Outside the door.
After Dian Wei came out, he cupped his fists and looked coldly at the burly scholar with a goatee. He said in a deep voice,"Sir, please go back. My lord is tired from practicing military affairs today and has already fallen asleep.”
Chen Qun was stunned. He seemed to have understood something. Then, he bowed deeply and turned to leave.
But when he left, he couldn't help but glance at the government office.
For some reason, he had a bad feeling.
Many Yingchuan celebrities had left.
Guo Tu was an official under Yuan Shao in Jizhou, and Zhong Yao was the most famous. Although his family lived in Yingshui, he was under Li Jue and Guo Si, and was now respected by the vassals in the pass.
Both of them had a high status in Chang 'an. Although Li Jue and Guo Si did not allow him to return to the Central Plains, they did not dare to disrespect him.
Everyone, including Ma Teng and Han Sui, respected Zhong Yao.
If he was here, he would be able to meet this lord.
Chen Qun felt a shadow in his heart.
He was originally waiting for conscription at home. In the chaotic times, he was a famous heir of the Chen family. In the end, after this lord arrived in Xuchang County, he did not pay a visit to the Chen family at all.
There were many elders in the Chen family. Although they no longer had the ability to be officials, they were still elders back then.
He had hundreds of houses, a few stores of food, countless money, and tens of thousands of books.
He had many disciples and thousands of slaves under him. Did he not want to get closer to them?!
The Chen clan was in Xuchang County. If he took down the Chen clan, it would be equivalent to having several officials to choose from. He was very talented and could govern a county easily.
But there was no news…
It was just training.
Moreover, these days of training had made Chen Qun numb.
A portion of Xu Zhen's soldiers trained in the mountains, so he set up many camps in the mountains.
In addition, every soldier was very brave, and there were hundreds of people wearing silver armor.
A thousand guards who were transferred over from the slave list. These guards were all armed and well-equipped.
There were thousands of horses in the horse farm, and they were still breeding.
Just the fodder alone had to be removed every day.
Moreover, there were two horse teams delivering fodder from the market.
He didn't need any funding at all.
Why did the Duke of Cao value him so much?
He was just a general with a foreign surname. How could he have so many resources and money…
Where did he get it from?
He watched for a month.
Chen Qun was truly flustered.
He was afraid that the general did not need them at all.
Not relying on the gentry clans, but still occupying many of the slaves and land in the city, he naturally knew what that meant.
Therefore, he was very eager to meet Xu Zhen.
He had to figure out what kind of personality this general had.
After all, he was the one who charged into the army and killed the people who were poisoned. 50 cavalry charged into hundreds of thousands of troops. Regardless of whether this rumor was true or not, it also meant that he was not afraid of death.
What if Cao Gong used him to wash Yingchuan with blood?
Perhaps only the Xun family would be spared.
Thinking of this, Chen Qun stopped in his tracks.
Then, he turned around and went back.
When he reached the door, Dian Wei glared at him." What are you doing?”
Chen Qun took a deep breath and bowed deeply. He said in a deep voice,""General, I really want to see Milord. If Milord wants to rest, I will wait outside.”
Dian Wei raised his eyelids." Then you wait."”
Creak.
After saying that, Dian Wei ordered the guards to close the door.
He went to the front yard to start a fire and roast meat.
Chen Qun's mouth twitched.
He was furious, but he quickly calmed down and waited outside the door.
……
At this moment, in Juancheng, East County.
Cao Cao received a letter from Xu Zhen.
He immediately fell into deep thought.
However, Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai were very confused.
"Why did he choose Xu County?"
"Although Xu County has many scholars and is also where the Chen clan is located, it is small and barren, making it difficult to defend the city.”
"If we want to build it, I don't know how much money we'll have to spend.”
Xi Zhicai shook his head." I've lived in Xu County before. That place is surrounded by desolate mountains.”
Xun Yu's eyes flickered, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know if he should say it.
