In the early morning of the second day, it was just dawning. Outside Li's mansion, there were carts and horses loaded with supplies. Shu is not far from Guanzhong, and there are many cities on the road that can replenish supplies, so Li You does not have many things to prepare.

With the title of Tingwei and his left chief, it was done overnight. He only needs to take the edict and the talisman received by the Taiwei Mansion to go to Shu County and take over the post of county lieutenant.

"When you enter Shu this time, you should work hard and strive to make a great contribution to come back. When the time comes, I will ask the emperor to let you be a princess, and grant your wish. Outside the mansion, Li Si saw off his eldest son and encouraged him at the same time.

Princess Shang? Li You was stunned, and a trace of bitterness flashed in his eyes. Does his father think that he rejected the women of the Wang, Feng, Xin and other big clans just because he was robbed of the princess by Zhao Tuo, and he was unhappy?

The eldest princess can't do it, then ask for other princesses, and then he can do it, but he Li You's heart is sick? As Li Si said, the first emperor still has many daughters, and he is almost in the age of Jiaxuan.

As long as Li Youneng comes back from his meritorious service in Shudi, when the time comes, Li Si will ask for it with an old face, and maybe he can really make him the other princesses of Emperor Li Youshang.

Just between a princess and a princess, can it be the same? Li You sighed, looked at Li Si in front of him, and saw that the white hair on his father's head appeared in the morning light, and the skin on his face was also full of wrinkles.

He is in his thirties, not only did he not have a family, but he also had to let his father worry about his own affairs and what he looked like.

The separation is imminent, Li You is a little sad and self-blamed.

"Father, I've worried you for the past few years. This time I entered Shu, I don't know when I will be able to come back, and I ask my father to take care of his health, and when my son returns victoriously, he will serve by his father's side. Li You knelt down and bowed to Li Si to thank his father for his kindness.

Li Si nodded silently. Even if he is a forbearant person, at this moment, seeing that his most important son is about to go on an expedition against barbarians, he is still a little reluctant and worried in his heart.

After Li You got up, he turned his head to look at the younger brothers and sisters who saw him off. Among the many siblings, Li Yu is the elder.

"During my absence, my brother still served my father." Li Yuying said: "Brother can leave with confidence." Li You and a few other siblings instructed him again, and then said goodbye to the car.

Che Gong Gong, Ma Xiao Xiao. When the southbound convoy left Xianyang City, Li You still couldn't hold back.

He stopped the convoy and stepped out of the car, looking out at the magnificent city not far away. The rising sun rises from the east, flooding the sun with salty sun.

In that glow, Li You seemed to see a delicate face and was smiling at him. That's when he was in the palace, he watched him grow up.

"Princess."

"I will work hard to make meritorious service in Shudi!" Li You muttered, turned around and got into the car. The carriage was getting farther and farther, and the people on it were about to go to the southern Shu region to be the companions of the barbarians further south.

…… The morning sun rises and the sky shines just right. Zhao Tuo got in the car and went to the Li Mansion to visit. Compared with the embarrassment when he was questioned by the princess last night, Zhao Tuo today is full of confidence.

Because he managed to defuse a crisis. Faced with the princess's fierce questioning last night, Zhao Tuo was caught off guard and was stunned on the spot.

Fortunately, he has been in war for a long time, and he is not afraid of facing the generals of the six countries, how could he be planted in such a trivial matter, I saw that Zhao Tuo's mind turned, and he came up with a way to crack it.

"This is the art of the male loser, and it is what I saw in the past from the fragment of the male loser, and I remember it in my heart."

