Just walked to the door,

Sun Shangxiang heard Xi Yu's smiling words coming from behind him:

"I don't know how many people in the world want to do this kind of work, where you can earn money just by studying."

Hearing Xi Yu's words, Sun Shangxiang also stopped and turned around, pouting and looking at Xi Yu resentfully.

Although he was very dissatisfied, Sun Shangxiang knew that now he could only study for him. If he didn't study, he might not have any way to repay the money.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Shangxiang walked to Xi Yu, picked up "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and started reading.

However, because Sun Shangxiang was illiterate, she kept mispronunciating many characters she didn't recognize.

Just like when I read "There is a country of Wei (wei) and millet (shu) is eaten."

Because he didn't know those two words and was afraid that he would mispronounce it and Xi Yu would deduct her money, Sun Shangxiang paused for a while without saying a word.

Although there was a reminder from Xiyu afterwards, it was still like pounding garlic, pounding it until a sentence came out,

After a long time, it can be said that Sun Shangxiang made many mistakes in reading.

After all, not only did I not earn a penny today, but I still owed Xi Yu an unknown amount of money.

Finally, after Xi Yu said very flatly that he would deduct ten coppers, Sun Shangxiang couldn't bear it anymore and ran out of Xi Yu's room crying.

Gan Mei, who was at the door, saw that Sun Shangxiang ran out crying, so she looked at Xi Yu in confusion.

"What's wrong with this girl from the Sun family?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Xi Yu said very calmly:

"It doesn't matter, you don't have to worry about her. She will come over by herself tomorrow after she has made up her mind today."

The next day, Sun Shangxiang appeared in front of Xi Yu again as expected, and continued to do so for several days.

While Xi Yu was extremely leisurely, there was an undercurrent surging beneath the calm water surface in Jingzhou.

Like other places, Kuai, Huang, Ma, Pang, Cai, Xi, and Yang in Jingzhou are all aristocratic families that have been operating in Jingzhou for thousands of years.

The power among each family can be described as intertwined, and the status of several families in Jingzhou can be described as as stable as Mount Tai.

Among them, the Kuai family is in Nanjun, the Huang family is in Miannan, the Ma family is in Yicheng, and the remaining four families are all in Xiangyang.

As long as Xiangyang is controlled, it means that most of the Jingzhou nobles are controlled. With the initiative in hand, they can choose whether to win over or suppress the remaining few.

This is why Liu Bei gave up Jiangxia and took Liu Qi abducted to Xiangyang at all costs.

Liu Bei was already popular among the people in Jingzhou. As long as he controlled these four major families, the Jingzhou gentry would be in Liu Bei's hands. From then on, he would be able to completely control Jingzhou in his own hands.

Based on the spies’ information, Guo Jia and his two colleagues learned that,

In Xiangyang City, although the Pang family, the Xi family, and the Yang family formed an alliance on the surface, saying that they wanted to stand alone against Liu Bei, they secretly had a relationship with Liu Bei early on.

Logically speaking, the Cai family should have an indelible blood feud with Liu Bei. After all, their patriarch Cai Mao was killed by Liu Bei. However, the gap in strength between the two sides was too large, and the Cai family had to bow to Liu Bei.

On the surface, today's Xiangyang City has long been twisted into a rope by Liu Bei.

In addition to the aristocratic families, those who can influence the situation in Jingzhou are the celebrities who have the right to speak. Among these celebrities, Pang Degong is the leader.

Although Pang Degong never served as an official in his life, he was regarded as his elder brother by Sima Hui and was friendly to Huang Chengyan. He was a hermit with great influence among the major aristocratic families in Jingzhou.

Because of his high reputation, his words and deeds can affect all parts of Jingzhou. Not only can he simply control the direction of public opinion, but he can also influence the decisions of the entire major families in Jingzhou.

After receiving this information, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu made an extremely targeted plan based on this information.

First of all, the two people decided to focus on the Kuai family in Nanjun. After all, the location of the Kuai family is an important road. Controlling the Kuai family will form a pincer attack on Xiangyang.

Besides, the Kuai family and Liu Biao have an old relationship, and they definitely don't want to see Liu Biao's inheritance taken away by Liu Bei like this.

In addition to the Kuai family, the Huang family can also find opportunities to unite. After all, the Huang family and Liu Bei had enmity before, and the Huang family should still be angry now.

And the Cai family can also test their voices and see what they really think.

Pang Degong is also bound to look for it, but other people can still be bought with gold and silver utensils, but as a celebrity, Pang Degong sneered at these yellow and white things.

Therefore, Guo Jia did not prepare much gold or silver for the people sent to look for Pang Degong. He just asked the leader to send a message to Pang Degong.

Soon the caravan arrived at the Huang family in Anlu, Jiangxia.

After seeing the caravan, Huang Zu, who had just escaped from Dawu and was still frightened, thought that the caravan was Liu Bei's plate.

So after letting the caravan in, Huang Zu directly had the caravan uniformed, and all grain, salt, silver notes, and heavy gifts with Xu seals engraved on them were withheld.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Huang Zu's behavior, the leader of the caravan was a shrewd person selected by Guo Jia. Even in such a crisis situation, he did not panic at all.

