Chapter eight hundred and eighteen dinner
Seeing Kuai Yue coming forward, although Liu Bei was displeased, Liu Bei held the etiquette of his disciples to Kuai Yue, which was not for no reason, but he had something to ask for.
Lower his attitude and please these scholars and masters. Liu Bei has been living in this troubled world for a long time and has long had his own set of methods. The military generals and civil officials in this world are difficult to say, and each person has his own thoughts and styles, and none of them is exactly the same.
But it is simple and simple. If a civil servant wants to be famous and a military general is good at making achievements, as long as you master these two, everything will go with the flow. Why did Liu Bei not surrender to him in the past? It was because Liu Bei was not famous yet, and he did not have the possibility of fame of these civil servants. How could those students like a straw sandal seller?
As the saying goes, with a golden sign, you can sell dog meat with the title of sheep.
Liu Bei now has the title of General Left and is also the uncle of the Han Dynasty. If he were ordinary people, he would have been so grateful, but our Liu Bei used the wrong person to use the shoes of his children.
Who is Kuai Yue? It's almost the same as an old fox. His former master Liu Biao is also the uncle of Emperor Liu. Not to mention that his son had a friendship with the King of Han Liu Mang, even if the Han Emperor arrived, Kuai Yue could just test his eyes.
Our Uncle Liu was so charming that Kuai Yue didn't see it at all, and he avoided it very carefully, so as not to owe such a favor and attract quarrels. For Kuai Yue now, it is more of a benefit.
Liu Bei was ready to be modest again, and he used his old tricks again, not to hit the smiling person. Liu Bei lowered his attitude. No matter what you, Kuai Yue, should be a little scruple and a little concession. This is also a bargaining chip in the negotiation.
Unfortunately, our Mr. Kuai Yue is also the best actor. The two best actors are communicating their experiences about acting.
Kuai Yue didn't give Liu Bei a chance at all, so he directly asked his son Kuai Ran to come forward to entertain Liu Bei. If you, Liu Bei, are shameless, then you should just take the disciple's courtesy to his son Kuai Ran.
At that time, it will not be that he, Kuai Yue, is ignorant of etiquette, but that you, Liu Bei, have been wrong to take disciple etiquette to his peers. That is respect. If you do this to a junior, it is flattery.
"Uncle Liu, please!" Kuai Ran naturally had no good feelings towards Liu Bei, and his tone was also lacking politeness.
Although Liu Bei was thick-skinned, he was not yet shameless. He was really embarrassed to call himself a disciple again, and clicked, "Mr. Kuai Yue's son is indeed a hero among people!"
"Haha!" Kuai Yue smiled and said nothing. Liu Bei naturally knew that it was impossible to exchange feelings with Kuai Yue more now.
Immediately walked towards the inner courtyard of the hall there.
Seeing Liu Bei and others getting farther and farther away, Kuai Liang then walked to his elder brother and said with a little fear, "This Liu Bei is indeed a character!"
Kuai Yue nodded as well. Kuai Yue was a test just now. After ordinary people saw his behavior, they only had two actions. One was anger because I was all disciples and you were still pretending to be airs. Isn’t this looking down on me? Maybe you can make arguing without saying a word, and the other was a silly and messing around.
But Liu Bei is not any of these two types. The former can only be said that Liu Bei is unstoppable and generous, and shameless, and is not worth worrying about.
However, Liu Bei smiled indifferently and walked into the hall happily, without showing any anger because of Kuai Yue's unfamiliarity. His joy and anger were hidden deep in his body. Such a person was the most terrifying.
"If Pang Shiyuan had successfully convinced Liu Biao in Jingzhou!" Kuai Liang remembered that before, Pang Shiyuan came to Jingzhou to form an alliance with Liu Biao, not lending food and grass to Yangzhou, but to Yuzhou. If that plan really worked, Liu Bei would probably be across the two sides of the Yangtze River. Even if Liu Biao was not dead at Huang She's hands, he might have been defeated by Liu Bei, and their Kuai family and Cai family would have been the first to be the one who would be today.
