The night is getting darker.

Tonight is still the full moon night, and the fifteenth moon is round and sixteenth, and it does not change with the rotation of time and space.

But no matter how bright the moonlight is, the darkness is still the master of heaven and earth at night.

"Tap, tap, tap!"

Xinma walked slowly in the Zhen Mansion compound, Yuan Shao had already woken up from his previous confusion, but his face was not as good as when he was confused. Guo Tu and Yan Liang were always following him with fear that he would encounter danger or fall from his horse.

The sound of horse hooves was crisp, and he rode his horse around the entire courtyard, but Yuan Shao never saw what he wanted to see.

Empty, all empty!

The yard is empty, the rooms are empty, and there are more than 2,000 rooms in the huge Zhen Mansion, all of which are empty, without a single figure.

It's so clean and neat. Nothing is left except for the houses, trees, flowers and plants, and it's moved thoroughly!

"Ka, da, da!"

Yuan Shao rode his horse around the huge Zhen Mansion courtyard for half an hour, and almost ran through the entire Zhen Mansion courtyard, with no place in front, back and sides of the room. But there was still nothing. The Zhen family left, leaving only such an empty house.

"It's unreasonable. The Zhen family bullies me Yuan Shao too much!"

Walking slowly under the shade of the tree, Yuan Shao's expression changed again and again, sometimes gritting his teeth, sometimes his eyes widened, and sometimes his expression was lonely, making his white face red, white and blue. But these emotions eventually turned into turbulent anger and endless hatred, causing him to grin and look ferocious, as if he wanted to choose someone and eat it.

If Li Li could see Yuan Shao's face at this time, he might have a familiar feeling, because when he heard Yuan Xi and Feng Ji escaped, he was also so angry.

"Don't be angry." Seeing that his lord Yuan Shao was so angry that he was glaring at him, Guo Tu rushed to Yuan Shao's side and persuaded respectfully: "The Zhen family is just a mere merchant. If you want to leave, you want to stay. Why should you be angry about the stay and stay of such a poor family?"

However, Guo Tu never expected that under his kind words, Yuan Shaoqiang calmed down, suddenly turned his head and stared at him, and squeezed out six words from his teeth: "Ignorance, short-sightedness, ignorance!"

What a concise word, just six words, but it is extremely lethal.

It was these six simple and clear words that made Guo Tu, who was full of talent, blushed in an instant and his cheeks flushed. Then he turned his head and looked aside, blushed with a thick neck and breathed rapidly. He almost couldn't catch it in one breath and fainted.

After many years, I think Guo Tu is a scholar after all. After more than ten years of studying, he has been studying for more than ten years. He believes that what he has learned is not inferior to any wise man in the world today. He has military strategies and strategies in mind.

When Yuan Shao planned to plot against Jizhou, Guo Tu tried every means to persuade Han Fu to take the initiative to give in, and then welcomed Yuan Shao into Yecheng, replacing Han Fu with his own governor, occupying Jizhou without bloodshed. In the next three years, he worked hard and even forced his clan brother Guo Jia to Jizhou to serve under Yuan Shao's account.

Thinking of Guo Jia, Guo Tu finally realized something in shame and anger. He thought to himself: "It must be Guo Jia's farewell not long ago, which made Yuan Shao very unhappy. He had nowhere to vent his anger. He didn't expect that he would take his anger on me today. It was such a disaster!"

"Yes, it must be like this!" Guo Tu felt a little better after finally finding the source of his reprimand. He was not ashamed and angry as before.

If Yuan Shao really took his anger on him because Guo Jia left without saying goodbye, then Guo Tu had nothing to say, because he was indeed a self-destructive person and was a villain. Thinking about it, he used Guo Jia's mother as the name of forced Guo Jia to come to Jizhou to join Yuan Shao, but Guo Jia did not expect that Guo Jia would submit, but Yuan Shao looked down on Guo Jia, and said that the strategy he had offered was left ear and right ear, and he refused to obey the rules, as if he was disdainful. It was precisely because of this that Guo Jia was unwilling to stay in the army, put down the gold, silver, brocade and seal and ribbon that Yuan Shao gave, and left quietly.

