Sun Quan was about to scold Sun Shangxiang, but when she saw her tired look, she couldn't bear to scold her, so she had to threaten: "Go to withdraw from the competition immediately. If you find out that you will go to the competition again, you will take Chen Nian to confine me and lock E'er up. Let your mother chat with you well."

Gongsun E said innocently beside him: "Why did this bring me to you?"

Sun Quan said: "Don't think it's innocent. If you hadn't taught her, her swordsmanship was the routine of a three-legged cat. She could have persisted until today. She would have been eliminated long ago. Although I haven't seen it, I can't guess it."

Gongsun E stuck out his tongue and stopped talking. Then several people stopped watching the competition and went back directly.

In the afternoon, Sun Quan took Pang Tong to the training hall. Shi Tao, Cui Jun and Meng Jian were studying here, so Xu Shu would naturally be in the martial arts lecture hall. Sun Quan found Hu Zong and asked, "Weize, how are Shi Tao and the other two now?"

"When I go back to my lord, I will do my work for them myself. After a week, the three of them couldn't help but become loyal. Now they are very pious. Many articles can be memorized, their hair is cut, and their articles are written in vernacular. I have also tried them in various ways and confirmed that they have really worked from the bottom of their hearts." Hu Zong replied.

Sun Quan was very happy when he heard this and said, "Okay, then you go and call them over and say I'll come and see them. Let them study here for two months, and then arrange specific positions with them, so that they can learn more about local affairs later."

Not to mention that the martial arts competition in Jiangdong was in full swing, but in Xinye, since Liu Bei arrived, the gentry in Jingzhou have seen Liu Bei's methods. Liu Bei's subordinates not only had powerful generals, but also had enterprising spirit, and were younger than Liu Biao, and were a more worthy investment target, so many gentry people with ambition began to consider investing.

For them, Cao Cao represented the interests of the northern, especially the Yingchuan gentry. Moreover, the division of power under Cao Cao had basically taken shape, and Jingzhou was not easy to intervene. Sun Quan in Jiangnan was not friendly to the gentry at all. Moreover, Sun Quan's haircut and vernacular writing made everyone very disgusted. The remaining Liu Biao and Liu Zhang had no future, but now there was a Liu Bei, which became the ideal candidate in everyone's mind. So everyone began to plan how to connect with Liu Bei.

One day, Liu Bei was very depressed because of the vigorous competition in Jiangdong. He found that he could not do anything. He then took Guan and Zhang Zhao out to hunt, and then met an old man on the mountain fishing in the mountain. This was naturally Mr. Shui Jing. Then he met Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to return to his farm to drink and sighed.

He said: "Why did you stay in Shinye when you hear the name of General Daming for a long time?"

Liu Bei said: "The luck is not good, Cangtian will not be blessed!"

Mr. Shui Jing said, "No, it's because the general has no talent to assist him."

Liu Bei said: "My civil officials include Sun Qian, Jian Yong, etc., and military generals, Zhang, Zhao, etc., and they are all loyal ministers."

Shui Jing began to evaluate the characters and said, "Guan, Zhang and Zhao are brave generals, but there is no leader of the strategy. Sun Qian and Jian Yong are just scholars, not talents who can stabilize the country."

Liu Bei sighed, "I also want to find some talented people to help me, but I haven't met you."

Shui Jing said: "The nursery rhyme in Jingxiang sang: It was about to decline in the eighth and nine years, and there were no remains in the thirteenth year. At the beginning of the destiny of heaven, the dragon in the mud flew towards the sky. This song began at the beginning of Jian'an: In the eighth year of Jian'an, Liu Jingsheng lost his ex-wife and became a family chaotic. This is the so-called "beginning to decline"; "no remains" will soon be Jingsheng will die, and the civil and military will fall and there will be no remains in the sky; "The destiny of heaven will return", and the dragon will fly to the sky, which is probably the general."

Liu Bei said modestly: "How can you afford it!"

Shui Jing then began to promote his talents and said, "This is the genius today, and you can go and seek it."

Liu Bei asked anxiously: "Who is it? Where is it?"

Shui Jing said: "The genius of Wolong can be at peace with the world."

Liu Bei began to ask about the origin of Wolong. Mr. Shui Jing first pretended for a while, and then told Liu Bei that Wolong was Zhuge Liang and had the talent of Jiang Shang and Zhang Liang. However, when Liu Bei continued to ask where Zhuge Liang was, Mr. Shui Jing stopped talking.

After Liu Bei returned to Xinye, he began to send people to inquire. Finally, he found out that Zhuge Liang lived in Longzhong County, so he set out to seek talent. He didn't see Zhuge Liang for the first time. The Pang family, Huang family and others were powerful here. When he knew that Liu Bei was going, he let Zhuge Liang avoid it early. Then, Liu Bei didn't have much to deal with in Xinye anyway, so he started his second visit in a few days.

This time, when he saw Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang proposed the strategy of occupying Jingxiang and then attacking Yizhou and seizing the world, and drew a pie for Liu Bei, which made Liu Bei feel grateful after hearing this. Then he worshipped Kongming as his military advisor, and then said to his left and right: "It's like a fish in water!"

In fact, Zhuge Liang was also very conflicted. His brother was doing well in Jiangdong and asked him to go there many times. Then Pang Tong also went to Sun Quan's subordinates. Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang were actually friends. Recently, his friends Xu Shu and others went to Jiangdong to participate in a competition. If nothing unexpected happens, they would play under Sun Quan. From any aspect, Sun Quan is the only one with the ability to compete with Cao Cao, but his master and the forces behind him are not allowed to make such a choice.

At this time, my choices are no longer the only way, and I can’t let go of these things and follow my own wishes to make my own choices. If I do that, my wife Huang Yueying, the Huang family where my father-in-law is, and the teachers and teachers of Lushan Gate will make me sad. Then in order to satisfy all of these people, I can only follow their arrangements. As for my brother, I will explain it carefully, after all, I can understand myself.

In fact, it’s like after we graduated from college, we originally wanted to do some job, but your family and your tutor recommended you a job that they think is good. What should you do? If you don’t obey, you can’t ignore the face and feelings of so many people, so you can only do what they do first. Later, I found that the boss was also good to you, so I thought that those who were considering you to die, so I hanged it like this.

After Liu Bei had the assistance of Zhuge Liang, the Huang family and the Pang family began to support Liu Bei. Liu Bei's economic and military strength grew rapidly with the support of these big families, and gradually he had the capital to occupy Jingxiang.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!