Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 426
Pound's careful probing alone caused everyone in the hall to smile slightly. Most of them had never eaten seafood, and they were as timid as Pound at first.

Song Chen's caravan arrived in Chengdu a few days ago and brought Jiaozhou novel fruits and various seafood.

The sea fish tasted fishy, ​​and Pound almost held his breath while chewing. After a brief trial, he still chose mutton.

"Yide said briefly in the letter, why don't you explain it to everyone in detail?" After Liu Bei finished reading the letter, Zhang Fei spoke highly of Pound in the letter, praising him for his bravery and loyalty.

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Pound put down his chopsticks and stood up. He started with Zhang Fei's "raising bandits" in Langzhong, and then he told about Zhang Fei's battle of fishing in the cofferdam. Everyone in the hall felt incredible after hearing it.

Liu Bei was overwhelmed when he heard the wonderful things. He couldn't believe that the third younger brother who lost Xuzhou had now learned to use tricks, and he was also the most advanced conspiracy.

"Is this really Yide's plan alone?" Liu Bei asked.

Pang De nodded and said: "The last general is not lying. The third general said that fishing in cofferdams was learned from the lecture hall."

"Speaking of martial arts, Ziyu," Liu Bei said to himself.

Zhuge Liang bowed his hands to Liu Bei and said: "Although Yide is reckless, he is not a fool in his roughness, and he is still quite resourceful, which is the master's blessing."

"Kong Ming is not completely right. Yide is not only rough but detailed, I think he is also very good at summarizing. He is better at using troops than in Jingzhou. Ziyu's martial arts lecture hall has brought him a lot of benefits." Pang Tong couldn't help it. praise.

Just when everyone was sighing, the waiter brought in the grilled oysters, and everyone immediately sat down to enjoy the food.

"Yide has made such a great contribution, the lord should reward him heavily. I think this dish is very suitable." Zhuge Liang pointed to the oyster and said with a smile.

Liu Bei nodded, "The oysters are really delicious. Bei has never tasted such delicious oysters before. Ziyu sent two hundred catties this time, so let him share half of them."

"Could it be more? Yide is still chasing Zhang He, and I don't know when he will return to Langzhong. It would be a pity if the road broke down." Pang Tong reminded.

"Uh, how can we go back on our word? Let's just try something new, and Kong Ming will be distributed by you, and it will be evenly distributed among the civil and military in Chengdu," Liu Bei instructed.

"This Liang can only issue a few tokens to each family. If it is really not enough, I will owe it. I will ask Ziyu to send more to make up for it next year." It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and Zhuge Liang is ready to pay the IOU.

"It's really you." Liu Bei frowned.

"My lord, General Pang's meritorious service this time is not small, and he should be rewarded." Zhuge Liang reminded.

Liu Bei nodded deeply. He looked at Pound and said affirmatively: "Yide praised you for being brave and loyal, so he named you a loyal and brave general."

"Uh, thank you, my lord." Pound immediately stood up and thanked him. According to the promotion process of the army, he thought he would be named a general, at most a partial general, but Liu Bei took one step and named himself a general.

As soon as Liu Bei's words fell, everyone was in an uproar, because not doing things according to common sense would attract criticism. Except for the three military divisions in the hall who were miscellaneous generals, the rest had high administrative positions, but the positions in the army were all low. Guan Donghe is also a general in charge of the army.

In Liu Bei's huge camp, except for General Pingxi Ma Chao Yiqi Juechen, the other generals including Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lan Tian, ​​etc., add up to less than ten people.

Liu Bei opened Jinkou happily, but Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and others could not dissuade them, and they left after the banquet.

Because he wanted to visit his brother Pang Rou, Ma Dai, Song Chen and other friends who were stranded in Chengdu, Pang De planned to rest for a few days before heading back to Langzhong.

Zhang Fei defeated Zhang Yun in Berkshire, news of Pang De's promotion due to his military exploits spread like wildfire, and soon spread in the streets and alleys of Chengdu. Slowly, some disharmonious rumors appeared, and colleagues alienated intentionally or unintentionally. Pang Rou, Ma Dai.

Pang De first visited his benefactor Song Chen, and then bought a gift and came to Pang Rou's home. The elder brother greeted him warmly, but he always hesitated to speak after the greeting.

Pang Rou thought over and over again, and reminded her kindly before leaving: "Ling Ming, your border battle is too hard, why don't you tell the lord, how about moving to a quiet place?"

"Is it hard to be in the army and guard the border? Don't you know if I can bear hardships? Xia Houyuan may go south at any time, and I have to go back to Langzhong to assist the three generals." Pang De was very puzzled.

Pang Rou shook her head: "My lord promoted you to a loyal and brave general. Too much limelight can easily make people jealous, and it's not very good for the major general."

"What rumors have you heard, brother?" Pound frowned.

"Hey, we are all foreign generals, and the major general's reputation is not good. There will inevitably be some rumors. Even generals like General Zilong can't stop Youyou's mouth. Let's not be so brave," Pang Rou sighed.

Pang De shook his head one after another, "My lord is the hero of the world, my brother can't speculate like a villain."

"I'm talking about the Major General. Some people say that the purpose of the lord's heavy use of you is to weaken the Major General. In short, it's a dilemma." Pang Rou said what he heard.

"This is a child's words. I don't need to pay attention to it. I just need to remember the kindness of the major general. The current master is General Zuo. He is righteous and accepts him. We will do our best to repay him." Pound understands military affairs but does not understand politics. , but he saw Liu Bei's unparalleled personality charm from Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang and others.

"Hey, I also heard it from hearsay, so let's just let Ling Ming not listen to it." Pang Rou said softly.

Liu Bei didn't expect that his unintentional actions would plunge the Pang brothers into a political vortex. He didn't notice much at first, until Mrs. Wu frequently mentioned Pang De and Ma Chao recently, and Liu Bei finally had to pay attention.

Pingding Yizhou accepted Wu Cheng as a concubine. Her luck was much better than Sun Shangxiang. In less than three years, she gave birth to Liu Bei's two sons, Liu Yong and Liu Li, and successfully tied the Wu family to Liu Bei's chariot. As a result, Wu Yi, the rebellious general, rose to the top and gradually became the leader of the gentry in Yizhou.

When Liu Bei went to Shu to reward the officials, the Jingzhou faction and Yuancong faction benefited the most, and the Yizhou gentry were not happy. This time, they suddenly reused the generals who surrendered Ma Chao, which made the wronged Yizhou gentry even more uncomfortable.

Unable to offend the Yuan Cong faction and the Jingzhou faction, the Yizhou gentry dared to provoke the surrendered general of Xiliang, and the rumors of Ma Chao and Pound gradually increased.

Liu Bei summoned Wu Yi and asked, "Ziyuan, you are in charge of Chengdu's defense. What's going on recently?"

"Uh, no?" Wu Yi pretended to be confused.

"Why do I hear that Meng Qi and Ling Ming have a lot of discussions? You have to take care of these irrelevant and slanderous remarks about the general." Liu Bei said inside and outside, asking Wu Yi to control those tongue-twisters in Chengdu.

Wu Yi was slightly taken aback, and then said awkwardly: "Fanging the people's mouth is better than Fangchuan, Yi can only do what he can."

"There is no peace in the backyard, how can we sweep the world, Ziyuan wants to share my worries." Liu Bei played the emotional card.

(End of this chapter)