At the end of the sixth year of Hanguanghe, at the end of 183 AD, Zhuo County, south of Zhuo County.

It may be because the weather has warmed up earlier this year, but if you look closely in the morning sun, you will find that the bare mulberry tree has begun to pull out some buds!

At the time of the agricultural slack and the Chinese New Year is approaching, Liu Yuanqi, the father of Liu Deran, the lieutenant of Guangchang County, Zhongshan, is sitting under the mulberry tree that is about to return to green to bask in the sun, chatting with the clansmen by the way.

"Uncle," interjected a woman who was a generation behind as she dried her clothes in the sun. "Your family Deran has already become a county lieutenant at such a young age, or a county lieutenant in a big county like Guangchang, counting from Xuande's father, this is a serious errand that we haven't seen in our clan for a long time, why are you not only unhappy, but keep saying that he is not as good as Xuande?"

"What do you know?!" Liu Yuanqi frowned when he heard this, and shook his head again and again. "Now that Zhongshan Gongsun Taishou is about to leave Zhongshan, he suddenly arranged such a position for my family Deran, as if he felt that he was useless, but Deran followed him for several years after all, and only because of the friendship of his classmates, he just gave an explanation! In fact, if Gongsun Taishou really values him, he should let him resign from his position and still take it with him, so that the future can really be considered broader! It's ridiculous that my family Deran doesn't know anything about it, and after getting this official, he still lets people go home and preach it everywhere......"

In other words, Liu Yuanqi is a little old after all, and he chatters endlessly with one mouth, and this kind of behavior of complaining after winning the official is really incomprehensible, so the surrounding clansmen came to persuade him, and even the women who were drying clothes secretly said that Mrs. Liu Yuanqi behaved completely differently after getting the news, and then couldn't help but smile......

Of course, after talking for a long time, Liu Yuanqi also saw that his clansmen, like his own wife, didn't understand the Tao at all, and he just thought that he was cheap and behaved! So, in a fit of rage, he prepared to get up and leave. It's just that hesitating for a moment is whether to go out of the door and go outside, or to find Liu Bei to talk...... In his opinion, Liu Xuande, who has become more and more silent in recent years, but also grows more and more, seems to be much stronger than his own son, maybe this kid is the real reliance of the clan in the future.

This is Liu Yuanqi's true words.

Now the world is getting worse and worse, but Liu Bei is not only famous in Zhuo County, but also has dozens of Youzhou young rangers to follow, and the stability of the clan will really fall on him in the future. And besides, now that this kid's filial piety period has expired, the Gongsun Taishou has repeatedly had messengers come before, that is, on the future of officialdom, his own morality is afraid that he will be far inferior to the other party in the future.

However, just when Liu Yuanqi was thinking about it, suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near from outside the inner door, as if there were more than ten horsemen rushing here.

The world is not good, although he knew that he might be looking for Liu Bei, but the young man in the clan still carefully climbed the tree and looked high, and only relieved when he saw those knights dismounting in front of the polite inner door.

After asking carefully, sure enough, he came to find Liu Bei.

So, Liu Yuanqi asked the people in the clan to lead people to Liu Bei's house, and at the same time asked people to call Liu Bei out early to greet him, and then, he didn't need to think about it, he went directly out of the inner door and walked outside.

And just as Liu Yuan got up and walked out of the inner door, in front of the fence in the northwest under the big mulberry tree, a young man with a white face and red lips and a beard and big ears really appeared in front of the visitors with a disheveled scribe and a young strong man with a beard.

"Zhuojun Liu Bei, I've seen the two," Liu Bei gently greeted the two middle-aged people led by him, but he couldn't help but have some doubts, but he didn't show it on his face. "The two of them are plain and have a life, and they don't know why they ......"

Zhongshan businessman, Su Shuang/Zhang Shiping...... I've seen Xuan Dejun. The two middle-aged people naturally had to report to the house quickly.

When Liu Bei and the two behind him heard the word Zhongshan, they were a little surprised, so they were no longer polite, but immediately invited each other in.

"These are my two fellow villagers, Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide, Jian Yong, Jian Xianhe." After the two sides sat down in the courtyard, Liu Bei raised his hand and pointed, and he got straight to the point. "These two are my friends of life and death, if you have any words, please don't shy away from them."

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping glanced at each other, but they didn't speak, just glanced at the entourage in the courtyard. Seeing this, several of the attendants immediately took some things from the horses outside the courtyard gate and displayed them on the mats between the two groups of people.

It's not a mess, it's just hundreds of gold.

