Chapter 320
Day after day, three months passed in a blink of an eye, and it was already January 192 AD, and the weather was gradually getting warmer.In the past three months, under the effect of Jia Xu's average land promotion, the common people have a positive evaluation of Zhao Lei. The morale of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou is high, and they are united, and their cohesion has reached an unprecedented height.

As for the army, after three months of intensive training, Ma Chao's Tiexiong Army has basically improved their abilities to a great level. Everyone is proficient in bows and horses, and they can already conduct preliminary formation exercises. The iron factory is also in the initial stage of operation. After the operation is stable, Zhao Lei will let the iron factory manufacture a large amount of armor and weapons, not only for the Tiexiong army and these Xiliang horses, but also to popularize these armors in Yangzhou Every soldier in the army.

Today, Zhao Lei's three brothers came back from outside the city on horseback. Their clothes were soaked in the cold weather.As soon as they entered the governor's mansion, the three of them couldn't wait to take a hot bath, then went back to their room, changed their clothes, and walked straight to the hall.Because Zhao Lei wanted to see if Jia Xu was busy, and entrusted Jia Xu with some things by the way.

In the hall, Jia Xu was holding an official document in one hand, and writing quickly in the other, while Ju Shou was watching an official document carefully, without raising his head for a long time.

The door was not closed, and the three of Zhao Lei walked in lightly, and sat in the guest seat on one side.

After a while, Jia Xu put down the brush in his hand, let out a sigh of relief, and put the official document in his left hand on the table.As soon as Jia Xu raised his head, he saw Zhao Lei, Zhang Han and Zhao Yun sitting on the guest seats, so he hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, stood up, walked towards Zhao Lei, and said as he walked, "This subordinate has never noticed the arrival of the lord. So much so that the lord sat there waiting for so long, I am really sorry..."

Jushou also saw Zhao Lei at this time, and quickly put down what he was doing, and came to pay his respects.

Zhao Lei smiled, and interrupted Jia Xu: "You two gentlemen, we have known each other for so long, and there are no outsiders here, so why do you want to see outsiders with me, sir?"

Jia Xu and Jushou have been very respectful to Zhao Lei ever since they heard Zuo Ci say that Zhao Lei was the reincarnation of Xiang Yu. Originally, he still had a little thought for the big man, but now he put all his attention on Zhao Lei.Just listen to him say: "My lord's feelings for my subordinates, my subordinates naturally know, but my lord is my lord after all, and my subordinates must not be rude. By the way, my lord, I just received the document sent by Fengxiao today." , said that he had already arrived in Fuchun County, and the tens of thousands of people in the county were grateful for the benevolent government that the Lord has implemented in Yangzhou in the past few months. Also, Feng Xiao said that he would definitely protect Yangzhou for the Lord South gate, and complete the task entrusted by the lord."

"Well, very good. Feng Xiaozhi's talent is as good as that of Mr. Jia and Gongjin. I believe he will be able to defend Fuchun for our army. Now the situation in Yangzhou is basically stable. It seems that soon..." Zhao Lei said here Time suddenly stood up.

After hearing this, Jia Xu asked, "Is my lord going to deal with Shanyue?"

"Yes, Shanyue will definitely be our target in the future. There are treasures buried everywhere in their territory. If the whole of Yangzhou is to be unified, only the four counties now are far from enough. Shanyue must be wiped out."

Seeing Zhao Lei's ambition, Jia Xu immediately replied: "My lord, please forgive me for talking too much. Our existing army of more than 2 troops is not enough to compete with Shanyue. If my lord wants to invade Shanyue's territory Putting up the banner of our Yangzhou army, the subordinates thought that they could send envoys to Shanyue and become allies with the king of Shanyue. As long as they don't come to invade us, we can safely accumulate strength in Yangzhou. When there are [-] troops, it will be almost Then you can send troops across the mountain."

"Shanyue is a big problem in my rear, and I must pull it out. How can I form an alliance with them." Zhao Lei said.

"I don't know what good plan the lord has?" Jia Xu said.

"Actually, my strategy has some similarities with Mr. Jia's. Man, you are eloquent, come and talk to Mr. Jia." Zhao Lei said.

So Zhang Han said slowly to Jia Xu and Jushou: "My lord and I discussed the idea that our Yangzhou army will show weakness to Shanyue first, send envoys to see the king of Shanyue, and offer gold and silver to make the king of Shanyue think that we are afraid of him. Then give him a fatal blow. This is the so-called strategy of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. However, if you want to show weakness to Shanyue, you must go to Shanyue to negotiate, so you must have a resourceful person. Now we are deciding who to send Worry about making the mountains go up and down." Zhao Lei secretly felt worried, hating himself for not recruiting more talents when he came to Liaodong.

