"This... Zhong still wants to study abroad. I'm afraid I won't have time to stay longer."

Xi Zhicai said with a troubled expression.

"Brother Zhicai, this is wrong. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, and traveling thousands of miles is not as good as actually doing it.

If you don't do it, what's the use of your knowledge?

From now on, there will be countless refugees here, and there will be countless problems. During this period, we will solve them one by one, but we will also study one by one. Isn’t it better than your aimless study tour?"

"In addition, in recent years, natural disasters have continued to cause chaos and bandits. How can Brother Zhicai, a scholar with no power, deal with the bandits?"

Speaking of this, Li Zhi glanced at Guo Jia and asked him to help persuade him.

This is Xi Zhicai. No matter who he hangs out with in the future, it is always right to keep him now.

Although Guo Jia didn't know why he had to keep Xi Zhicai, he was happy to have such a close friend by his side.

Then he said, "What brother said is absolutely true. Brother Zhicai, why don't you just stay.

In the future, the number of refugees will increase. If my brother is not good at this, he will inevitably entrust the affairs of the refugees to Jia.

Brother Zhicai also knows that Jia has been frail and sick since childhood and cannot bear the fatigue. Brother Zhicai wants to stand by and watch Jia die from overwork during the refugee crisis? How sad that he has such a friend...!"

Guo Jia just had a sad look on his face at first, and then he even pulled up his sleeves and pretended to cry.

"well…!"

Xi Zhicai sighed and said

"Following filial piety doesn't have to be so intense, loyalty just needs to be retained."

"Is this true?"

Hearing what Xi Zhicai said, Guo Jia immediately put down his sleeves and said, there was no trace of tears on his face and he asked with a smile on his face.

"A gentleman's words are hard to follow, but if he is loyal and says to stay, he will stay."

After taking a look at Li Zhi, Xi Zhi said firmly.

In fact, even if Li Zhi and Guo Jia didn't tell him, he would stay here for a while.

He had always regarded Guo Jia as his younger brother, and suddenly he became sworn to a stranger as his older brother. Of course he was not at ease.

Although Guo Jia is smart, he has too little experience, so Xi Zhicai is afraid that he will be deceived by others.

Although Xi Zhicai was only twenty-three years old, because he grew up in a poor family, the children of poor people had already become the masters of the family.

Coupled with the various hardships that children from poor families face in studying, the drama Zhicai is particularly mature.

Regardless of the reason why he joined, Li Zhi was very happy anyway.

Another big shot boarded his own pirate ship... Ahem!... He boarded his own ship, and his chances of saving his life in troubled times were greatly increased.

"This is so good! Great! Brother Zhicai is willing to stay here forever. It is a great blessing for me. I know how to replace wine with tea. I would like to give you a cup of wine."

As he spoke, he picked up the tea cup and drank the messy tea in one gulp.

Although he said it was heroic, in fact he was crying in his heart.

"What kind of tea is this? It tastes so bad."

He forgot that the tea he drank was not the clear tea brewed with boiling water today, but the tea brewed in the Han Dynasty that was mixed with messy things.

Although it tasted bad, he couldn't spit it out because it would be disrespectful to Xi Zhicai. After reluctantly swallowing it, he said to Xi Zhicai

"Does Brother Zhicai have any family members? I would like to help Brother Zhicai settle down."

"Loyalty has no high-ranking family members, light life, and a clear mind."

Although his words were spoken lightly and freely, Li Zhi still felt a deep sadness in his eyes and words.

Yes, who doesn’t want to have relatives? How sad it is to walk in this world without even a home.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi let out a long sigh.

"Alas...! In this case, the three of us are not related to each other. Brother Zhicai, Zhi and Guo Jia are sworn brothers, why not brother Zhicai also join us.

We are all pitiful, heartless people. If we become sworn brothers, we will become each other's relatives, how about that?"

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he looked at him expectantly.

