Sun Ce didn't say anything. Yang Yi should be the scholar who fought with Wei Yan. This person is indeed a bit arrogant, but Huang Chengyan has other meanings. He clearly thinks that I only have the opportunity to calculate and learn, but nothing else can do. It is difficult to impress these powerful people in Jingzhou.

The thinking inertia of these famous scholars is really stubborn. Huang Chengyan is considered to be pragmatic and has not yet gotten rid of the inherent thinking pattern for so long.

I met these rich people, were they talking about it or were they asking them to be loyal to me? I wanted to seize their land. They had to give it, and they had to give it if they didn't give it. The only difference is that those who actively cooperated will compensate, and those who were stubborn will be physically eliminated. Daddy said to the Cai family. Do you really think it's because of the relatives? That's because the Cai family has already admitted defeat and handed over the land.

Sun Ce got on the ship and got into the cabin. Chen Sheng surrendered, Huang Zhong became the captain of the tower ship, took over the entire Jingzhou Navy, and immediately allocated a large warship to make a ship for Sun Ce, which was under the responsibility of Sima Guo Tung. Guo Tung was also Sun Jian's old subordinate, loyal and stood out in the last battle. Now he became the commander of Sun Ce's ship, and he was even more dedicated. Seeing that Sun Ce had a bad face on the ship, he immediately signaled his subordinates to disperse and not to affect Sun Ce.

"Chaoyang, come on." Sun Ce shouted.

Guo Ting did not dare to neglect and hurriedly approached and bowed.

"Send someone to notify Captain Huang to lead the team himself and surround Huihu, and there are no blocks of boards to enter and exit."

"Here." Guo Ting turned around and made arrangements without saying a word.

Huang Chengyan, who followed into the cabin, was stunned for a moment, looked at Guo Tung's back, and then looked at Sun Ce. Just as he was about to call Guo Tung, Sun Ce raised his hand and signaled him not to stop him. "I don't think my eloquence or prestige is better than that of Mr., if the sir can't convince them, I can't."

"Then...what is the general trying to do to subdue them with force?"

Sun Ce's eyes turned to the six-stone strong crossbow on both sides of Feilu. His expectations for Huang Chengyan were not a lobbyist or scholar. He was interested in his pragmatic attitude and mechanical attainments. Liu Bei visited Sima Hui and Sima Hui said that Confucian scholars and common scholars would know the current affairs? Those who know the current affairs are Zhuge Kongming and Pang Shiyuan. Huang Chengyan's ability to marry his daughter to Zhuge Liang is enough to show that he is also a pragmatic person. His expertise in mechanical construction is too wasteful to make keels and water wheels. Improving the powerful crossbows and even making continuous crossbows in advance is what he should do.

The truth is only within the range of cannons. If the cannon cannot be made, it will be replaced by crossbows. After all, the weapons of criticism are not as direct as the criticism of weapons. To deal with the advantages of cavalry in the north, crossbows are well-deserved weaponry.

But it is obvious that Huang Chengyan has not yet realized this.

"Sir, don't worry." Sun Ce withdrew his gaze and grinned. "My father has an order, so he can't kill people at will. However, there are so many stories in "The Strategies of the Warring States Period", which sums up only the four words "Coercion and Inducement". Without coercion, only temptation is not enough. At any time, force is the bottom line. If you can't convince, then you can only take a knife. Wars may occur at any time in Nanyang. I can't delay here for too long, have no time, and have no interest in reasoning with them slowly."

Huang Chengyan smiled bitterly. "General, if you have the power, there are many helps, but if you lose the power, there are few helps. If you want to turn Xiangyang into Nanyang's support, you cannot rely solely on force. You must use both kindness and power. Otherwise, even if you seize the land and have food, Xiangyang will be unrestrained. Not only will it not be able to provide support, but it may become a ulcer."

Sun Ce smiled, smiling mysteriously. "Sir, I think this ulcer is inflicted. Is it the pain of the second general or me?"

