"Everyone, get off the carriage!" Before the person in charge of this group of private soldiers could say anything, a person who looked like a steward saw Liu Mang and the others stop the carriage and arrogantly ordered Liu Mang and the others.
"I don't know what happened to this young man! Why do you want our carriage to stop? " Jia Xu smiled at the leader of the private soldiers. If Liu Mang could see Jia Xu's smile from outside the carriage, it meant that the snake was about to spit out its venomous tongue. It meant that someone was about to be unlucky. Jia Xu ignored the steward and asked the leader of the private soldiers.
"We suspect that there is a fugitive in your carriage, so everyone get off the carriage for inspection!" The leader of the private soldiers didn't want to speak because the steward was enough. However, since Jia Xu asked, he naturally replied coldly to Jia Xu.
"So that's the case!" Jia Xu nodded and said indifferently, "If there is a fugitive, we, the people of Jingzhou, are duty-bound to help you catch the fugitive. Everyone, get ready to get off the carriage!"
"Yes!" Several of Jia Xu's subordinates nodded. Just now, Jia Xu directly talked to the leader of the private soldiers, which made the steward very unhappy. However, after hearing Jia Xu's reply, the steward was very satisfied. He waved his hand and wanted to arrest these people first. He was indeed here to catch people, but not fugitives. They weren't the guards of Xiangyang City, but he had the guts to walk freely in Xiangyang City because of his master.
The steward waited for an order to arrest these people. However, after waiting for a long time, Jia Xu and the others didn't move at all. This made the leader of the private soldiers frown. The steward's hands were already numb.
"Why don't you get off the carriage? Do you want us to do it? "The steward shouted suddenly.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Young man, you want to catch fugitives. Do you have a search warrant from the government?" Jia Xu spread out his hands and asked.
"Search warrant?!" The housekeeper was stunned. Search warrants were used by the government to arrest fugitives. They were not the guards of Xiangyang. They were just the private soldiers of the landlords. If they had such a thing, he had to say he did not have it.
The leader of the private soldiers stepped forward and stopped the butler. "There is a search warrant!"
"Huh?!" The butler looked doubtfully at the leader of the private soldiers. Although he was doubtful, he was also a person who mingled with the crowd. Naturally, he nodded his head.
"We have a search warrant. Please get off the carriage and let us check it!"
"Huh?!" Jia Xu couldn't help but take another look at the leader of the private soldiers. This person was really interesting. Originally, Jia Xu thought that this person would say that he didn't have a search warrant. That way, Jia Xu could directly reprimand this person, saying that he didn't have a search warrant. What qualifications did he have to conduct a search without a search warrant? He could make this person lose face. But now, this person directly said that he had a search warrant. It was also this person who said that he would shoot arrows to force Liu Mang and the others to stop the carriage. This person was really talented.
"Then, can I have a look at this search warrant?" Although Jia Xu looked at this person a little more in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.
"The search warrant is an important thing. How can I show it to you?!" The butler directly put his hands on his waist and shouted at Jia Xu's nose.
"Haha, if there is no search warrant, then forgive me for not getting off the carriage for you to search!" Jia Xu said with a smile.
Seeing that the butler spoke first, the leader of the private soldiers frowned. This person was simply a hindrance.
"You are courting death!" The butler pointed directly at Jia Xu's nose and scolded him.
"You can try!" Jia Xu narrowed his eyes. Two of the four third-rate military officers beside him were protecting the three carriages. The other two were standing beside Jia Xu, exuding a murderous aura.
This kind of murderous aura made the leader of the private soldiers vigilant. This kind of murderous aura could only be felt by people who had been on the battlefield. Moreover, it was the kind of people who had killed many people. The people in the carriage were not simple. However, the leader of the private soldiers had no choice. The people he wanted to capture this time were too important.
