The envoy crossed the river leisurely, and after receiving the nods from Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others, he was in a much better mood.
I just think about how I will be rewarded when I return to Jiangdong.
Yes - although Zhang Zhao's words are very serious, if he fails to complete the task, he will be killed, but similarly, if he completes the task, he will also receive an equivalent reward.
With this thought in mind, he kept urging the boatman to speed up.
——
However, he may never have imagined that after arriving at Zhang Zhao's house, he would be faced with Zhang Zhao's angry face.
boom!
Zhang Zhao punched the table, frightening the envoy to the point where he fell to his knees.
"Did you promise them?"
"Did they really tell you that? A small favor? Haha..."
The envoy had followed Zhang Zhao many years ago, but over the years, even when Sun Quan dismissed Zhang Zhao from his position, he had never seen Zhang Zhao so angry.
At this moment, Zhang Zhao could no longer conceal the murderous aura on his body, and the envoy knelt on the ground, trembling.
"Let me ask you! Did you promise them?"
"No...no...no, Mr. Ge! I...I just said that we can consider it...then...if we have to make a decision, I need you to make it clear during the alliance meeting."
"Mr. Ge...I...I...I'm not..."
"Okay, stand up!"
Hearing what the messenger said, Zhang Zhao waved his hands impatiently and finally sat back down at the table.
He sat cross-legged and looked at the messenger with anger in his eyes——
How dare the envoy refuse Zhang Zhao?
He just stood up tremblingly in a hurry, shrank his head, and stood not far away, waiting for Zhang Zhao's resignation.
He still doesn't understand what he said wrongly to make Zhang Zhao so angry.
After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Zhao calmed down his mood, but still asked in a sullen tone:
"Tell me from the beginning, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, I want to know every word they say. If you are inaccurate in one sentence, from now on..."
Zhang Zhao just gave the envoy a look that frightened the envoy into sweating all over.
He agreed repeatedly and searched his memory with great caution, fearing that if he said something inaccurate, he would be directly convicted by Zhang Zhao.
He doesn't want to die.
"Obey...obey!"
——
I don’t know how much time passed.
The messenger, trembling, recounted everything he had heard in Jiangling.
After listening to this, Zhang Zhao let out a sigh of relief.
"Don't you understand what you said wrong? No... I think you don't even understand the purpose of those two sentences I added, right?"
The envoy was about to burst into tears. Zhang Zhao was indeed right. He...he didn't understand Zhang Zhao's intention at all. He thought Zhang Zhao said those two conditions just to add insurance to him, lest he really
Unable to complete the task——
Seeing the messenger nodding stupidly, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
He really wasn't in the mood to blame this stupid subordinate now.
The real problem is that he overestimates everyone except himself.
"After that, you have to go to Wuchang with me, so I will explain it to you now. If I explain everything clearly and you are still so stupid, you know what will happen."
"Yes Yes!"
The envoy trembled, knowing that Zhang Zhao had given him an ultimatum. Even if he wanted to cry again, he must hold back.
He grabbed the ground with his head and listened to Zhang Zhao's explanation with great respect:
"The last two conditions I added are to prepare for the capture of Jingzhou in the future. This is indispensable in order to lower their expectations."
"No matter what, Liu Bei must capture Yizhou. Jingnan is not a long-term destination for him. Only when he reaches Yizhou can he get the opportunity to develop - and we are going to capture it after he captures it."
At the same time, Yizhou is being used to trip up his rear. Even if no troops are sent for a sneak attack, just depriving them of their food and causing their pre-planned trip to be damaged due to the lack of food is enough to cause them to suffer huge losses."
The messenger suddenly realized, but it was also because of this sudden realization that he realized what mistake he had made.
With a sad face, he didn't even dare to raise his head. He only heard Zhang Zhao continue to explain:
"And the salt industry is even more like this. You clearly know that I have raised the price of salt in various places, which has caused various turmoils in various places. The salt industry... even we can't hold on any longer."
"If you really don't understand the various reasons, just ask others. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, and I transferred the salt industry to Liu Bei just to reduce our losses."
"However…"
"However, you gave up these two conditions in a few words. You don't think we have taken advantage of it, do you?"
"ah…"
The envoy was almost dumbfounded. The mentality mentioned by Zhang Zhao was a true reflection of him.
He had thought about how to be rewarded before he came, but now... Looking at it this way, his trip to Liu Bei not only brought no benefits to Jiangdong, but... even caused them to suffer huge losses.
"Do you know that Liu Bei is eager to return Jiangxia to us? With his current financial and manpower, crossing a Xiangyang to guard the narrow Jiangxia will double his pressure. If I guessed correctly, this
Over the past six months, Liu Bei has paid a heavy price for Jiangxia——"
"We can take this Jiang Xia back without you having to say anything!"
boom!
Zhang Zhao slapped his palm on the table again. The envoy who was lying on the ground was shaking all over and could not say a word.
"The reason why I won't kill you is because there will be a chance to make amends later!"
"You know what you should do these days! Wuchang Huimeng, I don't want any accidents."
"Yes Yes!"
The envoy responded repeatedly, but Zhang Zhao just waved his hand speechlessly:
"Go away, don't let me see you again these days."
Hearing Zhang Zhao's voice, the envoy was extremely obedient and ran out of the house crawling. People on the street thought he was crazy.
Only Zhang Zhao, who stayed in the house, looked sad at the moment.
He felt that Zhuge Liang was troublesome enough, and he didn't know how long ago, he suddenly heard that the rumored Fengxiao Pang Tong secretly went to Liu Bei's side while they were in civil strife in Jiangdong.
Now…
Zhang Zhao was not sure at all how much secret information about Jiangdong Pang Tong would bring to Liu Bei, but...even if they hated Pang Tong so much that they had no chance to take action against Pang Tong.
Just listening to the envoy's review, Zhang Zhao knew that Pang Tong's current status with Liu Bei was probably not much worse than that of Zhuge Liang.
One misstep can lead to eternal regret.
The key is that these problems were not brought about by him.
"Sun Quan...look at the mess you left behind!"
"Back then, I was really blind and wanted to help you rise to the top. You are far behind your father and brother!"
Zhang Zhao cursed Sun Quan angrily, but Sun Quan couldn't hear him, and he didn't care about it anymore.
