Chapter 157 Who Will Marry the Zhen Family

The general office of Shence Mansion has temporarily become a classroom.

Guo Jia, Chen Jiao, and Zhang Ji were sitting there, three celebrities, but they have become Tie Hanhan now.

Although Yuan Tan is not a licensed teacher, he has no problem teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Yuan Tan's whim made the complete Arabic numeral calculation system appear on the earth five hundred years in advance.

And entered the Eastern Continent more than a thousand years in advance.

Even a top strategist like Guo Jia fell immediately.

Shocked to heaven.

Only then did I realize that these messy things were not tadpoles, but numbers.

It turned out that it wasn't the two hammers, it was the division sign.

Chacha is not a wrong sign, it is actually a multiplication sign here.

"The seal characters with dozens of strokes can be expressed with a few tadpoles, and the workload is reduced by 90%. Your son, you are really talented!" Zhang couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration.

In the eyes of everyone, he is more than just talented, he is simply too talented.

"Yeah..." Yuan Tan didn't expect to be highly respected, and he didn't feel ashamed of stealing at all. He coughed twice and said calmly: "What you said is too exaggerated. In fact, I am not that great."

Guo Jia and the three of them shook their heads at the same time. Such a masterpiece that created history cannot be called great, so why dare to call it great?

Speaking of which, Arabic numerals were created in the 3rd century AD.

It is now the 2nd century.

Calculating this way, it seems that there is no suspicion of piracy.

He still has the tolerance not to compete with the Arab juniors for the naming rights.

The appearance of Arabic numerals is about to change the history of arithmetic in the East, so Guo Jia and the others are studying excitedly and earnestly.

"One one makes one, two two makes four, seven eight fifty six, nine nine eighty-two."

"Wrong, it's 9981!"

"Oh yes……."

For many days to come, Guo Jia, Zhang Ji, and Chen Jiao could be seen shaking their heads and reciting in the clean courtyard.

They're capable adults too, and definitely learn a lot faster.

As you learn, marvel at these tadpole-like numbers even more.

The Arabic numerals are really amazing.

The eldest son is really a great and remarkable figure, he is like this piece of land, occasionally grow some, and can feed all things.

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Shence Mansion.

"Xiaoya, beat this side, this side..."

Yuan Tan has Guo Jia and others to deal with government affairs, and Zhang Liao and others to deal with military affairs, so they can enjoy life instead.

If you have nothing to do, go to the department store for a walk, and then go out to install batches.

I don't know how unrestrained and comfortable life is.

But there are also times of depression, that is, when you go out, you have to avoid the daughters of various houses who suddenly pop up.

These rich daughters are really crazy, he is not a casual person, how can he fall in love with them?

And in the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Yuan Shao was sweating profusely.

At this moment, sitting high in the hall, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xu You, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xin Ping and other a dozen counselors and staff are sitting under the hall.

Yuan Shao is very busy at the moment, he can't get away.

Recently, the problem of food and grass has been tormenting his body and mind like a demon.

You must know that under the collective wisdom and efforts of the counselors, a detailed strategy for Qingzhou was formulated.

But now, Cao Cao is attacking Xuzhou Taoqian, Qingzhou Mu Kongrong is besieged by Yellow Turban Thieves in Beihai, and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu has also admitted the actual status of the Yuan family in the Northland.

The border is stable.

From all aspects, now is a great time to attack Qingzhou.

But there is a lack of food.

After Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng this time, he had several banquets with wealthy families in Jizhou, and offered to borrow food, saying that he would definitely return it in full.

But food is life in troubled times.

Although the gentry in Jizhou were willing to borrow food, the amount was not much and the goal was not achieved.

If Yuan Shao had no food, he would not be able to cross the Yellow River to use his troops.

"There is still a big gap..." Yuan Shao looked tired and wanted to go on vacation and enjoy life.

Looking at the counselors in the hall now,

"It seems that we have to give up the Qingzhou strategy."

As one of the top strategists in the world, Ju Shou, the military adviser, could not just sit back and watch Yuan Shao give up so easily.

Immediately stood up and said: "My lord, the world is in chaos now, and all the princes want to seek hegemony."

"The land in Qingzhou is fertile. With a little cultivation, it will be a place of granary."

"In the whole west, there are the dangers of Mount Tai and other mountains as barriers, according to Cao Cao and others in the Central Plains."

"If it is obtained by others, how to cross the river and enter the Central Plains in the future, don't give up lightly!"

