"It's been like this since ancient times, don't you know?" Mi Zhen looked at Zhang Yan with a puzzled expression.

Zhang Yan was very depressed, he hadn't got any woman pregnant, how did he know?

"Ma'am, can't you do it for the whole pregnancy?" Zhang Yan leaned in front of Mi Zhen again and asked.

Mi Zhen nodded and said, "Not only the entire pregnancy, but even within three months after the birth of the child, you can't do it." ”

"So what do I do? Wouldn't it take a whole year to endure? Zhang Yan said.

Mi Zhen doesn't care what Zhang Yan does, she only cares about the baby in her belly now.

Zhang Yan came with a good time, but he returned disappointed, but he didn't have to worry about not having a woman to accompany him, without Mi Zhen, he still had Diao Chan, and he just hadn't looked for her for a few days, so he could go to Diao Chan every day from now on.

He suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "By the way, Madame seems to have said before that if I get Madame pregnant, I can marry a concubine, right?" ”

"What? I've just gotten pregnant, and you want to take a concubine? Mi Zhen suddenly reacted strongly, and her eyes kept staring at Zhang Yan and kept spinning.

Zhang Yan smiled: "That's not what you said at the beginning, I just mentioned it casually......

"Casually? I think you've been thinking about it for a long time, right? You men are all the same, and you always like three wives and four concubines. However, you can't be blamed for this, who made you men, my eldest brother has several concubines, I am pregnant now, how can I stop you? ”

"So, you agreed?" Zhang Yan said excitedly.

"Agree is agree, though. Even if you want to marry a concubine. I can't marry anyone more beautiful than I am. Otherwise, you won't love me in the future. ”

"How so! Whether I marry a concubine or not, I will love you the same. ”

Mi Zhenming knew that Zhang Yan was talking about rhetoric, or would rather believe Zhang Yan's words, in her opinion, this is a stage that women must go through.

Regarding whether Zhang Yan marries a concubine or not, Mi Zhen doesn't want to interfere, and she can't interfere. Rather than something that can't be stopped, it's better to follow his thoughts, at least you can accept your own feelings.

Zhang Yan came out of the mansion in a good mood, then mounted his horse and ran straight towards the courtyard.

Diao Chan here, Zhang Yan does not come less, and occasionally spends the night here, but after all, it is less gathering and more separation. When he was out on the expedition, Zhang Yan originally planned to bring Diao Chan with him. But in the end, I gave up, after all, I took the woman on the road. There will be a lot of trouble along the way, and he is afraid that he will be distracted and will not be able to take care of him.

Zhang Yan came to the courtyard and told him that he was going to bring Diao Chan into the house, thinking that Diao Chan would be very happy, but he found that Diao Chan's expression did not change, just a soft "oh", and there was no follow-up.

So, Zhang Yan asked, "I'm going to take you to live in the mansion, aren't you happy?" ”

"What's there to be happy about, where to be a concubine for an adult, isn't it all the same? Instead of being a concubine in a house with countless rules, it is better to come here freely. Diao Chan replied.

For Diao Chan, he wholeheartedly made Lu Bu a concubine, but he was treated coldly by Lu Bu's two wives and jealous, and he wanted to kill her. This kind of thrilling scene, he was scared when he thought about it.

"Actually, it doesn't matter where I am, the important thing is that adults have me in their hearts, and that's enough." Diao Chan said.

Zhang Yanhao thought about it for a while, and also felt that it was more suitable for Diao Chan to live here, it was quieter, more elegant, and very suitable for his life.

"In that case, let's not move and continue to live here." Zhang Yan said to Diao Chan.

When Diao Chan heard this, her frowning brows finally eased up, and she took the initiative to come over, stretched out her hand and put it on Zhang Yan's shoulder, and pinched Zhang Yan's shoulder.

The reason why Zhang Yan often comes here is because Diao Chan is well-behaved enough, she doesn't cry, she doesn't make trouble, and she doesn't like to talk, but she seems to know how to take care of people, and she seems to be able to see through people's minds, know what he needs, and what he wants to do.

These days, Zhang Yan has been busy with official business, so he will sit for a long time, so that his shoulders are a little sore.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Yan actually sat there and fell asleep. When he woke up, he had nothing but a thin quilt covering him.

At this moment, it was already dark, and even if he opened his eyes, he could not see a trace of light.

Suddenly, in front of him, a candle flame was lit, and the light dispelled the darkness and allowed him to see the light.

"Are you awake? Why don't you sleep a little longer? Diao Chan sat opposite Zhang Yan, and she lit the candle.

