There are quite a few people who follow Gongsun Du on this trip, but there is only one Liang Mao who is qualified to follow the attaché who meets Wang Yu, except for Liu Yi.

Gongsun Du and these people have put a lot of effort into recruiting talents, and they have indeed achieved some results, especially in Qingzhou, where even Guoyuan once boarded his immigration ship. However, the situation is changing quickly, Qingzhou in just half a year, it will magically return from chaos, Qingzhou scholars naturally do not need to leave their hometowns to travel to Liaodong, Gongsun Du's recruitment plan has suffered a heavy setback.

In addition to the old buddies Liu Yi and Yang Yi, Gongsun Du has only two most significant achievements in recruiting talents in recent years, one is Li Min, who has served as the Taishou of Hanoi, and the other is Liang Mao, a famous Yanzhou scholar who was sent by Yuan Shao to pull relations and nominally served as the Taishou of Lelang, but in fact was placed by Gongsun Du as a staff member.

This time, Gongsun Du had prepared for the worst before chasing him out, and of course he wouldn't bring all the heavyweight wingmen with him. He left the old and respectful Li Min at home, assisting his two sons to guard the back road in case of unforeseen needs. On his side, he only brought Liang Mao, who had just arrived in Liaodong and was still familiar with the Central Plains.

Yang Yi insisted on going his own way, and after negotiating with Tai Shici face-to-face, he also insisted on provoking a war, and now he is waiting for the guilt. At this moment, there are only two people who follow Gongsun Du, Liu Yi and Liang Mao.

Liu Yi is Gongsun Du's confidant, and his mind is almost the same as the latter, and all that turns in his mind is similar to Gongsun Du's thoughts.

Liang Mao was far from loyal to Gongsun Du, in fact, except for being Yuan Shao's envoy. He also has another layer of identity, that is, Cao Cao's secret envoy.

Since the Guangwu Emperor Zhongxing Han Dynasty. Since the beginning of Luoyang, the capital of Yan, Henan and Henan have become the most prosperous of the Han Kingdom. The place where talents are most concentrated, is it at the feet of the Son of Heaven? The area of Yanzhou is actually not large, that is, the western part of Shandong in later generations, so many talents are gathered together, and of course they are more familiar with each other.

Liang Mao is a native of Shanyang, a rare talent, once studied in Yingchuan, and after Xun Yu returned to Cao, he was on Cao Cao's snare list. It's just that his father was seriously ill at the time. couldn't go out, and when the matter was over, he received a letter from Yuan Shao.

At that time, Yuan Shaozheng was at odds with Gongsun Chan and Wang Yu, and wanted to contact the major forces in northern Xinjiang to contain Gongsun Chan. He contacted Liu Yu, and through the latter, he connected with Xianbei and Wuhuan, but what he didn't expect was that Wang Yu was a good player. contacted Gongsun Du first, but the Wuhuan people only went out on the front foot, and the nest on the back foot was served.

Yuan Shao was also furious at that time, and he had the heart to eat Gongsun Du raw. But Liaodong is too far away, and Gongsun Du doesn't have a problem if he doesn't buy his account. Later, through Liu Yu's inquiry, Gongsun Du was very concerned about recruiting talents. So I found some young handsome people nearby.

Liang Mao was about to refuse, but he was afraid of destroying Yuan Shao's alliance. can only inform Xun Yu of the matter and wait for Cao Cao's decision. Cao Cao's vision is far-reaching. In the past, he didn't know that Gongsun Du was also a person, but now that he realizes that Liaodong plays a pivotal role in Northern Xinjiang, how can he not pay attention to it?

Immediately wrote a letter by handwriting, which was sent by Xun Yu to Liang Mao, clearly saying that Huaiyuan would follow it, so that the people in the border areas would not forget the virtue of the Han family, implying that they would be close to the attack, and they would be entrusted with the task of Huairou Liaodong.

In this way, Liang Mao, who has multiple identities, was promoted by Yuan Shaobao as Lelang Taishou and went to Liaodong, which has a bit of infernal taste.

