Chapter 233 - Recruitment Order (1) (1/2)

Chapter 233 Recruitment Order (1)

In Runan, the Runaway Liu also got a recruitment order. His eyes were glittering. He has already guessed Liu Mang’s intention. Liu Bei was also currently in need of talent. Although he has a lot of generals, the only ones with talent were Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Dao and the Mi brothers (TN: Mi Zhu and Mi Fang). Another thing is that they have a lot of military generals for their thousands of soldiers but they do not have enough court officials. They have Jian Yong and Sun Gan as advisors but the two of them were not trained to be advisors.

Jian Yong was one of Liu Bei’s advisor during the Three Kingdoms era. He was acquainted with Liu Bei when he was young and followed him. He was someone who played with Liu Bei when he was younger, have terrible martial arts and was an advisor that gives bad advice. In a way, he is like Yang Hong who was good in diplomatic strategies but is not far sighted.

On the other hand, Sun Gan joined Liu Bei as an advisor in Xuzhou. Although this person was quite knowledgeable, his knowledge is also quite limited. As a result, he can only be considered as a second-rate advisor. He was like a secretary that can help his lord to figure out the attentions of the opponent. However, in an actual event, he is completely useless.

That is why Liu Bei could only run around for so many years and serve as hatchet man including by Tao Qian. Lu Bu had the help of Chen Gong. In Guangling, Chen Deng and Chen Gui wanted to use Liu Bei as a s.h.i.+eld. Unfortunately, Chen Gui has died and Liu Bei needed to escape from Xuzhou. In the end, he looked at the recruitment order with eyes red with envy.

In the original history, Runaway Liu ran until he met Xu Shu. It was only then could it be said that he has obtained his first real advisor. Even then, Xu Shu was tricked and defected to Cao Cao. So, Runaway Liu kept running until he met Zhuge Liang. It was only then was he able to settle down and establish the Shu Kingdom.

Liu Bei held the recruitment order tightly and his two semi-advisors were silent. He did not ask them anything because he himself knew the extent of their abilities. He would also like to issue a recruitment order like Liu Mang but he was afraid.

Liu Mang has the t.i.tle of the Prince of Shu. He also had the support of his father-in-law Lu Bu and would be able to survive any possible problems in one piece. The worst that could happen would be Liu Mang getting scolded by Lu Bu. On the other hand, Liu Bei is a wanderer. He had to practically beg for the Royal t.i.tle. If he were to give out such an order, everything would be finished. He already has insufficient talent. If he were to offend the n.o.bles as well, he no longer needs to speak about his great undertaking.

“Report! Report for Milord! A black faced man outside the government office wishes to see you!” Liu Bei received the report from a soldier while his mind was still distracted.

“A black faced man?” Liu Bei was feeling upset so he did not want to bother about a black-faced man. “Drive him off! I am not meeting him!”

“But Milord. This guy said he has a stratagem to make the Han prosper and specifically came to help solve your problems.” The messenger said more as he was already bribed by the black-faced man.

“Stratagem to proper the Han? Such an arrogant way of speaking?” The one who spoke in disdain was Jian Yong that has followed Liu Bei for some time. He himself could not find a way to prosper the Han and relieve Liu Bei’s worries. Now a stranger from who knows where claimed to be able to do such big things.

“Milord! Just drive this arrogant person off!” Sun Gan was also of the same opinion. If the stranger was talented, his and Jian Yong’s position would be jeopardized. If the stranger had no talent, then it would not be a problem to chase him away.

“Wait! Mi Zhu believes that Milord should meet this person!” Mi Zhu was a businessman. From one of the wealthiest families in Xuzhou, he has travelled all over the place and has seen many different kinds of people. A person who could speak such bold words was a madman. However, that does not change the fact that a madman can also be a talented person.

“Ah?” Liu Bei wrinkled his brow.

“Milord, let us meet this person. If he is a talented person, he can use him for our army. If he isn’t we can punish him for being arrogant!” Mi Zhu spoke about the two possible outcomes.