When he heard the news that His Majesty the Emperor had personally come to the door, he was visibly stunned.

Immediately, he hurriedly greeted him in person, and invited Sun Ning, who was dressed in civilian clothes, to the main hall to watch tea and talk.

"I didn't know Your Majesty was coming, I ...... If the minister is far away, please forgive the sin. When he was quite unfamiliar and asked to bow down, Sun Ning had already stepped forward, helped him up, and pulled him to sit on a chair beside him.

This kind of kind performance made Jiao Sijue feel flattered for a while, and his black face turned a little red.

These barbarian clan leaders, don't look at the tough words they say, as if they don't take the court in their eyes at all, but they are still extremely excited when they really encounter such courtesy.

Sun Ning smiled gently, first chatted with the other party, and then slowly got to the point: "Your Jiaosi Department is also a big clan in Kuizhou, right?" I heard that there are more than 80,000 clansmen, and there are 20,000 young warriors? ”

Jiao Sijue looked completely proud at this time, and immediately nodded along with Sun Ning's words and said: "His Majesty the Emperor is really well-informed, our Jiaosi Department is indeed Kuizhou, no, it should be said that it is also a big tribe in the entire Sichuan and Shu." Maybe by next year, we'll have 100,000 people......"

"Yes, your Jiaosi tribe is about to catch up with the Banzhou Yang clan and the Tongchuan Tian clan in terms of strength, even if it is far away from the Longmu clan, I am afraid it will not be too far."

As he spoke, he sighed with some pity: "But what's the matter, compared to these tribes, your Jiaosi tribe doesn't even have a decent state capital habitat in Sichuan and Shu, I'm afraid that over the years, your life has not been too good, right?" ”

"This ......" Jiao Sijue just wanted to say that in fact, his own tribe is doing well, although most of them survive in the mountains and forests, but they also generally build villages, and they are no worse than those state capital cities.

But when the words came to his lips, he thought of something again, so he quickly changed his words: "Don't hide it from His Majesty the Emperor, my Jiaosi Department is indeed very restrained in the mountains and forests, and I have to guard against wild beasts every day...... If it weren't for that, I'm afraid our population would have exceeded 100,000 long ago. ”

Sun Ning smiled and nodded: "Patriarch of Jiao Sijue, have you ever thought about going further for the future of the headquarters?" In fact, the imperial court really intends to allocate some state capitals directly to the names of your ministries, so that the people of the various tribes of Sichuan and Shu can live a more down-to-earth and prosperous life, and no longer have to be embarrassed by the attacks of wild beasts. ”

As he spoke, Sun Ning glanced at the other party again, and deliberately said: "For example, the two cities of Zhongzhou and Shinshu under Kuizhou can just let your family live."

"And in this way, I can also take advantage of the situation to crown you as the title of Earl Chuanzhong, so that your entire Jiaosi Department can receive more rewards from the imperial court."

This is another fiefdom and a knighthood, which is enough to make Jiao Sijue's heartbeat faster, and his eyes are full of anticipation.

He was only stunned for a moment, then quickly got up and bowed: "If Your Majesty really values my Jiaosi tribe so much, I Jiaosi Jue will swear to the sky here, and my Jiaosi tribe will be loyal to Your Majesty from now on, as long as Your Majesty has an order, no matter what we are asked to do, there will be no two words." ”

Sun Ning first accepted a salute from him, and then went over and helped the person up again: "What are you doing here?" I just realized that the Jiaosi Department was also a citizen of Sichuan and Shu, and you would be credited to the imperial court, so I would deliberately give you a fiefdom, but I didn't mean anything else.

"Of course, if you can be completely loyal to the court and to me in the future, I will not treat you badly. I heard that your Jiaosi tribe is short of food in your clan this year due to the weather, so after everything is decided in a few days, I will ask Yuzhou to send 50,000 grains, so that your whole clan can get through the current difficulties. ”

This time, Jiao Sijue was more and more moved: "His Majesty the Emperor is so kind to my Jiao Si Department, the minister really doesn't know how to speak." The ministers and the Jiaosi tribe will definitely remember this kindness and make all the children of the tribe loyal to the court. ”

"Haha, you're serious, it's just a gesture. I thought that any of the leaders who had food in their hands and who had a close friendship with you would come up with food to help you get through this. ”

Sun Ning's seemingly humble words fell into Jiao Sijue's ears, but they made him feel some resentment, not against the emperor and the court in front of him, but at the Kuizhou Long clan.

Yes, obviously they already knew about the current predicament of the Jiaosi Division, but they sent people to ask for food a few times, but the Long family just shirked it.

But now that he wants to use the Jiaosi Department, he directly ordered it, and also mentioned that he would send 20,000 stone of grain to thank him after the matter was completed, but he didn't have half of the imperial court's allocation in one go.

Compared with the two, it is too obvious who is better to his own family and values the horns more.

A patriarch with a straight personality like Jiao Sijue, what he thinks and thinks is completely reflected in his facial expressions, and Sun Ning naturally understands it at a glance.

He didn't say anything else, only encouraged the other party a few more words, and then left with a smile, without even making further requests.

But this is enough, as long as the other party accepts his own benefits and accepts the love of the court, then when there is another dispute, the position of this Jiaosi Department will have to be changed.

This is another purpose of Sun Ning's hurried coming to Kuizhou.

In addition to being able to kill the Long family by surprise, it was also in order to be able to communicate with the leaders of the tribes justifiably, and win them over to the side of the court through various means - they had expected that the Long family would gather these clan leaders below after receiving the will of the court and set a strategy.

And now, this move of the Long family has helped Sun Ning in disguise, so that he can meet with the tribal leaders who were difficult to find one by one without leaving Kuizhou, and use various methods to pull them for his own use.

Judging from the contacts in the past few days, Sun Ning has won the allegiance of five or six tribes in a short period of time, relying on the promises of sealing officials and promises such as money and food.

Moreover, these tribes are all like the Jiaosi Tribe, the tribes with a lot of power in Kuizhou, the few can make up 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the more can have 20,000 people, so to speak, once the Kuizhou Long clan really wants to gather troops to fight, the soldiers and horses under these tribes account for half.

After leaving Jiao Sijue's house, coming to the outer room, and looking up at the increasingly dense clouds in the sky, Sun Ning exhaled slowly: "I think, now that these news should have almost reached Long Chengbang's ears, let's see what kind of decision he will make next, we can't just think that with a procrastination, we can retreat from the difficulties!" ”