After receiving the news, Chen Chong stayed in Anyi until December 24th, when the first batch of grain from Yanzhou finally arrived outside the city.
The troops transporting food were still Cao Cao's infantry. He hurried out of the city to greet them. Opening the door, Chen Chong saw a long queue. Warriors in black armor were looking up and down at the city, stamping their hands and feet. The leader
He was a tall and tall man six feet tall. He took off his snow-covering bamboo hat and held it in his hand. He carried a knife at his waist. The deerskin boots under his feet were covered with snow and mud. When the man saw Chen Chong coming over, he quickly bowed his head and said, "
In the tent of the prefect of Xiadong County, Lieutenant Yue Jin, the captain of Chen Du, met Chen Shijun."
Chen Chong saw that he was short in appearance and courteous, but his words were neither humble nor arrogant, and he was as stable as a rock. He could feel that he was a courageous man. Chen Chong asked him about Cao Cao's recent situation, and he said: "Cao Fujun just defeated Heishan Yudu."
, and went south to attack the later general Yuan Shu. Now Yanzhou is in chaos, and Liu Shijun cannot calm it down, so all the counties rely on the prince of Fu, so they can raise these grains and grass."
Cao Cao has begun to show his talents! Looking at the rice grains that lasted for three months, Chen Chong was filled with emotion. The talented men he had made friends with in the past were now running north and south of the Yellow River. To his joy, it was difficult to find a way to survive here.
At this time, Cao Cao actually ignored the risk of breaking with Yuan Shao and chose to help him so clearly. He was very happy and said to Le Jin: "The captain can tell Meng De when he goes back. If he encounters difficulties, he can contact Henan Yun.
If something goes wrong, Xuande and I will not just sit back and watch."
Having said that, thanks to Cao Cao's help, he can have a good year this year.
After receiving the food, Chen Chong gave the state officials a holiday. He only went with Zhang Fei and two horses, and returned to Xihe from the Pingyang Trail. When he passed through Tongtian Mountain, it was New Year's Eve. Although the snow had stopped early, but
The sky is covered with dense clouds, like rolling turbid waves, floating among the mountains. Looking around, there is a sea of clouds rolling in the fields with no end.
Chen Chong turned back and looked south, but he couldn't see the road he had come from. The hundreds of mountains around him were like small islands among the huge waves, disappearing and appearing in the clouds. The vastness of the sky and the earth made pedestrians and horses seem to be floating in the vast sea.
It seems extremely small.
By the time we arrived in Yuanyang, it was already the New Year. All the state capitals had been moved here, and with them, the entire Chen family of Yingchuan. Liu Bei originally planned to let them live in Jinyang, but his uncle Chen Chen sternly refused.
He said that Chen Chong was now the head of the Chen clan, and no matter what the circumstances, he should spend this year with him, so he still insisted on going to Yuanyang City.
When Chen Chong arrived, Chen Chen and Chen Kui had already found a residence in the suburbs of the city and built an ancestral hall. About two hundred Chen Clan members were still cleaning and tidying up the rooms. Seeing that they had occupied nearly a thousand acres of land, Chen Chong immediately felt something was wrong.
, went to privately ask Chen Qun where the land came from, and Chen Qun replied that it was bought at market price, without any forced purchase or sale. Chen Chong looked at the account and asked why the price was so low. Chen Chong replied that he was hungry.
The annual market price was like this. Chen Chong was speechless and immediately ordered Chen Qun to make up for it one by one according to the usual annual price.
After the matter was arranged, Zhang Fei went to Jinyang to look for Liu Bei, and Chen Chong just met his father. His father, Chen Kui, wanted to treat him with dignity as usual, but when he saw the arrow scar on Chen Chong's eyebrow, he was immediately speechless.
