Seeing Kuai Yue come forward, although Liu Bei was displeased in his heart, it was not for nothing that Liu Bei held the disciple ceremony to Kuai Yue, he wanted something.
Lower your posture and please these scribes. Liu Bei has been in this troubled world for a long time, and he has his own set of methods. Those generals and civil servants in this world, it is difficult for him. Everyone has their own thoughts and styles. , none of which are identical.
But it's simple and simple, civil servants want fame, and military commanders are good at meritorious service. As long as you master these two, everything will go smoothly. Why didn't anyone take refuge in Liu Bei before? The possibility of the civil servant's fame, how could those students like a straw sandal seller.
As the saying goes, only with a gold-lettered signboard can you sell dog meat with sheep's tricks.
The current Liu Bei has the title of General Zuo, and is also the uncle of the Great Han Emperor. If he is such a virtuous corporal, ordinary people would be grateful, but our Liu Bei children's shoes are used by the wrong person.
Who is Kuai Yue, let alone an old fox? His former master, Liu Biao, was also Uncle Liu Huang. Not to mention that his son had a close relationship with Liu Mang, the king of Han. That's all.
Kuai Yue didn't notice our Uncle Liu's flirtatious glances, and he avoided it very carefully, so as not to owe such a favor and attract people's tongue. For the current Kuai Yue, he cares more about interests.
Liu Bei was about to be humble again, and repeated his old tricks, not hitting the smiling face with his hand. Liu Bei lowered his posture. No matter what you Kuai Yue say, you should be a little scrupulous. A little concession, which is also a bargaining chip in the negotiation.
It's a pity that our Mr. Kuai Yue is also an actor, and the two actor are exchanging their experiences on acting.
Kuai Yue didn't give Liu Bei a chance at all, and directly asked his son Kuai Ran to entertain Liu Bei. If you, Liu Bei, are shameless again, then you should perform the disciple ceremony to his son Kuai Ran.
At that time, it will not be that he is ignorant of etiquette, but that it is your Liu Bei's fault to perform the disciple's etiquette to his peers, that is called respect, even for a junior. That is flattery.
"Uncle Liu Huang, please!" Kuai Ran naturally didn't have much affection for Liu Bei, and his tone of voice was also lacking in politeness.
Although Liu Bei was thick-skinned, he was not completely shameless. To Kuai Ran, he was really embarrassed to call himself a disciple, so he nodded, "Mr. Kuai Yue's son is really a hero among men!"
"Hehe!" Kuai Yue smiled and didn't say much, Liu Bei naturally knew that it was impossible to exchange more feelings with Kuai Yue now.
Immediately walked towards the inner courtyard of the hall over there.
Seeing the figures of Liu Bei and others getting farther and farther away, Kuai Liang walked to his elder brother's side and said with some fear, "This Liu Bei is really a character!"
Kuai Yue also nodded, he, Kuai Yue, was just a test. Ordinary people do nothing more than two actions after seeing his behavior, one is anger. Because I have already performed the discipleship ceremony, and you are still putting on airs, isn't it looking down on me, you may be able to quarrel without saying a word, and there is another kind of ruthless face and nonsense.
But Liu Bei is not either of these two types. The former can only be said that Liu Bei is impatient, thick-skinned, shameless and unprincipled.
But Liu Bei smiled lightly, and walked into the hall happily, without showing any irritation because of Kuai Yue's unfamiliarity, and his happiness and anger were hidden deep in his body, such a person is the most terrifying.
"If Pang Shiyuan succeeded in persuading Liu Biao in Jingzhou!" Kuai Liang remembered that before Pang Shiyuan came to Jingzhou to form an alliance with Liu Biao, he would not lend food to Yangzhou, but to Yuzhou. If that plan really worked out , I am afraid that Liu Bei is now straddling both sides of the Yangtze River. Even if Liu Biao did not die in the hands of Huang She, he might be attacked by Liu Bei, and their Kuai family and Cai family must bear the brunt of it.
Originally, Liu Bei had been lingering under the pressure of Cao Cao and Liu Wei, and he might be destroyed at any time, but he didn't expect him to survive in the end.
"Will His Royal Highness' strategy really succeed?" Kuai Liang also began to have doubts about Liu Mang's strategy over there.