Looking back on the whole story, Guo Tu suddenly felt very depressed, but he was helpless.

Others don’t know how talented Guo Jia is, but as Guo Jia’s brother, he has been with Guo Jia for four or five years. He knows very well that Guo Jia’s talent is absolutely amazing and outstanding, and he is a top strategist in the world. Even Guo Tu, who is always talented and does not take anyone seriously, has to admit that he is indeed a little worse than Guo Jia., uh, no, it should be a little worse.

"Yuan Ze!" Perhaps Yuan Shao realized that what he said just now was too heavy and a little unkind, so he turned his head to look at Guo Tu again, but saw Guo Tu lowering his head with blushing face, stunned and lost his mind.

"Cough, cough, cough!" So Yuan Shao coughed a few times, but still said to Guo Tu with a look of not being good, "Yuan Ze should know that my Yuan family and the Zhen family are family friends, and they have had at least decades of friendship. With the previous prominent status of the Yuan family and the family friends of merchants like the Zhen family, can it be that my ancestors of the Yuan family are all fools and have no family thoughts? Take Guo Yuanze as an example. Are you willing to discuss friendship with common people and become friends with family friends?"

After several remarks, Yuan Shao's gloomy face was slightly slower and he said in a deep voice: "So, I just said that you are short-sighted, and it is definitely not aimless. You only know that the Zhen family was the one who inherited his ancestor Zhen Taibao and was able to barely be among the aristocratic families, but they don't know that the Zhen family has been doing business for a hundred years.

As far as I know, the Zhen family has billions of wealth, countless money and grain, and its shops are spread across all the prefectures and counties of the Han Dynasty. It has even grown to more than half of the prefectures of the Han Dynasty. It is no exaggeration to say that if the Zhen family had not had a strong male lineage and had a restrained and low-key behavior, this family would have been a big family in the world. It is precisely because of this that our Yuan family had been dating the Zhen family for decades, and had long been mutually beneficial cooperation, which has continued to this day.

The reason why I asked Xianyi and Fengji to come to the Zhen family this time was not to force the lent grain, but to take the opportunity to let Xianyi and the Zhen family get to know each other. It would be best if I got married with the Zhen family and let the Zhen family support me wholeheartedly. Unexpectedly, this rebellious son was not enough to make trouble, and he actually forced the Zhen family away. He did not dare to come out to see me after doing stupid things himself.

This rebellious son is really angry with me!"

Speaking of this, the anger that Yuan Shao finally suppressed surged into his forehead again, causing him to breathe quickly, his face turned red and his neck was thick, and he still looked angry.

Seeing that his lord Yuan Shao explained to him for the first time, Guo Tu's shame and anger disappeared suddenly, and he was a little flattered.

Because Yuan Shao is an extremely conceited and arrogant person, he rarely gives an explanation after scolding his subordinates. Usually he scolds his subordinates and doesn't say a word at all. Instead, the scolded person is frightened and panicked all day long, fearing that he will never be appreciated and valued by him Yuan Shao again.

In view of this, seeing Yuan Shao getting angry again, Guo Tu quickly persuaded him: "Don't be angry, don't get angry. The second young master after all, he is young and cannot understand his good intentions for a while. This is an unintentional mistake, not intentional.

What's more, there are two young masters under the lord. The eldest son Yuan Tan looks very much like the lord. He acts decisively and is proficient in military tactics and wars. After a little training, he will become a great player in the future!"

While speaking, Guo Tu saw a look of surprise in Yuan Shao's eyes and hurriedly said, "The third young master Yuan Shang is also very good. He has been very smart since childhood. He is both civil and military. Although he is young, he has extraordinary knowledge. He is also a pillar of the country in time. The lord has successors, so it is a happy congratulations!"

