Wu County, Wu County, is located in the Yangtze River Delta in later generations, close to the estuary. Farming relies on water conservancy. As far as the eye can see, there are green paddy fields in all directions.
There are hundreds of boats competing in the Yangtze River, large and small, and there are several ferries near the south bank. Business travelers traveling from south to north gather here, and there are shouts and shouts everywhere.
Looking further away, there is the Jiangdong navy, a large ship, cruising on the river. A horn sounded, attracting the attention of all passing ships.
艨艉, fighting ships surrounded nearly ten large ships! After Sun Ce defeated Liu Xun, he had more than 6,000 ships. From then on, the strength of the Jiangdong Navy developed at an uncontrollable speed.
Feiyun and Gaihai are two types of large ships unique to Jiangdong and Jingzhou! There are still five-story buildings on the decks that move forward on the water like pavilions, so they are also called tower ships.
On the boat, several flag-bearers waved small flags. Following the flags waved by the flag-bearers, countless ships on the river actually sailed in an orderly manner!
Yi Ji, who was on an envoy to Jiangdong, was shocked and unable to speak for a long time when he saw this scene. Although the Jingzhou navy was also a world-famous navy, it was still slightly inferior to the Jiangdong navy.
The reason is due to Liu Biao's conservative policy. Most of the navy was docked in port docks and was rarely used for battles except for encircling and suppressing bandits.
Lu Su smiled softly on the side and said: "Mr. Ji Bo, how do I, the Jiangdong Navy, compare to the Jingxiang Navy?"
Yi Ji sneered: "Although the Jiangdong navy controls the world, it is defeated by me, Jing Xiang!"
No matter how much Lu Su recognized Jiangdong's naval force, Jiangdong's defeat was real.
Lu Su stood on the deck, facing the river breeze and continued: "Success or failure does not mean anything. The real comparison should be whether the monarch is wise and whether the ministers are loyal!"
Yi Ji couldn't accept this. He couldn't say that he thought Liu Biao was not good, right?
But seeing Lu Su's proud look, Yi Ji suddenly thought of Liu Cong and said in his heart, "You're right, the comparison should be whether the monarch is wise or not!"
Wu County, Wuhou Mansion.
Sun Shangxiang has been back for many days. On the day Sun Shangxiang came back, Wu Guotai was crying in public, her eyes filled with tears and anxiety. In Sun Shangxiang's eyes, she only felt that there seemed to be more white hair on her mother's head.
Afterwards, she greeted her every day, and mother and son were connected. How could Sun Shangxiang not be grateful for her mother's doting? After returning to Wuxian, she also stayed with her mother every day.
"Listen to Yue'er, Ping'er said that Liu Cong actually cooked and prepared meals for you?" Wu Guotai was only in her forties, but she already had a lot of gray hair.
(Mrs. Wu in official history was Sun Jian's first wife. Wu Guotai in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was Mrs. Wu's sister, who gave birth to a son, Sun Lang, and a daughter, Shangxiang. The mother of Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and Sun Yi was Mrs. Wu.)
(When Mrs. Wu died in 207, she ordered Sun Quan to take Wu Guotai as his mother. From then on, Sun Quan took Wu Guotai as his mother. In this book, Wu Guotai is used as the same person.)
After hearing what his mother said, Sun Shangxiang said shyly: "Mom, you are here to make fun of me too..."
Wu Guotai pretended again and said: "It seems they are all rumors. I, Jiangdong, am very talented. I will inform your second brother and ask him to find a suitable husband for you to marry. When you get married, you
He won’t be so unruly anymore.”
"No!" Sun Shangxiang stood up in a hurry.
Wu Guotai pretended not to know and said, "Why not?"
"Mother... I... I... I just can't do it anyway." Sun Shangxiang hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a complete sentence.
Wu Guotai suddenly seemed to have a sudden realization and said again: "By the way, your second brother came to ask me and said that when Liu Cong formed an alliance, he asked him to marry you. He did not dare to make his own decision and came back to ask for my opinion."
"For the sake of peace between the Jiangdong and Jingzhou families, it seems that you have no choice but to marry him."
Sun Shangxiang nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Wu Guotai waved his cane and lightly tapped Sun Shangxiang's buttocks: "Damn girl, you are pretending to be stupid with me. You answer mother's two questions, otherwise mother will not let you go to Jingzhou.
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"Ah?" Sun Shangxiang realized that she had fallen into Wu Guotai's trap.
Without waiting for her to continue speaking, Wu Guotai asked, "Are you really attracted to him?"
"...Hmm..." A whisper that was almost inaudible and comparable to flying mosquitoes came out of Sun Shangxiang's mouth.
