"The emperor's methods are becoming more and more wise." Jiang Gan drank the wine in the glass and slapped the cup heavily on the table, giving a thumbs up. "Two generals, when will you move your family to Guanzhong?"

Ma Teng smiled honestly without saying a word. Han Sui's smile flashed and it was almost gone. He got up and walked to Jiang Gan, raised the wine pot on the desk, filled Jiang Gan, and smiled and said with a smile: "Ziyi, do you think I am moving, or not?"

Jiang Gan raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and smiled and said, "General Han, you are a little embarrassed by me. What suggestions should I make if you move or not? This is a bit overrepresented and I dare not take it."

"Don't you dare to be it?" Han Sui straightened his waist, put one hand behind him, and stroked his beard with the other hand. "So, this matter is serious, I have to ask General Sun directly. To be honest, I do want to move. Guanzhong is good. It's okay to move so much free land, even if the entire Liangzhou is moved there. At most, Liangzhou's household registration is only more than 100,000 households and 400,000 households are so big. Guanzhong is more than enough. Even if I occupy a thousand hectares of land, Your Majesty is willing. However, in this way, I can't provide the horse that General Sun wants. I also want Ziyi to explain more in front of General Sun to avoid misunderstandings."

"It's okay." Jiang Gan also stood up, picked up the wine glass, raised it at Han Sui, with a smile on his face. "There are always people who don't want to move. Liangzhou people can move, but Liangzhou's ranch will not move. If there is a ranch, there will be horses. It's just a horse-wrangler. Besides, the two generals don't wear horses themselves. They are just a business, and they can't affect the overall situation."

Jiang Gan said, his eyes turned and looked at Ma Chao intentionally or unintentionally. Ma Chao smiled slightly and raised his glass to signal. Jiang Gan said again: "Two generals, I just came back from Bingzhou and heard a message. I wonder if you are interested."

"What news?"

"On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Niu Fu invited a group of Xiongnu people to drink. Halfway through, he suddenly turned his face and cut down all the heads of the Huns. He then led 10,000 cavalry to break into the Meiji royal court, killing the corpses of the tribes that were gathering, almost exterminating the clan."

Han Sui's eyes shrank slightly, and then he said deliberately and lightly: "Such a ruthless method is Jia Xu's work?"

"I don't know this. After hearing the news, I rushed to Taiyuan and saw only cattle and sheep all over the mountains and valleys. There were not many war horses, only more than 10,000 horses. After replenishing the losses, there were about 3,000 more horses. This cow was addicted to killing, and even the governor of Bingzhou didn't want to do it. He wanted to attack Youzhou with General Sun. Moreover, this is a joke. Although General Sun used the banner of phoenixes as the fire, he did not really have wings. How could he fly to Youzhou?"

Jiang Gan shook his head while saying that, laughing loudly. "But these more than 3,000 horses solved General Sun's urgent need, so you don't have to worry. General Sun will not lack horses for a while. Besides, Gongsun Zan and Liu He are all dead. Liu Bei faced Yuan Tan alone and was unable to do so, so he also needed General Sun to support him. Now, General Sun rushed to Qingzhou in person."

Han Sui could no longer hold the smile on his face. He stared at Jiang Gan for a while, raised his wine glass to cover his face, and slowly walked back to his seat. Cheng Gongying stood up and toasted Jiang Gan. "Mr. Ziyi, I heard that Jiaozhou has changed, and General Cheqi will be transferred to Jiaozhou to serve as the governor of Jiaozhou and lead his troops to rush to Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion. The war between the north and the south is going to go to war at the same time. Can General Sun's money and food support?"

"I'm not hiding Yuanjie, money is not a problem, but there is a problem with food. You also know that the Jiangnan military farm has just been launched, and a lot of manpower and material resources have been invested, and now we can balance the income and expenditure. We are indeed not light now. The defense line is too long, and the food consumed every year is a considerable number. If you move to Guanzhong to settle down, then we will save another money, haha."

Jiang Gan said, thrusting his eyes. "Two generals, by conscience, Liangzhou horses are good, but this price..." He smacked his lips and pinched his fingers. "It's indeed a little expensive. When doing business, you can compare and get no disadvantages, right? I think the two generals will understand."

Han Sui and Ma Teng exchanged glances and smiled bitterly at the same time. They wanted to join forces to bargain with Jiang Gan, but Jiang Gan didn't take this trick at all. With Bingzhou and Youzhou, Jiang Gan was even more confident. Not only did he not mean to raise the price, but he would have to lower it. However, they knew that Jiang Gan would not give up Liangzhou, not only because the quality of Liangzhou horses was the best, but also because Sun Ce would not easily break up with them. Although Liangzhou was not large in population, Liangzhou sent strong soldiers and a large number of Liangzhou people moved to Guanzhong. The emperor not only had a household registration, but also had a source of troops, which could increase at least 20,000 infantry and cavalry. Once he recovered and led his troops out of seclusion, Sun Ce would have the possibility of fighting on the third line, and even with strength, he could not support it.

Of course, they could not give up Sun Ce. So many Liangzhou people moved to Guanzhong, they could no longer control the situation in Guanzhong, and the emperor could reduce their military power at any time. Without Sun Ce's support, they would die ugly. Compared to Sun Ce's dependence on them, they rely more on Sun Ce. Sun Ce had other choices, but they did not.

