Chapter 303 Lu Zhi’s Scolding (2/2)

Everyone looked at Liu Bei as if they were seeing a freak. How could he change his mood so sudden?

…

Upon reaching the courtyard of Liu Bei's master, Lu Zhi was already waiting for them there, sitting and teaching his two disciples, Zhao Yun and Tian Yu.

Liu Bei did not hesitate. He kowtowed and slammed his forehead on the dirt ground.

”Liu Bei greets master Lu!”

Guan Yu, Jiang Man, and Zhang Fei bowed normally. They could not copy Liu Bei's action as they still had shame and conscience.

”It's been a while, you stupid disciple! You've neglected all of my letters. Look at you, getting fooled by Yuan Shao, losing your own city to your stupidity, and coming back home to find your dead mother. If it weren't for me and Tong's troops, this city would have been a ghost town!”

Hearing the name of Tong, Liu Bei's face twitched.

”But master, I don't think serving Zhang Tong will do help this disciple. I-I never want to work for a rebel!”

Lu Zhi tossed a bamboo scroll at Liu Bei's face, ”Then, I'm a rebel, too. Is that what you are saying!? Didn't you know that I'm also working for Tong!?”

Liu Bei's face paled. He slammed his head on the ground again, ”This disciple is stupid! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shame Master!”

”Shame? Do you think I'm ashamed of working for my own disciple!? Raise your head up and look at the people in this city! This town turns into a merchant hub not because of me, but your junior disciple and his subordinates that comes up with this management system! There is also a new philosophy that Tong came up and had been taught to all minor officials!”

Lu Zhi pointed at the bamboo scroll that he tossed at Liu Bei.

”Read that and explain to me what you understand.”

Liu Bei bit his lower lips. He did not want to hear a word about Tong again, but he could not defy his master, who was like a father to him.

Liu Bei picked up the scroll to read. It was about the pyramid of human's need.

The lowest part, the foundation, were food, water, clothing, medicines, and shelter, which every commoner in this era required to live. It was the most basic that Liu Bei knew, but he never arranged them into words.

The second level of human's need was security, the psychological need of safety, which indicated that they required a peaceful place or a safe place to live in.

Liu Bei frowned for a second, but he widened his eyes after that. The security in the text could mean the city patrol guards, order of the city, and troops that protected the city from all invaders. With all of these combined, humans would be satisfied with this need.

There were also higher levels,

Friendship, Relationship, Family.

Acknowledgment, Accomplishment.

Dream Fulfillment.

These were the things that Liu Bei did not understand.

Lu Zhi smirked at Liu Bei, ”Do you understand anything?”

”Master, this … this disciple is stupid. I don't understand the higher level parts.”

”Of course, you are stupid! Without the understanding of the basic needs of your people, how can you take the role of a governor, let alone squaring with those aristocrats and power-hungry bastards!?”

Liu Bei shrank again.

Lu Zhi gazed at Liu Bei's followers. His grim face turned into a smile.

”Please forgive my crude actions. I'm Lu Zhi, this stupid brat's mentor and the governor of this city.”

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jiang Man cupped fists and bowed back. They could not offend this figure.

Jiang Man was also disturbed the most during the exchange between Liu Bei and Lu Zhi. He learned about Lu Zhi's deeds from history books, and he thought that Lu Zhi was just an ordinary scholar. However, his evaluation of Lu Zhi was wrong.

On the other hand, Liu Bei jumped up again as he was reminded of something.

”Master! You said you are the governor, right? The banners of this city are still the Gongsun flags. Does that mean you are serving Gongsun Zan now?”

”Humph! That's obvious. I'm helping the people. Does it matter who I serve? My question right back at you, why do you want to be a governor so badly? Saving the people?”

Liu Bei swallowed his saliva as he could not retort. If he said yes, Lu Zhi would have asked again [What's the point of raising your own banner when you can save people by serving any lord?].

”For now, I want you and your followers to join your junior disciples when I teach them. I'll be re-educating you over and over again until you get at least one word from that scroll into your head!”

At this moment, Liu Bei finally gazed at his junior disciples.

Zhao Yun smiled wryly at Liu Bei while Tian Yu snickered as he found the scolding hilarious.

”Zhao Zilong?”

”Nice to meet you again, senior brother Liu.”