Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

In fact, Li Yi actually used a similar routine when dealing with Xu Sheng, but the specific method was slightly different, but the effect was equally good.

Dian Wei has followed Li Yi for a long time, so he naturally knew Li Yi's habits, and had already set up a banquet in the main hall, and the dishes were all according to Li Yi's favorite, which made Li Yi very satisfied.

In order to show closeness, this banquet was not too formal. Li Yi asked Liu Pi to sit next to him, and then there were Ling Cao and Dian Wei on one side, and Xu Sheng and Pang Ji on the other side, which showed Li Yi's respect for these newcomers. Pay attention to.

After entering the table, apart from eating and drinking, the first thing to talk about was Dian Wei's trip to Xuzhou. Ling Cao thought he was an outsider, and felt that it was not good to observe these things, so he intended to resign, but was told by Li Yi, "A gentleman is magnanimous. Nothing to say to others" was left behind.

Then there is Dian Wei's unilateral narration, Pang Ji added from time to time, Li Yi nodded while drinking, because Dian Wei did not have any major twists and turns other than meeting the Yuzhou Yellow Turban and meeting Xu Sheng. .

The other main content is the matter of the Mi family. The marriage is settled. If Li Yi has no objection, the Mi family will send Mi Zhen to Nanyang in early March. Mi Zhu will probably go there in person at that time. Li Yi has no objection to this. Naturally he agreed, and he also wanted to meet this desperate person who put all his wealth on Liu Bei.

There is also the matter of buying grain in Xuzhou. Since the two families are married, the previous frictions are nothing. Moreover, although Li Yi meant to buy grain at a normal price, Mi Zhu married off his younger sister. How could a shrewd businessman foolishly "settle accounts" with Li Yi?

During the initial discussion, Mi Zhu took the initiative to ask for a price reduction several times, but Li Yi gave Dianwei and the others a clear order that the food price would definitely not take advantage of the Mi family, and he would not agree to anything. The strategy is to take over the matter of helping the Yellow Turban people in Yuzhou.

Mi Zhu firmly stated that every month thereafter, food would be sent to the Yellow Turban in the name of Li Yi, but Pang Ji refused, and Li Yi did not have a clear request in this regard, so he agreed.

Mi Zhu's initiative exceeded Li Yi's expectations. According to Li Yi's initial thoughts, he didn't want to take advantage of this advantage, but from Mi Zhu's point of view, if the division of the two families is too clear, Mi Zhu might not agree. Don't worry, I'll think about it too.

However, don't think that Li Yi has turned into a bad guy. He doesn't take advantage of the Mi family now, and doesn't want favors from the Mi family, just to raise his image in Mi Zhu's eyes and increase the probability of Mi Zhu betting on him in the future.

If Li Yi starts to take advantage of Mi's family from now on, and inherits the favor of Mi's family, Mi Zhu will probably feel that his investment in Li Yi's side is enough in the future, as long as he continues, it will be difficult Treat Li Yi like Liu Bei.

Of course, although Li Yi is concerned about the belongings of the Mi family, he is not the kind of person who will turn his face when he takes advantage of it. Li Yi is still very kind to his real people. Double your returns in another way.

After almost finishing the business, Dian Wei saw that Li Yi was satisfied with their performance, so relying on Li Yi's closeness to him, he complained: "My lord, Tao Qian from Xuzhou is too shameless. Taking Wen Xiang's family members, he had no choice but to ask Mr. Mi to send Wen Xiang and others away overnight. A certain person was very angry at that time, but he couldn't do anything to them. Even today, when I think about it, I still feel extremely aggrieved. My lord, do you think we want to lose face? get back?"

Xu Sheng was sweating when he listened to it. Dian Wei had said at the beginning that he would help him regain face. Xu Sheng was very moved, but he knew Tao Qian's identity, so he didn't really take it to heart, and gradually forgot about it. This stubble.

Unexpectedly, just after meeting Li Yi, Dian Wei would tell the story. Although Xu Sheng was really grateful for Dian Wei's uprightness, Xu Sheng wanted to cry but had no tears in his heart.

