three visits to the thatched cottage

when Liu Bei moved to Xinye, he knew that the reason for wasting half his life was that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other fierce generals were around him, but there were no strategists to make plans, so he behaved like a virtuous corporal and sought good help. On the recommendation of Si Mahui and Xu Shu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came to Longzhong, Xiangyang to visit Zhuge Liang.

When they first came to the cottage, Liang had gone out, and the three met Liang's good friend Cui Zhouping on their way back. A few days later, Liu, Guan and Zhang braved the wind and snow, taking care of the cottage. On the way, I met my good friends Shi Guangyuan and Meng Gongwei. Arriving at the thatched cottage, I saw Liang's brother Zhuge Jun, only to know that Liang had traveled, leaving a note to express his admiration. When I returned, I met Liang's father-in-law, Huang Chengyan, by the bridge under Longzhong Mountain. After a while, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei visited the cottage, which happened to be bright at home, but they didn't wake up during the day. Liu Bei told Guan and Zhang to wait outside the door, and they crept in and stood under the steps, handing them over. They didn't meet until they woke up. [Sangutang: Built in the 58th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1719), it is the memorial hall of Liu Bei's "Sangutang Maolu" and Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Dui". ]

After the battle between Longzhong and Guandu, Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou and defected to Liu Biao. Liu Biao allocated some troops to him and let him stay in Xinye (now Xinye County, Henan Province).

Liu Bei is an ambitious man. Because his ambition has not been realized, he is always unhappy. He wants to find a good assistant. He found out that there was a famous man named Si Mahui in Xiangyang, so he went to visit him specially.

Si Mahui said, "There are Wolong and Feng Chu in this area. If you can invite one of them, you can pacify the world." Si Mahui told Liu Bei: The name of Wolong is Zhuge Liang, and the word is Kongming; Feng Chu's name is Pang Tong.

Xu Shu is also a local celebrity, because he heard that Liu Bei was recruiting talents, he came to him specially. Liu Bei was very happy, so he left Xu Shu as a counselor under his command. Xu Shu said, "I have an old friend, Zhu Gekongming. People call him Wolong. Would the general like to meet him?" After listening to Xu Shu's introduction, Liu Bei said, "Since you are so familiar with him, please come hard and invite him!" Xu Shu shook his head and said, "This can't be done. People like this must be invited by the general himself to show your sincerity. "

Liu Bei heard that Si Mahui and Xu Shu praised Zhuge Liang in this way. Knowing that Zhuge Liang must be a great talent, he took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei together to find Zhuge Liang in Longzhong. After three visits to the cottage, Zhuge Liang was finally moved by Liu Bei's sincerity and received Liu Bei in his own hut.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was so open-minded to ask for advice, so he talked with Liu Bei heart to heart about his own ideas. He said: "Now Cao Cao has defeated Yuan Shao, with 1 million troops, and he is holding the son of heaven to give orders. We can't compete with him by force alone. Sun Quan has occupied Jiangdong area for three generations. Jiangdong has a dangerous terrain, and now the people have joined him, and a group of talented people are working for him. It seems that we can only unite with him and can't play his mind. "

Then, Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation of Jingzhou and Yizhou (now Sichuan, Yunnan and Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei and Guizhou), and thought that Jingzhou was a military important place, but Liu Biao could not keep this place. Yizhou has a fertile and vast land, which has always been called "Land of Abundance", but Liu Zhang, the owner there, is also a weak and incompetent person, and everyone is not satisfied with him.

Finally, he said, "The general is a descendant of the royal family and is famous all over the world. If you can occupy the places of Jingzhou and Yizhou, unite with Sun Quan and rectify the internal affairs at home, you can attack Cao Cao from Jingzhou and Yizhou once you have the opportunity. By then, who doesn't welcome the general? In this way, the achievements can be achieved and the Han Dynasty can be restored. "

after listening to Zhuge Liang's incisive and thorough analysis, Liu Bei's thoughts were suddenly enlightened. He felt that Zhuge Liang's talents were rare, so he earnestly asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain and help him complete the great cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang went out to assist Liu Bei.

Later, people called it "three visits to the thatched cottage" and Zhuge Liang's talk "Long Zhong Dui". (It is said that it is Xiangyang Longzhong, and it is also said that it is Nanyang. It is difficult to determine? )

There's another joke:

Three Qi Zhou Yu

said that Liu Bei was stationed in the borrowed Jingzhou city, recruiting talents and training soldiers. It seems that he will be stationed for a long time.

