As Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia received treatment for a longer time, the two of them became stronger and stronger, there were no symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath, the amount of food was much larger, and the energy was very strong.

Guo Jia's mother saw that her son's complexion was getting better and better, so she went to the medical hall in Taiping Township and expressed her gratitude to the divine doctor Hua Tuo in person.

They also learned that even Huang Xu's serious illness for many years had been cured, and it was difficult to even breathe, but now he was alive and well, and he could practice martial arts; They were even more confident in Hua Tuo's medical skills.

Hua Tuo was also very happy, and taught the two of them to practice the Five Fowl Opera to strengthen their bodies, and lost no time in hinting to Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia many times, in order to treat them, each spent more than 1,000 gold, which made the two of them grateful to the lord Gao Shun.

Hua Tuo has been thinking about it recently, what good things to extort from the lord Gao Shun this time? You must know that last time, with the method of using high alcohol to clean wounds and disinfecting cotton cloth with boiling water, the chances of survival of wounded officers and soldiers on the battlefield were greatly increased, which saved the lives of countless people.

Gao Shun tricked Zhicai and Guo Jia to drink Ma Gui and discuss several suggestions from Ma Gui.

Xi Zhicai is very supportive of expanding commercial trade and accumulating wealth, he is very eager for wealth, and the future war is about money and food, and fighting for wealth and population, and he must be fully prepared to enter the Central Plains at any time.

Now we can't launch a war against Wuhuan in Liaodong, the frontier is mainly stable, and we must concentrate on the current chaos in the Central Plains, we must take advantage of the chaos to get enough benefits, and we can't affect the big plan to seize the Central Plains because of a small barbarian; When the Central Plains region was seized, the small Liaodong Wuhuan was crippled when he turned his hands, so there was no need to worry.

Those who win the Central Plains win the world, this is the consistent thought of Xi Zhicai, and it is also the unanimous view of the people of the world at that time.

Guo Jia even proposed that the trade in refined salt and glass can be expanded, but the grain trade in the Central Plains must be reduced, and it can only enter but not leave; This is a major premise for cooperating with Gao Shun to attract the people to come to take refuge, and it can greatly reduce the war potential of the future warlords in the Central Plains; Gao Shun agrees with this very much, and there is not much difference between him and Ma Gui's ideas.

From Xi Zhicai's point of view, the most urgent thing at present is how to handle the relationship with the big families, strengthen the rule over the jurisdiction, stabilize the rear, and compete in the Central Plains. He also realized that under a series of measures taken by Dong Zhuo and the Yuan family, the world was about to be in chaos, and he must prepare for war in advance and take the lead.

Jizhou is different from other states, it has a larger number of big clans, and has a lot of influence in the local area, if it is not handled well, it is likely to lead them to rebel against the government, and even have the possibility of rebellion.

Ma Gui's view is that those who have different intentions must be forcefully suppressed, and those who seek refuge can be given a little benefit.

In this regard, Gao Shun is not worried, now he still has a hole card in his hand that has not been exposed, that is, the Yellow Turban Army of Qin Pass in Taihang Mountain, if there are big clans in Bingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou who dare to betray, they can be eliminated with the help of Qin Guan's hand.

Seeing Gao Shun's dismissive attitude, Xi Zhicai's heart was a little dissatisfied, but Guo Jia didn't care about it, now that Gao Shun's soldiers are strong and strong, how can he be afraid of a single big clan rebellion? This is the so-called ass determines the head, and the position and origin are different, and the starting point for considering the problem is also different; Xi Zhicai is from the Shi clan, although it is a declining Shi clan, it is also a Shi clan, of course, I hope that Gao Shun can live in peace with the Shi clan.

Gao Shun's focus is on how to treat Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gong of Wei County, as for Qiao Mao's alliance with everyone to fight against Dong Zhuo, Gao Shun is no stranger, and he judges that there should be little difference from history; It was a game of the Yuan family and the Shi clan, but he didn't want to participate in it, making wedding dresses for others, just sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.

Xi Zhicai suggested that Gao Shun would go to Jizhou a year ago and take up the post of Jizhou pastor; For Gongsun Zhan, if he can recover it, he will recover it, otherwise he can only be annihilated or expelled, how can he allow others to snore on the side of the couch?

This is similar to the views of Gao Shun and Ma Gui.

Gongsun Zhan, whose name is Bo Jue, is from the remote Liaoxi County of Youzhou. His family background is very good, but the fly in the ointment is that his mother came from a humble background (presumably a concubine), which affected his identity, so that he could only be a state and county official.

