Cao Cao's mission was to recruit Hua Xin and let Zhang Hong return to Jiangdong to take up his post, which was just a political exchange.

Zhang Hong agreed with joy, he waited for this day for nearly two years.

Away from his family and staying in the imperial history, Zhang Hong couldn't find half of his sense of belonging in Xudu, so on the second day after receiving the imperial edict, he returned to Jiangdong with the envoy Liu You, for fear that Cao Cao would temporarily regret it.

At the same time, Cao Cao sent Qin Yi as an envoy to Hefei with an edict and an official seal to canonize Longxiang.

Qin Yi was originally a general of Yuan Shu, but in the early years of Jian'an, he listened to Liu Fu's persuasion, sent Qi to the then Dongcheng Ling, and defected to Cao Cao with his troops.

Envoy to Huainan, revisit the old place, and feel a lot of emotion.

I crossed the Huaishui with joy, but I saw that the prosperity along the coast was no longer there.

Xiacai, Shouchun, and other Linhuai cities, due to the continuous changes in the past few years, are like abandoned deserted cities.

Yuan Shu passed away last year, and Yuan Yin and Yuan Yao almost emptied the city; Yan Xiang was not easy to gather some popularity, and he fell short because he was booby-trapped by Li Shu.

What Qin Yi saw at this time was Mei Chengxin's masterpiece, and he ransacked the former Yangzhou Governor's Office.

Mei Cheng led the thieves to occupy Shouchun, and he had confiscated how much grain he had scraped, but he was often blackmailed by various forces.

Later, Sun Quan sent troops to attack Lujiang, and Mei Cheng was worried that he would be angry about booby-trapping Yan Xiang, so he decisively gave up Shouchun and returned to Lishan, intending to sit and watch the tiger fight and make a profit.

Before withdrawing from Shouchun, Mei Cheng ordered Shouchun to dig three feet into the ground, taking away all the wealth that could be brought in the city, and the desperate people in the city had to go south to Hefei.

Qin Yi's feeling of returning to Shouchun was the same as when Long Xiang first arrived in Hefei.

Loneliness and desolation.

Even more unfortunate, it's winter.

Qin Yi's mission was stationed in Shouchun, and there was no place to even find a hot soup.

Descending south along the river to Chengde, the situation is not the same as Shouchun, the dilapidated and decayed are very consistent with the winter season, Qin Yi once thought that he had come to the wrong place.

Until I found the beacon tower in Shishui, I saw the crops on the field, the dense villages in the distance, and the people who were in full swing to build.

In an instant, Qin Yi seemed to have entered another world.

This is the outskirts of Hefei? When did it prosper?

It was as if the people were building a wall, was it to keep out the wild beasts or what?

Due to the great contrast between the front and back, Qin Yi's heart was extremely shocked.

Now he is like a child who asks questions, and there are 100,000 whys waiting.

Hey, what do those towers do?

When Qin Yi was puzzled, a team of cavalry quickly surrounded him, and he was brought into Hefei City.

On the way, he revealed his identity and was settled in the inn.

At that time, Long Xiang went out to investigate Chaohu Lake, planning to repair the ship rest area in the section from Chaohu Lake to Weixushui, but the real purpose was also for the role of the beacon tower.

Long Xiang designed a striking tower for each rest area, which was built to convey information in the color of the flag, and claimed to be convenient for fishermen to park their boats.

During this time, Sun Quan led Wan Fan to attack the Lujiang River.

The huge size of Jiangdong's fleet made Long Xiang feel pressured, and he could only take precautions to prevent him from waiting for the backstab to be launched before making hasty preparations.

The recent exiles who fled south in the direction of Shouchun have made the people outside the city accumulate more and more, and the villages are getting bigger and bigger, and Lei Xu was also ordered to move his family, and there will be as many as 60,000 or 70,000 residents outside the city alone, and Long Xiang can only let the new city start construction.

Population is productivity, and the population is finally gathered, and Long Xiang will definitely not give up easily.

Even if Sun Quan turned the bow of the ship to fight Hefei, Long Xiang would choose to fight as hard as he could.

