Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 460 Yuan’s Exile
The State of Wei sent a dowry, and Bai Tu also sent private guards from the Chu Palace to greet him along the way...

Theoretically, Bai Tu did not hold any ceremony, but everyone knew that this was to rectify the name of "Mrs. Xiahou".

"Zi Yang, long time no see! Have you been working hard at sea? You still rarely have a home in the past two or three years...I heard that a while ago, Zi Yang was blessed with a new son in his family? Congratulations!" Bai Tu saw the old man After getting acquainted with Liu Ye, he specially said a few polite words.

When Liu Ye heard this, he grinned and said, "The foreign minister is paying homage to the King of Chu. The foreign minister's youngest son was born in April!"

For some reason, Liu Ye always felt that there was a deep malice in the word order of Bai Tu - it was as if I was not at home all year round but "inexplicably" had an extra child!In terms of time, I was at home, okay?And why I can't always go home, don't you know?

At the same time, Liu Ye also felt a slight shiver in his heart: Why is it that for a "nobody" like me, my concubine gave birth to a bastard more than three months ago, and the King of Chu already knows about it now?

As a newborn and a concubine, Liu Ye would naturally not spread the word everywhere. Even in the Wei court, some estranged ministers might not know about it!

However, Bai Tu, who was thousands of miles away in Jinling, knew...

And he even brought it up on his own initiative?What is this hinting at me?
"This time Ziyang came on his own ship? That's right...what's it called? The Turtle?" Bai Tu asked again, seemingly irrelevant.

"...This is "Gui Sushou" written by my great king." Liu Ye emphasized it, feeling that Bai Tu was also hinting at something when he mentioned this name.

"Well, I heard from the Ministry of Industry that we are almost catching up with the ships launched by the General's Palace back then. Not bad, not bad." Bai Tu said with a praising look.

"Thank you, King Chu, for the compliment." Liu Ye also understood at this time that Bai Tu was trying to attack the Wei State. He was poaching his boatmen and stealing his technology. The Chu State knew everything about it - after all, he even knew that his concubine had given birth to a child.

Although Bai Tu didn't say much in view of the current relationship between Chu and Wei, the warning was obvious!
"By the way, I would also like to congratulate King Wei for finally wiping out Yuan Ni's last corner of resistance, but I will be careful to counterattack later." Bai Tu congratulated with a smile.

When mentioning this matter, Liu Ye also responded with a smile: "It all depends on Chu Jia's strength!"

Yes, just three months ago, the remaining power of the Yuan family in Youzhou was completely defeated by Cao Cao. Yuan Tan took the remaining people to seek refuge with the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Luan Ti Huchuquan, hoping to unite the Xiongnu and the people in the eastern part of Bingzhou. Gao Gan and Han Sui of Liangzhou to the west started by integrating the states and jointly counterattacked Wei.

Now Cao Cao has also focused his attention on Bingzhou...

However, when it comes to Chu armor, that is, plate armor, in fact, although it appeared in the final battle of Jicheng in Youzhou, it was for military training. In fact, without this Chu armor, Yuan Tan would not be Cao Cao's opponent.

but……

The Chu armor did play a huge role in Youzhou, that is, the Gongsun family relied on the two thousand plate armored heavy cavalry that had ruined their fortune, crossed Liaoze and occupied the three counties of Liaoxi, Yuyang, and Shanggu, and the Wei state had only Dai County. , Guangyang, Zhuojun, and Youbeiping—that is, the four counties in the south of Youzhou, Beiyouzhou and several counties extending to the northeast are all occupied by the Gongsun family.

Of course, Cao Cao was not very active, mainly because of the "cost" issue - Liaoxi, Yuyang, and Shanggu were all border counties facing Wuhuan in the north.

Since Gongsun was so active, he naturally had to bear the corresponding responsibility of suppressing Wuhuan.

It's just that the Gongsun family has always been the dominant force in the Northeast, and Wuhuan and other things have not been educated once or twice, especially after having Chu Jia... For Wuhuan, who only knows how to charge head-on, this thing is simply a battlefield reaper. , A heavy hammer that cannot be resisted!

Moreover, after sending troops, Gongsun also quickly sent an envoy to Wei, hoping to unite the front with him, and said that he could help him defeat the Huns. Naturally, Cao Cao did not want to fall out with Gongsun now...

The reason why Cao Cao was determined to set up defenses in Beiping and occupy the southern part of Youbeiping was mainly because of Tuyin - I felt that this place was nothing before, but now it is considered an excellent port location!

In addition, the port that was under construction before the Wei State, where the Divine Turtle was launched, is Zhangwu Port in Zhangwu County, Bohai County, Jizhou - both because of the place name and to directly announce that this ship port is for "Display martial arts".

In fact, when Bai Tu heard the news, Wei Wei felt a little regretful...

Tuyin County and Zhangwu County, as you can see from the map, they are actually Tangshan Port and Huanghua Port in later generations!
It seems that Wei Guo also has capable people, and he has great potential.

If Gan Ning had not been in Danzhou this year, but had stayed in Tagang in Youzhou, with his temperament, he would definitely have coordinated at sea after knowing that Gongsun was taking action, and then captured Tuyin!

However, since Gan Ning was gone, Ling Tong, who stayed behind in Tagang, obviously lacked this kind of prompt decision-not only could he not see the importance of Tu Yin in terms of ability, but even if he could, he was not the governor and had no power to send troops without permission.

But now that Bai Tu mentioned this matter, his smiling expression made Liu Ye smile as well.

yes……

It was all thanks to Chu Jia that Gongsun dared to take advantage of Wei!

Two thousand sets of plate armor...

The Wei State even wondered whether the Chu State gave it to the Gongsun family for free or at a low price in order to suppress their own family!

With the price of plate armor, the Wei State has to prepare slowly. In addition, it has not given up imitation, and now only a few hundred sets have been traded. Even though Liaodong has become a holy place to avoid disasters since the beginning of the troubled times, how can the poor and poor people buy two sets? The ability of thousands of sets?

However, during later contacts, the Wei State also found out that the Gongsun family had mortgaged many rich mines and future "printing rights" to the Chu State, and then borrowed two thousand sets of plate armor...

What else can I say?
On the one hand, he scolded the Gongsun family for being brainless and only looking at immediate interests. On the other hand, he scolded the Chu State for being naive and not afraid that the Gongsun family would fall out in the future and lose all their money!

Of course, scolding is inevitable. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that if the Gongsun family does not consider the immediate interests, then it is now blocked by the Wei State in Liaoze, and there is no way to grab the "remains" of the Yuan family. There is no benefit in being able to shrink in Liaodong. It can be said.

As for whether Chu State is naive?

Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others doubted whether the Chu State had never thought about Gongsun breaking the contract, or whether it was not worried about him breaking the contract at all!
"What do you think of the Divine Turtle, Your Majesty?" Liu Ye asked thoughtfully.

"I haven't seen it yet..." Bai Tu told the truth, which made Liu Ye helpless.

Liu Ye naturally knew that Bai Tu must have sent someone to inquire about the situation. What was the difference between seeing it with his own eyes?The question is what do you think of the report given to you by the Ministry of Industry... It's as if you are a professional and can tell something!
At the same time, Liu Ye even suspected that Bai Tu's "didn't see" was literal, or did he mean to say...dismissive?
He hoped it was the latter.

Bai Tu also knew that Liu Ye was officially proposing to "buy a boat"!
There are many princes who are obsessed with catching up with Chu's technology, but Cao Cao is the first to focus on sea ships and even propose to buy ships...

(End of this chapter)