Ma Xiaoquan was a little familiar with this voice, as if he had a little impression.

As soon as the voice fell, Ma Xiaoquan saw a man standing at the door of the room, also dressed in gorgeous clothes, but he looked much more stable than the second son.

The second son covered his left cheek, walked to the man's side, and said respectfully: "Third uncle, he is the one who beat me!" ”

The man frowned and looked at Ma Xiaoquan, but soon, the man smiled.

The man stepped forward and bowed his hand to Ma Xiaoquan and said, "Farewell to Chang'an, is Mr. okay?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan replied: "Third boss, we haven't seen each other for a few days, right?" ”

The man and Ma Xiaoquan talked and laughed, and immediately confused everyone present.

The left half of the second son's face hurt and couldn't close his mouth, he couldn't imagine that his third uncle actually knew this purple-haired man who beat him, this

"Hey!" The second son sighed and squatted on the ground depressedly.

This punch seems to have been taken in vain.

The three bosses that Ma Xiaoquan called in his mouth are Zhang San, who entertained Ma Xiaoquan in Chang'an in the past.

Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhang San: "Where are the three bosses going?" ”

Zhang San sighed and said: "Don't mention it, as soon as Dong Zhuo died, a Wang Yun Lu Bu came out, this Wang Yun Lu Bu didn't toss for a few days, and attracted the rebel Li Dao Guo Fan Chou, isn't this?" Now Chang'an is about to become the second Luoyang, I'm fleeing."

Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "Yes, this troubled world is right to the third boss, has the thing I asked you to inquire about for me?" ”

Zhang San's eyes rolled.

If you want to say that Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhang San to inquire about something, it is really a bit eyebrow-raising, I just got the news a few days ago, saying that there seems to be such a thing in Yuan Shu's hands, but Zhang San is thinking about it, do you want to sue Ma Xiaoquan?

Thinking of the golden taels promised by Lu Gongzi, Zhang San still held back, he lied: "Hehe, no, Mr. also knows, Chang'an is very chaotic these days, and there are basically no people in the restaurant."

Ma Xiaoquan didn't have much hope, and when he saw Zhang San say this, he didn't doubt it.

Ma Xiaoquan clenched his fists: "There is Lao San's boss." ”

Zhang San lied, although he was a little reluctant at first, but soon Zhang San was relieved, Lu Gongzi paid 10,000 taels of gold to find that thing, let's Zhang San is in business, money is the most important

Zhang Sandao: "Sir, don't worry, if Mr. has other things that Zhang needs to do, Zhang will definitely do it beautifully for Mr."

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I just need that thing, and there seems to be no other requirements."

Zhang San was a little embarrassed, but he still said, "Huh? How can Mr. say that, when people are outside, there will inevitably be a bump, even if Mr. is fine, Mr.'s family may need help."

Zhang San's words reminded Ma Xiaoquan of those female relatives who were far away in Dongjun.

"It's okay, then there is Boss Laosan."

When Zhang San heard this, the guilt in his heart disappeared completely, he grabbed the second son, slapped the second son, and scolded: "Dog day things, don't you quickly admit your mistake to Mr.?" ”

The second son is very reluctant, but there is no way, his third uncle, although he looks kind on the surface, but in fact, it is all pretended, once the third uncle is angry, he will not receive a penny of pocket money

The second son lowered his head and pretended to admit his mistake: "Sir, Zhang Zhong has no eyes, he offended Mr., and I hope that Mr. will atone for his sins." ”

Ma Xiaoquan patted Zhang Zhong on the shoulder and praised: "Good guy! ”

In the evening, a group of people gathered together and talked.

Several big men who were inseparable from Zhang Gong before were already familiar with Zhang Gong at this time, and two of them were fellow villagers with Zhang Gong, which was even more cordial.

Although the three bosses are fleeing, they are all prepared.

As the night went on, a group of people set up a fire and drank wine in the open space outside the house.

Although Ma Xiaoquan is not strong enough to drink, he still accounts for some shallowly.

It is said that the ancient wine is mellow, there is no blending at all, where is it like modern, a bottle of the best liquor, it is fucking blended.

Zhang Gong drank a lot of wine, and several big men wanted to pour him, but instead let Zhang Gong put down all of them one by one.

Ding Yi and Yang Hu can't do it, and after a few cups, they are already on their backs.

After three rounds of wine, what should have been poured was also poured, at this time, Zhang San came to Ma Xiaoquan's side and asked boldly: "Sir, ransom Zhang took the liberty of asking, what are you looking for that thing for?" ”

"What's it for?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned.

If you hadn't seen Huang Jingming's sheepskin message, Ma Xiaoquan might not be clear, but after reading it, Ma Xiaoquan knew that the solar recorder was actually just a disguise, the important thing is that there is a small crystal in the solar recorder, and all the secrets are all on that small crystal, of course, even if you get the recorder, if there is no structural diagram left by Huang Jingming to Ma Xiaoquan, don't think about taking it apart

Of course, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't tell Zhang San so much, he just said lightly: "That thing only belongs to me, and no one else is qualified to have it." ”

Zhang San was stunned.

