Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 193 Fate is a Wonderful Thing

"Youchang, what do you think, why did the people from Xiliang come here?" Zhao Feng asked Ma Di, the prefect of Xicheng, before returning to Hanzhong.

"Well, I heard that there is a severe drought in Guanzhong this year, and the grain is in short supply. The people from Xiliang must have come to buy grain. In the past, whenever there was a shortage of grain in Xiliang, they would come to Hanzhong to buy grain from Zhang Lu." Ma Di thought for a while and said. .

"I think that's probably the case. It's okay, we can exchange some war horses with them." Zhao Feng thought for a while.

"It's not just horses, you can also exchange some cattle. There are not enough cattle in Hanzhong, and many people can only use human power to plow the fields, which is very laborious." Ma Di added.

"That's right!" Zhao Feng nodded, and hurried back to Nanzheng, where Ma Dai and Pound had been waiting for more than a day. "Feng went to Xicheng to inspect, and he will return today. If there is any negligence, please don't blame me!" Looking at Ma Dai and Pang De in front of him, Zhao Feng arched his hands and said.

"Don't dare, General Zhao, please do what you want!" Both of them were relatively stable people, and they dared not even say so. "The two of you came to Hanzhong, I don't know what advice General Ma has to offer?" Zhao Feng asked directly without being polite to these Xiliang guys.

"I don't dare to see the teaching. It's just that my counties in Xiliang have suffered a severe drought this year, and the grain harvest has not been harvested. Both the Han and Qiang people are short of food. Dai was ordered by my uncle, General Ma Teng, the prefect of Jincheng, to come to Hanzhong to buy grain. The general can make it easier!" Ma Dai said bluntly.

Although Liangzhou is sparsely populated, it has a population of 60. 60 people are in short supply of food, such a large demand for food, even big merchants like the Mi family and the Zhen family who are in the food business, can't afford it for a while, so they can only ask the princes from all walks of life for help.

"This is my uncle's autographed letter, please read it through General Zhao!" Ma Dai said while handing a letter to Zhao Feng, Zhao Feng opened it, and it was nothing more than Ma Teng let him see that he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty with Liu Bei. For the sake of obedience and obedience, help him tide over the difficulties.

"We are all fellow citizens, so we should watch out and help each other. I just don't know how General Ma plans to exchange for food?" Zhao Feng laughed.

"Zhang Lu used to exchange grain for horses in the past. I don't know what the general wants?" Ma Dai was not polite, and directly proposed his own plan.

"Alright, our army is also in urgent need of war horses. I don't know how much grain General Ma will prepare in exchange for a war horse?" Zhao Feng asked.When he traded with Lao Cao that day, even when he was most in need of food, he would need at least one hundred shi of food before he was willing to trade for a horse, and it was a Shandong horse.And when it was traded with Yuan Tan, it was almost the same price.Now it is replaced by a Xiliang warhorse with better performance. If it can be exchanged at a similar price, it will make a lot of money.

Of course, Zhao Feng is also going to test their words first, so that he can lower the price later.

"How about a horse for sixty shi of grain?" Ma Dai said hesitantly.Zhao Feng was also taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't expect the price to be so cheap here.Looking at Ma Dai and Pang De who were nervous and afraid that they would not agree, Zhao Feng knew that they were definitely not joking.

It seems that Ma Teng is either not very good at doing business, or he doesn't know the market.Such a good Xiliang horse was sold at such a low price.Zhao Feng secretly sighed in his heart, and couldn't bear to continue bargaining, it's better to leave a better image for the other party, so that he can continue to do business in the future.

"Let's set the price according to this. I wonder how many horses General Ma can provide this time?" Zhao Feng asked.

"I dare not say how many, but one or two thousand horses is still possible." Ma Dai thought for a while.

"How about this, how about sixty shi of grain for a war horse, and twenty shi of grain for a cow?" Zhao Feng added after thinking about it.

"That's great!" Ma Dai and Pang De said happily.To the herdsmen in Xiliang, cattle are just like sheep. They are just food. A dead cow can feed a family for several months, but twenty shi of grain is enough for them to feed for a year or so.But for Hanzhong, cattle are important farming animals, which are of great significance.

After quickly finalizing the deal, Ma Dai and Pang De also breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Feng immediately ordered a banquet for the two of them.These two men are famous generals in history, Ma Dai is a little bit close, and Pang De is a master who can fight with Guan Erye.If it weren't for taboos and fears that he would be hindered by his meritorious deeds, it would be difficult to say whether Guan Erye could flood the Seventh Army.From the appearance point of view, both of them are relatively elegant, at least their skin is fair.

From the point of view of contact, these two people should be relatively calm people, unlike ordinary generals, who will be full of foul language when they drink too much, and there is no one to control their mouths.It is estimated that the reason why Ma Teng sent them to buy grain in Hanzhong, which had just changed hands, was somewhat of a consideration in this regard.

