Long Xiang heard that Chen Deng was sincere in offering his advice, but considering his stability-seeking character, using Yang Ce would be tantamount to breaking with Sun Quan.

With Long Xiang's current background, even if Chen Deng helps him from the front, he will definitely not be able to defeat Jiang Dong.

Let’s take a popular saying from later generations: Why should the efforts of several generations be lost to your ten years of hard study?

Sooner or later, Long Xiang will break with Sun Quan, but he needs to wait until Liu Bei gradually becomes stronger and has a certain strength to challenge Cao Cao. At that time, Jiangdong's existence will be unnecessary.

If he turns against Jiangdong in advance, it will disrupt the plans of Long Xiang, Lu Su, and Liu Ye.

That is, Jiangdong was used to contain Cao Cao and delay Cao Cao's process of unifying Hebei.

Seeing that Long Xiang was not interested, Chen Deng stopped worrying and continued to state: "If the positive strategy is not suitable, I have a negative strategy here, which can take advantage of the internal conflicts in Jiangdong and rot from the inside like an orange;

First of all, Sun Ce's hands were stained with blood when he raided Jiangdong, and he was later assassinated and suffered the consequences, but his hatred did not disappear because of his death;

Secondly, the Sun family's invasion has harmed the interests of many people, and the Jiangdong clan still refuses to obey. In the end, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, and the Sun family is not stable internally. You can find a way to take advantage of it."

Long Xiang shook his head and sighed: "I know all these situations. We know the truth, and Sun Quan also knows it. It is probably not easy to incite dissension."

Chen Deng stared at Long Xiang and suddenly smiled knowingly.

"The customers of your underwear shop in Wu County are all prominent figures. As long as you make good use of it, you won't be afraid of being unable to penetrate. But the yin and yang strategies are just a small plan. The combination of yin and yang strategies will be effective. If there are no external threats to add fuel to the fire,

No matter how serious the internal conflicts are, they can be suppressed."

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Long Xiang was greatly shocked after hearing this, and said to himself that even Chen Yuanlong could think of things, so there are still experts in Qi Jiangdong.

At this time, Long Xiang was reminded that he must find a proper solution, but he could not admit it in front of Chen Deng at this time.

"My business is serious, and Hefei still relies on supplies from Jiangdong."

Chen Deng reminded with a smile: "What a good way, you should use it."

"We'll talk about this later." Long Xiang simply excused himself and immediately changed the subject: "I heard that Yuan Long got sick from eating raw fish, so I figured out a new way to eat barbecue."

Seeing Long Xiang's talk, Chen Deng frowned and questioned: "Pork is fishy and despicable, how can it be delicious when roasted? I have only eaten roasted lamb, and then I like to eat fish. These are the freshest things."

"Yuanlong doesn't believe it? Since I've been your friend for many years, I'm not talking nonsense. When you recover and leave the city, how about I give you roast pork as a farewell party?"

"That's fine."

Given Chen Deng's family background, he had never tasted anything good. Although he was not interested in roast pork, he still had to talk in scenes.

Over a sip of cucumber and a sip of wine, the two chatted a lot about old news about Xuzhou, especially the tug-of-war between Lu Bu and Liu Bei. They showed their admiration for Liu Bei both in and out of their words.

After finishing the pot of rice wine and the cucumbers on the plate, Long Xiang said goodbye and left.

When I left the post house and looked at the sky, I saw that the sun was already setting in the west, but its lingering power was still there.

Long Xiang got on his mount and suddenly felt something was wrong. He thought to himself that he had brought the wine. How could he be inexplicably drunk?

Just now, Chen Deng mentioned Liu Bei intentionally or unintentionally. Could it be that he saw some clues?

Thinking of this, Long Xiang frowned unconsciously, thinking that if this matter spread, it would be bad for both himself and Liu Bei.

What did I say wrong just now?

Leaning on the back of the chair in the main room of the back house, Long Xiang kept a frown on his face with his eyes closed. The thoughts written on his face were noticed by Qiao Wan, and she asked someone to bring a bowl of plum juice and put it on the table.

