I have to say that the things that Liu Bei brought to Liu Bei in the first five or six years of painstaking management in Luoyang were very precious and very important.

At that time, he worked hard to manage many names such as the debater, the great Han poet and so on, and also left a legend of honesty and trustworthiness, making his own character become his own golden signboard.

Once something called credibility has been successfully established, it is not so easy to destroy it without a real hammer.

Yuan Kui and He Jin saw that they could not completely destroy the reputation left by Liu Bei no matter what, and the one who was angry was called one gritted his teeth, and the one who was angry was called a collapse.

But there is no way, there are some things that cannot be destroyed at all unless Liu Bei dies by himself.

And Liu Bei is not a person who dies.

He began to lead the troops in early February of the sixth year of Zhongping, marching in a regular manner, and if there was no important matter, he would not stop his progress.

However, it should be said that there are still some important things.

For example, on the way forward, those families who wanted to meet Liu Bei's Sanfu Land.

They basically accepted Liu Bei's conditions, and the community of interests involved in the Liangzhou fine salt sales business belonged to the kind of people who were bright-eyed.

They cooperated and bound Liu Bei economically, and in addition to accepting the benefits of selling salt given by Liu Bei, they also helped Liu Bei sell other products belonging to Liangzhou, such as ironware and peach wine.

The market of Sanfu was gradually swept by the products of Liangzhou, and the original inferior salt and iron were gradually squeezed out of the market, and the high-quality and low-cost Liangzhou products gradually gained a firm foothold in the land of Sanfu.

The peasants liked the high-quality and low-cost iron farming tools produced in Liangzhou, and the wealthy class were very fond of the precious peach wine, which was sold at a lower price by Liu Bei.

Liangzhou has made a lot of money, and the wise family forces in these three auxiliary places have also eaten very well, and the cooperation between the two sides has become very pleasant after the run-in period.

So the news that Liu Bei was going to govern the affairs of the Kaifu in Luoyang as a hussar general came, and they collectively became agitated, even more agitated than when they were about to run the salt industry.

Unlike before, before, Liu Bei could only influence their future in a considerable sense.

And this time, Liu Bei's words and thoughts can determine their future and their lives.

Because they heard the news that Liu Bei was going to lead the army through the local area in advance, they were headed by Meng Tuo, who had been waiting for a long time, and from the beginning of Youfufeng, they gathered together to set up a banquet, invited Liu Bei, who was passing by, to have a meal, and sent Liu Bei some supplies to reward the army by the way.

Because they heard that Liu Bei didn't like gold, silver, pearls and jade, nor musicians and dancers, he liked the materials that the army could use, such as grain, meat, vegetables and fruits, such as cloth for military uniforms, and so on.

Meng Tuo revealed that General Liu is a pragmatist, if you want to come, come to the truth, don't fix those who are vain, gold, silver, pearls and jade can't be eaten, during the march of the army, give dry goods to help the army, the best way to please General Liu.

So they "did what they liked", and prepared practical materials for Liu Bei that the army could use, which really made Liu Bei very happy, expressed his gratitude to them, and with a wave of his hand, he accepted these things and handed them over to the logistics department in the army.

Tell the big guys to have a stew tonight!

Liu Bei smiled and dined with these local families who wanted to please him, had a few drinks, and then the army that followed him all the way also ate a wave of big households, and he could also eat a few bowls of meat on the march, and he was overjoyed.

Most of the reasons for these local families to curry favor with Liu Bei are relatively simple, that is, they want to maintain their relationship with Liu Bei.

They knew that Liu Bei controlled the key dominance in the fine salt business, even if it was to maintain the status quo, they hoped to curry favor with Liu Bei and avoid being overtaken by latecomers.

So all kinds of gifts, all kinds of flattery, all kinds of help to the army with logistics work, I can't express my sincerity to Liu Bei.

Under the current situation, Liangzhou and Sanfu have been integrated by Liu Bei, Liu Hong and the eunuch group, pouring Liangzhou fine salt into this land, and obtaining high profits.

The land of the three rivers, because of the war that destroyed Hedong County, has also spread to Hanoi County, which is currently mainly spread in Yin, Henan, and a small amount in Hanoi County.

This is the place where Liu Hong and the eunuchs can call the shots.

And the only special place in the land of Kansai is in Hongnong-gun.

There is a behemoth called the Yang family living here, which basically controls every bit of Hongnong County, and Liu Bei has always heard of this county.

The fine salt business avoided Hongnong County and did not spread out in Hongnong County, avoiding a head-on conflict with the Yang family, which was something that the eunuchs did not want to touch.

But it doesn't matter, the Yang family was originally an existence that Liu Bei wanted to eliminate, and the level was the same as the Yuan family, they were all insects.

So this time he led the troops to Luoyang, Liu Bei deliberately chose a place where he could pass through the Yang family's hometown, and then personally took a battalion of troops to visit the Yang family's old house, wanting to meet Yang Biao, who was guarding filial piety for his father, and then worship Yang Ci by the way.

