There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Except for Guo Jia, these few people have nothing to say with the potter.

Only Guo Jia wanted to live in the city. He wanted to have a few words with the pottery merchant, but when he saw You Donkey holding a crossbow not far away, he swallowed his words.

After the potter settled these things, it was already dark.

Although it was late, the potter insisted on going home.

He had a premonition that after tonight's banquet, Tao Qian would definitely talk to him by candlelight.

The Tao merchant's premonition was right, when he returned to his room in Tao Mansion, he saw that Tao Qian was already waiting in his room.

Chapter 1 Seventy: Father and Son Plan the Future

It was very late, Tao Qian did not go back to rest after drinking, but came to the potter's room, quietly waiting for the child to come back.

The old man's face turned red, apparently he drank a lot during the banquet just now, but judging from his state, there should be no major problems.

The pottery merchant hurried to the Zhuo table in the room, poured a glass of water for Tao Qian, and handed it to the old man.

Tao Qian took it with a smile, raised his head and drank it, wiped his mouth and sighed: "How long has it been, more than a year, and you haven't been by my side to do your filial piety to this old man."

The pottery merchant looked at him calmly, and said: "Father, look at what you said, am I back now? If you are willing, I will serve you tea and water every day to honor you."

Tao Qian waved his hand and sighed: "It's difficult. In the past, the old man believed what you said, but after this year, you also made a name for yourself outside, and not only brought back many talented generals , There are so many surrendered soldiers, how can I still be an honest child who can stay with this old man, but just thinking about how to arrange your people really makes this old man anxious."

When the pottery merchant heard this, he smiled apologetically, "What's so hard to think about? My father is the lord of Xuzhou, and the people my son subdues are my father's people. If my father wants to use them, they can all be recruited into the Xuzhou army."

Tao Qian was very satisfied with the potter's attitude, but he still shook his head helplessly and said: "That's the reason, but you can't do it. Do you know why the old man won't let you participate in the banquet tonight?"

The pottery merchant knew about this for a long time, and tried to say: "Father wants to see how Huangfusong and Wang Yun came to live in Xuzhou, and my son brought back the yellow scarves from the brigade. How will those gentry officials react? No, my son. On the court, their performance may be more direct."

Tao Qian was very satisfied with the wisdom of the potter, and said: "You guessed it right, at the banquet tonight, when you mentioned the surrendered troops you brought back, Cao Bao proposed to select the strong and strong ones to be incorporated into the Xuzhou Central Army. Xu Chu, who defeated Lu Bu at Hulao Pass, was supposed to be assigned a position by the Chinese army, but Mi Zhu strongly opposed it. The army, choose talents who can control it."

The pottery merchant heard the strings and knew the elegant meaning, and said: "This is normal. Cao Bao led the Chinese army in Pengcheng. If warriors like the Yellow Turban elite and Xu Chu were incorporated into the regular army, it would undoubtedly be under his direct command. Such an increase in number is out of thin air. Cao Bao's influence in Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, as his old opponent, how can he agree?"

Tao Qian stroked the white beard on his chin, and said helplessly: "You boy, this time I came back, but I have given the old man a lot of problems. First, there is Wang Yun, then there is Huangfusong, and then there are hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves. No matter how the old man arranges, it will disturb the current situation in Xuzhou."

Tao Shang smiled and said, "Father, why not follow what Mi Zhu said, and make the Yellow Turban an independent army, and you, father, will be in charge of it directly. Isn't there no such difficulty?"

Tao Qian nodded the potter's nose in the air, and sighed: "You, you are just using words to run on the old man. You brought everyone back. How can there be any reason for me to rob people from my son? Although the Pengcheng Central Army has Cao Bao is in charge, but the old man directly controls the Danyang elite soldiers, which is enough to deter the gentry in terms of military strength. If the power is increased for no reason, the gentry in Xuzhou will be suspicious. Great job."