When he first arrived in Liaodong, it was very smooth, and Gongsun Du, who was thirsty for talent, had no intention of letting Liang Mao go to Lelang to take up his post at all, but kept him by his side, and made him a counselor of the military aircraft, and the degree of attention was almost equal to that of the three major generals.

But the good times didn't last long, the Hebei War ended too quickly, too suddenly, and the invincible Yuan Shao fell so unexpectedly, and Liang Mao, who was Yuan Shao's envoy on the surface, naturally became a little embarrassed.

It is true that Liang Mao is quite talented, but after all, the time to Liaodong is too short, and he has not had time to make any actual achievements, if Gongsun Du continues to reuse him, it will inevitably be regarded as a provocation to Wang Yu.

Although Gongsun Du's waist is very hard, he is also a very practical person, and of course he will not risk angering Qingzhou's allies for the sake of a young man like Liang Mao, who has a reputation and has not yet seen any actual talent.

So, less than two months after arriving in Liaodong, the double agent Liang Mingshi experienced the first big ups and downs in his life, and was sent to the uninhabited Lelang County as a taishou, and was completely marginalized.

This snub is more than a year, and he can't leave, and it's useless to stay, Liang Mao even thought that he had been forgotten for a while, and he had to be ready to keep up with Su Wu.

Fortunately, Cao Cao is not such a ruthless person, and he still sent someone to contact him in private, especially after Xu You went north to stir up the storm, there were a lot more letters sent from Youzhou.

Because of this, Liang Mao survived the most difficult days. When Qingzhou and Liaodong were at odds because of the sea trade, Wang Yu never proposed to pursue him, and Liang Mingshi saw the light of day and returned to Gongsun Du's general shogunate.

Because of such ups and downs, his experience has grown rapidly, he is much more cautious, and rarely expresses his opinions in public, even if Gongsun Du asks in private, he is vague, and often uses the hint of quoting scriptures to express his opinions.

Gongsun Du was used to seeing the rude warriors who came straight to the ground in Liaodong, and Leng Ding met Liang Mao, who had the style of a legendary celebrity, and he was quite fresh, and he ate him very much. This time, the Qingzhou army marched eastward, and Gongsun Du finally decided to join the battle on the opposite side of Wang Yu, and Liang Mao also contributed a lot.

Liang Mao thought that he had made a great contribution this time, and when the two sides fought hard with bayonets and never stopped, he would be able to return to Cao Ying with honor. Who would have thought that the sky was not as good as the people, and the battle in Liaodong ended in a tiger-like way.

Gongsun Du, Liu Yi and others are certainly like mourning, but isn't Liang Mao feeling cold?

But the matter has come to this point, and it is impossible for him to persuade Gongsun Du to turn back. Gongsun Du is only a strength, and he is not a second stunned, how can he carry Wang Yu to the end when there is such a huge disparity between strength and weakness?

Fortunately, there is no endless road, and after arriving in Jixian County, Wang Yu doesn't know whether he is proud of the big victory, or he intends to kill Gongsun Du's prestige. It was a very inadequate, very contemptuous posture. Although Gongsun Du was silent, Liang Mao could see it from the details. This Liaodong Marquis has already been enraged.

For Liang Mao, the later Wang Yu came. The happier he became, the more Wang Yu wished that Wang Yu had been hanging Gongsun Du for several days.

When there is something in my heart, time flies very quickly, and I am relatively less sensitive to the changes in my body. This is the case for the three masters and servants of Liaodong, so when Gongsun Du suddenly exclaimed in surprise and stared straight at the distance not far in front of him, Liang and Liu were also taken aback.

Hurriedly fixed his eyes on the thing, Liang Mao was even more confused. Wondered, "This ...... What's so weird about the copper furnace? ”

Liu Yi didn't speak, but he also nodded, and looked at Gongsun Du with a puzzled expression, wouldn't the Lord of the Heart Dao be a fugue outside the world?