"Oh, you still want to resist? You simply don't know how to appreciate favors! " The butler was very smug. He waved his hand and the private soldiers directly surrounded Jia Xu and the others. The swords in their hands were also unsheathed. The butler's face showed a proud smile. As long as he gave the order, these people would be taken down. At that time, he could do whatever he wanted. They had a total of thirty people on their side, and the other side only had four guards. The butler thought that victory was in his hands.
However, the leader of the private soldiers didn't think so. He waved his hand and said, "Back down!" He ordered the subordinates who were about to attack to back down.
"Deng Tian? You?! "The butler pointed at the leader of the private soldiers and shouted in confusion.
So his name is Deng Tian. Jia Xu looked at the leader of the private soldiers and thought in his heart.
"Shut up! I have the final say here! "The leader of the private soldiers scolded the butler.
"You, Deng Tian, don't be so shameless!" The butler shouted at the leader of the private soldiers. The butler's face was red. In such a public place, the leader of the private soldiers dared to speak to him like this. It was simply a slap in the face.
"Butler Huang, at home, I, Deng Tian, listen to you. But outside, you have to listen to me!" Deng Tian also looked at the butler and said. He didn't back down at all. After all, Deng Tian was a martial artist, and the butler was a weak person. Naturally, he couldn't look at Deng Tian. His eyes flickered and he retreated.
"Good, good, good! Deng Tian, you'd better remember this. You'd better remember this. If it weren't for Young Master, you'd have died a long time ago. How dare you do this! "The housekeeper glared at Deng Tian.
"I, Deng Tian, have no way to repay the young master's kindness. I can only repay him with my life. But what does this have to do with you?" Deng Tian also looked at the butler and said straightforwardly.
Deng Tian was a member of the Deng Family in Nanyang. Speaking of the Deng Family, it was once a big aristocratic family in Jingzhou. The Deng Family first relied on the former Governor of Jingzhou, Wang Rui. Wang Rui cared for the Deng Family very much. At that time, the Deng Family was just like the Cai Family. Deng Tian was the successor of the Deng Family. At that time, he was also a young master of an aristocratic family. However, the good times didn't last long. After Wang Rui was killed by Sun Jian, Liu Biao took over Jingzhou. Because of Wang Rui, the Deng Family suffered from Liu Biao's purge. Nanyang's Deng Family suddenly fell into ruin. But even so, the Deng Family was still able to maintain the glory of an aristocratic family. After all, they were a big aristocratic family.
To be exact, he was played to death by the Cai Clan. Although the Deng Clan was a godly detective, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. The Cai Clan still had many years of savings. The Cai Clan was greedy for money and the Deng Clan wanted to add insult to injury. Of course, even if the Cai Clan had Liu Biao's support, they would still be able to take down the Deng Clan. That was why Cai Mao wanted to borrow a knife to kill the Deng Clan.
At that time, this knife was Zhang Ji, who had just lost the Battle of Zhili. Zhang Ji took a large group of Western Liang soldiers and withdrew from Zhili. He couldn't defeat Li Gui and Guo Si, so he could only leave Zhili and go to Jingzhou. His first stop was Nanyang.
The Cai Family didn't do anything. While Nanyang's army was preparing for war, the Deng Family resisted Zhang Ji's attacks for ten days, causing Zhang Ji to suffer heavy losses. Zhang Ji's army was about to leave and find another place to rob.
The Cai Family opened the gates of Nanyang's Wan City. This made things very interesting. Zhang Ji's army was blocked by the Deng Family for a long time and suffered heavy losses. Now that the gates of Wan City were opened, how could Zhang Ji endure it?
The army directly attacked Wan City. It was easy to guess what happened to the Deng Family. The entire Deng Family had more than three hundred people. They were all killed by Zhang Ji's subordinate, Hu Che Er. Deng Tian could be said to be the last person of the Deng Family. He was studying in Jingzhou at that time. That was how he managed to escape this calamity. However, the entire Deng Family was finished. Their clansmen were all dead, and their businesses in Jingzhou were also swallowed up by others. In the end, the Deng Family even gave the Cai Family a great merit. When the Deng Family was on their deathbed, they dragged Zhang Ji along with them to meet the King of Hell.
