True.

Among the princes of the south, Yuan Shu was indeed the most powerful.

Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought fiercely, and the combined strength of the two was only one-third of Yuan Shu's.

Not to mention Liu Bei, his power is the smallest, with no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, compared to Yuan Shu, he is like an ant and an elephant.

But more soldiers and horses do not mean that it is strong, Yuan Shu does have 170,000 people now, but there are many soldiers who can succeed, and there are many soldiers who are defeated.

This year, Huainan is still in good weather, and Yuan Shu's granary is solid, which is enough to support his troops.

But in the second year of Xingping, that is, next year, there was a major drought in Henan, which affected Huainan, and grain production was greatly reduced.

It doesn't matter if Yuan Shubing has fewer soldiers, but the daily consumption of more than 100,000 troops is comparable to a huge amount, which causes him to have insufficient food, so he went to Lujiang Taishou Lu Kang to ask for it.

Lu Kang had a good relationship with him this year, and he brought his son Lu Ji to visit, but Yuan Shu turned his face with him the next year, which shows his capriciousness.

After Lu Kang refused his unreasonable request, Yuan Shu sent people to break the Lujiang River, killing the Lu family and almost exterminating the clan, and only half of them escaped.

Then in the year of Jian'an, Huainan has been in the midst of natural disasters, Yuan Shu does not care about the life or death of the people, he lives a luxurious life in order to be the emperor, but the army and the people are in dire straits.

After becoming the emperor, everyone rebelled and left, and in the end they killed themselves, with such a strong strength, but they couldn't do anything, Yuan Shu is indeed worthy of being the Skeleton King.

It can only be said that this year is the last glory of Yuan Shu, with enough food, many troops, and a large territory. But next year it began to decay, and finally ended up vomiting blood and dying.

Therefore, Shen Chen knew very well that there was no future for following Yuan Shu.

Right now, he is a guest at a banquet in a high-rise building, looking at the scenery. But when it comes to the next year, the house will collapse in the blink of an eye, and following him will be a dead end.

Since Yuan Shuna came out, Deng Hong once again beckoned his clansmen to set off for the south and rushed to Yuzhang non-stop.

It is close from Xuzhou to Huainan, but it is very far from Huainan to Jingzhou.

More than 1,000 Huangmenting villagers migrated with difficulty, and after going south from Shouchun, they crossed Hefei and entered the territory of Lujiang, which has not been disturbed by Yuan Shu now, and the people are quite stable.

The villagers who migrated on the road were dusty, and along the way, there were also village elders and county magistrates from all over the country who came to inquire about the situation, and Deng Hong also answered them one by one.

Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, learned that Deng was passing by, sent people to condole, and also gave some grain, grass and salt as gifts.

Deng Hong reciprocated the favor and replied with a letter, secretly asking him to be careful with Yuan Shu.

When he passed through Shu County, Shen Chen remembered Zhou Yu, but they were famous families in Shu County, and they were just lost dogs who had left their hometown, and they had no qualifications and reasons to visit, so they gave up.

In this way, by the end of August, the team finally entered Yuzhang County, and traveled more than 500 kilometers from Shouchun to Nanchang on August 26.

At this time, Zhuge Xuandu had been doing Yuzhang for more than a month, and he was too guarded.

At this time, Yuzhang Nanchang City was too guarded.

I heard that a big family who moved from Xuzhou took Yuan Shu's seal and token to ask for a meeting, because Zhuge Xuan was recommended by Yuan Shu as Yuzhang Taishou, this favor must be repaid, so he immediately let the other party in.

It was still Deng Hong and Shen Chen who came, and as soon as they entered the middle hall, Shen Chen felt that Zhuge Xuan was a little familiar.

He actually already knew that Zhuge Xuan was now Yuzhang Taishou, and Zhuge Liang was definitely in Yuzhang now, but he didn't think that he seemed to have seen him anywhere.

After the two sides saluted, Zhuge Xuan found that Shen Chen had been staring at him, and said with some curiosity: "Is there something wrong with my face?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with your face." Shen Chen replied.

