"Tsk tsk." Guo Jia circled around the white jade beauty twice, tsk tsk sounded and praised endlessly. "Rare treasures, real rare treasures. Good jade, good workmanship, and beautiful women are better. Is this something in the palace?"

Sun Ce leaned aside and sipped tea. "How can I see it?"

"There are no chance for such a large piece of Khotan white jade to be seen by ordinary people. Moreover, the jade craftsman is no better than other craftsmen. There is no other place to make a living except the palace. Such a good carving craftsman should be the chief jade craftsman to the Shangfangjian of the Palace [Fast Update]."

Sun Ce felt it was reasonable. Jade was a highly hierarchical item in the Han Dynasty, and not everyone had the opportunity to use it. Like later generations, as long as you have money, you could make a piece of jade and play with it, you would never have a chance in the Han Dynasty. Jade workers only had a place to use it in the palace, and it would be useless after leaving the palace. When Sun Quan became emperor, he could not find a jade craftsman to carve jade seals, so he could only use a gold seal instead. Jin destroyed Wu, and the seals seized were only gold seals, and there were no jade seals.

"Have you seen anything like that, even smaller?"

"No."

"I don't quite understand. Yuan Shao robbed the palace, why didn't this thing be taken away?"

Guo Jia shook his head. "I don't know very well, but it's understandable. Before Yuan Shao robbed the palace, the palace had been in chaos for several months. Maybe someone stole this thing from the palace, and it's hard to say that it was hidden at home. When Dong Zhuo robbed Luoyang and fell into Dong Zhuo's hands, it may not be that Dong Zhuo got it from the palace. Of course, it may also be that this thing was not from the palace. The etiquette system is the etiquette system. On the surface, there are too many people who don't take it seriously. According to the etiquette system, how many wealthy families in Luoyang are not inferior to the etiquette?"

Sun Ce was also confused and had no way to judge. "Then what do you mean by saying that Jia Xu gave me this thing?"

Guo Jia sat down, shook the feather fan, with a careless look on his face. "I am willing to be a concubine and bow my head to surrender. I know that he would not give this white jade beauty. They would not be able to hold on without our support and support. After Huang Wan was in Luoyang, their lives were sad. The war was imminent. In order to relieve his worries, Huang Wan first attacked Dong Yue, who was stationed in Mianchi. Ziyi kidnapped Dong Yue's daughter. Jia Xu did not show any sincerity, how could Dong Yue believe in his sincerity? Force Dong Yue to ask us for help, and the people of Liangzhou would be disloyal."

Sun Ce suddenly realized. Although Yuan Quan and Guo Jia had different focuses, they had the same end, and they were saying the same truth. Jia Xu lived a difficult life and took the initiative to surrender. Of course, he had not yet admitted defeat, otherwise he would not have used such a obscure method to suggest it, but instead directly surrendered. He did not leave any words and even left a single sentence on his word, just a hint, which shows how entangled and reluctant he was in his heart.

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing. The situation was stronger than that of a human, and the old fox could only admit defeat. The Bingzhou area was indeed not suitable for development. When the population of the Central Plains was not yet ten, no matter how powerful nomadic people were, they would not dare to bare their teeth. The Huns who would invade the Central Plains in the future were just stray dogs now. Only after decades of chaos in the Central Plains and were devastated, they dared to show their fangs.

Now, I will never give them this opportunity. If you dare to bare your teeth, I will make your face bloom.

"Let Huang Zhong move to Luyang after the New Year, I will go sooner or later."

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The New Year is approaching, and Pingyu is getting more and more lively day by day. The peaceful atmosphere dilutes the sadness brought by the epidemic. People buried the bones of their relatives, wiped away their tears, and started a new life, hoping that the new year will be better.

Although this wish will fail most of the time, this year is different from previous years. With the war at the turn of spring and summer, Sun Ce pushed the front line into Yanzhou, and the people of Yuzhou gradually moved away from the threat of war. Although the epidemic at the turn of autumn and winter came fiercely, many people died and many new graves were added, the government made every effort to treat it with an unprecedented positive attitude, which made the losses of this year's epidemic far less than in previous years. Young people may not feel it, but those who are a little older remember the two major epidemics that followed in Guanghe and the second year of Zhongping. Compared with those two, this year's epidemic is already considered kind.

This is even more true for the people who fled into Yuzhou. Compared with the national mobilization of Yuzhou, medical accounts spread all over the country, doctors, officials who went deep into the village to check the epidemic, and timely supply of food and medicines, Yanzhou and Xuzhou all seemed careless and perfunctory. Many patients who could have been treated died because of lack of clothing and medicine. When they entered Yuzhou, they were like entering another world and finally saw hope for life.

Fewer and fewer people die, their illnesses become less and less, and their hopes are getting bigger and bigger. Once people have hope, they have the power to overcome difficulties. People who have just experienced the pain of bereavement gradually wake up from their grief and support each other to continue moving forward. Many broken families spontaneously reorganize to overcome difficulties together, and take advantage of the joy of the New Year to hold a simple ceremony, which is considered a marriage.

On the 28th day of the 12th lunar month, all counties and counties began to distribute relief supplies, especially for the elderly and weak. The people in the various lilies drove large trucks to get the grain, meat and wine back from the county, and distributed them to households according to regulations. Orphans under the age of thirteen and elderly people over the age of 60 each received one stone of rice, two pounds of meat, two pounds of meat and two pounds of meat, and half a bucket of wine. Three pounds of rice over the age of 80, three pounds of meat, and one pound of wine. In addition, each person had a set of cotton coats.

While the poor households were learning about the relief, the craftsmen and officials of the various workshops also began to pay salaries, receive New Year's welfare, and prepare to go home for the New Year. There were trucks full of money, grain, wine and meat coming and going in every street and alley. Everyone was smiling in front of the car, and even the driver was smiling from ear to ear. This group of business at the end of the year could make them earn twice as much commission as usual, just like those craftsmen and officials paid an extra month's salary. After the epidemic, being able to have a rich New Year is a great comfort for everyone.

"Look, they are so forgetful." Yan Xu held two new books, carried a baggage, looked at the joyful pedestrians on the roadside, and said with emotion: "It's only been more than a month, but few people remember the epidemic."

Zhuge Liang stood aside, carrying a bag, containing a few new clothes he had just bought from the clothing market. The new clothes were very cheap, so cheap that he couldn't believe it, so he originally wanted to buy one, but now he bought three at once, one winter clothes and two spring and autumn clothes.

"What's wrong with forgetting?" Zhuge Liang said lightly: "It's hard to tell the truth about the past, even if it's true, it can only be used to remember. Just like childhood, no matter how beautiful it is, it's just the past. People cannot be a child forever, they must always grow up."

Yan Yan glanced at Zhuge Liang. This was a smart and sensitive boy, young and prematurely orphan. Not long ago, he lost his uncle who treated their brothers like his sons. He had no choice but to rely on himself. For him, there was really nothing to nostalgic for childhood. Yan Yan thought about it and changed the topic.

"When will you go to see General Sun?"

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly. "Wait a minute, General Sun is very busy recently."
Chapter completed!