Zhou Yu in Dongwu felt uneasy: Liu Bei and his gang said they borrowed Jingzhou, but in fact they wanted to keep it. Zhou Yu called Lu Su and said, Liu Guanzhang and his party borrowed Jingzhou and didn't return it. What do you think is the way to get them to return it?

Lu su said, there are only three ways to urge people to pay off their debts and pay back their land. First, try to be brave, second, show weakness. Third,

Zhou Yu mused, I don't know now, so we have to try to be brave first!

So Lu Su mobilized 51,111 troops. Three days later, he headed for Jingzhou, ready to take it back by force.

as soon as Liu Bei heard that Zhou Yu and Lu Su had led troops to beg for Jingzhou, he panicked and asked Zhuge Liang for countermeasures. Zhuge Liang shook his banana fan and said, I told you not to borrow things from others, but you didn't listen. Now people come to ask for it, and you don't know what to do?

Liu Bei said, how do I know that Zhou Yu is such a stingy person? It's just a Jingzhou-it's also worth so much attention? Zhuge Liang said, but-don't be afraid! I have my own plans.

That night, Lu Su and his troops camped outside Jingzhou. Lu Su ordered his men to prepare ladder gunpowder and other items. The next day, if Liu Bei didn't return Jingzhou, he immediately attacked the city.

The next day, Lu Su went to Jingzhou and called Liu Bei out. After waiting for a cup of tea, Liu Bei and all the civil servants appeared on the rostrum. Lu Su cursed: Liu Bei, you broke your word and didn't return the land. Today, I came here on behalf of Soochow to give you a chance to return Jingzhou quickly, and I won't embarrass you if your people disappear. Otherwise-

Liu Bei said with a smile: Otherwise?

Lu Su pointed back: Look at my army. There are 51,111 people, 511 ladders and 511 stones of explosives, which can make you die three times!

Zhuge Liang also pointed behind Lu Su: Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu, you forgot one key thing-

Lu Su scratched his scalp and looked back: I didn't forget anything!

Zhuge Liang said: You need more men, more ladders and more explosives. I only need two flints!

Lu Su doesn't understand; Why two?

Zhuge Liang took out a flint from his sleeve and said, I'll keep this one as a souvenir, and the other one-I guess I'm lighting your explosives now!

Lu Su opened his mouth and said, No-will-right? Are you that cruel?

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others quickly blocked their ears with their fingers and closed their eyes. I heard a loud bang in the camp behind Lu Su, and suddenly the ladder shelves were flying all over the sky, and black smoke was rising into the sky. Many black soldiers ran out screaming and rolling.

Lu Su's eyes turned white and fainted to the ground.

Zhuge Liang pouted and said, Fight hard with me and practice for another three to five years!

When Zhou Yu saw Lu Su coming back with a group of beaten army, he was so angry that he kept shaking: Lu Su, if you lose, you will lose. I didn't expect it to be so black!

Lu Su cried: We were hacked by Zhuge Liang's special forces! We were hacked!

Zhou Yu couldn't get up in one breath, and suddenly vomited blood, saying, Zhuge Liang, you are black enough! You have balls!

Lu Su patted Zhou Yu on the back and said, Governor Zhou, stop vomiting blood and spit something else. Although I failed in the first debt collection, I will be careful next time!

Zhou Yu spat again and sighed: It's okay for me to vomit blood-as long as you want Jingzhou back! Besides, I'm used to throwing up.

Another month passed, and Lu Su was ready to ask for Jingzhou again. Zhou Yu said, Lu Su, you must be careful this time! Although you use weakness to collect debts this time, even if you are weak, you should be weak in an orderly way, graceful in manner, and weak in our confidence that Dongwu is determined to win!

This time, Lu Su rode on a donkey with only an extremely boy.

at the gate of Jingzhou, Lu Su gave the letter of introduction to the soldier who called the guard and asked the soldier to give it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was lowering the military flag with Zhuge Liang when the soldier sent a letter of introduction. I saw Lu Su's letter of introduction saying:

Dear Your Excellency Liu Bei and his subordinates:

Lu Su, the chief negotiator of Soochow (CTO for short), has come to your place with a book boy and a donkey ID number of 372147285735 to handle the property rights of Jingzhou City. Please contact us!

this is for

Zhou Yu's signature handprint in Soochow (valid for 3 days)

Liu Bei sighed: books can't be read unless borrowed, and cities can't live unless borrowed! Borrowing is always better than your own. I really don't want to return it to them! Zhuge Liang said, as long as you don't want to return it, then I have an idea!

