Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 226
In the second half of the 11th year of Jian'an, there were wars in various parts of the Han Dynasty.

Cai Mao and Zhang Lu fought in many places in Berkshire. The two sides were equally matched, with similar numbers of troops and tactics. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, they were pecking at each other.

However, because Huang Zu was displeased with being captured alive by Zhou Yu, he secretly returned to Jiangxia. With the support of Liu Biao, he trained the navy and built ships, preparing to attack Jiangdong again and eliminate Sun Quan.

Yuan Shang also actively prepared food, grass, weapons and equipment in the first half of the year, and wanted to come to Bobo as soon as possible while Cao Cao was concentrating on the south.

So in the second half of the 11th year of Jian'an, all places were at war, and Huang Zu led [-] Jiangxia naval forces to invade Jiangdong on a large scale.Yuan Shang led an army of [-], and stayed [-] in Yecheng to attack Qingzhou.

At the beginning of the 12th year of Jian'an, the whole Han Dynasty was fighting everywhere. Even Han Sui in Guanzhong wanted to destroy Ma Teng and occupy Xiliang and Guanzhong as soon as possible. The Xiongnu came to invade the east of the river.

Under pressure, Ma Teng finally agreed to Cao Cao's request to become an official in Chendu, but there were also conditions, that is, his eldest son Ma Chao must command his soldiers and horses, and Cao Cao had to send troops to assist him.

In order to return to Guanzhong as soon as possible and drive away Han Sui's forces, Zhong Yao agreed to his conditions.So Hedong belonged to the imperial court and was occupied by Zhong Yao, Duan Yao and others.

In other words, the current situation is that Ma Teng lured wolves into the house at the cost of taking himself hostage, in exchange for their Ma family's respite.

So this led to chaos in Guanzhong.

The forces of Han Sui, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shang attacked each other, and the small princes such as Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, and Yang Qiu were mixed in, making the already dilapidated The unbearable Guanzhong is even more withered.

And when there were endless wars all over the country, Liu Bei, who was far away in Jingnan, was still in the stage of recuperation. Although he did not get Jingnan, he was acquiesced by Liu Biao to station troops in southern Hunan.

At this moment in the Xiangnan County Yamen, Liu Bei is in a very depressed mood. His eldest son passed away a few months ago, and he has been in mourning all this time.

In history, he actually had many sons and daughters, but in the early battles with Cao Cao and Lu Bu, his family members were repeatedly robbed, resulting in his sons and daughters either dying early or being scattered among the rebellious army. When they arrived in Xinye, only two daughters were still there. In the end, Yu Changbanpo was taken away by Cao Cao.

But now, because Shen Chen had reminded him early to disperse his family members among himself, every time there was a big defeat, the family members were safe and sound, hiding in other county towns, protected by the guard Chen Dao.

Only when Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei the last time, Guan Yu and his two wives were captured alive, while his son and daughter were protected by Chen Dao and fled elsewhere.

It wasn't until Liu Bei returned to Runan again that Chen Dao brought his children to join him.

This makes Liu Bei's eldest son, who should have died or disappeared in the war in history, not die. He followed him to Changsha County alive. He is 12 years old this year. He was born when he was a herdsman in Xuzhou in 194 AD, and he is about to grow up. adult, to be his heir.

As a result, because of the miasma in the south, Liu Bei's eldest son wandered around since he was a child. He was often frightened and lacked food and clothing.

For several months, Liu Bei was in great pain, but for the sake of the great cause of the world, he had to support his body. He still handled official documents normally every day, and often went to the military camp to train soldiers.

Today Liu Bei was handling official business in the county government office, when Chen Dao suddenly came in and said, "Report, Uncle Emperor, Liu Mi from Changsha came to ask for an audience."

"Oh?"

Liu Bei had heard that Liu Mi was a descendant of the King of Changsha. Although he had disappeared from everyone like him, he was also a relative of the Han family. He was a famous local family in Changsha, so he said, "Please come in quickly."

