Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 28 Farewell
Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

Bai Tu and Kong Rong came to see Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou.

Recently, the weather has entered winter, food roads are not smooth, and marching is inconvenient. Xiapi County finally stopped fighting, and Liu Bei was able to return to Pengcheng.

Previously, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu had their own victories and defeats in Xiapi, and Xuyi and Huaiyin counties were repeatedly lost. However, Xiangcheng, which was the seat of Xiapi's administration, remained strong. Yuan Shu continued to attack for several months, but could only return in defeat, and Huaiyin also recovered. .

Bai Tu came to say goodbye to Liu Bei because he was about to leave. Liu Bei should have already learned about this. After all, Dahan Ji was in Xudu to release information about Bai Tu to other states and counties. Pengcheng was not that far away and he should have arrived. ——The information released by Da Hanji can ignore the military confrontation between the princes. As long as the place they pass still belongs to the Han in name, it will only be based on the smoothness of the road itself.

I have been staying in Xiaopei for several months and now I am leaving. Due to emotions and reasons, Bai Tu should come to see Liu Bei.

Kong Rong and Liu Bei are also old acquaintances. When Kong Rong was the governor of Beihai County, he was besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, but he was able to break the situation by asking for help from Liu Bei.

Later, because Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao was attacking Xuzhou, he rushed to Xuzhou...

At that time, Liu Bei was a typical "only supporter of the army", with almost zero control over the local area and running around everywhere.

After Liu Bei left, Kong Rong was captured by Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan in Beihai, and he fled back to his hometown until he was conquered by Cao Cao not long ago.

Now that Bai Tu came to see Liu Bei, Kong Rong naturally followed.

Liu Bei was waiting at the city gate early again. This time only Zhang Fei accompanied him. Guan Yu was stationed in Xiapi, watching out for Yuan Shu.

"It's hard for me to welcome you from afar, but Tu is ashamed." Bai Tu has now learned to be polite to others.

"Mr. Bai's merit is in Sheji. If he comes to greet you from afar, others will poke his back." Liu Bei said quickly.

"Yes! If it were just me, the envoy wouldn't have to come out, but Mr. Bai is here. If you don't come out, I will be the first to poke you, hahaha..." Kong Rong and Liu Bei were familiar with each other, and they even joked.

"Master Kong is laughing at me! I've known Mr. Bai for a long time before you." Liu Bei also became less polite and greeted Bai Tu and Kong Rong normally.

When Zhang Fei saw that Lu Bu didn't come, he curled his lips with regret, looking like "a hero has no use for his words."

However, Bai Tu was quite familiar with him, so his interest was not waning.

"Hard disk, I heard from my elder brother that with your papermaking and printing, it will be easy to print books in the future? How about you give me a book of quotations for Lao Zhang one day?" Zhang Fei said curiously.

"My skills have been made public, can Yide print it himself?" Bai Tu secretly thought: I'll print the quotation for you, I'm afraid my adoptive father will kill the family out of righteousness.

"Third brother! Don't mess around." Liu Bei shook his head helplessly.

This time when Bai Tu entered Pengcheng, he enjoyed another welcome.

Last time, the people of Xuzhou welcomed Lu Bu, who forced Cao Cao to retreat, but this time they welcomed Bai Tu himself!
The common people of the Han Dynasty were still very simple. Although they had never studied at all, they still instinctively worshiped Bai Tu after hearing about his feats.

Especially from the promotion of books, the biggest gains are actually made by poor families and local powerful people - that is, small and medium-sized landowners. They have a small amount of wealth, but they are firmly blocked from the "gentry".

Even in the Song Dynasty, when imperial examinations were popularized, those who could read were rich families. If you want to popularize education to the real commoners, it is far from being able to do it by promoting books.

And those who live in cities, especially in prefectures, are many from "poor families" with some wealth. They have clearly understood that they want to get benefits, so naturally Baitu is very popular here!
At the Prefectural Pastoral Office, Liu Bei prepared another banquet. First, he toasted Bai Tu with great compliments, praising Bai Tu's "three great artifacts" - papermaking, printing, and elementary school, and his contribution to the common people of the country.

