"Did you really bring Xu Chu to me?"
Running out of the courtyard, Yuan Yao saw a carriage reinforced with iron cables at a glance.
A big man was lying inside, sleeping soundly.
Han Yin took a step forward, bowed and said, "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life!"
Yuan Yao patted Han Yin on the shoulder: "Tell me, how did you get it?"
Han Yin smiled: "Thanks to the three big bags of hemp powder given by the young master!"
…
Go back to five days ago.
In the far west of Pei State, there is Qiao County and Xu's Wubao.
A young man carrying a sword walked into the main hall holding a name card.
"Brother Erhu, a group of officers and soldiers are coming outside, under the banner of the Yangzhou government, and I'm here to pay you a visit!"
In the hall, Xu Chu was sitting by the stove, eating roasted leg of lamb.
"Come from Yangzhou?"
Xu Chu swallowed a big mouthful of meat and shook his head.
"Yuan Shu's people are gone!"
The boy with the sword on his back was a little embarrassed as he held his name card.
"Then, should I return this post?"
"etc!"
On the other side, a big man who looked exactly like Xu Chu spoke out.
"Bring it to me and see."
"Yangzhou is engaged in history Han Yin?"
Looking at the official title on the name card, the big man stood up with a groan.
"You are a dignified Yangzhou historian, and you actually came to visit my brother in person?"
Xu Ding suddenly lost his composure.
"Second brother, I'm afraid I have to meet this one."
Turning to look at Xu Chu, Xu Ding happened to see his brother finishing chewing his leg of lamb and reaching for his share.
"Hey, hey, who told you to touch my leg of lamb!"
"Grandma, you are a bear. I will give you three of the four legs of lamb. I will only eat one. How dare you steal it!"
"Put it down! Be careful, I'll cut you!"
"Is this the fourth one? Why do I remember that I only ate two?"
Xu Chu raised his head and showed a naive smile.
Xu Ding pointed to three bare bones on the ground, "One, two, three, what is this in your hand if it's not the fourth one?"
"You are blind!"
Xu Chu said innocently: "How can I count clearly? It's not like you don't know, brother. When you hit me, you call me stupid, call me stupid, and say I can't even count on my fingers!"
Xu Ding said angrily: "Don't keep using your stupidity as an excuse!"
"It's been eighteen years. I've tolerated you for eighteen years. Do you know how I've lived these eighteen years?"
"You are my fucking nightmare!"
"I was born with a weight of nine pounds, and you were born with a weight of seven pounds."
"As a result, if we eat mother's milk together, you will become nine pounds in three months, and I will become seven pounds!"
"If it weren't for this birthmark, my parents would have thought I was you!"
"It's not my father and mother taught me every day to take care of you, let you, and I stun you!"
Xu Chu pouted: "You've beaten me a lot since I was little!"
Snapped!
Xu Ding slapped Xu Chu directly on the back of the head.
"If I don't beat you, can you tell the difference between a big king and a big king? If I don't beat you, I won't have a bite to eat!"
"Put it down! Put my leg of lamb down!"
Xu Chu looked at Xu Ding's raised hand, and then at the roasted lamb leg in his hand.
Bite it in one bite!
"Ah! Ahhh!"
Xu Ding screamed in anger and kicked Xu Chu to the ground.
Xu Chu felt no pain at all and turned over. There was no dust on the lamb leg.
I didn't even have time to chew the big bite I took, so I swallowed it in one bite, and then asked for another bite.
Xu Ding became anxious and rushed forward to grab his own leg of lamb.
Xu Chu received two more slaps and took a third bite.
By the time Xu Ding took the lamb leg away, the fattest and most beautiful part of the meat had already entered Xu Chu's belly.
"roll!"
"Go pick up the guests!"
"oh!"
Xu Chu wiped his mouth, got up and walked out the door.
At this time, Han Yin was standing outside the door, training his subordinates.
"What a mess! What a shame!"
"Remember, you are now serious officers and soldiers, eating royal food, not refugees or rangers!"
"Put away all your lax energy!"
"What about you? Didn't you hear me? You are still carrying your sword behind your back like a knight-errant. Do you think you are Jing Ke?"
More than a hundred of them, who had been recruited by Han Yin in recent days, were working hard to form a queue according to Han Yin's request.
Han Yin tried his best to buy the clothes and armor worn by these people from the counties he passed through.
Many of the clothes and armor were in tatters, so Han Yin had no choice but to let those with slightly newer clothes stand in front.
"Sigh, I don't know if people will think of you as fakes after seeing you."
Han Yin sighed and summoned his groom.
"Are all the gifts ready?"
Han Yin especially emphasized the word "gift".
The groom understood this and patted his chest: "I guarantee it will be perfect!"
Squeak~
The fence gate of Xu's Wubao was lifted open, because the door opening of Wubao was not high, and a big man walked out with his head lowered and his back hunched over.
When the man walked out of the doorway, stood up straight and raised his head, Han Yin immediately gasped.
Damn it, what kind of monster is this!
This height is almost two feet taller than me, at least eight feet tall!