Kuai Yue patted his younger brother on the shoulder, "Don't worry, second brother, Jingzhou is already a bag for that person. The reason why he hasn't taken it is because of that person, and another reason is that We are here!" Kuai Yue said, looking in the direction of Yangzhou.
Kuai Liang didn't know, but Kuai Yue had seen Yangzhou's war preparations. Not to mention that the commanders-in-chief of the army entrenched in the Yangtze River were Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, who had always made Jingzhou lose more than win, but the equipment in the army, even Crossbows, new-style armored swords, the Kuai family has also seen these, and there is that thing called a cannon. I am afraid that there is no city in Jingzhou that can withstand his bombardment.
Taking Jingzhou is really not that difficult for Liu Mang. The difficult thing is that he owes that person a favor and a promise. As long as Liu Zong is in power for one day, I am afraid that he will not attack Jingzhou at all. One is that it is easy to win Jingzhou, but it is difficult to win a complete Jingzhou.
If the Huang family vowed to resist to the death, then the Xiangyang generation in Jingzhou might really be doomed. Huang She has no possibility of winning, but has the possibility of dragging the people into the water.
What the Kuai family needs to do now is to preserve Jingzhou as much as possible.
"Where is Desi!?" Kuai Yue asked his younger brother.
"I haven't told Desi yet!" Kuai Liang said to Kuai Yue. Desi is Cai Mao and Cai Desi. Originally, the Cai family and the Kuai family were together. Half of the reason why Liu Biao didn't dare to touch Cai Mao at the beginning was because of the Kuai family. , This time they invited Liu Bei together, but what Cai Mao only knew was that they wanted to use Liu Bei as a foreign aid and Huang She over there to fight in the ring, but they didn't know that there was a shadow of Han Wang Liu Mang among them.
"Then don't tell me yet!" Kuai Yue said, this is a choice that is not good for both sides of Cai Mao.
"Where's the young master?" Kuai Liang continued to ask.
"His Royal Highness said that he will give him the position of Earl!"
"I know!" Kuai Liang nodded.
"Patriarch, the young master said that everyone is here. Let the master and the second master go to host!" A servant ran over and said to Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.
"Second brother, let's go!" Kuai Yue said softly.
"Brother. You are the elder brother and you are the first!"
"Today is your birthday. You are the biggest!"
"Then respect is worse than obedience!" Kuai Liang was also not polite. Although the two brothers had a estrangement before, after everything was discussed, blood naturally dissolved in water. They laughed and did not refuse, and Kuai Liang walked in front.
Stepping into the hall, the only remaining Huang family who was not present also sent a congratulatory gift. The one who represents Huang She's arrival is none other than the closest celebrity around Huang She, brother Shi Yuan.
"My Master Military Adviser, I have an important task. Please forgive me for not being able to congratulate Mr. Kuai Liang in person!" Shi Yuan walked into the hall and said to Brother Kuai Liang on the table.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, military adviser, of course military affairs should be the most important thing, my defense in Jingzhou depends on the military adviser alone!" Kuai Liang waved his hand and said, Brother Kuai Liang knew that Huang She was impossible to come, After coming, Huang She is a nephew, so he has to kneel and bow politely. He Huang She is in power now, how could this be possible.
"Then I would like to thank Mr. Kuai Liang for your understanding! Someone. Lift it up!" Shi Yuan nodded and said to the people below.
"Yes!" Soon several sergeants of the Jingzhou Army came in carrying several boxes.
What's in these boxes? Everyone is watching, the box is not easy, several strong soldiers seem to be struggling to carry it, people are very curious about what is inside.
"Open him!" Shi Yuan asked the people next to him to open these boxes.
"Bamboo slips?" The box was opened, and a smell of rotten bamboo came out.
The congratulatory gifts sent by Huang She are some ordinary bamboo slips? People naturally don't think so, because now paper books in Yangzhou can be said to have entered the homes of ordinary people in Yangzhou, even some poor peasants have two or three books in their homes, even if they are illiterate, they must Put out a few books.
Although these books are sold to other states, although the price is a bit expensive, for the gentry, it is completely a drop in the bucket.
If the bamboo slips alone are really uninteresting, they are heavier than books and more troublesome, so after many families got the books sold in Yangzhou, they burned some of the bamboo slips in their homes.
