Sun Jian was busy pulling sponsorships and talents, and at the same time, he was also encroaching and infiltrating Danyang piecemeal on the river and land, and Liu Jian was very annoying, but there was no good way, in the final analysis, it was still the sailors on the river who did not give their strength, and the infantry on the road did not give their strength to play the heroic legend of the Three Kingdoms.

Liu Miao naturally also brought a lot of sponsorships and talents, in fact, Jiangdong Shizi is brilliant, and there is no shortage of talents in governance, you can look at Xu Shao, Shiyi, Yu Tuo and others, but unfortunately, the people who can fight really can't take it, and now Liu Xuan's subordinates are only Zhang Ying, Chen Heng, Fan Neng, Yu Elk four generals, stationed in Moling, Danyang, Tongling and Shitai, Liu Miao can't figure out why the people who can fight run to Sun Jian's command, therefore, Liu Miao can only defend passively, and then defend.

After thinking about it, Liu Jian felt that the best way to deal with Sun Jian's big enemy was to pull sponsorship, Liu Jian could also see that Sun Jian's current weakness was that the territory was too large and the control was not effective, but he had no offensive ability at all, if there was a force to attack Yuzhang from the south, or a sneak attack on Changsha along the river, it would make Sun Jian tired and change the entire battle situation.

Liu Miao discussed these ideas with Xu Gong and Wang Lang, but these two guys were unwilling to send troops, and being able to contribute money was their biggest limit, these two guys didn't dare to directly confront Sun Jian now, or they didn't want to consume their own strength, Liu Miao was also powerless to these guys, so he had to turn his eyes to the surrounding princes.

Cao Cao is too wild, if he cooperates, I am afraid that there is a danger of luring wolves into the house, but the strangers in the south can contact him. But the combat effectiveness of Yiren is already worrying, not to mention that Yiren is busy fighting with Shanyue, where does he have the energy to take care of Sun Jian's affairs.

Needless to say, the rest of Tao Qian still has some friendship with Sun Jian, and Tao Qian doesn't have the courage to take the initiative to attack anyone; Liu Bei can be contacted, how to say that he is also of the same clan, but Liu Bei has no naval army, and he can only fight Changsha if he wants to fight, and now Changsha is relatively empty, this thing may be successful; Finally, it's Cai Mao. Cai Mao's sailors are now rampant on the Yangtze River, so if Cai Mao's support can be obtained, at least Sun Jian's sailors will no longer dare to harass the cities along the Danyang River, and Liu Miao can concentrate his forces westward and pressure Sun Jian to increase his troops to Yuzhang, greatly increasing Sun Jian's war costs.

After thinking of the idea, Liu Miao sent envoys to Liu Bei and Cai Mao respectively, hoping to get the support of these two. Let's deal with Sun Jian, whose power is expanding too fast.

Liu Xuan's envoy met with Cai Mao and sent Liu Xuan's letter. Cai Mao felt that this matter was very important, and immediately found Zhao Yun and his sister to discuss, after all, the matter of the sailor is basically Fang Zhiwen's matter, and Fang Zhiwen will not take care of Jingxiang's matter, but Fang Zhiwen will definitely take care of the affairs on the Yangtze River.

Zhao Yun carefully read Liu Xuan's letter, and then handed it to his wife Cai Yan beside him, Cai Yan smiled happily at Zhao Yun, took the letter and read it quickly. Zhao Yun was not in a hurry to speak, but was waiting for Cai Yan to finish reading the letter.

Cai Mao waited patiently, knowing that Cai Yan raised her head, Cai Mao asked Zhao Yun, "Zilong, how is it?" What should I do? Did you tell the prophet Lord Fang? ”

"Hehe, this matter involves the Yangtze River's naval forces and routes, and I must inform the lord. However, we can have a specific opinion first, so that the lord can use it as a reference, or if the eldest brother has any ideas of his own, I will also help the eldest brother to be considerate. ”

Cai Mao smiled and shook her head: "Not really." However, Sun Jian is extremely ambitious, so it is also true that Sun Jian's growth has made Jingxiang's father uneasy, and in the long run, after the unification of Jiangdong, Sun Jian will become more and more uncontrollable, so I am inclined to support Liu Jian's proposal. ”

Cai Yan blinked and said, "Big brother, if Sun Jian falls, who will check and balance Cao Cao and Liu Bei?" Looking at the four forces around us, only Zhang Liang is the least threatened, Liu Bei has worked hard in Jingzhou over the years, both the population and the military strength have been extraordinary, although Cao Cao has been repeatedly hit, but it is getting stronger and stronger, recently defeated Yuan Shu, and got a lot of territory, repairing a year and a half, it will be transformed into their own strength, relatively speaking, Sun Jian's strength is the weakest, although Changsha and Yuzhang are large, but the population is small, and the Shanyue barbarians are troubled, Sun Jian really has more potential in his hands only Lujiang County, but compared to Cao Cao's Qian County, Huainan, and Liu Bei's Nanjun is still far apart, therefore, from a balance point of view, Sun Jian should not be weakened. ”

Zhao Yun glanced at Cai Yan appreciatively and said: "Madame is smart, and what she said is also very insightful, however, it can't be simply balanced, if you look at it from the direction that is most beneficial to Jing Xiang, it should be to weaken Liu Bei and Cao Cao, rather than strengthen Sun Jian, but in this way, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao in the north lack checks and balances, therefore, this is a rather complicated situation, and it is difficult to come to a correct conclusion with our intelligence." ”

