Liu Bei hoped to take advantage of Cao Cao's poor negotiation and communication with Lu Bu to be a peacemaker to gain a vote, which was a natural idea.

But Zhuge Liang felt that it was best to sum up this matter with the eldest brother, after all, there were not many opportunities for Liu Bei to send people to Xu Duguan, and the distribution and cover-up within some camps should still be fully explained so as not to leave hidden dangers.

Liu Bei heard that Zhuge Jin was willing to come, so he didn't care about waiting a few more days. Anyway, it is only a two-day voyage from Wuhu to Guangling, and a round-trip journey is only five days.

And during the five-day waiting period, Zhuge Liang was not idle.

Although he was not assigned other tasks by Liu Bei, after the initial trial production of the drift gillnet fishing boat, some small problems were still exposed, and Zhuge Liang took the time to change it after he went back, and optimized the fishing net winch shaped like a steering wheel, so that the action of the winch net was more labor-saving and the entanglement in the operation was reduced.

In addition, since the technology of drawing iron wire with high-purity soft wrought iron has been figured out, Zhuge Liang has not forgotten the idea of the eldest brother when he first talked to him about this technology - Zhuge Jin mentioned the matter of pulling iron wire, the original purpose was to try to see if he could make iron ring chain mail, but Zhuge Liang himself did not do his job, and actually appropriated the wire technology to the barbed wire of the flow gillnet.

Fortunately, during the trial production of the new flow gillnet, an extra batch of finished iron wire was produced, and Zhuge Liang was also afraid of being criticized when he saw his eldest brother again, so he found a group of blacksmiths to work in parallel, and used the remaining iron wire to try to produce a few sets of soft armor.

Regardless of the effectiveness of the protection, anyway, it is only a small-scale experiment, and the materials are ready-made, and it doesn't cost much.

Chain mail has never been popularized in the East in history, so it naturally has its protective disadvantages.

However, chain mail is suitable for wearing as soft armor inside, and the impact on body flexibility is the lightest of all iron armor, and the protective area can also be made the most comprehensive and most suitable for the body. As a protective device for civil and military officials to attend special occasions, it must be the best to use. Prior to this, Hongmen banquets and other occasions could only secretly wear leather armor.

Liu Bei nodded again and again: "I also mean the same, I don't know what Ziyu thinks, how to distribute it?" ”

Zhuge Jin drew inferences and said: "This time, Mr. Changxu can also play the messenger of our Zhuge family, and Xianhe can play the messenger of the envoy - after the death of the Zhengli family, isn't Brother Ziyi 'the Zhengli Gong who is dying, asking for help from our Zhuge family'." said that Mr. Changxu also defected, and Cao Cao couldn't say anything. ”

……

Zhuge Jin glanced at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang nodded slightly to him, Zhuge Jin knew that Liu Bei was angry with him, and he opened up and said:

Liu Bei once again came to a low-key approach dozens of miles west of Guangling City to personally greet the fleet coming from upstream.

"Ziyu! I haven't seen you in 10 months! Do a great job in Gangnam! As soon as the boat stopped, Liu Bei rushed forward and personally moved a springboard on the side of the boat.

There are people in Guangling civil and military affairs, I heard that Mr. Ziyu is back, of course, they all have to come to cheer, and they are all proud to be able to respect Mr. Ziyu's drinking, and many people's gratitude is from the bottom of their hearts.

For example, when Liu Biao took office seven years ago, Dong Zhuo appointed him as the assassin of Jingzhou, not the state pastor, but Liu Biao could still slowly rely on Kuailiang Cai Mao to grasp the power of Jingzhou. Even if Huang Zu is semi-independent, he nominally respects Liu Biao, and Liu Biao will not provoke Huang Zu's one-third of an acre.

It was Zilong who also killed Liang Gang and Le Zuo, and had the merit of breaking through Xuyi, the eldest brother said that this time he went to the court, and by the way, Zilong was a captain, so it would be the same as me, and he must give me more battles next year.

Under such heavy pressure, it will be more generous to give the official time.

Because as long as the shape of each piece of "fabric" of the armor is drawn, and then different blacksmiths are used to roll the wire into small iron rings and stack them to make it strong. Finally, at the position of each piece of "fabric" splicing, add a row of iron rings to connect it.

Liu Bei actually won in this regard!

In this way, Ziyi got some of Yun Chang's land credit, but all the credit for the water war was given to Yun Chang. Xingba's contribution to the Battle of the Spring Valley was also given to Yun Chang, and I will explain his surprise attack on the Shui Sukou Village and the subsequent blockade of the Yangtze River, in short, I will find a way to compensate Xingba and not let Xingba suffer.

Zhuge Jin couldn't help but be amused by Zhang Fei, and said casually: "A full-scale attack on Lujiang will definitely be next year, and now I can't move eagerly." But if you want a little credit, it's not impossible to look better when you put it on the table this time. ”

Liu Bei also had a high emotional intelligence and improvised: "Ziyi, I remember that when I intersected with you in Beihai, you said a lot of past things. also said that you avoided Liaodong back then, just because you were in Donglai's hometown, used by the prince, and went to the capital to hand over the table.

And Guan Yu's participation in the land battle in Danyang was much more sensitive, and it was easy to deepen Cao Cao's impression of the depth of Liu Bei's previous cooperation with the Zhuge family.

The eldest brother must still not worry about me, not to mention that the second brother has made great contributions repeatedly, and this time the court will definitely be crowned a general.

Liu Bei couldn't help laughing: "It was the same last time, but last time Xianhe was completely hidden in the shadows, but at that time, Changxu pretended to be deaf and dumb, and continued to watch in the name of Brother Zhengli." ”

Although the history of the assassin is not as good as the state pastor, in such a troubled era, in those states that do not have a state pastor, whether the history of the assassin can lead the affairs of the whole state depends on whether the Taishou below supports it.

As for Guangling County's side to fight against Ji Ling and capture Xuyi, Jun naturally knows better than me. ”

I heard that Lujiang is about to be attacked? Then you don't have to rely on water warfare, I will fight in the land war! If I continue to be a captain, I have no place to put my face! ”

While everyone was chatting, they had already ridden back to the Thorn Mansion in the city. Liu Bei inevitably held a banquet again to pick up Zhuge Jin.

Liu Bei immediately readjusted his expression, and while talking about the old words, he pulled Zhuge Jin on the horse and walked away.

"It's better to count the military exploits of the six southern counties of Danyang County and Wuhu County, that is, the merits of destroying Zulang, on the heads of Ziyi and Ah Liang. In this way, you can also omit Yun Chang's resume of fierce battles in Danyang, these battles took place in the deep mountains, and the opponent is also Shanyue, who will not communicate with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will not know.

When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Jin's title, he was stunned at first, and he was a little lost in his heart. He remembered that Zhuge Jin called him "general" or "Xuande Gong" last year, but now he changed his words to "envoy".

Zhuge Jin saw that Liu Bei attached so much importance to his opinion, so he should not give in. Before the people returned home, they were assigned halfway:

Therefore, Zhuge Jin called him the king, which already represents the two counties of Yuzhang and Danyang in Yangzhou, and his attitude towards the history of Yangzhou.

Liu Bei listened very carefully, and reviewed it in his heart while listening. Indeed, if all the credit for the Yangtze River water battle is attributed to Guan Yu, the performance will look much better. Liu Bei himself has two ports of Guangling and Hailing on the Yangtze River, although it is still a little far away from the main station of Yuan Shu's naval army, but if you want to say that you went up 400 miles against the current to fight a water war, it still makes sense.

