Chapter 127: Moving Forward on the Road to Death
And so it was the night.
The next day, Fan Juan got up early in the morning and began to dress up. She had a smile on her face all the time, and she was very happy in her heart.
And after Zhao Yun woke up, he lay on the bed, recalling what happened last night.
However, since Fan Juan has become a wife, of course she has to wait for Zhao Yun to get up and change clothes and bathe. After all, last night's gut fight, both of them were sweating profusely.
Zhao Yun knows the things of men and women, and often hears people say that it is wonderful. After truly experiencing that kind of wonderfulness, Zhao Yun really didn't expect it to be so evocative. Looking at the beautiful Fan Juan, Zhao Yun felt that it was worth losing his child's body.
Because it was a newlywed Yan'er, Liu Yu deliberately gave Zhao Yun a few days off, so that Zhao Yun could rest for a while and enjoy the happiness of being newly married.
Liu Yu, who is Your Majesty, is really attentive.
"Zilong, you have to fight hard. Strive to give birth to a few more talents for the future of the imperial court as soon as possible. "Liu Yudu is about to become the chairman of the fertility promotion committee.
Luoyang is happy here, and it seems that even the ordinary people feel the atmosphere of joy.
In the south, Koto is not so far.
With the passage of time, Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou has slowly gathered a huge number of troops, and as soon as the time comes, he will immediately attack Jiangdong on all fronts.
After the First Battle of Chibi, Jiangdong's elite troops were almost completely lost, and the middle-level generals suffered countless casualties. The only thing that can be gratified is that on the side of the generals, Jiangdong has no loss.
Sun Ce had learned that Cheng Pu had been captured and was now under house arrest in Xiangyang City.
Liu Yu was not unfavorable to Cheng Pu, he saw Sun Jian's face, and he also had a few relationships with Cheng Pu, so he spared Cheng Pu's life. But it was impossible for Cheng Pu to return to Jiangdong unless Sun Ce sent someone to rescue him. Judging from the current situation, Cheng Pu has no way to be rescued by Sun Ce in his life.
Cheng Pu didn't die, and Sun Ce felt a lot less ashamed. Cheng Pu met Sun Jian when he was young and grew up watching Sun Ce. Sun Ce is also a person who values feelings, and Cheng Pu is more of an elder than a subordinate to Sun Ce.
The good news for another team, Sun Ce, is that Gan Ning finally returned to Jiangdong after a lot of hardships.
To be honest, Gan Ning's luck really wasn't covered. After he escaped from Liu Yu's hands, he found a place to hide. A large-scale search of Gan Ning in Jingzhou has not found any traces. Gan Ning actually used the easiest way to avoid searching, he directly soaked in the water and fled Jingzhou from the waterway. During the day, Gan Ning hid on the shore, relying on hunting and wild fruits and vegetables for food, and did not even dare to make a fire, for fear of revealing his whereabouts. At night, Gan Ning went into the water, relying on his strong water nature, and swam to Jiangdong little by little. After such hardship, he was able to evade Liu Jun's comprehensive search. Gan Ning knew that if he fell into the hands of Liu Jun, the only fate would be death, and he would die very miserably. Not to mention anything else, just the confrontation with Liu Yu for a while can make Gan Ning die several times. Gan Ning is ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to himself.
When Gan Ning returned to Chaisang, both Sun Ce and Zhou Yu couldn't believe their eyes. At this time, Gan Ning was skinny, with red eyes and a scummy beard, just like a ghost.
As long as Gan Ning can come back safely, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are of course very happy. Gan Ning is a rare water general, and his ability even Liu Yu wants to recruit under his command. Gan Ning's return gave Jiangdong more strength to resist.
After Gan Ning returned, he simply mentioned his own experience, and he didn't say much in detail. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu can understand how hard Gan Ning is, and they recognize Gan Ning's loyalty even more. Being able to escape from Liu Yu's hands, Gan Ning's strength can be seen.
After that, Gan Ning only had one request, he wanted to eat a good hot meal. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu naturally agreed. When the meal was ready, Gan Ning devoured it like a hungry ghost. No one knows how Gan Ning came over these days. Without a bite of hot food or a good night's sleep, it's like living in hell.
Gan Ning, who was full of food and drink, finally fell asleep directly on the dining table, he was too tired.
Sun Ce's face was distressed, he could understand the difficulties of Gan Ning these days, and his heart was full of emotion.
