Sun Ce must sell him the resources and products of Jiangdong, but the price cannot be too high.
Cao Cao's envoy carried Cao Cao's message and a letter.
They arrived between Sun Ce and Sun Quan.
Sun Quan figured that he couldn't agree to Cao Cao's offer this time.
Whoever controls the grain holds destiny in their hands.
In the past two years, Cao Cao has been fighting against Yuan Shao. Sometimes he can only look at plums to quench his thirst and draw pictures of cakes to satisfy the hunger of those around him. Cao Cao definitely does not have that much food.
Old Cao must be extremely envious of Jiangdong.
So why sell Jiangdong's supplies to Lao Cao?
Sun Quan asked Qiao Jingjing, "Sister-in-law, will Cao Cao give us face this time?"
Qiao Jingjing suddenly remembered that year.
When she left Juancheng, Cao Mengde personally saw her off.
She left happily, enthusiastically promising Uncle Mengde that she would bring him delicious food and drinks in the future to thank him for finding her elderly mother.
Qiao Jingjing thought about it for a moment.
"Let's sell some to him!"
However, the price cannot be low, and the number that can be sold is limited.
Jiangdong needs to stockpile more.
As for Uncle Cao Mengde himself, Qiao Jingjing generously prepared a cartload of fruit for him, including summer oranges, longans, sugarcane, and lychees.
They used ice dug from deep in the mountains, and made insulation layers from leaves and cotton cloth to create a simple temperature-controlled box, which was delivered to Xudu in perfect condition.
It was specially given to Uncle Cao Mengde.
Cao Cao received a cartload of fruit that had traveled a long way from Wu Commandery, along with a handwritten letter from Qiao Jingjing.
"Thank you, Uncle Mengde, for finding Da Qiao's mother. Please accept this cartload of fresh fruit."
Cao Cao recalled Qiao Jingjing from that year, her slightly childish face and her cunning and intelligent eyes.
I got so angry that I developed headaches.
What a missed opportunity!
In the end, it was all for naught.
What a wonderful woman she is.
Cao Cao ate a lot of the fruit himself, gave a lot to his wives and daughters, and didn't let his three sons have a single bite.
Cao Pi and Cao Zhi simply couldn't understand it.
They didn't take it to heart.
In any case, Zhen Mi had already gone from being Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law to Cao's daughter-in-law, Luo Shen had become Cao Pi's wife, and Cao Zhi had begun to mingle in the culture of uncles and aunts-in-law.
A truckload of goods from Jiangnan, what's so special about that?
Besides, Cao Pi liked to eat grapes, which were available in the Western Regions but not in the Jiangnan region.
Cao Zhang with the yellow beard never even considered why.
Seeing her sons so confused
Cao Cao's headaches became even more severe; he wasn't afraid of being laughed at if he told others.
He himself also quite liked married women, but since they had husbands, he wouldn't interfere.
Cao Cao would only try to take advantage of a woman's husband when he was down on his luck or had gone missing.
His sons were even better than him.
Cao Zhi, the third son, wrote an ode to the Goddess of the Luo River, praising Zhen Mi, the former daughter-in-law of Yuan Shao and now Cao Cao's daughter-in-law and wife of Cao Pi, as graceful as a startled swan, enchanting as a swimming dragon, walking lightly on the water, her jade pendants tinkling...
Oh my god!
They feared the world wouldn't know.
Cao Cao was also over 50 years old.
Of his contemporaries, Dong Zhuo had long since died, and Sun Jian had long since passed away.
Sun Jian's sons had already accomplished great things, controlling six counties in Jiangdong, making a great and earth-shattering impact.
And him? At his advanced age, he personally fights battles and leads troops.
They even fell into the enemy's trap, and that's how his eldest son Cao Ang and his beloved general Dian Wei died.
To put it bluntly, if he were to die, his three sons—the second son Cao Pi, the third son Cao Zhi, and the fourth son Cao Zhang—would be gone.
Who else could stand up like Sun Ce and shoulder the collective interests of the Cao family?
Is there anyone like Sun Quan, who could manage domestic affairs at home while his elder brother went out to fight, keeping Jiangdong peaceful and stable without anyone causing trouble?
Is there any wife who can master farming techniques and turn Xuchang, Henan into the richest place in the country?
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