The cause of Yang Ci's death was heard by Liu Bei, and he was happy to die.

A person can euthanize, in Liu Bei's opinion, it is lucky.

Until the last moment of his life, he was happy, and his career had no regrets, although it may be just his own delusion, but Liu Bei believes that this is an unattainable thing for many people with lofty ideals throughout the ages.

Throughout the ages, how many people have been able to euthanize?

Either they are tormented by illness or killed, with fear and despair, or even starvation, which is the most cruel.

Yang Ci is actually happy to die, in a sense, his life can be regarded as complete.

For such a great consummation of life, Liu Bei really wanted to worship him.

By the way, I went to meet the senior who once admired him - Yang Biao.

When Liu Bei arrived in Huayin County as a hussar general with a battalion of 3,000 soldiers, the county commanders of Huayin County were about to be frightened, and they crawled out of the city thirty miles to meet Liu Bei, bowing and flattering with a flattering look, and asked Liu Bei what he needed here, so that he could prepare for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei smiled.

"I'm a general of the Han Dynasty, and I'm not a bandit, so why would I ask you for something? I don't lack anything, I don't need anything, I'm just here to meet Yang Gong, and by the way, I will give Yang Gong's father a pillar of incense and worship. ”

Huayin County Ling looked dazed.

"Huh? This...... This ......"

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, don't delay my time, I'm going to Luoyang after the worship!"

Liu Bei rode his horse impatiently and ignored the county order.

The fierce 3,000 battalion soldiers rode high-headed horses, armed with weapons and equipment, and followed Liu Bei all the way, in an orderly manner, in a neat queue, very solemn, this scene made the goosebumps all over the body of the Huayin County Commander.

This is a strong army in the world that can go north to the grassland and destroy more than 200,000 Xianbei people in one war, Liu Bei Dan wants to do something here, he has no ability to resist.

The irreconcilable contradiction between the Yang family and Liu Bei is an irreconcilable contradiction between the modern literary school and the ancient literary school, mortal enemies, coupled with the strange situation in Luoyang now, if the two of them have some troubles, he is afraid that this county order will not die without a place to be buried!

Gee, why am I so unlucky?

The county magistrate of Huayin lamented his bad luck.

However, Liu Bei didn't plan to do anything to Huayin County and the Yang family, he really just wanted to give Yang Ci a pillar incense, after all, Yang Ci was happy to die when he heard his news, he came to the pillar incense and told Yang Ci that he was living well, which can be regarded as "comforting the ancestors".

Isn't it?

Liu Bei hooked the corners of his mouth and approached Huayin County step by step.

No one dared to stop him.

Arriving outside the county seat, seeing the gate of the county town wide open, the soldiers by the city gate had an expression before reincarnation, and the city was a look of "thousands of mountains and birds flying away from thousands of paths and people disappearing", Liu Bei sighed slightly.

The reputation of the Han army is really a bit bad.

So he ordered the army to rest outside the city for a while, to maintain discipline, and he came as he went, and rode into the city with a guard.

The city is also like a thousand paths and people disappearing, there is not a single living person in sight on the street, not even a dog can be seen, the doors of every house are closed, and those who don't know think that the whole area is silent.

However, Liu Bei, who had a keen sense, could feel that the guarded and fearful eyes were watching him through the doors and windows, which made him a little uncomfortable.

After the incident in Luoyang is over, he needs to spend a lot of energy and money to reshape the army of this country, at least, he can't let the army of this country fight in the domain and fight away from home.

The Yang mansion is still very luxurious and elegant, much better than what he lives in, and it feels no worse than even his state mansion.

At this moment, Yang Biao, the head of the Yang family, was standing at the door in plain clothes, with a solemn face, and there were not many people around him, a young man who was also wearing plain clothes, and an old servant, and in addition, there was no fourth person.

Liu Bei rode his horse to the gate of the Yang family's mansion and dismounted at a distance away, asked the guards to watch the horse for him, don't approach, and unloaded the saber, walked to the gate of the Yang mansion wearing only regular clothes, and when he looked up, he saw Yang Biao.

He smiled.

"Yang Gong, long time no see."

"Liu Xuande, long time no see."

Liu Bei shifted his gaze to the young man standing beside Yang Biao who was glaring at him angrily.

"Who is this? Young Master Yang? ”

Yang Biao nodded.

"Little Yang Xiu, Xiu, don't you want to see General Liu?"

"Yang Xiu, meet General Liu."

The young man Yang Xiu saluted Liu Bei, then straightened up and continued to look at Liu Bei angrily.

Liu Bei didn't care.

"I came here to pay homage to the first lieutenant Yang Wenlie, I wonder if Yang Gong welcomes it?"

"Please."

Yang Biao turned sideways and asked Liu Bei to enter the house.

Liu Bei nodded, climbed the steps, and followed Yang Biao's guidance all the way to the house where Yang Ci was enshrined in the mansion.

(End of chapter)