Chapter 28

“To the one above, save it. He’s just a county magistrate! And he offended the powerful, lost his position, and is lucky to have a powerful teacher!”

“With so many wingmen, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Lady Gan are even more devoted to him!”

“Wake up, Lady Gan, Liu Liu Daer is just a scumbag!”

The people of Xiaopei seeing Liu Bei off for ten miles spread, and Liu Bei also gained a small reputation in Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

“Big Brother, aren’t we going to Luoyang? Why are we in Yingchuan Commandery?”

Zhang Fei muttered on his horse.

He was in a hurry to go to Henei Commandery to meet up with Guan Yu and go to Hedong Commandery to fight!

Liu Bei shook his head,

“Zhang Yide, our army has many fierce warriors, but zero strategists or staff. I plan to go to Yingchuan Academy to recruit a few top-tier strategists!”

Zhang Fei said bluntly,

“Big Brother, do you think managing miscellaneous affairs and writing documents is too tiring and delays you from chatting with Sister-in-law?”

Lady Gan blushed,

“Third Uncle, what nonsense are you saying? You don’t know how hard Husband works every day!”

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The barrage in the livestream increased,

“My Brother Fei is indeed right. The Liu Daer thief just hates that those miscellaneous affairs delay him from playing poker!”

“Lady Gan’s blushing face is so cute; the Liu thief is hateful!”

“Top-tier strategists? What kind of beautiful dream is the Liu Daer thief having!”

“Exactly. He’s just a small Cavalry Commandant. Yingchuan Commandery has many great clans—the Chen family, the Xun family, the Zhong family—which one would be willing to serve someone like him with no background and no connections!”

“Liu Bei picked up Zhang Fei and Guan Yu at a stall; maybe he can pick up a top-tier strategist on the street too.”

“I really don’t believe it!”

Yingchuan Commandery had green mountains and clear waters, and fertile land. Although it had gone through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was still much more prosperous than other places.

Liu Bei had his thousand troops stop outside the city, and he took Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Lady Gan to Yingchuan Academy.

Yingchuan Academy was built against the mountains and located in the suburbs. It was originally a villa of the Yingchuan powerful Xun family, which had been opened up as an academy.

“What? Due to the war, the academy is temporarily closed?”

“Many students have gone to Xiangyang for exchanges?”

Liu Bei was hit with a blow to the head as soon as he arrived at the academy gate. Everyone seemed to hear the sound of a heart breaking!

He had wanted to shake his tiger-like body and trick a few people like Xi Zhicai, Chen Qun, or the Xun brothers!

Zhang Fei laughed loudly,

“Big Brother, it seems you’ll have to organize the documents yourself again.”

Liu Bei was speechless at this plastic brother,

“Zhang Yide, you’ve also studied with Master Lu for a month. From now on, the document organization is up to you!”

Zhang Fei stopped talking immediately. Making him do this work was worse than making him run dozens of laps around the city!

The gatekeepers of the academy were chatting there,

“Xiangyang is so good; there’s no war.”

“That drunkard Guo Guo Fengxiao actually missed the departure time. Now that it’s chaotic, he can only stay in the city and drink himself into a stupor.”

Liu Bei’s eyes lit up. If we’re talking about top-tier strategists of the Three Kingdoms, his favorite was Guo Jia—resourceful and decisive. Guo Jia’s plans never missed!

Guo Jia was a pure strategist with extremely high strategic vision and an extremely strong ability to analyze people’s personalities.

“Forget it. Since we’re here, let’s go stroll around Yingchuan City.”

Yingchuan City was still quite prosperous.

The cries of peddlers and the chatter of the people were endless.

Liu Bei and his group found the tavern with the best wine in Yingchuan City, sat down, and chatted while drinking.

“Big Brother, you found the right tavern. The wine is truly good!”

Liu Bei waved his hand,

“Zhang Yide, today we won’t stop until we’re drunk!”

Lady Gan persuaded him,

“Husband, don’t be sad that we didn’t recruit a strategist this time. Your reputation is so good that famous scholars will naturally come to join you.”

Liu Bei patted her jade-like hand,

“Wife, don’t worry. Maybe, while we’re drinking, we’ll run into one.”

The livestream naturally mocked him again, saying the Liu Daer thief was dreaming!

Liu Bei and his group drank until the afternoon.

A young man with disheveled hair came to the tavern,

“Shopkeeper, give me five catties of wine.”

He was somewhat sloppy, his eyes hazy with drunkenness, as if he had never woken up.

The shopkeeper was in a difficult position,

“Young Master Guo, you’ve already owed me wine money for several days...”

The man waved his hand,

“Shopkeeper, who am I? A good friend of the young masters of the Xun and Chen families. Can I not pay you this little bit of wine money? Hurry up and fill it; I still have to go to Yicui Pavilion to chat!”

Zhao Yun couldn’t help but shake his head,

“There’s actually such a drunkard.”

Zhang Fei also laughed loudly,

“If you can’t drink, don’t drink. You’re really bad at it but love it!”

The man frowned and walked over. He intended to slap the table, but after taking one look at the burly Zhang Fei, his heart skipped a beat, and his tone couldn’t help but soften,

“What’s the matter? Which law states that I, Guo Guo Fengxiao, cannot drink!”

“Slap!”

Zhang Fei slapped the table,

“What? Want to fight?”

The man was startled, and his drunkenness faded by half. If this burly man punched him, he’d probably be lying on a board.

Liu Bei, however, had eyes that lit up. He pulled Zhang Fei back,

“Zhang Yide, don’t be rude!”

“Shopkeeper, give me ten catties of wine and five catties of mutton!”

He smiled at the man again,

“Brother, we brothers are new to Yingchuan. If you don’t mind, let’s drink together.”

Guo Jia swallowed his saliva and sat down without hesitation,

“Then you’ve found the right person. I am a genuine Yingchuan expert. I know where the good wine is and where the most popular girls are.”

Lady Gan frowned. This man was unrestrained and unruly—he wouldn’t lead her husband astray, would he! Her husband already knew too much! It was worrying!

Liu Bei laughed loudly and poured wine for the man,

“Come, come, let’s drink and eat meat!”

The man didn’t stand on ceremony either and shouted to the shopkeeper,

“Shopkeeper, bring a few jars of that best osmanthus wine!”

Zhang Fei was angry,

“It’s one thing to sponge off our wine, but he wants the best!”

Liu Bei waved his hand,

“Shopkeeper, hurry up and serve it. This Brother Guo is a connoisseur of wine; he’s worth it!”

Guo Jia nodded,

“You are a reasonable person.”

After three rounds of drinks,

Guo Jia looked at Liu Bei, ===== CHAPTER 57 =====