Hearing Ma Yan's name, Liu Feng's heart was really shocked. The young man in front of him may not be famous at this time, but for Liu Feng, a person who has crossed over, it is like thunder.

Although the defeat in the first battle of Jieting cast an indelible stain on this person in history, Liu Feng never doubted Ma Yan's ingenuity, if he was really a mediocre talent, how could he put forward such a strange strategy as 'attacking the city for the bottom and attacking the heart for the top'.

And after hearing Ma Yan's self-report, Liu Feng's previous curiosity was easily solved, and he nodded slightly: "It turned out to be Ma Youchang, no wonder." ”

Listening to the tone of the eldest prince, he seemed to know himself, which naturally made Ma Jian feel happy for a while, but the sentence "Ma Youchang" made Ma Tan look dazed.

"Tan is nineteen years old this year, and his father has not given him a word, but I am afraid that the eldest son has recognized the wrong person."

Liu Feng was stunned at first, and then realized that he had accidentally said something. According to the custom of this era, a man is considered sincere and benevolent only when he is twenty years old, and a so-called Chengren crown ceremony is held to indicate that he has reached adulthood.

The so-called crown ceremony is a divination ceremony, and then the recipient receives three sets of different clothes and hats from the elders in the presence of relatives and friends who are invited. The winners try on them one by one, and then show them to everyone. At the end of this ceremony, the elders will announce the award of the crown recipient in front of all the guests.

Liu Feng only remembered that Ma Yan's words were young, who knew that people were only nineteen this year, and they were not even the age of having words, and he blurted out a sentence of "Ma Youchang", there is no doubt that there are signs of leaking horses' feet.

However, Liu Feng's brain turned very fast, and he raised his glass to take a sip of tea to cover up the psychological activity of saying that he had leaked his mouth, and when the cup was put down, he already had a countermeasure, so he laughed: "Ma's five constants, Ji Chang, and Zhongchang all have a constant word at the end of the word, and you are the youngest of the five brothers of the Ma family, and the words that Ling Zun will name you in the future are most likely to be young." I'll just joke about it, don't be weird. ”

Liu Feng is the young master, the young master is joking with you, it represents a kind of closeness, Ma Jian is too late to be happy, how can he be strange, and he listened to Liu Feng's speculation is quite reasonable, and he has more admiration in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Tan is young and talented, I didn't expect the eldest prince to know my micro name, this is Tan's honor." ”

From Ma Yan's look and tone, Liu Feng could see the "joy" from the heart, although this was the case, his words and demeanor still did not lose the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and he did not show a little casualness because of Liu Feng's kindness.

"I don't know what kind of official position Brother Ma has now? What do you usually do? Liu Feng inquired about Ma Yan's detailed situation.

"The current grain Cao Shuzuo under his subordinates, what he usually does is nothing more than counting the grain books."

Although Ma Tan's tone of reply was plain, but the flickering loss in those eyes could not escape Liu Feng's eagle eyes, it was obvious that although Ma Tan in front of him was still young, he was extremely confident in his talent, and he was not satisfied with being only a lowly-level scribe.

The subtle changes in Ma Yan's expression made Liu Feng feel at ease. He knew very well that his future fate must be in his own hands, rather than pinning his hopes on Liu Bei's benevolence, so he must have his own power, and this force must not be too public, so as to cause Liu Bei's suspicion prematurely.

Although Liu Qi has a good relationship with himself, with his identity and ability, he naturally can't count on it. And Xu Shu, although Liu Feng has the grace to save his mother, he knows very well that with Xu Shu's current identity, he has no ability to pull him around, and even have the ability to influence his position, and in the same way, the same is true for Zhao Yun, who has a friendship with him. As for others such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, not to mention.

Ma Yan's appearance suddenly gave Liu Qi an inspiration: to cultivate the power of his cronies, why do you have to start with someone like Xu Shu who already has a status? I can't give anything to others, so why should I let my family follow me with all my heart?

And people like Ma Tan are completely different, they are talented, but because they have no qualifications, they can only silently succumb to low-level official positions, waiting for the day when they can get the favor of the peak. But Liu Feng can break their loneliness and give them the opportunity to show themselves what they are looking forward to.

There was gradually a more mature and far-reaching idea in his heart, the corners of Liu Feng's mouth rose slightly, and an imperceptible sly smile flashed, and then he sighed: "In my opinion, with such a talent as Brother Ma, it seems that it is a bit condescending to be a condescending scholar." ”

"The eldest prince has won the award, as long as I can do my part for the lord, I will be satisfied." At this time, although Ma Yan's answer was still decent, his face had begun to show uncontrollable surprise.

Who is Liu Feng, that is the eldest son of the Liu family, listening to the other party's tone, it seems that he admires Ma Jian very much, if he can get a few words of recommendation from the eldest prince in front of Liu Bei, he will be on the rise, and the ambition to show his ambition is naturally to be waiting, and it is strange that Ma Jian is not excited.

Liu Feng wanted to win over Ma Tan, but he knew more about the truth of one by one, after giving Ma Tan a little hope, Liu Feng suddenly changed his tone: "It's not early, I still have something to do, you just go and get busy with you, let's talk again if we have a chance." ”

Liu Feng's eviction order was equivalent to pouring cold water on Ma Jian who was on the rise, and a trace of disappointment flashed in Ma Tan's eyes, so he had to get up and arch his hand: "Then the subordinates will not disturb the eldest prince to do things, and will retire first." ”

Ma Yan, you are lucky to meet me, help me, you are helping yourself.

Seeing Ma Jian turn around, Liu Feng's heart was like a matter that had been blocked in his heart for a long time, and he was indescribably happy, thinking about finding a suitable opportunity to transfer Ma Jian to his own hands to do things.

In solitude, Liu Feng remembered the previous conversation on Zhou Yu's flagship, Zhou Yu's foresight, and Xu Shu's astute insight left a deep impression on him. Thinking of those conversations about the topography of Lukou, Liu Feng was interested, so he took out the volume of "Sun Tzu's Commentary" written by the mysterious man and read it.

This reading note is as many as 100,000 words, and the knowledge is extremely rich, this time Liu Feng only read it roughly from beginning to end, these days, whenever he has free time, he will take a little time to read and experience it carefully word by word.

Because he realized a lot of experience in the use of terrain today, Liu Feng turned his notes to the volume about terrain, flipped through them, and suddenly saw the word "Lukou".

He was amazed in his heart, and he read it carefully, and a look of surprise first appeared on his face, and after the surprise, there was a kind of sudden realization.

Suddenly, he slapped the case and exclaimed excitedly, "I see, I see!" ”