Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 584
Before the eighth year of Chu Li, Liang Mao, who had been "bearing humiliation and burden" in Liaodong for a long time, finally "returned" to Chu State.

Liang Mao was actually not from Chu. When he was a local official, he also served in Xuzhou and Qingzhou before going to Liaodong.

However, since he came into contact with Gan Ning and began to "cooperate" with the Chu State, not only did he send his children to the Chu State, but... he also had a greater sense of belonging to the Chu State.

Now this is the first time Liang Mao has set foot in his "homeland"...

Bai Tu also greeted Liang Mao eagerly. Not only did he greet him at the gate of Jinling City, he even pulled him and Gongsun Kang to ride with him in the car. Even... In terms of eagerness, Gongsun Kang felt that he was the guest!

If it weren't for Liang Mao, Bai Tu probably wouldn't even ask him to get in the car.

That's right, now Gongsun Kang has also come to Chu State, including most of Gongsun's family members!
As for that small group, they were those who failed to break out and were killed or captured.

Gongsun Kang did not regard Chu as his homeland, but he knew that Chu was his life-saving straw...

Given his importance to the Wei State, even if he could escape to the Seafood Peninsula or even Goguryeo after breaking through, the Wei State would not give up the pursuit.

However, when he crossed the sea and arrived at Chu State, Wei State really had nothing to do with him.

When Liu Yi first mentioned this matter to him, Gongsun Kang was so angry that he wanted to kill someone. However, after Liu Yi's tearful persuasion and analysis, Gongsun Kang had to admit that this was his only "life".

Originally, even if he understood this point, Gongsun Kang would not be willing to come to Chu State...

After all, Chu State looked at his "active surrender" and at most did not pursue the previous discord. As for what kind of achievements he wanted to build and what kind of treatment he wanted to receive from the princes, he didn't even think about it.

But then Liu Yi used Gongsun Kang's descendants to persuade him, and also made a lot of nonsense, saying that the Gongsun family had been in Liaodong for 30 years and the people's hearts were stable...

Gongsun Kang believed that he could play a role in Chu State, that is, he could receive corresponding treatment and would not be put under house arrest or laughed at as soon as he arrived in Jinling, so he agreed half-heartedly.

However, seeing that they had arrived at Jinling, Gongsun Kang became increasingly uncomfortable.

Unlike Zhang Lu, Gongsun Kang was full of ambitions before and even broke the contract to attack Chu's ports.

Now he has to surrender to the Chu State, and it is not a "subordinate state", but a real and willing subject... How can Gongsun Kang not feel disappointed?

Especially when I see Bai Tu, who unabashedly regards Liang Mao as the protagonist and him, the King of Yan, as the supporting role...

But now that we’re here, it’s too late to regret it!
Even if Gongsun Kang was not convinced, he tried his best to be patient.

In the main hall of Jiangshan Pavilion, in front of the King of Chu and the officials, Gongsun Kang even told the story of how he was deceived by the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi.

Anyway...

His falling out with the Chu State was all the result of the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi deceiving him. Now he has repented and hopes that the King of Chu can do justice for heaven and unify the mountains and rivers.

At the same time, he did not forget that according to Liu Yi's words, he "voluntarily" gave up the villain's title of Marquis of Yan and returned Jiuxi. He was only willing to accept the title of Chu State and contribute to the construction of Chu State.

Bai Tu doesn't know how much real feelings there are in this. People are already in Jinling anyway, so it doesn't matter whether the "emotion" is real or not - Bai Tu doesn't really want to use him anyway!

However, he still encouraged and comforted Gongsun Kang on the surface, and granted him the title of Marquis of Shicheng, which was also hereditary, but there were only [-] households in the city, and... Shicheng County is on Jinling Road!

The feudal princes of the Chu State only had the right to manage the fiefdoms, but not the management rights of the fiefdoms. That is to say, they could only receive agricultural taxes for the number of households in the fiefdoms, and they had no master-slave relationship with the farmers in the towns. They could only choose to collect the crops according to the standards of the imperial court. Taxes, or... less taxes.

As for the food town in Jinling Road, it undoubtedly left Gongsun Kang completely in the capital. From now on, he could only be a marquis with some food town but no real power.

At the same time, Liang Mao was actually granted the title of County Marquis, with the same hereditary power, the same two thousand households, and was later awarded the title of Minister of Rites.

Obviously, in Bai Tu's heart, Liang Mao was the first to whom Marquis Yan came to invest...

At the New Year's Day banquet, it was even more obvious that Liang Mao was placed in the first few rows. During the banquet, Bai Tu often called him, as if he was interested in him, while Gongsun Kang was only placed in an inconspicuous corner. He held the title of Marquis, but the county marquis of Chu State did not have any privileges, and no one in the official circles paid any attention to him.

The common people in the market respect the dignified Lord Marquis of the County very much, but that's just respect. More importantly... Gongsun Kang didn't dare to try it. How would he be punished if he bullied the common people?

Of course, although Gongsun Kang was only made a county prince without real power and given a house in Jinling, since Gongsun Kang has been accepted, Baitu will not waste the role he should play.

Chu State has sent envoys to notify Wei State and order it to return "Liaodong of Chu State".

Wei State naturally ignored this, and even blamed Chu State for accepting Gongsun Kang, a rebellious minister and traitor.

However, this kind of verbal battle can't come to fruition. Both sides know that there will be a battle in Bohai Sea this year to see who is the real overlord of Bohai Sea!

If Cao Cao wins, Chu State will withdraw from the coastal areas in the east of Jizhou and south of Youzhou, and its influence on Liaodong and the Seafood Peninsula will be greatly weakened. Even... Wei State is likely to look at Danzhou in order to look forward to Shu.

And if Bai Tu wins, the Chu State will completely secure the Bohai Rim area. It can almost be said... From now on, Bai Tu's words will be the criterion on the sea, and all places close to the sea will be "danger zones" for Wei and Qi. ".

There is no need to think about development and farming in the coastal counties, because if Wei loses to Chu at home, it will mean that the Chu navy can easily land from anywhere!
Unlike the army, the navy can still develop and catch up. If Chu can win, it will definitely sweep the coast and will not give Wei any chance to build large coastal ports and shipyards in the future.

After the conflict between Wei and Chu became clearer, the person who suffered the most in Chu was not Xiahou Juan.

After all, Xia Houjuan and Bai Tu had a good relationship, and they had a daughter. From now on, even if Chu generals met Xia Houyuan on the battlefield, they would try their best to capture him alive, but she looked away.

But Cao Pi couldn't bear to see it...

The Wei State is now only one step away from completely falling out with the Chu State, but there is no one who can even plead for him to go back!
Although he might not be released if he begs Baitu, but now Wei seems to have no intention of doing so, which makes Cao Pi even more depressed...

But a sister is a sister, and Xia Houjuan has already started arranging marriage arrangements for him - this year Cao Pi has also reached the age of marriage, even in Chu State, he has reached the age of marriage.

(End of this chapter)