However, Liu Bei sat still, and he didn't even look at the gold in front of him, even Jian Yong and Zhang Fei were just sitting crookedly and twisting their beards thoughtfully, and the other was sitting upright with a curious face.

Seeing this, Su Shuang and Zhang Shijie couldn't help but look at each other, so they could only bow down and say the purpose of their trip.

"You are a Zhongshan horse dealer and want to take refuge in Xuande?" After Jian Yong listened, he was the first to laugh and speak. "Does that make sense? Although Xuande is quite famous in Zhuo County, and the local rangers are willing to give him face, if you just want to use the name of Xuande to let those rangers not harass you, as long as you give us a little funding, a banquet, a few horses, and a few weapons, why not give hundreds of gold gifts, and bluntly say protection? And, one or two?! ”

"That's right!" Zhang Fei, who was full of beard, had a very loud voice. "You merchants have always been very calculating, and since you can have hundreds of gold with my brother today, it is extremely difficult to come and ask for something...... Didn't you commit something? ”

Su Shuang and Zhang Shijie wanted to speak and stopped.

"The two of you are from Zhongshan," At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly spoke. "Do you know that my brother Zhongshan Gongsun Taishou is about to leave office, or will Zhuo County be the county guard in the future?"

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping each sighed, and then bowed down and bowed again, and after getting up, Su Shuang simply revealed the mystery: "Don't hide it from Xuan Dejun, it is precisely because I know this matter that I came to seek refuge!" ”

Liu Bei's face was expressionless, and he should not be silent, but Jian Yong continued to take the mouth and calmly communicated with the other party.

It turned out that, according to the other party, this involved decades of competition between Amway and Zhen's and other Zhongshan wealthy businessmen.

You must know that the foundation of the Amway has always been in the Bohai Rim generation, and there has been no breakthrough for many years before, but this is not because Amway itself is unwilling to expand, nor that it does not have this competitiveness, but that doing business in these years requires political asylum and local heroes, and the Gongsun clan's sphere of influence has never been able to get out of this circle before!

To the south, the Mi clan of the East China Sea has always relied on the complex situation of Mount Tai to block the Langya line, and to the hinterland of Hebei, it has been a large group of Zhongshan and Anping dignitaries led by the Zhongshan Zhen clan that has been blocking the way...... They communicate with the north and the south, and have always dominated the western and southern parts of the Hebei Plain.

However, isn't this Gongsun Xun from being an official in Yanmen to Zhao State, and all the way to Zhongshan?

Before Gongsun Xun fought a battle in Yanmen and Danhan Mountain north of Shanggu, the Zhen family immediately honestly gave up the barren trade road leading to Bingzhou in the north to show goodwill; Later, Gongsun Xun went to Zhao State, and although the Amway did not expand in a large-scale annexation, it also formed a permanent business route with the Cao family, Xiahou family, and Ding family in the Central Plains; Then Gongsun Xun went to be the Taishou of Zhongshan......

Uh, you said that with Gongsun Taishou's means, there is no black hand against anyone, and this Zhen family and a group of Zhongshan wealthy businessmen will inevitably be injured in the fair competition with Amway, and their vitality will be lost?

"Last spring, the Son of Heaven set up a stables and hoarded horses, you should also know, right?" Zhang Shiping asked.

"It's nature." Jian Yong hugged his knees and smiled again. "I heard that the Son of Heaven sold too much money, and the West Garden was going to be full, and the ten permanent attendants were greedy, so they came up with this idea...... As a result, horses were monopolized and bought by wealthy families everywhere, and a good horse was sold for millions of dollars! That is, there is no way for us to be a group of rangers, otherwise wouldn't we also get rich?! How, did the two of them have a chance to make a fortune that day? ”

"Thankfully, I didn't have a chance!" Zhang Shiping said. "This matter is naturally a good opportunity to make money with your eyes closed elsewhere, but here in Hebei...... You don't know that the wealthy businessmen in Zhongshan and Anping were held by Amway by means because of this incident, and they were almost defeated, and they lost nothing, and they had no strength to compete with Amway in Hebei since then! However, the Amway did not make a dead move, but took a step back, still letting the other party maintain a shelf. ”

"I kind of understand the difficulties of the two of you." Jian Yong continued to laugh. "Previously, the wealthy merchants of Zhubei Province were headed by Zhongshan Zhen and competed with Amway. For more than ten years, they have taken advantage of the tacit understanding between the two sides not to interfere with each other, going back and forth between Liaoxi and Zhongshan, and doing some horses and cloth business. And now that the situation has changed greatly, Amway has actually mastered the initiative in Hebei's business, and I always feel that the previous way of doing business is a bit outdated, yes or no? ”

