The gurgling river is surging away, but it is like the time that can't be kept, so that all these people who imagine it out of thin air can't help but put infinite sorrow in it. Compared with the 14th year www.biquge.info of Jian'an, which has already passed, the spring of the 15th year of Jian'an is really calm, and several princes who are active in the world seem to have made an appointment with each other, and they have withdrawn their troops and ceased fighting, only maintaining the battle line set since the end of last year. Since there is no war, peace seems to be back in the hands of the people. In the spring of the year, when it is finally possible to cultivate safely, people who work for the food of the day and night always have good expectations for this year's harvest. They are ordinary people, and what they think and see is very real. As them, they would never have thought that this rare peace was just a kind of helplessness caused by the constraints of several major forces. Although everything is calm on the surface, it seems that there are almost no waves in the river, and all the turbulence is hidden underneath.

"I'm still working hard." Lu Su sighed. He couldn't sleep in the cabin tonight, so he had to order someone to light an oil lamp in the cabin, pick up the scroll he carried with him, and read it by candlelight. He thought that he could quickly integrate into the book and calm down, but he didn't want to be a little puzzling tonight. Ever since he picked up the scroll, he has been irritable in his heart. Naturally, he understood where this irritability came from:

Compared with his understanding of Liu Bei, Lu Su really didn't know much about the young people who were entrenched in Jiangling, Jingnan and Jiaozhou, and created such a foundation in just one year. Although he also tried his best to understand him by reading as much as possible before he came, all of this seemed to be just temporary, and it couldn't make Lu Su feel at ease. He knew that what he had done this time was too important. This is not only related to the alliance between Jiangdong and Li Sheng, but also related to Jiangdong's strategic layout of this Huainan place.

Jiangnan is now a three-company situation. Because of the problem in Huainan, Jiangdong really had a plan for Liu Bei. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to win over Li Sheng, who is currently the third force. In order to make Li Sheng lean towards Jiangdong in the future struggle between Jiangdong and Liu Bei, and in order to solve the headache that his lord had been very headache, Lu Su was sent to Changsha. Of course, he didn't come alone, in addition to him, the main envoy, there was also a deputy envoy Lu Fan and dozens of accompanying sergeants. They had only one task, and that was to persuade Li Sheng to marry Jiangdong.

This is a family affair set by Wu Guotai himself, but Li Sheng, as a man, does not know about it. Originally, according to Zhou Yu's arrangement, Princess Jiangren deceived Liu Bei into coming to Chaisang in the name of promising to Liu Bei, who had just been widowed, put him under house arrest, and used this to blackmail Liu Bei to Huainan in exchange for his freedom. Originally, it was just a small action in secret, but I didn't think that this plan had not been issued yet, but I don't know who spread it by the people of the entire Chaisang City, and even Wu Guotai, who has always loved her daughter, heard about it.

At that moment, Wu Guotai was naturally reluctant to get up, and angrily scolded Sun Quan and Zhou Yu. On the one hand, Zhou Yu used his daughter to make a beauty, if he harmed Liu Bei, he wanted to make his daughter a widow. Although even a real widow is not worried about marrying at this time, her reputation must be somewhat hindered, especially the "widowhood" and "beauty plan", which are even more reminiscent of some bad aspects. Of course, this is just one aspect of annoyance, and the other aspect is a little disgusted with Liu Bei. After all, although Liu Bei is heroic, he is also more than fifty and half of people. Judging from Wu Guotai's sunshine, he is a person of his own generation. To marry her flowery daughter to a man who is old enough to be his father, this mother is always a little unhappy in her heart. Under the consideration of both sides, Wu Guotai naturally did not allow this strategy to happen.

Originally, the matter ended here, but for Wu Guotai, it was not over yet. If Sun Quan doesn't mention his sister's marriage, it's okay, once this is mentioned, Wu Guotai's heart can't help but be a little worried. Princess Ren has a strong personality and likes to dance with swords, and although he is very beautiful, the young men of Koto are very afraid to meet her.

