"Hey, I don't know if we can return to Huai'an in the future!" Gao Tai stood not far away, looking at Huai'an City in the distance, his eyes showed a trace of reluctance, and he sighed.

Since following Gao Cheng's father to Huai'an to settle down, he has been here for more than 20 years, for such a long time, he has regarded Huai'an as his hometown, and now he suddenly left, which made him feel a little stunned.

Not only him, but the two girls, Gao Ying and Ganyu, were also full of reluctance, crying pear blossoms with rain.

The big boat started slowly, the waves of Baima Lake were undulating, Gao Cheng looked around, dozens of big ships continued to chop the waves, and beside him, stood Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai, Zhou Tai, Lu Dai, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Zhang Fei, Mi Fang...... There was also a young man in clean clothes, this person was dressed ordinarily, his eyes were bright, he was bright, and his spiritual cultivation was extraordinary. He is Chen Jiao, who accepted the expedition and rushed to Huai'an.

"There are Zhang Zhao, Chen Jiao, Xu Xuan in internal affairs, and Lu Dai, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and others in the army, such a family background is enough in a Lujiang County! There are also Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, three huge helpers, with the assistance of such talents, even mediocre people can master Lujiang!"

Gao Cheng looked at these people around him and was very satisfied. In addition to these famous generals, he also has 700 elites and a full 10,000 sailors under his command. The foundation of these water armies is the soldiers and horses trained by Huai'an Water Village at the beginning, plus the water thieves who have been collected these days, and the five hundred Mi elites brought by Mi Fang. The number of troops is not too many.

"Eleven thousand troops, barely enough!"

The 50,000 troops in Gao Cheng's hands last time had been returned to the Assassin's Mansion when he was in Xiapi. And the more than 10,000 people in front of him are private soldiers who are completely under Gao Cheng's control. In addition, Xu Xuan, Jiang Qin, Liu Bei and others have gathered 100,000 displaced people, and these 100,000 people continue to move south along Yingshui, and they are about to reach the Huai River.

When he crossed the river and came to the Lujiang River, Gao Cheng was able to select the best recruiters and recruit soldiers, and it would not be a problem to pull up tens of thousands of troops. Coupled with all the local soldiers and horses in Lujiang, Gao Cheng can also be regarded as having 100,000 soldiers.

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In the second year of the Han Dynasty, winter.

Gao Cheng took a large number of warships, and after meeting with the displaced people, he finally came to Shu County, the seat of Lujiang Zhi. At this time, the entire Lujiang County knew that the new Taishou was about to arrive, and the local heroes sent people to inquire about the information.

Looking from afar on the boat, the fog above Shu County, the biting cold wind blowing, and a thin layer of ice formed on the water surface, and most of the officials of Lujiang County, except for some small officials, came to the city to greet them.

Among them, the county was temporarily vacant, and Gong Cao Zhang Tao and the chief bookkeeper Qiao Yu came with many civil and military personnel.

Big ship landed. The boatman hurriedly put on the sampan, Gao Cheng was wearing a mink fur, wearing a beautiful jade at his waist, Zhou Cang was holding a Kunwu sword beside him, and the temperament of the other subordinates was different from ordinary people, and their own breath was strong. Let the hearts of the people who greet you below shake.

"The lower official meets the envoy!"

Zhang Tao and Qiao Yu are about forty years old, they are the children of the Zhang family in Linhu and the Qiao family in Anhui County, and the officials of Lujiang, who respect the two of them, especially Zhang Tao is the most powerful. When the previous Taishou was in power, he had to discuss everything with him, and he almost became a puppet.

Gao Cheng's heart flashed with thoughts, thinking of this information.

Then he took the lead in getting off the boat, Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai, Lu Dai and others went down in turn, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at this time and looked a little low-key, following behind everyone.

"Get up!" Gao Cheng waved his sleeves and said lightly, his eyes falling on Zhang Tao and Qiao Yu.

Zhang Tao hurriedly smiled and said: "Xiaguan Zhang Tao, for the time being, Lujiang Gongcao, the envoy, the subordinate has prepared a banquet, and please make the gentleman and all the virtuous people move together!"

