novelhk Chapter 117
Chapter 117
Outside Jicheng, Liu Bei, who was full of depression, failed to get food after all.
He ran into the city, and no matter which official he found, they were indifferent to him, and the official tone made him lose his temper on the spot.
"Pushing back and forth! None of them are definite, and they can't make up their minds!"
Liu Bei was extremely depressed, kicking a stone in the wilderness.
Finally, he looked at the Tiezhuang team.
He ran over with a few men, but was stopped by the Tiezhuang guards.
After being questioned by the soldiers holding the shining long swords, Liu Bei quickly said that he wanted to see Zhang Fei.
But he was told that Zhang Fei followed the owner of the manor, Liu Yu, into Jicheng to attend the celebration banquet.
This made Liu Bei even more depressed.
After all, he came with a thousand soldiers to help.
Although it was a little late when he came, the celebration of victory in Jicheng had nothing to do with him.
No one even notified him, isn't this too much of a bully?
No matter what he said, even if he didn't have any merit, he still worked hard.
The officials in Jicheng treated him like this, which made him extremely angry.
But there was nothing he could do.
He wanted to borrow some food from the soldiers of Tiezhuang, but was flatly refused.
He said that no one could move without the order of the owner of the manor.
Looking at the knife in the other party's hand, Liu Bei had no choice but to leave.
Returning to the soldiers of Zhuo County, he found that people didn't even move.
Before he left, he ordered to set up a temporary camp, but those soldiers didn't do it.
A thousand people looked at him and returned, and they didn't even stand up.
They looked at him coldly.
This made Liu Bei's emotions explode.
However, he tried his best to take a few deep breaths and suppressed his anger.
Only now did he know that leading troops was such a difficult thing.
But why was Liu Yu of Tiezhuang so relaxed?
Look at the soldiers in Tiezhuang, they can enforce discipline without even a commander.
He was extremely envious.
In his story, he described the Jicheng officials who did not provide military rations as extremely cruel.
Patting his chest, Liu Bei shouted the slogan of sharing hardships with the soldiers.
After much persuasion, he finally got the soldiers to take action.
Follow him to the mountains and forests, dig some wild vegetables in the moonlight, and hunt some small things and barely eat preserved fruits.
After a busy day, Liu Bei, who was hungry for a day and finally had a bite of food, felt a sore nose and tears overflowed from his eyes.
Although he was a low-ranking official, he had never suffered such a crime in Zhuo County.
These officials in Jicheng are really shitty!
With the help of the moonlight, Liu Bei looked at Jicheng not far away.
There is no other way. Since I have come here, if I return to Zhuo County empty-handed, I am afraid that the county magistrate will blame me.
I will wait until tomorrow to go to the city and see if I can find a way out.
He lowered his head and retracted his gaze, and fell on the fifty-refined fine steel sword made by Tiezhuang beside him.
This weapon is the only valuable thing on his body.
It is better to give this weapon to an official in the city, so that he can get a way out and let the other party help him say a few good words in front of the governor of Youzhou.
Maybe things can still turn around.
But I am reluctant to give it up.
After struggling for a long time, Liu Bei finally made up his mind. Don't be reluctant to sacrifice the child.
Fight!
If successful, there will be plenty of opportunities to get the sword in the future.
If not, I am afraid that I will sink and it will be useless to keep this sword in my hand!
Liu Bei looked at Jicheng under the moonlight again, his eyes sparkling.
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In the lobby of the Jicheng official temple, Liu Yan took the lead and sat at the main seat, while Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan sat on both sides.
Other Youzhou officials took their seats one after another.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Taishi Ci were arranged at other tables, accompanied by officials.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the host and the guests were all happy.
Liu Yu had a wide range of knowledge, and he randomly picked some local customs and landscapes from other places to talk about.
This surprised all the Youzhou officials.
Meteor showers, auroras, the moon eaten by a dog, Guilin landscapes, Huangguoshu Waterfall, the Sahara Desert, and mirages.
Liu Yan and the officials in the lobby were amazed.
"I didn't expect that my nephew had such a wide range of knowledge. His description made people want to pull two wings off the wild goose and put them on their backs, and fly to those places to have a look."
All the officials echoed.
The atmosphere in the lobby was pushed to its peak.
Liu Yu smiled amidst the laughter.
The atmosphere was almost set, and it was time to talk about business.
He said, "Sir Governor, this time we brought three thousand sophisticated weapons made of the latest materials to Tiezhuang. We originally planned to use them to suppress the Yellow Turbans, but we didn't expect the Yellow Turban rebels to be so vulnerable."
"Since they are useless, why don't we take them back to Tiezhuang."
"Hey hey hey! How can this be!" Liu Yan, who put down the wine cup in his hand, interrupted hurriedly."Without the Yellow Turban rebels, there are still those foreign tribes on the grassland."
"No matter what, Youzhou is a frontier state, and the military equipment can only be better, but there is no end."
"Leave all those weapons and distribute them to the soldiers!"
"The governor is wise!!" The officials in the hall were very excited.
Those are weapons made by Tiezhuang!
Moreover, they are weapons forged with the latest materials.
As soon as Liu Yu said it, the officials couldn't wait to take a look.
"Let the governor and the adults see the quality of the new weapons forged by Tiezhuang first." Liu Yu turned his head and looked at the neighboring table.
"Ziyi, go get some weapons."
"Yes!" Taishi Ci replied respectfully and turned to leave.
Before entering the city, Liu Yu had already given instructions for everything.
After a short time, Taishi Ci returned from outside the hall and came to the center of the hall under the gaze of the Youzhou officials.
Carrying a few weapons.
Taishi Ci put down his weapon, and Liu Yan and the officials stared at him instantly, staring at him intently.
But no one saw that Taishi Ci came to Liu Yu and handed him a three-foot-long wooden box.
Liu Yu put the wooden box away, stood up and invited: "Please try the sword, uncle."
Liu Yan looked at Liu Yu and stretched out his hand, drank some wine, and stood up and strode over.
He was very happy to be the first to experience the legendary new material weapons of Tiezhuang.
Under Liu Yu's instructions, Taishi Ci and Zhang Fei lifted a wooden table, stacked three standard single-handed swords of Youzhou officers and soldiers, tied them with hemp ropes, and put them on the table.
"This..." Liu Yan just picked up a Tiezhuang weapon and played with it in his hand. When he saw the scene in front of him, he raised his eyebrows and sobered up.
He looked at Liu Yu with an inquiring look, but found that the other party gave him a reassuring look.
Liu Yan was in a complicated mood.
The Youzhou officials in the hall held their breath, not knowing what to say.
How could they cut three swords stacked together?
Not to mention the pampered Liu Yan, even Gongsun Zan, who was a master of the battlefield, would not be able to do it, right?
The officials could not believe that Liu Yu, who was extremely smart, could make such a low-level mistake.
Put the governor in such an embarrassing situation?
Gongsun Zan was about to stand up and go to the center of the hall to replace the governor, but was stopped by Liu Yu's eyes.
Liu Yu came to Liu Yan's side and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, governor, just cut it hard.