The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 148
After receiving the roster of applicants on the recruitment list, Yuan Shang was really happy for a while.

What is the most important thing in troubled times?talent!Only with talents, can we brainstorm, learn from each other's strengths, be invincible, and take firm and powerful steps towards the grand blueprint of world unification.

From the roster, more than a dozen candidates with innocence, excellent ability, and young age were selected. Yuan Shang then ordered the county guards in various places to arrange for them to go to Yecheng to meet for the exam as soon as possible.

After all the arrangements were made, Yuan Shang went back to the General's Mansion that night, had some casual dinners, and Yuan Shang immediately plunged into the study to deal with some agricultural and military affairs that had not yet been implemented.

This time, in response to Tian Feng's advice to recuperate and recuperate, the northern army and civilians will open up wasteland and reclaim land, and the candidates for the Diannong Xiaowei, the governor of the four states of agriculture, must be selected well, and strive to obtain the greatest benefits in the shortest possible time.

On the surface, the Lord of the Four States seems to have infinite scenery, but in fact it is quite difficult to be the leader. Although it is not as serious as having to do everything in person, all kinds of important matters need to be carefully screened and weighed. It takes physical effort, and more importantly, it has to bear all the good and bad consequences of all decisions.

Historical princes are really not something people do.When traveling in the next life, you must go to the other world or the fantasy fairy tale, and see how well they live.

The door was gently pushed open, and a person who surprised Yuan Shang walked into Yuan Shang's study with a benevolent smile.

"Mother?! Why are you here?" Seeing the face of the visitor clearly, Yuan Shang was greatly surprised. While greeting politely, he hurriedly got up to greet him.

Mrs. Liu was dressed in plain clothes, with no makeup on her face. She led a beautiful maid carrying fruit, walked into the study with a smile on her face, and waved Yuan Shang to sit down, while she knelt and sat opposite Yuan Shangshu's desk, dignified. His face was full of deep love and kindness.

"My son, you haven't slept so late. It's very hard! Mother loves you so much that someone prepared some fruit for you to wake you up. Don't worry about it. Come here and taste it, isn't it good?"

The thread in the hands of a loving mother, the clothes on the body of a wanderer, maternal love is the greatest feeling in the world, regardless of high or low, rich or poor, rich or poor, no distinction is made, only the strong meaning of licking the calf.

Since Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shang has become more and more dependent and respectful of Liu's mother. Now seeing his mother coming to drive the cold and warm in person in the middle of the night, his heart is even more deeply moved.

"Mother, it's just a fruit delivery. Do you still need to come over in person? You are not in good health recently, so don't worry about these things, just let others deliver it." Yuan Shang picked up the fruit peel and tasted it, while speaking earnestly Liu's persuasion.

Mrs. Liu smiled and sighed: "I don't want to bother, but I can't, you boy, since you became the master of these four states, you only deal with political and military affairs every day, and you don't know how to take care of your own life , It makes Wei Niang feel uneasy!"

Yuan Shang blinked, as if he was a little confused: "What do you mean by what mother said? My child doesn't understand very well."

"Still pretending!" Mrs. Liu patted the table lightly, and said, "Tell me yourself? How old are you!"

Just after finishing speaking, Yuan Shang regretted it, wishing to raise his hand and slap himself.

What nonsense are you talking about? This is definitely not what my mother asked!
Sure enough, Mrs. Liu looked at Yuan Shang in bewilderment, frowned and said in surprise, "My mother is asking your age!"

Yuan Shang blushed, lowered his head and coughed, and hurriedly replied: "After another birthday, the false age will be considered twenty."

"Ai~~!" Mrs. Liu sighed for a long time, shook her head and said, "It looks like a man in his twenties, and he is still single, so he doesn't know how to be ashamed! The news is about to spread, but it makes others laugh out loud , I really lost the face of Yuan Shi!"

Yuan Shang was suffocated when he heard the words, he couldn't help but lowered his head and coughed heavily again, his face was red and swollen, almost out of breath.

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"My son, I'm ashamed." Yuan Shang lowered his head, expressing deep self-blame for his incompetence.

Mrs. Liu sighed, shook her head and said: "A while ago, you kept your filial piety for your father and thought about it for your mother, but you found a reason to send the daughters of Zhen's family, daughters of Xiahou, and daughters of Lu's family to you one after another. See It can be concluded that these three women all have some affection for you,

"Cough, cough!"

Yuan Shang looked at Liu Shi in disbelief: "That's why mother sent them here?"

"What do you think? You brat, you failed this good fortune for nothing!"

