The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 304
When Dongfang Sheng returned to Chengdu County, he heard the news that Huang Zu was almost killed by Sun Ce, and Cao Cao returned to his own territory non-stop to prepare for the war with Yuan Shao.

At this time, Dongfang Sheng set his sights on a large area behind Jingzhou, which seemed to be a smoky Jiaozhou at the time.

This is Jia Xu's suggestion. When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fighting for hegemony, Jia Xu suggested that Dongfang Sheng could control two places, one is Jiaozhou and the other is Liangzhou. will take it to the next level.

And once these two places are mastered, Dongfang Sheng can restrain Cao Cao at the top, and prevent Liu Biao and Sun Ce at the bottom, which will definitely form a favorable situation for future hegemony.

In order to overcome the poisonous miasma in Jiaozhou, Dongfang Sheng plunged into the room of Ma Jun and his apprentice and did not come out for a day and a night.

When he came out of the room, he was holding a mask that looked like a pig's nose.

"Ma Jun, get some cigarettes and I'll try the effect." Dongfang Sheng put the mask on his face and said.

After hesitating for a while, Ma Jun and his disciples used wet wood to create a burst of thick smoke, and then a disciple got a wooden fan and shook it vigorously with his hands. After a while, the thick smoke rushed towards Dongfang Sheng go.

There is also a bit of choking smell in this thick smoke, which is the smoke after burning pepper.

Although Ma Jun and the others were standing behind the fan, some smoke still choked on them, and everyone burst into tears immediately, in great pain.

On the other hand, Dongfang Sheng, who was in the smoke, was calm and composed. After the smoke cleared, Ma Jun and the others all had red and swollen eyes, but Dongfang Sheng was not affected at all.

Dongfang Sheng took off his mask and said with a smile: "It seems that this thing can be used."

Ma Jun pointed to a transparent blindfold on Dongfang Sheng's eyes and said, "My lord, can you give us this blindfold? You know I often need..."

"There is no door at all. This is a crystal blindfold that I spent a lot of money on. I want to get it myself." Dongfang Sheng refused politely.

Ma Jun could only stare at Dongfang Sheng with his red and swollen eyes, but this time Dongfang Sheng ignored him and threw the mask directly to Ma Jun and said, "I need two thousand of these masks in the middle of this month. .”

"At that time, I will give you two high-quality food crystals." Dongfang Shenglin's words before leaving made Ma Jun jump happily.

Before going to Jiaozhou, Dongfangsheng made a special trip to learn about the situation in Jiaozhou, and thus learned about a family: Shijia.

This family has been the most powerful family in Jiaozhou for six generations, and the most dazzling one that continues to this day is Shi Xie, the current Jiaozhi prefect.

At this time, Jiaozhou was almost dominated by the Shi family. Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Yi also served as the prefect of Hepu, his second brother served as the county magistrate of Xuwen County and also served as the prefect of Jiuzhen, and his third brother Shi Wu also served as the prefect of Nanhai.

And this Shi Xie once studied "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" with the great Confucian Liu Tao. Xue Zong and others, it can be said that Shi Xie is an uncrowned king in Jiaozhou.

After mastering some basic information, Dongfang Sheng planned to directly start with Shi Xie of the Shi family to see if he could indirectly control Jiaozhou through him.

So Dongfang Sheng sent someone to send a greeting card in advance, and at the same time he ordered the army to go directly to Jiaozhi.

And this time with Dongfang Sheng are Zhao Kai and Chu Jian, and Wang Hu stays in Chengdu County.

Because of the masks made by Dongfang Sheng, there were no casualties when Dongfang Sheng and the others passed through some places with miasma. Coupled with Dongfang Sheng's own excellent living standard in the jungle, Dongfang Sheng actually achieved non-combat along the way. The record of attrition is zero.

At the same time, Shi Xie also responded quickly after receiving Dongfang Sheng's greeting card. He replied a letter in time, which also expressed his friendly intentions, and hoped to have a happy chat with Dongfang Sheng. It's just a polite way of saying it.

At that time, few people thought about going to Jiaozhou, which was considered an uncivilized place, but this was actually just a misunderstanding. In fact, the development of Jiaozhou was many times better than the people in the Central Plains imagined.

After entering the city through Congli, Dongfang Sheng found that Jiaozhou was not only rich in products, but also under Shi Xie's governance, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the businessmen were quite rich. Dongfang Sheng decided that Shi Xie was definitely a talent.

When Dongfang Sheng reached Jiaozhi, Shi Xie was taken aback. He thought Dongfang Sheng was here to attack him.

Fortunately, Dongfang Sheng had already sent a greeting card before, so Shi Xie endured the panic in his heart and went out of the city to meet Dongfang Sheng.

From a distance, Dongfang Sheng saw an old man wearing cowhide armor and a pocket on his head. Although the old man was wearing a military uniform, his imposing manner was more like that of a literati, with a warm smile on his face.

"Little friend Meng Ren is in front. Please forgive Shi Xie for not being able to meet him in time!" Shi Xie said loudly after getting off his horse.

Dongfang Sheng also bowed back and said: "Shou Taishou is too serious, Meng Ren is just a junior, how dare he show off in front of you?"

Shi Xie also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Dongfang Sheng's words, but when he saw the neat military appearance and chilling atmosphere of the army behind Dongfang Sheng, his face suddenly changed.

"Wang Hu, take your brothers to camp where you are. Remember that if you want to eat, you must buy it with money. Anyone who dares to make trouble will be punished with fifty military sticks!" Dongfang Sheng turned back and said to Wang Hu.

"Here!" Wang Hu replied in a deep voice.

Shi Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "Meng Ren's soldiers are really like magic soldiers and generals, tsk tsk."

Dongfang Sheng pretended to be generous and said: "If the prefect is interested, Meng Ren is willing to train a strong army for the prefect. What is the prefect's intention?"

"Haha, Meng Ren came all the way, and I'm still standing here blocking you from taking you in. I'm so rude. Come on, follow me into the city. I've already prepared a banquet to have a drink with Meng Ren!" Shi Xie Immediately change the subject.

This old boy is weird!Dongfang Sheng followed Shi Xie into the city calmly.

Dongfang Sheng didn't know at this time that although Jiaozhou was located in a remote place, the battle had never stopped. After the death of Zhu Fu, the former governor of Jiaozhou, the imperial court sent Zhang Jin to take over, but he didn't expect that Zhang Jin didn't serve as governor for long. In this way, the imperial court will not have time to send another governor, and now Jiaozhou does not have the highest chief executive: the governor.

And this incident happened not long ago, so Dongfang Sheng didn't know about it.

(End of this chapter)