Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 144: All Quiet in Wancheng

Qiao Yuan is a native of Wan County.

Just like Zhou Yu is from Shu County, not "Shu City", Shu County and Anhui County have a larger scope, including the county seat and the countryside.

Usually these large clans live in the countryside. In the city, only branches that serve as officials or are brokers between the government and the family live in the city...

Because of the remote and closed location of Wan County, Yuan Shu agreed to accept the Qiao family, who was from a prominent family in Wan County, as the county magistrate. He only had to ensure that food taxes and manpower were paid in time and in full... No, it should be said that he had to ensure that excess payments were made. can.

At the founding of the People's Republic of China, Qiao Yuan, like other county magistrates in Huainan, was awarded the title of Marquis of Guannei. However, although Qiao Yuan did not show any obvious determination, he sealed up all the rewards and left them untouched. The robe of Dazhong Guannei Marquis was also absolutely untouched. Will wear it out.

This time, Yuan Shu and Liu Xun had no intention of rescuing Wan County. Naturally, Qiao Yuan did not think that he should die for them - Wancheng only had three thousand defenders.

However, Qiao Yuan also had some other thoughts. He just simply surrendered. At most, the Qiao family is still the Qiao family in Wanxian County. Compared with the local tyrants, they are much poorer. They usually rely on "good deeds" to accumulate a reputation higher than their strength. .

however……

Qiao Yuan has no sons, only two daughters from his old age.

Although the Qiao family is not limited to Qiao Yuan's lineage, in Qiao Yuan's view, the new generation of men are not successful either.

Whether it is for the Qiao family or for his own branch, Qiao Yuan feels that... it is important to find two good sons-in-law!

Qiao Yuan is also familiar with Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, especially the former - Shu County and Anhui County are next to each other. Although it is difficult for the army to pass through, it was still easy for ordinary people to travel between the two counties when the world was not so chaotic. of.

Before Zhou Yu became famous for his intelligence, the name "Mei Zhoulang" spread throughout Luling.

Zhou Yu is impeccable both internally and externally. As for Sun Ce from Wu County, Qiao Yuan has naturally heard of him before. After all, he is the son of Sun Jian. He was still under Yuan Shu earlier, but now he has switched to Baitu...

In terms of age and potential, both of them seem to be good?
It's just... I didn't expect these two little bastards to prepare a paly for him as soon as they arrived - Sun Ce was right, Qiao Yuan really prepared a new banquet every day and was waiting for him!

Seeing Zhou Yu's majestic demeanor, he didn't worry about being cheated at all, and drank the drink he prepared in a fair manner. Qiao Lao was very satisfied, and then looked at Sun Ce... like a fool, he drank it without any precautions The enemy prepared wine, which made Mr. Qiao a little angry.

"Oh, I'm getting older and I'm a little unsteady when I pick up a wine glass... Bo Fu, what do you think I should do if I lose my grip and drop the glass?" Qiao Yuan said deliberately.

People in this era are always not very creative. "Smashing a glass as a sign" is a symbol of the classic banquet ambush scene.

"Huh? This cup is very expensive? Ah... It doesn't mean 'drop the cup as a sign', right? There is no murderous intent nearby..." Sun Ce's incomprehensible expression made Qiao Yuan want to throw the wine glass on his face.

"Haha, did you just rely on your own self-confidence to enter the enemy's city?" Qiao Yuan sneered.

"Mr. Qiao is joking. When we see that the people in Wan County are farming normally and in an orderly manner, without any intention of clearing the country, we know that Mr. Qiao must be a loyal and righteous person and will definitely agree with Bai Gong's benevolence and righteousness." Zhou Yu He explained on the side.

When Qiao Yuan heard this, he slapped the table: "Okay! As expected of Zhou Lang, his observations are really meticulous!"

Sun Ce: ...

In short, Qiao Yuan's surrender... no, it should be said that he abandoned the dark and surrendered to the light. It was genuine. The reason why Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were allowed to enter the city was probably for a test. Even if they did not dare to come in, Qiao Yuan would have other reasons to directly surrender the city, but ...In this way, the two of them may miss a lot.

In fact, when Qiao Yuan was having a banquet with the two of them, he had already ordered the soldiers at the city gate to open the door without even making any request.

With Bai Tu's current reputation, Qiao Yuan is not worried at all whether there will be any harm to the people if he rashly lets the enemy troops in...

It's just that on the night of the banquet, Zhou Yu was tortured all night in Qiao's house - although being a guest in someone else's house shouldn't be so troublesome?But Zhou Yu couldn't bear it. The demonic sound coming from outside filled his ears.

And he couldn't do it, like Sun Ce who lived in the next room, there was already snoring...

Zhou Yu got up in the courtyard, looking for the source of the magic sound, and saw... a beautiful lyre, being played hysterically like a shrew cursing the street!
Regarding this kind of behavior, Zhou Yu, who was very particular about music, could only react with anger.

【Huh?Is this person attracted to me?He is so heartbroken just because he listened to my piano. What a superficial person! 】Behind the beautiful lyre, an equally beautiful girl looked at Zhou Yu with some surprise and some disgust.

Or should a normal person see the beautiful girl directly?

……

In Jinling City, Bai Tu was in Cheng Ji's mansion again, chatting with Jinling Ji.

In addition to Bai Tu, Lu Lingqi and Yu Ji were also present - the city wall at Jingkou has been almost built, but there is nothing else, and Yu Ji's presence is of no value.

However, as Yu Ji had expected, Jin Ling Ji had been in a state of three-nothing because of her previous "Xianshi Zhiwen" and had not recovered at all.

Fortunately, it's just because of the three things, so I look dull and my reaction is slow, but my intelligence has not declined...

Just at this time, important military information came, and Bai Tu left Chengji Mansion.

In any case, in the eyes of people in this world, it is definitely a model of "diligence" for local officials to stay in the Cheng Ji Mansion.

After all... there are no entertainment projects in Cheng Ji's Mansion. Apart from using Cheng Ji's system to take care of government affairs, what other things can be done?
Bai Tu thought the same way - isn't it a big deal to care about Shimoji?

The important military information returned came from Wancheng!
Cheng Pu led his troops into Wancheng. The news was first transmitted back to Wankou by fast horse. Wankou used a temporary signal tower to pass it to the other side. After that... all the way from Chaisang to Jinling, there were either signal towers or flat areas suitable for fast horse transmission. Officially, in just two hours, the news had spread back to Jinling!
This news came not earlier than Bai Tu imagined. After all, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had illusions about the Jiashi Road at first, so they delayed for some time.

However, being able to capture Wancheng with almost no damage is still something worth celebrating...

After replying to the step-by-step reward, Bai Tu specifically told Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to start clearing wasteland and farming in Wancheng. Although it was only spring plowing now, it was already a bit late and it would definitely affect the already low harvest, but it was better than nothing.

Another half month passed. Taishi Ci, who had been on a business trip for more than half a year, finally returned from Liaodong and brought back Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, and their families...

(End of this chapter)