As soon as Long Xiang returned to the city, he saw a black shadow galloping towards him.

That figure and momentum, needless to say, also know that it is Zhang Sanye.

Long Xiang looked up at the sky, and said in his heart that he hadn't finished work at this hour, he should be supervising the work outside the city, why did he come to the city?

Could it be that you are hungry for alcohol?

"Winged?"

"Yunqi, you're back, come with me to the post house."

Long Xiang was stunned: "Post house? Who's coming? ”

"It's the messenger of Xu Dulai, I heard that he came to canonize you..."

Zhang Fei looked anxious.

"Probably the captain of the south of Jiujiang who Sun Quan played to me came down, and Zhang Hong and Liu Youbu were also found in Hefei two days ago? It's not surprising..."

Zhang Hong and Liu You passed by Hefei and did not enter the city, but made a detour to the south to Lujiang to find Sun Quan, and hurried away without leaving half a word.

Long Xiang thought that Sun Quan's recommendation was rejected, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to really send an envoy.

Long Xiang understood that no matter how high the imperial court officials were, they were all flashy and false names, and giving some food, horses, and weapons was called real support and real wooing, so he was not as excited as Zhang Fei.

Didn't Zhang Fei hate Cao thief? Why is he so excited?

As soon as Long Xiang's words fell, Zhang Fei reminded impatiently: "This messenger has come since Xu Du, maybe he knows the news of the eldest brother, you can go to the trial with me." ”

"Makes sense..."

Long Xiang looked at Zhang Fei in surprise, and said in his heart, "What's wrong with your brain?" Could it be that he has been with Lu Su and Liu Ye for a long time?

Thinking of this, Long Xiang asked curiously, "Why didn't Yide ask himself?" ”

Zhang Fei scratched his head: "Yunqi asked me to keep my identity secret, and Zijing didn't let me ask, saying that it might be a big mistake, so I had to go with you." ”

"Yide can endure his temperament, amazing, amazing..."

Long Xiang nodded in affirmation, and then persuaded: "Yide has an eye-catching appearance, and he has lived in Xudu, and he will go to the post house to avoid being recognized by the envoy, you might as well go to the outside of the city to supervise the work first, and I will try to ask the whereabouts of the envoy." ”

"What if that cunning doesn't say it?"

"Haha, I have a son to help me, there should be no difficulty, if it doesn't work, I will set up a banquet and pour wine, which is the so-called drunken spit out the truth."

Zhang Fei listened deeply, and suddenly shook his head and sighed:

"It's a pity that I drank too much... It's useless... What should you do if that guy is a drinker? ”

"Uncle Yu, Bo'an and other generals are good at drinking, if the amount of alcohol is really good, I still have thousands of defenders in Hefei, and when the time comes, I will send hundreds of people to pay respect, I don't believe he can stop it."

Long Xiang smiled confidently, he had done a project in the army before, and after the completion of the project, he had drunk with the owner, and at the beginning he was toasted by the officer, and he didn't know who the toaster was when he drank it, in short, he finally drank the fragment and was carried back to the project department.

Zhang Fei was shocked when he heard this, and muttered, "You can think of this? It seems that there is something to be done..."

"Haha, it's not a shame to win by quantity, how can you win or lose when you fight for wine? But it's too good to drink, we Hefei brewing is limited, or try to control it, I will cooperate with Zijing when the time comes, and I am not afraid of not being able to get information. ”

"Oh... It's good..."

Zhang Feihan nodded and agreed: "Yunqi is going to get married next month, and it won't be able to be drunk by that guy, so you must ask." ”

"Rest assured."

"I'll go to the supervisor first, and I'll find it later..."

Zhang Fei was halfway through his words, and remembered that Long Xiang was going to hold a banquet in the evening, so he changed his tone and said: "Forget it, when he leaves Hefei tomorrow, I will ask you again..."

Long Xiang looked at Zhang Fei's back, thought about it and didn't go to the post house, but went to the main bookkeeper's mansion on horseback, he had to find Lu Su to verify the authenticity of the messenger first.

Some people died, but not completely......