There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

After hearing what the pottery said, neither Kong Ni nor Xu Jing could understand.

There is nothing wrong with this self-evaluation. The question is, is it a little too pedantic?

If Yuedan commented on pottery merchants in this way, the name of pottery merchants has spread, but it’s not that they lack some urgency

A gentleman is loyal and good?It was a time of troubled times, and it was easy to be bullied if he evaluated himself as too diligent and mediocre.

"Nephew, I think you'd better think twice about this evaluation."

It's not easy for Kong Ni to speak too much. After all, a gentleman's loyalty is not a bad thing, and it is even a commendable evaluation, but there are some things that the upper class of the gentry can only understand but cannot express.

It's not easy to get such a good opportunity to be rated on the moon, but the pottery evaluates himself like this, which really makes Kong Ni feel a bit too wasteful.

The pottery merchant was stubborn, shook his head, and said firmly: "My nephew is young and has little knowledge, and he hasn't done anything shocking to the world. It's better not to think too highly of yourself, lest you become the target of the two Xianbeis, the tigers and wolves in this world. There are too many seniors, and being in the center of this vortex, if my nephew does not make trouble, I hope you can understand the painstaking efforts of the younger generation."

Kong Ni didn't react, Xu Jing somewhat understood it.

OK!The way of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is really not easy for this kid. A true gentleman Zhongliang would definitely not be able to say such a thing.

Tao old man's son is really not a good person today.

"That's fine." Xu Jing nodded, expressing his agreement with the Tao merchant's point of view, and said, "Since this is Mr. Tao's request on his own initiative, then Xu will naturally have everything to do, so I just agree with you."

The potter secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked him.

With my current state, it is better to be more or less low-key. Yuedan Ping is a good thing, and if you are on its list, you will be famous all over the world. The effect is the same as the hype of the big packaging companies in later generations.

But the people who commented on the Yuedan review are still mixed with water after all. Many people are not worthy of their names. They are only on the list because of the mutual interests of the gentry, just like Xu Jing sells pottery. Let him go when he gets on, don't pull the shuttle at the critical moment, say you are a talent, you are a talent, say you are a waste, you are a waste, if you think about it, you can't do it, it is quite domineering!

But potters don't mind. There are such things as black box operations in every era.Everyone is acting righteously, serving the country and the people, but who doesn't use the resources in their hands to find something tricky, this is normal!It is the most fundamental development phenomenon of human society.

This matter has been negotiated, Kong Ni changed the subject and said another matter to the potter.

"Nephew, today this old man got a letter from Yuan Shu, saying that we should lead Qingqi to go to the Suanzao Huimeng on a certain day. He and Sun Jian will also arrive on a certain day, and most of the troops of the princes will be temporarily stationed in Yuan Shu. stand by."

Having said that, the three people in the hall were silent for a while.

The princes have different ambitions and wrong intentions, and are currently showing the trend of dividing their troops to guard them. On the surface, they seem to be powerful and pressing every step of the way, but in fact they are all hesitant to wait and see.Now that all the princes gathered in Suanzao, it must be because no one has entered the army so far, so they held the alliance ceremony and decided on the strategy of defeating Dong, which has been effective.

The Tao merchant thought about it in his heart and said: "This meeting is a must. If you don't bring heavy soldiers, you don't bring heavy soldiers. It's quick to go there with light cavalry. All the princes will make an alliance with Suanzao, and nothing big will happen. Uncle Shi, Yuan Shu said Having said that, then you and I don't need to hesitate, let's leave tomorrow, we are already weak, if we go later, it will be easy to get a job."

Kong Ni turned his head to look at Xu Jing, Xu Jing nodded and said, "Young Master Tao's words are very kind, but you can go, Gong Xu. On Yangdi's side, Xu will take care of everything for you."

The next day, after the pottery merchant returned to the barracks, he arranged for Mi Fang to lead most of the troops to stay in the Yingchuan garrison, while he led Xu Chu and 1000 cavalry from the Xuzhou army. Five hundred, together with Kong Ni's group of Qingqi, rushed to Suanzao Huimeng in the starry night.

Suanzao is located in the north of Yanjin, and it is also in the territory of Henan Province in modern times. Since the day when all the princes met to attack Dong Zhuo, there have been Liu Dai, governor of Yanzhou, Qiaomao, prefect of Dongjun, and Chen Liu along the way. The prefect Zhang Miao, the prefect of Shanyang Yuan Yi and others are stationed here, and now other princes from all walks of life are coming here one after another.

The potter and Kong Ni traveled day and night, arriving neither early nor late.When they arrived on the two roads, the princes probably also arrived on the seven or eight roads. The potters and Kong Ni arrived not too early but not too late.

Although a lot of people came at this time, the most important princes, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, had not yet arrived, so everyone just set up an area around Suanzao County and waited quietly.

Suanzao County is under the common jurisdiction of Liu Dai, governor of Yanzhou, and Zhang Miao, prefect of Chenliu, so even if the princes from all walks of life came here, they would not send troops to cause trouble, but only arranged in an orderly manner. Barracks, quite duty.

After arriving, the pottery merchant followed Kong Ni to meet Liu Dai and other princes, and everyone was only verbally polite, and they exchanged casual greetings without much communication.

