Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

When Ma Teng heard these words, his wounded heart was instantly healed.

Thousands of kilograms of refined salt!

These supplies were not in short supply in Chang'an, but they were extremely scarce in Xiliang, a place where only horses and sheep defecated.

The scarcity of horses is even higher than that in the Central Plains.

If there is a shortage of horses in the Central Plains, you can buy them with money, or exchange them for other supplies. If all else fails, just give up the horses and train your infantry.

But you can't live without salt. If you don't eat it for a day, you will feel weak all over. If you don't eat it for a few days, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get out of bed.

Even if you want to buy it with money, it is difficult to buy it. For the cunning people in the Central Plains, they can just exchange horses for salt.

As long as I could get a thousand kilograms of refined salt and exchange it for some horses, things would be much easier.

Ma Teng's eyes were full of excitement. It seemed that this time, not only would his wallet not lose money, it might even get fatter.

"Uncle Emperor, please accept my greeting."

Ma Teng left with a look of admiration on his face. Before leaving, he left 500 cavalrymen to Ma Chao to help him serve under Liu Yu.

Seeing Ma Teng leave with a convinced look on his face, Liu Yu knew that this time his combination of kindness and severity had worked.

At least within a few years, Ma Teng would not have any other thoughts.

Liu Yu was also not worried about Han Sui. Although Han Sui was powerful, he did not have many choices after Ma Teng surrendered to him.

The wisest choice is to persuade Ma Teng, and the two of them will join forces to continue looking for opportunities to capture Chang'an.

This condition is obviously difficult to meet at present.

If he wanted to capture Chang'an, he had to deal with Ma Teng first, only then would this be possible.

Otherwise, he would just be leading the army and Ma Teng would stab him in the back. No one would be able to bear this.

Ma Teng's strength is not weak. It may be difficult to eliminate Ma Teng in a short time, even if he can succeed.

When two tigers fight, it is possible that both will suffer losses in the end.

An injured tiger is not even within his consideration; it poses no threat to him.

Even if Han Sui could easily eliminate Ma Teng, Liu Yu would not be worried. Isn't Ma Chao in his hands?

The hatred for killing his father was irreconcilable, so how could Ma Chao not fight him to the death?

At that time, we only need to give him some elite troops, let him gather Ma Teng's old subordinates, and send one or two counselors to give advice to Ma Chao. Only Han Sui will be in trouble. With Ma Chao entangled with him in Xiliang, he will have no energy to plan for Chang'an.

It was already evening when we returned to Chang'an City.

Liu Yu held a banquet in his mansion as a welcome party for Ma Chao.

Jia Xu already knew the whole story and he admired Liu Yu more and more.

The strategy he came up with was only to repel the attacking cavalry, but Liu Yu was able to apply it to other situations without losing a single soldier. Not only did he make Ma Chao surrender, he also subdued Ma Teng.

There is no need to worry about Xiliang.

Halfway through the banquet, Jia Xu looked at Liu Yu and said, "Uncle, there are rampant banditry around Chang'an City. We should send troops to eliminate them as soon as possible."

"Wenhe's words make sense." Liu Yu smiled slightly, "This matter has been delayed for so long, it's time to put it on the plan."

Seeing the opportunity to make merit, Ma Chao stood up, saluted and said: "My lord, I am new here and have not made any merit. Let me lead my cavalry to complete this mission."

Seeing Ma Chao volunteering, Liu Yu laughed out loud.

"With Mengqi's help, this will definitely be accomplished. You only have 500 cavalrymen. How about this? I will only give you 2,000 infantrymen to help you suppress the bandits."

"It's just a bandit problem. Five hundred cavalry are enough. There is no need for the lord to send more people."

Seeing Ma Chao's calm eyes, Jia Xu asked, "Mengqi, let me ask you, what should we pay attention to when we go to suppress the bandits?"

Ma Chao thought for a moment, not quite understanding what Jia Xu meant. What else should he pay attention to when he was trying to eliminate a bandit? Pay attention to his own safety? What a joke, how could those people threaten his life?

"Please teach me, sir?"

Jia Xu laughed and stroked his beard with one hand.

"Those so-called bandits were originally Han people. If they were not desperate, who would be willing to become bandits? The emperor's uncle is kind and righteous. Although he has heard about the bandit problem for a long time, why hasn't he taken action yet? It's because he is worried about them. When you go there, you must publicize the emperor's uncle's kindness and righteousness, try your best to pacify them, and tell them that as long as they are willing to surrender, Chang'an City will have food and land, and as long as they behave themselves in the future, they will be forgiven for what they did before."

"Of course, I'm not saying this to tell you not to kill. You must not show any mercy to those vicious people. You must kill them if they deserve it. Otherwise, they won't follow you back obediently."

In Jia Xu's words, Liu Yu's glorious image was further strengthened.

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao suddenly understood and bowed.

"Thank you for your teachings, sir. I understand that I will live up to the name of my lord this time."

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Mengqi, when you go to eliminate the bandits, I have something to tell you. You must keep in mind that you must discipline your soldiers and not bully the elderly, children, women, or children. Otherwise, you will be punished by military law."

In this era, military discipline was lax and most troops were no different from bandits.

Bandits burned, killed, and looted, and so did the army.

From this moment on, Liu Yu had decided to take a different military system. He wanted his army to be different from other armies. Only in this way could he continue to win the hearts of the people, grow stronger, and reach the highest point of the era step by step.

Of course, the basis for the army to strictly observe military discipline is to have sufficient money and food, especially food. If the army has no food to eat, who will care about the so-called military discipline.

Since talking to Jia Xu last time, Liu Yu has arranged for Zhang Su and the other man to use the profits earned from refined salt to purchase grain on a large scale. He believes that it won't be long before a large amount of grain will be transported to Chang'an City.

Ma Chao saluted.

"I'll take note of your order, my lord."

He turned to look at Xu Shu and said, "Yuanzhi, from today on, in addition to your own government affairs, you will also temporarily take on this responsibility. If anyone breaks the military law, you will be the one to enforce it. How long you will be in charge of this concurrent position will be determined after I find the right person."

Liu Yu actually had a candidate in mind, but he didn't know whether this person had joined Cao Cao's army at this time. Liu Yu just hoped that he hadn't made a decision so quickly.

He had already issued the order to recruit talents, and there would definitely be knowledgeable people from all over the world who would come. However, as of now, Liu Yu had not seen any.

Part of the reason may be that Chang'an City is too far away, and the journey is long and difficult.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu wanted to go to Luoyang as soon as possible. Although it was dilapidated, it was located in the heart of the Central Plains, with convenient waterways, which was very conducive to the gathering of talents.

There is no way, some things cannot be rushed, we can only take it step by step.