Because no matter who it is, they don't like subordinates who come to the door with trouble.

Moreover, Xu Sheng felt that Li Yi could not handle Tao Qian for the time being, so making this request would only make Li Yi look bad.

Xu Sheng hurriedly left the table and saluted Li Yi: "The incident that day was nothing more than a little friction, not an enmity. Moreover, Marquis Xiang still has to buy grain in Xuzhou. If we pursue that matter, I'm afraid it will cause twists and turns in the purchase of grain. , please think twice, Marquis Xiang!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Sheng smiled wryly and bowed to Dian Gong, meaning that I accept this favor, but things really can't be done like this.

Dian Wei rubbed his nose and didn't care, he just said what he wanted to say, as for what to do, he was all up to Li Yi.

Li Yi didn't answer in a hurry, but only frowned slightly, and said in doubt: "Although I haven't met Tao Qian before, with his status, he shouldn't be such a generous person."

Li Yi was really puzzled, because Tao Qian's performance was a bit like a villain.

And Tao Qian's most famous deeds in history are "protecting" Cao Cao's family, and letting Xuzhou to the emperor's uncle three times.

Although the former did bad things with good intentions, Tao Qian's original intention was quite kind.

As for the second thing, aside from all kinds of conspiracy theories, Li Yi always felt that Tao Qian sent Xuzhou to Liu Bei in his previous life, mainly for Liu Bei to protect the people of Xuzhou.

After crossing, Li Yi's focus has always been on Jingzhou, and he didn't deliberately understand Tao Qian. And people in this era, as long as they don't have deep hatred, will not speak ill of others easily. Therefore, Li Yi's impression of Tao Qian is It is mainly from the previous life, but after listening to Dian Wei and the others now, Tao Qian seems to be different from what he thought.

Dian Wei replied: "My lord, I am a rough man. Although I don't like Tao Qian, I dare not say that he is good or bad, but Dian Wei can assure you that he is definitely not a big-hearted person."

Seeing that Dianwei's tone was positive, Li Yi couldn't help asking curiously: "Oh, how do you say that?"

Dian Wei chuckled, and said: "I heard from Mr. Mi in Xuzhou that Tao Qian wanted to invite someone to become an official a few years ago, but he refused, so he directly locked him up for questioning. Heh heh, even Dian has such a magnanimity. stronger than him."

Li Yi was really surprised. It is common for high-ranking hermits to refuse official positions these days. Duke Pang De is a typical example. I have never seen Liu Biao do anything to him, but what is Tao Qian going to do?

Li Yi shook his head lightly, reminding himself that when dealing with those celebrities in the future, he should not rely entirely on the half-knowledgeable information from his previous life to predict their character, otherwise he would suffer a great loss when he met someone like Tao Qian.

While thinking about it, Li Yi asked casually: "Who is the person who was imprisoned by Tao Qian?"

"Zhang Zhao."

After Dian Wei said that, he waited for a while but Li Yi did not respond. He turned his head and saw that Li Yi's face was full of disbelief.

The rest of the people also noticed Li Yi's abnormality, and Pang Ji cupped his hands and asked, "My lord, what's wrong with that Zhang Zhao?"

Li Yi took a breath and didn't answer.

In the Three Kingdoms, the name Zhang Zhao is very famous. Sun Ce asked Gu to juxtapose Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, and asked them to assist Sun Quan together, and Zhang Zhao did indeed become the existence of Sun Quan's arm.

Although Zhang Zhao's performance in some things is not satisfactory, but Zhang Zhao's internal integrity cannot be denied because of this.

Li Yimu showed a thoughtful look, he subconsciously felt that Zhang Zhao should be from Yangzhou, and suspected that the one in Xuzhou just had the same name and surname.

So, Li Yi asked: "What about that Zhang's reputation, and what about his talent and learning?"

This question should naturally be answered by Pang Ji, but Pang Ji was embarrassed, and leaned over with an apologetic expression: "At that time, Mr. Mi said that Zhang Zhao was a resourceful man and was well-known. I’m sure I will ask my lord to forgive me.”

