Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 399 New 3 Kingdoms 39

"Military advisor, don't think that just because I call you military advisor, you can compare your friendship with my eldest brother. When my third brother and I followed my eldest brother in his campaigns, you were still digging up those few acres of land in Longzhong!" Guan Yu saw this and stroked his beard as he continued to add.

"My eldest brother is in Jiangdong. If anything happens to him, I, Old Zhang, will poke a thousand holes in you, Zhu! Second brother, let's go!"

After Zhang Fei vented his anger, he felt much better. He didn't want to stay here any longer, so he took Guan Yu with him and left.

When the book boy saw the two evil spirits leave, he hurried out to close the door whose bolt had been kicked off, and then returned to the lobby to clean up the bamboo slips and writing brushes and ink that were scattered on the floor.

"Why are you cleaning up? If you clean up, he will come and mess things up again tomorrow!" Zhuge Liang was confused as he looked at the mess on the ground.

"Sir, let's go back to Longzhong and not suffer here anymore." The book boy said while wiping his tears with his hands moving constantly.

"I've said it before, Liu Bei is not worthy of your assistance."

"It's you!"

Zhuge Liang was extremely surprised when he saw Yu Xian standing in the patio. Although he had boasted to Sun Ce in Jiangdong that he had received magic from an extraordinary person, the shock of actually seeing a person standing in the snow and the snowflakes seemed to have some spirituality and bypass his body and fall to other places made him a little dazed for a moment.

"It's me again. How does it feel to be humiliated by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei just now? Ever since you came out to assist Liu Bei, you have been looked down upon by the two of them, and Liu Bei has no intention of speaking for you. How long do you want to live this humiliating life?"

Yu Xian's words were like the devil's voice that tempted people to fall. No matter how determined Zhuge Liang was, he was reminded of the words and deeds of Guan and Zhang since he had assisted Liu Bei, especially Zhang Fei. People with the surname Zhu were always corrupt scholars.

Liu Bei turned a blind eye to the people who shouted at him and even insulted him publicly, and never disciplined him. But if he just walked away, what would happen to the people under his rule?

"At this point, I do have the idea of retiring. But Liu Qi is seriously ill and cannot manage affairs, Jiangxia has no one in charge, and people's lives are difficult in the dead of winter. I cannot abandon the people because of a momentary anger." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said.

"After the new year, Liu Bei will return from Jiangdong. You still have some time to clean up the mess. Send someone you trust and confidant to ask Zang Ba for some high-yield crops to distribute to the people under your rule for planting in the spring." Yu Xian took out a piece of talisman paper from his arms and threw it to Zhuge Liang before leaving the mansion.

"Sir, it was the immortal who saw your humiliation, so he came to show you a way out." The servant boy wiped his eyes several times and was shocked after making sure that Yu Xian was gone.

Zhuge Liang glanced at the talisman in his hand and carefully put it into his sleeve.

"Don't tell anyone about what happened just now."

"I understand, I understand." The servant boy nodded and bowed, then knelt on the floor and continued to collect the bamboo slips.

Zhuge Liang has no time to be emo now, he knows Liu Bei will be back soon and he doesn't have much time left here.

After adjusting his mentality, he immediately arranged for a reliable person to brave the wind and snow, bring the talisman paper given by Yu Xian and go to Runan to meet Zang Ba, and transport back the mysterious high-yield crops from there.

Xuzhou and Liu Bei had conflicts, so the officials who received them along the way were lukewarm towards the people sent by Zhuge Liang. It was not until they arrived at Zang Ba's place and saw the talisman paper that their attitudes changed drastically, and they became extremely enthusiastic.

Immediately arrange for people to eat, drink and rest well, and then help load bags of unknown things into the car, and send soldiers to protect all the way out of the area controlled by the Xuzhou army.

When dozens of carts of grain were delivered to Zhuge Liang, he felt like he was dreaming. He repeatedly confirmed with the person in charge that he had really met Zang Ba and officials from the Runan County Governor's Office.

