Since Liu Bei doesn't have many subordinates now, the scale of the feast is not large.
In addition to the subordinate officials who stayed with Guan Yu outside Xiapi, Xiaopei currently has Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Liu Yan as civil servants, and Zhang Fei, Mi Fang, Chen Dao and so on as military commanders.
Except for Lan Tian, who was familiar with Zhang Fei and Jian Yong, it was also the first time for the others to meet him. They were very polite to him for Liu Bei's sake, but Mi Fang seemed displeased.
Lan Tian did not enjoy the meal. He could feel that Liu Bei's enthusiasm was perfunctory.
Thinking back to the conversation just now, Lan Tian felt that he might have been too anxious. Liu Bei didn't dare to take this powerful medicine, so he didn't trust himself very much.
But Lan Tian also concealed it very well. He pretended to have a drink with Zhang Fei as if nothing had happened, and finally returned to his residence early.
After the banquet was over, everyone staggered away and left, but Liu Bei still sat there drinking.
Mi Zhu walked halfway, then turned around and sat next to Liu Bei, "I heard that Lan Ziyu is quite talented, why is my lord not in high spirits today?"
Liu Bei shook his head and sighed: "Although this boy has some talent, he is far from what I expected..."
"Oh? How can you see it?" Mi Zhu asked.
"Before the banquet, he once suggested to me that I should abandon Xuzhou and go to Jingzhou. Isn't this just trying to catch fish? Although Xuzhou is in decline, it is still a state. It is not easy to start a business. How can we abandon it so easily?"
Mi Zhu thought for a while and then said: "Che Zhou is Cao Cao's confidant. If my lord kills him and seizes Xuzhou, he will be hated by Cao Cao. Ziyu may be worried about the return of Cao Cao's thieves."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Ziyu is a farm boy after all. He has never experienced mountains of swords and seas of blood. Although he has a little wisdom, he lacks courage. The so-called wealth is obtained in danger. Yuan Benchu is very powerful in Hebei, and Cao Cao may not have the energy to go eastward."
Mi Zhu nodded and said: "Although Cao Cao is constrained by Yuan Shao, he must be on guard. I want to rush to the East China Sea tomorrow to persuade the local powerful to surrender to the lord."
"Zizhong worked hard for me, and I will never let him down in the future." Liu Bei said movedly.
"My lord is serious. This Xuzhou is also my hometown. We must work hard to prepare for Cao Cao's return." Mi Zhu reminded again.
Liu Bei affirmed: "I will send Gongyou as an envoy to Hebei tomorrow. I will be in Xuzhou to communicate with Benchu from a distance, so that Cao's thieves can't care about each other."
"That's very good." Mi Zhu said.
Early the next morning, Liu Bei sent Chen Dao to escort Gan Qian, Mi Zhen and other family members to Xiapi.
When the carriage passed by Ganjiazhuang, Lantian proposed to go home and pack his bags.
Gan Qian asked: "Brother, we don't have much money at home. How about giving some clothes and food to the people in the village?"
"I'm not here for food and clothing, but I can't bear to throw away the grain I've cultivated in the past two years. Sister, please sit in the car for a while, and I'll go back." Lan Tian said.
Gan Qian shook her head when she heard this, thinking to herself, don't you want to help your husband? Why are you still thinking about those things in the mud?
Chen Dao ordered his carriages and horses to stop by the roadside and sent several soldiers to accompany Lan Tian.
Lantian returned home and simply packed some clothes and wrapped the newly cultivated corn and vegetable seeds. He planned to continue his research when he arrived in Xiapi.
The sergeant who was traveling with him felt strange and thought that Madam's brother was really a weirdo. Why did he bring dirt with him on the road?
The news that Lan Tian is leaving Ganjiazhuang has been circulating for a long time. There is no one in the village who does not know his ability. It is rare for such a person to live forever in Lin Quanxia.
When I came back to pack my bags today, banker Li Yang quietly came to Lantian's home.
"The young master of the village is leaving now?" Li Yang asked reluctantly.
"Well, since I decided to help General Liu, I can't stay here and work hard." Lantian said.
Li Yang felt a little sad after hearing this. If it weren't for the young man in front of him who taught them farming and how to build shelters, Ganjiazhuang would not be what it is today. He would either starve to death or die from a sword.
Lantian saw that the man was hesitant to speak, so he asked the soldiers accompanying him to take a few bags of seeds and soil into the car first.
"Xiao Lizi, do you have anything to say?" Lan Tian asked doubtfully.
Li Yang suddenly bowed down and said, "Young Master, I want to go with you..."
"Xiao Lizi, I'm all alone now. I went to Xiapi mainly to protect my sister. What's the point of following me?" Lan Tian said helplessly.
"I can do anything..." Li Yang continued.
"If you want to join the army, I can introduce you..." Lan Tianxin said that I have nothing, so I can't recruit a group of followers, right? That's too eye-catching.
After hearing this, Li Yang shook his head and said: "I have learned a lot about farming from you in the past two years, so I don't want to go to the battlefield to fight anymore. I just want to be with the young master of the village. This way I feel that my life is very solid. There are many people in the village." Everyone has this idea..."
Lantian was confused after hearing this. It seemed that fame was indeed useful in this era. Although he was not well-known among the gentry, he still had a high reputation among the farmers in Xiaopei.
Li Yang in front of him was full of sincerity. Lan Tian couldn't bear to reject this young man. After thinking for a while, he said: "Xuzhou is not a place where I will stay for a long time. If you really want to follow me, you might as well go to Jingzhou first. I will give you an appointment in two or three years." We will go there later, and we will meet again then.”
"Jingzhou?"
"Well, Xinye County, Nanyang County, northern Jingzhou."
Li Yang scratched his head and said, "But we don't have much, so why go to Xinye County?"
Lan Tian smiled and said: "You know how to farm, but you can't survive wherever you go?"
Li Yang chuckled and said, "You're still a good teacher, young master. There are forty or fifty people in the village who have ideas about me. I'll go back and discuss it with them first."
"Think about it carefully. After all, you are leaving your hometown, but don't force yourself. Don't show off your skills in front of others. As the saying goes, anything good in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, so as not to get into trouble." Lan Tian instructed.
"Don't worry, you can trust Xiao Lizi's character." Li Yang smiled.
After Li Yang left with satisfaction, Lantian also walked quickly to the entrance of the village, thinking that if these guys really went to Xinye, then they wouldn't need to teach them hand-in-hand.
Lantian came to Liu Bei but did not stay in Xiaopei to serve him, which made Guan Yu very confused.
In previous interactions, Guan Yu felt that Lan Tian was quite talented and his strategies were very effective. Could it be because of the constraints of the Mi family?
After reading the secret letter brought by Chen Dao, Guan Yu knew Liu Bei's true thoughts. Liu Bei said in the letter that Lan Tian was still young, and although he had small plans, he was very ambitious. He asked Guan Yu to take him with him to experience and observe, and he could not be given important positions at the moment. .
Guan Yu had a good impression of Lan Tian. After settling the two wives and their families, he took the initiative to find Lan Tian and said, "It's a blessing that Ziyu is willing to help me. Now that Xiapi has been decided, it is the time to employ people. I wonder what Ziyu is good at?" I can also arrange something for you."
Lan Tian said: "It doesn't matter. I promised my adoptive father that I would protect my sister. The general can just let me be his bodyguard."
Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Ziyu can also do martial arts? You really can't tell the difference between appearance and appearance. I know you are quite knowledgeable about farming. Why don't you serve as a Hucao? You can teach me how to farm mulberry trees."
"That's fine."
