Chapter 117: The Great Shu Messenger
A team of 200 people escorted a horse to the front of the house, the curtain of the carriage was raised, and a middle-aged man in his forties slowly stepped out of the carriage.
This person's name is Ma Liang, and he looks dignified, especially the eyebrows on his eyes are white, which makes people forget it at a glance.
Ma Liang is also in a high position in Shudi, and he is an important minister by Liu Bei's side, so he obviously attaches great importance to Liu Yuetian when he comes here.
"What a young king!"
Even if Ma Liang knew that the other party was only sixteen years old, he was still slightly surprised when he saw Liu Yuetian, and the momentum revealed between the other party's eyebrows was definitely not what a sixteen-year-old boy should have, it seems that this rumor is not all false.
For example, today everyone knows that Liu Yuetian, a sixteen-year-old child, has become the master of Tianshui County, but there are different opinions on how it is.
The most reliable thing is that Liu Yuan and the Qin army were both defeated in the battle, he took the opportunity to seize Tianshui, and some said that Liu Yuetian took refuge in Daqin, just a puppet of Daqin, such as today Shui has actually become the territory of the King of Qin, and some say that Liu Yuetian and Liu Yuan's son Liu Cong teamed up to kill Liu Yuan, and Liu Cong is the mastermind behind the scenes.
No matter how many rumors there are, no one believes that this is Liu Yuetian's own ability, only Zu Yi knows what is going on from the mouths of Xu Da and others.
But in any case, Tianshui is located in an important place, which is of great significance to the direction of the situation in the world, so it has attracted the attention of many forces.
"This must be Lord Maleonn!"
Liu Yuetian walked a few steps closer to the other party and asked with a smile.
"Ma Liang, the chief envoy of Xishu, meet His Royal Highness the King of the County."
Ma Liang walked in front of Liu Yuetian and bowed to the ground.
"Changshi, please get up, go, let's talk in the house!"
"Lord Wang, Tianshui County has been the world of the Hun family for a hundred years, you drove Liu Yuan back from the Qin army this time, but everyone in the world looked at it!"
"Where is it, Liu Yuan has a false name, the people of Tianshui are the real masters, and I am just conforming to the will of the people."
"A good one conforms to the will of the people, and in just four words, the truth of the world is said clearly, and I have the same concept as the king of Shu, worthy of being the king of martial arts, prince, please accept my Ma Liang again."
Maleonn stood up and saluted again.
"Lord Changshi doesn't have to be polite, we are all royal families, and we all have to think about the people of the world, so Liu Yuan is perverse, even if there is no me, others will replace him......... My Tianshui is just a projectile land, not like Xishu with a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, with tens of millions of people, the emperor's uncle has successively destroyed the Southern Barbarian States, quelled the Li rebellion, and has a reinvention of the Great Zhou, how can I Liu Yuetian's achievements be compared with him? In the future, I will have to learn more from Uncle Huang! ”
"Haha, the prince is really eloquent, admire and admire, it seems that you were relegated to Tianshui by Liang Ji It was premeditated, and after leaving Chang'an, it soared into the sky, and it occupied Tianshui in just half a year, which can be described as a promising future."
"I have won awards and awards, I am also forced to do it, I am not as domineering as the fourth brother, I can only rely on myself to seek a corner."
Liu Yuetian had already learned what the other party thought through insight, this Ma Liang came to "persuade Liu Yuetian to surrender" and let him submit to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's great wish was naturally replaced by Da Zhou like other princes, Ma Liang was Liu Bei's minister, and he knew the master's thoughts clearly, and this time he was completely explored by Liu Yuetian.
This Ma Liang is also quite depressed now, he thought that he would definitely be respectful to the other party as soon as he came, and then just gave all kinds of favors to let the other party feel at ease to take refuge in Liu Bei, where did he think that the other party was clever and clever, and completely got along with Liu Bei on the same level in his words.
"Your Highness, today you got Tianshui, then Liu Yuan doesn't need to say it, there is no threat, but you offended Daqin, the King of Qin has long been eyeing my Great Zhou, you are in his way, with his character, he will not give up, if he sends a real elite, Tianshui may not be able to stop it!"
Ma Liang finally got to the point.
"Lord Changshi is right, King Qin has a million soldiers, naturally not my tens of thousands of soldiers can resist, however, I think that the most powerful thing in the world is not force, but people's hearts, so why did Liu Yuan lose? It's just that he lost the hearts of the people, there are hundreds of thousands of people in Tianshui City, as long as they support me, Daqin will not dare to act rashly, Uncle Liu Huang guards Xishu, and there are tens of millions of people to support, this is his biggest reliance, Lord Changshi, do you say? ”
"This ......... Hehe, yes, yes, the prince said this very much, but then again, the soldiers of Great Qin are like jackals, the heart of jackals is unreasonable, especially King Yingzheng of Qin has already swallowed the heart of Tianshui, and it is impossible for the people to go into battle to kill the enemy no matter how united they are, if there is no strong force as a backing, it will put these people in danger at that time, it is better to unite with the King of Shu, if Daqin dares to invade, the King of Shu will send troops to help. ”
Ma Liang was no longer verbose, and directly explained the purpose of the trip.
"Uncle Huang and I are both a family, we are both members of the Great Zhou royal family, so we naturally want to help each other, besides, Uncle Huang is my elder, and it is my duty to trust my elders......... Come on, Lord Changshi is afraid that it is the first time to come to my Tianshui, so I will accompany you to take a walk around the city, come and prepare the car! ”
Liu Yuetian took Ma Liang to play in Tianshui City, and now the city is not closed at night, and the people everywhere they go are shouting long live, and the heartfelt emotions can be seen at a glance, and it is definitely not hypocritical.
