Sun Ce and the others returned to the water pavilion of the military planning office together, sat upstairs, blew the lake breeze, sipped fragrant tea, and analyzed the possible situation.

Guo Jia's words dispelled Sun Ce's worries, and also gave him a glimpse of his own shortcomings. In terms of the ability to deal with specific affairs, he is indeed inferior to Guo Jia, even after such a long period of hard work, he is only barely about the same as the young Pang Tong, and the reason is the same, young and inexperienced.

The big picture may be learned from history books, but not the details.

Guo Jia said that behind all power schemes must be supported by strength. Strength is a fist, conspiracy is a rope, and if you don't have enough strength, you can't wield the rope of conspiracy, otherwise you will only be cocooned. Whoever came up with this idea for the Son of Heaven seems to be clever, but it exposes the weakness of the imperial court, and at the same time proves that supporting Guanzhong has achieved the results it deserves.

There was a great drought in Guanzhong, Yuan Shao did not pull out a dime, only Sun Ce delivered grain to Guanzhong, and countless people affected by the disaster felt Sun Ce's benevolence and righteousness. Even those party members who had not been stained with light could not prevent the imperial court from turning to Sun Ce and showing favor to Sun Ce by marriage. The general is in charge of the government, and once Sun Jian becomes a general, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the party.

The party members will definitely not give up, and this should also be one of the original intentions of the marriage - to completely push the Sun family to the opposite side of the party and make the Sun family the target of the party's attack - but when Yuan Shao is trapped in Jizhou and refuses to support the party members in the DPRK and China, what can these party members do to the Sun family?

Sun Ce didn't need to fight back with great fanfare at all, unless he took the initiative to give up his military power, otherwise even if he stood and let the party fight, the party would not be able to win.

"Chang'an has survived this catastrophe and will not be able to recover in a short period of time." Guo Jia shook the feather fan, not in a hurry. "Now we need to pay attention to Yizhou and Youzhou, these are the open arms of the halberd court. Yizhou is located in the upper reaches of the river, and down the river, you can directly take Jingzhou and Yangzhou, which is directly aimed at us, and cannot be taken lightly. ”

Guo Jia stood in front of the window, pondered for a moment, and turned to look at Sun Ce. "General, judging from many indications, Cao Cao is following the general's example and implementing a new policy. Although the strength is not as good as Xun Yu, the foundation of Yizhou is better than that of Guanzhong, but the scholars of Yizhou are not strong enough, and it is conceivable that his effect should be greater than that of Guanzhong. The possibility of us trying to win Yizhou quickly has been lost, and we must be prepared for a long confrontation, waiting for him to show his flaws, or save it for the end. ”

Sun Ce hummed softly. He had expected this. Liu Beiqiang can stand on his feet when he takes Yizhou, and Cao Cao takes advantage of the momentum of the imperial court to occupy Yizhou justifiably, and it will be easier to divide Yizhou. However, the terrain of Yizhou is suitable for separating one side, but not for fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains, and it is not so easy for Cao Cao to fight for the world.

"Youzhou has the strength of horses and horses, and the three counties Wuhuan is a famous rider in the world, with Youzhou, overlooking the Central Plains, which can not only make Yuan Shao difficult to take care of, but also control the source of our war horses. However, Youzhou's grain endowment cannot be self-sufficient, and it must rely on us, so before Yuan Shao's fall, the imperial court should not turn against us, and it is Yuan Shao who is worried about it at present, not us. We should take advantage of this opportunity to accumulate strength, seize Qingzhou, and build a large number of sea ships. The advantages of new sea vessels are obvious, and when the force is formed as soon as possible, the existing building ships can be replaced to reduce the risk of cross-sea operations. ”

Sun Ce suddenly became a little uneasy. He hadn't received news from Qingzhou for several days, it couldn't be an accident, right? Ever since he knew that Gongsun Zan had killed Liu Yu and was angry, and the imperial court had appointed Zhang Ze as the assassin of Youzhou, he was very concerned about the situation in Youzhou. However, Youzhou is separated by mountains and seas, and the transportation is inconvenient, and nearly half of the horses were lost in order to deliver the news last time, and now they have not recovered, and the news lags seriously. But in any case, he received news every two or three days, even if it was to say that he was safe.

