Lu Bu took it and frowned.

"Master, what's the matter?"

Lu Bu handed the letter to Zhuge Liang next to him.

It turned out to be the battle report sent by Liu Junjun and Sun Guan. The two led 20,000 infantry soldiers and more than 1,000 naval troops from Sheyang Lake were also jointly organized.

There are many troops, but the generals are relatively weak, with Sun Guan as the main general and Liu Jun Governor as the military advisor.

Sun Guan was deputy general Zang Ba. He was originally stationed in Danyang Pass and was considered a powerful general. The governor of Liu County was originally Lu Bu, who was resourceful and resourceful, and he was still a good match for being a military advisor.

However, they are facing Jiangdong veterans Cheng Pu, Sun Jing and others, which are not easy to deal with.

The fights were fought three times in a row, and each other was damaged. The Xuzhou army suffered more than 2,000 casualties. Liu Junjun Governor proposed to attack Cheng Pu's army on both sides, which would be very easy to win.

Lu Bu put down his letter and thought for a moment: "Kongming, come and guard this place. I will lead 5,000 troops to help, and strive to take Cheng Pu as soon as possible."

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "It's not appropriate. We are exhausted soldiers now. Northerners are not adapted to the south. There are many people who are not suitable for the environment and the environment. They have been riding on the boat for more than ten days, and the fierce battles have reached the point where they have to rest. The lord uses exhausted soldiers to fight the Cheng Pu army with good time, place and people, and it is difficult to have a chance of victory."

When Lu Bu touched, he was right. The Jiangdong Army did have many advantages in this local battle in the hometown.

"This letter was written by Liu Junjun Governor three days ago. I think Cheng Pu knows that the news should be about to retreat. It's better to send a thousand soldiers to support me with my banner. Cheng Pu will definitely transfer it with Sun Quan. After all, Sun Quan is just such a little bit of his money, and he won't fight to the death here."

Zhuge Liang agreed deeply: "From the current situation, Sun Quan's new rise will definitely not let Cheng Pu continue to fight. He needs to establish a solid team."

"Okay, that's it." Lu Bu immediately ordered Danyang soldiers general Mianzi to lead a thousand troops to support. Lu Bu's request was to make a good noise, with heavy thunder and little rain, which seemed scary. This was enough.

Zhuge Liang reminded: "The lord has a few things to do."

"Oh, Kong Ming, please speak."

"The first thing is to give the list to help the people. To be precise, to appease the big families in Jiangdong, telling them that the taxes and fees will not increase. Then absorb some people to become officials and restore order."

"It makes sense. Master Zhao sent someone to invite local officials. All civil servants who did not escape would do their original positions to appease the people and restore production."

"Okay lord, I'll write an announcement for peace."

Zhao Zhubo is good at writing, and writes out Anmin's notice, stamps it with a large seal, and then posts dozens of copies.

Zhuge Liang continued: "The second thing is to open warehouses and release grain to help the needy people. When we first arrived, we have no foundation, so the easiest thing to win over is naturally the poor farmers."

"Yes, Sun Ce's dozens of granaries are all rice. They have been stored for several years. They are about to get moldy. It doesn't matter if they distribute them, but it doesn't affect the safety of military food."

"That's the third thing." Zhuge Liang looked up and looked at Lu Bu with a smirk.

"What is the third thing?"

"The third thing is that I'm afraid I'll have to work hard for the lord. I'll marry several daughters of the Jiangdong clan as concubines, so that I can better maintain the relationship."

Lu Bu shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, this is a nonsense. I am over thirty and am running to forty, and I have no intention of that. However, Kong Ming is in his early twenties, so why don't he touch you a few?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Only the lord's marriage can maintain the relationship. I don't have enough weight. If the lord thinks there are too many, then let's be wronged to marry one?"

"One? Who?"

"Xiao Qiao, the daughter of Qiao Gong in Jiangdong. The eldest daughter married Sun Ce, and the second daughter was only 18 years old and she still had no betrothal."

"Xiao Qiao?"

Lu Bu remembered that according to the original trajectory, Xiao Qiao should have been betrothed to Zhou Yu, but because Lu Su defected to Xuzhou and Zhou Yu went to Jiangdong alone, the development was not so fast, and Xiao Qiao did not betrothed to Zhou Yu.

The Qiao family is in charge of half of Jiangdong's business, with salt, silk, shipbuilding, fishing and rice covering a wide range of areas, and is definitely the largest household.

"Yes, it's this woman. The beauty is paired with a hero. The lord is just right. The Qiao family has tens of thousands of tenants, and there are five or six hundred of them. If they cannot be conquered, they can only kill them. The lord is kind and cannot bear to see blood. So he should work hard and marry Xiao Qiao so that both sides can rest assured."

Lu Bu touched the mustache on his chin and thought about it. Sometimes the aesthetics of the ancients were inaccurate. It would be fine if Xiao Qiao was almost the same, but what if she was an ugly monster?

"Zhao Zhubo, take my famous post and go to Qiao's mansion to make an appointment. I will go to the mansion to discuss things tomorrow morning."

"Okay lord, I'll make arrangements later."

Zhuge Liang chuckled: "I'm afraid Xiao Qiao is not beautiful in this lord."

"You can't hide anything from you. If you want to marry a concubine, you have to let me take a look first."

Gong Qiao is a respected title for everyone. In fact, he is not very old, only in his fifties.

Zhubo Zhao sent the famous post to say that the Qiao Mansion is really impressive, not too big or small, with a yard of more than 100 acres.

The garden-style courtyard has to walk half a mile from the door to the main hall.

Master Zhao gave a letter to Qiao Xuan. Qiao Xuan frowned and discussed countermeasures with his master.

"Master, what medicine do you think is sold in Lu Bu's gourd?"

The master smiled slightly: "Lu Bu is a dragon or a tiger in Xuzhou, but when we come here, it is difficult to move without a foundation. The local aristocratic families and families are slanderous and difficult to carry out."

Qiao Gong deeply agreed: "Lu Bu's army is in full swing, and they are all tigers and wolves. Now that my eldest son-in-law has gone, what should we do? Our wealth is fat."

The master pointed to the sheepskin map: "Wen Hou still owns Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou. Now he has formed a pincer attack on Cao Cao. He can be said to be the strongest prince in the world, no doubt about it."

"What does the master mean to make friends with Lu Bu?"

"Yes, good friends and strong relationships."

Qiao Xuan thought about it, and the entire family had to be cautious. If he had a good relationship with Lu Bu, the Qiao family's business could be achieved in northern regions such as Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou. It would be a huge business, and then the Qiao family would be much more brilliant than it is now.

Qiao Xuan sighed. He didn't want to compete for fame and fortune, but as the head of the family, how could he have other choices?

The next morning, the Qiao family courtyard started to organize, cleaning, cleaning dead corners, and pavilions.

Even the servants and maids at home changed into new clothes, and the master was waiting at the door with a feather fan.
Chapter completed!