After the edict was announced, everyone greeted each other for a while, and Long Xiang took Jian Yong and Lu Su to visit the construction site.

At that time, the workers were laying the foundation, Jian Yong looked at the wide area in front of him, remembered the Hefei New City he had just visited, and couldn't help but praise:

"The lord praised the mansion Jun Jing to build, at first I didn't believe it, but now I see it with my own eyes and I am really convinced, the scale of this new city seems to be no less than Hefei New Town, do you have to move the state to here?"

"Hehe, Xianhe guessed accurately, right."

Long Xiang accompanied the smiling face to talk halfway, and suddenly changed the conversation and said: "This new city has not yet been named, and Mr. Lao has returned to the dynasty to restore his life, please give it a name to Your Majesty or the general." ”

"The prince has a heart."

Jian Yong nodded his head in affirmation, and then added: "I have heard the lord mention that His Majesty misses the old capital Luoyang, and the lord promised to rebuild it after taking it, and recommended General Long to be in charge of this matter. ”

"Oh? The general is so lovely? ”

Long Xiang was noncommittal, and just as Qiao Ling came to visit, he introduced to Jian Yong:

"Xianhe, this is the younger brother Qiaoling, the word Jianguo, he has fully participated in the construction of Hefei New Town, the construction of Moling New City, mainly he is responsible for."

"Oh? It's really a young talent, not bad. ”

Facing Jian Yong's nodding and praise, Qiao Ling hurriedly bowed his hand and said modestly: "Mr. has a good reputation, I can have the current skills, all rely on my brother-in-law to teach by hand, but there are still many shortcomings, I have to follow my brother-in-law to continue learning."

"There is no need to be arrogant in building a country, if you yourself refuse to learn, no matter how much I teach, it is useless."

"Ugh"

"General Long doesn't have to be too humble, whether you are the lord, General Guan, or General Zhang, they all praise you, and Jian Yong also admires you."

Long Xiang saw that the topic was on him again, and the smell of food was already wafting not far away, so he proposed to Jian Yong: "The city builders are laborious and hard, so there will be an additional meal at noon, if Xianhe doesn't dislike it, he will eat some?" ”

"I often hear General Zhang talk about Huainan food, and I have a good mouth when I meet him today."

Jian Yong is extremely talkative, and he gets closer to everyone in three or two sentences.

Everyone ate and chatted under the simple shed, so that Long Xiang learned the details of Liu Xie's escape, and at the same time learned the news of Sun Quan from Lu Su's mouth.

Long Xiang's face changed greatly after hearing this, and he put down his chopsticks and said solemnly: "Sun Quan has always liked sneak attacks, and I thought that the last time we entered the Central Plains, he would take action in Jiangdong, but there was no turmoil, it turned out that he quietly seized Jiaozhou, and even forcibly occupied Lingling, it seems that the illness of taking advantage of the fire to rob has been committed again."

"Don't be careless."

Lu Su was worried that Long Xiang would underestimate the enemy, so he stood up and reminded: "If Sun Quan is allowed to annex the four counties of Jingnan, and then connect with Jiaozhou, Yuzhang, and Jiangxia, his strength may be stronger than Jiangdong at the beginning."

"Hmph." Long Xiang smiled coldly, "Sun Quan and Cao Cao secretly communicated with each other, and General Guan could even repel Cao's army, how could he sit back and watch him make trouble in Jingnan?" ”

Jian Yong and Lu Su glanced at each other, and replied bitterly: "The general doesn't know, although General Guan defeated Cao Ren, Cao Ren's strength is still superior, General Guan wants to deal with Cao Jun with all his might, and even Jiangling Liu Cong is used to appease, and the four counties of Jingnan are beyond the reach of the whip."

"What about Zijing? What do you think? ”

In the face of Long Xiang's inquiry, Lu Su replied: "When I returned to Yangzhou to stay in Xiangyang, I had an in-depth conversation with Ziyang, Yuan Zhi, and Pang Shiyuan, and they all suggested that it was best to appease Sun Quan, and it would be better if he could surrender directly. ”

"Sun Quan has always been ambitious, and he has a secret communication with Cao Cao, I am afraid that simple appeasement will not work, and it is even more impossible to surrender" Long Xiang shook his head.

