Since he didn't plan to farm here, Ge Liang arranged for Huang Yue and Zhuge to hurry back to Jiangling and hurry up to buy a few acres of land. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Traveling south to Linsteam, Ge Liang ordered to stop the boat, and he wanted to go ashore and ride a horse to find someone, that is, Liu Ba Liu Zichu, who had been ordered by Cao Cao to recruit the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling.

Hahaha, Huang Yue, you are wrong, although Zhuzhou is where we live and study together, but in fact, my hometown is Hengyang, and this is my real hometown! However, the hometown in the countryside is still a poor and remote place 1,800 years later, and there is no need to see it now, but I am afraid that it will be even more desolate than Zhuzhou, and there may not be a single figure.

What is a little unpleasant is that this Hengyang was also established as a county by Sun Quan at the earliest.

Ge Liang asked Linzheng County to send someone to guide the way, and rode all the way for half a day to find Liu Ba's home.

Liu Ba's family is easy to find, his grandfather Liu Yao used to be Cangwu Taishou, his father Liu Xiang used to be Jiangxia Taishou, Dangkou General, and he himself previously served as the head of the Lingling County Bureau.

The high wall and deep courtyard, the vermilion lacquer gate, so not majestic, even the door of the people have seen the world, and only after knocking outside for a long time did they come out and open the door, and asked without humility or arrogance: "Where do the guest officers come from?" ”

The servant said loudly: "This is Lord Zhuge of the Zhonglang General of the Jingzhou Military Division, and this is Lord Lingwang of Linzheng County!" ”

The doorman was unmoved, but just bowed according to the usual etiquette and asked, "What are the instructions of your lords here?" ”

Ge Liang took a step forward and said to the door: "Please inform your master, just say that Zhuge Liang was ordered by General Liu Zuo to visit Brother Zichu." ”

The doorman replied, "My master is not at home today. ”

"Oh, where did Brother Zichu go to play, and when will he be able to return?"

"I don't know, maybe two or three days, maybe ten days and half a month, and the master didn't tell us before leaving."

What went out to play, maybe two or three days, maybe ten days and half a month, it was the same as the little scholar in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" who replied to Liu Bei, that is our family's Xiaobao's patent! Ge Liang calculated that Liu Ba had nowhere to go now, because now the outside territory belonged to Liu Bei, and he would be worried that Liu Bei would send someone to invite him to "drink tea" when he went out, just with the calm and calm appearance of his family, he must still be hiding at home, and he taught these words!

I'm a hooligan, who am I afraid of, Ge Liang had already decided to spend it with him, and said to the door: "No, I made an appointment to meet with Brother Zichu today a few months ago, how could he forget?" It's not good to do this, and I have to ask my brother to find a way to inform him. ”

The doorman was really a little confused, could it be that this adult was really a friend of the master? But the master just said that no one will come, or why don't you go in and ask again?

As soon as he turned around, he heard Ge Liang shouting: "Where are you going to ask, is Brother Zichu hiding at home?" The doorman hurriedly turned back and defended: "No, no, no, my master is not here." ”

Ge Liang made a surprised expression: "Since he is not at home, then you hurry out to find it, why are you going back to the house?" ”

The doorman panicked: "I, I, I'll go in and serve tea to a few adults." ”

"Oh, I can still drink tea." Ge Liang smiled and bowed his hand to the Linzheng County Order, "Lord Wang, let's go in and sit for a while?" ”

The two of them lifted their feet and entered the compound.

The doorman had no choice but to beckon someone to receive him, and then ran to ask Liu Ba for instructions.

Playing this indiscriminate trick with me, Liu Ba snorted coldly and said to the door: "Let them go, just say I'm not there, entertain them to drink tea, eat a good meal, and see how long he consumes." You go out for a long day and come back after dark. ”

Ge Liang pulled Wang Xianling to drink tea slowly, knowing that Liu Ba would refuse to come out to meet people for a while, and even wanted to play two chess games with Wang Xianling, but he was really not good at Go, so he reluctantly gave up, and asked about the current population of Linxing.

Wang Xianling replied truthfully: "The four counties in the south of the Yangtze River are located in remote areas, although as a county commander, there should be more than 10,000 households under the rule, but before that, there were only about 8,000 households, about 30,000 people. However, some time ago, many people came from Jiangbei, and now it has reached 10,000 households. ”

Ge Liang nodded: "How many households are there in that urban area?" ”

Wang Xianling replied: "There are about 2,000 households, close to 10,000." ”

There are 10,000 people in the urban area, and more than 20,000 in other areas, Ge Liang calculated it, and estimated that he could not be assigned to the corner of his hometown, so he said to the county order: "Those who came from Jiangbei followed General Zuo to move south from Xiangyang, and they made great efforts to repel the pursuing troops of the Cao army. ”

Wang Xianling replied repeatedly: "That's natural, and now it's almost assigned." Rest assured, this Jiangnan is now vast and sparsely populated, and I am not afraid that there will be more people, but I am afraid that there will be less. As for the fields, as long as a man is willing to cultivate them, he can divide as much as he can plant. ”

The two talked for a long time, and the tea was served several times, but Liu Ba still didn't see anyone, and asked the people who were standing on the side waiting, and they all said that the person went out to look for it just now, but they didn't know if they could find it.

