That night, after the envoys who came to negotiate were settled, Liu Qi secretly took Zhang Yun to visit these envoys one by one.

Li Jue, Cai Yong, Jia Xu... Each of them has something that Liu Qi can use.

The first person to visit was naturally Li Jue.

For a person like Li Jue, it is difficult to get through him, and it is simple and simple.

Wealth and famous instruments are naturally the things that can best touch the softness of their hearts.

"Oh, Mr. Liu...hehe, this is too polite."

Li Jue looked at the room, and the Linzhi gold and famous goods sent by Liu Qi personally, which was so happy that he couldn't stop talking.

For people like Li Jue, it’s easy to do things... just a routine that many people don’t blame.

In fact, since arriving in Luoyang, the Xiliang army has plundered a lot of money among the people. Although most of it was confiscated by Dong Zhuo, it cannot stand the large amount. Li Jue has accumulated a lot of furniture, especially the Xiliang army has excavated Xianling in Luoyang and taken the precious burial items as military supplies, which has made Li Jue's value double every day.

But the more this happens, Li Jue's greed becomes endless, as if he opened Pandora's magic box and released the devil in his heart, which was out of control.

Most of the treasures that Li Jue has obtained over the past year have been stolen, but there are no ones who take the initiative to give gifts like Liu Qi.

Therefore, Liu Qi's actions also greatly satisfied Li Jue's self-esteem.

The children of scholars also have to come and give me gifts to Mr. Li!

At this moment, Li Jue took the exquisite jade artifact given to him by Liu Qi, and carefully examined it under the flames of the oil lamp.

He praised while looking at it: "Good jade, it's really good jade. This workplace is absolutely extraordinary... The young master has such a strong meaning, but it makes Li ashamed."

Li Jue pretended to understand. Although he was a warrior from the border county and was far inferior to the Central Plains family in terms of knowledge, his vision was quite vicious in the art of appreciating jade.

This is also related to his origin in Liangzhou.

Among the raw materials of jade in the Han Dynasty, a large part of the nephrite was transported to the Han Dynasty through the protection of the Western Regions by the Protectorate of the Western Regions through Liangzhou.

As a local tycoon in Liangzhou, Li Jue is naturally very knowledgeable in this regard.

Liu Qi smiled and said, "If Li Duhu likes it, Qi will find treasures in Jingzhou again, and he will send someone to Beijing to Duoduo."

"Hi! You're so kind, there's no need to do that!"

Li Jue happily put down the jade in his hand and invited Liu Qi to sit down on the desk, saying, "Young Master Liu is so kind, you feel deeply ashamed. Don't worry, if there is anything in Jingzhou to do for you, if Li Jue can do it for you, the premise is... Hehe, I can't disobey the prime minister, do you understand?"

Liu Qi nodded secretly - thick outside and thin inside.

Li Jue seems rough, but in fact he is still a person who knows it... Sure enough, no one who can become the overlord of one side is given for nothing.

His words meant that although he received his own courtesy, he also drew his own bottom line, which was to say ugly words ahead.

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Li Dupu, in fact, I only have two small things today to bother Dupu. I will definitely not make Dupu's embarrassed."

After hearing what Liu Qi said, Li Jue said: "Since that's the case, I'll ask the young master to give me some advice."

Liu Qi looked at Li Jue with a smile, but he had already reached out to Zhang Yun.

But Zhang Yun put a roll of thin silk on Liu Qi's hand.

"Qi thought about it for a long time and thought that the list of generals during the day was actually omitted. He was afraid that the prime minister would be responsible, so he wanted to give another list of generals, and he was bothered by the general to help him submit it."

Li Jue raised his eyebrows, then reached out to take the silk from Liu Qi's hand, took the silk from his eyes and looked at it... and smiled.

"Wow! There are only three names? It's too few. If Mr. Li remembers correctly, the bamboo slips given by Mr. Bai Jian today have at least more than thirty names on it."