Han Yin has also seen many tall people. If they are just tall, it is not just a surprise to him.
The key is that this man has a huge back and a thick waist!
Look at that waist size, it must be at least 10 girth!
It’s like a hill!
"Who is Han Yin? My brother invites you."
Xu Chu glanced at everyone, showing no interest.
Han Yin took a step forward: "That's it!"
It turned out to be Xu Chu’s younger brother, I thought it was Xu Chu!
"Strong man, please lead the way!"
"Oh~"
Xu Chu turned around and walked ahead.
Han Yin followed him leisurely.
As soon as he entered the doorway, Xu Chu turned back, lifted a gate with one hand, and closed the doorway.
Han Yin was shocked and asked, "What does this mean, strong man?"
"Sorry, my family has not prepared food for so many people. Let them wait outside."
After Xu Chu finished speaking, he looked at Han Yin's small body, thought for a while and said, "I'll eat two less bites, and I'll save enough to entertain you!"
The groom outside the door was anxious and hurriedly went to lift the gate.
But he didn't expect that the wooden railing was lifted casually by Xu Chu with one hand. The groom tried his best to lift it up, but he couldn't move it at all.
Han Yin saw that the door was made of willow wood and was very heavy.
This guy is very strong!
Several more people came up next to the groom to lift the door, and finally the willow door was lifted.
Snapped!
Xu Chu pressed one hand on the door and directly pushed the willow door into the soil.
The people who carried the door were so overwhelmed that they grimaced in pain.
Han Yin hurriedly said: "Don't worry, strong man. We all came here after eating. There is no need for the master to prepare food."
Xu Chu shook his head: "No, my brother will beat me."
"He told me many times when he taught me etiquette that I must prepare food for the guests who come in, and I must not eat all the food before the guests use their chopsticks..."
"I said a lot more, I can't remember so much, but I know that as long as no guests come in, there seems to be no rules."
"So you understand what I mean, right?"
Han Yin was stunned, wondering if this stupid guy was mentally abnormal.
It is rude not to prepare food for visiting guests, but it is even more rude to turn away guests!
Let’s put it another way.
Han Yin nodded: "I understand what the strong man said!"
"It's just that I came to visit your brother this time and brought many gifts. If you close the door, there will be no good things left!"
"My family is not short of anything! There is no shortage of hoes, plowshares, etc. You don't need to give me gifts."
Xu Chu shook his head.
Han Yin smiled awkwardly and said: "What we are sending is not farm tools, but silks, gold, silver and jade..."
Xu Chu scratched his head: "Is the satin and silk you are talking about the kind of fabric that feels slippery? I think I have seen it when I was on the street."
Han Yin nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes!"
Xu Chu blinked: "Can it be made into clothes just like coarse cloth?"
Han Yinxin said that you know the goods, so she smiled and said: "Of course it can be made into clothes!"
"Clothes made from satin and silk are worn by dignitaries. This time I specially made them from..."
"Can I wear this to work in the fields?" Xu Chu interrupted.
Han Yin was stunned for a moment and said truthfully: "This...it seems like I have never seen anyone do this before!"
"That means you can't work in the field! Don't want useless things!"
Han Yin: "..."
Why do I feel like he is scolding me?
"In addition to silks and satins, I also brought gold, silver and jade articles. These can be exchanged for money!"
"Gold, silver, and jade? I really don't think I've ever seen one. Can it be used for farming or for eating and drinking?"
Xu Chu said in confusion.
Han Yin cursed in his heart a country man.
Of course people like you will never see gold, silver and jade!
These are things only found in the homes of aristocratic families!
Just know how to plow the land, plow the land! Plow your big brain!
"Gold, silver and jade are mainly for viewing at home. Firstly, the materials are relatively precious, and secondly, they are easily damaged..."
Xu Chu shook his head: "Then it's still useless?"
Han Yin was anxious: "That's gold, silver, and jade! Gold! Silver! Jade! Item!"
"It's impossible for ordinary people to have it. In today's troubled times, there are not so many taboos. If you had this thing in your family before, you would still be arrogant!"
"Think about it, how proud it would be to have a few pieces of gold, silver and jade in the main hall of your home!"
Xu Chu shook his head faster.
“It’s impractical and dangerous, don’t let it go!”
Han Yin was furious: "You can also exchange money! Exchange a lot of money!"
Xu Chu smiled: "You think I'm stupid!"
"There are wars everywhere now. My brother has said that money is becoming less valuable every day. My family has exchanged all the money for food. You still ask me to exchange things for money. Are you a fool!"
Han Yin was so angry that he almost cursed.
Fortunately, he remembered Yuan Yao's instructions to him, and also remembered that Xu Chu was the first person on the list!
Finally, he endured it and forced a smile: "Okay, everything you said is right."
"Let me go see your brother quickly!"
"Oh~"
Xu Chu responded, turned around, picked up an iron chain, and tied it to the willow gate.
The thick iron chain on the wrist was almost like a thin rope in Xu Chu's hand.
"There's been a lot of thieves recently. I'm afraid someone might steal something, so I close the door for safety."
Xu Chu made a loud sound and made a loud sound.
