Ma Tan received the invitation from the family, and replied after a while, saying that he would be there at that time.

Ma Yan's reply made the representatives of the family breathe a sigh of relief. actually accepted the gift and was willing to come to dinner, which means that Ma Tan is willing to talk to them.

As long as you are willing to talk, then the rest is the negotiation of interests, and the matter is already half stable.

On that day, the Wu family set up dozens of banquets in the compound, pulling the entire Dashi clan in Longxi to wait for Ma Jian to come. In order to feast on this relational household, the Wu family also made a bloody investment, and the richness of the banquet was jaw-dropping.

It was getting late that day, and Ma Jian took Yao Hu to Wu's house.

"I've seen Matthew." As soon as Ma Tan arrived, all the heads of several families stood up and saluted respectfully.

"I didn't expect Lord Taishou to be so young, and to become a pillar of the court at such a young age, I admire it."

"The county guard is really young and promising, and I have to teach those juniors a lesson when I go back."

"That's right, we have to let them learn like the county guard, don't do nothing all day and know what is wrong."

…………

It's just that Ma Yan's compliment from the scholar clan didn't have any mood fluctuations, just waved his hand lightly.

"I heard that the head of the Wu family set up a banquet, so I naturally have time to come, don't talk about anything else, eat first."

"Okay, okay, please take a seat with Captain Yao." Wu Yong was slightly stunned when he heard Ma Yan's words, and then put on a smiling face to pick up the conversation.

"County guard, please, these are all carefully prepared by our Wu family, and they will definitely satisfy you."

Ma Tan nodded with an unwavering expression, and sat down directly on the main seat unceremoniously. His unceremoniousness made several family representatives stunned, and they couldn't help but have a hint of ominous premonition in their hearts.

This attitude, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like you're here to talk about interests.

"The head of the Wu family wants to set up such a banquet, I want to spend a lot of money, right?" Ma Yan took two bites and looked at Wu Yongdao.

"It's not much, as long as the county guard likes it, we'll be content." Wu replied with a smile.

"Huh." Ma Jian sneered in his heart, this old thing is really calm.

I have to say that this banquet banquet clan has really made a bloody investment, and there are all kinds of meat sauce stews. In my memory, what they ate when Ma was still in Xiangyang can compare to this.

It seems that the estimation of the wealth of these families is still too conservative, and it has to be re-estimated.

After Ma Tan and Yao Hu sat down, a group of representatives of the family took their seats one after another. And the head of the Wu family waited until everyone was seated before he sat down slowly.

Everyone enters, and the feast begins.

Wu Yong was very calm, and he had been chatting since he started eating, and he didn't talk about what he cared about at all. It seems that this banquet is simply to invite Ma Jian to dinner, without any purpose.

Ma Tan was also happy to be at ease with this, and while casually replying to eat, he looked at the decoration of the Wu family's compound, and calculated how much money he could copy.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wu Yong still didn't mention the matter, and Ma Jian was almost full.

The heads of several other families were already a little breathless, and signaled that Wu Yong should talk about business.

Wu Yong waved his hand and quietly gave an order to his subordinates.

Soon, several dancing girls entered from outside the house, all dressed in gorgeous costumes, dancing in front of the banquet.

However, to Ma Yan's surprise, their dance was not the dance of the Han Dynasty, but similar to the dance of the Hu people.

"Qiang girl?" Ma Tan squinted his eyes and looked at the dancing dancers.

"The county guards the eyesight, it is the Qiang girl." Wu Yong nodded and said steadily.

"Here are all the daughters of the Qiang people, in the past, the former county guard once sent troops to encircle and suppress the Qiang people, and returned with three battalions in a row."

"At that time, he was still the master of Longxi County, and he recruited several of his women as prisoners, and his appearance was very good. After several years of training, they are all obeyed and educated, and now because they want to feast on the county guard, they are hereby called to come out to help you. ”

"You Chu also sent troops to exterminate the Qiang people?" Ma Yan frowned, he remembered that You Chu was a literati, so he could still send troops to suppress Qiang?

"The county guard doesn't know, this Longxi County is located in the westernmost part of Longyou, and it is one of the counties that the imperial court attaches the least importance to." Wu Yong showed a sad look and said with a long sigh.

"The puppet Wei is unwilling to increase troops here, and we have to pay a lot of taxes every year. Because money and food are often scarce, all localities are unable to form county soldiers. ”

"And next to this Longxi is the Qiang tribe, who do not obey the religion and are bloodthirsty and killing. Almost every autumn and winter, they went down the mountain to plunder, and a large number of people died under the sword of the Qiang people. ”

"Before, we were really forced to have no choice, so we pooled a little money and food with each other to give You Chu, and he was willing to send troops to suppress Qiang."

"But now...... It is estimated that this year, many people in Longxi will have difficulties. ”

"The Qiang people are so arrogant?" Ma Yan frowned, thinking back to the scene when he was robbed by the Qiang people before.

He pointed at his nose and scolded, but the Qiang people were not angry, but respectfully apologized and ran away.

This is different from what Wu Yong described.

"That's nature, Longxi has been bitter for a long time." Wu Yong sighed, shook his head and said.

"This banquet for Lord Gunden is also for this matter."

"Matter?" Ma Yan's eyes suddenly froze, but a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"Soon, the Qiang people will come to plunder again, and the safety of the people is in question. Since we are the people of Longxi, we naturally have the responsibility to defend our homeland. Wu Yong nodded and said sadly.

"I've long heard that Matthew is brave and clever. In the street pavilion, the pseudo-Wei general Zhang He can be designed, causing his entire army to be annihilated, and he must be a genius. ”

"We are willing to give money and food to fund the county guards, and send guards to follow and help the county guards suppress Qiang. Kill all the Qiang people who are stained with the blood of the people of Longxi, and return Longxi to peace! ”

After speaking, Wu Yong suddenly gave Ma Jian a big gift, and he burst into tears for a while. And Wu used a line of salutes, and the rest of the family representatives stood up together and solemnly saluted Ma Yan.

"I implore the county guard to be the master of Longxi County!"

His tone was extremely sad, and Yao Hu on the side widened his eyes when he heard it, gritting his teeth with hatred.

"Taishou, those Qiang people are so deceitful and too much, we will ......"

"Shut up." Ma Jian suddenly spoke, directly planning Yao Hu's words. He stood up slightly, his tone becoming somewhat intriguing.

"Master Wu, what you said is right, this Qiang people are indeed a big threat to the border pass. It is a fact that they do not obey the indoctrination and often go down the mountain to plunder. ”

"According to common sense, I, as the county guard, should indeed send troops to exterminate them."

"However, I want to ask the head of the Wu family, the Qiang people are all hidden in the mountains and forests, and it is extremely difficult to encircle and suppress them. And if the official goes out of the city to suppress the Qiang......"

"Who will implement the law of Longxi?"

The expression of the head of the Wu family changed slightly, and when he looked up, he happened to see Ma Yan's smiling expression.