It is foolish to think that it is better to carry out some military merit replacement, and ensure that the generals do not suffer obvious losses, even if there is a slight grievance, they can be made up for later. ”

Liu Bei finally made a decision: "Okay, then I will write the recital like this, after I finish writing, I still let Changxu be the main envoy, Xian and the vice, and send it to Xu Du, does Ziyu think this candidate is appropriate?" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he glanced at Tai Shici, who was accompanying Zhuge Jin to protect him, and said a few words of joking about the situation. Tai Shici was originally a little embarrassed, but was immediately resolved by Liu Bei.

At that time, there were many disagreements at the state and government levels, and every time there was a local public case, the table of Qingzhou's scorched history was always pushed over Donglai County, and Donglai Fujun needed to push too much scorched history. The court Shangshutai, every preconceived, the same matter is no longer accepted, so the first to come to the state and county table benefits.

To be honest, he Zhuge Jin didn't expect this, and Zhuge Liang didn't know it because he didn't understand the twists and turns of the old fritters in officialdom, and he was too young to know it.

On the other hand, Cao Cao probably wanted to see Yuan Shu and Liu Bei continue to fight, the more tragic the better, the war was not over, and Cao Cao did not want to take the initiative to "settle halfway".

Because the fighting in Xuyi on the northern front has stopped, Xuyi and Huaiyin have Tian Yu and Chen Zhi to defend respectively. Guan Zhang and Zhao all rushed back to Guangling temporarily and met Zhuge Jin together.

However, Liu Bei reacted quickly, and he immediately realized that Zhuge Jin's change of words was emphasizing his authority over the management of Yangzhou's affairs.

Liu Bei's words were originally intended to alleviate Tai Shici's embarrassment, and at the same time make Tai Shici feel that "my experience and lessons can actually help everyone", giving Tai Shici a subtle sense of achievement.

However, Tai Shici should not stay for a long time, at most, he will accompany everyone to have a banquet and build a team, and he will go back to defend Wuhu with his troops again. With Tai Shi Ci here, Sun Ce didn't dare to mess around.

Zhuge Jin: "Naturally, it's proper, I remember Ah Liang said that the two of them went to Xu Du last time." ”

At the wine table, Zhang Fei was naturally the most active toaster, he hadn't seen him in October, and his gratitude was quite intense, while saying again and again, "Mr. is self-pleased, I poured it all", while pulling Zhuge Jin to plead:

Zhuge Jin appeased Zhang Fei, turned to Liu Bei and said: "Envoy, on the way this time, I did think of some small credits for Yuan Shu taking advantage of the fire, and I don't need to stimulate Yuan Shu too much, so that Yuan Shu obediently admits it." Since Yide is so eager, let him warm up. ”

Liu Beijun and the Zhuge family, since Yuan Shu became emperor in June, those new achievements have not been commended by the imperial court. On the one hand, the credit was not large at that time, and some of the credit was only recently completed.

"Xuande Gong's EQ is really high, this gives people a face, and it can be associated with ......" Zhuge Jin secretly thought in his heart, he hadn't seen Liu Bei for ten months, and his original impression of Liu Bei's EQ was already a little vague, but now he is regaining his spirits and no longer dares to despise it.

Liu Bei was a little embarrassed to see Zhang Fei pestering Zhuge Jin like this, and hurriedly scolded: "Yide! Don't be rude to the gentleman! The war is urgent, Mr. has his own calculations, you just listen to the order, how can there be a reason to urge the war! ”

In terms of official dignity and humility, General Zhengnan is of course greater than Yangzhou Assassin History. If it is a general before and after, it is even bigger than the state pastor - this is why in history, when Liu Bei visited the thatched house, Zhuge Liang was a "general", and General Zuo was much more senior than Yuzhou Mu, which was with a golden seal and purple ribbon.

In contrast, when Jiaozhou was first established, the imperial court sent Zhang Jin, but unfortunately, the four Shixie brothers each occupied a county in Jiaozhou, and all of them resisted Zhang Jin, so Zhang Jin could not take office.