"this……"

Xi Zhicai was a little hesitant after hearing this. To be honest, he was very willing to become a sworn sworn brother with Guo Jia, but he had doubts about becoming a sworn sworn brother with Li Zhi.

Li Zhi was a little reluctant to read the drama, and he also knew that he was a little impatient.

Then he said: "Brother Zhicai, there is no need to be embarrassed. Since we have agreed to stay, it will not be too late to talk about our sworn vows after we become familiar with him."

Xi Zhicai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what he said and said

"Brother Xing, Zhong is accustomed to making decisions before taking action. Please allow Zhong to think for a while.

I have failed to live up to Brother Xing’s good intentions, please forgive me.”

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. This is not a fault of ambition, but a fault of impatience.

Don't talk about this, I have nothing to do now, why don't you go and see my winery?"

"good"

Xi Zhicai responded. He also wanted to see what the rituals used by Li Zhi to recruit refugees were.

You must know that the cost of eating, drinking and having sex for each person is not small. If there are many people recruited and Li Zhi cannot afford them, something big will happen.

The three of them stood up, put on their shoes, and walked slowly towards the door.

After passing through the gate, we walked towards the wine shop, chatting and laughing all the way.

When you reach the end of the trail and turn a corner, you will see the entrance to a valley. Standing there, there is a huge stone on the side of the valley entrance.

But it turned out to be the stone Li Zhi was lying on when he first came to this world.

These are also the small valleys that Li Zhi discovered when he asked people to clean up the stones. In fact, they are not considered valleys, but just a flat land with some mountains around them.

Li Zhi asked people to connect the gaps in the surrounding mountains with stone walls, forming the valley that is now like a fortress.

The innermost part of the valley is the large cave that became the winery.

When the three of them walked into the valley, a man walked out of the darkness on one side of the valley.

"Housekeeper"

This person bowed to Guo Jia and then said.

"Well..., manage this place well and don't be lazy!"

Guo Jia said to the man.

This person is the housekeeper who usually manages this place, and his surname is Guo. Because his parents passed away early, he never had a name. He was just called Guo San because of his behavior.

This man was alert and conscientious, so Guo Jia asked him to manage the valley.

This man is quite diligent, and he has never made any mistakes since he took charge of the valley.

Li Zhi was very satisfied with this person, so he followed Guo Jia's words of encouragement.

The three of them walked to the cave. Li Zhi asked Xi Zhicai

"Brother Zhicai, what do you think of this place?"

Xi Zhi then looked around and then at the valley surrounded by air.

He sighed and said

"Brother Xingzhi has a good eye. This place is surrounded by mountains, and there is a low wall in the gap. It looks like a flaw, but it is actually a trap that can kill people.

There is only one small road in and out. Even if a million troops arrive here, as long as there is enough food and grass, ten thousand can be defeated.

This is a treasured place for military strategists to hide their troops. Is there a well here?"

"There is mountain spring water flowing through it, so there is no need to dig a well, right?"

Li Zhi replied.

"This statement is wrong. If there is a big army besieging it in the future, how can the water source be cut off? If there is a well, it will not be cut off."

"Good! This is a great thing to say!"

Li Zhi was overjoyed after hearing this. It was indeed the right thing to keep him.

Although Guo Jia is smart, he has too little experience and is still too young, so there are things he cannot think of.

But Xi Zhicai is different. He is almost a wise man who has reached his peak.

After that, the three of them continued walking into the wine shop.

, just because all the young people in the village went to sell wine, so there were only a few craftsmen and some old people busy in the wine shop.

There are also some women and some half-year-old children helping. Although they are working, they all have happy smiles on their faces.

Because they had heard from their men that Li Zhi would give them 10% of the money he earned from selling wine as a reward.

You must know that each jar of wine sells for one hundred gold. Four hundred jars of wine are equivalent to 40,000 gold, and 10% is four thousand gold. After this number was calculated by the village elder, it was firmly imprinted in everyone's heart.
To be continued...