What Zhuge Liang was referring to in his words was naturally that Cao Cao and Tao Shang sent women from various ethnic groups to Liu Xie's palace in order to gain the status of a relative.
In the eyes of outsiders, this move may be just a small move by two princes to please the emperor.
But how can a wise man and a person in the game not know the secret of this?
After Zhuge Liang finished speaking to Xun You, he suddenly turned to Cao Cao, bowed deeply and said: "Sikong offered three women to the emperor, either to gain the status of a relative to fight against Yuan Shao, or Sikong was just a flatterer who used women to rise to power.
The villain... with his great talent as Sikong, I’m sure he wouldn’t do such a vulgar thing, right?”
Zhuge Liang's words were sharp, and with a few words, he blocked Xun You and Cao Cao's retreat.
Cao Cao laughed loudly after hearing this.
Xun You also sighed: "Young man, he's pretty good."
Cheng Yu stood up and said to Zhuge Liang: "Boy, what you said is true. Now Yuan Shao is indeed the enemy of our family! Cheng admits this!"
Zhuge Liang was stunned after hearing this.
This old guy speaks upright, but his tone is serious, and I don't know what kind of trick he is playing.
Zhuge Liang cautiously raised his hand to Cheng Yu and said, "Of course, what this gentleman said is very true..."
Cheng Yu stretched out his hand and directly blocked Zhuge Liang's words, saying: "That said, after all, it was you Xuzhou who first proposed the alliance. Do you still need to get some of the benefits?"
Zhuge Liang suddenly realized.
This old man is also here with bad intentions!
He asked Cheng Yu: "May I ask, Sir, in your opinion, what benefits should I, Xuzhou, get from Sikong Tongbing?"
Cheng Yu sneered and said: "At least a few counties must be taken out."
Before Zhuge Liang could object, Lu Su stood up with a smile.
"How many counties? It's easy to say! Not to mention how many counties, if you give one county to Cao Sikong, what's the difficulty?"
Cheng Yu was stunned after hearing this.
Is there something wrong with the messenger Lu Su’s head?
Let a county come out, and the pottery merchant will chop him alive!
Liu Ye, who was standing aside, raised his eyebrows and said, "May I ask which county Tao Taifu wants to let out?"
Lu Su said slowly: "The Langya Kingdom and Taishan County of your army are close to each other. The Taifu wants to give up the entire Langya Kingdom to show his sincerity. I wonder what Cao Sikong thinks?"
Dong Zhao stood up on the side and said dissatisfiedly: "What Lu Jun said is not very pleasant to hear. Langya country is adjacent to Qingzhou in the north. If our army is stationed there, wouldn't it mean that Xuzhou blocks Yuan Shao's attack for you? This kind of thing
Who can make a loss-making transaction? The alliance needs to be sincere!"
Lu Su chuckled and said: "The county has been ceded, is it possible that we still have to let the princes pick the place? Then where is the sincerity of the princes? How about I just tell Taifu Ming and give up Pengcheng to Sikong!"
Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this: "This can be done!"
Lu Su said seriously: "I dare to ask Sikong, if Sikong makes an alliance with someone else the next day, and the other party asks you to give up Xuchang, will you let it go or not? We sincerely come to ask for an alliance. If Sikong agrees, we will agree, and if he doesn't, we will agree.
If you don't allow it, why do you do this to make things difficult for us? You are so ungrateful!"
Everyone looked at Lu Su and looked like a good guy with a smile. They thought he was a good old guy, but they didn't expect him to be so troublesome. Compared to Zhuge Liang, he was not willing to give in.
Cao Cao secretly sighed in his heart: Zhuge Liang, Lu Su... When did Tao Shang have such two figures under his command? I don't know how talented he is, but his talk and courage alone are beyond the reach of ordinary people. The boy named Tao
It's quite a win.
Most of the people in the venue had already spoken, but Jia Xu lowered his head and remained silent.
Zhuge Liang's eyes fell on Jia Xu unconsciously.
