What is Cai Mao hesitating about? This question may be difficult for Cai Mao to answer, it is said that his sister-in-law is the wife of Fang Zhiwen's number one general, and her status in Miyun is guaranteed, and if she serves Fang Zhiwen, it is estimated that she will be at least a fleet commander, and her younger brothers can also mix in the army, and the power of the Cai family may not be as famous as in the Jingxiang region, but the benefits and influence will not be low.

What's more, Miyun's status and Jingxiang's status can't be compared, if you are bold enough, you can imagine along the direction of Miyun's continued development, with Miyun's strength, sooner or later it will swallow Youzhou, and if you annex Youzhou, it will inevitably infiltrate Jizhou and Merge Zhou.

According to the ability of Fang Zhiwen and his subordinates, maybe they will really be able to dominate the world in the future, so if they take refuge in Miyun now, they may be the ministers of the dragon in the future.

It's just that Cai Mao still can't avoid hesitation, and he still suffers from gains and losses, so he may be the kind of person who doesn't choose until the last moment in his bones.

Now the moment of choice has come, and it has come from the outside.

Huang Zu suddenly announced that he had accepted Liu Bei's appointment and served as Jiangxia Taishou, in fact, he was originally Jiangxia Taishou, and the reason why he suddenly said this was actually what Yi Zhi meant, indicating that he had been transferred from Cai Mao's camp to Liu Bei's camp.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, while going to praise Huang Zu, he gave Huang Zu the title of Marquis of Fanshan Pavilion, Huang Zu was very happy that he could get a knighthood by changing his flag, and he was even happier that Sun Ce actually retreated, and Zhu Zhi returned to Xunyang. Cheng Pu withdrew to Jichun, and the crisis in Jiangxia was resolved.

Liu Bei immediately ordered Huang Zu's army to go north to Yicheng, but did not order Huang Zu to attack. Huang Zu didn't dare to attack, and even secretly sent a letter to Cai Mao, claiming that he was just making a show, but it was really because Sun Ce persecuted him too much, and there was no choice under it, Cai Mao scolded him for being shameless.

Although Cai Mao was disdainful of Huang Zu's behavior, he understood. I can't hesitate any longer.

Immediately, he found his subordinates and Tai Shici, and secretly announced that he would act in full accordance with the plan of the Miyun Staff and officially accept the command of the Miyun Staff Department.

Cai Mao's choice has actually been seen by everyone. Aside from this choice, can Cai Mao have any other choice?

However, Cai Mao's clear statement finally can be regarded as stabilizing everyone's thoughts, or people who have some other ideas. Now he doesn't think about it anymore.

Tai Shici immediately handed over the latest proposal of the General Staff to Cai Mao: send troops to destroy Huang Zu's army.

This is very much to Cai Mao's appetite. Cai Mao naturally hated Huang Zu who was against Huang Zu in the nest, and now the defense of Xiangyang City does not need a naval army, and Cai Mao's 50,000 naval army is also idle all day long.

So Cai Mao and Tai Shici set off at night, quietly went south to Yicheng to raid Huang Zu's naval fleet, and wiped out Huang Zu's naval army in a battle, Huang Zu fled back to Jiangxia Jingling alone, and then frantically built defense facilities in Jingling. I'm afraid that Cai Mao will kill herself first and then fight with Liu Bei if she doesn't do anything.

Cai Mao, who returned to Xiangyang, immediately summoned Sun Qian, who was moving around in Xiangyang City, and this time Tai Shici was also present. Now that Cai Mao has secretly expressed his position, then Tai Shi Ci is not an outsider.

Sun Qian saw Tai Shici's presence and sitting position, and quickly understood Cai Mao's choice, although this choice made Sun Qian's heart a little sour, but at least it also showed that this Jingxiang matter was coming to an end, and Sun Qian still welcomed this very much.

"Lord Sun, these rì sons are really busy in Xiangyang, and I have traveled all the big and small clans in Xiangyang?" Sun Qian could hear that Cai Mao's somewhat ridiculous opening remarks actually concealed a tough attitude.

"Jingxiang is prosperous in humanities, and I admire it in the next place, and I have benefited a lot from visiting the meeting to seek advice and learn from each other, hehe."

Sun Gan's posture is very low, which means that I am not here to argue with you, but to solve the problem with a pragmatic attitude.

"So what has Master Sun gained?"

"Hehe, there are naturally a lot of harvests, not to mention anything else, at least the Huang family is very welcoming to Zaixia, and is very optimistic about Jingxiang's future."

Although Sun Gan's posture is low, but in principle, things cannot be retreated slightly, the appeal of the Huang family is still very strong, and more or less some clans hinted to Sun Qian that they want to take refuge.

"Hmph, some selfish people, the official has already punished them, presumably Lord Sun also got the news."

Sun Gan smiled dryly, Huang Zu's failure was Cai Mao's slap on Liu Bei's face, and Sun Gan was very worried, Fang Zhiwen had a strong sense of revenge against the betrayer, maybe Huang Zu's disaster was more than that, thinking of this, Sun Qian couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

"Hehe, my lord is mighty. So is it to convey the news? ”

"Definitely. Although this official has the intention to continue to protect the prosperity of Jingxiang, it seems that Lord Liu wants to go his own way, and in order not to destroy the land of Jingxiang in the end, we still do our best to seek to resolve our disputes in a non-war form, which is the original intention of inviting Lord Sun to come today. ”

"Very good, then as long as Lord Cai and everyone here accept my lord's decree, my lord will be generous and benevolent, and will treat you well."