Huang Chengyan was stunned and woke up from a dream. He patted his forehead and laughed loudly. Sun Jian was the governor of Yuzhou. Even if he took Xiangyang, Yuan Shu would not be able to make Sun Jian the governor of Jingzhou and control the entire Jingzhou. He was more likely to lead the governor of Jingzhou himself, or send his confidants to Xiangyang, but let the Sun family father and son fight in the Central Plains. Since this is the case, there is no need for Sun Ce to be careful and take Xiangyang first to solve the troubles in front of him. As for whether there will be sequelae and what kind of sequelae are there, Sun Ce will not be in charge for the time being, so let Yuan Shu worry about it. If he can return to Xiangyang in the future, it will not be too late to manage it with care.

Huang Chengyan understood what Sun Ce meant and no longer asked about Sun Ce's arrangements. The two of them talked for a while, mainly about the improvement of weapons. Huang Chengyan agreed to Sun Ce's request. He discussed with Sun Ce for a long time and found that Sun Ce had many superlative insights in machinery, which were very inspiring to him, but what made him feel most heartwarming was a sentence.

"Food is the most important thing for the people. If you can solve the problem of eating tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans, your merit will be enough to be comparable to any great scholar."

Half an hour later, Huang Zhong led ten warships to come, blocked the exit of Huihu, and sent people to surround Huihu. Huang Chengyan persuaded Chen Sheng to surrender. Huang Zhong now has more than 3,000 people, rich and powerful, and extraordinary.

Of course, such a big noise cannot be hidden from the Yang family's eyes. Sun Ce's ship had not yet entered Huihu, and the Yang family was already facing a great enemy. Sun Ce had just entered Huihu, but the ship had not stopped yet. The eldest son Yang Lu hurried to the dock to see Sun Ce. Not long after, the second son Yang Yi also came. Seeing Yang Lu standing on the shore, he immediately stood with Yang Lu, holding his head up, wide eyes, and glaring at Sun Ce who was chatting and laughing with Huang Chengyan on Feilu.

Sun Ce didn't take him seriously at all. Don't say that you are still a 11 or 2-year-old boy now, what can you do if you are already an adult? In contrast, he has a stronger interest in Yang Lu. Historical books have a high evaluation of this Yang Lu, called Yang Jun, and said that the prefectures and counties have repeatedly been hired but then added another sentence: "It's seventeen years old." This is a bit embarrassing. Which governor, the prefect, would hire a young man under seventeen years old to be an official?

Therefore, Sun Ce felt that this kind of record was extremely credible.

Now, Yang Lu stood in front of him, looking like he should be fourteen or fifteen years old, and his body had not grown up, and he had a weak temperament. However, compared to Yang Yi who was angry with his eyebrows, he was still quite steady, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Where is Yang Jie?" Sun Ce patted the railing lightly. "What's the matter with sending two children out to greet me?"

Huang Chengyan smiled but said nothing. Before, he would definitely persuade Sun Ce. Now that he knew Sun Ce’s intention, he had no intention of persuading him at all, just waiting to watch the show. The Yang family sent two children to greet him. The head of the family, Yang Jie, was waiting for Sun Ce to see him, obviously did not take Sun Ce seriously. If Sun Ce still didn’t get angry, then he would not be Sun Ce.

It would be better to let the Yang family suffer a little, otherwise they would not know what the real danger was, and they would think that the world was peaceful and would sit and discuss it every day, and joke that he was not honest.

"Come and bring me the head of the Yang family."

"Here!" Lin Feng responded and took ten guards off the boat. They didn't even look at Yang Lu. The Yang Yi brothers glanced at him and strided straight to the Yang family mansion. Not long after, they came back. The two guards dragged a middle-aged man quickly. The middle-aged man was dragged to a staggering man, the crown on his head had fallen off, and his clothes were torn up, with shoes on one foot and bare on the other. While he struggled hard, he screamed: "Huang Chengyan, is this the hero you want to assist? It's really eye-opening."

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