The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

665 - Marriage Recruitment Begins

Zhu Jiao wanted to give Yuan Shangsai a hostage, which surprised Yuan Shang a little bit. Logically speaking, although he is currently Zhu Jiao's ally, it is not the above-mentioned relationship after all. The territories of the two are far apart. Think carefully, There is absolutely no need to do this.

So what is Zhu Jiao's intention in doing this?Yuan Shang can't figure it out for the time being. Since he can't figure it out, there is no need to fully accept it. After all these years, with the growth of ability and experience, Yuan Shang likes to put everything in his hands. Yuan Shang would rather not have those benefits beyond the scope of his understanding and control.

"Cave Master Zhu, who are you and me? What kind of hostages are you sending? It's too far-fetched!" Yuan Shang waved his hands with a smile.

Zhu Jiao stroked the needle-like white beard on his chin, shook his head and said, "You don't see the outside, you don't see the outside, the matter of sending the hostages is the sincerity of this king, please don't refuse the general."

Yuan Shang shook his head vigorously, and said: "If I take this hostage, I will make it clear that I can't trust Master Zhu Dadong. How can the alliance distrust each other? It doesn't matter if I don't take this hostage."

Zhu Jiao was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "No, you must accept it!"

"If you don't accept it, you won't accept it!"

"receive!"

"No!"

"receive!"

"No charge..."

"........."

Seeing these two people pushing and shoving each other in this area, Sima Yi couldn't help but feel a little funny.

There are actually two people like this in the world, one must give hostages to the other, and the other is determined not to!What kind of donkey temper is this?It's really crazy.

Sima Yi pondered for a while, then suddenly said, "My lord, please forgive me for asking next time, who do you plan to use as a hostage?"

Zhu Jiao heard the words, smiled and said: "It's the king's little daughter, the Zhu Rong who offered wine to you just now."

"It's her..." Sima Yi's jaw dropped when he heard the words, his eyes rolled, and he understood Zhu Jiao's true meaning in an instant, and couldn't help but sneer.

"The matter is of great importance, and it is easy to arouse the sincerity of mutual cooperation between the two parties. It is uncertain for the time being. I wish Dongzhu might as well. The general and I will go back and discuss with the ministers before making a decision. Do you think it is okay?"

Seeing Sima Yi answering for Yuan Shang, although he didn't agree, he finally stopped refusing directly and nodded, saying: "Then let's do this first, and I ask the general and Mr. Sima to make a decision soon after they go back." , Give the old man a letter of approval."

The three of them chatted casually for a few more words, Yuan Shang and Sima Yi then left and returned to their camp.

On the way, Yuan Shang asked Sima Yi, "Zhu Jiao sent me a hostage. I don't know what he meant. I'm too lazy to pay attention to him. Why did you leave him alive?"

Sima Yi laughed and said, "Because I know what that old man is planning!"

Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard the words, and then asked what he meant.

But Sima Yi said: "In our middle land, although women's status is not high, but because of their family background, there is still room for change, but if they are placed in a place that is almost uncivilized like Nanman, these women are like pigs and sheep." Generally, everyone buys and gives gifts to each other."

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Then what does this matter have to do with Lao Zhu's sending his daughter as a hostage?"

Sima Yi chuckled, and said, "It's a big deal. Don't look at Zhu Rong as the daughter of the Vulcan Cave Master. When it comes to her status in his father's heart, I'm afraid it's not that high. Compared with Zhu Rong's other son brought , but the difference is too much. In Zhu Jiao's mind, he must think that his daughter is a bit attractive. You might as well give it to the general in the name of proton. If you are lucky in the future, you may be able to be a concubine for the general. , Wouldn't it be beautiful to connect the two families? Even if they break up in the future, his daughter doesn't hold much importance in his heart, even if you kill her, he won't feel bad."

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard the words, and said: "So that's the case, but this old man thinks a little too much. No matter how his girl looks, every wife in my family is taller than her. Besides, I don't have this kind of knowledge at all. Meaning, it seems that he is doing too much.”

Sima Yi said: "I'm just perfunctory on behalf of the lord. After a few days when the recruiting starts, he won't remember this matter, so naturally he can let it go."

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A few days later, Lord Wu Sun Quan came in person, accompanied by Wu Guotai and Sun Shangxiang.

In the middle of the camps in Wulin, after several days of continuous arrangement and arrangement by the people of Soochow, a huge martial arts arena has been formed, and the main place for martial arts competitions to recruit relatives is in this martial arts arena.

As for the content of the competition, it is still a mystery. I don't know if it is a simple martial arts competition, or a martial arts training, or poetry and songs?But among each family, most of the contestants are top-notch masters in both literature and martial arts, and there are many excellent all-rounders in both literature and martial arts, so they are quite confident in the content of the competition, gearing up and waiting for their skills.

On the first day of recruiting relatives, the people from various ministries and the Soochow Master Association can finally meet in this martial arts arena today.

The sky on the first day was gloomy, but neither wind nor rain, just slightly cloudy and quite dry.

