Chapter 367 The good news brought by Cai Mao
Chapter 367: Good news brought by Cai Mao (first update)
The matter of the Elephant Soldier is still in the exploratory stage, so I will leave it to Zhao Yun to manage it and just find a way.
After watching some training methods of elephants in the ranch, Liu Feng got on a carriage and returned to Xiling City.
Xiling City, outside General Yang Wu’s mansion.
As soon as Liu Feng got off the carriage, he heard from the soldiers' reports.
"Lord, half an hour ago, someone asked for a meeting with the general. Later, Mrs. Cai received him and is now in the hall of the front yard."
"Madam Cai?" Liu Feng frowned, but had a premonition that the person who came was.
Nodding, Liu Feng walked quickly towards the hall.
When Liu Feng stepped into the hall, he saw Cai Mao and Cai Yu and Cai Da who were sitting by the side.
Cai Mao was wearing casual clothes and a faint smile on his face.
After several months of recuperation, Cai Yu and Cai Da have completely recovered from postpartum weakness.
At this moment, the two women also had smiles on their faces and talked to Cai Mao.
"Is Feng'er back?" Liu Feng's footsteps attracted the attention of the three of them, and they all raised their heads. Seeing that the person coming was Liu Feng, Cai Mao smiled and said.
"Well, the things outside are done." Liu Feng nodded, and did not go forward and sat in the main seat, but went straight to Cai Mao, knelt down and said.
"There are quite some changes these days." Looking at this son-in-law, Cai Mao was extremely satisfied and praised.
It's not just a small matter. Cai Mao didn't know much about Jiangxia and Jiangdong's entanglement, but the immigration of hundreds of thousands of people in Shanyue was a big deal.
The movement is as big as the sky.
Everyone knows that Jiangdong is vast and sparsely populated, and the importance of these Shanyue people to Jiangdong is self-evident.
But Liu Feng got it. Sun Quan didn't even give a single fart.
After Cai Mao discussed this and came over after discussing with Kuai Yue.
Liu Feng has proved his potential and ability infinitely. Cai Mao came to Jiangxia this time and had a lot of plans.
"It's just relying on foresight to hoard food and grass on a large scale and control the lifeline of Jiangdong." Liu Feng smiled slightly and said.
"Humility is a good thing, but excessive humility is a bad thing. Foresight is amazing." Cai Mao said with a smile.
In Cai Mao's mind, he thought that Liu Feng was able to guess through a series of situations because of his extensive knowledge.
Therefore it is praise, not awe.
"My father-in-law reminded me." Liu Feng's expression remained unchanged and he raised his fist.
Modesty is just a little humble in front of Cai Mao and others. He is never humble in front of others.
"You two are business, business, when they meet. It's not like the situation that the father-in-law and son-in-law should have when they meet." Cai Yu, who saw the two of them, snorted and said.
"Hehe." Cai Da covered her mouth and smiled.
Cai Yu is Cai Mao's sister, and Cai Mao always feels guilty about Cai Yu. He can't be angry at all, and just smiles bitterly when he hears this.
However, Liu Feng glanced at Cai Yu and said softly: "Now is not the time to play. I will talk about business with my father-in-law first. You can take Da'er down first."
A light sentence, but in Cai Yu's ears, it has an unquestionable smell.
Housework is family affairs, and official affairs are business affairs. If Cai Yu even makes trouble now, Liu Feng will definitely be angry, and the consequences will be very serious.
"Hmph, what's so great?" Cai Yu snorted coldly, but she still stood up obediently, pulled Cai Da, who had her colleague's up, and walked out together.
A trace of incredibility flashed in Cai Mao's eyes. This sister was so obedient.
Liu Feng was not surprised. Although Cai Yu's woman likes to make trouble, she is very general.
After Cai Yu and the other daughters left, Liu Feng asked softly: "The irrelevant things have left. If you have anything to say, my father-in-law said it."
Cai Mao is sensitive and rarely comes to Jiangxia in person. This time he came in person, and he came in secret.
Liu Feng knew that it must be no trivial matter.
"I need 200,000 stones of food to help the disaster." With the arrival of Liu Wei and Liu Chang, the relationship between the two was really unbreakable. Therefore, Cai Mao said straightforwardly.
"Yes, but I have one condition." Liu Feng also said calmly.
"I know what you want, the four counties in Jingnan, right?" Cai Mao asked with a smile. As he said, without waiting for Liu Feng to answer, he spoke again: "This time, you have a big fuss. Since defeating Zhou Yu, Kuai Yue and I have been facing you and paying attention to you. But you have overturned our attention to you again and again. Defeat Cao Ren, conquer Jiangdong, and this time we have won hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people without bloodshed. With this time, I finally convinced Kuai Yue to give you a chance and strengthen yourself."
"An opportunity to fight against Cao***."
These words, especially in the last sentence, Cai Mao stared at what Liu Feng was saying. He couldn't hide his excitement in his expression.
Since listening to Huang Chengyan's words and marrying his daughter to Liu Feng, Cai Mao has gradually believed that Liu Feng can accomplish great things. He began to constantly influence Kuai Yue. Finally, once, he finally convinced Kuai Yue.
Liu Feng originally wanted to say that I only want Wuling County, but Cai Mao's words were like a cannon, and he said them at once, and Liu Feng shut up.
