After figuring out Liu Qi's thoughts, Jia Xu began to analyze Liu Qi calmly.

He cupped his hands and said: "Although the generals in Guanzhong have strong troops, they are not good at facing the elite soldiers of the princes. Just be careful of their cavalry... But the princes have also had many encounters with the Xiliang cavalry in recent years.

They have rich experience in fighting and should not worry too much... According to Jia Xu, if the imperial court takes action against Guanzhong, there is no guarantee that Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou will not sit idly by. After all, once Guanzhong becomes the imperial court's thorn in the side, then

The two men in Jincheng, Ma and Han, have lost strategic depth. They are afraid that the situation will be in danger, so they will definitely send troops to intervene... These two men are rebels under their command, and they are quite large in number, so they need to be cautious."

Liu Qi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. After all, I am not sending troops to occupy Guanzhong. If things go wrong, I will just withdraw my troops back to Hanzhong... This trip north to Guanzhong, Wen He and you are going with me... For those in the northwest

Warlord, you know a lot better than me."

Jia Xu thought for a moment and said: "The prince wants to go north to assist the imperial court in taking Guanzhong, but at the same time he must pay attention to the trends in the east. After all, the pottery merchant has already carried the prince's order to Xuzhou, and he still needs to send people to meet him from time to time to avoid any problems.

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"Don't worry about this. Xun You is there in Jingzhou. I will let him pay attention to the affairs of the East on my behalf. Tao Shang has a heavy responsibility, and I will let him help me accomplish great things."

Jia Xu nodded upon seeing this and said nothing more.

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After Liu Qi's wedding arrangements were completed, Liu Biao did not return to Jingzhou immediately. Instead, he stayed in Yizhou and began to prepare for the establishment of a school in his hometown.

For Liu Biao, studying and establishing schools was not limited to Jingzhou. His dream was to revive the academic atmosphere in all states and counties of the Han Dynasty.

Nowadays, the academic style in Jingzhou is flourishing. To a certain extent, Liu Biao is no longer needed. So staying in Yizhou to study may be a bigger challenge in life for Liu Biao.

However, the development of private schools did not happen overnight. It took more than four years for Jingzhou to reach the scale it is today. However, Yizhou is far more barbaric and backward than Jingzhou, especially because there are so many barbarians there.

, in terms of the complexity of establishing schools and educating people, it is far more complicated than that in Jingzhou.

Despite the difficulties ahead, Liu Biao himself is still very motivated.

Although the official and private schools in Shu were not able to flourish for a while, and they were not the focus of Liu Qi's current policy, Liu Biao still had other things to do.

That is to train three young barbarians from the southern barbarian tribes.

Meng Zhou sent his son Meng Huo to Chengdu, ostensibly to keep him with Liu Qi to learn Han culture. In fact, he made his son a hostage in Chengdu to gain Liu Qi's trust and importance.

King Tie Xiang of Banatong and Wu Mufu of Ugo Kingdom also followed Meng Zhou's example and summoned their sons from the south and mortgaged them together in Chengdu.

This seemingly brainless move gave them a head start in this major reform of Nanjing Central University, and the three of them indeed gained Liu Qi's trust and reuse.

Of course, Liu Qi is a very generous person to his subordinates. For those who sincerely serve him, he will not only give them an important position, but also give them practical benefits.

However, Meng Zhou and other barbarian kings were easy to deal with for Liu Qi, but his three sons were a bit difficult for Liu Qi to deal with at the moment.

Hostages are hostages, but in name, they are here to learn Han culture.

Now that they are here, they have to learn something, right? Otherwise, let them go back to Nanzhong in the future, meet their own family members, and ask them what they learned here... You can't tell your clan members that they are learning nonsense here, right?

But the question is, who should teach these three teenagers?

It would be okay if they were three Han children, but it happened to be three barbarian children, and they were all the sons of the barbarian king.

This is a bit difficult to do.

Just when Liu Qi was hesitating as to who should entrust these three children to take care of, Liu Biao took the initiative and told Liu Qi that he could teach these three little barbarian kings to him.

Liu Qi disagreed at first. Although they had three children, they were barbarians after all and could not understand the behavior of a king. How could Liu Biao control them?

But Liu Biao's answer surprised Liu Qi.

"I am determined to establish a school and educate people. If I can't educate even three barbarian boys, how can I educate everyone?"

In this way, three young barbarians, Meng Huo, Mulu, and Wutu Gu, were handed over by Liu Qi to Liu Biao.

But Liu Qi was still a little worried.

Today, after finishing his official duties, Liu Qi went to the residence he arranged for Liu Biao.

Liu Biao's mansion is located in the suburbs in the south of Chengdu. It occupies a small area and is extremely simple in construction. However, it is relatively quiet. There is a large bamboo forest next to it. The scenery is beautiful and beautiful, but it is a good place for the elderly to maintain their health.

Meng Huo and three other boys are currently living here with Liu Biao.

After Liu Qi entered the courtyard, he immediately heard Lang Lang reciting.

"The so-called self-cultivation is to rectify the mind. If the body is angry, it will not be rectified; if there is fear, it will not be rectified; if there is pleasure, it will not be rectified; if it is worried, it will not be rectified. If the mind is absent,

Turn a blind eye, hear but not hear, eat without knowing… don’t know…”

The person who recited the content of the university was none other than Mulu, the son of King Iron Elephant.

But obviously, the young man just memorized it by rote and did not understand the principles very clearly. Therefore, he stumbled while reciting it and could not remember it after reciting a few sentences.

Liu Qi stood outside the courtyard and looked carefully, only to see that Mulu couldn't carry it anymore. Within three seconds, a ruler flew down from the air and hit his arm with a 'snap' sound, drawing a stream of blood.

Lienzi.

Not to mention Mulu, even Liu Qi couldn't help but be shocked.

"It hurts!" Mulu yelled at Liu Biao who was holding a ruler.

"You've been memorizing this passage for two days, but you still can't get it down! Are you embarrassed to complain that it hurts? This section is just to improve your memory!" Liu Biao roared angrily.

Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this.

This was the first time he saw Liu Biao so angry.

Liu Biao during teaching was completely different from his usual state. He was like a lion, with fierce eyes and a cold and stern expression.

Mulu was obviously a little unconvinced: "My eldest father sent me here not to scold and beat you every day!"

Liu Biao said coldly: "Having a son without teaching him is like killing his son by killing his son. I am beating and scolding you today to teach you how to behave, how to be a human being, and how to stand in the world. I'm afraid your eldest father has not treated you like this."

Carefully... stretch out your hands!"

Upon hearing this, Mulu stretched out his hand, and his face suddenly turned pale.

The faces of Meng Zhou and Wu Tu Gu next to them were also extremely ugly, and they were obviously frightened.

Mulu bit his lip and stubbornly stretched out his hand.

Liu Biao said coldly: "If you don't reach out, I will ask the guards to hang you up and beat you!"

These three barbarian teenagers advocated force. If anyone else had dared to treat them like this, the three of them would have pounced on each other and wiped each other's necks to bleed them.

But Liu Qi equipped Liu Biao with a hundred elite warriors to protect his safety... Not to mention these three gadgets, even three hundred more, as long as Liu Biao gave an order, he could chop them up like melons and vegetables.

It's fragmented.

Mulu bit his lip and looked at Liu Biao with fierce eyes, but in the end he slowly removed the hand that was behind him.

Liu Biao raised his ruler, covered Mulu's hand, and struck out with a heavy stroke.

There was a crisp "pop" sound, and Mulu's palm instantly swelled up.

And Mulu looked at Liu Biao with a hint of hatred in his eyes.
Chapter completed!