Xun You is leaving. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info as the Yellow Gate who came to read the will, he could not stay in front of the army for too long, he must quickly return to Luoyang after the will was read to inform the court of the situation here. One is to restore one's life, and the other is to allow the imperial court to understand the situation at the front. This is his duty, even if Liu Bei and Li Qin want to keep it, it is impossible.

However, on the night before Xun You left, Liu Bei, Li Qin and Xun You had a talk.

At that time, the big tent was empty, the oil lamp was faint, and Liu Bei, Xun You, and Li Qin sat opposite each other around a table with dishes. A bottle of Moutai brought by Li Qin from later generations was unscrewed, and the mellow smell of wine emanated, which made everyone in the tent slightly soothed. I don't know if it's drunk or drunk.

Because it was the first time for both parties, Li Qin first formally introduced each other to Liu Bei and Xun You. Liu Bei looked at Xun You's elegant and indifferent appearance, and his eyes lit up all of a sudden. He knew that the man was a man of wisdom. He glanced at Li Qin's solemn appearance and understood that Li Qin attached great importance to this person.

"Since Yuanhua attaches so much importance to him, presumably his level is there." Liu Bei also attached importance to Xun Yu because of this.

He looked Xun You up and down, and suddenly knew how to deal with such a person.

At that moment, he shared his ambition to serve the country and the people with Xun You. And Li Qin was making fun on the side, and secretly told Xun You about his judgment and response to the future generation.

Xun You talked with Liu Bei and Li Qin, and felt that the two were very sincere and had a good heart, so he persuaded Liu Bei: "Since you want to serve the country in peace, it is best to choose a place as your foothold after the crusade against the Yellow Turban." In the future world, if it is really a chaotic situation of princes fighting as Yuan Hua said, then with its own territory, it will be possible to gather wealth and raise an army, and then have the ability to recover the rivers and mountains and stabilize the people. ”

"Thank you, sir, for your teachings. This point is also clear, Yuan Hua also shared it with me at the beginning. It's just that there are a lot of counties in Dahanzhou, which place should I choose to base myself on? Liu Bei asked with concern.

Although Xun You was not his mastermind, Liu Bei felt that this young man was worthy of his trust as soon as he saw him. So he didn't hesitate to ask Xun Yu about his big things.

"Well...... this" Xun You hesitated.

Seeing that Liu Bei trusted himself so much, he naturally felt a lot of emotion in his heart. In order to live up to such trust, he was naturally unwilling to give Liu Bei an answer casually. So, Xun You groaned, he stood up and paced and meditated, and walked like this for thirty or forty laps, and finally got a result.

He asked Liu Bei to take the map of the Han Dynasty and circled four locations on the map for Liu Bei to see: "Nanyang, Runan, Jiujiang, Danyang...... In my opinion, these four places are the most suitable places for Xuande to take as a foothold. ”

"Why?" Liu Bei looked at the map with the oil lamp, and silently recited the names of the four counties that Xun You pointed out to him, and he was still a little puzzled in his heart.

Whether it is Nanyang, or Runan, Jiujiang, Danyang, these are all places that Liu Bei has not been to, to be honest, Liu Bei is not familiar with these places at all, even if he is now fighting thousands of miles, but he has never been to these few footholds that Xun You has compared to himself.

What exactly do these places look like? Why he chose these places as his foundation, Liu Bei didn't understand at all. So, he asked directly.

"Nanyang is the emperor's hometown, and Emperor Guangwu is a native of Nanyang. Therefore, the imperial court invested a lot in Nanyang, and Nanyang County also developed because of this. Now the Yellow Turban thieves are powerful, although they have caused trouble in the Wancheng area in the north of Nanyang County, but the southern area of Nanyang County is still well preserved, and a considerable part of the population is stranded in the south of Nanyang, which is the help of Xuande's future development. Xun You first told Liu Bei the reason for choosing Nanyang County: "Nanyang County belongs to Jingzhou, but it is very close to the imperial capital. If the emperor changes, Xuande will enter Beijing to stabilize the situation first, so that the Han will not be too chaotic. ”

"That's it! It seems that Nanyang County is really a good place to stand. Liu Bei said, his eyes lit up, and he was a little excited in his heart.

However, Li Qin opened his mouth, and he had an objection to this: "No, the lord can't choose Nanyang County...... Even if he chooses, Nanyang County will not fall into the arms of the lord. ”

"Why?" Liu Bei asked puzzled.

"Because Nanyang County is too important and prosperous." Li Qin stated his reasons: "Today, the most powerful people in the court are those powerful families. Nanyang County is so important, the competition among officials in the court must be very fierce. Even if the lord has good feats, if you want to win the position of Nanyang Taishou, the lord must fight with them, does the lord think you can fight them? ”

"This ......" Hearing Li Qin say such a reason, Liu Bei shook his head dejectedly. Although he has great ambitions, he still knows how much strength he has. If you want money or not, you have no power, the only thing you have is the army in your hand, which has gradually expanded to 4,000 people, as well as the newly obtained clan title and the official position of a Fengche captain. This family background can be described as extremely shallow in the eyes of the imperial court. With such a shallow foundation, he competed with those four generations and three princes in the court or the wealthy families in the Weizhen place to compete for such a key point as Nanyang? Liu Bei thought it was difficult. Not only did he think so, but even Xun You shook his head in surprise. The first place he chose for Liu Bei had such a problem, and the young Xun You was still a little guilty.

