Chapter 114 Sun Jian
“Is this Nanchang County?”

The person who was speaking was eight feet tall, with a red cap on his head, broad shoulders and a round waist. He wore an ancient ingot knife on his waist and looked around curiously.

"There wasn't this much vitality in the past few years."

At this time, a feminine voice came from the cabin: "Shogun Sun, you don't know that the governor of Yuzhang County is very powerful now, otherwise, I would not have brought you here to borrow troops."

The person who came was Zhang Tie, the eunuch who had not been heard from for a long time. He was now dressed in even more luxurious clothes, with countless gold and silver accessories.

Sun Jian felt disgusted, said "hmm" expressionlessly, and led his men ashore.

After Sun Jian left, Zhang Tie dared to curse in a low voice: "How can you be so arrogant, you are just a nobody!"

"It seems that our Governor Jin is kindhearted."

Zhang Tie fell into a fantasy: "I wonder how happy Governor Jin would be when he knows such great news."

"When the time comes, a little will slip through the old man's fingers, and oops! It will be another year of wealth."

the other side.

As soon as Sun Jian, led by Generals Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zu Mao and Zhu Zhi, landed on the shore, they were stopped and interrogated.

"Who are you?"

Dong Xian, who was sitting at the dock, immediately led his men over after hearing the report from his subordinates. He saw Sun Jian at the front of the crowd at a glance, and his hair stood on end instantly, as if he had met a tiger.

"Send your name!"

Sun Jian did not answer, but looked with interest at the alert Dong Xi and the hundred-man personal guard behind him, marveling at him.

"choke!"

Dong Xian showed a fierce look on his face, drew his sword and shouted, "If you don't sign up, you will be beheaded as a thief!"

Sun Jian chuckled and asked in an elegant Wu dialect accent, "Sun Jian from Fuchun County has come to visit my fellow disciples. Is this how you treat guests?"

"So it's Lord Sun who came forward. I'm sorry for being rude, Dong Xi." Dong Xi put away his sword and saluted. As a native of Kuaiji County, he had naturally heard of Sun Jian's name.

Sun Jian could tell that Dong Xi's words also had a Wu accent, so he asked curiously, "Are you from Wu?"

"Sir Sun, Dong Xi is from Yuyao County."

Yuyao and Wujun were not much different, so Sun Jian smiled and asked in a friendly manner, "I see that you are brave and capable. Are you willing to serve me?"

"If Dong Xi has not yet acknowledged his master, then it is fine."

Sun Jian was not disappointed, so he gave it a try and said, "Well, go and ask Jin Mao to come see me."

Dong Xi was furious: "Even if you are famous, you can't humiliate my master like this!"

"Clang!" Dong Xi drew his sword again: "My personal guards, follow me to kill the enemy!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The hundred royal guards quickly formed a triangular attack formation with Dong Xi at the head, with shields, spears, and bows in order.

Sun Jian's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Misunderstanding, all misunderstanding."

"Shou Jin and I are both disciples of Marquis Qiantang. We are like fellow disciples, and we call each other by our first names because we are close."

Dong Xi insisted: "Then please go to my Lord and apologize!"

"Okay, okay." Sun Jian agreed repeatedly.

Only then did Dong Xi withdraw his troops.

Inside the cabin.

Zhang Tie was nervous and expectant, but he was also disappointed when he saw that the two sides did not fight in the end.

"Why not..." Zhang Tie said dissatisfiedly: "Humph! Damn Sun Jian, he always puts on airs when he is in Beijing."

Afterwards, Zhang Tie became worried again: "Is it a blessing or a curse to transfer Jin Mao away and leave behind the even more difficult Sun Jian?"

the other side.

Sun Jian put aside the previous minor incident and started to inquire about Jin Mao.

He held Dong Xi's arm and spoke to him in Wu dialect: "Yuan Dai, how long have you been in the army?"

"Are these all your soldiers?"

"I didn't realize that Yuan Dai is not only very brave, but also knows how to train soldiers!"

Dong Xian had never expected that Sun Jian would be like this in private. He couldn't help but feel close to him and answered almost every question he asked.

"Your Excellency, these are the lord's personal guards. They are the elite of the elite in the army. It is no exaggeration to say that they are soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles."

Sun Jian was very envious and asked, "From what you said, there are more than a hundred personal guards?"

Dong Xi thought about it and thought that there was no prohibition on spreading this information, so he said, "Yes! There are 600 imperial guards."

Sun Jian's eyes lit up, and in his heart he already regarded these 600 men as his own.

Afterwards, Sun Jian continued to inquire about the details of Jinmao's military strength.

Dong Xian told everything without hiding anything.

"The original main battalion had 2250 people. Last month, the lord expanded it to three battalions, totaling people."

"The new recruit camp has recruited 2,000 people, and now has a total of more than 5,000 people."

The more Sun Jian listened, the more excited he became. He didn't expect that the harvest from this trip would be so great!

With these soldiers, what does the rebellion of Qu Xing in Changsha County matter?
Sun Jian even began to fantasize about leading his elite troops to the west, defeating Han Sui and reaching the peak of his life.

"What a great soldier!" Sun Jian thought to himself, "Jin Mao is just a villain who relied on eunuchs to get to power. It would be a waste to give him to me. I have to find a way to take him away!"

Before coming, Sun Jian asked Guanglu Doctor Zhu Jun for information about Jin Mao.

Zhu Jun praised Jin Mao highly and hoped that Sun Jian and Jin Mao could work together.

However, when Sun Jian learned that the reason Jin Mao was promoted so quickly was not because of his military achievements or political achievements, but because of bribing eunuchs, he was filled with disdain.

