There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The potter was very satisfied with Ma Liang's attitude, and then turned to look at the young man behind Ma Liang: "Who is this?"

Ma Liang introduced to the potter: "This is the land of Liang, Ma Su, with a young character."

"Ma Di met the prime minister."

Tao Shang looked at this handsome young man quietly, he looked like he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, at most he had just been crowned.

Although historically there have been mixed praises and criticisms for Ma Di because of the loss of the street pavilion, the potters feel that there are some things that do not need to be harsh.

With the weakness of the Shu Kingdom, it is against the strength of the Wei Kingdom, not to mention that the opponent is the famous general Zhang Yun at that time, let alone Ma Su, even if it is someone else, it may not be able to defend.

Chapter 853 Battle in Jingnan

After the potter and Ma Liang chatted for a while, they began to reveal their intentions to him.

After Ma Liang listened, he pondered for a while and said, "When Liang and the prime minister met for the first time, he was so valued by the prime minister. Liang was extremely grateful, and he would repay the prime minister for his kindness no matter what he said. , leave it to me.”

"Ji Chang is really good. If so, then I will leave this matter to you."

Ma Liang bowed his head and said, "I'll try my best, but I need a few things to convince Sha Moke. I wonder if the Prime Minister will agree?"

The pottery merchant smiled and said, "Tell me, what do you need when you go this time?"

"One is to promise the other party to be king." Ma Liang said: Shamoke has always regarded himself as King Hu at the border of Wuling, but it is a pity that he has not been officially recognized by the Han court. The imperial court formally conferred the title of Shamoke as the King of Wuxi Man, making his name justifiable. "

"Well, it is indeed a great temptation, not to mention Shamoko, even my heart is moved." The potter smiled and said, "Is there any more?"

"Second, it is to promise to use rice seeds." Ma Liang continued: "The prime minister attacked Jingnan, and if he wanted to shorten the battle line, he had to use Shamoke's army rations, so he had to repay him with a richer reward, and that was the only way. Only then can Shamoke sincerely take out his food reserves."

The potter nodded and said, "If you want to take it, you must give it first. That's true. Is there any more?"

"Have."

"go on."

Ma Liang continued: "Conferring the king is a gimmick, and the rice seeds are a promise. There is still one thing that will make Sha Moke's eyes greedy."

"Things you're greedy for?" The potter was silent for a moment, and said, "Ji Chang said, is it gold leaf jade?"

Ma Di sighed: "For others, gold leaf property can really move their hearts, but for a barbarian like Sha Moke, I'm afraid it may not be so. Let me tell you, he lives in the south of Wuling, living in the mountains and bad waters. The shortage of resources, perhaps for him, the most coveted are the horses in the north and the prime minister's ironware."

"Horses and ironware." Hearing this, the potter hesitated, "You can't give them to him."

Other things are easy to talk about, gold, silver and jewelry are fine, but this weapon of war must never be handed over to others easily. This is the potter's bottom line requirement for himself.

Ma Liang said with some hesitation: "Well, this matter is indeed a bit difficult, but Isamoco's current needs cannot be moved without these things."

"But not necessarily." At this moment, the young Ma Su beside him spoke.

The potter and Ma Liang turned their heads to look at him together.

But Ma Di said in a low voice: "Although iron is precious to the Wuling barbarians, it is enough to use the same thing, and that is salt."

"Salt?" The potter was taken aback when he heard the words, thought for a while and said, "Yes, salt and iron are not separated, even if I insist on refusing to give him iron and replace it with salt, I think he will not refuse. "

Ma Di nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason."

The potter seemed to be interested in Ma Di's remarks, and he smiled and said, "Youchang, let me ask you, what if Shamoko doesn't want iron or salt, but just war horses?"

Ma Su laughed and said, "If he wants, then give him a war horse, but don't give him a stallion, just give him a gelding horse."

The potter couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

What a shameless little slippery head.

Ma Liang came over and said to Tao Shang: "Brother She speaks nonsense and nonsense, and I hope the prime minister will think of him as young and ignorant, don't want to be as knowledgeable as him."

The pottery merchant shook his head, and said: "Who said he was young and ignorant, I think what he said is very reasonable."

After finishing speaking, the potter turned his head to look at Ma Liang and said, "Don't be humble about Ji Chang. Since you dare to bring him here, it shows that you have great confidence in You Chang's talent. How about you go to Wuxi this time? How about letting Xiao Chang stay by my side when I see Sha Moke?"

Ma Liang was overjoyed when he heard the words.

What does it mean that the potter kept him with him?

value!

The young man who can stay by the prime minister's side is bound to be a great success in the future, and his future is limitless.

It seems that the rise of the Ma family is expected.

After Ma Liang tidied up, he went to Wuxi Cave with the sincerity of the potter, and the potter left Ma Su by his side to cultivate it.

He is still preparing his horse and fighting hard, waiting for news of Ma Liang, and is ready to set off for Jingnan at any time.

At the same time, in Jiangling City, Liu Bei gathered a group of his subordinates to discuss the next strategy.

"The pottery merchant gathered a heavy army in Xiangyang, while he himself and his navy headed eastward to Jiangxia. It seems that he wanted to use Jiangxia County as a springboard to go deep into Jingnan and sandwich our army. Ah." Liu Bei sighed.

Jingzhou general Huo Jun said: "General, the general thinks that even if the potters go to Jiangxia County, they may not be able to go deep into Jingnan. After all, the route from Yangzhou to this side of the grain road is too long, which may not be possible for him. It is a good strategy, once the battle line is drawn too deep, it is easy to get stuck in Jingnan and cannot get out, once Cao Cao sends troops to the Central Plains, Tao will be very uncomfortable."

When Liu Bei heard the words, he just smiled wryly.

"If you don't know the potter, you naturally don't know how powerful he is. This person is very skilled. Since he has the courage to do this, he has certain confidence. We should not underestimate the enemy, and we must deal with it carefully."

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei turned his head to look at the crowd, and said, "I want to send one person to Jingnan to preside over the overall situation. The governor of the four counties will fight against the pottery merchants. Who would like to go?"

Everyone, look at me, and they are silent.

Fighting against the potters, everyone has little confidence.

Pang Tong coughed lightly and said, "Let me go."

Liu Bei turned to look at Pang Tong: "Situ has already been to Xiangyang before, and now he is going to Jingnan again. Isn't it too hard?"

Pang Tong sighed: "When life and death are at stake, how can I control so much? Besides, I was in Xiangyang before, and I didn't defend the city. I felt deeply ashamed. Now I go to Jingnan, and I have to block the pottery at all costs."

Hearing this, Liu Bei turned his head to look at the general in charge of intelligence, and said, "The pottery merchant is in Jiangxia County, who is the general?"

The general hurriedly said: "The army and horses that Tao Shang led in Jiangxia this time are all navy troops, and the leaders are the navy generals Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others under his account."

"Gan Ning, Zhou Tai" Liu Bei muttered slowly.

At this time, Zhang Fei stood up and said to Liu Bei, "Brother, let me go with Situ."

"Yide? You?"

Zhang Fei said earnestly: "Now Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Tong Fei and others are all in Xiangyang. I heard that Tai Shici, Lu Bu and Chen Deng are also in Wancheng. The navy generals around the pottery merchants are Gan Ning and Zhou Tai. First of all, these people are not my brother's opponents, I will go with Pang Situ, and I will definitely be able to defend the four counties in southern Jing."