In April of the third year of Han Guanghe, 180 A.D., Zhuo County, Hebei.

It's April, and it's the season when spring flowers are blooming and the sun is shining on the earth. Compared to the south, the climate in Hebei is still cold.

At this time, the nobles in the county are still reluctant to go out of the house, they prefer to wear fur furs, call friends in the house against the brazier, drink the wind and moon, and wait for the cold festival to pass.

But compared to the coldness of the body, the hearts of the people of the northern border counties seemed to have melted snow, and they exuded a burst of bone-chilling coolness.

But it is no wonder that since three years ago, Xia Yu, the captain of Wuhuan, Tian Yan, the general of Xianbei Zhonglang, and Zang Min, the general of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, attacked Xianbei, and was defeated by Tanshi Huai.

For those who live in seclusion, every early spring, they must start to guard against the raids of Xianbei Koubian.

It's good that the goods and grain are robbed, but the most feared thing is that even people are robbed and enslaved, and that life will be over.

In fact, Xia Yu's defeat of Xianbei three years ago greatly demoralized the Han army, but in terms of overall combat strength, the Han army is still above Xianbei, and the imperial court originally had the intention of resuming the war this year, but unfortunately, Jiangxia County in the south rebelled, and joined forces with Huang Sui Uprising in Lujiang County, holding more than 100,000 people hostage.

For a while, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the eyes of Wu Gongqing in the context of the Manchu Dynasty were all focused on Jiangxia and Lujiang, and the war between the border counties and Xianbei could only be postponed.

Therefore, the border county has formed an increasingly passive situation.

……

At this moment, in a wine house in Zhuo County, three young people are gathered around a plan, barbecuing meat and drinking wine, and indulging in cheers.

In the middle, sitting was a tall young man, he was eight feet long, with sharp facial features, a smile at the corner of his mouth, very confident, and the whole person looked heroic.

However, compared to his tall and straight figure, what is most concerning is his starry eyes, which flicker with indescribable agility.

This young man is sixteen-year-old Liu Jian.

According to his mother's words, it is described - 'My son's temples are like a knife, his eyebrows are like ink paintings, his air is lofty, and his spirit is full of energy, and he can't find a man who can be compared with my son, let alone a girl who can match my son.' ’

Liu Jian's mother boasted that it was for sure, but who is in charge of the family to see that her son is not unparalleled in the world? Therefore, it is reasonable to boast.

So Liu Jian didn't think there was anything wrong with what his mother said.

The two people sitting opposite Liu Jian, one was slightly older than Liu Jian, in his twenties, and his name was Jian Yong.

"Hiccup~!"

After taking a sip of warm wine, Jian Yong burped with satisfaction and said happily: "Why didn't Ah Bei come today?" ”

Liu Jian unhurriedly picked up a piece of meat, put it on the fire plate and slowly roasted it: "Ah Bei has been a little busy recently, and I am afraid that he will not be able to take care of us these days." ”

Jian Yong's face was unhappy: "Let's gather here with the four tigers of Zhuo County to discuss major matters, what could be more important in this world?" ”

Liu Jian 'snorted', obviously not very interested in the reputation of the 'Four Tigers of Zhuo County'.

"What big deal can you discuss? It's nothing more than which big family in the county has added a good-looking concubine, or curious about who bought a good falcon, at the beginning, the four of us worshiped heaven and earth, called themselves the four tigers of Zhuo County, and wanted to do something big, but now it is less than two years, but it is just wandering around in the market every day, like a ruffian, saying that it is the four tigers, but in the eyes of others, we have become four dogs. ”

Jian Yong's expression was quite unconvinced, and he stretched out his chopsticks and went towards the piece of meat that Liu Jian had roasted: "The reputation of the Four Tigers has not been established, so it's no wonder that I?" If you want to do big things, you have to look at the opportunity, right? ”

Liu Jian gently slapped Jian Yong's chopsticks with his chopsticks to make him get up, then grabbed the piece of meat and dipped it in a little salt, and handed it to a sturdy young man next to him in the bowl.

