Chapter 261: So stupid and naïve
Last time, it was said that Liu Bei took his troops of only more than 100 people and found the small fishing village where Zhang Ping was hiding before.
When Zhang Ping and the others left Zhuo County, Liu Bei's troops were not just such a small number of people. But when Liu Yan was promoted to Yizhou Mu, with a wave of his hand, he turned all the ownerless soldiers in the Volunteer Army into his own private army and was taken away. And the remaining soldiers with masters also returned to their masters, including the People's Self-Defense Army led by Liu Bei.
When Liu Bei served as a county lieutenant in Anxi County, he also re-expanded the scale of the People's Self-Defense Army, but the power struggle within the imperial court caused Liu Bei to work in vain again, and few of the soldiers recruited in Anxi County were willing to follow Liu Bei to wander around.
Liu Bei's experience in Anxi County was not completely unrewarding, and their core members had increased by one, that is, Jian Yong, who was more exquisite than Liu Bei.
Jian Yong's home is on the edge of Liujiachengzhong Village in Zhuo County, and he has known Liu Bei since he was a child. Because the two have similar personalities, they quickly became good friends.
However, Jian Yong doesn't like sports, so he doesn't have Liu Bei's good skills, and when Liu Bei attacked Zhao Ergou, he didn't think about inviting him to join the People's Self-Defense Army.
Although Jian Yong and Liu Bei are good friends, the two are also gentlemen's friends, and they rarely take the initiative to communicate, in fact, mainly because Jian Yong is too lazy to move his nest. So when Zhang Ping lived in Liu Bei's house, he hadn't seen Jian Yong, and he had forgotten about Liu Bei's first advisor and lobbyist.
Later, Liu Bei finally became an official, so he thought about giving his good friends some benefits, so he invited Jian Yong, as well as Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping to join his management team.
Jian Yong, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping also agreed.
It's just that the good times didn't last long, and for more than half a year, Liu Bei's official position was over.
Liu Bei didn't know if Jian Yong and the others were willing to join the Yellow Turban Army with him, so he didn't plan to take them south with him.
Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping saw that Liu Bei's official body was gone, and they didn't need Liu Bei to bother talking, so they continued to work on their own business.
Only Jian Yong wanted to continue to stay by Liu Bei's side and do his part for his good friend.
In the end, Liu Bei left Jian Yong in Zhuo County on the pretext of arranging for Jian Yong to go home on his behalf and Zhang Fei to appease the old men of the two families.
Fortunately, Jian Yong was in Zhuo County, and when the hot-tempered Zhang Fei's father learned that his son and Liu Bei had whipped the superintendent, hung up the seal and abandoned the official and absconded, he was persuaded by Jian Yong, who had a lotus tongue, so he did not burst blood vessels on the spot. But Liu Bei's mother still fainted on the spot.
It's just that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei don't know anything about what happened at home at this time.
When Liu Bei and the others learned that Zhang Ping had left the small fishing village first, they were in a dilemma: should they continue to stay and wait for news from Zhang Ping, or should they go to Luoyang to find Huangfu Song first, so that they could join Zhang Ping as soon as possible?
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were inclined to stay in the small fishing village and wait for the news, because they were not only three people, but brought hundreds of people, and the materials consumed by these hundreds of people to exercise together were not a small amount. On the other hand, because they are all young and strong men, and they are fully armed, although they are all dressed as Han soldiers and pretended to be patrol squads, they are still eye-catching. Not only is it easy to arouse the suspicion of the Han court, but it also almost clashed with the Yellow Turban Army. Fortunately, Zhang Muzi revealed his identity as a spy of the Yellow Turban Army in time to avoid the tragedy.
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And Liu Bei tended to go directly to Luoyang to find Zhang Ping, because he felt that as the eldest brother, he couldn't rely on the help of the fourth brother in everything. He himself had been appreciated by Huang Fu Song, and if Huang Fu Song knew what happened to the three of them, he might have reached out to help them.
To put it bluntly, Liu Bei felt that if he relied on the fourth brother for everything, his face as a big brother would be a little unbearable, so he wanted to do something.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw that their eldest brother insisted, and they could only agree with Liu Bei's decision.
Zhang San repeatedly tried to keep Liu Bei to no avail, so he suggested that they leave the troops behind for the time being, invite them to Luoyang, and then send people to bring this army over after the situation became clear.
This time, Liu Bei and Guan Yu disagreed, they felt that it would be better if they also stayed to restrain the troops, but they only left the troops alone, and increased the burden of more than 100 people on Zhang San for no reason, and they were very unhappy in their hearts.
In the end, Zhang San saw that Liu Bei and they had made up their minds, so he could only prepare as many supplies as possible for them, and gave them a warrant to facilitate their passage through the territory of the Yellow Turban Army, so he sent them away.
During Liu Bei's stay in the small fishing village, Liang Xu had already bought off Tai Shici's boss Xu Juncheng by doing what he liked, not only gave Xu Juncheng some Dongping food specialties, but also gave him the first VIP card in history.
Although the discount of the VIP card is not large, but Xu Xiancheng did not put Tai Shi Ci who has no money to honor him in his eyes, and now there is a fool who is willing to bid to buy Tai Shi Ci from him, Tai Shi Ci is not his property, he just needs to make a report and ask the county to change him for another person, he not only does not have any losses, but also makes a lot of money in vain.
This kind of door-to-door cheapness, not to take advantage of nothing, Xu Xiancheng agreed to Liang Xu's request, and sent Liang Xu and them away with joy.
Originally, if it weren't for Huangfu Song's position as a general, Xu Xiancheng would definitely leave Liang Xu to live in Huang County for a few days, so that he could do his best as a landlord. It's just that now that Huangfu Song has long been out of breath, Xu Xiancheng doesn't plan to break the cost to get to know Liang Xu, the big celebrity in front of Huangfu Song.
After that, Liang Xu and the others also went to Yingling County, the county of Beihai County, and visited the famous Rangli Kongrong and Kong Beihai.
Kong Taishou enthusiastically led his subordinates to meet Liang Xu alone, and as soon as he saw Liang Xu, he asked Liang Xu's age, praised Liang Xu as a hero, and reminded his subordinates of the pear when he was a child, saying that he was as big as Liang Xu's little hero at that time.
Kong Taishou praised his subordinates with merit and virtue, and blessed Liang Xu to be able to do his job as a county prince in the future, and to keep the people safe like him.
In the end, Kong Taishou left Liang Xu in the Taishou Mansion to eat. At the banquet, Kong Taishou and his subordinates staggered, sang and danced, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
At the beginning, Liang Xu was also very interested in those singers who were dressed in tulle and twisted like water snakes. But after watching it for a long time, he gets tired of it, because he can only look at it, but can't touch it. Besides, his body is still just a child, although it seems that he will react, but in front of the "adults", he can only endure the pain.
(End of chapter)