Liu Qi sighed with a bitter look on his face: "It's because there are too many people and I think it's not appropriate after thinking about it, so I can simply simplify it so that the Prime Minister can understand our true meaning."

"Hahaha, this is really a simplified person."

This little thing is naturally nothing to Li Jue. He reached out to take the silk and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'll just turn around and submit this."

After putting away the silk, Li Jue found that Liu Qi looked at him with a smile on his face, and the light in his eyes was flashing, which was quite meaningful.

Seeing this, Li Jue was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly understood Liu Qi's intention.

He got up and walked to the bedside, took the large list of bamboo slips handed to him by Kuai Yue during the day, and handed them to Liu Qi, saying, "This is the original list. Please ask Mr. Liu to collect it. If there is any difference in the future, don't blame Li."

Liu Qi stood up and reached out to take it, saying, "That's natural, I have to protect the people."

After putting away the list written by Kuai Yue before, Liu Qi asked Li Jue again: "I dare to ask the Protector, today Mr. Cai is in the tent and is trying to protect Liu Yan's three sons. I wonder why?"

Li Jue didn't know about the relationship between Cai Yong and the father and son of the Liu family, but he had been in the court for a year after all, and Cai Yong was a person trusted by Dong Zhuo. Therefore, Li Jue and other people in the Western Liang Dynasty also knew about some of the matters about Cai Yong's ancestor Hu Guang through Li Ru's narration.

At this moment, Li Jue told Liu Qi everything he knew without hiding.

Liu Qi had some clarity in his heart.

He immediately said goodbye to Li Jue and went to Cai Yong's residence.

...

"Student Liu Qi, I'm here to meet Cai Zhonglang. I wonder if Zhonglang is sleeping?"

Shortly after Liu Qi's voice fell, he saw the door of the house open. Cai Yong, who was energetic, stood at the door with a deep look at Liu Qi.

Where did you sleep? The mentally energetic ones are almost the same as after morning exercises.

"I vaguely guessed that you will come to find me tonight, and as expected... come in." Cai Yong stretched out his hand and made way for Liu Qi.

Liu Qi turned to Zhang Yun and said, "Brother, I have something to talk about with Cai Zhonglang, brother, please wait outside."

"promise."

Zhang Yun turned around and left, not standing in front of the house, but just went to the distance to patrol and looked at the wind for Liu Qi.

He was afraid that he would be too close to Cai Yong's house. If someone saw it, he might have misunderstood, which would be considered as a cover-up for Liu Qi.

Seeing Zhang Yun's behavior, Liu Qi was very satisfied with him.

Sure enough, these secret operations have to be taken out before co-producing my cousin comes out.

After entering the house, Liu Qi and Cai Yong sat down against each other. Cai Yong poured clear water on the small table for Liu Qi and signaled Liu Qi to drink slowly.

"I'm a few years older than you, so I call you Boyu, how about it?" Cai Yong asked while stroking his beard.

"It's a blessing for Shiqi."

Cai Yong was quite honest and said, "You are asking me for books on behalf of Jingsheng. Wang Jun has already talked with me about you... To be honest, my collection of books is a furniture store for six generations, and I really can't bear to leave it."

Liu Qi advised: "I also know that this is a difficult situation for Cai Zhonglang. However, today's states, jackals and wolves are in power, and the heroes are rampant. The scholars in the north are suffering from displaced. They are afraid that they will not be able to settle down in the short term. Yan Jun intends to set up the academy, compile chapters and sentences, and ask for Confucian scholars. This is a move to stabilize the country... The day before yesterday, Jia Yan wrote a letter saying that not only Song Zhongzi was engaged in the five industries in Nanjun, but Mr. Guangming was invited by his family to Xiangyang, and together with Mr. Zhongzi, he prepared to write the "Five Classics Chapter and Sentences" together, and used it as a collection of Jingchu's academic studies. Although it is not as extraordinary as Cai Zhonglang's re-written "Dongguan Han Ji" when he was continued, it is still the prosperity of the literature of the state according to Liu Qi."

