The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() "What did you say? You want the prefect's mansion to issue an official document to let those wealthy families pay for their food?" Li Xiangru stared at Ma Yue in disbelief, and repeated his words in a voice, while the latter pointed at him calmly. nodded.

It was the morning of the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month. After finishing all the follow-up matters of his brother Ma Chao's marriage, Ma Yue started to get down to business.So I came to the prefect's mansion early, met Li Xiangru, and expressed my request.And what he got in exchange was Li Xiangru's gaffe.

"It's impossible." Li Xiangru shook his head immediately, and said in a very positive tone: "Who do you think those aristocratic families can obey the orders of me, the prefect of Longxi, and produce hundreds of thousands of hu grains? You This is too high a view of my position in the eyes of these people." Although saying this is a bit demeaning to himself, but in order to get himself out, Li Xiangru didn't care about face.

Ma Yue looked at Li Xiangru with a smile, and seeing that he had finally finished speaking, he said: "My lord, please understand that this is not something I ask you to do, but Mr. Dong asked you to do it." Words, the gap between the two seems a bit big, the initiative is not in the hands of Li Xiangru.

Sure enough, Li Xiangru's face sank: "You want to use Dong Zhongying to suppress me? Although he has a certain official position now, I'm afraid he can't control me, the prefect of Longxi?"

"Of course Mr. Dong can't control Master Li's work or not, but I don't know if Zhang Sikong can control Master Li?" Ma Yue continued calmly: "You must know that this matter was ordered by Zhang Sikong. They want us to raise enough food and grass for [-] sergeants before the start of spring next year. Does Master Li even dare to disobey Zhang Sikong's order?"

"You..." Hearing the great threat implied in Ma Yue's words, Li Xiangru changed color suddenly, which was clearly using Zhang Wen to suppress others.But after all, he is an old fritter in the officialdom for a long time. Even though he was furious now, he quickly suppressed his anger and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I refuse to act according to Zhang Sikong's wishes, it's just that this matter is too difficult Some. You are still young and don’t know the advantages and disadvantages, how can these wealthy families be so easy to talk? It is really not easy to get hundreds of thousands of grains from them!"

Seeing that moving out the great god Zhang Wen really had a certain effect, Ma Yue made up his mind, and continued: "Of course I understand this level, so I came to look for Mr. Li. No matter how arrogant these wealthy families are, After all, they are also citizens of the Han court, so they naturally have to follow the government's rules. Otherwise, aren't they afraid that the government will punish them for their crimes?"

"To put it lightly, how can those people be easy to get along with? Which wealthy family doesn't have a court official standing behind it, and I am a local prefect. How can I punish them?" Li Xiangru said angrily: "What's more, even if I am here It really has a certain deterrent power, but it can only be controlled in Longxi, and nearly half of the people you listed above are not from Longxi."

Ma Yue has already heard from Li Xiangru's words that he has loosened a bit. Obviously, the pressure from Zhang Wen and others has played a role. , so I don't intend to ask you to come forward. I just ask you to issue an official document to prove that my actions are all based on your consent, and that is enough. Once things are done, your credit will not be self-deprecating. Little, wouldn't it be great if you could also take some credit for bringing down the chaos in Japan?"

"Huh? What do you mean... my prefect's mansion only issues one official document, and I don't care about the others?" Hearing this, Li Xiangru was really moved.In this way, there are not many responsibilities that he needs to bear, but it is indispensable for the matter to be successful, and if the matter fails, he can shirk it, presumably those wealthy families and the people behind them will not be disadvantageous to him.

Seeing his sudden change of attitude, Ma Yue also guessed the reason.But at this time, I had a request from him, so I could only perfunctorily say: "That's right, that's exactly the case. So I hope Master Li can help me this time, which is also Dong Gong's intention. If Sir refuses to help me with this little help, I will help you." You can’t explain it to Dong Gong. And you should know Dong Gong’s temper, if you make him unhappy, it’s not good.”

Everyone in Liangzhou knows Dong Zhuo's vicious reputation.This person has always acted without any scruples, that's why he was dismissed by the court before. If he really annoyed him this time, it would definitely be a disaster for Li Xiangru.Maybe it was to avoid such a tragedy from happening, or maybe it was because of the credit that might exist, he finally nodded: "Okay, for the sake of your nephew Ma Xian saying it personally, I agree to you. But this You must handle things carefully, and you must not be as frizzy as today. Those wealthy families are not something you, a mere staff member, can afford to provoke."