This wasn't the end. The gates were opened from the inside. Nanyang was also occupied. Then the responsibility came. Who was it that opened the gates of Nanyang? Even a fool would know that it wasn't the Deng Family. But who told the Deng Family to be finished? Everyone kicks a man who is down. All the blame was placed on the Deng Family's head.
Deng Tian, the only descendant of the Deng Family, naturally became a sinner. He was captured in Jingzhou. Seeing that Deng Tian was killed, the Deng Family was completely finished. It was the Huang Family's Patriarch, Huang Zu, who pleaded with Liu Biao to spare Deng Tian's life. Liu Biao also knew that this was the Cai Family's plan. However, he had been coveting the Deng Family for a long time. Sixty percent of the Deng Family's assets were used by Liu Biao to prepare the army. It could be said that more than half of the resources of the Jingzhou Army in Jiang Xia were originally from the Deng Family.
Liu Biao needed the Huang Family to balance the Cai Family. Naturally, he had to give face to Huang Zu. This was why Deng Tian was able to live.
However, Deng Tian's life wasn't without conditions. He had to enter the Huang Family as a servant. Although he was the leader of a private army, in reality, he was just a servant. Everything that the Deng Family did became a wedding dress for someone else.
"A member of a destroyed family?" The corner of Deng Tian's mouth was mixed with a bitter smile. Only he knew the pain in his heart. Can you understand the feeling of being left alone when all your family members are dead?! Although Deng Tian had formed a new family, married a wife, and had a son, Deng Tian would never forget this pain for the rest of his life.
In the carriage, Liu Mang was also listening to Kuai Ran talk about Deng Tian. This Deng Tian was too familiar. Kuai Ran had even traveled with Deng Tian before. However, after the Deng Family was destroyed, Deng Tian disappeared. Kuai Ran never saw him again. He didn't expect to see him in the Huang Family's private army.
"Nanyang's Deng Family?" Liu Mang frowned. He didn't think about the Deng Family in Nanyang.
"You can say that it's the Deng Family in Xinye or even the Deng Family in Changjiang!" Kuai Ran sighed. Back then, the Deng Family's businesses were spread across both sides of the Changjiang River. Their wealth in Xinye and Nanyang was comparable to that of a country. However, they were schemed against and annexed.
Kuai Ran shook his head and sighed. "Fortunately, I heard that Deng Tian married a commoner's wife and gave birth to a chubby son named Fan. It's a blessing that the Deng Family has a successor!"
"Deng Fan?" When Liu Mang heard Kuai Ran's words, he did not want to say anything else. After all, this was a world of cannibalism. Every day, there would be nobles being destroyed and new nobles being promoted. This was how the world worked. Generation after generation was endless and the moon was the same every year.
"Deng Fan, Deng Fan!" As Liu Mang was reading, he suddenly froze. Meng De grabbed Kuai Ran. Liu Mang was no longer a weak scholar. His strength was not small. Kuai Ran immediately felt pain from Meng De's hand.
"Brother Wang, Brother Wang!" Kuai Ran's slender arms and legs could not withstand Liu Mang's grip.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Liu Mang realized that he was hurting Kuai Ran and quickly let go. However, he couldn't hide the excitement in his voice. "Brother Kuai, Brother Kuai, is Deng Fan's name derived from the word 'Fan'?" Liu Mang looked at Kuai Ran excitedly.
"Eh?" Kuai Ran looked at Liu Mang in confusion. His arm was red from Liu Mang's grip. If it was someone else, Kuai Ran would have already lost his temper. However, Liu Mang was his savior. Kuai Ran had nothing to say. "Does Brother Wang know Brother Deng Tian?"
Kuai Ran was confused. He only found out about the story behind Deng Fan's name after asking around. It turned out that Deng Tian had been to Yingchuan when he was studying. There, he read two lines from the late Grand Elder Chen Yi's inscription, "Literature is the model of the world, conduct is the rule of the scholars." He admired this and named his son Deng Fan.