Instead, he asked Huang Zu with an indifferent expression:

"I have always heard that Governor Huang is wise, but today Governor Huang's behavior is so ridiculous. It seems that those things I heard before are really just rumors!"

After hearing what this person said, Huang Zu also had a trace of doubt in his eyes.

What this person just said was obviously recognition of his identity. However, since he appeared in front of this person, he never mentioned his identity. How could this person recognize him?

Moreover, this man's behavior did not look like that of an ordinary businessman, nor did his manner of speaking and conversation look like Liu Bei's.

For a moment, Huang Zu had some doubts about this person's identity.

"Who are you?"

After waving his hand and asking his subordinates to step aside, Huang Zu asked about this person's identity with a puzzled look on his face.

Standing up, the leader of the caravan slightly bowed his hand towards Huang Zu.

"Prefect Huang, I am a pawn under the Opera Lord's account. I came here today to discuss cooperation with the prefect and jointly fight against Liu Bei."

After hearing what the leader of the caravan said, Huang Zu frowned slightly. In today's world, apart from Xi Yu, Huang Zu couldn't think of anyone else who could be called a showman.

"The actor wants to cooperate with me?"

Of course Huang Zu was very happy that Xi Yu wanted to cooperate with him to fight against Liu Bei, but he still couldn't understand why Xi Yu wanted to cooperate with him?

After all, with Xiyu's current strength, wouldn't it be easy to destroy Liu Bei?

Slightly cupping his hands, the caravan leader said slowly:

"The story of Liu Bei's treacherous plot to frame the heads of various families in Jiangxia has spread all over the world. Xi Gong is kind and does not want Jiangxia's wealthy families to be oppressed by Liu Bei, so he sends villains to seek justice for you, general. These gifts are given to the general by Xi Gong.

to show the sincerity of the cooperation between the actor and the general."

After a pause, the caravan leader continued:

"Now everyone in the world knows that Liu Qi is ill and will not die soon. If Liu Qi dies of illness, the Jingzhou shepherd will definitely be captured by Liu Bei. Who does the general think Liu Bei will deal with first?"

"Isn't he just a wealthy noble like the general? And after the last banquet, the general may have already seen clearly Liu Bei's hypocrisy."

Afterwards, the leader of the caravan told Huang Zu everything that Guo Jia had said to him, which probably meant that he wanted Huang Zu to unite with other families to overthrow Liu Bei.

Listening to what the caravan leader said, Huang Zu also became slightly thoughtful.

Naturally, he knew what the caravan leader said. In fact, there was no need to wait for Liu Bei to completely control Jingzhou. Ever since he was driven out of Jingzhou by Liu Bei, Huang Zu had actually fallen into a state of idleness.

Just now, Liu Bei is already waiting and wants to kill them all.

Not to mention the time when Liu Qi dies of illness and Liu Bei takes complete control of Jingzhou.

It can be said that compared to Xi Yu, Huang Zu wanted to finish Liu Bei more, but even though the caravan leader spoke so indignantly and acted completely for the sake of Huang Zu and others,

But Huang Zu didn't know how someone like Xi Yu could be taken advantage of and help others for no reason.

"Oh? Then I don't know what Xi Gong means?"

After cupping his hands, the caravan leader slowly spoke:

"The general knows that my lord is a truly benevolent person, and the army under my lord's command is a truly benevolent army. Now the territory under my lord's jurisdiction can be said to be seas and rivers, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment no longer have to worry about three meals a day.

, the aristocratic and wealthy families also have income and the family is becoming more and more prosperous."

"Therefore, in order to allow the people and nobles of Jingzhou to live in such a peaceful life, my lord is willing to work with the people of Jingzhou's aristocratic families to govern Jingzhou so that the people will no longer be troubled by war."

Listening to the words of the caravan leader, Huang Zu lowered his head thoughtfully,

Seeing that Huang Zu was still thinking, the caravan leader paused for a moment and continued:

"General, you must know that it is only a matter of time for my lord to unify the world. The reason why we are not sending a large army to capture Jingzhou now is because we do not want the gentry and common people in Jingzhou to be harassed by the flames of war."

"If the general abandons the secret and turns to the light at this time, and kills Liu Bei together with the Jingzhou nobles, it will be regarded as a great achievement in the future. The general's family will skyrocket from then on."

"But if the general keeps hesitating, when my lord's army arrives, Jiangxia, Xiangyang, and Jingzhou will disappear like flying ashes between heaven and earth in an instant. The stakes in this are greater than the general's than mine.

more clearly."

The words of the caravan leader were full of deep temptation, which also filled Huang Zu with a deep sense of crisis.

In fact, how could he not know the stakes involved? How could he not know Xi Yu's strength?

It can be said that as long as everyone in the world has no grudges against Xiyu, no one would want to defect to him, and no one would want to get the title of Conglong Minister.

But no matter what, Liu Bei was staring at him so hard that he didn't dare to make any move. In addition, even if he wanted to defect to Xi Yu, he had no way to do so.

This has led to the fact that until now, he has been staying in this small place unable to move.

After thinking for a moment, Huang Zu finally made up his mind, nodded and looked at the caravan leader.

"Thanks to the actor for never giving up, I am willing to follow the example of the actor!"
To be continued...