Han, the beginning of June in the Taichu calendar, the summer solstice!

Xuzhou.

Since the beginning of the summer solstice, the weather has gradually become hotter.

There is no rain one after another, and it is even more irritating in this hot weather.

Donghai County, in Dongping City.

Because of the turmoil in Yanzhou, Cao Cao recruited Cao Ren and the Dongping City garrison before leaving, and confronted the Xuzhou army.

Fortunately, the unrest in Yanzhou did not have much of an impact.

After the worries were erased, the pressure on Cao Ren was also reduced a lot.

It's just that because of the policies formulated by Xi Yu and others, Cao Ren always feels afraid when dealing with things.

During this time, he received a lot of praise for these policies.

Some people even praised him for handling government affairs well.

It's just that Cao Ren couldn't be happy at all about such praise.

"How long will it take for the lord to arrive?"

Asked the adjutant general on the side, Cao Ren looked at the government affairs in front of him, and only felt that his head was about to get bigger.

As a military general, although Cao Ren does not have too many problems in dealing with government affairs or anything.

But, as a military general, who is willing to dedicate himself to the case.

It's a great thing to be able to go into battle and kill the enemy.

Unfortunately, the current situation in Xuzhou is not something that can be solved by fighting a war.

"About two days!"

After the Yanzhou matter was resolved, Cao Cao returned to Xuzhou, but did not directly reach the front line of the two armies at the first time.

Although it was not clear what Cao Cao was doing, Cao Ren did not take the initiative to ask about this kind of thing.

Knowing that Cao Cao would arrive in two days, his mood was much better.

"Is there a letter from Xuzhou?"

……

Xuzhou, Tancheng!

Inside the Chen Mansion.

At the beginning, the Chen father and son originally planned to support Liu Bei.

Now in Xuzhou, with Tao Qian old and frail, he is already seriously ill, and this situation may not last too long.

Once Tao Qian died, the situation in Xuzhou was no longer as stable as it was in front of him.

Chen Qi and his son had already made plans earlier.

These families themselves put the family first, but after coming into contact with each other.

Chen Jue's father and son felt that Liu Bei and them didn't seem to be the people along the way.

"Yuanlong, what has Liu Bei done recently?"

In the lobby of the Chen Mansion, Chen Qi sat in front of Bingjian, stretching out his hand to gently stir the cool breeze.

Chen Deng on the side knelt beside him.

"Since Jun was seriously ill, Liu Xuande has kept to himself, and there is nothing unusual!"

Chen Deng sighed.

The plan he originally advocated was to welcome Liu Bei as the pastor of Xuzhou, and later Tao Qian also had such a meaning.

It's just that Chen Deng visited Liu Bei several times in succession, and the other party has been prevaricating repeatedly.

Between the words, it seems that he is not willing to serve as the pastor of Xuzhou at all.

But Chen Deng could see that Liu Bei was still quite interested in the territory of Xuzhou in his heart.

It's just that since the other party entered Xuzhou, he has behaved in Xiapi, and even treated the people.

It is enough to see that Liu Bei's ambition in his heart is not small.

The other party is definitely not a person who is content with the status quo.

It's a pity that this person's attitude towards the scholars is not very clear, but he is quite close to the people.

"Humph!"

"Then Liu Bei doesn't know what to do, even so, there is no need for me to meet him!"

Chen Qi sneered.

Before the spring ploughing, he heard that Liu Bei took the initiative to lead the people to open up the wasteland and cultivate in Xiapi City, but he did not earn a good reputation.

That person is willing to get close to the people, but his attitude towards them, the scholars of Xuzhou, is neither good nor bad.

It's like hanging them on purpose.

I really thought that there was no Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and no one else could be found to enter Xuzhou.

It's a big deal, what about Cao Cao?

Even if Cao Cao's attitude towards the scholars in Yanzhou is not very good, it is also a matter of the Yanzhou scholars, and it has nothing to do with him Xuzhou.

Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time, although the policy is similar to that of Yanzhou, but for these families, it can't hurt the bones at all.

"I've always heard that Cao Cao is brutal before, but this battle makes me feel that Cao Cao is not as rumored!"

