"Old lady, General Taishi, I've waited."

Tai Shici hurriedly dismounted and helped his mother out of the carriage.

"Mother, we're here."

An old woman with kind eyebrows stepped out of the carriage, looked at the bustling Jinling City and the ruddy-faced people around her, and said with emotion: "Yuan Zhoumu is really a master!" Ziyi, you should assist General Yuan well in the future, and you must not live up to the general's love! ”

Tai Shici lowered his eyebrows and bent down and said, "Yes, mother." The child remembered. ”

The old woman nodded slightly.

The henchman sent by Xun You next to him smiled when he heard this: "Old lady, please rest assured, my lord is benevolent, and I appreciate filial piety like General Ziyi the most, and I will definitely not let you down." ”

The old woman looked at the crowd around her, happy and hopeful, and nodded in satisfaction.

Tai Shi Ci is also very curious about his future lord.

Yuan Shu knew that there was such a famous general as Tai Shici in the Three Kingdoms, but he only knew that the hometown of this goods was in Donglai, so he sent someone to Donglai to inquire.

In the end, I inquired about Tai Shici's home, but there was only the old woman in the family, and Tai Shici took refuge in Liaodong because he offended Benzhou.

In line with the principle of preferring to kill by mistake and not letting go, Yuan Shu took a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, he asked people to squat in Tai Shici's house, took care of Tai Shici's old mother, and asked someone to exempt Tai Shici from his crimes, and on the other hand, he sent others to Liaodong to find Tai Shici.

Later, the spies really found Tai Shici and handed over Yuan Shu's letter of seeking talent, and Yuan Shu's thirst for talent instantly moved Tai Shici. However, Tai Shici is a filial son, so he didn't rashly agree, but only said that he would go home and ask his mother.

As a result, the old woman had been carefully taken care of by Yuan Shu for several months, and she was naturally full of good feelings for Yuan Shu. And with Yuan Shu, his son suddenly changed from a sinner to a general, how could there be any reason to disagree? immediately decided to come to Yangzhou and let Tai Shici follow Yuan Shuming.

Among the three people recruited by Yuan Shu and Xun You, Tai Shi Ci, who was the farthest away, was the first to arrive. Because among the remaining two people, Xu Chu is not a grassroots like Tai Shici, his family has a big business, and after he was finally convinced, he had to bring thousands of families in Xujia Village to come together.

With such a large population, Yuan Shu is happy to accept it, but Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling is not happy!

Yuan Shuhao said that he sent tens of thousands of pieces of paper, and then he exchanged the entire Xujia Village back. Fortunately, Kong Ling didn't know about Xu Chu's goods, and thought that Yuan Shu simply wanted to buy some strong men, so the asking price was not high. Otherwise, when he saw this fat man who was more than eight feet long and had a waist of ten girths, he would definitely not let go so easily.

Yuan Shu bought the entire Xujia Village, but his heart blossomed, although tens of thousands of blank papers are quite valuable, but in Yuan Shu, they are worthless. It's worth it to change a top bodyguard and a population of nearly 10,000.

If it weren't for the fear that he would sell too much paper and arouse the suspicion of the family, Yuan Shu really wanted to spill millions more to change people.

And the other Yu Ban is also very difficult to get it, this is a serious 800 Dubo, hanging under Bao Xin's command. Although he is not valued by Bao Xin, he is the other party's general after all! Yuan Shu threw off 300,000 stones of grain before exchanging it back.

However, with 10,000 troops, a year's grain and grass can be exchanged for a top general, Yuan Shu thinks it is worth it. Both sides thought they had taken advantage of each other's stupidity and secretly laughed at each other's stupidity, but who was stupid Yuan Shu knew in his heart.

Although it took some effort, he was able to take in the famous generals he knew he could recruit who had not yet made a career under his command, and Yuan Shu felt that he was already very profitable.

