"Staying at your house? Well, that's fine! However, we have come from the north, but we have not seen you all the way, and you must have come from the south, and since you are preparing to go north, will we delay your own affairs if we go to your house to spend the night? ”

Since he knew that the other party was Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, Liu Tianhao still planned to get acquainted, although these two had only funded Liu Bei in history, dozens of horses, 100 catties of iron and I don't know how many copper coins, these things are dispensable for Liu Tianhao now.

However, celebrities are always celebrities, just to be told by future generations for thousands of years, Liu Tianhao also wants to add some intuitive understanding of them. He also wondered why the two of them disappeared after funding Liu Bei in their previous life? Did they really sponsor Liu Bei out of their own volition? Or was the horse property forcibly robbed by Liu Bei's three brothers? Liu Tianhao clearly remembered that when Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou, he secretly sent Zhang Fei to pretend to be a thief to rob the horses that Lu Bu bought from Qingzhou!

In this life, he has traveled through and has changed too many things, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Tai Shici, Jia Xu, etc., etc., have all been invested in their own accounts, so, will Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping still fund Liu Bei? How does Taoyuan get three righteousness?

In any case, Liu Tianhao still wants to know about these two.

"Tell the general, the two of us originally planned to go through Dai County or Zhuo County and go to the Hanhu Market in Shanggu County to sell some horses back to Jizhou to sell, but now that we meet a noble person like you, the general, it doesn't matter if you go to Shanggu for a few days!" Zhang Shiping replied to Liu Tianhao in a low voice.

"Oh...... If that's the case, you don't have to go to the Hanhu Market on the other side of the valley! The Xianbei people have been driven north by our army for hundreds of miles some time ago! Now in the upper valley, I'm afraid there are no horses to sell to you! Liu Tianhao smiled slightly.

"Hehe, general, don't you know, those horses we sold from Shanggu County were not raised by the Xianbei people, but by the Wuhuan people of Liaodong who were attached to my Han Dynasty!" Su Shuang saw that Liu Tianhao didn't know much about it, so he hurriedly explained it to him.

"Oh?"

When Liu Tianhao heard Su Shuang's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned his head to look at Jia Xu, only to see that Jia Xu's eyes were also shining, his hand was brushing his beard, and he nodded slightly to Liu Tianhao.

"I see! Since you are so generous, I will bother you later! Liu Tianhao opened his mouth and said, but he thought in his heart, it seems that this Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping are going to get acquainted with each other!

"General, I'll show you the way!" Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping opened their mouths and said.

Everyone got up one after another, and Liu Tianhao instructed the newly collected homeless people to extinguish the fire on the ground and get on the horse and go to Yi County! Since the newly recruited dozen or so celebrities did not have horses, Liu Tianhao ordered his guards to ride with them!

Before dark, Liu Tianhao finally followed Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang to the county seat of Yixian! Su and Zhang are not only business partners, but the houses of the two families are also close together, looking at the scale of the house, it is estimated that they can be regarded as a famous rich family in this Yi County!

Since Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping's families were together, Liu Tianhao discussed with the two of them casually, and finally lived in Su Shuang's house, but Zhang Shiping went home and asked the servants to bring a lot of ingredients and wine, Su Shuang's family should not lack these things, but he didn't mind Zhang Shiping's behavior!

Liu Tianhao thought to himself, the relationship between these two must be excellent! Sure enough, after three rounds of drinking, Liu Tianhao heard that the two were sworn brothers, and the slightly older Su Shuang was married to Zhang Shiping's own sister! Young and willful and worship, old and emotional! What a story!

Full of wine and food, Liu Tianhao stopped Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping and talked in the study!

Although Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping drank a lot of alcohol, they were still sober, and Liu Tianhao and others were also sober; The first visit, whether it is a host or a guest, if you are drunk, it is very rude!

Therefore, when Su and Zhang heard Liu Tianhao say that they wanted to borrow a step to talk, they couldn't help but be very happy, and happily guided Liu Tianhao and the others to the study!

Liu Tianhao stayed on guard with Wei and Xu Chu outside, and brought Jia Xu, Lu Bu, and Tai Shici to follow Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping into the study.

Everyone crowded into the small study and sat down!

Liu Tianhao opened his mouth and said, "Two, have you ever heard of me Liu Tianhao?" ”

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping nodded again and again, "Yes, I heard about the general's great achievements in Yanmen and the clouds when I passed through Daijun before!" ”

"Hehe, some little things are not worth mentioning! However, it was through those battles that I was canonized by the Son of Heaven - King of Er, the country of Zhongshan! Liu Tianhao said quietly.

"What... What? Small, the villain knocks on His Royal Highness! "The water and wine that Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping drank turned into cold sweat and volatilized out of their bodies!

"Get up!" Liu Tianhao is very impatient with the ancient etiquette of kneeling and bowing at every turn!

After Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping got up, they both glanced at each other, their eyes were very complicated, what they didn't expect was that the person in front of them was not only the general of Pingbei of the Great Han Dynasty, but also the king of Zhongshan!

