The grassland on the north side of Meiyang in Chang'an is located on the southern foot of the mountain.

The injured war horses were recovering here some time ago, and on the other side of the war horses were herds of cattle and sheep. Although they were not as large as the Hu tribe, there have been a lot of accumulation in the past two years.

Although commerce cannot directly produce various production and living materials like agriculture, commerce can promote the production of these materials. Because it can exchange more and better materials for the generals in the west to the north, the enthusiasm of the Hu people to produce was increased, and the number of cattle and sheep raised gradually increased.

In the past, Hu people did not fail to raise so many cattle and sheep, but they often had to migrate, and the number beyond their ability was indeed difficult to take care of. Second, the grassland had limited ability. The more cattle and sheep, the faster they could eat a piece of grassland, and then the number of migrations was more frequent. Moreover, cattle and sheep needed hay reserves for the winter. In the Han Dynasty, when there was no large machinery, everything was mainly handmade, which naturally limited the scale of breeding for the Hu people.

But now it is different. After autumn enters, you can sell all the weaker and older cattle and sheep to the Han people, leaving behind strong cattle and sheep for the winter, and you can also exchange them for supplies and reduce the consumption of hay in winter. And you don’t have to worry about the labor that was so worried about before, so the Hu people are naturally happy.

For the Han people who were under the Western General, selling high and buying low is a common practice, just like the price of grain before and after autumn harvest can be as different as heaven and earth, and the prices of cattle and sheep also fluctuate with the seasons. In addition, the grasslands in the north in the Hu people are bitter and cold in winter, and the temperature in the southern foot of Mount Li improved a lot. The Hu people believe that the old and weak cattle and sheep who cannot survive can often survive in better temperatures...

Even if there are really signs of not being able to hold on, the huge consumer group in Chang'an area is enough to maximize the value of these cattle and sheep, and the skin of cattle and sheep, muscles, bones and flesh can be fully utilized.

Therefore, after a while, the number of cattle and sheep in the grasslands on the southern foot of Mount Li in Chang'an gradually increased, and the value of the prosperity of the north commerce can also be seen here.

However, Jia Xu and Xu Shu finally came here to get together, not just to see the cattle and sheep, but to focus on meat.

How comfortable is eating meat? Will anyone turn around and eat soil when they are used to eating meat?

Xu Shu glanced at Jia Xu with his eyes slanted, turned around and looked at the husband who was snatching the last wave of grass, then looked at the flock of sheep grazing in the distance, and after a while, he said, "The pit in front is very obvious..."

This time, the suggestion for digging a hole was proposed by Jia Xu, and then Pang Tong went to implement it.

Compared to Xu Shu and Jia Xu, Pang Tong is indeed very confusing, after all, he is young! In the Han Dynasty, when marriage and having children were very early, although Pang Tong was considered an adult at this age, the officials in the surrounding area were seven or eight years older than Pang Tong, and some were even twenty or thirty years older. Although there was not much strangeness on the surface for the sake of the general Fei Qian and Pang Degong, everyone knows that someone must have seen Pang Tong's delicate and young face, and his chin that had not had many beards.

However, those who are close to Mo are black, well, no, and those who are close to Zhu are red. Pang Tong, Jia Xu and Xu Shu have been together for a long time, and they are also smart people. This trick of cheating, well, the skill of planning and strategy has naturally improved a lot...

However, what Xu Shu considered was that although Pang Tong's age was somewhat confusing, he had just cheated the Sanfu gentry heroes on the right. Even if these guys don't remember to eat, they should remember to fight. Although the pit was dug, if not many people were dropped in, there would be less meat to eat.

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes, laughed a few times, and then said, "People die for money, birds die for food, everyone knows, what can I do!"

Xu Shu thought for a moment and nodded. It is true. It is easy to know and it is difficult to do. Everyone knows that if you don’t greed for small gains, you won’t be so easy to be deceived. But don’t those who have been deceived understand this shallow truth?

"Then let's see if Shi Yuan can act this drama well..." Xu Shu was still a little worried about gains and losses.

"Hehehe..." Jia Xu laughed unkindly and said, "What are you afraid of? Even if you make a show, we will not lose much... I said, your binary relationship is really good, you are quite worried about him..."

"What do you mean by two-element..." Xu Shu said whispered, "It's all under the command of Zhengxi, so what's the one with us? Besides, if you want to say the 'Wen' generation and the 'Zi' generation, there are a lot of them? There are several... Haha, it's true that there are the most mosquitoes..."

Jia Xu rolled his eyes invisibly. Anyway, his eyes were slender and it was not easy to be discovered after turning them around. After pausing for a moment, he said, "What's going on in Tongguan?"

The direction of Tongguan is Xu Shu’s main job. Speaking of the main business, Xu Shu also stopped talking and laughing, stroked his beard and said, “I have sent more than ten teams to patrol day and night, and I will definitely not leak news…”

"Well..." Jia Xu nodded.

