Sun Ce and others returned to the water pavilion of the Military Affairs Office together, sat down on the upstairs, blew the lake breeze, savored the fragrant tea, and analyzed the possible situation.

Guo Jia's words dispelled Sun Ce's worries and also allowed him to see his shortcomings in his abilities. In terms of the ability to handle specific matters, he is indeed not as good as Guo Jia. Even after so long hard work, he is barely similar to the young Pang Tong. The reason is the same, he is young and inexperienced.

The general situation may be learned from history books, but the details cannot be learned.

Guo Jia said that all power struggles must be supported by strength. Strength is a fist, and power struggles are ropes. Without enough strength, you cannot wield the rope of power struggles, otherwise you will only be trapped in a cocoon. No matter who made this idea for the emperor, it seems clever, but it exposes the weakness of the court and at the same time proves that the support of Guanzhong has achieved due results.

In Guanzhong, there was a severe drought, and Yuan Shao was not a single cut. Only Sun Ce was able to export grain to Guanzhong. Countless people who were affected felt Sun Ce's benevolence and righteousness. Even those party members who had not gained money could not stop the court from turning to Sun Ce at this time and show their goodwill to Sun Ce through marriage. The general was in charge of the government affairs. Once Sun Jian became a general, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for the party members.

The party members will definitely not give up. This should be one of the original intentions of the marriage to completely push the Sun family to the opposite of the party members, making the Sun family the target of attack. However, when Yuan Shao was trapped in Jizhou and refused to support the party members in the Korean country, what could these party members do to the Sun family?

Sun Ce did not need a big fight back at all. Unless he voluntarily gave up his military power, even if he stood up and let the party members fight, the party members would not be able to win.

"Chang'an cannot recover its vitality in a short time after this disaster." Guo Jia shook his feather fan, not rushing. "Now you need to pay attention to Yizhou and Youzhou, these are the open arms of the Jiting Court. Yizhou lives on the upper reaches of the river and goes down the river. You can take Jingzhou and Yangzhou directly. This is directed to us and cannot be taken lightly."

Guo Jia stood in front of the window, pondered for a moment, and turned to look at Sun Ce. "General, from many signs, Cao Cao is following the general and implementing the new policy. Although the strength is not as strong as Xun Yu, the foundation of Yizhou is worse than that of Guanzhong, but the aristocrats in Yizhou are not strong enough. It can be imagined that his effectiveness should be greater than that of Guanzhong. The possibility of our ability to quickly obtain Yizhou has been lost. We must be prepared for a long-term confrontation, and wait until he reveals his flaws, or leave it to the end."

Sun Ce nodded softly. He had expected this. Liu Bei could stand up even if he forced Yizhou. Cao Cao took advantage of the power of the court and took over Yizhou with a legitimate reputation. It would be easier to separatist Yizhou. However, the terrain of Yizhou is suitable for separating one side, but it is not suitable for fighting for hegemony of the Central Plains. It would not be so easy for Cao Cao to fight for the world with this.

"Youzhou has the power of soldiers and horses. The Wuhuan of the three counties is famous cavalry in the world. It has Youzhou and overlooks the Central Plains. It can not only make it difficult for Yuan Shao to take care of the head and tail, but also control the source of our war horses. However, Youzhou's grain tax cannot be self-sufficient and must rely on us. Therefore, before Yuan Shao falls, the court should not turn against us. What we are worried about is Yuan Shao, not us. We should take this opportunity to accumulate strength, seize Qingzhou, and build sea ships. The advantages of new sea ships are more obvious. We should form strength as soon as possible, replace existing building ships, and reduce the risk of cross-sea operations."

Sun Ce suddenly became a little uneasy. He had not received news from Qingzhou for several days. It could not be an accident? Since he learned that Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, he was angry and the court appointed Zhang Ze as the governor of Youzhou, he was very concerned about the situation in Youzhou. However, Youzhou crossed the mountains and seas, and the transportation was inconvenient. Last time, he lost nearly half of the horses to convey the message. He has not recovered yet, and the news lags severely. But no matter what, he would receive news every two or three days, even if it was a report of safety.