Zhongshan is equivalent to a county, but the king of Zhongshan is definitely more powerful than the county guard, because, in the final analysis, the county guard is still a subordinate official under the direct jurisdiction of the Han court, and Zhongshan is a country within a country, and the king of Zhongshan is a vassal to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but he has complete military power and political power! As long as the subject state does not endanger the interests of the suzerain, and pays tribute to the suzerainty every year, the suzerainty will not interfere in the political affairs of the subject state!

What Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping couldn't figure out was that after the former Zhongshan king Liu Chang died seven years ago, his throne was inherited by his youngest son Liu Zhi, but Liu Zhi was also infected and died when he was less than ten years old, and Liu Chang had no other descendants; Therefore, the throne of Zhongshan has been vacant for two years, and in the past two years, the military and political power of Zhongshan State has been in the hands of Minister Zhang Chun!

Now, Liu Tianhao has been canonized by the imperial court as the new king of Zhongshan, so if Liu Tianhao wants to enter the Zhongshan Kingdom, he will inevitably have a conflict with Zhang Chun, and Zhang Chun will not easily hand over the power in his hands to Liu Tianhao!

Jia Xu seemed to see Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping's doubts on the side, and said, "You don't have to worry so much, the problems you are thinking about, my lord has already thought of countermeasures!" Therefore, the two of you live in Zhongshan, as long as you tell the historical stories of Zhongshan that you know to my father-in-law, just do it! ”

Liu Tianhao threw an approving look at Jia Xu!

After Jia Xu's guidance, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping seemed to hear from Jia Xu's words, Liu Tianhao seemed to be very sure of taking Zhongshan Kingdom, and finally calmed down and glanced at each other again, "The two of us are willing to worship under His Royal Highness, help His Highness succeed with their meager efforts, and beg His Highness for his permission!" ”

"Good, good, good, you two are so quick-minded and exquisite! Husband and gentleman, those who know the times are Junjie! This time, the two of them are really quite discerning and courageous! However, don't worry, this time I came from the Northland, and I have already made all the preparations, Zhongshan Kingdom, I am going to decide! Liu Tianhao helped Su and Zhang and the others and said, secretly thinking, these two people are not only oversighted, but also very decisive!

"Thank you, Lord Miaozan!" Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping got up and thanked them again, and suddenly thought of the lord they had just worshipped, but there were tens of thousands of troops stationed in Yunzhong and Yanmen two counties close to Zhongshan, what were they afraid of?

It's Jia Xu again, who can always see through people's hearts at a glance, since he knows that Liu Tianhao plans to include Su and Zhang, he naturally wants to help set off his words, Jia Xu said slowly, "The two of you may only know that my lord's army is stationed in Yanmen and Yunzhong County, right?" ”

"Huh?" When Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping heard Jia Xu's words, they were immediately surprised, they are also smart people, some wise, since Jia Xu said this, then there must be a follow-up!

"Just after the New Year, the Xianbei soldiers knocked on the Dai County, killed the Dai County guard, my lord led the army to help, and finally surrendered Koubian Xianbei, and now, my lord commanded an army of 10,000 soldiers, stationed in the county seat of Dai County!"

Jia Xu said lightly, he not only has insight into people's hearts, but also knows how to communicate with people in order to shock or influence others to the greatest extent!

"What? Daijun also has a garrison of the lord? ”

Sure enough, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping were even more shocked, the two counties of Yunzhong and Yanmen belonged to the state, not Youzhou or Jizhou, not for no reason, because between the state and Jizhou is the reckless Taihang Mountain from south to north, and the northwest of the northern foot of Taihang Mountain is Yunzhong and Yanmen two counties, the northeast side is Dai County, and the east is Zhongshan Kingdom; The four counties form a square, Yanmen is in the lower left corner, the upper left corner of Yunzhong, the upper right corner of Daijun, the lower right corner of Zhongshan, between Zhongshan and Yanmen is the south of the Great Wall of Yanzhao in the former dynasty, that is to say, it is difficult to communicate between the two counties of Zhongshan and Yanmen; And the Great Wall between Yunzhong and Daijun has a thoroughfare!

And Liu Tianhao is now stationed in the three counties of Yanmen, Yunzhong, and Daijun, which are already connected, and Daijun is even more closely adjacent to Zhongshan Kingdom! 10,000 troops are stationed in Daijun, how many soldiers can Zhongshan have? If Liu Tianhao wants to plot against the Zhongshan Kingdom, and intends to take it hard, he will not waste his efforts, but in that case, he will face the accountability of the Han court, and he can even be treated as a rebellion, after all, the border army cannot interfere in the affairs of the subject country without the instructions of the court!

"Okay, it's good to know the general situation, you still tell me about this Zhongshan state affairs!" Liu Tianhao interrupted the two of them and said.

When Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping heard Liu Tianhao speak, they hurriedly calmed down their minds and bodies, and told Liu Tianhao, Jia Xu and others some of the Zhongshan stories they knew one by one.

It turned out that in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there were a total of seventeen Zhongshan kings in the Zhongshan Kingdom, and he was the eighteenth, and his predecessor Liu Zhi only lived to the age of ten before he died of illness, and he was only on the Zhongshan throne for only six years; And the first king of Zhongshan is the ancestor of the famous Zhongshan Jing King Liu Sheng-Liu Beizhi!