Chapter 46: The Problem of Travel
For several days in a row, Liu Tong did not see Liu Kuan, nor did he see Liu Bei's envoy Jian Yong, who is said to have been discussing the issue of Sanhan with a large group of people at the military aircraft department.
Even Tian Feng, who has always been strict, didn't have time to take care of Liu Tong's studies, and Pang Tong actually attended the meeting! Pang Tong, who was rumored to be arrogant, showed extraordinary enthusiasm on this issue, and also showed the level of strategy he should have.
After Liu Tong learned about Pang Tong's performance, he was happy. It seems that Pang Tong is really a "principled" person, he is definitely "in the Han camp and his heart is in Cao", in the battle between the warlords, he chose Cao Cao and was determined not to help Liu Kuan. In the conquest of foreign races, however, he abandoned this principle.
Hearing this news, Liu Tong still looked up to Pang Tong, and also strengthened his confidence in forcing him to keep him and let him work for him.
Liu Feng visited Liu Xie the next day, although he temporarily lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Kuan had already arranged for someone to build a Korean mansion for Liu Bei on the East Street of Tongtuo Street in the south of the Taiji Hall of the main hall of the palace city, and Liu Feng could move in when the mansion was completed.
In this way, Liu Kuan wanted Liu Feng to live in Luoyang permanently. In fact, Liu Kuan not only wants Liu Feng to live permanently, but also wants the children of Liu Bei Group to come to live and study, and he also wants this system to be passed on. The Korean government will also become Samhan's office in Luoyang.
The House of Representatives has been arguing all over the world, mainly focusing on whether it is necessary to pay so much manpower and material resources for a barbarian land thousands of miles away. Dahan is a proud era, and the great achievements of the ancestors in killing and conquering the Quartet have also made many parliamentarians look forward to it, and most of them still hope to expand the territory, but they will never agree to allow Liu Bei to stand on his own. Many people asked Liu Kuan to abandon Liu Bei and let the iron cavalry of the Han Dynasty go at an appropriate time.
It's easy to point the fingers, but it's another thing to be truly in charge. First of all, Liu Kuan has no ability to conquer at all, not to mention Sanhan, even today's Liaozhou and Mengzhou are not really included in the territory, and many tribes are still being conquered. Even if most tribes are superficially obedient, it is self-evident how they will choose once the Central Plains changes. History has proven that when the Han people are weakened, they all have the ambition to replace them!
Second, the Han Dynasty is still in a state of separation, and reunification will be a long-term and arduous task, and even if it is reunified, it will have to go through a long period of recovery and development. Even if everything goes smoothly and the Han Dynasty becomes rich and strong, it is not an easy thing to conquer Samhan.
However, Liu Kuan still wants to do this matter at the moment, otherwise, like in the original history, when Sanhan has developed for hundreds of years, the Sui and Tang dynasties will go to conquer it, and the price paid will increase tenfold or hundredfold. Not to mention that it may not be successful.
The work of persuasion is arduous and long.
Mother Zhang Youniang didn't care about the affairs of the Military Aircraft Department and the Political Council. She cared about her eldest daughter Long Duan'er, a girl's family, who went to the grassland desert alone, although Yan Rou's letter reported safety, but it also entangled a mother's heart.
There is also Liu Tong's marriage, Liu Tong is almost twenty years old, and she sees that she is about to reach the marriage age allowed by Liu Kuan, which she has been looking forward to. But his daughter-in-law was still in the far north, so he urged Liu Tong to set off.
Liu Tong has also been planning since he received Liu Kuan's order to let him go to Shengle. How many troops to take and what supplies to bring? Liu informed Yan Rou that there was no shortage of horses, and that the main shortage was officials and grain, grass, weapons and ordnance, or salt.
But Tian Feng told Liu Tong that the salt did not need to be transported, because Yan Rou's report said that there was a "salt pond Tianzang" in Shenhepi, which was eighty miles away from Shengle! As long as you bring a large number of salt craftsmen.
Grain and ordnance are also supplied by Bingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and other places, and they have their own supply system.
Therefore, Liu Tong did not have much food and ordnance to transport on this trip, and the main thing was to escort the officials and craftsmen who had been admitted through the imperial examination over the years and already had some administrative experience.
Regarding officials and craftsmen, it is actually a major part of Liu Bei's request for support, and whether it is the Military Aircraft Department, the Political Council, or even the officials themselves, they all resist this. Liu Kuan had no choice but to send some officials with poor performance in evaluation, perversion of the law for bribes, and imprisonment for crimes to Liu Bei. Liu Kuan's request was to let Liu Bei promote Sinology and cultivate management talents locally, so that Han would govern Han and be a good strategy for long-term stability.