"Thank you, sir, for your reminder, I will definitely keep it in mind." Ma Yue hurriedly saluted and said, this time the goal was achieved.

After asking the secretary to write a paper according to Ma Yue's intention, and Li Xiangru stamped him with the official seal, he solemnly handed over this official document to Ma Yue: "Be careful, don't lose it."

"Don't dare!" Ma Yue quickly took the document, and left after cupping his hands.Seeing the back of the young man leaving, Li Xiangru flashed a thoughtful expression on his face, stroked his beard with one hand, and held a secret letter in his sleeve with the other, hesitant attitude arose in his heart again.

"How is your son, is Taishou Li willing to help us?" After leaving the Taishou's mansion, Ma Yue saw Wang Feng and the others, and they immediately gathered around and asked with concern.

Ma Yue nodded lightly: "He has already done so, but... I don't know if I'm too sensitive, I always feel that Mr. Li behaved differently today than in the past, as if he was full of worries." , Wang Feng and others couldn't pick it up, they hadn't seen Li Xiangru, and they weren't familiar with this person, so naturally they couldn't judge.

Ma Yue shook his head, as if he wanted to shake off all the doubts in his heart, and then said: "Now the most critical step has been completed, and the next step is to work hard for Brother Wang and all the brothers."

"It's nothing to run around, we've had enough rest for the past few days, just go to exercise our lower body, so as not to get rusty." Wang Feng and others said with a big laugh.Then, Wang Feng asked in a puzzled way: "By the way, young master, you don't actually need to take this official document to those places for them to read. Aren't there people from these aristocratic families in Long County? Inform them directly That's it."

Regarding their proposal, Ma Yue shook his head and said: "No, I can't meet them now. If I meet these people now, I will be on the passive side. Don't worry, when they know my attitude and strength , these people will look for me." He patted Wang Feng on the shoulder: "It's the New Year's Eve soon, but I want you all to go out, I'm really ashamed."

"We brothers are already living a life where there is no tomorrow, and this year's festival is the same as if we don't have it. Young master, let's go now." After talking, the dozen or so big men got on their horses Back, and then ran straight towards the city gate.

After watching them turn the corner, Ma Yue returned to his home accompanied by two guards.It was approaching the end of the year, and he had to stay with his mother well. Now that he was doing business, at least nothing would disturb him a year ago.

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But things didn't go as Ma Yue wished. Just when he thought the whole family could celebrate this New Year happily, his father Ma Teng encountered a very difficult and embarrassing thing.

When Ma Yue went to the prefect's mansion to do business, Ma Teng also came to his government office in the barracks. Not long after he sat down, a personal follower came in to report: "My lord, there is someone outside who said that it was an old friend of yours. So entrusted, I sent you a letter."

"Oh? Call someone in." Ma Teng was a little surprised. He didn't know which friend sent him a letter at this time of year.After a while, a short but shrewd man walked in. After saluting, he took out a thin silk book from one of his accessories and handed it to Ma Teng respectfully: "This It was the master who asked the little one to deliver it to Ma Sima with his own hands."

Seeing this, Ma Teng felt a little suspicious in his heart. It was really strange that this person hid the letter so secretly, and also wrote it on a relatively expensive carrier like silk.But he could see that this person had absolutely no hostility towards him, so he took the letter and flipped through it casually.

After reading only a few lines, Ma Teng's face suddenly changed, and he suddenly raised his head: "He gave me this letter?"

"That's right, my master also mentioned that he really misses the scene when he hunted a tiger with Mr. Ma. If Mr. Ma hadn't fired his gun in time and stabbed the tiger's forehead that day, my master would have been gone long ago." The world is gone. It is precisely because he still misses Master Ma’s kindness of saving his life and friendship, that’s why he ordered me to send this letter.”

Ma Teng nodded, he was sure that the letter was indeed written by that person.However, the matters mentioned in this letter were too important, and it was impossible for him to reply at this time, so he was speechless for a while.

The man obviously knew Ma Teng's embarrassment: "I have delivered the letter. As for how you choose, Mr. Ma, it depends on whether you put your own future first. The young one will live in the Gaosheng post in the city for a few days. , if your lord thinks it through carefully, you can send someone to inform you." He cupped his hands and backed out.

And Ma Teng, clutching the silk book, didn't respond for a while...

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