The entire arena covers an area of ​​tens of feet. In the center is the Martial Arts Academy, and next to it is a stand of opposing flags. The flags block out the sun, and the drums and horns shake the sky. All the families and horses come here one after another. You look at me, I look at you, all of them are full of momentum. Not without the potential to admit defeat.

Among the various teams, the most powerful ones are the Yuan's delegation from Hebei, the Xichuan Liu's delegation from Jingzhou, and the Soochow local recruiting delegation.

The next ones are Jiaozhou Shijia delegation, Wuling Wuxi Shamoke delegation, Nanzhong Menghuo delegation, Wutugu delegation, Mulu King delegation, etc...

As for the rest of the wild cranes, those from the famous and poor families don't need to be generalized.

After everyone stood still in the arena, not long after, I saw Sun Quan, the head of the sponsor this time, striding up to the high platform under the support of a group of elite cronies, followed by a young woman in a pink cotton gauze gown , like a hibiscus out of water, it is beautiful and extraordinary, naturally it is Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Quan strode up to the stage, cupped his hands at the people from all sides, and said: "Sister She leaves the court, and if you want to be a good husband, Quan, as a brother, should be the guard and escort for him. Today, all heroes from all over the world are here. It is truly an honor to command power, from the 81 prefectures of the six counties of Eastern Wu, from the civil and military officials down to the common people, all of them are tolerant..."

Sun Quan talked endlessly on the stage, and Sima Yi below followed Yuan Shang, secretly turned his head to Yuan Shang's ear, and said in a low voice: "So many forces, such a gathering of heroes from all over the world, reminds me of ancient times. One of the grand events..."

Yuan Shang was amused when he heard the words, and said, "What grand event?"

Sima Yi said in a low voice: "During the Spring and Autumn Period, the five hegemonic princes ruled successively. However, before they became hegemony, all the princes gathered heroes from all over the world and formed alliances, such as Duke Huan of Qi's Juancheng Alliance and Duke Wen of Jin's Alliance of Jiantu. Today The recruiting of relatives is not as powerful as the alliance of four princes in the past, but it is not far behind."

Yuan Shang nodded his head in agreement, and at the same time he also knew that Sima Yi would never mention this to himself for no reason, and then said: "There seems to be something in your words?"

Sima Yi chuckled, and said: "Although the alliance is powerful, there is an undercurrent behind it, just like Fu Chai, the king of Wu in ancient times, who surrendered to Yue and broke Qi. At that time, he was stabbed by Gou Jian from the back, and he has never recovered from it."

Yuan Shang smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Are you afraid that if we invite relatives here, someone behind us will take the opportunity to act wildly on our territory? Don't worry! There is Zhao Yun in Guanzhong, my second brother and Zhang He in Central Plains, and Gao Lan and Hefei in Hefei." Zhang Liao, Hebei is our top priority, there are countless capable people, and no one can make them bad."

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "No, I don't want my lord not to be a fucha, I just want my lord to be a Goujian, take advantage of this marriage recruitment conference, and then go behind the scenes to move other people's territory, it won't get twice the result with half the effort."

"........."

Yuan Shang woke up after hearing the words, rolled his eyes, and said, "You mean...Jingzhou!"

Sima Yi said: "If you want to move Jingzhou, it depends on what changes will arise in the process of recruiting relatives. In addition, the lord used to subdue Jingchu in the past, and once planted a dark chess in Jiangxia. After many years, I don't know whether to order it or not. move!"

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard the shouts of Wuyue soldiers around them, but it was Sun Quan who had finished speaking on the stage, and all the soldiers cheered for him.

Guests from all over the world clapped their hands to express their respect.

In Jing Yi's delegation, Zhuge Liang asked Sun Quan with a smile, "Dare to ask Marquis Wu, the young talents who came to apply this time are all capable people in the world. I'm afraid there are no less than a hundred people. There are so many people who come to apply. I don't know what subject Wu Hou plans to use to test everyone in the school?"

Sun Quan laughed and said: "Although I intend to propose a question, I'm afraid my sister will not agree. This time I have recruited a lot of relatives. If I compete with each other one by one, I'm afraid I won't be able to tell the winner in three to five months!"

Behind Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang stepped out, bowed gracefully, and said: "Although this recruiting of relatives is a matter for a little girl alone, it is also related to the fate of Soochow, so it is not a joke, and you are all talented people in the world, and your talent is a hundred times better than Shangxiang's." , How about this, since you are all here to apply, why don't you all come up with a contest with hundreds of people, and then let the little girl choose from among them, and pick the right one, I don't know what the public thinks?"

When everyone heard Sun Shangxiang's words, they couldn't help feeling a little interesting.

The Sun family didn't have a question, but let all parties contribute their ideas. Those who came forward to submit proposals, collectively contribute ideas, and come up with suitable competition items, and then Sun Shangxiang will select from them to select suitable candidates for the school, which is also interesting.

At the same time, if you think about it carefully, it is quite fair.

(End of this chapter)