Li Li shook his head slightly, as if he was not angry at all, and still smiled and said: "It's just a name, it's just for people to call it, otherwise why choose a name?"

Looking at Yuan Ergongzi's outfit, it seems that he came to Zhen's Mansion directly from the barracks, and he must have set off last night; With such sleepless days and nights, no wonder the fire is so big. Meeting is fate, listen to the good words and persuasion, the son should pay more attention to rest, so is the way to prolong life. I wonder if Childe thinks so? ”

"Don't bother, my son is in good health!"

Inexplicably, after Yuan Xi heard the words of the person in front of him, not only did his anger not disappear at all, but he became more and more angry, but he couldn't vent it, which made him feel uncomfortable.

But he is by no means a stupid person, after seeing the smiling man opposite enter the lobby, everyone in the Zhen family did not say a word, and these people looked calm, no longer nervous and restrained, even the Zhen family sitting on the main seat was no exception, as if this person was the head of the Zhen family.

Seeing such a situation, Yuan Xi naturally knew that the smiling man in front of him was by no means an ordinary person, at least in the minds of the Zhen family, he was very important and popular.

"Could it be that this person is Zhen's concubine?"

Squinting at the smiling man opposite, tall and burly, handsome, Yuan Xi suddenly had such a thought in his mind.

"Who are you, and what is your name?" Yuan Xi asked suspiciously with a gloomy expression.

Li Li smiled indifferently and said, "Under Zheng Feng, the word Wenchang, is the cousin of the head of the Zhen family. This time I came to Jizhou to visit my cousin, but I didn't expect to meet Yuan Ergongzi, and I was fortunate to meet him. However, there is something unclear below, and I ask the son to tell him bluntly. ”

"You say, listen to this son!" I heard that the man was actually Zhen's cousin. Yuan Xi's anger eased slightly, and he replied in a deep voice.

Li Li bowed slightly, and said: "In this case, then I will speak bluntly." As far as I know, the ancestors of the Yuan family and the Zhen family of Zhongshan have some friendships, and they often have contacts with each other, which can be regarded as world friends. If this is the case, before the prince came to the Zhen Mansion, Ling Zun should have told you to be polite when you see the elders of the Zhen family. Don't be rude. I wonder if that's the case? ”

"What the hell do you want to say, don't dwell on it, just say it!" Yuan Xi said in a deep voice in an unkind tone.

The smile on Li Li's face quickly retracted, and he said in a deep voice: "In this way, I am not wrong. The Yuan family and the Zhen family really have some friendship. Since this is the case, then Yuan Ergongzi should know that Zhen Lao is the same generation as your grandfather. Your father Yuan Shao has to call Uncle Shi when he sees Zhen Lao. But you just called Uncle Zhen Shishi. It's ridiculous, are you the same generation as your father, and call yourself a brother? ”

A few words made Yuan Xi's face flush, but Li Li didn't give him a chance to defend himself, and suddenly scolded: "The Yuan family calls itself a family of eunuchs, the fourth and third princes. Protégés and officials are all over the world, can they educate a gentleman like you who doesn't know what etiquette is! Even if you're young and ignorant and don't know how to count, that's fine. But why can't he even control a house slave, and dare to roar in the lobby of the Zhen family!

What kind of master is this, what kind of slave is there, a nest of snakes and rats, colluding, which is cold! I have to say that the performance of Yuan Ergongzi and the house slave today really opened my eyes and gave me a long insight. Jizhou is so beautiful rivers and mountains, but it is occupied by such stupid people as pigs, this is the misfortune of the people of Jizhou, and it is the shame of the princes of the world! ”

scolded Yuan Xi, Feng Ji and others in one breath, their faces were like sauce, their faces were red, and they had to lower their heads.

Li Li was extremely happy, and his heart was very comfortable. Yuan Xi scolded him just now, but he didn't fight back, but greeted him with a smile and talked eloquently without hurry. When Yuan Xi and the others were angry, he grabbed Yuan Xi's previous pigtails and scolded him sharply, scolding Yuan Xi and his party so much that they couldn't raise their heads, their faces were full of iron, they were panting like cows, and their lungs were about to explode.

As Li Li said before, meeting is fate, but when he and the Yuan family meet, they are both fate and enemies.

It is better not to meet than not to meet, and it is better not to see each other.

There is no right or wrong in the princes' struggle for hegemony, and there is no affection to speak of, it is not a personal feud but it is better than a personal feud. The reason for this is the so-called incompatibility. The Han world is so big, it can't accommodate so many ambitious and unwilling princes, unless the other party is willing to bow down to the vassals, otherwise it is a great enemy of life and death, and it will never die endlessly, and it will definitely not stand side by side in the world.

For Li Li, at present, he wants to compete with Yuan Shao for the support of the Zhen family consortium, and in terms of geography alone, he is congenitally at a disadvantage and has almost no chance of winning. However, with the blessing of God, he happened to meet the Zhen family's caravan on the way to Jizhou, rescued the Zhen family's mother and daughter, and formed a good relationship with the Zhen family, which established the foundation for negotiations between the two sides. The most important thing is that the Zhen family is optimistic about him, and the daughters of the Zhen family have a very good impression of Li Li and his party, and then form an in-law, prompting the two parties to enter substantive negotiations, and they are expected to succeed.

