I am an anchor in the Three Kingdoms

Sun Quan looked at Cao Xiong and squeezed out a smile, "I said there was a magpie chirping when I went out today, so it was Brother Xiong who arrived."

"I've met my brother." Cao Xiong saluted Sun Quan.

Cao Xiong looked at Sun Quan, how strong is it to last for so long?

He kind of understood why Zhou Yu was so pissed off.

The civil servants and military generals in Jiangdong are too worrying.

"Father is here, so I'll take Brother Xiong to stroll in the garden. I heard that the flowers over there are blooming." Sun Deng pulled Cao Xiong and prepared.

"No, it happens that my younger sister is here, so let's visit my mother together." Sun Quan saluted Wu Guotai.

Seeing Sun Quan's angry look just now, Cao Xiong asked Sun Quan knowingly and tentatively, "Is there something unhappy, brother?"

After Sun Quan's face turned serious, he suddenly flicked his sleeves, "Those generals are deceiving people too much!"

Sun Quan sat down on the chair next to him in a panic as he spoke.

"By virtue of their military achievements in the past, they came to the lobby every day to argue, and they insisted on my order to allow him to send troops north to Hefei." Sun Quan took a sip of tea after he finished speaking.

"Then brother doesn't let him go." Cao Xiong said following Sun Quan's tone.

"Brother Xiong, you don't know something." Sun Quan put down the cup, and was about to say something to Cao Xiong, but suddenly stopped, "Forget it, let's not mention this matter."

Cao Xiong pretended to be puzzled on the surface, but secretly laughed in his heart, in fact he knew it all.

You just can't be the master of Jiangdong~

Between men, there is nothing to say.

"There is also Zhang Zhao." Sun Quan said a little anxiously, "He followed my father to defend Jiangdong, but he still has the heart of forbearance and perfection in everything. It really disappoints me."

However, Cao Xiong still made Sun Quan a cup of tea, and sighed facing Sun Quan, understanding, understanding.

It was almost noon, and those who quarreled also went back to have lunch.

Cao Xiong asked Wu Guotai to resign, and brought Sun Shangxiang out by the way.

Sun Deng hosted a banquet in person and invited Cao Xiong to his mansion, along with Sun Shangxiang.

Now, Sun Deng is not the same Sun Deng as before.

Thinking back to the past, if Sun Deng wanted to make a living, he would have to steal Sun Quan's calligraphy and paintings and sell them.

Now, with Sun Deng backed by Nanshan, even the people from the eight major families had to be polite to Sun Deng with a smile on their faces.

As soon as Sun Deng made a move, he set up a "Manchu Banquet" in the courtyard of the mansion for Cao Xiong to enjoy.

"Brother Xiong! Come and see!" After Sun Deng invited Cao Xiong into the courtyard, Cao Xiong saw a long table covered with red satin and full of vegetables.

Chapter 1506 Eight Great Families Join in the Fun

On the long table, Sun Deng and Cao Xiong sat facing each other on both sides of the table.

"Brother Xiong, I would like to respect you and my aunt." Sun Deng raised his wine bottle and said to Cao Xiong.

Although Cao Xiong became Jiangdong's son-in-law, Sun Deng still used to call Cao Xiong his elder brother.

"Sun Deng, how are you doing recently?" Cao Xiong and Sun Deng said to each other after having a drink.

"Nanshan, with my older brother, keeps mining iron ore. Now I have so much money that I don't know how to spend it." Sun Deng said, "However, recently, people from the eight major families seem to have some ideas about the iron ore in Nanshan. .”

"The Eight Great Families have ideas about Nanshan?" Cao Xiong was very happy when he thought that the members of the Eight Great Families came to redeem Nanshan from him with a wagonload of money.

Now, people from the eight major families have ideas about Nanshan again, which is interesting.

"Brother, you know the news that Wu State is advocating to be a vassal to Wei State, or wants to insist on independence?" Sun Deng leaned his head over and said to Cao Xiong.

"I've heard about it." Cao Xiong took a bite of the food and said, "Xiang'er returned to Jiangdong because of this."

"Actually, from the beginning to the end of this incident, the Eight Great Families were behind it!" Sun Deng said to Cao Xiong.

"The ghosts of the Eight Great Families?" Cao Xiong said in surprise.

If it is said that this matter has nothing to do with the Eight Great Families, then Cao Xiong absolutely does not believe it.

