Three Kingdoms: before lying flat, dragging Zhao Yun to defect to Cao

It was not until the establishment of the Shu Han Dynasty that Mi Zhu was honored as a guest of honor, that he was rewarded.

But just imagine, if Mi Zhu invested in Boss Cao instead of Da Er, what would be the result?

Anyway, it's better than traveling all over the world with Big Ear, wandering around for 20 years, right?

It has to be said that Master Tong's diplomatic skills have already been maxed out.

Resting in the Chen Mansion for the night, he succeeded in attracting Chen Deng, Chen Gui and his son to attract investment for Yanzhou.

Before Mi's house fell asleep, Mi Zhu had been successfully persuaded to invest fully.

Well, yes, Mr. Tong is such a "gentleman", he is definitely not a greedy girl, he just wants everyone to win together. (dog head)

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PS: Because of the protagonist, the timeline of Cao Cao's unification of Yanzhou was about a year and a half earlier than before. .

Chapter 94 Tao Qian: Don’t worry, I’ve already arranged for Zhang Kai to pick someone up!

After Tong Fei came to Pengcheng, in just a few days, besides Mi Zhu and Chen Deng, the leaders of the major families in Xuzhou also saw the right time and invited Tong Fei to their home.

However, Tong Fei declined all of them.

Only Tao Qian's invitation, Tong Fei agreed.

That's right, Tao Qian did not ask Mi Zhu or Chen Deng to bring Tong Fei to him for business reasons, but invited Tong Fei to the family banquet in his own name.

This can't help but make people wonder what kind of medicine Tao Qian is selling in this gourd.

Could it be that... like Cai Yong, he wanted to adopt Tong Fei as his grandson-in-law?

But Tong Fei had already investigated, and Tao Qian didn't have a daughter at all, so he shouldn't be able to use his son-in-law to win him over.

With some doubts in his heart, Tong Fei arrived at Tao Mansion on time.

At the same time, Dian Wei and Chen Dao were brought along with the two bodyguards to prevent unexpected things from happening.

Tao Mansion Gate

Tao Qian waited at the door early with his two sons.

Seeing Tong Fei coming, an old man and two young people rushed to meet him.

"Hahaha, Mr. Chang Ping is welcome to give me this face and come to the dinner party in my Tao Mansion."

Tao Qian cupped his hands and said.

"Haha, Taozhou Mu is too polite."

"I've been in Pengcheng for so long but haven't come to visit you. I'm really ashamed."

Tong Fei said with a smile.

Looking up at old Tao Qian, he found that although the old man pretended to be in good spirits, his body was probably already terminally ill and he would not live for long.

"Mr. Changping is too polite. You have been busy with business these days. Yuanlong and Zizhong have already told me."

"I believe that I, Xuzhou and Yanzhou, will become best friends!"

Tao Qian's old face could no longer hide the excited smile.

Regardless of whether the "brother-in-law wins over" or not, most of the important families in Xuzhou have reached deals with Tong Fei, which will further deepen the cooperation between Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

In other words, the diplomatic relationship between Tao Qian and Cao Cao will also reach a good relationship second only to the alliance.

This is what Old Tao Qian hopes to do most!

After he died, he made friends with Cao Cao, and his two sons, Tao Shang and Tao Ying, no matter whether they could continue to control Xuzhou, had an extra way out.

In case the Tao family can go to Yanzhou if they can't get along in Xuzhou, it's no problem to defect to Cao Cao at least to keep their prosperity and wealth.

In addition, Tao Qian hadn't invited Tong Fei to a banquet a few days ago, but invited him on this day. In fact, he still had some good news to tell him.

Tao Shang and Tao Ying were not much older than Tong Fei, so they greeted Tong Fei with some embarrassment.

Seeing this, Tao Qian sighed helplessly:

"Chang Ping, my two incompetent sons made you laugh."

"Why did Taozhou Mu say that?"

"From my point of view, the two sons must have something extraordinary, but the state shepherd has not discovered it yet."

Tong Fei responded with a smile.

He remembered that the potter and Tao Ying were relatively old.

When Tong Fei first arrived in Pengcheng last time, Chen Deng took him to play in brothels.

When he was in the brothel, Tong Fei had already met the potter and Tao Ying, but he never knew their real identities.

At that time, the pottery merchant and Tao Ying wanted to go whoring for nothing, but they were chased and beaten by the madam for a long time, which can be said to be very embarrassing.

Tong Fei wondered who these two guys were before.

But at that time, Chen Denghou was in a hurry and urged them hard, the two hurriedly went to the private room, and Tong Fei didn't ask any more questions about it.

Now that they arrived at Tao Mansion, they finally matched up!

Yes, this is probably the "excellence" Master Tong mentioned.

They don't give money to go to brothels and want to go whoring for free. The key is that they are beaten up by the madam if they don't get a whore. This is the strength of the two brothers of the Tao family.

Tao Qian didn't know the meaning of Tong Fei's words, and thought Tong Fei was praising the two brothers Tao Ying, a pottery merchant, and nodded in agreement.

