A few days later, Chen Zhi returned from Bingzhou and sat in Youzhou again.

Zhang Jingsheng and the others kept their promises, and really conveyed Lu Qian's request to the past, Chen Zhi didn't say anything at the time, but agreed to Lu Qian's request to meet him.

After the news came back, Lu Qian was greatly encouraged, and hurriedly prepared to meet him, and also gathered several colleagues who came with him to discuss countermeasures together, speculating what Chen Zhi would ask, and how he and the others would answer.

However, when it came time to actually meet Chen Zhi, none of these preparations came in handy-

When Lu Qian was excited, under the guidance, after seeing Chen Zhi, he immediately saluted respectfully, called "Champion Hou", and then began to build a relationship - the key here is naturally the Langya King who has the name of master and apprentice with Chen Zhi.

"I haven't seen the king for many years, I wonder how he is now?"

Lu Qian said: "The king is heroic and decisive, he is a rare master, and he has the support of the governor in his back, and he is deeply supported by my Jiangzuo family." ”

Chen Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine, I can also feel at ease." ”

Seeing that the relationship between the two sides seemed to be a little closer, Lu Qian didn't want to waste this atmosphere, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot, wanting to convey the meaning of the Jiangzuo court.

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhi waved his hand directly and said, "I already know your intentions, but I can't agree to this matter." ”

The simple and neat answer made all the words prepared by Lu Qian in advance empty, so that he could only ask with a puzzled face: "Why is this?" ”

Because he was too surprised, this tone was inevitably a little heavier, but after he finished speaking, he realized who he was talking to, so he quickly let go of his breath, and with a somewhat embarrassed expression, he said: "The governor only needs to spread a word, saying that he wants to support the imperial court, and then saying that he wants to send troops, and then he can do it." ”

Chen Zhi shook his head and smiled: "It's really a little shallow to think about it, although Chen is not proud, but he knows very well the weight of me in the north at this time, this sentence is not just a silhouette, now inside and outside the grassland, around Sanzhou, and even in Jizhou, there are many people who always pay attention to the movements on my side, once this is said, it is really a big mess, and even Jizhou collapsed because of this, can the imperial court be able to clean up the situation?" ”

This is an exaggeration, but it is not unreasonable, because whether it is Lu Qian or others, they all know very well that the plan of the imperial court is not the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory at all, and they do not have the conditions to recover the lost territory at all.

But Chen Zhi's words, the core is still one point-

The imperial court does not have any idea about the land in the north at all, at least the Jiangzuo imperial court, since this is the case, if Chen Zhi ascends to the top and shouts, causing chaos in the north, and the imperial court takes away a corner of the land, then who will clean up the rest of the chaos?

Now that Shile's forces are split, the best result for Chen Zhi is that this division will exist for a long time, allowing them to consume each other, especially counting the forces such as the King of Hejian who have not completely dissipated, and let them tear each other apart and attack each other.

When the Xuanjia Army is re-expanded, the cultivation and recuperation are good, one by one, annexed one after another, those small forces themselves still have a system, and they can maintain the order under their rule to a certain extent, which saves the consumption of reconstruction, and can quickly become combat effectiveness, which is better than chaos in the north, right?

It is precisely because of this that Chen Zhi suddenly set the tone of the meeting between the two sides, even if Lu Qian is clever and eloquent, it is difficult to move, and in the end he can only smile bitterly.

Chen Zhi finally asked: "I have the name of teacher and student with King Langya, since he recognized my title and treated him with respect, then I shouldn't leave it alone, but Youzhou is too far away from Jiangzuo, even if you want to help, you really can't help......

Lu Qian was a little confused when he heard this, and he didn't know what the intention was behind this, but when he heard Chen Zhi's next sentence, he couldn't help but gasp.

“…… If the king is willing, he can come to my Youzhou, and he will have no worries! ”

As soon as these words came out, Mo said that Lu Qian, even the colleagues who came with him, as well as the officials of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, also jumped with their eyelids, and they felt that it was too impactful.

There is no need to say much about the hidden dangers and worries behind this, and of course Lu Qian will not agree, he may not even dare to pass this back, just as Chen Zhi refused to ask for the south.

It's just that since these words came out, of course, there was no room for further pleading, so Lu Qian smiled bitterly and said goodbye.

When he returned to his lodgings, he summoned his colleagues and talked about it.

"This must be a prevarication, he Chen Dudu said in the north, if the king comes, who is the master of the two?"

"It is this reason, I waited all the way over, and saw that this Youzhou is rich, and there are more elite soldiers, all of whom have the spirit of tigers and wolves, if it is not for the champion Hou Zhen, who can give an order? If the king comes up, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the people. ”

"Besides, we are in the southern family, if the king is in the left of the river, we can also take advantage of the situation, if the king comes to the north, then the land of the left side of the river will have no backbone and foundation."

……

Everyone, you said, I said, talking about the worries and concerns in your heart, but Lu Qian nodded again and again, and felt that it was very reasonable, and there was a fundamental problem, he was very clear, that is, no matter how close the relationship between King Langya and Chen Zhi was, they Jiangzuo people would not let this king go.

So after wandering for a few days and determining that it was impossible to get the promise, Lu Qian finally resigned, but although he didn't get what the Jiangzuo court wanted, he still had something to gain, that is, he planned for the Lu family, especially with Lu Jian, and Lu Ying's relationship - Lu Ying was a friend who traveled with Chen Zhi at the beginning.

With the help of these conveniences, and seeing the wealth and stability of Youzhou, Lu Qian immediately had a new idea, and soon after he returned to the south, the people of the Lu family arrived one after another, ready to open a branch in the north of Youzhou, which can be regarded as a backhand.

On the other hand, the news about Chen Zhi's refusal, after it circulated in Jiangzuo, quickly attracted negative comments, especially Chen Zhi's proposal to let King Langya go north to Youzhou, which aroused the vigilance of many people, so that in the follow-up time, although Jiangzuo's court was still in official face and maintained contact with Youzhou, it slowly reduced direct contacts in private.

As for the one who leads all this, it is the Langya Wang family.

Of course, these changes can't escape the investigation of the Youzhou intelligence agency, but after Chen Zhi saw the report, he didn't seem to take it to heart at all, and just said: "The Jiangzuo Imperial Court, gathering the family, is the culmination of the luck of the past, and it has its own fixed number, no need to ask, I will wait and run our own house first, and wait for the opportunity." ”

As for the timing he was waiting for, Chen Zhi did not say it clearly, and for a while, it caused many people to think a lot.