In fact, Zu Ti didn't wait long, as soon as Wei Shuo heard Zu Ti's visit, he rushed back non-stop. He rushed back just after Zu Ti had just finished visiting the barracks.

"Oh, I don't know General Zu is visiting, Wei has missed the distance, forgive me, forgive me!"

Zu Ti looked at the young man who was striding towards him from afar, and couldn't help but feel that time passed too quickly, and in a blink of an eye, he had changed from a young man in fresh clothes to a middle-aged man with incomparably vicissitudes.

"Guard Cao is really young and promising, seeing you, I suddenly feel that all these years have been in vain, if I had the ability of Lord Wei back then, I would never have achieved nothing now." Zu Ti looked at Wei Shuo with admiration in his eyes.

Wei Shuo smiled and waved his hand and said modestly: "General Zu has won the award, I heard about the general's prestige a long time ago, but I didn't expect that it was really worthy of the reputation when I saw it today!" The general is really a dragon and a phoenix among people! ”

Zu Ti didn't expect Wei Shuo to have a very high opinion of him, and couldn't help but blush: "Hehe, the guard Cao praised it, Zu didn't dare to be ashamed." ”

"Eh, I said Brother Wei, General Zu, don't stand at the door and go sour, let's go to the house and talk about it in detail!" Seeing Zu and Wei standing there politely, Zhang Erlang behind him couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to interrupt them.

"Hahahaha! Oh, it's in Xia Menglang, General Zu, please come in quickly, Erlang, you go and prepare some tea for us from Laoshan Mountain. Wei Shuo smiled heartily, pulled Zu Ti into the house, and ordered Zhang Erlang to prepare tea.

Zu and Wei entered the house, sat down, and after a while, Zhang Erlang walked in with a teapot, and he said to Zu Ti with a smile: "General Zu, today is the first time I have seen Brother Wei entertain guests with tea from Laoshan Mountain, and Brother Wei is reluctant to drink this tea on weekdays. ”

Zu Ti was a little curious when he heard this, and he didn't know how the tea in Laoshan was different from other teas. Unexpectedly, after only a while, a quiet aroma gradually filled the entire room.

"Huh? What kind of tea is this? How can it be so fragrant? Zu Ti asked with a look of surprise.

Zhang Erlang smiled proudly and didn't speak, he personally sent a cup of brewed tea to Zu Li, "General, how about you taste our Laoshan tea?" ”

Zu Ti took the teacup, first used the tip of his nose to gently smell the steam volatilized from the tea, only to feel a unique fragrance of tea, from the nostrils, and then straight through the heart and spleen, and finally felt that the internal organs, like an iron iron, nowhere not sticked; There are 36,000 pores, like eating ginseng fruit, and there is not a single pore that is not smooth.

"Tsk, that's good tea! It was different from any tea Zu had drunk in the past. Taking a sip of tea, Zu Ti couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart.

"That is, the tea made by Brother Wei is naturally extraordinary." Zhang Erlang said proudly.

"What?! You say this is also done by Master Wei? Zu Li couldn't believe that what Zhang Erlang said was true, he looked at Wei Shuo in a daze, what kind of people can cultivate talents like Wei Shuo!

Wei Shuo stood up and explained with a smile: "General Zu, don't listen to Erlang's nonsense, how can I have that ability, this is all the credit of the Laoshan craftsmen, I just gave them some advice." ”

You guessed right, what Zhang Erlang took out was the roasted tea that was necessary for the traverser, and this thing was the second source of wealth that Wei Shuo specially opened up for Laoshan. It's just that the current production is low, and it has not yet been marketed on a large scale, and it is only being trialed in a small area. This time, Zhang Erlang returned from Laoshan and specially brought some to Wei Shuo.

Zu and Wei also drank tea and chatted, and the conversation quickly got to the point.

"General Zu, I don't know what you are doing here today?"

Zu Li put down the teacup in his hand, sighed and said, "Alas, Zu came today to ask Lord Wei for help!" Lord Shi Pei handed over the burden of Xuzhou's anti-Hu to the subordinates, and Zu felt that he was weak and might not be able to do it, so he wanted to ask Lord Wei to help me. ”

Wei Shuo didn't seem to be a little surprised when he heard Zu Ti's words, as if he had expected such a day. In fact, after getting the news that Zhao Gu and Wang Sang were about to come south, Wei Shuo guessed that Yi Zu Ti's character would never leave Xuzhou and go south alone at this time.

