My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 405 Zhenbei King: Gongsun Zan

In recent days, there have been frequent good news from the north.

The day before yesterday, the land had just been expanded for three hundred miles, and a city had been captured yesterday. Today, there are already people selling slaves.

Regarding the matter of buying and selling slaves, Wei Cheng did not prohibit it for the time being.

There is no way, the population of the Great Han is too small. Compared with the 14 billion population of later generations, the combined population of the entire country in this era is comparable to the base of the magic capital.

And in such a vast and sparsely populated situation, wanting to develop the economy is simply a dream.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan's people were selling slaves in Luoyang, and Wei Cheng even asked "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List" to help promote it.

this day.

Wei Cheng took Hao Zhao to Yangshi in the city.

This is the largest trading city located in the east of the city. Rich merchants from all over the world gather together to bid and sell goods. It is very lively.

Wei Cheng rode a tall horse, which was no worse than Lu Bu's red rabbit horse. He ate meat for three meals, especially rabbit meat.

"This white dragon is cute, I thought he would jump when he was in a crowded place."

Hao Zhao led Bailong, walked to the front, turned around and said to Wei Cheng with a smile.

Wei Cheng stroked the horse's mane, and responded with a smile: "Bailong is not clever, but obedient, isn't it, Bailong?"

Bailong snorted, as if he really understood his master's words.

Hao Zhao laughed, turned around and wiped Bailong lovingly, and even fed him a handful of dog food.

Well, really dog ​​food.

The two came to the entrance of a restaurant, and immediately a servant came up and led Bailong to a stable beside him to serve him.

Wei Cheng led Hao Zhao into the restaurant, and the noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, and they all bowed to worship.

"Mr. Wei!"

"Meet Mr. Wei."

Wei Cheng waved his hand, walked straight to the square table in the center of the hall, and glanced at the bamboo cards and ledgers on the table.

The steward who was in charge of keeping the accounts hurried forward and said flatteringly: "Wei Jun came at the right time, Ji Hou sent someone to send over a dozen Wuhuan beautiful maidservants, saying that they were gifts for Wei Jun, and the younger one has ordered someone Take them to freshen up, hehe."

Although he was not opposed to the slave trade, Wei Cheng still couldn't accept this kind of thing.

Glancing at the steward, he shook his head and said, "I'll save you any beauties, let's send her to Xiuhefang, there just happens to be a shortage of manpower."

"Ah, this..."

"how?"

The steward hastily bowed his hands, and replied with trepidation: "Small, let's do it now."

The steward was very distressed. If he had known this, he would have secretly intercepted one of them. It is said that those women were all from Wuhuan nobles, and they were all tall and graceful. Alas, what a pity.

Wei Cheng didn't take it seriously, but looked down at the bamboo plaque on the table.

Not only on the table, but there are more than a dozen bamboo baskets beside it, which are also full of bamboo cards.

Each of these bamboo tablets represents a person, and these are the Wuhuan and Xianbei people captured by Gongsun Zan.

Wei Cheng frowned slightly, didn't say anything, and led Hao Zhao directly to the second floor.

At this time, Gongsun Zan had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing that winter was about to begin and snow was about to fall, the north was different from the south. When Sun Ce was planning how to capture Jiaonan, Gongsun Zan had already ceased fighting and his troops returned to the dynasty.

If he wanted to fight, he would have to wait until the spring of next year, so he simply went back to Luoyang to take a rest.

"I have seen Mr. Wei!"

As soon as he walked into the box, he saw six nanmu boxes at the door, which were full of various gold, silver and jade objects.

Gongsun Zan stepped forward to salute respectfully, and said, "Be careful, I hope that Wei Jun will accept it."

No one in the whole big man knows that Wei Cheng likes to collect these 'useless things' the most.

In their view, these are just some decorations. Compared with these gold, silver and jade articles, they prefer swords, guns, swords, halberds and food.

But since Wei Cheng likes it, as long as they meet each other, they must bring it back and give it to Wei Cheng. This is their heart and loyalty.

Wei Cheng glanced at it without any trace, and nodded in satisfaction.

These six large nanmu boxes are worth a lot of money, not to mention the gold, silver, jade, pearls and agates inside, which are worth the old nose's money.

"That's right, Ji Hou has a heart."

Gongsun Zan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly took Wei Cheng to his seat.

"You all go down."

"Here."

After Gongsun Zan left, only Wei Cheng and Gongsun Zan were left in the room, as well as Hao Zhao standing behind the door.

