Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 451
Under Hu Ke's "instigating rebellion", Wu Sihei finally agreed to become Jiangdong's secret agent, passing on the information of Jiaozhou and Jingnan by boat and merchants.

Because the identity of Lieutenant Hu Kemoling could not be made public, he opened a firm in Jianye with the support of Sun Quan, and transformed himself into a big businessman in Jianye City.

There are many workshops in Guangzhou City, and the products produced cannot be digested locally. Wu Sihei sent the surplus products to Jianye continuously for sale, and the profits obtained were shared with Hu Ke.

Sun Quan was fond of pleasure, but the general's mansion had a limited expenditure, and would often cut down the expenditure of his wives, concubines and children due to the shortage of property. Since Hu Ke's business was established, he had a wallet that could be withdrawn at any time.

Hu Ke was flexible and tactful, and he gained Sun Quan's trust in a short period of time, making him feel like a fish in water.

In order to make Hu Ke die, Sun Quan suddenly summoned Hu Ke into the palace in early October.

When Hu Ke entered the room, he found that besides Zhang Zhao, there was another young man dressed as a Confucian scholar.

Seeing Hu Ke, Sun Quan quickly pointed to the young man and introduced: "Zecheng, let me introduce you. This is Zhang Huishu (Zhang Wen), a young talent from Wu County. You should get to know him well."

"Admiration for a long time." Hu Ke cupped his fists and saluted.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Zhang Wen bowed his hands and nodded slightly.

"My lord called me here." After Hu Ke and Zhang Wen finished their ceremony, they looked at Sun Quan with a puzzled expression, thinking that they didn't have any 'information' recently, could they ask me to withdraw money again?
Sun Quan ignored Hu Ke, but looked at Zhang Wen and asked, "How about Yu Zecheng?"

Zhang Wen nodded slightly, "He is a good-looking talent, but he opened a business in Jianye."

Zhang Zhao next to him hastily added: "Zecheng originally came from a poor family in Jingzhao, but he started to do business because of the chaos of the war, but the lord treats him very highly. Now Liu Bei's Anhan General, Mi Zizhong, was originally a merchant in Donghai, Xuzhou. So don't look down too much."

"My lord, military adviser, who are you?" The second monk Hu Kezhang was puzzled.

Sun Quan explained with a smile: "Zecheng is young and promising, how can he not have a wife? Huishu (Zhang Wen) has a gentle and virtuous younger sister, who is now in her boudoir. I got through with Huishu's father, he said he came to see you specially today."

"Ah, this." Hu Ke was dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Zhang Wen said flatly: "I'm just taking care of the third sister. Both father and lord have agreed, so just follow the normal procedure to get married."

"Uh, thank you, my lord, thank you to the military adviser." Hu Ke bowed his hands to Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao, and then paid tribute to his future uncle Zhang Wen.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Zhang Zhao couldn't help being a little envious of Hu Ke, because the big clans in Jiangdong were married to each other and maintained the influence of these families in the region all the year round. As the Huaisi faction, it was very difficult for him to integrate into it, and his eldest son also married Zhuge Jin's daughter.

Sun Quan stroked his purple beard and nodded with a smile, "Go get ready, I will be there to congratulate you in person."

"Thank you, my lord." Zhang Wen (Hu Ke) clasped his fists and saluted at the same time.

In the following time, Hu Ke made preparations from Na Cai, Wen Ming, Na Ji, Na Zheng and other etiquette, making it quite lively in the whole Jianye City, and everyone including Sun Quan was immersed in joy.

The happy time is always short. Sun Quan suddenly received news from the north that Cao Cao raised his troops again this winter and set off from Yecheng with great fanfare, intending to come south to seek revenge from Jiangdong.

Sun Quan felt his eyelids jumping, so he mobilized troops to defend Ruxukou.

