Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Zhang Fei was in a bad mood, and said with a straight face: "This is a family matter, so there is no need for Xianghou to worry about it!"

Li Yi smiled and invited: "I have an academy in Nanyang, and there are many young heroes among them. I think Zhang Bao is a talent to be made. Why don't you just let him?"

Before Li Yi could finish the rest of the sentence, Zhang Fei interrupted directly: "My son is dull, and the good intentions of Xianghou can't bear it!"

Li Yi didn't care about Zhang Fei's refusal, and continued: "The world is in chaos today, and there will be no peace within 20 years. It's not impossible to live in seclusion for a while, but it's only ten years, what about after 20 years?"

"At that time, Yide will gradually grow old, and finally let go. However, how will you ask Zhang Bao to deal with himself after that?"

"Farming the fields is hard work, but it is upright and upright, and one's heart is at ease!"

When Zhang Fei spoke, he gave Li Yi a sideways glance, as if he was saying that Li Yi had done too many bad things, so be careful of retribution.

Li Yi shook his head slightly, looked at the two women standing in the distance, and the two little girls, and asked, "Is this the daughter of Duke Xuande?"

Zhang Fei wanted to deny it, saying that it was his daughter, but since Li Yi had spoken, there was no point in concealing it, so he nodded and said, "That's right."

To be impolite, Li Yi didn't look at the two women too much, but just looked at the two little girls for a while, and sighed: "Yide really has a heart, look at the clothes on his body, they shouldn't be wronged too much, But, is this a long-term solution? You can make Zhang Bao poor, but what about them, how long can you take care of them, one year, two years, ten years, 20 years, it’s fine if you keep yourself in this mountain, why bother? Let them be trapped here too?"

"In the future, when Guan Yu's family comes, you also let them stay in this barren mountain. How is that different from letting them randomly find an old forest deep in the mountain to enter?"

"Yide, it's fine if you don't care about fame and fortune, but people like Zhang Bao are still young, and they still have a lot of time left. If you cut off their future just because you can't let go of past grudges, it would be too much short-sighted."

Li Yi is earnest, but Zhang Fei is indifferent. He knows about Li Yi's academy. It is not so much an academy as it is a place for Li Yi to cultivate talents. Zhang Fei didn't want Li Yi to play for him.

Seeing that Zhang Fei still didn't respond, Li Yi shook his head, stood up and said, "That's all I said, I hope Yide can think more about it, and Yide can imagine what choice he would make if Duke Xuande was here."

"Okay, let's say goodbye. If Yide changes his mind, he can just find an official from Xinye. If there is any difficulty in the future, as long as it does not involve the general trend of the world, I will try my best to help."

Finally, Li Yi cupped his hands to Zhang Fei, looked at Zhang Fei with complicated eyes, and sighed: "Farewell today, Yide, take care!"

After Li Yi said this, he turned around and walked back quickly. Zhang Fei sat there motionless, didn't return the courtesy, and didn't even look at Li Yi.

Seeing Li Yi leave, Zhang Bao dropped the axe, ran to Zhang Fei's side, and looked at Zhang Fei with a tangled expression. He had many questions in his heart to ask, but he was a little afraid.

At this moment, footsteps came from the side again, but it was Dian Wei who came back. Dian Wei glanced at Zhang Fei, put a cloth bag in front of Zhang Fei, and said, "It contains wound medicine, and some money. , you don’t want to refuse, the lord has said, this is for the double sword, not a charity.”

After Dian Wei finished speaking, seeing that Zhang Fei ignored him, he sneered and said, "You have the strength to make Dian Mou like you, but it's a pity that you are an idiot!"

Being called a fool by Dian Wei, Zhang Fei didn't say anything. Now he is no longer the violent Zhang Fei, that is, when facing Li Yi, his emotions will lose control. Not too bad.

It's just that Zhang Fei didn't care, but Zhang Bao was unwilling. He raised his fist, glared at Dian Wei and said, "Why do you say my father!"