Chen Qi glanced at Chen Deng.

The father and son had already analysed some of the situation earlier.

is to serve Cao Cao, but in fact, it is nothing.

Cao Cao is also a family in the end, and the interests of all families in the whole world are actually similar.

Even if Cao Cao enters Xuzhou, the other party will not hurt the foundation of the Xuzhou family.

This point, after this period of time, Cao Cao's attitude towards Xuzhou, Chen Deng's father and son can also be regarded as seeing.

"Father has decided?"

After hearing Chen Qi's tone, Chen Deng looked up at the other party.

During this time, his father exchanged information with Cao Ying.

Chen Deng is very clear about this.

And the entire Xuzhou family has not a few people who exchange information with Cao Ying.

After all, in this era, who doesn't have two or three relatives?

These families have been passed down to the present day, and there are many marriages between them.

More importantly, because of the Han Dynasty's filial piety, there were not a few mutual recommendations in the same year.

Marriage is just one way to strengthen a relationship.

In the end, the families are still connected to each other.

It is precisely because of this relationship in the family that there is a so-called party and a so-called disciple of whom.

The party is also aimed at the so-called family.

The influence of the family was too great in this era, so big that in some cases, the role of the imperial court was already minimal.

And the problems of the family have already begun since the revival of Guangwu.

Chen Qi nodded, he didn't plan to get close to that Liu Bei.

Cao Cao is a good candidate, and it is not too late to serve the other party.

And the situation in the entire Xuzhou in front of him will fall into Cao Cao's hands sooner or later.

He Tao Qian can't keep it, and Liu Bei can't keep it either!

Chen Deng's opinion of his father does not have much meaning.

He is also on his own side.

At first, he planned to choose Liu Bei, just because Liu Bei might be beneficial to the Chen family.

But the current situation seems to be better than directly serving Cao Cao!

It is better to make friends with Cao Cao as soon as possible than when he is approached by other soldiers.

……

When the Xuzhou family began to exchange letters with Cao Ren, Liu Bei and the others, who were in Xiapi City, did not have the slightest movement.

Inside the city of Xiapi.

Liu Guanzhang and the three of them are still the same as usual.

Even though the days in Xuzhou are no longer the same as when they did not have a residence earlier, the three brothers still live in the same house and sleep on their feet.

And such a situation is also the basis for the relationship between the three of them.

Shortly after noon, Liu Bei personally opened the window of the house.

The weather was too hot, and the wind blowing in from the window was a bit heaty.

This kind of situation makes the three of them somewhat unbearable.

At this moment, the three of them sat cross-legged on the earthen kang, and they were all shirtless with each other.

Guan Yu couldn't let go of the scroll, leaning on the earthen wall on his back, and holding the scroll in his hand was still the Spring and Autumn Period, which I don't know how many times I had read.

He holds a bamboo slip in one hand and a brush in the other, and looks at something on the bamboo slip from time to time.

Then he gently scratched the contents of the previous note with a knife.

It seems that every moment, he has a different opinion on the content of the book in his hand.

Liu Bei's eyes were blank.

Probably the hot man was a little dizzy, and he leaned on the other side as well, his wide sleeved robe instinctively fanning the breeze towards his face.

It's just a heat wave that lingers in the room, and it doesn't go away for a long time.

"It's too hot, eldest brother, second brother, should we go out hunting?"

Zhang Fei was really a little unbearable.

I don't know what the eldest brother thinks, he stayed in the house all day during this time, and he couldn't live out.

It's like a big girl, and she doesn't even want to see anyone.

Isn't it just the matter of taking over as Xuzhou Mu?

Zhang Fei felt that Tao Qian couldn't live long anymore, since the other party intended to let the eldest brother take over Xuzhou's position.

Just take over directly from your own eldest brother, what is there to hesitate about.

Although he thought like this in his heart, Zhang Fei still didn't say it directly after all.

The eldest brother is very secretive about this kind of thing, and he doesn't want to make Liu Bei angry.

They can only follow each other.

It's just that the weather is too hot right now.

For many days, the temperature only rose, but did not fall.

God doesn't know how many rains will fall, and if this continues, people will be hot sooner or later!

