Zhao Wen also wanted to know if Sun Ce would keep him, but he was not easy to ask about such things, and in fact he didn't have the chance to ask. Sun Ce was very busy and visited relatives and friends in the first lunar month, and there were countless people who came to visit him, and he had no time to spare.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Sun Ce set off and returned to Taihu Lake. Sun Jian stayed in Fuchun and had to stay for a while. Zhao Wen followed Sun Ce and the two finally had the opportunity to meet alone. Just as Zhao Wen was confidently trying to negotiate with Sun Ce, Sun Ce closed the door and thanked the guests, saying that he had been drinking too much these days and was a little tired and had to rest for a few days, so he asked Zhao Wen to wait.

He was rejected for two consecutive requests, and Zhao Wen understood that he had come, and Sun Ce didn't want to talk to him directly.

After understanding this, Zhao Wen felt very sad and locked himself in the cabin for two days without going out.

Two days later, he knocked on Guo Jia's hatch door.

Guo Jia stood up to greet him, as if he had made an appointment, and greeted Zhao Wen to the window in the cabin and sat opposite him. The table was neatly tidied, with a hollow incense burner, a book, and a feather fan. Next to it was a red mud tea stove with a pot on it, with red flames and tea fragrance everywhere.

"Mr. Zhao, you are from Shu, you should drink tea often, right?" Guo Jia enthusiastically invited Zhao Wen to take his seat, never mentioning the events of these days.

Zhao Wen smelled the fragrance of tea, and his almost silent mood became a little more active. He sat down before the desk. Guo Jia poured two cups of tea himself and gently pushed one of them in front of Zhao Wen. Zhao Wen picked up the tea cup and did not rush to drink it, but placed it in front of him and sniffed it.

"I've been careful in the sacrificial ceremony, thank you."

Guo Jia smiled. "Wu does not produce tea. Most of these teas are from Jingzhou and Yizhou. I am not very familiar with the tea ceremony. I can only cook a pot. If it doesn't suit the taste, please ask Mr. Zhao to take care of it."

Zhao Wen showed a little reluctant smile. After two days of self-examination, he already knew a little about Sun Ce and Guo Jia’s style of work. He was as thoughtful as the small things, but he was not allowed to give in. Guo Jia specially cooked tea from his hometown to treat him, which was both a way of respecting him, the elder, and a kind of attacking heart. If he felt that the negotiations could go smoothly, it would be too naive.

Zhao Wen took two sips of tea and praised. "It is very rare to be able to cook such good tea by busy military service, and he has a lot of fun every day. This tea already has a bit of the taste of Shu tea, but the ginger taste is a bit heavier. However, the cold in winter is heavy, and more ginger can also help eliminate cold. Some people in Shu like heavy ginger."

Guo Jia stroking his palm and laughed. "When Mr. Zhao heard that he was a person in the tea ceremony, and he was not as good as Gianneng. Jia was not talented, so he dared to ask Mr. Zhao for tea ceremony."

Zhao Wen did not refuse. It was reasonable to chat before the negotiations. At least, lay the foundation for the emotions. It would be vulgar when you open your mouth. It was easy to fall into a passive and exposed the bottom line. He was from Shu, and drinking tea was a habit. He also had tea mountains at home. He knew about tea planting, picking and cooking until cooking. So he chatted with Guo Jia and unknowingly said that there were good tea in Yizhou, where is there any tea master, and what characteristics of which kind of tea has.

Guo Jia listened very seriously and asked a question from time to time. Zhao Wen thought it was a chat, but it was a rare opportunity for him. Sun Ce wanted to promote tea cultivation in Jingzhou and Jiangnan in Yangzhou. After investigation, he found out that there were some teas in Jingnan, but the quantity was not large. There were almost no real tea producing areas in Yangzhou. More than 90% of the tea in the entire Han Dynasty were produced in Yizhou.

In other words, the grand occasion of tea everywhere in Jiangnan has not yet arrived. Sun Ce has sent people to Shu to find tea seeds, learn how to grow tea and make tea. However, in order to avoid attracting Cao āo's attention, these were not made public and quietly carried out. Zhao Wen is a native of Shu. He has the habit of drinking tea and has an industry at home. He knows tea well, so he took the opportunity to inquire.

The two of them spoke in an opportunistic manner, and the atmosphere became warm. Zhao Wen calmly led the topic to Sun Ce. Guo Jia understood it, picked up the teapot, added tea to Zhao Wen, and smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, what do you think of the appearance of General Sun's concubines? Can they compare to the eldest princess?"

Zhao Wen pondered for a moment, feeling that it was not easy to answer. How he looked was on the surface. If he said too exaggeratedly and Sun Ce had too high expectations, he would be disappointed when he saw the eldest princess like this in the future. If he told the truth, although the eldest princess was not bad, she might not be able to surpass Sun Ce’s concubines, especially Feng Wan and Zhen Mi, who were considered a national beauty. Looking at the world, not many people could surpass them.

"I have seen the eldest princess and thought she was both virtuous and beautiful, but I was old and my vision may not be the same as General Sun."

"Haha, that's true." Guo Jia put down the teacup and said in a pun: "Mr. Zhao is nearly 60 years old, and he is even older than the general of the chariot and cavalry, and he is even more different from us young boys."

Zhao Wen's heart moved and asked with the flow: "Sacrifice, I also want to ask for something, I wonder if it's okay?"

"I dare not, Mr. Zhao please tell me."

"The court wants to entrust the five states of Guandong to General Sun, but I don't know which General Sun was? Although General Zhenbei is a talented man, General Cheqi is in his prime, so it would be too early to let the wise man out of this?"

