In late June, Sun Ce set off and left Wuxian and headed north by sea. Mi Fang and Chen Jiao led the central navy to escort. There were more than 30,000 infantry and cavalry, and nearly a thousand ships of all sizes. They were magnificent, riding the wind and waves, with a magnificent momentum.

Sun Quan finally fulfilled his wish. After the assessment, he served as the commander of a thousand people, and did not have to start with an ordinary soldier. The lieutenant may have his own direct guard. In order to ensure his safety, Empress Dowager Wu paid his own money to recruit 100 Danyang elite soldiers to cooperate with the best military equipment to protect Sun Quan in person. In order to make these people do their best, they also placed their families, solved their worries, and also took them as hostages.

In order to serve Sun Quan's daily life, Empress Dowager Wu quietly arranged two women who were well-versed in martial arts. Although Sun Quan's reputation was not very good, there were still people who were willing to marry the Sun family. Moreover, Empress Dowager Wu came forward to arrange and was willing to be a concubine.

Sun Ce knew these situations clearly, but he didn't say anything. He had already said everything he should say. Since Sun Quan was determined to make contributions, let him fight and make a breakthrough by himself. It depends on his own luck. If he died in battle, his mother could not blame him.

Sometimes Sun Ce even thought that perhaps Sun Quan's death in battle would be the best result.

It was smooth sailing and nothing happened. There was only one episode in the middle. Huang Yueying was in labor and was in great pain. She almost lost her life. At the critical moment, Cai Jue took the risk of using mandala flowers to soak in wine as an anesthetic agent to relieve Huang Yueying's pain and successfully gave birth to two healthy babies. Cai Jue had seen this kind of flower in the "Qingnan Jing" written by Hua Tuo. He knew it had anesthetic effect, but it was the first time she used it herself. She was not sure whether it could be done. Huang Yueying was in danger, but she was sick because of excessive tension.

But all this is worth it, especially looking at the two lively and cute children. According to the prior agreement, one of them had to be named Huang, inherited Huang Chengyan's title and make up for Cai Jue's regret. But when the matter was about to come, she hesitated again and felt that it was unfair to this child. If she did not change her surname, as Sun Ce's son, even if she was a concubine's son, her future prospects would be better than Huang's surname.

When Sun Ce learned about Cai Jue’s knot, he thought of a solution: except for the title, other treatments such as fiefs, the two children remain the same and are treated differently. Cai Jue was overjoyed and secretly said to Huang Yueying, you are still interested and found a considerate husband. With this sentence, even if my mother dies, she will have no regrets.

In mid-July, Sun Ce arrived at Lianyungang. Guo Jia and the central army came to meet and met Liu Ye. He had received Liu Ye's inquiry report and expressed his approval of Sun Ce's assessment. After the two met, they talked once and felt sorry for each other.

Sun Shangxiang and Sun Quan also met. Sun Shangxiang had no grudges. He was still as happy as before when he saw Sun Quan. The second brother and the second brother kept calling him, but Sun Quan felt a little ashamed. The eighteen-year-old Sun Yi was in Jingzhou, and the fourteen-year-old Sun Shangxiang was also entrusted by Sun Ce with an important task and was in charge of Yuzhou. However, he was far away from him. Even a captain was shameless and felt that he had no face in front of Sun Shangxiang. After contacting him twice, Sun Shangxiang also felt bored and told Sun Ce that Sun Quan had gone to Jiaozhou. He had not grown much, but his mind became deeper and deeper, making people unable to see through it. He returned to Runan in a bad mood.

In early August, Sun Ce bypassed Qingzhou and arrived in Donglai, where he met Taishici.

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Yecheng.

Yuan Tan leaned on the table, rubbing the handrail with his thin fingers, his eyes were deep and bloodshot, tired and desperate. He sat opposite Jiang Gan, and there was a case between them, with the letters he had just received on it.

The letter was written by Mrs. Yuan. It was very long and wrote a large article, moving it with emotion and reason, but the theme was very clear: Yuan Yao was going to be the king in the future, so don’t think about it. The army of King Wu is coming. If you surrender early, you may be able to be a marquis, otherwise you will be burned and regret it too late.

"Jiang Dianke, is this what the King of Wu meant?"

Jiang Gan smiled faintly. "This is a family matter for Yuan. The King of Wu also wants to listen to Mrs. Yuan's opinions and give Mrs. Yuan a three-point disrespect."

Yuan Tan was amused and crying. "If you don't give face, is it impossible to even be a marquis?"

Jiang Gan smiled without saying a word, shook the fan slowly, and said with emotion: "Although this Yecheng is in Hebei, it is still very hot in summer. Fortunately, autumn is coming soon and it will be cold in a few days."

Yuan Tan could not help laughing and scolding, slapped the handrails hard, and sighed. "The dragon lost water and the tiger fell into the sun, I know now. Jiang Ziyi, don't be too proud too early. I forced me to be impatient, so I simply surrendered to the big-eared thief and bit you. Let's not talk about anything else, I will chop you up, a sharp-mouthed thief first."

Jiang Gan shook his head, the clouds were calm and gentle. "With the wisdom of the king, this will never come up with the worst."

