Chapter 155 Yuan Tan Is a Sweet Pastry

The second day of Yuan Shang's coming-of-age ceremony.

Yuan Tan is in the mansion.

In front of the mountain of copywriting, there is Guo Jiafen, who is busy writing without wiping his sweat.

On the contrary, Yuan Tan in the hall was very relaxed, holding two letters for comparison.

The letters from Cai Yan and Zhen Mi have roughly the same meaning, they are both responses to Yuan Tan's brilliant achievements.

But there are some differences between the lines.

Cai Yan was more worried.

Zhen Mi admired her even more.

Guo Jia looked up from the heavy work, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, Miss Cai and the eldest son are childhood friends, it seems that no one wants to pierce a layer of window paper, this is sticky sweet, in the process of enjoying .

Letters are of course normal.

This letter from Zhen Mi... I have to say that beauties have loved heroes since ancient times, and this woman is at the age to talk about marriage.

It can be seen that the lady of the Zhen family is very thoughtful, and she is unwilling to marry an ordinary rich man.

This also shows that Zhen Mi and Cai Yan are completely opposite in their innocence. They are a young lady who has experienced the struggle in the backyard of a big family.

Guo Jia suddenly found his mouth bitter.

"Feng Xiao, why are you eating the tip of the brush? Look at the ink stains on your mouth!" Yuan Tan said in shock.

"This..." Guo Jia quickly wiped his mouth, feeling an urge to cry.

"His face is full of stains!" Yuan Tan laughed loudly, "Okay, take a rest, let's deal with it first."

"Yes, please rest assured, my subordinates will work overtime today to complete these tasks."

Yuan Tan was very pleased, but he would not reward them casually, especially modern items. This is also a way to control them.

At the same time, at the Sheriff's Office.

Yuan Shao was not as relaxed as Yuan Tan. As the leader of the Yuan family, even though he unified Jizhou and captured half of Youzhou, he was still under a lot of pressure.

This pressure comes from the increasing chaos in the world, but also from unfulfilled ambitions.

Of course Yuan Shao is not a vassal who only wants to live in one state, he has even greater ambitions.

After experiencing the battle of Yijing, although the Yuan family lost troops and lost generals, after annexing the Youzhou army as a whole, their power did not lose much.

He wants to attack Liu Yu and completely unify the North, so that there will be no worries.

So I called the counselors to discuss.

When the military adviser Jushou learned of Yuan Shao's idea, he expressed his opposition at that time, and said: "Liu Yu of Youzhou is the clan of the Han family, and his prestige is higher than that of Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Yan of Shuzhong. If you attack him, you will lose righteousness. Instead, an envoy should be sent to inform Liu Yuzhu of the reason for killing Gongsun Zan."

"Liu Yu will definitely support the lord, so that we will have no worries."

The military adviser Tian Feng also had his thoughts, and then said: "Liu Yu is not an ambitious person, so there is no need to worry about him invading. The remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou are becoming more and more powerful. If they enter Qingzhou in the name of crusade against the Yellow Turbans, they will win the hearts of the people. Not to mention, you can still get Qingzhou."

Yuan Shao thought about it, and knew the situation in Qingzhou through intelligence.

Qingzhou Mu Kongrong had no generals under his command, and his soldiers and horses were extremely weak. Now under the force of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, let alone encirclement and suppression, he was instead trapped in Beihai County.

It is embarrassing to be beaten like this by a mob.

Obviously Kong Rong only let pears, but not others.

Yuan Shao felt that Tian Feng's analysis was very reasonable. If he used troops against Qingzhou, it would be as easy as flipping the palm of his hand, and he would surely win a complete victory.

The hometown of the sage is rich in culture, and seizing it can greatly enrich the heritage of the Yuan family.

A good suggestion indeed.

At this time, the military adviser said: "Cao Cao is attacking Tao Qian in Xuzhou, and the situation is very good. Xuzhou has no generals to resist his attack. Cao Cao can take Xuzhou without losing too much. If he gets Xuzhou's money and food, We will definitely attack Qingzhou immediately."

"Now, instead, it is our best chance to cross the Yellow River."

It is not easy to cross such a big river as the Yellow River.

