For Dong Zhuo, the women of the Central Plains are different from the women they have been in contact with, the women here are more soft, and the skin like water has added a lot of femininity, in addition to this, the women here have a humanistic temperament, just like modern: there must be a difference between the same beautiful women in the countryside and the city, and the uneducated ones who have gone to college are completely different, naturally the latter is more interesting and charming, Dong Zhuo is personally aware of the charm of the Central Plains women, A long-lost aura fascinated him. Dong Zhuo was originally a womanizer, this time it is more like going to heaven, there is a saying that "the Spring Festival is a quarter of a day at noon, from now on the king is not early", Dong Zhuo lives a luxurious life every day, not only Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's generals Li Dao, Guo Yan, Niu Fu, and Hua Xiong have also followed Dong Zhuo's example in Nanyang to collect beauties, rampant and domineering, and do evil, which can make the people of Nanyang suffer, they think that the Yellow Turban Army is in turmoil, and if they drive away the Yellow Turban Army, they can usher in peace, but what they didn't expect is that this Dong Zhuo is better than the Yellow Turban.

Dong Zhuo was looking for pleasure and making friends with the powerful, and at the same time began to collect the people's fat and people's ointment, and constantly collected the people's wealth, not counting Dong Zhuo's calculations of the landlords and old wealth in Nanyang, these landlords and powerful people occupy 70% of the wealth in Nanyang, so even if Dong Zhuo scrapes the private wealth compared to these people, it is only a little bit stretched, most of the wealth is controlled in their hands, Dong Zhuo wants to obtain wealth and rely on the wealth of the people is obviously not enough, He had to operate on these elites.

But these Nanyang "bigwigs" are not as good as those elites in Liangzhou before, these Nanyang "bigwigs" are not only well-connected, rich and powerful, and even make friends with important members of the court, but also many are some of the old nobles who once fell out of the imperial relatives, although they have declined, but still have some considerable influence, this is not counting these "bigwigs" still have their own arms, the previous fierce battle with the Yellow Turban Army, that is, the use of their own weapons, there are as many as 30,000 people, this is also different from the magnates of Liangzhou, Therefore, Dong Zhuo did not dare to act rashly, after all, this is a lot of momentum, and if he rushes to seize it, he will inevitably be counterattacked, and it will offend many people, although Dong Zhuo is anxious to wait for the use of money and soldiers, but he does not want to fall out with them for a while.

After careful consideration, Dong Zhuo considered that it would not work hard, so he changed his previous measures, but became a "sugar-coated cannonball", what is a "sugar-coated cannonball"? That is, the elite class of fish and meat, and they "make friends" with their hearts, through several banquets, deepen the relationship with them, in this way gradually win them over, enhance the friendship between each other, through this kind of soft diplomacy, and then ask these landlords and powerful people for assets to fill the military, so for three days and two days to invite these "bigwigs" to drink and eat.

These "bigwigs" still welcome the arrival of Dong Zhuo, although his army has disturbed the people, but did not offend them, and Dong Zhuo as a new rising warlord, its power and connections are also not to be underestimated by ordinary people, up and down the court, left and right in the army, Dong Zhuo has connections, very open, can be called inside and outside, black and white, absolutely mixed open, Dong Zhuo this time sat in Nanyang, drove away the Yellow Turban, Kuang Fu Yuzhou, and made great contributions, the court will definitely reward him, and the future is immeasurable, If they really live in Nanyang for a long time in the future, it is the strength they must rely on, so how can these people not befriend Dong Zhuo! But what they didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo had a preconceived idea and invited them first, which made them feel a little flattered, but they didn't know that Dong Zhuo had intentions.

Dong Zhuo invited these powerful landlords to the banquet for two days, a small banquet for three days, and these powerful landlords were also happy to go to the appointment, giving Dong Zhuo enough face, as a reply, Dong Zhuo was often invited to the banquet by them, and the relationship between the two sides suddenly improved a lot, Dong Zhuo saw that the time was almost up, and this time the banquet finally spoke: "Brothers!" Zhong Ying first arrived in Nanyang thanks to your cooperation, it is my honor to meet everyone, as the saying goes, 'brothers are like siblings, wives are like clothes' all of you here are my Dong Zhuo's brothers, so it is as important as your own siblings, do your best for friends, don't tell lies in front of real people, to be honest, now brothers I have something to ask for, and I hope you don't postpone! ”…,

"Zhong Ying needs any help, just speak!" "That's right! If there is anything difficult to do, just ask, there is nothing in Nanyang that our brothers can't do! The landlords and old fortunes have expressed their desire to help Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo saw that everyone was so enthusiastic and said: "Everyone knows that I Dong Zhuo is a person in the army, and the ranks are all noble people who are either rich or noble, as the saying goes, 'wealth is the mother of the government', and the army is the same, several battles, especially the previous campaign against the Yellow Turban, the army has paid a lot, especially in terms of money and food, now the brother's life is a little tight, and the ration money of the 100,000 brothers under his command has become a problem, and I hope that all the brothers can help and generously give some military funds!" ”

The landlords and heroes saw Dong Zhuo so expressed their support, and promised on the spot that they were willing to contribute money to help, and expressed their stance on the amount of contribution, some were willing to give a few hundred taels of gold coins, some were willing to give a few thousand taels of silver, some were willing to give thousands of stones of grain, and some were willing to give thousands of horses of cloth, Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru to write down the amount they promised on the spot, and after everyone finished speaking, Dong Zhuo said the most: "Gou is rich and noble, and one day I Dong Zhuo will double the compensation when I am developed!" ”

In this way, Dong Zhuo dug the first pot of gold in Nanyang through this kind of soft diplomacy, and soon this was more than the assets, this batch of assets was more abundant than Dong Zhuo's collection in the people, Dong Zhuo roughly calculated that the two together can expand an army of 50,000 people, Dong Zhuo got supplies as he wished, not counting the idea that he also started the "arming" of the landlords and old wealthy, you must know that Lu Dao is a team of 30,000 people! If you can pull this team over, your strength will be greatly improved, but how to get this team of 30,000 people? Dong Zhuo was a little difficult, if he rashly asked for them, he would definitely not agree, this is their lifeline, Dong Zhuo told his son-in-law Li Ru about his thoughts, and Li Ru quickly came to his senses and said: "This matter is easy!" The lord only needs to help them train and improve the combat effectiveness of the troops in the name of entrusting drills, and then subtly integrate this force into his own team. ”