At the banquet, the reason why Zu Ti chose to refuse was because he was afraid of falling into internal disputes in Xuzhou. However, at this time, Zu Ti chose to stay, naturally not for his own consideration, he witnessed the tragic experience of the people of the Central Plains under the iron hooves of the Hu people, and naturally did not want the same fate to fall on the people of Xuzhou.

"If someone else came today, Wei would definitely let Erlang beat him out, but General Zu is the person Wei admires the most, and he came to the door in person today, Wei will definitely help."

"Really? That's great! Hearing that Wei Shuo had agreed to his invitation, Zu Ti couldn't help but show surprise on his face, and he stood up excitedly and couldn't help but walk around the room.

"Lord Wei, don't you know, since Master Pei handed over the military affairs of Xuzhou to General Ben, he has not rested well for a day. Now with the help of Lord Wei, Zu finally put his mind at ease. Zu Ti let out a sigh of relief and said.

Wei Shuo took a sip of tea and explained: "In fact, at the banquet that day, Wei hoped that Master Zu could take over the appointment of Pei Tingshi, but he didn't expect General Zu to refuse the kindness of Lord Tingshi. I also understood the general's concerns, so although I was a little disappointed, I could understand the general's decision. ”

"Actually, to tell the truth, although Lord Assassin Shi Pei is not a talent, he still trusts the people below. A person of unknown origin like Wei can be entrusted with an important task, let alone a talent like General Zu. From another point of view, there is no one in the entire Xuzhou except General Zu to take on this important task. ”

"Oh, Lord Wei has won the award, in fact, even if Xuzhou is missing Zu, isn't there still a talent like Lord Wei? And Zu believes that as long as Master Wei is there, Hu Ren is just a disease of scabies, and there is no need to worry about it at all. ”

Wei Shuo smiled and shook his head and denied: "It is impossible for Lord Assassin Shi to reuse it in the lower ranks, and other civil and military colleagues in Xuzhou will not be willing to let the lower ones take the upper position." Now I can sit in the position of Xuzhou Bingcao, which is completely coincidental.

Zu Ti's face darkened when he heard this, knowing that what Wei Shuo said was not a lie. What kind of virtues the current scholars and bureaucrats are, Zu Ti can be said to be very clear. The children of the poor who are not from the family will never be recognized and reused by the nobles and bureaucrats. If it weren't for a coincidence, Pei Dun would never have promoted Wei Shuo to serve as a soldier.

Suddenly, Zu Ti actually understood why Wei Shuo hated the family so much, in fact, Zu Ti also hated the noble appearance of the children of the family, but he was a member of the family himself, and it was impossible to completely isolate himself from the family like Wei Shuo.

Seeing Zu Ti sitting there a little cramped and uneasy, Wei Shuo hurriedly comforted: "General Zu, although I don't look down on my colleagues in Xuzhou, I will never abolish the public for personal reasons. Now fighting against the Hu people is a major matter at present, as long as General Zu is here, Wei will do his best to help the general defend Xuzhou. ”

"Alas, I only hate Zu for being incompetent, and I can't solve problems for Lord Wei. However, please rest assured that as long as the Hu people are defeated in the future, Zu will definitely write to the court to ask for credit for Lord Wei in the future. ”

"What does this have to do with General Zu? It's not all those big families who are jealous of Brother Wei's great ability! Hmph, if it weren't for the people of Xuzhou, Brother Wei would have taken us back to Laoshan a long time ago. ”

"Erlang, don't talk nonsense!" Wei Shuo scolded, he arched his hand towards Zu and said: "General Zu is not strange, Erlang is like this, sometimes he always speaks straightforwardly. ”

Zu Ti smiled bitterly and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't take it to heart, but just asked in a worried tone: "Does Master Wei really plan to evacuate Pengcheng?" ”

Wei Shuo nodded without hesitation and said, "That's true, if it weren't for General Zu's sudden arrival in Xuzhou, he would have been ready to evacuate." It's not that I'm irresponsible, but I'm powerless! There are only 3,000 people under Wei's command, and even if he throws them all in, he is powerless to change the bad situation in Xuzhou. ”

Therefore, Wei Shuo planned to avoid the enemy's edge and cover the withdrawal of a large number of people to the eastern coastal area of Xuzhou with only 3,000 troops. In Xia and Zhuqi County, the county order has some friendship, and it is completely possible to place the people of Pengcheng there, but if it is not possible, they can also withdraw to Laoshan from the sea. ”

"I am ready to fight the Hu people in Xuzhou for a long time, even if the generals in Xuzhou flee without a fight, Wei will stick to the end."