Soon a middle-aged man walked into the hall with a young man. The person who came was Liu Mi from the Changsha Liu family. When he saw Liu Bei, he cupped his hands and said, "Greetings, General Zuo."

Liu Bei got up quickly and said: "Your step and I are both relatives of the Han family. They have the same surname and the same clan. Please don't be too polite. Please sit down!"

Liu Mi smiled and said, "Thank you, General Zuo, this is my nephew named Kou Feng."

Liu Bei looked over and saw the handsome and handsome young man, and he immediately liked it, so he said, "Sit down quickly, both of you."

The two sat down.

Liu Mi said: "General Zuo stationed troops in the south of Hunan. He has always had a virtuous government. The local people love him. My Liu family is a big family in Changsha and I am willing to help. My nephew has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and is quite brave. I heard that I want to send it to my family. The Zihe clan helped the general, so they clamored to come."

Kou Feng also cupped his hands and said: "General Zuo's reputation is as powerful as thunder, and he is willing to bring my Kou clan to join the general's army and help the general achieve great things!"

Although Jingnan is remote, there are many capable people.

Liu Biao seems to be powerful, but he is too old, and he is eager to attack Xichuan and Jiangdong. In fact, he wants to pacify the south as soon as possible, and then quell the internal troubles before he dies, paving the way for the eldest son Liu Qi or the second son Liu Cong to rise to power.

It's just that many people think that Liu Biao will definitely not be able to win Yizhou and Yangzhou in a short time. Once he falls before taking these two places, then Liu Biao's family will be exhausted and fall apart.

Therefore, many aristocratic families began to seek other Ming lords who could lead Jingzhou to dominate. Liu Bei, who is currently stationed in southern Shonan, is obviously a good choice.

Therefore, these local big families in Jingnan want to invest in him one after another. Liu Mi is close, so he naturally wants to be the first to join him.

As for the defection of the aristocratic family, Liu Bei certainly did not refuse anyone who came, and said very happily at the moment: "The two of you can help me, and I am very happy. We are short of two such talents in our army. If you don't give up, You can enter my shogunate."

Aristocratic families can give a lot of benefits, such as stabilizing the place, providing money and weapons and equipment, and these aristocratic families have a lot of land and population, which can supplement soldiers and food.

So Liu Bei also gave a generous reward and invited Liu Mi to join his shogunate.

As General Zuo, he can start a mansion. In addition to the name of Yuzhou Mu, among the official positions given by the actual court, he is the second largest prince in Jingzhou after Liu Biao. At least before Sun Quan got Yangzhou Mu, he had no official position. Liu Beigao is not as legitimate as him.

Liu Bei invited himself to join the shogunate, and Liu Mi naturally accepted the invitation, and the three of them continued to talk. During the conversation, Liu Bei liked Kou Feng very much, and unconsciously thought of adopting him as a foster son.

After having this idea, Liu Bei made indirect remarks. It turned out that Kou Feng was born in the Kou family, a rich family in Luo County. Kou Feng's parents died early, so he followed his uncle Liu Mi without parents.

After hearing the news, Liu Bei planned to express his thoughts on accepting him as a foster son.

"Sir and I are of the same clan."

Liu Bei deliberated on his sentence and said to Liu Mi: "Nephew Kou Feng is also a nephew, who happens to be under my knee."

is talking.

A maidservant hurried over from the backyard and whispered a few words to Liu Bei.

Liu Mi and Kou Feng saw the ecstasy on Liu Bei's face, and then stood up and said to them: "You two, there are some things in the back house, wait for me to stay for a while, and I will let someone talk to you about the specific matters."

"It's okay, the general's business is important."

Liu Mi said quickly.

"Thank you sir for your forgiveness, excuse me."

Liu Bei kept apologizing, and then hurried to the backyard.

The two were puzzled.

