Cao Cao's oil is slippery, and the slip is simple and straightforward. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At first glance, it's a little cute; Tasted carefully, but a little shameless.

Liu Bowen's oil is slippery, and the slip is complex and tactful.

Roughly, some are shameless; Taste it carefully, and it's a little cute.

At least, Liu Mang thinks Liu Bowen is cute. Because, Liu Bowen is all for the benefit of Liu Mang, and he is slippery.

"The balance of Jizhou is inseparable from Qingyan. Cao Mengde's face still has to be given. Liu Bowen said.

Liu Mang has food.

However, Liu Mang's grain was not blown by the wind. That's hard work, spring plowing and autumn harvest, all the grains are hard, and they are saved!

As soon as Cao Cao's upper lip touched his lower lip and begged for it, he gave it to him, why?

Moreover, the territory under Liu Mang's rule is getting bigger and bigger.

In troubled times, grain is the only hard currency.

Food is needed to govern localities and wage wars.

In order to fight Yang Guang, Yuan Shu, and more opponents in the future, Liu Mang must reserve enough food, how can he be willing to give it?

Liu Bowen, an old slippery head, must have another deep meaning.

Liu Mang didn't ask directly, but wanted to try to gain insight into Liu Bowen's true thoughts.

Liu Mang has worked very hard, and his intelligence of 84 is not low.

However, from Liu Bowen's smooth and lovely old face, Liu Mang couldn't find a trace of it!

Alas!

Never mind!

Although he has an intelligence of 84, the intelligence of the old slippery head is already high to the extent of overflowing. I can't guess what he thinks, and it's normal.

"Mr. Berwyn, don't sell it, say it."

Liu Bowen is no longer joking. "Lao Cao begged for money and food again and again, and he couldn't give it to him anymore. But we can give him something else. ”

"Something else? What is it? ”

"Stirrups!"

"Stirrups?" Liu Mang felt that he seemed to have touched the edge of Liu Bowen's thinking.

For a moment, Liu Mang smiled!

He got it!

Cao Cao begged for food, and naturally used the confrontation against Yuan Shao as an excuse.

Instead of giving him food, he was given stirrups to improve the combat ability of the Yanzhou cavalry, which could help him fight against Yuan Shao.

Giving him food can increase the time of resistance.

Give him stirrups to increase his ability to resist.

In essence, whether it is for stirrups or food, for Cao Cao, the effect is the same. But for Liu Mang, it's very different.

Cao Cao had only a few thousand horses.

Liu Mang had prepared tens of thousands of stirrups before, and thousands of them were paid to Cao Cao, which was nothing.

The stirrup had just appeared in the world, and Cao Jian had already learned about the stirrup, and it was impossible to build thousands of stirrups for the cavalry in a short period of time. Moreover, even if it is built, the quality must not be as good as the stirrups of the Luoyang Army.

At this time, stirrups were still a rarity. Sending thousands of stirrups to Cao Cao can be described as a gift in the snow.

However, it won't be long before stirrups become widespread. Rare things will become big road goods. The value of stirrups will be greatly reduced.

Liu Bowen smiled slickly. "Give gifts, take advantage of the freshness."

"Great idea!" Of course, Liu Mang understands this truth.

Grain is worth it, and stirrups are worth it.

Food is valuable because of its value.

Stirrups are worth a lot not because of the value itself, but because of their current scarcity.

Sending stirrups, there is another benefit.

It is convenient to transport, so let Yu Dayou send a few warships to transport them from the Yellow River. Compared with transporting grain, it can save a lot of manpower and material resources.

"It's so decided, immediately send someone to Anyi, let Kou Pingzhong prepare stirrups and give them to Lao Cao!"

……

The stirrups are stored in the armory of Anyi, Hedong County.

Kou Zhun received Liu Mang's order to hand over the matter to Mu Shan. was about to call him, but Mu Shan came.

Mushan Mu Songyue, who was originally a small official in Yangqu County, Taiyuan, was promoted by Li Xiucheng in the line of fire and made the Yangqu County Order.

Mu Shan is very hard-working and diligent, and in a few years, he has been transferred to several places, and his political achievements and reputation are good. Now, it has been done in Anyi Yin's engagement.

