Chapter 48: Conquering the Talents
Since Sun Ce took Wu County, his expansion was temporarily stopped, and Sun Ce let Yu Yunwen temporarily leave the army and join Fang Xuanling and Jia Xu's team.
In addition, Sun Ce asked Han Shizhong and Han Dang to start the preparation of the water division, to be precise, it should be the expansion of the water division, whether it is Danyang or Wu County, there is a foundation of the water division.
In addition, because of Sun Ce's hairline, a large number of talents came to take refuge, such as Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and Dong Xi.
According to the original historical trajectory, the three of them will become the mainstay of Jiangdong, but that is the trajectory after all, and now there is no shortage of talents under Sun Ce, and they will only become the backbone of Sun Ce's talents, not the mainstay.
"Lord, where are we going?"
Zhou Tai asked curiously, although Zhou Tai was only a quasi-first-class general, he was directly accepted by Sun Ce as a personal guard.
"Go meet a great talent!"
Sun Ce said with a smile.
"Great talent?"
Zhou Tai was a little curious, after all, he was new to Sun Ce's command, and he didn't know anything about Sun Ce.
Sun Ce is going to see Zhang Zhao this time, Zhang Zhao, the head of Jiangdong Wenchen in the original historical trajectory.
Now Zhang Zhao is only in his thirties, he is in the prime of life, although Zhang Zhao may be worse than Fang Xuanling and Jia Xu, but this is only according to strategy and military ability, Zhang Zhao is even worse than Jia Xu in terms of governing the country, and it will not be much worse than Fang Xuanling.
With the continuous expansion of the territory, Sun Ce needs more talents, although it is said that talents like Zhang Zhao and Fang Xuanling should not be used in small places, but in this most critical period of time, putting big talents in small places will make Sun Ce more at ease, and it will be better for future development.
Not long after, Sun Ce and Zhou Tai came to Zhang Zhao's mansion.
"As soon as I was tired of reporting, I said that Danyang Taishou asked to see Mr. Zhang Zhao!"
Zhou Tai came to the door of the mansion and politely said to the subordinates guarding the door.
Zhou Tai was reluctant to do this, because he felt that such a low voice would damage Sun Ce's majesty, but this was Sun Ce's order, and he had to obey it.
"Wait, please!"
The descendants of the Zhang family are not shallow and ignorant people, and after glancing at Sun Ce, they hurriedly went to the mansion.
Not long after, the person who went to report appeared, and he was accompanied by a middle-aged man.
"The villain Zhang Yun has seen Lord Taishou!"
The middle-aged man came to Sun Ce and saluted respectfully.
"Mr. Zhang is so polite!"
Sun Ce gave up.
"It's too serious!"
After a pause, Zhang Yun continued to speak,
"Mr. already knows about the arrival of Lord Taishou, and is waiting for the adult, and asks the adult to enter the house with the villain!"
"Mr. Zhang, please lead the way!"
Sun Ce was smiling, humble and polite.
"He is an ordinary person who does not come to greet my lord, but asks him to see him, which is really presumptuous!"
Sun Ce was calm, but Zhou Tai was dissatisfied, although it had not been long since he took refuge in Sun Ce, but Zhou Tai was extremely respectful of Sun Ce.
"Zhou Tai!"
Sun Ce glared at Zhou Tai, although Zhou Tai's voice was not loud, Sun Ce and Zhang Yun could hear it clearly.
Seeing that Sun Ce was about to get angry, Zhou Tai lowered his head and didn't dare to speak again.
"Let the gentleman see the smile!"
Sun Ce said to Zhang Yun with a smile again.
"Taishou-sama, please!"
Zhang Yun actually agreed with Zhou Tai's words, and he felt that Zhang Zhao's behavior was also a little wrong.
After entering Zhang's mansion, Sun Ce saw a man standing in the center of the lobby.
Zhang Zhao!
This is the first name that comes to Sun Ce's mind.
The closer he got, the more Sun Ce determined the man's identity.
"Sir, Taishou-sama has arrived!"
