Back at the end of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Jiangdong has always been warm and humid, but this year's winter is particularly cold, and even Jianye City has heavy snow. However, the bright white snow can hardly hide the grand scene of the cars outside Wuhou's Mansion flowing like a dragon. The New Year is approaching, and the master of the entire south of the Yangtze River, Marquis Sun Ce, will feast his courtiers here.

The hall of Wuhou Mansion changed from the solemn and dull of the past, but became lively. All kinds of beauties shuttled among them, staggered and laughing. As for the truth in this laughter, no one cares at this time.

Qiao Ren didn't like this kind of banquet since he was a child, and none of his subordinates in Lujiang came except for Sun Lang and Jia Hua. Jia Hua could only drink outside due to his lack of qualifications, and Sun Lang, as a child of the Sun family, went to contact his brothers. And Qiao Ren sat more and more lonely on the seat, and Qiao Ren's official position was higher and higher, and this scene fell in the eyes of people with a heart, and it was a small material for the Jiangdong family to squeeze out Qiao Ren.

"Why does the Metropolitan Governor drink alone, why is it so beautiful, and the Metropolitan Governor doesn't want to have a night of romance?" Qiao Ren doesn't look for others, others will find him.

Qiao Ren looked at it in dialect, and what caught his eye was a middle-aged Wenchen in a black dress, with a cunning and joking face. "Chengming is still the same, a rotten mouth, punished for drinking!"

The person who came was appointed by Wuling Taishou and transferred to Pan Jun in the chariot riding rule. Due to the death of Zhang Qiu, Sun Shao replaced him as the chief of the chariot and cavalry, and the position he left behind was taken over by Pan Jun.

"Okay, I'll punish myself with a drink. But Ziyan, you have to go with me, Ziyu, Wei Jing, and Han Xuanke are all waiting for you. Pan Jun came over and didn't just tease Qiao Ren, but also came with a task.

Qiao Ren's return to Jianye this time was originally to discuss with Sun Ce about Liu Bei's Yizhou, and he didn't want to meet Sun Ce's ministers at a big banquet. However, since it was a festive day, Qiao Ren did not twist his sleeves and picked up the jar and went.

The next day, in the side hall of Wuhou Mansion, there were only a dozen people sitting in the hall at this moment, and the dialect looked at Zhou Yu, who was the general and the protector of the central capital, Lu Fan, the general of Yangzhou Muzuo, Zhu Zhi, the general of Xuzhou, Qiao Ren, who led the army in the previous general's line, Gu Yong, the chief bookkeeper, Sun Shao, the general of the overseer, Zhuge Jin, the general of Hengye, the left governor of Lu Meng, the right governor of Hengjiang, the rebellious general Sun Quan, and the military advisor Zhang Zhao, who gradually faded out of the circle of power, of course, Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong who sat on the main seat. These twelve people can be said to be the real core of Soochow, and the things decided in this small hall will affect the trend of Soochow and even the entire Han Dynasty.

"Although Liu Bei now sits in Yizhou, there is Zhang Lu in the north to divide Hanzhong, and there is Nanban in the south to ravage Qianwei, and life is not easy, but in the past, the lord borrowed Nanjun from him, although he used one-third of Jiangxia in exchange, but now Liu Bei has a basis, and the last general suggests that the lord can take back Nanjun." The first to speak was Lu Meng, the nearest metropolitan governor to Liu Bei, a general who was born in a reckless manner, and now he has grown up to be able to speak out about the general trend of the world in a group of children of the family.

"My lord." Sun Shao, who looked upright, then said: "Your Majesty thinks that Governor Lu's words are also wrong. The lord borrowed Nanjun from Liu Bei, and he had received Jiangxia as a reward, and now it has only been a few years, and he will take it back. What is the difference between words and no faith, but now that Jiaozhou is unstable and the history of the assassination is being calmed, why should I Jiangdong find myself to deal with Xiangfan's Cao army! ”

Although Sun Ce didn't say a word when he was present, his heart was extremely bright, and the reason why Lu Meng was in a hurry to take back Nanjun was actually very simple. Qiao Ren fought with relish in Jiangbei, but Lu Meng, who was also the governor, could only watch Liu Bei go to take Shu land, but he could only train the navy in Dongting Lake.