"These bamboo slips were left by Tai Shigong. My lord heard that Mr. Kuai Liang has always admired Tai Shigong, so I specially sent them to Mr. Kuai Liang!" Shi Yuan said with a smile.
'Tai Shigong? "Even Kuai Liang can't sit still. Who is Tai Shigong? Basically, everyone knows everyone, and that is Sima Qian! A historical record can be regarded as a true record of the rumors of the Han Dynasty, and it also makes people wonder. The ancients lived with an intuitive yearning.
What's more, Tai Shigong is a representative of hard work, and God rewards hard work.
Kuai Liang likes Tai Shigong not because he likes Tai Shigong's diligence, but because of his persistence. Even though Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was angry with Sima Qian several times, Sima Qian still resolutely recorded the real things, which is what Kuai Liang likes.
Kuai Liangke back then was Kuai Tiemian, who upheld justice and never bent the law for personal gain.
Now that Huang She actually sent Tai Shigong's notes, Kuai Liang was also excited for a while.
"Thank you, Master Military Advisor, for your kindness. Come on, Mr. Shi Yuan, please take your seat!" Kuai Liang said to Shi Yuan over there. The Huang She he represented was the Huang family, so naturally he needed to arrange a good seat.
"Thank you, Mr. Kuai Liang!" Shi Yuan nodded and walked towards the place arranged by Kuai Liang. He also saw Liu Bei beside him, and the two of them smiled knowingly.
Shiyuan? In fact, it is Pang Shiyuan, but now he has changed his name, and he still wears a mask on his face. He has never shown his true face to others, but Liu Bei knows that it is not only Pang Shiyuan, but also by Huang She's side now. There is another person that is Zhang De.
That is Liu Bei's third brother, Zhang Fei, but the current Zhang Fei has become a little strange to Liu Bei, even Liu Bei dare not go to see Zhang Fei now, because when he looks at Zhang Fei, he can't help but feel chills, It was mainly because of the deep love in the eyes of his third brother that scared him. Liu Bei doesn't need to worry about Zhang Fei's disguise.
The current Zhang Fei is no longer the fierce Zhang Fei of the past. Back then, Zhang Fei was a rough man with a beard and hair, but the current Zhang De is more meticulous than a girl.
It is precisely because of these two people by Huang She's side that Liu Bei can have confidence in winning Jingzhou and advancing Yizhou.
Everyone arranged their seats, and presents were sent up one after another. There were tens of thousands of gold in front and back, and each one was full of delicacies and gems, which could be said to make the whole hall shine with light.
"Okay, come to the dinner party and dance!" Kuai Liang clapped his hands, and the servants of the Kuai family came slowly from the hall one by one, and served delicious food to everyone sitting in the seats.
At this time, there is no round table for eating in the hall, they all sit on their knees, and each person has a small table. Their position represents their status. For example, Pang Shiyuan, although he is not as good as Liu Bei and others, but He represents Huang She, so the position is still above Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's status is slightly inferior to that of the Cai family, and he is also behind the Cai family, but Liu Bei is much higher than Zhang Yun's Zhang family. Zhang Yun is also a direct descendant of the Cai family, and his relationship with the Kuai family is half My own family didn't care too much, let Liu Bei sit in the third place, and after that came the Zhang family and the Wu family, who are famous figures in Jingzhou.
Duke Pang De also planned to come to congratulate him, but he did not come because of his health. His son Pang Shanmin is now an official in Yangzhou, so the position of Lord Pang De was vacant, but the etiquette has come.
A banquet must have fine wine, and the fine wine is drank one by one, and they talk about elegant things with each other.
The entertainment items of the ancients were not as many as those of today, but whether in ancient times or modern times, when you achieved a dominant position, you must enjoy it the best.
If there is wine, there must be a beautiful woman, and a beautiful woman serves wine, plus the bright moonlight, and the delicious food on the table, this can be said to be an ultimate enjoyment.
Although Kuai Liang didn't like those dancers, it was a customary thing of the family after all, which family didn't have a few maids to dance at home. The most famous one is Diao Chan in the hands of Situ Wangyun, who is a disaster for the country and the people.
Kuai's family is a big family in Jingzhou, the purple color of this dancer is naturally not bad, everyone can't help but get drunk seeing those beautiful smiling dancers and the delicious delicacy in their hands. (to be continued..)