After the debate of Biyong on the same day, the daughter Hong in the Qingping wine house began to be marketed in Luoyang City.

In the beginning, the liquor store had to limit the number of drinks sold per day, but it was announced that the number of drinks was limited to ensure the quality of the liquor, so that people who bought liquor in front of the liquor store every day would queue up early.

There is no shortage of rich and noble people in Luoyang City, high-ranking officials are like forests, families are like rain, and nobles are everywhere. There is no shortage of high-rollers who spend a lot of money, but no matter how prominent their status and how high their bids are, there will be no exception in the wine house to sell an extra jar of extra drinks, and the drinkers can only wait obediently outside.

Moreover, the price of the liquor sold in the wine house is not high, even with the net worth of an ordinary ranger.

Therefore, some people get up early, or stay all night, just to grab a few jars of wine at the beginning of the daily wine house, and then sell it at a high price to the rich merchants who came to buy it but came late, or send it to the officials in the city with whom they hooked up to find a way out.

After all, there are lessons to be learned from this matter.

In the past, Mengtuo of Liangzhou once presented Zhang Rang with a bucket of wine from the Western Regions, in exchange for an official position in the history of Liangzhou, no matter how you think about it, it is not a loss.

Although there are other plans of Meng Tuo, in the end, it is known because of the wine offering.

And Meng Tuo later had a very famous son named Meng Da.

Although Meng Da's character is not easy to evaluate, he also has the ability, and he can be regarded as a tiger father without a dog.

Those who have some ways naturally want to walk through the clouds and see the scenery from above.

As for these people who saw the opportunity to buy and sell, Yuan Shu originally wanted to directly arrest them all and send them to Cao Cao's northern lieutenant to be locked up for a few days, and then see who had the courage to take advantage of their Yuan family.

Now this is also his business, even if he doesn't take this deal to heart, but they dare to profit from it, but they don't put their Yuan family in their eyes, and the Yuan family's face can't be lost.

Liu Bei had a different opinion on this matter, he secretly asked Guan Yu to find out the identities of those people, and if there was really a problem at home, then don't care.

If it was just for the sake of hoarding and profiting, then he was arrested and sent to the prison of Cao Cao's northern lieutenant.

Later, when Yuan Shu heard about this, he laughed at his woman's kindness, these people who were promoted to fight, what could they scruple about? With this discernment, they are already good enough to do more great things.

At that time, Liu Bei just smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Shu was born rich and noble, and he didn't know the suffering of the world, and sometimes people in high positions could save a lot of lives as long as they thought more and spent a little effort.

Later, there was no longer a restriction on the sale of alcohol in the sake brewery, so he also bought the house next to it and used it exclusively for the purpose of selling alcohol. The original house was idle, and only the "patriarchs" of the wine house were allowed to drink here.

In the Qingping Wine House, Liu Bei came to find Duan Xi to drink today, naturally to inquire about Xia Yu and Tian Yan.

The two have followed Duan Cheng for many years, and no one knows the two better than him, and now that he plans to go north, he naturally has to make plans as early as possible and know himself and his opponent.

Just waited for him to come to the wine house, but he saw that Yuan Shao was also there.

Not far away, Duan Cheng was drinking with Chen Xu, and Yuan Benchu, the third prince of the fourth world, was drinking alone, looking thoughtful.

Liu Bei sat down beside him and asked with a smile: "Why is it better to drink here alone than on the road?"

Yuan Shu hugged every time he traveled, for fear that the momentum would not be loud enough.

The ghost in the road, the arbitrary name of the light man is not for nothing.

Yuan Shao knew that he was joking, and handed him a jar of wine in his hand, "It's better to come early than to come sooner, since Xuande is here, drink a few glasses with me." ”

"Seems to have something on your mind? I don't know what can stump our model in the world. Liu Bei said with a smile.

"I heard that His Majesty recently ordered Xianbei to send troops from Youzhou, and Xuande came from Youzhou, and one of them was Zang Gong. I have a good friend, the son of Zang Gong, and I will definitely accompany him this time. The soldiers are in danger, and I am a little worried about his safety. Yuan Shao sighed and said what was on his mind.

Yuan Shao has many friends, and naturally many of them are deliberately wooed by him in order to gain fame and prestige, but there are also many people with whom he really loves each other.

He and Zang Min's son Zang Hong have been friends for many years, and now that he heard that he was going to battle, he was naturally a little relieved.