"Baby. Ashamed."

Mrs. Liu shook her head lightly, and said: "Your father has just passed away. According to the ancient etiquette, you can't get married, but my mother is worried for you. Seeing that you are two ten years old, you have no children under your knees. , tell me the truth, don’t you have some kind of illness?”

"Cough, cough!" Yuan Shang almost coughed out his lungs this time.

"Mother is worrying too much. The child is fierce and powerful, and the dragon and the tiger are leaping. The dragon and the horse are strong, and the dragon and the horse are spirited! It's normal and amazing."

"Really?" Liu's eyes were full of deep doubts.

"As evidenced by heaven and earth, the baby is very healthy!" Yuan Shang almost cried.

Mrs. Liu nodded, turned around and said to the beautiful maid behind her, "Qing'er."

Behind Mrs. Liu, a little maidservant with delicate features stepped forward slowly: "My maidservant is here."

"Stay here tonight, wait for the lord's rest, and see if what he said is the truth, and if there is anything wrong with it, report to me in time tomorrow, and don't hide it."

"Madam, don't worry, I will spare you, servant."

Yuan Shang trembled when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Mother, you must not do this! You are so aggressive! If it is passed on, even if I am not sick, I will be buried as sick. Mother, let's stop making trouble, it's in the middle of the night, Can't you just stop and sleep?"

Liu's face was full of sorrow: "I'm so anxious for my mother.

"Let my mother get angry for me in the middle of the night."

Yuan Shang couldn't help himself, tears streaming down his face.

Mrs. Liu sighed a long time, shook her head and said: "How about this, I won't force you, I will give you a month to let my mother settle this matter, how about it?"

Yuan Shang's face was covered with black lines when he heard the words.

"Baby. I'll take care of it."

Liu Shi nodded, then turned to look at the little maid behind her.

"Qing'er."

"The servant is here."

"During this time, you stayed by my lord's side and kept an eye on him all the time. If the lord turns out to be a child, it's nothing to you. If the lord still doesn't improve after a month."

Liu's eyes turned cold, and he said slowly: "It's up to you."

"promise."

When Yuan Shang heard this, cold sweat dripped down his neck.

With this question in mind, a few days later, Yuan Shang ushered in the first batch of talents who came to Yecheng to take the school examination.

Due to the arrangement in advance, all the students who came to take the examination were not Confucian scholars, they were all martial arts practitioners, a total of 17 people.

Above the school grounds in Yecheng, the dust was soaring into the sky, the spears were rattling, the drums were beating thunderously, and the momentum was overwhelming.

Seventeen mighty men stood in the arena, all energetic and solemn, waiting for the lord of Hebei, Yuan Shang, to personally test them.

When I was young, I only heard the sound of trumpets and the sound of drums, but I saw Yuan Shang, surrounded by Zhang Yan and Zhang Jai, wearing silver armor and a brocade blue robe, walking into the school grounds with a neat expression.

Although he was well dressed, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Yuan Shang's complexion was pale today, the bags under his eyes were swollen, his eyes were wandering and scattered, and he looked very listless.

Although Zhang Yan was careless in his daily life, he was careless, but when he saw Yuan Shang so depressed, he took a chance to poke his ear into his ear and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter, you look sad! Do you have something on your mind?

Which pot does not open and which pot is lifted, no wonder I have been a thief for so many years and have no eyesight at all!
Yuan Shang glanced at Zhang Yan sullenly, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Pingnan"

Now that Zhang Yan is attached to the Yuan family, he has restored his former military title and worshiped him as General Pingnan.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yan was very curious, wondering what else in the world could make this kid so miserable.

Yuan Shang's complexion seemed to be a little cramped,
Zhang Yan was taken aback when he heard the words, as if he didn't expect Yuan Shang to ask such a question.

"Fifteen, what's the matter?" Zhang Yan said honestly.

Yuan Shang was shocked when he heard the words, and said in amazement: "Fifteen? So early?"

Zhang Yan stared at him in astonishment, as if looking at another rare and exotic beast: "It's too early? I made a good joke because of this back then!"

Yuan Shangwen was surprised, and looked at Zhang Yan cautiously: "Then what do you think, if such a thing is told, it will make others laugh?"

Zhang Yan was startled when she heard the words, her big eyes were wide open, she looked at Yuan Shang in disbelief, and muttered to herself: "Impossible, such a person probably died by hanging in the morning, and he can still live until he licks his face." Now? My lord, don't lie to me, what you said... Are you sure it's really a person?"

Yuan Shang: "."

(End of this chapter)