"Hongzhu, tell me in detail, what's going on with that drama zhi, why don't you leave in Pingzhou?" After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Shang Ji found Deng Yan and asked straight to the point.

"What else can I regret!" Deng Yan smiled, with a look of teasing. Although he did not personally experience the scene of Shang Ji's visit to Xi Zhicai, he understood the cause and effect clearly.

"How?"

"In general, he underestimated his attractiveness! Didn't there be two groups of strangers who discovered Xi Zhicai at the beginning? After you left, they spread the news outward. Since then, the threshold of Rong Village has been almost flattened by visitors. Yiren, princes, and Dong Zhuo have sent personally or heavyweight envoys, hoping that he can go out to help! ”

However, all the people who visited were refused, but the patience of the princes and corporal Lixian was also limited, and there were already bad signs before. It just so happened that my brother got married, and you sent an invitation to the little girl, and Xi Zhicai got off the donkey down the slope to avoid the limelight. ”

"That's it!" Shang Ji touched it, pondered for a while, raised his head and asked, "Hongzhu, you see this drama Zhicai......

"I don't think there's a problem, I've asked him about his plans before, and although he didn't give a clear answer, he didn't refuse. Brother, you know, not having a positive rejection is an attitude in itself. ”

"Well, well done, I don't come forward, you have to worry a little more, although his temper stinks, but he still has the ability. It is best to relocate Rongcun to Pingzhou as a whole, so that nothing goes wrong! ”

Deng Yan nodded: "Brother don't worry, foolish brother understands." It is better not to dangle in front of him these days, lest it irritate him. ”

Shang Ji immediately smiled when he heard this, and waved his hand indifferently: "Do you think I'm a childish who doesn't understand anything?" Will go and get angry with him! ”

Deng Yan also smiled: "It's good that my brother can understand, I'm afraid that my brother will have an opinion on Xizhi." ”

"I'm thinking too much, I still have this kind of heart!"

"Report!"

As soon as Shang Ji's voice fell, suddenly the voice of the guards came.

"What's going on?"

"Report to the lord, Mrs. Zhang of the Zhen clan asks to see the lord!"

"Mrs. Zhang?"

Shang Ji was suddenly stunned, and looked up at Deng Yan: "Didn't the representative of the Zhen clan just leave before?" What is Zhang doing in Xiangping at this time? Not afraid of gossip? ”

"Zhang's will gossip about what he is doing now, dare to come to Xiangping in person at this time, this Zhang is also quite courageous, he is a great character! It's a pity that it's a daughter, otherwise the Zhen family would have fallen to such a point! ”

Deng Yan interjected with embarrassment beside him.

The reason why the Zhang family will gossip when they come to Xiangping at this time is because Zhen Yi, the head of the Zhen family and Zhang's husband, passed away a month ago!

Zhen Yi himself was weak and sickly, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Zhen Yi was trapped in Yangcheng, and he couldn't afford to be sick under fear, and later although the Yellow Turban Army surrendered, Zhen Yi's illness did not improve at all. It took a few more months, and finally died a month ago.

Zhen Yi had three sons, the eldest son died young, and the second son served as the chief of Quliang under the command of the general He Jin, which was originally an official position with a bright future. However, half a year ago, because of the planning of Zhang Jiao and Dong Zhuo, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, the general He Jin, the general He Miao, and Empress He all died in Huangquan.

Zhen Yi's second son was also unfortunately affected and died in Luoyang.

The third son is a nerd, with business, military, and political abilities in an all-round battle, and he is simply unable to carry the pillars of the Zhen family.

However, the Zhen family, as a wealthy family with a long heritage, has a large number of side descendants in addition to Zhen Yi's lineage. In order to fight for the inheritance, the Zhen family made a fuss.

Zhang's is worthy of being a heroine among women, and with the posture of a woman, she forcibly suppressed the side branches of each room that were about to move.

