The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 831
Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You with admiration, pondered for a moment, stroked the beard on his chin, and asked the rest of the staff in the tent: "Ziyuan's words are very suitable for me, what do you think?"

After all, Qu Yi has been with him for so many years, Yuan Shao thinks that he still treats him kindly, and believes that as long as he offers a little favor, he can return to his account.

Everyone in the tent nodded, and answered with cupped hands: "I will second the proposal."

Yuan Shao saw that there was no objection, so he appointed Guo Tu, a counselor under his command, as a lobbyist to go to Fanyang.

Puyang City, the prefect's mansion.

Pang Ji hurried over, but he didn't see Lu Bu in the lobby. After inquiring, he learned that Lu Bu had gone to Pushui in the suburbs.

Riding on a fast horse, Pang Ji left the county town and rushed towards Pushui.

The Pu River flows through the Spring and Autumn Weidi, which is the so-called Pu of "Sangjian Pushang".One is called Puqu Water.There are two branches in the upper and lower reaches: the upper one first receives Jishui from the west of Fengqiu County, Henan Province, and flows northeast; It merges in the west of Changyuan County.It flows east through the north of the county to the southeast of Huaxian County, and then it is divided into two parts: one branch passes through the north of Dongming County, Shandong Province, and is called Beipu River, and flows from the northeast to the south of Juancheng County and flows into the Huzi River; the other branch passes through the south of Dongming County and passes through Heze in the east. Mudan District flows into Leixia Ze in the north and Juye Ze in the east.

There is also a famous allusion about Pushui.

In the past, Zhuangzi was fishing by the Pu River. When the king of Chu learned about it, he sent two ministers to invite him, saying that he would appoint Zhuangzi as a minister.

Zhuangzi, who was fishing, did not turn his head back, but asked the emissary: ​​"I heard that there is a tortoise in Chu. It was three thousand years old when it died. .Then, would this divine turtle prefer to die in order to show its dignity by leaving a skeleton? Or would it rather live in the mud and drag its tail?"

The two messengers replied: "Of course I would rather live in the mud and crawl with my tail dragging."

Zhuangzi nodded and said calmly, "I would rather drag my tail in the mud, so please go back!"

This allusion was later recorded in "Zhuangzi Qiushui".

Arriving at Pushui, Lu Bu and his soldiers were busy digging ditches in the ground with their trousers rolled up, sleeves rolled up and shovels waved.

Pang Ji got off his horse and came over, saw Guo Jia was also here, so he stepped forward and asked, "Feng Xiao, what are you doing, my lord?"

"Can't you see it? Of course it's about to build a canal."

Guo Jia held his hands in his arms. When Lu Bu checked the government affairs of Dongjun recently, he found that Dongjun was seriously affected by the Zhuohe River. No grain harvest.

Therefore, Lu Bu decided to follow the example of Li Bing, the governor of Shu in the Qin State, and built water canals in Dongjun to prevent the raging of the muddy river as much as possible, effectively preserve water resources, and facilitate the people to irrigate the fields.

Anyway, he had been idle recently, and before Qu Yi had trained the recruits, Lu Bu had no intention of attacking Hebei.

"It took Li Bing 30 to [-] years to complete the construction of Dujiangyan. Although the conditions were difficult at that time, it may take at least seven or eight years for the master to repair this canal."

Pang Ji couldn't help feeling that the day lily would be cold when it was repaired.

"Yuantu, my lord just wants to set an example. For things like repairing water, the sheriffs of East County and other places will naturally be fully responsible in the future."

Guo Jia said with a smile, many things cannot be accomplished overnight, if you don't do it, you will never be able to complete it.But if you do it, even if you only do a small amount a day, there will always be a day when you will finish it.

Pang Ji nodded in agreement, and instead of chatting with Guo Jia, he walked towards where Lu Bu was.

Little Lingdang and his younger brother Lu Xiao were also here, their faces were covered with mud, and their hair was also a little stained. They were using the mud piled on the ground with a shovel to make statues.

Looks very happy.

With such a dirty appearance, he doesn't look like the daughter and son of a great general, but like a wild girl and a brat raised by a farm family.But if Lu Bu didn't reprimand him, others naturally didn't dare to make irresponsible remarks.

Pang Ji came over, bowed slightly, and took the initiative to salute: "I have met the eldest lady and the young master."

"Can you recognize the clay figurines we piled up?" Little Bell laughed, revealing two rows of white jade-like teeth.

Pang Ji pretended to be very serious, and took a closer look, but the craftsmanship of the two siblings was really not very good, let alone Pang Ji, even if everyone here was called, they probably wouldn't be able to recognize them.

Pang Ji randomly guessed the answer: "Such a heroic and mighty figure, I think he is a general."

He is heroic and mighty, thanks to him being able to speak without conscience.

"Haha, you guessed wrong, this is Qingtong, not Daddy!" Little Lingdang smiled proudly, she hadn't returned to Chang'an City for a long time, she missed her mother and younger brother very much.

Put up a statue of my mother later, and the whole family will be neatly together.

Little Bell thought happily.

"Yuan Tu, why are you here?" Hearing Pang Ji's voice, Lu Bu straightened up and asked Pang Ji with a shovel in his hand.

There are so many people talking now, Pang Ji couldn't answer directly, so he walked quickly to Lv Bu, and reported to Lv Bu in a very small voice: "My lord, there is an urgent report from the school affairs office, saying that Yuan Shao has sent someone to Fan Yang, it seems that he is going to persuade Qu Yi to surrender. So I came here to ask for instructions, whether we should make preparations before that."

Hearing this, Lu Bu handed over the shovel to the soldiers, came up from the field, washed the yellow mud off his hands by the Pu River, and walked along the river with Pang Ji.

"Qu Yi is an arrogant person. He chose me because Yuan Shao no longer believed in him. If I send people to guard against him because of this, it will only end in failure and make him feel resentful. This will affect future attacks. Hebei, it's not a good thing."

Lu Bu talked slowly, since Qu Yi chose to betray Yuan Shao, he would definitely not return to Yuan Shao's tent again.

"But, what if..."

Pang Ji hesitated to speak, but still had some scruples. He was not afraid of ten thousand things, but just in case.

"Yuan Tu doesn't need to worry too much, I dare say that Qu Yi will not betray me!"

Lu Bu said it with absolute certainty that there are not a few people who have dealt with him over the years. They are gentle, kind, cruel, hypocritical, smug, and obedient. He has never seen any kind of people.

A conceited person like Qu Yi who is full of arrogance and feels that the boss is his second child is absolutely impossible to return to Yuan Shao's command.What's more, by Qu Yi's side, there was Lu Bu'an's hidden game. If Qu Yi rebelled, this person would kill Qu Yi immediately.

A few days later, news came from Fanyang.

As expected, Qu Yi did what Lu Bu said and did not return to Yuan Shao's command.Not only that, he also publicly scolded Guo Tu for flattering the villain, and ordered someone to cut off Guo Tu's left ear to show his breakup.

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and sent his general Yan Liang, with more than ten thousand troops, to increase troops in the direction of Wei County.

(End of this chapter)