Going to Changshan

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Li Su has always believed that as long as the matter of "Zhang Chun's rebellion" is over. With my own talents and foresight, it should not be difficult for myself and Liu Bei to climb up quickly in the last years of Emperor Ling.

Needless to say, let me give you the simplest example: The matter of selling officials in the West Garden of Lingdi is well known, right?

Of course, openly buying officials will definitely be despised by Qingliu scholars, which will not help win people's hearts in the future.

Therefore, it is best to combine meritorious service with buying an official. It is better to add more money and seek additional secrecy. Within the scope of discretion of the awarding official allowed by the merits, the money can be used to get the most benefits.

Secondly, when Emperor Ling bought officials, a small county magistrate with a reputation of four hundred shi sold it for four million yuan, and a county magistrate with two thousand shi sold it for 20 million yuan. But the tenure of these officials is only a year and a half. The name is "buy", but it is actually "rent".

If we really want to calculate the buyout price based on the actual use value of the official position, ten times the price is not enough.

For example, Cao Song, Cao Cao's father, bought a Taiwei for 50 million yuan in order to get rid of Sangong's addiction, and he did it for three to five months.

However, Li Su knew when Emperor Ling would die and when the princes would ask for Dong. In other words, Li Su could "rent" until the last term of Emperor Ling before his death.

This is equivalent to that you were originally a renter living in Beibei, and you obviously only paid three bets and one bet. As a result, the landlord died suddenly as soon as he moved in.

It's still the case that the household registration book is dead, the legal heir can't be found, and there is no will about the distribution of real estate.

Then you actually became a landlord. Is there anything better in the world than this?

Li Su's general policy for the next two to three years is to "turn buying into rent" as much as possible while doing meritorious service, amplifying the benefits of his and Liu Bei's meritorious deeds, and making a move at the time before the landlord's sudden death to maximize his own interests.

It's not in vain that I have read so many international relations and game theory in my previous life.

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It's only ninety miles from Anxi to Wuji.

Li Su's riding skills are not very good, so the group rode for nearly two hours.

In order to improve the horsepower, the horse was changed halfway.

Along the way, Li Su and Liu Bei talked about the world, and they almost understood the above-mentioned strategic layout in their hearts.

At about 3:00 noon, the city wall of Wuji County finally appeared on the horizon.

Zhang Fei took the lead, took off a leather bag from the horse's neck, and filled it with half-filled Zhongshan winter wine, just like drinking water. After drinking it, he complained:

"Brother, going to Zhen's house to pay homage to the funeral is just an excuse. Anyway, we have enough dry food and felt tents. One more thing is worse than one less thing. It doesn't matter if you go around Wuji and take some extra time."

Liu Bei couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "How can you be so reckless! When we left the city, we went to Zhen's house with the gatekeeper. Tomorrow, the county magistrate sees that I haven't returned, and will definitely investigate. If someone is sent to Wuji for inspection, they find that I Wouldn't the previous concealment be in vain if it didn't come to pass?

And I remember that Brother Zhen's wife, Mrs. Zhang, seems to be a real person in Changshan. Only by having a good relationship with the Zhen family can we help us smuggle across the Hutuo River to Changshan, and it will take half a day. "

Guan Yu listened, and nodded again and again: "Big brother is very safe, third brother, we just listen to the arrangement."

In a few words, we arrived at the east gate of Wuji County.

The guards in Wuji are obviously not as easy to talk to as in Anxi County. Especially when they saw Liu Bei's uniform cavalry, they became nervous after a distance of more than a hundred meters, drawing knives and spears to guard against each other.

"Who are you waiting for! Quickly show the talisman!" The gatekeeper's hand holding the sword and shield was sweating, fearing that the other party was a small group of Black Mountain bandits who had penetrated deep and missed the officers and soldiers patrolling the border between Changshan County and Zhongshan County. Dive here.

"My servant is Liu Bei, Lieutenant of Anxi County. Recently, I heard that my old friend Zhen Yi died of illness, so I came here to mourn the funeral." Liu Bei didn't play big cards, and held the official biography in his hand from a distance, and signaled Guan Zhang to restrain his men to wait. He rode alone Step forward to answer.

