Chapter 248: Meet Zhou Wu
There are thousands of things, and many things have to be done by Liu Xian.
If you want to achieve real success in this Three Kingdoms era, follow the princes of the Three Kingdoms era for a long time, and finally regain the throne and revive the Han Dynasty, Liu Xian must lay this solid foundation step by step.
As a traverser, Liu Xian knows very well that if he wants to succeed, he must firmly rely on the broad masses of the people. Everything he is doing now is to gain the hearts of the people and gain their approval.
But in order to be recognized by more people, there is still a lot to be done, and there is indeed a need for someone to assist them.
Now it seems that Liu Xian's subordinates are too short of people, but in fact, they are not. Now the people under Liu Xian do not have a talent who can really stand alone.
Whether it is Liang Ji, or Wen Shen, the county magistrate of Yangshi County, or Li Yuan and Zhang Gao, who have completely attributed themselves to Liu Xian, they do not have the ability to stand alone. Wen Shen and Liang Ji are at best the talents of a county, and they don't even have Liu Xian's guidance, so it's a bit difficult for them to govern a county.
As for Huang Zhong, he is a general, not a politician, let Huang Zhong serve as the head of a county, I'm afraid he will have to be blind.
And Huang Zhong's current focus is to protect the Liu Mansion caravan.
As for Zhang Ning and Huang Wudie, they are women after all, although they have the strength of second- and third-rate generals, they can only be a force at most, or Liu Xian's defense.
As a result, Liu Xian's subordinates really don't have any talents who can really take on the important tasks of government affairs.
Through the treatment of Huang Xu and the contact with Huang Xu, Liu Xian found that Huang Xu, a kid, is quite good, studious and diligent, even if he is sick now, he is constantly reading and learning. Liu Xian originally wanted to deliberately guide him to learn from government affairs, hoping that after he recovered from his illness, he could become his right-hand man. However, his hobby was more to learn about the unification of the army and the fight of war.
Liu Xian also found that Huang Xu did have that kind of understanding and was a good general.
But Huang Xu's illness has not completely improved now, and he can only recuperate, and he can't do anything for Liu Xian.
If you want to subdue those talents who have governance, that is, those strategists, this is not easy, everything depends on chance, at least you have to meet, and know what they want, so that it is possible to persuade them to subdue them in a targeted manner.
These are not in a hurry.
But Liu Xian has a lot of people under him, but there is no real martial artist who will train the army for himself. This is not going to work, you have to subdue some generals as soon as possible.
The strategist can wait slowly, because for the time being, even if there is no strategist to assist him, Liu Xian can barely be busy, but there is no one to train for himself, so this will not work.
If you want to achieve great things, it is true to rely on the broad masses of people. But if you really want to succeed, in the end, you have to get out of power with the barrel of a gun, and the army is the guarantee.
When Liu Xian saw this Zhou Wu, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.
But Liu Xian also understands that there are too many factors that have inhibited his development now. For now, it is impossible to openly subdue Zhou Wu.
Zhou Wu is now a city guard, obeying the orders of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, and what is he worth? There is only one name of the Han family. The most difficult thing is that Liu Xian is not able to openly recruit troops.
Therefore, even if he wanted to subdue Zhou Wu for his own use, Liu Xian really had no way to start.
As soon as the tiger body was shaken, and the anger of Wang Ba was released, it was able to make those ministers and generals bow down. Liu Xian thinks this is unlikely.
Seriously, Liu Xian has seen a lot of those Three Kingdoms in the postmodern era, and it is indeed very cool to watch, and the pig's feet can harvest the loyalty of those ministers and generals in just a few words, and then saddle the horses for the pig's feet and fight the world.
Now, Liu Xian is in it, and he understands that in fact, it is really not easy to gain a person's loyalty, and to accept a person to serve his life.
If you can't clearly understand what others think and need, you can't meet other people's ideas and give them what they need. Why do people worship you when they see you?
Just look at the people around Liu Xian.
Liang Ji, Liu Xian's maternal uncle, has this relationship, which requires Liu Xian to pay a lot of money and food, and to let him know that he is a member of the Han family and the son of Liu Kui. In this way, he worships Liu Xian as the master.
Even those villagers' self-defense forces had to ask Liu Xian to do so much for them, give them the food they needed to survive, and in the name of defending their Liulin Village, they had to obey Liu Xian.
