Chapter 381

"Heh heh!"

Jia Jia Shisan smiled slightly: "That's because you, Chen Yuanlong, don't know how good the relationship between the Lord and Cao Cao is, and you don't know how clear Cao Cao's understanding of the Lord's strength is!"

"I'll tell you directly! Even now, the Lord has the strength to sweep across all the warlords in the world!"

"Even if all the warlords in the world joined forces to deal with the Lord at this time, the troops under the Lord's command could easily handle or even destroy them!"

"And Cao Cao, not to say he knows completely, but at least he knows that even if he joins forces with Lord Yuan Shao, he is likely not the Lord's match at this time;"

"Therefore, until he has developed his strength and forces to the point where they cannot be further developed, Cao Cao is impossible to turn around and deal with the Lord!"

"Because he has absolutely no certainty!"

"On the contrary, only if he defeats Lord Yuan Shao and annexes the three northern provinces will he have some confidence to face the Lord."

"Hiss!"

Chen Deng gasped.

He knew Jia Jia Shisan couldn't lie to him about this.

In that case, what Jia Jia Shisan said is extremely likely to be true!

"I really didn't know that the Lord's strength had already grown to this extent?"

"I am very glad that I chose to submit to the Lord at the beginning! Otherwise..."

In the future, his Chen clan would likely be gone.

He was glad he had a good father, and glad for his own decisiveness.

At the same time, Chen Deng mourned for a second for those aristocratic families who were hostile to Su Xuan and prepared to confront Su Xuan in the future.

These aristocratic families would definitely not have a good end in the future.

They would likely all be purged.

How many would survive and how much power and wealth would remain would depend on their own fortune.

"Heh heh!"

Jia Jia Shisan smiled knowingly: "It's good that you can think this way! You are indeed very lucky, and also very capable!"

"When you chose to submit to the Lord at the beginning, I was actually quite surprised and astonished!"

"I never expected that your Chen clan, as the number one aristocratic family in Xuzhou, would make such a choice."

"You must know that even now, the vast majority of aristocratic families are very hostile and repulsive to the Lord because of the new policies;"

"Let alone submitting!"

"I can only say that your own decisiveness and luck saved you and saved the entire Chen clan;"

"Believe me, in the future, you will definitely be glad for your choice at the beginning!"

"Not in the future!"

Chen Deng shook his head with a smile: "Even now, I am already very glad!"

"Although, because my merit level is not high enough and my merits are not too many, I can't exchange for too many good things in the Merit Pavilion;"

"But just the Star Qi Refining Method and the Tendon-Changing and Bone-Forging Art I have exchanged for are enough to make me glad!"

If it weren't for these, his father would likely be dead by now.

And he himself likely wouldn't live for a few more years.

"Sashimi cannot be eaten in the future! It's too damn dangerous! I didn't know there were so many worms in it, and it almost cost me my life."

Chen Deng suddenly recalled this incident, couldn't help but turn pale, and shuddered.

In the past, he loved eating sashimi very much.

He never thought that this thing could almost cost him his life.

All of this is thanks to making the right choice and joining Su Xuan's command!

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Haha!"

Jia Jia Shisan couldn't help but smile with schadenfreude: "You kid know to be afraid now? Why didn't you know to be careful before?"

"You must know that we have been taught by the Lord since we were young, and we basically don't even drink raw water!"

"You actually dared to eat sashimi, and almost ate it every meal, I am truly impressed!"

"Commendable courage!"

When the Lord sent a message saying that Chen Gui and Chen Deng were both dying and sent medicine for treatment, Jia Jia Shisan was still a bit confused!

Especially regarding the reason why Chen Deng was dying, he almost laughed to death.

Chen Gui was old and sick and dying, which was normal.

But Chen Deng was dying at a young age because of his gluttony.

Life is impermanent!

"Heh heh! Don't make fun of me! I knew I was wrong a long time ago!"

Seeing Jia Jia Shisan's schadenfreude, Chen Deng shook his head helplessly: "Who could have known about parasites and bacteria?"

"I had never heard of it before; I only learned about it from the Lord;"

"The Lord is truly a god! Even his medical skills are so amazing! He can even discern the root of diseases; no doctor in the past thousands of years knew these things."

"That's true!"

Jia Jia Shisan nodded affirmatively: "Didn't everyone say so? The Lord is a heavenly being descended to earth, not a mortal at all, so it's not strange that he knows these things!"

"Alright! No more nonsense! The Lord wants us to watch and arrange, at least to make Cao Cao wait a year or a year and a half to take Xuzhou;"

"Therefore, we must calculate carefully how to ensure this time issue!"

"We can't really let Cao Cao take Xuzhou too early and too easily!"

"Of course, we also can't let Cao Cao take Xuzhou too late and too difficultly!"

"We can't let him lose too many troops, otherwise, he might be completely unable to contend with Lord Yuan Shao!"

"How to grasp the degree of this, Chen Yuanlong, you still need to help plan!"

He himself is not good at this.

"Naturally!"

Chen Deng smiled confidently: "Leave it to me! I have confidence in this aspect!"

"Oh, right!"

Suddenly, Chen Deng remembered something and asked: "Why did the Lord say in the letter that Lord Yuan Shao will take the three provinces of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou in the future?"

"Isn't there still Bingzhou? With Lord Yuan Shao's strength at that time, taking Bingzhou shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Although this matter is not important, Chen Deng saw it, and if he didn't figure it out, he felt uncomfortable.

A common problem for smart people.

"Heh heh! Impossible!"

Jia Jia Shisan squinted and smiled: "You have already signed the spiritual confidentiality contract, and you are already a person under the Lord's command, so there is no need to hide this from you!"

"Actually, the Lord is currently carrying out a proxy plan!"

"..."

Then, Jia Jia Shisan explained roughly what the proxy plan was.

After explaining, he said: "And Bingzhou is also in this plan; in fact, Shangdang Commandery, Taiyuan Commandery, and other places have already fallen into the hands of the proxies supported by the Lord!"

"Lord Yuan Shao naturally cannot take Bingzhou."

— Author's Notes —

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