When spring is about to pass, Baijia Academy is completed at the foot of Yulei Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with pleasant scenery. Thirty miles north, the construction project of Taoyuan Village is in full swing.

If you want to re-create the controversy of hundreds of schools of thought, make the various schools of thought compete with each other, and then integrate the strengths of hundreds of schools, it is not a work that can be completed overnight. Guo Jia can only cultivate a favorable soil and see if it can take root or sprout.

"Yuan Shu sent Yuan Yin and Yang Hong to the envoy?"

The busy government affairs had just been reduced a lot when the spring plowing ended, but Guo Jia, who had taken a break and took a breath, received such news.

Most of the advisers in the hall couldn't guess what Yuan Shu wanted to do. Logically speaking, the princes would not publicly have anything to do with Guo Jia, but Yuan Shu did just that. Yuan Yin and Yang Hong had entered Badong County and came towards Chengdu.

"Lord, Yuan Shu sent an envoy to come here for the following two purposes: to inquire about the real and secret alliance." Xu Shu replied.

Guo Jia, who was sitting upright in the main position, said: "After Yuan Shu took over Yuzhou, he was granted the title of prefects of several Yangzhou counties. At this time, he either rested and pursued his strength before making progress. He would prepare for the battle and continue to expand his territory with the momentum of Yuzhou's victory. To expand his territory, either went north to Xuzhou, Yanzhou, or attack Jingzhou in the west."

Nanyang was the imperial town, and Liu Xiu made his fortune here. Therefore, in the political structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the position of Nanyang Prefect was very special. If we say that the later prefect was a prince, the Nanyang Prefect was not inferior in terms of status. Because of this, Yuan Shu couldn't wait to lead his relatives to occupy Nanyang after the Nanyang Prefect was killed by Sun Jian. When he led the Nanyang Prefect to the League, Yuan Shu was undoubtedly a person in the world with his status as Nanyang Prefect.

Therefore, Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang, dared to appoint Sun Jian as the governor of Yuzhou and appointed other prefects of Yangzhou counties.

"If Yuan Shu had rested, he would never send envoys to Chengdu at this time. It seems that Yuan Shu was ready to launch troops to Jingzhou."

After Xi Zhicai said that, he also fell into deep thought.

If Yuan Shu really drives troops to Jingzhou, what benefits will Guo Jia have?

Others are also thinking about this issue.

The advantageous result must be that both Yuan Shu and Liu Biao will suffer a loss. The perfect result is that both sides will have exhausted their troops, but that will definitely be impossible.

From a strategic perspective, if Yuan Shu wants to sweep the Central Plains, the first thing to do is to solve his worries first, which is Liu Biao. Otherwise, he may be plagiarized by Liu Biao's base camp by Liu Biao, and then he will attack Yuan Shu in front and back with Liu Dai and Cao Cao in Yanzhou and Tao Qian in Xuzhou. Yuan Shu, who was attacked from both sides and back, would be in a doomed place.

Since Yuan Shu wanted to attack Liu Biao, he sent envoys to Chengdu at this time, probably to make Guo Jia send troops to Jingzhou as cannon fodder.

Guo Jia naturally wanted to find this point, and let alone not mention that he has formulated a strategy to rest and recuperate and work hard in Yizhou. On this basis, even if he has soldiers and generals, he will not rashly launch a war.

Secondly, Guo Jia knows very well what kind of person Yuan Shu is. Can he form an alliance with such a person?

"The last time Yuan Shu wrote to me and asked me to beat Liu Biao, I politely declined on the grounds that there was not enough food and grass. But since he sent an envoy, let's do some superficial work and pass on the orders. All officials in Chengdu wore inferior clothing, and outside the General's mansion, and were frugal."

The strategists were amused and laughed. They could only be considered average in food and clothing, and they would not be hard and simple, but they did not have extravagance and luxury inside and outside. Now, they should be completely pretending to be poor.

There were not many people and horses from Yuan Shu’s envoys, only a hundred people rode, and there were two young men dressed as scribes in the carriage.

Yuan Yin and Yang Hong came to Yizhou after taking the errand and were caught by Zhou Tai, who was stationed in Yong'an, in the territory of Badong County. After interrogation, the two could only reveal their identities helplessly.

The original intention was to secretly come to Yizhou to explore Guo Jia's truth and see if Guo Jia was as poor as the letter said. However, Zhou Tai was meticulous in Badong County and found out the people who entered and left Yizhou. He would be ready to face the enemy at any time if there was a large group of people.

"This Guo Jia really doesn't have military rations." Yuan Yin sat in the car and staggered.

What they saw and heard along the way was large-scale military farming, and officials were inspecting it. Yuan Yin and Yang Hong only thought that it was Guo Jia who was forcing the people to farm for him.

"Hmph, it's not because of your own fault." Yang Hong sneered.

Whether Guo Jia killed the gentry and wealthy families first or rebelled first is not important in the eyes of outsiders. The fait accompli is that Guo Jia did infringe on the interests of the gentry and wealthy families, and thus fell into a difficult situation. It is really unhappy to retribution.

One morning, one day away from Chengdu. When I woke up in the morning, I just got on the carriage and prepared to continue my journey. However, Yuan Yin and Yang Hong received news that Guo Jia led 3,000 people to come to them.

In the carriage, the two looked at each other with shock and timid expressions.

Guo Jia won’t lead his army to kill them, right?!

"When two countries are fighting, Guo Jia should not have the courage to be killed." Yang Hong wiped the cold sweat from his head, but Yuan Yin swallowed with difficulty.