A few years ago, Sun Quan didn't think about finding a family for his sister. At that time, his target was to look at his subordinates and the sons of those celebrities and clans in Jiangdong, but when the other party heard that the person who was going to marry him was actually Princess Ren. At that moment, he waved his hand again and again, and said, "I have already married a wife." He flew away as if he were fleeing.

Wu Guotai, who knew that this matter was fruitless, while complaining that those people were too visionary, occasionally said a few words about his daughter. Princess Dan Ren shook her head indifferently: "My husband must be a great hero in the world." How can such a busy person be put in my eyes? So, Princess Ren's marriage was dragged down in this way.

Seeing that she is now nearly twenty years old, but she still has no object, Wu Guotai, who is a mother, can't help but feel anxious. At this moment, when she heard Sun Quan make such a fuss, she was angry at the same time, but she also secretly made up her mind that she was going to find a family for her daughter.

With this thought, it is naturally good, but with Sun Ren's lofty conditions, it is not so easy to find a family member who is the right person. Especially when Wu Guotai's mother also asked her daughter what kind of husband she was looking for. Sun Ren, the person concerned, still replied with a big grin: "My husband must be a big hero in the world." ”

In the face of such a firm answer, Wu Guotai had no choice: there are only a few big heroes in the limelight in the world, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan. Sun Quan is Sun Ren's elder brother, which is something that can't even be thought of; Cao Cao is Sun Quan's biggest enemy at the moment, naturally he can't, and he has a lot of women, I heard that there are more than ten or twenty, Wu Guotai will never allow his daughter to suffer in the past; As for Liu Bei, he has been vetoed by Wu Guotai personally, not only because Liu Bei is too old, but more importantly, Liu Bei said a sentence in the past that made Wu Guotai angry: "Brothers are like siblings, wives are like clothes, siblings are inseparable, and wives can be replaced." ”

"This is also the master who let his daughter suffer in the past, and it is absolutely not allowed." Wu Guotai thought annoyedly. Although he was reasonable, he also understood that Liu Bei had his corresponding environment when he said this again, but since the words were spoken, the disgust naturally inevitably existed.

"What to do? Do you really want to marry your daughter to your own subordinates? Wu Guotai hesitated: "That daughter will never agree." ”

Helpless, she told Sun Quan about the chagrin in her heart, and forced Sun Quan to think of a way, but Sun Quan was also stumped. Sun Quan had a headache. It happened that Zhou Yu came to see him, and when he saw Sun Quan's sad face, he asked. Sun Quan was worried, so he told Zhou Yu about this matter and asked him: "Gong Jin, do you think this matter ......?" Alas, my mother is pressing! ”

"The heroes of the world are not just us, Cao Thief and Liu Bei. Why should the lord bother with this? You must know that there is a hero over there in Changsha. When Zhou Yu heard that it was actually this matter, he said with a smile.

"Over there in Changsha? Gong Jin is talking about Li Jiaozhou? Sun Quan's eyes lit up for a moment, and then dimmed again, "I heard that Li Sheng also has several wives and concubines." My sister passed like this, but when she was young, she was afraid that her mother would not allow it. ”

"Naturally, it will have some impact, but it won't have a big impact. I heard that Li Sheng once had 'In my family, there are no wives and concubines, and they are all equal.' It can be seen that his heart is also good. In addition, most of his wives and concubines are from ordinary backgrounds, and they are not as noble as the lord's sister, so I think that if Princess Ren passes, she will not suffer anything. Zhou Yu thought for a while and said: "And if I can form an alliance with Li Sheng, then my Jiangdong will have a few more chances of winning when dealing with Liu Bei." Even if Li Sheng is not allowed to help us and wait, he will not let him drag us back. At a time when we are hostile to Cao Cao and bothered to plot against Liu Bei, it is really vital to have an ally who does not have bad intentions towards us. ”

"That's just as well." Sun Quan seemed to be somewhat convinced, but he couldn't make up his mind about it: "I still have to ask my mother." "He is a filial person, and he was reprimanded by his mother like that before, and now he is more and more careless. After Zhou Yu left, he quickly visited his mother and told his mother that he could marry his sister to Li Sheng. His remarks about his mother are completely a copy of what Zhou Yu said to himself. After all that had been said was done, he respectfully stepped aside, waiting for his mother's decision.

