After the marriage ceremony was completed, Zhang Fei slaughtered some cattle and sheep and held a banquet locally, attracting more than 300 people from the surrounding villagers.
During this period, a middle-aged man doubted Liu Bei's leadership ability and questioned: "We contribute to the country and fight against thieves. We also need a wise person to lead us. I observed that Liu Bei looks like a Confucian scholar. How can he take on this important task?" "
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fei became irritable and was about to explode, but Liu Bei stopped him.
He smiled and said: "I live in Lousang Village, this county. Southeast of my home, there is a big mulberry tree, about five feet high. From a distance, it looks like a car hood. My mother said that I have had it since I was a child. Amazing ambition to become emperor and ride on such a hood.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone sighed.
Liu Bei continued: "No one else took my words seriously, but my uncle took it very seriously and lamented that I was not an ordinary person. Because my family was relatively poor at that time, he often supported my family. When I was fifteen years old, I also worshiped Zheng Xuan as my teacher. I learned some skills and made friends with Lu Zhi, Gongsun Zan and others."
"Once upon a time, an expert passed by my eldest brother's house and declared that there must be a noble person among them. What's more, he has royal blood, so why worry about the failure of great things?"
Yuyi followed Liu Bei's words and continued to create such an atmosphere, and Liu Bei responded with a grateful look.
After such an argument, the middle-aged man was speechless and quietly retreated. The other villagers who came to seek refuge also gained confidence.
During the dinner, Liu Bei repeatedly toasted Yu Yi, which should be a sign of gratitude. Yu Yi accepted them one after another, thinking that when Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, turned into a bandit at Mangdang Mountain, he also said two things, one was to kill the white snake, and the other was to kill the white snake. It was Lu Pheasant who could always find him. He said it was because where he was, there were some colorful auspicious clouds in the sky. In fact, these things cannot be verified. In the final analysis, it was the identity of Liu Bang who was deified. Let me ask you, an ordinary person, why do others follow you? Convinced. Liu Bei also needed such a superstitious package at this time. After hearing Liu Bei's words, Yu Yi realized his intention and then added.
After the banquet, the four of them began to discuss other matters. Liu Bei sighed: "Now we have recruited people, but we have no weapons to equip them and no horses to ride. What should we do?"
Zhang Fei had almost dissipated all his family's property, recruited these local warriors, and then bought weapons and other things. There was really no money, so everyone began to worry.
At this time, Yu Yi remembered something, which was the white cloth that Ye Huatong handed over when he came to Daoxiang Village. On it was the business map of the Ye family.
"Brother, I have a solution for this matter, don't be anxious."
Yuyi took out the white cloth, took some wine, and spread it evenly. Some patterns immediately appeared.
"Fourth brother, what are you doing?"
Zhang Fei felt a little confused.
"This is a commercial map that can help us find war horses and weapons!"
Yuyi smiled.
Then everyone studied the map and found the corresponding merchant near Taoyuan. They asked, and the other party replied: "Recently, the big merchants Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang from Zhongshan have returned. They are big horse dealers. You can go and wait for him. Also, look at the For the sake of the Ye family and you to fight against thieves and bring peace to the people, I will do my best."
The four of them took some gold and silver, thanked them and left.
As soon as he returned to Taoyuan, he met two guests driving a group of horses to the manor. Liu Bei sighed: "This is really a help from God!"
These two people were Zhongshan merchants Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang. They were transporting war horses to the north every day. During this period, they failed to return due to the Yellow Turban Army. They heard that Liu Bei had made friends with heroes in Taoyuan, calming the people and fighting thieves, so they came to join them. , they gave away all fifty good horses, scattered five hundred taels of gold and silver, and one thousand catties of iron to support Liu Bei's people in their activities.
Liu Bei bid farewell to the two guests and discussed using iron and iron to make some handy weapons, and collected everyone's opinions.
Liu Bei wanted to get a sword, Zhang Fei wanted to get a steel spear, and Guan Yu wanted to get a knife. Yu Yi already had a weapon, a bronze halberd.
Just when Liu Bei was about to make weapons like this, Yu Yi stepped forward to stop him. He thought that all the brothers were heroes in the world, and only with good weapons could they be invincible, so he took what he saw in the secret room of Daoxiang Village A description is provided that adds to previous comments.
So Liu Bei made a double-pronged sword, Yun Chang made the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, which weighed eighty-two kilograms, and Zhang Fei made an eight-foot-long steel spear. Yu Yi thought he had a weapon, so he refused, but in the end he made him an iron halberd. Then everyone bought armor, which attracted more than 200 people to join, and at this time there were about 500 people.
Liu Bei took Yu Yi, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to organize their troops, left Taoyuan and walked to the city to meet Zou Jing. He took Liu Bei and four others to meet with the prefect Liu Yan, exchanged names and talked about the Han Dynasty. The clan relatives, Liu Yan, seemed very excited. He recognized Liu Bei as his nephew on the spot and set up a banquet to entertain everyone.
Finally, Liu Bei and the four were arranged to live in a famous hotel near the government office. At night, the four brothers had a long chat. This made Yu Yi feel the atmosphere of the university dormitory. At that time, there were four of them, from female classmates to the future. Talk about everything.
During the conversation, Liu Bei kept calling Yu Yi sir, which annoyed Yu Yi. After many corrections, Liu Bei finally changed his tune and called Yu Yi his brother.
The next day, Liu Yan came to summon people and learned the news. It turned out that the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army was invading. The general in charge was called Cheng Yuanzhi. When he mentioned the scale, Yuyi was shocked. There were fifty thousand people. Everyone, you must know that Daoxiang Village is cultivated and prosperous. After the introduction of refugees, the size of the Tanglin Army is only 5,000, while the Golden Army can easily reach tens of thousands. It seems that the power of this belief is really amazing.
Liu Yan ordered Liu Bei and his four men, commanding 500 elite soldiers, to go out of the city to meet his younger brother. Liu Bei readily agreed.
Yu Yi observed that Zhang Fei seemed to be a little restless all the time, as if he was dissatisfied with Liu Bei's behavior, so he asked: "Brother Fei, what's going on? It's a good thing to go out of the city to meet the enemy and make contributions. Why are you looking so sad?"
"Hey, dear brother, you don't know something. Look at that Liu Yan. He talks about acquaintance with our elder brother, but he doesn't have any good intentions!"
Zhang Fei sighed.
"how do I say this?"
Guan Yu touched his beard and looked at Zhang Fei.
"Look at how many people came from the other side, it was 50,000, and the number Liu Yan sent to us was 500. This is obviously asking us to die."
Zhang Fei looked very angry.
"If Yi Demo is talking nonsense, he is giving us a chance to kill the thief."
Liu Bei corrected Zhang Fei's wrong thinking.
Zhang Fei was naturally dissatisfied with Liu Bei's explanation, but it was hard to go against his elder brother's wishes, so he could only turn away, as if he was sulking.
