At the beginning of August, Gao Shun arrived in Zhuo County.

Xiang Fu and Chu Yan warmly received Gao Shun and his party.

Xiang Fu and Chu Yan's families live in Taishou Mansion and Duwei Mansion respectively, Zhang Fei is married, and his wife lives in Zhang Fei's old mansion.

Chu Yan proposed to go to the border county for training, and now he trains officers and soldiers every day, but there is no actual combat, they are a group of recruits after all, and they must be allowed to see blood.

Gao Shun felt that it was not the time yet, and he still needed to be patient.

In Taishou Mansion, Gao Shun saw Xiang Fu's wife for the first time, she was very beautiful, and Gao Shun secretly breathed a sigh of relief; Xiang Fu's son has been 100 days old, and Gao Shun gave him a generous gift.

In early August, Gao Shun and his entourage arrived in Zhongshan.

Zhen Yu has returned to his family's old mansion, and all the shops have been returned to him, but the land has not been returned and has been built into several manors, Zhen Yu does not care about this.

The Zhen family is also an important member of the Gaoshun forces, and now they are not only the cotton cloth agents of Zhongshan State, but also bear the grain trade of the Gaoshun forces in Jizhou.

Fortunately, with the foundation laid at the beginning, each county has a manor of Gaoshun, and an important county also has a small manor, through which it is easier to carry out Gaoshun's orders; Coupled with the channels of the Zhen family, the price of grain in Jizhou is very well implemented.

Jizhou is rich in grain, and Gao Shun's move has won the welcome of the large and small landlord families in Jizhou, which has more or less alleviated their resistance to Gao Shun, which can be regarded as an accident.

There was also an unexpected incident, Zhen Yu reported that there was a small general in Hejian State, named Gao Lan, who was famous for his bravery.

Gao Shun was overjoyed in his heart, Gao Lan could be included in the Hebei Siting Pillar, it must be extraordinary, and he was ready to go to recruit him in person after he was busy.

After leaving Zhongshan Kingdom, Gao Shun went to Lingshou County in Changshan Kingdom, and had already agreed to meet Qin Guan in secret; They left them two thousand high-quality horses, a large number of weapons, armor and food, and hundreds of civil and military officials, and took away the money, jewelry, and other valuable materials plundered by Qin Guan.

At the beginning, a large manor was established in Zhending County, Changshan Country, and now Gao Shun is resting in the manor, preparing to transfer to Julu County.

The director of the manor reported to Gao Shun, and Zhao Yun, who asked him to visit, had news, but now Zhao Yun has not returned from his studies, and there are only his brother and sister at home.

Gao Shun was disappointed, and originally wanted to recruit Zhao Yun, but things didn't go well, so he asked the steward to take care of Zhao Yun's family more from then on.

Arrive at Julu City, live in the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, and then Gao Shun visits Taishou Guo Xun.

Gao Shun has a deep relationship with the Guo family, not only Zhao Xiong married the eldest daughter of the Guo family, but even Guo Yi served as Gao Shun's other driver, and Guo Dian of the branch had received Gao Shun's gift, and he himself was recommended by Gao Shun.

Guo Xun was very happy for Gao Shun to take the initiative to visit.

After entering the inner hall, the two sides finished reminiscing; Gao Shun demonstrated tea making and tea tasting for him; Guo Xun has heard of new tea for a long time, this is the first time I have seen it, and I am very grateful to Gao Shun for the generous gift.

Originally, Guo Xun wanted to hold a feast, but was stopped by Gao Shun; He left the jurisdiction without permission, was very low-key, and did not want to make a public and cause more trouble.

Guo Xun understood his difficulties and had no choice but to give up.

The next day, Gao Shun only took Li Qiang and ten middle-level generals to Guangping Kingdom, where Fu Zhu lived.

After Fang Liang was named the Marquis of Guangping, he took Guangping County as his food and changed it to Guangping State.

