It was already afternoon after the meeting from Tao Qian, Tao Qian left everyone to have a meal, and on the way back, Liu Bei escorted Shen Chen in the direction of Xiangben.

In fact, Yan County is not very far from Huangmen Pavilion, located in the northwest about 50 miles, the Han Dynasty is about 400 meters, so it is almost 20 kilometers, and it can be reached in less than an hour if you ride a horse.

On the way there, Shen Chen sat in the carriage arranged by the clan, he is now the hope of the Deng Shen Er clan, and there are not only people in the carriage but also people escorting him when he travels every day, and he is very closely protected.

Liu Bei rode a horse beside him, and Shen Chen had a good appearance in front of Tao Qian before, and he was very surprised to analyze the way, so he also wanted to learn from Shen Chen his views on the general trend today.

"The Central Plains of the Kanto region has been a thriving place since ancient times, but during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the most severely affected areas were Henan and Hebei, because the land here was basically controlled by the powerful families."

Shen Chen sat cross-legged on the carriage and said softly: "So there are countless people in Henan and Hebei who respond and believe in the Yellow Turban, this is not caused by natural disasters, but by man-made disasters caused by the powerful family. ”

"Mr. Little's words are quite novel."

Liu Bei was very surprised when he heard this. But after thinking about it carefully, he found that what Shen Chen said was very reasonable.

Because Liu Bei himself was born at the bottom, he knew too well the living environment of the bottom society, the powerful occupied the land, the people had nothing to rely on, and rebellion was a last resort.

Shen Chen said again: "Now Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in Hebei are competing for power, and Cao Cao, Tao Gong, Yuan Shu and others in Henan are fighting each other, I can't see through the situation in Hebei at present, but in the land of Henan, please Liu Yuanjun must be careful of Cao Cao, he is most likely to dominate Henan." ”

"Oh? Why? ”

Liu Bei was surprised: "Cao Cao is so brutal, how is it different from Dong Zhuo?" I believe that the people and the family will not compete with each other. ”

Shen Chen sighed and said: "Brutality is brutality, but Cao Cao is indeed eloquent, whether it is a major military event or a place to govern, he is one of the best among the princes of all walks of life today, the family values interests, and will definitely be attached to the strong, even if Cao Cao brutally kills the family too much, there are still people who will follow him." ”

"I'm not afraid!"

Liu Bei said proudly: "Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, this blood debt must be repaid, if it comes again, I will make him pay!" ”

Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Although the envoy pursues benevolence and righteousness, but benevolence and righteousness are in front of the butcher's knife, the people are more afraid of life and death and will not be attached to benevolence and righteousness. ”

"The Book of Zhou once said that people are stronger than the sky, and I also believe in this sentence!"

Liu Bei's fighting spirit is high.

Shen Chen glanced at him, and the admiration and ridicule for Liu Bei in his heart were half each.

What I admire is his fighting spirit and benevolence.

What is ridiculed is that his thinking is too simple and that he does not look at real problems deeply enough.

The high moral character of human beings should only be respected, not ridiculed, but the naivety and over-idealism of human beings can.

Because being too naïve and too idealistic can kill people.

"Envoy, today Tao Gongxiang let Xuzhou, why shouldn't it?"

Shen Chen didn't want to discuss the issue of moral character with Liu Bei, so he changed the topic.

Liu Bei said solemnly: "I came to Xuzhou to help Tao Gong because of righteousness, how can I take advantage of people's danger at this time?" ”

"Your idea is commendable, but the way you think about it is not the right way."

Shen Chen corrected: "Xuzhou really can't be obtained, the reason why it can't be obtained is not righteousness, but the place of the four battles in Xuzhou, and it was killed by Cao Cao, and it was dilapidated, Yuan Shu will also attack north, attacking from both sides, tired of running for his life, it is better to make other plans as soon as possible." ”

"Is that so?"

Liu Bei thought about it, the relationship between this was complicated, and he couldn't understand the difference between Dayi and Xuzhou Mu for the time being.

"That's right."

Shen Chen nodded and said softly: "Although Xuzhou is rich, but the counties and countries are divided from each other, and Tao Gong can only command the East China Sea, so if you lead Xuzhou, it can be said that there are internal and external troubles." ”

"I don't understand."

Liu Bei shook his head, Shen Chen said it was simple and clear enough, but he still felt that it seemed to be very complicated inside, like a ball of twine, it couldn't be sorted out, and it was cut endlessly.

"It's very simple, if you think about the problem in the future, you must see the essence of this problem clearly."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "I like a saying very much, it is called, children only ask right and wrong, adults should see the pros and cons clearly, many things, you can't do it because of the so-called morality, but you should think clearly about what benefits and troubles you will bring to yourself if you do it and don't do it." ”

"But you're a child."

Liu Bei retorted: "You can't deny this fact just because you're smart. ”

"Yes, I'm a child."

Shen Chen laughed, his eyes scanned, he had already seen the Huangmen Pavilion from a distance, and said to him: "I look forward to one day when I become an adult, and then talk to Liu Yuanjun about the general trend of the world." By that time, perhaps the way you look at the problem will be different. ”

Liu Bei didn't know what he meant, but he still felt that the 8-year-old gentleman in front of him was extremely clear and mature in terms of speaking style and thinking logic, which made him unconsciously have a feeling that this child's speech seemed to be particularly reasonable.

Maybe it was because those words were incomprehensible, or maybe it was because the way he looked at the problem was not at the same level as Shen Chen.

