After the wedding, Liu Bei led his subordinates and Cai Yan's carriage to leave the capital. This trip went all the way to the west, passing through Hangu Pass, passing through Chang'an and entering Longyou, until Fufeng County joined the remaining troops.

All the way to Chang'an, Liu Bei arranged for people to buy silk, tea, salt, ceramics and other commodities that were lacking in the Western Regions in Chang'an City, and formed a large caravan.

And in Chang'an, the western capital, Liu Bei also spent a lot of money to hire a few capable shopkeepers and a group of men with good abilities as the backbone of the future trade in the Western Regions.

said that it was hired with a lot of money, but in fact, it was equivalent to a buyout, and these people were mainly Liu Bei! As the soul of a modern person, Liu Bei certainly knows the role of commerce!

At the end of the purchase, there were thousands of caravan frames alone, about 2,000 caravan grooms, men, and shopkeepers, and a large part of the accompanying grain and grass, Liu Bei led the team to set off again and headed west to Fufeng County.

Why not buy goods from Luoyang or even other places, Liu Bei is considerate, at this time the Han court, Shinong industry and commerce, merchants are a kind of cheap servitude, so Liu Bei also needs to reduce the impact of this matter at this stage, secondly, in order to save transportation costs, third, before the two thousand soldiers secretly marched, after starting from Chang'an, there is no need, can be used as a caravan guard, and grain and grass can be supplied at any time.

In order to ensure speed, basically all the people rode on horses, and the men and grooms also rode on the wagons, although there was the drag of the goods, but the actual speed was not slow.

Two days later, Liu Bei smoothly joined Huang Zhong and the others, and he had been waiting in Fufeng County for a long time to find out who the Yumen Pass guard would be!

When this person left Mo Ling, Liu Bei gave this person two tasks, one to investigate the situation of the Yumen guard. 2. Look for a person named Ma Jun in Fufeng County, Longyou, who is guilty of stuttering!

"My lord, my subordinate Wang Ning has come to tell you." As soon as Liu Bei entered the big tent of the Chinese army, this study named Wang Ning went outside the tent.

"Come on in." Liu Bei didn't care about greeting Huang Zhong and others, so he announced that Wang Ning came in.

"My lord, the north of the west of Dunhuang is the Yumen Pass, and the Yumen Pass guard Hua Xiong is a lieutenant under the Dunhuang Taishou Zhao Advisor, who is responsible for the Yumen Pass guarding the pass, and the Yumen Pass is currently guarding all the soldiers with a total of 1,000 people.

Hua Xiong made a big sword, was arrogant, self-respecting, masculine, strong in martial arts, and thought that he was the first in the world in martial arts, because he looked down on Zhao Zhi, a civil official who was the Taishou of Dunhuang, and had a bad relationship with Zhao Zhi;

The south of Yumen Pass is Yangguan, Yangguan will be Lin Min, and it is also the Dunhuang guard, Yangguan will have about 500 people, and Yangguan is in danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack!

Lin Min is different from Hua Xiong, Lin Min is an official position obtained from a small soldier due to the accumulation of military merits, although his martial arts are mediocre, he is cautious and tactful, and has a good relationship with his boss Zhao Zhishi.

Zhao Zhi, the word Wen Chu, Dongjun Yanren. He is filial piety and talented, but he is old.

Second, when I came to Fufeng County from Dunhuang, I inquired about Ma Jun, who had stuttering problems, but I didn't think about it, and I really found it: Ma Jun, the word Deheng, twenty-five years old, free stuttering, not good at talking but good at ingenuity, but no other skills, life is embarrassed, and often unable to put his ideas into action due to lack of funds. He currently lives in Maoling County, Fufeng County. ”

"Okay, very good, I should take a big credit for you, you go down to rest, and when you arrange everything with the generals, you will go to find this Ma Jun."

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard that the Yumen Pass guard was actually Huaxiong, wouldn't it be that he could get another general, Lin Min, the Yangguan guard, although he was not famous in history, but he was not an ordinary person.

More importantly, I found Ma Jun, who was a great inventor in the Eastern Han Dynasty: 'Ma Jun's most prominent performance is the restoration guide car;

Improvement of the weaving machine, which was cumbersome to operate at the time;

inventing a keel waterwheel that diverts water from low to high;

Crafted a rotating stone machine that can continuously fire stones up to hundreds of paces;

The wooden prime mover wheel is placed under the puppet, which is called "Water to Hundred Opera".

Since then, Ma Jun has also restructured the Zhuge Repeater, which has contributed to scientific development and technological progress. ’

After that, Liu Bei arranged the specific matters, mainly two points: "First, arrange 2,000 soldiers as the guards of the caravan to prevent small people along the way." Second, Lu Buzhang was appointed as the commander of the Hundred Battles Battalion, Huang Zhong and Xu Huang were appointed to command the Black Cavalry Battalion, and Jia Xu was appointed as the military division of the army. Tian Feng coordinates the caravan. ”

After that, Liu Bei took Wen Chou and Liao Hua to lead a hundred black cavalry troops, bid farewell to Cai Yan, and broke away from the large army to go to Maoling County under the leadership of Wang Ning, and at the same time let the caravan go first, and Liu Bei was catching up after finding Ma Jun!