"Chang Ping, the dinner party is about to start, follow me in quickly."

Tao Qian said politely.

Tong Fei smiled, followed old Tao Qian, and brought Dian Wei and Chen Dao into the Tao Mansion.

The banquet was very small, there were only the Tao family father and son plus Tong Fei, Dian Wei, and Chen Dao.

But Tao Qian prepared for this meal for many days.

And arranged for the chef to cook more than [-] dishes in one go, which can be said to be extremely luxurious.

The embarrassing scene appeared again.

When the dishes were served, the potter and Tao Ying couldn't wait to move their chopsticks.

Old Tao Qian was so angry that his blood pressure rose on the spot, but fortunately Tong Fei dissuaded him so he didn't care.

"Have you two never eaten in eight lifetimes?"

"Why don't you know anything about etiquette?"

"How does father teach you on weekdays〃.?"

Tao Qian roared.

The chest kept panting, obviously, the old man was very angry.

However, the pottery merchant and Tao Ying said aggrievedly:

"Father, on weekdays, you always feed us rough tea and light meals. There is only one dish for each meal, and it's unpalatable to death."

"Now the two of us brothers have managed to improve our food, what if we want to eat more?"

"boom!"

Tao Qian slapped the dining table and said angrily:

"You two get out of here!"

Seeing that their father was angry, the potter and Tao Ying didn't dare to talk back, and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Tong Fei felt speechless.

In fact, through the performance of Tao Shang and Tao Ying, he probably already saw that there was a huge problem with Tao Qian's education method!

He is probably the kind of person who is particularly picky about his son, to the extreme.

Although Tao Qian's original starting point may be good, but if he can't satisfy his son with even a little reasonable request, such as improving the food, then something will inevitably go wrong.

There is a saying that goes, "A child raised by a poor man, a daughter raised by a rich man".

In Tong Fei's view, the meaning of this sentence has long been misinterpreted by some parents.

Raising a child poorly does not mean not agreeing to even a little bit of reasonable request from the son. This can no longer be called raising a child poorly, but a twisted way of raising a child.

Tao Shang and Tao Ying are the sons of Xuzhou Mu, but they live like rats crossing the street. No wonder they are not cowardly.

Tao Qian's distorted education method is the root cause of his two sons being useless.

The most important "confidence" in them was wiped out.

In other words, I am already so poor, what can I expect my two sons to do?

It's like asking his son to be the first in the grade with the education conditions that are so low that they can't be lowered.

And Tao Qian made Tong Fei speechless even more.

I usually give my son only one dish for every meal, but now it is just to entertain myself, but I have prepared more than [-] dishes.

One word, absolutely!

But how to educate his son is Tao Qian's own family business, so Tong Fei naturally wouldn't interrupt even a single word.

He sat quietly and waited for Tao Qian to calm down.

Finally, the smile on Tao Qian's brow spread out again, and he said:

"Chang Ping, I specially asked the best chef in Xuzhou to make these, please try them quickly."

"Oh~~~"

"It's really troublesome for Lao Taozhou Mu."

Tong Fei ate some for a symbolic amount. To be honest, the taste of this dish was far inferior to that cooked by Chen Deng and Mi Zhu's cooks.

"Chang Ping, in fact, I invited you to the banquet today because I want to tell you two things."

Tao Qian stroked his gray beard and said with a smile.

"Haha, Tao Zhou Mu said it's okay."

Tong Fei could imagine with his toes that Tao Qian's two incidents must have something to do with his two sons, Tao Shang and Tao Ying.

Sure enough, the next moment Tao Qian let out a long sigh and said:

"To be honest, what I am most worried about is that after the death, those two useless sons will not live well."

Hearing this, the corners of Tong Fei's mouth twitched violently.

Looking at the appearance of potters and Tao Ying, it is estimated that the first 20 years should not be so good.

As long as Tao Qian can stop being so picky about his son, the two sons must be more promising than they are now.

"So, Lord State Shepherd wants to...?"

Tong Fei asked with a smile.

"After the old man passes away, can Mr. Chang Ping ask Meng De to protect my two useless sons?"

Tao Qian clasped his fists and said, his tone and attitude were extremely respectful.

Seeing this, Tong Fei felt even more emotional.

This Tao Qian, alas... really looks like some parents in later generations.

There is a problem with his own education method, but you can't say that he doesn't love children.

Old Tao Qian was extremely picky about his son, but now that he is about to die, all he can think about is what to do with his two useless sons after he is gone.

This made Tong Fei feel embarrassed when he heard it.

On the other side, Dian Wei and Chen Dao, who were eating chicken legs, heard Tao Qian's words, but their eyes were big and small, and they couldn't figure out why it was like this.

From the point of view of these two foodies, Tao Qian is a majestic state shepherd, so does he have to ask so many things from others?

This is obviously very unreasonable!

But what does it matter to them?

It's time to eat and drink, there are more than [-] dishes, you have to eat to fill your stomach!