Lu's relatives

Chapter 85 Target Xuzhou
Master Qin, who has been a man for two generations, really seems to be a person who can't be idle.Only Qin Xu himself knows how hard-won Lu Bu's today is.

Go to Chang'an, go to Hanoi, pass through Yanzhou, until Lu Bu's army successfully conquered Qingzhou, although only one-ninth of the six counties and three places accounted for, whether it is Liu Bei who is backed by Gongsun Zan and has a strong invisible capital, or he is friendly with Yuan Shao Kong Rong, who is ambiguous but has a high reputation among the gentry because of his status, is not a good guy to provoke; other counties and states are either waiting and watching with an ambiguous attitude, or they are occupied by the Yellow Turban, but they can be regarded as gaining a firm foothold anyway. Ended the fate of "floating" around.

It's a pity that although Linzi is the seat of Qingzhou, it itself is a hilly landform with not much arable land. In addition to the once-in-a-war, the people were displaced. Said to expand the army and prepare for war.What's more deadly is that because it used to be the capital of Qi State, although the Jixia Academy has been dilapidated, it was once the place where Confucian sages such as Mencius and Xunzi gave lectures. Its glory for 150 years was once regarded by scholars all over the world. For the holy place in the heart.This is why although Linzi is dilapidated, its style of writing is still flourishing.But now this holy place is occupied by a martial artist who came from grassroots and was despised by the aristocratic family. This feeling is like a coquettish and timid young lady being hugged by a stupid and rough wild man. , the visual impact is quite strong.

Now that Linzi is in ruins and everything is waiting to be done, the yellow scarf dare not stroke the beard lightly because of Lv Bu's powerful force and the tyrannical combat effectiveness of the troops under his command; Thoughts can only be attached to Lu Bu temporarily, but there is no need to think about it at all. As long as Qingzhou evaluates, it is estimated that these people will be the first to trip Lu Bu.

Just like now, Qingzhou cannot make ends meet on food, and Linzi officials are sighing and sighing because of the food problem in Linzi officialdom, as if the sky is about to fall.He couldn't think of a solution at all. All day long, Zi said Shiyun, speaking with the increasing number of refugees in Linzi City, and he seemed to be watching Lu Bu's show in his words.These people didn't dare to ask Lu Bu to be good-looking directly, so they could only pretend to be stupid in front of Zang Hong, which made Zang Hong and Lu Bu restless all day long, and Lu Bu even took out the army rations again and again to help the refugees.

There is no way to go on like this!Qin Xu, as the master of the army, knew about Lu Bujun's family background.Lu Bujun obtained a lot of gold, silver, coins, pearls, jade and other treasures from Meiwu, which amounted to about 20 gold, but the grain left so far is only about [-] shi.Due to the deliberate blockade by the surrounding forces, it is difficult for Lu Bu to buy food even if he has money. It is unknown whether a solution can be found to completely solve this problem, and whether it can be sustained until the natural disaster arrives.

Lu Bu belonged to the battlefield, and he was only thinking about how to recover the other counties and states in Qingzhou. All these "trivial matters" related to people's livelihood were simply put on Sima Zanghong of Qingzhou, but Zang Hong was a political expert. Anmin's ability is good, but he doesn't have the ability to conjure a lot of food out of thin air, which makes the word "grain and grass" almost become a taboo of Lao Zang during this period.

With more and more refugees in the city, Qin Xu also felt the danger.Thanks to the nine-year compulsory education, Master Qin clearly understands a truth, the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world!

Due to their inherent weakness, Lu Bu's army could hardly rely on the aristocratic families that had dominated the mainstream at the end of the Han Dynasty; the only thing they could rely on was the popular support within the forces.The people's heart seems to be quite illusory, but it actually affects the rise and fall of a power. Although the Lu Bu army now occupies Linzi and has nothing to do with the people, it has doubled the favor of the lower class people towards Lu Bu's army. It is a premise and cannot solve the fundamental problem.The most important thing right now is to feed these people.

Qin Xu originally wanted to suggest that Lu Bu use the property in his hands to buy from the big families in the city or temporarily borrow food to tide over the difficulties, but before Qin Xu proposed, he got Zang Hong's help from these big families who already had their children as officials in Linzi. According to the news of the failure to collect grain in the middle of the war, none of the families that survived the war was not a monkey spirit.After these people settled down in Linzi, all the beautiful maidservants in luxury cars and the owners of brocade clothes and clothes, after getting the news, they all burst into tears in unanimous agreement. After all the looting, it was also difficult to have food for the night. Since the talents of these rich families supported the government affairs at the bottom of Qingzhou, it was difficult to use force, which made Zang Hong angry and helpless.This way does not work.There is no other way, Qin Xu can only find another way.

When Qin Xu was also worried about the food problem, a piece of news sent back by Zang Ba secretly sent by Qin Xu made Qin Xu seem to think of a solution to the problem all at once.

When Zang Ba was young, he envied the life of a knight-errant, and became friends with Sun Guanyinli and others of Mount Tai. Until the bandits of Mount Tai were lured out by Cheng Yu's tricks, after Sun Guanyinli voted for Lu Bu, as Qin Xu expected, he stayed in his lair As expected, the rest of the Taishan bandits were besieged and suppressed by Lu Qian, the order of Shanyang.Lu Qian can be regarded as the No. [-] figure in Cao Jun, a Confucian general capable of both civil and military affairs, how could the thousands of Taishan bandits in the area be Lu Qian's opponent, and Wu Dun, who was left by Sun Guanyinli to watch the house, was also a rough guy. His kung fu was defeated by Cao Jun, and he lost his stronghold.

