I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 24 The Excellent Actors of the Han Dynasty
After bidding farewell to Su Shuang, Liu Jian and Liu Bei returned home.

On the way, Liu Bei kept silent, thinking about what happened just now.

Liu Jian asked, "What doubts do you have? My brother is willing to help you solve it."

On the contrary, Liu Bei didn't appreciate it: "Don't tell me, I can figure it out myself."

Hehe, it's pretty strong.

Okay, this is also a good thing. If he can really think hard, his ideas and abilities will improve, and he will have more people to discuss with when he has something to do in the future.

The two of them were silent all the way and just walked home like this.

Immediately arrived at the gate of Liu She's house, Liu Bei stopped suddenly, with an expression of enlightenment on his face.

"I want to understand some! But there are still subtleties that I can't understand."

Liu Jian didn't seem surprised: "Brother, try to say it."

"Although you, me, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong have their own strengths, they have limited financial resources. We will have many places to spend money in the future. It is impossible to have no one to support us. So you have found Su Shuang!"

Liu Jian rolled his eyes: "How can he be called the gold master? If you call him that, isn't it a change of position between the host and the guest? Do we still want to be under him?"

"How should it be called?"

"Chicken, can you continue talking?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a while, as if he was not used to the title of leek.

Afterwards, he continued: "If Brother Gongsun reported the matter of Tanshihuai to Bo Fang, and the court went down to the fortress to mobilize the soldiers from the counties, then the rear supply must keep up. Ordnance, leather armor...and most importantly, recruiting horses."

"That's right, brother, it's the root, horse! The frontier army must use horses when going out of the fortress, not only war horses, but also poor horses for carrying luggage. Su Shuang is a horse merchant. This is his opportunity to take the initiative to step forward at this time."

"But the problem is that the horses used to go out of the fortress are huge. Even if he has family wealth, he is only the head of a horse dealer in the county. Even if he donates the family wealth immediately, it is not enough."

"Hey, this is what you don't understand?" Liu Jian's expression was quite helpless.

Liu Bei was not ashamed, and said solemnly: "Yes!"

"He won't donate horses, even if he donates some, he won't donate his fortune. A businessman is profit-seeking by nature, and he won't do things that hurt himself, but don't forget, besides horse merchants, he has another identity."

"what?"

"Small!"

Liu Bei frowned, how is this different from a horse merchant?

Liu Jian said slowly: "Let me give you a few points. The horse markets in the northern counties are all in the hands of the nobles in the counties. Su Shuang started his business in recent years. The foundation is not deep but the business is doing well. I am not proud of it." You can accommodate, "

"As far as the court is concerned, the rebellion in Lujiang is getting worse, Youzhou is chasing counties for successive years of drought, Xianbei invaders are getting worse, and the number of households is decreasing,"

"As far as the moment is concerned, Su Shuangying is the first horse market dealer to get the news. He knows all the horse markets in every county, and it is certain to make arrangements in advance."

Speaking of this, Liu Jian stretched out his hand and patted Liu Bei's shoulder: "With these three prerequisites, if you really send troops out of the fortress, and I will live with him in secret, what do you think Su Shuanghui will do?"

Liu Bei let out a long sigh.

"No wonder you said that he can be safe for ten years, but after ten years..."

"Brother, can you guarantee that after ten years, you, me or him will still be alive?"

Liu Bei stared at him with wide eyes in surprise, but Liu Jian just shook his head and said with a smile:

"go home."

……

That night, Gongsun Zan's famous assassin was sent to Liu She again, and he made it clear that he would come to visit him in the future.

The next day, Gongsun Zan and his party arrived. This time, he brought three more vehicles than last time, and more than doubled the number of valuables such as wine, cloth, utensils, and horseshoe gold.

And this time, he didn't have the prestige of the last time he came here. Gongsun Zan came in commoner clothes, and when he met Liu Zhou and Hu Shi, he was very respectful, and he didn't put on airs of the county magistrate at all.

In this way, on the contrary, Liu Zhou and his wife were at a loss, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"Dare to ask Mr. Liu, is Ah Jian here?"

Liu Zhou was a little caught off guard by Gongsun Zan's humble attitude, his mind went blank and he didn't answer right away. After a while, he said:

"He's in the back yard cowshed."

"What are you doing in the cowshed?"

"Hmm... I'm studying the writings of the sages in the cowshed."

"Why study there?"

"He can't learn anything else."

"That's how it is. I'll trouble Mr. Liu to lead the way."

Liu Zhou didn't dare to be negligent. He didn't know what Gongsun Zan was planning, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just led Gongsun Zan to the backyard.

Seeing that he was about to reach the backyard, Gongsun Zan suddenly called out, "Wait a minute!"