Jia Xu laughed and said, "My lord, there are two very good candidates for my subordinates, who are right beside my lord, why didn't my lord choose them?"

"Oh? Who is it?" Zhao Lei asked curiously.

Jia Xu said, "Big Qiao and Little Qiao are too!"

"No, how can you use this kind of strategy, military advisor, to win a temporary peace with beauty tricks? I firmly disagree." Zhao Yun yelled loudly.

"Zilong, don't worry, wait until I finish talking. The reason why I let the two Qiao girls go is entirely because of Qiao Xuan! I remember that when Qiao Xuan ruled Qiao's village, he often made some weapons and weapons with Shanyue. The food trade has laid a good foundation with Shanyue, so sending Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao is the best candidate." Jia Xu said.

"Mr. Jia, I think it's better to send Xiao Qiao!" Zhou Yu's voice came from outside the hall.

"Why is that? Why can't the two go together?" Jia Xu asked.

"Mr. Jia still doesn't know something. Since Gongjin taught Miss Qiao these days, Miss Qiao has learned a lot, and now she lacks actual combat experience. I think this mission is a very good opportunity. Big Qiao The girl is going to marry Zilong soon, so it is not suitable to go to Shanyue at this moment." Zhou Yu walked into the hall and said.

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Zhao Lei asked, "Gongjin, are you sure you want Xiao Qiao to be sent as an envoy?"

Zhou Yu said: "Exactly, this subordinate also remembered this matter after listening to the lord talking about Shanyue. Although Xiao Qiao is young, he behaves very well. If we send him to Shanyue, maybe we can reach an agreement with the lord." In addition, the Shanyue people have very low smelting technology, and all the weapons they need come from the big Han. With this relationship, we can still conduct some trade with the Shanyue people. In this way, the Shanyue people will make peace with us safely Let’s get along, and when we become stronger in the future, it won’t be too late to send troops to attack Shanyue.”

Zhao Lei nodded heavily after hearing this, and said, "What Gongjin said is similar to Mr. Jia's. Since that's the case, then I have to respect your opinions. You two are indeed my brain trusters, and your ideas are really unique."

"Thank you, my lord, for your appreciation." Zhou Yu and Jia Xu said.

"Mr. Jia, Gongjin, I will take Hanzi and Zilong and leave Moling tomorrow. After I leave, you will be in charge of everything here. I will arrange everything in the army and leave it to Zhang Liao and Ma Chao. I'm going to go out for a month, to tour the counties of Yangzhou, and visit the talents of Yangzhou by the way. As for Xiao Qiao, let Gong Jin ask her, after all, he is a daughter's family, if you don't want to, we just have to We can find another way." Zhao Lei said to Zhou Yu and Jia Xu.

"No! My lord, on this trip to Yangzhou to inspect Yangzhou, do you want to send Wang Yue and some dead men to protect the lord?" Jia Xu asked.

Zhao Lei nodded and said, "That's fine. Although I have Zilong by my side this time, it's better to have more people to protect me."

"No! This subordinate will obey." Jia Xu said.

"My lord, there are many talents in Jiangdong. I hope that my lord will put down her dignity and recruit some literati to serve me this time. Our army is like a cloud, and there are many wise men. But there are some internal affairs talents, so I hope the lord If you can search more in that direction, Gong Jin wishes you all the best," Zhou Yu said to Zhao Lei.

"Gongjin's words make sense, I will pay attention to them," Zhao Lei said.

"Brother Shitou, are you going to leave Yan'er just now?" At this time, Cai Yan suddenly came out from the back hall and said to Zhao Lei with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Lei smiled and said, "Little girl, why are you crying? Is your brother Shitou only going out for a month, and it's not like he won't come back."

Although Zhao Lei spoke well to comfort him, Cai Yanyi was crying.

"If Yan'er feels bored, you can talk to Da Qiao." Zhao Lei coaxed again.

"Brother Shitou really only went out for a month?" Cai Yan asked at this time, wiping away tears.

Zhao Lei nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Okay! Brother Shitou, be careful all the way, Yan'er is waiting for you to come back in Moling City." Cai Yan said.

"Well, after I come back this time, I'll talk to the teacher about getting married." Zhao Lei patted Cai Yan's head and said with a smile.

When he heard Zhao Lei talk about getting married, Cai Yan broke into tears and laughed, which made everyone present laugh.

(End of this chapter)

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