The gatekeeper took the official biography and read it carefully, and confirmed that it was an official from a neighboring county. He was relieved, but he still asked: "Since it's a funeral, why did you bring so many soldiers?"

There were nineteen riders and nearly forty horses in this group.

And because Liu Bei set up troops in Zhuojun, the cavalry of his direct descendants were all Hu and Han mixed. Especially this time it was too hasty, and Hanqi had to settle down at home, so most of them brought Wuhuan Tuqi.

This team seems to be very elite, no wonder the other party is afraid.

Liu Bei replied neither humble nor overbearing: "The black mountain bandits are rampant, and the roads are not safe. As a court military officer, how can you not be on guard when you travel? Isn't it the same for you Lu Xianwei—what's your name, but you are commendable for your diligence."

These few words are very ingenious.

First of all, it was conveyed that he and Wuji's Lv County Wei were colleagues. Secondly, he praised Wei Zhijun of Lu County for being on par with him, and also praised the door officials by the way.

There is a bit of "General Patton" saying "I promote you to sergeant, California boy" to the orderly who is strict with law enforcement.

The gatekeeper finally changed his attitude, and sent him off with a smile: "Lieutenant Liu is right, please enter the city—do you want to lead the way?"

"No need." Liu Bei played a full set, pretending to ask the other party's name seriously, as if he would really go to Lu Xianwei to give him a few words of praise, and then rode into the city.

...

The group soon arrived at Zhen's Mansion. Liu Bei dismounted first, and then Chen Qing came to inform him of his intentions.

The cavalry rested under the porch.

When they walked to the third entrance of the main courtyard, they saw two young men with gray-yellow Ge scarves on their heads and white raw silk robes descending to greet them.

The requirement for mourning clothes in the Han Dynasty is that dyeing is not allowed, that is, the natural color of the fabric should be preserved. The headscarves can only be made of Gebu or linen, not silk, so there are very few pure white ones.

But there is no limit to the material of clothes. The raw silk filial piety clothes of the rich are pure white; the poor wear hemp and kudzu. Later, when Cao Cao was in power, he cracked down on the trend of heavy burials and simplified the grades of filial piety, so he forcibly unified the material of filial piety in terms of etiquette.

So judging by the youth's attire, one can tell that they are Zhen Yi's sons.

Liu Bei bowed his hands politely, explaining the intention of coming: "My condolences to the two young masters, servant Anxi county captain Liu Bei, who had a little friendship with your father in the early years, and recently heard that an old friend passed away, so he came a step late. These are my second brother, third brother, Mr. Li, the bookkeeper."

"It turned out to be Lieutenant Liu. Xio said so. Your Excellency came here at the same time. He closed the door and went up and down. We are all very kind." The young man also returned the salute and bowed, and then introduced each other.

The older one on the left is named Zhen Yan, fifteen years old, and the one on the right is Zhen Yao, only thirteen years old.

After all, Zhen Yi was only in his thirties when he died, so the men in the family were naturally relatively young. Seeing that Zhenyan brothers are not very mature in their speech, they dare not take it too seriously when receiving guests.

This is just convenient for playing by ear.

A group of people were led to the mourning hall by Zhen Yan. Liu Bei bowed in front of Zhen Yiling and said some clichés like "Brother Zhen walks slowly, younger brother will be a step late", and the worship was considered to be over.

The funeral has been going on for a month and a half, and the people who should have come to pay homage have already come, so today they are the guests, so they don't pay too much attention.

When Liu Bei paid homage, Li Su kept watching secretly and curiously.

The mansion is very luxurious, and he also knows that Zhen Mi belongs to this family, but the little girl is only four or five years old now, so she probably won't be able to see the beauty or ugliness when she sees her. Even her four older sisters would have to be in mourning for three years before she could think about it, so Li Su had no sex at all.

"I came here today to ask for help, so I'm just thinking about it." Li Su reminded himself inwardly, and then withdrew his mind.

On the other side, Zhen Yan had already returned the salute, and asked casually: "Lieutenant Liu was exhausted from the journey, he is really negligent. My nephew is young and ignorant, and my father didn't have time to explain many things. I don't know why Liu Xianwei and his father Acquaintance, but also to ask."

It can be seen that Zhen Yan also has some doubts that these people are here to make friends with Qiufeng. It's just that as a son of an aristocratic family, you still have to pay attention to decency, so you didn't show it when you worshiped just now.

