Light and five years, March, spring.

Xu Ji left Lumen Academy, this time only Chen Zhi was with him, and the crown of Chen Shuzhi revealed a calm heaviness, far from the impetuousness of ordinary young people of this age, in recent years, Chen Zhi has studied carefully, studied military books and war strategies, and practiced martial arts diligently, Xu Ji was deeply pleased in his eyes, although Xu Ji was actually younger than Chen Zhi, but he trusted Xu Ji, the guard of the common suffering, so he was even more afraid of Chen Zhi's arrogance and indulgence, and in the past few years, Chen Zhi not only did not slack off but became more diligent and hardworking, which really made Xu Ji feel very happy.

Xu Ji's plan for this trip was to personally understand the situation, and by the way, he also went to see the majestic posture of the heroes who were about to appear on the stage. The first stop is Runan in Yuzhou, and now the two of the Yuan family should also have entered Shilin, the Ten Standing Servants are still continuing to bewitch Emperor Ling, Xu Ji has long since stopped expecting the Han Dynasty, Guo Jia has already played dark chess in Yingchuan, everything has been prepared, Xu Ji is waiting for this opportunity, the yellow scarf is not only the rise of Qingliu, but also the only chance for him Xu Ji to turn over.

Xu Ji's trip to Runan also has to pass through Yiyang, the reason why he has a memory of this place is nothing more than because the people here are fierce, it is not a few famous elite soldiers in the Central Plains, and there are still Danyang soldiers in Xuzhou, these two are the only two famous excellent soldiers in the Central Plains, since you want to go to Runan, Xu Ji said that he has to go to see.

Yiyang, the left chokes the two Huai, the right controls the Jianghan, connects the east to the west, shields the Central Plains, is known as the "thoroughfare of the three provinces", from ancient times to the present, it is a strategic place between the Jianghuai River and the Han River, and it is an important channel for economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south. This place has always been extremely important, it is also a lot of rivers and lakes rangers, business dealers, but it can also be regarded as prosperous, when Emperor Ling issued an edict to the secretary of state to play the assassination of the history and the unkind act of the county guard, it is to assassinate the history of the county guard in various places to strictly order the subordinates not to easily offend, in fact, in Xu Ji's view, this is nothing more than whitewashing the Taiping and pretending to be Qingming, the real disaster is not the official to protect each other with impunity? What can people who really contribute to the people, and who have contributed to the community, gain?

But fortunately, Emperor Ling's edict made the county guards around the country reined in, and Xu Ji didn't encounter too much trouble and went all the way to Yiyang. But this is a rumor of history, in fact, what Xu Shao said is: "Jun Qingping's traitor, the hero of troubled times." "When I first heard that Xu Ji was indeed ridiculous, this rumor is really ridiculous, no wonder many people don't think much of Cao Cao because of this evaluation. The reason why he is terrible is because Cao Mengde, who was the speaker at the time, wrote a letter to impeach Taiwei Xu Yu, Sikong Zhang Ji and others together with Sikong Chen Tan, and the people raised by them were all out of party selfishness and gained a good reputation, but it can also be seen that Cao Cao really wants to create a good official at this time.

It's just that Meng De, your hard work can't save this already rotten Han country after all. This is Xu Ji's emotion, which is not enough for outsiders.

Yiyang is actually not taken seriously, it is said to be a small town but it is more like a military town, and the county soldiers are recruited here, and Xu Ji arrived in Yiyang just in time for a time.

The soldiers of the Han Dynasty are divided into several kinds, one of which is called "guard" as a guard in Luoyang, the second is to go to the frontier to garrison to become a "pawn", and the third is to serve in the local area that is "service", and Yiyang this time is to supplement the local defense force and temporarily decided to conscript, it is reported that the county lieutenant personally came to supervise, these weekday township brave and strong are full of energy to show themselves, nothing more than Yiyang County rumored that this conscription will go to the frontier to garrison, even more, There is also a section that will go to Luoyang as a guard to replace some veterans, which also brings excitement to these villagers who have been called.

Chen Zhi is a martial artist, and he has always been very interested in this kind of thing, after all, this is still relatively grand, and there are always some young people who are hidden in the market to join the army with the enthusiasm to serve the country, although Xu Ji is very unimpressed with this, but after all, not everyone has that vision to see the current situation clearly.

According to Chen Dao, Yiyang's recruitment of soldiers is very harsh, and it seems that some of them are indeed going to Luoyang, although Xu Ji is not very interested, but since Chen Zhi is interested, Xu Ji will also go to see it together.

In fact, for these so-called military equipment in various places, Xu Ji thinks that it is not even as good as the private soldiers of the family, and the place where the conscription is obviously full of people, and the young people who came to answer the call and a stick and Xu Ji came to see the excitement, as for why I heard that I was able to go to Luoyang so that many people came to answer the call, the reason is that the guards are extremely preferential, and the round-trip travel expenses are provided by the central government.

For these poor people, it is extremely difficult and very fond to have the opportunity to get such treatment, and the real hot-blooded heroes all hope to go to the frontier to make contributions.

In fact, this time, the conscription that coincided with the meeting also made Xu Ji see the decay of the Han Dynasty more clearly at this time, and the guards of Luoyang should have been the most sophisticated soldiers, but in fact they were a group of people who were waiting for death with mixed food, how could such an army resist the yellow scarves in the future?