"The art of losing the maiden? Isn't that a man a craftsman? Ying Yin Yan was stunned at that time. Zhao Tuo said with a serious face: "What's wrong with the craftsman?" Craftsmen must also marry wives, and craftsmen must have the pleasure of men and women! ”

"The princess doesn't know that the male loser is a master of this way. At the beginning, I saw the fragment of the male loser, not only has a written record, but also a matching silk painting, on which the characters are painted in a vivid posture, I was curious, so I remembered it. ”

"Alas, it's a pity that because of the misfortune at home, those male losers were lost, otherwise it would be a pity to share them with the princess." Faced with Zhao Tuo's serious rhetoric, Yingyin Yan was skeptical.

In the end, Zhao Tuo was fooled through, and by the way, he practiced overnight

"The Secret Art of Public Loss". It's like a public loser! Zhao Tuo was grateful to the ancestor who he had recognized indiscriminately, and decided that no matter what strange things he did in the future, he would all be pushed to the head of the public.

Great public loser! Omnipotent public loser! When he arrived at the Li Mansion and got off the car, Zhao Tuo still had a smile on his face.

It's just that when he was welcomed into the mansion by Li Si, after some greetings, when he asked about Li You, he was surprised to find that the other party had left overnight.

"The edict was only issued yesterday, and it doesn't hurt to think about it for a few more days, why is Brother Li so anxious? Could it be because I'm here to visit? Zhao Tuo muttered in his heart, but he talked happily with Li Si on his face.

Even this time as a guest, Li Si also called the neutron Li Yu out to meet Zhao Tuo.

"I have admired the prestige of the chief for a long time, and I only hate that Li Yu did not join the army before, otherwise I will follow the chief of the great uncle to sweep the world, and make meritorious service to worship the lord!" Li Yu looked enthusiastic, and as soon as he came out, he was full of compliments to Zhao Tuo.

"Li Jun is polite." Zhao Tuo bowed slightly, which was a response. He felt that Li Si, the second son, was a little fake, but he was not as real as Li You, and he showed all his thoughts.

However, Zhao Tuo didn't think much about it, now that he is in a high position and has a great reputation, it is normal for the other party to want to slap himself up and be extraordinarily enthusiastic.

After some greetings, the guests and hosts sat down. Li Si clapped his hands and asked the maid to serve food and drink. Between the fruit and the drink, there is also an elaborate lacquered plate with two toasted golden wheat cakes.

"This pasta made by the chief is really a good thing, especially the wheat cake in it, the old man likes it the most, and the chief can taste the taste of the old man's wheat cake." Li Si sat in the main seat, with a smile on his face, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.

Li Yu, who was sitting next to him, also smiled: "Yes, my father loves to eat this wheat cake the most, and he has come up with a lot of ways to eat wheat cakes. ”

"In that case, then I should taste it." Zhao Tuo smiled back and reached out to pick up a wheat cake from the plate.

I saw that this wheat cake was about the size of a palm, golden brown baked by the cook, and the aroma of the spray came to the face, which made people's appetite move.

Zhao Tuo didn't hesitate, took a bite, felt the taste in his mouth, and suddenly showed surprise on his face.

He took a look at the wheat cake that had been bitten into a notch, and saw that the middle of the cake was filled with pork mixed with sauce.

"This is a meat-stuffed pot helmet!"

"This Li Si is quite good at eating." Zhao Tuo secretly praised in his heart, put down the wheat cake in his hand, and said to Li Si: "This wheat cake noodles are sandwiched with meat, and the flavor is really different, it is really a good thing, Li Gong is delicious." Seeing that the inventor of the wheat cake praised his way of eating, Li Si smiled proudly.

He stroked his long beard under his chin and said, "The eldest is too famous." It's a pity that the season has passed, otherwise two months ago, there were fresh Huainan citrus delivered, with the citrus dipping sauce, on this wheat cake to taste, is the world's food, in the future, please ask the chief to taste it. "Citrus dipping sauce to eat pot helmet?

What a strange way to eat. The corners of Zhao Tuo's mouth twitched slightly, but his mouth still echoed and praised Li Si's elegant taste.