"Heh, when she comes to Xiangping, isn't she afraid of sheep falling into the tiger's mouth? Or do you think that my Shang Ji is a righteous gentleman and will not take advantage of others' danger? Shang Ji chuckled lightly and said meaningfully.

"Brother, don't you just get it when you see each other? The foolish brother thought that our background was too shallow, and Zhen's meat didn't have a chance to take a bite, but I didn't expect her to send it to the door by herself, this opportunity can't be missed! ”

Deng Yan also smiled, and said with some eagerness.

"Okay, just according to what Hongzhu said, please let Mrs. Zhang come in!"

It would be naïve to think that the dispute between the Zhen family is just the internal struggle for the inheritance of property within the Zhen family, and there is one or more princes behind each side branch of the Zhen family. It's not one or two who covet the wealth of the Zhen family, the princes of the whole world are staring at it!

Because of his identity as a stranger, Shang Ji's rise time was too short, and he didn't have time to represent interests within the Zhen family. I thought that this feast of carving up the Zhen family had nothing to do with me, but who knew that the Zhang family would actually run to Xiangping by himself!

"The surviving Zhen Zhang clan has seen the envoy, and he has seen don't drive!" Zhang's was dressed in a white mourning dress, his expression was slightly sad, as soon as he came in, he flattened his hands to his left chest, bent his right leg back, bent his knees, bowed his head, and made a great blessing ceremony, which looked Chu Chu and moving, and perfectly interpreted what it means to be pretty and filial!

Taking advantage of the gap when Zhang lowered his head, Shang Ji and Deng Yan glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes. This Zhang family has just been widowed, of course there is no problem wearing mourning clothes, but just swaggering in front of the public to run to the Xiangping City Lord's Mansion, this is really out of the way!

"Madame doesn't have to be so polite, come here, look at the seats!"

Shang Ji helped him through the void, and then invited Zhang to take a seat.

"Mrs. Zhang, I will express my regret for the matter of honoring my husband, the deceased has passed away, and I also ask Mrs. to mourn and change." According to normal etiquette, Shang Ji first comforted.

"Envoy, please save the concubine and save the little girl!"

Who knew that as soon as Shang Ji's words fell, Zhang fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

"Well, ma'am, what are you doing? Hurry up, please! Shang Ji was taken aback by Zhang's violent reaction, and got up and took two steps forward, intending to help Zhang's up.

"Envoy, please be sure to save the concubine, only you can save the concubine!" Who knew that Shang Ji had just walked in, and Zhang's suddenly jumped and hugged Shang Ji's legs, looked up at Shang Ji timidly with a pear blossom and rainy face.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Zhang's two soft balls rubbed Shang Ji's legs, making Shang Ji couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Ahem......"

Deng Yan really watched it next to him, and had to cough lightly.

Shang Ji's old face suddenly turned red, and he slightly pushed aside Zhang's arms, and also left the softness, bowed slightly, straightened the hem of his clothes, and returned to his seat.

"Madam, please get up, let's talk slowly if you have anything to say, with the affection of Zhen and me, we should be in the same boat."

As he spoke, Shang Ji gave a look to the two maids next to him who were in charge of serving tea and pouring water, and the maids immediately understood and came over to help Zhang.

"Madame, what the hell is going on? Who is so bold as to threaten his wife's life? Shang Ji pretended to know nothing and asked angrily.

"Let the king know something, and allow the cheap concubines to tell the king one by one!"

Although he knew that Shang Ji was pretending to be crazy and stupid, Zhang had to cooperate with him to perform and introduce Zhen's current situation to Shang Ji.

Of course, in Zhen's mouth, Zhen's several side branches are completely traitors with wolf hearts and dogs, colluding with outsiders to seize Zhen's property, and even intentionally or unintentionally leading Zhen Yi's death to the side branches.

"In this way, there are four forces of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Han Fu, and Ding Yuan intending to murder the Zhen family?" Automatically filtering the unreliable information in Zhang's mouth, Shang Ji asked intently.

