There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

When I was young, I heard Diaochan say: "It is my concubine's responsibility to take care of two children, and I should do it myself, but Yuan Shao in Hebei is the family of four generations and three princes, the head of the world, even if you are in Guandu After defeating him, how easy is it to kill him by the roots?"

Mi Zhen was also very worried: "Husband, isn't this a bit too risky?"

Pottery merchants also know that this is not easy.

According to what he knew in later generations, after the Battle of Guandu, it took Cao Cao a lot of effort to pacify the four states. The history lasted for nearly seven years, and he even wanted to give up several times in the middle. If the matter cannot be settled smoothly, it is still in between.

And this is still under the circumstances of civil strife where the Yuan brothers attacked and killed each other.

The root cause is that strength is only one aspect. The most important thing is that the Yuan family is the head of the world's gentry, and its influence is too deep. Inexhaustible useless.

Although Hebei is in chaos now, the potters and Cao Cao are not allies at the moment, and it is still unclear who will win the battle.

But even so, what should be done must be done. If you don’t follow the general trend and wait and see, it will be your own side that will suffer losses sooner or later.

The pottery merchant smiled and grabbed the hands of the two wives with both hands, and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about these spoilers, I am going to Hebei, so I might as well take advantage of the beautiful scenery on this beautiful day tonight. How about a lady helping me to add one or two small potters? Otherwise, there is only one child in this mansion, it would be too lonely."

Tao Shang and Mi Zhen blushed at the same time.

Diao Chan spat lightly and said, "Hey, you've become a prime minister too, why are you so dishonest?"

The pottery merchant smiled slightly, and said, "What can I do? The prime minister is also a human being, and he has various small needs. Besides, the three of us are all Tao family members, so naturally we also have the heavy responsibility of passing on incense for the Tao family. What is the right thing to do?" !"

Diao Chan giggled, and said, "Really? According to my concubine, I am not the only sister who can pass incense to the Tao family, right? You took the opportunity of welcoming the emperor into the mansion, and brought in three women, one of them A charming, is it brought back as a display?"

The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard the words.

Then he suddenly realized that Diao Chan was talking about three women, Yuan Wan, Mrs. Feng, and Lu Lingqi.

Do I have any interest in these three women?

Truth be told, it's certainly impossible to be meaningless.

Yuan Wan is smart and beautiful.

Lu Lingqi is tall and slender, she wants breasts, breasts, buttocks.

Mrs. Feng is a natural enchanting beauty.

Which man would not think carefully when seeing these three?

Unless it is blind.

Potters are also men, and of course they are included in this list.

But if you have an idea, you have an idea, and whether you can say it is another matter.

"No, I don't have the slightest idea." The pottery merchant patted his chest confidently, and said, "As a husband, I dare to guarantee it with my noble character!"

The potter and his two wives did not notice that Yuan Wan, who happened to pass by behind the rocky mountain in the garden not far away, heard this, and hammered the rock on the rockery with her hand so hard that she almost bled from the hand. Come.

There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 654 A Dark Card

Early the next morning, the potters began to arrange the layout, wrote down orders and sent them to various places in the south of the Yangtze River, and properly arranged the matters after the expedition.

Yuan's tree has deep roots, and the pottery merchant's expedition to Hebei is estimated to be the longest battle in his life, so he must arrange everything in the rear.

The [-] elite kings were commanded by the prime minister, pottery merchants, under the order of the emperor, Yuan Shao, the traitor of the Northern Expedition, and the remaining [-] troops from Xuzhou and [-] from Yangzhou were scattered and guarded in dangerous places.

Tao Ying, Chen Deng led Lu Dai, He Qi, Quan Rou, Xian Yudan, Song Qian, Jia Hua, Hua'er and others guarded Nanchang to protect the Han capital.

Han Hao, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Sima Lang still managed Jinling, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other important places for potters, while Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Xu Sheng, Ling Cao, Pan Zhang, Dong Xi, Xu Zhong They and others, as well as the Jinling navy, all stayed in Yangzhou to guard against the Sanliu Group in the west.

The pottery merchants in Pengcheng were handed over to Lu Su, and Tao Ji, Xu Rong, Zhang Xun and others would stay and assist him.

In the past, a group of Xuzhou veteran generals headed by Cao Bao were only responsible for guarding Pengcheng, but this time they all went out.

The rest of the matter is easy to talk about, but on Pengcheng's side, the generals from Xuzhou were replaced by the generals who had been recruited by the pottery merchants in recent years to guard the battle.

After learning the news, Lu You, the former general of the Xuzhou Army, ran to Cao Bao at that time and asked him about it.

The old generals of the Xuzhou Army have been in charge of guarding Pengcheng and the city defense work in the territory over the years. Now the pottery merchant has suddenly switched them with Lu Su, Xu Rong and others. As a representative, Lu You came to ask Cao Bao for an idea, and asked him to tell the pottery merchants not to let the generals of the Xuzhou Army go out.

Cao Bao just smiled wryly, didn't say anything, and gave up after a few perfunctory words from Lu You.

But on the second day, Cao Bao sent an order to demote Lu Youlian to two ranks of military rank and stay in the army.

After getting this news, the generals of the Xuzhou Army no longer dared to guess, but obediently and waited for dispatch.

After learning about Cao Bao's actions, Tao Shang secretly praised Cao Bao for being sensible.

He had wanted to divide the influence of the Xuzhou gentry in the military for a long time, but he never found a good opportunity.

Now that the imperial court was newly established, Chen Deng was granted the imperial title of Shang Shuling. Because of this official position, Chen Deng had to stay in Nanchang City to take care of the main affairs of the government, and he could not be separated in a place where he was afraid of Xuzhou.

In the absence of Chen Deng, the leader of the Xuzhou gentry, the Xuzhou gentry was in a state of disunity, letting the potters do whatever they wanted.

Even Cao Bao, even Mi Zhu, did not dare to say anything in the face of the potter's actions.

Even Yuan Shao, the leader of the No. [-] gentry in the world, and pottery merchants are not paying attention now. It is not good to play tricks with him at this juncture.

In particular, the crusade against Yuan Shao, the leader of the gentry, was no small matter. Many Xuzhou gentry had actually had an affair with Yuan Shao. The potters knew it, but they just turned a blind eye.

But the situation is different now. Yuan Shao cannot afford to lose in the Northern Expedition. All unstable factors must be completely eliminated by the potters, leaving a clean rear.

After this incident happened in Pengcheng for a few days, Yuan Wan came to visit the potter.

"Miss Yuan, what's the matter?" The pottery merchant is currently reading the grain and grass dispatch document submitted by the county to calculate the grain and grass needed for the preparation of the Northern Expedition.

Although the current pottery merchant is very busy, when he heard that Yuan Wan was here, he still met her personally.

After Yuan Wan sat down, she said to the Tao merchant, "Prime Minister let Aunt Feng and I enter the Prime Minister's mansion, maybe it's not just as simple as letting us watch the children?"

This girl is not reserved at all, she asked so directly.

The pottery merchant raised his hand swearingly: "Tao swears by my personality that I never have any unreasonable thoughts about you and Mrs. Feng!"

Yuan Wan pouted angrily when she heard the words.

"Whoever told you about this is full of bad water, and you think about everything. I'm talking about something else."

Tao Shang raised his eyebrows, secretly praising the girl for being really smart.

"Then Ms. Yuan, tell me, what is Tao's plan for you this time by looking for you?"

Yuan Wan said in a soft voice: "If the little girl's prediction is correct, the person the Prime Minister is plotting against is not my aunt, but the little girl."