Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Gao Shun spent a long time selecting and finally picked out 3,000 men from 20,000 soldiers.

Gao Shun was somewhat surprised by such a high success rate.

Liu Yu felt mixed emotions as he watched Gao Shun and his soldiers leaving.

He knew Gao Shun's abilities. After a period of training under his command, these people would be able to unleash amazing combat power.

Of the remaining 17,000 men, Liu Yu asked Xu Chu to select 2,000 of them to form his personal guards, and then let Xu Huang lead 5,000 and Zhang Fei lead 10,000.

The three of them each trained their soldiers to prepare for the situation to come.

Liu Bei looked at Gao Shun's departing figure and gave Liu Yu a meaningful look.

"Brother, Bo Ning is a talented person. Are you really going to let him go?"

"Alas." Liu Yu sighed and said slowly, "There is no other way. A forced melon is not sweet. Rather than forcing him to stay here and increase internal friction, it is better to let him go."

After all, Lu Bu is the white moonlight in his heart, and it is difficult to change this no matter how he tries to recruit him. This is Gao Shun's pursuit and also the way in his heart.

This is exactly the same as Gao Shun in history and has not changed because of my intervention.

In a trance, Liu Yu felt that he was very insignificant. Some people and things in history always have their own unique rules, and will not change because of his appearance.

However, the matter of Gao Shun did not come to an end in Liu Yu's mind. He was still in his camp and was still his nominal general.

Training a brave and combat-capable army like the Xianzhen Camp cannot be accomplished overnight. It requires a long period of polishing and tempering.

How many things will happen in this process, no one can predict.

So psychologically speaking, Liu Yu still had a glimmer of hope, or fantasy, in his heart.

Liu Yu felt that in this matter, he was like a dog who could not get the love he wanted and was rejected repeatedly, but he still had fantasies in his heart.

Liu Yu took a deep breath of fresh air and tried his best to get out of the feeling of loss.

The road to success has just begun, and it is far from the time to feel sorry for yourself.

When Liu Yu was preparing to return to Luoyang, he received a report from his servants.

Mi Zhu arrived in Luoyang and was waiting for an audience in front of the mansion.

Mi Zhu, he finally came. It had been a long time since I wrote a letter to recruit him in Chang'an. If we calculate by time, he should have come to see me a long time ago.

With these questions, Liu Yu met Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu saluted hastily.

"Uncle, please forgive me. I have been trading in Funan for a while. When I came back a few days ago, I saw your letter and came to Luoyang to meet you without stopping."

"To express my apology, I have specially brought 1 billion yuan and 10,000 dan of grain to the emperor's uncle. Please forgive me, uncle."

As expected of a businessman, he was very smart. He came up to explain the reason first and then gave the gift. Even if Liu Yu had some complaints, they would disappear.

Liu Bei's eyes were wide open. He was indeed a wealthy man of this era. His every move was lavish, which was a world of difference from what Zhang and Su had funded him back then.

Liu Yu was not very interested in money and grain, but he was a little surprised to hear the name of Funan.

He inquired in detail about the geographical location of Funan and had preliminarily deduced that it should be the area of ​​Vietnam and Cambodia in later generations.

In Liu Yu's memory, the connection with overseas in this era should have appeared after the establishment of Eastern Wu.

Qin Lun, a merchant from the Great Qin State, traveled to the State of Wu via the sea route and met with Sun Quan. He talked about the customs and folkways of the Great Qin State, which shocked Sun Quan. He sent Kang Tai and Zhu Ying to start a sea voyage that was recorded in history.

This incident should have happened thirty years later.

It seems that before Sun Quan sent people, there was spontaneous trade among the people.

"Funan has a lot of spices, gold and silver. Zizhong must have made a lot of money this time, right?"

Mi Zhu was shocked. It was obvious that Liu Yu's words still surprised him. He did not answer Liu Yu's question, but asked in return: "The emperor's uncle knows so much about the situation in Funan. Has he also been there?"

As soon as Mi Zhu said this, he felt something was wrong. He was too surprised just now. Instead of answering Liu Huangshu's question, he asked a question in return.

How rude, he thought to himself. If Uncle Liu blamed him for it, he would have nothing to say.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Liu didn't seem to feel it, but gave a faint response.

"A few years ago, when I was studying at home, I read some records in an ancient book."

"I thought I was the first person to go to Funan, but I didn't expect someone had been there before."

"As the uncle said, the profits are indeed huge, but there is one thing, which is that the risk is too great. Sailing on the sea is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, the ship may be destroyed and people may die."

Mi Zhu showed a look of regret on his face, and after a while he said slowly: "We went there with a total of 30 ships this time, and when we came back, half of them had been destroyed. Many people were buried in the sea, and no remains were found."

What Mi Zhu said was actually true. Although the shipbuilding technology in this era had made great progress, most of them were upgrades for facing river water. It was impossible to use these technologies to completely resist the risks of sea navigation.

In Liu Yu's memory, the shipbuilding technology continued to develop during the Tang and Song dynasties, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty when Zheng He sailed to the West that the treasure ships built were able to meet the needs of the marine environment in terms of draft.

However, at this moment, Liu Yu had no idea of ​​upgrading Mi Zhu's ship. An idea came to his mind.

"Zi Zhong, have you ever seen a local food in Funan called sweet potato, or sweet potato? It is shaped like a fist, has a scarlet skin, and is crispy and juicy. It can be eaten raw or cooked."

Liu Yu spoke and gestured continuously, trying to express the shape of the sweet potato as clearly as possible.

Mi Zhu listened for a long time with a confused look on his face. He tried hard to recall the food he had eaten in the local area, but everything tasted strange and he had never seen the sweet potato that Uncle Liu mentioned.

"Uncle, are you sure this is a food crop from Funan? I have been in Funan for a while and have never seen sweet potatoes."

In Liu Yu's memory, it was indeed a long time later that sweet potatoes were introduced from America to Southeast Asia. However, when Liu Yu heard that Mi Zhu had arrived in Southeast Asia, he still asked Mi Zhu with a try-it attitude. It was not impossible that there were some deviations in history due to his own time travel.

But judging from the results, he knew he was overthinking.

This matter, just like Gao Shun's matter, did not change at all with his arrival. It seems that if one wants to introduce sweet potatoes here, there is no other way except to go to South America.

"There is a sentence mentioned in the book. Since there is no such thing, it must be a mistake in the record. Zi Zhong, don't worry about it. I called you here today because I have something to discuss with you."