Sun Ce looked at Lu Cui, then looked at the letter in his hand.

"Is this Lu Jun's masterpiece?"

Lu Cui smiled reservedly, not admitting or denying it, but he felt a little proud. Cai Yong wrote a letter to him and asked him to assist Sun Ce, but he refused. Now Sun Ce could tell at a glance that it was his article, so naturally Cai Yong had mentioned his article in front of Sun Ce. Cai Yong was a great scholar of the times, and being able to provide his article in front of others was a recognition of him. In front of Sun Ce, he had enough confidence.

How could you get someone like me?

Sun Ce saw Lu Cui's pride and couldn't help but laugh secretly. Such a literati, I don't know what kind of compliment is, but I can write a few articles. Don't you know that I have two pens under my command now? Besides, your teacher Cai Yong was fooled by me, so what kind of compliment is that you are? I asked you at that time, just to respond to an urgent problem. You thought that if you were missing, you wouldn't be able to do it?

However, Sun Ce never minded burning another fire to make him more inflated.

"Speaking of this, I still have a grudge with Cao Zixiu. Cao Zixiu can give up his old grudges and rebuild it, and send someone to send Dian Wei's family. Among them, Lu Jun's persuasion must be Lu Jun's great kindness. I will thank you for five hundred new papers in Nanyang to express my gratitude. I hope these papers can be passed down through Lu Jun's masterpieces in future generations."

When Sun Ce waved his hand, someone sent a bamboo box with five hundred new pieces of paper. New paper has been popularized in Nanyang, and bamboo, wood slips and silk were almost eliminated. However, for other counties, paper is rare and is a good choice for gifts, especially for scholars like Lu Cui. Even in the Eastern Jin Dynasty or even the Song Dynasty, sending a few good papers was a great favor.

Sure enough, Lu Cui was scratched to the itchy place and showed a rare smile. "Thank you, General."

"Mr. Lu, you are a famous scholar in Chenliu and have a lot of knowledge. Can I ask you a question?"

"Please say, General."

"Yuan Xiansi is heading to Yanzhou, are you preparing to advance east or go south?"

Lu Cui looked at Sun Ce and saw the worry that was not well hidden in Sun Ce's eyes, and couldn't help but smile. Yuan Tan took over Yanzhou, and Sun Ce became nervous, afraid that Yuan Tan would attack Yuzhou. In this way, he came to Chen County not to attack, but to be afraid that Yuan Tan would attack Yuzhou. Thinking of Cao Ang's nervousness, he felt a little disdainful.

"The court has three mutual laws, so it is impossible for Yuan Envoy to come to Yuzhou. Generals can rest assured."

Sun Ce slapped his forehead, looked like he woke up from a dream, laughed dryly, and ordered someone to send a box of paper. "A conversation with you is better than reading ten years. I am a little thankful, please don't refuse."

Lu Cui received the courtesy calmly and despised Sun Ce even more. Idiot, Yuan Tan cannot be the governor of Yuzhou, and others cannot? Speaking of which, who would it be? Lu Cui suddenly became interested. If Yuan Tan took over Yuzhou, who would be the governor of Yuzhou? Take the initiative, maybe I will have a chance. Even if I don’t have the chance to be the governor of Yuzhou, I can be the governor of Yingchuan, and Runan’s prefect.

"Since that's the case, I'm relieved. Please ask Mr. Lu to reply to Cao Zixiu. I have followed the imperial court's laws and have no intention to enter Yanzhou. This time I came to Chen State just to exercise my duties and inspect various counties and states. There is no other intention. Don't misunderstand it. If Mr. Lu has the opportunity to meet Yuan Envoy, please pay homage to him on my behalf. I am in Yuzhou and I have no choice but to reward him. I would like to call him Mao talent and make an alliance."

Maocai also recommends a kind of person, similar to filial and honesty, but filial and honesty is rated by the population ratio. Each county has the power to be given one person per 200,000 people, and the number of people is relatively large. For example, when there are more than a dozen people in Runan County, there are seven or eight people when there are fewer. Maocai is less, and one person per state is only allowed to be given one person per year, which is more rare than filial and honesty. For Sun Ce, this is definitely a big gift to Yuan Tan. He cited Cao Ang as filial and honesty, and Cao Ang would send people to thank him. He cited Yuan Tan as Maocai, even Yuan Tan’s general, and Yuan Tan should also be grateful to him.