When he came, only his uncle Chen Chen was still talking to him. The two first talked about the incident in Qingzhou. Qingzhou was almost completely occupied by the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and the Prime Minister and Governor sent by the imperial court were all unable to guard it. When they left, the Yellow Turbans had already
He turned to attack Taishan County, but the surrounding counties and counties could not take over. It was not known how long Chen Ji could hold on.
The two sighed for a moment, and Chen Chen sighed again. There were still several important things waiting for him to do in the clan in the past two days.
The first step is to perform an ancestor worship ceremony and officially complete the handover of the position of Chen clan leader.
Secondly, Xun Yu's daughter A'e has a marriage contract with Chen Qun. Now that Xun Yu's daughter has reached the age of hairpin, according to the marriage contract, Chen Chong should personally issue a letter of appointment and send an envoy to Yanzhou to recruit Xun's A'e to serve as her husband.
Chen Qun got married.
Then he hoped that Chen Chong would spare some time to take a test on his ethnic studies.
Chen Zhong is Chen Chen's son. Unexpectedly, after the whole conversation, Chen Chen didn't say a word about Chen Zhong, which made Chen Chong feel uncomfortable. He agreed. After the two of them talked, Chen Kui looked at him for a long time and finally said: "You
You are also going to be a father. I hope you will be more prudent in your work in the future." Finally, he patted Chen Chong on the shoulder and walked away slowly, leaving Chen Chong with his back.
As a result, in the past few days, Chen Chong not only had no leisure time, but also had to take a considerable amount of time to sort out family affairs. This was really a very troubling thing. A long time passed. When he was a boy, he traveled to various states and counties to study.
There was very little time. Except for the relatives he had spent day and night with when he was young, he felt very strange to many clan members. Sometimes he had to think for two moments before he could call out his name, which seemed very embarrassing. Some clan members wanted to entrust him to enter the state capital, and Chen Chong all wanted to do so.
They all went through strict assessments, and those who failed were rejected.
Returning home at night, Chen Chong lamented this to Cai Yan and couldn't help but said: "My tribe does not think about the national crisis. Instead, they think that the pastoral work in my state is so easy that chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven. If they have such thoughts, I will bring them into the state capital."
, when Dong Zhuo's army comes, will I be doing them good? Or am I harming them?"
He also accused Chen Qun and said: "I originally thought that Chang Wen has been with me for a long time and I should know how to be considerate of the people's sentiments, but now it seems that it is not true!"
Cai Yan was six months pregnant at this time, her belly was obviously bulging, and her movements were extremely inconvenient, so she stayed in the house all day wearing plain clothes. Chen Chen sent a maid to take care of the household chores, while he sewed the baby with stitches beside the couch.
When she heard Chen Chong's complaint, she could only advise: "We are not saints, how can we be selfless? Our tribe doesn't have any bad intentions, and they can support you even after entering the state capital."
Chen Chong had a sullen face and did not answer. Cai Yan knew that he had not listened at all and could not persuade her any more. She sighed, remembering that her second sister had asked her to find a future for Yang Mi, and she could only swallow her words at this time.
Then he asked him: "Will you go to Hedong again after the New Year?"
Chen Chong hugged Cai Yan into his arms and said softly: "I'll go in a few days. I'll be back as soon as the river thaws. I will definitely stay with you." Cai Yan said "hmm", leaned on his chest, and said after a long time:
"No woman will like a saint."
Chen Chong knew what she meant and said with a smile: "Of course I am not a saint, but I still like you."
After he managed to finish his family affairs, he suddenly received news from Liu Bei. Liu Bei arrived in Meiji with Liu Jia, Liu Deran, and Zhang Fei, and invited him and Cai Yan to have a banquet in Meiji. Chen Chong was very happy, and took the ox cart again that day.
, and my wife spent three days heading to Meiji.
The person who greeted Chen Chong in front of the city was Liu Xuan, the king of Youri. He presented Chen Chong with a disciple's ceremony. Chen Chong introduced Liu Xuan to Cai Yan with a smile and said, "This is your master's wife." Liu Xuan couldn't help but see that Cai Yan was pregnant.
