Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

"Lai Gongzhong is brave, upright, talented and righteous. Ziyu seems to want to join Jiaozhou, but because Wu Ju has an old relationship with the lord..." Zhuge Liang's intention to help or not depends on Liu Bei's intention.

When Liu Bei first came to Jingzhou, in order to find a place to settle down, he made friends extensively in Xiangyang City. Local wealthy families such as the Cai family and the Kuai family looked down on him, so they could only focus on people like Wu Ju.

Wu Ju was one of the eight kings with different surnames in the early Han Dynasty, the only Changsha king who died well after Wu Rui, but because of his mediocre personal ability, he was not reused in Jingzhou. The prefect is short.

Liu Bei and Wu Ju have a friendship, but the friendship is not very deep, but Wu Ju has a good background, in fact, Liu Bei and Lai Gong also have some friendship, it is inappropriate to help anyone now.

"Jiaozhou is plagued by miasma. Ziyu has just conquered Jiangling. Now that he intervenes in the battle for Jiaozhou, I am worried that it will be troublesome if the water and soil are not acclimatized. I heard that the plague was the main cause of Cao Cao's defeat in Wulin." Liu Bei was a little worried.

Zhuge Liang nodded and analyzed: "The west of Jiaozhou is Yizhou and the east is Yangzhou. Taking this place is in line with my original idea. After Jingzhou is fully occupied in the future, the people in Jiangdong will definitely have resentment. In case of conflicts in Jingzhou, it would be good to have an extra strategic buffer. ..."

"Ziyu wants to cultivate new grains in Jiaozhou. He is indifferent to fame and fortune and has no love for power. He is so passionate about farming, so he can't see through it..." Liu Bei sighed.

Zhuge Liang: "Soldiers and horses go ahead without using food and grass. Ziyu's strategy is not problematic. The battle of Jingzhou this time depends on the food and grass of the four counties in Jingnan. With such a 'Xiao He', why worry about the uncertainty of the world?"

"I don't know Ziyu's ability? I'm worried that once Jiaozhou is captured, if he stays in the south, he will be overqualified..." Liu Bei was a little worried.

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he laughed and said, "Your Majesty, I'm worried too much. Jingzhou and Jiaozhou need to promote planting. Taking Yizhou is not the same. Besides, Sun Zhongmou's pacification of Shanyue will inevitably extend his tentacles into Jiaozhou. If the lord does not take it, others will take it."

Liu Bei felt that it was reasonable, so he made up his mind: "I will write a book for Ziyu and ask him to do things cheaply in Jiaozhou."

While Lu Tie was waiting for a reply, Lai Gong had already received the news that Lantian had returned to Lingling, and sent another envoy to Quanling for help.

Lai Gong and Wu Ju fought several times and retreated to Tanzhong County, which was close to Shi'an.

After Lantian received Liu Bei's reply, he summoned Gao Shun, Gan Ning, Xu Shuang and other generals to prepare to send troops to Jiaozhou to rescue Lai Gong.

"The mountains in Jiaozhou are high and the roads are far away, and there is a lot of miasma. I don't know who of you will help Governor Lai? Wu Ju has more than ten thousand soldiers in his hands, and I can only send five thousand."

"The last general is willing to go." Gan Ning (Xu Shuang) said in unison.

The two were stunned for a moment, Gan Ning said first again: "General Xu is new here, he might not be acclimatized, we should rest more..."

"Xu is in good health." Xu Shuang has been absent for many years, and really wants to make more contributions to make up for it. No matter how powerful Gan Ning is, he is still Liu Bei's general after all, and he is Lu Lingqi's retainer.

Lan Tian waved his hand to stop: "You two don't need to fight, you can go together."

"Sir, you can send the Vietnamese soldiers trapped in the camp to fight." Gao Shun suggested.

Lan Tian nodded, "The environment in the South of the Five Ridges is harsh, you two should act cautiously, Xingba, you lead the headquarters of two thousand sailors, General Xu, you bring three thousand Vietnamese soldiers, and go to the pool first to meet up."

Seeing that the newcomer Xu Shuang had more soldiers than himself, Gan Ning asked worriedly, "Sir, who will be the main general?"

Lan Tian nodded affirmatively: "You are the main one."

"Wei." Gan Ning was very happy.

Lan Tian turned around and said to Lu Tie: "Contact Ava, Ustin, and Ushei, and ask them to cooperate with Generals Gan and Xu."

