Ma Chao suddenly felt that he had the potential to be a god, and now that he had put Sun Ce in order, he almost worshipped himself. In fact, he just feels good about himself, and the reason why Sun Ce can trust him is actually because he is too young now, and he has no experience, and Cheng Pu and the others are not here. More importantly, Sun Ce at this time can be said to be at the most depressed time of his life.

First of all, his father died early, and then he could only take his father's four subordinates to the world by himself. Can the life under the fence be better, only Sun Ce knows best in his heart. If Yuan Shu can really value him, attach importance to him, and treat him with courtesy, then Sun Ce will not be like now, he wants to rush to stand on his own, break away from Yuan Shu, and then really make a career by himself.

But he knew it in his heart, Yuan Shu was nothing more than using himself, seeing that his martial arts were not bad, he could be regarded as being able to fight well, which was what his subordinates lacked. And when he is of some use to him, he can naturally use himself. But when you wait for one day it's really useless, then you will definitely kick it away, that's all.

Sun Ce thinks that he has made a lot of contributions to his Yuan Shu, and he is definitely no worse than any of his subordinates, but he is now mixed like this, not to mention compared with several generals under him, in fact, he is now stronger than ordinary soldiers. How can this make him worthy of his father, and have the wisdom and courage of his father. So can he be willing, absolutely not willing, anyone who has a little thought will not be willing, let alone him Sun Ce Sun Bofu.

And at this time, he met Ma Chao, and Ma Chao firmly told him that he could help him achieve his wish. So Sun Ce naturally believed it. The key is that if Ma Chao is really a charlatan, Sun Ce feels that he has nothing to be deceived by him, so how can a liar find a poor person like himself, so Sun Ce believes it at once. Because the other party can't get any benefits from himself at all, then he can only really help himself, or for something.

Sun Ce would never have thought that the person in front of him was Liangzhou Muma Chaoma Mengqi, otherwise he would really have to think a lot.

Ma Chao smiled after listening to Sun Ce's words, "Bo Fu doesn't have to be arrogant. You're not stupid! But what I want to say today is that the 500 gold here is exactly what I gave you, and you will definitely use it in the future. But it's not these yellow and white things that can really help you, it's it! ”

said. Ma Chao pointed to the wooden box. If you want to talk about the 500 gold (Note (1)), Ma Chao really took a lot of effort to bring it from Liangzhou. Actually, for him. Five hundred gold is not too big a weight, but the war horse can't bear it. So from Longxian County to Shouchun, Ma Chao changed three horses in a row, and they were all the best horses in Liangzhou. As for the horses, except for the one that he brought in Liangzhou before, the others were bought along the way.

Naturally, there are good horses in other places. It's just that the price is indeed quite high compared to Liangzhou, several times the price, but for Ma Chao, a local tyrant, what is not lacking is money. And what about such a big baggage. Except for Ma Chao himself, no one knows what is in the road. If he really told Zhilu that there was 500 gold in it, it was estimated that he would be in trouble all the way. But it's okay, who knows that this one is on the road with five hundred gold, just kidding, it's probably not like this.

After speaking, Ma Chao picked up the wooden box on the ground, and Sun Ce asked suspiciously, "Sir, but I don't know what this is?" ”

Ma Chao smiled and shook his head, "Bo Fu, you can ask others with this thing, I guess you may not recognize it!" ”

As a result, after Ma Chao opened the wooden box, he directly took the heirloom jade seal to Sun Ce, Sun Ce really didn't know this, but he knew that this should be a jade seal, but he never thought that this could actually be the emperor's heirloom jade seal. This is not to say that Sun Ce is lonely and unheard, after all, Sun Ce does not read a lot of books, just caring about martial arts. And he really hasn't heard anyone talk about the jade seal of the country, he has naturally heard of the jade seal, but he has never heard of what it looks like, as for the words engraved on it and a corner of the gold inlay, he really doesn't know about it.

However, I don't know how to return to Lu Dao, but it doesn't mean that Sun Ce doesn't know that Lu Dao, this jade seal is a treasure, so he hurriedly said: "Sir, this, this can't be helped!" How can such a precious thing be ......?"

Ma Chao waved his hand and smiled, and then said: "Bo Fu, this thing is actually just a good stone for you and me, but for him Yuan Highway, it is a big treasure!" ”

When Sun Ce heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "What does Mr. mean, does it mean that Yuan Highway likes this thing?" ”

Ma Chao nodded, "Yes, exactly, he Yuan Highway just loves this thing very much!" With him, it could be exchanged for at least 5,000 men! ”

Ma Chaoxin said that three thousand is still a little less, and five thousand is absolutely no problem. Sure enough, when Sun Ce heard it, five thousand people, he finally understood why this gentleman said that before.

"Is that true, sir?"

"No lie!"

Sun Ce hurriedly saluted Ma Chaoshen and said: "Mr. today's great kindness, Ce can't repay it, if he can achieve something in the future, he will definitely repay Mr. today's kindness!" ”

Ma Chao shook his head, looked into the distance, seemed to be talking to himself, but actually said to Sun Ce: "In the past, Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, received the grace of his mother, and then he made a wish to his mother, 'I will have a heavy retribution'!" Who knew that the drifting mother was furious when she heard this, and scolded her, "The eldest husband can't eat by himself, and I mourn the king and grandson to eat, how can I hope to repay it!" ”

When Sun Ce heard this, his face was immediately full of shame, because what they said was right, people didn't help him in order to repay him.

