Meeting Liu Bei a year later, Ma Chao found that the emperor's uncle still had a look of sadness in his eyes.
This made Ma Chao both happy and wary.
What is gratifying is that no matter how you say it, Liu Bei can be regarded as a prince who truly cares about the common people.
No matter how the world thinks of him, Ma Chao still sees that under Liu Bei's governance for more than a year, Runan City has become as prosperous as the Ma family's second-tier counties.
The satisfaction on the faces of the people who are happy to know their destiny is Liu Bei's political achievement.
The best proof.
However, the more this happened, the more wary Ma Chao became of Liu Bei.
Because this situation shows that Liu Bei is not a rich man who can settle down with a small fortune at all.
His extremely contradictory background has given him the pursuit of ambitions that are not contradictory at all.
The stage he needs is not just a county.
However, no matter whether he was happy or wary, after Ma Chao entered the house, under Liu Bei's guidance, he shook his robe and sat on the throne without hesitation.
This move immediately shocked everyone in the hall, especially Zhang Fei, who was about to jump and scream.
Even after being signaled by Liu Bei's eyes, he still stared at Ma Chao with vicious eyes.
However, Ma Chao still cares about Da Qiao in his heart.
Otherwise, according to his sometimes erratic temperament, he and his historical enemy would definitely glare at each other.
"Uncle Liu Huang, what are the intentions of the envoy from Jingzhou this time?"
Straight to the point, Ma Chao suddenly felt something was wrong with his impatience this time.
Liu Bei knew that Ma Chao rescued a peerless woman at the city gate, but he never believed that Ma Chao would be obsessed with a woman.
At that moment, he immediately thought that Ma Chao was dissatisfied with his recent actions, so he quickly bowed and explained: "Back to King Yong, it may be that the two families are on good terms.
Lord Zirou hasn't arrived yet, so Beiwei really doesn't know the details."
Ma Chao nodded, his stunningly bright eyes still flashing before his eyes.
He looked at the increasingly large-scale civil and military forces behind Liu Bei, and couldn't help but feel a little upset.
He simply waved his hand and said: "Today I will only discuss some trivial matters with the emperor's uncle.
Let's talk about the past.
You can do it yourself."
Upon hearing this, the civil and military officials in the hall stood up and saluted Ma Chao, then bowed and left.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still left in the hall.
After Liu Bei nodded slightly, Guan Yu raised his legs and wanted to go out.
But Zhang Fei on the side finally couldn't help shouting: "King Mayong, I, Lao Zhang, am not qualified to be the Chancellor of Chang'an.
Could it be that this Runan County Sheriff is also owned by your family?"
Ma Chao was impatient, turned around and glared at Zhang Fei, and placed his left hand on the hilt of Su Tie's sword.
The murderous aura that was covered in ice suddenly came out of his body and locked directly at Zhang Fei: "One day, if you become this big man's second king with a different surname, I won't bully you like this."
Zhang Fei heard with his own ears that Ma Chao admitted that he was bullying him, and his dark face suddenly turned as black as coal.
The murderous intent that soared into the sky suddenly filled the air, sweeping towards Ma Chao's murderous intent.
The violence of the thousands of troops fighting alone collided with Ma Chao's cold and beautiful no regrets in the air.
The eyes of the two of them were like real swords in the air.
The next moment, Zhang Fei raised the eight-foot-long snake spear in his hand, and it squeaked: "My horse, do you dare to fight your Grandpa Zhang for three hundred rounds?"
"Unbridled" Liu Bei was furious, and his fair face turned red.
But Ma Chao still felt that Liu Bei's eyes were still looking at Guan Yu.
It seems that among the three combinations of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, Liu Bei belongs to the head, while Zhang Fei belongs to the fists and feet.
Guan Yu belongs to the trunk, responsible for connecting and coordinating the mind and fists.
At this moment, Guan Yu did not see any murderous intent coming out.
He just patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder and said, "Third brother, King Yong is a noble man of the Han Dynasty.
We must not be rude."
After saying this, regardless of Zhang Fei's reaction, Guan Yu directly set an example and walked out the door.
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Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu persuading him in this way.
Although he was angry and unjust, he had no choice but to say: "Ma, I will settle this battle with you sooner or later."
After that, he strode away with the snake spear. .
Ma Chao shook his head on the surface, but he sighed helplessly in his heart: Zhang Fei was by no means really reckless and fiery.
At that moment, he was upset and really wanted to take advantage of Zhang Fei's disrespect to give Liu Bei a blow.
But before he could think about how to take action, Zhang Fei automatically quit.
Giving in sometimes requires more courage than attacking.
Obviously, Zhang Fei knows this very well.
"Forgive me, King Yong.