Lu Su had to analyze and said: "If you can't surrender, you can use force, we haven't moved before, but Sun Quan has deployed heavy troops in Chaisang and Pengze, and the casualties of the frontal breakthrough are very large, and the most fatal thing is that Yangzhou has suffered from floods, Yunqi can't deal with it with all his strength at this time, it's best to think of a good way to stabilize it first, otherwise with the existing garrison in Guiyang, it is likely to be impossible to stop."

Long Xiang's face instantly became serious, remembering that it was easy for Liu Bei to take the four counties in history, and said in his heart that now Guan Yu really can't spare his hand, and if he doesn't care about it, he will probably be missed by Sun Quan.

It seemed necessary to intervene, but at the moment the city was being built for relief, and there was no surplus food to support the expedition.

While frowning and tangled, Long Xiang suddenly had an idea.

"I thought of a plan, maybe I could extinguish Sun Quan's ambitions."

"I want to hear about it."

Seeing that Lu Su, Jian Yong, and Qiao Ling were all looking forward to it, Long Xiang stood up and took two steps back and forth, and then stretched out his finger and gestured:

"If the four counties of Jingnan are united, they will not let Sun Quan take advantage of it, but only Zhao Taishou understands the righteousness, Xianhe will return to Chang'an this time to restore his life, and he can make suggestions with the general and let His Majesty designate a general to take charge of the four counties."

"Well, the general's advice is good."

Jian Yong bowed his head, and then reminded: "But you and Sun Quan are old rivals, even if Yangzhou's internal affairs are cumbersome, it is best to spare energy to put pressure on him, so that the two-pronged approach can be effective, and the general is His Majesty's Fengzhou Mu, you can send someone to persuade him to surrender after saluting, and there is no loss if you try." ”

"This"

Long Xiang's face suddenly showed bitterness, and Lu Su explained helpfully: "Xianhe doesn't know, then Sun Zhongmou has a small amount of energy, Yunqi has taken away the foundation of the Sun family, and it is extremely risky to send people to persuade him to surrender, and the envoy is likely to never return."

"Didn't Sun Kuang surrender? Sun Quan denied that he had murdered Zhou Yu and Sun Yi, and he would definitely not hurt Sun Kuang."

Jian Yong's unintentional words suddenly gave Long Xiang inspiration, he glanced at Lu Su, and then responded: "Xian He's Yang plan is feasible, but Sun Kuang splits the Sun family's power, Sun Quan can be imprisoned even if he doesn't kill, I thought I could send Sun Lang away." ”

"I'll see it."

Lu Su nodded in agreement, and then also made a suggestion: "Although Sun Kuang can't persuade Sun Quan, it may not be impossible to persuade Cheng Pu, Jiangxia is between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, which really affects the passage of ships, Yunqi does not send troops to Yuzhang at this time, and he must find a way to take Jiangxia." ”

"Clever plan." Long Xiang happily stroked his palm and added: "Cheng Pu is a veteran who follows Sun Jian, Sun Kuang took Zhou Lang and Sun Yi's files to see him, I don't believe that he is not moved." ”

Looking at Long Xiang and Lu Su, Jian Yong on the side couldn't help but praise him: "Watching the two discuss and supplement, it reminds me of the lord and the military advisor, they also live in harmony like this, no wonder everyone is like-minded." ”

Everyone had lunch in the shed, and Long Xiang sent Jian Yong back to the Moling Post House to rest.

Long Xiang did things neatly and did not procrastinate, and after settling Jian Yong, he sent people to invite Sun Kuang and Sun Lang, and at the same time called the two bitter masters of the Bao family and the Xu family.

Lu Su saw that Long Xiang was thinking about Zhou Xiang, and was about to give a compliment, when he suddenly remembered Sun Shangxiang who was under house arrest, so he asked in a low voice: "Yunqi, the brothers of the Sun family have all arranged, I don't know what Sun Shangxiang should do?" She's not young anymore, she can't be locked up for the rest of her life, right? ”

Long Xiangxin said that Sun Shangxiang loves to dance and play with swords, and no normal man is willing to marry her.

In addition, Liu Bei's two wives are here, and Long Xiang can't find a reason to send him a woman, and it is Sun Shangxiang, who has a huge age difference.

"I'm also quite worried, Zijing can have a solution?"

"The Son of Heaven arrived in Chang'an alone, and the pillow was empty and lonely, why not send Sun Shangxiang into the palace? In this way, the Sun brothers will persuade them to surrender with their hearts. ”

"Seems like it works"

Long Xiang thought that the age gap was not big, if the Sun family became the emperor's relative, what reason did Sun Quan have to resist?

(End of chapter)