Cao Shu, Jiang Wei and Lu Xun sat by the lake eating grilled fish.

He asked the two of them: "Zhang Zhao came to Chengdu with the purpose of asking me for peace. Do you think I should agree to him or not?"

"The lord thinks it should be agreed?" The two of them did not answer directly, and Lu Xun asked back.

"If Sun Zhongmou really wants to surrender, I won't make things difficult for him." Cao Shuo said: "He gave up on Jiaozhou, of course I will let him have no worries about food and clothing from now on. With his talents, he will even delegate some things to him. What I am worried about is that he said he wanted to take effect, but secretly did things that I couldn't accept."

"Sima Zhongda refused to garrison the troops and waited, so he should be worried about these things." Jiang Wei replied: "Although Jiaozhou is at the end of its strength, how could Sun Zhongmou be willing to face failure? If it were me, I would never let the army wait halfway just because of Zhang Zhao's words."

"Zhang Zhao came to me and talked about how much benefits Sun Zhongmou could get from me." Cao Shuo said: "The Sun family still wants to protect Jiaozhou and even return to Jiangdong. How could I be so stupid and give up the territory I finally got? You know, Sun Zhongmou is not an ordinary governor. If you let him be in Jiangdong, you will sooner or later cause me a big trouble!"

"The lord is right." Jiang Wei and Lu Xun both nodded. Jiang Wei said: "Jiaongzhou is so weak that we have no need to pay attention to whether they surrender. If Sun Zhongmou is really sincere, then accept the title of Wu Hou and follow his lord to the capital for half his life. If he plans to keep Jiaozhou, or ask his lord to hand over Jiangdong to him, the lord can refuse and lead the army to make plans for attack."

"I never thought of agreeing to him." Cao Shuo said: "The South China Sea Navy has not been used for many years. It is said that General Guan has landed and is invincible all the way. He is about to arrive in Cangwu. Zhang Zhao came to seek peace at this time, don't he feel it was too late?"

He glanced at the corner of his mouth and smiled indifferently, saying, "It is better to chase the enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame and learn from the overlord. I am not the overlord of Western Chu, and I will never leave any way out for my opponents!"

"The lord has become a martial ethics, and who in the world is not convinced? In many years of troubled times, if it weren't for the lord, I don't know how long it would take." Lu Xun said: "Although I was a general in Jiangdong, I still think that there is nothing wrong with the lord's choice."

The three of them discussed the matter in Jiaozhou for a while and agreed that no matter what conditions Zhang Zhao proposed, Cao Shu should refuse.

The matter in Jiaozhou was discussed and Cao Shu asked them again: "Zhuge Liang went to the Southern Barbarians. Do you think he can cause storms there?"

Lu Xun was not very familiar with Zhuge Liang, so he looked at Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei thought for a while and said, "To be honest, Zhuge Kongming had worked in Nanyang before he became an official. He was very familiar with farming and picking mulberry trees. When he arrived at the Southern Barbarians, he would bring a lot of novel things to the Southern Barbarians. The Southern Barbarians lacked food and clothes. In the past, when they came to Yizhou to rob, men were mostly naked and their lower bodies were just surrounded by cloth strips."

"How about a woman?" Cao Shu asked afterwards.

"It's similar to a man." Jiang Wei replied without thinking.

Cao Shuo smiled and said, "Why isn't it fun to tremble in his chest when he runs?"

"Actually, I haven't seen many women in the Southern Barbarians." Jiang Wei smiled awkwardly and said, "I have only seen a few of them, they are all similar to men. They don't wear anything on their upper body. They are really interesting when they run."

"Jiazhou has not been pacified yet. Although there is no movement in the Southern Barbarians at the moment, they may cause us a lot of trouble one day." Cao Shuo suddenly became serious and said to Jiang Wei and Lu Xun: "I came to Yizhou this time. Apart from Fa Xiaozhi, you are the only two of you who can stand alone. Once there is something wrong, you two have to bear more responsibility."

"Don't worry, lord!" Jiang Wei and Lu Xun stood up and responded together: "Even if the Southern Barbarians come out in full swing, as long as we are here, they will definitely be able to make them come and go!"

"I feel relieved with you two." Cao Shu nodded, then picked up a jar of wine and handed it to Lu Xun: "Boyan, leave the wine to you. We will never return without getting drunk tonight!"

Cao Shu, Lu Xun and Jiang Wei drank by the lake until late at night.

That night, he slept beautifully and presided over the court as usual the next morning.

After the court meeting, Lu Xun came over: "Lord, Zhang Zhao looked for me last night, and I just refused his request for advice with great drunkenness. After the court meeting, he should also come to ask for advice."

"He comes to ask for a meeting, and I will see him." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Bo Yan follows me, then calls Boyue, and I will summon Zhang Zhao in the study."

Lu Xun agreed, and then said to Cao Shu: "I thought about it and I should have seen him last night. If I met him, he would have lost all confidence when he met his lord."

"If he has no confidence at all, I don't need to see you." Cao Shuo smiled and patted Lu Xun's arm: "We made Zhang Zhao feel no confidence, and the purpose is to ask him to go back and tell Sun Quan. You must know that Jiaozhou is still in the hands of Sun Quan, and he is willing to give it to us, so that we can really unify the world."

The two of them walked out of the hall.

As soon as he went down the stairs, Zhang Zhao came up: "I have met the King of Wei. I just saw the King of Wei summoning the court to discuss, so I didn't dare to go forward to ask for a meeting, so I had to wait here."

"Mr. Zhang asked someone to report that you don't need to wait here." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Actually, Mr. Zhang is not here to see me, so I plan to send someone to invite you to the study."

"Is the King of Wei willing to accept Jiaozhou's submission?" Cao Shu said that he had planned to send someone to invite him, and Zhang Zhao's eyes lit up.

Smiling and shook his head, Cao Shu said, "I don't care too much about whether Jiaozhou surrenders. I just think that Mr. Zhang came to Chengdu and did not treat him well. He was really negligent and had no courtesy!"

"As long as the King of Wei is willing to accept surrender, I will be willing to receive more cold treatments." Zhang Zhao responded sincerely.

"This is not a place to talk, go to the study room and talk." Cao Shu greeted him.

Zhang Zhao agreed, and Lu Xun said to Cao Shuo, "Lord, I'll go and invite Bo to come."

Cao Shu nodded, and Lu Xun turned around and left.

Accompanying Cao Shu into the back garden of the Shu Han Palace, Zhang Zhao said, "I heard that the King of Wei had obtained Yizhou, so I had been willing to come to congratulate him for a long time. However, Jiaozhou has a lot of affairs and was unable to leave for a while. Don't blame him for looking at the King of Wei."

"Mr. Zhang is sincere, I have no doubts." Cao Shuo said to Zhang Zhao with a smile: "What I want to know is that Sun Zhongmou heard that I have taken over Yizhou, so is he looking very bad?"
Chapter completed!