Overnight, Huo Yibu entered the tributary of Nanzhangshui along the waterway, and arrived at the Zhijiang River in less than half an hour.

Early the next morning.

Huo Yi ordered all the soldiers to go ashore and enter the county seat for a short rest first.

At present, the people west of Nanzhangshui have basically migrated to Jiangling City for temporary refuge.

After going ashore, the city was quite deserted inside and outside, and there was almost no one there.

"General, aren't we going straight to Yidao? Why do you need to take a detour into Zhangshui to Zhijiang City? ”

As soon as he entered the city, Huo Jiajun, a general with the position of military marquis, looked suspicious and asked each other.

"Of course, I came to Zhijiang to expand the armed forces and seek funding for money and food."

After that, Huo Yi waved his hand and ordered, "You immediately send someone to a few Zhuangzi around Zhijiang to inform that Huo Yi of the Huo family has something important to ask to see the heads of the family, so that he can come to the county government to meet." ”

"喏~"

Although he couldn't figure out Huo Yi's actions, he quickly surrendered his promise without the slightest hesitation when he gave the order.

After the news was spread to the estates around Zhijiang.

About half an hour later, the heads of the wealthy families rushed to the county office.

I saw that Huo Yi had been waiting in the yazhong for a long time at this time, with a little uneasiness on his face, until he saw the heads of the wealthy families in Zhijiang arriving one after another, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huo Yi, the boy of the Huo family, has visited the heads of the family, and I haven't seen you for many days, I don't know if you have been okay?"

There were more than a dozen people who walked into the hall one after another, most of them were middle-aged people in their thirties, and only about one or two were young people in their twenties.

After everyone heard this, seeing that Huo Yi's posture was so low, everyone bowed their hands and saluted:

"General Huo lifted me and waited~"

"The Huo family has always been the most prominent family in Zhijiang, and the general's uncle and father's second generation have managed the family business quite well."

"Especially Huo Zhongmiao's great military achievements, he was valued by the king of Hanzhong, and General Huo was also promoted to the general by his father's shadow because of this, and this salute to us is tormenting us."

After the ceremony, one of the older middle-aged elders stood up and responded.

"Haha~" Hearing this, Huo Yi laughed, "The head of the Zhang family Miao praised, Yi Yijie's younger generation is indispensable to meet etiquette~"

"You can't ignore etiquette just because you inherited your father's military position."

As soon as the words fell, all the heads of the family nodded one after another, and their faces became more and more favorable to his words and deeds that were neither humble nor arrogant.

After greeting each other, the elder family head surnamed Zhang looked serious, and took the lead in asking: "General Huo has been resisting the invasion of the Wu people in Jiangling City recently, I don't know why he has arrived in Zhijiang this time?" ”

"Is there something important to summon me and others here?"

"Haha~ What General Zhang said is very true, Yi is indeed asking for your family masters this time."

Huo Yi laughed when he heard the news, so he simply spit out the results of several defeats of the Wu army, and then said in a solemn tone, "Next, Yi wants to gather his troops to launch a counterattack, hoping that your family masters can support our department." ”

"Or send troops or money and food to help destroy the enemy, I don't know what you think?"

As soon as the words fell, a thick smile appeared on his face, and he looked at everyone quietly with an expectant look in his eyes.

"This ......"

As soon as these words came out, the expression of the head of the Zhang family suddenly lost his previous smile, revealing a few points of embarrassment.

Looking at this expression, Huo Yi glanced at the rest of the people, and they all looked solemn.

After a little groaning, his face suddenly became serious, and he said in a deep voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Wu people regarded my Zhijiang Shimin as ants and slaughtered them wantonly, do you want to have witnessed it with your own eyes?"

"General Qiyu Huo, it's true, most of the people inside and outside Zhijiang City and the surrounding villages have been murdered, and Wu Bing has even more rape and plunder, doing all kinds of things that hurt heaven and reason."

"The Wu people will not tolerate it!"

As soon as these words fell, all the heads of the family looked uplifted, and their eyes showed indignation.

"Then why are you family heads unwilling to fund money and food or private soldiers to help me defeat the enemy?"

"Do you want Wu Gou to covet my rich Jingzhou land all the time and take it for yourself?"

Huo Yi's face suddenly showed a little annoyance, and his words gradually intensified, and his tone seemed to have a sense of reprimand.

"General Huo, that's not ......"

"Wu Jun's atrocities, as a person from Zhijiang, how can you not hate it, but..."

"The harvest of our other tribes has also been poor in recent years, and I am afraid that if I support the general, the whole clan will go hungry."

"It's not that we don't want to help General Huo~"

"Yes, yes~ What the head of the Zhang family said is very true, I hope General Huo understands!"

Seeing that most of the wealthy family heads around Zhijiang were wearing a pair of pants, and at this time they echoed in unison, Huo Yi's face was solemn, and he muttered:

"Sure enough, as I expected, the cheap dad is gone, and these people don't sell my face anymore."

However, he can also understand the choice of the heads of the family.

That is, they are not victims, even if the Wu people plunder, it is difficult to rob their heads, because all the families have expanded their private troops to guard the manor.

The previous massacre by Wu soldiers also caused almost all the ordinary people around Zhijiang City to suffer.

The wealthy families were not affected much.

As the saying goes, "It's none of your business, hang high." ”

Anyway, no matter whether the Wu people occupy Jingzhou or not, it will be difficult to affect their own interests in the end, so why bother to fund the official army?

But not every family has the consciousness of the Huo family, and they also have such lofty ideals that they want to be honored and get ahead.

Most local wealthy families are only willing to protect their own one-third of an acre of land in this troubled world.

There is nothing wrong with this thinking.

It's just that Huo Yi knows that if he wants to counterattack Jiangdong at present, he will still be weak with more than 1,000 troops under his command, and he urgently needs to expand his strength.

For the funding of the Zhijiang family, he is also imperative at this time!

Huo Yi's eyes swept over everyone for a while, and said secretly, "Since conventional persuasion can't work, then it's the only way~"

After thinking for a while, he stood tall, looked at everyone with iron bones and said: "Heads of the family, I, the Huo clan and your clan, have lived in Zhijiang for generations, and the relationship between them can be said to be very harmonious~"

"The children of the clan also intermarry with each other, and they are very close."

"But now that my Huo family has been attached to the king of Hanzhong, think about it, if Jingzhou ordered Jiangdong to rely on Sun Quan's not generous temperament, how could he let go of my Zhijiang people?"

"Will our clans be liquidated among themselves?"

"At that time, not only will the villagers around Zhijiang suffer, but I am afraid that the century-old foundation accumulated by the heads of the family will not be able to be saved, right?"

At this point, Huo Yi's tone was also quite stern and shouted.

Then, he paused between his words, seemed to be silent for a moment, and then said: "But your family is mainly to fund money and food or troops to assist Yi in counterattacking the Wu thieves. ”

"After the expulsion of Jiangdong, with the weight of my Huo clan in the heart of the king of Hanzhong, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to ask you for credit in front of the king?"

As soon as the words fell, the county government was suddenly silent, and everyone was heavy-faced, each thinking about it.