Dian Wei didn't care about Zhang Bao, and continued to say to Zhang Fei: "I don't know why my lord is so fond of Liu Bei, but that day Liu Bei assassinated my lord, was defeated and captured, and then my lord had a chat with him, and the two talked for a long time. For half a day, although I didn't know what to say, the two of them laughed together and got angry together, and even Liu Bei sang loudly, looking like a close friend, and finally Liu Bei laughed and left without any regret or resentment."

"But you are good. You have already obtained Liu Bei's letter. Liu Bei doesn't blame my lord, but you still want to die or live. It's boring to look at you sadly. Fortunately, my lord still values ​​you. Tell me to say , with your disposition, you don’t even look like Liu Bei’s brother!”

When the last words fell, Zhang Fei's body trembled, but that was all. Seeing this, Dian Wei shook his head, stopped talking, and walked back directly.

Dian Wei didn't really want to humiliate Zhang Fei, but he felt a little annoyed seeing such a good man like this, so he sarcastically hoped that Zhang Fei could behave like a human being.

As Dian Wei walked away, Zhang Fei silently picked up the hemp rope that had been thrown on the ground before. Regardless of the injury on his hand, he bent down, lowered his head and rubbed it together. As if nothing happened.

Zhang Bao was still thinking about how to ask about today's affairs, but inexplicably, looking at Zhang Fei who was rubbing the hemp rope, he was a little scared, and there was still an indescribable discomfort in his heart. After hesitating for a while, he finally dared not speak, and continued Go back and chop wood.

What Zhang Bao didn't know was that as soon as he turned around, Zhang Fei's body trembled violently. He covered his mouth with one hand, choked up, and closed his eyes forcefully, but the big tears couldn't be suppressed. The water overflowed from the corner of the eyes, fell on the back of the hand along the cheek, and landed at his feet

Chapter 607 Jingzhou Situation

After leaving Xinye, Li Yi didn't delay any longer, and returned directly to Xiangyang with his troops.

This time Li Yi first helped Xuzhou, and took advantage of the civil strife in Yanzhou to defeat Cao Cao, forcing Cao Cao to withdraw from Xuzhou. Yi's achievements are all extraordinary, making him one of the strongest princes in the world who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Yuan Shao.

Since it was so beautiful outside, it was impossible for Li Yi's return to be low-key. On the day Li Yi entered the city, bells and drums rang, tens of thousands of Jingzhou people greeted him outside the city, and hundreds of officials in Xiangyang City came out to welcome him. The magistrates of Jiangxia, Nanjun, Changsha and other counties in Jingzhou also came to Xiangyang to congratulate Li Yi on his triumphant return.

Under Li Yi's instruction, the scene of welcoming him was very grand, just like a grand event. However, before Li Yi entered the city, he shed tears in public. Fallen soldiers.

Although Li Yi's move was somewhat inconsistent with the atmosphere of celebration, the effect was extremely significant. Those officials were nothing but ordinary people who kowtowed repeatedly.

After entering the city, Li Yi didn't engage in those nonsensical things anymore. At noon that day, he held a big banquet directly, and got close to many Wus. At the same time, Li Yi also wanted to see the mental outlook of his subordinates and make a rough judgment Take a moment to see if some people's mentality has changed during my absence.

In the end, Li Yi was quite satisfied. At the beginning when he entered Xiangyang, those officials were quite afraid of him. Now that they meet again after a long time, everyone's awe of him has not diminished but increased. The most obvious thing is that there were still people who dared to treat him He booed and persuaded him to drink, but now, it was really just a toast, and basically no one dared to joke with him.

In fact, this was also Li Yi's own negligence. As early as in Yangzhou, the attitude of his subordinates towards him began to change. It was just that they saw each other every day, and Li Yi didn't feel it clearly until he returned to Jingzhou. Notice the change.

Li Yi enjoys this feeling very much. As for the feeling of being too cold at a high place, this kind of thinking may occasionally occur when a green illness occurs, but Li Yi still enjoys it more often, even if he really feels empty inside. But those who have wives.

After the banquet, many officials resigned, or went back to their homes, or rested in the posthouse in the city, but no one left, because everyone knew that Li Yi would definitely be summoned alone in these two days.

Therefore, Guo Jia was the only one left by Li Yi's side.

After not seeing each other for such a long time, many people in Jingzhou have changed somewhat, especially young officials like Xu Sheng and Huo Jun, but Guo Jia has changed the most.