Well, this answer is actually not much different from not knowing. Li Yi was a little disappointed, but he also understood that it was impossible for Pang Ji and the others to pay attention to Zhang Zhao.

Li Yi thought about it, and first planned to ask Mi Zhu to see if he could get that Zhang Zhao to Nanyang, but then he thought about it, if Zhang Zhao could reject Tao Qian, he could naturally reject him too, Li Yi, in case it took a lot of effort to get it If a stubborn donkey comes over, even with the same name and surname, it will be a big loss.

Finally, Li Yi weighed things up and told Pang Ji: "You can write a letter to Mi's family for me later, saying that I admire Zhang Zhao's talent, but I can't meet him, and I heard that he is in prison. It's heart-wrenching, so I ask the Mi family to take care of Zhang Zhao and his family as much as possible."

If Zhang Zhao from Xuzhou is really the very powerful Zhang Zhao, he will definitely not be in danger of his life, and he can't accept the favor of the Mi family. When he regains his freedom, Li Yi will invite him with kindness To become an official, if he refuses again, he will not be indifferent to fame and fortune, but will be ungrateful and will tarnish his reputation!

The newcomers were confused and didn't know why Li Yi was suddenly interested in that Zhang Zhao, but Dian Wei and Pang Ji were shocked. As people who had been in contact with Li Yi for a long time, they all knew that Li Yi was interested in Zhang Zhao. With "the ability to know people", anyone who is valued by Li Yi must have extraordinary talents, so this Zhang Zhao must be extraordinary.

Pang Ji responded immediately: "My lord, don't worry, I will write to you later, and I think the news will come back within a few days."

Li Yi nodded. Zhang Zhao's unexpected joy made him feel good. He turned the topic back to before, and said with a smile to Xu Sheng: "I watched the stars at night, and found that Xuzhou will undergo great changes in a year or two. Ask me for help, Wen Xiang will be an infantry vanguard!"

Xu Sheng was taken aback. Although he had heard Dian Wei tell him that Li Yiyi was accurate, he had never experienced this kind of thing himself, so it was hard to believe it completely, so Xu Sheng was a little confused until Pang Ji coughed lightly. Reminder, this is a hasty thank you for taking the order.

Maybe only Dian Wei believed Li Yi's words 100%, but Li Yi didn't care, because he guessed that Cao Cao's father was about to have an accident. Even considering the butterfly effect, there was no such thing, Li Yi I think that if Cao Cao wants to develop, he will definitely find other interfaces to start with Xuzhou.

Taking a step back, even if there is no Cao Cao, there are Lu Bu and Yuan Shao. With so many people who can make trouble, Li Yi is not worried at all that his "iron mouth" will smash the signboard. In the future, no matter which side is in Xuzhou There is a commotion, and those who know what he said today will definitely respect him more and more.

After Li Yi asked Xu Sheng to sit back, the matter in Xuzhou was over. Then Li Yi looked at the taciturn Ling Cao, thought about it, and just re-introduced Ling Cao's identity to everyone, and didn't say anything else, after all In Ling Cao's current state, it is really difficult to attack before explaining Sun Jian's affairs. Instead of surrounding him, it is better to let him calm down.

So, signaling to the others to continue eating and drinking, Li Yi poured a glass of wine for Liu Pi himself, and when Liu Pi took the drink with both hands, he asked softly, "How many people are there on your side, and how many people are starving this winter?"

The expression on Liu Pi's face froze, and he lowered his head and said: "The household registration exceeds [-], and every family is starving."

After a pause, Liu Pi looked at Li Yi's face, and added in a low voice: "Less than a hundred people died of starvation this year, which is much better than in previous years."

Chapter 330 Insatiable Greed

Li Yi's face is a little gloomy. Although he often does things very well, the bottom line is still there. What's more, he has already regarded the people under Liu Pi's command as his own people. Now that his own people are starving to death, what can he do? It's strange to be happy.

Seeing this, Liu Pi hurriedly said: "When I was waiting to leave, the Mi family knew the difficulties in the village, and had arranged for the nearest people to prepare to transport grain to Yuzhou. According to the time, it was already halfway. The matter of rations in the village, It will be relieved soon."