The groom couldn't help it anymore: "Master, look at this and this..."
Han Yin suppressed his anger and said, "Please step back and wait outside the door for me to do my work!"
The groom said anxiously: "But..."
Han Yin glared at the groom angrily: "I have my own way!"
…
When he finally entered the main hall, Han Yin saw Xu Ding who was really sticking out his tongue and licking the bones.
In line with the principle of "don't look at anything inappropriate", Han Yin quickly turned his eyes elsewhere.
Xu Ding was greatly embarrassed. He immediately threw away the mutton leg bone in his hand and scolded: "What happened? Didn't I teach you? You have to announce loudly that guests are coming!"
"Oh~"
Xu Chu puffed up his chest, opened his mouth and shouted: "The guests are here~"
The sound was deafening.
Han Yin's scalp is about to explode!
Snapped!
Xu Ding covered one ear and slapped Xu Chu on the head, which silenced Xu Chu's powerful tenor.
Xu Chu was also angry: "This is the second time!"
"My parents said you can't beat me more than once a day!"
"My parents even asked you to treat me as your father!"
Xu Ding laid out his brother's score.
"How do you say that, a brother is like a father!"
"He is like an elder brother and a father!"
Han Yin corrected from the side.
"Ah, yes, we are like elder brothers and fathers!"
"There's no word 'is'!"
Han Yin couldn't stand it anymore.
It seems that this Xu Chu's brain is not much better than that of his younger brother!
"Oh~ He is like an elder brother like a father, right?"
"right!"
"Did you hear that, your parents are gone, and I am your parents!"
Xu Ding lectured.
Xu Chu, a big man, suddenly felt like a deflated ball. He sat on the ground and became sulky.
Xu Ding stopped caring about him and greeted Han Yin.
"Han Zhizong, right? Some people are far away to welcome you, some are far away to welcome you. Please sit down!"
Han Yin found an open space among a pile of meat and bones on the ground.
…
Just a few months ago, the Gebei thieves in Runan heard that Xu's Wubao had abundant grain reserves and gathered tens of thousands of people to besiege Xu's Wubao.
Fortunately, his younger brother Xu Chu was so brave that he killed the bandits with one force against a hundred.
In the end, Xu Chu, who had the strength of a tiger, competed with a big ox and actually won!
This not only scared off the bandits, but also made his brother famous!
Because Qiao County is located just at the junction of the four counties of Peiguo, Runan, Chenguo, and Liangguo, and is also located on a transportation thoroughfare, the news spread quickly!
At this time, all the bandits in the four surrounding counties had heard of his brother's reputation. It is said that the thieves and bandits are now walking around Qiao County!
Even his younger brother alarmed many officials!
Not to mention the county magistrate, many prefects sent people to invite their brothers to join the army as generals!
The closest ones include Pei Xiang Shu Shao, Pei Guo Duwei Qiao Rui, Runan Prefect Sun Xiang, and Chen Xiang Luo Jun.
It even alerted Zhang Chao, who was stationed at Yongqiu in Chenliu, and even Cao Cao of Yanzhou Mu sent people to ask his brother to be his general!
What an honor!
But Xu Ding refused on his behalf!
It's not that Xu Ding doesn't want his younger brother to succeed, but Xu Ding is more worried about the safety of the Xu family!
Nowadays, there are wars and chaos everywhere, and there are many princes, big and small. Many times, Xu Ding can't figure out who belongs to whom.
In some counties, there are two top officials at the same time.
For example, in the neighboring Chen State, there were two Chen Prime Ministers. One was Luo Jun, loyal to Chen Wang Liu Chong; the other was named Yuan Si, who was said to be sent by Yuan Shu.
In some counties, the flags on the city walls change every few months!
A year ago, Zhang Chao and his brother Chen Liu, governor Zhang Miao, joined forces with Lu Bu to capture Yanzhou. What a huge momentum it was!
But what now? Lu Bu fled to Xuzhou, and Zhang Miao also disappeared, leaving only Zhang Chao guarding Yongqiu City.
Often I come on stage after you sing, but I don’t have time to sing.
In such a chaotic situation, the Xu family cannot do without Xu Chu's protection.
You can't move your whole family!
Those princes just fell in love with their younger brother and did not necessarily need people from the Xu clan.
Someone who wrote a letter saying that he was willing to accept the Xu clan probably wanted the young Xu clan to be used as cannon fodder.
The most important thing is that even if you want to leave, you may not be able to leave due to the layers of barriers set up by counties and counties!
…
Therefore, Xu Ding and his younger brother Xu Chu had already discussed that whichever prince finally occupied Yuzhou would be the one their brothers, the Xu family, and the rangers recruited by the Xu family would defect to!
This is the safest way!
…
"I wonder why Mr. Han came to my humble residence to find my brother?"
The word "brother" in this sentence refers to Xu Chu.
At this time, Han Yin understood Xu Ding's "my brothers" as "my two brothers."
Han Yinxin said, as an elder brother, you take good care of your younger brother.
I know your brother is an idiot, but now that you have the opportunity to become rich, you still want to take your brother with you, right?
