Xu Chu listened with a smile, Shanyin Hanshi, Megatron Shanyue, and He Qi's career is very similar to himself. asked Xie Zhen again: "Do you know how many soldiers and horses He Gongmiao has under the command of Damo County now?" ”

Xie Zhen thought for a while and said, "It's about three thousand." ”

Yangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, with Huiji County as the most. The rich land in the county is gathered in the seven counties of Yuji, Shanyin, Shangyu and other coastal areas, and the distance between the counties is more than 20 miles, and the length is only more than 30 or 40 miles, which are all places that the county government can reach. However, these counties such as Damo, Zhang'an, and Yongning are more than 100 miles apart, and most of the people in them are people from Shanyue, and the law and order are chaotic, and there are often cases where the county magistrate appointed by the imperial court cannot take office. Recruiting three thousand troops with the strength of three small counties is already the limit of He Qi. Xie Zhen also mentioned that He Qi was only a county magistrate in name, but with his military strength in Huiji and his prestige among the Shanyue people, he could already be called Sun Jian of Huiji County.

Xu Chu is very teachable, in his original cognition, throughout Yangzhou, there are only two people who can fight in the early Three Kingdoms, namely Sun Jian and Tao Qian. Sun Jian's 'Jiangdong Tiger', needless to say, Tao Qian is not easy to match. In the third year of Zhongping, Sun Jian followed the cavalry general Zhang Wen to conquer the rebels of Xiliang in the name of 'joining the army', and in the second year of Zhongping, Tao Qian participated in the rebellion of Xiliang earlier than Sun Jian. Tao Qian was first under the command of Huangfu Song, a famous general in the late Han Dynasty, and after Huangfu Song was framed and dismissed, he joined the military with Sun Jian under Zhang Wen's account.

Tao Qian and Sun Jian have a lot in common, in terms of origin, both of their families have been county-level officials in the county, and they themselves started as county-level officials, and slowly entered the field of vision of the world. This alone is a little stronger than He Qi. There are also two people who have also participated in the pacification of the Yellow Turban, Xiliang and other rebellions, and this qualification is also incomparable to He Qi.

But if you really want to be more serious, Tao Qian and Sun Jian fighting the Yellow Turban Thieves and Pingliangzhou Rebellion may not be much better than He Qi fighting Shanyue. He Qi was in charge alone, and without much help, he guarded the one-third of an acre of land in the south of Huiji for the imperial court. In the end, because of his low background, there was no backer in the court, and because Yangzhou was remote and not valued by the imperial court, this powerful general who kept one acre and three points of land for the Han Dynasty is only a county magistrate now.

With a low reputation and heavy power and responsibility, such a person has a great chance to win over. Whether Xu Chu is out of the factor of cherishing talents or making more good friends, he should try to contact He Qi. told Xie Zhen what he meant, and asked Xie Zhen if it was possible.

Xie Zhen said with a smile: "He Gongmiao can fight well, but he also has a shortcoming. ”

"What are the drawbacks?"

"Extravagant by nature."

Xu Chu smiled and nodded, and Zhou Yu on the side also let out a long 'oh'. Extravagance by nature means that He Qi likes to talk about pomp, and people who talk about pomp and circumstance must love money, and Xu Chu happens to be very rich now.

On the one hand, the name is low and the weight can be co-opted, and on the other hand, the natural luxury can show kindness, Xu Chu immediately made a decision, and wanted to ask Xie Zhen to go and meet Na He Gongmiao.

Xie Zhen happily accepted the order, he and He Qi had known each other for a long time, and when he went to visit He Qi, he could also go back home, why not.

"I don't know what the Ming Mansion wants Zhen to say to He Gongmiao?"

Xu Chu said: "Don't worry, let me think about it." ”

Returning to the backyard alone, Xu Chu thought hard for a long time. There are not many things in his hands that can make He Qi's heart move, He Qi is like a mountain king and an emperor of soil in the south of Huiji County, and the money and food he asks for will be given to him by Chen Wen and the Huiji County Government, thinking about it, or only a filial piety quota in his hand is more tempting.

The places of filial piety and Maocai, just like those things of Xiucai and lifting people in later generations, are what every person with lofty ideals yearns for. Despite the gradual decline of the Han dynasty and the imminent chaos in the world, as long as the Han court still exists in name, filial piety is still a tempting sweetheart. Yangzhou six counties, a Maocai every year, at most seven or eight filial piety every year, not to mention He Qi, if Xu Chu came to the Eastern Han Dynasty a few years earlier, he would also be red-eyed, he also wanted to take the routine of filial piety, entering the dynasty as a lang, and serving as the secretary of life.

Early the next morning, Xie Zhen went to the road to Huiji County with guards, gifts, and Xu Chu's letters.

Judging from the current situation, Xu Chu has actually quietly begun to prepare to go east. The true meaning of preparing for the winter thief is to train the young and strong in the county in this name, and prepare for the large-scale recruitment before the expedition; sent Xu Shu to Chenliu to visit Cao Cao, with the intention of forming allies, and by the way, he could also pass by Yanling and Yuxian, and secretly communicate with Chen Yi, Zhang Feng and others; The most recent one that asked Xie Zhen to meet He Qi was to stabilize Lujiang County after the expedition and establish a good relationship with the forces in Benzhou in advance.