"I just fell asleep?" Zhang Yan said in surprise.

"Well, maybe you're too tired, so you haven't rested well, I just pinched your shoulder two or three times, and you closed your eyes and fell asleep. I didn't dare to disturb you, so I didn't wake you up. Diao Chan said.

"Maybe it's because I haven't rested recently, I've been really busy with some things lately, that's why I'm so tired."

"If you are tired, you have to rest more, the adult is the commander of the three armies, and the whole army is supported by the adult alone, if the adult falls, they will become a plate of loose sand." Diao Chan said.

Zhang Yan stood up, hugged Diao Chan's waist, and said, "Let's go to bed." ”

When he got to bed, Zhang Yanxiong was so strong that he had to do it with Diao Chan once before going to sleep. Diao Chan met Zhang Yan's request, and Zhang Yan felt a little tired after being passionate, and after finishing his work, he fell asleep on the bed.

After cleaning up the dirt, Diao Chan also fell asleep beside Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan woke up, he had breakfast at Diao Chan's place, and went back to the house alone, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the house, he saw a middle-aged man with fluffy hair and ragged clothes pacing around in front of the door of the house, and from time to time he would look inside.

The officials couldn't stand it any longer, so one of them stood up and said to the middle-aged man, "How many times have I told you?" My father-in-law didn't return all night last night. Why don't you believe it? ”

The middle-aged man retorted, "This is where your lord is stationed. I'm not waiting here, where else can I wait? What if he returns? ”

"Okay, if you like to wait, then you can wait, just, go over there and wait, don't be an eyesore in front of your brothers, be careful of your brothers beating you together!" The guard at the door said coldly.

Then. Zhang Yan led a horse from a distance and walked straight towards the gate of the mansion, and when he saw such a scene, he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

When the gatekeeper saw Zhang Yan, he immediately bowed and said, "See the lord!" ”

When the middle-aged man heard these people call Zhang Yan the lord, he first looked at it, and then immediately bowed: "Li Cai, the grass man, greets the lord." ”

Zhang Yan looked at Li Cai and asked, "...... are you?"

"I am Mi Taishou's best friend, the one who was ordered to cross the sea to Youzhou with the letters of the adults......"

Li Cai has never met Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan naturally didn't know him. But when Li Cai finished saying this, Zhang Yan immediately recalled who this person was.

"It's you!"

"That's right. It's the grass people! Because the grass people left in a hurry, and the matter explained by the adults was very urgent, they never came to Pengcheng to meet the adults, and they wanted to complete the tasks entrusted by the adults, and then come back to meet the adults......"

When Zhang Yan saw Li Cai's appearance, he immediately invited Li Cai into the hall, and then ordered someone to serve wine and food for Li Cai to enjoy.

Li Cai was indeed hungry, and he didn't care about his face, so he immediately ate and drank, and after eating and drinking, he said: "It's really delicious in the world!" ”

"It's not a delicacy in the world, it's because you haven't eaten for too long. You have been in Youzhou for so long, have you done anything I told you? ”

Li Cai sighed heavily, and said slowly: "Financial management is worthy of the trust of adults, the letter was handed over to Gongsun Zhan, but the matter was not done." Moreover, he was trapped in Gongsun Zhan's army for half a month. If it weren't for the fact that a member of Gongsun Zhan's tent named Zhao Yun released me, I'm afraid I'm still imprisoned in a cage now. ”

"Oh, tell me, what the hell is going on?" Zhang Yan became interested and hurriedly said.

Li Cai slowly recounted his experience in the past month and a half, and told Zhang Yan everything he knew about in Youzhou.

It turned out that after Li Cai received the order, he happily went to Youzhou, he first crossed the river by boat to Yuyang County, and logged in from Quanzhou, but as a result, it was just in time for Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu's old troops to fight in this area.

Although Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yu's Yuyang people Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and other rates pretended to be obedient to Gongsun Zhan, and they had been secretly accumulating Liliang to avenge Liu Yu. It happened that Gongsun Zhan led the army to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou, and the three of them thought that Yuyang had few soldiers, so they gathered people to rebel, but they were afraid that they would have no prestige, so they invited Yan Rou, a native of Guangyang County.

Yan Rou is a famous person in the county, and he has always been kind to Hu Han, so Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and others recommended Yan Rou as Karasuma Sima.

Yan Rou also recruited Xianbei, Karasuma and other soldiers and horses, a total of tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers, and Gongsun Zhan's Yuyang Taishou Zou Dan fought in the north of the Lu River, defeated Gongsun Zhan's army, and killed Zou Dan.