"I don't know how old Li Sheng is?" Wu Guotai is mainly concerned about this, she doesn't want her daughter to marry an old man.

"I heard that he is only one year older than Erchen." Sun Quan replied softly.

"Only a year older? So he's only twenty-nine this year? Before he was established for thirty, he had already created such a foundation from scratch, and this Li Sheng was not much worse than your brother Bo Fu. Wu Guotai laughed with joy on his face: "Well, Zhong Mou can send someone to take a look." If it is appropriate, then make this family business a success. After all, your sister is not too young anymore. She really shouldn't be let go down. ”

"Yes!" Sun Quan arched his hand towards his mother, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "This troublesome matter has finally been settled." ”

At the moment, he ordered someone to find a messenger who could take care of this matter, and it was finally determined that Lu Su and Lu Fan were decided: Lu Su was chosen because he was the courtier who was most familiar with Li Sheng in the entire Jiangdong, and Lu Fan was chosen because Lu Fan was good at these etiquette rules and regulations, and he was a good candidate for a matchmaker. After thinking for a long time, Sun Quan determined the two main and deputy envoys, ordered someone to prepare some gifts and the like, and asked Lu Su to take people to Changsha. This is where Lu Su is today.

"Hopefully, don't let me down." Lu Su muttered quietly. He knows that everyone's temper is different. Although it is a good thing for most people to have such a good appearance and net worth in a marriage that comes to the door, it is not so easy for some people to accept. Under such circumstances, Lu Su could only pray that Li Sheng, who he was about to face, would do the best and would not object to such a self-seeking marriage.

"Perhaps...... Isn't my luck that bad? Lu Su muttered this, and the long-awaited tiredness finally came to his heart, making him involuntarily close his slender eyes.

The messenger's ship from Chaisang to Changsha sailed against the river for three days and three nights, and finally docked at Mingang in the northeast of Changsha City. Lu Su walked out of the cabin with Lu Fan and his entourage, looked up at the sun that had just risen in the sky, and couldn't help praying again in his heart: "...... Let's hope everything goes well. ”

With the unknown of the result, Lu Su walked on the avenue of Changsha City. Because he did not inform Li Sheng of the situation in advance, he came to Changsha this time, just like the last time he secretly came here for Zhou Yu's illness, and he did not receive the treatment of an envoy at all-someone took a special car to pick him up.

However, this is not uncomfortable for Lu Su. He led the people behind him as he strolled along the avenue leading from the dock to the city, his eyes looking at the surroundings with a keen eye. Changsha City is very prosperous, this is something he knew last time. Although he has also been to Xiangyang City, which is claimed to be comparable to Luoyang in the past, in his opinion, Xiangyang is not as prosperous as the Changsha City led by Li Sheng.

This is the second time Lu Su has seen such prosperity. But despite this, he was still attracted by such prosperity. In fact, this is true not only of himself, but also of the group of people behind him. It was the first time they had seen such a bustling city. The crowd of people who kept moving left and right in front of him always covered their vision from time to time, but they made a good footnote to their perception of the prosperity of the city.

"Zijing, is this really Changsha City?" Seeing such a scene, Lu Fan, who was one step behind Lu Su, couldn't help but whisper: "I always feel that in addition to the scale, he is much more lively than the Luoyang City I saw in the past." "Lu Fan is a little older than Lu Su, and he had seen Luoyang City, which had not yet been destroyed, during his study tour when he was young. At that time, Luoyang City was the first city in the world, and in his opinion, the Changsha City in front of him could not reach the scale of Luoyang City due to the terrain restrictions of the delta, and it was really much better and more lively than the country he had seen in the past. "It's a city of merchants." Looking at the shops that were full of streets from inside the city to outside the city, Lu Fan felt so.

