Chapter 319: Chapter 307: Some Things Are Meant to Be!

After the sacrifice ceremony, just as before, Liu Bei took Li You to train the troops, while Chen Xi led a group of civil officials to deal with the issues that arose from this event.

But when Chen Xi returned to the Political Office, he saw Qu Qi, who should have been continuously engrossed in agricultural research in the greenhouse, sitting there drinking tea.

"Oh, Hanmou, what brings you here?" Chen Xi greeted with a smile, and the gaggle of black-robed civil officials behind him also greeted Qu Qi; everyone was familiar with the remarkable person who could make the lands of Qingzhou so productive.

"You all are too hasty," Qu Qi said with a bitter smile.

"What?" Chen Xi didn't quite catch that and, sitting in the main seat, beckoned for more tea, pastries, and candied fruit to be brought up—they had work to do.