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120 Drinking beer with Liu Bei and discussing heroes

"Okay, it's getting late!" Zhuge Tian stretched.

He practiced fighting just to ensure his own safety in troubled times. He was not like these people who liked to spar and fight whenever they had nothing to do.

Compared to fighting, he prefers making money and lying dead in his own yard.

"It's just in time for dinner when we get home now!"

Zhao Yun and the others bowed and said goodbye to Lu Bu. They gained a lot from today's competition.

Especially these people are still in their growth stage.

"Zhuge Hanxing!" Lu Bu called Zhuge Tian.

"How can a man born in troubled times settle down in a corner?"

"Ah?" Zhuge Tian was stunned. Why did people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty all use the same rhetoric?

He'd been asked this question several times before, so he answered without hesitation: "I'm not some big man! I'm just a convenience store owner trying to make some money."

After saying that, he drove back with his men.

"Humph!" Lu Bu snorted coldly, "This kid could definitely build some industry in these troubled times, but he just has no ambition."

After saying this, he glanced at Lu Diaozhi and said, "This kid is really not a good match."

"Dad, what are you talking about?" Lu Diaozhi glared at him.

"As for me, I think he's quite good!" Diao Chan said, "Everyone admires heroes, but how many heroes can have a happy ending?"

"A child like this actually makes people feel at ease!"

"A-choo!" Zhuge Tian sneezed.

I looked at the sky and said, "Spring is finally here!"

The third year of Jian'an, which was 198 AD.

Lu Bu ended his attack on Xu Du and retreated to Xuzhou.

However, the battle resulted in nearly 70,000 casualties, which can be said to have dealt a heavy blow to the army.

Fortunately, Xuzhou, where he is, is the only place that does not border other ethnic groups.

You can rest and recuperate in peace.

The Central Plains was once again filled with smoke of war.

The siege of Xudu was lifted, and Cao Cao was free to attack Chang'an.

Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, and Liu Zhang were all busy dealing with the foreign tribes on their respective borders.

Even in the southern part of Jingzhou, some Shanyue people and some southern barbarians appeared.

Liu Biao sent Cai Mao to quell the rebellion.

Cai Mao invited Zhuge Liang to come over as his uncle and asked him to follow him and give him advice.

Zhuge Tian was worried, so he asked Zhao Yun to follow Zhuge Liang and protect him.

Zhuge Tian and his friends in Wolong Village are still building their own fortress.

"Han Xing, people from Jiangdong are coming, but Xingba is fighting with them."

Zhuge Tian was about to make lunch at noon when Liao Hua's voice suddenly came from the intercom.

Today Liao Hua and Gan Ning were at the east end of the village. He was just wondering why the two guys who looked like starving ghosts hadn't come back when it was almost time for dinner.

"A fight broke out? Are you sure it wasn't Xingba beating someone up?"

Zhuge Tian asked with some confusion.

After Gan Ning and his friends came back, their martial arts skills have made great progress in the past month or so.

Old Man Huang said that if they were to fight Lu Bu again now, they could last at least thirty or forty more moves.

This is already a huge improvement. I didn’t expect that there would be someone who could “fight” with Gan Ning?

"Well, that's a tricky idea. Hurry up and bring Zhongkang over, or Xingba won't suffer any loss!"

Liao Hua was speaking in jargon on the other end of the intercom.

But Zhuge Tian was not too worried.

The reason why they "broke into a fight" was because they knew that the people on the other side were from Jiangdong, and they were probably here to get the seeds.

Otherwise, Gan Ning wouldn't have gone up alone.

Zhuge Tian looked into the pot, sighed, turned off the fire, hung up his apron, and then walked towards the east of the village with Xu Chu.

When I got there, I saw that there was already a large crowd gathered, all cheering for Gan Ning.

After separating the people, they discovered that Gan Ning was wrestling with someone else.

The two men were indeed evenly matched. At this moment, their palms were pressed against each other, and veins bulged on their arms, but neither could make the other retreat even a bit.

"What's going on?" Zhuge Tian asked Liao Hua who was yelling at him.

"The man said he was from Jiangdong, but his words were quite unpleasant. Xingba went up to him and said a few words, and then the two of them started fighting."

"I just didn't expect this guy to be so powerful that he could actually fight on equal terms with Xingba."

After Liao Hua finished speaking, the crowd on the opposite side was separated and two more people squeezed in.

"Yide, stop it now!"

"Yide?" Zhuge Tian was stunned. He knew that the only person with this name at this time was Zhang Fei.

But the person below doesn’t have a face as black as charcoal, right?

Thinking about it again, the stories I heard that said Zhang Fei had a face as black as charcoal and Guan Yu had a face as red as a date were probably artistic processing.