Cai Yan rolled her eyes beautifully, and said coquettishly: "That husband still wants us to think about specific opinions, when I have this time, I will sort out the account books!" Hee-hee. ”

"Hehe, Madame, stop being angry, think about it, there will be no loss, the lord said, often use your brains to become smarter. Besides, we are the parties concerned, and we know more about the situation on the Yangtze River now, when the Sun family had a naval army, it was to fight the Lu family, but now that the Lu family has fallen, the Zhu family has fallen to the Sun family, which will inevitably make the Sun family bigger, this is definitely not a good thing for us Jingxiang, the channel can control its own hands, why share it with others? I guess most people think so, right? ”

Cai Mao nodded: "Yes, the interests in my own hands are completely mine, unless it is a last resort, why share it with others?" ”

Cai Yan also smiled and nodded, admitting that Zhao Yun was right, and said in a playful voice: "That is the case, then we should agree with Liu Xuan's suggestion, but just take back control of the waterway, if Sun Jian takes the initiative to avoid it, we don't have to chase and fight, and at the same time, we are not too deeply involved in the battle between Liu Xuan and Sun Jian, but we can give Liu Jian some support appropriately1."

Cai Mao thought for a while and said: "Little sister's words are very close to my heart, on the one hand, I can take back control of the waterway, and on the other hand, I can do business with Liu Xuan, the best of both worlds1

Zhao Yun shook his head and smiled: "How can there be so many best of both worlds in this world, there must be gains and losses, it is a hundred tried, big brother must not forget, if you help Liu Xuan, you will inevitably offend Sun Jian, but in the future, you will have to bear Sun Jian's revenge at any time, Sun Jian is a small person1."

Cai Mao was stunned for a moment, then smiled a little embarrassedly, and turned her eyes for help to Cai Yan, Cai Yan smiled: "Now it's just a disagreement with Sun Jian, besides, with Sun Jian's water power, even if he doesn't want to provoke us, in essence, it is difficult to avoid competition and provocation against me on the Yangtze River." Therefore, offending early is the same as offending late, compared to offending early, it seems that we can take advantage of it early, as for the future, it is the matter of the eldest brother, whether you can stop Sun Jian or not, it is not the little woman's head, but the knife and gun in the hands of the elder brother and husband. Besides, maybe the husband had already been transferred to the north at that time. ”

Zhao Yun thought about it, Sun Jian and Cai Mao could not really cooperate at all, whether it was economic, trade or military, with the rise of Sun Jian, the Jingxiang clan would become a thorn in Sun Jian's eyes and flesh, and vice versa, instead of waiting for Sun Jian to grow, it was better to suppress Sun Jian's sailors as much as possible now.

Cai Mao also nodded silently, and Zhao Yun said: "In this case, the eldest brother will mainly take this opinion and inform the lord, and the eldest brother should also discuss this matter internally." ”

"Well, this matter is natural, I just came to discuss it with my brother-in-law and little sister first, and then I discussed this matter with everyone when I have a bottom in my heart, so I won't bother."

"Husband, how do you think I bring this dress?" Zhen Jiang was happily packing up, because she was going out with her husband, so she was very excited, Zhou Yi was also running around making trouble, Taishi Zhaorong was holding Zhou Ying and looking at it enviously, Xiao Ning pouted and silently helped.

Fang Zhiwen was reading the letter, he first received a letter from Zhao Yun yesterday, the letter described Liu Mao's suggestion and the result of Cai Mao's discussion with Cai Yan, Cai Mao's letter arrived a day late, and the knowledge of the Kuai brothers was naturally no worse than Cai Yan, so Cai Mao's letter also mentioned that Liu Bei should communicate with him, so that Liu Bei would not take the opportunity to attack Changsha, so that Cao Cao would get cheap.

Hearing Zhen Jiang's call, Fang Zhiwen raised his head, looked carefully at the skirt in Zhen Jiang's hand, rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, it's best not to bring it, isn't it good for us to go to Chang'an to buy new ones?" ”

"Cut! The husband is stupid, of course, the clothes are made to fit closely, and the ones he bought are always a little uncomfortable. ”

"Ugh"

"Hee-hee"

"Husband, is it urgent? If it's urgent, you can go and get busy.1 Zhen Jiang asked thoughtfully.

Fang Zhiwen smiled and said: "It's not a hurry, let's talk about this matter tomorrow, now it's better to help my wife pick out clothes first, this time I may have to meet Your Majesty, so I must bring formal clothes." ”

Zhen Jiang smiled sweetly and nodded vigorously in response: "Hmm1."

After cleaning up for a while, Zhen Jiang suddenly remembered something, looked at Fang Zhiwen with a smile and said, "Husband, Mi Zhu wants to ask to see him tomorrow, what do you guess will be?" ”

"In the name of a private person?"

"Well, he also said that he wanted to meet Sister Zhaorong."

"Me? Why? ”

Fang Zhiwen was also curious: "Huh? What does this mean? When he saw me today, he only said that he wanted to open salt in Youzhou and rent and cultivate land, but he didn't say anything else. ”

"Nothing else?" Zhen Jiang asked with a smile, Taishi Zhaorong also looked at Fang Zhiwen a little nervously, and even Xiao Ning was wary.

Fang Zhiwen spread his hands: "Will I lie to the three of you?" ”

Zhen Jiang glanced at Fang Zhiwen and said angrily: "That's hard to protect 1."

Fang Zhiwen blinked his eyes in confusion, looking at Zhen Jiang who seemed to be pointed, he really couldn't understand what this Mi Zhu wanted to do, and why his three wives would put on a strange appearance like a great enemy, it was really strange!