"These four are the main forces, and the others have also intervened, but for various reasons, only these four are the most threatening!" After speaking, Zhang's posture of pear blossoms bringing rain returned: "Please ask the envoy to lend a hand and save the concubine and the little girl from the sea of suffering!" ”

Shang Ji and Deng Yan glanced at each other, but saw Deng Yan open his mouth and asked, "Dare to ask Madame, how do you plan for us to help the Zhen family?" You should know that it is impossible for us to send troops to Jizhou on a large scale! ”

"Go back to don't drive, the mundane things of cheap concubines, how dare you work in the dry city of the country. The tired general sent a confidant to lead a small number of guards to return with the concubines. There is no need for the general to do anything superfluous! ”

As soon as Shang Ji heard Zhang's words, he understood her plan, without him, just taking advantage of the situation!

At present, there is no big chaos in the world, even if it is really chaotic, Zhen's is not easy to provoke, several generations of management, Zhen's tentacles extend to all aspects. For various reasons, the princes' suppression and annexation of the Zhen clan was only carried out secretly in the form of agents.

The Zhang clan took over most of the Zhen clan's power, and if the other princes didn't go all out, they really couldn't help her.

What she is most afraid of now is that princes like Han Fu will directly tear their faces and press the realm, so she really has no way at all.

With Shang Ji's tiger skin draped, Han Fu and his ilk would never dare to act rashly before they made the situation clear, and when he figured out the situation, Zhang's arrangement would have already been over!

"Ahem, madam, I can send people, and even send my henchmen back to assist Madame. If necessary, the army can also be dispatched to respond to Madame, but I have a question, and I would like to ask Madame to solve your doubts! ”

"Envoy, please speak!"

"What benefits can Pingzhou gain in this process!?"

Indeed, the wave of softness just now made Shang Ji very cool, but at this price, trying to persuade Shang Ji to help is purely a dream!

"A city, a big city!"

"Oh?"

"Envoy Jun, as far as the concubine knows, Envoy Jun is wantonly recruiting strangers to enter Pingzhou to develop and build villages, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"Not bad!"

Whether this is a secret or not, the expected investment boom after Shang Ji's wedding came as scheduled, and even the enthusiasm of the players was even higher than expected.

More than 2,000 new villages have been built with player investment, with more applications under review. The effect of weddings, big competitions, and military parades far exceeded expectations.

"Does the general have a three-year development plan for the Liaoning West Corridor?"

"Not bad!"

The so-called three-year development plan for the western Liaoning Corridor is a gimmick for merchants to attract investment. The main content is to build three large cities from scratch in the western Liaoning corridor within three years, as well as a corresponding number of affiliated small and medium-sized cities, villages and towns, so as to strengthen the connection between the east and west parts of western Liaoning.

The reason why this is a gimmick is because Shang Ji is simply unable to achieve this goal within three years, and the construction of three big cities out of thin air will cost Pingzhou the manpower and material resources that Pingzhou cannot afford at all, and this goal can be achieved within five years even if it is considered to burn high incense.

"The general's plan is very feasible. Intending to make an investment, if the general helps the concubine escape, the Zhen family will bear the cost of building a big city! ”

"Not enough! I hope that Zhen can bear the full cost of the construction plan of the West Liaoning Corridor! ”

Zhang's face turned pale suddenly, building a big city has to make the Zhen family vomit blood, and even the Zhen family can't afford the three cities, and it is better to surrender directly to Yuan Shao or Han Fu on the conditions of agreeing to Shangji, in the final analysis, whether it is Shang Ji or Yuan Shao, they are all digging meat on Zhen's body.

"Build three big cities, one of which is named Mrs. Zhang's City, Mrs. Zhang is the lord of the city, and all the affairs in the city are decided by Mrs. except for the military. The position of the city lord is hereditary, and Xiangping does not interfere in any way, what does the lady think? ”

"Is this true?"

