. Brother Meng De, I sincerely invite you to join Youzhou now, should you, shouldn't you?"

Cao * was stunned, he didn't expect Li Tianlong to be more straightforward than him, and he was dumbfounded.

After a long time

, Cao * said: "If you are a brother, what will you do?" "Haha, Brother Meng De, Brother Meng De, you are still so suspicious!" Li Tianlong laughed and said: "You are my best friend, I have known each other for ten years, and I call you brothers, you shouldn't, that's your business, can I still do anything to you?" At most, I will do a game in the future, and it will not be too late to ask you again!"

Although Cao*'s face changed, he was obviously relieved and said with a smile: " The virtuous brother is still the virtuous brother, and he is really suspicious for his brother. The

two diverted from the topic again and began to chat.

After all, I haven't seen each other for many years, and I am a very good person, so it's really easy to find a topic to talk about.

Time slipped by, and at noon, the two had breakfast together, and chatted for a while, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

That's when the frustration came.

Cao * knew that he had an official report, so he immediately resigned and left.

"My lord, the envoys have arrived. Said Frustrated.

"Well, arrange them in the inn, and inform them that this king will receive their worship in the central square in the morning. "

No. Lord, do you still have some programs to prepare?" said frustratedly.

"Well..."Li Tianlong pondered for a moment and said, "Just prepare some singing and dancing." I think they'll come up with some shows automatically, so we don't have to prepare too much. Li Tianlong said, the corners of his mouth curled, revealing a strange smile.

He nodded appreciatively, turned around and walked out of the study.

This day is the twenty-third year of the lunar month, the day of sacrifice and delivery to the god of the stove.

In ancient times, there was a saying that there were three officials, four people, four boats, and five families. That is to say, the twenty-third day of the lunar month is the time when the people who are in the public gate and the official government sacrifice and send the stove god, and the ordinary people's families must celebrate this festival the next day, that is, the twenty-fourth, and the people who beg for a living on the water must do it on the twenty-fifth.

Li Tianlong, as the king of Yuyang, is naturally an official.

On this day, Li Tianlong asked Dian Wei to take Su Xiaoxiao, Chen Yuanyuan and other women, as well as Cai Yong's family and Zhen Mi's family, to Yuyang Wangfu before dark, ready to celebrate the festival together.

Of course, there are also Kong Rong, Cao*, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang.

At dusk, in the palace of Yuyang Wang, everyone worshiped the god of the stove together, and then sat together and ate hot pot.

Under the circular hollow in the middle of the large round table, there was a huge coal stove with an iron pot on it. The boiling water mixed with ingredients in the iron pot is steaming and boiling, and the table is full of raw vegetables and fresh meat.

At this time in the Han Dynasty, there were no chili peppers, but there were still peppercorns and peppers. Sichuan pepper is a Chinese specialty, and pepper was transported from the Western Regions through the Silk Road.

Li Tianlong invited Cai Yong and his wife, Zhen Yi and his wife, Kong Rong and others to sit down together, and then sat in the middle of Cai Yan and Zhen Mi's daughters.

"Pour the wine. The

waiter on the side poured the wine, and the smell of wine suddenly filled the room. Li Tianlong picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Two fathers-in-law, Mr. Wenju, Brother Meng De, two cousins, everyone, please drink this cup to the full

!" "Please!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.

"Good wine

!" Cao * exclaimed, "It's a grade higher than the wine in the Hero Building!" Kong

Rong and the others also nodded yes.

Hero Towers are now spread throughout the Han Dynasty, regardless of north, south, east and west. It is famous for its fine food and wine. People who love wine like Cao* naturally often linger.

"You all know that this hero building is my industry, and the wine is also brewed in my Youzhou, so this is the best, of course, in my palace, hehehe..."

"Don't worry, I'll let you have a drink tonight. Li Tianlong said.

"That's not good," Cao * shook his head: "On the day I leave Youzhou, the virtuous brother must contribute one hundred and eighty altars, otherwise I won't follow

!" "Haha, good!"