"Wei." Lu Tie answered with cupped fists.

Sending away Gan Ning, Xu Shuang, Lu Tie and others, Gao Shun was worried about the old man: "If the master hadn't let me stay in advance, it would be safer for me to go to Jiaozhou. Deputy General Xu is not familiar with Lingnan, and he doesn't know Wu How about the giant ability..."

Lan Tian shook his head lightly, "It's okay, I let Xingba use the name of the eldest son, if Wu Ju is sensible, he can surrender without a fight, but I don't know what the Nashi family plans, Quanling Academy will teach in a few days , you stay by my side so you can take care of me."

"Mr. has a high prestige in Lingling, there should be no boring people to make trouble."

Lan Tian pointed to the Xiangshui River in the north, "Do you think the river is calm enough? In fact, there are undercurrents surging below. I am cautious when I do things, and I must be safe. Many nobles in the city asked people to ask. Quanling Academy Do you teach people how to read and write?"

Gao Shun nodded, "I don't know what these guys are afraid of? Except for Quanling City, I have sent people to every county to monitor the local gentry for any abnormalities."

"They are afraid that I will open up the right to study for the people, so that the privileges of the gentry will be easily squeezed away by the head of Guizhou." Lan Tian explained.

"But sir, isn't he teaching agriculture and miscellaneous studies?" Gao Shun was full of doubts.

"Yeah, these people only ask when they don't understand, let's just take a look."

Quanling School is located diagonally opposite the Taishou’s Mansion. Lantian asked craftsmen to renovate fifty classrooms, and set up seven categories: agriculture, woodworking, metal engineering, leather engineering, color engineering, scraping, and boxing.

These are all handicrafts that are closely related to life. Although each subject does not involve words, Lantian asked the county literature department to send a book assistant to observe and record.

Cultivating more technical talents for Liu Bei will have positive significance in both production and life and war in the future.

Chapter 136 Sun Quan's Conspiracy

In addition to preparing classrooms, Quanling Academy also arranged residences for craftsmen from all over the world. Lan Tian made the academy independent of Literary Cao's jurisdiction, and he, the prefect, also served as the sacrificial wine.

When setting up the Quanling Academy, Lantian was only proficient in agriculture, and the division of labor skills of those craftsmen was subtle and complex, so he expanded the scale of the school again and again.

The purpose of Quanling Academy is short-term training, and there is no need to master all of a subject, because the cycle of cultivating talents is too long. Lantian can't afford it, Liu Bei can't afford it, and Lingling's tax can't afford it.

Except for the longer practice period of the agricultural subject, the study time for the other six major craftsmen is five to 20 days. After completing the studies, a small number of students flow into the private sector, and most of the students are absorbed by the county.

In addition to farming, Lantian also planned to set up a county-owned factory to mass-produce weapons and armor for the army.

The woodworking department is divided into seven classes, teaching woodworking, corresponding to seven types of work: wheel, yu, bow, hut, carpenter, car, and catalpa.

Wheel people make wheels; Yu people make carriages; Bow people make bows; Lu people make the handles of spears, spears, halberds and other long weapons; craftsmen build houses and palaces; Manufactures musical instrument hangers, drinking vessels and archery targets.

Metal engineering is divided into six classes, teaching smelting and processing, corresponding to six types of work: building, smelting, mallard, chestnut, Duan, and peach.

The Zhu family made knives; the Ye family made weapons such as spears and halberds; the Fu family made clocks; the Li family made measuring instruments; the Duan family forged farm tools; the Tao family forged swords.

The leather engineering department is divided into five classes, teaching leather manufacturing, corresponding to the five types of work of Han, Bao, Wei, Wei, and Qiu.

The Han people make leather armor; the Bao people make leather; the Kai people make leather drums; the Weishi people make cooked leather; the Qiu people make fur clothes.

Color engineering is divided into five classes, teaching painting, dyeing and weaving, corresponding to five types of work: painting, silk, bell, basket, and scarf.

Hua is a painter; Bian is an embroiderer; Zhong is responsible for dyeing feathers; Basketman is responsible for coloring cloth, silk and other fabrics; Jinhuang boils silk and silk until they are soft and white.

The scraping department is divided into five classes, which teach carving, corresponding to five types of work: jade, bamboo, carving, arrow, and chime.

Jade people make jade wares; Mu people make combs, etc.; Carvers carve bone horns; Ya people make arrows; Qing people make chimes.

