After the five bullets hit the bull's-eye, most of Liu Bei's subordinates from big families who were qualified to have the capital to request him for marriage had already made a choice.

The political mutual trust between them has deepened to the highest level that can be reached in this era.

For a political family, absolute loyalty is difficult to exist, and when the power is at the end of its rope, loyalty is just an option, but it doesn't matter.

No one knows when a power will come to the end of its rope, but before that, the more stigma it has, the harder it will be to decouple, the higher the sunk cost, and the more loyalty will grow.

Now, Liu Bei has all the confidence in them, and they can really be a powerful arm when they are fighting for the supreme power, instead of dragging their feet.

Then, one last family remains.

Liu Bei's gaze crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, and fell on the treacherous and cunning old fox in the far east.

Lao Xun.

When will you make your choice?

I've prepared so much, but the real target is not these subordinates of mine, but you, they are tied together and don't weigh you in my eyes!

Still not having a choice?

Still waiting?

Liu Bei and Xun Shuang were waiting for him, and he desperately hoped to get the Xun family's strong bet, and in a sense, bind the Xun family and make it stand on the same line with him.

He knew that it was difficult, but as an excellent angler, Liu Bei understood a truth - the more fierce the struggle, the bigger the fish.

He's in a hurry, isn't Xun in a hurry?

He doesn't think so.

With so much investment in the early stage, seeing that the investment was about to face the risk of being lost, he didn't believe that Xun was not in a hurry at all.

Yes, Liu Bei's guess was right.

Xun is really anxious, and Xun Shuang is also really anxious and entangled.

Although he still looked calm and breezy on the surface, after receiving the letter sent by Xun You, Xun Shuang was not so calm.

Liu Bei took a concubine.

Or two people.

Xun Shuang didn't pay attention to it.

As a mature politician, he knew that the greatest significance of these aliens to Liu Bei was the help of force, and there was almost no help in politics, and they were not players on the same track.

But Xun Shuang also thinks that Liu Bei is an excellent politician, or even a mature politician, will everything he do be so simple?

Strictly speaking, Xun Shuang didn't even think that Liu Bei would necessarily need the help of people if he wanted to achieve the two needs of "stabilizing Sichuan and Shu" and "competing for salt profits".

With Liu Bei's ability, he can do the same without paying people, but he just needs to pay some more things.

Then why, did he take a concubine?

Judging from his self-discipline behavior of not taking more concubines for so many years, Xun Shuang didn't think that Liu Bei didn't know what concubines meant to him, so why did he do such a thing?

Xun Shuang looked at this matter from the perspective of a politician, observed this matter from a political point of view, thought about it for a day, and came up with some possibilities.

Liu Bei's move should be a typical killing two birds with one stone.

Deepening the relationship with the people and becoming the [son-in-law] in the eyes of the people can indeed play a powerful auxiliary role in his competition for Yizhou salt profits, but fundamentally, Liu Bei's move may be aimed at him.

To be precise, it was for the Xun family.

The reason is simple.

At present, the only wealthy clan in the Kanto region who has clansmen working under Liu Bei is the Xun family, and it is still the investment of two outstanding clansmen, as well as a large amount of resources, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it is going to work as a whole.

But Xun Shuang knew, and he also knew that Liu Bei knew, that Xun's was invested, but not completely, but in a delicate position between investment and investment.

Liu Bei's overall interests are in Kansai, in Liangzhou, and maybe there are still some interests in the state, but his core interests are definitely not in Kanto.

Kanto is the back garden of another group of people, densely populated and fertile soil, while Kansai, relying on the sale of Liangzhou salt, has almost become an amusement park for the alliance with Liu Bei as the core, Liu Bei is vigorously exporting Liangzhou's excellent products, and his products are unimpeded in the land of Sanfu and Sanhe.

But Liu Bei doesn't seem to be satisfied with playing in the Kansai amusement park, he also wants to meddle in the matter of Yizhou salt, he wants to get more resources, and then open up a broader market.

