It is said that when Liu Yi returned to Chenliu, he passed by Pingyu and saw that the people had no food to live in, so Liu Yi set up a pot in Pingyu to cook porridge to help the people, and distributed nearly half of the grain and grass to those people, so those people were able to survive.

And Xi Zhicai was the Liu Yi he met in Pingyu at that time.

Xi Zhicai was originally a child of the scholar family in Yingchuan County, and he had many friends with the gentry.

Because Zhang Jiao was weak at that time, many gentry began to organize armed forces to help the imperial court suppress the Yellow Turbans, and one of these people was a friend of Xi Zhicai.

At that time, it was because of his friends that Xi Zhicai went from Yingchuan to Pingyu.

After seeing Liu Yi cooking porridge and distributing food to the people of Pingyu, Xi Zhicai was moved, and after leaving a letter for his family, he dressed up as an ordinary person and followed Liu Yi all the way to Zhuo County.

After listening to Xi Zhicai's introduction, Liu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It seems that I will really do more benevolent and righteous deeds in the future!" ”

Liu Yizheng sighed, and Cheng Yu on the side struck while the iron was hot and said, "Since Brother Zhicai has come all the way for my lord, why don't you stay and assist the lord with me to achieve great things?" ”

When Liu Yi on the side heard this, he hurriedly said to Xi Zhicai, "If Mr. is willing to stay and help me, I will definitely treat Mr. as a brother!" ”

Xi Zhicai laughed twice when he heard this.

"Hahaha~ The drama is here to help adults"

Seeing that Xi Zhicai agreed, Liu Yi was very happy in his heart. Just when he was about to raise his glass to salute, Xi Zhi put away his smile and changed his voice.

"It's just that there is something in the play, and please be able to agree!"

Hearing this, Liu Yi nodded hurriedly, and said in his heart, "Don't say one thing, even ten and a hundred things, I will agree!" ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and agreed without thinking about it, and said solemnly to Liu Yi, "My lord, Xi Mou's life is good at swimming in landscapes, and he doesn't like people to be restrained, so I also hope that my adult can return to Xi Mou's free body after ten years!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Yi couldn't help frowning.

Ten years is not long, but for Liu Yi, ten years is not enough time for him to achieve great things, thinking of this, Liu Yi did not immediately agree.

Cheng Yu on the side saw Liu Yi's hesitation, and hurriedly motioned to Liu Yi with his eyes to let him agree first.

Seeing this, Liu Yi reacted, and said to Xi Zhicai boldly, "Okay! According to Mr. Say, it is up to Mr. to decide whether to go or stay after ten years! ”

Having said that, Liu Yi also knew in his heart that as long as he treated Xi Zhicai well, ten years was enough time for Xi Zhicai to have a sense of belonging here.

Seeing that Liu Yi agreed, Xi Zhicai got up and made a big gift to Liu Yi.

"Xi Mou meets the lord!"

Liu Yi and Cheng Yu couldn't help but laugh with relief when they saw this.

"Sir, please get up!"

After helping Xi Zhicai, the three of them began to talk together.

The more the three of them talked, the more speculative they became, and whenever they talked about the common heart, the three of them laughed out loud.

After chatting for a long time, Liu Yi took out the cloth left by Xi Zhicai in his arms and spread it on the tea table in front of the three of them.

What do you mean by that? Please sir teach me! Liu Yi said respectfully to Xi Zhicai.

Seeing Liu Yi shouting one by one, Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "The lord is old, you don't need to be commensurate with Mr. Xi, just call me Zhicai!" ”

Liu Yi smiled and nodded when he heard this.

Seeing Liu Yi agree, Xi Zhicai looked at the cloth on the tea table and said to Liu Yi: "This is the development plan I have set for the Lord for the next ten years!" ”

Liu Yi and Cheng Yu suddenly became interested when they heard this.

"I want to hear about it!"

Seeing Liu Yi's question, Xi Zhicai pointed to the cloth on the table and said, "If the lord wants to achieve something in the future, he must have his own power when the world changes greatly, and Youzhou is the best choice for the lord."

Liu Yi and Cheng Yu looked at each other when they heard this, but they didn't dare to interrupt Xi Zhicai's words.

At this time, I saw Xi Zhicai take out a map drawn roughly by himself from his arms, and the reason why it can be seen that it was drawn by Xi Zhicai himself is because there are only a few lines on the map and small characters marked with states and counties.

"Lord, please look!"

Liu Yi and Cheng Yu hurriedly looked at the map when they heard this.

"Youzhou is weaker than other states, but it is very advantageous to the lord in terms of geographical location."

After speaking, Xi Zhicai pointed to a few specially marked places on the map.

"Youzhou is in the south of Hebei, and the east is close to the sea, and it is a corner of the territory in the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When the world changes, the lord only needs to send two elite soldiers to defend Ji and the border, and when the soldiers are strong, they can send troops to Ji, and then take the Central Plains directly! ”

Liu Yi couldn't help but get excited when he heard this, looked at the map, and found that it was really as Xi Zhicai said.

Youzhou belongs to the corner of the back in the territory of the Han Dynasty, only the south and Hebei, and intersect, the other three sides except the sea is the territory of the Hu people, and the place where the Hu people intersect also has the Great Wall built during the Qin Emperor period. In this way, as long as those foreign tribes are dealt with well, and then the border with Ji and Ji is guarded, it can be said that no one can attack Youzhou.