However, Liu Bei's road has long been thought out: "The Zhen family is in charge of the Liaodong trade route. Does anyone in this county know? Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang and other wealthy merchants in Zhuo County who sell Wuhuan war horses, you should have a lot of contacts, right?

In his early years, Bei traveled to Luoyang to study. He was a guide for Zhang and Su, and sold horses to Sili. Three years ago, Su Shuang got a batch of good Wuhuan horses from western Liaoning, and on the way home, he met Brother Zhen by chance. Brother Zhen took a fancy to one of them and wanted to buy it, but Su Shuang also agreed to give it to him when he came back.

It's just that on the way home, there was a riot of yellow scarves, and Bei hurriedly joined the disciples in the village, and the rebels hunted down the thieves, so Su Shuang gave the batch of horses to Bei. Prepared to be diligent in putting the country's crisis first, so it was temporarily embezzled. Unexpectedly, after delaying for several years and neglecting to investigate and visit, Bei would break his trust in Brother Zhen. When you come here this time, you should offer this horse. "

Li Su was beside her, and she was quite impressed when she heard Liu Bei's words. Fortunately, he was well restrained and did not show a surprised expression.

Liu Bei is really good at making friends with his EQ.

Sure enough, Zhen Yan immediately thanked him seriously after hearing the words: "Uncle Shi is so righteous, comparable to Ji Zha hanging a sword, my nephew is ashamed."

The allusion of Ji Zha hanging the sword is that when Ji Zha, the prince of the state of Wu, visited Xu Guojun in the Spring and Autumn Period, Xu Jun fell in love with the sword he was wearing. Because Ji Zha had a mission to other countries, it was inconvenient to give the sword immediately, so he promised Send it when he comes back.

But when Ji Zha came back, Xu Jun had already died of illness, so Ji Zha hung the sword on the tree in front of Xu Jun's grave, so he was regarded by the world as a moral model of respecting promises and keeping promises.

Now Zhen Yan has not heard his deceased father mention Liu Bei's debt to him, but Liu Bei took the initiative to "keep his promise" and he really deserves this honor.

Zhen Yan thought for a while, and then kindly invited: "I don't know if Shishu's military affairs are worthless, but if you have time, why not stay in the humble house for a few more days, so that my nephew can enjoy the kindness of the landlord. Four days Afterwards, it will be the day when my late father dies, and there will be many other distinguished guests visiting at that time, Uncle Shi just happened to have a briefing with everyone."

Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged, but his demeanor obviously hesitated.

It is estimated that he regretted the performance a little in his heart, which caused Zhen's family to be too moved, and instead kept the guests too attentive and self-defeating.

Of course it's impossible to stay to participate in Zhen Yi's seven-breaking ceremony. By then, Duyou's corpse will stink, and they won't be arrested for their business.

Seeing this, Li Su knew that he needed his help to make a rescue at this time, so she quickly said, "My lord, didn't you say that you didn't get along with Zhang Duyou and Pang County Magistrate recently, and that something happened here, and you still have to go to Yecheng to appeal?"

"Bo Ya! This is my private matter, why bother others." Liu Bei answered the words very understandingly, and then turned to Zhen Yan, "I made my nephew laugh, and Li Shuzhen is also afraid that I will stay for a long time, and then I will be with those colleagues who have quarrels Seeing you here will make it difficult for you."

Zhen Yan originally mentioned it casually, but when she saw this, she stopped insisting: "It's okay, Brother Li also has good intentions. This is my nephew's presumptuousness. Since my uncle has other business affairs, I dare not force him to stay."

Liu Bei took the opportunity to ask: "Actually, Bei originally planned to go to Yecheng to appeal some matters. But today I was in a hurry to go to Lu Nu to get the amulet, so it is difficult to pass the customs inspection. I wonder if my nephew can help me With a helping hand, send me to Changshan? It also saves the trouble of preparing for Lunu."

"What's the difficulty? I'll let Uncle Zhang take you with me in a while. With the banner of our Zhenjia caravan, the sentinel Sima of Zhendingdu, I dare not make mistakes." Zhen Yan fully agreed, and this help is for the Zhen family. Totally trivial.

"Then thank you very much." Liu Bei cupped his hands and signaled.