My third brother, Zhang Fei, was rude and rude, and I bumped into King Yong."
As soon as Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei hurriedly apologized to Ma Chao.
But Ma Chao waved his hand to stop Liu Bei's coquettish behavior and said: "Uncle Liu Huang, don't use such petty tactics in the future.
If you don't want to rely on the Ma family, please make it clear that there is no need for such rough people to contradict me many times.
To enhance your status as an imperial uncle.”
"King Yong."
When Liu Bei heard what Ma Chao said, his expression immediately changed.
He kowtowed and said, "Bei has no intention of doing this.
I will definitely punish Yide severely this time.
When King Yong is present in the future, he will definitely stay away and not show up."
Seeing Liu Bei so flexible and flexible, Ma Chao suddenly felt as helpless as a dog biting a hedgehog.
Especially since he appeared too hastily and directly exposed his purpose of coming to Runan.
If he continues to talk about this, the astute Liu Bei will definitely discover something.
At that moment, he took a deep breath and drove those eyes out of his mind, then raised his hand to signal Liu Bei to stand up, and said: "This matter is over, there will be no next time."
"Thank you King Yong for your kindness."
"It's time to make it clear about Kuai Liang's coming to Runan."
After saying this, Ma Chao fixed his eyes on Liu Bei's face, observing every change in Liu Bei's expression.
To Ma Chao's dismay, Liu Bei's face showed no signs of abnormality, and he still said calmly: "Perhaps after Cao Cao entered Tu Qingzhou, Liu Shijun was worried, so he sent Kuai Zirou here in order to win over Bei.
Let’s fight against Cao’s thieves together.”
"Very good," Ma Chao nodded, pretending to be casual, and continued: "I didn't expect that I came here at the right time.
When I made the big plan, I also connected with Liu Biao.
Now that Liu Biao is seriously ill, it is the emperor's uncle who has come to Jingzhou to take charge.
Time for the big picture” "Liu Shijun is seriously ill."
Liu Bei's face finally showed a look of surprise, but this very real hindsight made Ma Chao see it, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Liu Bei is indeed a hero.
He is a top figure of this era in terms of governing the people, being patient and tenacious, etc.
But unfortunately, in terms of political acumen, Liu Bei is still in the stage of struggling.
Ma Chao already knew the news that Liu Biao was seriously ill within half a month, and immediately rushed to Runan.
But now, Liu Bei still heard the news from his own mouth, and he had just begun to think about a series of possible changes brought about by Liu Biao's serious illness.
This made Liu Bei's start at a disadvantage in the unpredictable political arena.
After Ma Chao shook his head slightly, he slowly leaned his body back, made a relaxed posture, and asked: "Now that we know about this matter, I guess there is a deeper layer behind the emperor's affair with Kuai Liang."
Let’s understand” Liu Bei obviously hadn't reacted yet, so he hesitated and said: "It seems that Kuai Zirou came here this time, probably on the orders of Liu Shijun to help Bei fight against Cao's army.
However, according to King Yong's plan, Bei should try his best to lead the army.
Troops enter Jingzhou" Ma Chao smiled and shook his head and said: "There is no need to think about it at all.
Kuai Liang comes here and wants nothing more than to lead you to Jingzhou.
Even if you don't ask, he will take the initiative to invite you.
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As for the reason , you will know it after you enter Jingzhou.
The next thing you have to do is to pretend not to know this, squeeze the maximum value from Kuai Liang, and expand your army."
After a pause, Ma Chao seemed to ponder the pros and cons before speaking again: "I know that you have more than 16,000 troops under your command.
It is rare for a county to support this army.
However, In terms of armament and war horses, we need to add more.
At least, when we enter Jingzhou, we need to let those people see the value of your uncle Liu Huang."
"What King Yong means?"
Liu Bei couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he heard this.
Sure enough, Ma Chao then said: "There is still a batch of obsolete armor weapons at the Ma family arsenal that can equip five thousand people.
As for the war horses, you don't need to worry."
"Be prepared to kowtow and thank King Yong" "Thank you, why do you think I asked you to blackmail Kuai Liang?"
Ma Chao stopped Liu Bei immediately before he finished speaking: "Five thousand battle armors and those purebred war horses all need to be bought with real money and silver."
"It's just some eliminated armors.
What's more, Bei has taken refuge with King Yong.
These" Liu Bei's face immediately turned bitter.
He didn't expect that the dignified King Yong would be so stingy.
"Well, that's right."
Ma Chao seemed to have thought of this, but the next moment, he stood up and strode away, leaving only a gorgeous figure and a sentence that made Liu Bei very internally hurt: "In that case, I can give you a 20% discount."
Remember, I, Ma Chao, never engage in loss-making business”: