Chapter 173 Revisiting the Old Place (2)
In the Manchu Mansion of Shajia Village, Shamoke sat opposite his sister Sha Qiu, discussing the marriage between Shadong and Ma Su.
Although Ma Xian made a promise, Shamoke was still a little worried, mainly because he was afraid that Ma Su's parents would not agree.
At that time, the fate of the children and the parents was still very important!
The Ma family is still well-known in the local area. Not only is it said that the "Five Constant Ma Family" is well known, but as long as you are a scholar, you basically know it.
Shamoko believes that parents who can cultivate five outstanding talents are certainly not simple characters, have a good vision, and will not take themselves, as the so-called "barbarian king" seriously.
To be honest, Shamoke, the barbarian king, enjoys a high status in the barbarian area of Wuling, and his identity outside is not as good as a small county magistrate!
Shamoke was worried about gains and losses, and suddenly came down to report that Shi Bo, the chief of the Chenxi tribe, had arrived.
Although Shamoke is the Barbarian King, he is just the chief of the Xiongxi tribe. Generally speaking, he cannot interfere in the internal affairs of other tribes. The only place where he can make the decision is the only one of the Xiongxi tribe.
Although Shamoko's identity is above Shibo, he cannot neglect the chiefs of the five major tribes. He went to the door himself and welcomed Shibo into the hall.
Since Shi Bo failed to compete for the Barbarian King, he has been very low-key since he returned!
He practiced his marksmanship every day, defeated all the challengers, and finally became the chief of the Chenxi tribe two years ago.
Under his management, Chenxi tribe has been developing well in the past two years, and he has established a business channel for the tribe.
After that battle between the Barbarian King, Shi Bo was ranked second from the bottom because the Chenxi tribe was inconsistent with the identity of the Shi Family Gun King, which caused dissatisfaction among many people in the tribe.
Therefore, Shi Bo was very frustrated. While traveling, he met a Jiangdong businessman from Jia Bing. He had good shooting skills. The two were very close to each other and walked together, making friends.
Coincidentally, Jia Bing also wanted to establish business dealings with the barbarians, so he came to the tribe with Shi Bo.
At that time, Ma Xian had signed a commercial cooperation agreement with Shamoko and established a long-term commercial cooperation relationship with the barbarians.
After investigation, Jia Bing found out that the transaction price between Ma Xian and the barbarians was already very fair, and he did not have many business opportunities.
Therefore, Jia Bing did not establish commercial cooperation in other tribes, but in the Chenxi tribe, because of Shi Bo's relationship, Jia Bing offered a very favorable price and reached a part of commercial cooperation.
In fact, Jia Bing and Chenxi tribe had a loss in business, but in order to help Shi Bo get to power, Jia Bing still showed great sincerity and could be said to have made enough money.
Jia Bing's identity is not simple. He came from the Jia family in Chaisang County, Jiangdong. Although the family is not very strong, his cousin Jia Hua is Sun Quan's personal bodyguard general and participated in the control of Sun Quan's intelligence system.
Jia Bing is an intelligence officer arranged by Jia Hua in Jingnan. Therefore, he did not hesitate to lose money and had to establish a good relationship with Shi Bo.
Especially in weapons trading, Jia Bing gave Shi Bo a great discount. In recent years, the military strength of the Chenxi tribe has been greatly strengthened.
This time, Jia Bing went to Chenxi tribe to trade, and brought an important figure in Jiangdong, Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Lang, hoping that Shi Bo would introduce him to Shamoke.
Therefore, Shi Bo did not come alone this time. There was also a handsome and handsome young man who came in with him.
After Shamoko gave up her seat to them, the waiter soaked tea in time, and Shi Bo introduced:
"The king, this is Sun Lang from Jiangdong. He came to visit the king and had something to discuss."
When Shamoke heard Sun Lang's name, he didn't care too much, but just said casually:
"I've been retiring for a long time!"