"Alas" Wu Guotai sighed, shook his head and said, "I heard from those two girls...I heard...I heard that you were with Liu Cong the day before you came back? You two?"
When he said this, even though Wu Guotai was a mother, she found it difficult to say it, but it was precisely because she was worried about her daughter's chastity that she had to ask.
After hearing this, Sun Shangxiang thought of the beauty of that night, and when he faced his mother, he was so ashamed that he could not speak for a while...
Wu Guotai suddenly opened his eyes and asked: "Are you serious?"
"Absolutely not, mother, he just... just held his daughter... and slept one night." Sun Shangxiang told the truth, her voice getting softer as she reached the end of the sentence.
Wu Guotai was also here, so she naturally understood what it meant to sleep with him for a night, and she also sighed in her heart that she was not allowed to be a good girl.
At the same time, she was curious about what kind of person Liu Cong was? He actually made her daughter fall so deeply into it that she couldn't extricate herself.
"I heard that he wrote a poem for you?" Wu Guotai continued to cross-examine.
Sun Shangxiang respectfully took out the silk book wrapped in a sachet around his waist and handed it to Wu Guotai.
After Wu Guotai saw it, he said as if he was jealous: "If our love lasts for a long time, how can we live together day and night?"
"When you are with him, I'm afraid you won't think that your mother is worrying about you here every day, right?"
Sun Shangxiang ran up behind Wu Guotai, slapped Wu Guotai's back gently, and said coquettishly: "Mother, what are you talking about? My daughter also misses her mother."
Wu Guotai smiled: "You damn girl knows this trick."
"This trick works."
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In the front hall of the Hou Mansion, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Zhang Zhao were discussing the matter of Shanyue.
According to the etiquette system, a marquis can have his own palace and ancestral temple. In this era when the emperor is in trouble, no one cares about the etiquette issue.
Not only Sun Quan, but which prince did not build his mansion magnificently? If we really talk about it, I am afraid that only Cao Cao of Xuchang and Ma Teng and Han Sui of Xiliang did not go beyond the etiquette system.
The former is because I still have the final belief in the Han Dynasty in my heart, and the latter is because of two words - no money!
"Zhuge Ziyu (Zhuge Jin) and Lu Ziming (Lü Meng) are indeed talented generals. The Shanyue Rebellion has been completely put down and 80,000 people have been gained!" Sun Quan looked at the victory report in his hand and his eyes were full of joy.
But when I think about the cession of several cities in Chaisang, I feel a pain in my heart.
Zhang Zhao is an old man, so he naturally saw what Sun Quan was thinking: "My lord, when Cao Cao's thieves go south, we will attack Jingxiang again, and we may get more than just firewood!"
When Zhou Yu heard this, he said directly: "Mr. Zibu is also an old minister of Jiangdong. Why are you so short-sighted? Don't you understand the principle of lips dying and teeth cold?"
"If you don't want to regain the lost territory, you are neither a loyal minister nor a wise master. What advice do the Central Guards have?" Zhang Zhaopi said with a smile.
"It is natural to regain lost territory, but we should not send troops this year or next year. The situation in the world is strong and weak. If weak countries attack each other, they will only be defeated by strong countries one by one!" Zhou Yu understood very well why Liu Cong wanted to form an alliance.
He knew better than to let Cao Cao get Jingzhou.
Otherwise, how can a corner of Jiangdong compete with the entire Central Plains of Hebei?
Zhonghujun - Zhou Yu, after returning to Jiangdong, Sun Quan did not punish Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu plead guilty himself, and with the help of a group of aristocratic families, Sun Quan had no choice but to demote Zhou Yu to the position of Zhonghujun.
Sun Quan looked at this scene and was secretly angry in his heart. The power of Jiangdong's aristocratic families was even worse than that of Jingxiang!
Historically, after Sun Ce's death, except for the generals in the army led by Zhou Yu, no one treated Sun Quan as a monarch or a minister and recognized Sun Quan as inheriting Sun Ce's legacy.
Later, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su, Zhuge Jin and other talented people to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan slowly stabilized his foundation!
Even so, after Cao Cao went south, the entire Jiangdong Group's ministers were urging Sun Quan to surrender!
If it weren't for the support of Sun Quan's army and generals, he would have ended up like Liu Cong, being kidnapped by a noble family, and along with Jiangdong, packaged up and given to Cao Cao.
"My lord, Mr. Zijing is back, and with him is the Jingzhou envoy Yi Ji." Just as a few people were in a stalemate, Sun Quan's personal guards came in to report.