As for Wen Shen, Wang Bao, etc., it was only after Liu Xian did a lot of things that they surrendered.
Huang Zhong, if Liu Xian didn't know the situation of Huang Zhong, the father and daughter, and couldn't give him what he needed, then Liu Xian wouldn't want to get Huang Zhong's followers.
For no reason, why should people worship you as Lord? Do you want to follow your orders?
Now, for Zhou Wu, even if Liu Xian wants to subdue him, he can't say that he can make people surrender all at once. You have to get to know him, what he thinks, and what he needs. Then, let him know that he can realize his ideas and meet his needs. In this way, it is possible to get the investment of others.
To put it bluntly, it's actually equivalent to a game doing tasks. You have to dig the quest first, and then complete the quest, and then you will be rewarded.
Through observation, Liu Xian had a little understanding of Zhou Wu.
spent the night in Youbeiping City, and the next day, Liu Xian took Zheng Feng and Huang Wudie to meet Zhou Wu.
Huang Zhong didn't like to socialize, so Liu Xian left him to guard the caravan.
Yu met Zhou Wu at the official office in the city.
Zhou Wu is the defender of Youbeiping City, but he is not the lord of the city. The Youbeiping official office has been damaged, and although the government has been rebuilt, it has not really been appointed and appointed as the city lord. However, now it is his final say in Right Beiping.
Castles in the midst of war are different from other cities.
In the war, the city, the county order, and the county guard will not be too important, and the key depends on the officers and soldiers. Of course, this refers to the premise that the prefectural order and the prefectural guard failed to personally control the officers and soldiers.
Generally speaking, in wartime, if a civilian official does not know how to march and fight, it is best not to interfere in the affairs of the officers and soldiers, otherwise he will die a miserable death. It's not that you were defeated and killed by the enemy, but that those generals who originally led troops, if you don't bird you, can kill you by catching them.
Just like the situation of Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan. In the face of the enemy, if the concept is different, as a civilian side, it is basically impossible to fight the military generals. When the big-headed soldier doesn't reason with you, he can kill you with a single sword, and then go to the king of Hades to cry.
Now the situation in Youbeiping City is almost like this, and the civil officials in the city seem to have no sense of existence.
Zhou Wu met with Liu Xian in the front hall of the official office.
"Liu Xian paid a visit to General Zhou Wu."
Liu Xian did not put on the shelf of his Han clan relatives, and said to Zhou Wu.
"Liu Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, please sit down and talk." Zhou Wu sat with a golden sword, his slightly broad face had no expression, and he waved his hand casually, inviting Liu Xian to sit down and speak.
"Thank you!" Liu Xian casually walked to the back of the desk and sat down, Zheng Feng and Huang Wudie stood behind Liu Xian respectively.
Zhou Wu noticed the woman Huang Wudie, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but then he looked at Liu Xian and said, "Young Master Liu, Zhou thank you for your affection." Now come to Zhou, is there anything important? ”
Liu Xian hugged his fist at Zhou Wu and said directly: "General Zhou Wu, my son came to visit, and he really had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and he really had something to ask for." ”
"Oh? Let's talk about it. Zhou Wu said calmly.
"That's right, there are three things, first of all, don't hide it from General Zhou Wu, Liu's purpose in traveling to Youzhou this time is to sell these thick cotton clothes to your Youzhou military." Liu Xian said very frankly.
"Huh? Sell it to the Youzhou military? This one...... We may not need it......" Zhou Wu didn't expect Liu Xian to come to fight him, he was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "Now I, the officers and soldiers of Beiping, have less than a thousand people, and we have already solved the problem of the sergeant's cold." ”
"General Zhou Wu, I'm talking about the entire Youzhou military. General Zhou Wu, the officers and soldiers of Beiping on the right, naturally do not need much, but what about the soldiers on the front line? Or the officers and soldiers of another city? ”
"Haha, don't hide it from Liu Gongzi, you didn't come at the right time, after this winter, our Youzhou side began to prepare for the cold. It's almost the end of the year, and although it will still be cold in the spring, you won't need much heavy clothing until February or March. But after the coldest period, do we still need so many thick cotton clothes? ”
Zhou Wu said, thought for a while and said: "Since Liu Yuzhou Mu took office, he immediately contacted some of the world's tycoons in Youzhou and asked them to help solve the problem of the sergeant's cold. ”
"I see......"
