Mythical Three Kingdoms

Just as Chen Xi was pondering whether to give the aristocratic families another hint, Jii Ling rushed back with Yuan Shu after a journey of frost and snow.

When Chen Xi went to Liu Bei's house, Yuan Shu was passionately recounting his experiences in the north to Liu Bei, showing no awareness of being a rival leader; Yuan Shu's thought process was indeed peculiar, not worried that Liu Bei might harm him.

"Greetings, Lord Xuande, Brother Gonglu," Chen Xi bowed and interrupted Yuan Shu's speech.

Yuan Shu's expression was noticeably displeased, but upon seeing it was Chen Xi, his dissatisfaction immediately vanished, "Come, come, sit, sit, sit."

Yuan Shu seemed to be in his own home, turning his head to shout outside, "Serve tea, quickly serve tea to Zichuan."

"What's up with this guy?" After sitting down, Chen Xi transmitted his voice to Liu Bei.

"Nothing much, just that he got overly excited upon seeing the black soil." Liu Bei replied expressionlessly, "Never expected Brother Gonglu knew farming and is quite good at it."

After the maid served the tea, Yuan Shu filled the cups for the three of them, then cooled his tea with a blow and drank it down, "The land in the north is very nice. Although I can't measure it inch by inch, every place is top-quality black soil, very fertile land."

"Moreover, the small beasts there are incredibly dumb!" Yuan Shu said excitedly while blowing at his hot tea.

"I can't guarantee the actual coverage area of the black soil, but the five million qing Zichuan mentioned might be more than enough. It's fertile land no less than all the grain-producing areas of the Central Plains." Yuan Shu said enthusiastically.

Regarding Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shu has come to terms with it. Not noticing the land behind him that could establish a capital, wasn't failure inevitable?

At this point, a trace of different color appeared in Yuan Shu's expression, "If I previously had doubts about you two saving the world, then now I can say that the Mandate of Heaven rests with you."

Yuan Shu's thought process is peculiar, so when considering issues, he doesn't think about difficulties; answering questions generally only involves can or can't, as reasons and processes are unimportant.

Hence, Yuan Shu believes in "eating and gender relationships are men's greatest needs," meaning eating and relationships between men and women are the greatest **, everything aside from this can wait until there's food, drink, and a wife and children.

Perhaps because of this, Liu Bei found that he seemed to be able to communicate with Yuan Shu's peculiar thought process. He believes in "only when food and clothing are sufficient can one understand etiquette and honor," neither of which belong to lofty ideals but are crude theories. Liu Bei suddenly discovered he and Yuan Shu could converse.

Although Yuan Shu harbors the aristocratic family's arrogance, when he despises the common people, he also acknowledges meeting their basic needs.

However, looking at Yuan Shu, who has become slim now, it seems that apart from aristocratic arrogance, what's left in his head is nothing but food and women.

It seems Yuan Shu really has no special needs. Even his reckless enthronement is just because he wanted the Yuan Family to shine a little. He himself is actually a glutton and idler.

With Yuan Shu's brain, he certainly can't come up with anything else. Getting to "eating and gender relationships are men's greatest needs" seems half to extend from himself to others, and half because he thinks he speaks too harshly, finding a saint's saying with the same meaning to dress it up, just to have some grade.

"We owe a lot to the help of Zichuan and others," Liu Bei said with a smile, "The land of the Northern Frontier, I'd like to see it myself when I have the chance, although Ye City is still cold, the Northern Frontier might be even colder."

"I know in advance that Chen Zichuan is quite foresighted, and if he mentions this place, there must be a solution," Yuan Shu smiled and looked at Chen Xi.

The Northern Frontier is truly very cold; the further north, the colder it gets. But even in such cold, upon seeing that fertile black soil, even Yuan Shu's not-so-bright mind understood, it must be claimed, at all costs, it must be claimed.

"I expect preparations will be made by next year. But Yuan Gong, you're surprisingly not at all perturbed; know that our momentum is strong, and if we sweep through Jiangnan, you definitely won't be able to withstand it." Chen Xi was very curious about how Yuan Shu's peculiar thought process approached the problem.

"Even if Jiangnan was swept through, what could happen? Did my Yuan Family commit a crime worthy of annihilation?" Yuan Shu said nonchalantly, his mindset was astonishingly good, showing no pain from being defeated as overlord by another side.

"..." Chen Xi was slightly taken aback, then silently gave a thumbs-up. Yuan Shu's mindset is impressive!

"Since my Yuan Family didn't commit any crime against the heavens, then what does the unity of the world have to do with me?" Yuan Shu spoke disdainfully, "Moreover, the Sun Bofu I fancy is not so easy to deal with. I'm even happy to see him contend with you."

"Hey, hey, hey, have some humanity, will you? When war breaks out, how many common people are displaced, how many families will cry? Since you know we're so strong, why not persuade him? If you stand up to support us, I bet Sun Bofu would kneel immediately." Chen Xi spoke half in persuasion, half in testing.

This wasn't random talk from Chen Xi. Although Yuan Shu wasn't reliable, he had many loyal subordinates, especially in this life where no plague occurred, and Yuan Shu didn't raise taxes to maintain power, the people of Yuzhou and Yangzhou had a considerably good perception of Yuan Shu.

Plus, in this lifetime, Sun Ce's position was given by Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu were to suddenly support Liu Bei, Sun Ce wouldn't even have to fight; lower-ranking officers would directly revolt. Chen Ji and others, who served Yuan Shu previously, would definitely take his side.

"Alright, let's not talk about the unpleasant things. I can support you spiritually, and after you've defeated Sun Bofu, I'll help persuade them and stabilize Yuzhou and Yangzhou for you, but persuading is off the table." Yuan Shu shook his head, now also understanding.

Chen Xi gave Yuan Shu a deep look. Although he didn't know how Yuan Shu's thought process worked, Chen Xi suspected Yuan Shu might understand what he wanted to do.

This surprised Chen Xi, but considering Yuan Shu's way of thinking, it wasn't impossible. Sometimes simpler thinking gets closer to the truth.

"Hahaha, this means we can be considered on the same team." Liu Bei said, patting Yuan Shu on the shoulder, "I didn't think our thought processes would turn out to be more similar."

Chen Xi secretly smirked, these two actually found a sense of rapport.

"Brother Gonglu, if you have spare time, stay in Ye City for a few days. Wait for Physician Hua to come and diagnose Brother Gonglu, so you can have another talk companion in the future." Liu Bei, recalling Yuan Shu's not-so-good physical quality, said with a smile.

By now Liu Bei also gradually paid attention to some details. Who in the world could appear before him to sit and have a discussion, besides Chen Xi, was already gradually disappearing, and as he became increasingly high-ranking and powerful, Liu Ye, Li Youu, and others became more respectful than casual. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian.com to cast your vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)