The old man and the young man walked straight into a teahouse by the street and sat down. Eunuch Wang carefully waited on them at the side.
"What would you like?"
"Just give me some candied pastries. I don't want to put those messy seasonings in my tea. Just use hot water to make tea.”
Yuan Yao specially instructed.
Although there was already tea in this era, the way to drink it was very different from the later generations.
The first time he drank tea in the palace, Yuan Yao was shocked to find that there was pork belly in the tea.
"Uh... Alright, please wait a moment."
"Wait, add some honey water to my tea.”
"Sorry, our store doesn't have honey.”
The waiter said awkwardly.
Honey was a rare thing at the moment. Nowadays, there was no artificial breeding. They risked being stung by bees in the wild and directly stole it from the bee's hometown.
Eunuch Wang took out a jade bottle from his bosom without even needing Yuan Shu to instruct him.
"There's honey in here. Go ahead."
The child didn't dare to be negligent. He knew that these two were distinguished guests, so he respectfully took the jade bottle and left.
"Old Yuan, drink less honey water."
"What's wrong?"
"Be careful of diabetes."
"What is diabetes? She hung out with Zhang Zhongjing every day and learned all kinds of nonsense.”
"With diabetes, your urine will be sweet in the future.”
Yuan Yao explained seriously.
"Have you drunk it before?"
Yuan Yao:
"Besides, even if it becomes sweet, isn't that a good thing? It meant that he was a Saint Monarch and was different from ordinary people!”
Yuan Shu said arrogantly.
I'm speechless!
Yuan Yao was too lazy to persuade him. He turned around and told Zhang Zhongjing to see if he could take precautions.
Then, the two of them stopped talking and began to concentrate on drinking tea.
"Hey, is it true that the imperial court is tax-free this time?”
"How can it be fake? The Imperial Ranking notice has been posted."
Yuan Yao and the others at the table next to them started talking.
"Hey! Why couldn't it be fake? I think it's quite a mystery!"
"That's right. It's not the first time that you've gone back on your word.”
"Otherwise, why would His Majesty be known as the 'Pi Xiu of the Huai River' and the 'drought ghost of the land'?”
"Hahaha! That's reasonable, that's reasonable. Let's wait and see. Who knows, something might happen one day!”
"Hey! Tian Zi was really unlucky!”
The people at the table started chatting, and Old Yuan and Little Yuan heard their conversation.
At this moment, Yuan Yao expressed that he was having a hard time holding it in. If it wasn't for the fact that he was concerned about Yuan Shu's face, he would probably have burst out laughing.
Yuan Shu, on the other hand, was furious. When he heard everyone's words while drinking tea, he almost choked to death.
"Cough cough cough…"
Yuan Shu took a long time to recover.
"Damned unruly people, how dare you speak of zhen in broad daylight!"
Before Yuan Shu could finish his sentence, Yuan Yao covered his mouth.
"Alright, alright. Don't you know how much tax you collect? You're allowed to collect taxes? You don't allow others to curse? Don't act like you've gotten a bargain."
Yuan Yao said unhappily.
"Little brat! They are scolding your father! Why are you still stopping me?"
Boss Yuan Shu was unhappy.
"What do they know? In a few days, they'll start praising you as the Sage Monarch of the ages.”
Yuan Yao quickly comforted her.
"Humph! I'm not drinking anymore! When you're full, return to the palace!"
Yuan Shu was unable to flare up in anger and went straight back to his residence. He no longer had the mood to hunt for women.
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Cao Cao's crusade against Yuan Shu had already spread throughout the world.
Cao Cao appointed Liu Bei as the General of Zhendong and the Marquis of Yicheng Pavilion. He also appointed Sun Ce as the Commander of Cavalry, the Marquis of Wucheng, and the Governor of Kuaiji. He ordered the two of them to attack Yuan Shu.
Jiangdong, Wu County.
"Gongjin, the imperial edict of appointment from the Han Dynasty has been issued. We are now completely separated from Yuan Shu's subordinates and rightfully become officials of the Great Han Dynasty. We no longer have to bear the infamy of betraying our master.
Moreover, Yuan Shu is a traitor to the false emperor, so it's perfectly justifiable for us to crusade against him!
Thanks to your previous suggestion, I made up my mind to break up with Yuan Shu.”