But what does this matter have to do with Nanshan?

Nanshan is now mainly mined by Sun Deng, and the bulk of the profits are divided into the names of Sun Deng and Xiang'er. Even the iron ore sold to Sun Quan is one-third of the market.

With the great backing of the Sun family, the eight major families would not want to take a bite out of Sun Quan's mouth.

"My brother doesn't know. Since Nanshan was bought by my brother, people from the eight major families have always wanted to get a share of Nanshan, but they were all dismissed by my father." Sun Deng said.

"Among the eight major families, the two major families, dominated by the Lu family and the Zhu family, will fight. Once Wei Guo and Wu Guo go to war, a large number of military armor will need to be cast from Nanshan's iron ore. In this way, they can take the opportunity to let their father lower Iron ore taxes even allow them to participate in iron ore mining in Nanshan. In this way, they can profit from it!" Sun Deng said.

"On the contrary, the two major families of the Zhang family and the Gu family will take the lead. Once the state of Wei is a vassal of the state of Wu, they can take the initiative to surrender to the state of Wei, and even obtain the mining rights of Nanshan on the condition of supporting Brother Xiong. In this way Then they can fill their own wings." Sun Deng said to Cao Xiong.

Sun Deng's analysis made Cao Xiong look at him with admiration, and the way he looked at him was different from before.

Cao Xiong suddenly felt that the people of the Sun family might not be as good as Cao Cao and Liu Bei in terms of expanding territory, but when it comes to economic development, they are simply clever.

He never expected that his Nanshan had such a relationship with the Eight Great Families.

"Shortly after the news of Brother Xiong's victory in Bashu came back, the issue of the main battle and surrender was put on the table again." Sun Deng said a little sadly.

Jiangdong is also in the midst of wind and rain, there is no guarantee that the building will collapse.

Every time Wei State and Shu State fought a war, the issue of Jiangdong's surrender was brought up once.

"I didn't expect that our Nanshan would indirectly promote the conflict among the eight major families." Cao Xiong said thoughtfully, this may become an opportunity for him to benefit from it.

It seems that Soochow's problem is more complicated than it appears on the surface.

Cao Xiong and Sun Deng clinked glasses, muttering about their plans.

Chapter 1507 Zhou Fang's Abacus

Logically speaking, all civil and military forces in Jiangdong, whether it is the main battle or the main vote, everyone will stand on a team, and Zhou Fang is no exception.

But in the past two months, Zhou Fang has been staying in his mansion and rarely goes out.

Because Zhou Fang is making a big plan.

In other words, he has already stood up in his heart.

That is to resolutely not to surrender, not only not to surrender, but also to wait for the opportunity to give Wu the opportunity to go to war with Wei.

Since the death of his father Zhou Yu, Zhou Fang first kept mourning for Zhou Yu for three years, and then he rarely saw any guests during the three years. Even after the mourning, he stayed in the mansion all the time, feeling very depressed.

For this reason, Sun Quan also specially sent someone to appease him, and rewarded him with money and silk.

However, Zhou Fang's temperament is still not improving.

Until a few months ago, a stranger in a robe entered his mansion.

After the man left, Zhou Fang suddenly started to work hard, reading and writing in the room every day.

When Zhou Fang was eating at noon, he heard the servants whispering behind his back.

"What are you talking about secretly?" Zhou Fang asked the servants while eating.

Zhou Fang's temperament has changed drastically since the end of his filial piety. He has everything others say, and he finds his servants muttering secretly, not once or twice.

"This..." The servant hesitated and kept silent.

"Speak up if you have something to say!" Zhou Fang slapped the chopsticks on the table and said.

"Back to young master, I heard that Cao Xiong, son-in-law of Jiangdong, the son-in-law of Wei, has come and is having dinner at Prince Sun's mansion." The servants said tremblingly.

Hearing the word Cao Xiong, Zhou Fang buckled the bowl and was no longer in the mood to eat.

Zhou Fang closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, then slowly opened his eyes, picked up the bowl slowly, put the rice into the bowl with chopsticks, and started eating.

"I'm not angry. One day, I will ask him to repay twice." Zhou Fang said with his eyes closed.

Sun Deng invited Cao Xiong to take a nap at noon after dinner, and then took Cao Xiong to drink tea in a pavilion in Nanshan.

The two sat opposite each other on the gazebo, and a small stove was added in the middle to make tea for them.