At least for now, Liu Bei still only feels that he is in the clouds, but he doesn't know that people's fate is not predestined.

Seeing the confused look in Liu Bei's eyes, Shen Chen smiled and stopped talking.

If you can find an example in the history books that character does not completely determine fate, then Liu Bei should be the first place deservedly.

After all, in history, he did refuse Tao Qian to let Xuzhou, and even said that "Yuan Highway is close to Shouchun, this Jun is the fourth and fifth dukes, and the sea is returned, and Jun can be with him."

It can be seen that Liu Bei really had no idea about Xuzhou at that time, and he was afraid that his virtue and ethics were not enough, so he did not dare to be the lord of Xuzhou.

But later, after the Battle of Chibi, he finally decided to fight in the same room and broke Liu Zhang's occupation of Yizhou, which is the best personality change.

And now that he is young, he does not have enough knowledge of the current society of the Han Dynasty.

And he believed that Xuzhou could never be defended, and Cao Cao's personal ability, at least in the south, was almost unmatched.

So a lot of things, let it be, wait for the future to see the answer.

Soon Shen Chen returned to Huangmen Pavilion, and after arriving home, his mother was shouting for a long time, and in recent days, the villagers of the entire Huangmen Pavilion were preparing for the relocation, and the fields were no longer cultivated.

Now that Xuzhou is in chaos, it is very difficult for the Deng Shen Er clan to find someone to take over the land of Huangmen Pavilion, and they have to buy grain and grass, form a township Yong, and protect the clansmen from moving south, so now the entire clan is in chaos, and the villagers are very afraid.

"Mother, what about father?"

Shen Chen sighed when he saw that his mother Deng was in the yard while sewing his father's clothes that had been torn by the branches and thistles when he was in Niqiu Mountain a few days ago, so he asked.

The Deng clan didn't notice when Shen Chen came back, and when he saw that he was already standing in the courtyard, he said, "Your father was selected as a clan member and was called to train martial arts, Chen'er, you go and talk to the clan elders and let them let your father come back." ”

Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Uncle Ancestor, they can't choose Ah Weng, my brother is young and strong, and Ah Weng is 38 years old this year, it is even more impossible, it must be Ah Weng himself who wants to go, he was requisitioned to go to the border before, and often goes hunting in the mountains, so he must have the idea of fighting, and his mother has to persuade him personally." ”

"This ......"

Deng Shi frowned sadly, and sighed: "Then I'll go and take a look, there are still some grain cakes at home, Chen'er Ling will eat something to fill her stomach first." ”

"Don't worry, mother, you can go."

Shen Chen entered the room and saw that there were indeed a few pieces of bread on the table, so he took one back to his room.

His family is actually not bad, because he is backed by two big families and has divided a lot of land, which is not only enough to support the family, but even hired two field slaves to help with farming.

However, the so-called not bad is compared with most of the displaced people at that time, in fact, the Shen family's house is an ordinary house, covering an area of 300 square meters, divided into a front yard, a hall house, a middle hall, a back house and a back garden, and the outside is surrounded by rammed earth walls.

It sounds good, but in the Han Dynasty, where the land was vast and sparsely populated, it was common for the manor of the gate lord to cover an area of hundreds of acres, and an area of 300 square meters was not a big family at all, at most it was a rich peasant, not to mention the landlord class.

Therefore, the background of the low-level civilian class, not even a poor family, means that even if Shen Chen has the ability, it is difficult for him to enter the hall and mingle with those high-ranking princes.

The back house has three bedrooms, the master bedroom of his parents, the second bedroom of his brother and Shen Chen's bedroom.

Strictly speaking, Shen Chen is not ranked second, but fifth, with three brothers and one sister above, and there should be a younger sister and a younger brother below.

But in the Han Dynasty, where the infant mortality rate was extremely high, even if the child was born at the risk of ghosts, it was often easy to die at an early age.

Therefore, the descendants of the Shen family currently only have Shen Chen and his eldest brother Shen Zhong, and the age difference between the two brothers is huge, Shen Zhong is eleven years older than Shen Chen, and he had already married a wife and had children at the end of the previous year, and moved out of the house last year.

Although Han people generally express their characters, take wives, and separate families when they are in their twenties and adults.

But that's the rule of a wealthy family.

It's good for the people at the bottom to have a name, most of them are nicknames or nicknames, and they can't even list the words, because they don't know the words at all.

Therefore, the civilian class is not so particular, Shen Zhong married a wife at the age of 17 and split up, and gave birth to a nephew to Shen Chen at the beginning of this year, the age difference between the uncle and nephew is only eight years, but it is a very sparse and ordinary thing in the Han Dynasty, which is not surprising.

At this time, because Shen Zhong's family lived elsewhere, there were only Shen Chen's parents in the family, his father went to participate in the clan selection by himself, and his mother went to persuade him, and now he is the only one in the family.

After returning to his bedroom, Shen Chen did not go to sleep immediately, it was now close to the beginning of the evening day, that is, almost five o'clock in the afternoon, there was no entertainment at night in ancient times, and he went to bed at seven or eight o'clock when it was dark, and it was too early to go to bed now.

He sat cross-legged on the bed and deduced the current situation in Xuzhou.

Since there was no pen and paper, Shen Chen could only think in his head, which was still a lot of mental consumption, and it required an amazing memory, otherwise he would not be able to remember the intricate contexts.