After gossiping with Ma Liang for a while, the potter began to reveal his intentions to him.

After listening to this, Ma Liang pondered for a while and said: "Liang and the prime minister met for the first time, and they were valued so much by the prime minister, and Liang was extremely grateful. ”

"Ji Chang is really good, since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to you."

Ma Liangzuo said: "I should try my best, but if you want to convince Shamoke, you have to ask for a few things, I don't know if the prime minister can agree?" ”

The potter smiled and said, "Tell me, what do you need to go this time?" ”

"One is to promise the other party the king." Ma Liangdao: Shamoke has always regarded himself as the king of Hu on the border of Wuling, but unfortunately it has not been officially recognized by the Han court, just like when my ancestors of the Han Dynasty appeased the Xiongnu, the prime minister can represent the imperial court and officially crown Shamoke as the king of Wuxi barbarians, so that his name is justified. ”

"Well, it's really a big temptation, not to mention Shamoko, even I am moved when I hear it." The potter smiled, "Anything else?" ”

"The second is the promise to plant rice." Ma Liang continued: "If the prime minister attacks Jingnan and wants to shorten the front, he must use Shamoke's military rations, so that he will repay him with more generous returns, and only in this way can Shamoke sincerely take out his stockpiled food. ”

The potter nodded and said, "If you want to take it, you must give it first, is this true, is there anything else?" ”

"Yes."

"Go on."

Ma Liang continued: "The king is a gimmick, the rice seed is a promise, and now there is still one thing that can make Shamoke covetous. ”

"Cravings?" The potter was silent for a moment and said, "What Ji Chang said is gold leaf jade?" ”

Ma Tan sighed and said: "For others, gold leaf and wealth can indeed move their hearts, but for barbarians like Shamoke, I am afraid that it may not be, in the lower degree, he lives in the south of Wuling, lives in the mountains and bad waters, and is short of resources, perhaps for him, the most coveted thing is the horses in the north and the iron tools of the prime minister." ”

"Horses, iron, ......" The potter hesitated when he heard this: "I can't give him this thing." ”

Other things are easy to say, gold, silver and jewelry can be, but only this weapon of war can never be easily handed over to others, this is the potter's bottom line requirement for himself.

Ma Liang said with some hesitation: "Well, this matter is indeed a little difficult to handle...... However, Isamoco's current needs cannot be moved by these things. ”

"Not necessarily." At this moment, the young Ma Tan next to him spoke.

The potter and Maleonn turned their heads to look at him together.

But seeing Ma Yan, he said in a low voice: "Although iron tools are precious to the Wuling barbarians, it is enough to move their hearts with the same thing...... That's salt. ”

"Salt?" When the potter heard this, he thought for a while and said: "Yes, salt and iron are not separated, so I insist on not giving him iron tools and replacing them with salt, and he will not refuse to agree." ”

Ma Jian nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason. ”

The potter seemed to have some interest in Ma Tan's remarks, and he smiled and said, "I ask you, young Chang, what if Shamoko does not want iron or salt, but only warhorses?" ”

Ma Tan smiled and said: "If he wants it, then give him a war horse, but don't give him a stallion, just give him a gelding war horse." ”

The potter couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

What a shameless little slippery head.

Ma Liang walked over and said to Tao Shang: "My brother is speechless and nonsense, and I hope that the prime minister will remember that he is young and ignorant, so he should have the same knowledge as him." ”

The potter shook his head and said, "Who said that he was young and ignorant, I think what he said is very reasonable." ”

After that, he saw the potter turn his head to look at Ma Liang and said: "Ji Chang should not be modest, since you dare to bring him here, it means that you are very confident in Youchang's talent, so let's go to Wuxi to see Shamoke this time, and let Youchang stay by my side, how about it?" ”

Ma Liang was overjoyed when he heard this.

What does it mean that the potter kept him by his side?

Value!

The young man who can stay by the prime minister's side will inevitably be prosperous in the future, and his future is limitless.

It seems that the rise of the Ma family is promising.

……

After Ma Liang cleaned up, he went to Wuxi Cave with the 'sincerity' of the potter, and the potter left Ma Jian by his side to cultivate it.

He was still waiting for news from Ma Liang, ready to set off to Jingnan at any time.

At the same time, on the side of Jiangling City, Liu Bei gathered a group of subordinates to discuss the next strategy.

"The pottery merchant gathered heavy troops in Xiangyang, and he himself and his navy went east down the river and went to Jiangxia, it seems that he wanted to use Jiangxia County as a springboard to go deep into Jingnan, and sandwich our army between two loaves of bread." Liu Bei said with emotion.

Jingzhou general Huo Jun said: "General, the last general thinks that even if the pottery merchant goes to Jiangxia County, he may not be able to go deep into Jingnan, after all, the route from Yangzhou to this side of the grain road is too long, this may not be a good strategy for him, once the battle line is too deep, it is easy to fall into Jingnan, and can not withdraw, once Cao Cao sent troops to the Central Plains, the surname Tao can be uncomfortable." ”

Liu Bei heard this, but he just smiled bitterly.

"You don't know the potter, naturally you don't know how powerful he is, this person has a very high wrist, since he has the courage to do this, that is, there is a certain certainty, we can't underestimate the enemy, and we need to deal with it carefully."

After that, Liu Bei turned his head to look at everyone and said, "I want to send someone to Jingnan to preside over the overall situation, and the four counties of the governor will fight against the pottery merchants, I don't know which one is willing to go?" ”

When you look at me, you are silent.

Fighting against potters, everyone has little confidence.

Pang Tong coughed lightly and said, "I'd better go." ”

Liu Bei turned his head to look at Pang Tong: "Situ has already been to Xiangyang before, and this time he went to Jingnan, it's too hard, right?" ”

Pang Tong sighed: "At the time of life and death, where can I manage so much, besides, I was in Xiangyang before, I didn't defend the city, I am deeply ashamed, this time I went to Jingnan, and I said that I would stop the pottery merchants." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he turned his head to look at the general in charge of intelligence, and said, "The pottery merchant is in Jiangxia County, who is the general?" ”

The general hurriedly said: "The military horses led by the pottery merchant in Jiangxia this time are all water troops, and the leaders are the water army generals under his account, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others. ”

"Gan Ning, Zhou Tai......" Liu Bei muttered slowly.

At this time, he saw Zhang Fei stand up and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, let me go with Situ." ”

"Winged? You? ”

Zhang Fei said seriously: "Now Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Tong Fei and others are all in Xiangyang, I heard that Tai Shici, Lu Bu and Chen Deng are also in Wancheng, and the naval generals around the pottery merchants, with Gan Ning and Zhou Tai as the first, these characters are not my brother's opponents, I go with Pang Situ, and I will definitely be able to guard the four counties of Jingnan." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he turned his head to look at Guan Yu, then at Zhang Fei, biting his lip, and was silent for a long time.

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