Chapter 64: The Princes Ask for Help
Nationwide waves of immigration, like cooking oil on fire, are intensifying.
As the policy of recruiting displaced people in Liangzhou spread, the displaced people from Guandong, Hebei, and Jingzhou entered Li Zheng's territory from the main passes such as Hangu Pass, Taihang Bacheng, and Hanzhong Shangyong, and all of them were properly arranged. And the princes everywhere did not obstruct them.
After all, they can't afford to feed these displaced people, and in the current situation, they have exhausted themselves and have no more strength to protect these displaced people, nor can they come up with more materials to support them.
In such a disaster, it is better to let the homeless people starve to death and be killed by ferocious beasts. Even if they know that these homeless people are adding to Li Zheng's background, there is no way.
Do you block the main roads and prevent them from passing? I'm afraid the outcasts are about to rebel!
With the surging tide of displaced people and immigrants, martial arts masters from all over the country also learned about Li Zheng's call. The vast majority of them were gladly invited.
One is Li Zheng, who is powerful and has a big face.
The two are now the safest in Li Zheng's territory. This time, Li Zheng summoned him, and he also took the opportunity to move his family over.
In addition to this vigorous wave of immigration, there are many more things that are unbelievable in normal times.
There are several countries such as Shanshan in the Western Regions, all of which are basically annihilated by the fierce beasts in the Kunlun Mountains. The remnants of the population, led by some people, came to Liangzhou and reached Yumen Pass, wanting to seek refuge from Li Zheng. There are also those who have not yet destroyed the country, and they all send envoys and prescribe all kinds of conditions, hoping to get Li Zheng's support to help resist the fierce beast. In this regard, the country has been destroyed. All the people among them were treated as exiles and brought under their rule. Those who have not destroyed the country will be ignored.
In addition, some Qianghu tribes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which encompasses the Qilian Mountains and Kunlun Mountains on the border with Yizhou and Liangzhou, and are far away from Li Zheng's territory, have also been severely damaged by the raging beasts, and the remnants have all poured into Li Zheng's territory. Seek a place of safety.
All kinds of matters are simply coming one after another.
What keeps Li Zheng and others busy is inextricable, but they are also happy.
In addition, there were also princes from all over the country, all of whom sent envoys to see Li Zheng, seeking some help and support.
First of all, the envoys of the princes of Liangzhou. It's Guo Jia.
After Guo Jia arrived in Liangzhou, he did not immediately go to see Li Zheng, but first met Xun You, Xi Zhicai and other old acquaintances, and then officially handed over Cao Cao's handwritten letter to Li Zheng, making enough rules and posture.
However, Li Zheng did not officially receive Guo Jia. Instead, he entertained Guo Jia in a private form and did not talk about business.
Because after Guo Jia arrived in Liangzhou, the major princes successively sent envoys to Liangzhou.
Therefore, Li Zheng decided to wait for all the princes' envoys to arrive and deal with them together.
In the following seven or eight days, the envoys of the princes from all over the country came one after another.
The envoy sent by Yuan Shao. It's Xu Yu Xu Ziyuan.
Liu Biao's messenger is Kuailiang Kuaizirou.
Sun Ce, the messenger of the light pole, is the famous Meizhou Lang, Zhou Yu, and Zhou Gongjin.
The messenger of Gongsun Zhan. It was his son Gongsun Xu.
Tao Qian's envoy was Guangling Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong.
And the messenger of Yuan Shu is his long history Yang Hong.
Even Liu Xuan, who is still in Yuzhang, is still hungry for breath, and his messenger is Xu Shao, the once world-renowned Yuedan review master, Xu Shao Xu Zijiang.
Even Liu Bei, who is not in the stream at all now, also sent Sun Qian. In the end, there was Xian Yufu, who was working with Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and Tian Chou Tian Zitai was also sent.
The whole world. There is still a bit of power, which has not yet been destroyed. All of them sent people to meet Li Zheng.
