In order to ensure that the military needs of the Western Expedition were sufficient, Sun Quan deliberately reduced the supply of the garrisons in the rest of the places, and Tai Shici, who Long Xiang had in mind, was also one of them.

According to Long Xiang's instructions, Yao Xuan not only kept Sun Quan's kickbacks unchanged, but also took out half of the profits to hand over to Jiangdong Haoqiang officials, so a lot of confidential information could also be discovered.

Long Xiang's heart was overjoyed when he heard the news, Sun Quan reduced the supply of the Liyang garrison, and Tai Shici's life must be difficult.

It's good to send charcoal in the snow, or to enter while it's empty.

In short, the timing is perfect to win over Tai Shici at this time.

100,000 brothers, good assist!

Long Xiang got carried away, and without consulting Lu Su, he sent someone to Liyang to invite Zhao Fan.

He used the lure of finding out the whereabouts of Zhao Fan's brother as bait, and Zhao Fan rushed to Hefei New City non-stop.

Long Xiang held a banquet in the house to entertain Zhao Fan, and ordered Xu Ding and Xu Chu brothers to accompany him.

The Xu brothers were cooperating with Lu Su to train their troops at that time, and Lu Su thought about it carefully after knowing it, so he rushed to the Taishou Mansion with Er Xu.

As soon as the three of them stepped into the main hall, Long Xiang immediately beckoned the attendant to serve the food, and said warmly to Lu Su: "Zijing came just in time, General Zhao is rare to come, I will ask someone to kill a pig now, and we will have a few drinks together." ”

"General Long is too polite, there is no need to bother so much for the last general."

Zhao Fan originally just came to ask about his brother's whereabouts, but he couldn't resist Long Xiang's routine reception, and now when he heard that the other party had killed a pig for himself, he immediately stood up with anxiety in his heart.

Since Jiangdong temporarily reduced the military supplies in various places in order to ensure the smooth operation of the western expedition, the soldiers and civilians of Liyang have been drinking gruel for more than ten days in a row, and the rice in the pot has a tendency to be less and less.

Most of the Liyang garrison can only drink water, and in order to save physical strength for the soldiers, Tai Shici ordered the soldiers and civilians to reduce consumption during their activities on weekdays.

Zhao Fan, as the deputy general of Tai Shici, wanted to share weal and woe with the soldiers as an example, and at this time he came to Hefei to eat and drink, and he was full of guilt.

Unexpectedly, Long Xiang waved his hand, pointed at the Xu family brothers and said with a smile: "It's just a pig to kill, it's not a big deal, we won't have a good meal every other time, everyone can take this opportunity to contact feelings and exchange official business, this month is only slightly early, and I will do the same if General Zhao doesn't come." ”

"Eh" Zhao Fan responded embarrassedly: "The general is well-governed, and the generals in Hefei follow you, which is a good life, which is really admirable."

"General Zhao is not entirely right." Long Xiang shook his head slightly, and then corrected: "Hefei not only has a good life for the generals, but the ordinary people are basically worry-free about food and clothing, and relatives and friends often kill chickens and sheep to reunite, all of which Mr. Zijing will govern." ”

"I see, Mr. is really talented."

Zhao Fan suddenly realized after hearing this, and hurriedly turned around and hugged his fist at Lu Su.

Lu Su smiled bitterly: "Don't listen to General Long's words, when I haven't arrived in Hefei yet, Yunqi has turned Hefei into a paradise, and I'm just Xiao Gui Cao's follow."

Long Xiang pointed at Lu Su and quipped: "Zijing is always so modest, why are you standing like an outsider today, quickly sit down and talk, and come back immediately after the snacks." ”

Lu Su shook his head and replied: "Yunqi, I'm not here for the banquet today, the dog has something to ask you for, while the wine and food haven't been served yet, let's talk outside the hall?" ”

"Oh? What happened to Zhao'er? It's good. ”

Long Xiang suddenly became serious, and then instructed the Xu family brothers: "Bo'an, Zhongkang, you accompany General Zhao to talk first, and Zijing and I will come later." ”

"Yui." Xu Ding and Xu Chu replied in unison.