Liu Bei smiled when he heard this, Yuan Benchu is Yuan Benchu in the end, and now the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China don't know that this is a big gamble, and the danger is not only the danger of the war.

"Xuande is from Youzhou, and he is familiar with the affairs of Youzhou, so what are the chances of winning this battle?" Yuan Shao asked.

Liu Bei glanced at him, took a sip of wine, and didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "What did you think at the beginning?"

"Now Xianbei is in full swing, and it is not easy to win, but Xia Yu and others fought with Duan Sili in Dongqiang in the bloody past, and now they have been guarding the border for many years, and they can also be regarded as border generals. There is not necessarily no chance of winning. It's just that in Yu Shao's opinion, the chance of victory is just a little slim. Yuan Shao said with a smile.

Liu Bei smiled, "What I said at the beginning is reasonable. Bei also thought that it was quite difficult to win, but things on the battlefield have always been unpredictable, and victory and defeat are not only counted by people, but also by heaven. ”

Yuan Shao suddenly said: "I heard that Gao Yanagi's victory that day, the third brother of Xuande once cast the head of the Xianbei people as a Jingguan, Shao thought that this move was inappropriate. ”

"I don't know what I thought was wrong?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

"Although Xianbei is a barbarian, it is now strong, and it should be accepted with a sense of affinity. Casting the Jingguan with the head, although it is a temporary relief of the heart, after all, it deepens the grievances of the Xianbei people against the Han, and it may not make the Xianbei single-minded, but in the long run, it will do more harm than good. And the prestige of my Han family should be majestic and majestic, and it should not be a barbaric thing for this. Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.

"It makes sense." Liu Bei smiled and drank all the wine in the bowl, "It's just that what I said at the beginning is reasonable, but I don't dare to agree." ”

"What do you mean by Xuande's words?" Yuan Shao stared at Liu Bei.

"The son of the original family, since he was a child, has been deeply accustomed to the way of government, in all fairness, Bei also thinks that what Fang Cai said at the beginning is a serious word."

Yuan Shao smiled: "Just? ”

"It's just a martial artist in the borderland, and what I have seen since I was a child is Xianbei entering my city, robbing my property, humiliating my wife, killing my Han compatriots, and everything along the way is ruined. I saw a few dead people turn into dry bones. ”

"At the beginning, such a blood feud, could it be that the general trend of the world is so light, and the prestige of a great country should be important, so it can be gently lifted?"

Liu Bei's voice was already a little cold, "Bei really doesn't agree with the conquest of Xianbei at this time, but he doesn't dare to agree with the original words." The grudges of the past cannot be forgotten, even if they are not repaid now, there will always be a time for retribution. ”

"There is a saying in Buddhism, Bei Changjue is quite smiling. Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot. But how did they become Buddhas?"

Yuan Shao stared at Liu Bei deadly, and after a while, he stood up with a long smile, "I originally thought that Xuande was different from that Gongsun Bogui, and I didn't want to be a person who was willful. ”

Liu Bei shook his head, "I was disappointed at the beginning." ”

He is naturally different from Gongsun Zhan, but the difference between them does not need him Yuan Benchu to know.

The two of them don't speculate, so naturally they have no words to talk about.

Yuan Shao said goodbye and left.

Duan Xi, who seemed to be drinking on the side, but was actually secretly listening to the words of the two, laughed.

"The kid is not bad, Fang Cai's words gave a lesson to a family like Yuan Benchu."

Liu Bei came to Duan Xi's side and sat down, "Bei Fangcai is also angry. ”

The so-called angry words are nothing more than planning in the heart for a long time, just waiting for an opportunity to say it. You're not bad, you didn't disgrace our border people. Duan Xi smiled and poured a sip of wine.

Nowadays, the price of the takeaway of the daughter Hong in the wine house is very expensive, but as far as Duan Xi is concerned, he naturally wants to drink as much as he wants.

"Your kid came to me today, just for Xia Yu and Tian Yan." Without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, Duan Xi smiled.

Liu Bei nodded, and he didn't need to hide it with Duan Xi.

Duan Xi's face showed some remembrance, "These two people are my old generals, who fought with me in a hundred battles and were not afraid of death, and now they have been guarding the border for many years, and they can be regarded as rare border generals." ”

"It's just that I haven't seen them for many years, and as for how they are now, I can't say much. People will change after all, and who can say for sure whether they will change for the better or for the worse. ”

"I'm here to help Duan Gong this time."