"Yes and no." Lu Su looked at Lu Fan's surprised appearance, smiled and gave him such a plausible answer.

"How so?" Lu Fan was puzzled.

"This is the category of Changsha City, but it is not the main city of Changsha. In fact, the place we are staying in now is the original Changsha City, the current Changsha City. Since the ninth year of Jian'an, the population of Changsha City has gradually exceeded 500,000. The original place is no longer able to accommodate the common people. As a result, Li Sheng, as the Taishou of Changsha, spent a huge amount of money to build a new city in the south of the current Changsha City. Changsha's Taishou Mansion and the people's residences have been moved there, and the Changsha City here is Changsha City, which should be done, has become an exchange between Changsha and the outside world, brothels, restaurants, teahouses, inns, restaurants, warehouses, shops, and most of today's Changsha City is based on these. Although the corresponding facilities are also available in Changsha City, they are definitely not as many as here. Just like the embankment area of Xiangyang City in the past, Changsha City outside is undoubtedly the embankment area of Changsha City. Lu Su explained to Lu Fan with a smile. He had been to Changsha City once, so he naturally knew more about these things in Changsha City than Lu Fan.

"I see." Lu Fan nodded understandingly: "Then isn't this the outer city of Changsha?" ”

"That's true." Lu Su replied with a smile, and walked towards the tall city gate in front of him.

It was the "Nanzhi Gate" of the outer city. After here, after a period of about a mile long open space, it is under the "New North Gate" of Changsha New Town. The so-called "New North Gate" is just a general term for the floors in the northern district of Changsha City. In fact, the three city gates in the north of Changsha New City do not have any special names, but are generally arranged by numbers according to their respective directions. Although someone later saw Li Sheng's ambition and suggested that he give different titles to the city gate as if he were the capital of the country, he was firmly rejected by Li Sheng.

"Instead of spending this energy thinking about these flashy things, it is better to spend some energy to conceive a more complete city." Li Sheng pursed his lips, but firmly rejected this.

"Li Sheng is good at building a city." This is a saying about Li Sheng that has been circulating in Changsha City over the years. No one knows where this statement came from. However, the people of Changsha City, seeing that their lord actually set up such a team that was only responsible for construction and not responsible for fighting, and was busy working all day long on the head of this new city, they also believed in such a legend about "Li Sheng is good at building a city".

Lu Su had also heard of this legend, but he neither completely believed the rumors, nor did he disdain them. Because he has seen the appearance of Changsha New City, with his own understanding, from a military point of view, this Changsha City is not simple:

First of all, the new city of Changsha is different from all the cities that Lusu has ever seen. It was not made of a single-story wall, but a double-story wall. The outer ring of the city wall is slightly shorter, four zhang high and one zhang wide, and is full of trebuchets and oil pot racks. It is conceivable that in wartime, this is the first step in the defense line of Changsha New Town. The inner circle of the city wall seems to be one zhang higher on the basis of the same four-zhang high city wall, and there are countless rooms with huge windows to support the entire inner circle of the wall, as if the arrow tower with the eaves removed is built all over the city, which makes people feel a little weird. It stands behind the outer ring of the city wall, and has no direct connection with the outer ring of the city wall. To get from the inner ring to the outer ring, one can only enter through the lower drawbridge on top of the inner ring. Of course, in normal times, these drawbridges are stowed away.

"In this way, even if the enemy occupies the outer ring, they will still not be able to win the war. Because they stand on the outer wall, they will still be attacked by the defenders of the inner wall, which is a circle higher than them. "For the benefits of these two city walls, Lu Su almost knew at a glance.

However, his primary concern was not the defensive capabilities of the Changsha New Town, but the things hidden within the tall and thick walls of the Changsha New Town, and what was actually under the entire city.

