In the northwest of Youzhou, there are many hills and steep mountains in the upper valley.

After winter, the weather in the north turned sharply, with bare hills stretching out, and occasionally the rare sunlight stretching far away. From the quiet, war broke out, and the entire traffic road from south to north was blocked. Business traveled and traveled between the mountains and grassland trade. Along the way, looking at the desolate and majestic mountains in the north, after all, there was no other way to go.

Since the war in Jizhou ended with Gongsun Zan's death, under Li Ru's insistence, he sent troops to directly occupy Dushan, divided Shanggu County and Youzhou, cut off the passage of the business road, and connected Juyong, Zhuolu, and Pan County into one. On the other hand, after Xu Rong, Yanmen County fought several times with the high-ranking troops, he could not get out of the pass, which meant that one-third of the counties in Bingzhou were split, and heavy troops occupied Juzhu Mountain, a pass to the north, cutting off the trade traffic from Bingzhou and even the entire Central Plains to the north.

The only remaining road is to walk the Lucheng through Feihu Road and then go to Zhuolu or Sanggan to the grassland. However, the merchants are pursuing profits, the cost and delays of crossing mountains and ridges, and the number of families and families behind the whole northern interest trade suffered huge losses. The storm caused by Li Ru's move has caused even more storms than the battlefield in Jizhou.

In the second year of Chuping, the trade between the Huns and Xianbei only traded in Shanggu County. The herds of cattle, sheep, fur and horses made a large number of merchants smell the once-in-a-lifetime business opportunities. Through the obstruction of the mountains, the Han and foreigners were almost crowded together to compete, and even more than ten disputes broke out. Then the government forces led by Dongfang Sheng intervened... This made countless people's abacus fail again.

Naturally, more problems were placed on the desk of Dongfang Sheng, the county magistrate of Shanggu County. On the other side, the army that had been out for nearly two months finally arrived in Zhulu in the middle of the year, only four hundred miles away from Shanggu County...

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In late autumn and early winter, the seasons alternate, and the cold makes people uncomfortable. Cai Yan woke up lazily from the snow-colored blanket. Outside the window, the rare morning light shone into his eyes. Hearing the movement, the footsteps outside the house stepped over in a series of steps, the door creaked and carefully pushed open, and the stout figures of the stubborn women who came in to serve began to carry water in an orderly manner, twist towels, dress, and dress...

Xianglian's tender voice sounded outside the door and kept scolding him.

"Be smarter, who is the master? It's not that you served only money in the first place... but... Forget it, you don't understand... But there is one thing, didn't the servant's clothes be sent to you, why don't you wear them? Wear this wrinkled old clothes and let Manager Jian see them, and he must smash your butt... Let me tell you, Manager Jian came out of the palace. If you don't obey, you will send them all to him....................................."

The entire backyard slowly woke up in the words of the little maid. The woman stood in front of a huge bronze mirror and looked at her bulging belly. She let out a deep breath. Then she was helped out and walked out of the room. When she heard the sound of scolding under the eaves, she smiled and reminded her: "Train."

On the opposite side, the little maid nodded quickly: "Yes, it's just training, you have to be careful...ah...Madam is out." Then, he waved to the group of 16 and 17-year-old maids: "Go and go quickly, go and do your business." Then, he jumped and ran to this side, with a naive smile, but his tone was a little complaining: "Madam, why are these new maids who have been two months old still stupid? When Xianglian came into the mansion, she was very good at doing things in less than half a month."

"Shameless little girl..."

Xianglian bulged her cheeks and glared at a thick woman who was joking. The latter suddenly became fierce and stared back, scaring the little maid quickly hid beside Cai Yan and stuck out her tongue at the other party.

"Mrs. I'm just too spoiled by Xianglian, so it's not easy to send her out to find her husband's house in the future."

"I won't look for you, just follow my wife and you will be so angry."

A group of women laughed without any scruples, and even Cai Yan next to him chuckled and rubbed the maid's bun. After breakfast, Cai Yan read the book in the study for a while. Since she became pregnant, her husband has forbidden her to touch anything sharp, and even the piano with a slightly sharp corner is not good.

Thinking of that person... she gently stroked her bulging belly.

"I don't know where my husband has gone..."

The leisure time passed quietly, approaching noon, and the sky became cloudy again. The two of them in the front yard were coming to this mansion. Both of them were wearing scholars' robes, but fluff was added to the collar, and a layer of extra-filled single robes were placed inside, and they were talking to each other and leaving.