However, at a critical juncture, the Yuan family suddenly came to borrow grain, if there was no strange thing in this, Li Li would never believe it. In his opinion, Yuan Shao, who was leading the army to exterminate the Black Mountain thieves, must have heard the news of the Zhen family's transfer of money and grain, so he would send Feng Ji to borrow grain. is called borrowing grain, but in fact, it is to test the reality of the Zhen family, to see if the Zhen family really has different intentions and wants to transfer the huge family business to other states and counties outside Jizhou.

As the overlord of the princes who occupy Jizhou, Yuan Shao definitely has the ability to detect the sudden events in various counties and counties in the territory at the first time, and the slightest disturbance will reach his ears. If he can't do this, it proves that he can't completely control the entire territory of Jizhou.

Just like Cao Cao in Yanzhou and Yuan Shu who tried to occupy Yuzhou, they could not completely control the entire prefecture and county, and could only occupy some important cities, and they often knew what was happening in the territory in hindsight, and their control was very weak. It is precisely because of this that the prefectures and counties they occupy are constantly plagued by bandits, and the bandits are rampant, forcing them to spend a lot of energy, financial, material, and military resources to quell the bandits as soon as possible and eliminate the bandits and bandits who are roaming everywhere in their territory.

Compared with the embarrassing situation of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, Li Li can be regarded as a prophet, and when he pacified the entire territory of Xiliang, he began to form a county army. The soldiers of Xiliang County did not participate in the war, but were only responsible for garrisoning the city, maintaining law and order and eliminating bandits, as well as cultivating tuntian. At the same time, Li Li organized the troops of the Xiliang Hundred Battles into more than a dozen main war battalions, which were specially responsible for attacking the city and garrisoning the border passes. In this way, the county soldiers and the main battalion have their own duties and duties; As long as there is no full-scale war in Xiliang, and only a local war, the counties will hardly be affected, and the people will still be able to live and work in peace and contentment, and will not suffer from military disasters.

In other words, if the princes of the Central Plains could firmly control the whole territory like Li Li governed Xiliang, then Li Li would definitely not dare to travel to the Central Plains, and he would not even dare to take half a step at the border. Because this kind of travel is no different from sending him to death, as long as he dares to step under the rule of the princes of the Central Plains, and when he comes in with his front foot, he will be discovered within three days, and then he will be killed by heavy troops, and the result will definitely be that there is no return.

Therefore, Li Li chose to travel to the Central Plains at this time, precisely because the situation in the Central Plains was chaotic, and the princes in various places had not yet cleared the bandits in their territories, so they could not control the whole territory. And he just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the Central Plains secretly, and travel the world to prepare for the peaceful times in the future.

The trip to Zhongshan was undoubtedly an unexpected gain for Li Li. If the Zhen family can be persuaded to move to Chang'an and bring more than half of the Zhen family's money and grain under Li Li's rule, it will undoubtedly be a boosting development for Xiliang, which is vigorously restoring people's livelihood and revitalizing the economy, and will greatly alleviate the current situation of the emptiness of the Xiliang Treasury, and save money and grain for the war.

Just before Li Li and Zhen entered the lobby to meet with Yuan Xi, he was already sixty percent sure that he would persuade Zhen to support him and transfer the Zhen family consortium to Xiliang. Subsequently, when he found out at the door of the lobby that the Zhen family's oldest, highest-ranking and most prestigious Zhen Lao was actually very displeased with Yuan Xi, he knew that the opportunity had come; Whether or not you can completely tie the Zhen family to your chariot is a matter of success or failure.

As long as they find a way to make the Zhen family and the Yuan family conflict, it is best to completely turn their faces, then it will be difficult for the Zhen family to continue to stay in Jizhou. Once the Zhen family was forced to evacuate Jizhou, the western capital of Chang'an was undoubtedly their best choice; Otherwise, they would have to move to Jingzhou and Yizhou to gain a foothold. It's a pity that these two states and counties have local clans that firmly control the most profitable goods trading, and the Zhen family is inserted halfway, it is difficult to gain a foothold, let alone develop, so they can only gnaw on the old capital and spend it alive.

In comparison, Chang'an is different. The whole territory of Xiliang is waiting to be prosperous, and there are no large merchants with strong strength and many trade channels to add in, and the Zhen family is undoubtedly at the right time to enter Xiliang at this time. Use the Zhen family's strong financial resources and trading channels to speed up the circulation of goods, purchase the goods squeezed by the people, let them get benefits, and then have the ability to add appliances to the home and improve the living water.

Only in this way can Xiliang truly develop, enter the track of rapid development, and get rid of the predicament of poverty in Xiliang. Of course, the Zhen family consortium alone will not be able to resume trade in Xiliang, but as long as the Zhen family is the leader, there will be more businessmen to increase investment in Xiliang in the future; Under the driving effect of such a spread of ten or ten, Xiliang can gradually become rich.

The wish is very good, but it is not easy to actually implement it.

What Li Li has to do now is to intensify the contradiction between the Zhen family and the Yuan family, and quickly expand the contradiction by taking advantage of Ju Yi's disrespectful words and the signs of Zhen Lao's dissatisfaction with Yuan Xi, provoking Yuan Xi and causing him to go berserk, and then everything will naturally fall into place.

Li Li, who had a plan in his heart, scolded Yuan Xi fiercely, and then he stood up, bowed slightly and nodded to the Zhen family and the Zhen family, and then turned around and was about to leave.

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