Long Xiang and Lu Su walked out of the hall with their front feet, and Xu Ding beckoned Zhao Fan to sit down.

After Tai Shi Ci settled in Liyang, he also made a comprehensive understanding of Hefei, in addition to Long Xiang and Lu Su, the second person, he was most concerned about Xu Chu, so he focused on exploring the past of the Xu brothers.

The news he got on the face was very rough, and Tai Shici only knew that the Xu family brothers originally lived in Qian County, and somehow moved the village to Hefei.

Qian County is Cao Cao's hometown, and it is said that with the martial arts of the Xu brothers, as long as their brains are not kicked by a donkey, they should go to Cao Cao to seek wealth and wealth, and should not migrate thousands of miles to Huainan.

After all, Long Xiang was unknown at that time, and his reputation was not as strong as Mei Cheng, Zhang Duo and other small heroes.

It was rare to have the opportunity to be alone with the Xu family brothers, Zhao Fan looked at Xu Chu while sitting down to return the salute, and couldn't help but clench his fists and ask: "I heard that you are not from Huainan, but I don't know why you came all the way to Hefei?" ”

Xu Chu kept silent in front of his brother, and Xu Ding replied with a smile: "What do you say?" According to General Long, the reunion of thousands of miles is caused by fate. ”

Fate?

Zhao Fan was lonely when he heard it, scratched his head and asked: "Zhao doesn't understand it, but I want to ask something that shouldn't be asked, the martial arts of the two generals are outstanding, why didn't they join Cao Cao nearby?" ”

"Hmph."

Xu Chu suddenly made a sound through his nose, obviously unhappy to hear the name Cao Cao.

Xu Ding hurriedly explained: "Cao Thief acted brutally, he once sent people to slaughter the villagers of my village, it is not worth my two brothers to vote, and General Long is benevolent and righteous, noble in character, and has good means to govern the army, although he may not be rich and rich, but the villagers can have no worries about food and clothing, and it turns out that we are not wrong." ”

Zhao Fan nodded and agreed: "I have been to Hefei a few times, and the smiles on the faces of the people are not fake, which is enough to show that General Long treats them very well, and it seems that they are really not hungry." ”

Xu Ding smiled proudly: "There is fertile soil around Hefei, and General Long is light on the people, and the displaced people from other places are given relief by work, and almost no one here is hungry. ”

"Not a single hungry person?"

Zhao Fan immediately showed a skeptical expression: "I know that diligence will not go hungry, but I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of people in Hefei, and there are always some lazy people who are unwilling to work, right?" ”

"Slackers? Haha"

Xu Ding waved his hand and laughed: "General Long has a wise saying, 'Hefei does not raise idlers', the people will report each other lazy, and after verification, they will be forcibly requisitioned to move bricks, build roads, and build cities. ”

Zhao Fan asked curiously: "The house built by the government?" Are they the brick houses next to the main road? It looks uniform from a distance, and I don't know how to live in it? ”

"How?"

Xu Ding said confidently: "Can the house designed by General Long himself be poor?" It's not too convenient to live in, but it's beautiful. ”

"General Long still knows how to design houses?" Zhao Fan swallowed his saliva.

Xu Chu, who had not spoken beside him, suddenly said coldly when he heard this: "Is it just a house? Hefei New City was designed by him, and General Long's construction skills can be said to be unparalleled in the world. ”

Zhao Fan was shocked again, he finally understood why the Xu brothers were so desperate, it turned out that Long Xiang really had some outstanding skills, and his rise in Huainan should not be accidental.

The three people in the hall have been chatting about Long Xiang, and the person in the topic followed Lu Su to the outside of the hall, and the topic fell on Zhao Fan.

"Isn't Zhao'er quite healthy? Zijing, could it be that there is something else to say? ”

"Yunqi has always been thoughtful, why is he so reckless this time?"

(End of chapter)