There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

He flipped through the pages one by one, grasping the general situation of Jiangling City in his mind, and then led the people under his command to inspect various mansions and warehouses.

Regardless of whether Liu Qiong is a false emperor or not, Liu Bei, Liu Biao and others have ruled Jingzhou for seven years in the name of this little emperor. Now Jingzhou has changed hands. For ordinary people, it is not a simple change. It's just a master, but a change of days.

Therefore, the treatment of the people in Jingzhou, especially the pacification work, must be more meticulous and delicate than other places.

After inspecting the situation in Jingzhou roughly, and returning to the government office in Jiangling City, it was already dark.

The pottery merchant ordered his subordinates to appease the people in the city and the next step of the policy for Jingzhou, and then asked someone to bring two captives over.

The two captives were personally ordered by the potter to meet.

They were all sitting in the city, and none of them fled with Liu Qiong, Fu Wan and others.

It was Xu Shu and Shi Tao.

These two people were also celebrities that Sima Hui knew, and they had a close relationship. They later belonged to Liu Bei, but the time was not long. Before they established their achievements, Liu Bei's foundation was all lost.

After the two were brought in front of the potter, they both bowed their hands to the potter for questioning.

The potter fiddled with a tea bowl in his hand, and asked, "Both gentlemen are great talents, why should they belong to Liu Bei?"

Xu Shu said to the pottery merchant, "Pang Degong and Pang Tong both personally wrote letters to invite each other, so they had to go."

The potter raised his head and looked at them: "Mr. Shui Jing also wrote letters on my behalf. Could it be that he is not as good at speaking as Mr. Pang De?"

Xu Shu said: "Mr. Shui Jing is also an expert. Since he personally bought the book, he must have a very high opinion of the prime minister. I will return to Jingzhou after waiting, and I have lived in the local area for many years. I can't bear to betray... Ask the prime minister to punish me."

The pottery merchant looked at Xu Shu seriously for a while, only to find that he also raised his head and looked at him seriously.

He turned his head to look at Shi Tao again, and found that Shi Tao was not as firm as Xu Shu's gaze, and was evasive in the face of his direct gaze.

The pottery merchant probably had a clear idea.

He said to Xu Shu: "You can't bear to betray, but have you ever thought about today...you two are not afraid that I will capture you and kill you?"

Chapter 882 Two old men

It seems that the potter's words have been figured out a long time ago, but Shi Tao said first: "There is an old saying that Taoism is virtuous and noble, and self-cultivation governs the country with virtue and heaven, and the virtuous never kills."

Before he finished speaking, the pottery merchant blocked his words with his hand: "Another kidnapped by morality."

Shi Tao was suffocated when he heard the words, secretly thinking what does this mean?

The potter turned to look at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu said indifferently: "Since the day when I invested in Jingzhou, I have already calculated in my heart that there might be such a day, but since I have already done it, it is useless to think about the way out, so I am not willing to think about other things. Well, if the prime minister wants to punish me, then naturally there is a reason for the prime minister, and I will certainly follow suit."

The pottery merchant nodded, thinking that at least from these words, Xu Shu did not use Jingzhou as a springboard, but sincerely joined Liu Bei to do things, and as for people like Shi Tao, he was more or less acting Rudder suspects.

However, no matter whether it is to follow the wind or not, to govern Jingzhou, after all, we still need some talents from Jingzhou.

The potter said to him, Shi Tao: "No matter what, the unification of the world is imminent. Besides the two gentlemen, Mr. Shui Jing also recommended Ma Liang, Meng Jian, Cui Jun and others to me, and now they all serve under my command. Tao will be reused, as long as the two gentlemen are willing, Tao will not be held responsible."

Although Shi Tao didn't understand the voice of the potter just now and liked it very much, but now he can accept what he said, at least it is within the range he can accept.

The pottery merchant said to Shi Tao: "I have already promised Meng Jian and Cui Jun to train them according to the head of a county, and now we are treating you in the same way, what do you think?"