After listening to Zhou Wu's words, Liu Xian somewhat understood that he might not have come at the right time. Think about it, Liu Yu served as the assassin of Youzhou for two or three years earlier. This time he is appointed as the pastor of Youzhou, even if the officials of the various government offices in Youzhou may have been replaced, his influence in the people must still be there, especially some wealthy families, landlords and tyrants, etc.
This Liu Yu is not a simple character, he should know very well that he wants to regain a foothold in Youzhou, this is not how to control those ordinary officials, but to let the people in Youzhou military recognize him first.
Find those wealthy families, landlords, wealthy businessmen, and so on to solve some difficult problems of the military, which will more or less win the gratitude and love of some military generals and soldiers.
However, Liu Xian naturally couldn't give up his ideas just because of Zhou Wu's words, no matter what, he had to make some efforts.
Liu Xian changed the topic and said: "General Zhou, we braved the cold to come to Youzhou this time, and we carried a lot of goods, so we can't bring them back, right?" We have more than 100,000 pieces, and it is unlikely that they will be sold out to the general public in a short period of time. Therefore, no matter what, I want to give it a try, I wonder if General Zhou Wu can introduce me to the next and write a letter, so that I can go to meet Liu Yuzhou Mu or General Gongsun Zhan? ”
"Do you want to see Lord Liu Yu or General Gongsun?" Zhou Wu looked at Liu Xian unexpectedly, shook his head slightly, and said: "General Ben's letter may not be very effective, whether it is Lord Liu Yu or General Gongsun, Zhou is nothing in front of them, and Zhou is just leading an army to temporarily defend this city." This man's words are light and useless. ”
"Hehe, General Zhou, I don't want to ask the general to tell them for me, it's just a letter of introduction, in this way, Liu is famous, and when he arrives at the place, he can also have a name to visit them, right? If there were no letters from the general, they would have been just a group of merchants and merchants, and they would not have been able to see them in a high position. ”
"That's right...... A letter, that's not to say no. But ......" Zhou Wu dragged out his voice and looked at Liu Xian.
"General Zhou, I know this, no matter whether the matter is successful or not, I will not forget the general's kindness, and when the time comes, the general's benefits will naturally be indispensable."
Liu Xian said in a timely manner.
"That's okay, but I suggest that you go and see General Gongsun."
"Oh? Why is that? ”
"It's inconvenient to disclose this." Zhou Wu didn't say it clearly.
"Okay, then I'll bother General Zhou." Liu Xian saw that he didn't want to say, so he didn't ask anymore.
For Liu Xian, in fact, everyone is the same. Actually, both of them will go to visit.
As for the benefits promised to Zhou Wu now, this is Liu Xian's caravan that has to stay in Youbeiping, and he will only send the goods after he has negotiated it himself.
"It's okay, but what else is going on?"
"The second thing is that I want to buy some properties in this right Beiping, I don't know if General Zhou can give it a convenience?"
"Buying property?"
"Yes, I want to open some shops in Youbeiping, and some of these goods will be sold in these shops, and in the future, I will have to ask the general to take care of them."
"General Ben is temporarily guarding Youbeiping, and he can handle this matter with full authority for the time being. Okay, where do you fancy it, if there is a master, you can negotiate it yourself, if there is no master, I will leave it to the government to give you convenience. ”
"Thank you, General." Liu Xian clenched his fists again, and then said: "This third thing is to purchase some things." ”
"Buying something? What do you want? ”
"Horses." After Liu Xian said this, he explained: "In this caravan, it is not very convenient to have no horses. So I want to purchase a batch, I wonder if the general will be able to get a horse? ”
"Horses? Steed? ”
"Well, it's better to be a war horse."
"How much do you need?" Zhou Wu rolled his eyes and asked.
"Five hundred? Of course, it would be better if there were more. ”
"Five hundred? Heh......" Zhou Wu chuckled and said, "I don't have five hundred war horses in my army. Where can I get you five hundred horses? ”
"The war horses in the army are naturally not good, after all, these are the war horses of the imperial court, how dare I ask for them? Isn't there any other way for General Zhou to get it? In terms of price, I will definitely satisfy General Zhou. ”