Long Xiang heard that Chen Deng was sincerely contributing, but considering his character of seeking stability, using Yang Ce was equivalent to breaking with Sun Quan.

With Long Xiang's current background, even if Chen Deng helps him on the front, he will definitely not be able to defeat Jiangdong.

Take a popular saying from later generations: Why should the efforts of several generations of people lose to you for ten years of hard work?

Sooner or later, Long Xiang will break with Sun Quan, but he needs to wait until Liu Bei slowly grows up and has a certain strength to compete with Cao Cao, and the existence of Jiangdong is dispensable at that time.

If you turn against Jiangdong in advance, it will disrupt the plan set by Long Xiang, Lu Su and Liu Ye.

That is, Jiangdong was used to contain Cao Cao and delay the process of Cao Cao's unification of Hebei.

Seeing that Long Xiang was not interested, Chen Deng was no longer entangled, and continued to state: "If the yang strategy is not suitable, I still have a yin strategy here, which can take advantage of the internal contradictions in Jiangdong and rot from the inside like an orange;

First of all, Sun Ce's hands were stained with blood when he swept Jiangdong, so that he was later assassinated and suffered the consequences, but the hatred did not disappear with his death;

Secondly, the invasion of the Sun clan harmed the interests of many people, and the Jiangdong clan still did not obey at this time; In the end, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, and the Sun family was not stable internally, so you can find a way to take advantage of it. ”

Long Xiang shook his head and sighed: "I know all these situations, we know the reason, Sun Quan also knows, it is not easy to incite discord."

Chen Deng stared at Long Xiang and suddenly smiled.

"You open an underwear shop in Wu County, the customers are all people with heads and faces, as long as you make good use of it, you are not afraid that you can't penetrate, but the yin strategy is just a small plan, and the combination of yin and yang strategies is good, if there is no external threat to add to the fire, no matter how serious the internal contradiction is, it can be suppressed."

"This"

Long Xiang was shocked after hearing this, and said in his heart that Chen Yuanlong could think of things, and there were also masters in Jiangdong.

At this time, Long Xiang was reminded that he had to think of a proper way to solve it, but at this time, he couldn't admit it in front of Chen Deng.

"I'm doing business seriously, and Hefei is still counting on supplies from Jiangdong."

Chen Deng reminded with a smile: "What a good way, you should use it." ”

"We'll talk about that later." Long Xiang simply prevaricated, and immediately changed the topic: "I heard that Yuanlong was sick from eating raw fish, so I made a new way to eat barbecue."

Seeing that Long Xiang said it wildly, Chen Deng frowned and questioned: "The pork is fishy and cheap, can it be delicious when roasted?" I've only eaten roast lamb, and then I like fish, and that's what is fresh. ”

"Yuanlong doesn't believe it? Since I am your friend of the year, naturally I am not talking nonsense, when you are sick and leave the city, how about using roast pork to feed you? ”

"It's fine."

With Chen Deng's family background, he has never eaten anything good, although he is not interested in roast pork, but the scene is still indispensable.

The two took a sip of cucumber and a sip of wine, and chatted a lot about the old news of Xuzhou, especially the pull between Lu Bu and Liu Bei, and they showed their appreciation for Liu Bei both inside and outside the words.

After drinking a pot of rice wine, the cucumbers on the plate were also swept away, and Long Xiang immediately said goodbye and left.

When I went out of the post house to look at the sky, I saw that the sun had set westward, but Yu Wei was still there.

Long Xiang stepped onto the mount, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and said that the wine was brought by himself, how could he be inexplicably a little drunk?

Chen Deng mentioned Liu Bei intentionally or unintentionally just now, could it be that he saw something as a clue?

Thinking of this, Long Xiang frowned unconsciously, and said in his heart that if this matter spread, it would not be good for himself or Liu Bei.

What did I just say wrong?

Leaning on the back of the chair in the main room of the back house, Long Xiang kept a frowning expression with his eyes closed, and the thoughts written on his face were noticed by Qiao Wan, and she asked someone to bring a bowl of plum milk and put it on the table.