"What Brother Zhicai said is exactly what I want!" Liu Yi said with a laugh.

After speaking, Liu Yi continued to ask, "Then how should we get Youzhou?" ”

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he replied, "If you want to take Youzhou, you must first get rid of a trouble!" ”

After speaking, Xi Zhicai pointed to the place marked with the word Beiping.

"This is Beiping, where Gongsun Chan is located, Gongsun Chan has lived here for a long time because of his resistance to the Hu people, and he is already strong at this time, and he will be an obstacle when the lord seizes Youzhou in the future."

Cheng Yu on the side also nodded in agreement when he heard this.

"Gongsun Zhan has been named a cavalry lieutenant by the imperial court at this time because of his meritorious service in repeatedly resisting foreign enemies, and he has a white horse under his command that can be comparable to the poisonous scorpion of the lord, and it is not an overnight thing to get rid of him."

Seeing Cheng Yu say this, Liu Yi couldn't help but grow his head up, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Gongsun Zhan first sent Liu Bei to drive Cheng Zhiyuan to Zhuo County, and then took advantage of his absence to ask for equipment, although the two things did not succeed in the end, but the impact on Liu Yi and others was not small. Especially for the first time, if Yao Lie hadn't led the troops back in time, Liu Yi and the others might have rotted their bones now.

"Xi Mousu asked Gongsun Zhan that this person is reckless and has always been at odds with Liu Yu, we can take advantage of this to get close to Liu Yu and join forces with him to deal with Gongsun Zhan!"

When Liu Yi heard that he was going to use Liu Yu to fight against Gongsun Zhan, he smiled bitterly and said, "Zhicai may not know, our Lord Thorn Shi has a very good impression of me, if my position as a county guard is not personally ordered by the imperial court, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it now!" ”

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he looked at Liu Yi with an inquiring expression.

Seeing this, Liu Yi informed Xi Zhicai of the fact that he was reprimanded by Liu Yu after killing prisoners during the battle with Cheng Zhiyuan.

Xi Zhicai frowned when he heard this.

In this interval, Cheng Yu on the side said, "If the lord wants to get close to Liu Yu, he only needs to show his support for Liu Yu's benevolent government in terms of momentum, and then send a caravan to communicate with foreign clans, so that Lord Liu Yu's impression of the lord will definitely change!" ”

The drama on the side heard Cheng Yu's words and shouted, "Wonderful"

"As Brother Zhongde said, if he can take this opportunity to befriend the foreign clan, he may be able to borrow strength when he fights against Gongsun Zhan in the future, and this move can also avoid the worries of the foreign clan after the lord seizes Youzhou in the future!"

"Good! That's what you both said! Liu Yi responded happily.

After setting a general policy, the three of them began to make specific arrangements for the current situation, and determined how to get close to Liu Yu and how to develop themselves in the early stage.

At this time, the sky was already getting dark, and the twelve people who were left in the mansion by Liu Yi were already a little impatient.

After Liu Yi and the three walked out of the room, after being reminded by his subordinates, Liu Yi remembered the twelve people, patted his head, and hurriedly took Cheng Yu and the others to the front hall.

"Go and get those twelve up!"

When the twelve people heard that Liu Yi had finally summoned them, they all hurried to the hall.

After bringing it to the hall, a few of the people had seen Xi Zhicai, and when they saw that Xi Zhicai, like Cheng Yu, was sitting under Liu Yi at this time, they were shocked and a little jealous.

"See the county keeper!"

"Excuse me, everyone!"

Looking at the twelve people in the hall, Liu Yi divided these people into groups of six according to his previous thoughts, and none of them served as the county commander and county commander of a county respectively, as for the county lieutenant who was in charge of military affairs in the county, Liu Yi had already asked Yao Lie to pick six people who had been injured in high-intensity battles that were not suitable for marching and fighting among the poisonous scorpions.

These people were Yao Lie's henchmen, Liu Yi was at ease to use, and in this way, the military strength of each county was equivalent to Liu Yi alone, and the rebellion was avoided.

"In the future, you will be the parents and officials of the counties, I don't ask you to have much merit, but everything must be done with the people first! Do not bend the law for personal gain and deceive the people! ”

"Obey the teachings of your lords!" Everyone answered in unison.

"Okay, you go down and prepare, I will inform the whole county of your appointment in the near future!"

"Thank you, Lord for your grace!"

After sending these people away, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu took Xi Zhicai to visit the Arsenal Division.

Xi Zhicai has been coming to Zhuo County for some days, and he knows a little about Zhuo County. But for the Arsenal Division, Xi Zhicai has never known what kind of existence this is.

When everyone came to the Arsenal Division, they saw that there were many armored soldiers outside, and the archers on the sentry towers around them were carefully observing the surrounding situation.

After visiting the Arsenal Division, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but admire Liu Yi. At the same time, he is also full of confidence in Liu Yi's future.

A few days later, Zhang Fei and the others, who had been sent down, returned to Zhuo County.

When everyone was surprised when they saw Xi Zhicai, Liu Yi ceremoniously introduced it to everyone, and then everyone had a good drink together.

Don't look mediocre, but the amount of alcohol is surprisingly good.

At the banquet, Xi Zhicai fought against the demons, and Zhang Fei and others, who wanted to embarrass themselves, were all unstable.

It is said that drinking is the fastest and most effective way to make friends, and after everyone drank all night, Zhang Fei and others also recognized Xi Zhicai, a new gentleman.