The pottery merchant stared at Tao Qian closely, and said, "What is the important thing that father wants to do?"

"Hey." Tao Qian smiled leisurely, and tested: "You have become so capable now, even Wang Yun and Huangfu Song treat you differently, so you might as well guess what the old man's plan is?"

The potter frowned and thought for a while, then said: "In the three counties of Xuzhou and the Three Kingdoms, my father served as the governor for three years. At present, he can only control Donghai, Pengcheng, and Sishui Peidi, but the other three counties have not been in the hands of my father. This should be my father's Big thing you want to do?"

Tao Qian nodded and said with satisfaction: "It is indeed different from before, there are two problems."

After a pause, the old man said again: "The old man has already written a letter to discuss with the Governor of Yangzhou, and he will announce that Wang Lang will be the prefect of Kuaiji and Zhao Yu will be the prefect of Guangling. He will order them to take office at a certain date and go to the second county. .”

The pottery merchant was quite puzzled when he heard the words.

Guangling is Xuzhou's own place, but Kuaiji is not in Xuzhou's territory. Tao Qian sent Wang Lang to Kuaiji. Could it be that he still wants to go deep into the south of the Yangtze River?The question is, will the governor of Yangzhou agree?

Seeing the potter's puzzled look, Tao Qian immediately explained to him.

"Son, only half of our six counties in Xuzhou are under the control of our father. Zang Ba stationed troops in Kaiyang, cutting off the connection between the nine counties of Langya in the northeast and Pengcheng, and Xiapi State was occupied by Ruo Rong. My father was blind at the beginning, but he actually let him be the Prime Minister of Xiapi, which caused many future troubles today. Guangling is located in the south of Xiapi, and was cut off from Pengcheng by Ruo Rong. The six counties of Xuzhou, because of Zang The relationship between Ba and Ruorong was almost cut off in half."

Tao Qian's words, before the pottery merchant returned to Pengcheng, Chen Deng once told himself, so he also knew the general idea.

The pottery merchant was thoughtful: "Look at what father means, Zang Ba in the northeast is very powerful, let's not move him for now, father wants to kill Ruo Rong first, and take back Xiapi country and Guangling county?"

Tao Qian nodded and said: "It's not enough to kill him. Ruo Rong and the old man are old acquaintances. If he is willing to follow the trend, the old man may not insist on his life, but in these two counties, the old man must Taking it back and presenting Zhao Yu as the prefect of Guangling is the first step."

Tao Shang shook his head with a smile, and said: "Father, it's not that I look down on Zhao Yu. I left Xuzhou a year ago and met him once at a court meeting. What can I say about this man? It's not easy to rely on him to fight Rong, I'm afraid he's no match at all."

Tao Qian's mouth twitched: "Of course I can't rely on Zhao Yu alone. Doesn't this mean that Wang Lang is the prefect of Kuaiji? Kuaiji County is in the south of Guangling, and Wang Lang is in power in Kuaiji to help Zhao Yu. Ruo Rong is afraid They didn't dare to mess around easily. Moreover, among the four big families in Pengcheng, the real opponents were Cao Bao and Mi Zhu. Although Wang Lang and Zhao Yu rarely participated in it, they were after all the targets of Cao and Mi's internal struggles. The old man was a little tired of plotting four out of four, so he simply let Wang and Zhao go outside. On the one hand, it could weaken some local gentry forces, and on the other hand, it also prevented Cao and Mi from colluding with Wang and Zhao in private. "

The potter scratched his head, and said in a unclear way: "Kuiji County is under the control of Yangzhou. You said that Wang Lang is the prefect of Kuaiji. How did Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, agree?"

Tao Qian looked at the potter with doubts, not knowing why: "What Liu Yao? Where are you going? The governor of Yangzhou is Chen Wen from Runan."

"Oh." The potter stuck out his tongue, looking quite embarrassed. It seems that Liu Yao has not yet taken the position in Yangzhou.