Zhuge Xuan smiled: "In that case, why does the child keep staring at me?" ”

Shen Chen said, "For some reason, Fu Jun looks familiar, I don't know where I've seen it." ”

"You're from Xuzhou."

Zhuge Xuan thought for a while and said: "I went south from Xuzhou in April and arrived in Jiujiang in June, and I may have seen it somewhere in between. ”

"Nichu Mountain!"

Shen Chen's eyes suddenly widened, and he said in surprise: "When the Cao army came, we took refuge in Niqiu Mountain, and later heard that the Cao army may have withdrawn, and the clansmen wanted to go back to investigate, and we saw the chariots and horses of the prince on the road at that time. ”

At that time, it was only a one-sided relationship, and Shen Chen did see an official convoy heading south at that time, but at that time he didn't know that it was the Zhuge family's migration force, so he missed it perfectly.

When Zhuge Xuan's family moved south, it was much earlier than the old man of Huangmenting Township, and he had already set off in April, coupled with the slow movement of the Huangmenting clan and too many messy things, so although the two sides met in Xuzhou, the Zhuge family arrived in Huainan nearly two months earlier than the old man of Huangmenting Township.

In just two months, Zhuge Xuan was not only recommended by Yuan Shu to become the Taishou of Yuzhang, but now he has also placed his clan in Yuzhang County, and he obviously did not expect that he would have another large army behind him.

Hearing Shen Chen's words, Zhuge Xuan also suddenly remembered that when he passed by Niqiu Mountain, more than ten horses came out of the mountain, and there was a commotion among the people who moved for this purpose, afraid that it was a robbing bandit.

However, both sides just passed by, neither greeting nor talking, so the impression was not very deep, who would have thought that everyone had already seen it before?

Thinking of this, Zhuge Xuan suddenly laughed: "It turns out that we have already met at that time, and it is really fateful." ”

"When I met Fujun's convoy, I also met an extremely handsome brother."

Shen Chen remembered that he saw the twelve or thirteen-year-old young man in the car, and instantly looked at Zhuge Xuan with antiquity in his heart.

Sure enough, Zhuge Xuan smiled and said: "That's my nephew Zhuge Liang, how many years older should he be than you, General Zuo asked me to help you take a boat back to Jingzhou, it takes time to raise a boat, if you want to play with him, you can come to my mansion at these times." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Fu."

Shen Chen was overjoyed, he didn't expect to be able to contact Zhuge Liang so quickly.

In fact, he wanted to mingle with Zhuge Liang not only because he was Zhuge Liang, but also because of the Zhuge family's status in Jingzhou.

He didn't remember the specific history very clearly, but he knew that Zhuge Liang was full of relatives in Jingzhou.

After traveling to the end of the Han Dynasty, he understood the importance of the family's strength.

In the eyes of the higher-ups, the people at the bottom are no different from grass mustards.

Only after the famous family can be regarded as a person.

These famous families have knowledge, control the vast majority of the means of production and productive forces of society, and even have private soldiers who can participate in the current situation.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes who were divided everywhere, except for a very few, were basically family lords.

Even Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan, who are from the worst backgrounds, one has the title of the clan, the other father-in-law is the county Taishou, and the teacher is the great Confucian Lu Zhi, and Guangluxun Liu Kuan.

Ordinary people do not have a ticket to a family background, and it is very difficult to enter the upper circle.

Just like Tao Qian, although he wanted to invite him to join the ranks, it was only because Shen Chen was really talented. But I didn't see him forcibly forcing him to join the office like he did with Zhang Zhao and Zhao Yu.

is because Shen Chen is not a child of a big family, Tao Qian especially likes to use the children of a big family as an official in Xuzhou, Shen Chen is nothing, appreciate it, but he will not force him to follow him.

So Shen Chen once thought about it.

After going to Jingzhou, how should I gain a foothold in Jingzhou?

There are three ways.

The first is to marry the Jingzhou family, just like the Zhuge family.

Jingzhou wealthy families, Cai, Kuai, Pang, Huang, Ma, Xiang, Yang, Xi Ba, Zhuge Liang almost have connections with each family.