Li Tianlong picked up the chopsticks and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, how about you taste this hot pot." "

Hot pot has long been popular with heroes. Almost all of you here have enjoyed it. I didn't hesitate at the moment, I chose my favorite food one by one, put it in and scalded it for a while, and then started eating.

"I have a lot of cooking methods, but this hot pot is really a novelty. Kong

Rong said while eating, there was no taboo of 'eating without words',

and he seemed to be very interested.

The diet of the Han Dynasty has developed greatly compared to the pre-Qin period. Not to mention the various spices that have been continuously transported because of the Silk Road, there are many ways to eat them.

For example, the food method of ging, boiling, and preserving.

Speaking of just one character, there was a sashimi in ancient times, that is, sashimi. Pork belly, raw meat slices. Nowadays, many people think that sashimi came from small Japan, but in fact, it was already a mature way to use it in the Han Dynasty.

Kong Rong said, picked up another piece of fish, dipped it in a small disk full of ingredients, and put it in his mouth, looking satisfied.

A feast that lasted until the end of the day.

Like Liu's mother and other female dependents, they have already gone back to the house. Cai Yong and the others were also too strong to drink, so they left halfway, and now on the table, only Li Tianlong, Cao *, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang were left.

The four of them touched another cup, and Li Tianlong's face was drunk, but in fact, he had never been half drunk in his slightly squinted eyes. Now that he has almost completed his exercises, a little alcohol is useless to him at all. Even if it had some effect, it was completely evaporated by the strong qi and blood.

There were four people at the table, except for Li Tianlong, Cao * was also pretending to be drunk. Even Liu Biao is very sober, only Liu Zhang, who is really drunk.

"Brother,,,,Brother," Liu Zhang staggered as he held the empty glass, his eyes were misty, and he said, "Let's go again!"

"Brother, my father, my father said, 'I want to make an alliance with you, with you. Do you agree, do

you agree?" Li Tianlong also pretended to be hazy and said: "Answer., promise, why don't you agree, how can you not?

We are, we are brothers, we must listen, we must listen!" "Hehe," Liu Zhang smirked twice, and suddenly fell on the table, still muttering: "That's good, that's good." "

Uh," Li Tianlong burped and shouted, "Go one more, don't sleep, don't sleep." Well, are you asleep? Uh, come on, send the brothers back to the room to rest, do you hear!"

Then a waiter carried Liu Zhang down.

"Brother Mengde, Brother Mengde. Li Tianlong found Cao * again and said, "You, you don't want to join Youzhou, for my brother, I won't force it." When the time comes, don't blame me for beating you, cry, cry nose! well! cry nose! Oh, and cousin Jingsheng, you too. You, you're my cousin, aren't you? Alas, we're

a family, a family. I, I still remember, that year, alas, what year was it, I can't remember, what year? Brother Meng De, what year do you say?"

Li Tianlong pretended to be too similar, and he frightened both Cao and them.

"Uh," Cao * paused, and said, "I, how do I know, I'm not worthy!"

In case Li Tianlong, this kid is also pretending, he must not show his feet.

"Tube, it doesn't matter what year he is!" Liu Biao waved his hand and slapped Cao *'s shoulder, and all the greasy on his hands rubbed on Cao *'s placket.

"Yes, yes, it doesn't matter what year he is!" Li Tianlong said: "That year, uh, where did I just say? Oh! I met you that year, by the way, it was in Uncle Liu Ji's house! Speaking of Uncle Liu Ji, I, I really miss him, he was very good to me, really, really good. I, I want to invite him to come to Youzhou, and I'm afraid that he will be old and inconvenient. Well, you go, when you go, I'll go with you, Luo, Luoyang. Go and meet, meet. Li

Tianlong was rambling and not being organized.

Li Tianlong said nonsense to himself, and then snapped and lay down.

As soon as Li Tianlong lay down, Cao * Liu Biao and the others suddenly perked up, and after pretending for a while, they heard that Li Tianlong's snoring had started, and they all became normal.

"Brother Jingsheng. "

Brother Mengde. Both

of them spoke at the same time, both of them a little embarrassed.

"You speak first. Cao * said.