Sun Ce held the edict in his hand and said excitedly to Zhou Yu.
"Hehe, this is within my expectations.”
Zhou Yu said indifferently. Compared to Sun Ce, he seemed very calm and unperturbed.
"Then let's prepare our troops and prepare to cross the river and destroy Yuan Shu in one fell swoop!”
"No rush, no rush."
Zhou Yu hurriedly stopped Sun Ce.
"What do you mean, Gongjin?"
Sun Ce was puzzled.
"The four counties of Jiangdong have yet to be pacified, so we don't have to worry about Yuan Shu for now. It won't be too late to go north after we destroy the South Yue savages in Kuaiji.”
"Isn't that disrespecting the imperial court's edict? Is this okay?"
"Who said we were going to defy the imperial edict? He could just casually send a small group to feign an attack.”
Zhou Yu explained slowly.
"Isn't this fooling people? How could Cao Cao let this go?"
"Didn't Cao Cao also not send troops? Why are we foolishly charging into the enemy line for him?
We are so far away from Cao Cao, and he is also beyond his reach. Could it be that he will send troops to River East?”
"Hmm, Gongjin's words are reasonable. Let's not worry about Yuan Shu for now. Now that Dan Yang and Wu County are completely under our control, and the north of Kuaiji has also stabilized, as long as we deal with Liu Yao of Yuzhang County, the people of Shan Yue Country will not be a threat.”
"That's right. We should develop our own forces first. In this chaotic world, it's the absolute principle to have a strong fist.”
Zhou Yu casually laid down the future strategic direction of River East, laying the foundation for the Sun family to dominate River East.
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Xu Prefecture.
"Third brother, I will bring Eldest Yun and Eldest Long to crusade against the false emperor Yuan Shu. You will stay in Xu Prefecture and take good care of it. Xu Prefecture is our foothold.”
Liu Bei instructed Zhang Fei.
"Hey, big brother! Don't worry! You've already told me so many times about such a small matter that my ears are getting calloused.”
Zhang Fei complained, feeling that Liu Bei did not trust him.
"Alright, alright. Big Brother won't be long-winded. However, you have to promise me three things before I can rest assured and let you stay in Xuzhou.”
Liu Bei thought for a moment and said.
"Big brother, just tell me, even if it's a hundred points, I'll agree.”
Zhang Fei patted his chest and said.
Zhang Fei: " It's a promise, but I can't do it."
"You can't be angry and willful. You can't beat and scold soldiers. You can't get drunk.
You have to remember these three conditions. Can you do it?”
"Don't worry, Big Brother. I guarantee that I can do it!”
"Alright, then I can rest assured. After I leave, Xu Prefecture will remain vigilant. My commander's flag will remain on the city wall to confuse the enemy.
He had to be especially careful of Lu Bu. This person had wild ambitions and was capricious. He could not be trusted.”
Liu Bei was still very cautious. Although Lu Bu was holed up in Xiaopei, he had always coveted Xuzhou. Liu Bei knew this very well.
"I've long disliked that servant from the three surnames. If Big Brother had known that he was a villain, why would he have left him in Xiao Pei? Isn't this raising a tiger to invite disaster?”
Zhang Fei cursed.
"Yi De, how can you talk to big brother like that!”
Guan Yu berated.
"Haha, it's fine. Us three brothers don't need to care about these formalities.”
Liu Bei smiled and waved his hand.
"That's right. Second Brother is too old-fashioned."
Zhang Fei muttered.
"Alright, Third Brother, don't say too much. The reason why we let Lu Bu stay in Xiao Pei is to resist Cao Cao.
Cao Cao has always wanted to take Xuzhou as his own, but our forces are too few and I'm afraid we can't resist him.
Previously, Lu Bu had ambushed Cao Cao's Yanzhou. The two of them have a deep grudge against each other, so they will definitely be like fire and water. This way, they can share some of our pressure.”
"Oh... I don't understand."
Zhang Fei said straightforwardly.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter if you don't understand. As long as you guard Xu Prefecture well, when you return victorious, you can drink as much as you want.”
Liu Bei knew Zhang Fei very well. Since he was already an enemy on the battlefield, he did not force Zhang Fei to know any strategies.
However, Guan Yu understood what Liu Bei meant, and he couldn't help but admire Liu Bei even more.
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