"Now the whole of Jizhou is under the rule of my Yan country, whether it is Youzhou, Bingzhou or Jizhou, I will treat everyone equally. When Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he immediately set up unified weights and measures, and I also wanted to follow Qin Shi Huang's example and unify the coins of the entire Yan Kingdom. Based on copper coins and silver as the standard, a unified monetary policy was formulated and implemented throughout Jizhou. Lin Nan thought for a long time, then said aloud.

Cai Yong, who had been an official in the imperial court, heard that Lin Nan was going to implement a new monetary policy, so he hurriedly asked, "Does Lord Hou want to abolish the five-baht coin?" ”

Lin Nan nodded and said, "No, I want to formulate a new currency, not to abolish the five-baht coin, but to mint silver coins and gold coins, one hundred and five baht coins can be exchanged for silver coins, and ten silver coins can be exchanged for one gold coin...... Five-baht money is used throughout the country, has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, there is no need to be maverick, just add silver coins and gold coins on the basis of five-baht coins, but to take silver coins as the standard, after all, there are many silver mines in the world and few gold mines. All currency production is in charge of a special person, and the people are not allowed to produce privately, and those who violate the order should be beheaded. ”

The five-baht coin is the longest-used currency in the history of China's coins, and it is also a coin that uses weight as a monetary unit, which has played a certain role in the history of China's monetary development for 5,000 years.

In the fifth year of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, he began to issue five-baht coins in the Central Plains, which opened the precedent of five-baht coins in the Han Dynasty. Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for some small changes in the middle, the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty dominated the world for 400 years......

The five-baht coin laid the foundation of the Chinese tradition of circular square holes, a small copper coin that is round on the outside and square on the inside, symbolizing the universe of heaven and earth. The word "five baht" is cast in seal characters below. "Baht" is a kind of weight lecturer unit in ancient times, and one-twenty-fourth of one tael is one baht, so the so-called "five baht" is actually very light.

After listening to this, everyone did not have any opinions. After all, the five-baht coin dominates the world, and has been used since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and has long become the most standard currency system, and now Lin Nan has promoted the standard currency system to silver coins, just considering the scarcity of copper mines and gold mines, and it is also for long-term planning. Subsequently. Zhong Xuan, Tian Feng, Cui Yan and others raised some civil affairs issues one after another, and Lin Nan also drew on the opinions of the people, and decided to re-verify the number of households, conduct a population census of the entire Yan Kingdom, and formulate a strategy to allow Hu and Han to intermarry, and encourage more children and more children, so as to increase the population......

After a morning of discussion in the government affairs hall, they worked out more than a dozen articles on post-war restoration, each of which was written by Chen Lin after serious discussion.

It's noon. Lin Nan entertained these people, and after the meal, he continued to discuss, and in a whole day, he deduced more than 30 regulations that were conducive to post-war recovery, which basically became the national policy of Yan State. In addition, special laws were enacted to regulate the behavior of the common people and slavery was abolished.

In the evening. Everyone dispersed, and after Chen Lin drafted the basic national policy. He sent his subordinate officials to the printing house for unified printing, and then promulgated it to all counties and counties in the entire Yan Kingdom......

In the days that followed, Lin Nan was busy with government affairs, on the one hand, to build a currency production institution, and on the other hand, to start a money bank business that had not been appreciated before. The name was changed to the bank, and Sun Rui, a scholar who was proficient in business, was appointed as the president of the bank of the entire Yan Kingdom, responsible for the direct receipt of property.

After a few more days, before those resourceful men left Jicheng, a group of generals rushed over from various states and counties.

In the Yanhou Hall. The civil and military gathered, and Lin Nan accepted the worship of civil and military officials at all levels in the hall.

"Lord Qiyu, now my Yan country occupies a quarter of the entire world, pacified the land of Dongyi, Fuyu, Xiongnu have sent envoys to ask for annexation, Xianbei was also driven to Mobei by our army, since the promulgation of the decree, the entire Yan country has shown a thriving scene, and the post-war recovery is also gradually underway...... However, Hou Ye has made a lot of contributions, but this title is not quite in line with Hou Ye's current identity, and his subordinates have always believed that Hou Ye can be the king, and he is willing to ask Hou Ye to put all the people in the world first and shoulder the heavy responsibility of the king of the world. Jia Xu said first.