He said happily: "It turns out that the teacher finally has a successor." Chen Chong heard something in his words, and then he realized that Liu Bei had only been married to Liu Jia for a year, and she was pregnant the month before last.
When they entered the king's tent, the banquet had already begun, but there were not many people. Apart from Liu Bei and his wife, there were only Zhang Fei, Liu Xuan, Liu Bao, Tian Yu, Da Qiequ, Zhang Chang, and Shi Sang. Chen Chong
He wished them happy New Year one by one and gave them gifts. They were all excerpts from books compiled by Cai Yan in his spare time. Everyone except Zhang Fei was very happy.
Although it is called a banquet, it is actually very simple. The most expensive part is just roasting two lambs, but in the habits of Liu Bei and Chen Chong, this is already a special luxury. Since August, Bingzhou has banned alcohol throughout the state.
, there was no more wine to drink at this time, so Chen Chong made tea instead, and a group of people ate dried fruits and chatted.
First, he talked about the recent situation in Guandong. Several people invariably talked about the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou. Liu Bei said: "When I left, there were three counties in Qingzhou that were all yellow turbans. Now I hear rumors that all six counties in Qingzhou have been lost, and more than half of Taishan and Langya have not been saved. Look.
The great disaster this year has forced several departments to fight independently, but they have all united into one. I wonder who is the leader now?"
Tian Yu said about this: "No matter who is the leader, they will eventually compete for food in Henan and Hebei. It is said that there are nearly 200,000 capable warriors in the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. Who in the Central Plains can surrender such a large army?"<
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When Liu Xuan heard that there were 200,000 soldiers, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "How can there be 200,000 soldiers? It's just a lie."
Chen Chong shook his head when he heard this and said: "If we are pressed hard, who can't fight? Rabbits can still fight for their lives, let alone women and babies. What the Yellow Turban lacks is nothing more than governance and military armor. They have already raised an army.
In seven years, there will always be progress."
Several people who participated in the war fell into silence, and then changed the topic to talk about some ancient wars, such as the Battle of Handan where Lord Xinling defeated the Qin army, and the Battle of Yin-Jin where Wu Qi promoted the Wei Dynasty. Finally, they talked about that year.
During the Battle of Jinyang when the Three Jin Dynasties attacked Zhao, we talked about the scene when the Fen River flooded the city of Jinyang, and then recalled that the amount of water in the Fen River is so low now. It is really hard to imagine what the Fen River looked like back then, so everyone lamented the fate of God.
Great.
At the end of the talk, Liu Bei suddenly remembered something and said to Chen Chong: "During the Chinese New Year, I wanted to pay homage to Duke Kang Cheng. Unexpectedly, when I went there, his disciples told me that in November, he brought three of his disciples with a wooden stick and mango shoes.
, riding on a donkey for a long journey, claiming that he would go to the desert alone to search for strange mountains and rivers, rare medicines and rare herbs. But he did not know when he would return."
"If we can really be so carefree in the world, it would be a beautiful story." Chen Chong couldn't help but sigh when he heard that Zheng Xuan traveled far away. He thought of Jiao Xian and thought that he still had many difficulties that needed to be solved. For a moment, he really had a problem.
This kind of impulse was not as good as the wooden stick, straw shoes, bamboo hat and coir raincoat, and the urge to retreat to the mountains and forests. But he soon thought of many dead people, and dispersed the impulse, causing him to chant:
"The feathers are rising in the side court, and the beacon fire is as chaotic as fireflies. It's time for Zhang Bowang to go to Jiaohe City at night. The horse's head is about to set, and the sword's tail catches the shooting star. If you haven't received any reward in your life, it doesn't matter if your life is at stake."
On the way back, Cai Yan said to Chen Chong: "You have a lot of fun when you are with them."
This is how it started in the third year of Chuping.