While Sun Jian was busy attracting sponsorships and talents, he also eroded Danyang on the river and penetrated it in pieces on the river. This made Liu Yao very upset, but he had no good idea. After all, the navy on the river was not strong, and the infantry on the road were not strong either.

Liu Yao naturally brought a lot of sponsorships and talents. In fact, Jiangdong scholars are very literary and have no shortage of talents in governance. Just look at Xu Shao, Shiyi, Yu Fan and others. Unfortunately, the people who can fight are really unable to show off. Now Liu Yao has only four subordinates, Zhang Ying, Chen Heng, Fan Neng and Yu Mi, who are stationed in Moling, Danyang, Tongling and Shitai respectively. Liu Yao can't understand why all the people who can fight are run to Sun Jian's command. Therefore, Liu Yao can only passively defend and then defend.

After thinking about it, Liu Yao felt that the best way to deal with Sun Jian, the great enemy, was to attract sponsorship. Liu Yao could also see that Sun Jian’s current weakness was that his territory was too large and he was unable to control it, but he had no offensive ability at all. If an army could attack Yuzhang from the south, or sneak attack Changsha along the river, it would make Sun Jian exhausted and change the entire battle situation.

Liu Yao discussed these ideas with Xu Gong and Wang Lang, but these two guys were unwilling to send troops. Their maximum limit was their ability to pay. These two guys were not afraid to face Sun Jian directly, or they did not want to consume their strength. Liu Yao was also powerless to these short-sighted guys, so he had to turn his eyes to the surrounding princes.

Cao Cao is too wild. If he cooperates with him, there may be danger of attracting wolves into the house. Yi Ren in the south can contact him. However, Yi Ren's combat effectiveness is worrying, not to mention that Yi Ren is busy fighting with Shanyue, so he has no energy to take care of Sun Jian's affairs.

Needless to say, Tao Qian is still intimate with Sun Jian, and Tao Qian has no courage to attack anyone at all. Liu Bei can contact him, but he is the same clan, but Liu Bei has no navy army, so he can only attack Changsha. Now Changsha is relatively empty, and this may happen; in the end, it is Cai Mao. Cai Mao's navy is now rampant on the Yangtze River. Therefore, if he can get the support of Cai Mao, at least Sun Jian's navy will never dare to harass the city along the Danyang River again, and Liu Yao can concentrate his troops westward and suppress Sun Jian's troops to Yuzhang, greatly increasing Sun Jian's war costs.

After thinking about the idea, Liu Yao sent envoys to Liu Bei and Cai Mao respectively, hoping to get the support of these two people and deal with Sun Jian, whose power was expanding too quickly.

Liu Yao's envoy paid a visit to Cai Mao and sent Liu Yao's letter. Cai Mao felt that this matter was of great importance, so he immediately found Zhao Yun and discussed with his sister. After all, the matter of the navy was basically Fang Zhiwen's affairs. Fang Zhiwen would not care about Jingxiang's affairs, but Fang Zhiwen must be in charge of the affairs on the Yangtze River.

Zhao Yun carefully read Liu Yao's letter, and then handed it to his wife Cai Yan beside him. Cai Yan smiled happily at Zhao Yun, took the letter and read it quickly. Zhao Yun was not in a hurry to speak out, but was waiting for Cai Yan to finish reading the letter.

Cai Mao waited patiently. Knowing that Cai Yan raised her head, Cai Mao asked Zhao Yun: "Zilong, what? What should I do about this? Will you tell Lord Huifang?"

"Haha, this matter involves the naval army and routes of the Yangtze River. You must know the lord. But we can first have a specific opinion so that the lord can be used as a reference, or if the eldest brother has his own ideas, I will also help the eldest brother carefully."

Cai Mao smiled and shook his head: "No. However, Sun Jian is a man with great ambitions, so it is also true that Sun Jian's growth has made the elders of Jingxiang uneasy. Moreover, in the long run, after the unification of Jiangdong, Sun Jian became more and more uncontrollable, so I tend to support Liu Yao's suggestions."

Cai Yan blinked and said, "Brother, if Sun Jian falls, who will check and balance Cao Cao and Liu Bei? Looking at the four forces around us, Zhang Liang is the least threat. Liu Bei has worked hard in Jingzhou for years, and both population and military strength are no longer the same as before. Although Cao Cao has been hit repeatedly, he is getting stronger and stronger. Recently, he has just defeated Yuan Shu and obtained a lot of territory. After one or two years of repair, it will be transformed into his own strength. Relatively speaking, Sun Jian's strength is the weakest. Although Changsha and Yuzhang have a large territory, they have a small population. Moreover, the Shanyue barbarians are at risk. Only Lujiang County is the only one with real potential in Sun Jian. However, compared with Cao Cao's Qiao County and Huainan, it is still far-reaching from Liu Bei's Nan County. Therefore, from a balanced perspective, Sun Jian should not be weakened."

Zhao Yun looked at Cai Yan with appreciation and said, "Mrs. Intelligent and insightful, but it cannot be simply balanced. If we look at it from the most favorable direction for Jingxiang, it should be to weaken Liu Bei and Cao Cao, rather than to strengthen Sun Jian. However, in this way, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao in the north lack checks and balances. Therefore, this is a very complicated situation. With our intelligence, it is probably difficult to reach a correct conclusion."

