"Everyone, it should be safe here."

Qin Kai rescued the Huainan nobles including Liu Ye and returned to the outside of Hefei City. Xuannv Sword Guard put away the flying sword and put everyone down.

A group of Huainan nobles looked pale, and they almost walked through the gate of hell.

The eyes of these Huainan nobles looked at Qin Kai with gratitude.

If it hadn't been for Qin Kai's surprise attack on Chaohu Water Village, they would have been imprisoned by Zheng Bao.

"The one thousand taels of gold I promised to the prefect will be delivered to western Liaoning by my servants."

"The three hundred maids I promised will be delivered to my house."

"I have a pair of top-quality jade Ruyi as a small gift in return."

These Huainan nobles showed their favor to Qin Kai one after another.

Qin Kai not only saved them, but also became the governor of western Liaoning. He paid a certain price and made a good friend of the governor, and he did not suffer any loss.

As the governor of western Liaoning, Qin Kai already had the capital to make friends with these ordinary nobles.

Of course, special aristocratic families such as the Hanoi Sima Master and the Yingchuan Xun Family would not necessarily curry favor with a prefect.

"When the road is rough, I draw my sword to help. I save you all for the sake of morality, so you don't have to be so polite."

Qin Kaiqian gave in.

"The prefect saved our lives. This is what we should do. The prefect must accept it."

"The prefect is young and promising, so let's just treat him as acquaintance."

"Don't you, the prefect, give us some thin noodles?"

These Huainan nobles were afraid that Qin Kai would not accept their kindness.

Qin Kai secretly sighed in his heart, these Huainan nobles were really rich, and they often offered thousands of taels of gold and three hundred maidservants.

Qin Kai couldn't help but think of the Mi family in Xuzhou.

The Mi family is the richest man in Xuzhou and has a lot of money. Historically, after Lu Bu attacked Xuzhou, Mi Zhu gave 2,000 servants and gold and silver goods to support Liu Bei's army, so that Liu Bei's military strength could be revitalized.

In "The World", the Mi family in Xuzhou is even more powerful, with tens of thousands of servants, and is as rich as the country.

"The clan members are probably waiting for news of our return, so I'll say goodbye for now."

"If you can't stay in Huainan any longer, you can go to western Liaoning and join me."

"must."

The Huainan scholars all left one after another.

Only Liu Ye stayed.

Although Liu Ye is not as well-known in the player community as Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia and others, Liu Ye was Cao Wei's first-class adviser. He was rated as "the talented person who helped the world" by Xu Shao, a famous critic in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He served as the three rulers of Wei, Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Rui.

He is a confidant who makes plans and predicts events like a god.

Compared with Shu Han, Soochow, and Cao Wei, the number of counselors is astonishing, including Xun You, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, Sima Yi, Zhong Hui, etc...

Qin Kai was unable to start the task of recruiting Xu Chu, so he took a step ahead of Cao Cao and tried to recruit Liu Ye.

"Zheng Bao intends to kidnap the scholars near Chaohu, and the people are heading south to Jiangdong, but someone needs to respond. Only I have enough prestige here to persuade the surrounding nobles to respond to Zheng Bao. Therefore, Zheng Bao will definitely send people to kidnap me. See

I need to follow you to seek refuge in western Liaoning."

Liu Ye weighed the situation and decided to follow Qin Kai to seek refuge in western Liaoning.

Zheng Bao is ambitious and will definitely not give up.

Qin Kai led dozens of people deep into Zheng Bao's water village and rescued Liu Ye, which also made Liu Ye more or less recognize Qin Kai.

However, as a famous scholar in Huainan and a descendant of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, Liu Ye would not easily recognize his master.

The quality of celebrities like Liu Ye was higher than that of most generals.

In particular, Liu Ye had great prestige among the Huainan nobles.

"Before returning to western Liaoning, we have to find a famous scholar who has taken refuge in Yangzhou."

Qin Kai came to Huainan this time not just for Liu Ye.

Liu Ye, like Guo Jia, is more of a counselor.

Qin Kai also wants to recruit a group of interior ministers.