Originally, Liu Bei was already breathing in his greed under the suppression of Cao Cao and Liu Mang, and could be destroyed at any time, but he did not expect that he would survive again in the end.
"Can His Highness the King of Han really succeed?" Kuai Liang also began to doubt Liu Mang's plan over there.
Kuai Yue patted his younger brother's shoulder, "Don't worry, second brother, Jingzhou is already a snatcher for that person. The reason why he has never taken it was because of that person, and another reason should be because of us!" Kuai Yue said in the direction of Yangzhou.
Kuai Liang didn't know that Kuai Yue had seen Yangzhou's combat preparations. Not to mention that the commander of the army entrenched in the Yangtze River is Zhou Yu and Sun Ce who have always made Jingzhou lose more and win less. Just talk about the equipment, crossbows, and new armored swords in the army. The Kuai family also saw these things, and there is also the thing called cannons. There is probably no city in Jingzhou that can withstand his bombardment.
It is really not a big problem for Liu Mang to take down Jingzhou. The difficulty is that he owes that person a favor and a promise. As long as Liu Zong is in power for one day, he may not attack Jingzhou at all. Another thing is that it is easy to take down Jingzhou, but it is difficult to win a complete Jingzhou.
If the Huang family swears to resist to the death, then the Xiangyang generation in Jingzhou may really be dead. Huang She has no chance of winning, but it is possible that the people will be dragged into the water.
Now the Kuai family needs to do to protect Jingzhou to the greatest extent.
"Where is De Si??" Kuai Yue asked his younger brother.
"I haven't told Desi yet!" Kuai Liang said to Kuai Yue. Desi is Cai Mao, Cai Desi. Originally, the Cai family and the Kuai family were together. Liu Biao dared to touch Cai Mao at the beginning 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 to compete with the yellow shooting there, but they didn't know that there was a shadow of Han King Liu Mang.
"Then don't tell me first!" Kuai Yue said in words. This is a choice that is not good for Cai Mao.
"Where is the little boy?" Kuai Liang continued to ask.
"His Highness the King of Han said that he would give him a place to be a count!"
"I understand!" Kuai Liang nodded.
"Master, the eldest master said that everyone has arrived. Let Master, you and the second master go to preside over the presidency!" A servant ran over and said to Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.
"Second brother, let's go!" Kuai Yue said.
"Brother, you are the elder brother and you are in front of you!"
"Today is your birthday, you are the biggest!"
"Then it's better to obey your orders than respect!" Kuai Liang was not polite either. Although the two brothers had a gap before, they naturally dissolved in water after everything was said. Haha, without refusal, Kuai Liang walked forward.
After entering the hall, the only one left behind the Huang family who had not arrived also sent someone to send a gift. This means that Huang She is not the other person, but the closest celebrity beside us Huang She is, Brother Shi Yuan.
"My military advisor is in charge of his important matters and cannot come to congratulate Mr. Kuai Liang in person. Please forgive me!" Shi Yuan walked into the hall and said to Brother Kuai Liang on the table.
"It's okay, it's okay. The military advisor naturally has to put military affairs first. The defense of our Jingzhou is all above the military advisor!" Kuai Liang waved his hand and said, "The brothers of Kuai Liang had known that Huang She was impossible to come. After he came, Huang She was the one who had a son and a nephew, so he had to kneel down and be polite. Huang She now has great power, so how could this be possible?
"Then I'll thank Mr. Kuai Liang for your understanding! Come on, come up!" Shi Yuan nodded and said to the person below.
"Yes!" Soon a few soldiers from the Jingzhou Army walked in with a few boxes.
What are inside these boxes? Everyone was watching, but the box was not easy. It seemed very difficult for a few strong soldiers to carry him, making people curious about what was there.
"Open him!" Shi Yuan asked the people next to him to open these boxes.
"Bamboo Slips?" The box opened a smell of rotten bamboo and walked.
The gifts that Huang She sent were some ordinary bamboo slips? Of course, everyone would not think so, because now the paper books in Yangzhou have entered the homes of ordinary people in Yangzhou, even some poor peasants, and there are two or three books in their homes. Even if they are illiterate, they have to put a few.