When Yuan Shao heard Guo Tu praise his youngest son Yuan Shang so much, the anger on his face was slightly relieved, and he obviously felt very helpful.

Then he sighed lightly and said with regret: "Hey! Now there is chaos today and many heroes are rising. The princes are in vain. No matter how good the family background is, it is useless. The key is to continuously strengthen one's own strength. The reputation of our Yuan family has been so high that no one can match except the royal Liu clan. However, it is not enough to rely on family prosperity in troubled times. It is even useless.

Let’s not talk about Cao Cao in Yanzhou and Tao Qian in Xuzhou, let’s take Li Wenchang in Xiliang as an example. This son is just a commoner, at most a good family, with a low-class family. However, he is a poor soldier and warlike person. Such a humble person actually dares to steal the magical artifacts of the country. He is in love with his uncle Li Jue, and uses the emperor to order the princes to act against the enemy and harm the world. Like such a slut, he dares to be the third duke, lead the general of the guard, and ranks with me, Yuan Shao. Oh, where is the law of heaven!"

This was Guo Tu's second sigh when he heard his lord's lord. This helpless sigh actually happened to the extremely conceited Yuan Shao. In Guo Tu's opinion, this was something unprecedented.

After sighing again, Yuan Shao said in a low mood: "When the Zhen family passed down to Zhen Yi's father, Zhen Yi, the family had declined and had become a second-rate family, which was not in the eyes of the aristocratic families. However, the old Zhen Yi was able to find another way and simply gave up his career and focused on family business. The Zhen family originally had many industries and many business paths. Over the past few decades, Zhen Yi spread the Zhen family throughout the Han states and seized countless money. Then, Zhen Yi was young and could still be awarded the title. This was the result of his father Zhen Yi's friendship with our Yuan family.

However, since Zhen Yiyao's death, the huge family property of the Zhen family was handed over to a widow of Zhang's family. It is said that this move was caused by the old man Zhen Qi's will. However, although Zhen Zhang was a woman, she was extremely smart and intelligent. The Zhen family consortium not only suffered losses due to the arrival of troubled times, but also made a lot of money year after year. Her ability to make money was even better than that of her adopted father Zhen Qi. In just a few years, she earned tens of millions of huge wealth for the Zhen family, completely occupying the position of the world's number one merchant and being rich in the world.

Four years ago, when my father was alive, he saw that the world was in chaos, so he intended to marry Zhen Zhang as his concubine. Unfortunately, Dong Zhuo occupied the imperial capital, which caused the matter to be put aside. After that, the situation in the world changed drastically, and my father died tragically at the hands of the butcher Dong Zhuo, so the matter was left in vain and gave up. Until I did this, I accidentally learned that Zhen Yi's widow was a beautiful and young woman who was in her youth, who was less than 30 years old. It is said that she was extremely smart, smart, capable, and unparalleled, and famous in Zhongshan and Changshan. Unfortunately, she has left now and has no chance to meet her. I regret not being the first!”

Speaking of this, Yuan Shao's face showed a look of great regret, as if he still had thoughts about Zhen, the wife of the Zhen family, but by chance he missed her.

But Guo Tu heard the implication from Yuan Shao's words.

It turns out that the lord from the family came to the Zhen family not only to investigate the truth of the Zhen family, but also to see with his own eyes whether Zhen is as beautiful as the rumored one's words; if the rumor is true, perhaps Yuan Shao still wants to take a concubine.

Just as Guo Tu was imagining, Yuan Shao said with deep emotion: "If today is turbulent and chaotic, heroes are rising together, and the princes are separatist, the past prominent family background has become a passing cloud, and the fame and fortune of thousands of years still need to rely on their own strength to win. In the chaotic times, if you want to not be annexed by other princes, you must strengthen your own strength and train an elite army who has always been invincible to defeat.

However, if you want to strengthen your troops and strengthen your strength, money and food are indispensable and popular things. Whoever can have enough money and food will gain the lead in troubled times, recruit soldiers, conquer cities and expand their territory."

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