There are ten paper mills in the whole of Nanyang, and there is one in Xinye, which is in the Deng family.

The Yin, Deng, and Lai families were originally the leading families in Xinye, and the Yin and Deng families had both produced queens, and they were very prosperous for a while, ranking among the five small marquis. However, the prosperity and decline of these two families are not as powerful as the Lai family in the officialdom now, but the family background is still very thick. Sun Ce entered Nanyang, but when he came to the house, he refused to cooperate with Sun Ce, and the family moved, followed by the Yin family. The soft can be taken away, but the real estate and fields can't be taken away, and it's all cheap Sun Ce.

The Deng family originally wanted to move, but they were reluctant to make the property, and later learned that Deng Zhan was the general under Sun Ce, and they went to see Deng Zhan with the intention of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor and begging him to intercede. Deng Zhan said that General Sun asked for land to stabilize people's hearts, not to take away your family property. If you take the initiative to give up the cultivated land, General Sun will never treat you badly. The Cai family in Xiangyang is an example, you look at how much Cai Mao has earned, and he doesn't even want to be an official.

The head of the Deng family was suspicious and gave half of the land, Sun Ce was really happy and gave the Deng family a paper mill. Thirty-seven cities in Nanyang, ten paper mills, each paper mill to supply three to four counties, Xinye's distribution scope is Xinye, Chaoyang, Huyang and Shuyang four counties, covering a population of more than 500,000, plus the garrison of Deng Zhan's department, the amount of paper is extremely amazing, and the business prospects are very impressive.

Therefore, the scale of the Deng family paper mill is also very large, and Xin Bi gasped when he saw the posture.

The paper mill is new, and the paper is also new, although there is still a certain distance from Zuobo paper, it can meet the requirements of normal use. Xin Bi just couldn't understand how the Deng family had made a new paper comparable to Zuo Bo paper in just a few months.

Zhao Yan smiled and said nothing, and the people of the Deng family were even more cold-eyed and wary. If he hadn't seen that he was a friend of Zhao Yan and had Sun Ce's order, the Deng family might have detained Xin Bi and asked him where he came from. Simbi touched a soft nail and was too embarrassed to ask again. After the banquet, he accepted a hundred new pieces of paper from the Deng family as a gift, returned to the county seat, he talked with Zhao Yan again, stopped in Xinye City for a few days, and finally wrote an urgent letter on new paper, asking the entourage to send it to Yecheng immediately, and he excused himself to think carefully, said goodbye to Zhao Yan, and went all the way to Wancheng.

Zhao Yan felt very sorry, but still went outside the city to see him off. Before parting, he said to Xin Bi earnestly: The troubled times are coming, the king chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the king, you Xin George is a smart person, it is rare for General Sun to value you so much, you don't miss the opportunity.

Simbi was vague and neither agreed nor refused.

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Yecheng.

After reading the letter, Xin Ping rubbed his fingers over the letter paper in his hand, and his eyes examined back and forth between Xin Bi's words for a long time.

This is the correct handwriting of Simbi, but the tone between the lines is not like that of Simbi. There is a strong sense of urgency in this, which is a far cry from the steady weight that Simbi has always had. Could it be that someone else drafted the text and forced him to copy it again?

Xin Ping called the entourage who sent the letter for careful questioning. The entourage said that Xin Bi was indeed very anxious now, and after meeting Sun Ce, he was a little anxious. After losing the third level, he was even more anxious, and even clashed with Liu Xun. After arriving in Nanyang, he often sighed, looking like the sky was about to fall.

The retinue is a side branch of the Xin family, and he is loyal. Xin Ping confirmed that Xin Bi's letter came from him, and he was also a little uneasy. He knew very well that of the two brothers, although he was older, he was far superior to him in terms of resourcefulness. Xin Bi was in such a hurry, and sent someone to deliver the letter back day and night, the situation must have been urgent, perhaps even more serious than what was written in his letter.

