General Zhuge Liang opened Lu Su's handwritten letter, read it carefully, and then slowly put it away, and said with a smile: "Is Lu Zijing in good health?" ”

Zhang Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the general, General Hengjiang is overworked and in poor health." ”

The smile on Zhuge Liang's face froze for a moment, and he sighed a little ashamedly. Lu Su is only in his forties, and he is tired like this, not only because of the heavy burden on his shoulders, but also because of his psychological pressure. At the beginning, it was Lu Su who advocated an alliance with Liu Bei, but as a result, Liu Bei not only borrowed Jingzhou and did not pay it back, but also fought with Sun Quan because of this, and Lu Su, the initiator, will definitely be difficult to be. Now Jiangdong is nominally the most prestigious and important general, but in recent years, Lu Meng, Jiang Qin and others have been vigorously cultivated by Sun Quan, and the trend of replacing Lu Su has been very obvious, and Lu Su's position is precarious, and its pressure can be imagined.

What a shame for an old friend.

"However, if the family affair is completed and the two sides form an alliance again, then General Hengjiang may be able to recuperate for a while." Zhang Cheng took advantage of the situation and said: "The general is in charge of the affairs of General Zuo's mansion, he must know the current situation, General Zuo wants to seize Ba County, he wants to take Hanzhong, and my general also has to deal with Cao Ying, if the two sides can help each other in the same boat, then the direction of Jingzhou will be safe and sound, and he will be able to break Cao." ”

Zhuge Liang waved his hand: "There is no need for Zhong Hei to say more about this matter, General Zuo also understands, I believe he will make the right disposal." I just hope you don't do something like Mrs. Sun this time. Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Cheng with some concern: "General Guan loves his daughter very much, even if he starts for the sake of the overall situation, he is willing to obey General Zuo's arrangement and marry his daughter to Jiangdong. ”

Zhang Cheng nodded hurriedly: "Please rest assured that this will not happen to the general." ”

Zhuge Liang sighed: "I hope so." He paused, and then said: "Actually, in addition to General Guan's daughter, there are many suitable women under General Zuo's account, in case there is disharmony, you might as well discuss again, it doesn't matter whose woman it is, what matters is the sincerity of both parties." ”

Sun Shao, who had been listening to the back, laughed secretly, he heard the uncertainties from Zhuge Liang's words, as if Zhuge Liang was not optimistic about this family matter, could it be that he was worried that Guan Yu would not even listen to Liu Bei's words?

Zhuge Liang saw a smile flash on Sun Shao's face, and then disappeared without a trace, and his brows furrowed inadvertently. "What is Captain Sun's opinion?"

Sun Shao smiled slightly: "The surname Shao is shoddy, how can there be any high opinions, this matter still depends on General Yucheng." He waved his hand, and asked people to send two jars of new wine in, put them on the bookcase in front of Zhuge Liang, and said with a smile: "These two jars of wine are new wine from Wuzhong, and they were originally intended to be given to General Zhang Yide, but he is fighting in Ba County, so he can't present them in person, and he will be handed over by the general." ”

Zhuge Liang looked at the two jars of wine in front of him and smiled: "I heard that Captain Sun sells wine in Wuzhong, could it be such wine?" ”

Zhang Cheng's face was a little red, Sun Shao's business was a self-deprecating thing in his opinion, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to know about it, so he was really embarrassed. But Sun Shao didn't think so, he knew that although Zhuge Liang was a scholar, but he was not the kind of pedantic scholar, on the contrary, he had a high talent and interest in technological transformation, and he did not despise business.

"The general is right, it's this wine."

Zhuge Liang looked at Sun Shao for a long time, and suddenly said, "Did the captain bring two altars?" ”

Sun Shao looked at Zhuge Liang, and the corners of his mouth picked out two heartfelt smiles: "Does the general want to drink it himself?" Or do you want to distribute? If the general drinks it himself, I still have a little on the ship to drink it myself, and it is not impossible to send two jars to the general, and if the general wants to distribute it, we can sit down and talk about cooperation. ”

Zhang Cheng was a little annoyed, I'm talking about business here, what are you talking about selling alcohol, it's really nonsense. He was just about to stop Sun Shao, Zhuge Liang also said with interest: "I want to drink first, if it's really good, I also want to distribute, I wonder if the captain is interested?" ”

Sun Shao laughed, arched his hand and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to send the wine to your house immediately, you taste it first, and then we'll talk about the rest." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded again and again: "Then thank the captain first." ”

Zhang Cheng was dumbfounded, Sun Shao was just a self-defilement in business, why did Zhuge Liang also do business? He is a dignified general.

