In late October of the first year of Chu, Bai Tu came back more than a month later than planned, and almost missed the imperial examination.

Of course, if it was slower, out of responsibility as the king of Chu, even Lu Bu would urge Bai Tu to take the first step, instead of accompanying Lu Lingqi to hurry slowly.

Although there was no need to go to the county to patrol the government when he returned, from the time he found out that Lu Lingqi was pregnant behind him in Jianyang, the speed of the car slowed down, and it took three months before returning to Jinling.

Lu Lingqi, who has been pregnant for four months, is also slightly pregnant......

When he returned to Jinling, as usual, many people watched from the road, and Bai Tu was secretly worried about whether the noisy environment would be bad for the fetus, and at the same time, he hinted that Zhang Chunhua removed the bastard who wrote on the front page of today's Di newspaper, "His Majesty the Great King of Chu returns to Jinling who is loyal to him today......

When entering the city, Bai Tu got out of the car and hugged the pregnant Lu Lingqi, followed by Xiahou Juan.

That's right, it's a deliberate one!

It's not to tell the whole world that Bai Tu is a scumbag......

It's to tell the parents and fellow villagers in Jinling that it was Lu Lingqi who was pregnant, not Xiahou Juan.

Otherwise, after "Mrs. Xiahou is pregnant and leaves Chu", it will be "Queen Chu is pregnant" immediately? How could it be so coincidental? It's more intelligible than the sound of a candle shadow axe......

In the future, when you are pregnant in October, once you give birth, you may not have to be brain-made up for how many tanuki to change the prince!

So now let Xiahou Juan appear next to Bai Tu in women's clothes, not that Bai Tu wants to be a cheating scumbag during pregnancy, but that it must be shown that Xiahou Juan is not pregnant.

At the same time, it can be regarded as acquiescing to the previous rumors about "Mrs. Xiahou", so as not to continue to spread false rumors.

Of course, based on Bai Tu's experience, this will only be done for hundreds of years at most, or even only a few decades, and after hundreds or thousands of years, it will still be written blindly by some two-dimensional history writers......

By now, Wei Guo has long known about Xiahou Juan, and Liu Ye is already on the way - basically Liu Ye's line of action this year is "Yecheng-Jinling-Yecheng-Jinling".

It can be called the first Chu State purchasing agent (fog) in the Wei Dynasty......

After Yang Xiu saved himself and saved people, he unexpectedly won the unanimous favor of the high-level of Wei, and his identity was completely "whitewashed" in the court of Wei, getting rid of the influence of "Yang Biao's son", and further penetrating into the inner circle of Wei.

As for the marriage between Xiahou Juan and the King of Chu, Cao Cao naturally did not have any objection, and although Xiahou Yuan was still a little dissatisfied with the problem of marrying far away, he ...... It's come to this, what can I do?

As early as when Bai Tu was only a pastor in Yangzhou, Cao Cao proposed marriage, but Bai Tu refused.

Later, as the situation evolved, if there was no matter between the Han Emperor and the imperial court out of control, Cao Cao might still hesitate - after all, if you have to "stick to your face", the significance of marriage is too small.

If it was Cao Cao's own daughter, he wouldn't be too distressed, but Xiahou Juan's words...... He had to consider Xiahou Yuan's thoughts!

However, now the auxiliary Han forces have come to a "Tiesuo Lianjiang", with Xu County being completely defeated, the land between Chu and Wei is already "Morning Glory, Kyaukjiao River Han Girl", there is no point of conflict, unless...... One of them first went to war with the Auxiliary Han forces.

This time, Liu Ye went to Chu and also chose the sea route......

Going to sea from Jizhou is obviously not as convenient as going to sea from Qingzhou, but Qingzhou is now the territory of the auxiliary Han forces, to be precise, Luhou Liu Bei, and Muping Port and Chengshan Port, including several counties in between, are under the control of the Chu State.

In fact, several excellent locations for access to the sea were under the control of the Chu State, including the newly built Andong Port and the Anton Port in Youzhou.

As for the Liaokou Port built by Gongsun Du himself, it was a little worse in terms of scale and location, but Gongsun Du himself didn't realize this.

Because for the sake of land power, Liaokou Port to Xiangping and Pingchuan, from this point of view, its geographical location is indeed the most important......

For example, Youzhou didn't want to send envoys again, but only put forward the need to increase the trading volume of weapons and armor.

This point is deep, Gongsun Du still has it - after all, it is just a transaction, and other buyers have no cards?

However, four months ago, after the brief appearance of the plate armor iron cavalry in Xu County, Gongsun Du finally heard the news more than a month ago, and after hearing some battlefield rumors, Gongsun Du suddenly fell in love with this simple and rough heavy cavalry!

There is no shortage of horses in Liaodong, and there is no shortage of iron ore, but it is limited to crafting and smelting technology, so it is not cost-effective for Gongsun Du to form a heavy cavalry on his own - it is expensive and impractical.

However, the price of buying weapons and armor from the Chu State is much cheaper than smelting it yourself, especially if you exchange it for iron ore, there are additional discounts.

At first, Gongsun Du also thought about whether this would make Chu too fat, but after trading a few times...... It smells so good!

On the one hand, I tasted the sweetness, and on the other hand, I ...... Gongsun Du summed up that he was in Liaodong, and if he talked about ambition, even if he also considered the share of his children and grandchildren, it was just to cross Liaoze to the west and completely conquer Liaoxi, as well as Shanggu, Yuyang, and Youbeiping, the eastern region of Youzhou, plus to the east to completely subjugate Goguryeo.

And the state of Chu is far away in the south, can it still cross the sea to destroy me?

Therefore, Gongsun Du began to be unrestrained, especially after hearing about the plate armor heavy ride, hoping to reach a deal for this "latest equipment".

In Gongsun Du's opinion, this plate armor heavy horse should be the strongest "sharp weapon" in the Chu State, and it will not be sold easily, but it is not possible to just apply for a transaction normally, so after less than a year, Liu Yi was sent as an envoy again......

In terms of the distance between the two sides and the time required for the mission, the two missions in less than a year do seem to be a bit courteous.

But...... Incense is over!

Cao Cao in the north has set the capital of Yecheng, and he has forced Yuan Tan into a desperate situation, especially Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan, although Yuan Shao sealed the history of the state and held the eastern part of the state, but at this time, out of selfishness, he began to contact Wei frequently, and he did not save Yuan Tan when he saw death.

Cao Cao is now not as ferocious and arrogant as after the Battle of Guandu in history, and the connection of the auxiliary Han forces made him shackled, so Gongsun Du also wanted to "progress", especially in the Liaodong Gongsun clan, the heir Gongsun Kang was still a hardcore hawk, and under his instigation, the Liaodong forces began to move beyond Liaoze......

I didn't dare to provoke Cao Cao directly, but I wanted to tear off some carrion from the "wreckage" of the Yuan family to strengthen myself!

This also makes Liaodong very coveted the plate armor heavy cavalry that can quickly improve his strength - judging from the rumors, it seems that there is no need for any operation or battle formation, and the happy charge is over?

It's a perfect match with the Liaodong Army!

Even Liu Ye came here nominally to discuss marriage, but he did not have this idea, and Cao Cao's horses are now abundant.

In addition to these two, many other "old acquaintances" also appeared in Jinling again less than a year later......