"Does Kong Ming mean that the officials in Yizhou will surrender to Ma Hong?" Liu Bei asked.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Yi Liang's understanding of Senior Brother Ma, since he let the lord get so much territory, his purpose is just to attract the attention of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, so that Cao Cao and Sun Quan can shift their attention to the lord, so that our army can attract hatred, even if Cao Cao and Sun Quan want to attack him, they must attack the lord, because the lord is the barrier of Jingzhou, and the lord's territory borders Cao Sun, and Ma Hong does not." ”

Therefore, Ma Hong can only defend Yongzhou and enter Yizhou. If he wins Yizhou, then he will become a prince as powerful as Cao Cao, and his next target will definitely not be Cao Cao, but us who occupy the four counties of Jingzhou.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liu Bei not only frowned and said, "Yizhou, we can't let that Ma Hong get Yizhou." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Senior Brother Ma is determined to get Yizhou, he will definitely get it, but it doesn't go well." ”

"Does that also mean that after Ma Hong takes Yizhou in the future, he will attack me?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "I mean that if the lord did not expand and did not become more powerful before Ma Hong took Yizhou, then Ma Hong would make a move against the lord, if the lord was already powerful before he took Jingzhou, then he would not regard the lord as an opponent." ”

"The Jiangdong naval army is strong, and it can't march into Jiangdong, and don't have a conflict before Ma Hong and I become enemies, does that mean attacking Cao Cao?" Liu Bei asked.

Zhuge Liang said: "The lord is only half right, we are going to be the enemy of Cao Cao, but we are not going to attack Cao Cao, but waiting for Cao Cao to come and fight Nanyang." ”

Liu Bei asked the reason, Zhuge Liang explained to Liu Bei, the two talked about dawn from late at night, and when it was dawn, Liu Bei's face was much better, and there was joy in his eyes.

Hanzhong County, South Zhengcheng.

General's Mansion, Ma Hong has the habit of taking a nap, the so-called noon does not sleep, collapse in the afternoon, when he went to school in his previous life, he fully experienced the essence of this sentence, a boss, if he wants to have enough energy to devote himself to his career, he should develop the habit of napping.

The current Ma Hong can be regarded as a great prince, and his overall strength is much stronger than that of Jingzhou controlled by Liu Biao, and Ma Hong naturally spent a lot of effort in order to consolidate his rule. Ma Hong is now the time for rapid expansion, the first thing to be erected is his strategic goal, that is, the so-called theory, in order to grab territory, in order to make money, we must do a good job in management, to do a good job in management, we must solve all aspects of things, in general, these things can be summarized into four aspects:

1. Scientific management theory

Second, a group of excellent management talents

3. A set of effective management mechanisms

Fourth, long-term strategic goals

Now management talents, although Ma Hong is still lacking, but not as urgent as before, the filling of a large number of officials in Jingzhou and the help of the junior brothers, so that Ma Hong's shoulders are a lot lighter, as for the strategic goal, the nearest nature is to go down to Yizhou first, become a big prince of one side, and then seek the world. As for the management mechanism, Ma Hong feels that it is still a bit confusing, and he now needs a group of people to formulate the appropriate law. Under Ma Hong's preparation, Liu Ye, Yin Mo, Yan Pu, and Jiang Wan participated in the formulation of laws and implemented them in various states and counties under his rule.

"Teacher, teacher......"

Ma Hong lay on the homemade chair and just fell asleep, he was woken up by Fox Du, Ma Hong reluctantly opened his eyes and looked at Fox Du and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Teacher, there are two people who have come to join the lord, and more than 800 people are also brought."

"Oh! If there are such things, come with me and see. ”

Ma Hong suddenly got up from the chair and walked out, what he cared about was not the two people who came, not the eight hundred, but the name, now there are already people who have come to him, then more people will come to him in the future, the first business is very important when doing business. Of course, to attract talents, especially those who come to admire the talents, also need some means, even if they are not very talented at the beginning, you have to accept, so that you can show your love for talents, so that more talents will come to take refuge.

This time the two people who came to join Ma Hong were Lei Tong and Wu Lan of Ba County, Ma Hong had some impressions of these two generals, they were the generals of Shu State, and they had not yet worked under Liu Zhang, Ma Hong happily entertained the two and appointed the two as captains.

"Teacher, the things you explained have been completed, and someone has been sent to find Wang Ping, and now he is on his way to Hanzhong."

"That's a good job."

Ma Hong sent people around to look for Yongliang and Jingzhou's undiscovered talents, among which Jiang Wan and Wang Ping were, Jiang Wan after Ma Hong excavated, he let him take refuge in Liu Cong, as an internal response, Jingzhou's Jiang Wan, Liu Ba and others are not difficult to find, these people with names and surnames, and people from large families, it is not difficult to find, but it is not easy to let them do things for them, Liu Ba refused Ma Hong's invitation three times. Liu Bazhicai is far from Zhuge Liang, and Ma Hong is not Liu Bei, such a person Ma Hong will not invite the fourth time. Looking for Wang Ping has put a lot of effort, Wang Ping was born in a poor family, and he is only a sixteen-year-old boy according to the spies, but the children of poor families generally do not have such a big face, and once they see the opportunity, they will desperately seize it.

"Teacher, Uncle Liu asked me to tell you that Jiang Wan has already made contact with Yang Song, Fa Zheng, and Meng Da and has begun to make contact, and Uncle Liu said that it is possible to convince them."

Ma Hong smiled and nodded, in history, Yang Song and Meng Da were the people who betrayed the lord to seek glory, no, it is not appropriate to say this, they are all people who welcomed Liu Bei into Yizhou, and now Ma Hong is powerful, and they are dissatisfied with Liu Zhang, the lord of the mean, Ma Hong wants to enter Yizhou, they are the biggest breakthrough.

"You tell your Uncle Liu that no matter how much money Jiang Wan needs to do things, he will supply it, and he must do this well."

"The students received the order, and the students also heard Uncle Liu say that Liu Zhang was dissatisfied with the Bajun guarding Pang Xi, and some people in Chengdu rumored that Pang Xi was anti-minded."

Ma Hong's eyes lit up and said, "Oh! This is the opportunity, it is the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, I need to send some money to this Pang Xi, and by the way, I am spreading rumors. ”

"Discord meter? It is said that after this Pang Xi was suspected by Liu Zhang, he has already reined in, if we give him money, will he accept it? Fox Du asked.

Ma Hong smiled slightly: "Send someone to inquire what this Pang Xi likes, if you love money, you will give money, if you like women, you will give women, a man who does not love money and women must not be a good man, if you don't love it, then ......"

"So what's it?" Hu Du asked a little puzzled.

"Do you like women?"

"I'm a man, so naturally I like women."

"Do you like money?"

"Money is something that few people will hate."

"Hehe, that's right, a man who doesn't like money and women must have greater ambitions, if Pang Xi doesn't like both, then his ambition must be great."

"Teacher, you like money and women, and your ambition is not small!"

"Did you talk to the teacher like that?"

Fox Du smiled and said, "The student is going to do this." ”

"There are a lot of things to do for you, are you tired?"

"Students don't get tired."

Ma Hong stretched out his hand and patted the shoulder of the fox and said seriously: "Do things well." ”

Fox Du retired with joy on his face, as Ma Hong's first apprentice, he is extremely trusted by Ma Hong, Ma Hong handed over important things to him to do, Fox Du also tried his best to do the things Ma Hong commanded, and now although his official position is not high, but with Ma Hong's side, sooner or later he will be in a high position. He knew that these were all honed by Ma Hong. (To be continued.) )