Li Li shook his head slightly with his expression unchanged, as if he was not angry at all, and still said with a smile: "It's just a name, it's just someone who calls it, otherwise why bother to name it?

Seeing the outfit of Mr. Yuan, he seemed to have rushed to Zhen’s mansion directly from the military camp, I must have set out last night; I can’t sleep all day and night, no wonder I’m so angry. Meeting is a fate. I heard the kind words of advice from you. The young master should pay more attention to rest. This is the way to prolong life. I wonder if the young master agrees?"

"No need to worry, I am in great health!"

Inexplicably, when Yuan Xi heard the words of the person in front of him, not only did not disappear at all, but became more and more angry, but could not vent it, which made him very uncomfortable.

But he is definitely not a fool. After seeing the smiling man opposite enter the lobby, everyone in the Zhen family said nothing. Moreover, these people looked calm and no longer as nervous and restrained as before. Even Zhen, who was sitting in the main seat, was no exception, as if this person was the head of the Zhen family.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Xi naturally knew that the smiling man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person, at least in the minds of the Zhen family, it was very popular.

"Is this person the mistress of Zhen?"

Looking at the smiling man opposite, tall, burly and handsome, Yuan Xi suddenly had such an idea in his mind.

"Who are you, and whose name is?" Yuan Xi asked in a gloomy and suspicious manner.

Li Li smiled indifferently and said, "Zheng Feng, whose courtesy name is Wenchang, is the cousin of the head of the Zhen family. This time he came to Jizhou to visit his cousin, but he didn't expect to meet Mr. Yuan. Fortunately, he met Mr. Yuan. However, if you have something unknown, please tell me."

"You said, I'm listening!" Yuan Xi's anger was a little slow and responded in a deep voice when he heard that the man was Zhen's cousin.

Li Li nodded slightly and said, "Since that's the case, I'll say it bluntly. As far as I know, the ancestors of the Yuan family have some friendships with the Zhen family in Zhongshan, and they often have contacts with each other, which can be regarded as family friendship. If this is true, before the young master comes to Zhen's mansion, the Lord of the Lord should have advised you to be polite when you see the elders of the Zhen family. Don't be rude. I wonder if this is the case?"

"What do you want to say? Don't be too slow, just say something!" Yuan Xi said in a bad tone.

The smile on Li Li's face quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "So, I'm not wrong. The Yuan family and the Zhen family really have some friendship. Since that's the case, then the second young master Yuan should know that Mr. Zhen is the same as your grandfather. Your father Yuan Shao has to respectfully call him Uncle Shi when he sees Mr. Zhen, but you just called Uncle Zhen. It's really ridiculous. Are you the same as your father, and you are called brothers?"

Yuan Xi's face was flushed, but Li Li did not give him a chance to defend himself and suddenly shouted: "The Yuan family claims to be a family of officials. Four generations and three masters, and their disciples are all over the world. Could it be that you are a playboy who doesn't know what kind of etiquette is? Even if you are young and ignorant and do not know etiquette, that's fine, but why can't you even control a slave and dare to roar in the lobby of the Zhen family!

This is really the kind of master, and there are slaves. The snakes and rats are in a nest, and they are in a mess. It makes people feel cold! I have to say that the performance of the second son of Yuan and his servants today really opened my eyes and gained insight. Jizhou is so beautiful, but it is occupied by such stupid people as pigs. This is the misfortune of the people of Jizhou and the shame of the princes in the world!"

He cursed Yuan Xi in one breath, Feng Ji and others looked as if they were sour, their faces were blushing, and they had to lower their heads.

Li Li was extremely happy and felt very comfortable. Just now, Yuan Xi cursed him, but he did not respond. Instead, he greeted him with a smile and talked irritated. When Yuan Xi and others were angry gradually fading, he grabbed Yuan Xi's previous braid and scolded him sternly, which made Yuan Xi and his group unable to raise their heads, their faces were ashen, their faces were as bright as a cow, and their lungs were about to explode.

As Li Li said before, meeting is fate, but meeting the Yuan family is both fate and enemy.

It is better to meet than to meet, and it is better to meet than to meet than to meet.

There is no right or wrong in the battle for hegemony, nor is there any affection at all. It is not personal grudge but better than private grudges. The reason is that this is the so-called inseparable power. The Han Dynasty is so big that it cannot tolerate so many ambitious princes who are unwilling to surrender. Unless the other party is willing to bow down and surrender, it will be a great enemy of life and death, and will never stand together.

For Li Li, he is now in a disadvantage in terms of geographical advantages and has almost no chance of winning. However, on the way to Jizhou, he met the Zhen family caravan on his way to Jizhou, and saved the Zhen family's mother and daughter, and formed a good relationship with the Zhen family, thus building the foundation for negotiation between the two parties. The most important thing is that Zhen is optimistic about him. Several daughters of the Zhen family have a great affection for Li Li and his group, and then they become in-laws, prompting both parties to enter substantial negotiations and are expected to succeed.

