Today's Jiangdong is very different from history.

Since it was much easier for Sun Ce to occupy the entire Jiangdong than in history, especially Yuzhang County and Wu County, in order to stabilize the situation, Sun Ce temporarily set the capital in Wu County, Wu County. Because of this, a large number of Jiangdong troops gathered around Wu County, in addition to Wu County, there are also Niuzhu and Jingkou, and there are also many troops.

Niuzhu is an important passage for Jiujiang County to enter Jiangdong, in order to prevent Yuan Shu from attacking Jiangdong, it is natural to gather heavy troops, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, and Zhou Tai are the commanders of the Niuzhu battalion. And Jingkou, opposite is the Guangling River Water Temple and Tanglin Pavilion, and the vicinity of Jingkou connects Danyang and Wujun two counties, there are more than 20 counties around, accounting for one-third of the entire Jiangdong, and the population is more than one-third, it is a veritable economic center of Jiangdong, and the geographical location is very important. The geographical location of Jingkou is too important, so in history, Sun Ce once set his capital here. In the era of Sun Quan, the capital was still set here at the beginning, and Jingkou was renamed Jingcheng, until the capital was later moved to Jianye, which was later Nanjing, and Jingkou was still an important place to garrison troops.

Therefore, Tian Fan walked out of the Tanglin Pavilion and went east, and he could meet Zhou Yu who rushed back to Wu County from Niuzhu to attend his wedding.

Obviously, Zhou Yu is a self-acquaintance, and such a person is easier to deal with and easier to get along with.

Hearing Zhou Yu say that he didn't sing serious songs, Tian Fan was choked.

Then, he looked at Zhou Yu with a strange face, and said, "I said Gongjin, are you so busy?" There are five days left before your wedding, and you are rushing back? ”

Zhou Yu smiled introvertedly and said: "Jiangdong has been decided, the situation is not stable, I, the governor of the Niuzhu military camp, can't forget the situation, I just think about getting married, right?" ”

Tian Fan nodded slightly and said, "It's too!" Brother Gongjin, why don't you come to me and take a boat with you, and we can talk a lot? ”

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said, "That's very good!" ”

As he spoke, he ordered his soldiers to build a ladder between the two boats. Tian Fan turned around and said, "Shi A and Old Man Tang follow me, and the rest of us will wait on the boat!" ”

All the soldiers sang in unison! Xiao Qiao said, "Brother, I'll go too!" ”

Tian Fan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Xiao Qiao said: "We have a relationship with Gong Jin, and we can be regarded as acquaintances, so it's good to help you set up a relationship!" ”

Tian Fan looked at Zhou Yu and then at Xiao Qiao, a little undecided. These two people are husband and wife in history, don't do firewood as soon as they meet, and do something else, then I will be sorry for Qiao Xuan's entrustment!

Looking at Xiao Qiao's firm gaze, Tian Fan nodded reluctantly and said, "That's it, it's okay!" ”

So, Old Man Tang was in front, Tian Fan pulled Xiao Qiao in the middle with his left and right hands, and Shi A Finally, a group of five people stumbled to Zhou Yu's boat.

Zhou Yu kept watching them from the side of the boat, until the five of them touched the plank, then he sighed, hugged his fists and said, "Jiujiang Zhou Yu, I've seen Mr. Tian!" ”

This is a formal salute, Tian Fan hurriedly let go of Xiao Qiao's hand, hugged his fists and said: "Xia Pi Tian Fan, I have seen Zhou Dudu!" ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Boguang, let's go, let's go into the cabin!" ”

Tian Fan nodded slightly, and the five of them, Zhou Yu, entered the cabin.

Zhou Yu looked at the two colonels behind him and said, "Don't come in!" ”

The two guards didn't squeak, but looked at Tian Fan.

Tian Fan smiled slightly and said, "Shi, Old Man Tang, don't go in, I have to say something to Brother Gongjin!" Well, ...... other" He untied the black sword from his waist, handed it to Shi A, and said, "You keep it for me first." ”

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly untied the sword and handed it to a small school.

Zhou Yu's cabin is very simple but very elegant. There was not a single gold or silver in the whole cabin. Facing the door of the cabin, at the innermost, there was a pair of silver armor, which should have been his protective armor. There is a small door on the left that leads to the bedroom. In the middle of the cabin is a low table, on which are placed several lacquerware wine bowls and a jar of wine. On the right side is a low table, narrower, with a lyre on it. Next to the piano table, there is a small low table, on which are a few rolls of bamboo slips, pen and ink, and a small incense burner, which is generating curling green smoke. …,

When the four of them entered the room, Zhou Yu pointed to the position on the left side of the middle low table, and said, "Boguang, I only have one low table here, so let's not pay so much attention to it!" Please! So saying, he came to the right and sat down. The two of them are on the left and the right, leaning against the door on the side, implying that the two are equal to each other, regardless of high and low. Big and small Joe sat on the side facing the doorway. Big Qiao is by Tian Fan's side, and Xiao Qiao is next to Zhou Yu.

After sitting down, Zhou Yu took matters into his own hands, helped Tian Fan find a cup, poured another bowl of light wine, held it up with both hands, and handed it to Tian Fan. Tian Fan immediately followed with both hands and nodded in thanks. After that, Zhou Yu handed over the wine jar to Xiao Qiao and said, "I'm tired of Xiao Qiao's girl to add wine to the two of us!" ”

Xiao Qiao smiled, took the wine jar and rearranged it in a suitable position, reopened the lid, and then picked up the wine on the table and placed it at the mouth of the jar.