Duan Xi smiled: "Now that I am still too busy to take care of myself, where can I help you?" ”

Liu Bei nodded, "No matter what they do now, Duan Gong's face is something they want to give." ”

"So you've decided to return to Youzhou to fight?" Duan Xi said with a smile, he already understood what Liu Bei meant.

"If there is something in the hometown, the wanderer is away, and he must not return." Liu Bei said with a smile.

"There's some truth to that." Duan Xi sighed with emotion, "Being said by you, I also miss Liangzhou a little." ”

"If you write to Your Majesty, you will definitely praise you when you come to Your Majesty, after all, you also bear the name of a Han clan. Although there are now children surnamed Liu all over the world, His Majesty who has the ability will naturally value it. ”

Liu Bei nodded, he also thought of this, as long as he wrote a book to ask for war, Emperor Ling would definitely agree.

"What position does Duke Duan think Your Majesty will give me?" Liu Bei said with a smile.

"What position?" Duan Cheng smiled, "With Your Majesty's temperament, I will definitely not specify what position I will give you, most of it is to Xia Yu and use them according to their talents." First, it can reflect Your Majesty's leniency, and secondly, if something happens to you in the future, it is also Xia Yu who they don't know and have nothing to do with Your Majesty. ”

Liu Bei also laughed, "It seems that what position Bei Neng holds in the army depends on Duan Gong's meaning." ”

"You're a slippery kid too." Duan Cheng smiled, "I think it's not bad to be a subordinate Sima, firstly, there is less restraint in the army, and secondly, the official position is not big, even if you are really defeated in the future, you will not be held accountable." ”

Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Duke Duan also thought that he would lose this battle? ”

"Just like what you said with Yuan Shao, the conquest has always been very variable, even when Sejong went north to conquer the Xiongnu and prepared for more than ten years, when the army was dispatched, the court and China were not singing and declining? But later, after the success of the first war, the Huns were driven thousands of miles away, and the DPRK and China were again a voice of praise for merit, so what happened in the end, who can say for sure? Duan Cheng took a sip of wine.

"It's just a pity that I can't go to the battle in person anymore and make contributions on the battlefield." Duan Cheng laughed, a little lonely.

Liu Bei was speechless, Duan Cheng's words naturally meant something, and naturally meant that he was getting older and the hero was twilight.

Second, now he is involved in the vanity fair of Luoyang, offending many scholars, when he was able to use it on the northwest battlefield, it was the scholars who used him as a knife in their hands, and now he has already offended the scholars, how can these people let him go to the battlefield again with peace of mind.

Duan Cheng seemed to feel something, and said with a smile: "Luoyang fame and fortune is not a place for you to stay, it is better for you to leave early, the world outside is wide, you can gallop, trapped here for a long time, you young tiger, I am afraid that one day you will become someone's domestic dog." ”

Liu Bei smiled, but just accompanied Duan Cheng to drink.

After finishing drinking, Liu Bei got up and left.

Duan Cheng turned to look at Chen Xu, who had been silent, and said with a smile: "Ah Xu, I originally thought that this Liu Xuande was more like Zhang Ranming, but now it seems to be more like me." ”

"He has tossed a lot of things in Luoyang these days, although this son is not a big man in Luoyang City now, but in the end, he can be regarded as having some reputation, even Zhang Ranming and I are far inferior to him at his age."

"There is no shortage of scheming means for this son, if he is born in everyone, his reputation may not be below Yuan Benchu now. Such a character, how could he not know that the conquest of Xianbei at this time is a fire pit, and the person who jumps into it will be burned in a fire if he is not careful, and all the things he has done in Luoyang will also be reduced to the wedding dress of others to become famous in the future. ”

"It's even more precious to know and jump in, isn't it? Even if he had other plans in his heart, he was a little sincere when he talked about his hometown in Youzhou. ”

Chen Xu also said with a smile: "No matter when, there are always many young people who draw their knives in anger. It is precisely because of these young people that old people like you and me will have more hope for this world, otherwise everything will be dull, what does it mean? ”

Duan Cheng nodded and said with a smile: "That's not bad." ”

Just a moment later, he suddenly remembered some of the past, sighed, and said softly: "Ah Xu, do you think I shouldn't have come to Luoyang in the first place?" ”

Chen Xu was silent for a moment, "If we had known that coming to Luoyang would be the result, we would have stopped you no matter what." ”

Duan Cheng shook his head, "Who can control their ambitions when they are young. Young people always see this mountain and look at that mountain, and they don't know how to be satisfied. Although I want to go back and slap myself a few times now, but you can't stop me back then. ”

Chen Xu smiled, "Yes, Duan Jiming back then, but just mentioning his name can frighten countless Qiang people." ”

Duan Cheng smiled and took a sip of the spirits.