In the end, Liu Feng didn't want to speak anymore.
Cai Mao convinced Kuai Yue and gave him all the four counties in Jingnan. There was such a good thing in the world. It would be strange if he refused. However, Liu Feng was indeed sincere to Cai Mao.
There was still a hidden worry in my heart. After thinking for a while, Liu Feng said, "If I gave me the four counties of Jingnan, Cao*** would probably not let you go."
Cai Mao and Kuai Yue surrendered to Cao's sect, which was unshakable. Because the clan, although Cai Mao believed in him, he would not take risks with such a large clan.
If Cai Mao surrendered to Cao and gave him the four counties in Jingnan to him, Liu Feng would probably be detrimental to Cai Mao.
Seeing that his son-in-law cared about him, Cai Mao felt a sense of satisfaction. It was not in vain, he helped him like this.
"Don't worry, I have discussed this with Kuai Yue and judged it. As long as I and Kuai Yue offer to Xiangyang, Jiangling, Shangyong, and the tens of thousands of naval commanders left by Liu Biao, it will be a great achievement. Cao*** will not kill us." As he said that, Cai Mao glanced at Liu Feng and smiled: "Even if you are my son-in-law and you will raise an army to fight him again, at most you will only neglect me and will not deal with me."
“Besides that, there is a little more.”
Liu Feng raised his head and looked at Cai Mao, waiting for the following text.
"The four counties in Jingnan are already very weak. Jin Xuan, Zhao Fan, Liu Du and others all have cities and soldiers, and they are powerful. If you want to control them, you have to send troops on your own. In other words, you attacked the four counties. It is your ability and our incompetence. It is not that I intend to give the four counties to you." Cai Mao said meaningfully.
Liu Feng suddenly realized that Cai Mao's method was good, but he just left it clean. No wonder Kuai Yue agreed.
"Yes." Liu Feng nodded, and no longer had any doubts in his heart.
The four counties in Jingnan, Changsha, Wuling, Guiyang and Lingling. Except for Changsha, the remaining population is quite large.
The total is about 500,000. In addition, the population of 800,000 in Jiangxia, Jiujiang and other three counties, as well as the population of 600,000 in Shanyue.
It's only one million and nine hundred thousand.
In terms of hard power, it can completely surpass Jiangdong.
Moreover, the success of the four counties in Jingnan was crucial to Liu Feng, because that was the outlook when he first left Xinye.
He went to the four counties in Jingnan, assembled a hundred thousand troops, and then led his troops northward.
Now, it can finally be realized. At this moment, it is difficult for anyone to understand the excitement in Liu Feng's heart.
"There is one more thing, you must agree to me, no, it is to agree to Kuai Yue." Cai Mao said in a deep voice again.
"What's the matter?" Liu Feng suddenly became clear and asked calmly.
"If you can really fight against Cao*** and rush north to attack Xiangyang, you must ensure the existence of the Kuai family." Cai Mao said solemnly.
"No problem." Liu Feng knew very well that there was no free lunch in the world. This was Kuai Yue's condition, an undeniable condition. Therefore, Liu Feng nodded solemnly.
Seeing that Liu Feng agreed without hesitation, Cai Mao smiled. Then, he couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, neither Kuai Yue nor I am ignorant. As long as you keep the clan inheritance immortal, you will no longer pursue that extreme power."
This is Cai Mao’s guarantee.
It is guaranteed that there will be no such giants as the Cai family and Kuai family during the reign of Liu Biao.
Liu Feng actually didn't care about this. It was really too ambitious to consider such complex issues before he had Jing Chu.
However, Liu Feng was happy to accept Cai Mao's guarantee.
By borrowing food and letting Liu Feng attack the four counties of Jingnan by himself, Cai Mao's purpose of coming this time was almost accomplished.
Next, it's not business anymore.
Liu Feng held a family dinner at the mansion to entertain Cai Mao. Originally, Liu Feng wanted to stay with Cai Mao for a few days, but Cai Mao took into account his identity and left secretly that night.
At night, General Yang Wu’s backyard and Cai Yu’s house.
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Liu Feng came to the inner room.
In the inner room, Cai Yu had already taken off her clothes and lay on the bed. After Liu Feng came in, he lifted the quilt and lay in.
It's winter now, and Cai Yu is there in the quilt, which is very warm. Liu Feng subconsciously hugged Cai Yu's waist and leaned over.
Cai Yu let Liu Feng hug him and squinted his eyes.
"During the day, what did you discuss with you?" Cai Yu suddenly asked.
During the day, Liu Feng did not give Cai Yu face, but at night when the couple was lying in the same bed, Liu Feng still gave Cai Yu face very much.
I smiled slightly and reiterated what happened during the day.
"Are you too eager for quick success or instant benefits?" Cai Yu frowned and asked.
"Well, I think so too. I have to eat the rice bite at a time. I have digested hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people before I think about taking action." Liu Feng nodded and said.
Although he was very coveted by the four counties in Jingnan, he was very calm.
"Yes." Cai Yu felt relieved. She asked casually, but when she saw that Liu Feng was very calm and not impatient at all, she felt relieved. At this time, she felt sleepy and Cai Yu closed her eyes and went to bed.
Listening to Cai Yu's steady breathing in his arms, Liu Feng smiled slightly and closed his eyes.
Chapter completed!