"You mean, Sun Ce agreed to all the conditions?"
Looking at the memorial sent by Sun Ce, Yuan Yao couldn't believe it.
"Not only that, I also asked Sun Ce for an additional five million yuan! Hehe!"
Li Ye stood at the bottom with a flattering look on his face.
Yuan Yao's eyes widened: "He also agreed?"
"Under the impassioned speeches made by his ministers, Sun Ce burst into tears immediately. In order to repay the lord for his great kindness, he all agreed!"
"We have sent Zhang Hong as the chief envoy and Lu Fan as the deputy envoy to transport troops, horses, money and food. They will cross the river from Liyang and head north in the near future!"
Yuan Yao was very depressed.
Quite depressing.
Didn't you force Sun Ce to rebel?
Why is this Sun Ce nothing like the staunch man he knew in the history books?
Is he made of clay?
No temper?
Please, your mother and brothers were arrested by me, and I squeezed your soldiers for money and food. You should rise up to resist, raise troops and raise the banner of anti-Yuan!
Yuan Yao couldn't understand, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
"Does my father know this memorial now?"
Li Yezhen smiled and said: "As for the Master, I will come to you non-stop to report as soon as I get ashore."
"Others still don't know about the minister's return!"
Yuan Yao nodded: "I guess I saw you right."
"Find a way to remove these five million dollars from the memorial, do you understand?"
"I understand!"
Li Ye bowed and showed an "I understand, I understand" expression.
"Go, take this approval note and collect 500,000 yuan from the Governor's Mansion."
Yuan Yao wrote a bamboo slip with a stroke of his pen and threw it to Li Ye.
"The Crown Prince is very kind to me. Without the Crown Prince, how would I be able to go on this mission..."
Although Li Ye said this, he held the bamboo slip tightly in his hands.
"This successful mission, there will definitely be a reward from my lord. Why do you have the nerve to accept the prince's money... Hehe..."
Yuan Yao glanced at Li Ye impatiently and waved his hand.
Xin said that I never thought that you could come back alive from Sun Ce. This five hundred thousand money was originally left for you to settle down.
"If you want, thank your fellow countryman He Kui for recommending you to me. Well, I still have something to do here, so I won't keep you here."
As soon as Li Ye left, Yuan Yao sent someone to call Zhang Kai.
"Is everything normal over there these days?"
Zhang Kai said confidently: "As long as I'm watching, none of the hostages can escape. Even the toilets and the excrement buckets that are transported out every day, I have people watching!"
Yuan Yao nodded. He still believed in Zhang Kai's ability to block people in the toilet.
If you don’t believe me, you can ask Cao Song and his concubine what they think.
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Now I want you to go out on business. Do you want to do it?"
Zhang Kai said without hesitation: "We have to pay more!"
Yuan Yao smiled, took out a piece of gold horseshoe and threw it to Zhang Kai.
"Take my governor's seal, take all your brothers, and go to Liyang to take over Jiangfang's defense."
"No matter what Jiang Dong comes over, he will keep it."
"Then wait for a man named Zheng Bao who will take away the people and things you have detained, and then you can come back."
Zhang Kai took the gold horseshoe and the seal, put it in his arms without looking at it, turned around and left.
Yuan Yao looked at Zhang Kai's back with satisfaction.
Although he had only been in contact with this man for less than ten days, Yuan Yao fell in love with this man.
Two words, pure!
No matter what the job is, just do it if you are paid, no questions asked!
The key is that he is very reliable, he is capable and never sloppy in his work, and he is very strict with his words!
"Why is the Governor still here?"
Yuan Huan walked out at some point and bowed towards Yuan Yao.
"I heard that my respected father is hosting a banquet for civil and military officials today, and it is extremely splendid. Why doesn't the governor come to the banquet?"
Yuan Yao didn't dare to ask for help, so he returned a gift to his distant relative and uncle.
“It’s big fish and meat every day, I’m tired of it.”
Yuan Yao casually found an excuse.
Yuan Huan smiled: "I heard that a new batch of singers and dancers are coming back. Is it true that the governor doesn't want to go?"
"Really?" Yuan Yao's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yuan Huan nodded: "Seriously!"
Yuan Yao put his hands on his waist and showed a pity expression.
"Oh, if only this thing were made of iron."
"Hehe~hehehe."
Yuan Huan couldn't help but be amused.
"Ahem..." Yuan Huan straightened his expression: "I heard that the matter my respected father discussed today is very big!"
Yuan Yao said nonchalantly: "If he discusses his own affairs, what does he do to me?"
"I heard that... my respected father summoned all the civil and military officials under his command this time, and even invited all the guests and people who could be invited to the banquet."
"We want to discuss the matter of proclaiming ourselves emperor!"
Yuan Huan said while observing Yuan Yao's reaction.
"Ahem..." Yuan Yao coughed violently: "It's not fun to talk about it!"
"This is a treasonous act. You want this!"
Yuan Yao turned his hand into a knife and put it on his neck to cut his head.
