The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 87 Liu Bei Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage
Since Liu Bei visited Kong Ming for the second time but could not return to Xinye, time flies, and it is another spring of the year.Cao Cao in the north was satisfied, and Uncle Liu Huang in Xinye was also suddenly proud, because Mrs. Gan gave birth to a son for him in the spring of this year.Mrs. Gan said that she had dreamed of swallowing the Big Dipper and became pregnant, so Liu Bei named her son A Dou.

Liu Bei has been fighting for so many years, and he is almost fifty years old. He finally got a son when he was old. Naturally, he is very happy and loves him very much.But the family has increased the population and the cost is high, so Liu Bei has to continue to visit and recruit talents to work for him, so as to earn more money for milk powder.

Therefore, Liu Bei asked someone to calculate a good day, fasted for three days, took a perfume bath, put on new clothes, and prepared to visit Zhuge Liang again in Wollongong.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not happy, and they remonstrated together: "Brother, you have already visited twice in person, and the etiquette is grand enough. It must be that Zhuge Liang has a false name but no practical knowledge, so he avoided seeing the elder brother. Why are you so obsessed with this person!" In the original book, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't like Zhuge Liang for a long time, maybe the roots were planted here. I personally looked for you twice, but you still avoided seeing me, what are you so stupid about?

Liu Bei said: "Otherwise, when Duke Huan of Qi asked to see Dongguo Savage, he had to go back and forth five times before seeing him once. What's more, what I asked to see was a great sage of the time!"

Zhang Fei said again: "Brother, what you said is wrong. This Zhuge Liang is just a villager. How can he be called a great sage? This time I don't need to go, I can go by myself. If he doesn't come, I will use it." Tie him here with a hemp rope!"

Liu Bei scolded: "What nonsense! Haven't you heard the story of King Wen of Zhou visiting Jiang Ziya? Even King Wen respects sages so much, how could you be so rude! Don't go this time, I'll just go with Yun Chang !"

Zhang Fei said: "Since the two elder brothers have gone, how can the younger brother not go!" It's also good to go for a walk!

"If you want to go, don't be rude."

"Got it, got it!"

So the three of them mounted their horses and headed to Longzhong again with a few entourages.Half a mile away from the thatched hut, Liu Bei got off his horse and walked, just in time to meet Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Liang's younger brother.

Liu Bei hurriedly saluted and asked, "Is Brother Ling at home today?"

Zhuge Jun replied: "I just came back last night, the general just happened to be able to see my brother today." After speaking, he left in a hurry.

Liu Bei said excitedly: "This time I am finally lucky enough to meet my husband!"

Zhang Fei pointed at Zhuge Jun, and said unhappily: "This man is too rude, he took us to the village anyway, why did he leave by himself!"

Xuande said: "He may have something to do, how can he force it, don't talk later, let's go in!"

The three came to the village and knocked on the door. The little boy opened the door and asked who it was.Liu Bei replied: "Please inform me, Liu Bei will come to see you sir."

The little boy said: "Although the master is at home today, he has fallen asleep in the thatched cottage and hasn't woken up yet!"

Liu Bei said: "In this case, don't report it yet." Then he told Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to wait outside the door. He walked slowly into the room and saw a scholar lying on his back on a few seats in the thatched cottage.Liu Bei didn't bother, standing under the steps and waiting.

After a long time, Zhuge Liang still didn't wake up. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were waiting outside, so they went in to check. It didn't matter, Zhang Fei was almost blown away. His elder brother had been standing there waiting, but that guy actually Been sleeping,.

Zhang Fei was furious, and said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, why is this guy so arrogant! Our eldest brother was standing under the steps waiting, but he kept pretending that he couldn't sleep. I went to the back of the house and lit a fire to see if he got up. Sorry!"

Guan Yu was actually very upset, because Guan Yu is also very proud, especially now that Guan Yu is well-known in the world, even the most powerful Cao Cao is very polite to him, and this scholar named Zhuge Liang is not well-known. The family has also declined, and there is no official position, why are you so arrogant?
But Guan Yu was afraid that Liu Bei would blame him, so he tried to persuade Zhang Fei repeatedly. When Liu Bei heard Zhang Fei yelling there, he hurried over and scolded him, telling him to wait outside the door.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was sleeping in broad daylight, finally made some noise. He turned over and fell asleep again, facing inward!
Liu Bei was afraid that Zhang Fei would go crazy again, so he drove him outside the door and waited. He stood under the steps and waited for nearly an hour.

Zhuge Liang finally woke up, because it would be shameful to sleep any longer. After such a long period of observation and testing, he finally confirmed that Liu Bei really came to visit him.In fact, he did not see him for the first two times and pretended to be asleep this time. He was testing Liu Bei, not only testing Liu Bei's sincerity but also his patience. It's also meaningless.

Kongming stretched his waist, and chanted a poem: "Who will wake up to the big dream first? I know it all my life. The cottage is full of sleep in spring, and the sun is late outside the window." After reciting the poem, Kongming turned over and asked the boy, "Is there any guest? "

The boy said, "Uncle Liu Huang is here. I have been waiting for a long time."

Zhuge Liang got up and said: "Why didn't you report it early, wait for me to change my clothes!" Then he turned into the back hall, and it took another long time to come out.

It was the first time that Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang's appearance clearly. He was eight feet long, his face was like a crown jade, he was wearing a lun scarf, and he was wearing a crane cloak. He looked like a fairy!
So, after visiting the thatched cottage three times, Liu Bei finally met Zhuge Liang, expressed his ideal and begged Zhuge Liang to come out to help.Zhuge Liang declined at first, but then Liu Bei cried so much that his sleeves and robe were wet with tears, Kong Ming was moved, and finally agreed to Liu Bei, and made him a development plan, known as "Longzhong Dui" in history.

In Zhuge Liang's plan, the first and most important step for Liu Bei to achieve hegemony was to occupy Jingzhou first, and the second step was to take Yizhou, and then form a three-legged alliance with Cao Cao in the north and Sun Quan in the south.

But Liu Bei said: "Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou are both clan relatives of the Han Dynasty. How can I bear to take them?"

Kong Ming said: "Looking at the sky at night, Liu Biao will die soon, but Liu Zhang is not the master of his career, and he will return to the general after a long time."

Liu Bei thought to himself, if Liu Biao passed away, and both of Liu Biao's sons had no great talents, it is really possible for Jingzhou to fight for it, just like how Tao Qian gave Xuzhou to me back then!
So, after Zhuge Liang arranged the affairs at home, he ordered his younger brother Zhuge Jun to study hard at home, and then returned to Xinye with Liu Bei.Liu Bei treated Kong Ming like a teacher, eating and sleeping together, and talking about world affairs all day long.

(End of this chapter)