Really? Dong Zhuo sent five envoys to discuss peace with Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu killed three of them. The remaining two would have probably become dead souls under the sword. After escaping, the two envoys who had escaped were also detained by Yuan Shu.

After all, Guo Jia and Yuan Shu had old grudges. Yuan Yin, as Yuan Shu's consul, felt over and over, afraid that Guo Jia would vent his anger. At this moment, he suddenly felt that this time he came to Yizhou was really a life-long job.

The two forced themselves to calm down and ordered the team to stop moving forward and wait for Guo Jia to arrive.

Releasing the curtain of the car door, the two stood in front of the car and looked out in front of the official road.

The smoke and dust rose, and the vast crowd slowly approached in an orderly manner. Yang Hongqing couldn't help but grab Yuan Yin's clothes because he saw the long halberd in the hands of the people in front of him.

Yuan Yin was frightened and grabbed Yang Hong's clothes with his backhand.

Guo Jia won’t come, right?

The leader Guo Jia was wearing simple clothes, riding a flaming horse, and with a warm smile on his face, and laughed loudly before he even got off the horse.

"Two people came from afar, and they were welcomed by Jia for a long time. I would like to give you some inappropriate courtesy."

After turning over and dismounting, Guo Jia walked to Yuan Yin's carriage with great spirit and bowed to the two of them happily.

Yuan Yin and Yang Hong were both dumbfounded. When they saw the people brought by Guo Jia, the first few scholars were also dressed in shabby clothes, but the soldiers were all full of energy. If it were Guo Jia's personal guards, why should they use long halberds instead of swords?

It was Dian Wei's tiger guard. The soldiers were heavily armed with armor, did not hold shields, and held spears and halberds in their hands. Guo Jia gave his subordinates a lot of power. He decided on the military discipline. The generals decided on their own. Unless the troops that Guo Jia specifically needed, they would designate a general for training. In the early stage, he wanted to diversify the troops, but he was powerless.

Didn’t you ask for a crime?

Yuan Yin and Yang Hong looked at each other, and were in a false alarm. They looked down and held each other's clothes. What kind of morality is it? Where is the face?

At this time, the two of them suddenly realized that Guo Jia led civil and military personnel out of the city to welcome them for two hundred miles. How grand was the etiquette he treated them? It shows his sincerity.

But just now, the two of them were too nervous and even showed a little timid, for fear of being despised by Guo Jia when they were discovered. As Yuan Shu's consul, Yuan Yin straightened his chest and put on a serious look and said lightly: "The general goes out of the city to greet him, the courtesy is too heavy."

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "It should be, it should be. Let's go to the city first."

After introducing himself, he remembered something, Yuan Yin invited Guo Jia: "This place is still 200 miles away from Chengdu. It is better for the general to get on a carriage and go to the city with us to avoid the pain of hard work."

Guo Jia did not hesitate and got on the carriage with the carriage. Yuan Yin and Yang Hong let go. Guo Jia entered the carriage and looked at Guo Jia's back. The two looked at each other again, feeling very complicated. After getting close to each other, they found that the clothes Guo Jia was wearing were probably a little better than coarse linen.

After all, the warlord who owns the largest state in the world, why did he do so miserably?

Then I looked at the scholars who followed Guo Jia out of the city to welcome him, Qin Mi, Peng Xian, Xu Shu, Zhen Yan, etc., all dressed similarly to Guo Jia. They did not look like the ruling class in a state? If they threw them into the crowd of people, they would be a small family with surplus food at most.

Turning back into the car, he ordered the team to continue heading towards Chengdu. With Guo Jia's escort at the three thousand tiger guards, he would definitely be safe all the way.

The three people in the carriage fell into a brief silence. Yang Hong really felt that Guo Jia was too shabby and couldn't help asking: "General, your clothes are so famous that Shu Jin is known all over the world, why..."

Although Yang Hong and Yuan Yin's clothes were not of the level of royal and noble, the gorgeous brocade robe looked noble when worn. The three of them stood together, and outsiders didn't know that Guo Jia was a follower.

People rely on clothes, but they are the local emperors of Yizhou. No matter how hard they are, they should have clothes for their bodies.

But it was fine if Yang Hong didn't ask. When he asked, Guo Jia said bitterly and miserably: "I'm going to hide it from you. When I entered Yizhou, I had countless gold, silver, silk, and countless luxury houses. But since I was defeated by Jingzhou, the gentry and wealthy families in Yizhou have launched a series of attacks, which not only caused me to lose my troops, but also lost all my money."

The two showed doubts on their faces. Are they beaten the rich and the poor?

"I can only use money to win over the hearts of the people. Those gentry and wealthy families are simply bastards. It would be fine if they rebel. They actually burned granaries everywhere when they saw the failure of the matter! The food and grass accumulated in autumn were finally burned so much that I had no food for winter. What can I do? I can only sell the valuable things, buy grain from the people, and buy grain from other places. Otherwise, my army of more than 100,000 will be completely dispersed."

Yang Hong and Yuan Yin were shocked. Unexpectedly, the gentry and wealthy families in Yizhou were so cruel. They had to be so thorough? The burning of grain was something that the party fled during the war and could not take away the food, grass and supplies. No one would take that step unless it was absolutely necessary.

As Guo Jia said, Yizhou is short of food and he spends all his money to overcome difficulties, which is a miracle.

The two of them looked sympathetic to Guo Jia. This warlord was so miserable.
Chapter completed!