Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 392

Liu Xi was moved by Lantian's ambition, and he was willing to stay and help Lantian. After all, the world is full of wars, and it is not easy to have a piece of pure land for academic study.

Guangzhou City is still under construction, so Lantian can only settle Liu Xi in Guangxin, and assigns personnel to him to prepare the academy, and asks Yao Qi to send people to Jiaozhi to move Liu Xi’s family members, so that he can stay here to study with peace of mind. .

On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the construction site in Guangzhou was suspended for rest, and Lantian recalled Gao Shun to Guangxin.

According to the old practice of the Lantian family, he will hold a family banquet at home, because Gan Qian's mother and son have already entered Sichuan, Gan Ning is now the prefect of Changsha, and Jiang Wan is still in Quanling to preside over the book office, so the house is much deserted than last year .

Lu Lingqi asked Gao Shun to bring his wife and children with him, but as a result, this person who stubbornly insisted on the etiquette of master and servant came to Lantian's back house alone.

The tables and chairs in the courtyard form a back shape. The shape of these tables, chairs and benches is no different from that of later generations. The main course on the table is still shabu-shabu, but the ingredients in the shabu-shabu have changed a lot. Freshness is indispensable in Jiaozhou. seafood.

Lantian just regrets that there is no chili pepper in the Central Plains, otherwise the shabu-shabu could be improved into Malatang.

The tables and desks in the Han Dynasty were not high, and most of the time they sat on the ground (kneeling on the mat), and the benches were only beds. Lantian, a modern person, was extremely uncomfortable. When he was still farming in Xiaopei, he made the height of the later generations. The tables and stools sit with legs hanging down. At that time, Lu Lingqi, Liu Bei and others were still curious.

During the period of Xinye and Linwu, this habit indirectly affected the people of Xindengzhuang. Until the establishment of the Quanling Wood Workshop, Lantian provided drawings for mass production, and tables, chairs and benches were immediately popularized among the people and the government.

Although it is the family reunion day of the Lantern Festival, Lantian has not changed the habit of sharing meals. There is a small copper pot in front of each table, and the vegetables and meat are rich and thrifty.

Lan Yuan and Lan Ji, who were not eligible to attend the banquet, also made up the banquet because of the lack of personnel. The two children came to this kind of occasion for the first time, and they always observed every move of the elders, because they must abide by the table manners taught by Lu Lingqi at any time. The first time you go to the table is the practice.

Because Gao Shun didn't drink alcohol, he sat next to the two children, automatically joined Lan Yuan and Lan Ji's camp, and served them with meat and vegetables. Only Lan Tian and his wife drank together at the banquet.

The three of them recalled how Xiaopei met, and lamented that the time has passed and they are already middle-aged, and the nostalgia on the faces of Lan Tian and Lu Lingqi is faintly visible.

Lan Yuan and Lan Ji listened very carefully. When their parents were reminiscing about the past and drinking intermittently, they still pestered Gao Shun to continue telling the later stories.

Everyone chatted until the night was deep, and Lu Lingqi saw that it was getting late, so she took her two children back to her room to sleep in advance.

"Sir, everyone has had a good time today, so I will take my leave and go home first, and I will take a boat back to Panyu tomorrow morning." Gao Shun got up knowingly and bid farewell.

Lan Tian got up and saw him off, "Boping will stay in Guangxin for a few more days to accompany his wife and children. There will be Sha Moke watching over there in Guangzhou City, so nothing will go wrong."

"I'm used to doing things first and then enjoying them. Sir, do you have anything to say?" Gao Shun asked.

Lan Tian thought for a while: "I will ask someone to come up with a blueprint later on. We will choose a piece of land in the cultural and educational district to build an academy. Mr. Cheng Guo (Liu Xi) has already started preparations in Guangxin. The Mu Mansion was among the first to move there."

"I wrote it down." Gao Shun responded with cupped fists.

"The other thing is about Panyu Commercial Bank. How is Shi Zhi and Hu Ke supervising it?" Lan Tian asked again.

Gao Shun replied: "The shopkeeper Wang has become more open-minded after being educated by Mr. He must have thought of something clear. In short, he has a lot of support for the construction site in Guangzhou City. The scholar is still conscientious, but Hu Ke is mainly responsible for supervision. "

Lan Tian nodded affirmatively, "I don't worry about Hu Ke's work, and I don't know what's going on with Song Chen. Xia Houyuan has now pacified Longyou, and he will probably go south to Hanzhong soon. There is not much time left to save Pang De."

"Song Chen also came from the reconnaissance battalion. He has been the adjutant of Hu Ke's caravan for so long. He can learn some contingency methods. In addition, he personally gave advice before his departure. He has a great hope of rescuing Pound, but Hanzhong It’s thousands of miles away from Guangxin, so we can’t keep track of what’s going on there.” Gao Shun comforted.

"Bo Ping is right. Let's do our best to obey the destiny, but it's almost time." Lan Tian frowned.

There is no light pollution in this era, and the moon in the sky is as bright as a jade plate. At this time, the sky over Hanzhong was pushed away by the wind, and the moon briefly hid behind the clouds.

After Song Chen received the task of entering Hanzhong to rescue Pang De, he followed Lantian's plan to go northward from Wuguan and bypass Guanzhong, passing through Cao Cao's territory along the way to Hanzhong in secret. Longyou Xiahouyuan fought too frequently, and never went there again.

No matter how hostile the situation is, there are profit-seeking businessmen walking among the materials and people-to-people exchanges in various places, and the guards of the pass are very happy to come and go with caravans, because they can receive "tolls" every time.

Fish and shrimp have their own ways, and in troubled times, they have to make a living. Except for the extreme bandits, the caravan has money to clear the way and the casualties are very small.

The only letter in Song Chen's body was the death talisman, and he sewed it into his robe for safety.

The caravan traveled to Hanzhong for several months. At this time, the end of the year was approaching. Song Chen sent people to look for Pang De, and at the same time looked for the key figure Yang Song.

Song Chen sent money to Yang Song many times, and soon the two established a deep "friendship". On the other hand, his people also secretly contacted Pang De.

Zhang Lu didn't look down on Pang De's hundreds of Xiliang soldiers, but he was also very angry at Ma Chao's escape into Shuzhong. If he hadn't funded him to attack Jicheng, he wouldn't have offended Cao Cao at the same time. Therefore, these Xiliang soldiers who stayed in Hanzhong were treated with cold eyes on weekdays, and the army's supplies were also greatly reduced.

During the Chinese New Year, every battalion has wine and meat, but Pang De and the hundreds of Xiliang people only have gruel. Qing Shui hates Ma Chao for abandoning himself to enjoy happiness alone.

Pound's illness has been cured after treatment, and seeing the low morale of the soldiers under his tent, he felt a lot of emotion.But the old master Ma Chao lost to Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan, and later even the clowns in Jicheng also lost. If they lose again in the future, they will lose face.
Pound felt the warmth and warmth of human feelings in Hanzhong. During his illness, he considered whether to make a new choice. After all, Ma Chao's reputation was really bad, but he didn't like Zhang Lu, a precarious boat.

The rest of the barracks were very lively on New Year's Eve, but Pang De's camp was deserted.

Pang Rou paced around in the tent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "Ling Ming (Pang De), we can't sit and wait for death like this, we must find a way to escape to Yizhou to follow the old master, or leave Hanzhong to make a living by ourselves. Starve to death here."

(End of this chapter)