"Wang Tianxia?" Lin Nan knew that he was holding the jade seal in his hand now, not to mention being called the king, even if he was called the emperor, no one could control it, but he couldn't eat a fat man in one bite, the Han Emperor was still there, and he had not yet reached the level of the emperor, so it was naturally a good choice to be the king first.

"Please take the common people of the world as the priority, enter the throne, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of the king of the world." The civil and military officials saluted in unison.

Lin Nan felt a little ridiculous, it was obvious that he wanted to be the king in his heart and wanted to be promoted to another official rank, so why did he have to use the common people in the world as an excuse...... He stood up without the slightest hesitation, with his current strength, there was nothing wrong with being king. He said aloud: "Okay, from today on, I will start to reign in the world." ”

"My subordinates will meet the king."

Different surnames are called kings, except for Liu Bang's feud in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there is no such thing as a king with a different surname in the future, even if there is, it will be regarded as a thief. But this time is different, the authority of the Han Dynasty has been lost for several years, the Eastern Han Dynasty only exists in name only, the Son of Heaven is just an ornament, and it is still in the hands of Ma Teng's father and son, enjoying life in Chang'an, the world is strife, and the heroes rise together, Lin Nan just dares to be the first in the world.

October 188 A.D. Yanhou Linnan pacified Jizhou, took the lead in claiming the king, and at the same time preached the world, but it did not cause too much disgust, the people of Jizhou looked forward to it, and Yan began a five-year recuperation.

……

Yuzhou, Suiyang City.

The ruined city walls, stained red with blood, reflected the sunset, as if heaven and earth were connected, the ground was full of corpses, rivers of blood, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell, which seemed so desolate.

"Whew"

The soldiers of the Wei army cut down the flagpole on which the banner of the Song army was hung on the city wall, and raised the banner of the Wei army on the city tower, marking that the city had become a dependency of the Wei state.

Cao Cao was dressed in iron armor, wore a familiar copper helmet, and tied a big red cloak on his back, rode a shadow, and slowly drove towards Suiyang City.

Xu Shu, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu followed closely behind Cao Cao, everyone's face was full of joy, the city that had been attacked for two days in a row was finally taken down, how could their hearts be unhappy.

"Gotta ......," the scout galloped on a fast horse.

"Lord Qi, there is news from Jizhou, Yanhou Linnan. took the lead in claiming the king, and issued a proclamation to the world. ”

After Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, waved his hand, motioned for the scout to leave, and said lightly: "Pass the order." The whole army rested outside the city for the night, and early tomorrow morning, accelerated its advance, and must take the whole of Yuzhou as much as possible. ”

"No"

In the hazy sky, the black clouds piled up into a whole piece, like a thick piece of iron, gradually sinking to the ground, as if it had covered Xiangyang City, and it was overwhelming. The whole city of Xiangyang is covered in snow. The whole city of soldiers and civilians are immersed in a tragic sadness, the sound of crying and mourning is endless, from the Chuhou Mansion to the city gate, the people in Xiangyang City spontaneously dressed in linen and filial piety, standing on both sides of the wide street, have shed tears.

"Up"

In front of the gate of the Marquis of Chu's Mansion, with a shout, Liu Qi held Liu Biao's spiritual seat. He stood up from his knees, his face full of sadness. With heavy steps, he walked forward step by step, and behind him was a huge coffin, and dozens of strong men were responsible for carrying this coffin, following behind Liu Qi. Move slowly.

Behind them, there are civil and military officials at all levels in Jingzhou, each of whom is full of grief and follows the funeral procession forward......

Liu Biao, the Marquis of Chu, drove the crane west and was buried in the sea of fire. There are no bones, and in the huge coffin, all that is contained is Liu Biao's clothes before his death, which is called a mound of clothes.

As Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, with the full support of Kuai Yue, quickly controlled the situation in the entire Xiangyang City.