Zhang Fei was not happy, and he wanted to go out hunting.

Liu Bei, who heard the voice, turned his head and glanced at his third brother, he was a little helpless.

In this weather, what kind of hunting!

Even those wild beasts are probably reluctant to come out to hunt in such an environment.

Seeing that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, Liu Bei was a little tormented in his heart.

On the one hand, Tao Qian's matter really weighed on his heart.

It is not difficult to take over as Xuzhou Mu.

The difficulty is how to deal with the current situation in Xuzhou, the entire faction in Xuzhou, Liu Bei can see it clearly by now.

Xuzhou looks simple on the surface, but the roots are intertwined, and the distribution of power is not so simple.

Scholars, wealthy families, Tao Qian!

The relationship between these three forces was originally extremely peaceful.

It was probably because Tao Qian was able to control the relationship smoothly at the beginning, but as Tao Qian got older, his frailty began to appear.

The balance was maintained, but gradually it began to tilt.

What's more, under such circumstances, there is still Cao Cao's army outside, and the whole of Xuzhou is now like being roasted on a fire.

And Liu Bei, who came up from the bottom, still has some concern for the common people.

These people are targeting each other, and it is these low-level Xuzhou people who are hurt after all.

Liu Bei was somewhat unbearable.

This kung fu, he leaned against the wall and let out a sigh.

"Big brother, what's on your mind?"

Guan Yu, who was on the side, couldn't help but sigh when he heard Liu Bei, turned his head and asked Liu Bei.

Guan Yu casually put away the book in his hand.

When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes couldn't help but glance out the window.

"It hasn't rained in days!"

"I remember this scene, it was a sign of a great drought!"

"If there is no rain in the sky, the rice growing on the ground will die of drought, and this year's autumn harvest will be difficult!"

Liu Bei was a little worried.

If there is a problem with the autumn harvest, then these people will not be able to survive the winter, and even the next year will cause a large-scale disaster.

He'd seen it before, more than a decade ago.

When the refugees were not eating, they were like withered trees, gnawing on tree bark along the way, and wilderness everywhere they passed.

"Big brother, the rain is not something you and I can control!"

Guan Yu also sighed.

The eldest brother of his own family cares about the people's temperament, and it is still the same as before.

As if thinking of something, Guan Yu subconsciously glanced at Liu Bei.

"Big brother, recently, I heard that Na Rong seems to be building a temple!"

Saying this, Guan Yu couldn't help but glance at Liu Bei again.

Di Rong is the next Pi Xiang, in the final analysis, their brothers are only living in Xia Pi, although that Di Rong is extremely polite to them on weekdays.

Even Guan Yu felt that this person was indeed fine.

It's just that building a temple is not so simple.

Zhen Rong believes in Buddhism, and he wants to build a temple, if it is just an ordinary temple, Guan Yuzhi doesn't care much.

However, the temple that the people wanted to build was huge!

I even heard that the other party wanted to cast gold for those Buddha statues.

"Temple?"

Hearing Guan Yu mention this, Liu Bei subconsciously frowned.

Zhenrong this person, when he comes into contact, the other party's ability is not weak.

And he is Tao Qian's fellow villager, and he is a person Tao Qian trusts, and Tao Qian intends to entrust Xuzhou to him.

This made the people under Tao Qian's command somewhat close to Liu Bei.

And he settled in Xiapi, and Zhenrong's attitude towards him was quite respectful.

He knows about the other party's belief in Buddhism.

However, if Guan Yu didn't mention the matter of building a temple, Liu Bei hadn't heard of it yet.

Looking at Liu Bei's expression, Guan Yu knew that his eldest brother didn't know about it.

According to the current situation, Zhen Rong is Tao Qian's person, and if his eldest brother wants to succeed Xuzhou Mu, he naturally can't be bad with Tao Qian's subordinates.

But, he said it anyway after all.

The temple is good, but it's too aggressive.

"You mean, he plans to cast a statue in gold, and he wants to build a Buddhist temple like a tower?"

Since the place of Guangwu, the figure of Buddhism has appeared in various parts of the Han Dynasty.

In the past 200 years, there are not a few people who believe in Buddhism.