"Husband, are you drunk? Have a bowl of plum juice to sober up."

"Ah? Oh"

Long Xiang opened his eyes and looked at Qiao Wan, grabbed the bowl with one hand and drank it all in one gulp, then showed an expression as if he had drunk a strong drink.

"Why is it so sour?"

"I feel sour too, so you still blame me for not drinking." Qiao Wan pouted and sat next to him.

"But this is too sour, isn't it? Wasn't it delicious before? Could it be."

Long Xiang wondered if it was because of drinking. At this moment, he remembered the department dinner he had just attended. At that time, several male colleagues in the office were in low spirits the next day. He highly suspected that they drank fake wine last night.

It happened that someone brought a piece of sea buckthorn juice that day. After one sip, Long Xiang's internal organs were so upset that he ran to the toilet. The sour taste of sea buckthorn was very similar to the current plum juice.

Qiao Wan held up her chin and looked at Long Xiang: "What is it? Do you blame yourself for drinking? It has always tasted like this. My mother said that sour food is more appetizing. My eldest sister is better. She treats this as drinking water."

Long Xiang chuckled and joked: "I remember there was a saying in my hometown when I was a kid, I like to eat sour food when I'm pregnant to give birth to a son. Xiaojun should drink more if he wants to have a son."

Qiao Wan was startled: "Mr. Hua told you, right?"

"What's the matter, Mr. Guan Hua?"

Seeing Long Xiang's puzzled expression, Qiao Wan hurriedly explained: "A few days ago, my husband went to Xincheng for inspection. My mother invited Mr. Hua to diagnose her pulse. He personally told me about the son my eldest sister was pregnant with. We originally planned to surprise you later, but we didn't expect Mr. Hua."

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Long Xiang scratched his head: "Mr. Hua didn't tell me, and I don't know about the son the eldest lady is pregnant with."

"Oh" Qiao Wan nodded slightly: "Then you know now? If the eldest sister and mother ask, don't say it was me who said it."

Long Xiang first gave Qiao Wan a slap on the head, then touched her belly and asked: "I'm just going to tell you that I guessed it. The eldest lady is pregnant with my son. Is the second lady a son or a daughter?"

"Mr. Hua said he can't be sure now. Maybe he can get the number after another month."

In the middle of Qiao Wan's words, he raised his head, glanced at Long Xiang, and asked in a low voice: "Husband, if I give birth to a daughter, will you be disappointed?"

Long Xiang shaved Qiao Wan's nose and replied with tenderness: "Why should I be disappointed? Isn't my daughter very good? She must be as beautiful as Madam."

"These are still troubled times, and it is not a good thing for women to be beautiful. If my eldest sister and I had not met our husbands, we might have become playthings by now." Qiao Wan did not continue.

Hearing this, Long Xiang felt protective in his heart and hugged Qiao Wan with a serious look on his face:

"Don't worry, Xiaojun. Whether it's my woman or my daughter, I will protect it with my life. Don't forget that I am the Lord of Hefei. Maybe by the time the children grow up, the world will be at peace?"

"Peace in the world? That's not an easy thing. Don't just worry about us and your daughter. Your son must also be considerate."

Qiao Wan originally said that it was a good time to be here, but she just added something superfluous: "I mean the eldest sister's son."

"Haha, they say that one pregnancy makes you stupid for three years." Long Xiang laughed: "Where is the smart second lady from before? Since you want to give birth to a son for me, you will definitely work harder in the future as a husband."

Qiao Wan's pretty face turned red and she patted his arm gently: "Why are you using so much force? It's so unpleasant."

"Uh, I mean try hard, my husband just made a fuss about it."

Long Xiang showed his big white teeth and smiled stupidly. While the two were chatting and laughing, Chen appeared ghostly outside the main room like a 'head teacher'.

"Yunqi, dinner is ready. You and Xiaowan should come over earlier."
Chapter completed!