Liu Qi's stepmother Cai died in battle because of his brother Cai Mao and others, and Cai's failed to stand up for the big responsibility, and his son Liu Cong was still a baby, so he couldn't control the situation in Xiangyang City at all, so he could only compromise with Liu Qi and support Liu Qi to take over the position of Marquis of Chu with Cai's strength, although he was not willing, but he was helpless. The news of Liu Biao's death reached Jingzhou in mid-September, and it immediately caused a shock, and the soldiers in Xiangyang and Jiangling who were directly under Liu Biao's control were restless, and when the dragons were leaderless, some generals and adults were ready to move...... Fortunately, the prime minister Kuai Yue turned the tide and put Liu Qi in the position of the Marquis of Chu, and then used his connections to contact the civil and military at all levels, so as not to cause turmoil in Xiangyang and Jiangling.

However, in contrast, there were different turmoil in the rest of the counties, Jingzhou was not very stable, as soon as Liu Biao died, the rest of the counties were ready to move, and ambitious people immediately recruited troops and horses, preparing to annex the whole of Jingzhou by force, so that the whole Jingzhou showed a situation of separation.

Because of this, Liu Biao died for almost a month, and Liu Qi freed up his hands to mourn his father and make a tomb......

The funeral procession soon came outside the city, and Liu Qi led the civil and military officials to enter the cemetery where Liu Biao was buried.

When he was about to be buried, he saw a few fast horses galloping from the north direction, a group of three people, the face in the middle was as white as jade, the face on the left side was like black charcoal, and the face on the right side was like a heavy jujube.

When Kuai Yue saw Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei coming, his brows immediately furrowed, and he hurriedly walked into Liu Qi's side and said, "Lord, Liu Bei is here." ”

Liu Qi didn't have any expression on his face, looking at his father's coffin being buried little by little, his heart was like a knife......

He is only fifteen years old, since he was a child, he is a flower growing in the greenhouse, his face is very similar to Liu Biao, every time Liu Biao sees Liu Qi, it is like seeing his own childhood, he is very fond of Liu Qi, only let him read poetry and books, but does not let him dance with guns and swords, and his body looks very weak. Seeing that Liu Qi didn't answer, Kuai Yue said: "Lord, now you are the Marquis of Chu, the lord of Jingzhou, respected by all the people, and you can no longer claim to be a son." Liu Bei is here, there must be a plan, according to the scout, Liu Bei has recruited a lot of recruits in Xinye, has been training in secret, today to pay tribute to the old lord, must be here to explore the wind, the lord should show Xiàn stronger, do not let Liu Bei take advantage of it. This man is loyal on the outside, but treacherous on the inside, and he must not be guarded against. ”

"Prime Minister, I once met Uncle Xuande, he is not the kind of person you said, he thinks of the common people in the world, and takes it as his responsibility to support the Han family, even when his father was alive, he was deeply moved, and it is reasonable for Uncle Xuande to come to pay tribute to his father, how can the Minister of State say this about him?" Liu Qi is kind-hearted and kind-hearted, and has a little bit of Liu Jingsheng's genetics, but he lacks a little bit of the nobility that Liu Biao had during his lifetime......

Kuai Yue said: "The lord must not let Liu Bei's appearance be confused. He fought with the old lord, and after killing Lu Bu, he came back early, and he once had a close relationship with Yanhou Lin Nan, and he also voted for Wei Hou Cao Cao, such a person has to be guarded against. ”

Liu Qi was a little impatient, and said casually: "Okay, okay." I know what to do. ”

Kuai Yue shook his head, and thought to himself: "The lord is too young, he has not been trained, and he is always a child's kindness, I must let the lord change this bad habit, otherwise Jingzhou will change hands." …… The four counties of Jingnan have been separated from the rule of Chu, Jiangxia has been occupied by the old department of Huang Zu, and although the rest of the counties have not yet shown a situation of separation, it is only a matter of time. I must try to keep Jingzhou, keep the state of Chu, and I must not let outsiders covet here. ”

Not long after, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei turned over and dismounted, and in front of many people, they came straight to Liu Qi, and said in unison: "See Chu Hou." ”

Liu Qi didn't have any big shelves, and immediately said: "No courtesy." ”

Liu Bei said: "I only got the news yesterday. I came in a hurry this morning, and I didn't want to be late...... Brother Jingsheng has already driven to the west. Please also ask the Marquis of Chu to mourn and change. ”

Liu Qi had already dried his tears, and he couldn't cry when he wanted to, but there was still a trace of melancholy on his face, and he sighed heavily and said: "I often think of my father's appearance before his death, and I think of what my father taught me before...... But. I didn't expect my father to leave tomorrow morning, I ...... I'll ...... later."