In Lujiang County, in a deep mountain, Qin Kai took Zhao Yun, Liu Ye, Huang Zhong and others to continue to search for famous people.

The valley is shrouded in clouds and mist, with endless traffic and thousands of acres of fertile farmland.

When Qin Kai and his party appeared in this mountain village, the villagers all showed surprised expressions.

"Where is Mr. Liu Yuanying?"

"He is leading the villagers to build earthen dams to store water for irrigation of rice fields."

Qin Kai came to the river upstream of the village and saw a group of villagers building an earth dam. A scholar in civilian clothes personally held a shovel and worked with the villagers to build the earth dam.

Zhao Yun said: "Although this man is a nobleman, he works with the people and seems to be a good official."

"This person is Liu Fu and Liu Yuanying, who went to Yangzhou to escape the chaos."

Liu Ye was no stranger to celebrities who took refuge in Yangzhou.

These celebrities are likely to know each other.

During the Yellow Turban Uprising, war broke out in the Central Plains, and many talented people migrated to Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Liaodong and other places for refuge.

This famous scholar who lived in seclusion in Lujiang County was Liu Fu, who was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou by Cao Cao in history.

It was Liu Fu who helped Cao Cao establish a combat readiness system in Hefei. After Liu Fu's death, Sun Quan was unable to capture Hefei in time.

This is a civil servant with strong political ability.

"Who are you?"

"I am Qin Zichu, the governor of Western Liaoning."

"Liu Ziyang, a Chengde man."

"Prefect of Liaoxi? And Liu Ziyang? Why are you here?"

Liu Fu stopped the shovel. He knew Liu Ye's reputation. He was confused that the Liaoxi prefect had found this place.

This village is rarely seen even by players.

"My husband came to Yangzhou to live in seclusion to avoid the war, but this place is sparsely populated. It is undoubtedly a waste of his talents to stay here. Liaoxi County is currently more stable than Lujiang County, but it lacks official governance. Please come with me, sir."

Go to western Liaoning and govern the people."

Qin Kai explained his intention.

He didn't believe that Liu Fu wanted to stay in a village.

Liu Fu had the ability to serve as governor, so he would not be willing to stay in the village all his life.

"Sir, you are a great talent. During this time, you have led us to reclaim farmland and build dams. You have helped us a lot. The prefect said that with your talent, you can at least become a county magistrate."

"Our village only has a few hundred households. If we continue to stay here, I'm afraid it will delay my husband's future."

The villagers in this village also know that with Liu Fu's talents, staying in a village is somewhat of a waste.

"But the earth dam has not been completed yet, how can I leave just like that?"

Liu Fu still felt uneasy when he saw that the earth dam was less than half progressed.

"You can rest assured. I will go directly to nearby Wancheng and hire a thousand craftsmen to build earthen dams and various buildings in the shortest possible time."

Qin Kai did not hesitate to spend a lot of money in order to recruit Liu Fu.

Qin Kai obtained a large amount of gold coins in the national war and hired a thousand craftsmen, which was not a problem.

"..."

Liu Fu was stunned for a moment. Qin Kai was so resolute that he actually thought of hiring craftsmen directly to forcefully increase the construction speed.

"In this case, sir, would you like to go with me to Liaoxi County? I will report to the court and let you serve as the county magistrate."

"It's not impossible to go to Liaoxi, it's just...",

"Then it's settled."

Qin Kai did not give Liu Fu a chance to refuse.

Liu Fu is not like special figures such as Xu Chu and Zhou Yu. Only Cao Cao and Sun Ce can trigger their bonds.

In comparison, the difficulty in recruiting Liu Fu was to find Liu Fu who had taken refuge in Yangzhou, and to have a certain degree of popularity (that is, prestige) and official position.

Qin Kai immediately led people to Wancheng and issued a D-level mission to recruit a thousand craftsmen.

The craftsmen in Wancheng all signed up enthusiastically, and there were even players who were craftsmen by profession and joined the craftsman team.

The streets were clogged with craftsmen who came to sign up.

A carriage, escorted by the powerful guardian of the local gentry, passed the place where Qin Kai recruited craftsmen. Because of the congestion in the streets, the carriage was blocked for a while.
To be continued...