"Husband, are you drunk? Drink a bowl of plum milk to sober up the wine. ”

"Huh? Oh"

Long Xiao opened his eyes and looked at Qiao Wan, grabbed the bowl with one hand and drank it all, and then showed an expression of drinking spirits.

"Hiss, why is it so sour."

"I'm too sour, and you blame me for not drinking it." Hashiwan pouted and sat next to him.

"But that's too sour, isn't it? Didn't it taste good before? Could it be?"

Long Xiangxin said that it was because of drinking? At this time, I remembered the departmental dinner when I first joined the work, and several male compatriots in the office at that time were depressed the next day, and they were highly suspected of drinking fake wine last night.

It just so happened that someone sent a piece of sea buckthorn juice that day, and Long Xiang ran to the toilet as soon as he went down to his viscera, and the sour taste of sea buckthorn was very similar to the current plum milk.

Qiao Wan raised her cheeks and looked at Long Xiang: "Could it be what?" Do you blame yourself for drinking? It's always tasted like this, and my mother said that the sour spots were more appetizing, or the eldest sister was powerful, so she used this as water. ”

Long Xiang smiled and quipped: "I remember when I was a child, there was a hometown saying, when I was pregnant, I liked to eat sour to have a son, and Xiaojun wanted to drink more if he wanted to have a son." ”

Qiao Wan was stunned: "Mr. Hua told you, right?" ”

"What's the matter with Mr. Guan Hua?"

Seeing Long Xiang's puzzled expression, Qiao Wan hurriedly explained: "A few days ago, my husband went to Xincheng to inspect, and my mother invited Mr. Hua to check the pulse, and he personally said the son that the eldest sister was conceiving, we planned to surprise you later, but I didn't expect Mr. Hua to listen to the greeting."

Long Xiang scratched his head: "Mr. Hua didn't tell me, and I don't know the son that the eldest lady is carrying."

"Oh" Qiao Wan bowed slightly: "Then you know now?" If the eldest sister and mother asked, they were not allowed to say that I said it. ”

Long Xiang first touched Qiao Wan's head to kill, and then touched her lower abdomen and asked: "I just said I guessed, the eldest lady is pregnant with a son for me, is the second miss a son or a daughter?" ”

"Mr. Hua said that he can't be sure now, and he may be able to come out in another month."

Halfway through Qiao Wan's words, she glanced up at Long Xiang and asked in a low voice, "Husband, if a concubine gives birth to a daughter, will you be disappointed?" ”

Long Xiang scratched Qiao Wan's nose and replied with a tender face: "Why should I be disappointed? Isn't my daughter very nice? It must be as beautiful as Madame. ”

"It's still a troubled time, it's not a good thing for a woman to be beautiful and fragrant, if my eldest sister and I hadn't met our husband, maybe we would have become playthings at this time." Qiao Wan didn't continue.

Hearing this, Long Xiang's desire for protection came to his heart, and he hugged Qiao Wan with a serious face:

"Xiao Jun don't worry, whether it's my woman or my daughter, I will protect it with my life, don't forget that I am the lord of Hefei, maybe when the children reach adulthood, the world will be too peaceful?"

"The world is peaceful? That's not an easy task, don't just care about us and your daughter, your son should also be deliberately thoughtful. ”

Qiao Wan originally said that this was right, but she just added a snake: "I mean the eldest sister's son."

"Haha, they all say that one pregnancy is stupid for three years." Long Xiang laughed: "What about the smart second lady before me?" Since you want to give me a son, you will definitely do more for your husband."

Qiao Wanqiao blushed and patted his arm gently: "What is the force. It's hard to hear."

"Well, I mean work hard, for the husband just now."

Long Xiang showed a mouthful of big white teeth and smirked, and when the two were talking and laughing, Chen appeared ghostly outside the main house like a 'head teacher'.

"Yunqi, dinner is ready, you and Xiaowan come over early."

(End of chapter)