Compared to Gongsun Zan, although Sun Jian and Yang Rui had several friendships, it was only a cooperative relationship.
For example, Yang Rui took the initiative to talk to Sun Jian about horse and pig iron business in exchange for Sun Jian giving up his engagement with the Qiao family. The two sides were only exchanging benefits.
Yang Rui's visit to Sun Jian was much simpler. After the meeting, he continued to get closer to him and reached an agreement on food supply.
Gangdong was rich, but the years of war had caused a certain degree of food shortage. Yang Rui was willing to provide a large amount of food, so Sun Jian was naturally very grateful.
As for what might happen in the third large-scale system storyline, Yang Rui didn't even find a suitable way to mention it when they reached an agreement on food supply. In the end, they didn't talk about it again.
The Sun family was a generation of heroes. If the third large-scale system storyline happened in the Three Kingdoms region, the Sun family would only choose to participate in the most beneficial way for their rise.
At this time, Yang Rui could only get closer to the Sun family and try to get Sun Jian to participate in the storyline in a way that was beneficial to him.
After Yang Rui's visit to Sun Jian, the results were really limited. This made Yang Rui feel that this kind of simple visit wasn't very effective.
Among the many feudal lords, only Yang Rui, who was a player, would walk around with the other feudal lords alone. The other feudal lords wouldn't do this in consideration of their own safety. Yang Rui also had some awareness of this.
Moreover, among the remaining feudal lords, the only one who could completely stand on Yang Rui's side was probably Liu Dan of Shu Lands in Yi Province. Liu Dan was supported by Yang Rui and planted in Shu Lands in advance.
However, at this time, Liu Dan was in a state where he couldn't even take care of himself. It was very difficult for him to guard three or four prefectures in Yi Province. When the third large-scale system storyline started, he probably wouldn't be able to help Yang Rui much.
Therefore, after returning from Gangdong, Yang Rui didn't immediately follow to visit the other feudal lords. Instead, he considered using his subordinates as his emissaries to complete the connection with the other feudal lords.
Moreover, it was best to use a reason as a gimmick to get closer or alienate the other feudal lords through the reason itself.
Yang Rui was even considering using Young Emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He as his trump card. When Emperor Xian Liu Xie returned to the east, Yang Rui didn't think much of it. but now that he needed a reason, he realized how convenient it was to have the little Emperor...
Take Cao Cao for example. Ever since he held Emperor Liu Xie hostage, he had used the little Emperor to issue many decrees. For example, when large player organizations such as Trace the Dragon Soul were threatened in the cities near Luoyang, it was Cao Cao who used Liu Xie's name to act.
Of course, not everyone was suitable to hold the Emperor hostage. With Yang Rui's personality, he felt that it was very troublesome to deal with him. This was also one of the most important reasons why Yang Rui gave up on welcoming the Emperor back to the east.
In the next few game days, while Yang Rui was dealing with matters in various places, he spent most of his free time with his family members in Xu Province.
In order to deal with the World War, all the wives personally went to the battlefield to make up for the lack of manpower for Yang Rui. Because of this, Yang Rui felt very guilty.
In particular, Ding Yao and Han Dai were close to giving birth, and Zhang Ning was pregnant again. This made Yang Rui feel even more guilty. It was all because of him!
During this time, Yang Rui also took some time to return to Shrimp Island. He brought Chief Fang's Secret Ninja and Sky Demon Secret Ninja Skill Books over and prepared to see if the two skill books were suitable for the natives of the island.
The two Secret Ninja Skill Books could only be used by high-grade normal ninjas. As such, Yang Rui selected a batch of natives to try and train them into normal ninja soldiers.
This leveling process would take some time, so Yang Rui brought Zhang Mancheng back from the Japanese Civilization's World War City to be in charge of this.
There were ships going back and forth between Shrimp Island and the World War City to maintain the flow of information and resources. It only took a few game days to bring Zhang Mancheng back. By the time Yang Rui settled this matter, four or five game days had already passed.
At the same time, Yang Rui also brought the dozens of Japanese captives to the Three Kingdoms Civilization's World War City. He handed them over to various generals to recruit them, especially Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Sun Qian, and the other strategists.
Yang Rui also made a promise to the generals. Anyone who could recruit a historical general-level character would be considered to have made a great contribution.
Of course, it would be best if they could recruit the Japanese captives. Even if they couldn't recruit any of them, Yang Rui had a reason for handing them over to the generals.
In the future, Yang Rui would definitely not be able to get rid of the Japanese Civilization's World War City. It would be beneficial for the generals to understand the situation of the Japanese Civilization's World War City in advance.
After dealing with all this, a few more game days passed. According to the news from Shrimp Island, the situation of the World War City was still stable. As such, Yang Rui didn't have to worry about the World War City.
Just as Yang Rui was about to find some reasons to continue contacting the various Lords, Han Sui's messenger came looking for him.
Han Sui's messenger was Yang Rui, and he had come to discuss the matter of Le Du City. Yang Rui had occupied Le Du City for a long time, and he used it to capture horses. It was located within Han Sui and Ma Teng's territory.
Previously, Ma Teng had even promised to help Yang Rui guard Le Du City. Who would have thought that Han Sui would send Yang Qiu here to inform Yang Rui to withdraw his troops from Le Du City and take over the city?
Yang Qiu was quite a good talker, so he naturally couldn't say that Han Sui wanted to take over Le Du City. Instead, he used the reason of the invasion of other tribes to say that Han Sui and the other local forces would be repelled, and Le Du City would be in danger.
In this way, Han Sui was portrayed as a good person who cared about Yang Rui, and he even traveled thousands of miles to inform him.
How could Yang Rui not understand what was going on? He immediately recognized the true intention in Yang Qiu's words.
In reality, Le Du City was no longer as important as it was for Yang Rui's Xiliang Horse Catching Division to settle down.
After Yang Rui subdued the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes, a large number of horses from the two tribes were transferred to Yang Rui's territory. At this time, Yang Rui could already transfer horses to Sun Jian, the Cu Alliance, and the others.
"Yes, this King already knows about this matter. I still have to thank General Ma for his timely reminder. You can go back and report. This King will deal with this matter later."
In the face of Yang Qiu's words, Yang Rui did not know what to say and replied, and then had someone send him out.
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