Jingzhou, Linju County.
Xiang Lang poured a glass of hot water and handed it to the young man in front of him.
Beside him, there was a little boy, his nephew Xiang Chong.
General Xiang Chong, Shujun in nature.
It is this Xiang Chong.
At this time, Xiang Lang had not taken Xiang Chong with him to follow Liu Bei and serve as the magistrate of Linju County. Today he received a call from Nanyang, who was also a classmate of Sima Hui's family.
It was the young man in front of me, his name was Zhuge Liang and his courtesy name was Kong Ming.
"Is Kong Ming telling the truth?"
Xiang Lang asked worriedly.
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Of course it's true, otherwise I wouldn't have left Wollongong and come to Linju County to take refuge in the snow in winter. I wouldn't have thought of it!"
He took a sip of hot water and felt warm all over. After a while, he said: "If I hadn't discovered in advance that I had been taken away by Cao Cao's people, I would have never offended anyone in the Cao family, and my reputation would not be the same." Prominent, but why would someone from the Cao family come to Wollongong to look for me and want to take me back to Xudu by force?"
This question made him very confused.
At this time, Zhuge Liang was working hard in Nanyang and was not yet famous. Even if he was somewhat famous, it was only within the circle of scribes in Wollongong, and others did not know who he was.
But it was very strange that the Cao family found Wollongong without any doubt and called him by name to take him away.
Looking at the people who came to take him away, they didn't seem very friendly. It seemed that if he refused to leave, they would kill him directly. They were ruthless!
Zhuge Liang has never been able to figure out the reason.
What a headache!
"Strange!"
Xiang Lang filled Zhuge Liang's water glass again and said puzzledly: "Cao Cao must have never heard of who Kong Ming is, but he sent people to catch you. He even felt that if he couldn't catch you, he would kill you. After all, Why?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head in confusion and said: "Wollongong, I can't go back. People who believe in Cao Cao will definitely stare at Wollongong and wait for me to go back. I can only stay with you for a while. If senior brother feels it is inappropriate, , I will look for another place.”
Xiang Lang said enthusiastically: "What's wrong? Kong Ming can stay, and I'll arrange for someone to find out the news for you."
"Thank you, senior brother!"
Zhuge Liang bowed.
Finally, I can have a place to stay and rest.
Zhuge Liang was really helpless and couldn't figure out what was happening.
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Newfield.
When Liu Bei came here, he immediately used the same method as Cao Cao, reclaiming wasteland for farming. In autumn and winter, he used the abandoned fields so that he could sow and cultivate them as soon as possible in the spring of next year.
As long as there is food, you can develop the population, recruit troops, strengthen yourself, and strive for world hegemony.
While developing, Liu Bei did not forget to continue to create his own reputation for benevolence and righteousness.
He spread the news in Xinye about how Cao Cao framed him and how he revised the genealogy, as well as the cruelty and cruelty of Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou. While promoting himself, he spared no effort to discredit Cao Cao.
Now this move is going very well.
The people in Xinye, many of whom had indeed received favors from Liu Bei, were praising Liu Bei's merits, and there was a sense of popular support.
"Gongtai, how is its reputation now?"
Liu Bei said smugly: "This is the people's support!"
In fact, what he didn't know was that Cao Cao arranged for people to help him win some of the people's hearts. The purpose of this was naturally to help Liu Bei become famous, promote Liu Bei's power, and provoke conflicts between the two Liu Bei.
The higher Liu Bei's reputation is, the more worried Liu Biao is about Liu Bei.
When these conflicts accumulate to a certain extent, they will break out sooner or later. Even if Liu Biao doesn't want to do something, Liu Biao's subordinates will not be idle.
Chen Gong couldn't see through this, and thought that the current people's support was really the result of their hard work. He smiled and said: "Congratulations, lord, the people of Xinye want to win. When we have food next year, we will recruit troops and respond. There will definitely be an endless stream of people!”
"good!"
"Ha ha……"
Liu Bei smiled with satisfaction, this was exactly what he wanted.
"When we have more soldiers, more food, and stronger strength, Cao Cao in the north will regret it."
Liu Bei said confidently.
Chen Gong reminded: "However, the gap between us and Cao Cao is still very big! Before we get Jingzhou, we can't take the initiative to provoke Cao Cao, but Cao Cao still needs to fight for a while in the four northern states. As long as we seize this time, we can develop enough!"
"I was too impatient."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Thank you for the reminder, what should we do next?"
Chen Gong said: "The people of Jingzhou want what they want, which is a good thing! But the people's hearts are something that cannot be seen or touched. I suggest that the lord continue to consolidate the people's hearts and then plan the next step. But the prerequisite for other things is to have enough food. .”
"Food is really important!"
Liu Bei sighed: "At least we have to wait until next year's autumn harvest to see how much food we have. Before that, we still have to rely on Xiangyang's food supply."
Chen Gong nodded and said: "Xiangyang's supply can only last for a period of time. When the people around Liu Biao wake up to something, they may cut off the supply of food to us, so... we still have to rely on our own abilities!"
They have no background.
Starting over in the new field, I was basically in a state of poverty and nothing.
However, Liu Bei has fighting spirit and high fighting spirit.
He believes that as long as they work hard and want to develop, it is not difficult and they can definitely do it!
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Xudu, Chen family.
After the New Year, the festive feeling gradually returns to calm.
However, the Chen family soon became busy again. The reason was that Cao Shan was ill.
This is a very important thing.
Chen Zhou knew that the medical level during the Three Kingdoms period was not very good. Not to mention serious diseases, even a cold could kill someone. Fortunately, Cao Shan did not have a cold, but just felt nauseous and vomiting.
So, he immediately sent people to invite the best doctors in the city back.
"Congratulations sir."
After the doctor made the diagnosis, he smiled and said: "It's not a disease, it's a bad thing. It's a good thing, haha..."
"What is bad joy?"
Chen Zhou felt a little stunned when he heard this professional term.
Cao Shan is already nauseated and vomiting, is this a good thing?
This doctor, can you do it?
Seeing that Chen Zhou didn't understand this, Liu Ling couldn't help laughing and explained: "Husband, the meaning of being sad is to be pregnant with a child. Sister Shan'er is not sick, but has a child."
"ah?"
Chen Zhou was stunned for a while, then he came to his senses and asked, "Doctor, are you really pregnant?"
"Madam's pulse is Hua Mai."
"Usually if there is a slippery pulse, I have a 80% chance of concluding that the lady is pregnant."
"But in the end, we still have to observe it for a period of time and wait until there are signs of bulge in the belly before we can be really sure."
"You should be careful during this time."
The doctor explained.
In this era, there were no various instruments.
Doctors rely on rich experience to diagnose pulse and treat diseases, so they dare not directly confirm anything to Chen Zhou.
After sending the doctor away, Chen Zhou immediately went back, hugged Shan'er, and said happily: "I'm going to be a father, Shan'er is pregnant..."
The other ladies around him were also so happy, but at the same time they looked at Chen Zhou with resentment. They also wanted children.
