Liu Qi can now be regarded as a proud spring breeze, everything is smooth, it has been two months since he ascended the throne of Chu to now, and a lot of major events have happened in these two months.

First of all, the army of Zhou Yu and Pang De, with the full cooperation of the Southern Xiongnu, broke the reinforcements of Guini and Fupulu, and then stormed the Wuhuan tribe in that building with a victorious army, killing all the Wuhuan people who dared to resist, and capturing countless cattle, sheep and horses, even after dividing half of the Southern Xiongnu, there were more than 200,000 cattle and sheep, more than 30,000 horses, and more than 100,000 prisoners, enough to establish a Wuhuan cavalry of tens of thousands of people.

Secondly, Xun Yun, the son of Xun Yu, led his family to secretly flee from Luoyang to Xiangyang, officially defected to Liu Qi, and was awarded the position of serving the imperial history.

Liu Qi knew that since Xun Yun came to Xiangyang, he must have been instructed by his father Xun Yu, so although the current Xun Yu did not explicitly propose to surrender to himself, since his son surrendered with his permission, it proves that he has his heart set on himself, and he can completely obtain Xun Yu's support through guò Xun Yun, and then as long as the time comes, he can appoint Xun Yu as an official by forcibly conquering him.

Liu Qi knows that whether it is in governance or strategy, Xun Yu's talent is definitely not under Jia Xu, especially in governance, even if he is not inferior to Zhuge Liang, he is far superior to the latter in terms of knowing people and talents, and once he gets his assistance, his own affairs will definitely be more prosperous.

In addition, regardless of whether Xun You had helped or not, since Xun Yun was able to escape from Luoyang to Xiangyang, Cao Cao would definitely be suspicious of him, and he learned from Guò intelligence that Sima Yi was jealous of Xun You's status as the mastermind, and saw that Xun You had always been cowardly, so he was ready to slander Cao Cao. And now that Xun Yun has escaped, it will definitely put Xun Yun in a disadvantageous position.

So, no matter what, this time is definitely a very beneficial thing for Liu Qi.

The third thing that made Liu Qi happy was that after nearly two months of visiting, Ma Chao finally found one of his clansmen in Youfufeng. This person's name is Ma Jun, the word Deheng, a native of Fufeng Maoling, the same clan as Ma Chao, a descendant of Ma Yuan, a general of Fubo in the Later Han Dynasty, and the most prestigious inventor in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

Although he is of the same clan as Ma Chao, Ma Jun comes from a humble background and has never had any contact with Ma Chao's father and son, so. When he was found, Ma Jun, who was still studying around and had some stuttering, had no idea why a party leader like Ma Chao would find him alone.

And when he heard that the king of Chu wanted him to help make machinery and transform the repeater, he was still full of grievances, because he thought that he had been studying for more than ten years, and now the king of Chu found him, perhaps because he was full of economy and let himself show his strengths. As a doctor of scripture or managing the people, he didn't expect to arrange himself to be a lowly craftsman.

But he was in the middle of poverty. In desperation, he listened to Ma Chao's persuasion and came to Xiangyang with the attitude of giving it a try.

Unbeknownst to him, he had an incredible talent for mechanical engineering.

In just a few days, he built the legendary guide car based on the only little material in Huang Yueying's hand! Such talents are deeply admired even by Huang Yueying and Han Ji, who are proficient in mechanical manufacturing, and are known as the talents of the sky.

Look at the guide car in front of you. Even he felt like a dream, and said in surprise: "This, how can this be, is it possible?" I, I have this. Such talent? It seems that I have been working hard for more than ten years, studying hard, but I still haven't figured it out and understood myself, but the king of Chu can know that he is really a god, and a god and a man. ”

Liu Qi didn't expect that even Ma Jun himself didn't know that he had such a talent, and he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, but he couldn't say that the reason why he was looking for Ma Jun was because he learned about history, he could only say that he had a dream at night, saying that there was a man named Ma Jun in Fufeng, who was reincarnated by Lu Ban and assisted by the mandate of heaven.

Although such words sound very ridiculous now, some people believed it at the time, such as Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor, who called the twenty-eight generals under his command the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, saying that they were twenty-eight people who were ordered by heaven to protect themselves, and some people believed in such words, which greatly helped Liu Xiu's great cause.

Therefore, when Liu Qi said this excuse, many people were convinced of it, including Ma Jun, who was amazed at his talent.

Next, Liu Qi appointed Ma Jun as the captain of Si Jin, in charge of the research and development of new equipment, and handed over the diagram and samples of the repeater to him for further improvement.

As a result, Ma Jun only went through a month of research, and said that the repeater is "clever and clever, and it is not perfect, give me a few months to increase the power of the repeater by five times."

On this day, Liu Qi was sitting in the palace thinking about the next situation, and suddenly heard the arrival of the envoy of the Japanese state, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed.