The Boxing Department is divided into two classes, teaching ceramic manufacturing, corresponding to pottery and pottery, two types of work.

The pottery people make pottery; the Gu people make pottery gui (pottery for serving rice).

Because of the huge variety of subjects, many artisans were not found in the four counties of Jingnan. Lantian also asked Pang Tong to find some in Jiangling, and barely got all the teachers of each subject.

After listening to Lan Tian's introduction, Gao Shun was amazed, and couldn't help sighing: "I don't think there are so many skills in the world. These are all skills that can survive. It is really a good deed of running a school, sir..."

"Teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish. This is the power of knowledge." Lan Tian said.

In March of the 14th year of Jian'an, when Lantian was preparing to build a school, Sun Quan was unable to go to Hefei for several months. Considering that the two fronts in Jiangdong were fighting, and the supply of food and soldiers was tight, he took the initiative to withdraw to Wujun.

I wanted to take advantage of the remaining power of Chibi's victory to pull out Hefei, so that the naval warships from Jiangdong could go to the hinterland of the Central Plains via Huaisi to fight for hegemony.

After Sun Quan returned to Wujun, Lu Su happened to come back to urge food.

"How is the battle in Jingzhou?" Sun Quan said in his heart that Chibi played well, and guessed that the subsequent battles should also be good.

Lu Su replied respectfully: "Liu Qi sent Huang Zhong to capture Jiangling, and Guan Yu, who was in charge of the Juebei Road, also captured Xinye..."

"Where is the governor? How is Xiangyang?" Sun Quan asked.

"The city of Xiangyang is strong, and the defenders are quite tenacious. Now the governor is still fighting with Cao Ren..."

Sun Quan frowned, "These two companies have achieved their respective goals, but I, Jiangdong, didn't get any benefits?"

Lu Su analyzed: "The governor defeated hundreds of thousands of Cao's troops in Wulin. Cao Cao has been unable to go south in a short time. This should be the biggest benefit..."

"I have seen Cao Jun's tenacity in Hefei before. I just didn't expect Liu Qi to be able to break through Jiangling. If Gongjin can't take Xiangyang, I should discuss with the two of them. I can't let my Jiangdong family suffer." Sun Quan said with a serious face.

"My lord, Liu Qi sits in the four counties in Jingnan, and now he has full wings in Jiangling. We can't treat him like before, but Liu Shijun..."

"How is Liu Xuande?"

"When I passed through Jiangxia, Liu Shijun once said that the governor worked hard. If Xiangyang could not be conquered for a long time, he would send the captured Xinye to him..."

Sun Quan was puzzled: "Liu Xuande is so benevolent? What is he trying to do?"

"When Liu Shijun harassed Cao Cao's defeated army, he obtained a lot of supplies. He probably wanted to make friends with me in Jiangdong and fight against Cao Cao together." Lu Su guessed.

Sun Quan nodded in thought, Xinye is far away from Jiangdong and there is no danger to defend, but if it is firmly occupied here, it will cut off the connection between Xiangfan and the Central Plains, and Xiangfan will fall into his own hands sooner or later because the supply line is interrupted. The risk is a bit risky, but the benefits very big.

"Liu Xuande is sincere. Zijing is here to discuss with Gongjin. Although Xinye is a small county, it is also a stronghold for going north to the Central Plains. It is also connected to the Jianghan waterway, so it will be very convenient to come and go." Sun Quan instructed.

"I'll go back and tell the commander-in-chief that the soldiers are tired after several months of attacking the city, so they can go to Xinye to rest and recuperate. Last time I proposed to marry Liu Shijun..."

Sun Quan slapped his forehead fiercely, "I've been fighting hard in Hefei for the past few months, and I almost forgot Zi Jing's words. I'm going to discuss with my younger sister. Now that Liu Qi is sitting in Jingzhou, it would be good to win over Liu Xuande."

"My lord is wise."

After Lu Su left, Sun Quan came to Sun Shangxiang's residence, where the girl was practicing marksmanship.

Seeing Sun Quan walk in, Sun Shangxiang threw the pear flower gun aside, "Why do you have time to come here, brother?"

"Isn't my little sister fond of practicing swords? Why did you suddenly start practicing guns?" Sun Quan was puzzled.

"Women are weak, so it's a disadvantage to practice swords..." Sun Shangxiang complained.

