Walking on the shore of Rushui, Liu Bei turned his head to look at his brothers and soldiers, and sighed.

Guan Yu approached and asked, "What is the eldest brother thinking, at this time, it is the time for my generation to work hard, how can I sigh easily?" ”

Liu Bei put away his sorrowful face and said: "Yun Chang, the foolish brother has reached the age of standing, which is not small for a person with ambitions. But you see, the subordinate part of the brother is only 500, and the position is only a mere one, I don't know what year and month I can accomplish my ideals. ”

Zhang Fei also came over and laughed loudly: "Why worry about the eldest brother, don't you have me and the second brother as your companions!" There is also Xianhe, the four of us work together, not afraid of not being able to get ahead! ”

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly, Zhang Fei was ten thousand enemies, and it was not a problem to rush to kill the generals on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, but he could talk about his lofty ambitions, and it seemed that he was suspected of 'playing the piano to the cow'.

What he longs for now is a reputation that is enough to make the heroes of the world look sideways, a territory that is enough to display his abilities...... The entourage of Xu Chu begged for Dong, and in terms of reputation, the three brothers have grown, and slowly entered the field of vision of the Central Plains heroes. But what about the territory? is just a Sima, and it is not Xu Chu's lineage, will there be a chance to seek a county order and chief in the future?

Liu Bei couldn't help but think: It's a pity that I came from a humble background and my family is in decline, if my family has two thousand stones for generations, I am afraid that I have already become a county guard today, no matter how bad it is, I can be the same as Dong Qunxiong from all roads, at least I don't have to look up to others......

Liu Bei's grandfather, Liu Xiong, was once promoted as filial piety by the county court, and the official went to the county order of Fan County in Dongjun, and he didn't want to pass it on to him, so he had to rely on 'weaving mats and selling shoes' to make a living. Even when he was young, he went out to study and studied under the great Confucian Lu Zhi, but he was only able to make the trip with the support of his uncle Liu Yuanqi. It is precisely because of these stories that deep down in his heart, he still regards himself as a 'scholar'. It is precisely because he regards himself as a 'scholar' and is the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan that Liu Bei, who is not willing to be lonely, is worried about his situation.

Liu Bei knows very well that today's 'scholars' are no longer the 'scholars' of the pre-Qin and Warring States periods. In the pre-Qin period, hundreds of schools of thought contended, and the scholars each had their own opinions, and when they pointed out the country, they were 'determined to seek the Tao', and in their own belief that the 'Tao is located', they 'although tens of millions of people went to me', but if the Tao was different, they would rather live in seclusion and return to the field than lower their value. Meng Ziyun: 'The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light', this sentence in a sense, represents the iron bones of the scholars of that era.

But since entering the former Han Dynasty, the situation has changed, especially after Emperor Xiaowu respected Confucianism, the style of the scholars gradually changed from the ambition to the Tao to the ambition to the king, and now, it seems that there is no shying away from the word utilitarian.

In such an environment, Liu Bei is like a flat boat in the ocean, he can't choose, if he wants to achieve something great, he has to do everything possible to pursue his utilitarianism.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei clenched his fists and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "The discussion of Dong has been completed, and the foolish brother has no intention of returning to Youbeiping to find General Gongsun, Yun Chang and Yide, you will go with me to see Xu Hou." ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei asked in unison: "What are you going to do?" ”

Liu Bei said categorically: "Ask for one or six hundred stone ears!" ”

Han system, large county order, rank thousand stones; The small county has a chief, and the rank is 600 stones.

Liu Bei's implication was to seek a small county as his starting place. This requirement is relatively reasonable, Lujiang County has many mountains and lakes, and most of the counties are small counties, if you ask Xu Chu for a large county order, Xu Chu is very unlikely to agree; But if you ask the magistrate of a small county, you are more likely to get approval.

Immediately went to the front army to look for Xu Chu, and happened to meet Xi Zhong on the way, Liu Bei saluted and said: "Captain of the drama school." ”

Xi Zhong returned the salute and asked, "Sima Ke is looking for the prince?" ”

"Exactly."

"The prince is in the convoy of his family behind...... If Sima doesn't have anything important, just wait. ”

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Liu Bei didn't understand why Xu Chu was in the convoy of his family, didn't he hear that Xu Chu was taking his wife and children with him this time? Besides, Xu Chu has no relatives in the world, only one wife, but now he is in Shu County, what is he doing there?

Xu Chu himself was also at a loss.

Overnight, suddenly an extra sister appeared out of thin air!

The little girl was thin and dark, timidly looking at the adults around her, pursing her lips and playing with her fingers.

Gong Su explained to him that because he learned the news by chance, in order to verify the authenticity, he and Guo Jia went to Xujiawu in Qiaoxian County, where they found his brother's past doorman and found his sister at the same time.

From the very beginning, Xu Chu felt that this incident was absolutely unusual.

After all, he is a 'latecomer', and he is no longer the ignorant young man who just arrived at the end of the Han Dynasty, as soon as he heard that Guo Jia and Gong Su brought back his lost sister, he immediately thought of a certain possibility.

There are many things that can only be done, not said, Xu Chu is very clear. Especially when it comes to extremely sensitive politics, he is happy to close his ears and eyes and be an uninformed person.

But no matter what, he couldn't have imagined that there was a long-lost jade seal hidden in Gongsu.

After comforting the girl for a few words, and explaining that the person was taking care of her, Xu Chu put the matter aside.

After passing through Xincai County, and then going more than 100 miles to the southeast, you will arrive at the boundary of Lujiang County.

The soldiers were very fortunate to have traveled a long way, and when they heard that they were about to arrive in Lujiang County, their joy suddenly dispelled a lot of fatigue.

However, it was said that in the evening of this day, news came from Yingchuan that Xun Chen, Zao Yi, and Bao Xin were all under Cao Cao's command, Xun Chen was turned into the county soldier Cao Peng, and Bao Xin and Zao Yi were respectively listed as the commander of Yingchuan and the county Cheng.

The position of the lieutenant, the county dynasty is not permanent, usually requires the consent of the court to be added, but now is different from the past, there is no need to care about such stubs, and Bao Xin is a famous man of Mount Tai, the status is transcendent, can recruit many Taishan county brave for Cao Cao, so in order to show his importance, Bao Xin was able to override the military attachés and leap to the position of captain.

Xu Chu, who learned about this, couldn't help but think of Cai Yong and Xun Yu, these two people also have a very special status in Lujiang, how to arrange it so that the original balance is not broken, and at the same time let the role of the two play the maximum? After thinking about it, Xu Chu felt that it was better to go directly to the two of them to ask each other in person, so he set off.

Cai Yong's car is nearby, and he is in the same car as Mrs. Zhang.

When Xu Chu visited, the moon was on the branches, and the soldiers of the three armies had just had dinner. A gust of blowing from the north swept the shadows of the trees on the edge of the camp, squirming, and there seemed to be blue waves rising and falling in the moonlight.

Suddenly, the sound of the piano came, graceful and clear, which made people feel refreshed.

Xu Chu followed the voice to find it, only to see the silver light like water beside the tent, a touch of shadow on the ground stroking the qin.