"That's right! Haha! Haha! Deng Fan, Deng Fan, Deng Ai, Deng Ai! " Liu Mang seemed to have gone crazy. Kuai Ran couldn't help but touch Liu Mang's forehead to see if he was really crazy. Who was Deng Ai?
"Hahaha, I picked up a treasure, I picked up a treasure!" Liu Mang laughed crazily.
"Brother Kuai, have you finished your apprenticeship?" Liu Mang asked Kuai Ran.
"Eh? Why do you ask, Brother Wang? " Finishing one's apprenticeship meant that one could take charge of an area and accept disciples. Kuai Ran was once a famous teacher and could even be considered as fellow apprentices of Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang. However, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and the others were already famous while Kuai Ran couldn't compare to them. This was why Kuai Ran was embarrassed to say that he was fellow apprentices of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu.
Although Kuai Ran couldn't be compared to these people, he was still a graduate. Even though he wasn't a genius, he could still manage an area. Therefore, Kuai Ran nodded and said, "I have finished my apprenticeship!"
"Good, good, good! Brother Kuai, I would like to ask you for a favor! "Liu Mang said to Kuai Ran.
"Favor?" Kuai Ran was even more confused. What did Liu Mang want? However, since Liu Mang had said so, Kuai Ran naturally wouldn't refuse. After all, his life was saved by Liu Mang.
"Brother Wang, even if you want my life, I have nothing to say!" Kuai Ran's words were very careless.
Liu Mang rolled his eyes. Want your life? If Liu Mang killed Kuai Ran, Kuai Yue would definitely fight with him. If that happened, Liu Mang wouldn't be able to do anything to him.
"I don't need Brother Kuai's life. I just want Brother Kuai Ran to help me accept someone as a disciple. With my current status, I can't accept a disciple!" Liu Mang said to Kuai Ran. Liu Mang was the King Of Shu and also the Lord of Yangzhou. Although he had a high status, he couldn't reveal it directly. If he did, his plan would be ruined. Liu Mang didn't want to miss out on Deng Fan, Deng Ai. Therefore, Liu Mang could only ask Kuai Ran for help.
"Accept someone as a disciple?" Kuai Ran looked at Liu Mang and smiled. "I wonder which child is so lucky to have Brother Wang as a disciple!" Kuai Ran ignored the fact that Liu Mang said that he couldn't accept a disciple because of his status. He thought that Liu Mang was still a student in Lumen Academy.
"It's Deng Tian's son, Deng Fan!" Liu Mang said to Kuai Ran.
"Ahh?" Kuai Ran was stunned. He knew what kind of person Deng Tian was. Although Deng Tian was talented, he wasn't very talented. Moreover, Deng Tian was just a servant of the Huang Family. Now, Liu Mang wanted to accept Deng Tian's son as a disciple. What was going on? They had never met each other before.
"Brother Kuai Ran, is this difficult?" Liu Mang looked at Kuai Ran and thought that Kuai Ran was in a difficult position. Liu Mang couldn't help but frown. Should he reveal his status to accept this kid?
"No, no, no! It's not difficult, it's not difficult! " Kuai Ran quickly shook his head. Although Kuai Ran's status was very high and he was the heir of the Kuai Clan and the only son of the Kuai Clan, it could be said that he was second only to one person in Jingzhou. However, Kuai Ran was not interested in it. Liu Mang was his savior and Liu Mang had helped him and Yan Ran get married. Naturally, Kuai Ran would not refuse.
"Brother Wang, do you need to do this for Deng Fan?" Kuai Ran was puzzled. Liu Mang hadn't even met Deng Fan before. Why was he so eager to accept Deng Fan as a disciple?
"Fate, fate, this is predestined!" Liu Mang could only use this as a joke. Fortunately, the ancient people still believed in fate.
Seeing how determined Liu Mang was, Kuai Ran didn't care. Kuai Ran naturally didn't want to ask.
Looking at Kuai Ran's disdainful expression, Liu Mang was secretly happy. How did you know that Deng Fan was one of the people who decided the fate of the world?