Although this fifty-year-old man never spoke, Zhuge Liang could see and feel that he was by no means an ordinary person.
Perhaps the most difficult person to deal with is him.
Jia Xu seemed to have noticed Zhuge Liang's gaze, and slowly raised his head, their eyes slightly colliding in the air.
Cao Cao also followed Zhuge Liang's gaze and looked at Jia Xu, saying, "Wen He, what do you think?"
Jia Xu's expression remained unchanged, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and he said: "Since we want to be allies, please lend us some grain, and then some grain seeds."
Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up.
Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains has experienced repeated changes, and the fields have been destroyed and become barren.
The southeastern land has been prosperous in recent years, especially for growing grain and harvesting, which is like divine help. However, grain and grass have always been a big problem that is difficult to solve for Cao Cao.
Just take advantage of this opportunity to solve it.
Lu Su and Zhuge Liang looked at each other worriedly.
This old man who has always been quiet and silent is indeed more powerful than the others.
Hit the nail on the head!
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction. Just as he was about to ask the two envoys questions, he suddenly thought of something.
He called the guards over to get a pen and inkstone, and then began to write on a roll of slips, then rolled it into a circle, sealed it and gave it to Lu Su.
"Take this back to the pottery merchant and tell him that it contains Cao Mou's three requirements. I will not make it difficult for him. If he can satisfy Cao Mou, I will help him deal with Yuan Shao. If he cannot, everyone will settle down.
It’s destiny.”
Lu Su held the scroll and felt heavy.
…
The two envoys returned to Pengcheng and recounted their mission to the pottery merchant.
The pottery merchant took the slip written by Cao Cao and saw that it indeed listed three requirements.
The first is grain, grass and rice seeds, and the second is that we want to send people to Jiangnan to observe and learn about reclamation.
In some respects, these two points were acts of capitalizing on the enemy, but the pottery merchant agreed after thinking about it.
First of all, even if you don't give Cao Cao these things, Cao Cao will get them through secret means sooner or later.
There are so many rice seeds in the south of the Yangtze River, why can’t we get back half a truckload of them?
Technology is simpler. It is also feasible to send people to hijack a few local veteran farmers and experts, but it will require more twists and turns.
In this era, there is no such strict technical confidentiality work. It is impossible for pottery merchants to strictly guard against it.
Since I knew that these skills would be stolen by Cao Cao sooner or later, I just went along with the flow and did a favor to Cao Cao, but I had to ask him to send troops before I could cash it in. This way, I would kill two birds with one stone, and no one would suffer a loss.
But the third thing did not surprise the potter.
But on the slip, Cao Cao wrote four bright big characters.
"I want the second bridge."
Zhuge Liang touched his chin, stood beside the pottery merchant, and said, "Teacher, what is the second bridge?"
The potter smiled bitterly and said: "It's not an object, it's two people."
"Two people? Could it be that they are Xuzhou's current geniuses?"
Tao Shang shook his head and sighed: "They are not geniuses of the world, but two women. And these two are not in Xuzhou, but in Jiangnan."
"Two women?"
Zhuge Liang was obviously still a novice in this regard, and said directly: "What does Cao Cao want two women for?"
The potter gave Zhuge Liang a sad look.
He can't even understand such a simple truth. It seems that his apprentice is somewhat partial in knowledge... Of course the old guy wants these two people:
"ri" the pottery man said heavily.
Zhuge Liang was even more confused after hearing this.
Tao Shang didn't talk nonsense to him and said: "Kong Ming, please help me quickly inform Guo Jia and ask him to send spies from the school affairs office to help him find out where Qiao Xuan is currently living in seclusion."
Zhuge Liang said "Oh" as if he didn't understand, and then went about his business.
Before he could take two steps, he heard Tao Shang suddenly say: "There is one more thing. Starting from tomorrow, your teacher will add a biology class to your homework... Even Cao Cao asked two women to do it."
You don’t know what to do, you are really... a piece of rotten wood that cannot be carved!"