You just helped the king of Donglai Mansion intercept the watch handed by the envoy of Qingzhou Assassin History and present the watch to Donglai Mansion, and finally fell into charge and had to flee - this inspired me, Ziyu, you said that this time if we also have another 'state and county competition',

"If you can follow the actual meritorious performance of the generals, it is naturally the most clear reward and punishment, and it is also the easiest to convince the public. However, many details of the soldiers and horses of our Zhuge family can be hidden or hidden, and try to stimulate Cao Cao as little as possible.

Zhuge Liang next to him also hurriedly came over and saluted the eldest brother first, and Zhuge Jin also signaled that there was no need to be polite.

Although Liu Bei's initial motive was out of emotional intelligence and giving face......

After all, there are no obstacles on the river, and you can still go thousands of miles downstream, let alone 400 miles.

As long as there are enough people, it is no problem to have five or even ten blacksmiths create the same set of hoop chain mail in parallel.

But now that Yuan Shu's main force has turned back to fight Cao Cao, Cao Cao's pressure has increased sharply, and it will be difficult to delay it again, in case the relationship with Liu Bei is stiff again, Lu Bu's side has not been able to successfully cease fighting, and Cao Cao is really likely to overturn.

Five days passed in a flash, and this day was the eighth day of the ninth month.

"Kong Ming taught me that this time when I sent someone to Xu Du to reconcile with Cao Lu, I should take the lead in showing my previous merits, and then supplemented by other negotiations, and put pressure on the side in order to maximize profits. I don't know how to distribute the accumulated work in the past few months, so as not to be suspicious of Cao Cao as much as possible? ”

Zhang Fei scratched his head: "I'm not rude!" I'm not going to toast my husband! How polite it is to take a sip of my husband, and I will take a pot of begging, too! ”

Traditional armor and scale armor require a blacksmith from beginning to end, and forcibly having multiple blacksmiths cooperate to create the same set of iron armor will also waste a lot of work in the connection, but iron ring chain mail has no problem.

In just five days, Zhuge Liang has built three sets of samples, and when the eldest brother comes, he can also show it as a small achievement.

Listening to the ears of the Zhuge brothers, it made Zhuge Jin's eyes light up:! Liu Bei himself will use some small tricks at the level of court negotiations? And it's used in a decent way......

Guan Yu has only just seen each other, and he only separated from Zhuge Jin two months ago, and Zhang Fei has not seen him since the lunar month last year, just like Liu Bei. Zhao Yun has never seen it once.

"Sir, when you come back this time, you have to help me say a few kind words in front of my eldest brother, Lao Zhang has completely changed his mind since he lost his Xiapi last year. But for most of the past half a year, he only managed to defend Xuyi, repelled Ji Ling's two attacks, and there was no other chance of meritorious service.

Zhuge Jin stood still on the shore cautiously, and then arched his hand: "There is a labor envoy to worry about you, my uncle can take office smoothly in Yuzhang, in the final analysis, I still have to thank the envoy for borrowing troops and clouds to help me." ”

However, Yun Chang has made great contributions, and almost all of the land of Yuzhang and Danyang rely on him to borrow troops, lead troops, train troops, and rectify and recover the surrendered army, so he must not lose Yun Chang. The follow-up general battle with Yuan Shu's Yangtze River Navy in Chungu County, all the credit is on Yun Chang's head.

The brothers praised the idea again and again, and let Liu Bei operate it himself to see how to improve it.

Everyone was riding on horses, and Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang in advance that he had done his homework and knew what the primary topic of the day was, so he asked Zhuge Jin unceremoniously:

Danyang County and Yangzhou Thorn History Institute asked for merit, each of them made more merit for their own people, so how would Cao Cao view us? Maybe when giving to the official, we will be a little less jealous because of the disagreement we shown, right? ”

Zhuge Jin still brought two or three thousand guards and thirty guards as usual, protected by Tai Shici, to meet with Liu Bei.