Although these books were sold to other states, they were a drop in the bucket for the gentry.
If the bamboo slips alone are really uninteresting, they are more troublesome than books, so many people burned some bamboo slips in their homes after getting the books sold in Yangzhou.
"These bamboo slips were left by Shigong Tai. My Lord said that Mr. Kuai Liang has always admired Shigong and 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 it, that is Sima Qian! A record of the Grand Historian truly records the news of the Han Dynasty, and also makes people have an intuitive yearning for the lives of the ancients.
What's more, Tai Shigong is a representative figure of diligence, and diligence is rewarded by heaven.
Kuai Liang liked Taishigong, but not his diligence, but his persistence. Even though Emperor Wu of Han was angry at Sima Qian several times, Sima Qian still resolutely recorded the real thing, which was what Kuai Liang liked.
Kuai Liang was the first to be a stern Kuai, and he was fair and never abused the law.
Now that Huang She actually sent Taishi Gong's notes, Kuai Liang was also excited.
"Thank you for your kindness from the military advisor. Come on, Mr. Shi Yuan, please sit down!" Kuai Liang said to Shi Yuan over there. The Huang She represented by him was the Huang family, so naturally he needed to arrange a good position.
"Thank you, Mr. Kuai Liang!" Shi Yuan nodded and went to the place arranged by Kuai Liang. He also saw Liu Bei next to him, and the two of them smiled knowingly.
Shi Yuan? Actually, it is Pang Shi Yuan. But now he has changed his name and has a mask on his face. He has never shown himself in his true face. However, Liu Bei knew that it was not just Pang Shi Yuan, but there was another person next to Huang She now, that is Zhang De.
That is, Liu Bei's third brother Zhang Fei, but now Zhang Fei has become a little unfamiliar with Liu Bei. Liu Bei doesn't even dare to look at Zhang Fei now, because when he looks at Zhang Fei, he will be furious. The main reason is that the strong love in his third brother's eyes scares him. Zhang Fei's disguise does not need Liu Bei to worry about.
Now Zhang Fei is no longer the fierce Zhang Fei he used to be. Back then, Zhang Fei was a rough man with beard and hair, but now Zhang De is more meticulous than a girl.
It was precisely because of these two people around Huang She that Liu Bei was confident in winning Jingzhou for Yizhou.
Everyone arranged seats and gifts were given one by one, with tens of thousands of gold and treasures, which made the entire hall shine.
"Okay, someone is here to have a dinner and dance!" Kuai Liang clapped his hands, and slowly came from the hall one by one of the Kuai family servants, serving delicious food to everyone sitting in the seat.
At this time, there was no such round table for dining in the hall. They were all kneeling, and each person had a small table. Their position represented their status. For example, Pang Shiyuan, although he was inferior to Liu Bei and others, he represented Huang She, so his position was still above Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's status is slightly inferior to the Cai family, and he is behind the Cai family, but Liu Bei is much higher than Zhang Yun's Zhang family. Zhang Yun is also the direct descendant of the Cai family, and his relationship with the Kuai family is half his own family, so he doesn't care much about it. Liu Bei is the third place, and then there are the Zhang family and the Wu family, who are well-known in Jingzhou.
Mr. Pang De had originally 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 Mr. Pang De's position was empty, but etiquette was here.
There must be fine wine at a banquet, and the wines are drunk one by one, talking about elegant things to each other.
The ancients did not have as many entertainment programs as people today, but whether in ancient times or modern times, when you reach a dominant position, you will definitely enjoy it.
There must be beauties when you have wine. Beauties hold wine, plus the bright moonlight and the delicious and delicious food on the table, this can be said to be an ultimate enjoyment.
Although Kuai Liang didn't like those dancers, this was a customary thing in the aristocratic family. Which family didn't raise a few maids to dance at home. The most famous one was Diao Chan in the hands of Situ Wang Yun, who was a person who harmed the country and the people.
The Kuai family is a big family in Jingzhou, so the purple color of this dancer is naturally not bad. Everyone couldn't help but get drunk when they looked at the beautiful smiling dance postures and the delicious treasures in their hands.
Chapter completed!