Needless to say, Ma Chao's reputation and influence in Liangzhou go without saying. If Li Qi planned to marry Ma Chao, it would be for the sake of the overall situation of the country.

Thinking about it carefully, if Li Qi and Ma Yunluan have a son, I wonder if it can make up for Li Qiwen's weak shortcomings.

Thinking of this, Li Qi made up his mind and planned to take up the gun.

In fact, Zhao Yun was not young at this time. He had already married a wife when he was training soldiers in Xinye Castle. His son Zhao Guang's name has not changed, and he is now known as soy sauce.

But a real man stands between heaven and earth, so it doesn’t hurt to find a few more.

Li Qixun wondered whether he should help Zhao Yun find another one to make up for marrying his Ma Yunluo.

…

Zhou Cang set up a table of wine and drank with Pei Yuanshao in the mansion.

He was very confused, why did the lord take Zhao Yun with him instead of himself and Pei Yuanshao when he went out this time?

Zhou Cang admitted that Zhao Yun's martial arts skills were indeed higher than those of himself and Pei Yuanshao combined, but Zhao Yun's duty was to lead troops in war, not as a bodyguard. Even if there was no need to fight for the time being, didn't he train troops?

So, it’s just that I said the wrong thing yesterday and was rejected by my lord.

Pei Yuanshao said: "With the abilities of you and me, it would be good if we could turn ourselves into bandits in troubled times. Over the years, my lord has led us to fight in the north and south, and our official positions have also followed, so we have a new direction."

.General of the Military Guard, my lord has done what he said. But Cang, we have to follow suit, don’t we? My lord has reminded you about the matter of Jiaozhou Shixie before, don’t talk nonsense, look at you yesterday

Too talkative."

Zhou Cang said: "Yes, I was quick to talk for a while. But if I don't talk nonsense next time, I will cut off my tongue."

In fact, Zhou Cang later understood that the matter between Li Qi and Sun Shangxiang was by no means as simple as an ordinary couple. Behind it was the game between the two major forces of Li Qi Group and Sun Quan Group. He really shouldn't have said that.

It stands to reason that Zhou Cang is not a talkative person, and sometimes he can't even beat him with a stick. Speaking of which, it is still to blame that Li Qi is usually too talkative, so that when Zhou Cang is close to Zhu Zhi, he is red.

Mo Zhehei occasionally expresses his own opinions freely.

Of course, the fact that Li Qi did not take Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao with him on this trip was not because Zhou Cang said something wrong yesterday.

Zhou Cang and the others will understand this soon.

Jiangling City, at Xian Liu's Mansion.

Liu Xian was very surprised. He did not expect that Li Qi would personally come to thank him for helping to defend Jiangling City with private soldiers that day.

Originally, he thought that Li Qi could just give a casual order and issue a document, but he came to thank him in person, which somewhat flattered Mr. Liu, and he quickly served tea.

After Li Qi sat down, he asked Zhao Yun, who had followed him, to sit down as well.

Zhao Yun couldn't get away after repeated attempts, so he had no choice but to sit down.

Liu Xian ordered his slave to serve tea and introduced: "This is the snow bud from Qingcheng, Yizhou. Li Yizhou must be familiar with it."

Using one of Yizhou's economic pillars to entertain Li Qi is considered very enlightened, right?

Maybe Liu Xian doesn't drink a lot of tea, but Liu Xian is the head of the aristocratic family, and through his subtle propaganda and guidance, he still has a positive promotion effect on Qingcheng Xueya.

Li Qi picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He first thanked Liu Xian for his "contribution" to Yizhou's economy, and then thanked him for his help when Jiangling was in crisis. However, he did not mention the expansion of private soldiers for the time being.

Liu Xiandao: "If I said that as a Jingzhou native, I would die as the soul of Jingzhou, I'm afraid it would be too much. In fact, from the perspective of our family, I have witnessed Li Yizhou's efforts for Jingzhou and Jiangling over the years, and I don't want to

Now that the good situation has been broken by war, we don’t want to see new forces coming and making some unknown changes.”

Li Qi nodded. Although Sun Quan almost co-governed with the aristocratic family in Jiangdong, once he expanded into a new area, he might not continue to act the same way. Otherwise, what's the point of being the lord of this area?

Jiangdong is Sun Quan's basic base. In order to maintain this basic base, Sun Quan can make some compromises. However, the newly expanded areas cannot even be regarded as the basic base. In order to strengthen his power, Sun Quan is likely to use Jingzhou as a killing ground.

So when Li Qi just captured Jingzhou, some aristocratic families were afraid that Sun Quan would launch a surprise attack while Li Qi was at war with Cao Cao, so they thought of marrying with the Jiangdong family. When Sun Quan actually occupied Jingzhou, he could also find a person in the Jiangdong Group.

People who speak for themselves.

Therefore, the marriage between the Jingzhou family and the Jiangdong family does not mean rebellion against Li Qi, but just to find a way out for himself.

There are not many people like Pang Ji.

Li Qi was naturally convinced by what Liu Xian said, and said: "Mr. Liu understands his carelessness, and I am very pleased."

After that, he ordered his entourage to present some gold, jade and jewels as a token of thanks and as an apology.

After all, Liu Xian was originally listed as a suspect by Jia Xu because of the marriage between the Liu family and the Jiangdong gentry.

Li Qidao: "Actually, I don't object to your marriage with the Jiangdong gentry. Let alone the Jiangdong gentry, I can understand even the marriage with the Cao Wei gentry. As long as you do the right thing, it is everyone's freedom to marry whomever you want."

