After getting Wei Shuo's personal promise, Zu Ti left Zhuqi County with his subordinates satisfied, leaving everyone in Zhuqi County with an excited face.

"Great, my lord, now we can justifiably expand our territory." As soon as he returned to the county office, Liang Qiu couldn't help but shout.

Wei Shuo also said with a smile in his eyes: "I just wish that there is no surplus land in Qixian County to resettle the displaced people, if we take the three counties of Qu, Licheng and Ganyu, not only will we solve the urgent need, but also build a new port in the northeast of Qu County as a base for Xuzhou's overseas trade." ”

At this time, Cao Hong, who had been silent, poured a basin of cold water on everyone, and Cao Hong's tone was full of worry, "My lord, with the entry of the Hu people, in order to protect themselves, many local heroes built dock forts, and now the eastern coastal area is full of dock forts. Previously, we forced Zhuqi County Haoqiang to implement the Juntian Order, which has made the surrounding families Haoqiang full of vigilance against us. ”

"If we expand in all directions with great fanfare, we will inevitably be met with fierce resistance from the local tycoons. Although we are not afraid of their resistance, the pacification of the place will eventually lose troops. Besides, our recruits have only been participating in training for a month, and they do not yet have the ability to fight in real combat. ”

"There are Hu people outside today, and it is not appropriate for the lord to make a big move. The family is not strong enough for ringworm and scabies, and Hu is the henchman of the lord! If the Hu people take the opportunity to launch a new offensive against us, I am afraid that the current strength of Zhuqi County alone will not be enough to deal with the greater crisis. ”

After listening to Cao Hong's words, Wei Shuo's face was heavy, and the others were also silent. Cao Hong is not untargeted, on the contrary, he is very reasonable. Since the implementation of the Juntian Order in Zhuqi County, the Haoqiang in several surrounding counties have obviously strengthened their vigilance, and obviously they do not want to fall to the same situation as the Haoqiang in Zhuqi County.

"Jifu is reasonable, and it is indeed the next policy to use the strong, but how can we persuade the powerful people everywhere to support us? I'm afraid that those landlords and heroes already hate us to the core, and they will not compromise with us easily, do they want us to give up the implementation of the Juntian Order? ”

Wei Shuo knows very well that when it comes to the conflict of interests, let alone two classes that are naturally opposed, they are like brothers who are not the same when they should turn their faces. Therefore, he is not optimistic about the peaceful resolution of the differences between Haoqiang and Haoqiang, and in the end, it will depend on who has the sharper knife in his hand.

"Why don't you go down and probe them first!" Cao Hong, as a child of the family, obviously didn't want those powerful people to become ghosts on the way forward for Wei Shuo.

"That's fine, salute first and then soldiers, I hope those heroes will not be stubborn, otherwise Wei will be desperate to suffer the enemy on both sides, and they will have to be eradicated. As a decadent and backward class attached to the common people, if it cannot keep pace with the times, it can only be swept into the garbage heap of history. ”

Cao Hong's face, Wei Shuo can't help but give it, anyway, it is not a matter of a while to solve the surrounding heroes, and it needs to be considered in the long run. It is better to let him negotiate with the powerful landlords first, in case someone sees the situation clearly and takes the initiative to surrender the land, it will save the labor of mobilizing the army.

Soon, the proclamation of the appointment of Wei Shuo as the envoy of Tuntian by the Xuzhou Assassin Prefecture spread all over the world, and there was nothing in other places, but it caused a lot of waves in several counties in the eastern part of Xuzhou. In particular, the powerful landlords of Qu, Licheng, and Ganyu counties, which were deeply influenced by Zhuqi County, could not help but be worried when they learned that they would belong to Weishuo's jurisdiction in the future.

Many of the Dock Forts have been strengthened, and the various powerful have become more connected than ever, and they have faintly formed an alliance against Wei Shuo. When Cao Hong came to the dock forts with great hope, he was met with a cold reception and white eyes.

"Cao joined the army, to be honest, Li was deeply disappointed in Your Excellency. You were an outstanding son of the Cao family in Xuzhou, but you were willing to fall and follow a country person. It doesn't hurt if it's just like this, but I didn't expect Your Excellency to help the abuse, and implement what kind of Juntian order is implemented in Zhuqi County, isn't this digging the foundation of our family's heroism?! As a child of a family, Li is ashamed to be with Your Excellency. ”

In the face of the cynicism of the powerful family, Cao Hong was unmoved and indifferent, this scene had been thought of long before he made up his mind to follow Wei Shuo. So he still took a lot of pains, hoping to persuade Haoqiang from all over the country to reach a compromise with Wei Shuo.

