As soon as Xu Shu opened his mouth, he talked about Xuzhou, so Lu Bao can be sure that Xu Shu came back this time with a plan to conquer Xuzhou.

"Shu, meet the lord!" Xu Shu actually made a big gift to Lu Bao.

"Yuan Zhi, please get up quickly, I'm very happy that you can return from your studies." Lu Bao held Xu Shu's arms and helped Xu Shu up and said.

"Thanks to the guidance of the lord, I have succeeded in my studies, and I will return today when I am dead to serve the lord!" Xu Shu said very sincerely.

"Yuan Zhi is polite, do you have to go home to visit the old man when you come back today?" Lu Bao asked Xu Shu.

"Not yet, I'm going to help the lord solve the problem in Xuzhou first, and I'm going home to visit my mother." Xu Shu shook his head and said.

"Nonsense, my mother is worried, you have been gone for a few years, how can you do it if you don't go home after returning from school?" Lu Bao glared at Xu Shu and said.

"This ......" Xu Shu never thought that Lu Bao would say this.

"Old man, I have already sent someone to Yangzhou, you can go back and have a look first." Lu Bao patted Xu Shu on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you, lord!" Xu Shu bowed and said.

After Xu Shu said goodbye to Lu Bao, he followed a servant from the state pastor to the house arranged for him by Lu Bao, a small courtyard that was not very large, and it was overgrown with ...... Vegetables and grains.

"Mother!" Xu Shu looked at the woman who was picking vegetables, and tears fell down her eyes.

"Yes, it's my son back?" The woman said with some clarity, and it was obvious that the woman was also very excited.

"Mother, it's the child who is back!" Xu Shu rushed up and said.

"Mother, why did you come to Yangzhou?" Xu Shu asked, Xu Shu was thinking more at this time, whether Lu Bao forced his old mother to come to Yangzhou, if that was the case, I am afraid he could only leave.

"Smack!" Mother Xu slapped Xu Shu in the face.

"Mother!" Xu Shu screamed in confusion, he didn't know why his mother beat him.

"Lu Yangzhou is a good person, you come with me." With that, Mother Xu walked towards the house.

"This is the money that Lu Yangzhou has sent over the years, saying that it is your salary, my mother has not touched it over the years, only used them to buy some seeds, and the rest is obtained by my mother from her own farming, do you know why?" Xu Mu looked at Xu Shu and asked.

"I don't know." Xu Shu lowered his head and said.

"You go to Yangzhou and have a look, and then come back and tell me the answer." Xu Mu shook her head and said.

In the next few days, Xu Shu did what Xu's mother said, and in a few days, Xu Shu saw a lot and got a lot, and he finally knew why his mother left the money.

"My lord, please bow down!" Xu Shu said with a respectful bow to Lu Bao.

"Yuanzhi, what's wrong?" Lu Bao helped Xu Shu up and said.

"This worship is on behalf of the old mother of the family, these days I have taken a closer look in Yangzhou, and finally understand something, the lord is a person who does great things, and he must do his best." Xu Shu said.

"Okay, you came just in time, now we are discussing the matter of Xuzhou, you can tell me quickly, is there any way to quickly take Xuzhou, we don't have much time to delay." Lu Bao took Xu Shu's arm and walked inside.

"I have been to Xuzhou before I came back, although Xuzhou Tao Qian has been operating for a few years, but, Xuzhou is not so harmonious, whether it is Zang Ba or Cao Bao, or even don't drive Mi Zhu, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if you want more Xuzhou, you can start with Kaiyang first, as long as Zang Ba is defeated, others should not be a climate, however, if you send troops, you need to beware of Yuan Highway, although this person is not the Ming Lord, but, there is a name of the fourth world and the third duke." Xu Shu said.

"What Yuan Zhi said is very true, in fact, Xuzhou is not to worry, if you want to take Xuzhou, Yuan Highway must be on guard, however, I think you must also beware of Cao Cao and Yuan Benchu." Guo Jia said.

"I think Cao Cao is very easy to deal with, as long as we put a party in Yanzhou, with General Zilong as the commander, Cao Cao will definitely not dare to send troops, as for Yuan Benchu's words, he should be busy fighting for territory with Gongsun Zan now, and he can't take care of us here, all he worries about is Yuan Highway." Xu Shu said.

"Well, Zhicai, Wen Ruo, what do you think?" Lu Bao asked Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu.

"I think what Yuan Zhi said makes sense, but it's not easy to guard against Yuan Highway, after all, he has a Sun Wentai under him, and he needs to fly some thought if he wants to deal with it." Xi Zhicai said.

"Sun Wentai is indeed a good fighter, his subordinates Huang Gai and others are all generals who can take charge of themselves, but Yuan Highway does not fully trust Sun Jian, but he can also deal with it." Lu Bao nodded and said.

"Don't worry at all, just before I came back, Sun Wentai was already dead when he conquered Liu Biao, and now his son Sun Ce has inherited his position, but now Sun Ce is probably rectifying internal affairs and has no time to attack us." Xu Shu said.

"Sun Jian is dead?" Lu Bao frowned and said.

Although Lu Bao knew that Sun Jian died relatively early, and Sun Ce died relatively early, he did not expect to die at this time, and he had not received relevant information.

"That's right, Sun Jian has already died when he was fighting Liu Biao, and ten thousand arrows pierced his heart and died." Xu Shu said.

"Fengxiao, the intelligence system still needs to be strengthened, the infiltration of external forces, and strive to infiltrate our secret agents anywhere as soon as possible." Lu Bao said to Guo Jia.

"No!" Guo Jia said solemnly.

Now Yangzhou's intelligence system is divided into two parts, internal and external, and Guo Jia is in charge of the external part, he can do these tasks cautiously, and he can also find valuable things from subtle changes.

Of course, these intelligence systems can only collect intelligence and cannot do other things, which will only make officials work seriously and not panic.

"Zhicai, the internal intelligence system is also being improved as soon as possible, and our intelligence system is still lagging behind a lot." Lu Bao said.

"Rest assured, the intelligence system has almost been structured." Xi Zhicai said.

"Well, let's not talk about the intelligence system, let's solve the problem in Xuzhou first." Lu Bao nodded and said.

"Lord, it seems that we still have a very good advantage, and this opportunity is very rare, Lord, let's send troops." Guo Jia said.

"Okay, then, we are ready to send troops, you guys will sort out an exact plan today, and we will implement it tomorrow, and then find time to swear to go on the expedition." Lu Bao said.