Chapter 11 This son-in-law’s script really paid off
Leaving behind a meaningful passage, Liu Bei left Cheng Dazhi's village with Li Damu, who was scarred and only half-lived, and a hundred horses.
When he was about to leave the gate of the village, Cheng Dazhi caught up with him and handed a large box of silk cloth to Liu Bei, saying it was an apology gift for this minor friction, hoping that Liu Bei would not take this matter to heart.
I heard that Liu Bei is going to Luoyang soon. Although these things are not much, it is still a small amount of money to pay for the transportation on the road.
Liu Bei accepted this box of valuable silk cloth.
Back at the foot of the mountain, Zhang Fei and Ji Jian came up to meet Li Damu and were very surprised.
"This incident probably has nothing to do with Cheng Dazhi. Li Damu made the decision privately."
Liu Bei explained: "Cheng Dazhi has settled the matter, and we can handle the task. Let's close the team."
Zhang Fei and Ji Jian looked at each other, then received the order and returned to the village.
On the way back, Guan Yu came close to Liu Bei and whispered: "Brother, will Cheng Dazhi be let go?"
"If he can still be saved, he will come to me. If he doesn't come to me, he will die in an ugly way sooner or later. There is no need for me to take action."
Liu Bei sneered and said: "Zhang Jiao is quite capable, which makes many people think that he is the savior, but in fact, he is just a poor Wang Mang."
Guan Yu was a little surprised when he heard this.
"Wang Mang is the emperor after all, but Zhang Jiao is just a swindler. How can he be compared with Wang Mang?"
"That's why I say he is an inferior Wang Mang."
Liu Bei shook his head and said: "But Yun Chang can bluff and trick a large group of people into following him and risking their lives to rebel. After the rebellion, there are still people who can recommend him to be released from prison and continue to travel around. This is not a skill that ordinary people can have. Just watch it.
, Zhang Jiao is a person who can do great things, but he just can’t achieve great things.”
Guan Yu thought about it and couldn't figure out why Liu Bei promoted a swindler to such a high level, but he thought there was an inexplicable sense of identity between capable people and capable people.
For example, Guan Yu believed that Liu Bei was a very capable person. The ability of a capable person to look up to another person was a reflection of that person's ability. Therefore, maybe Zhang Jiao was really capable.
Liu Bei recovered a hundred horses without a single blow, and returned the jade intact to Zhao. He also handed over the mastermind to Su Shuang. This made Su Shuang very happy and felt that he had not misjudged the person.
By the river, Su Shuang gave Liu Bei a batch of five baht coins, silk cloth, salt and iron ore as a favor for Liu Bei's help. In addition, among the hundred horses, he selected ten good horses as gifts.
To Liu Bei as his personal gift to Liu Bei.
Make a good relationship.
Liu Bei was very impressed by his generosity, because strictly speaking, many of the things here could not be given as simple gifts.
However, in this era of great changes, the Luoyang court cannot stretch its hands that far, and Zhuojun and Zhuoxian are all on its own. Liu Bei naturally does not worry about these problems, and he naturally has channels to obtain these things when needed.
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It’s just that the articles on the surface need to be adequate. It’s better to have more channels than less channels.
"This gift is really generous, and I feel ashamed to receive it."
"To help me out of my deadlock and help me survive the catastrophe, I feel that these things are relatively small and not enough at all."
Su Shuang held Liu Bei's hand, with a look of gratitude on his face, and said: "When I finish this business trip, I will prepare more thank you gifts and come to thank you personally. I hope you don't think these gifts are too shabby."
That’s fine.”
"How is that possible?"
Liu Bei smiled and said: "The road to business is difficult and dangerous. Su Jun, it will be a good journey."
"Thank you."
Su Shuang thanked Liu Bei and led the team away.
Liu Bei watched Su Shuang leave, and then looked at the ten horses that Su Shuang had given him.
"Yun Chang, come here."
"What's wrong?"
"These horses, I, you, Yide, Jian, Xianhe, each of us will choose one to keep."
"What about the remaining five?"
"I will personally come to the door and give it to my senior brother."
Liu Bei sighed and whispered: "My senior brother is a master who doesn't want to suffer losses. Do you understand?"
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.
"clear."
Gongsun Zan is indeed a master who is not willing to suffer losses, or in other words, he is not big-minded. If anyone offends him, he will definitely find ways to get revenge.
It does take some skills to get along with him.
