Zhou Yu is Sun Ce's right-hand man, and he is also a member of the Zhou family in Lujiang. His status and resourcefulness are not ordinary people in the world, and most people can only look up to him.
If Sun Ce came to the south in person, the pottery merchants would think that he might be here for tourism and would not have any impact on them.
But now that Zhou Yu was here, the pottery merchant felt that he needed to think carefully about the matter.
Zhou Yu is not a mediocre person. If he comes here, he must have some agenda.
However, the southern land here is not fully developed in this era. The proportion of the Han population in the southern border is almost equal to that of Baiyue. What can Zhou Yu do here?
It is estimated that the people in the picture are still those from Baiyue.
After careful consideration, he found that what he could do was very limited. Basically, he probably wanted to gather these tribes in the southern part of the country and then borrow their power to expand his power.
After entering Huadang's Stone City Dazhai, Huadang immediately prepared wine and entertained the pottery merchant and the generals he brought with him.
The potter's two little maids, Qiaoyi and Qiaoyun, were waiting beside him in a sensible way.
The two beautiful little maids were particularly eye-catching, which attracted Hua Dang's attention.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Hua Dang smiled and asked, "Tao Taifu, these two girls behind you are so beautiful. Could they be your concubines?"
The potter shook his head and said: "Kah, don't get me wrong. These two are just Tao's personal maids. They are responsible for taking care of Tao's life when he goes on a tour. They are definitely not others."
Hua Dang smacked her mouth in envy and thought to herself, I didn’t say anything else.
He smacked his lips and said: "Oh wow hahaha! The master is so lucky to have such two beautiful maids to serve him. He is really blessed. I am so envious of you."
At such an old age, you still don’t admit defeat... are you still envious?
The pottery merchant said humbly: "They are just two ordinary maids. King Kao praised them so much... By the way, I wonder how many troops Zhou Yu brought with him when he went to Jiangdu to meet the leader of Jiangdu?"
Hua Dang stroked his white beard and said: "There are quite a few soldiers and horses accompanying him. They are all stationed at the border where Jiangdu Yue lives. It is said that there are more than ten thousand elites."
The pottery merchant sighed secretly, as expected.
He just had an idea and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to capture Zhou Yu back to Nanchang City. However, judging from the situation, Sun Ce attached great importance to Zhou Yu's safety, so it seemed that he would not be able to do something unethical.
However, even if the opponent is unprepared, he cannot take action easily at this juncture. After all, Sun Ce is nominally in his own alliance, helping him to suppress Liu Biao's power.
Yuan Shao in the north and the three Liu forces of the Jingzhou puppet dynasty are now their enemies. At this moment, it is definitely not a good idea to offend Sun Ce because of Zhou Yu.
Moreover, Emperor Liu Xi will ascend the throne next year. If he does these irresponsible things at this time, it will damage the reputation of the new emperor in the world. He will easily be used as a reason to attack by Jingzhou's political opponents. It feels like the gain is not worth the loss.
Since Zhou Yu himself cannot be attacked, he should find a way to stop his plan to support the Baiyue tribes, at least not to let him win over the Baiyue tribes under his nose.
Thinking of this, Tao Shang raised his head and drank the glass of wine: "Since the other two leaders of Hanyue are with Zhou Yu at the moment, Tao might as well join in the fun. I wonder if King Kao is willing to lead the way and do something for Tao?
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Kao didn't have any objections, but Tao Ying was a little panicked when he heard this.
"Brother, Zhou Yu is having a fierce fight with the two Hanyue leaders, let's just go over there... okay?"
Tao Shang smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "What's wrong? Don't forget that we and Sun Ce are allies. Since we are allies, we are all here, how can we not meet each other?"
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On the second day, the pottery merchant and other leaders, led by Hua Dang, went to the location of the Yue tribe in Jiangdu.