Afterwards, he was seen shouting at Yu Ze behind him: "Bring the things!"

Yu hurried forward, holding a cloth bag in his hand, and when he opened it, there were thorns one after another inside.

"Tie me on your back!"

Yu Ze showed hesitation when he heard the words.

No one thought that Gongsun Zan would come to the truth today, he wanted to make a public apology.

Yu Ze hesitated and said, "Master, there is no need to do this, right?"

Gongsun Zan's attitude was very firm: "A certain person doesn't know great sages, and he leaves talents in the countryside instead of promoting them. It will be detrimental to the country, and he will be ashamed. If he can't make up for his mistakes, he won't be able to sleep at night. Don't talk too much. Bind it to me!"

Liu Zhou was shocked when he saw this, he seemed to understand something for a moment.

Without saying a word, he stepped forward and grabbed Gongsun Zan's sleeve, and shouted.

"Where did Ming Ting put my Liu family in this way? Ming Ting must not be as knowledgeable as that Shu Zi is doing anything wrong! This old man will go in right away, pull out that Shu Zi and give him a good beating before handing it over to Ming Ting for disposal!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Zhou turned around and was about to be killed in the courtyard, but Gongsun Zan grabbed his sleeve instead.

"I don't know the virtuous, so what do I have to do with your son? If Mr. Liu blames your son, will you be making me unrighteous? Absolutely not!"

Liu Zhou was about to cry when he heard the words: "The Ming court's behavior is really trapping this old man into injustice!"

Gongsun Zan said righteously: "This matter has nothing to do with you, please don't dissuade me, if not! Someone Gongsun will be killed under the sill today!"

Liu Zhou's tears seemed to be about to flow out, but he didn't know whether they were for himself or for Gongsun Zan's righteousness.

For a moment, he really wanted to see if Gongsun Zan would really hit him to death, but he didn't dare.

Yu, who was behind Gongsun Zan, did not hesitate at all, and tied those thorns to Gongsun Zan's back one by one.

Those wattles have been treated in advance, most of the thorns have been pulled out, and soaked in salt water to dry, the lethality is much less.

But even so, with the thorns on Gongsun Zan's back, it could still cause him considerable damage through his clothes.

All these scenes outside the courtyard fell into the eyes of the two young masters of the Liu family in the courtyard.

Liu Jian said with emotion: "Tsk tsk, this is a bit powerful. I thought it was just a matter of love, but I never thought that there would be a real drama. Brother Bogui must have rehearsed it in advance no less than seven or eight times last night to be so real. Effect."

Liu Bei sighed from the side: "It's all come to this point, why don't we go out?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "Wait a minute, brother Gongsun made it clear that it's not over yet, we're going out now, wouldn't we interrupt his train of thought, we'll talk about it later."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Although it's pretentious, I have to say that Brother Gongsun has given you a lot of face this time."

What Liu Bei said was correct. Gongsun Zan came to plead guilty this time, and he was indeed full of sincerity.

In the past, Liu Jian and Liu Bei intended to enter the government through his channel, but he politely refused, and now they regretted it urgently, so they naturally wanted to make some big moves to show their repentance.

Although his performance today was a bit out of line, he also fulfilled his promise to Liu Jian when he was in the Liu's bathroom last time - if Liu Jian wins the bet, he, Gongsun Zan, will come to the door to apologize.

Gongsun Zan has his weaknesses in character, but he also has the backbone of a hero in the Northland, he will never keep his promises.

Of course, this is also because Liu Jian is indeed worthy of Gongsun Zan's actions.

Tan Shihuai was at stake, and based on Gongsun Zan's understanding of Xianbei and his political sensibility, he knew clearly that now was a great opportunity to make a name for himself and gain a dual future in politics and military affairs.

However, he also knows subconsciously that this matter is just the beginning, and the use of troops to move out of the fortress will affect the whole body. It is not something that local counties and counties simply want to achieve. Many intertwined forces are involved.

He can't settle it alone, he needs Liu Jian!
And Liu Jian also knew that if he participated in this major event through Gongsun Zan, he would definitely gain fame and completely break the deadlock in front of him to fight for a political future.

Therefore, he also needs Gongsun Zan.

This is a matter of mutual benefit, and both parties must abandon their previous suspicions.

Of course, since cooperation was necessary, Gongsun Zan had to save face for the contempt he had shown Liu Jian and others before. This was not just a simple apology, but also a test of his sincerity.

Of course, not only Gongsun Zan, but also Liu Zhoushicai's acting is also very good.

It can be said that outside the Liu family's bullpen, there are two actor-level figures standing at the moment.

The other two are still in the bullpen at the moment.

This is inevitable. Under the political background of the Han Dynasty, everyone must be a movie king to survive better.

(End of this chapter)