This time, Liu Zheng returned triumphantly from Linyi State, and Jiaozhou, which was originally economically tense, was relieved, because he brought back a lot of money and grain from the treasury of Linyi State.

Although the Linyi Kingdom is only a country that has been established for decades, in any case, there are hundreds of thousands of people under its command, as well as more than a dozen county seats, and the taxes collected by these counties are enough to make the Linyi Kingdom have a lot of wealth for decades.

Although Liu Zheng did not get all the savings of Lin Yiguo, some of them were taken away by the crown prince Fan Yi.

But there are many things that Fan Yi can't take away, and because he left in a hurry, it is impossible to take all the valuable items away, so Liu Zheng picked up the emptiness.

After counting some of them, those things are worth tens of thousands of gold, Liu Zheng only needs to take out some of them to reward the three armies, and he can also make the soldiers under his command get great encouragement.

Sometimes, while spiritual encouragement is important, material encouragement is equally important.

He can firmly grasp people's hearts and make those who are heartfelt more willing to work for you.

Approaching the end of the year, Liu Zheng took out some of the money and bought wine and meat on a large scale, and rewarded the three armies in the past few days of the New Year.

Not only at the end of the year, give some financial rewards to those generals and sergeants who have made meritorious contributions, but also hold a commendation meeting in the army, so that these heroic figures can be worshiped and respected, so that more people have the motivation to become heroes!

And Liu Zheng himself, in addition to rewarding the three armies, also at this time, in his mansion, prepare a few tables of wine and food, invite these right-hand men around him to come to the banquet, chat with them a few words, and thank them for their efforts in the past year.

Without them, Liu Zheng alone would not have laid the foundation he has today.

As the banquet was served, these generals and strategists under Liu Zheng, as well as local officials in Jiaozhou, including Shi Xie, all arrived at Liu Zheng's mansion one after another.

There are not many people who Liu Zheng really needs to be entertained, except for these generals who have been following him in the southern and northern wars before, that is, these strategists and civil servants who later joined his command.

Of course, in order to express it, Liu Zheng also sent someone to send invitations to Zhang Ning and others, asking them to come over for a meal and catch up with the old days.

After everyone arrived, Liu Zheng immediately raised his glass.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Another year has passed, and in this year's time, our small team has undergone too many changes. Among you here, some of you have just joined us this year, and there are also friends of life and death who followed me Liu Zheng last year, here, no matter what your identity is, I want to say thank you first. ”

"Thank you! Thank you for your support over the past year, although you have always regarded me as the master, but I have never regarded you as subordinates, from the bottom of my heart, I regard you as brothers, and you as a friend of life and death who can be entrusted with the back! ”

"It is with your dedication that our small team has been able to come step by step, step by step to this position, from a small Yellow Turban remnant in Quyang County, to the later Daqu Shuai of Runan County, and then to the current Lord of Jiaozhou, if you help, I Liu Zheng would not be able to have today anyway, so this is not my credit alone, it is everyone's joint efforts."

"Of course, what do we live for? To put it more noblely, it is to overthrow the rule of the corrupt Han Dynasty and establish a new dynasty of peace, but to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than to worship the prime minister and the wife and the son, I can assure you that as long as our team is still there, there will be a day when you will be the marquis and the prime minister, and the wife and the son! ”

Liu Zheng held up the wine bottle and said what he thought in his heart, he was indeed very grateful, these people in front of him, whether it was Xu Huang, or Zhou Cang, or Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Yuan Zhou, Xu You.

Without their support, Liu Zheng would not be able to go today, and he would not have achieved such a great achievement, although he has some cleverness, and he also knows some things that will happen in the Three Kingdoms, and he is a real traverser, but in addition to this, his martial arts are not low Gan Ning Xu Huang, and his resourcefulness is not enough, and it is impossible to go on with his enthusiasm after all.

You also need to rely on these capable people around you, only with their help, Liu Zheng can continue and win people's hearts, which is the most important thing.

is like Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, who can't compare to Han Xin in battle, Xiang Yu in battle, and even those capable people around him, Fan Xu, Xiao He, Zhang Liang, all of them are better than him, but he is a person who can't compare to others, but he can win people's hearts and seize the world.

"Where is the lord talking, we can have today, and we all rely on the lord, otherwise, we are still bandits, rogues, and even farmers who farm, only by following the lord can we be crowned with a wife and a son, and a marquis and a prime minister!"

"That's right, only by following the lord can you seal your wife and son, and you can pay homage to the marquis!"

"Okay, we have already captured Jiaozhou this year, I just hope that next year or even the year after, we can consolidate this achievement and strive to expand the results!"

"Brothers, come, drink, don't get drunk today!"

Liu Zheng drank all the water and wine in his wine bottle.

Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Zhang Zhongjing and others at the bottom also immediately raised the cup in their hands and drank all the water and wine in it, although Zhang Zhongjing was not good at drinking, but at a time like today, he quickly accompanied Huang Zhong to drink a few glasses.

During this time, because of Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu, Huang Zhong and Zhang Zhongjing are very close, and the two are already familiar, and they usually don't have too many opportunities to communicate well, but now it is Liu Zheng who gave them such an opportunity, and Huang Zhong is also like an old father, asking Zhang Zhongjing about his son's situation.

And Gan Ning was catching up with Su Fei, Zu Lang and others, discussing the days of being a water thief together.

Even Xu Huang, Zhou Cang and others were chatting about the days when they were yellow turban thieves together a year ago with several generals under Zhang Ning.

Of course, there are also no friends who can only drink by themselves.

Cai Yao, a woman, is a relatively lonely kind on Liu Zheng's side, firstly, she has no friends in Liu Zheng's barracks, and secondly, she is a woman herself, Liu Zheng's barracks, there is only one Zhang Duyu, and Zhang Duyu is usually busy learning medical skills, and rarely accompanies Cai Yao.

So after coming and going, Cai Yao seemed to be alone.

Liu Zheng saw Cai Yao at a glance, drinking here alone.