He then said: "Ce has been taught, and the kindness of Mr. today must be remembered by Ce in his heart!" ”

Ma Chao nodded, "I have a really good relationship with Ling Zun, so I don't want to let his descendants fall like this today, and that's all I can do." I hope that you can do it yourself, and you must pay attention to it in the future, don't be so risky again! ”

"No! Follow the teachings of Mr. ”

Ma Chao really didn't expect Sun Ce to repay him. He just wanted to make history go the way he wanted, and it was all for himself anyway. Of course, if he could befriend Sun Ce, he would naturally not feel useless. However, he has a lot less of this thought, after all, he and Sun Ce are destined to be enemies, and there is nothing wrong with this.

"Alright, then, I'm leaving!"

Sun Ce looked at it, "This, Mr. is leaving?" ”

Ma Chao smirked. 'Hahaha!' There is no banquet in the world', you and I will meet each other, and you and I should have the day when we will meet again! ”

"Mr. Cegong!"

Ma Chao said: "Stay, take your leave!" ”

After speaking, Ma Chao brought his horse. Then he got on the horse and left, and he finished saying what he should have done now. So why don't you stay here and stay here? If it were really Cheng Pu and they came here. Then I'm really going to go, so if I don't leave at this time, it's more time to wait.

This is not Ma Chao, he didn't look back at this time, and just hit the horse and left. And Sun Ce looked at Ma Chao's back on the horse, and said in his heart, indeed. This is the style of a master. gave himself so many things, and then left without looking back, and he didn't even know the other party's surname.

But it seems that he should be familiar with his father, but he doesn't know if his uncles recognize this person. Sun Ce had already made up his mind. When you go back, you have to ask Cheng Demou a few people to see if he knows this person. If Cheng Pu was here, it was estimated that they might really recognize Ma Chaolai, but they didn't see Ma Chao and his person, so they really couldn't be sure who it was-

After Ma Chao's incident, Sun Ce didn't have time to hunt and practice archery, so he left here directly with a big burden. He knew that now he had to take the gold and the jade seal of the wooden box back to his residence. After all, wealth is not exposed, and that precious jade seal is an important thing to exchange people with Yuan Shu and Yuan Highway, so there is no room for loss.

Sun Ce brought the things back to his home in Shouchun on a war horse, but fortunately it was not too far, or his medium-sized horse would really be finished. This is already snoring, it can be seen how tired the war horse is, it is the first time to carry such a heavy thing, it is really exhausting to kill the horse.

Sun Ce couldn't have any mansion in Shouchun, it was a temporary residence for him and Cheng Pu, but it was just a few huts, and it was leaking when it rained, and it was really miserable. That's why Sun Ce made up his mind to set up his own door and break away from Yuan Shu, if he had been under his Yuan Shu's account, then he would probably have to go on like this forever.

At this time, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai also came back, and just happened to see their lord come back, and they were all slightly stunned, not knowing what it was. However, judging from the experience of the two, it must be a very heavy thing, otherwise the war horses would not have been tired like that.

After Sun Ce took off the burden, he said to Huang Gai, "Uncle, hurry up and invite the two uncles Yigong and Darong and Mr. Junli to come over, I have something important to discuss with you today!" ”

Huang Gai said: "No! ”

So he hurriedly went to find Han Dang and Zu Mao, usually when there were no outsiders, Sun Ce called the uncle of the four, although the four of them also made Sun Ce not have to be like this, but he still couldn't resist him, and that's it. As for Junli, it is the cousin of Zhu Zhi, the old man of Danyang, and this Zhu Zhi is also one of the elders who followed Sun Jian, but he has been in Changsha before, and it was not until Sun Jian passed away that he followed Sun Ce to Huainan Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce brought the big burden to the house, although Cheng Pu was very curious, but as a subordinate, it was better to ask less about it. After all, Cheng Puzhi said that his lord would wait for a while, and he should naturally explain the matter.

No, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zu Mao, and Zhu Zhi also entered the house one after another.

Sun Ce said to a few people: "A few uncles, sit down!" ”

"Thank you, lord!"

The six of them started a secret meeting in this hut, as for the ears on the partition wall, maybe there are other places, but Sun Ce doesn't even have a mouse here, so let alone anyone else.

Sun Ce was on the couch and opened the burden given to him by Ma Chao, and everyone was surprised when they saw it. I have to be surprised, now I don't have a few people, not to mention gold, and I don't even have much money, so that's why it's so. However, a few people are not greedy for money, so they don't have much feeling for these money, but they all know that this is the family background, how much grain and grass can be exchanged for, and how many troops can be recruited.

But then the question arises, how did his lord get so much gold. Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi looked at each other and nodded slightly. If they want to say that they are afraid that their lord has taken a fork in the road, after all, how can they get so much gold at once through the regular way. And if it takes a fork in the road, it is obviously a situation that everyone does not want to see. If you want to rely on the skills of a few people, if you really take a fork in the road, you can't fall to this point a long time ago. But the ancients said well, the so-called "gentleman loves money, and there is a way to take it", how can you not use your brain crookedly and go to a fork in the road.

Sun Ce also saw that a few people were puzzled, so he smiled, but said in his heart why no one noticed this box, of course, this box was not opened, if it was opened, it is estimated that several uncles would pay attention to it.

At this time, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, uncles, these five hundred gold are all gifts from my father's deceased, and they are not obtained from other channels!" (To be continued......)

PS: (1) The weight of five hundred gold in the Han Dynasty was five hundred catties, and one catty in the Qin and Han dynasties was almost 256 grams now, so Ma Chao brought five hundred gold and weighed almost 130 kilograms.