Tian Fan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Brother Gongjin, do you know my two younger sisters?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "A few years ago, my uncle took me to visit Qiao's house because I met the two girls. The two girls are as beautiful as fairies, and they will never forget it when they see it once. Besides, I've heard my family talk about two girls. ”

After a slight pause, he said with some sadness: "Although Qiao Gong's name is Shangjia, he is very knowledgeable, and Yu Duo benefited a lot from his guidance during that visit!" It's just that...... Hey, God is jealous! ”

Tian Fan coughed hurriedly, Zhou Yu saw that Xiao Qiao's mood was obviously low, and Da Qiao's eyes had begun to redden, so he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and smiled awkwardly, and said, "Two girls, what's the matter with you and Boguang?" ”

Xiao Qiao smiled reluctantly and said, "Before my father died, he entrusted the two of us to my brother and let him take care of us on his behalf!" ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "That's very good!" With Boguang, who will dare to be disrespectful to you in the future? Haha, General White Tiger's nickname, that's not for nothing! ”

After a slight pause, he faced Tian Fan and said, "Boguang, I have something I want to ask for advice!" ”

Tian Fan bowed his head slightly and said, "Brother Gongjin, please speak!" ”

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were in the same year, and both of them were one year older than Tian Fan.

Zhou Yu said: "Boguang, I want to ask, when the princes of the Four Roads attacked your Xuzhou that day, my South Road was almost wiped out. I've heard that it's related to you at this time, isn't it true? ”

Tian Fan smiled slightly and said, "Brother Gongjin, is this going to settle accounts after the autumn?" ”

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "Boguang, if you look at me like this, then you will underestimate me Zhou Yu!" Hehe, to be honest, I'm just puzzled, how did you see the flaw? ”

It seems that Jiangdong also has spies in Xuzhou, otherwise it would be impossible to know about this matter.

Tian Fan shook his head and said, "Brother Gongjin is elegant and magnanimous, rare in the world, and he is a mortal!" In fact, I guessed it by accident. On the same day, after I led people to defeat Yuan Xiansi, I rushed back to Xiapi...... Brother Gongjin also knows that anyone who is a businessman likes to do business. Hehe, to put it mildly, no one in the Han Dynasty has done as much business as me! It was also a coincidence that when I went home, I happened to hear the subordinate of my family's business management say that he had heard a businessman from Luling complain, saying that several families in Luling bought a large amount of grain at the same time, which caused the price of grain in Luling to skyrocket.

"Anyone who is a businessman is more sensitive to these things. Therefore, after a detailed inquiry, I made a bold guess - Liu Miao wants to fight! There is no disaster in Luling, why do the families of Luling want to buy grain? Thinking of Liu Xuan's prestige among the family, I speculate that they are very likely to buy grain for Liu Xuan! So why did Liu Miao buy grain? One place is for war! Where is he going to fight, hehe, it must be you! Aren't you supposed to have spies in Luling? No way!

"In addition, at that time, Ziyu, Ziyang, Shuzhi, and Guorang confronted you, and you had more than 40,000 people, but you never launched a siege war. I speculate that you are secretly crossing Chencang on the plank road in the Ming Dynasty, and you are attacking Xuzhou openly, but in fact you want to attack Luling. So, I sent a letter to Ziyang and Zijing, asking them to act! ”…,

Zhou Yu nodded slowly, what Tian Fan said was reasonable, so he couldn't believe it. In Jiangdong, there will definitely be spies in Xuzhou, just as there are spies in Xuzhou. However, Sun Ce's rise was very short, and it was only about a year now, even if Xuzhou had spies in Jiangdong, it was impossible to enter a high enough level in such a short period of time to know such confidential information.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yu picked up the wine bowl and said: "Boguang, the boat on the river is very boring, the two of us are talking while drinking, but it will also relieve the boredom!" Come on, please! ”

Tian Fan picked up the wine bowl, touched him slightly, and took a sip.

This wine is really not good! Tian Fan couldn't help asking, "Gongjin, you just drink this kind of wine?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said: "The army is bitter, besides, Jiangdong is in ruins, and I am not very interested in wine." That's it, it's still for entertaining lieutenant generals and colonels, and I rarely touch it on weekdays. ”

Tian Fan bowed his head slightly and said with a smile: "I can't do it!" Hehe, our lieutenant generals and colonels drink spirits, and I don't drink alcohol on weekdays, and I can't sleep if I don't drink half a catty of his spirits every day! ”

Zhou Yu's eyes froze, and he said in unison: "Really? How rich are you in Xuzhou? ”

Tian Fan said: "Is that okay? Hehe, you probably know the price of grain in Xuzhou, fifty dollars a stone, naturally, this is because of the high grain production, we will be like this. is such a price, or is it because the General's Mansion pays money and buys a large number of things every year, which stabilizes the price of grain, otherwise it will have to fall! For this reason, the money paid by the General's Mansion is in the hundreds of millions every year! In addition, the salaries of my Xuzhou officials are all issued in double portions, although the number of troops is not large, they can be well equipped, the soldiers have good meals, one pound of meat for three days, the training intensity is high, and the natural combat power is also strong. Hehe, this year, you have to have money for everything! ”

Tian Fan seems to be a wild nonsense, but it is full of content. Sun Ce's power was established relatively late, and the spies sent to Xuzhou naturally did not last long, and they only focused on inquiring about high-level information, and these civilian information would be ignored. Tian Fan wanted to use these to deter Zhou Yu and make them understand their situation, so as to lay a good foundation for the next stage of negotiations.

Some people say that the real negotiations are all behind the scenes, and when the two sides are about to form an alliance, in fact, all the conditions have been negotiated behind the scenes. Tian Fan believes that this conversation between him and Zhou Yu, or the journey of the two in the same boat, is the key to the success of the alliance between the two parties.