After thinking for a moment, he stood up and bowed deeply to Cao Cao.
"My lord, before Yi Feng left, I gave him a letter to bring to his family. If he goes to Ying Yin, the Xun family will definitely do their best to help him. However, in recent days, I received a letter from my family saying that Yi Feng is only training day and night to quell thieves everywhere.”
"Now that we have cleared out three bandit camps and stationed them in the mountains, there are many merchants wandering along the way, and we have not spoken to any of the gentry clans.”
"It's as if he's establishing his might."
Cao Cao snorted and smiled." If I knew this would happen, it would be strange if he was willing to greet me with a smile."”
" Yingchuan is going to spring plowing soon. With the current situation, I'm afraid that there's not enough land. He doesn't have much grain in reserve…"
"That's definitely not much! Haha…"
The generals naturally laughed.
Yingchuan was naturally left to someone with a bad temper like Xu Zhen. If he really fought, it would be much easier to send a second person.
"Sigh, we're still good."
Xiahou Yuan secretly smiled at his brother Xiahou Dun.
"Elder brother, when the time comes, I'm afraid it will be convenient for Xu Zhen to recommend someone from the family to take over.”
" Hmph." Xiahou Dun's face was cold. He only glared at Xiahou Yuan and did not say anything.
At this moment, all the civil and military officials who heard that Xu Zhen had chosen to station himself in Xu County and refused to talk to the four clans knew that he had fallen into a dilemma.
Unwilling to lower his head and be pretentious with the aristocrats.
They also could not enter the prosperous land of Anza, fearing that it would cause resistance from the gentry and cause civil strife. They could only break through the land one by one to train their troops and suppress the bandits to maintain law and order.
In this way, he gained the popularity of the people.
But even so, the effect was probably not great.
Only Liu Bei was deep in thought.
Liu Bei was not in the first row, but behind the first row on the left.
This was a guest seat, so it was not convenient for them to discuss politics.
After hearing Xu Zhen's news, he had already begun to ponder.
"By doing this, he first established his prestige among the aristocrats. What's his next step? It should be to trust the people. What Xu Zhen wanted was the hearts of the people, not the favor of the aristocrats.”
Liu Bei suddenly thought of this and smiled.
He didn't say anything.
However, he was already certain of one thing.
Xu Zhen was the same kind of person as him.
It wasn't like the Cao family.
Liu Bei only found out when he arrived at Cao Cao's camp that Xu Zhen had beaten Xiahou Yuan up during the attack on Xu, and he had strongly advocated for the people of Xu to be treated with benevolence.
This was how he won the hearts of the people in Xuzhou.
There were even commoners who supported it.
This time, it should be the same.
If you have the support of the people, you can be invincible.
This Xu Zhen really wanted to have a long talk with him and reminisce about the past and the present.
"Phew."
Liu Bei let out a long sigh of relief and became more and more interested in Xu Zhen.
"Xuande, can you help Yifeng and take over Runan County?”
Cao Cao suddenly opened his mouth and said something that stunned Liu Bei.
The main thing was that Runan was also a bad job. After Gebei was pacified, many rebel soldiers hid in the mountains and forests, built camps, and robbed passersby and caravans nearby.
This was also a difficult task.
Liu Bei immediately stood up, his expression calm. He did not feel favored, nor did he feel shocked. He hid all his emotions in his heart.
He was neither happy nor sad.
He bowed first, then pondered in his mind.
If he managed it well in the future, he would become Cao Cao's wedding dress.
Even if he could lead Yuzhou, he would only be a passing Prefecture Overseer, but…at least he could accumulate fame and recruit troops.
Forget it, it wasn't that he couldn't agree.
Liu Bei said loudly,"I will obey Cao Gong's orders. No matter what position I hold, I will do my best."”
"Alright."
Cao Cao smiled." In that case, I'll ask Liu Bei for help."”
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