Jia Fan shook his head and smiled, "The ancestor of the Liu brothers is Liu Yi who serves under the command of the Marquis of Liaodong."

Gongsun Xiu suddenly understood, but he felt a little confused and said in surprise: "As far as I know, there are no officials with the surname Liu in the court. Could it be that the descendants did not serve as officials in the court?"

Jia Fan said: "The Liu family was a wealthy family in Qingzhou. Later, they moved to Liaodong. They started their own business in shipbuilding. The merchants and merchants from Dazhu to Donglai counties, and even the large ships to the Eastern Wu were all from the Liu family. When the Marquis of Liaodong Xiong and Zhang Haidong, Liu Yi brought thousands of boats and troops to surrender, thus becoming a general in Liaodong. Since the Marquis of Liaodong died, Liu Yi was defeated by Zhang Liao and withdrew from Donglai County. The descendants of Liu family were not accepted by Qinghuang and did not serve as officials in the court. They all returned to the dock to build ships and started their old careers."

Gongsun Xiu immediately understood and thought to himself: "It seems that Liu Yi is a person like the fortress owner. He joins thousands of people in the army and surrenders to Gongsun Du and is directly upgraded to a general."

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars broke out, and thousands of families gathered together to form a fort. It was normal to practice thousands of divisions to defend themselves. If you defect to Gongsun Du, it would be equivalent to the act of "injecting capital and investing in shares".

There are many such people, such as Yu Jin, Li Dian, Xu Zhu and others who were under Cao Cao's tent at that time led their tribes to join the army. "The Three Kingdoms: Biography of Li Dian" records: "Dian follows his father Qian, and has a strong spirit, and has gathered thousands of guests in Chengshi. At the beginning of the Pingzhong, he followed Taizu with his crowd."

Xu Chu was a local wealthy family in Qiao County, and was a real fellow villager with Cao Cao. He also led his team to Cao's camp. The Three Kingdoms record: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, young people and thousands of clan families gathered together to strengthen the walls to defend the enemy."

The Liu family in Liaodong failed to gain a foothold in the court, so they retreated to the dock and lived their old careers. This was rare.

Gongsun Xiu touched his chin and pondered: "The ancestral home is from Qingzhou, and that is a Shandong native. Isn't Shandong native the most obsessed with organization? He is not an official in Yan State, but retired to Dazhu to build a ship. It's interesting."

Jia Fan didn't understand what the King of Yan was muttering again, and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to go to Dazhu, right?"

Gongsun Xiu laughed: "Of course we need to understand. Now when Liaodong is employed, if the Liu brothers are talented and educated, they can lead them into the court to become officials."

Jia Fan immediately ordered people to prepare carriages and horses to follow the entourage.

This time, it is located in the southernmost part of Liaodong. It is nearly 700 miles away from Xiangping to Dazhu. Gongsun Xiu has never taken such a long distance, so he has no war now, and "southern tour" is also a good choice.

He went south through Xinchang, Anshi, Pingguo, and Beifeng. After Jia Fan's introduction, Gongsun Xiu learned about the financial situation in various places. He was just a rough one before, but now he has carefully examined the customs and customs.

After half a month of walking and stopping, everyone had arrived at Dazhu. The coast of Dazhu was very lively, and the civilian boats looked dense. This was the communication between merchants from the counties of Donglai County and Liaodong.

The Liu family manor is vast and is a five-entrance mansion with green tiles and blue bricks, lights and colorful lights in front of the door, and a total of more than 20 people guarding both sides of the red gate. They are simply militants.

Gongsun Xiu was stunned. When he walked into Dazhu, he saw all kinds of pedestrians wearing similar styles. Until he saw the servants of the Liu family manor and found that their clothes were the same as those outside, he realized that they were dressed like those outside. He then realized: "In such a huge Dazhu, the guests and servants of the Liu family were everywhere."

