The potter's long speech was very talkative. After he finished speaking, he felt thirsty, so he directly picked up his glass and took another sip.
After drinking, he picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, only to find that Kong Niao was staring at him intently, his eyes full of deep confusion and confusion.
It is a kind of dilated eyes. People with this kind of eyes generally have only two situations: one is that they are going to die... the other is that they have Alzheimer's disease.
The pottery merchant was made uncomfortable by Kong Nian's gaze. He coughed in a low voice and said to relieve his embarrassment: "Uncle Shi, when you look at me like this... what do you think of my nephew's appearance?"
Kong Ni seemed to have come back to his senses: "It's not bad."
The potter was a little unhappy.
You are old and dim, you deserve to be beaten by Sun Jian, what do you mean by okay? He is very handsome, okay?
"My dear nephew, those three points you mentioned just now... I feel, a bit, a bit... what words should I use to describe them?"
The potter respectfully said: "A bit ridiculous, isn't it?"
Kong Ni didn't speak, but his flashing expression clearly said everything...approval!!
Tao Shang thought about it and patiently continued to explain to Kong Nie: "Uncle Shi, there are two purest things in human nature. Do you know what they are?"
Kong Min stroked his beard and replied with a smile: "Of course I know, one is called loyalty and the other is called righteousness."
The pottery merchant shook his head. It was so tiring to talk to such people. They were so stupid... As expected, there was still a generation gap of more than 1,800 years.
"Uncle Shi, what you said is wrong. There are two things in human nature: one is called greed and the other is called fear."
Kong Ni's face suddenly became confused: "What the hell?"
Playing the harp to a cow is another example of Mi Fang.
Too lazy to explain so much to Kong Ni, Tao Shang continued to explain: "In order to achieve the three points mentioned just now, we must arouse Sun Jian's greed. Once Sun Jian shows his greedy nature, then Yuan Shu's
You will feel fear in your bones!”
Kong Min couldn't hold it back anymore and couldn't help but patted the table and said: "Xiannephew, can you say something... that I can understand?"
"Okay, then I'll keep it simple." Tao Shang also felt that he couldn't break up with Kong Ni. At first, he just thought that the old man was a bit stupid, but now he realized that he used the wrong word...
It’s not that the word ‘stupid’ is used incorrectly, the wrong word is ‘stick a little bit’… it should be ‘stick a lot’.
"If you want to survive the current crisis, first of all, Uncle Shi must trust me unconditionally."
Kong Min patted his chest and said, "That's natural, we are allies!"
"Okay." The pottery merchant nodded and said, "First of all, Sun Jian asked us for 100,000 shi of food and grass. He got 50,000 shi, and Yuan Shu got 50,000 shi... Please ask Uncle Shi to get him 200,000 shi!"
Kong Ni's face suddenly fell.
"You said this outside the city, but I don't understand... Regarding the matter of asking for food and grass, either Sun Jian made things difficult for me, or Yuan Shu conspired with him to make things difficult for me... I also doubled down on them, isn't it?
Capitalizing on the enemy? Why would I do this?"
The potter stood up, looked around, walked to Kong Min, put his head in his ear, and whispered.
"A pack of wolves are waiting for you, and everything is at stake. Uncle Shi is trapping the wolf now! How can the wolf take the bait if he can't let go of his children?"
Kong Min: “…………”
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Three days later, Kong Ni's two hundred thousand stones of food and grass were delivered to Sun Jian's camp as promised.
On the top of Yangzhai City, watching the cartloads of grain being transported into Sun Jian's camp, Kong Min couldn't help but shed a few tears in his old eyes.
"Uncle Shi, are you feeling distressed?" Tao Shang stood behind him and asked with concern.
Kong Min sighed loudly: "I regret that I should not have been the governor of Yuzhou, and I regret that I should not have joined the alliance to fight against Dong!"
The pottery merchant was embarrassed to say directly, "If you don't become the governor of Yuzhou, these 100,000 stones of food and grass have nothing to do with you... If you don't join the alliance to challenge Dong, you might have been killed by Sun Jian a few months earlier."
But the man was heartbroken there, and Tao Shang was concerned about Kong Niao's mood at the moment, so he kept these words in his heart and didn't say them... These days, he talks too much... and hurts people.
At this moment, Mi Fang hurriedly rushed behind Tao Shang and whispered: "Sir, we have found out the person who leaked the news about Governor Kong's funding of our army to Sun Jian."
The last time Sun Jian told the potter that Kong Ni had sent food and weapons to the potter's face, the potter felt strange... How could Sun Jian know about this so quickly?
