Yizhou, Luren Fudi.

There must be a lot of messy things after the beginning of spring, and the spring of the thirteenth year of Jian'an is also the first spring after Lu Ren got an official position in the court.

Lu Ren was dealing with official documents in the study, while Xu Shu and Liu Ye were selecting scriptures and books with great interest in the study, and from time to time they would respond to the questions raised by Lu Ren over there. It may be said here that Lu Ren's study may be the center with the largest collection of books and the most comprehensive collection at this time, and if a student literati or something is thrown in, it is likely to make these students and literati crazy.

To put it mildly, Lu Ren has to rely on the printing industry to make money, earn prestige and gain influence, how can he do it if there are not many books and materials? At that time, the average family clan, it was already a very great thing to have hundreds or thousands of volumes of books in the family, but if you want to compare with Lu Ren, please stand aside.

And there is another one, that is, in addition to being many and comprehensive, there are many books here that can be said to be unique and rare books at that time, which was something that many literati at that time could hardly find. For example, Cai Yan's books were stored there, which were treasures left by Cai Yong, and many of them were the only ones at that time. If it was according to the original historical process, when Cai Yan was picked up by Cao Cao from the Xiongnu, he said by the way that he could still write hundreds of volumes of the lost more than 1,000 volumes, but Cao Cao sent someone to Cai Yan to transcribe them.

Of course, the current situation is that Cai Yan's books were burned by Lu Ren's fire at that time. However, Cai Yan was still young at that time, in good condition and had a strong memory, and Lu Ren provided Cai Yan with good enough conditions, and Cai Yan naturally rewrote a lot of those books. If Cai Yan rewrote fifty percent in the original historical process, then at this time, Cai Yan has rewritten about ninety percent, and many of them are the only ones that were completely lost. If these unique copies were to be taken out and reprinted...... Huh.

Cai Yan alone is definitely not enough, but Yizhou itself has a Zheng Xuan, who is a "treasure of the state". Not to mention Old Man Zheng's collection of books, plus some of Old Man Zheng's works and annotations to various scriptures, they are all quite valuable, and Lu Ren wants to get them from Old Man Zheng is just a matter of one sentence.

Next, according to Lu Ren's intentions, the caravans sent out by Lu Ren paid attention to collecting all kinds of books at that time in addition to regular trade, and after collecting them, they would be handed over to Old Man Zheng and some of Old Man Zheng's disciples for corresponding selection and transcription.

With such conditions, Lu Ren's literature here will naturally gradually increase. Coupled with the fact that Lu Ren has a systematic printing system here, and the precedent conditions that Yizhou is far away from the war in the Central Plains, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lu Ren's literature database is the largest database at that time. As for the so-called royal collections...... When Emperor Liu Xie escaped from Chang'an, he was not much different from a beggar, he couldn't eat, who could care about books? There are so many things missing.

talked a lot of nonsense, only saying that Liu Ye and Xu Shu were flipping through books in Lu Ren's study, in addition to helping Lu Ren answer questions instantly as staff officers, they were also selecting the next batch of literature to be used as printing owners in Yizhou. As for the promotion of culture and the expansion of Yizhou's influence, not to mention, the profits brought by the several sales of this thing in various inland regions made Liu Ye and Xu Shu ashamed.

The three of them were busy with the things at hand, but Shirley suddenly rushed to the study, and handed a telegram in his hand to Lu Ren without saying hello: "Lord...... Senior brother, Mi Zhen sent an urgent telegram from Jingzhou! ”

This "urgent call from Jingzhou" made Lu Ren, Xu Shu, and Liu Ye stunned at that time, and the things they were doing stopped at that time. After Lu Ren took it, his face changed after just a glance, and he hurriedly waved his hand to let the attendants exit the study, and Xu Shu and Liu Ye also came to Lu Ren's side. Everyone knows that Lu Ren sent Mi Zhen to Jingzhou this time, and Mi Zhen took an urgent telegram back at this time, which must mean that there is a big movement in Jingzhou.

The attendants all retreated, and Lu Ren re-examined the message. After a few glances, Lu Ren slapped the table and said angrily: "Why did things become like this?" ”

With a change of hand, he handed the message to Xu Shu and Liu Ye again, and the two of them took it and looked at each other, and their faces also changed color. These two, one used to be a more strategic strategist on Cao Cao's side, and the other was a wise man who had stayed under Liu Bei for a while, so as long as they looked at the emergency telegram taken back by Mi Zhen, they knew what kind of movement would be on the Jingzhou side.

The room was a little quiet for a while, and after a long time, Lu Ren lowered his voice and said: "As soon as Liu Biao dies, the people of Liu Qi and Liu Cong will immediately make a commotion, which I have long expected, but I didn't expect Liu Biao to die so suddenly." ”

Lu Ren didn't say a word, that's what Ren Luren thought, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to play such a coup d'état. To be precise, Liu Bei is now preparing to make a move, but he hasn't made a fuss yet. Because when Liu Bei had just arrived in Xiangyang, Mi Zhen, who was under half-surveillance and half-house arrest by Zhuge Liang and his wife, finally found a chance to get out of the sight of Zhuge Liang and his wife, and hurriedly took this telegram of only 20 words to Lu Ren, roughly saying that Liu Biao had died of illness not long ago, and Liu Bei was ready to compete with Cai Mao's group for Jingzhou.

