Beihai Guozhi is located in Drama County, which is located in the former years. Its land is near the sea, there are many benefits of fishing and salt, and there are iron ores, so there are many rich merchants and magnates in the land of Beihai.

On the border of Xixian County, Liu Beizheng smiled and handed the letter in his hand to Guan Yu at his side, "Yun Chang, take a look, Yide is boasting in the letter." ”

Guan Yu took the letter in his hand and flipped through it, and at a glance he could see that the letter was written by Zhang Fei himself.

After reading what was said in the letter, he also laughed.

Zhang Fei boasted in the letter, saying that he was one against two and was undefeated against Lu Bu and Zhao Yun.

Later, under his persuasion, the two put down their swords and turned enemies into friends.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "It's a pity that in the end, Zilong still left with Master Tong, otherwise you and I would have one more hand to help." ”

"Zilong and his brother are like-minded, temporary separation is not a big deal, sooner or later we will meet again." Guan Yu put the letter away and said.

Liu Bei nodded, no longer thinking about the affairs of the Northland. Gao Liu has Xi Zhong and Zhang Fei here, and there is no way to do anything.

He raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the county, "I will enter the territory of the county in another day, and I don't know what gifts the people here have prepared for us." ”

The land of Beihai is far away from the Central Plains, and it is a rich land near the sea, and the local forces are intertwined with the forces in the kingdom.

In the carriage behind them, Jia Xu and Xun You sat on both sides of the seats, and there were very few words between the two, but Jian Yong, who was sitting in the center, chatted with the two from time to time.

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On the second day, Liu Bei and his entourage entered the territory of Xi County.

It's just a boundary apart, but it's like being in two worlds.

Outside the drama county, the common people are scattered, and there are countless people who sell their children and daughters to survive. There were many hungry people on the roadside, and the bones were everywhere and no one gathered them. Thousands of displaced people from the north, south, east and west, looked left and right, not knowing where to go.

In the drama county, there is no dust on the avenue, and the people who come and go on the road are neatly dressed, and there is no hunger on their faces, which is a good paradise in the world.

Liu Bei was leading his horse at this time, Guan Yu was guarding him, followed by Jia Xu and Xun You.

"What am I talking about? There will definitely be no so-called thieves in the drama county. Liu Bei looked at the people in the county and said with a smile.

It turned out that before coming to the drama county today, Liu Bei had made a bet with Guan Yu, and the bet was on what the scene was like in this drama county.

Now it seems that as Liu Bei guessed outside the border yesterday, there is a singing and dancing in the drama county.

"I don't want to be guessed by my brother." Guan Yu sighed.

He didn't sigh because he lost to Liu Bei in a bet, but now that he is arranged like this in the drama county, there is no need to say what kind of person he is in power.

"I wish I hadn't guessed it. Don't forget the past, just the teacher of the future. Liu Bei laughed to himself.

And the past he said was naturally a matter of the previous life.

It has always been, it has always been.

Xuande doesn't need to be indignant about this, people's hearts are like this. In the end, the more money in your hand, the greater your power, and the less humanity you have in your heart. Jia Xu said with a smile.

"That's what Wen He said." Liu Bei nodded, and said, "It's just to kill more people." ”

Xun Yu on the side heard Jia Xu's words, and first glanced at Jia Xu in surprise.

With such words, if Liu Bei is a suspicious person, I am afraid that it will inevitably leave a problem in his heart.

Just hearing Liu Bei's answer, Xun You was thoughtful.

Along the way, although there was not much talk between him and Jia Xu, he had the ability to recognize people since he was a child, and he could naturally see that Jia Xu was a very thoughtful person.

Such a character, if he were a suspicious lord, he would definitely not be able to say such things.

As a result, he knew more about Liu Bei's temperament.

Liu Bei naturally didn't know what Xun Yu was thinking at this time, and he didn't have time to think about it.

Just because of this, there were already chariots and horses waiting not far from them.

The leader is a middle-aged man with a big belly, dressed in brocade clothes, but the smile on his face is extremely kind, and there is no aggressiveness of a superior person.

On the side of this person is a majestic man wearing armor, but I think it is because he has not worn armor for a long time, although this person is trying his best to straighten his waist, but the armor on his body still bends his figure a little.

Behind the two of them were three old men with gray hair, and the old man standing in the middle was holding a bamboo and wooden cane, coughing a few times from time to time, looking sick.

The old men on both sides deliberately delayed him by half a step, seemingly respecting him.

Compared with the middle-aged man with a big belly in front of him, these three old men have more momentum as superiors.

"Xuande is too late!"