Cai Yan rolled her eyes beautifully and said coquettishly: "Then my husband wants us to think about our specific opinions. With this time, I will sort out the account book! Hehe."

"Haha, madam, I'll stop my anger, and I think there will be no loss. The lord said that you will become smarter if you use your brain frequently. Besides, we are the parties involved, and we know more about the current situation on the Yangtze River. The Sun family was given the naval army to attack the Lu family. Now the Lu family has collapsed, and the Zhu family has turned to the Sun family again. This will inevitably make the Sun family bigger. This is definitely not a good thing for us Jingxiang. The waterway can control our own hands, so why do we share it with others? I believe that most people will think so?"

Cai Mao nodded: "Yes, the interests that are controlled by me are completely my own hands. Unless it is a forced situation, why should I share them with others?"

Cai Yan also smiled and nodded, admitting that Zhao Yun was right, and said in a pretty voice: "Since that's the case, we should agree with Liu Yao's suggestions. However, it is enough to just take back the control of the waterway. If Sun Jian takes the initiative to avoid it, we don't have to pursue it again and again. At the same time, we can only deeply participate in the battle between Liu Yao and Sun Jian, but we can give Liu Yao some support appropriately!"

Cai Mao thought for a while and said, "My little sister's words are deeply loved by me. On the one hand, she can get back control of the channel, and on the other hand, she can do business with Liu Yao, the best of both worlds!"

Zhao Yun shook his head and laughed: "There are no so many things in this world that are the best of both worlds. If you gain something, you will lose something. It's a long time to try it out. Brother, don't forget it. If you help Liu Yao, you will definitely offend Sun Jian. In the future, you will have to bear Sun Jian's revenge at any time. Sun Jian is so sloppy!"

Cai Mao was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, and his eyes asking for help turned to Cai Yan. Cai Yan smiled: "Now, it's just a disagreement with Sun Jian. Besides, with the growth of Sun Jian's water power, even if he doesn't want to provoke us, it is essentially inevitable to compete and provoke me on the Yangtze River. Therefore, offending early is the same as offending late. Compared to offending early, it seems that we can gain more benefits. As for the future, it is the big brother's business. Whether it can block Sun Jian is not the little girl's head, but the swords and guns in the hands of the brother and husband. Besides, maybe my husband has been transferred to the north at that time."

Zhao Yun thought about it, it was impossible for Sun Jian and Cai Mao to truly cooperate. Whether in economic, trade or military terms, with Sun Jian's rise, the Jingxiang clans would become thorns in Sun Jian's eyes and thorns in flesh, and vice versa. Instead of waiting for Sun Jian to grow stronger, it would be better to suppress Sun Jian's navy as much as possible now.

Cai Mao nodded silently, Zhao Yun said: "Since that's the case, my elder brother will focus on this opinion and inform the lord. In addition, my elder brother should also discuss this matter."

"Well, of course, I will discuss this with my brother-in-law and my younger sister first. If I have a clear idea, I will discuss this with everyone. In this way, I won't disturb you."

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"Husband, how do you think I bring this dress?" Zhen Jiang was packing happily. Because she was going out with her husband, she was very excited. Zhou Yi was running around to make trouble. Taishi Zhaorong was holding Zhou Ying and watching enviously. Xiaoning pouted and helped silently.

Fang Zhiwen was reading the letter. He first received a letter from Zhao Yun yesterday, which stated Liu Yao's suggestions and the discussion between Cai Mao and Cai Yan. Cai Mao's letter was one day late, and the knowledge of the Kuai brothers was naturally no worse than that of Cai Yan. Therefore, Cai Mao's letter also mentioned that there should be some communication with Liu Bei so that Liu Bei would not take the opportunity to attack Changsha, so that Cao Cao could get a bargain.

Hearing Zhen Jiang’s call, Fang Zhiwen raised his head, looked carefully at the dress in Zhen Jiang’s hand, and turned his eyes and said, “Actually, it’s better not to bring it. Wouldn’t we go to Chang’an to buy new ones?”

"Tsk! Husband is stupid. Of course, the clothes are only made close to each other. The ones I bought are always a bit uncomfortable."

"Well....."

"whee....."

"Husband, is it an urgent matter? If it is an urgent matter, go and do it!" Zhen Jiang asked considerately.

Fang Zhiwen smiled and said, "It's not an urgent matter. Let's talk about this tomorrow. Now I'll help my wife pick out clothes first. This time I may have to meet His Majesty, so I must bring my formal clothes."

Zhen Jiang smiled sweetly, nodded vigorously and responded: "Yes!"

After cleaning up for a while, Zhen Jiang suddenly remembered something and looked at Fang Zhiwen with a smile and said, "Husband, Mi Zhu wants to ask for a meeting tomorrow. What's going on?"

"In private name?"

"Well, and I also said I wanted to meet Sister Zhaorong."

"Me? Why?"

Fang Zhiwen was also curious: "Huh? What does this mean? When he met me today, he only said that he wanted to open a salt farm in Youzhou and rent land, but he didn't say anything else."

"Is there really nothing else?" Zhen Jiang asked with a smile. Taishi Zhaorong also looked at Fang Zhiwen with a little nervousness, even Xiaoning looked alert.

Fang Zhiwen spread his hands: "Will I lie to you three?"

Zhen Jiang glanced at Fang Zhiwen and said angrily: "That's hard to guarantee!"
Chapter completed!