One of the two sisters married Kuaiqi, a son of the Kuai family, and the other married Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong.

His wife is Huang Chengyan's daughter, and Huang Chengyan's wife is the sister of Liu Biao's wife, Mrs. Cai, and the two are brothers-in-law.

Zhuge Liang married Huang Yueying, and wanted to call Aunt Liu, Mrs. Cai's aunt, and Uncle Cai Mao.

At the same time, he has a very good relationship with the Ma family, the Xiang family, the Yang family, the Xi family and other juniors, and Ma Liang even calls Zhuge Liang a brother, which shows the relationship.

The second is apprenticeship, just like Xu Shu.

Liu Biao encouraged education in Jingzhou, opened a school and attracted a large number of Confucian scholars to set up schools in the south.

For example, the great Confucian Song Zhong, the great Confucian Qi Wuhong (qi.wu.kai), as well as Huang Chengyan, Pang Degong, Sima Hui and other celebrities, all started teaching in Jingzhou.

If you can worship in the name of these people and be appreciated by them for learning, you will be able to enter the circle of celebrities.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the easiest way to make a person famous was to circulate it in the circle of celebrities.

They themselves were some of the people who were praised by the world at that time, and if they could get their praise, they would soon be valued by the upper echelons and become officials.

It's just that this requires a certain amount of human sophistication, and the teacher-student relationship is the most important part. Otherwise, even if you have talent, it has nothing to do with others, why should they help you become famous?

The third way is to hug your thighs.

There is no doubt that the Zhuge family is a thigh, and now Zhuge Liang has not gone to Jingzhou, the relationship network has not been spread out, and his status is not much higher than Shen Chen.

If you take advantage of the fact that the Zhuge family has not made a fortune, you will have a good relationship with Zhuge Liang, wait until Zhuge Xuan moves to Jingzhou, use his previous connections in Jingzhou to marry Zhuge Liang's two sisters, and then wait for Zhuge Liang to marry Huang Yueying, the Zhuge family will fly up the branches and become phoenixes overnight.

Shen Chen has a good relationship with Zhuge Liang, and one person ascends to heaven. When the time comes, he will soon be able to open up the situation in Jingzhou with the help of Zhuge Liang, and Deng Shen Er will naturally be able to gain a foothold in Jingzhou.

Therefore, it can be said that wanting to meet the martial marquis who has been passed down through the ages is one thing, and on the other hand, Shen Chen also has his own little abacus.

Of course.

In fact, there is still a way to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, and that is to fight it yourself.

The second clan of Deng Shen moved to Nanyang, Nanyang was the ancestral land of the Deng family, and Liu Biao's forces only covered Nanyang, but they did not have too many troops left there.

If Shen Chen can find a way to create a foundation in Nanyang, he will gain a foothold in Nanyang before Zhang Xiu comes.

After having soldiers and horses, Liu Biao will naturally look up to him.

But this method is too difficult, no money, no food, no weapons and equipment, and the ghost will follow you to fight the world.

Second, it is also difficult to integrate into the core circle of Jingzhou.

Zhang Xiu took over the troops after the death of his uncle Zhang Ji and was recruited by Liu Biao, nominally a subordinate of Liu Biao, but did he integrate into the inner circle of Jingzhou?

So it's almost impossible to get along this path.

The simplest and most effective way is actually one, Shen Chen marries the daughter of a famous family in Jingzhou, worships a famous man as a teacher, and then hugs the thigh of the Zhuge family.

The three-pronged approach ensures that in less than five years, Shen Chen will be able to occupy a place in Jingzhou.

But.......

Looking at his little arms and legs, marrying a wife at the age of eight, it was really a little difficult for him.

Even if you think about it in your head, your body won't allow it.

Shen Chen's gaze looked at the Sixth Uncle Ancestor beside him.......

He remembered that the sixth uncle had gone on a study tour in his early years, and he had only returned to his hometown in recent years, so he had never married a wife.

Looking at his appearance, he looks good, and he is still a big family of the Xinye Deng family, maybe.......