Shicai Tian Yu ordered someone to serve tea, and soon someone came in with a tea set, in addition to cups and teapots, even the stove was also served.

Liu Yi didn't feel anything, the April day in northern Xinjiang was the time when it was warm and cold. Walking in the sun is full of warmth, and sitting in the huge hall is also chilly after a long time.

Set up a tea stove here to keep the tea hot all the time. You can also keep warm, so you don't need to wait for the guards in the palace - Wang Yu, a very few people dressed as servants and maids appear, and the people who come and go are either scribes or military generals. All of them are in a hurry, and manpower is indeed scarce.

He didn't understand. The lord is not a person who has never seen the world, even if the production is a little finer. But is he just fussing over a tea stove?

"Not really." Regarding the doubts of his subordinates, Gongsun Du just waved his hand solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Bo Fang grew up in the Central Plains, and he came to Liaodong not long ago, so he didn't notice anything unusual, Ziqiang, you have been in Liaodong for more than fifteen years, why are you so dull?" Look, if you look closely, you can't see it at all? ”

While speaking, Gongsun Du got up from his seat, looking at the posture, he almost came to the stove, and opened the door of the furnace to see what was going on.

"......" Liu Yi was dizzy for a while, completely confused by Gongsun Du, but he had the advantage of being a person, he was meticulous in carrying out orders. Since Gongsun Du doesn't look like crazy and insists on saying so, let's take a closer look.

It's a stove, copper, with a chimney on top and a cylindrical base below. The workmanship is very delicate and tight, and it is necessary to get close enough to see the fire in the furnace through the gap, and in addition...... At this glance, he really saw the problem.

"Ahh Lord, this furnace ......" Liu Yi exclaimed, pointing to the copper furnace, as if he had found ten thousand taels of gold buried in it, and shouted, with joy in his voice.

"Really?" Gongsun Du didn't turn his head, his eyes stared at the copper furnace for a moment, and his hand subconsciously touched the door of the furnace, if it wasn't for Liu Yi to wake up and hold him in time, one of his hands might be scrapped.

Fortunately, although Qingzhou's reception attitude was not good, it did not relieve Gongsun Du and his party of the sword, Liu Yi directly pulled out the sword, and carefully went to pry the furnace door, Gongsun Du watched from the side, looking nervous and expectant.

Ryomao was completely dumbfounded.

I didn't understand the conversation between the two of them, and I didn't know what they were going crazy all of a sudden. Looking at the posture, either there is indeed a treasure in the stove, or otherwise, these two are ready to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, pretending to be crazy and stupid. But how could there be a treasure in the stove? No matter how rich the people of Qingzhou are, it is impossible to burn the treasure, right?

There really is no baby.

Liang Mao was stunned, Liu Yi had already pried open the furnace door, took the sword as a furnace hook, and pulled it in the hearth. The thing that was pulled out, of course, was not a rare treasure, it was just ordinary slag, and it was still burning, causing sparks to splash, and burning off a small piece of Gongsun Du's eyebrows who came to the side of the hearth.

Liang Mao was already wondering if these two were really crazy, and planned to set fire to the city guard mansion, wanting to burn Wang Yu, the great enemy......

Gongsun Du didn't care about extinguishing the spark on his eyebrows, while extinguishing the fire, he stared at the slag and asked, "How is it?" See what this is? ”

"It seems...... Is it carboniferous? Liu Yi's hands were also hot, he inhaled and replied uncertainly.

"Coal? It's impossible, the charcoal burns, the smoke is very big, and if you are in the house, you can smoke people to faint. Gongsun Du shook his head in denial.

Liu Yi thought for a while and said, "Maybe...... It's been specially disposed of, right? ”

"It should be." This time, the two reached an agreement, Gongsun Du squatted down and looked at it for a while, suddenly sighed, and ordered: "Bo Fang, you go to General Tian and ask him to move to meet him, just say that Ben General has something to ask for advice in person." (To be continued......)