Gan Ning has returned to Jiangdong, which has improved Jiangdong's morale to a certain extent. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu struck while the iron was hot and spread the news that Gan Ning had escaped from Liu Yu intact, which made Gan Ning a desirable presence among the Jiangdong soldiers. The methods of Emperor Shenwu Liu Yu are known to everyone. Gan Xingba was able to escape from Liu Yu's clutches safely, this is simply a mythical existence. Gan Ning's deeds continued to spread, giving Jiangdong a little more confidence to resist Liu Yu.
The morale boost made Sun Ce and Zhou Yu very happy, and this was what they wanted. But the improvement of morale is a good thing, but in fact it does not have much effect, and Jiangdong's strength is still not much consolidated. Jiangdong suffers a loss in the population, without a huge population base, there is no way to recruit troops, if Sun Ce doesn't care about other recruits, then Jiangdong doesn't need Liu Yu to fight, and civil strife can wipe Jiangdong away.
It's useless to worry, even if Sun Ce worries again, he can't change his disadvantages. It's no wonder that Jiangdong was defeated too badly in the Battle of Chibi, if it weren't for Jingzhou's Zhuge Liang's fighting style of being foolproof, if he was someone else, Jiangdong would have to continue to fight against Jingzhou at this time.
"Gong Jin, it's not a way to go on like this, Zhuge Villager is constantly hoarding troops in Jingzhou, and as soon as the weather is warm, we can't hold it in Jiangdong." Sun Ce looked at the map and kept worrying.
Zhou Yu is resourceful, but in the face of such a disadvantage, he has no solution for a while, so he can only say: "Chaisang is an important position in Jingzhou and Jiangdong. Having lost here, Jiangdong will not be able to resist any attack by Liu's army. In the next opinion, our army must keep Chaisan no matter what! ”
"For now, we can only transfer troops from the rear. Gong Jin, are all the families in Jiangdong safe? Sun Ce thought of a very important factor, that is, his internal stability.
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "As far as I know, the family in Jiangdong is still very peaceful, and the four major families are even more in accordance with Bo Fu's orders, contributing money and efforts to send troops. However, the four major families have one condition. ”
"Tell me?" Sun Ce was a little angry, he was like this, and the four major families actually had to put forward conditions.
The four major families actually didn't want to blackmail Sun Ce, and the condition was to make Sun Ce believe that they wouldn't make trouble.
Zhou Yu guessed the intentions of the four major families, so he helped to speak: "Bo Fu, the request of the four major families is very simple, that is, they hope that Bo Fu can exempt all the people of their family from servitude and taxes. ”
"Such a big ambition, they dare to mention such conditions to Ben General, they are not afraid that Ben will destroy them all!" Sun Ce didn't expect the four major families to have such a big appetite.
For a long time, Sun Ce relied on forced labor and taxes to blackmail the four major families. There are many people in the four major families, including domestic slaves, and Sun Ce has always collected taxes and arranged forced labor for the four major families in accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty, and has never been exempted. Because it's a huge amount of income. Without these restrictions, I am afraid that the four major families will become a cancer in Jiangdong, and it will be very difficult for Sun Ce to get rid of the four major families in the future.
"Bo Fu, the wolf ambitions of the four major families must be guarded against." Zhou Yu was very worried, the current situation, the four major families just knew that Sun Ce had no other way to defeat Liu Yu, either Sun Ce accepted defeat, or Sun Ce could only compromise with the four major families.
The four major families are very confident, they are not afraid that Sun Ce will use knives against them, if Sun Ce dares to mess around at this time, the four major families will dare to fight with Sun Ce. When the time comes, Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou will be launched immediately, and Jiangdong will not be surnamed Sun.
Prevention is a must be prevented. But now what Sun Ce wants to do most is to destroy all the four major families. But in the current situation, Sun Ce is really a rat trap.
"Gong Jin, what do you think? The four major families harbor evil intentions, and they really want to solve them all at once. Sun Ce coldly showed his killing intent.
Zhou Yu had a headache, he was very clear about the situation in Jiangdong, the Jiangdong family was intertwined, and there was a sense of wanting to empty Sun Ce, if it weren't for Sun Ce's heavy troops, it was estimated that the Jiangdong family would be reversed. Originally, Sun Ce steadily suppressed the family, but now Sun Ce's strength has suffered a huge loss, but the family has begun to be arrogant.