Although the business has been negotiated, these things are not settled.Ma Dai and Pound hurriedly sent people back to Xiliang, and asked Ma Teng to dispatch the war horses to Hanzhong, and after Zhao Feng inspected them, they would transport the grain back to Xiliang.This kind of thing cannot be done in a day or two. It is conservatively estimated that it will take nearly a year to get it done.At the same time, Zhao Feng also sent someone to send a letter to Liu Bei of Shouchun, asking him to send someone to receive the horses here as soon as possible, since he is not very good at cavalry training.And even if he knows how to practice, it is inevitable that a person who is training cavalry in this ravine will not arouse suspicion.The most is to keep some cavalry for myself, that is.

The efficiency of both sides was quite high. Not half a month after Ma Dai and Pang De arrived in Hanzhong, Zhao Yun was ordered to come to Hanzhong to assist Zhao Feng in organizing the Xiliang war horses into an army and began training.

"Bo Tao, with these Xiliang horses, we can finally train the iron cavalry you mentioned!" After the first batch of Xiliang horses arrived that day, Zhao Yun checked the performance of the horses and said truthfully.

Zhao Yun is a great expert in cavalry training in this world, and he knew at a glance that these Xiliang war horses were more than a little better than the Liaodong horses he had come into contact with before.As for the Shandong horse, it is even more incomparable.

"That Zilong will be able to show his grand plans!" Zhao Feng laughed.Although there are many generals under Liu Bei's command, in terms of training and commanding the cavalry, no one can surpass Zhao Yun, even Zhang Liao is worse.And according to Zhang Liao, he felt that Zhao Yun's ability to command the cavalry was almost as good as that of Lu Bu back then.

"I don't dare to boast about anything else, but in terms of my knowledge of cavalry, I'm afraid there are not many people in this world who are better than me!" Zhao Yun was also very arrogant, thinking that he was too excited to see so many good Xiliang horses. .

"Hmph, uncle, you have such a bold tone!" A harsh voice came from behind.Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun looked back in astonishment, only to see that it was a young man who spoke.Even though she was wearing men's clothes, the two of them had such sharp eyesight that they knew she was a woman disguised as a man.

"Little girl, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Yun was a little upset at first, but seeing that she was a girl in her teens, he couldn't get angry immediately.

"I mean, you uncle is a little too arrogant. Is there no one in the world who can lead cavalry better than you? Besides, I know a few of them, and they are definitely better than you!" The girl was not annoyed by Zhao Yun telling her to break her disguise as a man, she just smiled and said.

"Uncle?" Zhao Feng looked at Zhao Yun's forehead, and there seemed to be some black lines on his forehead.Zhao Yun is 36 years old this year. In ancient times, this age group should have started a family long ago, but he has been single in the past few years.Zhao Feng originally thought that in history he was single because he lived without a fixed place, but now that everyone is more stable, he is still like this.However, as an important general under Liu Bei, some people would not agree to his wish to be single.At this time, history showed its strong inertia again. Just the year before last, Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, gave his widowed sister-in-law to Zhao Yun, which ended his bachelor history.

"Who are you talking about who is stronger than me?" Zhao Yun asked with a smile.Zhao Feng looked at the two people in front of him. At first glance, they seemed to be a bit strange to the uncle and the little lolita, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous: Is Zhao Yun also a lolicon?
"My elder brother, Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi who are known as General Shenweitian!" The little girl said proudly.Looking at Zhao Yun who seemed to be a little shocked, the little girl asked again: "By the way, uncle, who are you?"

"Changshan Zhao Zilong!" Zhao Yun said with a charming smile, but in Zhao Feng's view, the look in this guy's eyes looking at the little girl was clearly lustful!At this moment, he was suddenly shocked: She was called Brother Ma Chao just now, could it be she?

"By the way, I haven't asked the girl Gao's name yet!" Zhao Yun asked at this time.Although the social atmosphere in the Eastern Han Dynasty was relatively open, it was inappropriate to ask a little girl's name casually.It's just that the little girl didn't seem to care, she nodded and introduced herself: "I'm Ma Chao's sister, and Ma Yunlu, the number one female master in Xiliang!"

It really was her!Zhao Feng suddenly realized that Zhao Yun's real wife in history, the two met by such a coincidence.Seeing that Zhao Yun was uncharacteristically talking and laughing with Ma Yunlu with a smile, even checking the horses was probably forgotten.With the opposite sex and no humanity to this point, Zhao Feng felt that he had to re-examine Zhao Yun.

"Here, two generals. I, Ma Yunlu, have been in Xiliang for a long time, and I am no stranger to this cavalry. Can you let me watch your cavalry drill?" observation.Zhao Feng didn't even need to look back to know that Zhao Yun behind him must be nodding his head.