In mid-August, Li Zheng decided to meet with a group of envoys from the princes in the Shenzhou grassland.
Originally, Li Zheng was going to meet these people in Lingzhou. However, Jia Xu and others put forward different views.
Jia Xu thought that the situation of the princes in various places today could be described as dire. As sea beasts evolve to land, the situation will become more severe and erosive.
In the face of the beast disaster that they could not resist, the power of these princes has shrunk strictly. Both the territory and the population under its rule have shrunk to a level that is about to collapse.
A typical example is Sun Ce, who doesn't even have a territory, so what qualifications do you have to call a prince? Now Sun Ce is nesting in a small piece of land in Yuzhang County with Liu Xuan, a former enemy, pitiful!
Sun Ce was pitiful, but the rest of the princes were no better.
What about Liu Biao, the territory that he really controls now does not even have a complete county, who makes Jingzhou's water system complicated, which is conducive to the spread of sea beasts?
Cao Cao is now crowded together with the three princes of Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, and they are all nested in the border area of Yanzhou and Yuzhou in Runan, Chenjun, Liangguo, and Yingchuan, and they have no strength to fight with each other anymore.
Yuan Shao's power shrank to the area of Zhongshan and Changshan, and only two or three counties remained. Gongsun Zhan retreated to the area of Dai County and Zhuo County. As for Liu Hexian Yufu and others, they completely retreated to the Wuhuan territory in the north.
And as the sea beasts evolve, their territory will shrink further, and their strength will decline even more.
Xun You and others believe that these princes are almost finished.
So Jian yƬ Li Zheng took advantage of this opportunity to simply go all out, find out the facts, stew these princes in one spoonful, and complete the great cause of reunification.
Now the princes are sad, and this time they came to see Li Zheng, there was nothing else, just to get some support from Li Zheng, so that they could continue to breathe.
After the important ministers discussed, they built Li Zheng, and at this time stood up, upheld the righteousness, unified the world, and entangled manpower and material resources to fight the disaster together.
As for setting the meeting location in the Shenzhou grassland, it is to reveal Li Zheng's mystery, in order to show the destiny of heaven!
The princes of all over the country were hungry, their strength was weakened, and they were devastated by the beast plague, and they were almost desperate. It is also necessary to let them have a deeper understanding of the gap between them and Li Zheng, so the important ministers have built a way to expose the existence of the Shenzhou grassland, and at this critical juncture, they can take advantage of the weakness and make them bow their heads!
Li Zheng thought about it for a while and agreed to the proposal of Jia Xu and others, so he decided to meet the envoys of the princes in the Shenzhou grassland
Jiuzhou City, residential area.
Nearly 100,000 houses here have long been swept away. However, considering some needs, the official still left dozens of houses. As a backup.
A cadre of envoys sent by the princes was arranged in these houses.
Early in the morning, Guo Jia stood in the courtyard, refreshed.
Since he came to Liangzhou, he feels that the whole person is much better. The air is fresher. Breathing is smoother, the body is more relaxed, and even the old problem of coughing that has always been in place is gradually reducing.
After moving his hands and feet in the courtyard, a waiter prepared breakfast for him.
It is porridge made of jade pork, plus a plate of rainbow bird eggs.
Beautifully enjoyed breakfast. Guo Jia was ready to go out and meet Xi Zhicai again. It had been seven or eight days since he arrived in Liangzhou, and although he had met with Li Zheng, it was only a private meeting and did not involve serious business. These seven or eight days came down. Guo Jia was a little anxious in his heart.
He can wait here, but Cao Cao can't wait!
After breakfast, Guo Jia washed up, changed into a robe, and prepared to go out. When I got to the front hall, I saw a man waiting.
This man was dressed as a scribe, young and thoughtful.
