Xichuan, also known as Shudi, has become a very important place since the Qin Kingdom.

At the beginning, the Qin State occupied the land of Guanzhong, but the soil of the land of Guanzhong was not very good, and the food problem has always been a big problem that plagued the Qin State. It was not until later that Qin annexed Shu and made Shu the granary of Qin, which doubled Qin's national strength and suddenly became the head of the Seven Kingdoms.

At present, Cao Ju's development path is almost the same as that of the former Qin State, so the land of Xiliang is the first, and the land of Bashu is naturally the second.

Moreover, as long as Cao Ju does not come out of the pass, even if he fights Han Sui and Ma Teng to the death, the Kwantung princes will not be too interested. At the same time, as long as Cao Ju does not go out of the pass, the Kwantung princes will definitely fall into a situation of uneven distribution of internal rights and interests without external forces, and a situation of fighting with each other will occur.

Big swallows small, strong and weak, once the pattern of the Kwantung princes stabilizes, the model of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States will be activated again, although it may not be exactly seven, but at least Cao Ju can find a few princes as allies.

Du Xi gave the holy decree, brought the ancient jade with the jewelry used for the reward, and went south to Bashu with great fanfare to reward Liu Yan.

Liu Yan, of course, got the news early, and immediately sent someone Pegasus to inform Zhang Lu that he should not be rude to the angel's car along the way, and he should be entertained with the highest standard and escorted him safely to Mianzhu, the administrative center of Yizhou.

Yizhou's governance office is in Mianzhu, because of a fire in history, Mianzhu was burned to the ground, and Liu Yan ordered the office to be moved to Chengdu.

Ten days later, Du Xi and his entourage came to Mianzhu, and Liu Yan personally went out of the city thirty miles to greet him.

Du Xi read out the holy decree in public, and Liu Yan gave the decree and thanked the emperor, which means that Liu Yan recognized Liu Jian as the Son of Heaven and did not recognize Liu Xie as the Son of Heaven.

Regarding this point, before Du Xi came, Liu Yan had already convened the civil and military forces to discuss for three days.

At that time, Yizhou civil and military forces naturally had two opinions, one was to follow Liu Wei as the Son of Heaven, and the other was to follow Liu Xie as the Son of Heaven, and the number of supporters on both sides was basically the same.

In the end, it was Liu Yan who made the decision to follow Liu Bian as the Son of Heaven, in fact, the reason is very simple, because Liu Biao clearly expressed his support for Liu Bian, and Liu Yan naturally kept in line with him.

Liu Biao supports Liu Bian, the reason is also very simple, because among the important civil and military forces under Liu Biao, Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers used to be people in the general's mansion, and the Jingzhou family, headed by the Cai family, the Kuai family, and the Huang family, now the two families express this opinion, and Huang Zu is an indifferent gesture, and the result is obvious.

Besides, at the beginning, when Liu Biao served in the court, he had a good relationship with the general He Jin, even without the influence of these families, Liu Biao was also inclined to support Liu Biao.

After reading the holy decree, Liu Yan invited Du Xi into the state governor's mansion and set up a feast to entertain Du Xi and his party.

While drinking, Liu Yan saw that there were two young generals standing behind Du Xian, with extraordinary appearance and lofty instruments, especially the one on the left, who was not an ordinary person at first glance, and couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately asked: "Zixu, I don't know who the two behind you are?" ”

Du Xun listened to it and introduced with a smile: "They are all tiger generals under the command of the general, this is Cao Chun Cao Zihe general, and this is General Huang Xu, the son of General Hansheng. ”

"Oh." Liu Yan couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he heard this, among the Cao clan, the number one general was none other than Cao Ren, but Cao Ju trusted Cao Chun the most. Among the young generals under Cao Ju's command, the most valued by Cao Ju is Huang Xu, and it is said that Huang Xu's martial arts have improved by leaps and bounds since he recovered from his illness, even if Huang Zhong wants to defeat him, he has to make a hundred moves.

Liu Yan immediately said: "Come on, give wine to the two generals." ”

Cao Chun and Huang Xu immediately arched their hands and said, "Thank you King Yizhou." ”

"Hahaha......" Hearing these three words, Liu Yan couldn't help but laugh proudly.

Since the Tui En Order, the strength of the princes and kings in various places has been continuously divided and weakened, and gradually they can no longer threaten the central power, but when the troubled times are approaching, Liu Yan has been named a king of Yizhou, and he has the final say in the entire Yizhou, no matter how big or small, he doesn't have to tell the emperor, which is definitely what Liu Yan wants most.

Liu Yan didn't forget Dong Fu's words, Yizhou will have a son of heaven in the future, so Liu Yan believes that the king of Yizhou is a very critical step for him to go out for the son of heaven in Yizhou, the son of heaven in Yizhou is naturally his son, and it will be his favorite youngest son Liu Zhang.

After the two bottles of wine were served, Cao Chun and Huang Xu both brought them over without hesitation, drank them all, and expressed their gratitude to Liu Yan.

After the banquet, Liu Yan was drunk and was helped back to rest by his subordinates, Du Xi was also seventy or eighty percent drunk, and went back to the post house to rest, and the rest of the Yizhou civil and military also went back to their own houses to rest.

But it was said that Zhang Song also drank a lot of wine in Yizhou, and rested when he returned to the house, but when he just fell asleep, he suddenly heard the housekeeper report that someone from the angel team was visiting.

Someone from the angel team is visiting?

Zhang Songden was completely drunk, and he was even more stunned, although he knew that Du Raid's fame, but he had never had a relationship, and Du Raid had also drunk a lot of wine today, even if he was not drunk, he was already dizzy, how could he still visit?

Could it be that Du Xi sent someone over?

Zhang Song was still speculating while changing his clothes, but what was Du Xi doing when he sent someone to visit him, he was just a don't have any rights, what was the use of Du Xun looking for him?

After a while, Zhang Song got dressed and hurried to the living room, only to find that the person who came turned out to be Cao Chun.

At the banquet, Liu Yan specifically asked about the identities of Cao Chun and Huang Xu, and gave wine, and Zhang Song was also present at that time, so he recognized Cao Chun.

Zhang Song came to the living room, greeted Cao Chun, the host and guest of both sides sat down separately, after the maid served tea, Zhang Song hugged his fists and asked: "Zihe General suddenly came to visit, I think there must be something important." ”

Cao Chun smiled slightly and said: "There is nothing important, it's just that the general heard that the adult is talented, and he admired it, and when he came, he specially instructed Chunlai Mianzhu to meet the adult in person." ”

What kind of person is Cao Ju, the former emperor of the dynasty, the current general of the Western Han Dynasty, has not been defeated in his life, he can be regarded as a talent, and he also sent such an important general as Cao Chun to meet in person, which shows that Cao Ju attaches great importance to Zhang Song.

Zhang Song's heart was excited, but he was not out of proportion, took a deep breath, and asked, "Zihe General, I don't know what the general has to explain to Zhang Song?" ”

Cao Chun sighed when he heard this and said: "There is no explanation, it's just that the general once said that Lord Zhang is full of talent, but he is not reused in Yizhou, which is a pity." ”