Guo Jia smiled slightly. "Mr. Zhao, do you think General Cheqi is a person who loves the house?"

Zhao Wen smiled without saying a word, but just smiled a little reluctantly.

"Although General Cheqi is a martial artist and does not read much poetry and books, the father and son are naturally in love. If a son is born, he is happy and happy. How can he feel suppressed? Moreover, General Cheqi is on the battlefield and not in the court, so he has decided to send troops to Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion for the court."

"Send troops to Jiaozhou?" Zhao Wen was shocked and a little anxious. "Jiaozhou is still, where can there be rebels? The governor is the son of Zhu, the former leader of General Cheqi and Cavalry. How could he..."

Guo Jia raised his hand and interrupted Zhao Wen. "Duke Zhao, we received the news a few years ago that Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, was killed by the rebels, and Jiaozhou was already in danger. To be honest, we also found this strange thing. The timing was too coincidental. Someone seemed to have tampered with it. Did Mr. Zhao hear any news when he was in Chang'an?"

Zhao Wen stared at Guo Jia for a long time, skeptical. "Didn't you say... something happened in Youzhou? Why did it become Jiaozhou again?"

"What happened in Youzhou, and something happened in Jiaozhou, too."

"really?"

Guo Jia didn't say anything, turned around and took out two secret reports and pushed them in front of Zhao Wen. Zhao Wen felt a little panicked when he saw the two secret reports. He picked them up and opened them. The messages were from Jiaozhou. The messages were very simple, just a few words. The Yi soldiers of Jiaozhou rebelled **, Zhu Fu led his troops to suppress the rebellion, but he was killed when he was attacked. Zhao Wen's heart beat faster, his face turned red and white, and even his fingers were trembling. He tried to calm down, picked up another secret report, opened them, and immediately felt that Venus was rising in front of him, and cold sweat was pouring on him.

An accident occurred at the same time, one in the south and one in the north. Is this a sign of God's abandonment of the Han Dynasty? Especially Youzhou, Liu He and Gongsun Zan died together, and the Youzhou family suffered heavy losses. Who can stop Yuan Tan from embezzling Youzhou? In this way, not only did Yuan Tan lose his chance to bow his head, but the court lost another place to give out elite troops, like a broken arm, but also the arm that symbolizes force. What else can you use to compete with Sun Ce?

Zhao Wen blamed himself. Sun Ce had known such important news before the New Year, but he did not know until now because of his momentum. He delayed it for half a month. He didn't know whether the court received the news now and how he would deal with it. However, one thing is certain that the court was unable to take care of Jiaozhou at all, and could not stop Sun Jian from going to Jiaozhou. Sun Jian had been on the battlefield for a long time and had Sun Ce as his backing, so it was much easier to seize Jiaozhou. All he lacked was one: the imperial edict from the court. Guo Jia mentioned this matter specifically. Could it be that Jiaozhou was also included in Sun Ce's control?

Zhao Wen had a little brain, and he didn't dare to express his opinion easily, so he could only drink tea one cup after another. Guo Jia was not in a hurry, and diligently added tea to Zhao Wen. Zhao Wen had drunk too much, and was a little anxious. Guo Jia opened the cabin door and signaled Zhao Fan, who was standing outside the door, to help Zhao Wen go to the toilet. Zhao Wen untied his hands, sat in the cabin for a long time before slowly calming down, and repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and then returned to Guo Jia.

"I originally talked about five prefectures, but now I have added another Jiaozhou, which is really not something I can decide. I can report to the court, but before that, I want to know General Sun's conditions."

Guo Jia was prepared and pushed the newly poured tea to Zhao Wen. "Duke Zhao, we just said that each generation has its own ideas. This is human nature, even if father and son are inevitable. Gentlemen are harmonious and different, so you can seek common ground while reserving differences. There is no need to kill corpses everywhere and blood flows into a river. General Cheqi was grateful to the former emperor for his kindness and was willing to end this life with a Han minister. General Zhenbei understood his father's heart, so he wanted to ask the court to issue an edict to entrust Jiaozhou. If the court is willing to be a jade, General Sun would like to repay his kindness and help the court pacify Liangzhou."

"Put Liangzhou?" Zhao Wen hesitated. "Is General Sun going to send troops to Liangzhou?"

Guo Jia smiled. "Mr. Zhao doesn't need to think too much. You just need to repay the court. The court will understand at a glance."

Zhao Wen was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't ask again. "What else?"

"Mr. Zhao also saw that General Sun was not short of beauties around him. The reason why he accepted the engagement of the eldest princess was just to give the court a little decent and follow the story of Yao and Shun. Don't let the Liu family be unable to eat blood and save the people from the suffering of war. To be honest, this was caused by the request of Mr. Yang and his son, and it was not General Sun's original intention, but General Sun accepted the advice and accepted this suggestion, so he married the court. If the court thought that General Sun could not control his strength and could only retreat to the next best, then it would be a big mistake, which would be a mistake, misleading others and self-inflicting."

Zhao Wen frowned. Even if he reacted slowly, he could understand the threat in Guo Jia's words. However, he was not allowed to admit that marriage had limited significance to Sun Ce and was more important to the court. Sun Ce was willing to help the court pacify Liangzhou. What does this sentence mean?

"Seeing the intention of sacrificing wine, has General Sun decided?"

"Of course." Guo Jia nodded.

"Can you please make a clear statement?"

Guo Jia turned around and took out a page of paper, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Zhao Wen. Zhao Wen did not answer, but just glanced at it, and then he couldn't help but twitch the eyebrows. Guo Jia didn't look at him, lowered his head, blew the tea foam, and took a sip.
Chapter completed!