Xinye, a small city in the north of Jingzhou, connecting Wancheng in the north, Fancheng in the south, leading to Xiangyang, is the first line of defense in Jingzhou to defend the Central Plains.

"Brother, this year's taxes have risen by two percent, and the grain harvest has also increased by one percent compared to last year." Guan Yu took the statement he had just reported and happily reported to Liu Bei. For many years, Liu Bei did not have a base of his own, but in the past few years in Xinye, the taxes and grain harvests here have increased year by year, and Liu Beijun finally has a decent territory of his own.

"Hmm!" Liu Bei nodded, his brows were still deeply locked, no matter how strong Xinye's strength is, I'm afraid it is not a place of peace and stability, even Jiangxia, and it is not the place that Liu Bei expected, now the situation in Jingchu is complicated, there is Sun Quan in the east, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou Benzhou, Liu Bei is just a pawn of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, if this situation is not changed, Liu Bei will soon be annexed by the princes of the world.

"Big brother, what do you look like?"

"Second brother, the eldest brother is a little tired today, these trivial matters will be handed over to you, the third brother and Zilong are training recruits, and the second brother has to worry about the supervision of the new weapons." Liu Bei waved his hand, signaling that Guan Yu could retreat.

"Yes, big brother!" Guan Yu arched his hand and retreated.

"My subordinates have seen my lord!" As soon as Guan Yu left, Jian Yong and Mi Zhu came to Liu Bei's study.

"It turned out to be Xianhe and Zizhong, sit down!"

"Thank you, lord!"

"Xianhe, what are the results of your investigation of Jingzhou Zhuge Liang?" Some time ago, Sima Hui once recommended a great talent to Liu He. His name is Zhuge Liang. The word Kongming. He lives in the village of Nanyang, not far from Shinno.

"Back to the lord, Zhuge Liang was originally a native of Langya, Xuzhou, his father was the county guard of Taishan County in his early years, and his uncle Zhuge Xuan was originally Yuzhang Taishou, after his death, Zhuge Liang and his brother Zhuge lived in Nanyang, and his brother Zhuge Jin was a member of Sun Quan's army." Jian Yong reported the information he obtained to Liu Bei one by one.

"My lord. Zhuge Liang married the daughter of Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar in Jingzhou, and is now the literary teacher of Liu Qi's son. Mi Zhu added that Zhuge Liang also got a job in Jingzhou by virtue of his marriage.

"It turned out to be just a writer!" Liu Bei's originally hopeful eyes suddenly became dim, the literary master is just an ordinary teacher who teaches the aristocratic son to read and write, as long as he is a scribe with some talent, he can serve as a scholar, most of these people are boastful people.

"The lord doesn't have to be disappointed, since he is the person recommended by Mr. Sima to the lord, there must be something outstanding, isn't the lord?" Jian Yong saw Liu Bei's expression disappointed. hurriedly spoke out to comfort Sima Hui as a celebrity today. It is bound not to be true.

"Xianhe, if you really have the talent of the world, you would have been recruited by Liu Jingsheng a long time ago, why haven't you and I heard of Zhuge Liang in Xinye for several years?" Liu Bei asked Jian Yong rhetorically, if Zhuge Liang was a great talent, he would have already heard about the princes, why should he still be a farmer in a small village in Jingzhou?

When Jian Yong heard it, he also felt that what Liu Bei said made sense, the real talent Liu Biao would not let go, how could a person who was a county guard in troubled times not pay attention to talents? Although Sima Wei is a wise man, he is also a representative of the family, and he usually engages in interpersonal relationships, and it is also possible to recommend his juniors. Doesn't this mean that Liu Bei is not as good as Liu Biao?

"My lord, what about Sima Gong?" Although Liu Bei didn't want to use Zhuge Liang, he was always recommended by Sima Hui, and he still had to give it in this face. Mi Zhu is a businessman, and it is his responsibility to build a good relationship with all walks of life.

"Zizhong, General Ben personally wrote a letter to Zhuge Liang, if he wants to be a small official, he can still come to Xinye." Liu Bei didn't put Zhuge Liang in his eyes at all, a person who had never heard of it at all, and dared to compare himself to Zhong Leyi in the Nanyang area!

"No!" Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind, the two arched their hands and withdrew, Liu Bei didn't like to be disturbed when he was thinking.

Soon, in a thatched hut in a small village in Nanyang, a document printed with General Zuo's seal was placed on the desk in the main hall of the thatched hut.

Zhuge Liang smiled, took a sip of tea, and poured another cup for the scribe next to him.

"Kong Ming, it seems that Liu Bei will not take a fancy to you, even if you have the recommendation of the master, you can only get the official position of a small official." Zhuge Liang sat beside an ugly-looking scribe, this person was the son and nephew of Pang Degong, named Pang Tong, the character Shiyuan, and was a good talent in the Jingchu area.

"This matter has long been expected by me, Liu Bei is a northerner, since ancient times, there are more northerners than southerners, children of multiple families in the north, Liu Bei does not believe in Liang's talent, it is understandable, Liang will definitely become an important strategist under Liu Bei in the future!" Zhuge Liang ignored Pang Tong's ridicule, but confidently took out a blank bamboo slip, took out a carving knife, and began to engrave.

"Kong Ming, you." Seeing that Zhuge Liang ignored himself, Pang Tong was bored with himself, drank a cup of tea, and turned around to leave.

"Shi Yuan, are you going to serve Sun Quan?" Zhuge Liang put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Pang Tongyi.