Yuan Tan hummed twice, unwilling to give up, but he had no choice. Less than two months after the war with Liu Bei, Jizhou has been completely lost. Now there are only two cities of Yecheng and Handan. Liu Bei and Guan Yu are outside the city, siegeing the city day and night. It is hard to say when he can defend. He has no bargaining chips in his hand, so naturally he has no qualifications to offer and can only be at the mercy of others.

King Wei could not keep it, and he didn't know what kind of marquis could be named. Thinking of his father Yuan Shao's last words before his death, he felt very uncomfortable. Sun Ce would soon realize all the last words of his uncle Yuan Shu. However, he could not realize any of the last words left by his father. How should he face them in the future? If he had known this, he would not have fought for the throne at the beginning, so Yuan Xi would have taken over.

Yuan Tan was full of thoughts and pondered for a while. "What are the conditions of the King of Wu? What kind of marquises and how many households are they appointed?"

Jiang Gan put away his folding fan and pointed the place. "Yehou, you can enclose any household in the city." He grinned and said, "Of course, the premise is that you must be able to defend Yecheng. If you lose it, there will be nothing."

Yuan Tan's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. "Handan is still in my control. With Zhang Yi guarding the city, Guan Yu cannot succeed."

"King, you can't just focus on yourself. You have to leave some opportunities for your civil and military officials, right? Eating alone is not a good habit." Jiang Gan teased. He knew that Yuan Tan had already admitted defeat, and the hard work of more than half a year finally came to a result. Although it was quite far from what he expected, the result was not bad at all, and it could even be said to be more ideal. If Yuan Tan had agreed to surrender at the beginning, it would be more than just a marquis of Ye. Now that Yuan Tan is betrayal of his relatives and has no ability to be qualified, he can only listen to others' rewards. Even if this marquis of Ye, it would have to be determined whether he has the ability to defend it.

In fact, if it weren't for the hope that Yuan Tan would hold Liu Bei back for a longer time, even the Marquis of Ye would not give him the case.

Yuan Tan was also amused and crying. This is the right of the winner, and he used the spoils to win people's hearts. However, Sun Ce attaches so much importance to his civil and military affairs. Whether it is Tian Feng, Ju Su, or Zhang He, they are all rare talents. They just follow the wrong person and can serve Sun Ce in the future and show his talents, it will be worth the vain of his life.

Yuan Tan did not hesitate too much, accepted the conditions and summoned Tian Feng and Ju Su to discuss matters. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, he did not notify Guo Tu as soon as possible.

Yuan Tan was very earnest. First, he expressed his gratitude for their support for so many years, and then expressed his attitude. The situation was so useless that it was better to submit to the King of Wu earlier, and then everyone was determined to defend Yecheng and Handan. Although Liu Bei was so powerful that he almost took Jizhou, he was by no means the opponent of the King of Wu. As soon as the King of Wu arrived, all this was just a passing cloud.

Tian Feng and Ju Su also knew the situation in front of him. Seeing Jiang Gan present, he already understood most of the time. After hearing Yuan Tan's words, he was sad and didn't say much, but was relatively silent. Jiang Gan stood up, took two wooden boxes from his servants, and placed them in front of Tian Ju and the others.

"Tian Xiang, Ju Jijiu, this is the intention of the King of Wu."

Tian Feng and Ju Su looked at each other and were both surprised. Not to mention that there was no need for Sun Ce to give them gifts, even if they gave them, they would not have been able to show them in front of Yuan Tan. Tian Feng first reached out and opened the wooden box.

In the wooden box is a book with a few words written on it: Summary of the Five-Year Plan.

Tian Feng was very surprised and curious. As the prime minister of Wei, he was responsible for the comprehensive coordination of Wei. He knew the importance of the economy and was envious of the power of Wu. He had always wanted to figure out how it was implemented. Now the summary report of Wu's five-year plan is right in front of him, waiting for him to discover it.

Ju Su saw it aside and was very curious, so he opened the wooden box in front of him. The wooden box was also a summary of the five-year plan. Ju Su and Tian Feng exchanged glances and understood what Sun Ce meant.

Tian Feng pondered for a moment and stroked his beard. "A gentleman is open and honest, and the King of Wu is admirable."

Jiang Gan said, "The King of Wu once said: Treat gentlemen with the way of a gentleman, and treat villains with the way of a villain. Both of them are gentlemen respected by the King of Wu. They can rule the world with the two, and have the honor of three lives. When fighting against the enemy and us, it is inevitable that rumors will be slandered. Now that we are going to work together, we should naturally be honest. After five years of gains and losses, we will discuss with you, and we also ask you to give more opinions in order to go further."

He smiled and said, "There is one more thing, I hope you two can tell me about it."

"What's up?"

"Both are wise men today. I believe that they have known what the world belongs to, and the reasons why the negotiations have been unresolved for a long time and have been delayed to this day. In order to show sincerity, the King of Wu was willing to promise to you that five years will be limited to five years. After the implementation of the new policy in Jizhou for five years, if any one abides by the law and actively cooperates, the industry will not be as good as today. All the differences can be made up by the King of Wu."

Tian Feng was surprised. "The King of Wu is so confident?"

Ju Su nodded in agreement and looked at Jiang Gan with bright eyes. The reason why the Jizhou family refused to surrender was that they were worried about industrial losses. If Sun Ce really had such confidence, there would be fewer people who opposed it.
Chapter completed!