"Master Sun, none of you are three-year-old children, don't say these meaningless words. So does Lord Liu want to continue to fight and smash the entire Jingxiang, or does he want to end the dispute between the two sides decently and quickly, if it is the latter, then what price does Lord Liu think should be paid? ”

"What price do you want?" Sun Qian also spread it out.

"It's very simple, Jingxiang is the wealth accumulated by our Jingxiang clan, Lord Liu is helpless to take us by force now, and I can't bear to see Jingxiang who gave birth to me and raised me ruined, in this case, Lord Liu will pay to buy it, as long as it is an industry that belongs to us, Lord Liu can buy it at the price, and when the entire Jingxiang is returned to Lord Liu, we should naturally leave."

Sun Qian was stunned, this is really a group of businessmen! But this is also very Fang Zhiwen's style.

"What is the value of this Jingxiang industry? What's included? ”

"It's simple, land, towns, industries, etc., as for the value of the geometry, the official can't say clearly, if you want, you can talk about it slowly."

There was a happy smile in Cai Mao's eyes, maybe he could only retrieve some from here temporarily.

"I'm afraid this amount will be very large, my lord, is this embarrassing?"

"Of course not, if Liu Daren can't catch it, then how about allowing us to sell it on our own?"

"No! By all means, the source of this disaster1 Sun Qian immediately stopped this bad idea, if Cai Mao really sold Xiangyang City to a stranger, then Liu Bei's hinterland was like an extra tumor, this is absolutely not good.

"Oh? Then Master Sun has a good solution1

"Let me think about it, but in principle, this aspect can be discussed, before this, our two sides will maintain the current state and no longer attack each other, including Jiangxia, can we not go to war?"

"That's okay, but please hurry up, Lord Sun, don't delay until next year's spring ploughing can't be finished, it's not good, in addition, I heard that there is a grand academic literary meeting in Miyun City in October, and many literati in Jingxiang will rush to participate."

Sun Gan listened to Cai Mao's inexplicable words a little inexplicably, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Cai Mao was saying that if Miyun used this cultural meeting to attract these Jingxiang celebrities here, the asking price in Xiangyang would be higher in the future.

Sun Qian smiled bitterly in his heart, it is not difficult to understand that he used money to buy Jing Xiang, anyway, he also needs money to fight a war, and the result he wants is the same if he saves money from the war, so Sun Qian thinks that this matter can be discussed.

It's just that when Cai Mao clearly chose Miyun, Sun Qian felt even more constrained, although Tai Shici didn't say a word, but he sat on the second seat, as if he was the highest military leader in the Jingxiang region, if Fang Zhiwen sent troops south again, Liu Bei really couldn't bear it.

It seems that this time the loss is to suffer some, thinking of the rumors that Yuan Shao spends money to buy peace every time, Sun Qian can't help but sigh, this kind of thing is finally Liu Bei's turn, this Fang Zhiwen is really a businessman!

Thinking of Yuan Shao, Sun Qian suddenly thought of the story of installment payment: "My lord, you can dispose of it in batches, let's talk about it in Xiangyang City, the other properties are still in your hands for the time being, you can also continue to make a living, and my lord can guarantee the safety of your clansmen." ”

The more Sun Qian thought about it, the happier he became, the advantage of this was that he could leave more people behind, and secondly, it could suspend Liu Bei's contribution, and after Xiangyang City changed hands, he lost the fulcrum of Xiangyang City, and it was very difficult for Fang Zhiwen to extend his hand to the Jingxiang area again, and it was not Liu Bei's final say on how to dispose of the family and industry left behind.

"Master Sun is really a sharp mind! It's not impossible. ”

"Very well, go and consult with my lord now, and give your lord an answer as soon as possible."

Looking at the back of Sun Gan's departure, Cai Mao sighed and said: "Sure enough, as expected by the General Staff, they want to take Xiangyang first, and then dispose of the remaining industries, everyone, the industries outside the city and all over the country can be sold by themselves, but they can only be practiced after signing an agreement with Liu Bei, I really want to see what Liu Bei's expression is at that time, hehe." ”

Everyone here smiled, if it weren't for fame, everyone would prefer to sell Jing Xiang directly to a stranger, and Liu Bei's face must be more colorful.

"Hehe, this time everyone has been damaged, but I think I will be able to earn it back soon, Youzhou is a vast world, it is a place to make great progress, today I received a letter from the lord, the lord has ordered Jiang Qin to cooperate with Lord Cai, after the agreement is completed, to destroy Huang Zu, and hand over Jiangxia to Sun Ce."

This news made everyone present happy, Fang Zhiwen was able to understand everyone's feelings, and everyone was naturally happy to take a bad breath for everyone, on the other hand, everyone couldn't help but be happy, if you stand on the wrong team, you don't know what kind of revenge you will suffer! To be continued...