Zhou Yu, who was the head of both civil and military affairs, finally spoke at this time, "My lord, I also agree with what Sun Changshi said. There are still Wuling barbarians in Jingnan to make trouble, and the Yue people in the Minyue region are also ready to move. At this time, our army really shouldn't be opening up another battlefield, and even if our army asks for Nanjun, Liu Bei won't give it. ”

"What the latter general said is very true." Qiao Ren also echoed: "Liu Bei is repeatedly difficult to raise, and he is a big bully. Even brothers of the same clan like Liu Zhang and Liu Biao won't even blink an eyelid when they seize their inheritance, let alone allies like us. If our army forcibly takes Nanjun, it will cause the rupture of the Sun-Liu alliance, Liu Bei is no longer what it used to be, and he has an army of more than 100,000 people, and it is not easy to provoke. Even Guan Yu's Jingzhou army is enough for our army to drink a pot, and it is really not a wise move to turn against Liu Bei at this time. ”

"Then, in the opinion of Qiao Dudu, when is the best time?" Qiao Ren thought it was Lu Meng who asked, but when he looked at it, he realized that it was Sun Quan.

"Liu Bei is a relative of the Han family, and the emperor and uncle of the Son of Heaven promise himself, if the son falls into Xuchang today, Liu Bei and Cao Cao will have no chance of reconciliation, and Guan Yu of Nanjun will sooner or later make a northern expedition to the Central Plains, and then it will be the time to take back Nanjun."

"Well, this is indeed not the time to take back Nanjun." Sun Ce interrupted everyone's calculations with one mouth, and instead said: "Ziyan has repeatedly broken Cao's army in Jiangbei, and I don't know what follow-up plans there are. ”

Qiao Ren looked at Sun Ce indifferently, and said: "Lord, Hefei Cao's army has a large number of soldiers and horses, and the military spirit is stable, and the city defense is complete, it is not easy for our army to pull it out, and our Jiangbei Army is being reorganized, and it is not suitable to move troops." However, Ren thought that Lujiang County was too large to manage, and implored the lord to set up another county such as Anfeng. “

"Yes, this county is called Anfeng County. It's up to you to decide who you choose. “

"Whoa!"

Sun Ce wanted to change the topic, but suddenly remembered something, and asked Qiao Ren: "By the way, Ziyan, two months ago, you sent someone to sacrifice the treasure knife of Lone, but is there still one?" ”

Hearing Sun Ce mention Miao Dao, Qiao Ren suddenly flashed countless thoughts in his heart, and finally stabilized his mind and said: "The lord This treasure knife, named Miao Dao, is cast by the treasure knife that was matched by the former Dayu King Yu when he was in Huiji, but it is very time-consuming, so Ren has no inventory. ”

At this moment, Qiao Ren didn't want to sacrifice the production process of Miao Dao, firstly, he had promised Ou Yeyang to protect his identity, and secondly, he had a selfish intention to improve the strength of his subordinates first.

Fortunately, Sun Ce did not pursue it, and after hearing Qiao Ren say that it was difficult to produce, he extinguished the mind of the whole army's equipment. Turned to Gu Yong and asked, "Master, the weather is unusually cold this year, which I haven't encountered in Jiangdong for many years. We must be careful not to let the people suffer from disasters. ”

"My lord, the ministers will send their subordinates to take back the situation of the counties, and it will be summarized in a few days. According to the situation of the counties, clothing, charcoal, etc. are distributed as appropriate. ”

"Hmm!" Sun Ce nodded with satisfaction.

"Lord" Zhang Zhao, the military advisor who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke, "The Minyue barbarians are about to move, I don't know who the lord wants to send to pacify?" ”

"Lu Boyan."

The head of the Lu family and Sun Ce's son-in-law? This is the evaluation of Lu Xun in the hearts of most people in the hall. However, Qiao Ren knew in his heart that this Lu Xun was a military commander no less than Zhou Yu, and he was a rare handsome talent. Later generations Qiao Ren is still strange, the number of handsome talents in Eastern Wu is outrageous, but Shu Han only has Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, and the handsome talents in Eastern Wu have a lot to do with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu is his brother, Lu Meng is his personal guard, Lu Xun is his son-in-law, Lu Kang is his grandson, and Lu Su is more like a strategist and politician.

However, since Sun Ce proposed that Lu Xun be in charge of the troops, he must already know his talents, just like Qiao Ren, they were all honed from the lower levels, although Qiao Ren's training time was very short.

"My lord." Qiao Ren also wanted to promote this niece and son-in-law who was no more than two years younger than himself, "Fuyue Zhonglang will be familiar with the affairs of the Yue people, and he can work with Lu Xun to appease the Yue people in the Minyue region." ”

"Ziyan is reasonable, and he ordered Lu Xun to be the southern governor to cooperate with Fei Zhan, the general of Zhonglang, and He Qi, the general of Heqi, to go south to Jian'ou Town to Fuyue people."

"Yes!"

After the meeting, Qiao Renfang came out of the hall and was stopped by an eighteen-year-old girl.