"The lord has inherited the throne of the old lord and has made a statement to the court, and the lord will definitely do his best to fulfill the last wish of the old lord before his death, and one day. We must welcome the world back to the old capital. General Liu is also a member of the Han family, and he should do his best to assist the lord. I wonder what General Liu's current plans are? Kuai Yue was afraid that Liu Qi would say the wrong thing, so he hurriedly interjected.

Liu Bei saw the sad look on Liu Qi's face, and saw Kuai Yue's gloomy face, so he roughly understood, and said in his heart: "Kuai Yue's support for Liu Qi is nothing more than that he doesn't want Jingzhou to fall into the hands of others, but Liu Qi has ascended to the throne, and he may not be able to support the whole situation...... Liu Biao is dead, the people of Jingzhou are panicking, and the talented people are thinking about the master, if I don't take advantage of this time, I will send people under the fence forever......"

"Alas, what can I plan, Xinye County is also a temporary shelter lent to me by Brother Jingsheng, and now that Brother Jingsheng has returned, I haven't figured out where to go for the time being." Liu Bei sighed heavily and said.

"Oh, I heard that Jiaozhou Shepherd Shixie is recruiting talents, with General Liu's great talent, his subordinates Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's bravery, if they go to Jiaozhou, they will inevitably be reused by Shixie. In addition, I can also write a letter, after Shi Xie reads it, he will inevitably treat General Liu well, but I don't know if General Liu is willing to go to Jiaozhou to show his ambitions? "Kuai Yue is tentative......

"It turns out that Kuai Yue wants to drive me out ......," Liu Bei thought secretly.

"Thanks to the care of the country, if you can really get a place to live, you will naturally be grateful." Liu Bei said against his will.

Kuai Yue glanced at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei behind Liu Bei, and saw that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had a trace of displeasure on their faces, and secretly thought in his heart: "Liu Bei is ambitious, he must not be a person who has lived under the people for a long time, staying by his side will only become a trouble, although he can be used for a while, he can't be used for a lifetime." Guan Yu killed Lu Bu, famous all over the world, Zhang Fei is also on par with Guan Yu, and both of them are Liu Bei's sworn brothers...... However, the lord has a good impression of Liu Bei, and if he makes a killing move, he is afraid that the lord will not obey, and he can only expel him from Jingzhou. ”

"Prime Minister, my uncle is a great man in the world, and his younger brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all enemies, at this time, Jingzhou is in turmoil, it is the time to employ people, how can the Minister of State drive people out?" Liu Qi didn't understand Kuai Yue's good intentions, and said suddenly.

Kuai Yue's face twitched a few times, but he didn't speak.

Liu Qi grabbed Liu Bei's hand and said: "Uncle, my father has just died for a month, Jingzhou immediately fell into a panic, first Huang Zu's old department occupied Jiangxia and did not listen to the order, and then the four counties of Jingnan expressed their separation from Chu State. ”

"No" Kuai Yue was shocked when he heard that Liu Qi was going to hand over the soldiers and horses to Liu Bei, and hurriedly stopped, "Lord, please take a step to speak." ”

Liu Qi saw Kuai Yue's expression was abnormal. He let go of Liu Bei's hand and walked to the side with Kuai Yue.

"Lord, don't hand over the Jingzhou soldiers and horses to Liu Bei, Liu Bei is ambitious, once he controls the Jingzhou soldiers and horses, where will the lord be placed? Xiangyang and Jiangling are the soldiers and horses directly under the lord. When the old lord was alive, although Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were in charge of the soldiers and horses, it was still the old lord who could directly control the soldiers and horses, how could the lord hand over the military power lightly? Kuai Yue reassured.