However, at a critical moment, the Yuan family suddenly came to borrow food. If there was nothing strange about it, Li Li would definitely not believe it. In his opinion, Yuan Shao, who was leading his army to wipe out the black bandits, must have heard the news of the Zhen family transferring money and grain, and sent Feng Ji to borrow food. The name is borrowing food, but in fact it is to test the realities of the Zhen family and see if the Zhen family really had a strange intention and wanted to transfer the huge family business to other prefectures and counties outside Jizhou.

As the overlord of the princes occupying Jizhou, Yuan Shao is definitely capable of exploring the emergencies in various counties and counties in the territory as soon as possible. Any slight disturbance will come into his ears. If he cannot do this, it proves that he cannot completely control the entire Jizhou area.

Just like Cao Cao in Yanzhou and Yuan Shu who tried to occupy Yuzhou, he could not completely control the entire prefectures and counties, but could only occupy some important cities, and often knew what happened in the territory and had very weak control. Because of this, the prefectures and counties they occupied were full of bandits, and bandits were rampant, forcing them to spend a lot of energy, financial resources, material resources and military power to quell the bandits as soon as possible and eliminate the bandits and bandits wandering around in the territory.

Compared with the embarrassing situation of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, Li Li was a foresight. When he pacified the entire Xiliang area, he began to form county government soldiers. Xiliang County government soldiers did not participate in the war, but were only responsible for garrisoning cities, maintaining public order and eliminating bandits, and also reclaiming military farms. At the same time, Li Li formed more than a dozen main battle camps from Xiliang, which were specifically responsible for siege cities and garrisoning border passes. He did not participate in defending the city in peacetime, and only went to important cities during wartime to implement military control. In this way, the county government soldiers and the main battle camps each performed their duties and had their own duties. As long as there was no comprehensive war in Xiliang area and only a local war, each county would be almost unaffected, and the people could still live and work in peace and not suffer from the suffering of war.

In other words, if all the princes of the Central Plains could control the entire territory as firmly as Li Li in governing Xiliang, then Li Li would never dare to travel to the Central Plains, and even dared to take a step forward on the border. Because this kind of travel is no different from dying, as long as he dares to step into the rule of the Central Plains princes, he will be discovered within three days. Even if there are heavy troops to kill him, he will definitely be back.

Therefore, Li Li chose to travel to the Central Plains at this time to see the chaos in the Central Plains. The princes from all over the country have not yet eliminated the bandits in their territory, so they cannot control the entire territory. And he wanted to take advantage of this space to secretly sneak into the Central Plains, and then travel around the world to prepare for the future suppression of the turbulent times.

The trip to Zhongshan was undoubtedly an unexpected gain for Li Li. If the Zhen family could be persuaded to move to Chang'an and include more than half of the Zhen family's money and grain under Li Li's rule, it would undoubtedly be a boosting development for Xiliang, which is vigorously restoring people's livelihood and revitalizing the economy, which would greatly alleviate the current empty treasury of the Xiliang treasury, and then accumulate money and grain to prepare for the war.

Just before Li Li and Zhen entered the lobby to meet Yuan Xi, he was 60% sure to convince Zhen to support him and transfer the Zhen family consortium to Xiliang. Later, when he found at the door of the lobby that the oldest, highest seniority, and most prestigious Zhen family was actually very displeased with Yuan Xi, he knew that the opportunity had come; whether he could completely tie the Zhen family to his chariot, success or failure was here.

As long as you find a way to make the Zhen family and the Yuan family conflict, it is best to turn against each other completely, and the Zhen family will find it difficult to stay in Jizhou. Once the Zhen family is forced to evacuate from Jizhou, the western capital Chang'an is undoubtedly their best choice; otherwise, they will have to move to Jingzhou and Yizhou to gain a foothold. Unfortunately, both prefectures and counties have local clans who firmly control the most profitable goods transactions. The Zhen family penetrated halfway, and it is difficult to gain a foothold, let alone develop, and they can only rely on their parents' capital and live without death.

Compared with this, Chang'an is different. All industries in Xiliang are waiting to be developed, and they are worried that they are not strong enough and have many large merchants with many business channels to join in. It is undoubtedly the right time for the Zhen family to enter Xiliang at this time. Using the Zhen family's strong financial resources and trading channels, they can speed up the circulation of goods, acquire the goods squeezed by the people, and allow them to get benefits, and then they can buy all the equipment for their homes and improve their living water.

Only in this way can Xiliang truly develop and enter a track of rapid development, and then get rid of the poverty of Xiliang. Of course, the Zhen family consortium alone cannot resume trading in Xiliang, but as long as the Zhen family is the leader, more merchants will increase their investment in Xiliang in the future. Under the driving effect of spreading one thing and one hundred things, Xiliang can gradually become rich.

The wishes are beautiful, but it is not easy to implement them.

What Li Li had to do now is to intensify the conflict between the Zhen family and the Yuan family. Taking advantage of Ju Yi's rude words and Mr. Zhen's dissatisfaction with Yuan Xi, he quickly expanded the conflict, angered Yuan Xi, and prompted him to go crazy, and then everything would come naturally.

Li Li, who had already thought about it, cursed Yuan Xi fiercely, then he rose up, bowed slightly, nodded and saluted to Zhen and the Zhen family, and then turned around and was about to leave.

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Chapter completed!