The last time I received a message was five days ago.

According to the time, Gongsun Xu and the others should have arrived in Qingzhou, and there is no news for a long time, so it can't be that something happened at sea, right? The last time Gongsun Yue died in Yuzhou, Gongsun Chan turned against Yuan Shao because of this. This time, Gongsun continued to have an accident, and with Gongsun Zhan's donkey temper, the result is really unpredictable, and the situation in Youzhou is likely to get out of control further.

If the current situation can be stabilized, it is indeed necessary to complete the replacement of the ship as soon as possible.

How nice it would be if there were two aircraft carriers, and the 10,000-ton drive would do. Even the latest Wanshilou ship has a displacement of only three hundred tons, which is weak.

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After Sun Ce took a bath, he opened his arms, and chatted with Ellan while fanning the wind, and he didn't see Yuan Quan's shadow after waiting for a long time, which couldn't help but be a little strange. All along, these things have been done by Yuan Quan, and when Yuan Quan is not around, he always feels that something is missing. Whether it is Ellan or Yin Jiao, none of them are taken care of by Yuan Quan. He also thought that Yuan Quan's menstrual affairs were coming, and his health was inconvenient, but when he asked, he found out that Yuan Heng was not feeling well in the past two days, and Yuan Quan took care of her.

Ellan laughed as she spoke, smiling weirdly. Sun Ce asked a few words, but he didn't ask anything famous, so he simply got up, put on his coat, and wanted to go to the side courtyard to have a look. Ellan was busy, and if she didn't pay attention, Sun Ce was discharged from the hospital, and when she reacted and chased to the door, Sun Ce had already entered the side yard. Ellan couldn't help but complain about her troubles, and twitched her cheek.

Sun Ce put on his coat, fastened his belt, walked to the side yard, and before he entered the door, he heard Yuan Heng's sobbing, so he stood under the window and listened for a while. Yuan Heng said while crying, intermittently, but Sun Ce still understood. It turned out that the discomfort that Ellan said was not illness, but menarche. In the eyes of people in this era, a woman's menarche means that she has fertility, and there are many girls who marry at the age of thirteen or fourteen, most of which are related to this concept. Yuan Heng came to menarche when he was only twelve years old, which is relatively early, but it is not outrageous.

Yuan Heng was not worried about getting married, but about having children. Yuan Quan and Yin Ji had different degrees of dystocia when they gave birth, Yuan Quan was better, his stomach only hurt for most of the day, and Yin Jiao suffered even more crimes, and it took two days of pain before he was born, leaving a lot of psychological shadows on Yuan Heng.

When Sun Ce's two sons were born, he was fighting outside and didn't know about these things, but now when he heard Yuan Heng say it, he knew that Yuan Quan and Yin Ji had suffered so much, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Who's out there?" There was a sudden silence in the room.

"Me." Sun Ce entered the door, hugged Yuan Quan, who greeted her, and kissed her on the forehead. "You've suffered so much, why haven't you ever heard a word say it?"

Yuan Quan glanced at Sun Ce and gently pushed him away. "How can a woman give birth to a child without suffering, what is there to say, if you can't give birth, it's really bitter." Yuan Heng was very ashamed, broke free from Yuan Quan's hand, and hid behind the curtain, no matter what Yuan Quan called, she refused to come out to see Sun Ce. Sun Ce waved his hand, signaling Yuan Quan not to be so formal. The little girl was thin-skinned, and he heard these things, so how could she come out to meet people at this time.

He deliberately digressed the subject. "To tell you something, someone proposed that the Son of Heaven marry my grandson."

"What?" Yuan Quan was stunned for a moment, and his face, which was originally flushed because of anxiety, suddenly turned pale.

Sun Ce was surprised. "What's wrong with you? The face is very bad. ”

Yuan Quan looked at the curtains, the curtains shook gently, and only saw Yuan Heng's hands holding tightly. Yuan Quan took a deep breath and squeezed out a very reluctant smile. "Husband...... You're here to tell me about this? ”