Liu Qihu said suspiciously: "I don't know how to command the army, my uncle has experienced a hundred battles, and the commander of the soldiers and horses will inevitably be stronger than me, so I will hand over the soldiers and horses to him to control and quell the rebellion in Jingzhou for me." Why not? ”

"Lord, you don't know how to command the army, your subordinates can teach you to command the army, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu are all dead, Wang Wei, Gan Ning, and Su Fei have taken refuge in the Yan army, but it doesn't mean that Jingzhou has no generals. Please give me a month, and I will inevitably select a few generals to be in charge of the soldiers and horses. Conquer in place of the lord. But Liu Bei can't use it, he can only guard against it. This can just let him stay in Xinye, and it can also make Nanyang Taishou strictly monitor, and if there is abnormal behavior, he can use extraordinary measures. ”

Liu Qi said: "The prime minister asked me to kill Uncle Xuande? ”

"If you kill Liu Bei and exchange it for the peace of the entire Jingzhou, your subordinates think this is a very good way." No, no, no. My uncle is benevolent, if I kill him, I will be damned, not to mention that he is my uncle, and my father still treats him well. How could I have done such a vicious act? Liu Qi was firmly opposed.

Kuai Yue had expected it, sneered, and said: "If the lord doesn't want to kill Liu Bei, he shouldn't use Liu Bei, just let him stay in Xinye County, Xinye is very close to Xiangyang, if there is any abnormal behavior, he can arrive within a day." ”

"What if I insist on handing over the Jingzhou soldiers and horses to my uncle to fight for me?" Liu Qi asked tentatively.

"That lord can only kill me first, and then do this, I don't want to see Jingzhou stolen by Liu Bei......" Kuai Yue said solemnly.

Liu Qi's face was stunned, he never thought that Kuai Yue's attitude would be so resolute. The reason why he has today's status is also thanks to Kuai Yue's support, he has a grateful heart for Kuai Yue, and his father Liu Biao also attaches great importance to Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang's two brothers, although Kuai Liang died with his father, but Kuai Yue is still there, Jingzhou soldiers and horses are still there, just a change of master.

"In this case, then let's listen to the advice of the Minister of State, let Uncle Xuande live in Xinye, if he doesn't have any abnormal behavior, I will definitely ask my uncle to help him in the future."

After Liu Qi finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Kuai Yue sighed and said slowly: "The old lord and the young lord are too kind-hearted, and they were deceived by Liu Bei's appearance, but it's okay to wait until the lord sees Liu Bei's true face, he won't believe Liu Bei anymore." Subsequently, the hanging sacrifice officially began, Liu Qi, Kuai Yue, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and officials at all levels of Xiangyang, all worshiped Liu Biao, after the ceremony was completed, everyone returned to Xiangyang City together, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei returned to Xinye on their own.

"Big brother, today that Kuai Yue is too bad for big brother's face, I really want to go up and slap him a few times." Zhang Fei walked side by side with Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and said very unhappily.

As soon as Liu Biao died, Jingzhou fell into a panic, the four counties of Jingnan broke away from the Chu State, and the old department of Huang Zu occupied Jiangxia and did not listen to orders, and Liu Qi was young and had little to do, so he couldn't support the big situation of Jingzhou at all. Now Cao Cao is attacking Yuan Shu's Yuzhou, Sun Jian is attacking Huainan, it is time for us to act, take advantage of this time, occupy Jingzhou, and take Jingzhou as the foundation, it is enough to win the world......" Liu Bei said as he walked.

"Big brother, the relationship in Jingzhou is complicated, the Cai family, the Kuai family and others are now supporting Liu Qi, the soldiers and horses controlled by Liu Qi alone are enough for 80,000 people, we are only 4,000 people in Xinye, how can we resist Liu Qi's 80,000 soldiers and horses?" Guan Yu felt quite difficult and worried.

Liu Bei is now full of confidence and said: "The second brother and the third brother are all enemies, and they can take the first rank of general among the ten thousand troops, and now most of the famous generals in Jingzhou have died in Sili, after the death of Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu, there are not many generals in Jingzhou who can lead the army to fight, Gan Ning, Wang Wei, and Su Fei have taken refuge in the Yan army, and the remaining group of scribes, what kind of battle can they fight?" What's more, Liu Qi may not be able to get the support of the army, as long as we can do a good job and do it well, it will not be a problem to take Xiangyang and Jiangling first...... Before that, though, be sure to capture a place first. Be our foundation. ”

"Where?" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei asked in unison.