Ge Liang thought about the records in the history books that even when Zhang Fei went to visit later, Liu Ba didn't give face, and he didn't talk to anyone else, but he was afraid that this guy would not come forward today, so he said to his subordinates: "Brother Zichu and I have made an appointment to get together today, maybe I forgot it for a while, as long as he thinks about it, he will definitely rush back immediately, if he doesn't go back during the day, he will definitely come back at night." I'm not in a hurry, but I've just come all the way and haven't eaten yet. Brother Zichu and I are old friends, it doesn't matter, it's just that it has affected Lord Wang, and I really don't want to go. I'll get some money here, and you can go and prepare some food." ”

"By the way, it's not too early now, and we can't go back, I'm afraid that I will have to rest here for a night tonight, so please arrange it early." Ge Liang added another sentence.

Liu Ba heard this person playing such a scoundrel in the back, and it was not a way to eat and sleep in our house, so he had to come out and see the two: "Liu Ba didn't know that the two adults had arrived, so he was sluggish." ”

Ge Liang hurriedly said politely: "Brother Zichu is talented, and he has been admired for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet you today, which is really a blessing in life." ”

Liu Ba was not polite: "Zhuge Junshi and my family said that we had today's appointment, please forgive Liu Ba for having a bad memory, when did we agree?" By the way, when did we meet before, and how did we come to be called old friends? ”

"Brother Zichu, the agreement between us was not arranged by you and me, but by God." Ge Liangqiang argued, "General Liu Zuo is eloquent and unparalleled, although Cao Cao invaded with hundreds of thousands of troops, the people of Jingzhou knew the destiny of heaven, and resolutely followed General Zuo to the south, relying on the will of heaven and more than 20,000 people, Cao Cao was driven back to the north. Now that Jingzhou is under the rule of General Zuo, it is the time for us to contribute to Jingzhou together, and we will definitely gather together in the future, do you say it is the will of God? ”

"Mr. Zhuge , don't you know that I was ordered by Duke Cao to persuade the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River to return to the court and the prime minister?" Liu Ba made no secret of it.

"Yes." Ge Liang looked disapproving, "But Cao Cao was beaten away, so it is providence for us to jointly assist General Liu." ”

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng is in line with the will of heaven to unify the north, and he will definitely unify the whole country in the future." Liu Ba was still unwilling, "I came here by the order of the prime minister, and now I can't complete the task, but I still have to go back to restore my life!" ”

Ge Liang knew that Liu Ba was not convinced by Liu Bei: "Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but the surname of the Son of Heaven was Liu, and he was Cao Ahide in accordance with the will of Heaven." The surname of the Son of Heaven is Liu, General Zuo's surname is Liu, and the surname of Zichu's brother is Liu. ”

Liu Ba felt that it was a waste of saliva to talk to such a strong guy: "I have made up my mind, and I ask the military advisor not to say more." ”

Ge Liang was about to say: "Brother Zichu, Cao Cao is brutal, but General Liu loves the people like a son, you don't choose such a benevolent lord, but you prefer to follow a brutal man, are you worthy of the Jingzhou father?" ”

Liu Ba closed his mouth and stopped answering.

Ge Liang said again: "Brother Zichu, General Liu's admiration for you, you are not unclear, he thought you were talented at the beginning, and asked Zhou Budo to come to worship you as a teacher, but you refused; Now he has sent me to ask you to contribute to Jingzhou, but you still have to refuse. Isn't that too impersonal? ”

Liu Ba still didn't answer.

Ge Liang had no choice but to continue to play tricks: "It's late today, we can't go back, so we will spend one night in your mansion, and we will continue to discuss tomorrow." ”

Liu Ba can't help it, after all, he is now the actual official in control of this place, and he still has soldiers.

In the middle of the night, Liu Ba still couldn't sleep, it seems that this Zhuge Liang is sticky, and he can't stay in Jingzhou anymore if he goes on like this, so he just leaves, Lao Tzu can't afford to mess with you now, can't I still hide?

As soon as he said go, Liu Ba packed up a few clothes and some money, quietly got up and was about to leave the courtyard gate while it was dark, but there were still a few horses tied to Zhuge Liang and their horses in the courtyard, and there were still two people guarding there, who are these people, as if I, Liu Ba, would steal their horses.

Let me go, Lao Tzu is gone, and even this home will be left to you!

Liu Ba walked straight towards the gate, but heard Ge Liang's voice sound: "Brother Zichu, where are you going to play in the middle of the night?" ”

I'll go, this guy is such a big official, and he is still guarding the horse here in the middle of the night, and Liu Ba is also convinced: "You have been waiting for me here?" ”

"Alas—" Ge Liang sighed, "is it true that Brother Zichu is so determined that he doesn't even want home?" ”

Liu Ba was relieved: "Don't do it, I hope the military master won't say more." ”

Ge Liang already knew that he couldn't move this guy now, all of this was just to lay a foundation for the future, so he took a step back and said: "Brother Zichu, you stay first, and we will leave early tomorrow morning and no longer bother you." However, let me say a word here, God has already arranged for us to assist General Zuo together, no matter where you go, we will eventually meet again, I just hope that the next time we meet, Brother Zichu can conform to the will of heaven and work with me to help revive the Han Dynasty. ”