Fortunately, the bandits from Taishan Zonghengshan, and years of experience in confronting the government, made Wu Dun take the risk to escape.After several twists and turns, after learning the news that Zang Ba and Yin Li and Sun Guan were in Linzi, he led a remnant army of less than a dozen people to infiltrate Jinan through the border of Xuzhou. The reinstated Zang Ba.

"You said that you once wanted to go to Mu Taoqian in Xuzhou? Have you had friendship with people from Xuzhou before?" Qin Xu got a piece of news inadvertently after talking with Wu Dun.

"This... Master Qin, Brother Wu didn't know that we had already joined the lord, or else..." Zang Ba hadn't spoken yet, but Sun Guanyinli mistakenly thought that Qin Xu had misunderstood Wu Dun, and hurriedly explained .

"The two brothers don't need to say much, just listen to Master Qin's book!" Zang Ba saw what Qin Xu meant, and he wasn't blaming Wu Dun. below.

"Old Zang is right! I just want to know about Xuzhou's affairs! I wonder who you want to vote for?" Qin Xu nodded with a smile and said.Tao Qian is a character, and when he was young, he was also a hero who could count the names of the big men. The Taishan thief would never be able to catch his eyes, let alone friendship.

"Master Qin made me laugh. You also know that what we did was a business without capital." Sun Guan glanced at Qin Xu with some embarrassment. Carefully continued: "Mount Tai straddles the three states, and it has always been a must for business. After a long time, I have had some contacts with some big merchants in the three states. In order to avoid property loss, they have always been very kind to me. You are polite, there are filial offerings on New Year's Day, buy a peace; to be honest, each of them has strong financial resources, and I wait for it to eat, and I am also afraid of their strong servants, and gradually we have contacts, not to mention Whether it’s true friendship or not, but it’s more or less a friendship.”

"That's right, Mr. Qin, before knowing that the three elder brothers were taken in by General Lu, I was also thinking about whether I could find a shelter to find news about the elder brothers." Wu Dun continued. "A few days ago when my cottage was breached by Cao's army, a steward of the Mi family in Xuzhou happened to send this year's filial piety. I didn't want to be unlucky and happened to catch up. Although we are thieves, we always value faith and righteousness, so we risked our lives Rescued him, and when we parted, he also tried his best to persuade me to go to Xuzhou with him, and made a promise to find a future for my brother, saying that he is a distant relative of the head of the family, at least we can make a living in Mi's family .”

"The Patriarch of the Mi Family? But Mi Zhu who is known as a rich merchant in Xuzhou?" Qin Xu asked after listening to what Wu Dun and Sun Guan had said.

"Exactly!" Yin Li nodded and said, "This patriarch is only in his thirties, but he is a man. He has managed the huge Mi family to a very prosperous level, and he is very humble and courteous, and he doesn't despise us at all. , if we hadn't made up our minds to follow the lord, we would probably have voted for him in the end when encountering such things."

Hearing the loyal words of the three men beating around the bush, Qin Xu couldn't tell the truth. He encouraged the three men to order Zang Ba to send someone to settle Wu Dun, and fell into deep thought.

Mi Zhu, Mi family, isn't this the wealthy businessman who laid the foundation for Liu Bei's rise in the future?Historically, when Liu Bei entered Xuzhou, if it wasn’t for the support of the Mi family, they would not only have provided a huge amount of financial assistance, but also married his younger sister to Liu Bei. What’s more, Mi Zhu, who was a big brother-in-law, was quite generous, and he had also paid [-] yuan. A well-trained servant was given to Liu Bei as a dowry, so that Liu Bei, who originally had less than [-] soldiers and was only an order of Pingyuan, suddenly jumped to the ranks of the princes in the late Han Dynasty.

Since the three brothers around Zang Ba can talk to the Mi family, and the Mi family is a world-renowned wealthy businessman, can they cooperate with the Mi family, at least to buy some food to tide over the difficulties?And there is another advantage in choosing Xuzhou, that is, Tao Qian is old, and the older the world is, the less courageous he is. Some are displeased, but many are even more afraid. Even if they know about this, they probably don't dare to interfere and make too much noise.

Originally, Qin Xu wanted to report this matter to Lu Bu, but the word Xuzhou was like a curse, which made Qin Xu temporarily extinguish the idea of ​​telling Lu Bu.

First of all, this matter is still out of the question, it is just an idea.Not to mention whether the Mi family can agree to sell grain to Lu Bu.Only Xiapi City is nearly [-] miles away from Linzi, and it takes three or four days to go back and forth on a fast horse. There is an ambiguous state of Jinan in the middle, and a large number of grain and grass transportation lines are very unsafe.Furthermore, Qin Xu was really afraid that the inertia of history would make Lu Bu interested in Xuzhou before the chaos in Qingzhou was resolved.Qin Xu deeply knew that with Lu Bu's temper, it's not impossible to do this kind of thing.Therefore, it is better to inquire about it first and then tell Lu Bu after a conclusion is reached.

Having made up his mind, in order to prevent Lu Bu from taking advantage of the opportunity to get angry and scold others, Qin Xu secretly told Lu Lingqi about the matter after thinking about it for a while. He thought that this young lady would definitely be the same as before when she was in Huaicheng. That way, those who want to die or live have to follow; but I didn't expect that after listening to Qin Xu's words, Lu Lingqi agreed to keep Qin Xu's secret with a look of embarrassment, so Qin Xu couldn't help touching his nose and sighed. Don't guess what's on your mind, you can't figure it out even after guessing.

(End of this chapter)