"...The Confucians have an idea, but they dare not overcome it. The official body is still subject to the leader's personal advice. Merchants can be condensed into bodies, but they should not rely too much on them. Since ancient times, merchants have been pursuing profits and have used all means. In fact, Shanggu County has shortage of resources, and Confucians can only gather the Xiongnu and the Xianbei convenience to help us prosper the Han area..."

"Brother Wen You are not afraid that the merchants will become grouped together in the future and put the cart before the horse and threaten the government?" The one-armed figure looked at the other party.

There was just a smile and walking with my hands behind my back.

"...It's okay, the merchants will hold them together, and there will be no weapons and people in their hands. How can those aristocratic families see them bigger? After all, these businessmen... as long as they have great profits, they will become crazy. Any aristocratic family may use dirty means. Let's just watch the show."

Dongfang Sheng stopped and hesitated: "The merchants are too loose at the moment, so if the leader opens the promise of official positions, the world... is probably going to push Shanggu County to the forefront."

"I have killed all the emperor... Is the imperial power useful?" Li Ru swept his robe and looked at the plaque in the backyard: "In front of the leader, those things are useless, either follow the rules here, or hold your head back...Do you think so?"

The one-armed scholar nodded with a smile, "Okay, let's go in and see the wife, so there is no need to say these evil words, so as not to startle the little leader." After the words fell, he walked in with Li Ru.

The two chatted and laughed easily. In fact, Shanggu County might not have been struggling on the blade at this time. The raiding army Dushan was also launched a strong attack after it was not reasonable. After taking it down, Dongfang Sheng was lobbying the other counties and then stabilized the general trend. If you are not careful, you may be turned over, and only the lonely city in Juyang was lost.

After all, after the news of Gongsun Zan's death came, Gongsun Zhi was still in the mountains. The only thing in the city that could calm everyone down was the lady in the mansion. That day, the bandits in the black mountain resurrected. The woman in the mansion used her tough sword and weapon attitude to make countless people admire her. In the future, when there were difficult disputes in government affairs, they would walk out of the backyard, and then resolutely implement the rules set by Shanggu County and Dongfang Sheng, and maintain an indescribable momentum.

This made everyone dare not look down on it, and of course part of the reason was the life that had not yet been born.

After turning over a roll of bamboo slips, the voice of Xianglian outside sounded and said that the county magistrate and Li Ru came to pay their respects. Cai Yan put down the bamboo slips and smiled: "Let them come in."

"Yes, madam!" the little maid responded.

After a while, the door opened gently, Dongfang Sheng and Li Ru came in one after another, probably talking about some recent government affairs. After exchanging opinions, when talking about the transaction between Shanggu County, Cai Yan shook his head: "The two gentlemen decided to do this immediately, but I heard that my husband was on the way back, and I guess he would be able to come back in these few days..."

While talking in the room, Xianglian was walking around outside boredly. After all, such negotiations will last for a long time, and there are many strong women guarding around. They are very tough and can't use her. She turned her eyes and then gently wanted to slip away for a while. Recently, she found that the guards named Su Ren on the government office were particularly interesting. The other party said that they were very good at killing Xianbei people on the grassland...

"Are you lost again?" Xianglian walked through the corridor and found a maid hesitating on the side of the study. She waved her hand: "If you are not here, walk back, go through the door behind and go back where you should be. Don't run around, be careful that I will break your legs."

Xianglian clenched her fist and drove the maid away, then turned her head and thought: "What's wrong with the new maid recently... I'm stupid, I always make the wrong move..."

After I couldn't figure it out, I simply stopped thinking about it and happily ran to the front yard to listen to the story.

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In the study, the continuous speech continued to come.

"...After my father-in-law's death, a puzzling news came from the grassland. A man from King Gongsun appeared in the Xianbei area of ​​Liaodong... He claimed to be a member of General Baima, and recruited displaced people in Youbeiping to rely on it. In this matter, we must step up the investigation..."

Cai Yan looked at the two of them, with a smile on his lips: "It is best to disappear without using any weapons, so as not to defam the reputation of my father-in-law and my husband."

"Yes! Madam."

After seeing off the two people, Cai Yan looked at the gloomy sky, sighed slightly in her heart, rubbed her bulging belly, and soon she would be a mother.

Husband is coming back soon, and I can finally take a break.
Chapter completed!