Chapter 265

"My lord, this subordinate is willing to lead troops to go and snatch the commoners!"

Wen Chou had been beaten very miserably by Liu Bei last time, and this time he also wanted to regain his face.

"My lord, I am willing to go!"

Yuan Shao also didn't want to see Liu Bei grow stronger; the more prosperous Bingzhou became, the greater the threat to his Jizhou!

Yuan Shao stood up, intending to show his power!

Tian Feng interjected,

"My lord, our army is already somewhat exhausted from dealing with Brother Gongsun Zan. If we create another strong enemy in Liu Bei, I fear it will be dangerous!"

Shen Pei added,

"My lord, the food and clothing expenses for a million commoners are not a small amount. Our Jizhou has many people and very little wasteland; I fear it will be very difficult to settle a million more people."

That's right, the idea is good,

but reality is very skinny!

Even if Yuan Shao gained these million commoners, he would have nowhere to settle them; instead, these Huang Jin soldiers would have no food to eat and would cause trouble again!

By then, he would truly be exhausted from dealing with it!

Yuan Shao sat down dejectedly.

"Then you tell me, what should we do?"

Guo Tu bowed.

"My lord, Bingzhou has little land, and even less good land. It will be very difficult for Liu Bei to support so many commoners; he will surely buy grain everywhere."

Everyone's eyes lit up!

Yuan Shao nodded; Guo Tu still understood him best.

"Pass down the order to strictly control the buying and selling of grain; we must not sell grain to Bingzhou!"

"Understood!"

Guo Tu added,

"My lord, Cao Cao crushed the Yellow Turbans and became the Yanzhou Governor; we can form an alliance with him to oppose Brother Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu."

Yuan Shao felt jealous.

"My former little brother Cao Aman has actually become the Yanzhou Governor."

Just at this moment, a guard came to report.

"Report~!"

"My lord, Cao Cao has sent an envoy, saying he looks to the Alliance Leader for guidance and asks what instructions the Alliance Leader has recently."

Yuan Shao felt proud; this Cao Cao was also very respectful.

He laughed heartily and stood up.

"Pass my order to go all out and compete with Brother Gongsun Zan for the Pingyuan Kingdom of Qingzhou!"

"Understood!"

Tian Feng frowned, worried in his heart.

"This Cao Cao is already the Yanzhou Governor, yet he is still so humble; at this time, he is enduring what ordinary people cannot endure, he must be planning something big!"

Liu Bei had actually long anticipated the reactions of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao had just taken control of Yanzhou and would continue to expand his territory, so he wouldn't be an enemy to him.

Yuan Shao was fighting with Brother Gongsun Zan, so even if he wasn't happy with him, he wouldn't start a war with him for now.

Now he could still relocate commoners, but in another year or two, I'm afraid it would be difficult.

Baimajin,

It would take a long time for a million commoners to cross the Yellow River.

Liu Bei had taken in another hundred thousand commoners along the way, and now he had a million people.

Mi Zhen had just finished calculating the harvest of these past few days.

"Husband, we haven't lost money along the way, we've actually made thirty million coins!"

"When we reach Wei Commandery and Henei Commandery, we can make another profit."

Mi Zhen's eyes were shining; she was truly a little money-grubber.

Liu Bei hugged her from behind.

"My lady, you are truly my virtuous helper."

Mi Zhen's face turned crimson, and she drew out her voice.

"Husband, then how will you reward me?"

Liu Bei smiled and gave a graceful squeeze.

"You said..."

Mi Zhen felt her husband was bad!

After a long time,

Mi Zhen rested on Liu Bei's arm.

"Husband, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have both strictly forbidden the large-scale sale of grain and fodder; we only have less than a month's worth of grain left."

Liu Bei smiled.

"No matter, by then we can reach Hedong. Grain blockade? It's not hard to break; I've already made arrangements."

Mi Zhen was very admiring.

"Husband is truly capable!"

"Truly capable, is that so?"

Zhen Mi's little mouth opened slightly, ah!

Zhen Mansion,

"Cough! Cough!"

Zhen Yan's face was pale, and he coughed violently.

Zhen Yao was very worried.

"Second Brother, you should rest more recently, I will help watch over other matters."

Zhen Yan shook his head.

"Your personality is still too impulsive; our Zhen family's foundation is in Jizhou, yet you are always hanging out with Liu Bei."

Zhen Yao frowned.

"Big Brother, Lord Xuande is a hero of the world; he previously crushed Dong Zhuo and now has taken in a million Qingzhou commoners. Everyone under heaven is looking at him, why don't you think highly of him!"

Zhen Yan's tone was unfriendly.

"Liu Bei is a hero of the world, but our foundation is in Hebei. The Yuan family has been high officials for four generations, their future is much greater than Liu Bei's!"

"Zhen Mi already knows about my illness, she will be home soon."

Zhen Yao was truly speechless, his tone complex.

"Second Brother, the Mi family also thinks highly of Liu Bei, otherwise they wouldn't have given such a large dowry, why must we..."

Zhen Yan slammed the table.

"Am I the head of the family, or are you! Lord Yuan hinted to me to let his second son, Yuan Xi, marry Zhen Mi as his wife!"

"Did you hear clearly? It's wife, not concubine!"

Zhen Yao was also angry.

"Second Brother, you know clearly that Little Sister has feelings for Liu Bei, yet you still do this!"

"That Yuan Xi is extremely mediocre; he is neither the eldest son Yuan Tan nor the third son Yuan Shao loves, Yuan Shang. When Zhen Mi was young, the fortune teller said she would be unimaginably noble; it definitely shouldn't be on Yuan Xi."

Zhen Yan was furious.

"Get out, it's not your turn to be the head of the Zhen family!"

A few days later, Zhen Yan's condition worsened, and he passed away early!

Zhen Mi also returned home, very heartbroken.

What she didn't expect was that her marriage had already been discussed by Zhen Yan and Yuan Shao.

Zhen Yao was even more depressed; just as he became the head of the family, Yuan Shao sent people over, and the tone was full of threats. ===== CHAPTER 266 =====