Tao Qian has just passed away, if he goes to take over other people's territory with great fanfare at this time, this is indeed a bit unreasonable.

Therefore, according to Xi Zhicai, a real confidant should be sent to pay tribute to Tao Qian to express his remembrance and mourning. Of course, it is most appropriate to go in person, but the two places are too far apart, and Qingzhou is not Fang Yun's territory now, so he can't be so risky.

As for this cronie, it is obvious that Xi Zhi is the most suitable, he is the prime minister, only under Fang Yun. Over the years, he has been conscientious, so that the military generals of Wenchen can be regarded as convinced by him, so it is naturally the best result for him to worship Tao Qian in the past.

Anyway, Tao Ying is going to go back, so follow him along the way.

When he arrived in Xuzhou, the main task was to take over the local military power, and only by obtaining the military power could he ensure that Xuzhou had no Yu. It's just that there are a few forces among them, but they must be dealt with carefully.

One is Zang Ba in Kaiyang, and there are three deputy generals under his command: Wu Dun, Sun Guan and Yin Li. Although they are nominally Tao Qian's subordinates, they are actually semi-independent. If you go to co-opt them at this moment, it is a question of whether you will agree to submit to them, and you must also be careful that they take the opportunity to expand their sphere of influence.

One is Zhenrong, he is a hero on the other side of Danyang County, and he has thousands of people in his hands. When he was under Tao Qian, he was mainly responsible for the transportation of Guangling County and Pengcheng County. In history, he also served as the minister of Xiapi, and then divided the three counties of Xiapi, Guangling and Danyang, and collected the income of the three counties into his own pocket.

Now he has not become the prime minister, but he is the defender of Pengcheng, which is estimated to be a compensation for Tao Qian to watch him work hard for so many years, and at the same time, he also let him continue to supervise the work of Cao Yun in the two places.

But in the final analysis, he had never dealt with Fang Yun in the first place, and strictly speaking, he was not really an official under the Xuzhou system, so it was difficult for this kind of person to guarantee that he would not suddenly get into trouble. Or do something bad for the sake of greater power, after all, even if he is a rabble, there are thousands of people under his command.

Finally, there are the potters. This son-in-law, who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, originally said that he may not have talent, but he didn't like to study since he was a child. In recent years, he has walked his dog and wandered among the green buildings. It's completely a second ancestor style. This time, Tao Qian let Xuzhou, it can be said that he is the one who is most opposed, and even tried to collude with the military generals to seize power in Xuzhou.

It is true that as long as people are not stupid, they will not support him. There are two more people. I have to be vigilant, one is the Rong mentioned before, and I can't take risks in order to go further; One is Que Xuan, a Xiapi person, who was originally supposed to gather a crowd to rebel in 193, but because of Fang Yun's arrival, he did not act, but he had thousands of people available.

If Zang Ba is added, then there are at least 30,000 troops, even if they can't occupy Xuzhou, they can bring trouble here. It's not good to make a big fuss, and calming down is a problem in itself. The worst thing is that if the other princes see this situation and directly attack Xuzhou with cavalry, that is the most fatal thing.

In particular, if Xuzhou is in chaos, the drama talents sent to rely on Tao Qian will inevitably be more auspicious.

Xi Zhicai obviously knew this, but he was not afraid, he still packed his bags and set off with Tao Ying. When I was about to leave Jinyang. Fang Yun personally sent him ten miles away, and the importance he gave him was simply the envy of the civil and military ministers below. Xi Zhicai also thanked him again and again, and then followed Tao Ying south.

Strictly speaking, they first need to go east. Follow the waterway to Qingzhou, so that you can go south.

Fortunately, in recent years, the shipbuilding industry of the Yellow River has also developed a lot, and a large number of boats have been cruising along the Yellow River, mainly to guard against the princes from the south, and even to destroy their shipyards along the Yellow River.

Of course, there are also some building boats. This thing is best suited for sailing in inland rivers, and when you go out to sea, you are waiting for the boat to capsize. But the huge building ship is indeed very stable, and it can transport more goods and soldiers. In fact, Fang Yun hopes to build a lucky ship, but what he is not good at is shipbuilding or something, and he doesn't know exactly what the lucky ship looks like.

Rather than a brief description, the craftsmen have worked hard to make it, and have actually completed the design of a new type of boat, which is very similar in style to the later sand boats.

Due to the long-term destruction of the shipyards of the southern princes, they had no way to develop a naval army, so Xi Zhicai and others went south very smoothly. At most, it was just that the time on the ship was not very good.

Whether it is Xi Zhicai or Tao Ying, they can't stand the bumps on this ship very much, and they will inevitably vomit to death. Fortunately, there were no major problems, and there was also a medical school graduate who went with them to take care of them.

"I didn't expect that it was fast at the beginning, so I got on this thief ship, but who knew it was so painful." Xi Zhicai was on the deck, and at this moment he was lying on the guardrail, looking at the rolling river, and said with a pale face.

"Xigong is from Yingchuan, and it is not strange that he is not familiar with water. In fact, the kid has been in Xuzhou for so long, and he is not used to the days on the water. Tao Ying was also by his side at the moment, lying on the guardrail with him.

"I heard that the Lord is increasing the construction of shipyards and sea ships, and I don't know if he will also follow the example of Emperor Qin and look for the elixir?" Xi Zhicai suddenly thought of something.

Xu Fu has not returned yet, and he said that he has died overseas. The end of the sea is the edge of heaven and earth, how can you go casually? Tao Ying was clearly a proponent of the doctrine of the round heaven and the earth.

