Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 66 Ma Chao Comes to Apprentice Teacher

It was late at night when Liu Yu personally sent Cai Yan away. The room where the two lived was not far apart, and as soon as they opened the door, they saw that the light in Cai Yan's room suddenly went out.

Not long after, the maid came out of the room in a panic.

"Meet the master and madam!"

"It's getting late, hurry up and wait for Yan'er to rest!"

The maid saluted again and helped Cai Yan into the house.

At this moment, Liu Yu's eyes suddenly turned cold.

"What was that maidservant looking for in the house just now? Also, she was a little flustered when she came out, but soon her breath calmed down, she looked like a... Lianjiazi!"

Aware of the suspicious behavior of the maidservant, Liu Yu took a few glances inside with the system's visual function while the door was still open.

"Ding, Zou Huimin, force 71, charisma 89, intimacy 0."

Force 71!It turned out to be more powerful than many lieutenant colonels!

"Who is she? Is it just a coincidence that she came to my house as a maid?"

……

As soon as the sun rose in the morning, two small cars parked outside the gate of Liu's residence.

Standing beside the car were two rich kids, one tall and one fat.

These two people are none other than Cui Di and Zhou Fang who were stopped by Liu Yu to collect debts from Huangfu's family yesterday.

Liu Yu is an upstart in Luoyang City. He said that he would pay off the debts of the Huangfu family, but the Zhou family and the Cui family did not dare to accept it.

Not so early in the morning, the two met together and came to visit with two carts of gifts.

After passing the pass, the door of the mansion opened, and Liu Bei came out from inside.

Cui Di is the most shrewd person, and yesterday he found out that the man with earlobe to shoulder looks like Liu Yu's confidant.

So he stepped forward and said in a flattering manner, "General, the two of us are here to visit King Zhongshan!"

"My master is having dinner, you two can go with me to the front hall and wait!" Liu Bei was not polite to them, and asked his subordinates to accept the gifts of the two cars.

Zhou Fang and Cui Di felt a lot more at ease when they saw that Liu's house had received the gift, but they were about to lift their legs to enter the house when they heard a loud and clear voice behind them.

"This is the mansion of King Zhongshan, right! I'm going to come here to learn from you!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei turned around and saw that the person who came was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, with a jade-like face and extraordinary temperament, especially his burly figure was half a head taller than himself.

"It seems that he is Ma Chao, Ma Teng's eldest son."

Liu Bei also knew about Ma Teng's apprenticeship for his son, so he asked Ma Chao, Zhou Fang, and Cui Di to wait in the front hall.

The three of them waited in the front hall for half an hour, all a little anxious. Zhou Fang and Cui Di didn't dare to show it too much, but Ma Chao had an unruly temper and was about to get up and leave as soon as he slapped the table.

In fact, Ma Chao was reluctant to come to apprentice as a teacher. He felt that it would be a bit embarrassing to ask someone who was only five or six years older than himself to be a teacher.

It's just that he couldn't stand his father's bitter words, now that he came to Liu's mansion but couldn't see the rightful owner, the anger simmering in his heart finally couldn't be suppressed.

"I've been waiting for an hour, but the king of Zhongshan didn't show up. Is this the way the Liu family treats guests? It doesn't matter if such a noble and arrogant master doesn't pay homage!"

Ma Chao was about to leave angrily when he heard a light cough from outside the room.

"You are young, but you have a good temper. I didn't see any sincerity when I said that I came to apprentice!"

Accompanied by Liu Bei, Liu Yu slowly walked into the front hall.

Liu Yu was not angry and prestige, and the kingly aura on his body immediately made the three people in the room feel the pressure.

Zhou Fang and Cui Di rushed forward to pay their respects. Although Ma Chao was rebellious, he also knew that his identity was different, so he could only pay respects reluctantly.

At this time, Liu Yu also took the opportunity to check it with the system's visual function.

