Sun Ce got off the horse, threw the reins to Yi Cong, and took Guo Wu into the door. Suddenly, he came back without prior notice. The servants and servants in the mansion were not prepared and were working on their own affairs. Seeing him in, he hurried forward to salute. Sun Ce waved his hand to signal them to retreat and do his own things, and don't pay much attention to him. He is famously easy-going, and the servants don't mind, and go to work on their own.

When he arrived at the intermediate court, Sun Ce asked Guo Wu to wait outside. He went into the backyard and first went to the western courtyard to pay homage to his mother, Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu was talking to Yin Mei, but when she saw Sun Ce coming in, she was very surprised. Yin Mei was also surprised and quickly got up to salute. She had already passed the reaction period, and her face improved significantly, white and red, thin and tender. Sun Ce reached out and pressed her shoulder lightly, making a joke.

"Okay, don't bother me anymore. My mother will blame me again later."

Yin Wei pursed her lips and looked at Mrs. Wu with gratitude. "My mother is pitying me, but I can't be rude. Besides, with my mother taking care of me these days, I have nothing to do. I can eat and sleep, and I have gained a lot of weight."

"That's right, my mother gave birth to five of us brothers and sisters, and she is very experienced."

"Stop talking nonsense." Mrs. Wu smiled and scolded: "You are a man who leads troops to fight. You are very good at talking about these women's affairs and are not afraid of people's jokes. Tell me, what's wrong with me when I suddenly come back? A Quan, Awan has all rushed over? Could it be that they have it too?"

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Mother, you are too anxious, how can you be so fast? I suddenly rushed back because a Qu A person came to the same family as my sister-in-law. I brought him to see her. Maybe her mother wants to know some news about her sister Shanghua."

Mrs. Wu was happy when she heard this. Sun Shanghua was her biological daughter. She married Qu'a at the age of fourteen and hadn't seen her for more than two years. She really missed her. She could hear news about her and comfort her in missing her daughter. However, she did not rush to summon Guo Wu.

"Bofu, you are currently working on people. Do you plan to arrange something for your sister-in-law?"

Sun Ce was in his heart. The Hong family was a small landlord of Qua, with a little wealth, but had no status. It was better than the Sun family more than ten years ago. It was probably similar to the Wu family, but it was not comparable to the Sun family now. The reason why the two families got married was because Hongzi's father Hongqian and Sun Jian met and funded Sun Jian, so the two families had a baby marriage. Two years ago, Hongqian was seriously ill. In order to satisfy his willingness to see his son Hongzi get married, and for the sake of Chongchong, the Sun family married Sun Shanghua, who was just fourteen years old, to the Hong family.

Hongzi is as big as Sun Ce, with a similar temper to his father. He is open-minded by nature and likes to support others. However, he is too young and has not been able to work in prefectures and counties. He is sitting in vain. Seeing that his family is getting worse day by day, Mrs. Wu is a little anxious and wants to find something for Hongzi. Sun Ce also has this meaning. He is just in need of a trustworthy person to assist Sun Jian. Hongzi has no martial arts skills, but has studied, is still smart and has the identity of a father-in-law and son-in-law. It is more appropriate to ask him to assist Sun Jian, and it will not arouse Sun Jian's disgust. It is best for Mrs. Wu to come forward to take care of his father Sun Jian's face, and secondly, to give Mrs. Wu a chance to care about his daughter.

Sun Ce told Mrs. Wu that she was very satisfied with her plan and said with a smile: "Did A Quan ask you to do this?"

Sun Ce laughed. "Mother, I can't hide anything from you."

"It's not difficult to guess. Ah Yu is by my side and has no time to give you advice. Awan and Achu are busy transforming warships, stone throwers and other things. She is the only one who can help you with ideas in this regard. This child likes to think too much and would rather be wronged. Bofu, you should treat her well and never be wronged her anymore."