Standing up and pacing back and forth twice, Lu Ren instructed Xue Li: "Xue Li, you go and call Mi Zhen back immediately, and let Mi Zhen leave no matter what money and goods...... Just call back, throw away the goods, and return them quickly. ”

Shirley answered the call back, Xu Shu and Liu Ye glanced at each other, and Liu Ye stepped forward and asked, "General, what do you think of the current situation in Jingzhou?" ”

"What do you think?"

Lu Ren smiled bitterly: "I'm so depressed now!" Didn't I just say it all? I already knew that as soon as Liu Biao died, something big would definitely happen in Jingzhou, but he couldn't imagine that Liu Biao would die at such a time! If you don't die sooner or later, you won't die later, just in time for me to let Mi Zhen lead the team over this time, he will die.

"This girl is making trouble, if other Mi children lead the team to encounter this incident again, it's just a big deal, I just lose some manpower, at most, I will throw away the thirty or so bright wheels, and lose some money. But after Mi Zhen was kidnapped, maybe in the eyes of others, I also participated in this incident, and I am not easy to explain in many aspects of this Nima at that time! Tell me, why am I doing this this time? Why did you send Mi Zhen to Jingzhou? ”

Xu Shu and Liu Ye glanced at each other again, and then Xu Shu spoke: "This is also a matter of no choice." We all know that Liu Jingsheng's time is running out, and the situation in Jingzhou will become confusing, at this time, brother, you must appoint a competent person to go to Jingzhou to find out the news, and for the time being, only Mrs. Mi can take on this role. ”

Lu Ren sighed, and after pacing for a few more laps, he said, "Anyway, I have to let Mi Zhen get out of Jingzhou and return it quickly." Fortunately, she is Mi Zhu's sister after all, and she is one of my wives, Liu Bei and Kong Ming should not dare to do anything excessive to her, so it should not be difficult for Mi Zhen to get out of Jingzhou. In short, whether it's Liu Bei or Cai Mao, just drag me into the water without the dam, I don't have time to stir up their muddy water. ”

Liu Ye nodded. Compared with Lu Ren and Xu Shu, who had both stayed in Jingzhou, Liu Ye didn't know much about the situation in Jingzhou, so he asked: "General, Yuan Zhi, according to your opinion, who can win this battle in Jingzhou?" ”

Xu Shu didn't speak, but Lu Ren shook his head and said, "If you want me to say, Liu Bei and Cai Mao are stupid!" At this time, no one can take advantage of them. But then again, they also have to do it as soon as possible, knowing that they are stupid forks and have to fight to be a pawn. ”

After a pause, Lu Ren continued: "Liu Bei and Cai Mao can't actually eat each other. Cai Mao is a native of Jingzhou and has deep roots; Liu Bei is eloquent and strategic, and he is good at winning the hearts of the people. So unless you kill all the other party's leaders in one go, there will definitely be a situation where you don't die. According to the telegram sent back by Mi Zhen, Liu Bei obviously wanted to get rid of Cai Mao on Liu Biao's mourning hall, but Liu Bei would think so, wouldn't Cai Mao think so? If one side had not been prepared, the matter would have been easy to do, but now both sides are prepared...... Hehe, that's why I asked Mi Zhen to leave everything alone and come back from Jingzhou as soon as possible, so as not to be indistinguishable from the jade in the chaotic army. ”

Liu Ye nodded and said, "The general is right. It's true that they can't eat anyone, but if they do it, there is still some hope, and if they don't do it, they will sit back and wait to die. ”

Lu Ren said: "That's why I said that they knew they were being stupid, but they could only fight to be a fool." If things move fast enough and do well enough, then they can win a time lag to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou. Cai Mao won't talk about it, he is deeply rooted in Jingzhou, and it is not difficult to stabilize Jingzhou; It is Liu Bei who really needs some time, but Liu Bei has the eldest son Liu Qi to be the façade, and there are many people in Jingzhou who support Liu Bei, if there is a little time for Liu Bei, Liu Bei can naturally hold Jingzhou firmly in his hands. ”

Xu Shu followed: "It's a pity that Uncle Liu Huang is afraid that it will be difficult to get such time." According to the news sent back by Zhao Yu from Hebei, Cao Gong has been preparing for war and can go south to Jingxiang at any time; And Jiangdong Sun Quan has also been looking at Jingzhou, once Jingzhou is in turmoil and cannot be pacified, Sun Quan will definitely take action. Moreover, Liu Qi mobilized some soldiers and horses from Jiangxia to Xiangyang this time, and Jiangxia's garrison ...... Jingzhou is going to be in chaos this time. (To be continued.) )