Especially for pottery merchants, although he represented his father Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, to join the alliance, after all, he was only a half-year-old boy with a weak crown, and he didn't even have a serious official position. The princes didn't take him seriously, so they casually asked him a few words about Tao Qian's situation, and then he was perfunctory, and the pottery merchant was also happy.

Liu Dai was the host and wanted to arrange a banquet for the princes who had already arrived. The potter didn't want to have too much interaction with them, so he lied that he was not feeling well and declined. Liu Dai and others didn't care much about him.

Back to the barracks where he was temporarily stationed in the west of Suanzao County, after arranging and arranging things, the pottery merchant had nothing to do, so he and Xu Chu pretended to be merchants, and wandered around the neighborhoods in Suanzao County, also to see this small town in Central Plains. The customs of the county.

Suanzao County is not a big place, unlike Xuzhou's government offices, where there are many merchants, bustling and bustling.On the contrary, it looks extremely dilapidated. The main arterial roads in the county have no bluestones and are all dirt roads. Five or six out of ten dilapidated houses on both sides of the road are closed tightly, and the few vendors on the street are extremely deserted. The pedestrians all looked hurriedly and looked around in a panic. Although they could not be said to be lifeless, they were not very angry.

Back then, this surrounding area was an important battlefield in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and now all the princes are here. Obviously, these have a great impact on the people living here.

However, no matter how noisy the city is, there are dilapidated places, and no matter how delicious the food is, there are meat and vegetable taboos, just like this Suanzao County, even though it looks dilapidated due to the aftermath of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is still a county after all, a city known as As the county seat, there is its downtown.

When they reached Dongshi in Suanzao County, the potters and Xu Chu finally found a relatively lively place where people concentrated.There are people coming and going in this East City, shouting and selling, traffickers and pawns, there are quite a lot of people coming and going, after all, it has paved a layer of vitality for this lifeless county.

"clang clang clang clang"

A loud gong sound shook the potter's eardrums.

The potter turned his head curiously, and saw that where the sound came from, it was four shirtless men who were beating the gong vigorously to attract the flow of people.

Seeing this, the potter felt that the novelty was a show!

"Everyone, elders and neighbors, stay here and listen to a certain statement. We escaped here to escape the drought in our hometown. Today, we pass by a treasure land, and we have nothing of size. We can only perform arts and skills. Bo Jun smiled. Dear elders and neighbors Seeing that I haven’t had enough to eat for a few days, I’ll stop by and have a look, and I’ll have a good time! Give me a place for my four brothers! I’m here to thank you!”

Such a beating and shouting really provoked a group of people to stop, and there are many idlers in the chaotic world.

The potter and Xu Chu were also among the crowd, and saw the four men beat the gongs to attract the crowd, put down the gongs and hammers in their hands, and picked up juggling tools beside them.

It was indeed a stone plate weighing a hundred and ten catties, and the four men really had some strength. They stood at the four corners and threw the stone plate diagonally to each other, turning the stone plate back and forth, The speed is fast, but it is quite powerful.

The residents of Suanzao County don’t know whether their life is too boring, or they are too miserable because of the oppression of this troubled world. Just such a shabby program of four people passing on Dashi actually made the people around them beaming, applauding and cheering The applause continues, one wave is higher than the other, the wave is stronger than the wave, and the wave is wave after wave

After the four people passed the big stone plate back and forth for twenty rounds, they were exhausted and out of breath, and then put down the big stone plate.

The big man in the head stood up, wiped the rainy sweat from his forehead, picked up the gong again, and beat it loudly, then nodded and bowed and began to collect money from the surrounding villagers one by one. Shake his head.

The level of this showmanship is really too low. Holding a broken stone plate like moving bricks for a few rounds, you just make a sample and collect money?There is obviously something wrong with his professionalism. It's no wonder he can get paid for fooling the audience like this.

Sure enough, the gong swept around, and there was basically no one holding money.

Most of the people cheered when they watched it, and when it was time to pay, they dispersed one after another, looking around and rushing to do their own business again.

After a while, the man's gong was handed over to the potter.

The potter thought for a while, then reached out and took out two five baht coins and threw them inside.

The man was overjoyed at first, and then looked up and down the potter's clothes. The potter didn't wear armor and came in plain clothes, but he was wearing high-quality fabrics.

The man saw that his robes were not vulgar, he must be rich, he smiled, licked his face and said: "This gentleman, give me some more."

The potter couldn't help but feel amused.

This kid is really embarrassing. If others don't give him money, he doesn't want it, but if he gives him money, he wants more?It's really a cheap and easy to climb product.

The potter smiled and shook his head, and said, "It's not that I'm reluctant to pay you more, it's just that your performance is worth the price. If I give you more, I'm sorry for my conscience."

Hearing this, the man's smile froze, and he said unconvinced: "Sir, you are young, but your tone is not small. Do you know how heavy this grinding plate is?"

Beside the pottery merchant, Xu Chu let out a heavy "hum" and said, "It's only a hundred catties, how rare is it?"

The man squinted at Xu Chu, and wanted to curse at his mother, but seeing that Xu Chubang had a round waist and a burly figure, he had to hold back the words abruptly!

The man said disdainfully: "It's easy for you to say, if you have the ability, how about you play a trick?"