The trip to the lake began with arrows and ended with the joy of the guests and hosts.

Seeing that his two sons admired Sun Ce, Yang Jie also felt that Sun Ce was different from ordinary young people, he had the momentum of a teenager and a rare calmness, although his knowledge was poor, his vision was superior, no wonder Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan praised him.

Even so, Yang Jie did not give up the intention of bargaining with Sun Ce. The Yang family's land did not fall from the sky, it is impossible to give it away for nothing, and it is a little bit to be able to fight for a little benefit.

Huang Chengyan had received Sun Ce's confession before, and knew that Sun Ce didn't intend to do everything in place, and wanted to leave some trouble for Yuan Shu, so he pretended to remind Yang Jie vaguely, I wanted to unite you to negotiate last time, and only when all the families in Xiangyang joined together could they have enough strength to compete with Sun Ce and win more benefits. Talking to him one by one will only be broken by him and take advantage of it.

Yang Jie comprehended.

Huang Chengyan went on to say that the world is in turmoil, and Nanyang is in the middle of the world, and it will inevitably be an important place for all parties to compete for in the future. Yuan Shu occupies Nanyang, and the supply and ordnance of tens of thousands of troops is a big business, even if it is a piece of the pie, it can make Xiangyang's families eat enough. Once a big war breaks out in Nanyang, Xiangyang will inevitably be affected, even for the sake of Xiangyang's own stability and peace, Xiangyang should also cooperate with Sun Ce's plan to be a strategic buffer for Nanyang.

After listening to Huang Chengyan's analysis, Yang Jie finally let go of the last trace of entanglement, and said that he would insist on supporting Sun Ce, settle the relocated Yellow Turban Army, and resolve the battle in Xiangyang as soon as possible to restore peace.

Sun Ce returned satisfied.

Yang Jie lowered his head, and the next Xi family naturally changed his attitude. Huang Chengyan visited again, and finally reached an agreement with the families, and finally raised more than 1,300 hectares of cultivated land for Sun Ce, considering that winter is approaching, there is still a period of time for spring ploughing, and the specific conditions can be discussed slowly, and each family took the initiative to suggest that they can first borrow 100,000 stone of grain to Sun Ce for the Yellow Turban Army to spend the winter.

Although he knew that each family was not a good person, and these were not free lunches, Sun Ce did not refuse, and happily accepted it.

Because he really needs this land and food, and he is in a hurry.

Three days later, Liu Pi led the first batch of Yellow Turban soldiers to Xiangyang. Sun Ce was ordered to greet Wankou. Standing on Feilu, he saw the Yellow Turban Army coming from here, and immediately snorted, feeling very unhappy.

The number of the Yellow Turban Army was limited, at most three or four thousand, which was far from his estimate of 10,000.

Sun Ce did not get off the boat, and ordered someone to pass Liu Pi on the boat to meet him. After half an hour, the officers and men of the Yellow Turban Army stopped on the shore, and Liu Bicai came to the shore unhurriedly, got off the horse, and did not get on the boat, and scolded several subordinates in front of Sun Ce.

Guo Jun, Lin Feng and others were furious, and even Huang Chengyan shook his head again and again. Liu Bi did this, naturally for Sun Ce to see, and expressed dissatisfaction with Sun Ce for not greeting him in person. Lin Feng asked Sun Ce several times with his eyes to teach Liu Pi a lesson, but was stopped by Sun Ce.

Sun Ce is not happy either, but he will not simply scold Liu Bi. That's what shrews do, it's too low-grade.

I saw Sun Ce'an sitting on top of the flying house, immobile like a mountain. Huang Chengyan was very satisfied, stroked his beard, and smiled without saying a word. Huang Yueying snuggled up to her father, glanced at Sun Ce from time to time, and then at her father, with a smile on the corner of her mouth. The newly hired little scholar Zuo Pang Tong stood behind Sun Ce, his eyes rolling around, he wanted to say something but he didn't dare to say it.

After grinding for a while, Liu Bi finally got on the boat, immediately changed his smiling face, and greeted him from afar.

"How can you do it, you actually drove the young general to me, General Sun really gave me face."

When Liu Pi walked in front of him, Sun Ce got up from the table and walked to the side of the boat, as if he had just seen those Yellow Turban soldiers, showing a little surprise. "General Liu, are there 10,000 people here?"

Liu Bi said with a smile: "The young general said that he laughed, there are only 3,000 people here, how can there be 10,000 people." ”

Sun Ce let out an "oh", pondered for a long time, and then said, "You guys are just these horses? ”

"Too little for a major general?"

"Of course it's too little." Sun Ce turned his head and looked at Liu Bi for the first time. "Three thousand people, even if one person can cultivate thirty acres, they can only cultivate nine hundred hectares of land, and they will be too busy to train soldiers. If there is a war, will they still be able to fight? ”

The smile on Liu Pi's face froze. "The major general has a thousand hectares of arable land?"

"1,300 hectares, to be exact." Huang Chengyan walked over and took over the topic. "This is only within 50 miles of Xiangyang, once Xiangyang is conquered, the general will discuss with the powerful people in the area of Yicheng and Yicheng, and it will not be a problem to raise another 35,000 hectares of land."

"The foot is ......"

"Huang Chengyan of the South of the Mountains."

Hearing Huang Chengyan's three words, the expression on Liu Bi's face immediately became extremely complicated. After he and Gong both received Sun Jian's order, they discussed for a long time, and felt that Sun Jian's father and son's move should be for them to be cannon fodder, and the land was simply a bait. They are not immortals, how can they get so much land so quickly, unless they kill all the heroes of Xiangyang.

If that were the case, they wouldn't be able to go. I didn't go to receive the land, but to fight hard with Xiangyang Haoqiang.

In the end, they decided to perfunctory Sun Jian, and Liu Pi led 3,000 foot soldiers to Xiangyang. Three thousand people say that it is not much, and it is not too much to say less. It was not so easy for Sun Jian to swallow him in one bite, even if he lost it, the Ruying Yellow Turban would not be greatly damaged.

However, Huang Chengyan said that Sun Ce not only got 1,300 hectares of land, but also could get more in the future. If Sun Ce said it himself, he might not believe it, he still knows a little bit about who Huang Chengyan is, just because Huang Chengyan is standing next to Sun Ce and looks like a staff member, it is enough to prove that what Sun Ce said is true.

1,300 hectares of land is enough to support 13,000 strong men, or 2,000 families of five. In any case, Sun Ce's promise to them was not discounted, but they failed to live up to Sun Ce's wishes, and only brought a mere 3,000 soldiers.

"Major General, three thousand...... Not enough. Huang Chengyan turned around and whispered to Sun Ce, his voice just right for Liu Bi to hear. Several families in Xiangyang are united, and there are also three or four thousand tribes, plus the advantages of ordnance and food, the three thousand yellow turbans cannot hold these lands at all. Or...... Let them go back. ”

Sun Ce turned his head and glanced at Liu Bi, nodded, and before he could speak, Liu Bi immediately knew that something was wrong. He was in a hurry and hurriedly rushed forward. "General, these three thousand people are only a part. In order to rush to Xiangyang as soon as possible and assist the general in attacking the city, these 3,000 people are carefully selected elites, and more people are on the way, and they will arrive in a few days. ”

"How many are there?" Sun Ce's face looked a little better.

"Yes, there is ......" Liu Bi looked at Sun Ce, raised a finger, and slowly erected another one, seeing that Sun Ce's face was still not very good, he erected another one, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said timidly: "Three...... Wan, if it is not enough, we can also contact Qingzhou Yellow Turban and invite them to come together. ”

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