These families are really dead. Zhou Yu secretly hated in his heart, if in the past, the four major families dared to do this, without Sun Ce's orders, Zhou Yu would send troops to destroy them all. But at a very delicate moment in Jiangdong, isn't this just forcing Sun Ce to compromise? If Sun Ce compromises, this opening will be opened, what if other families also want to make such a request? What if the four major families saw Sun Ce's compromise this time and took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to continue to open their mouths?
"Bo Fu, sometimes it is necessary to retreat to leave room for yourself." Zhou Yu euphemistically said his suggestion.
Sun Ce clenched his fists, his whole body became cold, and he said unhappily: "The four major families are really going to force the general to do it this time!" ”
"Bo Fu, you have to calm down!" Zhou Yuke was frightened by Sun Ce.
If Sun Ce makes a big move to deal with the four major families this time, then he will be cheaper than Liu Jun in Jingzhou.
Sun Ce was furious, this time the four major families hit him on seven inches.
"Our biggest enemy now is Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou, the affairs of the four major families, let's put them aside for the time being, and then slowly clean them up after the situation is stabilized." Zhou Yu continued to persuade.
Sun Ce said hatefully: "Is it just for them to succeed like this? Without taxes and servitude, what can be used to balance these families! ”
Zhou Yu sneered: "Bo Fu, which time has the family paid the full tax." When did the conscription not be replaced by someone else? I have a plan to make the family helpless. ”
Sun Ce's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly asked, "Gong Jin, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
"I also just thought of it, you come here with your ears!" Zhou Yu greeted Sun Ce.
The two began to whisper, Sun Ce's face kept changing, and finally he smiled, clapped his hands and praised: "Gong Jin, you are really amazing." With this method, the family of Jiangdong cannot be a wall-watcher. ”
"Then you agreed?" Zhou Yu asked.
"There is a certain risk in this, but for the sake of the future, it can only be so!" Sun Ce nodded firmly.
Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce was so determined, so he immediately implemented his plan. The four major families of Jiangdong want to die, how can Mei Zhoulang not fulfill them?
Soon, Zhou Yu sent someone to bring the news that Sun Ce had agreed to reduce the taxes and forced labor of the four major families. And the four major families have a lot of weight to speak, concentrated in the Yu family. Yu Xuan, the head of the Yu family, was making remarks in high spirits at the moment.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Sun Bofu will definitely agree to our request this time, and you can wait for the news with peace of mind." Yu Fu said very calmly.
Most of the four families were smiling. The so-called no profit is not early, and the families will firmly grasp the opportunity to maximize their own interests.
Only a few were silent.
Everyone else was complimenting Yu Tuo and praising Yu Tuo as a scheming and wise man.
But a not-so-harmonious voice rang out.
"The rest of the people are full of confidence, aren't they afraid that Sun Bofu will turn his face?" A young man said this.
Yu flipped through and saw that this person was Lu Xun, who was the leader of the younger generation of the Lu family.
"Bo Yan, I've already planned it. Now is the moment when Sun Ce needs our support the most, and he will definitely agree. If Sun Ce dares to turn his face, unless this Jiangdong, he doesn't want it. Yu said softly.
Although Lu Xun is young, his eyesight is far beyond ordinary people, he can see that if Sun Ce is forced to compromise this time, the four major families will definitely be remembered by Sun Ce in the future, and it is impossible to have a good result. Lu Xun really wanted his Lu family not to get involved, but most of the Lu family wanted a piece of the pie, and Lu Xun was soft-spoken, and there was no way to influence it.
"The Tao is not the same, and I am leaving." Lu Xun got up and left.
Yu looked at Lu Xun who was leaving the table, and was secretly angry in his heart, didn't he slap him in the face fiercely?
"The Lu family is really talented." If it weren't for the fact that the four major families were all in-laws, Yu would have wanted to turn his face.
The people of the Lu family did not react, they expected that Yu Yu would not dare to do anything to them. The Lu family is not easy to bully.
Yu Zhen didn't dare to do anything to Lu Xun, so he could only let Lu Xun go.
Not only was Yu Fu very embarrassed, but people from other families were also embarrassed, and Lu Xun slapped all of them in the face.
What do you mean that the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other, your Lu family has not come over to get involved, is it not your Lu family's share in the benefits obtained. is really not a son of man, if he is really so noble, he will take refuge in Sun Ce as soon as possible.
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