"Yes, Sun Quan has recently recruited talents in the Chaisang area, and many people from poor families have been reused. I want to serve Sun Quan and build a career. ”

"Shi Yuan, you still go with me to serve Liu Bei, Sun Quan will definitely not be reused for you, Sun Quan is such a handsome person, your appearance?" After speaking, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, smiled and said nothing.

"Kong Ming!" Pang Tong listened, was angry in his heart, and walked away.

A month later, in the backyard of the Taishou Mansion in Xinye, Jingzhou.

"Come on, let Zizhong and Xianhe come to the house quickly." Liu Bei took a bamboo slip, rushed out of the study, and gave orders to the guards next to him.

"My lord?" The guards were frightened by Liu Bei's arrogance, how could the usually polite lord be so out of shape?

"Go quickly!" Liu Bei glared at the guards.

"No!" After the guards got the order, they hurriedly ran out of the Taishou Mansion.

In Liu Bei's hands was Zhuge Liang's reply to Liu Bei, just a few simple words, but it had already hit Liu Bei's heart. Especially the following sentence, which made Liu Bei very excited.

"Ming Gongcai is slightly inferior to Prime Minister and Wu Hou, but the tree is tall and thick-rooted, but there is no place to stand? There are only two points, one is no thick soil, and the other is no moisturizing spring! ”

These words of Zhuge Liang are a metaphor. Zhuge Liang thinks that Liu Bei's talent is not inferior to Cao Cao and Sun Quan, why Cao Cao and Sun Quan can become the overlords of one party, but Liu Bei succumbs to the small city of Xinye, the most important reason is that although Liu Bei is a big tree, he does not have a thick soil as a foundation, so he is forced to flee everywhere.

Zhuge Liang's words just illustrate the reason why Liu Bei has eloquence but cannot dominate one side. Liu Bei is not like Cao Cao and Sun Quan, both of them have the country laid by their fathers, they are local heroes, and they have deep roots, even if they fail for a while, they can rely on the accumulated strength to regroup.

Liu Bei is a real poor family, and the only person who can get his hands on it is the emperor's uncle, and this false name has no practical effect, just a name. Both Cao Cao and Sun Quan had a rich legacy left by their ancestors, and there were strategists who could communicate with their hearts. Liu Bei is a sword and a sword to fight out of the country, the accumulated strength is not rich at all, although there are many strategists, but there is no one of the strategists, just like a big tree, there is no sweet spring, how can the branches and leaves be lush!

"If Ming Gong wants soil and sweet springs, he can go to the grass house in Nanyang Village!"

Liu Bei went through many years of fighting in the south and the north, and lived a stable life in Xinye, and gradually realized a little way, but Zhuge Liang directly pointed out the reason for Liu Bei's failure, this kind of analysis Liu Bei's advisers did not work, Liu Bei is lacking a person who can help analyze, with Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei can have a strategist who can communicate with each other.

"See the lord!" Jian Yong and Mi Zhu soon arrived at the Taishou Mansion.

"Xianhe, Zizhong, take a look!" Liu Bei handed Zhuge Liang's reply to Jian Yong and Mi Zhu.

"Lord, it seems that Zhuge Liang is really a great talent." After Jian Yong read Zhuge Liang's reply, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he was the strategist who had followed Liu Bei for the longest time, but Liu Bei failed many times, Jian Yong discussed with Liu Bei many times, and finally came to the conclusion that Liu Bei's foundation was unstable. But Jian Yong ignored another problem, that is, Liu Bei's subordinates lacked a strategist with strategic vision, a talent who could communicate with the master.

This point is very important, the general strategists of the Han Dynasty have a skill, a long art of war, a long way of scheming, and a good diplomatic, but a strategist with a strategic vision is very rare, one is to require the strategist to have a deep knowledge, and the other is to have a super analytical vision. Anyone who can get such a strategist, a master may be able to fly into the sky, just like Liu Bang meets Xiao He, and Yingzheng meets Li Si.

"Yes, this time it was General Ben who looked away, and General Ben decided to send two of them to Nanyang to visit Zhuge Liang and ask him to come out of the mountain to help." Although Liu Bei admires Zhuge Liang's talent, Zhuge Liang is just a village man, and Liu Bei's identity as a general still cannot be condescended at will.

"Yes, my lord!" Jian Yong and Mi Zhu glanced at each other, and completely understood what Liu Bei meant, this was to recruit Zhuge Liang. Sending two of the most powerful strategists can reflect Liu Bei's great sincerity.

The next day, Jian Yong and Mi Zhu brought a generous gift to a small village in Nanyang, and after inquiry, they soon found Zhuge Liang's residence, a farm that covers a large area. Zhuge Liang, who is attached to the Huang family, is still a carefree person in Jingzhou.

There is a wooden sign hanging in front of the house: General Non-Zuo is gone!

"Zizhong?!" Jian Yong was stunned when he saw this wooden card, he didn't expect Zhuge Liang's temper to be quite big, and he actually wrote such a sign, and General Non-Zuo was gone, and a villager was so presumptuous.

"Humph! I want to see what this Zhuge Kongming is capable of, and he dares to be so presumptuous! After Mi Zhu finished speaking, he drew his long sword and split the wooden card in half.

"Zizhong be careful!" Mi Zhu had just split the wooden plaque in half, and four dark arrows suddenly flew out of the manor and shot directly at Mi Zhu. (To be continued......)

PS: The rabbit has just returned, update a chapter first!!