"Yuan Huan, the three brothers Zhang Fan, Liang Xi, Zhang Kai, and this guy called Jiang Gan... do you want these people?"
Yuan Shu was lying down in the high hall, looking at the name list in his hand.
"Please give me father's permission!"
Yuan Yao sat down and said with a smile.
"It's not difficult, not difficult! As long as you can convince these people to follow you, as a father, I have no objection in principle."
Yuan Shu threw the bamboo slip on the wooden table, picked up a peeled orange and put it in his mouth: "But son, it's time for you to share your father's worries!"
"What does father have to worry about?"
Yuan Yao threw two orange segments into his mouth and said nonchalantly.
Huainan oranges are very sweet and sour!
"After spring next year, my father wants to send troops to Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei's big-eared thief..."
Yuan Shu gritted his teeth as he spoke, "Hmph, after Tao Qian died, Xuzhou would be his father... We had already agreed with Tao Qian, just like when Han Fu gave up Jizhou to Yuan Shao, he After you die, give Xuzhou to me..."
"Besides me, who else has the qualifications to take over Xuzhou?"
"I don't know what kind of ecstasy the big-eared thief gave Mr. Tao Qian, or whether he had some shady dealings with the aristocratic families in Xuzhou behind his back. The huge Xuzhou was finally stolen by the big-eared thief..."
Yuan Yao listened with interest while peeling an orange in his hand.
Yuan Shu had an expression of unwillingness to express his displeasure. He stood up and clenched his fists hard and said:
"From the third year of Chuping to now, I have been waiting for three years, just waiting for an opportunity."
"I want to fight, not to prove that I am great, but to tell the world that I must get back what I have lost!"
Yuan Yao almost choked on the orange: "Dad, stop acting, stop acting!"
"Let's get down to business, let's get down to business! You are going to send troops to Xuzhou, what next?"
After Yuan Shu vented his frustration, he sat back on the bed.
Two good-looking maids were busy massaging Yuan Shu's chest and back one after another.
"Father, we are still short of 10,000 soldiers and 30,000 hu of grain and grass. Ask Huang Yi and the others to quickly transfer them from Yuzhang!"
The orange in Yuan Yao's mouth lost its sweetness instantly.
"Dad! My son is suffering!"
With a plop, Yuan Yao knelt on the ground and started selling miserably again.
Yuan Shu no longer wanted to do this, and snorted coldly: "Don't cry like you're crying!"
"I have given you and the civil and military officials under you so many official positions. Now I ask you to make some efforts, and just sit here and cry in poverty!"
"No matter what you say this time, you have to pay some troops, money and food."
Yuan Yao raised his left sleeve in front of his face, pointed an orange peel at his eyes with his right hand and squeezed it.
"My son is really suffering!"
Yuan Yao pounced on Yuan Shu and took a handful of oil from a graceful maid.
"Jiangxi is vast, sparsely populated, and has poor products. It is truly a barren land!"
"My son went there and suffered a lot, and even died there several times!"
The territory under the jurisdiction of Yuzhang County in the Eastern Han Dynasty was roughly equivalent to the territory of Gan Province in later generations. But Yuan Yao now divided Yuzhang into three. In order to better name the three counties of Yuzhang, Poyang and Luling, Yuan Yao invented the word "Jiangxi" five hundred years in advance.
The name "Jiangdong" has a long history, and "Jiangxi" is exactly opposite to it, so the name quickly became popular.
Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Yao who was crying with disgust, "If Jiangxi is really sparsely populated and poor in products as you said, how can it be divided into three parts?"
"Don't think your father is easy to fool!"
Yuan Yaoxin said that I didn’t ask you, an old man, to ask for soldiers or food. When will it be your turn to ask for this or that?
He said, "My father doesn't know something. There are many powerful clans and clans in Jiangxi, and there are many Shanyue tribes... If my son doesn't divide it into three parts and appoint more officials, how can it be easy to govern the place?"
Yuan Shu snorted: "You will find some compensation for yourself! But you said that Jiangxi has few people and little food, I really don't believe it!"
"Could it be that Liu Biao thought his Jingzhou was too wealthy and wanted to occupy Yuzhang to help the poor?"
"In order to rescue you, I sent Ji Ling to lead an army of 30,000 soldiers southward. This will cost a lot of military supplies and food!"
"There is no need to discuss this matter. At least three thousand elite soldiers, plus ten thousand grains!"
Yuan Yaoxin said that Ji Ling didn't have time to cross the river in the end, so I drove away the Jingzhou army. I shouldn't be blamed for this.
The effect of the orange peel juice wore off, and Yuan Yao couldn't cry anymore.
Seeing that Yuan Shu was really not easy to fool, Yuan Yao had no choice but to use his last resort!
Divert trouble to the east!
"Alas, Jiangxi is not Jiangdong!"
"Jiangxi is a land outside of China, but Jiangdong is the hometown of Wu and Yue. It has been cultivated for a long time and is a famous land of fish and rice."
"If my son now occupies Jiangdong, I don't need you to tell me, father. He will definitely donate troops and provide food."