When Shi Tao heard that the pottery merchant wanted to train him to be a prefect of a county, he was immediately overjoyed, and quickly bowed his hands to the pottery merchant to thank him.

The pottery merchant turned his head to look at Xu Shu again and said, "As for you, follow me back to Jinling City in the future. There are no shortage of officials in Jingzhou. Jinling City needs people like you."

Shi Tao turned his head to look at Xu Shu enviously, with a little jealousy in his eyes.

This Xu Shu just didn't say anything, why did the pottery merchant value him so much?

Xu Shu was neither happy nor sad, he just bowed his hands at the pottery naturally and didn't say much.

The potter asked the two of them to go back first.

On the second day, the potters called Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Ma Liang and others, and Bing Zhuo called Xu Shu, and introduced them to meet each other.

If you want to win someone's heart, the most important thing is to make him feel like-minded in this group,

During this meeting, the potter didn't talk to him about major national affairs, but just asked several people to express their opinions on the current situation and exchange experiences with each other.

This is not so much a military meeting as it is a tea party.

After an academic exchange, everyone's familiarity with each other has obviously increased a lot, and Xu Shu is obviously very interested in Zhuge Liang and others, and his sense of integration is gradually increasing.

If it can reach this level, it will be a success for potters.

At least Xu Shu has a sense of belonging under his command, which is a good thing for pottery merchants.

After staying in Jiangling for a while, the potters decided to temporarily shift their positions.

Jingzhou has been pacified, and it is impossible for Xishu to make any major external moves for a while. Now it seems that it is a good time to go carefully to Guanzhong.

The pottery merchant decided to go back to Xuchang to prepare his soldiers and horses first, and then went to Wanchenghui to meet Chen Deng, Tai Shici, Lu Bu and others, looking for an opportunity to march to Wuguan.

After all, the south has been pacified, and he is no longer in danger of being flanked by front and back, so he can use his troops against Guanzhong with peace of mind.

The navy left behind Yanjiang to patrol and occupy the entire Yangtze River, and the pottery merchant commanded the Mabu army to return to Xuchang City.

The potter's wife and sons had all returned to Jinling City, only Tao Qian, Wang Yun and others were sitting in Xuchang with Xun Yu, which surprised the potter.

He originally planned to let the two elders go back together.

After meeting with the two elders, the pottery merchant had a conversation with them, but suddenly Wang Yun said: "Zidu, Jingzhou has been calmed down, do you want to go to Guanzhong next?"

The potter took a closer look at Wang Yun, and found that he was significantly thinner than when he was in the Chinese New Year, and his energy seemed to be a lot weaker.

The potter's heart couldn't help but jump, he could tell that Wang Yun was approaching the end of his life.

The pottery merchant smiled and said, "Wang Situ, do you want to retire in Xuchang with peace of mind? Why worry about so many state affairs?"

Wang Yun shook his head and said: "Don't worry about it, don't fool me with nice things. What's the matter with the old man, the old man knows best in his heart that if you are going to Guanzhong, the old man will definitely go with you this time."

The pottery merchant looked at Wang Yun's trembling body, and couldn't bear it: "Are you really going to do this? I'm afraid your body is not easy to travel and tire, right? If you go to Guanzhong, the journey is not short, I'm afraid"

"Don't be afraid that the old man won't be able to hold on." Wang Yun said confidently: "If I don't climb to the top of the two capitals, the old man will definitely not die. You can rest assured about this."

The Tao merchant originally wanted to speak out to persuade him, but inadvertently saw Tao Qian shaking his head slightly at him.

The pottery merchant pondered for a while, and then said to Wang Yun: "Since Mr. Yuezhang wants to go, my boy will naturally do anything. I will go to Guanzhong the next day, and I will take you with me."

Only then did Wang Yun nodded in satisfaction, and then saw him stand up.

But at the moment when he stood up, he saw Wang Yun's complexion suddenly turned pale, then he swayed back and forth on the spot, and his body fell directly backward.