For now, though, let's get down to business.

Since Nanyang County is not advisable, what is the situation of the remaining three counties: Runan, Jiujiang, and Danyang?

Runan County, belonging to Yuzhou, is one of the richest counties in the world. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there was a saying that half of Yuzhou was taxed in the world, and Runan was the richest and most populous place in Yuzhou.

"There are more than 400,000 households and 2.1 million people in Runan County...... But these are the data before the Yellow Turbans. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Runan is still in the midst of a military disaster...... I heard that Runan has been plagued by the Yellow Turban Army. The county seat is dilapidated, and the population is less than one. It can be said that Runan after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was a mess, and this mess was quite big. Li Qin said with a smile.

"So Runan...... Not a good fit? Liu Bei frowned slightly.

"If you want to govern Runan...... Xuande needed a lot of money to invest in Runan, restore the economy, and at the same time maintain a strong army to suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turbans that existed in Runan. Li Qin briefly explained the conditions needed to use Runan as a base: "However, Runan is not without benefits. The key lies in the fact that after Runan experienced this military disaster, the local powerful forces suffered a great blow. This area is almost a blank sheet of paper, and white paper is the best way to paint. ”

"Is a blank sheet of paper easy to paint?" Liu Bei chewed Li Qin's words carefully, nodded slightly, but the expression on his face was faint: "What about Jiujiang and Danyang?" ”

"Jiujiang and Danyang both belong to Yangzhou, which is a corner area of the Han Dynasty. This area was far from Kyoto, and the imperial court generally gave greater rights to the taishou in this area. Moreover, the main battlefield of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was not in this generation, due to the war in the north, the displaced people migrated to the south, so the population of Jiujiang and Danyang did not decrease but increased, and the place was richer than before the war. Xun You briefly introduced the situation in Jiujiang and Danyang to Liu Bei.

He told Liu Bei: "Compared with Danyang, Jiujiang is richer and the land is more fertile, but there is no natural danger in this place, and it is easy to be attacked by the enemy. And Danyang, the conditions are not as good as Jiujiang, but Danyang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a disaster of mountains and crosses in the territory, and the people are fierce, which is a place where elite soldiers are produced. The elite of the Danyang soldiers is famous in the entire Han Dynasty. ”

"So is it Jiujiang or Danyang?" Liu Bei asked with a frown. Although I have said about the good and bad of Runan before, Liu Bei really understands that Runan is not suitable for him, because as a grassroots, Liu Bei does not have much money in his hand, and Runan needs a large amount of money to recover after being plagued by the Yellow Turban Army, which is unacceptable to Liu Bei, he does not have that kind of strength at all. Therefore, after comparing the situation of the three places, Liu Bei intended to choose one of the two places of Jiujiang and Danyang as his base.

"What's this?" Xun You and Li Qin both groaned, they thought for a while, but they were never able to make a decision: "Jiujiang and Danyang have their own merits...... I think we're going to think about these two counties. After all, it is not enough for us to hope, it also requires all kinds of wrestling at the court. ”

"Hmm...... That's all there is to it. Liu Bei nodded clearly, followed by a sigh: "Anyway, this is a matter for the future." At the moment, we still have a hurdle to overcome. ”

"Is the lord talking about Dong Zhuo?" Li Qin guessed what Liu Bei was worried about, and immediately laughed: "Dong Zhuo is a general of Dongzhong, and the lord is also a lieutenant of Fengche, both of them are of average grade, but the lord doesn't have to worry about him." ”

Although the two are of the same grade, Dong Zhuo is modest. With this right, he was still able to instruct me to do something. Liu Bei heard what Li Qin said, but he smiled bitterly and shook his head gently: "I'm not worried that Dong Zhuo will give me anything good-looking." But I'm afraid that Dong Zhuo's indiscriminate command will corrupt my bones and blood. ”

"It's a real headache. But it's not that it can't be solved......" Li Qin pondered for a while, and gave Liu Bei an idea with a smile: "The lord doesn't want to see Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo must be very reluctant to see the lord, and the court doesn't belong to any Zhonglang general at the moment, so the lord can leave from Dong Zhuo." As long as the lord boldly puts forward his opinions to Dong Zhuo, presumably Dong Zhuo will not embarrass the lord, and will even give the lord a little benefit. ”

"The benefits? Just like Dong Zhuo...... I don't dare to hope for it. But you said to talk to him directly, I think you can give it a try. Liu Bei thought for a while and made up his mind very resolutely.

He planned to talk to Dong Zhuo tomorrow.

As for now......

It was already late at night, and thinking that Xun Yu was going to leave tomorrow, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a little sad on his face.

"Gongda, although you and I are seeing each other for the first time. But I have long regarded Gongda as my mentor and friend. Tomorrow Gongda will return to Beijing, and I will leave here to fight thieves elsewhere. It's a pity that you don't know when we'll be able to meet after a goodbye! Liu Bei sighed, and there was a bit of reluctance in his words: "I hate to go back with Gongda...... Ask Gongda for advice day and night! ”

"Alas...... I know Xuande's sincerity. It's just that at the moment, I can't help myself...... If I have the opportunity the next day, I will not disappoint Xuande. Facing Liu Bei's earnestness, Xun You sighed. He could not give some kind of affirmative reply directly, but could only vaguely promise something in the future.

Although no one can say what will happen in the future, after Xun You meets such a Liu Bei again, he is still willing to give Liu Bei a chance.