Seeing that it was Zhang Ning, Ye Chen jumped off the horse and greeted him.

"Ning'er, why are you here?" Ye Chen held Zhang Ning's shoulders with both hands and said happily.

"Can I not come? Send a message to you, telling you that Yuan Shao wants to deal with you, and you, who only care about lingering with your beauty, actually put yourself and the army in a dangerous situation. Zhang Ning said complainingly.

The first person to tell Ye Chen that Yuan Shao had made a move was Zhang Ning, but in the end, Ye Chen did not go north immediately, but was delayed in Guangling for more than ten days, which made Zhang Ning very anxious and had to rush over in person.

Ye Chen smiled bitterly, this is treating him as a faint king, he only loves beauties and does not love the country.

"Ning'er, I have always been measured for my husband, and there is a reason why I stayed in Guangling this time." Ye Chen said.

Zhang Ning looked like he didn't believe him, and his eyes kept glancing at the carriage where Xiao Qiao and the others were sitting.

"I'd like to see who hooked you up like this, and if you don't satisfy me, you won't let them into the house." Zhang Ning said.

Ye Chen could only smile bitterly again, this was obviously the rhythm of jealousy.

"Okay, Ning'er, this time I stayed in Guangling for the layout and to buy more time for us in Liaodong, and it is very likely that Yuan Shao's next step is to annex Youzhou." Ye Chen pulled Zhang Ning and said.

Zhang Ning glanced at Ye Chen and did not continue to make trouble.

"Let's go, let's go on the same horse." Ye Chen pulled Zhang Ning and left.

Zhang Ning was ashamed, it was not that they had never done this, but where did they do it in front of so many people, Zhang Ning wanted to struggle, but he couldn't break free of Ye Chen's big hand, and he was pulled onto the horse.

"Sister, which lady is that person, she can sit on the same horse with her brother-in-law, and I really want to sit on the same horse with my brother-in-law." Xiao Qiao poked his head out and said enviously.

Da Qiao was also very moved when she heard this, and thought to herself that when she had the opportunity, she must let Ye Chen take her on a horse.

Zhang Ning didn't continue to make trouble, and followed Ye Chen to Picheng, on the way, she reported more dynamics to Ye Chen, so that Ye Chen knew more things.

The group soon approached Xiapi City, as Ye Chen approached, Tao Qian was also worried, this Ye Chen didn't end well anywhere, and he scraped all the way, and he didn't know how many cities and how many families had suffered.

But Tao Qian had no choice, Ye Chen was coming, he couldn't stop it, and after thinking about it, he called Mi Zhu over.

"Zizhong, this Ye Youguo is about to go to Xiapi City, and you and I will greet him well when the time comes." Tao Qian said.

"My lord, this is how it should be, and his subordinates should treat him well in both public and private affairs." Mi Zhu said.

Tao Qian nodded, then stroked his beard and thought for a while and said, "This safe thing must be done well, and there can be no incident in Xiangyang City." ”

Jingzhou is also a state, Xuzhou is also a state, he and Liu Biao are both state pastors, and now Liu Biao has become a big joke, so Tao Qian is also very worried, whether this Ye Chen will also be robbed.

Mi Zhu knew Tao Qian's worries, and then said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, we have already sent more soldiers and horses to garrison Xiapi City before, and our subordinates will persuade Ye Chen to place all the soldiers and horses outside the city." ”

In this way, Tao Qian put his mind at ease and prepared to welcome Ye Chen.

A day later, Ye Chen arrived at the foot of Xiapi City.

"Haha, Taozhou Mu, we meet again." Ye Chen dismounted with a few generals and walked over, and Tao Qian also led his subordinates to meet him.

Tao Qian was still a assassin before, but now he has also called himself a state pastor.

"Yes, now that I see it, General Ye's reputation is even greater." Tao Qian also greeted him and said politely.

Originally, he was the state pastor, and Ye Chen was just too guarded, and Tao Qian's title was no worse than Ye Chen, so there was no need to greet him outside the city in person, but now Ye Chen's reputation was too great, so he had to pay attention to it.

"General Ye, please." Several people greeted each other for a while, and Tao Qian invited him in.

Ye Chen was very calm, and went in with Tai Shici, Zhao Yun and five hundred soldiers.

This Xuzhou is not as good as Xiangyang, Xuzhou Ye Chen has also been in business for several years, and the movements inside can't hide from Ye Chen's ears and eyes at all, even if they want to be unfavorable to Ye Chen, it is not so easy.

In the evening, Tao Qian held a banquet in the state pastor's mansion and ceremoniously entertained Ye Chen.

During the banquet, Ye Chen did not refuse, and enjoyed himself with their guests and hosts, and secretly used internal force to forcibly dissolve part of it when he drank too much.

In the evening, Ye Chen did not live in the state pastor's mansion, but chose to go to Mi's house to live.

Mi Zhu naturally arranged with his heart and welcomed Ye Chen to Mi Mansion.

"Zizhong, we may not have seen each other for a long time." After going back, Ye Chen had already sobered up, not drunk at all, and then drank tea with Mi Zhu in the study.

"Yes, I haven't seen it for a long time, this big man has also undergone tremendous changes, and today's world is no longer the same as it used to be." Mi Zhu sighed and said with great emotion.

"That's right, Zizhong, now the whole world is undergoing great changes, if it is like before, a businessman, will soon be eliminated by the times, if you want to gain a foothold, you must make another plan, the foundation of your Mi family is in Xuzhou, there is nothing unsuitable for you to choose Tao Qian, but this Tao Qian is old after all, and his son does not even have the ability to keep it." Ye Chen said that he did not continue here.

Mi Zhu thought about it and understood what Ye Chen meant, but now if the Mi family wants to develop more, in addition to first stabilizing the foundation of Xuzhou, and then slowly looking for the Ming Lord, this Ming Lord is not easy to find, like Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, etc., can only go to the icing on the cake, it will not play a big role, in the end, this Mi family still can't have much development, and even shrink.

It's not that he didn't think about Ye Chen, it can be said that he was optimistic about Ye Chen very early, otherwise he wouldn't have sent his sister thousands of miles away and sent Mrs. Mi to Ye Chen's hands.

But Mi Zhu himself is a businessman, knowing how difficult it is to be a businessman, and it is not so easy to achieve hegemony, so Mi Zhu hesitated and never chose Ye Chen.

"Zizhong, no matter how you choose, I respect your intentions, now that the situation is unclear, this Tao Qian can still hold on, but there is no need to worry, I came to Xuzhou today to find you, I want your help with something." Mi Zhu can choose him best in the future, not to choose him, it's okay, the Ye family is no longer the Ye family of the past, when he really reigns in the world one day, he will naturally take refuge in him.

"Brother Ye, what's the matter, just say it." Mi Zhu hurriedly said, although he didn't choose Ye Chen, he still felt that Ye Chen had a great hope of becoming a hegemon.

"I want to send a few people back to Liaodong through Xuzhou, and there are a large number of property in our army, and I will purchase a batch of materials from you."

Ye Chen came to Xuzhou for two purposes, one was to meet Mi Zhu and continue to cooperate with him, and the other was to confuse Yuan Shao so that he could implement his next move.

"Brother Ye, with the relationship between our two families, this is not a big problem, but now Yuan Shao has deployed a large number of troops in Qingzhou, and his intentions are very obvious, you..."