The middle-aged man at the front laughed and ran straight to Liu Bei, he reached out to hold Liu Bei's hands, and the laughter in his mouth continued, "Xuande really made Gu wait for a long time, and now that Xuande has arrived, he is lonely and worry-free." ”

The only natural thing that can be called lonely in this North Sea country is the King of the North Sea.

"There is the Marquis of Lao." Although Liu Bei didn't know why the King of Beihai knew him, he still saluted respectfully.

Although the princes and kings like the King of Beihai did not have military and political power in the kingdom, they were the clansmen of the Han family and had a noble position, even if they were as powerful as the three princes in the court, when they saw the princes and kings of the Beihai King, they had to be three points shorter before they spoke.

Although it was the first time they met, the words of the King of Beihai were not polite at all, and Liu Bei was like an old friend who had known each other for many years, "I heard that Xuande is coming, and Gu has already arranged a banquet in the city. Xuande has lived in the mainland for a long time, and he has never eaten the things in the sea in this seaside place. Speaking of the taste of this thing in the sea, it is very good, but I am afraid that Xuande will not be able to put it down after eating it once. ”

The Beihai King kept talking, but the old man behind him coughed softly.

The face of the King of Beihai changed, but he quickly recovered as before, and took Liu Bei's hand and came to the three old men, "Tian Lao, Li Lao, and Wang Lao are all big families in the country, and they have spent a lot of effort for the affairs of the country over the years, even if they are lonely, they have a lot to rely on. ”

Liu Bei squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Tian Lao in the middle.

Surname Tian? It's just that I don't know if it's that field.

"Although we have been in the land of Beihai for a long time, we have already heard of the name of Xuande. Among the people who accompanied Zheng Gongyou to Luoyang to debate the scriptures with Sun Gongyou were our people. At that time, I saw the pride of Xuande drinking and singing, and now that Xuande has come to Beihai, we are really at ease. Tanaka, who was called Tian Lao by the King of the North Sea, spoke.

Liu Bei raised his head and looked at him deeply, and said with a smile: "Beiben has no talent, everything he does is a fluke, Tian Lao praised it." ”

At this time, the King of Beihai pulled him to the side of the man in armor, "This is Lieutenant Shen Jun Shen, a well-known heroic man in our Beihai, and no one has ever been able to walk under Lieutenant Shen." ”

The man in armor hugged his fists, and Weng said: "Beihai is polite, a certain stomach is in the body, it is inconvenient to give full courtesy, and please forgive one or two sins." ”

It's just that although this person said a word or two about asking for forgiveness, his words were full of arrogance.

Liu Bei smiled when he saw this, waved his hand behind his body, and stopped Guan Yu who wanted to step forward.

A good one, one black and one white, red and white.

I thought that they would not be in trouble until they arrived in the city, but I never thought that they could not wait so much.

"King, since the lieutenant is here, why don't you see the national master?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

The faces of the people present all changed.

"Guofu has been ill recently and is recuperating at home, so he has never come, and when he arrives in the county, Xuande can naturally be seen."

The King of Beihai didn't seem to notice the verbal exchange between everyone, and just pulled Liu Bei towards the carriage on the side.

Its carriages are quite luxurious, with several horse-drawn carriages and no shelters on both sides.

He took Liu Bei's hand and walked straight onto the carriage, and the two sat side by side in the carriage.

Later, Lieutenant Shen Jun and others also boarded their own cars, with Beihai King driving in front and others following closely behind.

Seven or eight carriages marched in a row, and the warriors on horses cleared the way in front of them, shouting loudly for the king to drive, and the rest retreated.

There are armored samurai driving in the car, with scimitars and bows, and they are majestic.

Liu Bei raised his eyes, but his heart was cold.

In the city of Luoyang, above the north of the Saibei, the big scenes he has seen are much more majestic than these small fights here, so the pomp and circumstance carefully made by the rich people in these drama counties are nothing more than this in his eyes.

What really chilled his heart was the inadvertent look on the faces of the ordinary people on the side when he raised his eyes and looked down.

It was a deep hatred.

Deception is nothing more than bullying at most.

What the world is like, these low-level ordinary people know better than others.

Qingzhou was in tatters after the Yellow Turban Rebellion of his year, has the seeds of hatred been planted long ago?

He exhaled, and suddenly remembered a phrase that had been passed down for years.

so that the people of the world dare not speak and dare to be angry.

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The Beihai King's Mansion had already prepared a banquet, and as the Beihai King and the others returned, the servants and miscellaneous servants in the palace immediately began to gather together.

At this time, the king of Beihai was holding Liu Bei's hand and pointing out the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall and the screens standing on both sides, "Most of these calligraphy and paintings are from famous artists, what does Xuande think?" ”

Liu Bei was not good at this, but said casually: "The pen walks the dragon and snake, the muscles are strong, and they are all first-class good calligraphy and paintings."