"Nanyang County" When Liu Bei said this, his face was full of confidence, as if he was already his territory. After Guan Yu heard this, he nodded and said: "Nanyang was originally occupied by Yuan Shu, and later Yuan Shu attacked Yuzhou, and Liu Biao sent troops to attack Nanyang. Yuan Shu's Nanyang Taishou Li Feng fell when he heard the wind, and Liu Biao has always regarded Li Feng as the Nanyang Taishou, and it is still the case to this day. Li Feng is not very talented, and although he has more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, he is not worried. Big brother, I am willing to lead five hundred soldiers to attack the county town of Nanyang, and after capturing Li Feng, the rest of the counties will inevitably surrender when they hear the wind......"

Liu Bei waited for this sentence, and his face was happy. was about to respond, but he heard Zhang Fei snort, so he asked, "Could it be that the third brother also wants to capture Wancheng?" ”

Zhang Fei was dumbfounded and said, "Why can't I go?" The second brother beheaded Lu Bu, famous all over the world, this kind of small war, it is better to leave it to me to try the spear, I am alone, I can capture Li Feng and occupy Wancheng. ”

"The third brother should not mess around. When I return to Xinye, I'll give you a thousand soldiers. Otherwise......" Liu Bei said.

"Hmph, even the eldest brother looks down on me? So what face do I have to live in this world? You don't have to worry about it, I can take Wancheng alone, and then I can go to Xinye to meet my eldest brother. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei slapped the horse **, shouted, and immediately galloped away......

"Where is the third brother?" Liu Bei said nervously.

"Nanyang. Wancheng. ”

As soon as he slipped through the smoke, Zhang Fei disappeared without a trace, leaving only smoke and dust in one place.

"Second brother, let's hurry back to Xinye. Quickly dispatched troops to Wancheng, the third brother was reckless by nature, and he couldn't let him have an accident. Guan Yu was not worried at all, squinted Danfeng's eyes, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Don't worry, eldest brother, the third brother is thick and fine, and he will definitely not mess around." Since he dared to go to Wancheng alone, he must have an idea in his heart. The third brother is angry with me, angry that I killed Lu Bu, not him. However, Lu Bu did not die at my hands......"

"Huh? Obviously, you split Lu Bu in half with a knife, how can you say that it didn't die in your hands? Liu Bei asked suspiciously......

Guan Yu sneered and said: "Everyone in the world saw me slash Lu Bu, but they didn't know the secret, in fact, Lu Bu could block that move, but he didn't, but calmly faced my offensive and intended to let me kill him, so Lu Bu died at his own hands, and I was just a substitute." Lu Bu is unparalleled in the world, and I am indeed one level behind him, but ...... Looking at the world, how many people can be as brave as Lu Bu? ”

"Regardless of whether Lu Bu died willingly or not, but he was indeed killed by your second brother, this is an indisputable fact. Second brother, let's hurry back to Xinye, even if the third brother has a way, just in case, we still have to send soldiers to meet it, and we can't ignore the life of the third brother......" Liu Bei said.

"This is natural, I will personally lead five hundred soldiers to Wancheng to pick up the third brother, and the eldest brother will stay in Xinye."

The plan has been decided, and the two of them hurry up, because Guan Yu's red rabbit horse is fast, so they leave first. So, on the entire road, Liu Bei was left alone.

At this time, it was late, the sun was setting, the twilight was four, Liu Bei was walking alone on the road and felt quite uncomfortable, and he recalled his forests and forests along the way, and he didn't feel worried.

Liu Bei gradually slowed down and walked slowly on the official road, tired, hungry and thirsty.

At this time, the sound of the hooves of a fast horse sounded from the official road, Liu Bei was alert, and immediately rode his horse into the woods on the side of the road, hiding behind a big tree......

The fast horse behind gradually followed, and when he walked in front of Liu Bei, he stopped, looked left and right, and then said to himself: "Strange, I was still here just now, why did I disappear after a while?" ”

Liu Bei saw that there was only one person on the other side, and the person on horseback was only in his early twenties, wearing a long robe, and he was a scribe. He listened to the scribe, and seemed to be following him secretly, so he did not speak, but went on hiding.

"General Liu, General Liu......"

Liu Bei saw that the scribe began to shout, he ignored it all the time, and after a while, when he saw that no one was coming with him, and when he was sure that the scribe was alone, he led the horse out from the side of the road.