It wasn't until he went out that Sun Shao put away the smile on his face, turned his head and looked at Zhang Chengdao: "Brother Zhong, do you really want to do business as Zhuge Liang?" ”

"Could it be ......" Zhang Cheng said to his lips, and felt that it was wrong, Sun Shao's face was very serious, and the appearance of talking and laughing just now was like two people, obviously there was something else, he thought about it, and suddenly thought of something: "Fengxian, you mean, our new wine has aroused his suspicions?" ”

Sun Shao nodded: "Zhuge Liang is an extremely smart person, and more importantly, he is not a scholar who talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and his sensitivity to new technologies is far beyond ordinary people." Although we can hide the workshop of new sake in the sake brewery, we can hide it from many people's eyes and ears, but it may not be easy to hide it from him. ”

"He's going to notice these things?" Zhang Cheng was still a little unconvinced.

"Hehe, he's just an awl hidden in his bag, far from revealing his true edge." Sun Shao said very skillfully: "Zhong Hei, although you are also a rare talent, but you only pay attention to scheming, but do not pay attention to technology, compared with him, you lack a lot." ”

Zhang Cheng disagreed, he thought it was Sun Shao's exaggeration, and he didn't care too much. Sun Shao saw that he was careless, and it was not easy to say any more, so he couldn't tell Zhang Cheng that Zhuge Liang would invent a crossbow and six out of Qishan in the future.

In General Zuo's Mansion, General Liu Bei, who had half-white hair, sat high, and Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang sat aside, with different expressions.

Liu Bei picked up Guan Yu's letter on the case again and glanced at it, put it down gently, and raised his head to look at Fazheng: "Filial piety, what do you say?" ”

Fa Zheng raised his eyelids and said bluntly: "The minister thinks that he should be a friend." Then he closed his lips and paused, and said: "Last time, Cao Ying personally conquered Hanzhong and returned to Yecheng, not because he didn't have the strength to take all of Yizhou, but because he had internal problems, so he rushed back to deal with it, otherwise, it is difficult to say whether the lord can still sit here and discuss matters." This year, he pretended to be the king of Wei, and he was going to go out to fight the army, and now the army was sent to Hefei, if this battle started, he could not come to Hanzhong again in the short term, and this is a great opportunity for us to seize Hanzhong. If you don't seize this opportunity, when Cao Ying pulls out his hand and conquers Hanzhong again, Yizhou may be uneasy. It is beneficial for us to marry Sun Quan and let him rest assured that he will be entangled with Cao Ying. ”

Liu Bei nodded again and again, and said with some embarrassment: "It's just that Yun Chang's surname is proud, and he treats that daughter as the pearl of his palm, and he refuses to allow people easily, not to mention that Sun Deng is still a child, how can Yun Chang agree?" I'm afraid that even if I agree, he'll refuse. ”

Liu Bei's worries are not unreasonable. He knows Guan Yu's temper too well, although they are called Junchen, they are like brothers, Guan Yu has always been loyal to him, but Guan Yu's surname is proud, the last time Ma Chao was named General Pingxi, Guan Yu was very unhappy, and specially wrote a letter to question, thanks to Zhuge Liang's proper answer, so he didn't cause trouble. Now that he wants to marry his precious daughter to a child with a snot, it's no wonder that he is not popular.

Fa Zheng disagreed: "Although General Guan is unruly, can he even disobey the words of the lord?" This matter is related to the great cause of the Lord, how can he be allowed to make his own decisions? Last time, he didn't allow marriage, and insulted the Jiangdong envoy, it can be said that Jiangdong did not inform the lord first, but now that the Jiangdong envoy has arrived in Chengdu, the lord ordered the marriage, if he disobeys again, he can't say it. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, Guan Yu is arrogant, Fa Zheng is also arrogant, he is one of the few people who is not afraid of Guan Yu, he means right, but it may not be useful to Guan Yu. He turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang again, "Kong Ming, what do you see?" ”

Zhuge Liang bowed respectfully: "What filial piety said is very true, but the lord's worries are also reasonable." ”

Liu Bei was a little unhappy, aren't you slippery?

"However, the minister thinks that this matter needs to be changed." Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei cautiously, and stopped talking.

Fa Zheng looked at him with some displeasure, Zhuge Liang seemed to agree with him, but Fa Zheng was not a fool, what Zhuge Liang really meant was that he was wrong, and he had a better idea.

Liu Bei also heard Zhuge Liang's words, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "How to be flexible?" ”

"Minister...... I thought that it was okay to get married, but not to marry Sun Deng. Zhuge Liang's voice was very soft, but it was very resolute: "General Guan is the important general of the country, Sun Deng is the eldest son of Sun Quan, for the sake of the country, they can't get married, otherwise there will be something to discuss." ”

Liu Bei frowned, and before he could hear what he meant, Fa Zheng suddenly realized, and his face suddenly became a little ugly. Recently, I have put all my energy into studying the battle situation in Hanzhong, but I didn't even expect this simple truth, and let Zhuge Liang show his face in vain.

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