The Fu family is a big family in Guangping Kingdom, although it was tragically destroyed by the yellow scarf, but the background is still there. His family did not live in the county seat, but had their own manor and castle, and gathered clan members to live together. Due to the large number of people, the size of a market town has formed outside the castle.

Li Qiang handed over the prayer note and gift list, and Gao Shun waited outside the door.

After a while, he led his family to the gate to greet him.

Fu Zhu had already received a letter from Tian Feng, and knew that Gao Shun would visit, so he had already made preparations; Now he is very envious of Tian Feng and has achieved such an impressive record; is more respectful of Shun, and can frankly delegate power to Tian Feng and Cheng Li.

"Meet the Prince!"

Gao Shun hurriedly pulled forward and said, "Why should you be polite, sir?" Hurry up, please!"

"Prince, etiquette must not be abolished!"

Gao Shun had no choice but to let him salute.

Then everyone entered the manor and took a seat in the living room. The living room is very quaint and elegantly decorated.

Fu Zong, the younger brother of Fu Zhu, stepped back after greeting Gao Shun.

Gao Shun looked at his attributes, his literary talent and martial arts were not outstanding, he was an ordinary person.

Li Qiang led people to wait outside the hall.

Only Gao Shun and Fu Zhi were left in the living room.

Gao Shun looked at the frustration.

He had no choice but to speak first and asked, "What does the prince think of the world?" ”

Gao Shun felt that the literati were really hypocritical, and Cheng Li had asked a similar question at the beginning, but he did not show his dissatisfaction on his face, but replied sincerely: "Dangerous!" The world is about to be in turmoil, warlords are everywhere, chasing the Central Plains, fighting endlessly, people's livelihood is withering, the land is barren, the people are easy to eat, there will be no one out of ten, the white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. ”

"Haha, the prince is worried!" Fu Zhu didn't believe Gao Shun's words, there would be turmoil, but it wouldn't be so cruel.

Gao Shun ignored the frustrated attitude, but continued to ask: "At that time, the barbarians from all directions are rising, taking advantage of my weakness in the Central Plains, the iron cavalry will enter the Sei, galloping and plundering, who can stop it?" ”

Frustrated, Gao Shun said that it was not unreasonable. When the Han Dynasty was strong, it could resist the alien race outside the Saiwai, and now the Han Dynasty is weak, the alien race is rising, Xianbei is crisscrossing the northern frontier, and the Qiang people are in turmoil in Liangzhou, if it were not for the sudden rise of the champion Hou, Youzhou and the two states would not be so stable, and even Jizhou could not escape the doom.

If chaos comes in the future, the Central Plains will be in endless battles, and its strength will decline, let alone the opponent of the barbarian iron cavalry, how to prevent their invasion?

"Dare to ask the prince's ambition?"

For such a wise man, Gao Shun couldn't hide it, and he didn't know his attitude, and he didn't dare to say big things, leaving a laughing stock in vain, so he said: "Shun starts from the recklessness, knows the suffering of the people, and has no choice but to limit his ability, so he can only resist the barbarians outside, soothe the people inside, and do his best." ”

Gao Shun's words are more in line with the expectations of Frustration, the current Gao Shun will never reveal his true thoughts, it is very rare to be able to do the barbarians outside and the people inside; In the future, when the world is in turmoil, Gao Shun will march into the Central Plains with heavy troops, and dare to ask who can stop these elite soldiers who have been tempered by foreign races?

If Gao Shun continues to choose to confront the Shi clan, no matter how strong he is, he is not the opponent of the Shi clan after all, even if he unifies the Central Plains in the future, he will not be able to rule normally, and it will even bring more wars and disasters to the Central Plains.

So he asked, "What is the attitude of the prince towards the scholars?" What to do with it in the future? ”

Gao Shun knew that this was the most critical factor, so he said: "The scholars shoulder the heavy responsibility of cultural inheritance, and are the main source of officials. ”

Gao Shun will not offend or exterminate all the scholars, which will make it more difficult for him to unify the Central Plains, and he will have to support many scholars to confront the existing scholars.