Of course, just one Heqi is not enough. Zhou Xin's side, Lu Kang's side, and Chen Wen's side, Xu Chu also had to deal with the relationship. These can be called high-level aspects, below the high-level, you have to contact Lujiang County, including the large and small scholars in Yangzhou.

It looks complicated, but it's actually not that hard. Zhou Xin's place, he has Yao Sheng in Shu County, so he doesn't have to be in a hurry; And Lu Kang is old, his heart will not be too high, the probability of him stabbing Xu Chu in the back should be very small, as long as someone brings some gifts to condolence, it should be okay to show goodwill. As for Chen Wen's side, Xu Chu decided to find an opportunity to take a trip by himself, there are only more than 100 miles between Liyang and Shu County, even if it is difficult for cars and horses to travel, they will definitely be able to go back and forth within ten days. As for those big and small scholars in Yangzhou, Xu Chuda can convey his news through local scholars such as Zhou Yi, Xie Zhen, Yao Sheng, Zhang Yun, etc., and he can also secretly spy on some of their ideas.

As a person who has crossed over, Xu Chu is essentially a person who attaches more importance to the 'Qianshou people' than to the 'noble right of the scholars', because he was originally just a small common man. However, in the era of the late Han Dynasty, if you want to gain a firm foothold in a place, whether it is the Taishou, the Minister of State, or the State Pastor or the Assassin History, you must put the Shi clan Hao Right in front and the Qianshou people in the back. Therefore, after arriving in Lujiang County, Xu Chu's big and small measures, except for the grain collection from the state capital and Zhou Xin's secret calculations, almost all of his energy was put on the right side of the scholars in the state and county.

The reason why he is not in a hurry to have intensive contact with Chen Wen, Lu Kang and others now is not that Xu Chu did not expect it, but as Guo Jia and Xi Zhong said, the time is not yet ripe.

This time is for the princes to discuss Dong. But after waiting and waiting, seeing that December was almost over, he still didn't wait for Yuan Shao to have a letter from his side. Not long after Xie Zhen left today, news reached Shu County, but this news was still not sent by Yuan Shao's side to determine the time for the army, but from Xun Yu in Jizhou.

Xun Yu wrote a letter when he arrived in Wei County, and it can be seen from the letter that when Yuan Shao came to Jizhou with his seal in the north, Dong Zhuo was still sending people to hunt down Yuan Shao, and did not show that he was the Taishou of Bohai, so Yuan Shao was aiming for Jizhou at the beginning, and wanted to rely on his fame and power to hold the rich Jizhou in his hands to fight against Dong Zhuo. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo later not only pardoned Yuan Shao's crimes, but also expressed him as the Taishou of Bohai, and said that Han Fu, a protégé of the Yuan family, was the pastor of Jizhou. After Yuan Shao found out, he waited for Han Fu in Gaoyi County, the seat of Jizhou Governance, thinking that Han Fu would bow down to him because he was a protégé of their family, but he never thought that the first thing Han Fu did after arriving in Gaoyi County was to imprison Yuan Shao.

Reading the letter, Xu Chu couldn't help but have a little sweat on his forehead, didn't Yuan Shao already go to Bohai County? He also gave him a pass through Bao Xin, asking him to reorganize his troops and horses in case of emergency.

Reading further, I learned that Han Fu finally let Yuan Shao go to Bohai County to take office under the persuasion of Yuan Shao's henchmen Xu Yu and Feng Ji, Nanyang celebrities. At that time, Xun Yu and Xun Chen had just arrived in Wei County, and Han Fu felt regretful after letting Yuan Shao go, in order to weaken Yuan Shao's power, on the one hand, he sent people to recruit Xun Yu, Xun Chen, Xin Ping, Guo Tu and other celebrities who were interested in Yuan Shao, and on the other hand, he was sent to Bohai County to monitor and restrict Yuan Shao's actions. The final result was that Xun Chen, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu had no choice but to agree to Han Fu, but only Xun Yu escaped because he walked slowly with some of his clansmen.

Xun Yu said in the letter: "I have heard that there is a person under Dong Zhuo's account, surnamed Jia Mingxu Zi Wenhe, who is a wise and resourceful person, and Yan Zhong, a famous man in Liangzhou, praised him for having 'good and peaceful strangeness', and Dong Zhuo's appearance of Han Fu as Jizhou Mu is quite mysterious, or it comes from the handwriting of this person. ”

Comparing Jia Xu to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, the famous ministers of the former Han Dynasty, Xu Chu felt that it was not too much, and Xun Yu's letter seemed to attach great importance to Jia Xu. Looking at Dong Zhuo's series of actions after entering Beijing, whether it is the thunderous means of recovering Ding Yuan's soldiers and horses, or the deliberate welcome to the scholars, including many measures that Xu Chu did not know and gradually gained a foothold in Luoyang, they are indeed wonderful. Xu Chu asked himself, if he were Dong Zhuo, he might not be able to do this.