"By the way, Bo Tao, what do you think is the best name for this cavalry?" Zhao Yun finally remembered Zhao Feng's existence at this moment, and asked hastily.

"Hey, you are Zhao Feng and Zhao Botao?" Ma Yunlu exclaimed before Zhao Feng could speak.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yun and Zhao Feng asked at the same time, the former's voice was obviously a little nervous.

"It's nothing, it's just that Zhang Lu taught you to defeat him!" Ma Yunlu said in surprise, and Zhao Feng seemed to be able to hear Zhao Yun secretly heaving a sigh of relief when he said these words.

It seemed that Zhao Yun was going to take this little girl back, and Zhao Feng didn't bother to stay here as a light bulb, so he found an excuse to leave now, but before leaving, he reminded Zhao Yun not to forget to train the cavalry.He himself led the craftsmen first, put horseshoes on the horses, and equipped them with saddles.Ma Yunlu had never seen horseshoes, saddles, and double-sided stirrups before, and he was immediately interested when he saw them. Zhao Yun quickly introduced them to her in detail. Not just at 01:30.

"God, is there really such a thing as fate in this world?" Looking at Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu who are fighting fiercely these days, Zhao Feng feels that this world is a bit too crazy.Man said that the age difference between the two was fully doubled, and that the difference in their birthplaces was too far apart, so they were able to chat together.It is estimated that in Ma Yunlu's heart, Zhao Yun is basically the second hero in the world, second only to her elder brother.Of course, if Miss Ma turned her elbow outward, it would be another matter.

It's hard to keep Ma Dai and Pang De away from this kind of thing, and they soon found out.However, as a general of the Ma family, Pang De was not easy to talk about such matters; although Ma Dai was her cousin, there were Ma Chao and Ma Teng, so it was not his turn to take care of such matters.The two simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, and just sent the horses and cattle to Hanzhong, and transported the grain back to Xiliang.As for other matters, let Ma Teng decide.

The happy time is always so short. With the last batch of war horses being transported to Hanzhong, and the last batch of food allocated to Xiliang is also loaded and ready to go. Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu, who have been getting tired of being together these days, have to say Goodbye.Before parting, Zhao Feng specially set up a banquet for Ma Dai, Pang De and others.Although Ma Yunlu is a lover who can't give up, Zhao Yun is also a little bit depressed.

"Zilong, I'm leaving!" Ma Yunlu said with tears in his eyes, turning his head three times a step at a time.Zhao Yun nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry!" Ma Yunlu laughed through his tears and left reluctantly.

"Zilong, what's going on with you and Miss Ma?" Zhao Feng asked in confusion.

"It's nothing, I just promised to go to Liangzhou to propose marriage after the New Year's Eve!" Zhao Yun said as a matter of course.

"Propose marriage? So fast?" Zhao Feng was taken aback by him.But after thinking about it, it is not surprising that the ancients proposed marriage without knowing each other, not to mention that the two of them have been together for more than a month. In terms of the length of time, it is basically a long-distance love race in this era.

"Alright, let me report back to the lord and let him be the matchmaker for Zilong. In this way, Ma Teng won't refuse!" Zhao Feng thought for a while.After thinking about it, my current title is above Ma Teng, let alone Liu Bei?
"That's right!" Zhao Yun nodded.However, neither of them expected that the situation in Xiliang was already in chaos.Ma Dai, Pang De, and Ma Yunlu's grain transportation team walked out of Yangpingguan Longxi Avenue, but as soon as they walked near Qishan Mountain, a scattered crowd came from the opposite side. Ma Chao.

"Brother (eldest son)?" Ma Dai and the other three were shocked, and hurried forward to ask for clues.When Ma Chao saw his siblings coming over, he smiled miserably but did not speak.

"Brother, why did you make it like this?" Ma Yunlu asked anxiously.Ma Chao took a breath, then gritted his teeth and said, "Han Sui is a thief. He tricked my father and me into counting the grain and grass under the pretext of fraud, but he laid an ambush in the warehouse and took the opportunity to fight out. I fought to the death before I got out. Poor second brother three Brother, they all died in the chaos!"

"What?" Ma Yunlu felt his head spinning when he heard the bad news, and then fell off the horse.Ma Dai quickly helped her up, and then asked: "What about the family and uncle?"

"The whole family was lost in Jincheng. My father was seriously injured and couldn't ride a horse. He could only lie in the carriage, and he was about to die!" Ma Chao was so anxious that he burst into tears.Ma Dai was also at a loss.At this time Ma Yunlu woke up leisurely, and suddenly said: "Zilong said, General Zhao Botao is very skilled in medicine, let's go and ask him to save father!"

"It should be like this!" Ma Chao hastily agreed.What he didn't notice was that when his sister talked about that Zilong, her tone was so trusting.

(End of this chapter)