Although Liu Bei also started his career by being brave and ruthless, he came from a humble background, had no backing, and struggled to walk. He knew when to be brave and ruthless and when to be soft.
So after tidying up, Liu Bei took five good horses and went to the county government in person.
Sure enough, Gongsun Zan was so "rare" that he did not go out hunting, but that he was in the county government office.
"It's rare, it's really rare, that my eldest brother has never gone out hunting. Could it be that all the wild animals around Zhuo County have been hunted down? My eldest brother's thunderous methods are still as good as before."
Liu Bei smiled and greeted Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan's position as magistrate of Zhuoxian County was obtained by fighting with foreigners when he was an official in the Liaodong Kingdom. It can be said that he has a lot of skills.
Gongsun Zan was indeed not in a happy mood as he said, "Don't hit the smiling person." But when he saw Liu Bei coming with a smile, followed by five horses, he felt a little worried.
"This is a huge profit."
Liu Bei laughed.
"It's all thanks to the care of my eldest brother that I made some money this time, but not much. The main thing is that ten good horses are the most valuable. I'm going to keep five of them for my own use. The remaining five good horses were sent to my eldest brother.
I can help my brother continue to gallop across this vast land."
Liu Bei got straight to the point. Gongsun Zan immediately felt relieved.
"Isn't this... bad?"
Gongsun Zan said something bad and couldn't stop walking forward. He walked towards a white horse and stroked it with his hands. He admired it and his eyes were full of love.
This guy, to put it harshly, is called revenge, but to put it nicely, it can be regarded as grudges and grudges. He is the kind of straight-forward man, a typical Liaodong man, with some self-centered psychological problems. How to get along with each other.
Quite tricky.
Fortunately, Liu Bei has traveled around the world for many years and has seen everyone from high-ranking officials to all kinds of religions. What he is best at is interacting with people. He belongs to a socially awesome group of people with extremely high emotional intelligence. It is not difficult to deal with Gongsun Zan.
Obviously, he had figured out Gongsun Zan, and five good horses came up and knocked him unconscious.
So Gongsun Zan immediately became a docile donkey and stood up to Liu Bei, telling him that I was lucky to have you in Zhuo County. He forgot all the unpleasant things about him, including "Liu Bei speaks better than he does" and other trivial things.
The rumors were also forgotten.
After stroking his favorite horse, Gongsun Zan, who was very excited, immediately took Liu Bei's hand and entered the house. He made a barbecue of the wild animals he had hunted and shared it with Liu Bei. He had a great time eating meat and drinking wine.
After three rounds of drinking, Gongsun Zan asked about Prefect Han's condition.
"I heard that Mr. Fu's condition is not very good. How is he doing now?"
"I asked people to look for doctors and medicines everywhere. He is already well, and they are starting to ask me when I plan to marry his daughter so that they can plan the next steps for me."
"Hehehe, our master is a person who doesn't want to suffer losses."
Gongsun Zan held his chin in one hand and held up the wine glass in the other. He drank a glass of wine in one gulp, smacked his lips, and said slowly: "Like the man in my family, I still have to pay back what I get... But recently I heard that his health has also
It’s not very good…my son is still a cowardly loser.”
The smile on Gongsun Zan's lips grew bigger and bigger: "I just don't know if there is such good luck."
Good guy, he is indeed a good material for a son-in-law to devour the master, and the script for the son-in-law is indeed a good one.
But Liu Bei didn't think about it that way.
His situation is not the same as Gongsun Zan's.
Gongsun Zan's father-in-law was also from a remote area. He was purely interested in Gongsun Zan's bravery and prospects, and pointed out that Gongsun Zan could bring more practical benefits of a local nature to his family.
Although Liu Bei's father-in-law, Han Taishou, was not of high origin, he was also a student of ancient literature. He was considered a very outstanding backbone in the hodgepodge of ancient literature schools. He took a liking to Liu Bei, obviously more because of Lu Zhi.
Gongsun Zan failed to become Lu Zhi's disciple, but he still had the foundation of his father-in-law, the two thousand stone prefect. Liu Bei had nothing without Lu Zhi.
If he hadn't become Lu Zhi's official disciple, how could Taishou Han be willing to marry his daughter to Liu Bei?
Speaking of which, Liu Bei is really grateful to himself for doing those things four years ago. If he had not endured so much hardship, he would not have been able to achieve today's situation just by luck.
It should be said that Liu Bei has the important factor that is indispensable for entering the upper class society - luck.
Because the dispute between modern and ancient literature is currently entering a period of quite delicate relations between the two parties.
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