Sun Jian was ashamed to associate with such a person.

Especially when Zhang Tie, the eunuch, asked Sun Jian to escort him to Yuzhang County, Sun Jian's resentment reached its peak. "Grandmaster Sun, please don't be ungrateful." Zhang Tie said arrogantly, "I'm not begging you, I'm ordering you!"

Zhang Tie did not mention the fact that the Ten Eunuchs had forged the imperial edict, but Sun Jian was keenly aware of this fact.

In fact, there are too many such incidents. As long as you stay in Luoyang for a few months, you will always encounter one or two cases of the Ten Eunuchs forging imperial edicts.

Who made Emperor Liu Hong run a faction in the West Garden all day long? The Ten Eunuchs could forge the imperial edict however they wanted.

"Eunuchs are ruining the country!" Sun Jian accepted it with a pinch of his nose. In Luoyang, he was just a small counselor, but in Changsha County, he was a prefect with real power.

Which is lighter and heavier, at a glance.

This is also the reason why Sun Jian looked down on Jin Mao as soon as he landed. The two were nominally from the same school, but in reality they were just strangers.

Along the way, Sun Jian saw countless refugees being driven away, and his contempt grew even stronger: "The people are living in misery, and the officials are unkind!"

However, Sun Jian did not see that these refugees were willing to do so.

Seeing truckloads of oil barrels being sent to the county governor's mansion, Sun Jian became even more furious: "They are robbing the people of their wealth and helping the evil!"

However, he did not notice that the people transporting the oil truck were not ordinary people, but refugees who spontaneously escorted it, because the oil was for the refugees to eat.

Then came cartloads of rice, all of which Sun Jian attributed to Jin Mao's cruelty.

In fact, all these were prepared for the refugees. It can be said that if the refugees in Yuzhang County had a place to live, they would definitely offer sacrifices to Jin Mao.

This is a real living god!

Sheriff's Mansion.

Jin Mao received the news and waited at the door early.

That’s Sun Jian!

Sun Ce's father! Sun Quan's father!
This is the second celebrity from the Three Kingdoms that Jin Mao is familiar with, besides Xun Yu, and his entire family are super celebrities.

From a distance, Jin Mao saw the tall, mighty and imposing man.

"Haha!" Jin Mao opened his arms and laughed as he stepped forward: "Brother! I finally see you!"

Sun Jian was stunned for 0.1 seconds. When he saw a yellow-haired boy half a head shorter than him running towards him, he laughed and responded: "Junior brother, you want to kill me!"

The two men laughed and hugged each other.

The next second, Jin Mao couldn't laugh anymore.

He felt the two hands on his arms like iron clamps, almost crushing his bones.

Finally, Jin Mao couldn't help but said, "Brother, you hurt me."

“Ahahaha.” Sun Jian retracted his hand without leaving a trace and apologized: “I’m strong, please forgive me.”

Jin Mao didn't notice anything unusual, and endured the pain to invite him: "Brother, please! I have prepared wine and food, and I won't leave until I'm drunk tonight."

Sun Jian raised his hand and said, "Brother, don't be anxious. Why don't you introduce some talented people to me?"

Jin Mao thought so too, so he pulled Xi Zhicai aside and said, "This is my chief military advisor Xi Zhicai, from Yingchuan County."

Xi Zhicai happily greeted Sun Jian.

Sun Jian was overly enthusiastic: "Jian meets the military advisor."

Xi Zhicai frowned on the spot, realizing something was wrong, but because Jin Mao was present, he didn't say much.

"This is my right-hand man, Gu Yong, Gu Yuantan, from Wu County, Wu Commandery."

Sun Jian bowed and asked, "Are you the descendant of Governor Gu of Yingchuan County?"

"It's my great-grandfather." Gu Yong responded politely.

"I have long admired my name."

Seeing Sun Jian like this, Xi Zhicai frowned even deeper.

"Who is this…"

Jin Mao introduced all the officials of Yuzhang County, big and small, and Sun Jian treated them all with courtesy, as if it were a handover ceremony.

Xi Zhicai's brows relaxed, he was already certain that Sun Jian had evil intentions.

It was not until Jin Mao invited Sun Jian to the banquet that Xi Zhi held Jin Mao back, and Gu Yong did not leave either.

"My lord, Sun Wentai is here with ill intentions, you must be on guard!"

Xi Zhicai said with a serious face: "I heard that Sun Wentai is extremely brave, my lord should make arrangements early."

Gu Yong also bowed and said, "Military Advisor Xi is right. Sun Wentai is as ferocious as a tiger. You must be on guard against him."

"Hey, Yuan Tan, what did you call me just now?" Jin Mao's focus is always different from that of ordinary people: "I didn't hear it clearly, call it again."

Gu Yong said shyly, which was rare, "Mingsir."

“Hahahaha!” Jin Mao was overjoyed: “Don’t worry, I know that.”

"That's a fierce tiger from Jiangdong. How dare I put myself in danger?"

"Somebody come!"

Dong Xi ran over quickly, and before Jin Mao could say anything, Dong Xi knelt down and told him everything that happened on the way.

"Please, my lord, punish me!"

"You really deserve to be punished!"

Just as Dong Xian was about to apologize, Jin Mao patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll punish you by making you brag to outsiders next time."

"Remember, next time someone asks you about the truth, tell them ten times the truth!"

"Hmph! Six hundred imperial guards? From now on you should say six thousand!"

Dong Xi was completely confused. His lord was indeed different from others.

(End of this chapter)