Lu Fan can only reluctantly accept Liu Qi's arrangement, and symbolically send one of his entourages to Shexian County to ask the lord whether he agrees to Liu Qi's conditions for exchanging Yu Xuan, and then stay in the room where he is alone, quietly "waiting" for news.

Three days later, Lu Fan went to see Liu Qi with a wry smile, saying that he had received a reply from the lord Sun Ce, and that he could not agree to Liu Qi's condition of 90,000 grains, and said that he was willing to donate 1,500 grains at most in exchange.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qi was furious, pointed at Lu Fan's nose, and shouted: "Lu Fan, there is really no sage in the eyes of your family lord Sun Ce, who is Yu Zhongxiang?" Both civil and military, rigorous in learning, **elegant, and outstanding, such a character is worth exchanging even if it is 100,000 grains, but you are really disappointed, despise talents, 1,500 grains, hehe, it is also a loss to your lord Sun Ce's exit! Could it be that Yu Zhongxiang is worth 1,500 grains? If this is the case, then the 1,500 grains are out of the official, no, the official is willing to give 15,000 grains to buy Yu Zhongxiang, even if he really asks the official to take out 100,000 grains, the official will choose to exchange Yu Zhongxiang without hesitation. ”

"Oh? In that case, why don't you take out 100,000 grains in exchange for Yu Zhongxiang? Lu Fan sneered and said loudly to Liu Qi: "The last general wants to see if the general is really willing to do this?" ”

I only heard Liu Qi sneering: "Do you really think that Ben is talking about jokes?" He immediately instructed Fanqin, who was also serving as Cang Cao Peng: "Immediately collect 100,000 pieces of grain, and then use these grains to help the victims, claiming that these grains were donated by Yu Zhongxiang." ”

"No." Without any hesitation, Fanqin retreated, and then immediately raised food and prepared to help the victims.

"Huh? I didn't expect this Liu Qi to be serious, this is 100,000 pieces of grain, enough for 10,000 troops to eat for three months, and it was distributed to the victims like this. This Liu Qi really didn't know the price of firewood and rice, and arbitrarily ruined his father Liu Biao's family. Lu Fan couldn't help but be surprised, and said secretly.

In fact, Lu Fan did not expect that this time Liu Qi would have a bumper harvest of grain in the three counties of Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang in Jingnan due to the casting of Jingzhou plows, which was nearly 30% more than in previous years, and many farmers had surplus grain at home for the first time in many years.

In order to thank Liu Qi for the Jingzhou plough that they gave free of charge, many farmers in addition to completing the task of paying taxes normally, but also responded to the call of the three county Taishou Mansion, and took the initiative to save a part of the surplus grain and sell it to the government, so that the grain obtained by the three county Taishou was twice as much as in previous years, and now Liu Qi's army said that there can be a million Hu grain, and 100,000 Hu can be taken out to help the victims, which has been planned for a long time, so Liu Qi naturally took out these grains very happily.

"Wait, something seems wrong, right? Yu Chuan was originally a person under the command of our general, but now the general is exchanging Yu Flip for food, and if he wants to exchange it, he will also give food to our general, right? But why do we use the food that should have been given to us to help the victims? Lu Fan saw that although Liu Qi took out 100,000 pieces of grain, he did not send it to his lord Sun Ce, but gave it to the victims, which made him feel very angry and had a feeling that he had been tricked.

Unexpectedly, Pang Tong, who had been beside Liu Qi not far from this time, suddenly shouted: "My general is the assassin of Yangzhou, and whoever wants to be conquered in the entire Yangzhou territory can be recruited, I really haven't heard of higher-level officials promoting talents from lower-level institutions, and they have to send food to lower-level organs to compensate." Although Zhong Xiang did work under your lord Sun Ce in the past, this does not mean that he will always obey Sun Ce's orders. Since your lord is stingy with food and despises the Magi, why does Zhong Xiang have to follow you in doing things? On behalf of Zhongxiang, I announced that from now on, Yu Zhongxiang will be under the jurisdiction of the Yangzhou Thorn History Academy. ”

When Lu Fan heard this, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, only then did he know that Liu Qi had no intention of letting Yu Tuo go from the beginning, and he even dared to guarantee that even if Sun Ce met the conditions for the 100,000 grains he offered, Liu Qi would definitely try his best to prevent Yu Tuo from returning to Sun Ce's army.

And Yu Tuan was actually like a stone, and decided to swear that he would not surrender to Liu Qi, but in recent days, he had a very happy conversation with Pang Tong, and gradually became affected, and felt that this Liu Qi did have two hits, otherwise he would never let a genius like Pang Tong die of allegiance. Despite this, he only accepted Pang Tong as a personal friend in his heart, and never considered submitting to Liu Qi.