However, Liu Bei didn't make them wait too long. After a while, Jian Yong and Sun Gan came over and chatted with them.

And Liu Bei came to the backyard and hurried to Mrs. Gan's room.

It turned out that the maidservant told him that Mrs. Gan was not in good health recently, so she went to the doctor for diagnosis and diagnosed the Xi pulse.

After knowing that he might have a son again, Liu Bei put out the idea of ​​adopting a son and came to visit.

"lady."

Liu Bei entered the room and saw Mrs. Gan lying on the bed, accompanied by Mrs. Mi, he walked over happily, held Mrs. Gan's hand and said, "Ma'am."

Mrs. Gan smiled and said, "Husband, I feel unwell these days and often feel like vomiting. I thought that I might be pregnant, so I asked the doctor to have a look. Unexpectedly, I was indeed pregnant."

"It's good to be pregnant, it's good to be pregnant."

Liu Bei patted Mrs. Gan's hand excitedly. His eldest son died of illness, leaving only two daughters. There is no successor to the great cause, which always makes people feel decadent.

Now Mrs. Gan is pregnant again. Although it is not known whether it is a boy or a girl, there is hope.

If there is hope, there will be a rush, which has lifted his mood and emotions a lot.

Seeing that he was as happy as a child, the two wives immediately showed cheerful smiles, as if they were also happy because of Liu Bei's happiness.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei looked at the two wives, felt sad for a moment, and couldn't help but sighed: "I wandered around in the early years, and let the two wives suffer with me. Now I have finally settled down, and I don't have to worry about it."

Madam Mi said with a smile: "Yes, husband, it's finally a little more stable now, I only hope that my sister can inherit my husband's great career after giving birth to a child."

Mrs. Gan looked at Mrs. Mi, took her hand and said, "My sister and I love each other as sisters. We support each other every day these years. My husband can't neglect my sister just because I'm pregnant."

"It's natural, the two wives suffer with me, and I will never let you be displaced again in the future!"

Liu Bei hugged them, his gaze was extremely firm.

Over the years, he has let down too many people, whether it is his wife and children, or those brothers and sisters who follow him.

From now on, I, Liu Bei, will definitely make a career out of it, and I will never disappoint my family and generals!
"Report!"

At this time, someone came to report from outside the door.

Liu Bei then told the servant girl to take good care of the two wives, went out of the backyard, and asked in the porch, "What's the matter?"

The attendant who came to report said: "Report to the general, there is a merchant named Zhou Lin asking to see him."

"Oh?"

Liu Bei was puzzled, why did merchants come to him?
Could it be that like those aristocratic families, they also want to learn from Lu Buwei to make rare goods to live in?
But since someone asked to see him, he would naturally not refuse anyone who came, not to mention merchants, even ordinary civilians could come in and out of his mansion at will to find him.

Soon Liu Bei summoned Zhou Lin in the side courtyard.

Zhou Lin is the merchant representative of the joint fleet of many families in Xichuan, and has many transactions with Huang Menting.

But now because of the wars between Xichuan, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou, it is difficult to maintain his business. In the past two years, he listened to Shen Chen's suggestion and went to Jiaozhi.

Jiaozhi is actually rich in spices, jewelry, ivory, medicinal materials, food, and minerals. However, due to its remote location and dangerous road traffic, except for the governor of Jiaozhou, basically no one is interested in that place.

However, when the commerce in the south was nearly cut off due to the war, Zhou Lin could only choose to send people to try his luck, but he did not expect to find a lot of good things.

For example, there is a kind of rice in Rinan County in the south of Cochin, which has a large yield and a short growth cycle, and it seems that it can be planted alternately with southern rice.

Shen Chen asked for this kind of rice by name, but Zhou Lin wanted to sell it for a good price, so he sold it everywhere in Jingzhou, but the aristocratic families in various places were not very interested in this kind of rice, so he found Liu Bei to see if he needed it. need.

(End of this chapter)