Zhang stood up with a thud and exclaimed.

"A gentleman's word is hard to chase!"

"Deal!"

Although Zhen was also the uncrowned king in Wuji County before, when he encountered a strong Wuji Ling with a backer, Zhen had to bow his head and be small. And the promise of a city that is completely controlled by Madame Zhang is much more attractive.

Especially the hereditary recklessness, it is simply the treatment of a king.

Of course, the city is called Mrs. Zhang's City instead of Zhen's City, which is also an important reason to attract Zhang's family. Shang Ji said it clearly, the city is dominated by the Zhang family, not by the Zhen family, and the difference is big.

"I will send Captain Tiger Ben Tai Shi Ci and Captain Yusheng Huang Zhong to accompany Madame back to Wuji, and these two will assist Madame in completing Madame's plan."

"Cheap concubine Xie envoy Jun Hongen!"

The Zhang family immediately became excited when he heard this, after the world's first martial arts conference, who doesn't know the prestige of Huang Zhong and Tai Shici? Especially Huang Zhong, the name of the world's number one military general, Lu Bu has admitted it! With the help of these two people, coupled with the significance of the two of them appearing in Wuji, it can almost be said that it is foolproof!

"At this time, it is better to be sooner rather than later, and please allow the concubine to retire!"

"Well, Madame go slowly, I will ask the two of them to go to the place where Madame is staying to find Madame."

"The concubine retires!"

Leaving the hall, the desolate look on Zhang's face immediately dissipated, and he resumed the posture of a strong woman, and clenched his fists with some excitement.

"Ma'am, how is it going?"

But it was Zhang's personal maid who was waiting outside that she saw Zhang's coming out and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Excellent! We immediately went back to the inn and waited for the men and horses sent by the merchant envoy. ”

Zhang didn't explain much, and walked directly to the outside of the city lord's mansion with the maid.

When he was about to reach the door, Zhang suddenly stopped. After hesitating for a moment, he took off an emerald green jade pendant on his waist, and a green light flashed, and the Zhang family suddenly became the appearance of the maid next to him, and even the clothes and decorations became exactly the same.

"Ma'am?" The maid looked at Zhang with some puzzlement, and she didn't know why she suddenly used the Hundred Illusion Divine Jade at this time.

"Yi Qing!" After the change, Zhang's body voice is exactly the same as that of the maid.

"Yi Qing is here!" The maid hurriedly replied.

"You stay here, leave after three hours, and remember to be as discreet as possible."

"Yes!" Although the maid named Yi Qing was a little confused, she still obeyed the order honestly.

But seeing that the Zhang family, who had become Yi Qing, imitated Yi Qing's past steps and slowly walked out of the City Lord's Mansion.

Outside the City Lord's Mansion, more of the Zhang family's maidservants were waiting here.

"Sister Yi Qing, why did you come out? What about Madame? ”

"Mrs. and the merchant envoy have a very happy conversation, so that the gentleman will stay with Mrs. to eat, and talk with candles at night!" "Yi Qing" said with a blush on his face.

"Huh!? Husband...... Madame her? ”

The maid's mouth suddenly opened into an O-shape, and she stammered and couldn't speak!

"Ahh

"Yi Qing" glanced at the maidservant angrily, and ordered directly.

When the group returned to the inn, "Yi Qing" lifted his disguise, and immediately startled the maidservants again.

"Send the order down, try your best to pass on the news that I will stay overnight in the Xiangping City Lord's Mansion and have a 'candle night talk' with Shangping Prefecture, and be as beautiful and charming as possible, you know what I mean, right?"

"Little maid understands!" The little maid glanced at Zhang timidly, bowed her head and said.

When the maidservant girl went out to arrange, Zhang let out a long breath, and unconsciously recalled his own cheap actions at that time, and suddenly became hot.

"Come on, I want to bathe!"