Mu Shan was holding a big bowl of noodles, and when he entered the door, he shouted: "Fu Yin, ask for some vinegar." ”

Both of them are from Taiyuan and love to be jealous, especially Kou Zhun.

Whatever you eat, always add two spoonfuls of vinegar. Even, when I work overtime and stay up late at work, I don't have anything to eat, but I also drink a spoonful of vinegar to refresh my mind.

Needless to say, Kou Zhun is in the government office, and he always has a jar of aged vinegar.

"Are you coming to steal my vinegar again?" Kou Zhun complained.

Kou Zhun has a good personality, and his subordinates often joke with him.

"Where did you steal it, are you talking about begging?" Mu Shan was familiar with the way and scooped two large spoons of vinegar.

"Don't eat yet, do you have business!"

Kou Zhun handed over Liu Mang's order.

Mu Shan looked at it, and the corners of his mouth drooped. "This Cao Mengde, he always wants this and that, why does the lord give it to him?"

"Who doesn't have a poor relative?"

Mu Shan was still not happy. "Why give him our good things?!"

Kou Zhun glanced at Mu Shan. "Is the vinegar I have here also a good thing, and I didn't have any basis for it, so it was stolen by you!"

Mu Shan pouted. "Don't give it!"

"Don't you listen to the lord's commands? The lord has the final say, or do you have the final say? ”

Mu Shan straightened his neck. "The treasury is under my control, and I have the final say, so I don't give it!"

"You kid, you're so tough! Let me ask you, is it the lord's high knowledge, or your knowledge? ”

"Of course, the lord is highly knowledgeable."

"That's right, why don't you hurry up and do it?"

Mu Shan just said that Liu Mang's order, how could he not follow it. However, he still felt awkward in his heart. "Cao Mengde wants stirrups today, and tomorrow will ask for a war horse! Is it possible to give it to him too? ”

Kou Zhun pointed to the big bowl in Mu Shan's hand and said, "Are you bringing noodles to beg for vinegar, won't I bother with you?" If you come to beg for noodles with vinegar, will you be coaxed out? Begging for stirrups, is it considered thick-skinned? Begging for a war horse, is it shameless! ”

……

When Liu Mang and his entourage arrived in Anyi, Kou Zhun had already arranged for Cao Cao to transport stirrups.

Liu Mang was just passing by Anyi.

Listening to Kou Zhun's report on the situation in Hedong, Liu Mang prepared to rest early, and set off early tomorrow morning to rush to Wangwu Mountain.

Just lay down, the guard reported, Luoyang urgent letter.

The letter was written by the eldest grandson, Wuji. The letter said that the first battle of Yongliang broke the Xiliang army, and the court rejoiced.

Zhong Xuan, Yang Biao and a group of important ministers invited Liu Xie, the son of heaven, to request that Liu Mang be awarded the festival.

Holding a festival is not an official position, but a privilege.

The minister holds the festival, representing the emperor's personal presence. The ministers of the festival can exercise power on behalf of the emperor.

Holding the festival is not a false name, but a real possession of power. When the ministers are outside, they can dispose of or even kill officials.

Liu Mang has military power.

In foreign wars, even if you do not have the privilege of holding moderation, you can dispose of or even kill officials when necessary. However, if the emperor personally gave the festival and dealt with everything, it would be more in line with the laws and rules of the court.

The eldest grandson Wuji said in the letter that in the court, there were many people who supported the award of Liu Mang's festival, and there were few opponents. However, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, obviously did not want to grant Liu Mang such privileges.

In the end, at the insistence of the family gate valve represented by Yang Biao, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, finally agreed to give Liu Mang a fake Huang Yue! In wartime and peacetime, you can deal with officials, big and small, and even other ministers!

Yang Biao behaved like this, he must have received the information from Yang Xiu.

Yang Biao took the initiative to show goodwill, whether it was sincere or forced, it was good after all.

Liu Mang immediately replied to the eldest grandson Wuji, instructing him to pay close attention to all movements in the court.

After writing the reply, midnight had passed.

Airplanes......

The bronze mirror, which had not moved for a long time, actually vibrate!

(Holding knots distinguishes hierarchies, starting in the Jin Dynasty.) In the Han Dynasty, there was no specific distinction between holding festivals, false festivals, false festivals, false yellow Yue, etc. Friends, don't dwell on it. (To be continued.) )