So Liu Bei asked his men to bring Lu Su in.

Lu Su tied the donkey in the yard with trepidation, and then came in and handed it to him, saying, Xiaguan, come and see your Excellency Liu Bei! Liu Bei told Lu Su to sit down.

Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei, "Your Majesty, aren't you going to talk to the relief ambassador of Jawa about getting relief food?"? Liu Bei suddenly understood, and nodded at once: Yes, I almost forgot about it! Zhuge Liang said, Don't forget! Otherwise, we will be hungry at noon today.

Liu Bei said to Lu Su, Mr. Lu Su has come a long way. Let's have a rest first and I'll run some errands. Say that finish and hurried out.

Lu suqi said, what did Mr. Zhuge say just now about being hungry at noon?

Zhuge Liang sighed: Alas, Mr. Lu didn't know that the grain supply of Shu has been in a precarious state since I settled in Jingzhou, so we vigorously reclaimed wasteland and limited ourselves to eating two meals a day. But it is also getting thinner. Last month, we introduced a new catering standard-one meal a day at ordinary times and one meal every two days on weekends and holidays.

Lu Su asked: What about the country with paws and depressions?

Zhuge Liang wiped his tears and said, I'm really ashamed-the last time Jawa visited Shu, their assistant to the king fell hungry at the negotiating table, becoming the first assistant to the king who fell hungry because of a state visit. Later, the kingdom of Zhaowa had to support our country of Shu for free at all costs.

Zhuge Liang took a sip of cold water and said, Your Majesty is going to talk about relief food!

Lu Su stammered, Well, it's really hard for you!

Zhuge Liang sobbed: We really want to return Jingzhou early! I, alas-only now, we don't even have the strength to get out of the city!

Lu Su, accompanied by tears, put the money he received this month on Zhuge Liang's desk, smiled and left.

Zhou Yu knew that things were hopeless when Lu Su came back with dishes. Suddenly he shouted angrily: Men, bring the washbasin! Men rushed to the washbasin, and Zhou Yu began to vomit blood into the washbasin again.

Lu Su said, I really can't bear to send them away-they are so hungry!

Zhou Yudao: I finally understand-Zhuge Liang and I are equal! But why can't I blame him if he is the only one who can blame me?

another month passed, and Zhou Yu took Lu Su to the door for the third time and demanded Jingzhou City.

outside the city gate, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others sat on one side of the table, and on the other side were Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Personnel from the mediation offices of two county yamen were present.

the two sides have talked for three days and nights, but they still can't reach an understanding.

The mediator said weakly, I stress once again that both sides of the negotiation should negotiate on the principle of paying back the debt, paying for the life by killing people, borrowing and paying back, and borrowing again is not difficult! If there are no other comments, let's start the final statement.

Lu Su said: The property right of Jingzhou City belongs to the State of Soochow!

Zhuge Liang said, that's right!

Lu su said, you rented Jingzhou city to use!

Zhuge Liang said, that's right!

Lu su said, is it okay for the landlord to ask the tenant for the right to use the house?

Zhuge Liang said: Yes! But the only condition is that we find a new place to live. Is that okay?

Lu Su said: Finding a new place is totally different from asking for the house back, so I said-no!

Zhuge Liang said, if I can't find a new place to live, I can't return the house to you. This is the causal relationship between them, so it's the same thing!

......

The mediator scolded: Why are you talking about this place again-you can't go on! No, I'm going to announce the mediation result!

everyone suddenly fell silent.

The mediator took out an Eastern Han Dynasty coin and said to Lu Su, Do you want words or heads?

Lu Su thought for a moment: I want a head!

the mediator said to Zhuge Liang, then you need words!

Zhuge Liang has nothing to say. The mediator threw the coin into the air, and it went round and round on the ground. Finally, it stopped. It was a human head!

Lu Su clenched his fist happily and said, Yeah-yeah! God's will! God's will!

The mediator asked: Now it's up to Lu Su to choose on behalf of Dongwu-you can say three words to represent what you want!

Lu Su proudly said, Want-Jing-Zhou!

The mediator pointed to Zhuge Liang and said, You must return Jingzhou!

Then he said to Zhuge Liang: Now Zhuge Liang has chosen on behalf of Shu-you also say three words, representing the time for your return!

Zhuge Liang said slowly, One-ten thousand-years!

Lu Su helped Zhou Yu back to Soochow. Zhou Yu spat and walked down the aisle: Zhuge Liang, you piss me off! I was mad at me three times! I must calculate this account-wow