Cai Mao's smile was a little stiff, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead. He knew that this matter was difficult to do, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult, Sun Ce accepted his big gift, but still refused to give him face, he didn't say it himself, but let Zhou Yu say it.

"This ...... Gong Jin, you can't say that. They abandoned their family business, and then the general came here, at most it was said that it was for the court, and at least it was for his own future, but now life and death are separated from each other inside and outside the city, and even the family of the latter general is in the hands of Cao Cao, how can he not be in a hurry? Breaking the city as soon as possible and reuniting as soon as possible is also human nature. ”

Cai Mao felt that she was thinking too easily at this time. Compared to Yuan Shu, Sun Ce was even more terrifying. Yuan Shu is now a tiger falling in Pingyang, he has to save him Cai Mao, and he has to restrain the temper of the ghost in the road. Sun Ce is different, he doesn't ask for anyone, but someone begs for him, he doesn't need to give face to anyone at all.

Cai Mao tried her best, explained repeatedly, and almost emptied all the words in her stomach. He regretted it a lot, he knew that it was so troublesome, so he didn't come to Sun Ce directly, but went to his brother-in-law Huang Chengyan first.

Just when Cai Mao was almost desperate, Sun Ce raised his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, you just say it, what did General Hou plan." ”

"Someone gave General Hou three strategies." Cai Mao explained the content of Yan Xiang's three strategies. "General Hou felt that this was unfair to General Sun, but he was also worried about the family in the city, afraid that if someone couldn't stand the suffering, he gave his life, and hoped that the city could be broken as soon as possible, at least the hostages should be ransomed first to ensure the safety of his family's lives."

Zhou Yu said: "General Hou means that he wants us to hand over the stone throwing machine, and the generals will attack each family separately?" That's not good, this stone thrower seems simple, but it is the brainchild of Captain Huang and the craftsmen of the baggage battalion, and it is extraordinary. We still count on these stone throwers to attack Wancheng, hand it over to those people, who knows if they are reliable, what if someone leaks the secret to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao uses these sharp weapons to attack us? ”

"That's right, this is also what General Hou is worried about, otherwise he wouldn't have sent me. General Hou believes that the two of you will be able to come up with a perfect solution. ”

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at each other and said in unison: "That's what General Hou means?" ”

Cai Mao nodded.

Sun Ce's straight body relaxed, leaned back, and his face eased a lot. Zhou Yu also smiled, pondered for a moment, raised his head, and said, "In this way, we can provide a stone thrower, but the craftsmen who operate the stone throwers must be assigned by us, and they must ensure the safety and life of the craftsmen we send." ”

Cai Mao was relieved, smiled happily, and gently patted her palm. "General Hou is right, although you two are young, you know the righteousness and will definitely understand his difficulties. Then I won't bother, I'll report back to General Hou now, so that General Hou can sleep peacefully. You don't know that General Hou was so worried about this that he didn't sleep well for two nights. ”

Sun Ce nodded. "In that case, then I won't keep you. The matter of the knife, you bother a lot, I am in a hurry to use it. ”

"General Sun, don't worry, as long as I send a letter back, can Guoyi still arrange it?" Cai Mao was in a good mood, he originally thought that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would definitely not agree to solve it so easily, and he was anxious to repay Yuan Shu for asking for credit.

Sun Ce asked Zhou Yu to send Cai Mao and explain some details. He sings blackface, and the red-faced is left for Zhou Yu, a child of the family, to sing, and the division of labor is very clear. He sat alone in the hall, waiting for Zhou Yu to come back to discuss countermeasures. Cai Mao said that Yuan Shu was very sensible, but he didn't believe it very much. What kind of person is Yuan Shu, he never dared to hold out too much hope.

Yin Ji walked out of it and asked people to clean up the leftover wine on the table. Sun Ce looked at her. "How is your eldest father feeling these two days?"

"It's not bad, just get used to it."

Sun Ce smiled, took Yin Ji's hand, and asked her to sit beside him. "Your eldest father has been idle for too long, and he may not know much about the current situation, so you should spend more time with him and comfort him. I know that he is a person who has done 2,000 stones, and he has followed a famous general like Zhang Ranming, and he has a very high vision, and he looks down on these lower-level officers such as tun chiefs and military marquis. But why should I ask him to lecture them? Because your eldest father also started as a tun chief and a military marquis, and walked to 2,000 stone step by step, he should know best what these people need. ”

"I understand, I will relay the general's words to him and reassure him." Yin Ji withdrew her hand embarrassedly. "My eldest father is old, and he is a little unkind, so please General Haihan, don't worry about him in general."

"No, it won't." Sun Ce thought for a while and said solemnly: "Auntie, tell your eldest father, just say what I said, within ten years, there will definitely be a disciple who makes him proud among these people, and in the future, his tombstone will definitely have the name of two thousand stones." Not to mention that Dong Zhuo can't be compared with him, even if he is compared with Zhang Ranming, he can be ashamed. ”

"Really?" Yin Ji was suspicious, and a pair of wonderful eyes swept around Sun Ce's face. The light shone on her reddish face, glowing warmly.

Sun Ce smiled: "Since you stayed and recommended your eldest father to me, you should believe in your own vision." If you don't have even this confidence, are you too presumptuous? ”

Yin Ji lowered her head embarrassedly, and twisted: "I'm a woman, how can I have any knowledge, I just believe that the general is not an ordinary person, and the eldest father will follow the general, and he will definitely be able to leave a name in history in the future and be glorious after his death." ”

There was a sound of heavy footsteps under the corridor, and Yin Ji hurriedly got up and hurried into the inner room. As soon as the door of the inner room was closed, Zhou Yu went up to the hall and sat down calmly on the opposite side. "Cai Deqi is gone."

Sun Ce responded, waiting for Zhou Yu to follow, but Zhou Yu didn't speak for a long time. Sun Ce raised his head and looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously.

"Bo Fu, Cai Deqi is not such a generous person, he gave such a big gift as soon as he opened his mouth, it should be some benefit that the general gave him."

Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh and shook his head. When Zhou Yu saw it, he also laughed twice, and then said seriously: "I know, if the Cai family can make the business bigger, you will achieve the typical goal." But don't be careless, businessmen are mercenary, less benevolent and righteous, from the Shang Jun's change of law to the present, big businessmen are unstable factors, not to mention that the Cai family is in the ordnance business. If someone pays a bigger price, I dare say, they will even sell the ordnance to Dong Zhuo, will you still be able to laugh when the time comes? ”

Sun Ce also put away his smile. "That's right, so we have to grasp the core of technology in our own hands, we not only have to have a Huang Chengyan, but also cultivate more Huang Yueying. Gong Jin, I plan to prepare a wooden academy to train craftsmen like the martial arts hall to train tun chiefs and military marquis. ”

Zhou Yu readily agreed. "No wonder you want to give Cai Mao credit, like you, a few more He families won't be enough for you to spend."

Sun Ce sneered. "On credit? Hehe, this is the business tax I deserve. ”

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