Cai Mao's smile was a little stiff, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He knew that this was difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. After Sun Ce accepted his gift, he still refused to give him face. He didn't say it, but asked Zhou Yu to say it.

"This... Gongjin, I can't say that. They abandoned their family business, and then the general came to this point, saying it was for the court, and the smaller one was for their future. Now, life and death are separated from the city and outside the city, and even the family of the latter general was trapped in Cao Cao's hands. How could he not be anxious? It is normal for human beings to break the city as soon as possible and reunite as soon as possible."

Cai Mao felt that he was thinking too easily. Compared to Yuan Shu, Sun Ce was even more terrifying. Yuan Shu was now in a tiger's footsteps. He was saved by him, Cai Mao, and had to restrain his temper as a fierce ghost in the road. Sun Ce was different. He had no desires for others, but someone begged him, and he didn't need to give anyone face at all.

Cai Mao tried his best and explained repeatedly, almost emptying the words in his stomach. He regretted it. If he had known that it would be so troublesome, he would not come to Sun Ce directly, but to find his brother-in-law Huang Chengyan first.

Just when Cai Mao was almost desperate, Sun Ce raised his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, just tell me what the latter general planned."

"Someone gave the senior general three strategies." Cai Mao said the content of Yan Xiang's three strategies. "The senior general felt that this was unfair to General Sun, but he was also worried about the family in the city, for fear that if someone could not bear the suffering and sacrificed his life, he hoped that the city could be broken as soon as possible, and at least he had to redeem the hostages first to ensure the safety of his family's lives."

Zhou Yu said: "The latter general means that we hope that we will hand over the stone throwing machine and the generals will attack each company separately? That's not possible. This stone throwing machine seems simple, but it is the work of the craftsmen of Huang and the baggage camp, and it is extremely powerful. We also hope to rely on these stone throwing machines to attack Wancheng and hand it over to those people. Who knows whether they are reliable? What if someone leaks the secret to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao uses these powerful tools to attack us?"

"Yes, this is also what the latter general is worried about, otherwise he wouldn't have sent me here. The latter general believes that you two will definitely come up with a complete solution."

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at each other and said in unison: "What does the Hou General mean?"

Cai Mao nodded.

Sun Ce relaxed his straight body and leaned back, his face relaxed a lot. Zhou Yu also smiled, pondered for a moment, raised his head, and said, "Let's do this, we can provide a stone throwing machine, but the craftsmen who operate the stone throwing machine must be assigned by us. They must ensure the safety and life of the craftsmen we sent."

Cai Mao felt relieved, smiled happily, and patted his palms gently. "The Later General is right. Although you two are young, you are very knowledgeable and will understand his difficulties. Then I won't bother you. Now I will repay the Later General and let the Later General sleep peacefully. You don't know that the Later General was so worried that he didn't sleep well for two nights because of this."

Sun Ce nodded. "Since that's the case, I won't keep you anymore. You should worry about the knife, I'm in a hurry to use it."

"General Sun, don't worry, I just need to send a letter back, how can Guoyi not arrange it?" Cai Mao was in a good mood. He originally thought that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would definitely not agree to solve the problem so easily, so he was eager to repay Yuan Shu for credit.

Sun Ce asked Zhou Yu to send Cai Mao to see him off and explain some details. He sang a black-faced person, leaving the red face for Zhou Yu, a family of aristocratic families to sing. The division of labor was very clear. He sat alone in the hall and waited for Zhou Yu to come back to discuss countermeasures. Cai Mao said that Yuan Shu was very sensible, but he didn't believe it. He never dared to have too much hope for Yuan Shu.

Yin Yu walked out of it and asked someone to clean up the wine on the table. Sun Ce looked at her. "How is your eldest father feeling these two days?"

"It's not bad, just get used to it."

Sun Ce smiled, took Yin Gui's hand, and let her sit beside him. "Your father has been idle for too long and may not be clear about the current situation. You should spend more time with him and comfort him. I know he has been a 2,000-stone person, and he followed a famous general like Zhang Ranming. He has a high vision and looks down on these lower-level officers such as Junhou. But why did I ask him to give lectures to them? Because your eldest father also started with Junhou and Junhou, and walked step by step to two thousand stone. He should know the best what these people need."

"I understand, I will tell him the general's words to make him feel at ease." Yin Wei pulled his hand back embarrassedly. "I am a little unkind, so please let the general be Heihe and don't bother with him."

"No." Sun Ce thought for a while and said solemnly: "Ah, tell your eldest father, just say what I said. Within ten years, there will definitely be disciples who make him proud among these people. In the future, there will definitely be a name of two thousand stones on his tombstone. Not to mention that Dong Zhuo cannot be compared with him, even if he is compared with Zhang Ranming, he can be ashamed."

"Take it seriously?" Yin Wei was skeptical, and his beautiful eyes swept around Sun Ce's face. The light shone on her slightly red face, with a warm light.

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Since you stayed and recommended your eldest father to me, you should trust your vision. If you don't even have this confidence, are you too rash?"

Yin Wei lowered her head embarrassedly and said shyly: "I am a woman, so how can I have any insight? I just believe that the general is not an ordinary person. My father follows the general and will definitely be able to leave a name in history in the future and be glorious behind him."

There were heavy footsteps coming from the corridor, and Yin Wei quickly got up and hurried into the inner room. The door of the inner room had just closed, and Zhou Yu went to the hall and sat calmly opposite him. "Cai Degui is leaving."

Sun Ce responded and waited for Zhou Yu to write down, but Zhou Yu didn't say anything for a long time. Sun Ce raised his head and looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously.

"Bo Fu, Cai Degui is not such a generous person. He gives such a big gift as soon as he opens his mouth. It should be the benefit that the latter general gave him."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing and shook his head. When Zhou Yu saw it, he laughed twice, and then said seriously: "I know that you can't get up early without profit. If the Cai family can make the business bigger, you will achieve your typical goal. But don't be careless. Merchants are profit-oriented and less benevolent than benevolence. From the Shangjun reform to the present, big merchants have been unstable factors, not to mention that the Cai family is doing an ordnance business. If someone pays a larger price, I dare say that they will even sell the ordnance to Dong Zhuo. Can you still laugh at that time?"

Sun Ce also put away his smile. "That's right, so we have to take the technical core into our own hands. We not only have a Huang Chengyan, but also cultivate more Huang Yueying. Gongjin. I plan to prepare a wooden school to train craftsmen like a martial arts lecture hall to train treasury chiefs and military marquis."

Zhou Yu agreed happily. "No wonder you wanted to pay Cai Mao on credit. If you do this like you, it would be not enough for you to come to He's family."

Sun Ce sneered. "Credit? Hehe, this is the commercial tax I deserve."

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