According to the planting instructions brought back, people were arranged to transport these clods of earth and preserve them properly, waiting for the next year's plowing to begin before the various counties could take them back and distribute them for planting.

"I have been farming in Longzhong for a long time, but I have never thought about how to observe and increase soil fertility, prevent and control pests, and improve farm tools. Who is this Xu Zixian? How could he compile farming into a book?"

What Zang Ba gave to Zhuge Liang was not just dozens of carts of sweet potatoes and potatoes, but also a set of "Complete Book of Agricultural Policy" which had been revised by Yu Xian based on the actual conditions of today's agricultural production.

Although he was confused, Zhuge Liang had decided not to work with Liu Bei and go back to farming. He could study this set of books and put them into practice on his own farm after he returned.

In the last days, Zhuge Liang didn't bother to care about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's expressions. He only dealt with various civil affairs and went home to read books. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were even more worried when they saw him like this. They always thought he was up to something bad, so they sent people to monitor him but found nothing.

After arranging Zhuge Liang's retreat, Yu Xian kept a disgusting big move in his hand and did not use it, waiting for Liu Bei to return and Zhuge Liang to leave before throwing it out.

To be honest, this Zhuge Liang is nothing but his name. Yu Xian didn't want to bother with him, but he decided to help him out for the sake of his name.

Yu Xian is a person who holds grudges. He still remembers how this face used to talk to him with a nose in the air. At that time, Director Hou Liangping was so high-spirited, but here he has become a young daughter-in-law who is bullied by the evil mother-in-law every day.

In Jiangxia, Guan and Zhang were in chaos. They drank too much and acted crazy, threatening to poke ten thousand holes in someone. In Jiangdong, Liu Bei was suffering alone.

He had to spend his days with a beautiful girl, but he couldn't do it himself. After a long time, Liu couldn't stand it anymore, and Sun Xiaomei felt wronged, but they just wanted to save face and swallow their anger.

Liu Bei was so depressed that he could only watch the girls dance. He smelled of alcohol all the time, and neither Jian Yong nor Sun Qian could persuade him to stop.

"I've been fighting all my life, can't I enjoy myself? Keep playing the music, keep dancing!"

Seeing that the scene was becoming increasingly inappropriate for children, the two men quickly left the mansion and found a place to discuss the matter.

"Xianhe, my lord is enjoying the music and dance and not thinking about Jingzhou, what can we do?"

"Gongyou, don't panic. When we came, Kong Ming gave me three tips. Open the first one when you get to Nanxu, open the second one when you live until the end of the year, and open the third one when you are in danger and have no other choice. One of them contains a corresponding strategy to ensure the safe return of the lord. Now that it is the end of the year, we can open the second tips to see what the strategy is." Jian Yong was not in a hurry at all.

Sun Qian asked, "Do you think it's interesting to hide this from me?" Jian Yong said, "It's hard to keep this secret if too many people know about it. Let's not talk about this useless stuff. Let's see what Kong Ming says to do first."

Jian Yong quickly found the second brocade bag and opened it. Inside was a note saying such and such.

After reading the note, the two began to divide the work. Sun Qian took the opportunity of hunting to go out of the city to explore and find a suitable escape route, while Jian Yong made connections everywhere to observe the activity patterns of the open and secret sentries in the city who were monitoring Liu Bei.

After a month of activities, the two had a clear understanding of the situation in Chaisang and began to implement the plan.

That day, Liu Bei called Jian Yong and Sun Qian over to watch the girls dance. As soon as Jian Yong entered the hall, he asked Liu Bei to dismiss the dance and music, saying that he had something urgent to report.

Seeing that Jian Yong did not seem to be joking, Liu Bei could only ask the dancers and musicians to leave first.

After everyone left, Jian Yong reported that Kong Ming had sent people to Jiangxia. In order to avenge the defeat in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao assembled an army of 200,000 to attack Jiangxia.

Now Jiangxia is leaderless because Liu Bei is not here, and is unable to unify commands and organize a large army to fight against Cao's army. The military situation is urgent and Liu Bei is asked to go back.