Because Xu Huang's troops have recruited a lot of troops over the years, Liu Kuan asked him to withdraw part of his troops from Wancheng according to the agreement with Liu Biao some time ago, so the Military Aircraft Department ordered Xu Huang's general Xiahoulan to lead 5,000 cavalry to assemble outside Luoyang City, preparing to accompany Liu Tong to Shengle.
In the afternoon of this day, after Liu Tong met with dozens of officials who were about to go to the grassland, he returned to the mansion to look for the red carp, and the maid in the red carp room told Liu Tong that the red carp had gone to the back garden.
The small lake in Liufu Garden is the most beautiful and most agile place in Liufu, the winding path is secluded, a small pavilion stands on the water surface, the lotus leaves are green, and the white geese play under the water.
Liu Tong saw that the red carp was holding Liu Shu at the waist and was chatting with Cao Xian and Xiahou Juan, so he walked over, sat next to the red carp, pulled Liu Shu away, and let her sit on the other side of him.
Liu Shu was already twelve years old, he grew up early, he was not short, he looked a little beautiful, he yelled at Liu Tong Nunu and sat down.
"Red carp, are you ready? Tomorrow we will go to Shengle. ”
"Ah, are you going to take me?"
Liu Tong wondered, isn't the red carp ready to go? Isn't she going wherever I go?
"You don't want to go?"
After hearing this, the red carp still bowed its head and remained silent.
"I'm going, Sister Luo is afraid of the eldest sister, I'm not afraid! Big brother, will you take me there? Liu Shu took Liu Tong's hand and shook it, pleading.
Liu Tongcai realized that the red carp knew that this trip was going to pick up the dragon, and the red carp still responded in his heart.
"If you look at the pot with the bowl and the pot, you are not a good person!" Cao Xian muttered on the side.
Liu Tong saw that she and Xiahou Juan were smiling at him, but Liu Tong saw the difference, Cao Xian smiled contemptuously, he was fighting for the red carp, and Xiahou Juan was puzzled, as if to say, how could you Liu Tong not see the red carp's thoughts?
Liu Tong has been in a good mood recently, and he also has the intention of laughing.
"Two young ladies, I don't know if it's in the bowl or the pot?" Liu Tong laughed when he said it.
"You stink! Liu Guofan. Cao Xian broke his mouth, and Xiahou Juan blushed slightly, and then turned his head to look at the white goose in the water.
Liu Tong pushed away Liu Shu's little hand and picked up the red carp's hand from the stone bench, Liu Tong also turned his head to look at the water after seeing Cao Xian at this time, so he said: "Good carp, aren't you afraid that I will be uncared for all the way and encounter danger?" ”
The red carp exhaled lightly and said in a low voice, "I'll go wherever Childe goes, but-"
"But what?"
"Luo Tie has come to beg me, I want to take Luo Tie with me and let him see the world?"
Liu Tong thought that it would be something difficult for him to do, what did he have with Luo Tie. Since Luo Tie killed Chen Hu, his temperament has changed greatly, and now he is slowly returning to his original appearance, plus his size and martial arts have grown rapidly, so it is not bad to go outside.
"Grandpa's side may not be able to agree." Liu Tong remembered the most critical link.
"I've already begged Sanniang to tell my grandfather." Red carp replied.
Liu Tong immediately understood that although this red carp didn't want to go to the grassland, he had actually prepared for a long time, hey, this girl thought about everything, for her own sake, even if she was reluctant, she would be ready properly.
"Oh, sister, this is called grandpa and Sanniang." Cao Xian covered his mouth, looked at Liu Tong and laughed.
At this time, Liu Tong found that Cao Xian and Xiahou Juan had long stopped looking at the water, and were both watching their jokes with the red carp.
The red carp also found the problem of their own title at this time, and they didn't think much about it before, even with Liu Tong's call, the red carp was not all called, such as Liu Kuan, and her mother She is called Prime Minister and Mrs., and Hua Jun, Wang Bing, and Kong also follow Liu Tong to call grandpa and grandma. Now that Cao Xian said it, of course, he thought of the shyness, and his face suddenly turned red.
Liu Tong saw that the red carp was ready, so he got up, walked two steps, and returned to Cao Xian, who had not yet suppressed his smile, and said: "I heard that there are many singles in the grassland Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes, or I will take you to the grassland too, the grassland pot is big!" ”
When Cao Xian heard this, his face turned pale, his smile suddenly turned into anger, and he pointed at Liu Tong angrily and wanted to scold him, but he didn't dare, so he put his hand down.
Don't dare to provoke this bastard anymore, if not, this bastard demon king will really bring himself to the grassland! Seeing that Xiahou Juan was happy without caring about himself, he twisted her, "You heartless, aren't you afraid that he will marry you to the grassland?" ”
After hearing this, Xiahou Juan laughed even more.
Liu informed that he couldn't scare Xiahou Juan, but when he saw Cao Xian deflated, he was rarely happy, laughed and left.