Chapter 279 Slip into the East China Sea to eat big households
Zhao Hu looked at Xu Shu who was wearing white chalk mud in front of him, and felt a lot of emotion. The reason why his team wandered around Yingchuan for a while was to inquire about Xu Shu's whereabouts, but unfortunately he was fruitless. Unexpectedly, he met Fu Li by chance.
"I often hear my master say, "There is a young hero in Yangdi, Yingchuan, whose courtesy name is Yuanzhi, who is good at fencing, and is a hero in the countryside. He is known as a benevolent hero. Today I met a hero, and it is true!" Zhao Hu began to vain. In fact, Zhao Xing had just explained it once before his trip, and did not comment on Xu Shu frequently. Instead, he mentioned a guy named "Brother Pig".
"I wonder who your lord is?" Xu Shu couldn't help but be curious, thinking that he was just an ordinary descendant and did not call him filial integrity. Zhao Hu was from Jizhou and could even know his own affairs and his words.
"My lord is famous in the north and is known as the 'Bingzhou Little Overlord'..." Zhao Hu just started and was about to show off his strength, but was interrupted by Xu Shu.
"Your lord is Zhao Guochang, General Zhenbei?" Xu Shu asked Zhao Hu excitedly.
"That's right!" Zhao Hu replied proudly.
"It turns out that Brother Zhao is actually the general of General Zhenbei. Xu is polite!" Xu Shu bowed his fists and gave a big gift to Zhao Hu.
"You don't have to be polite to Xu Zhuangshi. My lord loves to make friends with chivalrous people in the world. He is a disciple of martial arts master Tong Yuan. His kung fu is hard to predict. Before leaving, he specifically told me that if he met Xu Yuanzhi in Yingchuan, he sincerely invited him to join Shangdang to discuss the plan to soothe the world!" Zhao Hu told the truth this time, and explained Zhao Xing's "studying the plan to soothe the world" in its original form.
Xu Shu said hesitantly: "Shu already has plans. If he has something to do here, he wants to join Sima Hui, a famous scholar in Jingzhou, as his disciple, and learn the skills of saving the country and the people, so he may not be able to travel north..."
When Zhao Hu heard that Xu Shu was going to study in the south, he quickly continued: "Brother Yuanzhi didn't know anything. There were Grand Secretary Zhang Jian, Cai Yong and others who taught disciples, famous scholars Bingyuan and Guan Ning were in the museum, and there were more than a thousand new books of books for free for scholars from all over the world to read. It was only better than the south, not worse than Jingzhou!"
When Xu Shu heard Zhao Hu's affirmative statement, he heard that Zhang Jian, Cai Yong, Bing Yuan, Guan Ning and others were in Bingzhou, so he was moved, but he still couldn't make any choices.
Zhao Hu saw clearly on the side and quickly added a heavy weight: "Everyone in the world respects literature and despises martial arts. Only the general of Zhenbei respects literature and martial arts. There are many civil and military talents under his command, and each shows his strengths. It is too paranoid to abandon martial arts like Brother Yuanzhi, so why not practice both civil and military affairs, and show his superiority?"
Now Xu Shu was completely moved by Zhao Hu. Compared with the dual cultivation of literature and martial arts, it is natural that the people who are willing to be more in line with their own wishes. Who wouldn’t want to be a famous general like Zhao Xing who “can thunder and can thunder in literature and can thunder in martial arts”?
"Okay, since Brother Zhao is so enthusiastic, if Xu pushes and stops it, he will look petty! I will go home and bid farewell to my mother and go to Shangdang to study soon!" Xu Shu finally made up his mind.
"Brother Yuanzhi is now offending the government. If someone is discovered by a person who is interested, wouldn't it harm Lingtang? Why not leave a letter written by himself? I will send someone to Yangdi to escort Lingtang to Shangdang. In the future, Brother Xu's mother and son are reunited in Shangdang, but it will be better than being thousands of miles apart and are uneasy!" Zhao Hu changed his mind if Xu Shu went home, so he sincerely suggested that Xu Shu flee directly to Shangdang, and he would take care of other matters.
