The defeat of a group of remnants brought by Zhang Ba greatly alleviated Zhao Hao's embarrassing situation of insufficient labor.

These exiled and tortured Wu soldiers were all submissive, hard-working, and willing to do anything as long as they were not allowed to continue fighting.

The arduous reclamation and stinking manure could not defeat these hard-working men, and the shortage of food did not make them complain, but drove them to work harder, making Liu Yan, a salted fish, a little embarrassed to continue to be lazy.

"Hey, I said, why hasn't Yu Fu come back yet?

How can that old thing like Shi Xie admit defeat easily, it is better to ask Yinping directly to borrow some people and go to Jiaojiao. ”

"Fight, fight, fight, don't you need money, don't you die?

Now that Yulin has not recovered, he can reduce the battle as much as possible. Shi Xie is also old, and from the perspective of respecting the old and loving the young, we also have to salute first and then soldier. ”

Liu Yan rubbed his temples and hummed: "Whatever you want, anyway, my Jiaozhou Thorn History is also an ornament, and I will fully support you in whatever you do." ”

Shi Xie's character Weiyan, in his early years, studied under the scholar Liu Tao, and slowly mixed into the position of Jiaozhi Taishou.

Although he is a strong party, he is very forced, and he has never thought of expansion, but he just used the old relationship of the family in Jiaozhou to organize several brothers into Jiuzhen, Hepu, and Nanhai Taishou, and the brothers watched each other and made a fortune in Jiaozhou.

Shixie's knowledge is very good, and he is very good at superficial articles.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was in turmoil, Jiaozhou was relatively stable, and many scribes came to Jiaozhou for refuge, and they were all taken care of by Shixie, including Xu Jing, Liu Ba, and others, who were important ministers under Liu Bei's account, also came to Shuzhong after going to Jiaozhou.

This old guy has a good reputation in Jiaozhi, and he doesn't have much ambition, and the direct use of force may cause chaos in the world.

Zhao Hao had already thought of several ways to deal with Shixie, but he never expected that none of the strategies he had painstakingly come up with to seize Jiaozhi would come in handy.

"Liu Tingshi, General Zhao, Mr. Yu is back!"

Yu Ban ran in in a hurry, the wrinkles on his face bloomed one by one, and he knew at a glance that Yu Tuo had gained a lot from this trip.

After a three-month farewell, I saw that Yu Chuan had changed into a very coquettish purple brocade robe, and came with an uncle in his fifties wearing a white brocade robe, laughing from afar, looking complacent.

"Liu Tingshi, General Zhao, don't come unharmed."

"Mr. Zhong Xiang is hard."

Zhao Hao and Liu Yan saluted Yu Pan together, Yu Pan waved his hand happily, and said, "I'll introduce ......"

The brocade-robed old man beside him seemed to be unable to wait, so he knelt on the ground with a plop and said respectfully:

"Caomin Shihui, I have seen two heavenly officials.

The father of the grass people had already heard that Uncle Liu Huang sent the heavenly officials to my Jiaozhou, and he really looked forward to the stars and the moon, and only asked for the early relief of the people of Jiaozhou, but his father was old and not good at doing it, so he sent the grass people and Mr. Zhong Xiang to come first, and hoped that the two heavenly officials would forgive their sins. ”

Shihui is the third son of Shixie, and is the most loved by Shixie.

He looked like a good gentleman with a polite manner, regardless of Yu Chu's obstruction, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhao Hao and Liu Yan three times before he was willing to stand up.

Zhao Hao hurriedly held Shihui and said with a smile:

"Mr. Gonghe is polite, thank you Ling Zun for waiting for me,

Before leaving, Uncle Liu Huang once told me that Shigong is a giant pillar of the southern sky, and he should not be lazy, and he can see the demeanor of Shigong when he sees Mr. today, and he really can't wait to meet Shigong and his old man. ”

Shi Hui wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and choked up:

"We are the people of Nanbang, and Uncle Liu is really ashamed to miss it——"

He reached out and took out a roll of silk silk from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Hao respectfully.

When my father heard that the two of them were coming, he was overjoyed, and he ordered the grass people to bring pearls, shells, glass, jade, tortoiseshell, and rare fruits such as bananas, coconuts, longans, and 3,000 stones, 100 horses, and 30 beauties.

This is a list of gifts, first respect the two heavenly officials, the king of Hanzhong, and worship filial piety,

I also hope that the heavenly officials will remember the old father and the grass people will be obedient, and forgive the inconsiderate hospitality of Jiaozhou. ”

What a big deal!

Rao is Zhao Hao and Liu Yan are thick-skinned, and they are still a little embarrassed by this heavy gift.