"This..." Of course Yuan Shao knew that what Jushou said was true, and being able to get a state on the south bank of the Yellow River was simply a heaven-sent treasure for future raids on the Central Plains.

If it is obtained by others, then confront him across the river, and his northern land will be besieged instead.

He also wanted Qingzhou very much.

However, without food and grass, how to send troops?

Tian Feng stood up at this time, "Master, there is one thing that my subordinates don't know whether I should ask."

"Tell me." Yuan Shao motioned.

Tian Feng then said: "I heard that my lord once went to the Zhen family to propose marriage.... The Zhen family is the leader of the gentry in Jizhou. If the Zhen family is willing to donate generously, the other gentry will naturally not be stingy. Why don't you go to propose marriage?"

Marriage, no matter in prosperous times or troubled times, is the closest way of union.

The two sides recognize each other, form a blood connection, and move towards a higher goal together.

The ones who bring this to the extreme are the 'Jin' and 'Hou Jin'. Basically counting up to the second generation, everyone is basically relatives of the nine clans.

Therefore, there are relatives who are dissatisfied with ten thousand, and man who is invincible.

Just imagine, there are ten thousand relatives, who is not invincible?

The Zhen family is a big family in Jizhou, not only controlling a large area of ​​land, but also actually controlling most of the people's livelihood resources in Jizhou.

Chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, cloth, etc.

The Zhen family has many sons, and they marry daughters from wealthy families in various counties.

Although the Zhen family was strong in the Yellow Turban Rebellion and has a short history, it is the most prominent family in Jizhou today, and has contacts with all the noble families.

Last year Yuan Shao planned to marry the Zhen family.

Marrying Zhen Mi, the daughter of the Zhen family, will be able to be closely connected with the entire Jizhou gentry.

This is a private matter of the Yuan family, but since ancient times, the princes have no personal matters, and it is related to the future of millions of people in the entire Yuan family group.

"But the Zhen family refused at that time." Yuan Shao still looked a little embarrassed to say it.

Tian Feng said bluntly: "Since Gongsun Zan died, today is different from the past."

With Yuan Shao's status, it is very difficult to say the same thing twice.

But for the sake of dominance for thousands of years, it might be necessary to propose again.

At present, his three sons are still unmarried.

Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation and asked, "What do you think, that young master married the daughter of the Zhen family?"

Tian Feng and Ju Shou looked at each other, logically speaking, the eldest son must be married first, but this matter was even asked.

This shows that Yuan Shao has other thoughts in mind.

The two of them are unwilling to participate in the battle between the young masters for the heir apparent. For them, it doesn't matter whoever they marry. So choose to remain neutral and not speak.

Other counselors endorsed the method of marriage.

Marriage with the Zhen family can enhance the status of the Yuan family, and whoever of the three sons marries the daughter of the Zhen family will definitely increase their strength greatly.

The judge thought, if Yuan Tan marries the daughter of the Zhen family, his power will become too great, which is not in the interests of the third son.

Standing up, he proposed: "My lord, listen to the rumors, the eldest son and the daughter of the Cai family..."

Before he finished speaking, he turned a corner and said, "Second Young Master is a generous man, and he is named filial piety. The subordinates think that it is a good choice for Second Young Master to marry the daughter of the Zhen family."

The judge was very smart and didn't propose Yuan Shang.

Guo Tu, who was sitting next to him, had a bad complexion at that time.

You must know that he is from the eldest son's lineage, and he knows that the second and third sons are very close, so at this moment, the judge proposes the second son to show his intention.

Seeing that Guo Tu wanted to speak, Yuan Shao immediately said: "I plan to let the third son marry the daughter of the Zhen family, what do you think?"

Huh? The judge was taken aback. But he immediately understood that this must be because Yuan Tan was already too strong among the three young masters, and this was Yuan Shao trying to balance.

What's more, Yuan Shao liked Yuan Shang very much, so it is reasonable to take care of him at critical moments.

Although Yuan Tan's prestige made the throne look unsuspecting.

However, according to the trial and evaluation, the future of the third son is not hopeless.

After all, Yuan Shao is in the prime of his life, and there are still decades to go in the future.

During this period of time, because Yuan Tan was too strong, life was very difficult for those who supported the third son.

The pressure in the judge's heart was relieved a lot, and he immediately said: "This matter is originally the lord's family, and it doesn't matter whoever marries, let the lord tell me."

"Okay, this matter is settled like this." Yuan Shao made a final decision.