"Xianhe Mingjian!" Su Shuang sighed. "It's really ...... a little bit"

"But I don't know anything." Jian Yong suddenly looked at the two of them, and then sat up straight and asked. "You came to Xuande, probably because you heard about the relationship between Gongsun Taishou and Xuande, and you know that Gongsun Taishou will be Zhuojun Taishou, which will directly affect your business...... However, business is just a business, if you just want to preserve, you can directly join the Amway, why not ask Xuande, an irrelevant person, for asylum? Moreover, with so much gold, it's still a bit excessive, right? ”

"Not bad." Liu Bei finally spoke lightly. "I, Liu Bei, am not a greedy person for money. If you just ask for peace and shelter and come to visit again, then out of morality, I can naturally introduce you to the local Amway treasurer. As for the gold, which you have earned over many years of hard work, take it back. ”

"Xuan Dejun's righteousness is really as rumored, this trip is to find the right person." Zhang Shiping sighed with emotion, but slowly shook his head. "Don't hide it from Xuan Dejun, if you really just want to join Amway, the two of us have been going back and forth between Liaoxi and Zhongshan for many years, but we don't need to be introduced......"

"And ...... you?" Liu Bei was finally puzzled and moved.

"Xuan Dejun," Su Shuang explained helplessly. "After the autumn of this year, there were rumors that Gongsun Taishou would be the Taishou of Zhuojun, and I had already taken the initiative to find the Amway to ask to join. However, Amway bluntly said that in order to keep Gongsun Tai's name, instead of annexing all kinds of businesses in Zhuo County, they should take the initiative to retreat......"

"I don't believe it!" Zhang Fei couldn't help but interject.

"We didn't believe it at first." Zhang Shiping smiled bitterly. "But now in Zhuo County and south of Zhuo County, there are only a few businesses in the big cities, and the rest, Amway has really taken the initiative to abandon it! We have no choice but to wait, and in the future, the business will almost all depend on the face of Gongsun Taishou, so I can only search around and ask for a local hero with roots to be the protection......"

"And we don't hide it from Xuan Dejun," Su Shuang continued. "Now Fanyang Lu's place is overcrowded, the two of us are small households, and we can't afford to go to the door at all, so I inquired for a while before I found Xuan Dejun here, and asked Xuan Dejun to take him in!"

Liu Bei suddenly realized, and after thinking for a while, he didn't drag his feet: "My brother just thinks that he is innocent and has no other intentions, but it is normal for you to have doubts...... That being the case, thanks to the two of you who look up to me Liu Bei, and allow me to inquire about one or two, if this is the case, why should I help a group of two with a shy face? ”

Su and Zhang couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"But nothing will be done." Liu Beifu said again. "If the business can be safe in the future, I will send some subsidies in the name of dry stocks, and the gold will be taken back to clean up the business with peace of mind!"

Su and Zhang felt more and more that they had found the right person on this trip.

On the same day, the two of them bought wine and chickens under the mulberry tree outside Liu Bei's house, and invited Liu Bei's neighbors to a banquet, so naturally there was no need to say much.

However, after the banquet, everyone returned happy, Liu Bei, Jian Yong, and Zhang Fei returned home to chat, but they couldn't help but be suspicious in their hearts...... Gongsun Xun was in Zhongshan before, but this is not so innocent?!

Or, is there really such an innocent official in the world these days?

Don't talk about Jian Yong and Liu Bei, even Zhang Fei, who killed pigs at home, doesn't believe it.

However, Liu Bei has so many heroic young men, and most of them are not producing. Zhang Fei's funding alone was okay before, but what about in the future? Later, Gongsun Xun came to Zhuojun as the Taishou, and his Liu Bei's filial piety period had already passed, and he was about to do something big in order to make contributions...... What can I do if I don't have money?

It's better to collect money from this kind of serious way than to embezzle it at that time, right?

Therefore, the three of them talked a lot, and finally fell asleep full of hesitation.

But what the three of them never expected was that at this time, Fan Heting at the southern end of Zhuo County, the protagonist in their mouth, the new Zhuo County Taishou Gong Sun Xun, had already set foot on the land of Youzhou.

"Is Yun Chang still studying?" In the pavilion, Gongsun Xun saw that the lights in the neighboring house were still on, so he opened the curtain and walked in.

——————I'm the dividing line for reading at night——————

"The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes. Success or failure turns empty.

The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times.

On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet.

How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking. —Yang Shen

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