"Although marksmanship is skillful, it also requires strength. Could it be that someone beats you with strength in swordsmanship? If you are famous, brother will make the decision for you." Sun Quan laughed.

"Really?" Sun Shangxiang was delighted.

"I am the lord of Jiangdong, and my words must mean what I say." Sun Quan smiled and patted his chest.

"Liu Xuande has a guard named Zhao Zilong. In Chaisang, it was he who used brute force to shoot down my sword..." Sun Shangxiang was full of grievances.

"No wonder you were depressed on the way back, but that Zhao Yun is not some kind of guard, he is a general under Liu Xuande's tent, he has the courage of a million men, it's normal that you can't beat him, little sister..."

"Ah... General? This way, my brother will definitely not be able to vent my anger on me..." Sun Shangxiang was a little disappointed at first, but he was very relieved when he heard that Zhao Yun had undeserved courage.

Sun Quan shook his head helplessly, suddenly he remembered his purpose, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "I have a plan, I can make Zhao Yun bow his head and ears to my little sister..."

"Brother isn't joking with little sister, is he?" Sun Shangxiang looked disbelieving.

"This is absolutely true." Sun Quan was very sure.

"The plan will come out?"

"Little sister, if you marry Liu Xuande, Zhao Yun will become your retainer..."

"Ah this..."

Chapter 137

Seeing Sun Quan's solemn expression, Sun Shangxiang didn't seem to be joking with him.

She was surprised: "Brother is serious?"

Sun Quan nodded: "My brother is here to ask for your opinion. If my mother is not here, I will choose a good marriage for you. There have been many Jiangdong children who have proposed marriage over the years, but almost none of them are worthy of my younger sister."

Sun Jian was broad-minded and open-minded, and fought bravely in many places throughout his life. His wife Wu Shi was courageous, assertive and decisive. The four sons and one daughter they gave birth to were all extraordinary.

Sun Shangxiang inherited the advantages of her parents, but because of her reputation, most people dare not propose a marriage, mainly because they are afraid that they will not be able to get married. Sun Quan said that it is difficult for people.

"But I heard that Liu Bei is over half a hundred years old..." Sun Shangxiang was a little puzzled.

"Liu Xuande is a hero of today. I heard that he has a great appearance and strong swordsmanship, but he is not as old as Zhang Zibu..." Sun Quan explained.

"Liu Xuande knows swordsmanship?" Sun Shangxiang became interested.

"It is said that he can fight Lu Bu..." Sun Quan replied.

Sun Shangxiang is not an ordinary woman. If she is strong, she will be more admired. If she can decide the marriage, she will never marry an ordinary person. Now that Sun Jian and his mother Wu are dead, her red line is in Sun Quan's hands.

Hearing Sun Quan praise Liu Bei so much, although she knew it was out of political considerations, she was still very interested. She said softly, "Elder brother is like a father, elder brother, your arrangement is..."

"Tomorrow, I will ask Zhuge Ziyu to go to Jiangxia to discuss matters. By the way, I will let my uncle see if Liu Xuande is suitable. If so, I will marry you to Jiangxia."

"Uncle Jing doesn't want to be an official, will he go to Jiangxia?"

Sun Quan shook his head and said with a smile, "I will recruit a son-in-law for my niece, my uncle will be willing to go..."

"Oh..." Sun Shangxiang responded.

The next day Zhugejin and Sun Jing set off by boat, and Sun Quan came to visit Sun Shangxiang's residence again, but the maid said that she had stolen the boat to Jiangxia.

Knowing this little girl, Sun Quan wanted to pretend to be a man, which was really daring. He said to himself: It's good to get married early, but staying in Jiangdong will be a disaster anyway.

Zhuge Jin and Sun Jing came to Jiangxia to discuss how to hand over the Xinye matter.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were very puzzled, because they had already discussed this matter with Lu Su twice, why would Sun Quan be in such a hurry?And this Sun Jing is not very in charge of things.

Zhuge Liang clasped his hands and asked, "Lu Zijing just walked away, elder brother, what are you..."

"My lord, I'm afraid that Zijing won't make it clear. Jiangdong won Liu Shijun's county for nothing. I don't know what else you want? We should try our best to raise it..." Zhuge Jin laughed.

"My lord, look..." Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei stroked his beard and said: "Sun Zhongmou is so courteous, and Xiao Xinye should thank Jiangdong for breaking Cao. How dare Bei make his request? This is really a waste of time for Xiaotai and Ziyu."