Tao Qian looked at the pottery merchant suspiciously for a while, then returned to the topic and said, "Chen Wen was born in a family in Runan, and he was once a disciple of the old Taiwei Yang Ci. Chen Wen will not object to Wang Lang's entry into Yangzhou, but will take extra care of him. In this way, the old man can use Wang Lang's line to catch up with Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and make friends with him. No? But in this way, Wang Lang will become Chen Wen's man from now on."

When the potter heard the words, he suddenly realized.

Tao Qian continued: "And speaking carefully, this Yangzhou Inspector Chen will also be your superior from now on."

The pottery merchant rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Is father referring to the fact that the child was appointed by the imperial court to be the magistrate of Danyang County? It is true that Danyang County is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yangzhou in name."

Seeing the Tao merchant's unhurried look, Tao Qian rubbed his forehead sadly, and said, "Son, do you understand how hot the position of Danyang County Sheriff is?"

Seeing that Tao Qian was having a headache, Tao Shang stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help Tao Qian start to massage the acupuncture points on his head to relieve his tense nerves.

Tao Qian closed his eyes, let out a comfortable "hum", and exclaimed: "I don't see that you still have this technique, who did you learn from?"

The potter stuck out his tongue and said nothing.

He couldn't tell Tao Qian that hair salons always press like this when they cut their hair.

"I am self-taught, and I came back specially to honor my father."

Tao Qian was quite satisfied when he heard the words, Gao Xin said: "I can't tell, but you have a lot of intentions. Alas, if you are such an honest and filial child, if you were in the Qingping era, you must have a good future as Mr. Taiping."

The potter's finger rubbing his head stopped moving.

Even the old man used this title to tease himself.

Seeing that the pottery merchant didn't speak, Tao Qian said again: "What do you think about the fact that the imperial court ordered you to be the governor of Danyang County?"

Pottery merchant smiled and said, "Danyang County is one of the targets of the competition between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao. The current county governor, Zhou Xin, is close to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu wants to send Wu Jing to take over Danyang County. Dong Zhuo appointed me as the governor of Danyang County at this time. I just want to harm our Tao family."

Hearing this, Tao Qian showed a look of relief on his face: "It's rare that you can still see the pros and cons, so what are you going to do now?"

"Baby was still hesitant about going to Danyang County, but today I heard my father's idea of ​​regaining Guangling County and Xiapi Country, which strengthened my determination to go to the post."

Tao Qian was quite surprised when he heard this, and said: "You know that this is something that offended Er Yuan, but you still want to go to the post, so why are you here?"

"Father said that Zhao Yu was the prefect of Guangling, and Wang Lang was the prefect of Kuaiji, both to deal with Ruo Rong, but Guangling has always been regarded as Ruo Rong's power. Zhao Yu may not cause any disturbance there, even if Wang Lang is the backup, but Wang Lang Danyang County, Guangling County, and Kuaiji County are geographically separated. Instead, let me lead the Baibo Yellow Turban and Taishan troops to Danyang County to train troops and develop farming. Lay a foreign aid foundation for his father in the south, and assist Wang and Zhao to deal with Ruo Rong. At the same time, the boy took away all the soldiers and horse generals brought back from other places, which also saved Cao Bao, Mi Zhu and others from being tempted. It has maintained the balance of power in Pengcheng."

Speaking of this, the pottery merchant paused for a moment, and Fang continued: "Father is in charge of the overall situation in Pengcheng, and the child is in the south to serve as an important town for his father. If anyone in Pengcheng dares to act like a moth, my father can recall my army, King Qin, with just a letter. "

"Hmm!" The pottery merchant coughed heavily, and said in dissatisfaction, "What Qin Wang, don't talk nonsense! This word is used presumptuously! Find a beating!"

The pottery merchant smiled, and continued: "My boy made a slip of the tongue just now, in short, you and my father and son, one inside and one outside, are like horns, but let's see who dares to touch our Tao family in the future?"