For half a month, Zhou Yu has been taking medicine according to the doctor's instructions and recuperating well. He seems to be calm, but in fact, in his heart, he is deeply worried about something.
After breakfast, Zhou Yu went to the Xunyang River to review the naval forces. Seeing the Wu soldiers training in full swing, he felt somewhat comforted, but more importantly, he felt an inexplicable worry.
The Huaxia Kingdom has a vast territory, and Soochow only occupies a small part of it. In addition, the Huaxia Kingdom has been prospering in terms of national strength in recent years. The Wu Kingdom has lagged behind the Huaxia Kingdom in both economic and military terms. For a long time, the Wu Kingdom has been
An arms race began with the Chinese state, but the final result brought a series of economic crises to the Wu state.
Wu State is located in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, the population in Jiangnan was less than half of the population in the north. In addition, there was little cultivated land and few water conservancy projects. Wu State's annual tax revenue was only one-fifth of that of Huaxia. Such a country
A country with weakened national power really doesn’t know how long it can last.
Zhou Yu walked leisurely in the military camp and saw the faces that were familiar to him, and he felt more and more the burden on his shoulders became heavier.
In recent years, Sun Ce began to engage in military warfare, recruiting soldiers on a large scale and expanding the army to 300,000. He divided the army into two, handed over half to Zhou Yu, and commanded the other half himself. Seven years ago, he started an expedition to Yizhou, and the war ended in a fight.
In the past two years, many young and middle-aged people were killed in this war. However, after conquering Yizhou, they found that it was still an uncultivated primitive land, not even as good as the mountains. The people lived a primitive life, and it could be said that they drank blood like raw materials.
It wasn't until Sun Ce personally entered the heart of Yizhou that he realized that he had been deceived by Gao Fei. From then on, Sun Ce vowed to recover the debt. Although Yizhou was beautiful, the Wu people did not want to live here.
, finally the Wu army withdrew from Yizhou and asked the residents of Yizhou to pay tribute to Wu every year.
They paid a lot, but got back little. Sun Ce spent hundreds of millions of dollars in military expenses to capture Yizhou, and even if the soldiers died, they still had to pay for their settlement. This was the most unworthy deal.
Coincidentally, Wu Jun could not stay in Zhuya Prefecture, and finally gave up the place to the local natives. In name, Zhuya Prefecture and Yi Prefecture were included in the territory of Wu State, but in fact, they were still isolated overseas.
Zhou Yu has not returned to the capital to build Ye for three consecutive years, and Sun Ce has not seen Zhou Yu again for three years. Zhou Yu only heard that Sun Ce was tinkering with how to develop more powerful war weapons, and he was obsessed with it all day long.
He also followed the example of the Huaxia Kingdom and built a Hanlin Academy, gathering a large number of craftsmen inside to hammer and hammer every day. He also entrusted all court affairs to his younger brother Sun Quan, and he always lived in the Hanlin Academy.
"I wonder how the emperor is doing?" Zhou Yu stopped as he walked and sat down in a small pavilion along the river, feeling melancholy in his heart.
Not long after, it began to drizzle outside, and Jiangnan had entered the rainy season. Zhou Yu sat quietly in the pavilion and looked outside. He saw a beautiful woman walking through the rain curtain, with her charming and beautiful face.
He will never forget it in his life.
The beauty held an oil-paper umbrella and walked gracefully. If he walked faster, he would look hurried, if he walked slower, he would look sluggish. He walks neither fast nor slowly, which is a different kind of beauty.
The beauty walked straight to the pavilion where Zhou Yu was. After putting away the oil-paper umbrella, she gave a slight salute to Zhou Yu, then showed a sweet smile and said: "Husband, why are you here? It's easy for me to find you."
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"Madam, do you want to see me for anything?" Zhou Yu stretched out his hand, gently took the beautiful woman into his arms, let her sit on his knees, and asked with a smile on his face.
The beauty is none other than Zhou Yu's wife Ouyang Yinying. She has been married to Zhou Yu for almost ten years. She was an ignorant girl in the past, but now she is a noble lady. No matter how you look at her, she is full of luxury. She
He smiled sweetly and said: "
General Zhou came and said that I had something important to do with you. I just told you that you were studying in the study, and I never dared to disturb you. When General Zhou came, I went to look for you in the study, only to find that you were not there, so I came out.
Looking for you, husband, it’s better to go back as soon as possible.”
Zhou Yu smiled, nodded, and said, "Well, my wife and I will go back together."
So Zhou Yu and Ouyang Yinying supported each other, held up the oil-paper umbrella, and went back together.
In the Xunyang County Government Office, Zhou Tai waited anxiously for Zhou Yu. He waited and waited but never saw Zhou Yu come back, so he began to pace in the living room of the County Government Office, back and forth, sighing from time to time.
Ling Cao, who came with Zhou Tai, looked at it and couldn't help laughing. He stood up and grabbed Zhou Tai, shouting loudly: "General Zhou, you are walking around like this, making my eyes dizzy. Can you please
Stop wandering around?"