Changsha New Town is different from other cities, in addition to a unique double city wall, the most important thing is that it has something called "drainage system". How exactly this thing is arranged and operated, Lu Su has only been here once, and it is not clear. He only understood that Li Sheng seemed to have built such a system, and the waste products of more than a million people in the entire Changsha City, and those dirty sludge things seemed to have been well disposed of.

"It's a clean, plague-free city." Lu Su remembered that when he asked Zhang Ji to go to Soochow to help Zhou Yu see a doctor, he occasionally talked about this matter, and the old national player said so.

"That's a pretty big deal." Lu Su felt this way, "The strength of the defense of the city wall made the enemy's strong attack a kind of bubble. And the drainage system can suppress the plague, which can not be afraid of enemy sieges. With such a city, there seems to be no other way to help him than to attack it from the inside. Lu Su heard that these seemed to be related to that Li Sheng and Li Envoy, and he couldn't help but admire Li Sheng more and more. Of course, he also felt that this Li Sheng was really a bit mysterious.

The scale of Changsha New City is much larger than that of the old city of Changsha, with a width of 20 miles from east to west and 40 miles from north to south. Of course, this is against the Han law, but because of Li Sheng's strength in this place, no one dares to blame him for anything. The world is a troubled time, but in the troubled times, the powerful are respected. Before Li Sheng was completely defeated, everything Li Sheng did was very normal in the local area.

Taishou Mansion is located a little north of the central district of Xincheng, and its scrupulous Chenge is still open to the north, but its area is quite large, and it has the scale of a royal mansion. This is because Li Sheng brought all the yamen under him into the palace. He divided the entire Taishou Mansion into two entrances, the front one was divided by a symmetrical nine-palace grid layout, as the office space of Li Sheng's subordinates, and the latter one was mainly dissolved between the mountains and rivers, but it was the residence of Li Sheng's family.

“…… Originally, envoys like us had to go to the pavilion in the north of the city to report first, and then they would be picked up by a special person to enter the Taishou Mansion. But because this matter is a little troublesome at the moment, we still need to test Li Sheng before we can make a final decision, so we have to meet with Li Sheng immediately......" The group walked along the road leading to Taishou Mansion, and Lu Su whispered his arrangements to his colleagues. At this moment, more than two hours have passed since they got off the ship, and the orange gate on the three steps in front of them is already in sight, which makes the people who have walked in the middle of the city for so long breathe a long sigh of relief.

A few steps forward, Lu Su reported the identity of his group of people to the guards of the government office, and made a request to see Li Sheng. The guard led them into a side hall next to the forward hall. This is the Hou living room of the Taishou Mansion, and the huge plaque clearly writes these three big characters, which makes people understand at once that the guards are letting them wait here. As for when Li Sheng will meet his people, it is up to Li Sheng to decide. However, in Lu Su's opinion, the time for these people to wait will definitely not be too short. Because he saw clearly that the entire Hou living room was empty, and no one else existed except for his own line.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the guard to report that he ran back quickly. Just as Lu Su guessed, he brought Li Sheng's order: "Please Mr. Lu Su go to the front hall for a while, the lord and the military advisor are waiting there?" ”

"Oh, okay!" Lu Su nodded, and was very polite to the guard: "Please also ask the little brother to guide you in front." "He is an honest man, he is not used to doing that kind of arrogant thing, and this time he is coming to kiss, this behavior is naturally more and more amiable.

was led to the front hall by the guards, there was a group of people waiting there, Lu Su looked up, but saw that they were divided into master and slave seats: sitting at the top of the unknown is naturally Li Sheng and Li Zixu, and sitting on the left and right of Li Sheng is the military division general Zhuge Liang, the military division general Pang Tong, the Zhennan general Shi Liaoli and other famous staff members under Li Sheng. Lu Su had seen them and knew that they were all very young and handsome - it seemed that there were not many old men under Li Sheng. This may be related to Li Sheng's own background. Li Sheng himself is a famous young student in Jingzhou, and most of the people who interact with him are naturally such young people.