It is clear that Liu Bei wants to meddle in the interests of salt to the Kanto region.

Then someone needs to help him open the Kanto market.

Who can help him?

The Xun clan, which has a relatively large influence in the Kanto region, is the best choice.

No matter from which point of view, Xun is indeed the best helper, but on the contrary, Xun has not completely surrendered to him.

As a matter of common sense, this should also be impossible.

Although Liu Bei has enough social and political status, but his background and family background have always been hard, in this era, with the family status of the Xun family, it is possible to become an ally with the Xun family, and the full refuge, at present, it is still far away.

But you can't generalize.

With the current situation in Luoyang City, as a mature politician, Xun Shuang can feel that Liu Bei will definitely return one day.

Or from the day Liu Bei left Luoyang, he knew that Liu Bei would definitely come back, but he didn't know the time and reason.

But now he knew.

As the situation escalates, the Son of Heaven will inevitably recall Liu Bei, a strong reinforcement, as his backing, and use Liu Bei's military strength to fight against the Yuan and He clans.

What will be the outcome in the future, Xun Shuang is not sure, but there will inevitably be a winner, if the Son of Heaven wins, then Liu Bei's status will improve, and it will not be impossible to become the first person in the Manchu Dynasty.

The Three Dukes are inevitable, and the general is not impossible, superimposed on his identity as the lord of the Lord of the Lord and the clan of the Han family, at that time Liu Bei's power will be prosperous, Xun You dare not imagine.

If Liu Bei is just powering the world, then it is not enough to make the Xun family tempted, and there are still few people who have power over the world for a while and then disappear?

But Liu Bei is also the lord of Valve, and his family is also the Valve, which is currently the first generation of Kaishan, but it will continue to be passed on......

If there is no in-law relationship, relying only on Xun Yu and Xun You, perhaps, the Xun family can't get much from Liu Bei.

This is not in line with Xun's investment in Liu Bei's interests.

To be honest, if Liu Bei was still not married when he arrived in Luoyang, and Xun Shuang met Liu Bei again, then there would be a great possibility to win this potential stock with his wife.

But there is no such possibility.

Because if Liu Bei is still not married, he may not be able to come to Luoyang at all, and even if he comes, it will not be tenable.

His background was too low, and Xun was standing too tall, no matter how he bent down, he couldn't see the fifteen-year-old Liu Bei, who was buried in the soil for most of his body.

By the time he got ahead, there were already people around him.

However, Xun Shuang did not think about other possibilities after that.

When Liu Bei was just gaining momentum, Xun Shuang even had the idea of operating Liu Bei to divorce his wife and get rid of the burden of the Han family, so that Liu Bei could run towards a better future.

He felt that the Han clan was not worthy of Liu Bei at all.

But this possibility does not exist, Liu Bei is a person with a bottom line, this kind of thing, Liu Bei can't do it, if it is really done, Xun Shuang will be worried.

So all the possibilities of leading to a perfect solution are zero, and there are really only two paths in front of him.

Take the concubine of the family.

Take the concubine of the family.

They are all concubines, but there is still a big difference between concubines.

For Xun Shuang, this is also a dilemma, he feels that the signal that Liu Bei released to him has been very clear, and it is already a clear notice.

He, the concubine, is very likely to urge the people who were qualified to marry him among the old subordinates who originally followed him to move their minds, and each urged the family to complete the marriage with Liu Bei.

An unprecedentedly close political and military interest group is taking shape in Liangzhou, and once this group is established, it will inevitably become an important existence that can affect the situation of the whole country of the Han Empire in the future with Liu Bei's entry into Luoyang.

If they can't join in, then once the Son of Heaven and Liu Bei win, the Xun clan will inevitably be completely eliminated from the core power group.

There is not much opportunity and time left for the Xun family.

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PS: I ate crystal shrimp dumplings this morning, and I feel that it tastes good and my mood is okay, so I added a more chapter.

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