Zhou Tai said anxiously: "You think I think this matter is of great importance. The Governor has been delayed in returning, so I am worried."
Ling Cao suddenly brought over a bowl of tea and handed it to Zhou Tai.
Zhou Tai didn't understand what he meant and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Of course I drink it for you. If you are anxious, you will easily get angry. Drink some tea to calm down the anger, and then sit there and wait patiently. It's not like the Governor won't come back. Why are you anxious?" Ling Cao said.
Zhou Tai said: "I don't have that spare time. If the Governor doesn't come back, I will..."
"What do you want?" Ling Cao asked, holding his arms.
"I'll just..." Zhou Tai suddenly stretched out his hand to take the tea, drank it down, then sat down there and shouted to the county government officials: "Tea, tea, tea, hurry up, you guys
Why are you not diligent at all? Do you want to kill me with thirst?"
So, the handyman in charge of the county government office quickly came up with a kettle. As soon as he poured a bowl of tea for Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai raised his neck and drank it. The handyman had to fill it up again, but Zhou Tai drank it.
Tai raised his neck and drank it. Repeated this several times, Zhou Tai drank several bowls of tea in a row, and then he suppressed the anger in his heart and waved his hand towards the busboy, signaling the busboy to leave.
After Ling Cao saw it, he laughed and said: "The Governor said that you are a pioneer, it is not false at all..."
"You're not much better!" Zhou Tai glanced at Ling Cao.
Ling Cao was slightly older than Zhou Tai. Looking at Zhou Tai's appearance at this moment, it was like seeing himself when he was young. He laughed and said: "When you get to my age, you will know something."
It's called peace of mind. Now, just sit here and wait for the Governor to come back. It's raining lightly outside, so the Governor will definitely not go too far. Besides, Madam has already gone to look for her, so just wait patiently."
Zhou Tai nodded, but after waiting for a while, he started to feel restless. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he shouted: "It's so boring to wait like this, Grand Governor, why aren't you back yet..."
"Youping!" Zhou Yu's voice came immediately from outside the hall.
After Zhou Tai heard Zhou Yu's voice, he hurriedly looked outside, but when he saw Zhou Yu and Ouyang Yinying walking out of the rain together, he stood up with Ling Cao and bowed to Zhou Yu: "Grand Governor."
After Zhou Yu entered the hall, he said: "Without courtesy, you came to me because of the matter I told you?"
Zhou Tai said: "There is no response yet about that matter. It is another matter."
Zhou Yu said "hmm", supported Ouyang Yinying, and said, "Madam, please go back and rest. I have important matters to discuss with the two generals."
Ouyang Yinying nodded, then turned and walked towards the back hall. After turning into the back hall, she stopped and listened.
Zhou Yu sat down, motioned to Zhou Tai and Ling Cao to sit down together, and said, "Tell me, what is it that makes you so anxious?"
Zhou Taidao: "Grand Governor, news just came from Jiangbei that the emperor of China promoted Gao Qi to be the magistrate of Jingzhou, and even asked the inspection prime minister Zhuge Liang to serve as the governor of Jiangxia. At the same time, his subordinates also learned that General Zhang Liao of Huya has returned again.
Xia Zhi's troops have been increased, and General Hu Lie has also increased Runan's troops. These signs don't seem to be good."
Zhou Yu said: "Can Youping see the mystery?"
"I can't see it, but I can smell the approaching war. Grand Governor, is the Huaxia Kingdom going to take action against our Wu Kingdom?" Zhou Tai asked.
Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Don't worry, this will naturally not happen. China will not be so stupid. If we openly break the alliance, we will definitely be reviled by the people in the world, and we will be unknown."
"But why did they do this? Zhuge Liang was originally an enemy of our Wu Kingdom. Now that he has become the governor of Jiangxia, he must be extremely hostile to us. Don't forget, he was defeated by the governor. I think he
He will definitely hold a grudge and want to find an opportunity to attack the Governor." Zhou Tai said.
"Youping has been with the Governor for several years. Didn't you think that this guy has become smart?" Ling Cao suddenly interrupted and said with a sneer.
"Why are you laughing? Don't think that because you are older than me, I don't dare to do anything to you. If you piss me off, I will spank your son." Zhou Tai suddenly retorted.
"You have the guts!" Ling Cao raised his thumb and said sarcastically: "If you can beat me, what does it mean if you beat my son?"
"Okay, okay, stop arguing. It is better for Gao Qi to be the magistrate of Jingzhou than for Xun You to be the magistrate of Jingzhou. Xun You is old and cunning. I have secretly competed with him several times over the years, but I have never gained any advantage. Gao Qi is young and angry.
"Sheng, although Xia Zhi deceived me last time, I was impatient and fell into his trap. This time, I won't be fooled so easily, and I will ruin Gao Qi's reputation." Zhou Yu said bitterly.
Zhou Tai asked: "What about Zhuge Liang? How does the governor plan to deal with him?"
"Zhuge Liang? He was my defeated general before, and he is still the same now. He is nothing to worry about. Go to Chaisang and invite Zi Jing. Zi Jing is as talented as me and can resist Zhuge Liang." Zhou Yu said.