Bai Tu said with some embarrassment: "Speaking of which, I came here to bid farewell to Ambassador Liu this time. The imperial court appointed me as the shepherd of Yangzhou. I plan to go to Jiangdong to take up my post at a certain date, and my adoptive father will also go with me... However, most of Xiaopei’s soldiers and horses will stay, and Wenyuan and the others will not leave for a while.”

Xiaopei and Pengcheng were not far away. Liu Bei already knew about Bai Tu's adoption of Lu Bu as his adoptive father, so he was not surprised when he heard this.

"Mr. Bai, in my opinion, it's okay not to go to Yangzhou! Bei is willing to commend you to move to Xuzhou as a pastoralist. From now on, General Lu will stay in Xiaopei, and the three Bei brothers will stay in Xiapi. They will watch each other and help the Han Dynasty together!" Liu Bei said .

Liu Bei began to give up Xuzhou again, and this time as the target, Bai Tu could feel his sincerity even more.

If this is an act, then it's probably... no different from the real thing.

Zhang Fei on the side saw this and said quickly: "Brother... please don't, the hard disk will not agree."

Compared with the fierce opposition when Lu Bu was given up, when Liu Bei was given over to Bai Tu, Zhang Fei still gave him face. Although he objected, he did not get angry directly.

"Liu Shijun is in Xuzhou, and the people praise him, but Yan Baihu and Yuan Shu's minions are bringing trouble to Yangzhou. How can I abandon Yangzhou and covet Xuzhou?" Bai Tu refused quickly.

When Liu Bei and Kong Rong heard this, they felt that Bai Tu's figure was taller and taller, while Zhang Fei on the side was a little confused - why did he always feel that the hard disk's words were a bit hypocritical, as if Xuzhou was a mess?

But in an instant, Zhang Fei put this idea behind him... Listen to the elder brother, there is something to eat!

Yes, in the minds of Liu Bei and others, Yangzhou was inferior to Xuzhou in the hinterland of the Central Plains in terms of development and current situation, but in Bai Tu's mind, Yangzhou, which had the danger of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, was actually much stronger than Xuzhou.

Historically, Soochow Wu failed to get involved in Huainan, but it still made some achievements in Jiangdong - Jiangdong, a relatively peaceful place in troubled times, showed its development potential.

However, before Soochow, northerners underestimated Jiangdong too much. Even until the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, this kind of thinking still existed...

As for the current situation, Bai Tu is not worried about Jiangdong.

If you refer to history, you will know that after the Little Overlord crossed the river, he completely turned on the novice difficulty, cutting melons and vegetables, and sweeping through!
Although Yuan Shu, whom everyone is worried about now, is vaguely powerful as the best prince in the world, Bai Tu understands that Yuan Shu can defeat him on his own.

At that time, Yangzhou will be much superior to Xuzhou, which is the place of the Four Battles and has no danger to defend.

Bai Tu's words made Liu Bei admire him, but at the same time he could no longer speak to persuade him.

This time when Bai Tu came to say goodbye, Liu Bei did not entertain too many people. As the head of the family, apart from Zhang Fei, Liu Bei only had Jian Yong and Mi Zhu to accompany him.

Jian Yong is the counselor Liu Bei introduced to Bai Tu when he came last time, and Mi Zhu is the head of the Mi family. When Bai Tu came to Pengcheng last time, Mi Zhu was still sitting with other nobles, but now he is with Liu Bei Attend this relatively private banquet together...

It seems that as expected, Mi has already bet on Liu Bei!
Whether it was intentional or natural development, the Liu Bei Group also began to break through the limitations of "important ministers" to "warlords" and began to develop its own team.

The same characteristic between the two is that they are both very good-looking!

Jian Yong has a free and easy temperament, is eloquent, and can keep the atmosphere at the table down. Sometimes his behavior may seem rude, but it is not annoying, and can actually build some relationships.

Mi Zhu, on the other hand, has two kinds of energy - nobility and righteousness!

While looking graceful and noble, one can also feel that he is upright and upright, and his appearance and demeanor make people feel that he is a gentleman in the world.

After a banquet, the guests and hosts had a good time. Bai Tu rested at the State Shepherd's Mansion that night. When he was about to leave the next day, he was stopped by an unexpected person...

(End of this chapter)