Frustrated, his face remained unchanged.

After he finished saying what he wanted to say, he kept waiting, waiting for Liu Zheng's answer.

Now that Liu Zheng finally answered, the frustrated professor immediately followed suit and asked.

"Your Majesty thinks that what kind of price should my young master pay to allow His Majesty to send troops?"

Fu Zhi knew what Liu Zheng meant, but he couldn't answer this question, so he could only throw the topic back to Liu Zheng and let Liu Zheng directly make a bid, and after Fu Zhu went back to ask Yuan Shang, he could make a decision again.

Liu Zheng was not ambiguous, and immediately said what he wanted.

"Two conditions."

"Your Majesty, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"First, a Qingzhou can't satisfy me. That Qingzhou was originally mine, and you are just returning Qingzhou to me. Therefore, if I am asked to send troops to help Yuan Shang, after the matter is completed, I will still have Jizhou. ”

"Second, after Yuan Shang surrenders to me, I can canonize him as the king of Youzhou, and I don't care about him in normal times, but he must come to pay me tribute every year, and he must pay me 20,000 war horses a year."

Compared with a Qingzhou, Liu Zheng wants Jizhou more.

After all, Qingzhou has no oil and water to fish, and it is difficult for the population to recover in a short period of time after all these years of devastation.

If Liu Zheng can get Jizhou, it will have the foundation to fight against the northern nomads.

As for the matter of the war horse, it is also because Liu Zheng has had a headache recently.

So far, he has not been able to find a supplier that is sufficient to supply him with war horses.

The number of war horses under Liu Zheng has been seriously depleted in the recent period, and now it is time to replenish it.

Therefore, this is why Liu Zheng is willing to get involved in the situation in the north.

These conditions put forward by Liu Zheng are not harsh.

However, for Yuan Shang, it does need to be carefully considered.

After all, in the entire north, the Yuan family only owns the land of three states, and Liu Zheng opened his mouth and directly asked for the land of two states.

Such a result is somewhat unacceptable to Yuan Shang today, but it can only be accepted.

After all, if Liu Zheng didn't help him, he might not even be able to keep a state.

If he cooperates with Liu Zheng, at least, according to Liu Zheng, he can get a Youzhou, and he can be canonized as the king of Youzhou by Liu Zheng, and he can still retain some Yuan bloodline.

Of course, he can't be the master of this matter, he needs to go back and ask Yuan Shang, and only when Yuan Shang agrees can he decide whether this matter can really be promoted.

"Your Majesty's request, I already know, I will send someone back to ask the young master of my family, if the young master of my family agrees, I will come to see Your Majesty again."

Frustrated Professor replied to Liu Zheng, since the words had been negotiated, he had no reason to continue to stay here, thinking about passing the news to Qingzhou to Yuan Shang as soon as possible.

Liu Zheng saw that he was frustrated and said goodbye, but he didn't keep it, waved his hand, and signaled to let him go down.

The next few days were peaceful again.

Liu Zheng was waiting, waiting for Yuan Shang's reply from the north.

As long as Yuan Shang agreed to him, then Liu Zheng could send troops at this time to temporarily solve the affairs in the north.

From Qingzhou to Jianye, it takes a long time to come and go.

If you go by land, it will take half a month to ride a horse at the earliest.

If you take a boat, it may be faster, but now Qingzhou is no longer Liu Zheng's territory, and the transit station that Liu Zheng set up in Qingzhou before is almost deserted at this time, so few ships go north, and they can only use horses to deliver news.

In the past half a month, Liu Zheng did not wait for the news of Yuan Shang in the north, but waited for the news from the open sea.

The naval escort led by Cai Mao encountered pirates on the coastline of the East China Sea while transporting goods back to Jianye from Funan Prefecture.

Pirate.

When this word appeared in Liu Zheng's ears, he was immediately surprised.

He didn't expect that in this era, there would still be pirates.

After all, the ships of this era were not as developed as in later generations, and the sea was not yet fully developed, and there were no merchant ships on the sea, so how could there be pirates.

However, in the following years, Liu Zheng gradually developed commerce on this side of the East China Sea, and there were more and more people engaged in commerce, and there were more and more ships, and the profession of piracy gradually began to appear.

This thing is the same as the class of bandits, rogues, horse thieves, etc., but it is just a horse that has been changed into a boat.

When he first heard about pirates, Liu Zheng was not nervous, after all, they were some small thieves who did not enter the stream, and with Liu Zheng's army, it should be easy to sweep them away.

However, when Cai Mao personally came to report to Liu Zheng about the pirates he encountered this time, Liu Zheng realized that something was wrong.

Liu Zheng hasn't seen Cai Mao for a long time, and Cai Mao is also an old friend.

I have known Liu Zheng for a long time, if it wasn't for Cai Mao, maybe Liu Zheng wouldn't have been able to do it in such a short time. There are such achievements.

Especially after the repeated battles of Cai Mao, Cai Mao was not able to take advantage of the soldiers under Liu Zheng.

Until he surrendered to Liu Zheng, Cai Mao's life was not exciting, and she spent more time depressed.

Maybe when you get older, you lose your ambitions.

Willing to serve as a naval governor under Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng didn't need him to command the soldiers and horses to fight, only let him escort and escort merchant ships. Such a simple thing. It's not overkill. It's kind of making the best use of things.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty!"

"Uncle Guo, didn't you just come back from Funan? Why do you look sad? ”

"Your Majesty, Wechen took 3,000 naval escorts to escort the merchant ships back. Who knew that when the ship was sailing in Houguan County, it was suddenly robbed by a group of unidentified pirates. ”

"Those pirates were well-armed and purposeful, and they looted several ships of our army's cargo. Wechen led the navy to engage these pirates. Unfortunately, these pirates did not go head-to-head with our army, and after sacking the ships, they fled immediately. ”

"Because of the deep sea, our ships may not be able to withstand the wind and waves. So Wechen didn't rush to pursue. The only way to let those pirates escape for the time being. For the crime of loss of goods, please also ask Your Majesty to punish you. ”