There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Zhuge Liang was not afraid at all, and raised his voice: "North of the Yellow River, Mr. Cao and my teacher will decide on their own. South of the Han River, my teacher will be on their own!"

Xi Zhicai laughed out loud when he heard the words, and said, "Kong Ming, you think highly of your teacher, don't you?"

Lu Su stood up and said to Xi Zhicai: "Mr. Xi misunderstood, Jingzhou Liu Biao, the Tai Tuo had planned a long time ago, and within ten days, there must be news from the Han River. Within two years, the Tai Tuo will make Liu Biao unable to escape Helping Yuan, this matter is related to Xuzhou's life and death, and we will definitely not say anything perfunctory to Sikong at will."

When Xi Zhicai saw Lu Su's solemnity, his heart changed slightly. After thinking about it for a while, he thought of Lu Bu and Sun Ce in Huainan... and Huang Zu who was guarding Jiangxia, who was Sun Ce's father-killing enemy!

"So that's how it is, that's how it is... so it's planned a long time ago, it's amazing." Xi Zhicai stroked his beard, and retreated emotionally.

Xun You also seemed to want to see how capable the person who had been instructed by Guo Jia was, so he stood up and said, "Then dare to ask Kong Ming, Yuan Shao was born in four generations and three princes, and all the gentry in the world yearn for him. The gap in reputation and military strength can still be made up by strategy, but how should we deal with the gap in reputation?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Cao Cao while shaking his feather fan: "This matter is easy, Mr. Cao and my Tai Tuo have already made plans for this?"

Chapter 494 I Want Second Bridge

What Zhuge Liang was referring to was naturally that both Cao Cao and the pottery merchants sent women from various ethnic groups to Liu Xie's palace in order to gain the status of a foreign relative.

In the eyes of outsiders, this move may be just a small move by the two princes to flatter the emperor.

But how can a wise man, a person in the middle of the game, not know the mystery of this?

After Zhuge Liang had finished speaking to Xun You, he suddenly turned to Cao Cao, bowed deeply, and said, "Sikong offered his three daughters to the emperor, either for the purpose of gaining the status of foreign relatives to be able to fight against Yuan Shao, or Sikong was just a flatterer who relied on women to be superior. With the great talent of Sikong, the villain would not have done such a vulgar thing, would he?"

Zhuge Liang's words were sharp, but after some words, he blocked the retreat of Xun You and Cao Cao's rebuttals.

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this.

Xun You also sighed with emotion: "Young man, not bad."

Cheng Yu stood up and said to Zhuge Liang: "Boy, what you said is true, Yuan Shao is indeed the enemy of our family! Cheng admits this!"

Zhuge Liang was taken aback when he heard this.

This old guy spoke upright, but his tone was serious, I don't know what kind of routine he was playing.

Zhuge Liang cupped his hands cautiously at Cheng Yu, and said, "Of course, what this gentleman said is true."

Cheng Yu stretched out his hand, directly blocked Zhuge Liang's words, and said, "Although that's the case, after all, it was you Xuzhou who first asked for an alliance. You need to get some of the benefits out of it, right?"

Zhuge Liang suddenly realized.

This old man is also a bad comer!

He asked Cheng Yu: "Dare to ask, sir, in your opinion, what benefits should I, Xuzhou, use to invite Sikong to mobilize troops?"

Cheng Yu sneered and said, "At least a few counties must be brought out."

Before Zhuge Liang could object, Lu Su stood up with a smile.

"How many counties? Easy to say! Let alone a few counties, how difficult is it to give Cao Sikong a county?"

Cheng Yu was stunned when he heard this.

Does this emissary, Lu Su, have a brain problem?

Let a county come out, and the potter will have to kill him alive!

Liu Ye who was standing aside raised his eyebrows and said, "May I ask which county Tao Taifu wants to let out?"

Lu Su said slowly: "Langya Kingdom is adjacent to Taishan County of your army. The Grand Tutor wants to give up the entire Langya Kingdom to show his sincerity. I wonder what Cao Sikong thinks?"

Dong Zhao stood up from the side and said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Lu's words are not very pleasant. Langya Kingdom is connected to the land of Qingzhou in the north. If our army is stationed there, won't it block Yuan Shao's edge for you in Xuzhou? Who can make a loss-making business? The alliance needs to have sincerity!"

Lu Su chuckled and said: "The governor has come out, is it possible that you have to let the gentlemen choose the place? Then what is the sincerity of the gentlemen? Or I should just report to the Ming Taifu and give Pengcheng to Sikong!"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "This is feasible!"

But Lu Su said seriously: "Then dare to ask Sikong, if Sikong makes an alliance with others the next day, and the other party asks you to let Xu Chang come, will you let me or not? I am sincerely asking for an alliance. No, why do you have to do this to make things difficult for us? You have no tolerance!"

Everyone saw Lu Su's smiling and good-natured appearance, and thought he was a good old man, but they didn't expect him to be so troublesome, compared to Zhuge Liang, he was much less successful.

Cao Cao sighed secretly in his heart: When did Zhuge Liang and Lu Su have such two figures under the command of the pottery merchant?I don't know how talented he is, but his eloquence and courage alone are beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the boy surnamed Tao is quite popular.

Most of the people in the arena had already spoken, but Jia Xu kept his head down and remained silent.

Zhuge Liang's eyes fell on Jia Xu unconsciously.

Although this fifty-year-old man had never spoken, Zhuge Liang could tell and feel that he was by no means an ordinary person.

Perhaps the most difficult person to deal with is him.

Jia Xu also seemed to have noticed Zhuge Liang's gaze, and slowly raised her head, their gazes collided slightly in the air.

Cao Cao also looked at Jia Xu following Zhuge Liang's gaze, and said, "Wen He, what's your opinion?"

Jia Xu's face remained the same, he still looked like he had nothing to do with himself, and said: "Since you want to be an ally, please borrow some food, and then borrow some food seeds."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up immediately.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains has been changed repeatedly, and the fields have been destroyed and barren.

The southeast land has been rich in recent years, especially in terms of grain production and harvest, it is like a god's help, and grain and grass have always been a big problem that is difficult to solve for Cao Cao.

Just take this good opportunity to solve it.

Lu Su and Zhuge Liang looked at each other worriedly.

This old man who has been keeping silent all this time is indeed more powerful than the others.

In a word!

Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction, and was about to ask the two envoys a question when he suddenly thought of something.

He called the guards over to fetch pens and inkstones, then began to write on a roll of bamboo slips, rolled it up in a circle, sealed it and handed it to Lu Su.

"Take this back to the potter, and tell him that there are three requirements of Cao, and I will not make things difficult for him. If he can satisfy Cao and deal with Yuan Shao, I will help him. If not, everyone will be at ease." Destiny."

Lu Su held the scroll of bamboo slips, feeling heavy.

The two envoys returned to Pengcheng and told the potter about the mission.

The potter took the bamboo slips that Cao Cao had written for him, and saw that there were indeed three requirements listed on it.

One is grain, grass and rice seeds, and the other is that our side wants to send people to the south of the Yangtze River to observe and study the cultivation.

In some respects, these two points belonged to acts of capitalizing on the enemy, but the pottery merchant agreed after thinking about it.

First of all, even if I don't give Cao Cao these things, Cao Cao will get them through secret means sooner or later.