The two sides saluted and sat down, and Lu Su began to organize his words and think about how to say things euphemistically. Although the family matter was first proposed by Dongwu's side, Dongwu's side, as a woman, always needs some face, so he hesitated a little. His mind was racing and he was bent on finding an eyebrow, but how could it be so easy to find? After thinking about it for a long time and still not coming up with an idea, Lu Su had no choice but to get straight to the point: "Li Yuanjun, when the current day is divided, the people have been suffering from Cao thief for a long time. Li Yuanjun is a loyal and righteous person, and my lord is also a bold person, so he should join forces to punish Cao Thief. Although there was an alliance between you and Uncle Liu Huang during the Chibi War, my lord thought that the alliance between you and me seemed to be deeper. In order to join hands to fight against the Cao thief, the lord of my family is willing to marry the general to Qin and Jin, and marry the younger sister Princess Ren to the envoy as his wife, I don't know what the envoy means? ”

When Lu Su said this, Li Sheng and his military advisors were accustomed to drinking tea on the desk. When Lu Su said all this in straightforward words very helplessly, most of the people were stunned: Li Sheng's tea was still in his mouth, but at this moment, he heard that he was dumbfounded, and the tea in his mouth gradually moistened the corners of his mouth; Pang Tong has not yet drunk the tea, at this moment he is holding the bottom of the teacup in his left hand, and the tea lid lifted in his right hand; Zhuge Liang ......; Liao Li ....... In short, after Lu Su said such words, the people on Li Sheng's side were all surprised, and they looked completely frightened.

"Princess Jen? Is it really Princess Ren? Stuck for a while, Li Sheng stammered and asked.

"That's natural, my lord Sun Quan only has one sister, and that is Princess Ren." Seeing Li Sheng's fussy appearance, Lu Su felt as if he had been insulted, and immediately said with a straight face.

"I heard that this princess Ren is extremely brave, with hundreds of maids and maids, often carrying knives, and the room is full of weapons, although the men are not as good as them." Li Sheng's face was slightly bitter: "If you think about it, looking at such a woman is not something that ordinary people can bear." Of course, I don't care if that's the case, but the problem is that I'm already married. If you marry Princess Ren again, I'm afraid you will be wronged by her. ”

Li Sheng's words were very tactful, but the meaning had already been pointed out, and the people in the hall were not stupid, so they naturally understood it very well. And Lu Fan and Lu Su were even more red-faced, and they seemed to be a little ashamed of having such a famous princess in their own family. Although there is no so-called saying that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, it is a fact that all men like women to be more gentle and virtuous. For such a princess who is completely out of step with traditional beauty, they also have a headache when they think about it. Of course, they all know that this headache can only be put in the bottom of their hearts, in front of outsiders, especially in front of the object they are determined to kiss, that beauty must be regarded as very beautiful, and the opposite very evil can only be covered up as half a point, this is the so-called matchmaker's criterion.

"Where is what a grievance. Li Yuanjun's words in the past, 'only flat wives', made women all over the world moved. What's more, Princess Ren's temperament does not need others, she attaches great importance to heroes, and there is also a saying that 'marrying a husband should marry a hero'. If you talk about who the heroes are today, there are only a few people. Among them, it can be the same age as Princess Ren, and it is none other than Li Yuanjun, which is really a match made in heaven. What's more, in the future, you and I will become in-laws, and we can help each other, and it will be okay to sweep the world at that time. Lu Su patiently persuaded. It's not just about marriage. He had already vaguely named it.

"In that case!" Li Sheng pondered for a while, and finally agreed: "Then please leave everything to Mr." He bowed his hand to Lu Su deeply. As a monarch, in many cases, family affairs are also state affairs. He didn't want to attract the anger of Sun Quan because of the refusal of such a marriage.