There was a bamboo slip and document placed in front of each of them, and the two of them read it carefully.
Although Ma Bing was only the "recording office clerk" of "Thieves Cao's Mansion" and was a minor official with a salary of 300 dan, Ma Liang often called him to handle government affairs.
The Wuchang of the Ma family is famous in Jingzhou... But Ma Liang's three elder brothers "Ma Bochang", "Ma Zhongchang" and "Ma Shuchang" have no intention of official career. In addition to Ma Liang's younger brother "Ma Su Ma Youchang", those who can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Ma family in the future are also
The only son left was Ma Bing.
Before he even got the crown, Ma Liang had already started teaching him how to handle government affairs.
The documents in front of him were sent by various counties and counties. Ma Liang read them very quickly. After looking at each document for a few moments, he approved it and then threw it aside.
Ma Bingze looked at his father's comments, holding his chin in his hands, wondering about the reason for his father's arrangement.
The two father and son just fought hard.
finally…
When Ma Bing saw a letter, it was about the taxes and land taxes from the four counties in Jingnan. Ma Bing was surprised and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that the land taxes and ordnance sent to Jiangling from Changsha and Guiyang every year would be so...
many!"
Hearing his son's exclamation, Ma Liang put away the documents in front of him and explained: "Today, Jiangling City where we are located is between two great plains. It is suitable for agriculture, but it happens that Cao, Sun, and Liu
The intersection of the three territories is a battleground for military strategists."
"Jiangling is a military fortress. It is obviously not suitable to develop farmland and commerce here. Therefore, in the past, Kong Ming and I discussed and shifted the center of agriculture and commerce to Jingnan. Changsha and Guiyang are both fertile lands and are productive of money and grain.
, and is rich in weapons!”
"Especially Changsha, with its strategic location, it is extremely convenient to transport military supplies. Once it falls into the hands of others, it will be tantamount to 'strangling Jiangling's throat' and turning Jiangling into a sourceless water."
Ma Bing recalled the specific location of Changsha, and added following his father's words: "The child actually feels that Changsha is not only the throat of Jiangling, but also the throat of Wu and Shu. It controls Manyue, restrains the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and can carry thousands of miles.
!”
Yes, Changsha County connects Jiangdong, Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, and Bashu. It is also an important place for the supply of food and armaments. Its conciseness can be seen.
"My son is right. This is why Soochow must force us to hand over the three counties of Changsha, but..." In the first breath, Ma Liang was pleased with his son's true knowledge and insights at a young age. In the next breath, Ma Liang's cheeks
It sank.
He was thinking of the current situation.
yes…
Nowadays, one is the battlefield of Hefei between Sun Quan and Zhang Liao, and the other is Guan Gong attending the meeting alone and arriving at the "Hongmen Banquet" set by Lu Su. The current situation is changing rapidly!
It is very likely that Changsha, Guiyang, and Jiangxia counties will change the Dawang Banner overnight.
Among them, more than half of Jiangxia is in the hands of Soochow, so if you give it up, you will give it up;
But Changsha and Guiyang... are important supplies for the military fortress of Jiangling and are the main road connecting the four directions. Once they are given away, then... Jingzhou will be passive.
Thinking of this, Ma Liang will inevitably feel sad.
Ma Bing saw his father's thoughts, and frowned and sighed: "Alas...it's all that abominable Hong Qigong and the abominable Hefei Bet! Otherwise..."
Speaking of the latter part, his voice stopped suddenly because he saw a letter wrapped in a red and white purse in the corner.
"Huh? Why is there still a document hidden here?"
While talking, Ma Bing took out the red and white purse. As soon as the red and white purse came out, Ma Liang's expression suddenly changed.
"Quick...bring it!"
The reason why he became so nervous was because there was a rule in the Han army. If it was an urgent matter, it must be "a post horse is set up every thirty miles, and the soldiers are all red."
In the Han army and the Guan army, red scarves, red-sleeved couriers and "red and white purses" are necessary for urgent dispatches within 600 miles. But this red and white purse in front of you?
Sure enough, Ma Liang was startled and exclaimed: "I almost missed something big!"
As he spoke, he hurriedly picked up the letter and unfolded it quickly.
You should know that in ordinary times, these "six hundred miles" urgent military notes are delivered directly to Guan Mansion and delivered to Guan Gong.
But now that Guan Gong is away, the messenger was sent to Guan Mansion, but no one could pick him up, so he had no choice but to send it to military advisor Ma Liang.
The matters that Ma Liang dealt with were mainly government affairs, and there were few urgent matters. The door officials did not know the so-called "red and white purses" of military affairs, and they just arranged them step by step, on a first-come, first-served basis.
In the end, this letter was just presented without any special reminder.
If you think about it carefully, this is a huge oversight on Ma Liang's part.
Of course, this is not important.
Because, as the letter was opened, Ma Liang's movements stopped, his expression was both surprised and confused, and sweat dripped from his forehead.
Ma Liang's ghostly expression was noticed by Ma Bing, and he quickly asked: "Dad? What's wrong with you?"
With a "gudong" sound, Ma Liang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hurriedly waved: "You, come here..."
Ma Bing hurried over to take a look.
Ma Liang pointed to the words on the dispatch and exclaimed in a trembling voice: "We won. Just last night, Zhang Liao's few hundred soldiers... killed Sun Quan's 100,000 troops! Now, even Na Dong
The life and death of Sun Quan, the leader of the Wu Kingdom, are uncertain!"
Ma Bing was young and quick to respond, and he suddenly became excited, "Jiangdong lost? Doesn't that mean... the 'Hefei Bet' that 'Hong Qigong' made all over the city... we... we ended up being the ones who benefited the most!
"
Ma Bingyue became more and more excited as he spoke, "There is no need to give way to the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Jiangxia. Uncle Liu Huang's borrowing money from Jingzhou will also...never be mentioned again? Wait...Looking at it this way, the 'Hong Qigong' may not be a heinous sin. He
Maybe... it's a far-sighted thing, it's... it's a friend rather than an enemy!"
Amid Ma Bing's great excitement, Ma Liang pondered for a long time before nodding heavily.
His eyes slowly focused on his son's face.
"They are friends, not enemies, as my son said, but I must not forget it..."
"Besides that 'Hong Qigong', there is another person in Jiangling City who has figured out this situation!"
Under his father's sudden accent, Ma Bing's usually confident and handsome face suddenly became pale and helpless.
In an instant, everything about...related to his "immediate boss" and the "weird" behaviors of the Fourth Young Master Guan Lin seemed to suddenly have a fulcrum!
Huh...huh...
Ma Bing breathed rapidly. He looked at the urgent letter and then looked up at his father. He opened his mouth, but... it seemed as if his throat was choked and he was unable to speak.
At this moment, he seemed to understand something, and he seemed to have greater doubts in his heart!
So...for a moment, Ma Bingsheng had such an idea?
Mr. Guan Lin...how on earth did he expect this?
Isn’t this too outrageous?
——Zhang Liao rode a hundred horses to defeat one hundred thousand!
Master Guan Lin really dares to speak, and Zhang Liao also really dares to fight.
There is another, haha, there is Sun Quan, he really dares to lose!
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(ps: It will be released at 12 noon tomorrow, so I won’t deliberately break the chapter. I will publish 20,000 words tomorrow to help you readers, how about it?)