See Guo Jia come out. The young scribe stood up and saluted, and said, "Mr. Guo, a junior official in the Xialiang Prefecture Officials' Department." I was ordered to come to greet Mr., my lord is invited today! ā
When Guo Jia heard this, a slight smile appeared on his unruly face, and he nodded and said, "Okay, please stay less!" ā
Immediately, Guo Jia called to accompany him. After a few words, he went out of the house with the little official. I saw a luxurious giant beast car parked on the street.
The car was made entirely of metal, illuminated by the morning sun. Shimmering with a dazzling metallic sheen.
"Please get in the car."
The little official bowed slightly.
Guo Jia returned the salute, stepped forward slowly, and got into the car.
When I walked into the car, I saw that several princes' envoys were already sitting in it.
"Mr. Guo!"
When several people saw Guo Jia get into the car, they all got up and saluted slightly.
In a few moments, all the princes' envoys arrived. Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, Kuai Liang, Chen Deng, Xu You, Yang Hong, Xu Shao, Gongsun Xu, Tian Chou, Sun Qian, and ten people each saluted and sat down in the carriage one after another.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please sit tight."
At this time, the driver reminded him, and everyone in the car felt a shock in the carriage, and then went north along the avenue.
In the carriage, ten people talked and laughed, gossiping all over the world, and did not talk about business, looking like a sightseeing team.
"Look, that's the Altar of Heroes and the Altar of Sages!"
Guo Jia was the earliest, and he has almost visited Jiuzhou City in the past few days. Through the window of the carriage, Guo Jia pointed to the two towering altars in the distance, and said to everyone in the car.
"I heard the names of these two altars for a long time, but when I see them today, it is really extraordinary." Zhou Yu looked at the altar and sighed slightly.
"I'm afraid it's not thirty zhang high, right?" Sun Qian's eyes showed admiration.
"Thirty-three zhang high, the base covers an area of one acre!" Guo Jiadao.
"Tsk, that's a big project."
"I don't know if it's a big project." Xu Shao was a little distracted, and said: "I only know that there are these two altars, and the scribes and military generals are all in the field!" ā
The crowd agreed.
"If you can be worshiped by ten thousand people in these two altars after death, it will be ten thousand pieces, so what's the matter? I can't wait for martial arts, who doesn't want to go down in history? ā
"yes."
The existence of these two altars was known to the princes. The meaning is also obvious. But why didn't the princes follow suit?
This kind of thing, only the first person to eat crabs can get the benefits. If you really want to emulate and build these two altars, wouldn't it be just a matter of making jokes?
If you can really dominate the world and defeat Li Zheng, you can take it for yourself, but you can laugh at Li Zheng with it.
Speaking of this altar, the ten people in the car all had different expressions, but they all understood the truth. For a moment, it was quiet.
When the giant beast cart left Jiuzhou City, the endless golden wheat fields appeared in everyone's eyes. The breeze passed, the wheat waves rolled, and the wheat fragrance overflowed.
It was mid-autumn, the harvest of the year was approaching, and the ginseng wheat was about to ripen. Everywhere the cart passed, you could see the smiling faces of the farmers standing on the edge of the fields.
"Since I joined the rule of General Li, the most eye-catching thing about my journey is these crops that are about to ripen. Alas, the plague of beasts."
When everyone heard this, their faces were heavy.
After a while, Zhou Yu asked the master who was driving, "Where are we going?" ā
The emperor smiled and said: "Don't worry, gentlemen, we are going to the Shenzhou grassland, and we will arrive in half an hour." ā
"Shenzhou Grassland?"
"Yes," replied the Emperor, "our General Li lives in the Shenzhou Grassland most of the time, which is the land of Longxing in our Liangzhou!" ā
"The Land of Dragons?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"It is rumored that General Li first rose in the Shenzhou grassland, and the land of Longxing is not a lie." Xu Shao said lightly.
Half an hour later, the giant beast cart arrived at the station outside the grassland and stopped.
When the group got off the bus, they saw Tian Feng and Xi Zhicai, standing there waiting.
So he stepped forward, and after saluting, under the guidance of the two, he walked along the avenue to the pasture. (To be continued)