"The lord himself is a cultivator, so it is not surprising that he would have such an idea. However, judging from Xi, he doesn't seem to be obsessed with alchemy and immortality, but I'm afraid that he has other plans. I'm afraid that he plans to attack the Yangzhou area or even the Jiaozhou area by sea. Xi Zhicai thought about it and felt that this was not a secret, but there was a possibility.

"Yangzhou and Jiaozhou are both wild places, and the princes don't have much interest in these places. On the contrary, if the general lays down these territories, it cannot be said that it will be a trend of attacking from the north and the south. When the time comes, I am afraid that if the princes do not submit, they will wait for the suffering! Tao Ying has also studied for a few years, and he still has knowledge, and he immediately agreed with Xi Zhicai's statement.

The two chatted briefly for a while, and then closed their mouths as the boat tossed, this kind of life is indeed not easy.

Fortunately, such days didn't let them last long, it only took three days, and they were supposed to walk for more than ten days, but they finished it in three days, and they got off the boat directly in Qingzhou. Seeing that the time has been saved so much. Xi Zhicai couldn't help but feel that this waterway is indeed much more convenient than the land route, but this feels very uncomfortable.

Along the way, however, they also saw a large number of merchant ships, coming and going between the two places. My heart was also very happy. This all shows that businessmen are now enthusiastic about going to Jizhou and Bingzhou to do business. And this has directly led to the prosperity of these places, and even enabled the local people to earn a little more.

The people's income is more and their lives are better, so their support for Fang Yun will naturally be stronger.

Arrived in Qingzhou. They were supposed to continue south. However, Xi Zhicai said that he would go to Linzi first, so that Tao Ying would take the first step. Tao Ying said that it was going well anyway, so he followed him to Linzi, the seat of Qingzhou.

It was originally the capital of the Qi State, and later it became the seat of Qingzhou. The former Jixia School Palace has long been dilapidated and disappeared into history, which is a pity.

Fortunately, in these years, under Gong Jing's governance, it is not prosperous, but at least it can be regarded as restoring the level before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. You must know that when Guan Hai and them went north to seek refuge in Fang Yun. But it took millions of people here.

Being able to restore the economic situation at that time in a few years shows that Gong Jing is indeed a little capable. However, his practice of only being an ally and not knowing how to return to Fang Yun has indeed touched the nerves of some people. Fang Yun may be able to tolerate it, but the civil and military forces below may not be able to tolerate it.

Especially Xi Zhicai, he felt that he would continue to let Qingzhou be independent. Standing up, Fang Yun is not a good thing. Especially now that the ownership of Xuzhou has changed, it is impossible to hand over the rear to others casually. What if, one day, this Gong Jing doesn't plan to be an ally, but plans to be an enemy?

Fang Yun didn't command. But he is a courtier, and since he has passed by, he should be worried about the lord.

When he came to the Linzi Gongjing Mansion, Xi Zhicai handed the porter a famous thorn. The concierge saw that the person who came was actually the prime minister of the Han Dynasty (the prime minister's position is equivalent to this position). Immediately frightened and respectful, and then immediately went to report.

Later, Gong Jing also came out to greet him in person in the mansion to express his attention and enthusiasm.

The three parties entered the mansion like this, and after some politeness, they sat down under Gong Jing's arrangement. Gong Jing also knew that they had gone south to worship Tao Qian. I just came to Qingzhou at the moment, so I simply prepared some light food for them, and of course, I mainly prepared a pot of good wine for Xi Zhicai.

Tao should be in the mourning period, so he can't eat food that tastes too strong, and at the same time, it's not good to drink alcohol. For Gong Jing's arrangement, he naturally thanked him. Xi Zhicai didn't have this concern, but it was really uncomfortable to bump all the way, and he couldn't eat food that tasted too strong, and he was naturally very satisfied with Gong Jing's arrangement, especially the pot of good wine!

Xi Zhicai They came suddenly, and Gong Jing naturally couldn't prepare meals in advance. Therefore, it will naturally take a while to serve the food, but good wine can be served first, and a simple drink will simply go straight to the topic.

"Gong Tingshi has governed Qingzhou so prosperously for many years, and he is a great talent in the world! Now that the imperial court has just undergone reforms, and talents are needed everywhere, I don't know if Gong Tingshi is willing to go to Jinyang and take up important positions? Xi Zhicai is not polite, he directly explained his intentions, in fact, as the prime minister, he has a little power.

Arrange for Gong Jing to go to Jinyang to take an important position, and let Qingzhou out or something, Fang Yun wouldn't mind if he wanted to. Even, he still has a certain amount of power, and he will be crowned as a marquis, but he is only afraid that he will be crowned as a pavilion marquis at most.

As for the Hou of Kannai...... A lot of them were sold earlier, which made the value of Guan Neihou decrease, and even the officials didn't want to accept this title very much, so naturally they couldn't take it out.

Gong Jing didn't expect that Xizhi would be so direct, and at the same time, he also knew that since Xuzhou had changed hands, Qingzhou was indeed blocking Fang Yun's way. The most important thing is that during this time he was busy fighting fires and did not pay much attention to armaments. Earlier, Yuan Tan went south, but he recruited a lot of young men here, and because of the face of the fourth and third dukes, he couldn't deal with it very well, so that now it is even more impossible for him to resist Fang Yun.

In the end, his eyes rolled around, and he arched his hand towards Xi Zhicai, and said: "Gong is also old, but I'm afraid that if I don't have the energy to take over this important task, I won't go to Jinyang." But he still hopes that the prime minister will talk to the general that Gong wants to beg for bones. (To be continued.) )

PS: The problem of Qingzhou should also be solved by the way. However, Gong Jing's bones, is there any fraud in them?!