But Gongsun Chan himself is a very good character, handsome and dashing, with a loud and powerful voice, a super memory, quick reactions, and very loyal; The county guard admired him very much, so he married his daughter to him, which doubled his worth and gave him the opportunity to worship the great Ru Lu Zhi as a teacher.

Liu Bei saw such an outstanding classmate for the first time and was deeply fascinated.

Gongsun Chan also liked this sullen little brother, and the two got very close. The good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for Gongsun Zhan to return to the Liaoxi vassal country as an official, but the extraordinary relationship between the two became an important foundation for Liu Bei's debut later.

A few years later, Liu Bei has grown up, he does have some skills, he is tall enough, his appearance is special enough, he can be a man, he can speak, he likes to associate with some "heroes", with his personal charm, he suddenly attracted the "young heroes" near Zhuo County to take refuge; In particular, he has an inexplicable affinity, coupled with his self-proclaimed royal family, which makes many people happy to follow him with all their hearts; One of the most staunch followers was Jian Yong (Geng Yong) of Zhuo County, who was full of confidence in Liu Bei and never gave up.

Due to the arrival of Gao Shun, he rose strongly, established a powerful Youzhou army, and easily exterminated the Yellow Turban thieves in Youzhou and Jizhou, so that Liu Bei lost the opportunity to make contributions.

Subsequently, Gongsun Chan was appointed as the governor of Liaodong, and with the support of the Duwei Zong, a powerful cavalry unit was formed, and Liu Bei led his partners to Liaodong to join his old classmate Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Zhan was transferred to Liangzhou, and Liu Bei and others followed, hoping to get the opportunity to make contributions.

Subsequently, Gongsun Chan was appreciated by the general, and he was successfully put into the general's door, with a strong backing, whether it was an official position or the number of troops, they were rapidly improving, and Liu Bei's status in Gongsun Chan's forces was also rising.

Later, under the arrangement of the general He Jin, Gongsun Zhan was appointed by the imperial court as the Taishou of Wei County and became the foreign aid of the general, and Liu Bei followed him to Wei County, when he was already the official position of Sima of the other department.

In Jizhou, Gongsun Chan got along well with Liu Yu, the state pastor and lieutenant, Gongsun Chan was responsible for suppressing the Montenegrin army in the jurisdiction, and Liu Yu was responsible for appeasement and resettlement; The two worked closely together, with one article and one martial arts, so that the Montenegrin army of Wei County of Jizhou and Zhao State came out of the mountains one after another, accepted the recruitment of the government, and was placed in various places to reclaim wasteland and farm land, and settled down for the people.

In the process of dealing with the Montenegrin Army, Gongsun Chan continued to incorporate the surrendered Montenegrin Army, and its strength continued to grow; His original officers and soldiers were all veterans who had experienced the battle against the Qiang people in Liangzhou, and it was natural to deal with the rabble of the Black Mountain Army, and it was easy to capture.

Liu Bei took the opportunity to develop, and the number of officers and soldiers under his command also grew to as many as 5,000, and he had a certain strength.

With the personalities of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, how can they be subservient to others? Even if they chose to take refuge in the general, it was only to obtain the conditions for their own development, and they did not really take refuge, otherwise, when the general transferred Gongsun Zan to Beijing, he would not have delayed it for some reason; Therefore, they will not take refuge in the champion Hou Gaoshun, how can they be willing to be generals who fight with their troops? They are ambitious and determined to carve out their own foundation in troubled times.

The general was killed unexpectedly, Luoyang was in chaos, Gongsun Zhan was frightened, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately he did not enter Beijing.

However, the subsequent adjustment of the imperial court put Gongsun Chan in a predicament, and he was very troubled and didn't know where to go.

The imperial court transferred Liu Yu to the court as the Great Sima, and appointed the champion Hou Gaoshun as the pastor of Jizhou, and then Gao Shun ordered Li Qiang to lead more than 40,000 cavalry to Wei County to station.

Gongsun Chan felt a huge pressure and threat, he understood very well the truth that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and the champion Hou Gaoshun will definitely not be as easy to deal with as Liu Yu.

By December, cavalry and family members transferred from Beidi County arrived one after another, and the Taishou and Du Lieutenants appointed by Gao Shun gradually took over the military administration of various counties in Jizhou, making Gongsun Chan sit on a needle carpet.

For Liu Bei, as long as there are soldiers, he can evacuate this place at any time and go elsewhere to develop; As far as Gongsun Chan is concerned, he doesn't want to give up the hard-won territory easily, otherwise, how can he have enough money and food to feed so many officers and soldiers? Besides, even if he wants to leave, will Champion Hou allow him to leave safely?

However, in December, Gongsun Chan received a secret letter from the Taishou of Yanzhou East County, which made him feel that there was one more way out.