"Why are you so biased?" Jian Yong was quite displeased.

"Where am I biased?"

"As soon as there is a good one, why are you all towards Ah Fei? Isn't so-and-so your brother? ”

Liu Jian turned his head and looked at Zhang Fei, who was eating fragrant on the side, and secretly said that this is the mainstay of Liu Bei in the future, and it is much more important than you, a white-faced man who can only play tricks.

Although Zhang Fei is only fourteen years old at the moment.

"Brother Xianhe, Ah Fei is the youngest of our four tigers, you are the oldest, it is common sense for the eldest brother to protect the younger brother, are you embarrassed to compete with a younger brother who is six years younger than you for food?"

Jian Yong's face was red, and he refused to admit defeat: "Why are you embarrassed?" Ah Fei's family is doing the livelihood of slaughtering pigs and dogs, and there will be a shortage of meat? ”

"Smack!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhang Fei put down his chopsticks fiercely, his eyes widened angrily, and he stared at Jian Yong angrily: "How did my brother get involved in my family!" Did the pig slaughterer and the dog provoke you? ”

Don't look at Zhang Fei's age, but among the four people, he has the strongest figure and the least good temper.

Although he is not as tall as Liu Jian at the moment, the width of his shoulders and the thickness of his arms are far from being comparable to Liu Jian.

As for Jian Yong's thin body, compared with Zhang Fei, he is afraid that he has lived in vain in the past 20 years.

Jian Yong saw that Zhang Fei was angry, but he was not afraid, and immediately changed his smile: "Isn't this a joke with you, brother?" You look at you, how can you still take it seriously? It's really still a child......"

After that, he also reached out and touched the back of Zhang Fei's head.

Zhang Fei smashed his mouth, and was lost his temper by Jian Yongshun and Mao Shun.

Jian Yong has no other advantages, that is, he can speak, don't look at his broken mouth, but he never quarrels with people, no matter how embarrassing the atmosphere is, he has a way to get you back.

"Brother Xian, what has Abi been doing these days? Why don't you see anyone all the time? ”

Liu Jian sandwiched another piece of meat, this time he roasted it for Jian Yong.

"Abei will be double ten in the coming year, isn't it a big deal about the crown ceremony?"

Jian Yong was stunned for a long time, and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

"What should I do? Who doesn't have a crown? Besides, who needs to prepare for the crown ceremony so long in advance? ”

Liu Jian smiled and said nothing, he used long chopsticks to sandwich the roasted meat on Jian Yong's plate, and then raised the wine: "What are you doing with so much care?" Drink your wine. ”

Seeing Liu Jian lifting wine, Zhang Fei and Jian Yong raised their wine buds together, and the three of them drank to the fullest.

Then, Jian Yong wiped his mouth and pondered: "Your family's matter is not simple, if I expect it to be correct, it must have something to do with the two of you, the master who is respected in the sea!" ”

Liu Jian poured a lot of wine: "I can't hide it from you." ”

Jian Yong was quite smart, and he probably guessed what Liu Jian and Liu Bei were going to do.

Although he had only known the two brothers for two years, he knew a lot about their families and their past......

Ten years ago, Liu Jian, who was just a cute baby, accompanied his father Liu Zhou to Lousang Village to meet Liu Bei, and he had the idea of binding Liu Bei to pave the way for his future.

Liu Jian encouraged his father Liu Zhou to take Liu Bei from Lousang Village to his home and receive the same education as himself, so that he and Liu Bei were not only brothers of the same clan, but also became close friends of young people who grew up together.

From teenager to youth, for ten years, the two brothers grew up together, and their relationship increased day by day.

From ancient times to the present, the relationship between childhood can be said to be one of the most sincere feelings in the world.

True brotherhood is mostly stereotyped from adolescence. If nothing else, Liu Jian felt that he should be with Liu Bei in the future.

Although there is Liu Bei, a potential stock brother, Liu Jian has also been planning over the years, hoping to pave a brighter road for Liu Bei and himself.