If someone like Cao Cao was watching, and if they disagreed, with Yuan Shao's current strength, he would not be able to cross the river to fight.

Just the transportation of grain and grass had to hold back the Yuan family's more than 10,000 troops.

It seems that attacking Qingzhou is indeed the best choice, and if Qingzhou is not taken, Cao Cao will definitely get it instead.

Cao Cao has always been Yuan Shao's biggest competitor.

However, if he used troops against Qingzhou, Yuan Shao would also have some difficulties.

Although Yuan Jun got the grain stored in Yijing, the production in Youzhou, Jizhou was greatly damaged due to successive years of fierce fighting.

It is necessary to take out some food to appease the people in order to successfully survive the famine this year.

That is to say, if Yuan Tan hadn't got Lu Bu to get Yi Jing in advance, the Yuan family's confidence might take a year or two to recover.

And Qingzhou's opportunity is imminent.

Moreover, the Yellow Turbans were rampant in the west of Qingzhou, and there were a lot of refugees. As for the refugees, the Yuan family can ignore them if they don't enter Qingzhou. If you enter Qingzhou, you must take care of it.

Yuan Shao frowned and said, "Everyone, if we attack Qingzhou, we will need a huge amount of food and grass, and our army's current food and grass may not be able to support it."

The counselors also took this issue into consideration.

Shen Pei got up and said: "My lord, this problem is easy to solve. You can borrow food from the Jizhou gentry. After the next year's food is harvested, I will return it to them."

Yuan Shao nodded, "This suggestion is very good. It's getting late today, so we'll discuss it in the next day."

The counselors of the Yuan family looked at each other. Yuan Shao's temper is like this. The bigger the matter is, the less he will make a decision easily.

But some things cannot be delayed.

Tian Feng was relatively upright, and immediately got up and said: "Master, whether it is Qingzhou Kong Rong himself, or Cao Cao's battle in Xuzhou, they all have a great influence on our capture of Qingzhou. Every day, the chance of winning will be lost. My lord, please hurry up." Make a decision and start the preparations.”

"This..." Yuan Shao hesitated for a while, then stood up and said, "That's fine, then let the high-ranking official Gao Lan stay here, and the army will return to Yecheng within three days. A few young masters and I will go first."

Obviously, Yuan Shao wanted to go back and solve this matter as soon as possible.

The counselors breathed a sigh of relief.

...

Half a month later.

Yecheng.

Inside the Yuefu, a hundred flowers were in full bloom, and more than a dozen ladies from rich families came.

All of them are as beautiful as flowers, fortunately no man can come here, otherwise, they would definitely be unable to walk.

Celebrities and sons like literary meetings, they recite poems and compose Fu, and talk freely about the general trend of the world. Show your masculinity, and lofty aspirations.

Ladies and gentlemen also have their own circles. They like to come to Yuefu, play piano and compose music, sing and dance to promote peace, and show off their beautiful side of women.

Naturally, the core is indispensable.

And all along, the core of the circle of famous ladies in Ye City has been the daughter of the Zhen family, Zhen Mi.

The status of the Zhen family is second to none in Jizhou.

But Zhen Mi is not just because of her prominent family background, her beauty and talent are also incomparable to others.

So today when Zhen Mi came to Yuefu, she was surrounded by celebrities.

"Sister Zhen, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are even more beautiful now. You will definitely find a good husband in the future." Cui Yu said.

Zhen Mi smiled, "Sister Cui, didn't you marry into the Wang family in Taiyuan after the Chinese New Year?"

The Qinghe Cui family is also a very powerful family, and the representative of the men in the family is Cui Yan.

There is an anecdote in history, when Cao Cao received foreigners, he felt that his appearance was not good enough to damage the national system, so he asked Cui Yan to pretend to be himself.

When foreigners saw it, they were astonished.

Men like to talk about women when they are together, and women are no exception. When they get together, they also talk about men.

Zhongmei immediately played around.

At this time, Wang Qier, the daughter of the Wang family in the East China Sea, spoke.

The Wang family of the East China Sea is also a wealthy family in the present, and the representative figure today is Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, who is also Wang Situ who was scolded to death by Zhuge Liang in history.

"I heard that today the daughter of the Cai family will come here to teach guqin."

These words immediately led to the topic.