At the same time, Gongsun Chan was also defeated by Yuan Shao in Gaoyang City with Cao Cao's clever plan, and almost lost his life.

Knowing that Yuyang was in turmoil, he asked Zhao Yun to lead his troops to quell the rebellion, but Yan Rou and others were defeated by Zhao Yun and were forced to retreat. And just when he was looking for a song, one of Zhao Yun's soldiers captured Li Cai, and after learning that Li Cai was a messenger sent by Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun paid tribute to Li Cai, and then asked Li Cai to take him to Gongsun Zhan.

After seeing Gongsun Zhan, Li Cai immediately handed Zhang Yan's letter to Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Zhan asserted that he glanced at it in a hurry, and then asserted that Li Cai was Yuan Jun's spy and wanted to be pulled out and beheaded.

If it weren't for Zhao Yun's timely dissuasion, I am afraid that Li Cai would have already fallen to the ground. Subsequently, no matter how Li Cai explained, he could not prove his identity, so he was kept in a cage.

Later, Zhao Yuncai let Li Cai go and told Li Cai that Gongsun Zhan was in an eventful autumn at this time, and had no time to take care of trade matters, and asked Zhang Yan to bear with him.

After Li Cai left, he did not return to Xuzhou immediately, and he felt that he was too faceless, so he came to Liaoxi and Liaodong by boat, and negotiated with the Wuhuan people about buying horses.

No one thought that the Wuhuan people actually agreed, they had a great demand for salt, and they were even more interested in high-grade smelting jishu, and they were willing to take out their own high-quality horses to make an exchange with Li Cai.

After Li Cai got the news, he left Youzhou, and when he left, he heard that Yan Rou, Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and others were secretly welcoming Liu He's return from Liu Yu's son, Liu He just borrowed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Yuan Shao and the general Ju Yi, threatening to avenge his father, and Yan Rou, Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and others joined forces, and the momentum was huge, and they made an appointment to attack Gongsun Zan together.

In addition, there were riots in Guangyang County, Dai County, Youbeiping County, and Shanggu County, and the mobs each attacked and killed Gongsun Zhan's Taishou, and joined forces with Liu He and Yan Rou to attack Gongsun Zhan. As for what happened to Gongsun Zhan, Li Cai is unknown.

Moreover, Li Cai also expressed his opinion, thinking that Gongsun Chan would definitely not be able to live in Youzhou for a long time, so it was better to turn the object of cooperation directly to the Wuhuan people. Moreover, the Wuhuan people are very satisfied with these weapons, battle armor, and refined salt, and if they are transported over, they will be in short supply.

No matter who Zhang Yan cooperates with, as long as he can bring horses. Zhang Yan didn't care about Gongsun Chan's fate at all, anyway, Gongsun Chan would be besieged to death by Yuan Shao.

He was interested in horses, so Zhang Yan said to Li Cai: "I will officially appoint you as my foreign trade envoy now, and you will be fully responsible for the matter of trading with the Wuhuan people, how much money is needed, how many people are entourage, you just have to say it!" As long as I can satisfy you, I will definitely satisfy you! ”

"Lord Qiqi, I don't want money, just people, and the more the better, and the more the better, and the water must be good. In addition to that, I need thirty big ships, the bigger the better. Li Caidao.

"Is that all?" Zhang Yan asked.

Li Cai said with a smile: "Of course, you also need refined salt, steel swords, and steel armor as commodities. My lord, how many horses do you need? ”

"The more the merrier!"

Li Cai said: "The more materials are loaded, the more horses I will bring back, this time please see my Li Cai's!" ”

Zhang Yanxi smiled, basically, he met Li Cai's conditions and gave him thirty "big ships".

"This ...... This ship is too small, right? Is there a bigger one? After Li Cai saw the thirty boats provided by Zhang Yan, he said with a smile, "These boats usually cross the river and cross the river, but when they reach the sea, it is simply not worth mentioning. So, I need a bigger boat, a sea vessel that specializes in sailing on the sea! ”

Therefore, Zhang Yan issued an order to Mi Zhu, asking Mi Zhu to purchase 30 sea ships from the sea, take Qu County as the port of sea, transport all the completed armor and weapons to Qu County, and purchase a batch of refined salt from the local area, all of which were loaded onto the sea ships.

In addition, Zhang Yan even sent Tai Shici to lead 2,000 soldiers with excellent water skills to escort Li Cai to complete this task.

At this moment, Zhang Yan seemed to have seen the spectacular scene of a steady stream of war horses pouring into Xuzhou...... (To be continued......)