Xun You had already arranged a mansion for Tai Shi Ci, and the servants and maids were all fully configured, just waiting for Tai Shi Ci's mother and son to move in.

After settling the old mother, the subordinates sent by Yuan Shu led Tai Shici to the General's Mansion.

Looking at Tai Shici, who was majestic and had a face like a crown of jade in front of him, Yuan Shu's heart was full of appreciation.

"The last general, Tai Shici, meet the lord!"

When Tai Shici saw Yuan Shu with an admiring look on his face, he immediately fell to the ground.

"Ziyi, please get up!"

Yuan Shu hurriedly stepped forward and helped Tai Shici up.

"Ziyi can come to vote for me, I'm really happy!"

Looking at the rich purple aura on Tai Shi Ci's head, Yuan Shu once again said with heartfelt emotion.

"Ziyi is just a vulgar person, who is loved by the lord by mistake, and he will definitely be the lord in the future to repay the lord's kindness!"

Yuan Shu smiled: "Ziyi's words are heavy. I know your talents, but the army has military law, so I will first appoint you as a general to fight for Kou, give you 10,000 troops, and after you make meritorious service, you will be rewarded more! ”

"Thank you, my lord!"

Tai Shi Ci was overjoyed, although he knew that Yuan Shu would definitely reuse himself if he recruited him thousands of miles away, but he didn't expect that he would be in the position of a 10,000-strong general, which was really too generous!

"Ziyi, you go to train the army first, get ready, I need you to level Jiaozhou in half a year."

Yuan Shu was ready to arrange Tai Shi Ci to stabilize this place in Jiaozhou. After all, there are really not many generals under Yuan Shu who are good at mountain warfare, and the most important thing for mountain warfare is good archery, and originally Yuan Shu's subordinates were more in line with Huang Zhong and Ju Yi.

However, these two are both generals who Yuan Shu relies on important tasks, and it is a bit wasteful to put them in such a small army to fight. Now that Tai Shici is here, this guy happens to be good at archery, and he has no experience in commanding troops, so it's just right to use them to practice.

Once Jingzhou is taken by Yuan Shu, Jiaozhou is estimated to surrender without a fight, and it will be just right to send Tai Shici to deal with those alien races at that time.

Jiaozhou is a place that can really be called a barren land. Among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, the merge states that exist in name only are stronger than this place.

The entire state has a population of less than 1.5 million, which is about the same as a Jinling city. And due to the rugged roads and inconvenient transportation, the development here is very backward.

So in the eyes of the princes, this place is simply chicken ribs. If it weren't for the fact that the place is really large, it is estimated that it would be disqualified as a state.

But Yuan Shu knows the importance of this place very well! If nothing else, the rice here can be harvested three times a year is enough to move Yuan Shu. Moreover, the land here is fertile and rich in natural resources.

More importantly, this place is directly connected to the three states of Yangjingyi, and its strategic position is very important. Occupying this place would allow Yuan Shu to consolidate his rule over the southern states. That's why Yuan Shu attaches so much importance to Jiaozhou.

Shi Xie, the current ruler of Jiaozhou, has been entrenched here for four or five years, and has initially consolidated his rule. His brothers and clansmen all hold important positions such as county guards in Jiaozhou, and they can be described as local overlords.

Although this person is very able to see the situation very clearly, he has always done his duty in history. After Sun Quan stabilized the rule of Jiangdong, this goods was safe and secure in front of a household dog under Sun Quan until his death.

After Yuan Shu took Jingzhou, it is very likely that this person will defect.

But Yuan Shu still wanted to clean up his local forces. Yuan Shu would not hand over the military and political power of a state to him because of his loyalty.

It's not a question of trust or distrust, it's a matter of principle. Even if you can guarantee his loyalty, it is difficult to guarantee the loyalty of his descendants and the interest groups behind him.

Yuan Shu wouldn't do anything to Shixie, but it was imperative to move them to Yangzhou.