Deng Fan and Jiang Wei were true gods in the later period of the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu decided the fate of the Three Kingdoms. Their words were comparable to a hundred thousand soldiers. However, in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, and Zhou Buyi ruled the world.
Liu Mang only knew that Deng Fan was Deng Ai. He was from Xinye and didn't expect him to be from Nanyang. However, after hearing Kuai Ran's words, he realized that Xinye and Nanyang were very close.
In history books, it was written that the Deng Family was a large family in Xinye. However, Deng Ai's family background couldn't be investigated in detail. Deng Ai lost his father when he was young. Deng Ai lived in an era of frequent wars and social unrest. He lived in the Central Plains where there was a high concentration of land. It was easy to imagine how difficult his life was. Now, Liu Mang saw that Deng Ai's father is not dead and is still alive in front of Liu Mang. That may be because Liu Mang, this little butterfly, flapped its wings and changed Nanyang to Old Cao's territory instead of Liu Mang occupying Nanyang. However, Deng Ai had received a good education since he was young. This had a great impact on his life. In the 13th year of Jian An, after Cao Cao conquered the Central Plains, he forced the local people to move north. Deng Ai, his mother, and his clansmen were forced to move to Runan (present-day Shang Cai, Henan). Because of his young age, Deng Ai was initially a cowherd boy. However, he had great ambitions since he was young. He was determined to change his fate through struggle. When he was twelve years old, he followed his mother to Yingchuan. He read the two sentences of the late Taiqiu Chief Chen Yi's inscription, "Literature as the model of the world, conduct as a scholar." He was delighted and admired it. Therefore, he named himself Deng Fan. Later, there was someone in the clan who had the same name as him, so he changed his name.
This was even easier to explain. Deng Ai's father was still alive. Naturally, Deng Ai didn't need to move. The matter of naming was naturally his father's matter. Deng Tian went to Yingchuan, so it was normal.
Deng Ai's original life path changed because he met Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang's lifelong enemy. Now, Deng Fan's life path was changed. The person who changed his life was Liu Mang.
Deng Ai put forward two proposals under Sima Yi's command. These two proposals were the reason why Cao Wei maintained a strong victory in the later period of the Three Kingdoms. These two proposals were first, to dig rivers and canals, to build irrigation works, in order to irrigate the farmland, to increase the yield per unit area and to dredge the water transportation. Second, to implement a large-scale military camp in Huaibei and Huainan. He thought, "The land is fertile, but unfortunately there is little water. We can't fully utilize the land. We should dig rivers and canals, divert water for irrigation, amass military rations, and open up the water transportation routes. "Thus, he explained his point of view in the book" Jihe Lun ". Deng Ai also thought, "In the past, to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, we stationed troops and opened up the farmland. We amassed a lot of rations in Xudu, with the goal of controlling the world. Today, the three sides have been pacified, but there is still war south of the Huai River. Every time the army goes south, half of the troops are used for transportation. The cost is huge, and the labor is heavy. The land between Chen and Cai is fertile. We can reduce the rice paddies around Xuchang and divert the water to the east. Today, there are 20,000 troops north of the Huai River and 30,000 south of the Huai River. Two-tenths of the troops are off in shifts, so there are usually 40,000 troops to farm and defend. When the weather is good, the harvest is often three times that of the west. After deducting the expenses of the soldiers and civilians, we use five million dendrobiums as military funds every year. In six to seven years, we can amass 30 million dendrobiums of rations in the upper reaches of the Huai River. This amount of rations is enough to feed 100,000 soldiers and civilians for five years. Relying on this accumulation to attack Dong Yue Wu, we will be invincible! "
And the place where these plans were carried out was Huainan, which was in the Yangzhou region. It could be said that Liu Mang was Deng Ai's true master. They were simply a perfect match. Deng Ai's two strategies allowed Huainan to once again become the richest place in the world, and Liu Mang was now the master of Huainan. Wasn't this a natural master-disciple relationship?!