Zhang Yun bowed down and said to the man, Obviously, the man is the purpose of Sun Ce's trip, Zhang Zhao.
"Zhang Zhao's rudeness, please forgive Lord Taishou!"
Zhang Zhao bowed his head and bent over, his attitude was extremely respectful, which was completely different from the presumptuous person in Zhou Tai's mouth.
"Sir's words are serious!"
Sun Ce bowed his hand and had a humble attitude, but Sun Ce did not bow his head, let alone bend down, because it was impossible for him to bow his head and bend to someone who would become his subordinate in the future.
"Taishou-sama, please!"
Zhang Zhao made a way, and in the center of the lobby there were two futons, and between the two futons there was a small square table.
"Please!"
The two sat opposite each other, and it was said that they were sitting but they were actually kneeling.
At Zhang Zhao's suggestion, Zhang Yun poured tea for the two.
"Lord Taishou was able to come over in person, which really flattered Zhang Zhao."
Zhang Zhao said with a smile.
"Mr. is talented, how can Sun Ce snub Mr!"
Sun Ce said with a smile, Sun Ce is very honest, if it is an ordinary talent, Sun Ce really won't come to visit in person.
Sun Ce has a system, so he doesn't need to be like Liu Bei, who treats those ordinary talents with courtesy, he can have his arrogance.
"There is Fang Qiao under the command of Lord Taishou, Jia Xu is so talented, and he can be so polite and virtuous, it's really rare!"
Zhang Zhao was proud, but he had to admit that Fang Xuanling and Jia Xu had talents that were not inferior to him.
"Mr. has won the prize!"
Sun Ce smiled, there was no need to explain the superfluous words, otherwise it would only backfire.
"The purpose of Lord Taishou's coming, Zhang Zhao is very clear."
Zhang Zhao is not a fool, he naturally understands Sun Ce's intention, and he knew early on that Sun Ce would come to him.
"Then I don't know what Mr. Zhang Zhao means?"
Sun Ce looked at Zhang Zhao expectantly.
"What can Zhang Zhaoruo get if he enters the command of the adult?"
Zhang Zhao asked, in fact, there was a competitive mentality, Sun Ce already had Fang Xuanling and Jia Xu under him, he asked this, in fact, he wanted to compare with the two.
"Sun Ce will naturally not be stingy when he can give, but the premise is that Mr. can have this ability to make Sun Ce not stingy, Sun Ce has always pursued clear rewards and punishments, regardless of background, only on merit and virtue!"
Sun Ce's attitude is extremely clear, he will not deliberately follow Zhang Zhao because he is talented, whether it is the original Sun Ce or the current Sun Ce.
"Your Excellency is upright!"
Although he was not particularly satisfied, Zhang Zhao still agreed with Sun Ce's answer.
"Mr. has won the prize!"
Sun Ce chuckled.
"The world is in turmoil, and talented people are born one after another, each looking for a good master, and the same is true for Zhang Zhao."
Hearing Zhang Zhao say this, Sun Ce knew that his goal had been achieved.
"Please also ask the gentleman to come out!"
Sun Ce got up and solemnly invited.
"Subordinate Zhang Zhao has seen the lord!"
Zhang Zhao is also simply and directly confesses the master.
"It is the blessing of Sun Ce and the blessing of Danyang to have Mr. Help!"
Sun Ce laughed, there should still be some flattery, Sun Ce is not completely unsophisticated.
"Zhang Zhao will do his best to help the lord achieve his wishes!"
Zhang Zhao said with a smile, few people can treat "fame" as nothing as Jia Xu did.
"Without further ado, please join the government as soon as possible!"
Sun Ce admonished.
"In three days at most, Zhang Zhao can take care of the affairs at home."
Zhang Zhao hurriedly replied.
"That's good!"
Sun Ce nodded, according to his plan, it was to let Zhang Zhao deal with the affairs of Wu County, let Fang Xuanling deal with the affairs of Danyang, and Jia Xu would deal with the affairs of the army.
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