Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

Bai Tu and Kong Rong came to see Liu Bei, Mu of Xuzhou.

Recently, the weather has entered winter, the grain route is not smooth, and the march is inconvenient, Xiapi County finally stopped fighting, and Liu Bei was able to return to Pengcheng.

Previously, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu had their own victories and defeats in Xiapi, Xuyi and Huaiyin counties were repeatedly lost, but Xiangcheng, which was the seat of Xiapi governance, has been strong, and Yuan Shu attacked for several months, but he could only return in defeat, and Huaiyin also recovered.

Bai Tu was about to leave, so he came to resign to Liu Bei, Liu Bei should have also learned about it, after all, Da Han Ji was in Xudu to release Bai Tu's information to other states and counties, Pengcheng is not far away, should have arrived - the information released by Da Han Ji can ignore the military confrontation between the princes, as long as the place he passes through still nominally belongs to Han soil, it is only based on the smoothness of the road itself.

After living in Xiaopei for several months, and now that he wants to leave, it is reasonable for Bai Tu to come to see Liu Bei.

And Kong Rong and Liu Bei are also old acquaintances, when Kong Rong was a Taishou in Beihai County, he was besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, and he still asked Liu Bei for help to break the situation.

Later, Liu Bei rushed to Xuzhou because he learned that Cao Cao had attacked Xuzhou......

At that time, Liu Bei was a typical "only raising the army", with almost zero control over the local area, running around.

After Liu Bei left, Kong Rong was attacked by Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan in Beihai, and he fled back to his hometown until he was conquered by Cao Cao not long ago.

Now that Bai Tu came to see Liu Bei, Kong Rong naturally followed.

Liu Bei was waiting at the gate of the city early again, this time only Zhang Fei accompanied him, and Guan Yu was stationed in Xiapi, beware of Yuan Shu.

"There is labor to make you welcome from afar, and you want to be ashamed." Bai Tu has also learned to be polite to people now.

"Mr. Bai is in the community, if he doesn't come far to greet him, he will be the backbone of others." Liu Bei hurriedly said.

"Yes! If it were just me, you wouldn't have to come out, but Mr. Bai is here, if you don't come out, I'll be the first to poke, hahaha......" Kong Rong and Liu Bei were familiar, and joked.

"Kong Shaofu laughs at me! I knew Mr. Bai much earlier than you. Liu Bei also lost a little politeness, and greeted Bai Tu and Kong Rong normally.

Seeing that Lu Bu didn't come, Zhang Fei pursed his lips with some regret, looking like a "useless place for heroes".

However, Bai Tu is also quite familiar with him, but he is not so happy.

"Hard disk, I heard my eldest brother say, with your papermaking and printing, it will be easy to print books in the future? How about you give me a book of quotations one day? Zhang Fei said curiously.

"My technology is all public, Yide can print it himself!" Bai Tu said secretly: Help you print quotations, I'm afraid that my father-in-law will kill my relatives in righteousness.

"Third brother! Don't mess around. Liu Bei shook his head helplessly.

This time all the way into Pengcheng, Bai Tu enjoyed another welcome in the middle of the road.

Last time, the people of Xuzhou welcomed Lu Bu, who made Cao Cao have to retreat, but this time they really welcomed Bai Tu himself!

The common people of the Han Dynasty are still very simple, although they have never studied at all, but after hearing about Bai Tu's feat, they still instinctively worship it.

Especially in the promotion of books, the biggest benefit is actually the poor and the local powerful - that is, small and medium-sized landlords, who themselves have small family assets, but they are stubbornly blocked from the "scholars".

Even in the Song Dynasty, when the imperial examination was popularized, those who could read were also large families, and if they wanted to popularize education to real civilians, it was far from being possible to promote books.

And in the city, especially in the state city, many of them are some of the "poor families", they have really understood that they want to get benefits, and naturally Baitu is very popular here!

In the state pastoral office, Liu Bei prepared a banquet again, first toasted Bai Tu very flatteringly, praising Bai Tu's "three major artifacts" - papermaking, printing, and Mongolian learning, and his contribution to the common people of the community.

