Liu He hosted a banquet to entertain Huang Gai that night, and clearly told Huang Gai that Sun Quan was his second brother-in-law, and they were the closest relatives to each other, so how could they have a dislike for him? Since the two sides are a family, it is natural that the fish help the water, and the water helps the fish, please Huang Gai as if he is in his own home, don't see outside.

Later, on the second day, Liu He asked the Son of Heaven to make Sun Quan the Duke of Wu and Sun Quan to be the general of Wei.

Huang Gai went back to see Sun Quan with the good news, Sun Quan was very happy to get the news, and immediately ordered Huang Gai to be rewarded generously, and Huang Gai was used as a farewell driver in Yangzhou, so that he was specifically responsible for building a new city in Moling, and announced that he would move the governance office to Moling after three years.

Although Huang Gai looks very beautiful, it has become the existence of the whole Yangzhou second only to Sun Quan, but this scenery is on the surface, because he was naturally relieved of the position of Danyang Taishou, and he can't get the real power that belongs to Yangzhou, his actual function now is only one point, that is, to build a new city, and to be built within three years, according to Sun Quan's explanation, the current treasury is not enough funds, and manpower is also very tight, all of this needs to be solved by him, and he wants to complete this task, The only way to do this was to take strong measures, increase taxes, and increase the servitude of the people, and in this way, his reputation would be over.

Huang Gai thought that he had brought Sun Quan a reassuring pill and made a great contribution, and he should be grateful to Sun Quan, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to treat him like this, but Huang Gai had no choice but to do his best to complete the task assigned by Sun Quan, after all, he also knew that the construction of a new city was indeed an urgent matter, which was very conducive to the future strategy, including strengthening ties with Jingzhou, including attacking Xuzhou and welcoming the Son of Heaven.

Soon after, the Son of Heaven issued a decree that Bai Sun Quan was the general of Wei and canonized Sun Quan as the Duke of Wu, and soon after, Cao Cao asked for the title of Duke of Chu, which was approved by the Son of Heaven.

In fact, Cao Cao's original notification area was in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and he could be named the Duke of Qi, the Duke of Lu or the Duke of Chu, but Cao Cao invited himself to be named the Duke of Chu, not only because his ruling focus was in Xuzhou, but also because he took the meaning of "Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu", in order to show that he will not forget the shame in the future, defeat Liu He, and recover his homeland.

Liu He ignored this at all, because although Cao Cao seemed to be ambitious on the surface, but it was just a slogan on his lips, and now Cao Cao built a high-rise building in Xiapi Guang, collected beauties in the building, and then sang every night, drank and sat back to entertain himself, for national affairs, they were entrusted to the newly appointed Shangshu Ling Cheng Yu to deal with, and the military administration was handed over to Xiahoudun, as for the most capable, and the most vigilant Sima Yi, he was relieved of important military and political affairs, but only gave an idle position.

Of course, although Cao Cao appeared to be indulged in pleasure on the surface, he did not relax the power in his opponents at all, and strengthened his supervision of the Son of Heaven, and promised his two minor daughters to the Son of Heaven, and forced Emperor Xian to appoint them as concubines.

At this time, Liu Bei's face changed greatly after hearing the news, especially when he heard that Sun Quan married his sister Sun Shangxiang to Liu He, and was canonized as Duke Wu and Bao Song as General Wei under Liu He's protection, a heart that was originally a little excited suddenly became depressed again.

"How can this be? I have already attached Liu He to the country, and I originally hoped to use Liu He's strength to develop myself, and then unite with Liu He to recover the lost territory, and even recapture the land of Jiangdong, but I didn't expect Liu He to marry Jiangdong, in this case, how could Liu He unite with me again and help me recover the lost land? Could it be that I can only be confined to a few counties in the north of this small Yizhou in my life? Could it be that my so-called Mandate of Heaven only refers to half of Yizhou? I originally thought that I could copy Gaozu's road, take Shuzhong as the foundation, build the plank road in the open, darkly Chen Cang, take the Guanzhong region, and then fight with Liu He, chase the Central Plains, and set the world, but now it seems that I am not as good as Liu Zhang, who cut off Yizhou, which is really a wonderful irony. ”

Liu He's face was full of anger, and at the same time he sighed again and again.

At this time, I only heard a cough outside the door, and then I saw Zhuge Liang walk in, and said slowly: "Lord, you should always know Liu He's cunning now, right?" This is like marrying a daughter, he promised a daughter to two families at the same time, and then made the two families compete, it seems that both families can get a good woman, but in fact, it is still playing the trick of killing three soldiers with two peaches, and now the lord is attached to Liu He, originally to use Liu He's power to deal with Sun Quan, but now Sun Quan's married sister has become Liu He's relative, Liu He asked for Sun Quan's seal, and protected Sun Quan as the general of Wei, we can see from it that the so-called Sun Quan's assassination of Liu He before is simply nothing, even if there is really one, It will not pose a threat to Liu He at all, and Liu He will not care, or this is simply one of Liu He's plans. At the same time, Sun Quan can only rely on Liu He's snort, so as not to be threatened by the alliance between our army and Sun Quan. ”

Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang's words, his face was full of remorse, and he sighed softly: "I really regret that I didn't listen to the advice of the military advisor at the beginning, which caused our army to fall into such passivity, thinking that I, as a member of the Han family, have been spanning half my life, and finally suffered such a setback, and was teased by Liu He, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others, it is really hateful!" It's a pity that I insisted on going my own way and didn't listen to the words of the military advisor, which led to the loss of my teacher and land, and now I can't regret it. ”

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang also sighed secretly, and then comforted gently: "The lord doesn't have to worry, this matter is not without a solution, fortunately, although our army is weak now, it has maintained a temporary peace under Liu He's proposition, as long as we concentrate on development and accumulate strength, it may not be impossible to rise in the future, although Liu He and Sun Quan seem to be close, but it is not without grudges, once the two sides have a grudge, that is our opportunity, when the time comes, we will marry Sun Quan and fight Liu He together, although it is impossible to chase the Central Plains, But it is not a big problem to keep this foundation. ”

Liu Bei nodded, let Zhuge Liang preside over the internal affairs of Yizhou, and let Guan Yu preside over the military affairs of Yizhou, but he couldn't let go of his past mistakes after all.