Liu Biao nodded and said, "Brother Meng De, I want to take this opportunity to reach an alliance with you to fight against Yuan Shu, what do you think?"

"The wolf smoke rises, and the rivers and mountains look north..."

The two hurriedly looked sideways, but saw that Li Tianlong just changed his hand and lay on his stomach, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why did Brother Jingsheng say this?" Cao * said, "Yuan Shu is based on Yu and Yang, and he has many generals and a huge force. Brother Meng De, the two of us border him at the same time, it can be said that my lips are cold and my teeth are cold, if my Jingzhou is broken by Yuan Shu, it will be your turn to Yanzhou next!"

Cao * bowed his head slightly and said, "This is not bad. When Liu Biao heard this, his spirits perked up, and he said: "Yuzhou is a large state in the Central Plains, with a large population and quite wealthy, so why not..."

Liu Biao smiled and said: "If the two of us work together to divide Yuzhou equally, what is it?"

Cao * looked at Liu Biao deeply, nodded and said: "Okay!

High fives for

oath!" "High-five for oath!"

The

two looked at each other and smiled.

After forming an alliance, the two became familiar with each other, Liu Biao said: "Brother Tianlong invited me and the two of us to come to Youzhou, hehe, I can't go home empty-handed, I have to ask for some benefits."

Cao * nodded approvingly, and said, "What does Brother Jingsheng think?"

"Horses!"

Liu Biao said softly: "Brother Tianlong has a monopoly on the horse business of the entire Han Dynasty according to the four states of Youji and Liang, and owns the grasslands of the Western Regions. Nowadays, you can't buy a good horse even if you have money!"

Cao* nodded and said, "Not bad." To seize Yuzhou, if there is cavalry to help, it must be much easier. "

So, Brother Meng De, how much do you think you need?" asked Liu Biao.

"The more nature, the better. Cao laughed.

"Brother Meng De, just kidding. Liu Biao said disapprerovingly: "Horses are a big advantage in Youzhou, how can the Tianlong brothers easily destroy their advantage and build the Great Wall of others? "Not necessarily. Cao * said: "We don't want it for nothing, take the money to buy it."

"Makes sense!" Liu Biao's eyes lit up and he high-fived and praised.

"Well, tomorrow we both ask for horses at the same time?"

"Okay!"

"Also, horses are not enough. Liu Biao squinted slightly, and said: "Brother Meng De has carefully observed the soldiers in Youzhou? By the way, there are also those mercenaries, who are also equipped with good blades. In my opinion, its quality is excellent, and it is rare!"

Cao * narrowed his eyes, and secretly said that Liu Biao was really extraordinary, and his heart was very careful. Nodding, Cao * said: "Buy?"

"Buy!"

"And food." Liu Biao said: "That Yuyang Ling Tian Kai once said that the total grain output of Youzhou this year has exceeded one-third of the heyday of the Han Dynasty. And our Central Plains has been plagued by natural and man-made disasters, and we need a large amount of food to appease the people, so why don't we buy some too. "

Hey, appease the people?"

Cao * sneered in his heart, I'm afraid it is stored as military food. But he was really moved by this, so he nodded and agreed.

The two talked softly like this, from Youzhou Academy to the Mercenary Guild, from newspapers and periodicals to foreign countries.

That Liu Biao even arose the idea of opening a mercenary guild in Jingzhou.

Cao * couldn't help sneering in his heart.

I really think that I am Li Tianlong? I dare to open a mercenary guild in such a chaotic place as the Central Plains, it is purely to seek death!

However, it cannot be ruled out that Liu Biao is only seducing him with words, not that he himself wants to open a mercenary guild.

As for newspapers and magazines and universal education, these two men could not even think of it.

This is not in the interests of wealthy families. As long as the two of them dared to move this idea, then they didn't know how many people under their command would betray in an instant!

It was not until three o'clock that the two of them fully reached some terms on cooperation and alliance, and then they were satisfied to call their attendants and carry Li Tianlong away, while the two of them went back to their rooms to rest.

Li Tianlong was carried back to the bedroom, and immediately opened his eyes, full of energy.