Chapter 185

"This Sun Jian can fight and take hits, but it's a pity his eyes were blinded by the Imperial Seal. 'The innocent man is guilty of his treasure'; does holding the Imperial Seal mean one can be Emperor? What's the point!"

Sun Ce over there looked at Liu Bei,

"Is this the hero Liu Xuande who shakes the nine provinces? I really want to fight him!"

Sun Quan, who was still a little brat at this time, looked at the majestic Zhang Liao,

"Brother, who is he? He looks so fierce; I'm going to have nightmares tonight!"

Sun Ce didn't take it to heart,

"That is Liu Bei's newly surrendered general, Zhang Wenyuan; his martial arts are not bad."

"Oh."

Liu Bei seemed to see a beautiful figure in Sun Jian's army,

"Young Ye Huang? So it was the Goose who chose Sun Jian."

Sun Jian left with his men.

Liu Bei entered the hall, and everyone instantly drank several rounds of wine.

Kong Rong sighed with emotion,

"Xuande's intelligence is outstanding; I am deeply impressed!"

Liu Bei was bowing his head at this time,

"Xuande?"

"Xuande, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Bei suddenly looked up, his eyes already red, and tears faintly appeared.

The warlords were shocked; they felt their hearts soften. What happened to this Liu Bei?

Liu Bei stood up and said in a deep voice,

"Gentlemen, Dong Zhuo is lawless, and the Xiliang soldiers are brutal, burning the homes of the commoners of Luoyang and plundering their wealth and grain."

"Now, although I have saved 700,000 commoners, it is very, very difficult to let them survive this winter. Bingzhou is barren, and grain is in urgent shortage."

"Just now, while drinking, I thought that the grain used to brew this cup of wine would be enough for a refugee family in Luoyang to eat porridge for several days, and my mood instantly turned bad."

"Sigh, it's hard to swallow."

The warlords looked at the wine in their cups; it truly didn't smell fragrant anymore. If they continued to drink, wouldn't they be poked in the spine by others!

At the same time, they felt that this Liu Bei was truly loyal and righteous; after saving people, he thought about the lack of grain at home!

Yuan Shu almost laughed out loud; did Liu Bei think managing grain was easy?!

Han Fu coughed,

"Xuande, don't worry. Seven hundred thousand commoners are indeed a very heavy burden. I have surplus grain in Jizhou; I will support you with 150,000 shi!"

Tao Qian also said,

"I will support you with 120,000 shi from Xuzhou."

Kong Rong didn't have much grain in Qingzhou,

"I will also support you with 40,000 shi."

Gongsun Zan supported with 50,000 shi!

The other warlords were all embarrassed not to donate, and everyone gave grain ranging from several tens of thousands of shi.

Everyone looked at Yuan Shao, the Alliance Leader.

Yuan Shao cursed inwardly; his grain was also swindled from Han Fu, but if he didn't give it now, his reputation would probably be damaged,

"I will also support Xuande with 80,000 shi of grain!"

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and also gave 50,000 shi; he also wanted to save face.

Liu Bei bowed deeply,

"I thank all the heroes for their generous gifts on behalf of the commoners of Luoyang!"

The livestream exploded directly,

"That eared thief is awesome; it turns out he came to crowdfund grain!"

"A cup of wine led to a little story, and he swindled hundreds of thousands of shi of grain; the eared thief is mighty!"

"The warlords are probably all crying; Liu Bei didn't come back and he rolled them; he came back and it was even worse, he even swindled their grain!"

"I seem to hear the eared thief saying, 'Thank you for the gifts from all the kind-hearted people'."

"Remember, it's a gift, not a loan!"

"The eared thief is definitely the big winner!"

"It's not like they can refuse; not giving would be being rich but unkind, not caring about the commoners; the eared thief's use of 'righteousness' is truly too good!"

"You guys don't think about it, seven hundred thousand mouths need to eat, Liu Bei is not having an easy time either."

"That's right, look at these warlords, who said they would help receive the refugees."

Zhang Fei scratched his ears and cheeks,

"Big Brother, I truly admire you too much; you went to drink once and actually asked for 700,000 shi of grain."

"Why don't you go drink with them again, Big Brother!"

Zhao Zilong cupped his hands,

"My lord is benevolent and righteous; those warlords couldn't help but give grain."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Zilong, Wenyuan, you organize the commoners who are still in Luoyang; those who are willing to help us transport grain back to Hedong, I will provide them with food for this winter and also provide free temporary housing."

"Understood!"

A few days later,

The warlords felt there was no point in staying, and it was time to break up!

Yuan Shao announced that this alliance was very successful and had driven away Dong Zhuo, but unfortunately, the Emperor was not received; we'll talk about it next time!

The warlords knew that there would be no next time; what followed would be the time for everyone to meet on the battlefield!

Yuan Shao took the first step, eager to rush back to Jizhou to contact all parties.

Han Fu didn't dare to linger either, and made an appointment with Liu Bei to take the grain in Yecheng.

Qiao Mao and Liu Dai planned to go back to fight, so they naturally rushed back in a hurry. ===== CHAPTER 186 =====