But the only person who can call Zhang Fei that way is...

Zhuge Tian looked across and saw that the person who spoke was just a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance.

There is a tall man behind him, I think it must be Guan Yu, right?

Sure enough, I heard someone calling me.

The man wrestling with Gan Ning looked back, let go, stepped back a few steps, and said with a smile, "Big brother and second brother are here!"

Guan Yu pulled him aside and asked, "I went with my elder brother to visit Mr. Shuijing nearby. I asked you to bring your men to Wolong Village first. Why did you get into a fight with them?"

"Hahaha, when I came here just now, I saw this guy wrestling with someone, and I couldn't resist the urge to fight him, so I exchanged a few moves with him."

Zhang Fei didn't dare to admit his bad mouth and just smiled and tried to brush it off.

But Liu Bei knew him well, so he pulled him over to apologize to Gan Ning and said, "My third brother is a rough man. I apologize for any offense I caused you just now. I hope you can forgive me."

The three of them appeared here because they were scattered when Lu Bu attacked Xuzhou.

Later, Lu Bu surrounded Xu Du, and they could not return to Cao Cao, so they had no choice but to go to Jiangdong.

Liu Bei had a past relationship with Sun Jian when he participated in the campaign against Dong Zhuo, so Sun Ce was very polite to Liu Bei.

It was Liu Bei who volunteered to come to Wolong Village to get seeds. He also wanted to take the opportunity to meet Liu Biao.

After all, he has always claimed to be a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, and he and Liu Biao are both relatives of the Liu family.

If possible, he would rather join Liu Biao.

Gan Ning waved his hand. This guy named Zhang Fei was quite capable. He had had his fill of fighting, so he didn't care about what happened just now.

"We are here to meet Master Hanxing. Could you please introduce us?"

"I am Zhuge Hanxing." Zhuge Tian walked up with Xu Chu and Liao Hua.

Liu Bei didn't expect Zhuge Tian to be so young. You know, in Jiangdong, he had heard Zhou Yu and Sun Lang talk about Zhuge Tian.

Everyone mentioned that he was young, but I didn't expect him to be so young.

But he reacted quickly.

He stepped forward and bowed, "I greet Master Hanxing."

"No need to be so polite, Lord Xuande."

"Prince Hanxing knows me?" Liu Bei was a little flattered.

Even though Zhuge Tian is just a commoner now, he has thousands of men under his command.

He also made friends with several major forces including Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu.

And now Liu Bei is still displaced and living under someone else's roof.

It’s still a long way from being known to the world.

So he was really surprised when Zhuge Tian called out his name.

"Haha, the names of the three brothers Xuande, Liu, Guan and Zhang have been famous for a long time." Zhuge Tian asked everyone else to disperse.

It's time for lunch, but no one is eating and just gathering here to eat melons.

Can you fill your stomach by eating melons?

After hearing Zhuge Tian drive people away, the others left with laughter.

"Have you eaten?" Zhuge Tian turned around and asked again, but was stunned by Liu Bei's question again.

This... is too unconventional, isn't it?

This was the first time he was asked this question.

But Zhang Fei behind him shouted bluntly: "I haven't eaten yet! I rushed to you as soon as I got up this morning."

"Then let's eat together." Zhuge Tian thought for a moment and said, "The fire was turned off when we came out just now, so it's too late to cook now. Let's get some food from the construction site and eat it first. We'll have a good meal in the evening."

"You..." Zhang Fei refused to do it when he heard that.

After all, we are guests, right?

Just now I heard Zhuge Tian being polite, but I didn’t expect him to ask them to go to the construction site next door to eat. Isn’t this too insulting?

But before he could finish his words, Liu Bei gave him a look and stopped him.

When Zhou Yu came out, he said that the seeds of Wolong Village were very important. Now he didn't know much about Zhuge Tian, ​​so he naturally couldn't offend him easily.

It's just a meal.

Just now I saw those workers and Zhuge Tian talking and laughing, and everyone was smiling when they were sent to eat, so I guess even if the food they eat is not so good, it is still edible.

Walking to the dining area, Zhuge Tian asked for a table and invited Liu Bei and others to sit down.

Let Liao Hua and Xu Chu bring some food.

Liu, Guan and Zhang looked at the table and chairs with some curiosity.

At this time, everyone sat at the table to eat, and there was a cushion on the ground for people to kneel on.

I have never seen such a high table with a long bench next to it.

As soon as Zhang Fei sat down, he sniffed.

smell good!

A worker nearby was holding a large ceramic bowl and said to Zhuge Tian with a smile:

"Master Hanxing, come and have dinner! This bacon for lunch is delicious!"

Zhuge Tian smiled and nodded.