Yang Biao from Tongguan could not hold on for a few days. After receiving the news that Wuqiu Xing was defeated, he had no room for struggle and immediately chose to retreat. However, this news was still detained by Xu Shu and Jia Xu, and he did not directly announce it with great fanfare.

"As for Longyou..." Xu Shu looked at Jia Xu, and this matter was the project that Jia Xu was mainly responsible for.

Jia Xu was silent for a moment and said with a little melancholy: "With Li Changshi there... those little bugs can't make up the big waves..."

"So, is Li Changshi going to stay in Longyou?" Xu Shu keenly grasped the key point and said.

Jia Xu sighed slightly and nodded.

Xu Shu was silent for a moment, sighed and said, "It's good, that's fine..."

Although both of them knew that when Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Liu Bian, Li Ru strongly opposed it, the problem was that Dong Zhuo was already a little sick at that time, and Li Ru finally took the initiative. For this reason, Li Ru basically had no chance with the central court. Although there were many ministers who killed the emperor in the history of the Han Dynasty, it did not mean that Liu Xie could tolerate Li Ru swaying under his nose. Even though Li Ru's appearance is like two people now, it would be a problem if he was exposed.

But under the court, it's different.

Li Ru was somewhat kind to the general Fei Qian of the Western Expedition, and Xu Shu and others also knew this. Therefore, Fei Qian of the Western Expedition, took Li Ru in and appointed Li Ru as the chief historian. At a time when the laws of the Han Dynasty openly allowed the shelter, Xu Shu and others naturally had nothing to say, and even felt that it was a blessing to have such a superior who was willing to take risks for his subordinates.

Therefore, Li Ru's position in Longyou became the best choice.

On the one hand, Longyou is the same as Bingbei, Jiaozhou, Youbei, Annan and other places. For the Han Dynasty, Li Ru was an exile place. Li Ru in Longyou was voluntarily serving his sentence. From another perspective, Li Ru of Longyou was originally very familiar with him, and he also had some relationships and reputation. With him in charge, he would naturally be more reassuring than others.

"Okay... Let's see how much meat there can be in the pit now..." Xu Shu turned his gaze to the distance again, and said to the large group of cattle and sheep.

Jia Xu nodded, licked his lips, and smacked his lips...

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Jingxiang, Kuai Mansion.

Kuai Yue walked in with his sleeves, bowed to Kuai Liang, and then sat down, looking angry.

Kuai Liang raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Kuai Yue, and then ignored him, but twisted his beard slightly and continued to look at his book.

After sitting for a while, Kuai Yue finally couldn't sit still. He twisted his body and was about to say something, but he met Kuai Liang's narrowed eyes.

"Uh..." Kuai Yue opened his mouth, then swallowed his words, and then sat aside in silence.

After a while, Kuai Liang placed the book in his hand on the table, and then slowly said, "What's the matter?"

"A group of people from the Cai family and the Huang family left..." Kuai Yue pressed his hand on the table and leaned forward slightly and said.

"Go to Hanzhong?" Kuai Liang frowned and asked.

Kuai Yue nodded, then whispered: "It is said that Liu Jingzhou accidentally dropped a cup in the hall..."

The beard on the corner of Kuai Liang's mouth raised slightly and he said, "So, it's not just the Cai family and the Huang family who are going? Who else?"

"Brother, I can't hide anything from you..." Kuai Yue said with a smile, "...The Ma family and the Fei family are also traveling with each other..."

"Ma family? Fei family?" Kuai Liang's eyebrows moved, then nodded, and said, "No wonder Liu Jingzhou threw the cup... Hanzhong, Hanzhong is indeed a good place... The Ma family and the Huang family have always been good, and they are family friends. It is not surprising that they go together... But this Fei family... well..."

Kuai Liang's eyes quickly turned left and right, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Oh, I understand..."

Kuai Yue blinked and was a little surprised. What did he understand?

Kuai Liang glanced at Kuai Yue, looked at his expression, and knew that he could not think clearly, so he raised it a little and said, "The Fei family is different from the Ma family, it is their own relationship..."

"Hometown relationship?" Kuai Yue still couldn't figure it out. When he wanted to ask again, Kuai Liang closed his mouth and was glared at him. He could only press it awkwardly for a while, and then said with no words: "Is this General of the Western Expedition really that powerful? I didn't see it at all in Jingxiang..."

nonsense!

Kuai Liang frowned and said, "Tell me, what exactly do you want to do?"

Kuai Yue laughed twice and said in a low voice: "Didn't Liu Jingzhou throw his cup? Brother, see, can you..."

Kuai Liang glared and slapped the table with a "bang" sound: "Nonsense! I thought you were older in recent years and could be more calm in dealing with things, but I never thought you would still be so reckless!"