After another small talk, Li Si toasted to Zhao Tuo and said: "Last time, thanks to the advice of the chief of the princess, do not enter the mountains and forests, so that Wu'er can make meritorious contributions in Nanjun, and the old man is here to thank the chief of the eldest concubine." Zhao Tuo returned the gift with wine and said, "Li Gong said with a smile." Brother Li's meritorious service in Nanjun is all his own ability, and I have no credit. On the contrary, I want to thank Li Gong for speaking up in the palace before. Zhao Tuo and Li Si thanked each other and toasted each other, which surprised Li Yu next to him.

What is the father talking about? The last time my brother broke the people in Nanjun, it turned out to be Zhao Tuo's credit? Just when Li Yu was thinking nonsense.

Li Si's face became serious, and he arched his hand at Zhao Tuo and said: "This time, Wu'er wants to enter Shu to attack the Dian Kingdom for the sake of Shangtong Southwest Yi today." The chief is a famous general on the battlefield and has a wealth of experience. The old man was brave, and asked the eldest chief to come up with some ideas for my son, so as to make meritorious contributions. Zhao Tuo raised his eyebrows, this Li Si will look for an opportunity.

However, Li Si had solved the difficulties of the group of Confucian doctors in the main hall before, although it was for the benefit of their Legalists, but it did help Zhao Tuo a lot.

This favor, Zhao Tuo naturally has to accept it. Zhao Tuo thought for a while, and then said: "I haven't been to Shudi, so it's hard to say much about the specific tactics." However, as far as I know, the Southwest Yi is the collective name of the Yi people near Shu by the Qin people, and they are not a country or a clan, but countless tribal groups, and they also have vendetta and personal hatred for each other, not as one. ”

"Therefore, if Brother Li wants to pacify the southwest as soon as possible and reach the location of the Dian Kingdom, the best way is to use the strategy of differentiation."

"You can buy a part of the tribal population, and then use the hatred between them to raze the Yi, win over the majority of the Yi, and eliminate the few Yiren who resist."

"In this way, you only need to spend some money to achieve the level of razing and open the road to the Dian Kingdom. It can even win over those Yi people to attack the Dian Kingdom together and complete the emperor's orders. Zhao Tuo talked eloquently.

The first emperor wanted to destroy the Dian Kingdom, but there was a southwest Yi in the middle, and if he wanted to destroy the Dian Kingdom, he had to open a road.

Compared with the Yi people in Nanjun who colluded with the Chu people to openly rebel against the Qin State, those tribes in the Southwest Yi did not have a deep hatred with the Qin State.

Rather than spending a lot of troops to fight and conquer them, killing them one by one is naturally the best effect of spending money to buy.

Some of the utensils and cloths of the Qin people are good things in the eyes of those Yi people, and it doesn't cost much money to attract a large number of thugs, and then eliminate those diehards, you can smoothly ensure the safety of the roads, so that the Qin army can reach the land of Yunnan and eliminate the king of Dian who is regarded as a thorn in the side of the first emperor.

This is what Zhao Tuo can think of, the way to deal with Southwest Yi.

"Divide and co-opt, this is the reason why my Qin State was able to break through the Six Kingdoms. To raze the raze, what the chief said is very wonderful, it is really worthy of being a famous general of my Qin country, and the old man admires it. After Li Si pondered carefully, he felt that what Zhao Tuo said was very true, and a smile appeared on his face, and he thanked Zhao Tuo.

"Although Zhao Tuo has some disagreements with You'er, his method is really good, I should write to inform You'er."

"But I have to wait for a while before sending it out, Yu'er knows that Zhao Tuo will come to visit today, if he sends it now, he is afraid that he will guess one or two. After a while, I will ask a veteran about it, and there will be no doubt about it. ”

"As long as he follows Zhao Tuo's method, this time he will pass through the southwest and destroy the Dian Kingdom, and there will be no danger." A smile appeared on the corner of Li Si's mouth.

He, an old father, is heartbroken for his son.