Liu Xiandao: "But Jia Changshi used this matter as a basis for collaborating with the enemy. I wonder what Li Yizhou thinks?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "Of course, extraordinary methods are used in extraordinary times. At that time, Sun Quan's troops were approaching the city, and Wen He had to use this method as a last resort. The main reason was to scare off the grass and scare snakes, so that some people would not dare to move. Facts have also proved that Wen He relied on this strategy.

It brought out the family that really colluded with Jiangdong, so I think Wenhe’s move was not inappropriate. Of course, Qi was deeply sorry for the situation of Liu Gong and Han Gong, so he insisted on coming to your house to apologize in person."

Liu Xian cupped his hands and said, "How dare you, how dare you."

Liu Xian originally thought that today's conversation would end here, but Li Qi hadn't really gotten into the topic yet.

When Mr. Liu's daughter came into the room to serve tea, Li Qi looked the girl up and down. Seeing her good looks and decent behavior, he said to Mr. Liu: "Ah, I forgot to introduce to you the Zhao Zhao next to me.

General."

Zhao Yun: "???"

What's the matter with me?

Liu Xiandao: "The capture of Jiangling back then was even with the strength of General Zhao. How could Liu not know that? Of course, this is the first time we have tea face to face. I am polite here."

After all, Liu Xian is the master, and Zhao Yun is serving as Li Qi's follower at the moment. Originally, he could just stand by his side.

Therefore, Liu Xian bowed his hand in greeting, and Zhao Yun had no choice but to avoid the table and return the courtesy: "I don't dare, I don't dare."

Li Qidao: "General Zhao, whose name is Yun and whose courtesy name is Zilong, is from Zhending in Changshan. When I captured Shangyong, I killed Shen Dan, a local tycoon, with one blow. His bravery was extraordinary. Over the years, whether he went on an expedition or stayed behind to train, he was a soldier.

No one can replace the atrium columns."

Zhao Yun was puzzled, although what you said was true, why didn't you say it normally, but why did you say it in front of Liu Xian?

You see, all the little girls are staring at me, I feel so embarrassed.

Even though Zhao Yun didn't know what Li Qi was up to today, Li Qi had already described Zhao Yun's various advantages, even including the praise of "a horse single-handedly breaks out of a tight siege, and his bravery and sharpness make the enemy fearless".

All the words were used.

Even though Zhao Yun was a straight man, he roughly understood what Li Qi meant, but what he didn't understand was what Li Qi meant. He was too embarrassed to ask directly, so he had to say some sideways words to express his meaning.

: "Guang'er is about to go to school. In my opinion, do you prefer a literary Tao or a martial artist?"

Li Qidao: "It is natural to have some exposure to literary, Taoist and military strategies. After he has laid a solid foundation, it is not too late to choose the focus according to his own strengths and interests. Of course, Zilong can also have more children, so he can naturally

He is both civil and military."

Zhao Yun: "..."

Well, what Zhao Yun means is that I already have a son, so there is no need to take concubines.

What Li Qi meant was that if Donat was born, he would have a happy life.

Although Li Qi's meaning is not unreasonable, this kind of thing is an official's private matter after all, so why bother Li Qi?

Zhao Yun couldn't figure it out, so he discussed it with Pang Tong privately.

How did Pang Tong know that Li Qi's move was just to compensate Zhao Yun for wanting to marry Ma Yunluan? This kind of thing would not be possible even for Wolong, Fengchu, Zhonghu and Youlin.

Pang Tong thought for a moment, then thought of another possibility, and said: "My lord, I am afraid that by doing this, he hopes to win over the Jingzhou family. Think about it, these families have marriages with Jiangdong, why can't they have marriages with our own senior officials?"

Woolen cloth?"

Zhao Yun suddenly said: "Since it is a national matter, Yun will naturally obey."

Pang Tong said: "Don't wrong yourself. Have you met anyone? How is his behavior, appearance, and figure?"

Zhao Yun: "..."

Seeing that Zhao Yun was silent, Pang Tong said directly: "Get ready, and Tong will propose marriage for you on a certain day."

…

Li Qi was discussing how to benefit his employees, but Sun Quan was scratching his head.

Sun Quan also did not expect that Li Qi would agree to his peace terms so quickly, which shows that Li Qi indeed had reasons for having to negotiate for peace.

Although Sun Quan didn't know what the reason was, internal worries or external troubles? Human resources or financial resources? There must have been some situation that made a militaristic person like Li Qi easily choose to negotiate peace.

Sun Quan felt that he had missed something, but at this point, Li Qi had agreed to all his conditions, and Sun Quan had no choice but to stop his troops.

After he dismissed his troops, Sun Quan still felt that he wanted to take this "loss" openly.

So when welcoming Lu Fan's return, Sun Quan held Lu Fan's hand tightly and said, "If we can let Zi Heng return safely, so what if I abandon my country?"

Lu Fan burst into tears with gratitude. It seemed that Sun Quan was not so ungrateful! He actually gave up the great opportunity to attack the four counties of Jingnan for himself.

At this time, Zhu Ran had collected some grain and grass in Yichun and was heading to Ancheng.

When Sun Quan heard this, he felt even more dissatisfied.

But the peace agreement had been reached, so Sun Quan had no choice but to ask Zhu Ran to change direction, meet up at Xintu, and then return to Wu together.

However, when Sun Quan, Zhu Ran, Xu Sheng and other generals met in Xintu, he happened to receive a letter from Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao mentioned in his letter: Li Qi first proposed peace and at the same time readily agreed to the conditions proposed by Sun Quan. This shows that there must be some problems in Li Qi's group.
To be continued...