Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Sun Quan carefully considered the pros and cons and remained silent for a long time. He felt that what Zhang Zhao said made sense.

Although he is young, he is extremely intelligent. He has been following his father and brothers in doing things since he was young, so his mind is much more mature than that of ordinary adults.

Being accustomed to intrigues and deceptions, one naturally understands the maneuvers of power.

"What Mr. Zhang said makes sense. In this case, please write a letter for me and present it to the emperor."

"My Lord, rest assured, I will definitely fulfill my mission."

While the two were discussing, someone suddenly came to report that the emperor's envoy had come to Wu County and wanted to see the lord.

The Emperor's envoy? Sun Quan had a puzzled look on his face. He was just about to report to the Emperor when the Emperor's envoy arrived in Wu County. Wasn't this too much of a coincidence?

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think the emperor's envoy is here for?"

Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment, then said calmly, "I heard that Liu Biao has recently deployed his troops in Xinye, eyeing Yuzhou and Luoyang. Liu Huangshu had no choice but to return to Runan. The emperor's envoy suddenly came here, so the situation between the two armies must be tense."

"Uncle Liu wants me to send troops to Jingzhou to resolve the threat from Xinye?"

Zhang Zhao stroked his beard and said, "Uncle Liu has just defeated Yuan Shao's main force. If we cannot take advantage of the victory to attack, once Yuan Shao recovers, it will be extremely difficult for him to capture Jizhou in one fell swoop.

Therefore, for Emperor Liu, the most important thing is to eliminate the threat posed by Liu Biao as quickly as possible.

But now Liu Biao was defending Xinye and had no intention of attacking, which put Liu Huangshu in a very passive position.

The emperor's envoy has come here at this moment, probably to ask us to send troops to contain Liu Biao."

Sun Quan had some doubts in his heart.

"We want to gain recognition from the imperial court, but the imperial court wants us to send troops to Jingzhou. This is not the result we want."

Zhang Zhao replied, "The situation in Jiangdong is turbulent, so it is definitely not easy to send troops to Jingzhou. If we do something wrong, Liu Biao will turn his troops around and attack Jiangdong, which will inevitably put Jiangdong in a greater danger. Now, for Jiangdong, we want the reward, but we won't send troops."

There was a gleam of wisdom in Zhang Zhao's eyes, making him look like a shrewd and calculating fox.

"Does Mr. Zhang have a plan to deal with this?"

"They came to Jiangdong first, which means their situation is more serious than ours. We just need to be careful and see what kind of bargaining chips they will come up with."

"In that case, shall we quickly go to the city gate to welcome the emperor's envoy?"

Zhang Zhao smiled faintly and said, "My lord, this matter has just begun, so you don't need to come forward. Let me test the bottom line of the emperor's envoy first. If you come forward now, if the talks fail, there will be less room for maneuver."

Sun Quan was a little worried.

"If I don't go to greet the emperor's envoy, it would be unreasonable and would also give the scholars in Jiangdong an excuse to criticize me."

Zhang Zhao seemed to have it all figured out. He said calmly, "I've already thought about this. The general who fought against the rebellion has just passed away, and the lord is too sad to be able to get up. This reason can not only show the lord's friendship, but also shut up the Jiangdong scholars."

Sun Quan pondered for a moment.

"Just follow Mr. Zhang's advice."

Outside the gate of Jianye City, Guo Jia lay on the carriage, looking at the bustling crowd through the gap in the curtains, and couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

I thought Jiangdong was poor and had a small population, but I didn't expect it to be so prosperous. If the war in the Central Plains does not continue, I am afraid that in a few years, this place will be on par with the Central Plains.

Years of war caused a large number of people to migrate from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River.

They brought technology and tools, while also promoting local technological development and progress.

On the way here, Guo Jia saw farmers farming, and the tool they used was a curved plow.

The curved plow was invented by Emperor Liu Bei in Luoyang. Once it was introduced, it was widely used. In an era when oxen were scarce, the emergence of the curved plow greatly improved the efficiency of labor.

At first, this kind of tool only appeared in the Central Plains. With the development of time and the migration of population, this tool has spread all over the country.

The long wait made Zhao Yun's eyes appear cold and murderous.

The Han Dynasty declined, and the emperor's majesty was no longer the same as before, but Zhao Yun felt a little uncomfortable that they had to wait for so long.

"Fengxiao, Jiangdong has been so indifferent to us, I'm afraid we are not welcome to come to Jiangdong, right?"

Guo Jia's lazy voice came from the carriage.

"They must have guessed the purpose of our coming here. They deliberately made us wait just to use negotiation tactics. This little trick is too petty and cannot be used in a high-class place. If it was done by Zhou Yu, I'm afraid I would be disappointed."

For a genius like Guo Jia, having friends who share the same ideals and talents is very important.

But enemies of equal strength and intelligence can be fun, too.

If the enemy's wisdom and strength cannot match his, he will find it boring.

The strategists of this era see the world as a big chessboard, with all people as chess pieces and they are the players. When playing against others, they hope to encounter opponents of equal strength. Only in this way can they unleash their greatest potential and make the game more and more interesting.

As time went by, it was already past noon, and Zhang Zhaocai led all the officials hurriedly to the city gate.

As soon as he left the city gate, Zhang Zhao bowed and apologized.

Zhang Zhao's rhetoric was very clever. Not only did he portray Sun Quan as a man of great affection and righteousness, who was extremely sad because of Sun Ce's death, he also cleverly explained why they were late.

The emperor's envoy arrives with complicated etiquette, and we took so long to prepare for fear of losing etiquette.

Guo Jia got off the carriage and listened to Zhang Zhao's words quietly. Then he said calmly, "Zi Bu has done so much trouble, what crime has he committed?"

Next, there was some introduction and business promotion.

Guo Jia secretly paid attention to the candidates introduced by Zhang Zhao, but found that people from the four major surnames in Jiangdong, Gu, Lu and Zhang, all had people working here, which was obviously different from the information Guo Jia knew.

Although Sun Ce had appointed some people to these families before, he was generally resistant to them.

Only a few days had passed, and Sun Quan had changed his tune so quickly, and began to bring the four families together.

Uncle Liu was right, Sun Quan was indeed not a simple person.

After the introductions and business exchanging, Zhang Zhao set up a banquet in the etiquette hall to welcome Guo Jia and others.

The banquet was served, a piece of music started, and as the music started, a group of maids slowly danced to the tune.

Guo Jia saw that all the women in Jiangdong had fair skin, cherry lips, slender waists, and danced slowly, with a unique charm.

Seeing such grace, even Guo Jia, who was an expert in this field, couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

The music stopped and the dancing ended. After three rounds of drinks, everyone began to show their true colors and get down to business.

Zhang Zhao spoke first.

"I wonder why Feng Xiao came here in response to the imperial edict?"