Mr. Guangming, whom Liu Qi mentioned, is another scholar of the classics recruited by Liu Biao to Nanjun.

After hearing this, Cai Yong's face showed an extremely longing expression.

"Hongsheng's great scholar, he said that he was a fairyland on earth every day, which is not an exaggeration. Alas! Such a grand event, it's a pity that I can't go."

Liu Qi hummed coldly when he heard this.

These scholars of Confucianism have the dream of preaching the scriptures and learning Confucianism, and always stare at the great Confucianism, masterpieces, preaching, and teaching... but don't know how to take a break to see the tragic situations of the people?

Liu Qi went north, and the closer he was to Sili, the more he felt the sadness of the people's lives.

During this period, he saw countless refugees and countless corpses everywhere.

The shriveled corpses were chewed at by wild dogs. The flesh and bones were exposed, covered with dust, and how many swollen corpses were floating on the river, blocking and drinking, attracting mosquitoes and flies, rotting and smelling, which was very easy to cause plague but no one cared about...

Could it be that these naked things are related to the life and death of the people in the world... you scholars cannot see it?

Cai Yong sighed for a while in a daze, and suddenly said, "Forget it, today you, I am one of you and one of you, one of you, one of you, one of you, one of you, one of you, I will not deceive you. Your father and son want to ask me to borrow 20,000 to collect private books, which is to promote Confucianism, and it is the most important thing in the world... I decided to borrow it with you, your father and son."

Liu Qi originally thought Cai Yong had ten thousand volumes of private content, but he never thought it was actually twenty thousand volumes.

This is a real surprise.

"Then I would like to thank Cai Zhonglang for his virtue of giving the book."

"Well, thank you." Cai Yong reached out to block Liu Qi's head and said, "I have the conditions too."

“What conditions?”

"These 20,000 books are not given to you, Liu's father and son, but are borrowed. I need to send a confidant to take care of these 20,000 books for me. This confidant will urge the slaves to bring their letters to you Jingchu, and urge you to copy the 20,000 books in Xiangyang, and return them to someone after copying the 20,000 collections."

Liu Qi smiled bitterly when he heard this, "When will it take to copy the 20,000 collection?"

Cai Yong narrowed his eyes: "Then according to your boy's wishes, you have to borrow or repay?"

"I dare not! I am joking, how dare I hide the Zhonglang's furniture... Zhonglang is worried, our father and son will arrange this matter."

Cai Yong stroked his beard and said, "It's not a big deal to copy for a few more years. Even if I die, those collections will still be taken over by future generations. However, I arrange for those who have brought their letters to Jingzhou. Your father and son need to respect them as guests of honor, treat each other well, and use their duties to do the five karmas."

Is this old man a little too big?

You just send a cat or dog to our Nanjun to be a lecturer in the classics?

I still want to be a lecturer, but unfortunately I am not qualified!

"Cai Zhonglang, these five responsibilities are the state religions established by the doctor of the Imperial Academy, and they are not great scholars, and they cannot be ranked as the position. At present, only Song Zizhong and Guangming Gong can afford this position in the entire Nanjun. Who is the person you sent...?"

Cai Yong's face turned apart: "Don't say anything else, do you agree or not?"

"this……"

"If you don't respond, I won't talk to you."

Looking at Cai Yong's stubborn look, Liu Qi smiled.

Am I coaxing the child here?

Sixty-year-old old man!

Forget it, for the old man’s twenty thousand volumes of the book, let’s first respond.

"Okay, Liu Qi must report this to Mr. Yan."

Cai Yong was not stupid: "You said nothing, you wrote a book of promise and I. I sent someone to Liu Jingsheng's place!"

This old man...is quite cautious.

Afraid that I will fool him?

In fact, Liu Qi was really planning to fool him just now.

But it doesn't matter. Liu Qi's purpose is to get 20,000 volumes of Old Man Cai's collection for Liu Biao, and the rest of the matter has nothing to do with him.
Chapter completed!