After all, although Liu Bei in history became an emperor, the early stage was too bumpy, whether it was his background or resources, he was much worse than his competitors, and he belonged to a pure hero in the late stage, and he had to exert his strength in the second half of his life, and he was delayed too much.

But if Liu Bei was too miserable in the early stage, he would also suffer a lot of crimes.

In troubled times, the sword and halberd have no eyes, in case which link is not mastered well, the person will die, and after Liu Bei became the emperor a few decades later, it is meaningless to build a big tomb for him.

So it's time to plan ahead and start making some preparations.

After ten years, Liu Jian has integrated into the general environment of the Han Dynasty.

In this era, the way to get ahead is actually very straightforward and simple - just reincarnate well.

Although Liu Jian's family has a lot of furniture in Zhuo County, it still can't get it on the table in this large county with a household of 100,000 and 600,000 people.

Zhuo County can raise three filial piety every year, but they are basically surrounded by the family of eunuchs or county wangshi who have a way, and the Liu brothers are designated as no play.

But fortunately, in the past ten years, Liu Jian has still obtained some network resources according to the advantages of the prophet and the help of Liu Zhou.

First of all, there are two playmates in front of me, Jian Yong and Zhang Fei.

These two people are Liu Bei's fellow villagers in history, and they are also the first two people to follow Liu Bei, Liu Jian doesn't know how Liu Bei and them met in history, but since he came to this world, the speed of knowing these two people is bound to be accelerated.

The process of getting to know these two people is not too difficult.

Although Liu Jian is not from a prestigious family, he is a wealthy man, and some of his ancestors have raised filial piety, and there are side branch scriptures in his family that have been handed down, which is also destined to be not an ordinary person in the market who can make friends.

Although Jian Yong has some talents, he is the same as Liu Bei, his family is in the middle of the road, and the manuscript of "Qi Poems" written by Yuan Gu handed down by his ancestors was also taken by Jian Yong to buy things for his livelihood, and he was a proper down-and-out child.

As for Zhang Fei, he was born as a butcher.

In the Han Dynasty, although the status of blacksmiths and butchers was relatively high, it was only reflected in the goods, fields, and disciples, and in terms of prestige and political resources, the butchers had to stand aside.

Of course, a certain surname is a special case.

Under such a premise, it is naturally easy for Liu Jian to make friends with Zhang Fei and Jian Yong, and he does not hold his own identity, and he is devoted to the two of them, such behavior cannot be said to be absent in this era, but it is really not much, after all, the concept of family and identity is deeply rooted in the Han Dynasty.

So I don't know when it began, there were four young people who were not doing their jobs properly, and began to wander the streets and alleys of Zhuo County from time to time, indulging in sensuality, hunting dogs and horses, and calling themselves the 'Four Tigers of Zhuo County' to improve their reputation.

As for where the four 'tigers' are, they themselves can't say, in short, this nickname is very domineering.

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Jian Yong showed a little sigh: "Look at the entire Zhuo County...... No, it should be said that in Youzhou, how many people can be lucky enough to worship Lu Shangshu as a teacher to learn the scriptures? But in your family, you and Abei came out...... I thought that Brother Duzhi, Ah Bei has not appeared for the past few days, it should be related to the matter of the table, right? ”

"Brother is really not stupid." Liu Jian quipped.

Jian Yong rolled his eyes: "Brother is naturally spiritual...... Hehe, this person, if you want to do big things, you still need fame, Ah Beiguan is a small matter, but if this table is to be started by Lu Zi, it will be passed out in the future, and he will be able to stand in Shilin. ”

Liu Jian agreed: "It seems that those of us who are not high or low, every time we want to climb up in this world, it is extremely difficult, we can only seize every opportunity, just a table, who will start, it is nothing for people with high families, but for people of my rank and A Bei, every step in this life cannot be wrong." ”

Zhang Fei, a young man who had not spoken, said while eating meat with his head bored on the side: "I don't know about others, but I just know that among our brothers, Brother Jian has great wisdom, as long as Brother Jian takes the lead, I dare to do anything!" ”