Two days later, Liu Bei came to Maoling County, and under the guidance of Wang Ning, he soon found Ma Jun. When he first saw Ma Jun, Liu Bei was happy, Ma Jun is a typical scientist, his hair and beard feel like he hasn't been taken care of for a long time, and his whole hair is like a bird's nest.

Seeing a group of more than 100 people coming to his door, Ma Jun's stuttering problem suddenly became dumb because he was afraid, "You, you ........." for a long time and didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Liu Bei didn't laugh at Ma Jun, so he took the initiative to ask: "You are Ma Jun, the word Deheng?" ”

Seeing that Liu Bei and the others had no malicious intent, Ma Jun nodded.

"Is it convenient for me to come in and sit? Don't worry, my men won't go in. ”

Hearing this, Ma Jun let go of half of his body and invited Liu Bei into the house.

"No... No... Ignorance... Elegant... What are you looking for me? As soon as the two sides sat down, Ma Jun didn't think of pouring water for Liu Bei, so he asked directly.

"I want to ask Mr. to wish me, and at the same time I can provide sufficient funds, manpower, and material resources for Mr.'s research, I don't know how Mr. is?" After seeing the various research objects placed in Ma Jun's house, Liu Bei was sure that this Ma Jun was the person he was looking for!

"Really... It's true? Mr... Mr... Don't take my karma as a lowly servitude? I haven't asked Mr. for his name yet. Perhaps because of his excitement, Ma Jun spoke a lot smoother.

"I am Liu Bei of Zhuo County, Youzhou, the word Xuande, the protector of the Western Regions of the Imperial Court Tefeng, and this time I am on the way to office. And a certain does not take this industry as a cheap servitude, as long as it can benefit the people, it will be supported! Liu Bei said with a slight smile. I don't know if Deheng is willing to go out of the mountain to help me pacify the Western Regions again and benefit the people of the Western Regions and even the world. ”

At this point, Ma Jun did not have any other ideas, accepted himself and worshiped the ground, and called himself the lord. Liu Bei asked Ma Jun if he had other family members, and after learning that Ma Jun had no other family members, Liu Bei also promised to find a daughter-in-law for Ma Jun, and after everyone rested for one night, the next day, Liu Bei led everyone to the west again, all the way to Dunhuang Yumen Pass!

After traveling all the way, he finally caught up with the caravan in Weiwu County, and the caravan was safe and sound during this time. After more than 20 days of travel, the whole caravan arrived at the Yumen Pass in Dunhuang County. When the caravan was about to arrive at Yumen Pass, Liu Bei led Lu Bu and Huang Zhong to set off for Yumen Pass in advance, but they had the idea of subduing Hua Xiong.

Liu Bei and his entourage came to Yumen Pass, and after handing over the seal letter to the guards in the pass, they saw a big man leading more than 50 horsemen to rush to the city wall to greet Liu Bei.

After introducing each other, Liu Bei knew. This person is Hua Xiong, the main protagonist of this time!

"The lowly Huaxiong visited the protector of the Western Regions, but he didn't know that the protector of the Western Regions had arrived, and the lowly duty was far away."

Hua Xiong said respectfully, but there was no respect in his performance, in his heart, Liu Bei should be an official who spent money to buy, or just a civil official, without any martial arts.

So for Liu Bei, Hua Xiong didn't have any respect, he just wanted to send Liu Bei away on a routine basis, and there was a caravan of more than 4,000 people behind him, and it was estimated that he would return to the pass tomorrow.

Liu Bei was not surprised, his parents and children helped Hua Xiong, took Hua Xiong's hand and entered the customs together, and said as he walked: "Zijian (Hua Xiong, apocryphal), I heard that you are strong in martial arts, and you are not close to Dunhuang Taishou Zhao Zhi, I don't know if you have ever thought of serving under a certain command?" ”

"A certain and Zhao Taishou are not in harmony with Zhao Zhi because Zhao is a civil official, and he is trapped in a county, and he has no chance to fight on the battlefield, so he is not good with him. But if the public wants to accept me under the command of the public, it's better not to humiliate yourself if you don't have any martial arts talent! Huaxiong didn't give Liu Bei face at all.

Liu Bei didn't show any displeasure for a day, so he asked again: "Zijian means that as long as I am strong in martial arts with you, and can give you the opportunity to fight on the battlefield, and let you make contributions, you can follow me?" ”

"Yes!"

"Feng Xian, go and get my overlord gun, and I'll have a good comparison with Zijian."

After Lu Bu took Liu Bei's overlord gun, Liu Bei and Hua Xiong took up a posture together, only thirty rounds, Hua Xiong gradually lost his support, and after ten rounds, Hua Xiong was captured by Liu Bei.

Seeing that Liu Bei's martial arts were so superb, Hua Xiong accepted my contempt, so he respected Liu Bei!

"Zijian, do you want to consider following someone now and building a career? Although a certain went to the Western Regions to take up his post, at the same time, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Guishan and other countries in the Western Regions were eyeing each other, and there were opportunities for us to make contributions. I sincerely want Zijian to help me! ”