Speaking of Cai Yan's peerless elegance, other ladies can't compare with her at all.

The only one who can compete with Cai Yan is Zhen Mi.

It's just that they are comparable in quality, but after putting on makeup, they are completely different.

"I heard that the cosmetics of the daughter of the Cai family are all provided by the eldest son."

"It's not easy to hear that those cosmetics come from a distant country."

"I really want to have..."

The ladies were chattering and chatting, and suddenly noticed that Zhen Mi's face was a bit unkind.

A few years ago, there was only Zhen Mi in the Northland who was peerless, but now, with the relocation of the Cai family to Yecheng, she has become a peerless twin.

It caused turmoil in the entire Northern Young Master circle.

Many people threatened that, not to mention the blessings of being equal, as long as they can get one of them, this life is enough, and they will never look at other women again.

Moreover, Zhen Mi has the highest status among the daughters of the Northland. But with the arrival of Cai Yan, Cai Yan is the most talented woman in the world, but she is faintly overwhelmed.

Let's not talk about talent first, after all, there is no first in writing.

In terms of beauty, Zhen Mi completely lost in the cosmetics, and everyone knew it well, and also knew the reason for her bad look.

Cui Yu hurriedly said: "Sister of the Zhen family, the daughter of the Cai family is not as good as you at all. Look at your figure, you are much better than her. She only relies on cosmetics."

Wang Qier said: "Then what's so rare about cosmetics, anyway, I don't care much."

"That's it..." The other celebrities said in a hurry

Zhen Mi's expression improved a bit now, and she was still very confident in her proud figure.

"The daughter of the Cai family has arrived!"

The maids of the Yuefu sang, they admired Cai Yan the most, not only for her peerless beauty, but also for her matching talent.

If he had changed into a man, he would definitely be a celebrity of the generation.

"Sister Cai is here!" Wang Qi'er was the first to turn around and run to greet her.

All the others followed.

"It smells so good, sister, what kind of perfume is it this time?"

"Sister, you promised to give me some. Look, I'll be back soon after I get married."

"Sister..., what about my share? My family is about to be seduced by a vixen!"

"..." Zhen Mi.

She was left alone, and she was so angry that her lungs exploded.

With a stomp of his feet, it was all the cosmetics from that big son, who didn't know where he got them.

You know, the Zhen family is as rich as an enemy country, and has businesses all over the world. Food and luxury goods are the most profitable, and women's cosmetics in luxury goods are also very popular.

There are eight hundred craftsmen who study cosmetics, but no one has heard of those used by Cai Yan.

At this moment, Zhen Mi has never been as lost as she is now, and has never been ignored.

Want to know where she goes, not the core?

It's just unbearable.

Zhen Mi walked over with a smile on her face, and said kindly to Fuli, "Sister Cai, you are here."

"Sister Zhen's family..." Although Cai Yan returned the salute, her expression was not as warm and calm as Zhen Mi's.

You must know that last time, she misunderstood that this girl was having an affair with Yuan Tan, and only later did she realize that she was almost tricked by this girl.

Fortunately, my elder brother was open-minded and told me clearly.

...

the next day.

Zhen Mi was dressing up, although she no longer liked these so-called 'top' cosmetics, it was better than no makeup.

At this time, the maid Xiaomei came.

After she saw it in the mirror, she hurriedly asked: "How is it, where did the eldest son go today?"

"The eldest son has gone to Cai's mansion, and he brought a lot of bags with him." Xiaomei said carefully.

There was a snap.

Zhen Mi patted the wooden comb, "Damn it, this Yuan Tan, apart from military camps and government offices, is going to the Cai Mansion, so he can't go to other places?"

Xiaomei sticks out her tongue, obviously, she is wearing white makeup again today. As a maid, Xiaomei also has her own circle of maids, and the maids in various prefectures also know some of them.

With the triumphant return of the Yuan family, the unmarried daughters of various households are now staring at the sons of the Yuan family, especially the eldest son Yuan Tan.

It's just sweet and sour.

The beauties in ancient times knew well that it would be difficult for a man of status like Yuan Tan to be exclusive.

Sharing is not out of the question.

But as long as he can take the lead, whether it is himself or the family, his status and the rest of his life will be settled.