But this time Lu Fan's arrival made him feel a little disappointed in his heart. Originally, he heard that Sun Ce had sent important ministers such as Lu Fan to welcome him back, and he was grateful to Sun Ce in his heart, but when it came time to negotiate, he found that he was not as important as the other party said in Sun Ce's eyes. Although even he didn't think that he could be worth 100,000 grains, and he never expected Sun Ce to redeem himself at such a high price, but he still thought that he should be worth at least 20,000 yuan, but he didn't expect that in the end, Lu Fan could only take out 1,500 yuan at most, which made him smile bitterly, and said secretly: "I really didn't expect that in the eyes of the lord, my life can't even compare to a year's worth of a state's assassination." ”

It is precisely because of this that Yu Tuo's loyalty to Sun Ce is shaking little by little.

In fact, to tell the truth, this matter has nothing to do with Sun Ce, it is mainly Lu Fan's own master, in Lu Fan's opinion, people like Yu Fan who surrendered halfway will not be looked at by him at all, but in view of the fact that he is now employing people, he will force himself to save Yu Fan.

And if he exchanged precious grain for Yu Tuo, he didn't want to agree even if it was a thousand Hu, not because Yu Tuan's value in his heart was not worth it, but because there was a shortage of food today, he was not willing to use any grain lightly, let alone thousands of Hu's grain?

Although this is only Lu Fan's own meaning, but in Yu Tuo's eyes, this is what Sun Ce meant, so Yu Tuo thinks that he will not have a good future with Sun Ce in the future, and he feels even more unworthy for his loyalty to him.

And at this time, although Lu Fan didn't know the changes in Yu Fan's heart, he was still unwilling to let Yu Fan really take refuge in Liu Qi like this, so he said: "Yu Zhongxiang, you have to think about it, do you really want to submit to Liu Qi and betray the lord?" You have studied the scriptures and books, and what you have learned is nothing more than the word loyalty, but how can you lose your righteousness and integrity? ”

"This..."Yu Fu was poked at the most sensitive nerve, and couldn't help but hesitate.

After all, he has already defected once, and defected to Sun Ce after the defeat of the late lord Wang Lang, if he betrays again this time, how should the world's scholars view themselves? As a celebrity, money and official positions may not be important, but reputation is definitely something more important than life.

At this moment, Liu Qi suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Yu Zhongxiang, let me ask you, what should be important in studying and learning?" ”

Yu was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Youyun: 'The character of the object is then known, and then the intention is sincere, the intention is sincere and then the heart is right, the heart is right and then the body is cultivated, the body is cultivated and then the family is Qi, the family is Qi and then the country is governed, and the country is governed and then the world is peaceful'. ”

"What is sincerity?" Liu Qi did not hesitate and continued to ask.

"Knowing the end, then the meaning can be obtained and real, from the heart of the nature, not pretentious, self-ability not to deceive, not self-deception, so know to and then sincere. If the mind is not self-deceived, then the ontology of the heart, the thing cannot be moved, and there is nothing wrong, and the mind is right, then it is fair and sincere, not involved in feelings, no bias, deliberately sincere and then the heart is right. ”

Yu Tuo not only memorizes the Confucian scriptures, but also understands them deeply, so as soon as Liu Qi asks questions, he can easily come to them.

Liu Qi nodded, and asked again, "How can I be sincere?" ”

"As I said just now, knowing is followed by sincerity, sincerity is followed by righteousness." Yu Xuan blurted out again and replied skillfully.

"However, my life has an end, and there is no end to knowledge, and there is no end to it. How much knowledge is there in the world? How can you do this? Liu Qi was aggressive, looked directly at Yu and said.

"This ......" Yu turned over for a while, he didn't know how to interface, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, he didn't expect that he would ask himself about the five cars of Xuefu, full of wealth, and he was asked by Liu Qi, and he had no choice but to say: "Do it knowing that you can't do it." ”

But I heard Liu Qi laugh and said: "Then you will never be sincere, cultivate Qi Zhiping, and remember my words, I am a scholar, I should be a scholar to establish a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, a continuation of the study for the saints, and peace for all generations." Our generation of scholars is not a bookworm and a foolish person, let alone a foolish and faithful person, when the world and all the people are peaceful, should be to carry on the past and the holy study as a career, why care about that little reputation? ”

Yu was shocked when he heard this, and muttered the four sentences of Liu Qi's "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations", his face couldn't help but become softened, and then he became more and more resolute, and made a long bow respectfully to Liu Qi, and then said slowly: "Listening to your words, it is better to read for ten years, and I have been taught today." The general's words made the general suddenly open, and he was willing to follow the general to the death, and did his best to realize what the general said, and hoped that the general would not give up. ”

Liu Qi hurriedly picked up Yu Flip, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Zhongxiang for not giving up and willing to assist me in starting a business, how dare I dislike it?" I believe that as long as I have Zhong Xiang's assistance, I Liu Qi will definitely be like a tiger with wings, Zhong Xiang, I want to worship you to engage in classics, and work with Hua Ziyu to assist Wang Cang to establish the county school and state school, openly recruit disciples of wealthy families and Han families, and teach scriptures, I don't know if Zhong Xiang is willing to help me with this? ”

When Yu heard this, he bowed his head and said respectfully: "The lower officials will definitely do their best to do their part for my Yangzhou scholars." ”