"Ding, Ma Chao, force 97, command 90, resourcefulness 68, mind 66, friendliness 10, five elements attribute, gold."

Ma Chao's various abilities are comparable to Zhang Fei's, but he has one more five-element attribute than Zhang Fei.

Although Liu Yu has no shortage of metallic generals for the time being, he can still get 2000 Wuxing coins if he is subdued, so no matter how rebellious Ma Chao is, Liu Yu is bound to win for him.

One monkey is tied to the other, and rebellious people should be suppressed and tempered, so Liu Yu decided to give Ma Chao a warning before accepting him as a disciple.

"Your father Ma Teng and I hit it off right away, so I decided to accept you as an apprentice, but before I become a teacher, I have to examine your ability so that I can teach you according to your aptitude."

Speaking of this, Liu Yu smiled wickedly in his heart, and asked: "What special skills do you have, let me tell you."

Ma Chao thought that since it was a test, he should show what he was best at.

So Ma Chao said proudly: "I am born with supernatural powers, and I can lift a weight of five hundred catties with one arm!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Fang and Cui Di were astonished as heavenly beings, and even Liu Bei sighed inwardly. This kid's arm strength is even as strong as that of his third brother Zhang Fei!
Only Liu Yu showed an expression of disbelief, and said, "Is that really the case? Young people can't lie!"

Ma Chao was displeased after hearing this and wanted to demonstrate on the spot, but he searched around and found nothing too heavy.

At this time, Liu Yu said with a smile: "There are no boulders weighing several hundred catties in my mansion, how about this, you can hold a bucket weighing five catties in one hand, and if you can hold it horizontally for an hour, you will be considered as strong as a thousand catties."

When Ma Chao heard that the total weight was only ten catties, he felt as if he had been insulted.

"Is King Zhongshan looking down on people? A child who weighs only ten catties can lift it. I, Ma Chao, am not an ordinary child!"

Liu Yu smiled again after hearing this, and said: "Of course you can lift a weight of ten catties, but you must not be able to hold it for an hour. If you can pass the test, I will not only apologize on the spot, but also worship you as a teacher in turn! "

"Is this true?"

"I'm the King of Zhongshan, how can I lie!"

Ma Chao has a pretentious personality, and always felt that no one could be his teacher. At this time, when he heard that he had the opportunity to be Liu Yu's teacher, he agreed on the spot.

Liu Bei first led Ma Chao to the front yard for a test. At this time, Liu Yu chatted with Zhou Fang and Cui Di about the debts of the Huangfu family.

In fact, Liu Yu took the debts to himself not all because of the Huangfu family. In his memory, the Zhou family and the Cui family were the biggest businessmen in Luoyang City.

In the strong man blueprint planned by Liu Yu, vigorously developing business will be an important territory.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants do not have a high status. Liu Yu knew that mentioning business in the court would definitely not be recognized.

So he decided to form a super chamber of commerce by himself, and wait for the chamber of commerce to be strong enough before merging into the court.

In this way, there will be no conflicts with officials in the court because of different ideas, and the chamber of commerce can be used to drive the economy of the whole world.

This is of course a great ideal, but it is also an extremely time-consuming and huge project.

With Liu Yu's current strength, it is impossible to start this plan immediately, but it is feasible to find two families who are familiar with business to do a small-scale experiment.

By coincidence, the Zhou family and Cui Jian entered Liu Yu's field of vision, and what was even more coincidental was that after meeting Dong Zhuo in secret, Liu Yu discovered that he had an opportunity to control the Zhou family and the Cui family.

Now that there is a way to control the two of them, Liu Yu gave up using the method of wooing to make friends with the two.

So Liu Yu said straight to the point: "The two of you came to the mansion to talk about things but you brought gifts. It's too polite. I, Liu Yu, am not a bully. Let me tell you how much the Huangfu family owes you. I have paid back all the proofs for them.”

(End of this chapter)