I was about to inquire about his purpose. Suddenly, Shamoko felt that the name was very familiar. After thinking for a moment, he remembered that Sun Quan of Jiangdong had a younger brother named Sun Lang, and then he realized.
As the barbarian king, Shamoko did not have the ambition to compete for the world, so there was no perfect intelligence system.
However, in-depth investigations were conducted on several major forces such as Sun Quan from Jiangdong, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Shi Xie from Jiaozhou, etc. The main transactions between the barbarians and them were weapons and equipment.
After thinking of Sun Lang's identity, Shamoko did not lose his composure. He took a sip of tea and stabilized his emotions, and then asked slowly:
"I wonder if Mr. Sun is here to come, is he going to study or is he coming on the order of his brother?"
Although Sun Lang came to Xiongxi tribe this time, he went out for fun because he was bored at home, Sun Quan also gave him a task, which was to make friends with Wuxi Man.
Although Shamoke was the Barbarian King, because Jiangdong had no contact with him, Sun Lang followed the caravan and first went to the Chenxi tribe to make friends with Shi Bo.
Jia Bing has established many commercial and intelligence outlets in Jingnan, but in Wuximan, there is only Chenxi tribe.
Although he lost money in business, Jia Bing has always maintained business dealings with the Chenxi tribe, especially in terms of weapons, which can be said to be half sold and half given away.
This was not Jia Bing's plan, but the order issued by Sun Quan through Jia Hua.
Sun Quan had long had an idea of the land of Jingnan. A few years ago, he sent a lot of spies to establish relations with major families in Jingnan under various names.
Jia Bing's main target was Wuxi Man. Shortly after Shamoke made friends with Ma Liang, he also got in touch with the Chenxi tribe.
The purpose of Sun Quan's layout was that he wanted to incite the Wuxi barbarians to rebel at a critical moment and cause trouble for Liu Biao, and then he could take advantage of the chaos to send troops to capture Jingnan.
Who knew that after Liu Biao died, the situation changed suddenly!
Liu Cong voluntarily surrendered to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's army went south. Sun Quan was caught off guard and had to deal with Cao Cao with all his strength. Many layouts changed.
When Sun Quan faced Cao Cao's attack, after several days of deep thought, he sent Lu Su, who advocated the establishment of the Sun-Liu alliance, to Jiangxia to find Liu Bei to test his intention.
Sun Quan’s idea was not about seeking medical treatment in an emergency, but about it after careful consideration.
After Cao Cao's manifesto was spread to Jiangdong, the surrendered factions and the pro-war factions were in a stalemate. At that time, although Liu Bei had Jiangxia to settle down, he was actually at a dead end and did not have much military support.
Sun Quan formed an alliance with him, not only to find a reason to start a war with Cao Cao, but also because of the identity of Liu Bei's uncle and the parties involved in the robbery.
Although Cao Cao was autocratic, he was wielding the emperor to order the princes. Sun Quan went to war with Cao Cao, which was a rebellion. Even Sun Quan could not afford this reputation!
But after forming an alliance with Liu Bei, the situation was different. Liu Bei's identity as an imperial uncle and his collection of robes were enough to compete with Cao Cao, which was also one of the main reasons why Cao Cao was afraid of Liu Bei.
Facts proved that Sun Quan's decision was correct! In the Battle of Red Cliff, Sun Liu defeated Cao Cao. But Sun Quan was still very confused because he had no good idea about how to handle the relationship with Liu Bei.
According to Zhou Yu's opinion, he wanted to cross the river and snatch Jingzhou directly!
As for Liu Bei, who is willing to act as cannon fodder in Jiangdong, he can naturally stay in Jiangxia to continue to fight against Cao. If he is not jealous, he will be wiped out directly!
I don’t know if Zhou Yu is disliked by Liu Bei or other reasons. On this issue, the gap between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu is revealed!
Zhou Yu is a military genius, but he is only limited to military! In terms of overall situation and broad mind and demeanor, he is far inferior to Sun Quan, and he cannot see the value of Liu Bei's existence.
Chapter completed!