"What your father has done, no one else can tell?"
Yuan Huan stared into Yuan Yao's eyes: "The Governor has known about this for a long time, hasn't he?"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it from Yuan Huan, Yuan Yao smiled and said, "So what if I know?"
"Do you expect me to be an unfilial son and persuade my father?"
"Why not?"
Yuan Huan said solemnly: "Now that the emperor is in trouble, the Yuan family should help those in need and help the Han Dynasty; how can we add insult to injury and commit arrogance?"
"It is better to be a disobedient and unworthy person than to be a disloyal traitor!"
Yuan Huan's words were so powerful that Yuan Yao had to reply: "Does uncle think that I am willing to be the son of a rebellious minister?"
"Didn't I propose to send someone to greet the Emperor?"
"Didn't I advise my father to implement benevolent policies and encourage production?"
"Let me tell you, as soon as the news of the Emperor's return to the east came, I took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the army to greet the Emperor!"
"More than once, I advised my father to do less corvee and less tax, and to have better troops and simpler administration!"
"But you have to know that the most difficult thing in the world is to change a person!"
Yuan Yao's momentum suddenly exploded, directly overwhelming Yuan Huan.
Yuan Huan wanted to speak again: "But..."
Yuan Yao: "I can't change my father's mind, so I can only change myself."
"I can only leave this comfortable Shouchun and run to the untouched land of Jiangxi, caught between Sun Ce and Liu Biao, in order to find a place to survive!"
"I can only give up everything I should enjoy and inherit, cultivate civil and military skills on my own, and form a new army, so that I can have the strength to fight when an unstoppable adversity occurs in the future!"
"You said, did I do something wrong?"
Yuan Huan was stunned.
Did I order a firecracker?
Why is this kid not as playful and carefree as usual today?
Did he really have no intention of participating in Yuan Shu's usurpation?
Look at him, he looks so bitter and resentful whenever he mentions his father.
It seemed that he really hated what Yuan Shu had done, but he couldn't directly disobey his father due to the ethics of father and son.
Maybe I really blamed him wrongly.
Although he and Yuan Shu were blood relatives, they were not the same person.
Phew~
Taking a long breath, Yuan Huan softened his tone and said gently: "But the governor cannot just sit idly by and watch such a big matter."
Yuan Yao glared at him angrily: "Who said I didn't care?"
"I stayed out all night last night, do you really think I went to visit a prostitute?"
"I went to visit Master Yan and the three Zhang brothers in Hanoi."
"Don't worry, I don't dare to tell others. Master Yan and Zhang Cheng will definitely advise my father this time."
"If things change, they will notify me as soon as possible, and I will give advice at that time."
Yuan Huan nodded secretly, Yan Xiang had a strong say in Yuan Shu's account, and Yuan Shu would usually listen to what he said.
As long as he takes the lead, Yuan Shu will not dare to ignore the opposition within his own power.
The three brothers Zhang Fan, Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Zhao (who share the same surname as Pengcheng Zhang Zhao) were born in the Hanoi Zhang family of the second generation of the Three Dukes. After leaving Wen Chenghou Zhang Liang, they represented the attitude of the aristocratic noble families who supported Yuan Shu.
With the opposition of these people, even if Yuan Shu had the intention to overstep his bounds, he would not dare to act rashly.
"Isn't it just now that I blamed the commander-in-chief by mistake?"
Yuan Huan secretly praised Yuan Yao in his heart and apologized again.
Yuan Yao immediately went down the steps and supported Yuan Huan with both hands: "My uncle is concerned about the country and the people, what is wrong with him?"
Yuan Huan felt ashamed and said: "What's wrong with being an uncle? Since I have decided to serve the Governor as my master, according to the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, the Governor can call me by my name from now on!"
Yuan Yao squeezed out two tears and held Yuan Huan's hands tightly: "Yao Qing!"
Yuan Huan couldn't help but be moved: "Young Master!"
I, Mr. Yuan, with such a rising star, will surely rise sooner or later!
…
Fortunately, Yuan Yao was familiar with history and knew that Yuan Shu failed in proclaiming himself emperor this time, otherwise it would be really difficult to fool Yuan Huan today.
However, the Yuan family of Chen County, a large family, can be said to have won it!
While feeling lucky, Yuan Yao felt itchy in his heart again.
When I went to Yao'er's place last night, she happened to be feeling unwell, so we didn't get anything done.
There are still several days left, how to solve it?
Why!
What a fool I am!
That day at Nanjiekou, I should have asked clearly what the beautiful woman's last name was, where she lived, and who her father was.
Instead of pretending to be a good person in front of Zhou Yu!
As a result, the cup was not filled, and the beauty was nowhere to be found.
By the way, my teeth itch when I mention Zhou Yu!
I've visited him several times. What kind of attitude does he have?
Indifferent, disdainful, and looking askance at others!
Those who didn’t know thought I had tied up his parents!
Gotta get him as soon as possible.