The potter turned his head and said, "Who?"
Mi Fang smiled sinisterly and said: "Wu Zhao!"
The pottery merchant was a little confused after hearing this: "Who is Wu Zhao?"
Mi Fang said anxiously: "Hey, you are quite forgetful! It's the Captain Wu who was beaten with dozens of military sticks by you before we sent out the troops! The one who claimed to be the captain of Cao Bao's personal order! You killed the chicken to scare the monkeys."
"Oh!" The pottery merchant suddenly said after hearing this: "As soon as you said that, I remembered it. It was the one I helped you use to establish your authority before we sent out troops..."
Mi Fang hurriedly waved her hand and said: "What do you mean by establishing prestige for me? I gave you the prestige... and you spent the money, but it's still mine!"
The pottery merchant chuckled lightly and patted Mi Fang on the shoulder: "Don't be so stingy! This time you found out the spy, which is your first achievement. I will go to my father later and promise to give you a high-ranking official position!"
Mi Fang snorted and muttered: "You are not even an official yourself, yet you are protecting me..."
After hearing this, the pottery merchant wanted to give him a kick... This kid is a white-eyed wolf who has not been raised well!
"By the way, what should I do about Lieutenant Wu? Do you want me to put him..." At this point, Mi Fang made a cutting gesture with her hands.
The potter shook his head and said: "Don't worry, keeping him may be useful in the future. Just pay more attention to him in the future... Don't worry, someone will deal with him for us in the future... Deal with our own people, not mine."
Style, I am a gentleman."
Mi Fang rolled her eyes at the pottery merchant, shook her head and sighed.
The pottery merchant turned to look at Kong Niao and asked: "Prince Kong, Yingchuan is a place with many famous families and private schools. Do you have any famous people under your command? The kind that are particularly influential?"
At this moment, Kong Ni had not yet recovered from the grief and anger of losing two hundred thousand stones of food and grass. He sobbed when he heard this and said, "What do you want to do?"
The pottery merchant said slowly: "I need a qualified person to be a lobbyist for Yuan Shu!"
Kong Ni raised his sleeves to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and sighed: "There is a person who is very suitable for..."
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In Sun Jian's camp outside the city, Kong Ni's envoy was reporting to Sun Jian the quantity of grain and carts.
Sun Jian listened expressionlessly and said to the envoy casually: "Go back and thank your Governor Kong on behalf of Sun."
After that, he ignored the messenger and turned around and walked into his handsome tent.
Behind Sun Jian, a group of trusted generals filed in.
Among them, Huang Gai had the most fiery and outspoken character. As soon as he entered the commander's tent, he rushed to Sun Jian and said: "Congratulations, general! Congratulations, general! Two hundred thousand stones of food and grass! That Kong Ni was really frightened by you, and he actually
Doing such a self-defeating thing! Haha, after marching into Luoyang this time, our army will no longer have to worry about food and grass in a few months."
Sun Jian snorted coldly and said: "Kong You, this guy, he did such a shameful thing just because he was scared... He really has no backbone. How can such a person be worthy of being the leader of a state?"
On the other side, Zu Mao, one of Sun Jian's four most powerful generals, said, "Who can say otherwise! If the general scolds or bluffs him tomorrow, I'm afraid he will have to surrender the entire Yangzhai City with both hands!"
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When he finished speaking, everyone in the tent laughed.
Only one person remained calm.
Cheng Pu suddenly asked: "My lord, how much grain and fodder should be sent to Yuan Shu?"
Sun Jian said unhurriedly: "I have made it clear to Yuan Shu before that I will ask for 50,000 stones of grain and grass from him when we arrive at Yingchuan, as a gift for him to settle in Nanyang County... Now that the matter has been completed, I will send someone to send 50,000 stones of grain and grass to Lu."
Yang, in order to support Mr. Yuan."
Cheng Pu frowned, feeling something was wrong in his heart.
"My lord, Kong Nian sent 200,000 dan of grain and fodder, but we only sent 50,000 dan to Yuan Shu. Isn't it a bit too..."
Sun Jian waved his hand and said: "The two hundred thousand stones of food and grass were sent by Kong Miao on his own initiative, and it was not Sun Mou who forced him to ask for it... Besides, our army has to go on an expedition and is in urgent need of food and fodder supplies! This time to conquer Dong Zhuo, the princes
In the middle, our army must be at the front! Every department must put our army at the forefront when it comes to carrying supplies! How could Mr. Yuan not understand this?"
