Of course, Yuan Wan was not convinced.

How could she stay in Hebei willingly, what she has to do now is to go back to Xuzhou with the pottery merchant, and then find a way to squeeze into the door of the Tao family with Zhen Mi.

What is she doing in this place?

"Prime Minister, I don't want to stay here, my home is in Xuzhou."

The potter smiled: "How did Xuzhou become your home again?" ”

Yuan Wan pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "Why is Xuzhou not my home?" Huainan's home is dilapidated, gone, my father and brother have gone, and now only me and Aunt Feng are dependent on each other, I just felt at home, why did I suddenly stay in Hebei? ”

Looking at Yuan Wan's aggrieved look, the potter couldn't help but feel a little distressed in his heart.

He sighed and said: "Having said that, but after all, your surname is Yuan, and now there is no one from the Yuan family in Hebei, but your uncle's private land, title deed, and house are still there, and the name of the Yuan family is still written on the contract...... I also want to leave a root for the Yuan family, so as not to be scolded by the world, but in any case, I can't leave Yuan Xi here, these Yuan family properties, no matter what, they need to have a personal inheritance, right? ”

The potter smiled: "I think about it, but only you can make me trust." ”

When these words came out, for some reason, Yuan Wan's heart suddenly flowed with warmth.

The potter, in particular, said that he was the person he trusted the most.

"Then I'll deal with Yuan's important affairs here, and when the important business is over, I will go back to Xuzhou immediately." Yuan Wan seemed to be coquettish and said to Tao Shang.

The potter smiled when he heard this.

"Okay, it's fine."

Over there, Zhen Mi also hurriedly said: "Then after I return to Zhongshan Kingdom, after dealing with family affairs, I will also go to Xuzhou." ”

The potter's eyes widened.

People go to Xuzhou, but it's because there is an aunt in that area...... Which living ancestor are you looking for?

……

In the fifth year of Jiankang, after the pottery merchants subdued the land of Hebei in addition to the land of the three rivers, and weakened the forces of Liaodong, Xianbei, Xiongnu and other forces, they entangled the generals and surrendered, and returned to Pengcheng in Xuzhou.

After this war, Dow's prestige reached its peak, and its power increased greatly, and its rule had jumped to the first place in terms of population, taxes, troops, land, and technology, and became a new generation of overlords who replaced Yuan Shao in one fell swoop.

Although the forces of all parties had been prepared for a long time, when the news reached them, it still caused a panic among the ministries.

Among them, especially the Sanliu Group in Jingzhou and Yizhou is the most.

Other forces are okay to say, but Jingzhou's Sanliu Group supported Liu Qiong, the second son of the first emperor Liu Xie, and the pottery merchant supported Liu Xie's eldest son Liu Xi's prime minister.

There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two emperors in the world.

In the past, when the potters only had Xuzhou and Yangzhou, the Sanliu Group was still able to rely on the heritage and strength of many years to fight evenly with the potters, and there were contacts.

But now all the four prefectures of Hebei belong to the potters, and more than half of the world's territory has become the territory of the potters.

And he occupies key positions.

The soldiers of Bingzhou are strong, the wealth of Jinling City is very large, Youzhou produces war horses, Jizhou is the granary of the world, and Qingzhou is the salt-producing province of the Han Dynasty......

As for the population, that's not to mention.

With such strength and heritage, coupled with the eldest son who supports Liu Xie, the potter has completely become the most feared existence in the hearts of the Sanliu Group.

Of course, it is also the existence they hate the most.

After Liu Bei put down Zhang Xian's Changsha rebellion, he immediately led his troops back to Jiangling City.

Liu Biao had also rushed back from Xiangyang to discuss the matter with Liu Bei, the generals of Jingzhou and others.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Liu Biao's face was serious, and his expression was full of deep worry: "The pottery merchant pacified Yuan Shao, his power has increased greatly, and now he has sent the three armies back to Xuzhou, this son has achieved such a hegemony at a young age, and he must be full of momentum, my Jingzhou family supports the Son of Heaven, and the pottery merchant family can be described as endless, his next step is bound to plot against us, but I don't know what we should do now?" ”

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, and they all see each other's panic in their eyes.

When I was young, I heard Cai Mao say: "Brother-in-law...... Ming Gong, the pottery merchant pacified Hebei, the power has increased greatly, and the edge is flourishing, presumably after a period of rest, he will definitely send troops to attack us! We still need to be a little bit more prepared. ”

"What is the high opinion of virtue?"

Cai Mao said: "I intend to send a messenger to Yizhou as soon as possible, and ask Liu Zhang to send troops out of Sichuan to assist in defense. ”

Liu Biao didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Liu Bei and said, "What does Xuande mean?" ”

Cai Mao saw that her opinion was not agreed with by Liu Biao, but she went to ask Liu Bei, and she was somewhat dissatisfied in her heart.

Brother-in-law, can't you afford to look down on yourself?

Liu Bei is still as good as before, and he first affirmed Cai Mao's strategy.

"The words of virtue, in line with the current situation, our army is weak, his army is strong, if you don't look for foreign aid, it will inevitably be in danger after a long time, but Liu Jiyu is not good at fighting for strength, even if he sends troops to support, he won't send many people and horses, and the Sichuan soldiers are not as strong as the Jinling army, and it is difficult to get out of Sichuan, if you only find them to support, I'm afraid it may not work."

Liu Biao heard that Liu Bei had a voice, and said: "Then according to Xuande's meaning, who should we incite to help?" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Yanzhou Cao Cao, now is taking Luoyang as the base cushion to govern Guanzhong, I heard that most of the princes in Guanzhong have formed an alliance with Cao Cao through Zhong Xuan, if we can get Cao Cao's help, we will unite, and we will have the capital to fight with the pottery merchants!" ”

Liu Biao listened to Liu Bei's words and bowed his head thoughtfully.

Cai Mao put forward a different opinion: "Although Xuande's words are reasonable, but Cao Cao is not inferior to Yuan Shao's heroes, when we just supported the Son of Heaven, we also sent someone to send him an edict, and sealed it to him, but at that time, the two Han Dynasty stood together, Cao Cao was in the middle and watched, ignoring both parties, Mao and Cao Cao knew each other when they were young, and knew that this person was not an idle person, and he was by no means willing to be a person. ”

Liu Bei smiled and said: "De and Cao Cao are old acquaintances, can you know that this person is full of wisdom and is good at judging forms?" ”

Cai Mao frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

"Cao Cao refused to ignore us back then, it was just because he couldn't see the direction of the wind clearly at that time, and now the potter has achieved hegemony, and his first target must be the Central Plains! At that time, Cao Cao will inevitably bear the brunt of the pressure from the potters, and now to unite with him, in fact, it is not us who beg him, but he begs us. ”

Cai Mao looked at Liu Bei in a daze, speechless by what he said.

At this time, I saw Liu Biao stand up and said, "According to Xuande's words, send someone to Luoyang to ally with Cao Cao!" ”