Turning to the Emperor? They didn't have this confidence. They were originally invited by Dong Zhuo to Guanzhong, but Dong Zhuo was killed by Wang Yun, and they were unwilling to retreat to Liangzhou, so they surrendered to the Emperor. Surrender was surrender, but they had always maintained independence and refused to let go of military power in their hands. For this reason, they also united with Sun Ce. Now they have a deep relationship with Sun Ce and can no longer escape. Even if they want to escape, the Emperor would not believe it. Especially Han Sui, his son Han Yin died in Guandu, and now he has a break with Sun Ce, so Han Yin died in vain.

Who would have thought that Xun Yu and Liu Ye would come up with such a way to surrender the nobles and marry the leaders of the Qiang and Hu tribes of the Xiliang family. This transformation was too fast and too big, beyond their imagination and was caught off guard.

"Okay, don't be happy with Uncle Han." Ma Chao stood up and raised his glass to touch Jiang Gan. "The weather is warm, and my sister is about to set off soon. You can't change your mind. I'm still waiting for those weapons to be used. It's almost June and July, and at the latest August, the emperor will definitely go to war."

"Don't worry, when did General Sun break his promise? You won't be missing a knife." Jiang Gan squeezed his eyes and laughed: "I heard that your sword has been replaced? Is it a Nanyang sword or a knife given by the emperor?"

"Of course, Nanyang sword is good." Ma Chao felt distressed when he thought of the broken sword. He heard that the half-cut knife was repeatedly studied by Shangfang's craftsmen and changed it to a short sword. The emperor couldn't let it go and carried it with him. Lu Xiaohuan confronted him several times, but the emperor was reluctant to give it to him.

"Know the goods." Jiang Gan patted Ma Chao on the shoulder. "I'll give you another sip afterwards."

"Oh, really?" Ma Chao was overjoyed, grabbed Ma Chao's wrist tightly and shook his head vigorously. "Brother Ziyi, a gentleman's word is as good as a horse, so I'll wait. Of course, it would be even better if I could ask Dajiang Huang to customize a knife for me."

"Don't be too greedy." Jiang Gan smiled and patted Ma Chao on the shoulder. "I dare not agree to your request. If you have the chance in the future, you should ask General Sun for personal request."

"Okay, okay." Although Ma Chao was a little regretful, he did not dare to force it, for fear that Jiang Gan would turn against him and would not even give him the knife he agreed to. He couldn't control his pleasure. He originally wanted to ask his sister to bring a message to Pang De and asked Pang De to think of a solution. Now that it's better, Jiang Gan agreed to give him a knife, and this regret is finally remedy.

Han Sui saw it and secretly disdained it. Ma Chao was the bravery of a man, and he bought him with a sword. How could the outcome on the battlefield be determined by a sword? But he also saw that Sun Ce looked at Ma Chao differently. There might be other deals between them, but Ma Chao didn't tell him. The emperor should have smelled a little, so he turned Ma Chao into a general of the Yulin Central Army and refused to let him go, which made Ma Chao's hope of becoming the prefect of Wudu was lost.

My son is not good. If Han Yin hadn't died, why would he be so passive?

Han Sui was under great pressure and had no confidence to deal with Jiang Gan. He had to give in first and briefly talk about the meeting not long ago, especially the new Liangzhou heroes. Han Sui was a famous scholar and did not look down on those young people at first, but in recent years, he realized that the era was different, and famous scholars were not suitable for this era. Those energetic young people were talents favored by the emperor. Xun Yu was in his early thirties and was considered an old minister in front of the emperor, not to mention those who were over fifty years old. Yang Fu was engaged in Liangzhou and became a Sikong official. In fact, he was in charge of Sikong Mansion affairs and was in charge of the entire Guanzhong military farming and resettlement. The promotion speed was amazing. It could almost be the same as the famous scholars such as Dong Zhuo and Xun Shuang at the time, but the direction was completely opposite. The emperor recruited young talents in Liangzhou, all of whom could do things.

"Ziyi, who do you think the emperor is seeking wisely with General Sun?" Han Sui asked sincerely, unable to hide the worries between his eyebrows.

Jiang Gan smiled. After dealing with the matter of Bingzhou, he rushed back to Guanzhong day and night, just because he was worried that Han Sui and Ma Teng would be shaken. Faced with the arrival of young talents in Liangzhou, an elderly man like Han Sui would have an instinctive panic. Especially when the emperor wanted to hold a martial arts competition and select generals, he was a direct threat to them. He turned the wine glass in his hand, looked at the rippling wine in the glass, and waited for a moment with a smile, until Han Sui could not hold back and his face twitched uncontrollably before he spoke slowly.

"General Han, I can't answer your question. If I say that General Sun is better than the emperor, you may not believe it. Even if I take the Battle of Nanyang as an example, you will think that the battle was because Xu Rong was not from Liangzhou and was incompatible with the generals, so he was defeated. If I take Cour Yi as an example, you will say that Cour Yi has limited military strength and his ability to command troops is not as good as Huangfu Song, right?"

Han Sui's eyes shrank slightly and he pondered for a moment. "That's true."

Jiang Gan nodded. "So, confidence is not what I can give you, but you have to see it yourself. You became famous at a young age and fought for half your life, and are not unfamiliar with war. The reason why I think so is because I am in a mess. I am bluntly speaking, for a person who is in a mess, any opponent may be a hurdle that cannot be overcome. General Han, your opponent is not someone else, but you."

Jiang Gan put down his wine glass and said word by word: "If you can't overcome your fear, I have a suggestion: You quit Guanzhong, return to Jincheng, watch the changes, and sit and see how General Sun competes in the Central Plains and sweeps the world."

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