Chapter Twenty-Three: Yuan's Afterhand
"Look, it's the high envoy who has come to greet us in person!" A family general beside Mi Zhu suddenly saw a group of people on the shore in front of him, and after careful identification, he immediately shouted with joy on his face.
"The envoy personally came to greet you?"
When Mi Zhu heard this, he immediately put aside the complicated thoughts in his heart, looked forward according to the guidance of the general, and shouted in surprise: "It's really a king, pass the order, and dock quickly!"
More than a dozen big ships heard the order, sped up, and soon came to the shore, well, the sampan was put down, and Mi Zhu hurriedly stepped forward with a few generals.
"Meet the envoy!" Before Gao Cheng stepped forward, Mi Zhu bowed to the ground.
Gao Cheng laughed, hurriedly held him up, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for so long, why has Zizhong become so polite to me?" Hurry up and follow me into the city, I have prepared a banquet and specially picked up the wind for you!"
When Mi Zhu heard this, he felt flattered, and the anxiety just now completely disappeared from his heart, and the nervousness and worry were swept away. Gao Cheng's attitude gave him great confidence in rebuilding his family business.
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Inside the city. Gao Cheng personally set up a banquet, the pretty maids in the hall danced, there were musicians drumming and playing the sheng, and the leisurely notes fluttered in the hall, Mi Zhu and the two generals he brought were all full of smiles.
On both sides of the main hall, there are Buqi, Xi Zhicai and some small and medium-sized families in Guangling City to accompany them. It looks very lively. The heads of the families in the hall quietly looked at Mi Zhu when they toasted each other. Passing eye to eye on each other.
"Unexpectedly, the Xuzhou Mi family actually gave up such a big family business and went south to join General You!"
"Xuzhou Mi's family has hundreds of millions of dollars, and Zhongshan Zhen's is known as the world's two most wealthy businessmen, Mi Zhu does not hesitate to abandon his foundation in Xuzhou to leave Xuzhou, it seems that he has no confidence in Tao Gongzu, it is determined that the high envoy can achieve great causes, and he came to press in advance!"
"His decision is right, think about it, how old is General Right now? It's just over 20 years old! In his twenties, he can occupy Yangzhou and Lianghuai, as long as he doesn't die halfway, how big will his achievements be in the future?"
I heard that when General Right was in Huai'an, Mi Zhu specially sent people to make friends! He gave money and food to build a 1,000-strong naval army for General You! Relying on this naval army, General Right was able to defeat the water thieves in Baima Lake and make meritorious contributions to become a county lieutenant!
"General Right will definitely be able to accomplish great things in the future, and it is not too late for us to take refuge now! General Right is short of manpower, so why don't we each send our own sons and daughters to serve the general?"
Many of the heads of the families at the banquet gave their eyes and talked quietly. Gao Cheng sat upright, an expression that seemed to be a smile appeared on his face, and he glanced at these people lightly.
This time, he deliberately invited all these people to come, just to use Mizhu to remind them. If they don't take refuge now and wait until their power becomes stronger, they won't have such a good opportunity for these small and medium-sized families.
Under Gao Cheng, there are now Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai, Zhou Yu, Xu Xuan, Chen Jiao, Lu Su, Bu Qi, Hua Xin, Wang Lang...... These people are all future famous ministers and important ministers, some can be the third duke, and some can serve as prime ministers. It is enough to govern Yangzhou and Guangling.
There are a lot of high-level talents, but unfortunately the bottom and middle-level talents are extremely scarce, and before the family in Yangzhou, especially the family headed by the four surnames of Wu County, did not surrender, Gao Cheng's foundation was not stable. This is the flaw of his lack of foundation.
If he can subdue these small and medium-sized families in Guangling County now, he will be able to make up for the shortcomings. can even use these children of the family in Guangling to stimulate the wealthy families in Yangzhou, and let them know that even without their support, they can govern Yangzhou.
The reactions of the following people were all seen by Gao Cheng, and he nodded secretly in his heart, it is not bad, the purpose of this banquet has been achieved for the most part.
"Report ......"
Just when the banquet became more lively, and Mi Zhu, Bu Qi, and Xi Zhicai were trying to speak, there was a long report from a guard outside.
Zhou Cang, who was guarding the door of the main hall, stopped the guard, and then got a hollow iron ball from him, which was an urgent secret report from the embroidered guard.
But any secret report that comes in this way is more important. Gao Cheng must be seen. Zhou Cang sent the iron ball up, and the heads of the family on both sides of the main hall, as well as Bu Qi and Mi Zhu, subconsciously lowered their voices. Watching Zhou Cang come to the top, he handed the things to Gao Cheng.
Syllable!
Gao Cheng pinched the hollow iron ball, took out a silk silk from it, swept his eyes, his expression changed suddenly, and a trace of anger appeared on his brows. The right hand slammed on the wooden table. Gritted his teeth in a low voice and said, "What a Yuan clan! The heritage is really profound, and the inheritance artifacts are endless!"
After Gao Cheng patted the wooden case with his hand, the pretty maid who was singing and dancing in the hall suddenly lost her face, standing in place and trembling, and the originally noisy hall became extremely silent.
"Lord, I don't know what happened?" Xi Zhicai asked in a deep voice with a solemn expression. The Buqi on the side waved his hand, signaling the maids and musicians to stand down.
Gao Cheng controlled his anger at this time, and with a wave of his hand, the silk silk in his hand flew in front of Xi Zhicai, who couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the information above.
"Yuan Shu's army suddenly attacked the Ruyin camp and sacrificed a inheritance artifact, seriously wounding General LΓΌ Dai and General Zhou Tai. The army was defeated and retreated for a hundred miles......"
However, seeing the situation behind, Xi Zhicai's face soothed, in the Ruyin camp, in addition to Lu Dai and Zhou Tai, there was also Chen Wu, a martial arts general. When the army was suddenly hit hard, he stepped forward to take charge of the army, relying on the backing of naval warships to barely maintain the situation.
Xi Zhicai casually handed the silk silk to the Buqi on the side, and then arched his hand and said: "Lord, you must send soldiers and horses to support the Ruyin camp as soon as possible." β
Gao Cheng nodded and said, "What the military advisor said is extremely true, Zhou Cang, pass on my order and let General Wu'an lead the soldiers and horses of Zhongli's battalion to Ruyin!"
After all the counties south of the Huai River fell, Huaiyin became the frontier town for the attack on Xuzhou, so Zang Ba, Cao Bao and others, who were originally opposite the Zhongli camp, also took a large army to garrison Ling County. The soldiers and horses of Zhongli's battalion are out of pressure and can be moved back and forth.
Of course, the soldiers and horses of Zhongli's camp were not enough to resist Yuan Shu's army, and Gao Cheng had to personally lead the army to support.
Bu Qi saw the information on the silk silk, and also frowned, and said: "Look at the information on this, the inheritance artifact that the Yuan clan took out this time should be the Great Seal of the Sealing Spirit! This is the inheritance artifact of a family in the Central Plains in the former Han Dynasty, and its power is not weak!"