The Shi family has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, and they are really wealthy, not to mention anything else, just this horse......

Can Jiaozhou also raise horses?

Liu Yan was particularly interested in beauties, he couldn't close his mouth happily, rubbed his hands vigorously, and said with a smile:

"I have heard of Shigong for a long time, and he is really generous, how embarrassed I am."

People give face like this, Zhao Hao naturally can't deal with the same set of entertaining Xin Bi.

He summoned his minions to go into battle together, set up a banquet to entertain the Shihui, and a table of guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Everyone listened to Yu tell about the hard work along the way, and heard Shihui tell about the loyalty of the Shi family to the imperial court, and suddenly felt that the loyal people gathered, and everyone busily divided a bunch of tropical fruits with tears.

After three rounds of drinking, Shihui was already drunk, Zhao Hao made a look, and Pang De, an old drunkard, went up to fight with him regardless of it, looking deeply moved and very enthusiastic.

Shihui was also refreshing, although he knew that he couldn't drink Pound, but he still stiffened his neck to accept Pound's toast, and the two began to giggle while drinking, and Zhao Hao's several dog legs also took the opportunity to slowly lean to Zhao Hao's side.

"How do you open this coconut, do you have to cut it?"

"Intentions, not brute force."

Zhao Hao happily touched the small hole under the coconut, pinched it open with a little force, poured a bowl of sweet coconut water, and distributed it to Lu Yusheng who was watching with a blank eye.

"Boss, didn't I say it, do you really think Shihui will sincerely take refuge?"

Yang Yi did not have the slightest consciousness of eating other people's short mouths, and reminded Zhao Hao in a low voice while eating longan.

Zhao Hao snorted, and opened another coconut casually:

"The essence of Jiaozhou is in Jiaozhi, and the Shi family has been entrenched here for many years, do you think they will give up easily?"

"Then what is he ......?"

"It's just a matter of talking about the conditions, I'm not stupid."

Zhao Hao sneered, "Shixie is under the rule of Eastern Wu, and he uses this method to maintain his autonomy.

The Shi family wants to continue to be the king of the mountain in Jiaozhi, if we agree, he will continue to pay tribute, if not, it will not be long before they will think of other ways. ”

Shixie's ambition is not big, just keep Jiaozhi and turn Jiaozhi into the territory of their Shi family for generations, it stands to reason that this request is not too much, but this has an essential conflict with Zhao Hao's land policy.

If you want to farm in Jiaozhou, you must promote the Yulin model in Jiaozhi, collect all the fertile land there to the imperial court, and at the same time implement the apportionment into mu, so as to strengthen the imperial court's control over Jiaozhi.

But the biggest landlord in Jiaozhi is the Shi family, and they will definitely give money and grain.

But if you want the land, that is to ask for their lives, Zhao Hao doesn't believe that Shi Xie is really loyal to the point of giving his life.

Liu Yan didn't have the idea of believing in the Shi family from the beginning, he said in a low voice:

"I said Zixuan, people's attitude is so good, it's not appropriate for us to directly transfer troops, right?

Although the Shi family is in Jiaozhou, they have a good relationship with many Central Plains clans, and if we expose our thoughts in advance, it will really be endless troubles. ”

"Don't worry, I have never been a nameless teacher, and I naturally have a way to deal with them.

Don't forget that we are taking Mrs. Sun with us, I believe that after meeting Shixie, Mrs. Sun will make a move before us. ”

"I have already thought about it before, I don't bring too many troops, only a hundred personal soldiers will go, it will definitely reduce the suspicion of the Shi family, and when the time comes, we can figure out Mrs. Sun's intentions, and we can slowly figure it out."

"A hundred, isn't it a bit risky?"

"The Shi family is not a hardcore of Soochow, and they will not risk turning against us to attack me, as long as I deal with it properly, there should be no problem.

You will do a good job in Yulin, and the troops will expand towards Hepu, and strive to open the sea route as soon as possible, so that Shixie will not dare to act rashly. ”

Liu Yan nodded approvingly, rubbed his hands and said:

"Then it's hard Zixuan, the old man is waiting for the news of your victorious return in Yulin."

"What are you talking about?"

"Huh?"

"I said Lao Liu, you are the assassin of Jiaozhou, the governance office of Jiaozhou is in Jiaozhi, aren't you embarrassed to go with me?"

The smile on Liu Yan's face slowly solidified,

"Well, the old man has been feeling cold recently......"

"It's okay, I'll take Wang Xi with me."

"Damn, what's the use of Wang Xi's quack? I'm not going, I'm not going, I'm not going to die! ”