Gongsun Zan glanced at Hao Zhao, poured a glass of wine for Wei Cheng himself, and said, "Wei Jun, this time the Northern Expedition, the Tiger Soul Army took several shots to attack the enemy's vital points, and helped someone easily take nearly [-]% of Wuhuan's territory. A toast to Mr. Wei first."

Wei Cheng smiled and took a sip.

Gongsun Zan drank it down in a proud gulp, and said, "A certain person who should have entered the palace to meet you today, but asked Wei Jun to go there in person. I am really sorry, and I will offer you another cup to Wei Jun."

Wei Cheng was not used to liquor, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't mess with these nonsense, tell me, what are you going to do next."

Gongsun Zan looked up at Wei Cheng, and sat upright.

"Wei Jun, please purchase [-] sets of Xuanjia."

"Thirty thousand sets?"

Wei Cheng looked at the six nanmu boxes at the door.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zan hurriedly said, "No, no, those are used to honor Lord Wei, and the cost of purchasing the Xuanjia has already been prepared separately."

As he spoke, he took out a list from his pocket, on which there were more than 20 items listed, including mines, pastures, and some messy ones. In Wei Cheng's opinion, they were not very valuable, but they were considered treasures in this era. For example: slaves and beauties.

After Wei Cheng took it, he took a rough look, nodded and said, "Yes, besides Xuanjia, is there anything else I need?"

Gongsun Zan was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked flattered, "Can you mention anything else?"

Wei Cheng glanced at the items on the list, nodded and said, "You can mention it, weapons and equipment, you can mention it as you like."

Good guy, if you give me tens of billions of assets in future generations, you need [-] sets of stab-proof suits. I, Wei, feel guilty for holding them.

Gongsun Zan didn't know the price of the stab-proof suit, but he knew it well. Even if it was the best one on the Internet, a complete set would only cost more than 3000 yuan.

For 9000 sets, the full calculation is only [-] million, which is less than [-] million.

Leaving aside the items on this list, the gold, silver and jade wares in the six nanmu boxes at the door are more than this.

Therefore, it is rare for Wei Cheng to be generous.

"Well, I'll give you another [-] pieces of meteorite-made weapons, such as knives, guns, halberds, axes, hooks and forks. If you want anything, just make a list and send it to the guard to Xun Wenruo."

Wei Cheng is also careful. The companies that control modern time and space also need some subsidiary industries. He simply bought a film and television props processing factory to specialize in the production of these weapons.

This can be regarded as a contribution to the country.

"Wei Jun, so-and-so is so moved that I don't know what to say, Wei-jun, please be respected by so-and-so!"

Wei Cheng laughed, helped Gongsun Zan up, and said, "Don't get too excited, there's a big gift for you tomorrow."

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late October.

The new issue of "Dahan Dragon and Tiger List" is distributed from Anyi to various places in Dahan.

As long as Wei's caravan can reach, there will be loyal readers of "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List".

Among them, the various forces and families are the main ones.

After all, there are not many literate people in this era, and those who can understand "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List" are the nobles of these aristocratic families.

In Yanzhou, because it is closer to Hedong, Cao Cao got the latest issue of eight hundred li urgent delivery the next day.

Unlike Sun Ce, although the two also plan to go to sea, Sun Ce already has a naval base. Although there are not too many sea ships, they are enough. The kind of large sailboat that can accommodate 80 to [-] people will be enough at once. dozens of ships.

Therefore, when Sun Ce had arrived in Dongya Prefecture and was planning to capture Jiaonan, Cao Cao was still in full swing to let people build ships, and at the same time went to Xuzhou to discuss borrowing ships.

However, the sea-going ship that Huang Chengyan was in charge of building in Xuzhou only has a general framework now, and it may take several months to launch it.

Therefore, Cao Cao has been in a bad mood recently, and every day when he sees the good news from Gongsun Zan, he has mixed feelings in his heart.

Then, all the emotions broke out today.

"Conferred the king, you actually became the king!?"

Cao Cao looked at the latest issue of "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List", and was so envious that he was torn apart.

Guo Jia and the others also took a copy to read. Xiahou Dun frowned and said, "This is a king with a different surname. Could it be that Mr. Wei wants to follow the example of Gaozu and entrust eight kings with different surnames?"

Cao Cao was startled when he heard the words, and then he said excitedly: "Yes, yes, there is a possibility. Gongsun Zan has opened up three hundred miles, and he deserves this honor. King Zhenbei, this time really made Gongsun Zan proud. "

"Then... who will be next?" Guo Jia said suddenly.

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, his face darkened.

He wants to be the next king with a different surname, but now he is still in Yanzhou, and he has never even stepped out of the country.