"It seems that Xuande doesn't like the way of calligraphy and painting." The King of Beihai held his hands on his stomach and smiled, "Actually, I don't like this either, but at the beginning, the national master always chattered in my ear, saying that as a king and prince, how could I not understand the way of calligraphy and painting?" I was annoyed by him, so I barely learned some. That is, you can say two sentences casually, but in fact, you can't get on the stage at all. ”

Liu Bei nodded, "Others only see the scenery of the king, but they can't see the king's helplessness." ”

At this time, everyone was busy outside, and there were only Liu Bei and the King of Beihai here.

"Xuande knows me." The King of the North Sea smiled, "A person like me, if you say that you didn't have ambitions when you were young, you naturally don't believe it. It's just that I also understand that once I really have ambitions, and I can really do something, then I will not be far from the sword and axe. ”

"I'm a little envious of you. Although you are not from a lower background than me, you are much freer than me after all. ”

Liu Bei looked up at the King of the North Sea, not knowing why he wanted to talk about it.

The most taboo thing in the world is to talk about it deeply, and the king of Beihai is the king's side, and he has been the master of the house for so many years, he will not fail to understand this truth.

"Lone can't do anything, if you move the people in this county casually, I'm afraid that tomorrow I will have a knife and axe. Therefore, he can only be a rich prince who eats and waits for death. The Bohai Sea is not far from here, and the tragic situation of the King of Bohai is still vivid in retrospect. Lone is not a moral saint, and what to die for the common people is never in Lone's consideration. The King of the North Sea smiled, "But you are different, you have the power and the heart." ”

Liu Bei smiled: "So, does the king want me to be this wicked person?" ”

The King of the North Sea looked out, and at this time, Tanaka and the others were standing outside the hall, gathered together, not knowing what they were planning.

"How can it be a wicked person? If Xuande can take this opportunity to rectify the rule of officials in Beihai, then your Liu Beihai's name will naturally spread. The North Sea King laughed.

"The king wants to use me as a knife in his hand?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

"Xuande also knows that it makes no difference to me whether I get rid of these people or not. The princes who are the princes of the Han family, even if they don't get rid of them, they still have to be respectful to the lonely king, and provide the lonely king with good food and drink. Now I hope that you will get rid of these people, and it is nothing more than hoping that those ordinary people can live better. The North Sea King laughed.

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, but he couldn't argue.

What the King of Beihai said is indeed not bad, compared to a prince and king who wants to meddle in all kinds of things and clean himself, what people outside want more is an incompetent person who is addicted to wine.

"It seems that the king is also a wise man." Liu Bei looked at the King of Beihai deadly, "Are you willing to go down like this?" ”

"Why are you unwilling?" The King of Beihai smiled, "I'm not King Chen, what kind of ambition do I have to revitalize the Liu family." ”

He patted the fat on his waist and said with a smile: "I am happy here, I don't think about Luoyang." ”

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A few hours later, the feast began. Liu Bei sat on the right hand side of the Beihai King, Lieutenant Shen Jun sat on the left hand side of the Beihai King, and Tanaka and the others sat at the wooden table at the bottom of the steps.

During the banquet, everyone toasted Liu Bei in turn, and Liu Bei also responded one by one, and it was also a joy for a while.

The plan before coming was to befriend these people first, and then wait for these people to let their guard down, and then find out their flaws and break them one by one.

He is a person who is good at making friends, but at this time, under his deliberate wooing, Lieutenant Shen Jun, a martial artist, mistook him for his own for a while, and completely forgot to give him a dismount.

I didn't want someone among the women who was dancing at the bottom of the stairs at this time to take the wrong step, and they were dragged to the ground by the long skirt on their bodies.

Even if it is a group dance, if one person makes a mistake, the others will naturally have to stop.

Before the King of Beihai could speak, Shen Jun was already furious, he stood up and pointed at the sergeants on both sides, asking them to drag the woman down.

As for what the outcome of being dragged down, everyone present knew it, but no one stopped it.

Guan Yu stood up, came to the center, and knocked the two sergeants who wanted to drag the woman down to the ground.

On the seat at the top of the steps, Liu Bei also stood up and said with a smile: "If you are not mistaken, how to deal with this matter should be my responsibility as the minister of the North Sea." ”

Shen Jun looked at Liu Bei for a moment, then glanced at Tanaka, and when he saw that this person shook his head, he sat down again.

Liu Bei looked at the people in the hall who didn't dare to speak, and said with a smile: "Don't be stunned, it's a good day, and then play music and dance." ”