Liu Biao took a group of his important people to feast on Ye Chen and a few of them in the state pastoral mansion, except for the tiger head who could not be seated, the others were all seated.

During this period, Liu Biao was very enthusiastic and entertained to the fullest, Ye Chen was not polite, he should eat and drink.

Today's Liu Biao is in good spirits, after all, he is only in his early fifties, and he does not look old.

The banquet was held very late, and everyone drank very happily, Liu Biao arranged a guest room for Ye Chen and them, so they stayed in the State Pastoral Mansion.

"Lord, this Liu Biao's subordinates don't seem to be very harmonious." Back at the residence, Ye Chen and the others all woke up from their drunken state, how could they really be drunk in this enemy's den, Guo Jia said to Ye Chen.

"That's right, the Kuai brothers are obviously not in the same group as Cai Mao, this Cai Mao frequently toasts us, and there is a meaning of wooing in his words, which is a bit interesting." Ye Chen said.

"Lord, I have long heard that last year, in order to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou, Liu Biao won over several major families in Jingzhou, and he mastered Jingzhou by relying on these families, and now these families are attached to Jingzhou, ready to suck the flesh and blood of Jingzhou."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "The internal forces in Jingzhou are fighting each other, but at present, it has nothing to do with us, their interests are complicated, and we are so far away that it has no impact at all, but if we can cooperate, I don't mind cooperating with them." ”

Several people exchanged their views on Jingzhou, and then went back to rest.

"Lord, there are two people outside who have sent invitations." In the morning, as soon as Ye Chen came back from practicing martial arts, he met someone who came to report it.

"Cai Mao, Kuai Liang." Ye Chen took it and saw that it was the two people who had dinner with them last night.

"What did they ask me for? Whose feast are you going to? Ye Chen was embarrassed.

The appointment of who to go to first is very important, in this Xiangyang City, it is impossible to hide from the major families, and Ye Chen's actions will be under their surveillance.

Ye Chen couldn't decide for a while, so he found a few people and asked, "There are two invitations here, which one do you say I should go to?" ”

After listening to this, Guo Jia analyzed: "These two families are Jingzhou families, and they have a great influence on Jingzhou officialdom, the influence of the Kuai brothers is mainly in Liu Biao, they are Liu Biao's think tank, and they can influence Liu Biao's decision-making, and this Cai Mao controls all the water armies in Jingzhou, and is a powerful faction, plus he is related to Liu Biao by marriage, and the Cai family is very large in Jingzhou." ”

"Second brother, these two families have no direct contact with us, why did they all come to invite you?" Tai Shi Ci didn't understand any of this either.

Zhao Yun didn't understand these and didn't express any opinions.

Ye Chen can see it, only Guo Jia can give some advice in this regard, it is no problem for others to let them fight, and they really can't let them play these.

"I think we can only analyze from the purpose, what is the purpose of inviting us for them, and what is the purpose of which place to go for us?" Ye Chen said.

"My lord, things can still be analyzed like this, and there is no difficulty in analyzing them like this." Guo Jia said happily.

"Oh, Bonghyo talk about it." Ye Chen said with a smile.

"Not to mention what purpose Cai Mao and Kuai Liang have, we don't have to guess, just analyze our purpose, how far away we are from Jingzhou, and the situation in Jingzhou has no impact on us, so we can only get other benefits. Although the Kuai brothers are powerful and can influence the entire Jingzhou, they can't directly benefit us, but Cai Mao is different, he is second only to Liu Biao's powerful faction, and Liu Biao has nothing to do with him, so only Cai Mao can give us direct benefits. ”

Guo Jia analyzed his views and said.

"Okay, then go to Cai Mao first, I want to see what he has planned." Ye Chen said.

The matter was decided, and Ye Chen ordered someone to prepare a gift.

didn't give Liu Biao a gift, but he gave a gift when he went to visit Cai Mao, isn't this not taking Liu Biao seriously?

With Liu Biao, the two sides need to play a game, and not giving gifts is also one aspect of the game, but going to see Cai Mao is different, he is going with the identity of the head of the Ye family, of course, this cannot be a loss of courtesy.

The news that Ye Chen had received two invitations quickly spread throughout the upper echelons of Xiangyang City.

"Xeno, I'm afraid this Ye Chen will choose to cooperate with Cai's." After receiving the news, Kuai Liang said to Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue also looked helpless, this Kuai clan is definitely a prestigious family in Jingzhou, but at the moment, the two of them are not comparable to Cai Mao.

Kuai Yue said: "This Ye Chen is far away in Liaodong, and he will go back soon, it will not have much impact on the situation in Jingzhou, we invited him just to increase our prestige and use each other, go to Cai Mao, then go." ”

Kuai Yue pondered and did not speak, although Kuai Yue said it easily, but he also knew that things were not so simple, the two of them could rely on Liu Biao to balance Cai Mao, and there would be no problems in a short period of time, but Cai Mao had mastered the entire Jingzhou Naval Army, and his strength was strong, if he got support from Ye Chen, Jingzhou would be his family's in the future.

"Xeno, whether this Ye Chen comes or not, you go and prepare well." Kuai Liang shook his head, they couldn't come up with many chips.

And Cai Mao on the other side is also pondering.

"This Kuai brothers have always been reused by Liu Biao, and they want to suppress me, my voice in Liu Biao is not as good as theirs, and many policies follow their wishes, but I just need to grasp the real power and wait for the future..."

Cai Mao didn't think about it, the future will naturally be a battle for succession, relying on hard power, now Liu Biao is still young, but he is also about fifty, and there will always be a day when it will not work in the future.

"Go and invite Huang Chengyan to come to the banquet together." With the Kuai brothers joining, Cai Mao wants to show more strength, this Huang Chengyan is not only a famous person in Jingzhou, but also a famous family in Jingzhou, and his influence is very great.

This Huang Chengyan married the daughter of the Cai family and was the son-in-law of the Cai family, and Cai Mao invited him over to increase his chips, no problem at all.

By the afternoon, the news had spread throughout the city, and the game between the various forces in Jingzhou was still very fierce.

"Oh, Huang Chengyan is also here, I really want to meet these celebrities from the late Han Dynasty, as well as Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui." Everyone else got the news, and Ye Chen naturally also received the news, knowing that Cai Mao also invited Huang Chengyan.

"Huang Chengyan's daughter Huang Yueying should be about ten years old now, and I don't know if it's really very ugly as the rumors in history, and his son-in-law Zhuge Liang doesn't know where he is?"

Ye Chen once sent someone to look for Zhuge Liang, but he hadn't migrated to Nanyang yet, and he didn't have Nanyang Zhuge Lu, so he didn't find it.

In the evening, Ye Chen cleaned up and took Tai Shici and Zhao Yun to the banquet, although the two of them were righteous brothers, they could not enter the table, but took the guard battalion to act as a guard and set up a battle.

(Thank you for struggling and getting drunk, I rewarded 2,000 book coins yesterday, and I only saw it this afternoon.) ）