The stories of the past should also be left with good wine.

……

"Xuande has already made up his mind to return to the east?"

In Jia Xu's small courtyard in the north of Luoyang City, Jia Xu was holding a scroll of Sun Tzu's Art of War in his hand, and he was sitting on the steps and reading it casually.

Jia Xu's family background in Liangzhou is not good, and the military book and war strategy in Liangzhou are also rare goods, and this policy book is still Liu Bei's good relationship with the people who read the book in the east, so he "secretly" lent it to him.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this, although Jia Xu's tone was calm when he spoke, he heard the blame from it.

Jia Xu put down the bamboo slip in his hand, "Xuande should have also seen this Sun Tzu's Art of War, what do you think is the strategy?" ”

"Strange plots are full of intrigues, and it is indeed a good book." Liu Bei said with a smile.

"The world is praised for this book, thinking that it is necessary for the march and formation, and those who march in the army, if they have not read this book, will always suffer some loss."

Liu Bei nodded, the world really respects this book, even if it is a soldier such as Cao Cao, and later this book was deleted and revised, and it became Meng De's new book.

"It's just that in my opinion, Sun Tzu's Art of War is actually nothing more than that." Jia Xu said something earth-shattering, "No matter how much wisdom and strategy are involved in the book of war, in the final analysis, what is calculated is nothing more than people's hearts." If you see through the hearts of hostile people, as long as you design anywhere, you can't do anything. Jia Xu smiled, "I don't know what Xuande thinks?" ”

Liu Bei sat down and said with a smile: "Wenhe's words are reasonable, but people's hearts are changeable, not everyone is you Jia Wenhe." ”

"I used to boast that I was still a little confident in analyzing people's hearts, but when I saw Xuande's actions today, I will no longer dare to say that I can be good at analyzing people's hearts in the future." He laughed angrily, "Xuande has entered Luoyang, and it is not easy to get to today, during which it is difficult and dangerous, Xuande knows it." ”

"Xuande is such a figure, how dangerous this expedition to Xianbei is, even if he doesn't say anything, Xuande should know. knew the danger and did not avoid it, but he had to wade into this muddy water. Xuande, when you were selected, I thought you could do great things, who would have thought that you would be so willful today! Jia Xu said angrily.

Liu Bei nodded, he understood what Jia Xu meant, it seemed that he was complaining, but in fact, he was persuading him not to go east.

"I know Wenhe's good intentions, but Wenhe, you are also a person from the borderland, if one day, there are Liangzhou soldiers who will be trapped by people, can you also avoid yourself, don't say a word, don't care about their life or death?" Liu Bei's eyes burned.

He always thought that in the future, when Jia Xu rebelled and suggested that the Liangzhou soldiers attack Chang'an, in addition to wanting to save their lives, they did not want to save those Liangzhou people.

Jia Xu was stunned when he heard this, even with his intelligence, he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"It seems that Wen He already has an answer in his heart." Liu Bei said with a smile, "The answer prepared is the same as Wenhe, so I have to go to Youzhou this time." ”

Jia Xu sighed, "Did Xuande ever think about whether it was worth it to do this?" As long as you stay up for a few more days, get an official position, and send him to be an official, you can realize your ambitions. Now that the battlefield is fierce, even if there are thousands of enemies like Yun Chang and there is no certainty that they will be safe, why should you take this risk. ”

"Wenhe, in life, there are always things to do and not to do." Liu Bei picked the corners of his mouth, "But there are some things, even if you have to give up your life, you have to do it." ”

He sighed with emotion, "I do understand a person. ”

He began to understand Liu Beilai before the Battle of Yiling.

When the decision was made to send troops, all the old people stood opposite him.

The famous generals he relied on and the celebrities he trusted all persuaded him to focus on the overall situation.

But that is Liu Xuande, who started with Ren Xia's spirit, how to endure it!

And in this life, he is Liu Xuande, so naturally he can't bear it.

As Lu Zhi said that day, he wanted to be right in the name of Xuande.