"I don't know who Your Excellency is, why did you follow me all the way here?" Liu Bei pressed the double-strand sword in his hand and made preparations for the sword to be drawn at any time, he thought that his strength was not bad, and it would not be too difficult to kill a scribe......

The scribe saw Liu Bei come out. At that moment, his face was happy, and he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and bowed respectfully: "I have seen General Liu in Xiayi." ”

Liu Bei had never seen this person before, so he asked, "What are you following me for?" ”

Yi is a clear-eyed man, dressed in a scribe's robe, although slightly shabby, but very neat. With a smile on his face, he took two steps forward.

"Huh"

Liu Bei immediately pulled out his double-strand sword, held it in his hand, aimed it at Yi Yuan, and asked, "Say it quickly, or I will kill you." ”

Yi Yuan's face was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled: "General Liu is full of vigilance, and he is indeed admired." The reason why he followed the general was that he wanted to take refuge under the general. I wonder if the general is willing to take it in? ”

"Take refuge in me?" Liu Beihu asked suspiciously.

Yi said: "In the lower is Yanzhou Shanyang County, a few years ago Yanzhou turmoil, I took refuge in Jingzhou, temporarily rely on Liu Biao, now Liu Biao is dead, Jingzhou people of insight, all think of the Lord, I saw General Liu at the sacrifice today extraordinary. felt that General Liu was not a person who had lived under the people for a long time, so he came to take refuge. It was also affirmed that General Liu took it in. ”

"I'm just a guest living in Jingzhou, just a martial artist, where do I have any bearing?" Liu Bei was worried that Kuai Yue had sent someone to deliberately probe him, so he replied.

Yi Ji smiled: "Could it be that General Liu is worried that I was sent by Kuaiyue?" In that case, let me be faithful first. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yi drew the saber hanging from his waist. Directly held the blade in his hand, put his palm into the blade, and pulled it gently, and everything he passed was stained with blood, but his face did not change. Nothing but a twitch with a hint of pain.

When Liu Bei saw it, he was also shocked, where would he have thought that a scribe would be so bold. He put away his double-strand sword and asked, "Are you really here to join me?" ”

Yi Yuan stuck his sword on the ground, knelt on the ground with a plop, and didn't care about his own injuries, hugged his fists and said: "I sincerely come to General Liu, and I hope that General Liu will accept it. ”

Liu Bei saw the sincerity of the Yi nationality, so he hurriedly helped the Yi nationality up, and said: "Mr. is sincere, I am grateful, but I am just a person under the fence, I am afraid that I will live up to the sincerity of Mr." Yi Ji said with a smile: "I have visited all the people in Jingzhou, and I have never seen a person with such a bearing as General Liu, and General Liu's temporary disobedience does not mean permanent disobedience." Now that Jingzhou is in turmoil, it is the time for men to make contributions, and Liu Qi, the Marquis of Chu, is weak, although he is assisted by Kuai Yue, it is not enough to deter the whole state, and the four counties of Jiangxia and Jingnan are not subject to the order. The general is in the north, Nanyang is too guarded Li Feng is a mediocre man, if the general first takes Nanyang, and then goes down to Xiangyang, with the courage of the general, he will definitely be able to take Jingzhou into his own hands. ”

Liu Bei saw that Yi Yuan had similar thoughts to himself, so he laughed and said, "What you said is exactly what I mean, let's go to Xinye to get together." ”

The two got on the horse together and walked side by side, and along the way, Liu Bei and Yi talked to each other, which was very speculative.

After nightfall, Liu Bei and Yi arrived in Xinye County, in the small Xinye County, the city tower is brightly lit, and the patrolling soldiers come and go frequently, although the city is small, it is also a place to live, but it is well organized by Liu Bei.

Mi Fang stood on the city tower and saw that Liu Bei and Yi were back, so he took the initiative to open the city gate and welcomed Liu Bei and Yi in.

"Lord, why did you come back, General Guan took away five hundred soldiers and left in a hurry, saying that the lord meant it, and his subordinates couldn't stop it for a while." Although Mi Fang is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, when it comes to intimacy, she is far from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. But he always loves to be jealous, Guan Yu led the troops out of the city, he didn't even stop him at that time, and now he was playing right and wrong in front of Liu Bei again.