Because Lu Xun immediately set out to establish a post station after returning to strengthen the connection between them, Liu Qi naturally learned the specific situation in advance, and couldn't help laughing: "This Lu Boyan, if you have something to do, why don't you just solve it yourself?" But it has to be handed over to this king to dispose of. ”

Although he said this, Liu Qi knew that Lu Xun was trying to maintain his prestige and let his prestige spread in the country.

Liu Qi was naturally satisfied with Lu Xun's kindness, so he ordered the envoy to go down to rest first, and then bring him to the palace after three days.

After many days of hard work, the envoy finally came to Xiangyang, he originally thought that the king of Chu would receive him enthusiastically, but he did not expect that the guards who went to report only said "Our king has no free time today", and sent him to the post house to rest.

It wasn't until three days later that Nanshengmi, who felt depressed and lost in his heart, received an order that the king of Chu wanted to receive him.

When he heard that the Duke of Chu had been promoted to the king of Chu and was willing to meet him, he suddenly lifted his spirits, like a hungry child suddenly seeing his nipples, and came to the palace ecstatically, leading the two thousand widows to the palace to meet Liu Qi.

Nanshengmi was very respectful to Liu Qi, and even the salute was a standard ninety-degree bow, which made Liu Qi even more disgusted, remembering the kind of behavior of a certain nation 1,800 years later, he couldn't help frowning, and asked lightly: "I don't know if you come to see this king, what do you ask for?" ”

As if he didn't hear the displeasure in Liu Qi's tone, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The subordinate is the envoy of the Japanese slave evil horse Tai country, and he came to meet the king on the order of my queen Himihu, and now my country is in turmoil, the traitor Himi bow is not convinced by the king, and takes the lead in the rebellion, my queen is not strong enough, and asks the king to help suppress it, in order to show her sincerity, our queen selected two thousand beautiful girls from the country, and ordered the ministers to give them to the king, hoping that the king will smile." ”

But he didn't expect Liu Qi to laugh and said: "Your queen is really calculating, and just 2,000 girls can be exchanged for my 100,000 soldiers who fight bloodily and fight to the death?" ”

"Of course, it's more than that, as long as the Han can send troops to help us quell the rebellion, our queen is still willing to be a vassal and pay tribute every year."

Nanshengmi looked respectful, proud in his heart, and secretly thought, "You Han people love face the most, as long as we express our willingness to pay tribute, it is estimated that you, the young king of Chu, will definitely agree without hesitation." ”

But I didn't expect the other party to flatly refuse: "You can exchange a gesture of willingness to surrender and a little tribute every year for the help of my 100,000 army?" Isn't that easy to calculate? Don't come to these vains, it's not impossible for you to ask the king to send troops to help, but you must give us tangible benefits. Otherwise, who of the officers and men of the three armies would want to go across the ocean to fight? ”

Nansheng Mi was suddenly shocked in his heart, he didn't expect that this King of Chu was different from other Han people, he didn't pay attention to face, but only paid attention to practical benefits, and he was afraid that he would not give up some benefits at this time, and the matter could not be solved.

After thinking about it silently, he asked, "I don't know what the king's conditions are?" Say it and we'll add it up. ”

Liu Qi didn't think about it, and said lightly: "We can help you send troops, but half of the wealth obtained in the process of evaporation will be divided, and the population will all belong to us, as for the land, we will not ask for you, but you need to rent the westernmost islands to our garrison, so that we can use it in the future to send troops to Cao Wei." ”

"How is this possible? Wouldn't you be too greedy to do this, my lord? It's okay to lease an island, but half of the wealth and the entire population are too embarrassing. Nansheng Mi couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly said.

"Hehe, if we don't help you, you won't get anything from those wealthy, not only that, but you will also consume the wealth and population of Erzamatai because of the suppression of that humble rebellion, not to mention that you can easily obtain a large area of land, which is really a big advantage for you, if you don't agree, just leave, this king will never force it."

After finishing speaking, Liu Qi ordered the guests to be sent off.

Seeing that Liu Qi's attitude was so resolute that there was no room for negotiation, Nan Shengmi gritted his teeth and said: "The subordinates agreed, but the king can talk and take the wealth and population directly, and not occupy the land." ”

"This is natural, when does this king stop talking?" Liu Qi smiled, like a loyal elder. But he sneered in his heart: "When will this king be honest in dealing with you dogs?" Even if this king speaks to you in good faith, your children and grandchildren will not be honest with us in 1,800 years, so it is better to uproot them and save them trouble in the future. Of course, if your dog king is sensible and willing to surrender, and allows us to control it directly, you may be able to save a dog's life, otherwise, I am afraid that all the men of your entire Japanese slave will be killed, and there will definitely not be a person with a handle left. (To be continued......)