Although Guo Jia is very powerful in strategy, he is a bit frivolous in character. He has been picked up many times by people, and even his salary has been deducted. Li Yi also told Guo Jia several times to let him pay attention, but This guy is like a prodigal son, even if there are children in the family, he can't control his turbulent heart.

But it turns out that the reason why Guo Jia dared to make waves was that the pressure was too low and he was free!

When Li Yi put the burden of sitting in Jingzhou on Guo Jia, in order to live up to Li Yi's entrustment, Guo Jia had to give up all kinds of hobbies and devote himself to work. In just one year, Guo Jia He already has a bit of the calmness of a middle-aged uncle, although this calmness seems to be a little shaken after seeing Li Yi.

Moreover, Li Yi also unexpectedly found that although Guo Jia was busy and hard-working, his complexion was much better than before, and he no longer looked sickly.

First he said some gossip, and then Li Yi began to ask about the recent situation in Jingzhou. After all, the contents of the letters in the past were not detailed enough.

Guo Jia was clearly prepared for Li Yi's question.

First of all, it is the economic aspect of Jingzhou.

In this year, although Li Yi was fighting abroad, and he mobilized troops twice in a row, he moved to Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and mobilized more than 10 troops and horses in total. It was an out-and-out battle, but for Jingzhou, this The economic burden caused by the war was not too great.

When sending troops to Xuzhou, Tao Qian provided all the food and grass, even Tao Qian gave a lot of knives, arrows, and armor. However, Li Yi did not directly fight Cao Cao, but confronted Xia Houyuan for a long time. Finally came a sneak attack and anti-sneak attack, and its slight price was exchanged for a complete victory.

At the end of the Xuzhou war, many of the things Tao Qian provided to Li Yi were still sealed in the warehouse, and all the materials left by Xia Houyuan's troops, as well as the property they looted in Xuzhou earlier, all fell into Li Yi's hands. In his hand, Li Yi had eaten two of them at the same time. After taking stock, Li Yi not only didn't spend any money in the first battle in Xuzhou, but also made a lot of money.

Later, when they fought in Yangzhou, this time it was a real tough battle, and it cost a lot, but because of Xiapi Ruorong's affairs, and the support of some Xuzhou families such as Mi Zhu and Chen Deng, the consumption of troops in Li Yi's headquarters was still high. It was passed on to Xuzhou, but it still did not affect Jingzhou.

During the entire war, only Zhang Liao, who sent troops from Jiangxia, was supplied by Jingzhou, but that was only at the beginning. After Zhang Liao captured Yuzhang, the consumption of military rations was greatly reduced, and Jingzhou only needed to bear a small part of it. up.

Therefore, the war that just ended did not become a burden for Jingzhou's development. On the contrary, because of Li Yi's strength and Jingzhou's stability, Jingzhou became a place that the people yearned for. During that time, there were many refugees in Jingzhou The influx made Jingzhou's population increase instead of decrease.

Li Yi had been doing the land reclamation work when he was still the prefect of Nanyang. After he became the governor of the state, he implemented it in all counties and counties, and even made the work of farming land an official assessment standard.

Many people in Jingzhou who had no land, and those who fled to Jingzhou to escape the disaster of war, almost all became Li Yi’s farmer in order to make a living, which greatly increased the arable land in Jingzhou. In the end, Jingzhou produced nearly [-]% more grain this year than in previous years!

According to Guo Jia's statistics, just the official grain stockpiles in the three counties of Jingbei are enough for Li Yi's army of [-] to go north for two years!

This number made Li Yi very happy. He even had an urge to send his troops to the north in advance. However, Li Yi soon calmed down, because the Northern Expedition affected too much, and he might be besieged by people all over the world. Therefore, we must be cautious.

Moreover, the food seems to be sufficient, but that is only in theory, there are many accidents in real wars, he must take the worst into account, and the post-war restoration of production is also a big project that consumes food, Li Yi almost It is certain that if he goes north now, even if the war goes well, the follow-up troubles will definitely be very big. Now that Yangzhou has not been able to fully digest and accommodate him, it is not the time for him to make great strides.