When Xu Shu heard that Zhao Hu was right, he refused. He immediately left a letter on the new paper provided by Zhao Hu, and then resigned Zhao Hu and walked north.
Before leaving, Zhao Hu provided Xu Shu with a set of literati clothes, some money and a short dagger for self-defense. He suggested that Xu Shu restore his original appearance, change his tone, first cross the Yellow River to reach Henei County, and then enter Shangdang through Jiguan. Do not cross from Jizhou Wei County, and enter Bingzhou from Huguan.
It is rare for Zhao Hu to be so careful. He is also afraid that if Xu Shu is intercepted by Yuan Shao's people when he passes by Jizhou, he will be in tears.
After saying goodbye to Xu Shu, Zhao Hu sent five people to take Xu Shu's letter and head west, heading to Yangdi, Yingchuan to pick up Xu's mother to Shangdang, and he continued to head towards Xuzhou with the remaining twenty-five people.
Not long after Zhao Hu walked, he saw thousands of officers and soldiers coming towards the main road, hurriedly leading people to hide in the bushes by the roadside. It turned out that the officers and soldiers who had fled back came to capture the Yellow Turban Rebels. After passing the team of officers and soldiers, Zhao Hu went to Pengcheng Kingdom and prepared to enter Donghai County from Pengcheng. There was a wealthy family waiting for them to eat the big family!
The officers and soldiers naturally could not catch the Yellow Turban rebels. As for Xu Shu who had restored his original appearance and five other alert team members, it was even more impossible to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers of the brigade. Zhao Hu was not worried about their safety.
After half a month of travel, the group finally arrived at Qu County (now southwest of Lianyungang) in Donghai County. There was a wealthy family here, named Mi Zhu (named Zi Zhong). The ancestors have been engaged in the cultivation of generations and raised servants, with nearly 10,000 diners and assets of over 1000 million. Zhao Hu came this time to join Mi Zhu and find a way to bring Miss Mi to Shangdang, so that the Mi family can serve Bingzhou in the future.
After entering Qu County, Zhao Hu immediately ordered his team members to start spying on information everywhere and inquire about the Mi family. Zhao Hu changed his clothes to travel around and do business, and went to Mi Mansion to ask for help with a few new books printed by Shangdang.
With the Mi family's identity and status in the local area, if they want to establish relationships with them, business people must have cut the threshold. Although the Yellow Turban disaster is not yet holographic, many businessmen from the south and north have come to Qu County, intending to buy a large amount of food stored by the Mi family. What Zhao Xing is interested in is the Mi family's advantage of being good at managing reclamation and preparing to join forces.
After Zhao Hu arrived at Mi Mansion, he secretly gave the servants who were guarding the door a lot of benefits and entrusted him to transfer a rectangular wooden box to the head of the family, leaving behind his name and place of residence.
Zhao Hu, who returned to the inn, listened to the various news that the team members had found overnight, and then made arrangements for everyone's next action. Then he hurriedly went to bed and waited for the Mi family to come to invite him to come to the house for an interview.
Unfortunately, Mi Zhu went to Xia Pi not long ago to visit Tao Qian (named Gongzu), a new Xuzhou governor, so Zhao Hu waited for five days before receiving the invitation from Mi Zhu to return to Qu County.
After Mi Zhu returned home, he asked all the officials in the mansion to report their work. One manager handed over the wooden box presented by his disciple. Mi Zhu didn't care at first, so he opened the wooden box and saw that there were several books. He flipped it out a few times, and his face changed drastically. He saw that the five books in the wooden box were exactly the same, all of which were "The Analects of Confucius". As a business expert, Mi Zhu had such a keen sense of smell and immediately discovered the key.
Mi Zhu naturally knew the price of a book. The five booklets in the wooden box were obviously made in the same batch, and they were not copied by hand, which seemed to be some kind of method that could be copied in large quantities. If the world's books were printed in large quantities in this way, what a big deal would it be?
Chapter completed!