Like this, there are many people who believe in Buddhism even among some wealthy families.

Liu Bei didn't have much opinion on this.

It's just that it is somewhat out of place to build Buddhist temples on a large scale at this time.

For Zhenrong, Liu Bei's impression couldn't help but be a little worse.

It's just that he also knows that at this time, he is not qualified to accuse the other party.

People are just the people who live in Xiapi, and he is just borrowing the people who live in Xiapi!

"Big brother, I think you might as well take over the responsibility of this Xuzhou pastor early, so that our brothers can do things easily!"

"Now you are afraid all the time!"

Zhang Fei couldn't help but mutter, and Liu Bei just shook his head when he heard this.

……

Xuzhou, Tancheng Governance!

Today's Tao Qian's complexion is much better, but the heavy responsibility on Tao Qian is getting heavier and heavier.

He was already aware of the situation in Xuzhou.

Once you can't support it, if this huge Xuzhou, if there is no stable placement, the entire Xuzhou will fall apart in an instant.

Tao Qian didn't want to see such a situation.

He summoned Cao Bao to his side, and after letting the bystanders on the side retreat, he raised his eyes and looked at Cao Bao.

"Recently, Liu Xuande has made a statement?"

At present, Tao Qian knows that the only person he can entrust in Xuzhou is Liu Bei.

It's just that Liu Bei doesn't know for what reason he has been reluctant to take over Xuzhou.

He knew that Liu Bei was not unwilling to take over Xuzhou, but because the matter in Xuzhou was not so simple.

"In recent days, Liu Bei has been living in Xiapi, living in a simple place!"

Cao Bao told Tao Qian about the information he had learned, and he didn't have much opinion about Liu Bei.

has fought side by side with Liu Bei before, and Cao Bao still recognizes Liu Bei after that.

The other party is a benevolent and righteous gentleman.

"Leopard, you have followed me since Danyang, and it has been more than ten years now, and now I can't last too long, and the Tao family will need you to take care of it in the future!"

Looking at Cao Bao in front of him, Tao Qian's tone was extremely sincere, he knew that his limit was not far away.

And the two sons behind him are all idle people, and Tao Qian is satisfied to live in this world safely.

The situation in the world of the Han Dynasty today is no longer the Han Dynasty before.

The court was weak and full of princes.

The Great Han fell apart, perhaps only in the morning and night.

He Tao Qian has been loyal to the Han and the Liu family all his life.

Now, Liu Bei is also a relative of the Liu family, and he entrusts the entire Xuzhou to the other party, which is to entrust Xuzhou to the Liu family.

This is also one of the reasons why he is willing to entrust Xuzhou to the other party.

Liu Bei Rende will inevitably treat Xuzhou well, and he will not be too harsh on his original subordinates.

"Envoy!"

Cao Bao clenched his fists, and there was some nostalgia in his expression, remembering the time when he did his best to follow Tao Qian.

It's just that although he is good at leading troops, he does not have the ability to govern such a large Xuzhou.

He also knew that Tao Qian's entrustment of Xuzhou to Liu Bei was the only choice.

In this regard, Cao Bao did not have the slightest resentment in his heart.

In the past ten years, Tao Qian has always been extremely good to him, just because they are fellow villagers, this closeness and trust has a beginning and an end.

"What is Cao Jun's movement now?"

"Those scholars, they should have communicated with Cao Cao, right?"

Tao Qian got up and asked Cao Bao again.

After these words were asked, Cao Bao was a little silent.

With just one glance, Tao Qian knew that what he had guessed was not wrong.

The attitude of those scholars is for their own interests, and now he Tao Qian is no longer taken seriously by those scholars.

"During the Yanzhou turmoil before, Cao Jun has no intention of taking the initiative to attack at the moment, but I heard that Cao Cao has solved the Yanzhou disaster before!"

Cao Bao didn't say the latter words.

Hearing this, Tao Qian naturally understood.

After Cao Cao solved the trouble in Yanzhou, he would naturally set his sights on Xuzhou next.

By now, it's no longer a matter of avenging your father.

What Cao Cao did was just to increase his power.

(End of chapter)