Everyone looked at each other.

Cheng Yu said: "The next one is likely to be Old General Huangfu. The plan to go west to the Qiang land is also going smoothly, and the main force of the Longshan Army and the Tiger Soul Army are there."

Cao Cao frowned slightly, and suddenly thought of something, he sneered and said, "That's true, at this moment, I suddenly want to see the expressions of Yuan Gonggong and Yuan Benchu ​​with my own eyes. If they hear the news, they will definitely regret it. People don’t want land anymore, hahaha.”

It was indeed as Cao Cao thought.

At this moment in Wuwei, Xiliang, Yuan Gonglu regretted that his intestines were green.

"It's not fair, it's so unfair. I, the Yuan family, have also contributed a lot to this Western Expedition. If Huangfu's family is really crowned king, Yuan will definitely go to Luodu in person to seek an explanation from Mr. Wei."

In the big tent, Yuan Gonglu was pacing up and down in a hurry, several counselors and generals looked at each other, not knowing how to persuade them.

Yan Xiang smiled wryly and said: "My lord, there is nothing we can do about it. Our people are still staying in the territory of Xiliang, while General Huangfu has already reached the area around Kucha, going thousands of miles deep into the Western Regions."

Yuan Shu's face was frosty. It's too late to regret it now. He just wants to know that it's too late to bring people over there now.

However, God poured cold water on him that day...it snowed.

Looking at the fur fluttering outside the tent, Yuan Shu's expression was much darker than the sky.

Jingnan.

Liu Bei looked at the "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List" in the book, and his breath gradually became short of breath. I, Liu Xuande, also want a king with a different surname.

"Hey, I don't know what's going on with the second brother and the third brother. How come there is no news after so long?"

Liu Bei went to the yard and looked up at the sky, expecting good news.

Then, Wei Cheng was overjoyed and bestowed him a king.

Well, if Gongsun Zan is called Zhenbei King, then I, Liu Xuande, will be called Zhennan King, hahaha!
Liu Bei was fondly thinking about the future, but he didn't know that a mutiny had already occurred on Guan Yu's side...

The legendary Wuliang Mountain also exists in reality.

In the endless rain forest, the first batch of deserters began to appear from the troops brought by Guan Yu.

After traveling through mountains and rivers for a long time, we have to face all kinds of terrible poisonous insects and beasts and unknown poisons, which makes people nervous.

In the past few days, dozens of people have died one after another, and some people who were already shaken in their hearts escaped in the dark.

At the beginning, there were only a dozen or 20 people, but gradually they were out of control. The original team of 5000 people fled seven or eight hundred people in just a few days.

Including those who died, there were only less than 4000 people left in the army at this time, and they were far away from Jiaonan, but they didn't know how long it would take to get there.

The rest of these people actually want to escape, but their family members are still in Jingnan. If they escape, their families will inevitably be implicated.

Looking at the increasingly unstable military spirit, Guan Yu was helpless.

I just hope that I can quickly cross this damn mountain and reach my destination earlier.

Luoyang.

Gongsun Zan, who learned that he was named king with a different surname, sat at the top of the hall under the watchful eyes of all civil servants and generals.

Below one person, above ten thousand people.

Wei Cheng personally put the crown on Gongsun Zan's head and gave him a ruby ​​scepter, symbolizing power and status.

Gongsun Zan took the scepter with both hands respectfully and piously, and saluted Wei Cheng sincerely.

Wei Cheng said with a smile: "King Zhenbei, are you satisfied with this?"

Gongsun Zan grinned stupidly and said, "Satisfied, very satisfied, hahaha."

All the ministers in the audience also laughed. It's not that no one objected to Gongsun Zan's being crowned king.

But Wei Cheng made a point.

If anyone of you can open up three hundred miles of territory for my big man and slaughter a foreign tribe, then you will be the next king with a different surname.

In this regard, everyone was speechless.

Some people said that it wasn't because of Gongsun Zan's luck that Wuhuan had a population of only a few hundred thousand, so he had the ability to fight against Xianbei and the Huns.

But sometimes, luck is also part of strength.

Gongsun Zan has the right time, place and people, so he should be the king with a different surname.

This is also Wei Cheng's desire to set an example. Gongsun Zan just bumped into him, and he was really lucky.

"I hope King Zhenbei can make persistent efforts and strive to travel three thousand miles north next year to take down Xianbei and the Huns as well."

Wei Cheng encouraged a few more words, then walked up to the dragon couch and sat down.

"Okay, next, let's talk about the construction of the East-West Avenue and the excavation of the North-South Canal. You can speak freely."

(End of this chapter)