In history, when Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, he referred Yuan Tan as Maocai. Later, he was defeated and surrendered to Yuan Shao. After passing by Qingzhou, Yuan Tan, who was the governor of Qingzhou at the time, sent infantry and cavalry to welcome him. People of this era, especially the children of aristocratic families, paid attention to this. If it were Guo Jia, he would not care about such a false reputation.

Lu Cui agreed immediately and said goodbye with two boxes of paper and the gifts given to Cao Ang by Sun Ce. Sun Ce asked Jiang Gan to see Lu Cui off. Both of them were famous scholars and had common language. When it comes to articles, Lu Cui was slightly better. When it comes to eloquence, Jiang Gan abused Lu Cui. After talking for a long time, Lu Cui led Jiang Gan as a confidant, and felt very sorry that Jiang Gan was secretly betrayed and said obscurely that if Jiang Gan was willing to change the party, he could recommend it on his behalf.

Jiang Gan was "possessed", looked around, and said, "Yanzhou is full of talents and handsome like Lu Jun. Can I have a chance?"

Lu Cui had originally wanted to see Yuan Tan, but now Jiang Gan gave him an excuse. He was just right, patting his chest, taking a big bag, and asking Jiang Gan to wait for his news. Jiang Gan was "very grateful" and made Lu Cui smile, giving advice to the country, and who else could do the heroic spirit.

Jiang Gan was even more enthusiastic, sending Lu Cui out of the county and county. Along the way, he was full of lotus flowers and digging out the things Lu Cui knew clearly. Combined with the information Guo Jia had carefully inquired, he knew Chen Liu's affairs better than Lu Cui. However, Lu Cui was still in the dark, and he seemed to be eager to save Jiang Gan from water and fire, but he had sold the entire Chen Liu's background.

After parting with Lu Cui, Jiang Gan rushed back to Chen County and immediately reported to Sun Ce. Soon, they realized an abnormal phenomenon: Zhang Miao, as the prefect of Chenliu, did not take the initiative to visit Yuan Tan, nor did he send an envoy in time. Instead, he waited until Cao Ang went to ask for instructions before he could go with the flow. There was an article here.

Guo Jia immediately mentioned something: After Han Fu gave up Jizhou, he was forced by Yuan Shao and did not dare to stay in Jizhou, so he went to surrender to Zhang Miao, and later died in Chenliu. Is this matter Yuan Shao forced Zhang Miao to do, or what happened? No one can tell. But the charge fell on Zhang Miao's head, and Zhang Miao could not have no idea at all.

Zhu Han, a native of Hanoi, was killed by Yuan Shao just because he discounted Han Fu's son's leg. Now Han Fu himself is dead under Zhang Miao's nose. How could Zhang Miao not worry about Yuan Shao framing Han Fu's charge on him? He wanted Yuan Tan to see him, perhaps just to let the world vent his anger. He did not rely on Yuan Shao to act, and Han Fu's death had nothing to do with him.

"Yuan Tan is likely to come to Chenliu to meet Zhang Miao to further confirm the suspicion of the world." Guo Jia analyzed.

Sun Ce had another view.

According to historical records, Yuan Shao once wanted to kill Zhang Miao, but he didn't want to do it himself, so he sent Cao Cao to do it, but Cao Cao refused. Whether this matter is true or false is hard to say. Chen Shou's historical materials were based on records of the Wei people. Yuan Shao was once Cao Cao's old master and his biggest enemy. There are many twists and turns on Yuan Shao's affairs in history books, and there are many contradictory areas, and sometimes they cannot completely win the trust.

Zhang Miao is also strange. He was once good friends with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but in the end they turned against each other and died at Cao Cao's hands. Judging from various signs, he was simply a typical celebrity who could not be followed in troubled times. He wanted to force Yuan Tan to take the initiative to see him, which obviously had the habit of a famous scholar. If Yuan Shao didn't like him, it would be entirely possible for Yuan Tan to take the opportunity to mess with him.

"Is it possible for Yuan Tan to force Zhang Miao to give up Chen Liu? Zhu Ling's army is just in the jujube."

Guo Jia also had this idea. "General, no matter whether there is this possibility or not, as long as they suspect each other, we have a chance. We can contact Zhang Miao and use a plan of alienation. If Zhang Miao can be brought over, Yingchuan and Runan will be safe."

Sun Ce looked at Jiang Gan. "Ziyi, thank you again."
Chapter completed!