Obviously, Cao Hong underestimated the determination of the powerful people in various places to resist the Juntian Order, and they would rather fight with Wei Shuo for personal wealth than give up their family's land. In the end, Cao Hong returned disappointed.

In the hall of the county government, Wei Shuo looked at Cao Hong listlessly, smacked his lips and said: "Jifu, Sima Qian, a historian of the previous dynasty, once said: 'The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit!'" 'There is a conflict of interests between us and the powerful family, and there is no room for concession or compromise for either side. ”

"The Juntian Order and the Slave Release Order are the foundation of Wei's life, and there will never be the slightest compromise in this regard! The same is true of those powerful families, they protect their vital interests, and they will never be fooled by a few words, and they will give up everything to join our camp in a hot head. ”

"The common people and the family are naturally antagonistic classes, the relationship between water and fire, and if they want to coexist, they must be greatly sacrificed by one party. Should we give up helping the common people, who make up 90% of the world's population, and instead support the powerful who have less than 10% of the population but own a lot of wealth and land? ”

"If you can rely on the family to defeat the raging Hu people everywhere, and you can also enrich the country and strengthen the people, then Wei is willing to give it a try! But reality tells us that this road will not work, and the Wei and Jin dynasties will not go to self-destruction on this road? Is Zifu willing that in 100 years, our descendants will experience the pain and disaster of the chaos again? ”

"Juntian Ling can win the support of the common people all over the world for us, compared with thousands of ordinary people, what is the strength of tens of thousands of families? How can a family cry like crying all the way? ”

Cao Hong was silent when he heard this, although he knew that Wei Shuo was very reasonable, he was always unable to cross that hurdle. Wei Shuo knew Cao Hong's confusion and pain, but he couldn't help with this kind of thing, so he could only solve it by himself.

It seems that it is by no means a simple matter to completely disconnect from one's past, and Wei Shuo believes that with the passage of time, Cao Hong will face more such choices.

Just when Wei Shuo was fighting with the heroes from all over the world, Sima Ao, who was far away in Pengcheng, also began to move. Speaking of which, it is still the trouble caused by the local Haoqiang, since the Haoqiang of Zhuqi County and Sima Ao got online, Sima Ao has a little more understanding of Zhuqi County.

Hearing that recently, the counties in the eastern part of Xuzhou had been wary of Wei Shuo's appointment as the envoy of Tuntian, and Sima Ao suddenly felt that the time was ripe for his revenge. Since he suffered losses at the hands of Wei Shuo three times and twice, he hated to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

Although Sima Ao said it wildly, the two masters in Peng City were not very interested. In the eyes of Wang Sang and Zhao Gu, the eastern part of Xuzhou is a wild land, how can it be comparable to the prosperous Pengcheng and Xiapi and other places. If they want to send troops, their first target must be Xiapi City, which is close at hand, rather than Zhuqi County, which is far away from the sea.

As for the original promise to avenge Sima Ao, they had long forgotten about it. Seeing that the two masters were not up to the task, Sima Ao had no choice but to find a way by himself. In the end, he bet on the eastern Haoqiang, and with the Haoqiang of Zhuqi County as the introducer, Sima Ao quickly formed an alliance with the Wubao Castle Lords, the family owners, and the Haoqiang landlords all over the eastern region.

Sima Ao promised to be the backing of the Haoqiang, and promised that once Wei Shuo attacked Haoqiang in the future, he would send troops to help. In the future, if you get benefits, everyone will share them equally. With Sima Ao as a strong reinforcement, the eastern heroes suddenly felt full of confidence, not only strangled the contact on the road to the surrounding areas of Zhuqi County, but also sent troops to intercept the merchants who entered and exited Zhuqi County, in an attempt to trap Wei Shuo and his gang.

The tough attitude of the powerful people completely angered Wei Shuo, and he immediately convened his subordinates to discuss and decided to send a large army to sweep away all the local powerful families. Zhang Erlang even clamored that as long as he gave him 3,000 men and horses, he could get rid of those dock masters, but Wei Shuo didn't dare to be careless, he didn't pay much attention to the local heroes, and the most worrying thing was the Hu people who were eyeing the west.