Sun Ce nodded with a smile, and said some common words to Mrs. Wu, asking her to see who else can be used in the Wu family. As the saying goes, brothers who fight tigers and fathers and sons to fight, the most reliable thing is their own family members who have interests tied together. Relatives and wise men are also in line with Confucian theory. The royal family and relatives have their own reasons for their existence, and only look at whether the monarch can control the standards.

The Sun family started at a low starting point. Although they made some money in business, they had no connections in the officialdom. The real problem started with Sun Jian. The biggest problem was that no one was available. Before Sun Ce debuted, Sun Jian was only Sun Qiang's son Sun Ben, Sun Fu, and his wife's brother Wu Jing. The others were all foreign surnames, that is, Zhu Zhi, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Huang Gai, who were later called the Four Great Generals. In fact, these people were not family generals at all, but talents recruited by Sun Jian after entering the officialdom. Zhu Zhi was from Danyang. He was originally a state-owned person. He met Sun Jian when he was conquering the thieves of Kuaiji and had always followed Sun Jian from the north. When Sun Jian was an official in Huai Si, he later followed Sun Jian to fight against the Yellow Turbans. Huang Gai was the latest in the siege, and when Sun Jian raised an army to attack Dong, he became Sun Jian's subordinate.

Sun Jian himself was brave, so most of the talents he recruited were warriors, but there were no strategists. When he was a prefect of a county, there was no big problem with government affairs. Now that he became a general, the dilemma of no one being available was more obvious. Sun Jian also had a younger brother Sun Jing, but Sun Jing was as famous as his name, and did not like this kind of life of fighting in the east and west, and would rather guard the ancestral grave at home. The Wu family had no talents. They refused Sun Jian's proposal at the beginning, but Sun Jian didn't like them either. Now the ones that can still be used are Sun Ce's aunt's family, Fuchun Xu's family and his sister-in-law Qu Ahong's family.

They are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but they are afraid of comparing goods. Comparing the Sun family and the Yuan family, you will know how big the difference is. Even if the Yuan family does not talk about their disciples and officials, there are several people in the Yuan family who are the prefects of the Yuan family. Yuan Xu is the prefect of Jibei and Yuan Yi is the prefect of Shanyang. They provide great convenience for Yuan Tan to master Yanzhou. Even those who have worked as county officials in the Sun family are high-end talents.

Although Hongzi is not a talented person, he is a rare scholar among the Sun family's family. Sun Ce has no choice but to propose that he be Sun Jian's military advisor. He has arranged for Pang Tong to go before, but Pang Tong is too young and Sun Jian doesn't take it seriously, and Cheng Pu and others are a little disliked.

After finalizing Hongzi's affairs with Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Wu went to ask Guo Wu about Hongzi and Sun Shanghua's affairs, and Sun Ce chatted with Yin Wei for a while. He originally planned to go to Nanyang in person, but after Yuan Quan persuaded him, he decided to wait and wait for the imperial edict to make a decision. Now he is going to go to Jiangxia to fight, and he doesn't know when he will come back. The plan is to fight quickly, but who can tell the matter of marching and fighting accurately. It is entirely possible if he dies and cannot come back.

Sun Ce played with Sun Kuang, Sun Lang, and Sun Shangxiang for a while. Sun Quan and Lu Xun stayed in Gepi Camp. Sun Yi followed Sun Jian to Lujiang. The mansion suddenly became much deserted. A few older children were not at home, and only three of them were left. No one was taking them with them. He was somewhat lonely. Sun Shangxiang pestered Sun Ce and wanted to follow him to go to war. Sun Ce coaxed her for a while and promised to take her to war when she was thirteen years old, so that she could stay in Pingyu and study and practice martial arts with all her heart.

Sun Ce rested in Pingyu for two days and received a message from Huang Zhong and Li Tong. Liu Xun had already left the city and did not go to Jiangling, but rushed to Sui County. It seemed that he was going to attack Xiangyang or Huyang, and he was not sure of his intention. Huang Zhong asked for instructions to fight Liu Xun in Nanyang or to go straight to Xiling as planned to seize Jiangxia.
Chapter completed!