Cheng Pu still felt something was wrong and wanted to speak again, but saw Sun Jian wave his hand and no longer wanted to listen.
Cheng Pu sighed secretly.
As a lord, he is good at everything...but he is a bit stubborn. Once he decides something by himself, he cannot listen to the advice of others.
This problem may not seem serious, but if something happens in the future, it can easily lead to a huge disaster... I hope that my worries are unfounded.
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Lushan, eighteen miles southwest of Luyang, is where Yuan Shu's army is currently stationed.
Yuan Shu arranged his troops and horses in a crisscross formation in Xuanwu and Crane Wing formations, with five battalions in front and seven strongholds on the back. The entire camp formed a ring to guard the main general's tent of the Chinese army.
Inside the handsome tent, there are four braziers with red coals burning inside.
A thin man wearing silver armor and a red brocade robe was sitting on the wooden collapse with his eyes closed and meditating. He looked extremely handsome. Although he was over middle age, he still looked personable and his skin was as well maintained as twenty years old.
She is as white and tender as a human being, even more so than a woman.
Due to the good maintenance and handsome appearance, it makes people feel a little pretentious, but today, no one will despise this person because of his handsome appearance.
The son of Sikong Yuan Feng, one of the three elders of the fourth generation and the third noble family, he holds the post of general under the rank of Jiuqing! These auras that ordinary people would never be able to acquire in a few lifetimes, Yuan Shu had all of them before he was forty...
During the Shi Changshi Rebellion, he was determined to burn down the Nine Dragon Gates of Nangong! Now he has the ambition to separatize Jiangnan!
Based on this, at least among the current people in the world, no one dares to underestimate Yuan Shu, not even Dong Zhuo.
At this time, Yuan Shu was leaning on the soft couch, his eyes slightly drowsy, as if he was dozing off, and in front of him stood a tall, middle-aged scribe, who was well rested and neither humble nor arrogant.
This person is the lobbyist sent by Kong Nian, and he has just entered Yuan Shu's commander's tent.
"Your Excellency, you are Kong Ni's envoy?"
After a while, Yuan Shu opened his eyes slightly. There seemed to be light in his eyes, which looked quite gloomy, like an eagle, which made people feel fearful.
"Yes." The messenger's voice was neither smooth nor slow, strong and powerful.
Yuan Shu raised his head to take a look at the envoy.
The moment he saw the envoy's face, Yuan Shu couldn't help but be stunned. This man... looked familiar?
The envoy straightened his clothes and saluted: "My Excellency, Xu Jing, has met General Yuan."
"Xu Jing?" Yuan Shu blinked and asked tentatively: "Which Xu Jing?"
The visitor was neither humble nor arrogant and said: "Xu Jing, the father-in-law of Runan, is now serving as a planner under the governor of Yuzhou, Kong Wan."
Yuan Shu straightened up slightly, looked up and down for a while, and then asked doubtfully: "Is it possible that the Duke is not Xu Shao from Runan, whom Xu Zi will follow as his brother? A minister who is famous for his criticism of the world's figures... Xu Wenxiu , Mr. Xu?”
Xu Jing bowed and saluted again, and said sternly: "General Yuan, there is no need to be so ashamed of me. I have resigned from the post of Minister of State for a long time."
"Oh!" Yuan Shu stood up in a hurry, put aside his arrogant look, bowed his hands and saluted: "In the past, when Duke Xu was in Luoyang, his skills were famous for a long time! It's a pity that when Duke Xu took office in Luoyang, Yuan Shu The person appointed was Yin from Henan, who was in charge of the 21 counties around Luoyang. He should not return to the capital! When Yuan returned to the capital and was appointed as the general of Huben Zhonglang, he encountered an incident between the party and the ten permanent servants. His status was embarrassing and it was inconvenient to interact with the ministers. We often interact with each other, and rarely move around the Chancellor's desk. I have admired Mr. Xu's name for a long time, but it is difficult to make friends with him! I am willing to meet Mr. Xu here today, and I am willing to try it."
When the pottery merchant persuaded Kong Ni to send 200,000 stones of grain and grass to Sun Jian, he also asked Kong Ni to send an envoy to see Yuan Shu, but at the same time he made some requirements for the identity of the envoy, which must be a wise man famous all over the world. And he is a nobleman with the ability to observe events!
This matter might have been difficult to do in other states, but Yingchuan was so handsome and wise that Kong Min weighed it over and over again, and finally weighed it out for Xu Zijiang's brother Xu Jing!