"Well, Yun Chang led the troops out of the city, it was my order, and there was no need to stop it. Mi Fang wanted to take a step closer to fan the flames, but who knew that it was Liu Bei's intention, thinking that fortunately he didn't stop him at that time, otherwise, with Guan Yu's temper, it would be strange not to beat him. At this time, he heard Mi Fang ask about Tian Yu, so he replied: "Tian Yu is defending at the north gate. ”

In addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there are only two people who can lead troops to fight, one is his brother-in-law Mi Fang, and the other is Tian Yu.

When he was in Xuzhou, it was his most glorious time, when he commanded the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou, and there were more than a dozen generals under his hands, but unfortunately they were all killed in battle against Cao Cao, who invaded Xuzhou. Since then, he has been in exile and has no place to live until today.

"Go and call Tian Yu, and by the way, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong will also come over, and come to the hall of the county government, I have something to order." Liu Bei said to Mi Fang.

Mi Fang nodded, glanced at the Yi who was following Liu Bei, and asked, "Lord, who is this gentleman?" ”

"Oh, in Xia Yi, Zijibo, I've seen General Mi." Yi Yuan hurriedly bowed his hand.

Mi Fang was also very friendly, but he had never heard of this person, and he didn't have a cold, so he turned around and left.

Liu Bei came to the county hall with Yi Yuan, and after a while, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Fang, and Tian Yu all came over together.

Everyone worshiped together and said, "See the lord." ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "No courtesy, I will introduce you to someone today, this is Mr. Yi, from now on, he will be our own person, temporarily serve as my staff, and we will be closer and closer in the future." With a smile on his face, Yi Yuan arched his hand and said, "In Xia Yi, I have seen all the adults and generals. ”

The crowd also bowed their hands as a sign of friendship.

Liu Bei said: "Now that Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao has died, his son Liu Qi has just taken over Jingzhou, and there are Jiangxia and Jingnan four counties do not listen to their dispatch, when this chaos, it is also the day of our rise, I have ordered Yun Chang and Yide to capture the county town of Nanyang, to take Nanyang first, take Nanyang as the foundation, and then Xu Tu Jingzhou." Although we have few soldiers and few generals, I believe that we will definitely fight for the world. ”

Tian Yu said: "My lord, General Guan only brought five hundred soldiers to Wancheng, and his subordinates thought that the troops were too small, and I was willing to bring another army of soldiers and horses to support." ”

Liu Bei said: "No need, you and Mi Fang have more important things to do." Mi Fang and Tian Yu listened to the order. ”

Mi Fang and Tian Yu replied in unison: "The end will be!" ”

"Order the two of you to each lead a thousand soldiers, one to attack Anzhong, and the other to attack Huyang, these two counties are very close to Xinye, and only by capturing these two counties can the threat to Xinye be lifted."

"No!" Mi Fang and Tian Yu replied in unison.

"Lord, I am willing to lead troops to attack Chaoyang County, this county is the only way from Xiangyang to Xinye, along the area of Shuishui can set up a defense line to prevent Xiangyang's soldiers and horses from attacking Xinye, there is a narrow place, can be blocked, there is a husband when the pass is not open." Outside the hall walked in a slender young man with clear eyebrows, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old at best. When Liu Bei saw the man coming, he smiled happily and said, "Ziyu, are you here?" ”

This young man is none other than Zhuge Jin, since he attached the entire clan to Liu Bei in Xiaqiu, he has never officially joined Liu Bei's command, and has always regarded himself as a common man. But today is an exception, he came in person, and took the initiative to ask to lead troops to fight, and his meaning is already obvious.

Zhuge Jin walked straight into the hall, looked around at the few people present, and then hugged his fists and said: "General Liu, Ziyu came this time to prepare to serve under General Liu, and I also ask General Liu to accept it." ”

Liu Bei felt very strange, since he accepted the Zhuge clan in Xiaqiu, although the Zhuge clan followed him to Xinye, but it gave him a feeling of leaving, he also sent someone to recruit Zhuge Jin, but Zhuge Jin refused, saying that he wanted to take care of his young brother. (To be continued......)