Fu Zhu did not doubt Gao Shun's words, and this year Gao Shun took the initiative to raise grain prices to alleviate the contradictions between him and the landlords of the Shi clan, so he speculated that Gao Shun would not choose to be the enemy of all the Shi clans; And what Gao Shun said is true, many of the current scholars have degenerated, and the morally corrupt people must be eliminated, otherwise, the chaos in the world will not be curbed, but will only become more and more serious; If that's the case, it's not a bad thing to defect to Gao Shun.

At this time, Fu Zhu already had the idea of serving the prince, but now there is Cheng Li in the east of Youzhou and Tian Feng in the north, I don't know how Gao Shun will use him, so he asked: "If you give the prince to serve the prince, I don't know how the prince will be placed?" ”

Gao Shun felt that this was frustrated to seek benefits, and remembered Tian Feng's previous suggestion, so he said: "Most of Wuhuan in Northern Xinjiang has been absorbed, and only one part of Liaodong County remains, so there is no need to worry; The central Xianbei will either be destroyed or surrendered; The Xianbei in the east have been driven further north to the bitter cold; There are many Xianbei tribes in the west, and there are many contradictions, and they are constantly attacking each other, and we only need to gradually encroach on their territory before we can expel them from the fortress; Now only the Qiang people and clan people of Liangzhou continue to suffer, and the imperial court sends a large army, which costs a lot of money, and the work is fruitless, and the results are very small; Shun and the Marquis of Guangnian are brothers and sisters, and sooner or later the imperial court will send the Marquis of Guangnian to approach Liangzhou to quell the turmoil; I want Mr. to assist Guang Nianhou, I don't know what Mr. wants? ”

Gao Shun's relationship with Guangnian Hou and Guangping Hou has long been understood, and Gao Shun can be so frank, which makes him very relieved; If you go to assist the Marquis of Guangnian, be in charge of the Liangzhou battlefield, and fight against the Qiang people and the clan, there will be a broader stage, and you will achieve far greater feats than Cheng Li and Tian Feng; In his heart, he was even more grateful to Gao Shun for his openness and selfless trust in him.

Fu Zhu was very moved, but he pretended to be calm and asked, "From the point of view of the prince, when will the Marquis of Guangnian be able to advance into Liangzhou?" ”

Gao Shun thought to himself, Liu Hong is in power, he will definitely not send Zhou Fei into Liangzhou, he will only use Zhou Fei to contain him, and wait for the world to be in chaos, Liangzhou is Dong Zhuo's back garden, but Liu Hong ordered Zhou Fei to recover Beidi County and Anding County, and support the Liangzhou war situation from the side, so he said: "Liangzhou has a vast territory, and it is not a day's work to pacify the Qiang people, you can first form an army, train soldiers and horses, and choose the opportunity to recover Beidi County and Anding County, and then build a gallop road, stabilize the place, and advance county by county, three to five years, or even longer, in order to pacify the entire Liangzhou; The most avoidable rush will lead to the abandonment of the previous efforts, if you play steadily, you will win. ”

Fu Zhu didn't think that Gao Shun was fooling him, because Gao Shun took this method to treat foreign races, first stabilizing Dai County and Shanggu County, then absorbing Wuhuan Yiluo, then recovering Dingxiang County, then attacking Xianbei in central China, and then recovering Yunzhong County, steadily and steadily, with minimal losses; Gao Shun asked Liangzhou to adopt such a plan, which in his opinion is very feasible, otherwise the roads are not smooth, the transportation of baggage is difficult, and the newly recovered territory will be unstable, so what good will it do to recover more territory?

Gao Shun's plan made him very moved, he wanted to make contributions, his mind had been decided, he got up and bowed to Gao Shun and said: "Grant to see the lord!" ”

Gao Shun was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled up and said with a smile: "Haha, Mr. Shunde, like a fish in water!" ”

"Thank you for not giving up!"