The last time I received the message was five days ago.

By time, Gongsun Xu and others should have arrived in Qingzhou. There has been no news for a long time. It cannot be that something happened at sea? The last time Gongsun Yue died in Yuzhou, Gongsun Zan turned against Yuan Shao. This time, Gongsun Xu had something wrong with Gongsun Zan. With Gongsun Zan's donkey temper, the result was really unpredictable. The situation in Youzhou may be further out of control.

If the current situation can be stabilized, the renewal of the navy tower ship should indeed be completed as soon as possible.

It would be great if there were two aircraft carriers, and it would be fine if it was a 10,000 tons large drive. Even the latest Wanshilou ship had a displacement of only 300 tons, which was weak.

After taking a shower, Sun Ce opened his arms and chatted with Mi Lan while slapping the wind. After waiting for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little strange. All this was done by Yuan Quan. Yuan Quan was not by his side, so he always felt that something was missing. Whether it was Mi Lan or Yin Xi, he was not as thoughtful as Yuan Quan took care of her. He thought that Yuan Quan had a menstrual period and was inconvenient. After asking, he realized that Yuan Heng was not feeling well in the past two days, and Yuan Quan went to take care of her.

Mi Lan said and laughed strangely. Sun Ce asked a few questions, but didn't ask anything, so he simply got up, put on his coat, and wanted to go to the side yard to see. Mi Lan was busy, but when she was not careful, Sun Ce left the yard. When she realized, she chased him to the door. Sun Ce had already entered the side yard. Mi Lan couldn't help but complain that she was busy and slapped her cheek.

Sun Ce put on his coat, tied his belt, and walked through the side yard. Before he entered the door, he heard Yuan Heng's crying and listened for a while. Yuan Heng cried and said, intermittently, but Sun Ce still understood. It turned out that the discomfort that Mi Lan said was not about getting sick, but about having a first menstruation. In the eyes of people in this era, a woman's first menstruation means having fertility. Many girls get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, which is mostly related to this concept. Yuan Heng got a first menstruation at the age of twelve, which is relatively early, but not outrageous.

Yuan Heng was worried about not getting married, but having a child. Yuan Quan and Yin Wei had difficulty giving birth to varying degrees when they gave birth. Yuan Quan was better. His stomach only hurt for most of the day. Yin Wei suffered even more. It took two days to give birth to him, leaving a lot of psychological shadows on Yuan Heng.

When Sun Ce's two sons were born, he was fighting outside and didn't know these things. Now, after hearing Yuan Heng's words, he realized that Yuan Quan and Yin Gui had suffered so much, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Who is outside?" The room suddenly became quiet.

"I." Sun Ce entered the door, hugged Yuan Quan who was coming up, and kissed her on the forehead. "You have suffered so much, why have you never heard you say anything?"

Yuan Quan gave Sun Ce a blank look and gently pushed him away. "Women don't have any hardships in giving birth? What's the point of saying that it's really hard to give birth." Yuan Heng was very embarrassed and broke free from Yuan Quan's hand and hid behind the curtain. No matter how Yuan Quan called, she refused to come out to see Sun Ce. Sun Ce waved his hand and signaled Yuan Quan not to be so polite. The little girl was thin-skinned, but when he heard these things, she was not willing to come out to see anyone at this time.

He deliberately changed the topic. "Tell you something, someone suggested that the emperor marry my Sun family."

"What?" Yuan Quan was stunned, his face, which was originally blushing because of his anxiety, suddenly turned pale.

Sun Ce was surprised. "What's wrong with you? His face was very bad."

Yuan Quan looked at Wei Ban, and Wei Ban shook gently, only seeing Yuan Heng's tight hand shape. Yuan Quan took a deep breath and squeezed out a very reluctant smile. "Husband... are you here to tell me about this?"
Chapter completed!