Since Tao Shang was a leader in the southeast and had a great reputation, he visited in person. King Jiangdu Yue and King Fulou Yue, who also came to visit, naturally had to pay attention to it.
They immediately went to a place hundreds of miles away to meet the potter.
The name of the Yue King of Jiangdu was Gou Yi, and the name of Fulou Yue King was Baili Shang. After meeting the pottery merchant, they were both very polite, greeted each other, and expressed their willingness to submit to the new dynasty that the young master who was assisted by the pottery merchant was about to establish.
After the pottery merchant expressed his condolences to the two Baiyue leaders and expressed his greetings, his eyes immediately turned to the other person next to them.
Not far from the two Yue kings, stood a handsome man, as handsome as the sun, so handsome that it was almost impossible to open his eyes.
Although Tao Shang had never met Zhou Yu directly, he still recognized him at a glance.
Looking at the world, there are really not many men who are so handsome, so handsome that the pottery merchant himself feels ashamed.
"The last general, Zhou Yu, pays homage to the Grand Tutor." Zhou Yu smiled and saluted the pottery merchant.
He was extremely confident in his heart, after all, his master Sun Ce was now an ally of the pottery merchant, and the pottery merchant was about to become emperor, even though he was not happy about the fact that he went south to meet with the Baiyue tribes on behalf of Sun Ce.
No matter how powerful the pottery merchant was, he would not dare to do anything to him because he was afraid of the situation.
I have to say that Zhou Yu's bet was half right.
The potter did not dare to do anything to him openly.
"I've heard about Gong Jin for a long time, and when I saw him today, he is indeed a hero among men. Especially his appearance. He is exactly as rumored. He is incomparable... He is so handsome."
Zhou Yu said continuously: "I don't dare, I don't dare. The master is so complimentary."
The pottery merchant continued to ask him: "If Gong Jin doesn't follow your family, Sun Lang, to lead the army in Lujiang, what is he doing here in the south? Come to collect news?"
Zhou Yu was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "On the order of Brother Bofu, I came to the southern border to patrol. I have no other intention."
Tao Shang secretly said that although I lent some cities in Yuzhang County to you back then, they were only for you to use to strengthen your own. When Lu Bu and Sun Ce asked me to borrow the cities, they also said that they were so that they could infiltrate their troops through Ganzhou.
To the land of Nanhai County and Cangwu County!
But I never asked them to unite with Baiyue.
Zhou Yu's behavior was overstepping his bounds, and he had to use some means for him this time.
Let our Governor of Zhou Dynasty remember a little.
"So that's the case, that's fine! With good intentions, it's really difficult for Bo Fu and Gong Jin... When Tao met Gong Jin today, he really responded to the words "hero of the world". It should really come to light, we
How about we borrow King Gou's palace today and have a good drink with him?"
The three Yue kings of Hanyue all agreed.
As a result, a group of people immediately entered Jiangdu Yuebu, and under Gou Yi's reception, they held a banquet in the tent and shouted to each other.
At the banquet, the pottery merchant did not hold his own, but frequently toasted and praised Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu was quite surprised by the potter's performance.
I came over to dig him out, but he wasn't angry?
If the potter is not just pretending, then he has a very broad mind, which is different from others.
While he was thinking about it secretly, he suddenly saw the pottery merchant toasting Zhou Yu from a distance. Zhou Yu did not dare to neglect and hurriedly raised his hat in return.
"Gong Jin is a great talent in the world, and Tao admires him very much. Now that Tao is protecting the emperor, and the imperial court is newly established in Nanchang, there is a lack of outstanding talents like Gong Jin! I wonder if Gong Jin is willing to be called up by the imperial court to assist the imperial court.
Son of Heaven, Tao is willing to take the position of General of Chariots and Cavalry, treat him as a teacher, and listen to his teachings."
Everyone, including Tao Ying, was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that Tao Shang treated Zhou Yu so kindly. It seemed that Zhou Yu was really a talent.