The powerful "crossing states and counties" in the late Han Dynasty seemed to be a false reputation. Through land annexation, the population was hidden and the family "slaves formed an army" was a very common phenomenon during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Especially when it developed to the Western Jin Dynasty, Shi Chong was even rich enough to compete with Sima Yan.

Sima Yan wore a fire-washing clothes from the Western Regions to show off at Shi Chong's home. But Shi Chong knew that Sima Yan would come to the mansion as a guest, so he deliberately wore an ordinary coarse cloth to greet Sima Yan, but ordered his family to serve tea and water. The fifty servants who washed and swept the floor were all wearing fire-washing clothes.

Sima Yan was stunned as soon as he entered the door. The founding emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty actually had a "same shirt" with fifty slaves. He was really blind. Since then, Sima Yan has never fought with Shi Chong for wealth again.

Gongsun Xiu thought to himself: "Although the Liu brothers are not officials in the court, there are probably many old officials. There are so many property in this family. If they can be directly suppressed and incorporated, wouldn't it be a fortune to the Yan State treasury?"

Of course, no matter how you think about it, it is not the time to do this now.

Suppressing the powerful has always been a must-do for the wise and powerful lords, but the reputation left behind is not very good. The reason is that most of the followers of later generations are controlled by the powerful and powerful gentry, so they are not good at giving some good words.

Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, was known as the perfect emperor. Although he was neither stupid nor mediocre, he was outstanding in talent, nor did he slaughter the heroes. He was thousands of times better than the Liu family. However, Liu Xiu started his career with a huge gentry. Of course, he would not touch the gentry, after all, that was his world.

Gongsun Xiu strided forward, and the servants of the Liu family manor blocked the way and frowned and said, "Is there anything wrong?"

"I'll look for the Liu brothers."

Gongsun Xiu smiled. He didn't dare to call himself alone. He didn't reveal his identity because he was afraid of scaring them.

The Liu family member looked at him suspiciously and sneered: "My master is not here, so please go back."

Deng Ai was a little angry when he heard this. Gongsun Xiu made a gesture with his hands behind his back, indicating that he should not act rashly, and smiled at the Liu family's servants and said, "I'm waiting here. If you go in and report it, then Gongsun Xiu asks for a meeting."

"Gongsun Xiu?"

The Liu family member scratched the back of his head. The surname Gongsun was basically a royal relative in Liaodong, and his name sounded a little familiar. It seemed that this person was still of some origin and smiled and said, "Okay, Gongsun Xiu, I understand. Now go in and report, you are here."

The Liu family's servant went in to report casually, and Deng Ai was speechless: "This person is in Yan State and does not know the king's name. It's really ridiculous."

Gongsun Xiu smiled and whispered: "I have heard of it, but when I come to the private discussion among the people, I dare not call myself the name of the Lone, nor can I believe that the dignified King of Yan would ask for a meeting at the door."

Deng Ai couldn't help laughing.

After a while, two young men in fine clothes ran out, knelt in front of Gongsun Xiu, and said tremblingly: "The king is here in Dazhu. The villain's subordinates have no idea about Mount Tai, and offended the king and beg to forgive him."

Gongsun Xiu looked carefully and saw that the man in the left head was a little older, looking in his thirties, with deep eyes and a high nose, and a goatee. The other man was about twenty-seven or eight years old, and looked handsome.

The two of them were stunned for a long time when they heard the servants say "Gongsun Xiu asks for a meeting". They thought that it was the arrival of the King of Yan, but they were actually blocked by the servants. They were so shocked that they were scattered and rushed to greet them.

"Get up."

He spread his eyebrows and asked, "What are your names?"

The older goatee replied, "Return to the king, the villain Liu Chuan."

The handsome young man replied: "Little man Liu Zhi."

Gongsun Xiu frowned, thinking that the name was not very good, so he waved his hand: "I heard that if Liaodong talks about shipbuilding, it is famous for the Liu family in Qingzhou, so I went to Dazhu to see the truth."

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