Zhang Fei watched the man walk away and asked in confusion, "Is that the foreman?"

He just saw that the man’s bowl was covered with big pieces of meat.

Wolong Village can provide such good food for the foreman, it seems that they are really rich.

"No, just ordinary villagers." Zhuge Tian shook his head.

Zhang Fei and his companions looked at each other in surprise. How could ordinary villagers eat so well?

Zhang Fei even stood up and looked at the tables nearby, and found that everyone's bowl was filled with meat.

Only one person didn't have a piece of meat in his bowl.

"Why is that person gone?" Zhang Fei asked in confusion.

Zhuge Tian took a look and said with a smile: "Old Liu, he doesn't like to eat meat."

Don’t like eating meat…

These words sounded too niche to Liu Bei and the other two.

When the three brothers were in financial difficulty, it would take several days before they could eat a plate of meat.

At this time, Liao Hua and Xu Chu had already brought the dishes over on a large wooden plate.

"You're lucky! We only have meat once every three days on this construction site. Today we have steamed bacon, meatball soup, and steamed eggs with sauerkraut!"

Building the city wall in Wolong Village consumes a lot of physical energy, so Zhuge Tian is not stingy.

We have a big meal of meat every three days. Anyway, all the pigs raised in the village last year have been slaughtered.

It’s enough to feed the whole village for a long time.

Zhang Fei started swallowing his saliva as he looked at the dishes.

The main reason is that the cooking methods in Wolong Village are different from those in other places, where food is either roasted or boiled.

There are stir-fried dishes, steamed dishes and so on here, and with more seasonings and ingredients, they are naturally more delicious.

"Hanxing, we have guests today, would you like to have a drink?" Liao Hua winked at Zhuge Tian.

"Okay!" Zhuge Tian just nodded, and then he saw Gan Ning, who had just disappeared, coming over carrying two large jars of beer.

Little Lu Meng was following behind him happily.

It turns out that these two guys were already prepared.

But think about it, when having a meal with Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, you have to drink some wine!

Pour a bowl of beer for everyone.

Although Zhang Fei and his companions had never tasted it, they also felt that this wine full of malt aroma had a unique flavor.

Moreover, the alcohol content of this wine is not high, so it tastes very refreshing.

Several people were toasting each other at the table and soon became familiar with each other.

Zhuge Tian suddenly had an idea. He raised his wine bowl and clinked it with Liu Bei's. He then asked, "Lord Xuande, who do you think is the most powerful hero in the world?"

He thought of Cao Cao and Liu Bei drinking wine and discussing heroes.

But think about it, Cao Cao and Liu Bei only had a plate of green plums on the table to eat, which was much shabby than what I had.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head and said, "I am so ignorant, how can I recognize who is a hero?"

"Lord Xuande, there is no need to be modest. Even if you have never seen the heroes of this world, you must have heard of their names, right?" Zhuge Tian asked with a suppressed smile.

"Hmm..." Liu Bei hesitated for a moment and said, "Xu Du Meng De has a strong army, abundant food supplies, and a multitude of brave generals. Is he considered a hero?"

Zhuge Tian didn't expect that he would mention Cao Cao as soon as he pulled him, so he nodded and said, "Well, Boss Cao can be counted as one."

No matter what, Boss Cao is his "big customer" and can definitely be considered a hero.

Boss Cao...

Liu Bei was speechless and didn't know what this name meant.

"And Yuan Shao of Hebei. His family has three officials for four generations, and he controls four states. Is he considered a hero?"

Zhuge Tian smiled and shook his head.

He wanted to repeat what Cao Cao had said about Yuan Shao, but found that he hadn't remembered it at all.

So I can only smile in this pretentious way.

"Then...Liu Jingsheng, known as the Eight Handsome Men and feared throughout the nine states, can be considered a hero, right?"

"Hehe." After saying this, Gan Ning laughed.

He wanted to escape to Jiangdong because he looked down on Liu Biao.

Zhuge Tian also smiled and shook his head.

"Where is Sun Bofu from Jiangdong?" Liu Bei also became curious and wanted to know what Zhuge Tian thought of the heroes in the world.

"Sun Bofu is just relying on his father's reputation. He can't be considered a hero yet." These words were said by Lu Meng who was eating a big piece of meat.

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had spoken too quickly.

He looked up and said, "This is what my master told me."

Xu Shu had to serve his mother lunch every day and rarely ate with Zhuge Tian and the others.

Liu Bei was stunned. He didn't expect that a child from Wolong Village could say such words.

"Who is your master?"

"His master is Xu Yuanzhi." Zhuge Tian said with a smile, "Lord Xuande, please continue."

Xu Yuanzhi? Liu Bei took it in mind and continued:

"What about Liu Jiyu of Yizhou?"