"Spring has just arrived, and the mountains are very cold. I was afraid that my brother would not get used to it, so I added a small stove." Sun Deng said while adding tea to the teapot on the stove, "This tea is called 'Purple Bamboo Shoots', and it is very delicious. It is extremely rare even in Jiangnan, brother will try it later."

Cao Xiong looked at the water in the teapot before it boiled, and a strong fragrance came out, the fragrance was mellow, and it was extremely rare in the tea he had drunk.

After the tea was brewed, Cao Xiong watched the tea poured into the cup turn green and fragrant, so he couldn't help but take a sip.

"Sure enough, it's good tea." Cao Xiong put on some clothes and took a sip of tea, feeling much better.

It was much more comfortable to have a stove in front of me.

"The bottom of the mountain is our current iron ore." Sun Deng held hot tea in his hand, looked at the bottom of the mountain and said, "Our iron ore is selling very well. Since the current output, it has increased from one thousand stone of iron a day. It's [-] shi. Of course, this is not our highest efficiency."

Sun Deng looked at the mountain. In his eyes, it was a golden mountain.Of course, it is also in Cao Xiong's eyes.

"After the Chibi War, Jiangdong's demand for iron was a little less. Later, Lu Yu, a businessman, came again. After discussion, we still sold it to him at a price of 2000 million yuan per thousand stones." Sun Deng said , "Now, he is one of our biggest customers."

Chapter 1508 Iron is sold to Yingzhou

The price of 2000 million was the agreed price before the Battle of Chibi.

Cao Xiong thought to himself, this Lu Yu's business is all over the world, I really don't know where he sold all his iron.

"Brother Xiong, are you wondering why Lu Yu still bought our iron ore at such a high price?" Sun Deng said, "Actually, Lu Yu's business is not only in Jiangdong and the Central Plains, but even in the Huns and the Central Plains." Wala."

Sun Deng poked his head over and said to Cao Xiong, "I heard that a large amount of our Jiangdong iron has been sold to Yingzhou by him."

"Yingzhou?" Cao Xiong looked at Lu Yu in surprise.

"Yes." Sun Deng said while drinking purple bamboo shoots, "Maybe Yingzhou is going to fight."

This is not surprising.Cao Xiong felt a sudden realization in his heart.

It turns out that all the iron was sold to Yingzhou!

Thinking back to the Japanese plague in Weihai, Cao Xiong felt that things suddenly became clear.

"How much iron have they bought?" Cao Xiong asked Sun Deng.

"I don't know the details. I'll ask someone to make a list later and send it to my brother." Sun Deng said.

"Also, can you make an appointment with Lu Yu for me?" Cao Xiong looked at Sun Deng and said.

Sun Deng froze for a moment, then began to add tea to the two cups.

"It's possible to make an appointment. But Lu Yu's whereabouts are uncertain. He was in Jiangdong for a while, and went to the north for a while, and he may have gone to Yuezhou. Let me help you ask Lu Yu's people here." Sun Deng explain.

"No problem." Cao Xiong nodded.

"Is there something wrong with brother looking for him?" Sun Deng looked at Cao Xiong and said.

"Weihai has been troubled by Japanese for the past two days. I suspect that it has something to do with the iron that Lu Yu sold to Yingzhou, so I want to ask him." Cao Xiong said.

"So that's the case." Sun Deng said, "Then I will send someone to contact you immediately."

Sun Deng got up and went to the back of the tea shed, talking to the servants.

After a while, Cao Xiong's tea was almost finished.

He got up and came to the top of the mountain, looking at the shadow below.

The weather is slightly cloudy today, there is no sunlight, and the mountain is considered clean.

From time to time, the people at the bottom of the mountain pushed out a cart of ore, which was just a mine mouth.

Where Cao Xiong can't see, there are still many mines in Nanshan, which produce iron ore non-stop around the clock. Every time a cart of stone is released, it is like a cart of money.

"Brother Xiong." Sun Deng walked over from the tea shed behind, "Everything has been properly ordered, and the amount of iron and iron Lu Yu bought will be delivered to brother. The people on Lu Yu's side will also talk to Lu Yu Contact, once Lu Yu has time, he will come to see my brother, but I don't know how long my brother can stay in Jiangdong."

"It doesn't matter." Cao Xiong said, "If I am not in Jiangdong, I will be in Weihai. If the Japanese plague is not eradicated, I will not leave."