At that time, when Lu Gongzi came to ask himself for help at the cost of 10,000 taels of gold, Zhang San asked who the thing was, and Lu Gongzi at that time also said that the thing was his, but Lu Gongzi's eyes flickered a little at that time, although the other party did a good job of covering up, but Zhang San asked countless people, Lu Gongzi lied, he didn't see it, but it didn't break it.

Taking people's money and doing things for others is a matter of course, as for who the things belong to, it has nothing to do with him Zhang San half a five-baht penny.

And the purple-haired man in front of him, when he said that, his eyes were indeed so resolute, Zhang San knew when he saw it, this is the real owner of that thing.

Ma Xiaoquan didn't pay attention to Zhang San, after all, drinking was not his strong point, and he was already feeling a little dizzy.

Zhang San stood up playfully and walked away from Ma Xiaoquan.

And Zhang Gong stared at Zhang San from beginning to end, watching Zhang San's every move.

When Zhang San walked away, Zhang Gong immediately moved his position and stood beside Ma Xiaoquan, while he was holding a saber in his hand, and there were also bows and arrows hanging on his back

Zhang San looked at Zhang Gong, shook his head, sighed and said softly: "What a loyal subordinate."

The next day, Ma Xiaoquan woke up, and the first thing he saw was Zhang Gong with red eyes.

Seeing that Zhang Gong was holding a saber in his hand, and carrying a bow and arrows on his back, Ma Xiaoquan understood everything, he asked Zhang San to take a carriage on credit, and bring some food and water, Zhang San was very bold, and immediately said that he would give it to Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and accepted Zhang San's carriage and water.

Sitting in the carriage, Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhang Gong to enter the car with him, while Yang Hu and Ding Yi, Ma Xiaoquan ordered them to drive.

"Zhang Gong, you haven't closed your eyes all night, have you? Tired or not? ”

Zhang Gong's eyes were red, but he shook his head vigorously: "Master, don't be tired, I don't have any skills, but I'm in good spirits!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "No matter how good you are, you have to rest, come on, you can rest for a while." ”

Zhang Gong seemed to have something to say, but seeing his master's majestic expression, Zhang Gong finally nodded and lay down.

Within five breaths, the snoring of a bow was heard from the carriage.

"This kid!" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head.

As he was talking, the carriage jolted violently, and Yang Hu shouted, "This road is really difficult!" ”

Ding Yiyi: "That's because you are not skilled in driving a carriage." ”

Yang Hu retorted: "That's better than you can't drive a carriage."

Ma Xiaoquan sighed in the car and said to himself: "If Zhao Er is here, it would be fine"-

In the middle of September of the third year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, there was an initial group of Yellow Turban thieves who surrendered to Chengcheng, and the scale of Cao's army gradually took shape. After a series of large and small encounters and ambushes, Cao Cao finally recovered most of Yanzhou, and now the Yellow Turban thieves are no longer as powerful as they were at the beginning.

Cao Cao was recruited while fighting, and those who could not be incorporated were given fields to them and allowed them to farm.

The Yellow Turban thieves were mostly peasants, and they rebelled, one because of the war, and the other because of the exploitation of the landlord class, now Cao Cao gave them the land and let them plant, these surrendered thieves were naturally willing, unwilling to farm the land, Cao Cao also let Cao Ren think of various ways to resettle, and after some governance, Cao Cao mastered half of Yanzhou, people's lives have slightly improved.

The other half is still occupied by the Yellow Turban thieves, and due to successive defeats, large and small internal cracks have begun to appear, but what makes people headache is that the thieves began to hug a large group, among them, the largest group of people are headed by Long, Zhao, and Zheng, and Cao Cao's exploration of the Malay report, the three of them currently have a total population of 500,000, and the active Yellow Turban Thieves are no less than 140,000.

Cao Cao's tent.

Cao Cao rubbed his temples, listening to Xiahoudun's report, he also felt a lot of headaches, although he had collected a lot of yellow turban thieves, but after these people had land, they were more willing to farm than fight, so in fact, Cao Cao's number of soldiers in the army was not much.

Cao Cao believed that even if he got the whole of Yanzhou in his hands, he would not expand his army too much, after all, peasants were peasants, and their love for the land was much stronger than war.

"It seems that we should use the way of our ancestors and adopt the 'world military system'" Cao Cao muttered to himself, stood up, and said to Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang, tell me about the composition of the enemy's soldiers." ”

Xiahoudun paused for a moment and responded: "My lord, judging from the 140,000 thieves currently under investigation, 80,000 of them are thieves who fled to Qingzhou, and the remaining 60,000 are either grabbed on the spot or temporarily requisitioned."

Sure enough, the soldier structure of the thief army was as Cao Cao thought, not all of them were old thieves, and most of them belonged to new farmers and ordinary people.

"Go and call Cheng Yu."

Xiahoudun received the order and called Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu is eight feet three inches long, if you look at it by current standards, it should be a big one of more than one meter and nine, Cheng Yu cherishes his beard very much, so someone has also given him the nickname of the beautiful beard, if Ma Xiaoquan is present, he will definitely think about comparing Cheng Yu and Guan Erye together