This was not the reason why Liu Mang wanted Deng Ai. After all, Deng Ai's strategies were also known by Liu Mang. He also had an extra 1,800 years of experience. In terms of water conservancy, he was even better than Deng Ai.
The reason why Liu Mang wanted Deng Ai was because of Deng Ai's talent in war. Liu Mang previously said that there were such people in this world. There were strategists. These strategists could decide the fate of an army with a single word. For example, Liu Mang's words caused Yuan Shao's army to scatter and flee, causing Hebei's decades of foundation to crumble. Another example would be Zhou Yu's words, Zhuge Liang's words caused Cao Cao's army of 800,000 to scatter. These were the top strategists.
There was also a type of people called battle generals. These were people like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lü Bu, Zhao Yun. These people could lead an army and take the lead. They could charge and break through enemy lines. Taking the head of the enemy's general was as simple as taking something out of their pocket. These were battle generals.
These were people like Gao Shun, Ju Yi, and Yu Jin. Gao Shun's military strength was only second-rate, but his ability to train troops was top-notch. The Formation Breaker that he trained was truly the king of land warfare. Liu Mang's Black Flag Army and City Administration were not necessarily a match for the Formation Breaker. The Formation Breaker was one of the reasons why Lü Bu was able to make a comeback after repeated failures. The Formation Breaker was too elite. Lü Bu once suspected that Gao Shun might betray him. Therefore, he was a little wary of Gao Shun and did not let Gao Shun control the military power.
Yu Jin's Imperial Army was also elite. It could be said that Cao Cao did not have Yu Jin. His army could not be trained. Those elite Qing Province soldiers were trained by Yu Jin. Yu Jin's military strength was only second-rate. If it was one against one, Liu Mang could suppress Yu Jin. However, although Liu Mang trained the City Guard, he was still inferior to Yu Jin.
Ju Yi was also the same. He was the first to enter the Formation Breaker. He was also famous. However, he was too old-fashioned and was still beheaded by Yuan Shao.
The last type was a commander. Such a person could be considered a strategist or a general. For example, Zhuge Liang led the army to attack Cao Wei. For example, a top strategist like Sima Yi. There was also someone like Zhang Liao who could command an army of 100,000. Such a person was the true master. He could control the entire situation. He did not care about the victory of a battle but the victory of the entire campaign. Such a person was a strategist.
Deng Ai was such a person. If Deng Ai had to be compared to a person, then that person would be Zhou Yu. He was good at both civil and martial arts. He could lead a region. He could also take off his armor and become a strategist. He could even put on his armor and go into battle to kill the enemy.
Cao Wei was able to conquer Shu because of Deng Ai's ability. It should be known that Jiang Wei was not a person who could be compared to him.
In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, the only person who could be compared to Deng Ai was Zhou Buyi. Unfortunately, such a monstrous genius died early. Therefore, only Deng Ai's most glorious moment was recorded in history.
If Deng Ai was allowed to grow up and fall into the hands of Escapist Cao or Liu Mang, then his country would be doomed to be unstable. If Liu Mang missed out on such a talent, even if he conquered the Central Plains and pacified Jiangdong, then Deng Ai would be able to grow up and fall into the hands of Escapist Liu or Escapist Liu.
"I'll leave everything to you!" Liu Mang did not feel relieved and said to Kuai Ran.
"Good, good. You, Deng Tian, have guts. You have guts!" The housekeeper laughed. "Wait and see how I will report this to the young master!"
"You have nothing to say!" Deng Tian, who was on the side, was very disdainful of this housekeeper. Although Deng Tian was a servant, he disdained to associate with people like this housekeeper, who flattered and bullied the weak and feared the weak.
"Mister, we have a search warrant but it is still in the mansion. Due to the urgency of the situation, we cannot take it out in time. If mister really wants to see it, then please come with us. When we arrive at the mansion, we can let mister have a look. It won't be too late for us to search then! "Deng Tian looked at Jia Xu and said.
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