"Brother! Why did you say this? I'm also thinking about the Kuai family..." Kuai Yue was startled and said a little aggrieved.

"Hmph!" Kuai Liang waved his hand and ordered all the servants around him to retreat, then stared at Kuai Yue and said, "For the sake of the Kuai family, you deserve to say it! Well, if you don't say it clearly today, I'm afraid you will cause trouble in the future! Kuai Yue, kneel down for someone!"

Kuai Yue shivered and did not dare to get angry. He obediently left the table and knelt on the ground. In the Han Dynasty, the elder brother was like his father's words, which was not just a casual statement.

"It's okay if you offer advice when Liu Jingzhou first arrived, but you actually invited you to eliminate the thieves in the name of Kuai!" Kuai Liang said in a deep voice, "Although these thieves are still alive, you don't think about why these thieves came?! If the Kuai family is a little bit bad in the future, what will be the consequences?"

Kuai Yue subconsciously wanted to reply, "How could our Kuai family have that kind of thing?" As soon as he looked up, he saw that Kuai Liang's face was as deep as water. He couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and swallowed the words he was about to blurt out back into his stomach.

"I gave Liu Jingzhou a suggestion, although it was slow to achieve results and was extremely stable, and the operation was extremely mysterious. If Liu Jingzhou handed over the matter to the Kuai family, the Kuai family could take the opportunity to hold military power and control the local area. At that time..." Kuai Liang said in a deep voice, "And, in addition to getting the reputation of a 'mud offender', how many benefits did you bring to the Kuai family?"

Although it was autumn and the weather was dry, a lot of shining water soon gathered on Kuai Yue's head, and then a drop of sweat fell on the bluestone on the ground.

"From the way, you want to borrow a knife, but others treat it as a knife!" Kuai Liang sighed and said, "Although I noticed it at that time, I was a little slower, and I was half the fault of mine..."

Kuai Yue quickly kowtowed and said, "This is my fault and it has nothing to do with my eldest brother..."

"It has nothing to do with me, so does it have anything to do with the Kuai family?" Kuai Liang glared at Kuai Yue, and was so angry that he picked up the book on the table, and hit Kuai Yue on the head and face it. "It doesn't matter if you say it doesn't matter? It's great if you can take responsibility yourself? Others will not count the blame on the Kuai family? You... are really angry!"

"Brother, please calm down! Brother, please calm down..." Kuai Yue kowtowed repeatedly and said, "It's my brother who was wrong, I was wrong, I was reckless..."

Kuai Liang gasped for a few times, calmed down for a while, and then said slowly: "Since you know the mistake, why do you still have to take the bait this time? The way of career is uneven, and it is not surprising that you fell and bumped, but you actually fell twice or three times in the same place. Do you still have the face to claim to be smart?"

"What? Brother means..." Kuai Yue suddenly looked up, widened his eyes and said, "Yes... Liu Jingzhou is interested..."

"What else?" Kuai Liang closed his eyes and shook his head, "You must know that Cai is Liu Jingzhou's inner room! Liu Jingzhou accidentally threw the cup... Haha, if this is true, do you think you would know first or Cai's first?"

The sweat beads on Kuai Yue's head rolled down.

"Our Kuai family is not the sword of the Liu family, nor is it the lackey of the Liu family!" Kuai Liang lowered his voice and said, "The general of the Western Expedition is now in a prosperous state. The Huang family of Cai is now just taking advantage of the general of the Western Expedition to check and balance with Liu Jingzhou. Why should our Kuai family be a villain in vain?"

"Brother... Then, what should we do..." Kuai Yue said hesitantly.

"A new paper was created in the expedition to the West, called snow bamboo paper, which is as white as snow and as tough as bamboo..." Kuai Liang said with ease, "Now, the expedition to the West has taken Hanzhong, and Sichuan and Sichuan have many bamboos... Tomorrow you will take the Kuai family's paper workshop, contracted people, etc. to the Huang family's hidden courtyard, and you will say that you are congratulating the general of the expedition to the West!"

"This..." Kuai Yue was somewhat reluctant to let it go.

"It's okay. If the momentum of the Western Expedition can be maintained, what is this small loss?" Kuai Liang said with a smile, "I know you are a little incompatible with the Western Expedition, but for the sake of the Kuai family, you need to look farther away..." Zhengxi and Huang's teamed up, plus the bamboo from Sichuan and Shu, it would be easy for Huang's family to expand the production of snow bamboo paper in Jingxiang. Then the Kuai family's paper workshop will definitely be difficult in the future. It's better to do personal favors now and ease the position of both sides.

Kuai Yue lowered his head, remained silent for a moment, and nodded.

"After finishing this matter tomorrow, I will go back to my room and copy the Book of Rites ten times for me. If I haven't finished copying it, I will not be allowed to leave the house! I need to increase my memory!" Kuai Liang continued.
Chapter completed!