Liu Shi happily said to Liu Zhen: "True brother! Over the years, you have grown taller and stronger. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Liu Zhen also said happily: "Childe! You have grown taller and stronger. I almost didn't even recognize it. ”

You must know that although Liu Shi is only a little over eighteen years old, he has a figure of nearly nine feet, which is two feet taller than three years ago. Liu Shi laughed and said, "They have all grown taller and stronger." You still know this one! Wu Pu! My junior brother. He is with me now, and he will return to Youzhou together when the time comes. In addition, I took in six teenagers on the way back, and these are all your future helpers! You have to teach it well. After speaking, he beckoned to Liu Hu, "Come here!" Liu Hu! Liu Zhi! This is my brother Liu Zhen that I told you, and in the future, you will all be in charge of him. ”

Liu Zhen saw the carriage outside the door and the six teenagers next to the carriage, and said in surprise: "Son! Collected so much again? ”

When Liu Shi heard this, he said a little strangely: "Why do you collect so much!" Did I collect a lot? ”

Liu Zhendao: "Do you remember, after you left, how many children did you take in?" ”

Liu Shi said: "Hmm! At that time, I was still in Fan County, and I saw two poor children, so I asked them to come to you, what's wrong? ”

Liu Zhen said: "At that time, you received five before you left, and then two came. I took another ten halfway through, and now it's six again. Isn't that a lot. That's twenty-three. ”

Liu Shi was shocked: "So much? ”

Liu Zhen said: "Isn't it? At that time, I had to go to business with other merchants in Fan County, but there were not enough people, and when I saw that many teenagers in Fan County were wandering around and had nowhere to make a living, I took in two groups of about a dozen people, and after a little training, they went to business with me. ”

Liu Shidao: "If you accept it, you can accept it!" Anyway, you can use it in the future, I don't think there are enough people? If you want to do business, no one can't do it. And this person has to be trained in advance, so that it can be used with confidence. ”

He said: "You prepare, we are going to Luoyang in the next few days, how to deal with the business here, do you stay here, or who will be arranged?" ”

Liu Zhen said: "I've thought about it, I'll go to Luoyang with my son, and then open a shop near Luoyang." At that time, the son will study in Luoyang, or be an official in Luoyang, and they will be together. And the owner of this shop also came back, and I didn't move out because my son came back during this time. ”

"Oh! Since you have this plan, then let's prepare, and after I go to meet my uncle, I will go to Luoyang. These teenagers, how? Is it still good? Liu Shi asked Liu Zhen.

Liu Zhen beckoned, summoned a man named Liu Wei, and ordered: "You go and call all the people out, saying that Gongzi is back, Gongzi has something to tell them, go quickly!" ”

After a while, all the teenagers came to the courtyard and lined up.

Liu Shi looked at it, good guys, all of them are fierce.

Liu Shi asked several people brought by Liu Hu to also go over and stand together.

Liu Shi said to Liu Zhen: "This road to Luoyang may not be safe, let this young man be formed into several teams, when he usually trains, he trains according to the army, and when there is something, he meets the enemy according to the army, so that it will not be very chaotic." Are there people in this who can stand out? ”

Liu Zhen said: "There are three martial arts that are good, and the strength is okay." Their names are Liu Feng, and this is the one of the two siblings we received for the first time. There is also the boy you picked up halfway, after he came, I saw that he had good physical strength and was hardworking, so I named him Liu Wei. The other is that I saw him fighting well in the county town, and he was brought in, and he had a lot of strength, so I called him Liu Bao. Everything else is good, and after practicing in the past few years, it is much stronger than in the same year, even stronger than an adult. This can be seen when encountering thieves, everyone dares to fight and kill. ”

Liu Shi was a little interested, and asked again, "How are you reading?" Teach them to be enlightened! ”

Liu Zhen said: "All of them are taught:" Among the three people, Liu Wei is better at reading, he is very careful and attentive. ”

Liu Shi said: "That's good! Let's let dozens of teenagers make it up first, every six as a group, and let Liu Feng, Liu Bao, and Liu Hu be the captains. When you go to Luoyang, you can guard it in shifts. Liu Wei is by my side, you are responsible for managing these teenagers and being a good shopkeeper. The other one in a row helped my junior brother and ran errands. ”

"Thank you, Childe! I'll arrange it. Liu Zhen said excitedly.