Ma Liang was amazed when he saw these scenes, it stands to reason that the people are the most affected by this change of power, but in less than a month, there is order in Tianshui, where is there still a little bit of what it looks like after the war? The people are also happy and convinced of Liu Yuetian, and the prestige of this prince in Tianshui is far beyond his expectations! He didn't see how Liu Yuetian took Tianshui in the battle between Liu Yuan and Qin Jun, but just this ability to govern Tianshui showed his extraordinary, could it be that this Liu Yuetian was another Liu Che? If only that .........!
In the next two days, Liu Yuetian asked Shi Le and Chang Yuchun to have a "military exercise", the brave rush of Shi Le's cavalry, the siege and defense of Chang Yuchun's infantry, and the shouting and killing of 10,000 soldiers, although Ma Liang did not understand military affairs, but the momentum of the soldiers had completely suppressed him.
"Although there are few soldiers in Tianshui, they are all extraordinary, and those two generals are proficient in arranging troops, and they have the demeanor of famous generals in their gestures, so the soldiers can be called the division of tigers and wolves, I am afraid that they are not worse than my elite troops in Dashu, it seems that the previous strategy is going to change."
In just two days, Ma Liang's evaluation of the county king has increased rapidly, and he no longer mentions the matter of letting the other party attach himself to the king of Shu.
"Lord Wang, thank you for your hospitality in the past two days, and when I go back, I will tell my prince about your good deeds in Tianshui."
Three days later, Ma Liang took his leave, and Liu Yuetian led his troops to send him outside the city.
"This is my gift to Uncle Huang, Lord Changshi will hand it over on my behalf."
The small stove on the side walked over with a delicate wooden box, "pop", Liu Yuetian opened the wooden box, revealing three crystal clear huge beads.
"What a big glass!"
Ma Liang's knowledge is naturally not low, these three glass beads are extremely high in color, and they have a green luster, which is really the best in the glass, even if they are not seen in Xishu, they are worth at least 100 taels of gold.
Although the glaze is of no practical use, but the price is expensive, and many times there is no market, it is not easy for Liu Yuetian to have such three glasses, and he gave them to Liu Bei, obviously because of the importance of the King of Shu.
But how did he know that no matter how big and good the glass Liu Yuetian was, it could be mass-produced, and these three pieces were not worth one or two silver for Liu Yuetian.
"Such a precious gift...... I, Ma Liang, took my king and accepted it. ”
The people are supportive, the army is strong, and Liu Yuetian is not wealthy, and Ma Liang at this time has regarded Liu Yuetian as a figure like Liu Che.
Such a character naturally wants to be wooed, but Ma Liang found that Liu Yuetian was very cunning, and he wanted to pull the topic to the joint matter of the two sides many times in the past few days, but the other party just kicked the topic away with a few words, and did not agree or deny it.
This Ma Liang is also a famous scholar in Xishu, and his skills are also quite successful, but when he met Liu Yuetian, he found that he couldn't use this skill at all, no matter how good your eloquence was, people wouldn't talk to you and wouldn't do it.
There are two tasks for me to come to Tianshui, one is to find out the details of this prince and see how many catties and taels he has; Second, it is best to make the other party surrender to Liu Bei, if Tianshui County is returned to Liu Bei, then the chances of the king of Shu to achieve great things will be greatly increased.
The first task, Ma Liang saw it clearly, the people of Tianshui wanted, and his strength was much higher than Liu Yuan's, which had far exceeded his previous expectations.
As for the second task, Ma Liang failed to complete it, and let the other party surrender, on the surface, it was to know the righteousness, but in fact, it was to use the power of Liu Bei, the king of Shu, to bully the small, but Liu Yuetian's strength has exceeded his imagination, and the strength of the county king is strong, and it is by no means a soft persimmon that you want people to surrender, and Ma Liang does not dare to say too much
However, what made Ma Liang a little relieved was that this prince respected himself very much, and he was also respectful to Liu Bei, the king of Shu, between his words, and he judged that the other party was not unwilling to surrender, but that he did not come up with any conditions that made the other party feel excited.
Thinking of this, Ma Liangliang complained a little about his own king, before he came out, the king didn't put this county king in his eyes at all, thinking that he could make the other party surrender without any effort, and there was no recruitment plan at all, but now it's good, everything is unexpected, and Ma Liang can't be the master himself, so he has to rush back in a hurry.
Looking at Ma Liang who was leaving, Liu Yuetian just smiled slightly.
"Liu Bei, the imperial uncle, is also ambitious and wants to establish his own great cause."
No one has any secrets in Liu Yuetian's eyes, Ma Liang came to test Liu Yuetian, but he didn't know that any secrets he knew were known by the other party.
However, Liu Yuetian does not hate Liu Bei, today's Da Zhou is a piece of fat on the board, who in the world doesn't want to eat a bite? Not to mention that Xishu is the country that Liu Bei relied on himself, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid that the current Shu land is a mess, and no one can erase this credit.
But this imperial uncle wants me to submit to him, that's wishful thinking, if you can occupy Xishu, I can't dominate the world?
But Liu Yuetian didn't want to offend Liu Bei, Xishu was rich in iron ore, and what Tianshui was lacking now was pig iron, and his next step was to establish trade with the other party.
This Ma Liang is just here to test himself, I am afraid that it will not be long before the other party will send a second wave of people, and then it will be the beginning of the game between the two sides.