Zhang Zhao frowned slightly, looking at Zhang Tao with some dissatisfaction in his heart, this person was so rude, Taishou didn't speak, he took the initiative to let Taishou and everyone go to the banquet with him, is this to be anti-guest, and claim to be the master of Lujiang?

In fact, Zhang Tao didn't mean to do this, but he had been in charge of Lujiang for a long time, and he had already regarded himself as the spokesperson of Lujiang County, and subconsciously said these words.

In his opinion, the Linhu Zhang family is rooted in Lujiang and belongs to the representative of the local family, while Gao Cheng is only a one-term Lujiang Taishou, and he may leave his post at some point. I didn't expect that Gao Cheng wanted to completely control the entire Lujiang County.

Gao Cheng said: "Okay, I also want to get to know the Junjie of Lujiang as soon as possible, you can lead the way in front!"

Zhang Tao hurriedly turned around and stepped forward, he had already prepared the carriage and horses.

At this time, the big ships behind arrived one after another, and dozens of big ships in a row had the feeling of covering the sky, and then a thousand elites came down from the ship, these people were dressed in cotton clothes, wearing heavy armor outside, holding iron shields and long knives, full of murderous spirit.

"So many elite soldiers! I didn't expect the newcomer Taishou to have such a rich family background! With these soldiers to protect themselves, they should be able to sit firmly in Taishou, and the mountain barbarians and water thieves will attack again, and they can also resist one or two!"

"Yes, last time the mountains attacked, it spanned thousands of miles, and it went all the way to Longshu and Anfeng two counties. Plundered tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of stones, grain and grass, the previous Taishou successively sent county soldiers to defeat all of them, if it weren't for Zhang Gong and Qiao Gong joining forces and sending elite soldiers to resist, the entire Lujiang would have suffered a catastrophe! The new Taishou has so many soldiers and horses, it shouldn't be that the mountain barbarians will be presumptuous, right?"

"Who knows, but look at the momentum of these people behind Taishou, they should all be masters!"

The officials at the back of him whispered.

Everyone came to the government office of Shu County, and according to Zhang Tao's arrangement, wine and food had been prepared here.

Burning charcoal fires are placed on both sides of the lobby, and drinks are warmed on each wooden table, and incense burners slowly emit the aroma of spices in the four corners of the walls. Next to each wooden table, there is a pretty maid to serve.

Gao Cheng's eyes swept away, and he directly stepped forward and knelt down to sit on the head, and Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were distributed on both sides to act as guards. Zhang Tao, Qiao Yu, Zhang Zhao and others were divided into two columns and knelt behind the wooden case.

Zhang Tao smiled and was about to say some congratulatory words, but Gao Cheng, who saw the head above, said lightly: "Now that the people from the Lujiang Mansion have arrived, okay! Before the banquet, just talk about business!"

"This is Pengcheng Zhang Zhao! In the future, he will be the Gong Cao of Lujiang County, and this one is Liu Bei, who made great contributions to breaking the Yellow Turban, serving as the chief bookkeeper! There is also Guangling Xu Xuan, who is the post governor of Guangling County!"

"The three of them will be your superiors in the future! In the future, they will assist me in governing Lujiang County!"

Gao Cheng's voice was faint, and it spread throughout the hall, the smile on Zhang Tao's face suddenly stiffened, and the rest of the government officials trembled and looked at Gao Cheng in disbelief. This Taishou, as soon as he came to Lujiang, was he ready to dismiss Zhang Tao and Qiao Yu?

Did he know that Zhang Tao was the son of the Zhang family in Linhu, and Qiao Yu was the descendant of the Qiao family in Anhui County? These two people were in high positions in their respective families, and this newcomer Taishou did this, directly offending these two wealthy families to death.

I'm afraid Lujiang will be troubled in the future!

"Envoy, are you wrong? I am the Gongcao of Lujiang!" Zhang Tao was in a trance, and then said unwillingly.

A sneer appeared on Gao Cheng's face, and he said: "Zhang Tao, you are a good Gongcao appointed by the previous Taishou, but I heard that your Zhang clan has occupied hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Linhu! These lands were all added when you were serving as Gongcao, so much land, I want to ask, can you cultivate it completely?"

"You ......" Zhang Tao's expression changed, he didn't expect the other party to know so much about Zhang's, this is not good!