Liu Shidao: "Don't be so polite, we are brothers, after you divide it, I will talk to you if you have something." After that, I'm going to go to my uncle. In the past few years, my uncle's health has been fine! ”

After Liu Zhen finished arranging, he entered a study, and there were only Liu Shi and Wu Pu in the study at this time. Seeing Liu Zhen coming in, Liu Shi said, "True brother! Sit down. How have you been in the past few years, so many children, it's very hard! This is the thirty catties of gold that the master gave me when I left, and later took in these teenagers, and used them all the way, and there are only twenty-eight catties left, and now I will hand it over to you. With that, he handed a bag to Liu Zhen.

Liu Zhen took the gold and said to Liu Shi: "Childe! Since the eighty catties of gold that my son gave me when he left, plus the fact that I sold some ornaments, there are ninety catties of gold in total. In the past few years, I started to do business, and at that time, the traffic outside Fanxian County was unsafe, and there were no goods coming in from outside, so merchants in the city organized to go out to purchase. Originally, I didn't have my share, but after I heard the news, I asked my uncle to help me negotiate and agreed that I would have a car to transport.

Later, when I encountered a thief, I drove the thieves away, killed two thieves, and got two military horses, which surprised the merchants, and allowed me to have the transportation volume of three carriages. It was at this time that I recruited ten more teenagers to come in. In the past two years, after deducting our food and clothing, we have only earned about 20 catties of gold. ”

Liu Shidao: "In the past few years, what have you mainly done to make a living? ”

Liu Zhen said: "Swords and other weapons." There is also grain, salt, etc. ”

Liu Shidao: "Aren't salt and weapons prohibited items, and can't they only be made by the government?" ”

Liu Zhen said: "After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the local government could not control this. As long as you pay a little money to the government, you can do anything now. What's more, when a caravan goes out, it must be formed in order to have some security. When you encounter a brigade of bandits, you will lose your life. The government can't do it at all now. ”

Liu Shi sighed and said: "How could this Han Dynasty become like this, many officials only squatted in the city, except for collecting taxes, no one went to the countryside at all. The people in many villages have no food or clothing, and they are very miserable! How our ancestor Emperor Wen treated the people. Can now? Do not say! This is also the main reason why I decided to study in Taixue this time. Only by becoming an official can we improve the situation of the people within our own scope. I also figured it out, you can't get rich without business. If you want to do something, you can't do it without money, and if you want to plant a good field, if you don't repair the water conservancy, this kind of field is also not guaranteed. That's why I decided to let you do it, as long as it's fair and just, and don't do anything bad or violate the Chinese law. ”

Liu Zhen said in surprise: "Childe! You've decided? ”

Liu Shi nodded. Then he said, "You arrange it first, let's go to my uncle's house." ”

Liu Shi's arrival made Chen Guang extremely happy.

Liu Shi asked Chen Guang for peace, and Chen Guang asked Liu Shi to sit down in the study, asked how he had lived in the past few years, and asked Liu Shi about writing poems.

Liu Shidao: "In the past few years, I have followed my master all the way to the villages and households, and I have seen too many people's hardships. It is also common to see starvation on the side of the road. The farmer goes to farm at dawn and eats wild vegetables at night. Their sons and daughters were unclothed, and many were naked when we went to the doctor. This kind of suffering is something I haven't seen before, and I didn't expect it. The gentry were freshly dressed and angry, eating white rice, drinking fine wine, and wearing mink fur. So I couldn't help but groan. ”

Chen Guang also shook his head and sighed, but said, "Shi'er is only afraid that he will offend some wealthy families in this way." ”

Then he said: "What are Shi'er's plans now?" ”

Liu Shidao: "I went to Luoyang to study according to my father's order, and I had the opportunity to study in Taixue." ”

Chen Guang asked, "When do you plan to go to Luoyang?" Which way to go? Now I heard that Xingyang is occupied by bandits, and the court is sending people to suppress it, and that road is not safe! ”

Liu Shi frowned and said, "In this way, then you can only go to Chenliu and pass through Ruzhou." ”

Chen Guang nodded and said, "This time, it's a lot farther, and it's not safe on the road now, so you have to be careful along the way." Besides, you don't have to worry about it at home, I'll write to your father. Said you went to Luoyang. ”

Then he said: "In the past few years, it has been really good, here, although people are young, but there is no ambiguity in business. Several shopkeepers praised him for being clever and knowing how to cultivate people. I heard that he not only taught the young people he took in to practice martial arts and study. He also let two teenagers go to Xiang Blacksmith to learn to make iron, and let two young girls go to the sewing shop to learn how to sew clothes. A few days ago, when the master saw me, I praised Zhen'er? He also said that Zhen'er was going to snatch his disciples. ”

Liu Shi looked at Liu Zhen and smiled: "Oh! And what's going on? Hasn't my brother told me yet? ”