Bai Tu said with some embarrassment: "Speaking of which, I still came to resign to Liu Envoyjun this time, the imperial court appointed me as the pastor of Yangzhou, and I am ready to go to Jiangdong to take up my post at a later date, and my father-in-law will also go with me...... However, most of Xiao Pei's soldiers and horses will stay, and Wen Yuan and they will not leave for a while. ”

Xiao Pei and Peng Cheng are not far away, Liu Bei already knows about Bai Tubai Lu Bu as his father-in-law, and it is not surprising to hear this.

"Mr. Bai, in my opinion, don't go to Yangzhou! In the future, General Lu will be in Xiaopei, and the three brothers will be in Xiapi, and Mr. will watch each other and share the Han room! Liu Bei said.

Liu Bei began to let Xuzhou again, this time as the target of being transferred, Bai Tu could feel his sincerity even more.

If this is acting, then probably ...... It's no different from the real thing.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei on the side hurriedly said, "Big brother...... Don't, the hard drive won't agree. ”

Compared with Lu Bu's fierce opposition, when Liu Bei let Bai Tu, Zhang Fei was still face-saving, although he was opposed, he did not directly get angry.

"Liu Yuanjun is in Xuzhou, and the people praise each other, but Yan Baihu and Yuan Shu's minions are in trouble in Yangzhou, how can I abandon Yangzhou and covet Xuzhou?" Bai Tu hurriedly refused.

When Liu Bei and Kong Rong heard this, they felt more and more that Bai Tu's figure was tall, while Zhang Fei on the side was a little puzzled - why did they always feel that what the hard disk said was a bit hypocritical, as if Xuzhou was a mess?

But in an instant, Zhang Fei put this idea behind him...... Listen to the eldest brother, there is food!

That's right, in the hearts of Liu Bei and others, Yangzhou is not as good as Xuzhou in the hinterland of the Central Plains, both in terms of development and the current situation, but in Bai Tu's heart, Yangzhou, which has the risk of Jianghuai, is actually much stronger than Xuzhou.

In history, Soochow failed to get involved in Huainan, and still had something to do in Jiangdong - in the troubled times, Jiangdong, which was a peaceful place, showed its developable side.

However, before the Eastern Wu, the northerners underestimated Jiangdong too much, and even until the Sui and Tang dynasties, this kind of thinking still existed......

As for the current situation, Bai Tu is not worried about Jiangdong.

Referring to history, we know that after Xiaobawang crossed the river, it was completely difficult for novices, cutting melons and chopping vegetables, and sweeping!

Yuan Shu, who everyone is worried about now, although he has the strength of the first prince in the world, Bai Tu understands that Yuan Shu can play himself down.

At that time, Yangzhou will be much more superior than Xuzhou, which is the land of the four wars and has no danger to defend.

Bai Tu's remarks made Liu Bei unable to persuade him while admiring him.

This time, Liu Bei did not invite too many people to the banquet, as the main family, Liu Bei's side except for Zhang Fei, only Jian Yong and Mi Zhu accompanied him.

Jian Yong is the advisor under Liu Bei introduced by Liu Bei when Bai Tu came to Pengcheng last time, and Mi Zhu is the head of the Mi family......

It seems that Mi's is sure enough, and has already bet on Liu Bei!

Whether it was intentional or natural development, Liu Bei's group also began to break through the restrictions from "important ministers" to "warlords" and began to develop its own team.

The two of them have the same characteristic, they are both very good-looking!

Jian Yong's temperament is free and easy, he can speak kindly, he can make the atmosphere of the banquet not fall, and sometimes it seems to be rude, but it is not boring, but can pull into a few relationships.

And Mi Zhu has two breaths of its own - extravagance and righteousness!

While looking at the grace and luxury, he can feel his uprightness, and his demeanor makes people feel that he is a gentleman in the world.

After a feast, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves, and Bai Tu rested in the governor's mansion that night, and when he was about to leave the next day, he was stopped by an unexpected person......