Originally, Cao Cao returned from Hanzhong to Yecheng and became the king. Immediately afterwards, Shanyu Huchuquan of the Southern Xiongnu entered the court of Wei State. Cao Cao left him in Yecheng to be a high-ranking official and generous salary, and selected Han officials to help Youxian King supervise the Huns , Divide and rule made the Xiongnu's frontier troubles calmed down.

At this time, Cao Cao really had the feeling of being king and barbarians coming to court. He was in a high position and looked at everything around him so harmoniously, until those "Yangtze River News" appeared like mushrooms after rain.

First, famous people from Jingxiang began to spread the word on the Yangtze River News, and then a small number of people from Jiangdong followed suit. The most outrageous voice was Sun Quan's voice.

Cao Cao used to be like Sun Zhongmou when he had a son, but Sun Quan retorted that Cao Cao was an eunuch, because the eunuch had no ancestors, so he did the thing of forgetting his ancestors.

Cao Cao was furious after reading the Yangtze River newspaper, and then tore up the Yangtze River newspaper and smashed it on the ground. The pain caused him to sway from side to side and restless.

Cheng Yu, a counselor, asked curiously when he saw this: "The Yangtze River News has evil intentions. I have advised the king of Wei to ignore it. I remember that when Yuan Shao sent Chen Lin to make an appeal, the king of Wei was suffering from a headache at that time. Why could it be tolerated at that time? But now it looks like this?"

Cao Cao covered his head and waved his hands to explain: "Kong Zhang (Chen Lin) has beautiful articles. How can it be painful to read beautiful articles like drinking nectar?" "Yangtze River News" Liao Li and others are all mad dogs, and what they say is vulgar. It still stinks."

"These crazy students will die like you Zhengping (Ni Heng) sooner or later. Why should King Wei disturb his mind for these incompetent Confucian scholars? Please take care of your body." Cheng Yu continued to advise.

"Hmph, the incompetent Confucian scholar is fine with himself, but Sun Zhongmou actually insulted him. It really embarrasses Sun Wentai," Cao Cao said angrily.

"Impossible? After all, Sun Quan is the lord of Jiangdong, so how could he act like a kid and scold him in the newspaper regardless of his status?" Cheng Yu was full of doubts.

Cao Cao sneered: "Zhongde can't figure it out, and Gu can't figure it out even more. Since this son is so ignorant of current affairs, Gu is going to raise 30 troops to flatten Jiangdong."

Cheng Yu hurriedly advised: "The so-called soldiers and horses do not move the food and grass first, and the food and grass of the 30 army need time to be dispatched. In addition, the soldiers are very tired after years of continuous battles."

"The navy in Xuanwuchi has practiced for a long time, and it happened to be at Ruxukou to fight Sun Quan." Cao Cao's eyes were firm.

"What should we do about food and grass dispatching? This matter has been difficult since Wen Ruo passed away." Cheng Yu's face showed bitterness.

When Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong, there was a shortage of food and grass, so he asked Cheng Yu, who assisted Cao Pi, to raise food. However, Cheng Yu was unable to raise a grain of food in the place where the Yingchuan gentry was in charge. Cao Cao returned to Yecheng after the forced grain was loaded into the truck.

"Don't worry, Zhongde. I have made arrangements for the dispatch of food and grass. You and I will go with the army to conquer Sun Quan." Cao Cao ordered.

"Wei." Cheng Yu lowered his head and cupped his hands.

In August of the 21st year of Jian'an, Cao Cao promoted Tingwei (Dali) Zhong Yao to be the prime minister of Wei State, and was responsible for allocating grain and grass in the government affairs of Wei State. This was his compromise with the lying Yingchuan gentry.

In October, Cao Cao led 30 troops out of Yecheng to attack Sun Quan in the south. Along the way, the mighty army covered the sky with banners and banners, and the news flew to the world like wings.

At the end of December, Fa, the prefect of Shu County, was seeking to see Liu Bei with intelligence. He felt that the time to capture Hanzhong seemed to have come.

(End of this chapter)