To put it bluntly, this is also caused by Emperor Ling's mediocrity, even if the situation is really rotten, he should not sell his official beard on the surface, this emperor will do business, and any official can clearly mark the price. In this way, Xu Ji no longer wanted to go to Runan, and the Yuan family was only afraid of looking down on himself, and there was no need to waste his time to see such a place, so Xu Ji turned to the Huai River and went down the river to Xuyi, and then went to Xuzhou, and finally Xu Ji's destination was the former site of the Jixia School Palace, Linzi, which was the old capital of Qi. Xu Ji went to Qingzhou after all because of the outstanding people here, and many famous people in history are from here, and Chen Zhi has no objection to this decision. After all, Chen Zhi understood that Xu Ji obviously decided to leave Lumen just for the purpose of studying abroad, and since Xu Ji had a plan, he just had to listen.

Guanghe five years, in May, Xu Ji arrived in Xuyi, here is the boundary of Xuzhou, not far away is Hongze Lake and White Horse Lake, down the river less than half a day to arrive at Qu'a, this is almost the gateway to the south of Xuzhou Gongwei, but also the important town of Xuzhou, is the largest trading place.

When Xu Ji arrived, he said to Chen Zhi that if the north and south of the river are confronted in the future, this place will be a place where soldiers must fight, Chen Zhi asked why, Xu Ji Shiran said: "This place is backed by two lakes, and the navy can practice here, and you can go straight down the river to Jianye, and you can echo Guangling. Moreover, this is the most convenient passage for merchants from the north and south, how can this place be despised here? ”

After pondering, Chen Zhi asked: "Although this place is important, it is lonely, and the garrison of Xuzhou will definitely not be able to support in time, and if it is attacked, it is also impossible to defend, isn't it ......?" ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "If you row the river, can you have so many worries? ”

Chen Zhi suddenly: "It's Uncle Zhi who is obsessed and has never considered the overall situation, since this place is an important town, it must first be a situation where the river is drawn, otherwise, everything will not be established." ”

Xu Jiha smiled: "Exactly, so this is just a fiction of mine." ”

Although this is just Xu Ji's joke, it is enough to show that Xu Ji attaches great importance to this place, the so-called time and place are favorable, and this place is naturally in hand, just like the natural danger of Xichuan, but Xichuan is on the defensive, and Linhuai is offensive, no matter how to occupy this place, it can make the twist on the other side of the river uncomfortable, it is like a bone in the throat, if you can't get rid of it, it will be difficult to move forward.

This is the simplest and most effective way for Xu Ji to balance Jiangdong, to drive a nail in the most uncomfortable place in the place, so that you can't advance or retreat. From this time on, Xu Ji has formed his own planning style, which does not necessarily put you to death but definitely puts you in a dilemma, and the word check and balance, Xu Ji has been thorough.

Linhuai was not very important at this time, and Xu Ji's next stop was to go to Huaiyin, which was one of the most prosperous places in Xuzhou, which controlled the road of Xuzhou to export goods to Jingxiang. Xu Ji did not stay in Huaiyin for long, and soon embarked on the journey to Pengcheng, the seat of Xuzhou.

At this time, Xuzhou Mu was not the well-known Tao Qian in the future, which made Xu Ji, who came to see the celebrity, run away, but Xuzhou already had a number of extremely famous people in the future at this time, such as Chen Qi, the famous man who calculated Lu Bu with his son is a native of Xuzhou and was born into a famous family, and his son Chen Deng is already famous, although he is still young, he can be regarded as widely preached.

And Chen Qi is said to have a very good relationship with Yuan Shu when he was young, I don't know if the second son of Yuan, who was in Luoyang at this time, expected that this Chen Hanyu was not so good.

Xu Ji didn't go to visit the reputation and qualifications of these celebrities in the end, although Sima Hui is also a celebrity but after all, he can't compare to these celebrities, although they are all celebrities but there are also doors, the Yingchuan scholars actually don't look down on the scholars elsewhere, this can be regarded as a self-respecting festival, Yingchuan is Xunzi's hometown after all, and Linzi is the old place of Jixia School Palace, the scholars in these two places are consciously superior, Xu Ji really doesn't want to be inferior to others to collect this anger, not to mention Chen Hanyu, His high-ranking mansion Xu Ji asked himself if he was not qualified to enter, but it was another Mi Zhu who had a bad reputation that Xu Ji was very interested in visiting, not only because his vision was very accurate, but also because he had been in business for generations and had a lot of wealth, which was what Xu Ji lacked the most now, and this businessman who was extremely eager to be recognized by the upper class scholars was obsessed with fame, Xu Ji could easily get in touch, and now Mi Zhu has not yet entered the office, it is about a state of "raising a name", and he will not refuse to meet Xu Ji. After all, Xu Ji is also a disciple of Sima Hui, and he can barely be regarded as a scholar of Yingchuan.

And Xu Ji is confident that as long as he can see this old and cunning Mi Zhu, Xu Ji is sure to let him work for himself, this is Xu Ji's conclusion from judging the situation, after all, Tao Qian has not yet become a state pastor, and there is no need to appoint locals to appease the people, and the Han Dynasty has always not appointed businessmen as officials, which is one of Xu Ji's dependences, and Mi Zhu's Wanguan family wealth is the capital of Xu Ji's start.

Xu Ji has started to plan for his troubled times non-stop, even if it is difficult to become a prince, but there is a chance Xu Ji will not give up, after all, his life is still in his own hands.

And to serve the princes, Xu Ji knew that only Cao Cao could use himself, but Cao Mengde was very suspicious, but if there was a bad pool, he was afraid that his life would be in danger, so Xu Ji was determined that he had his own plan, not only for himself, but also his friends in Yingchuan, who had not been able to get any too good end.