"But my son now occupies Jiangxi!"
Seeing that Yuan Shu was thoughtful, Yuan Yao struck while the iron was hot: "I heard that when Sun Ce crossed the river, he promised you, my father, that after he crossed the river, he would transport 30,000 soldiers and countless supplies of food, grass and baggage for you... I don't know if this is true. ?”
Being reminded by Yuan Yao, Yuan Shu suddenly remembered, eh, why did he forget this?
With a sigh, Yuan Shu sat up in shock.
"This is indeed true!"
"But... what Sun Lang promised my father at that time was that after he captured Jiangdong, he would lead his entire army northward to help my father achieve great things."
Yuan Shu's face was filled with uncertainty: "Now he only occupies one Wu County, and it's not yet time to fulfill the contract..."
"Moreover, Yan Baihu and his like are still entrenched in Fuchun and other places. Xu Gong's old subordinate Xu Zhao has not yet surrendered. There is also Wang Lang of Kuaiji, which Sun Ce cannot definitely win..."
"Jiangdong has not yet been decided, and my father has already recalled Wu Jing, Sun Bi, Zhou Shang and other troops to Huainan in advance. It is not good to ask Sun Ce for money and food for soldiers and horses at this time..."
Yuan Yao was furious.
You even call him Sun Lang!
If you don’t want money and food for outsiders’ troops, just ask your own son if you want it!
Even now, why do you still regard Sun Ce as a kid who can't achieve anything?
He also said that I would make up for myself, and you go ahead and give Sun Ce a lot of help first.
Am I your biological son, or is Sun Ce your biological son?
Taking a deep breath, Yuan Yao tried to calm down.
Don't be angry. If you get sick, no one will take care of you. If I am so angry that no one will be happy...
Damn it, Yuan Shu, you are Shabi!
"Old Biden, you are a sabi!"
Yuan Yao cursed loudly.
Fortunately, Yuan Shu didn't understand and just looked at him with confusion.
"My son, what do you mean by this?"
Yuan Yao suppressed his anger: "Old Bideng... is a Yuzhang dialect. It means that father, you must climb Mount Tai to become a Zen monk when you are old. It's for old Bideng!"
Yuan Shu didn't believe it: "What does Shabi mean?"
Yuan Yao: "Ah, well, there is a great man in the West named Shakespeare, or Shabi for short. Your literary, military and political skills are comparable to Shakespeare, so I say you are Shabi!"
Yuan Shu seemed to believe it but not believe it: "Sha Shi Biya? Why is this name so weird? Is there really such a person?"
Yuan Yao quickly raised three fingers: "I would like to swear on my life that there is definitely Shakespeare, and he is definitely a great man in literature!"
"This oath is false, I hope it will be struck by thunder from heaven!"
Seeing Yuan Yao swearing a poisonous oath, Yuan Shu completely believed it.
Then he quickly covered Yuan Yao's mouth: "My son, please don't talk nonsense! There is a god three feet above your head!"
"I'm Old Bidden, I'm Shabi!"
"By God, I, old Biden, am Shabi!"
Yuan Shu prayed devoutly.
Yuan Yao breathed out a sigh of relief and finally felt a little more comfortable.
Then he came to Yuan Shu's side and said, "I have heard that Sun Ce is recruiting surrender and rebels in Jiangdong, and he already has 30,000 people under his command!"
"The people in Jiangdong all call him Sun Lang; and because of his bravery, they compare him to the former Overlord of Chu and call him the Little Overlord of Jiangdong!"
"Thirty thousand people? It's been less than a year, so fast?" Yuan Shu was a little uneasy.
"Where did you get this news? Why didn't my father know about it?"
"This is absolutely true!"
Yuan Yao once again raised three fingers and made an oath.
Yuan Shu held Yuan Yao's hand: "Father believes in you! Father believes in you!"
Although he was arrogant and arrogant, he never looked squarely at Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his sons, let alone regarded them as people of equal status who were equally qualified to compete for the world.
But when it comes to greed and extravagance, he, Yuan Gongli, ranks second, while no one in the world dares to say first!
How to take advantage of people who are inferior to him and how to extract benefits from them is Yuan Shu's strength!
After pacing in place for a few times, Yuan Shu had something to worry about.
"In the past, Xiang Yu led eight thousand soldiers from Jiangdong to the north and achieved the hegemony of destroying Qin!"
"This time to attack the Big Ear Bandits, we will first recruit 8,000 elite soldiers from Sun Ce!"
Yuan Yao said from the side: "Wu County is the richest in the world and is a land of plenty..."
Yuan Shu: "Well, I almost forgot. Let him transport another hundred thousand stones of grain and grass to Huainan."
"It just so happened that he sent someone here a few days ago to ask his father to ask the court for him to be named a general, inherit his father's title of Marquis Wucheng, and then recommend him as the governor of Wu County."
"If he refuses to comply, or if he bargains, if he is short of one soldier, one liter or one bucket of rice, there will be no need to discuss these matters!"
Yuan Yao smiled slyly.
One step closer to successfully forcing Sun Ce to rebel!