Xin Ping weighed it for a long time and got up to find Guo Tu. Although they are all Yingchuan celebrities, he is Han Fu's former official, and he is not as trusted as Guo Tu in front of Yuan Shao, and it is more appropriate for Guo Tu to say this matter than for him to say. What's more, Guo Jia should also report this matter to Guo Tu in time to avoid him being passive.

Guo Tu was very busy, but after reading Xinbi's letter, he sat quietly for a long time. Simbi sat on the sidelines and watched him, patiently waiting for Guo Tu to make a decision. The longer Guo Tu thinks about it, the more tricky it is, and the greater the credit for Xinbi's report.

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers."

Xin Ping straightened up and put on an appearance of being humbly taught.

"Feng Xiao refused to listen to my arrangement, and he was bent on winning by surprise, so it was not surprising that he went to Sun Ce. Jiujiang Taishou Zhou Ang is Zhou Yu's brother, and it is expected that Sun Ce wants to attack him, as for whether he wants to become a horn with Nanyang, I think it is a bit exaggerated. Nanyang has geographical advantages, what is the geographical advantage of Jiujiang? In my opinion, Sun Ce's purpose is likely to be Liyang. Nakaji, what do you think? ”

Xin Ping said: "The public rule is clever, I think so too." Yangzhou is the capital state of the Sun family, and if Sun Ce controls Liyang, the Jiangzuo counties will probably fall into their hands. ”

Guo Tu waved his hand, disapproving. "Not to mention that the strength of Jiangzuo counties is limited, what can they do if it is the Sun family's own state? What is the origin of the Sun family, and those heroes can support them? Yangzhou Thorn Shi Chen Yuanyi, Wu County is too shou Sheng Xiaozhang, Huiji is too shou Wang Jingxing, Yuzhang is too shou Huaziyu, which one will support Sun? He shook the letter in his hand and sneered: "Only Lu Jining was dizzy, and he actually made eye contact with Sun Ce, and he, the Lujiang Taishou, didn't want to do it." ”

Xin Ping clenched his fist, blocked his mouth, and coughed lightly. Guo Tu glanced at him. "Zhongzhi, there are no outsiders here, just come in and say anything you want, don't hide it."

"I am convinced by what the public rule says. However, Sun Ce is cunning and scheming, he occupies Nanyang, punishes Haojie, kills very heavily, leads Yuzhou, and even Xu Zijiang doesn't care about it, how can he care if he is a celebrity or not? If he forcibly occupies Yangzhou by force and expells the monarchs, what will he do? ”

"It's not impossible, but it's not going to happen in the short term. His killing in Nanyang was too heavy, which had aroused public indignation, so he restrained himself in Runan, and even if he competed with Xu Zijiang for public opinion, he did not dare to dismiss Xu Zijiang. If he wants to win Yangzhou, he doesn't have three or five years to succeed. If he is in a hurry, maybe he will force Jiang Zuo Haojie to fight back, and then the alliance leader will ascend and shout, Jiang Zuo will be on fire everywhere, and he will not be able to cope with it. ”

Xin Ping was a little impatient. "Then sit back and watch Sun Ce seize Jiujiang and chase Zhou Ang now?"

"Of course not." Guo Tu sighed softly. "It's just that the alliance leader is preparing for a war against Gongsun Zhan, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out. This matter will be left to Liu Gongshan (Liu Dai) to deal with. ”

"Gongzhi, I'm afraid this won't work, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is invading Jibei and Dongping, how can Liu Gongshan have the strength to attack south?"

Guo Tu weighed carefully for a while, and laughed silently. "Yes, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban attacked Jibei, just to go south to join Sun Ce. If Liu Gongshan can defeat Sun Ce, he will kill two birds with one stone. Of course, Liu Gongshan alone can't do it, and he has to send people to reinforce him. Zhongzhi, are you interested in going to Xuzhou? ”

"Connecting with Tao Qian?"

"Nope." Guo Yan shook his head. "Liu Bei."