However, when Liu Xie saw Boss Cao mentioning Sun Ce, he suddenly thought of something. Throughout the Three Kingdoms era, there were many people who made their fortunes relying on the power of aristocratic families.

However, if we want to rank these people, then the Sun family of Jiangdong would be either first or second.

One thing you need to know is that after Sun Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, died in battle, Sun Ce replaced Sun Jian's title.

But at that time, Sun Ce had no soldiers and no territory, so he had no choice but to seek refuge with Yuan Shu.

No matter in history or in this time and space, Sun Ce chose to exchange the national jade seal for eight thousand elites from Yuan Shu.

And these eight thousand elites are Sun Ce's entire property.

Liu Xie thinks that at this time, even if Sun Ce is really the overlord, it is impossible for him to defeat Wang Lang, Yan Baihu, Liu Yao and others with 8,000 men in succession?

Therefore, when Sun Ce started his business, he relied heavily on various aristocratic families in Jiangdong.

After Sun Ce promised these families a lot of benefits, the powerful families in Jiangdong began to support Sun Ce.

This was the reason why Sun Ce was able to quickly pacify Jiangdong. Considering the situation at the time, it was understandable that Sun Ce did this. If he wanted to have his own territory, he could only choose to cooperate with the aristocratic families.

If you want a wealthy family to invest in you wholeheartedly, you must also show your sincerity.

In the future, the Sun family's Jiangdong is the benefit Sun Ce promised to the aristocratic families.

This is similar to how Emperor Guangwu courted those aristocratic families when he started his career.

To put it bluntly, if you invest in me, then when I succeed in starting a business, you will be the original shareholder and can distribute a large amount of dividends.

This is a fatal temptation for those who are not from top aristocratic families, making them reluctant to invest.

What, what will happen if you fail?

Sorry, this possibility is extremely low, because people in the aristocratic family also know that you cannot put your eggs in one basket.

When they invest in one prince, they will definitely invest in others.

For example, when the Xun family of Yingchuan invested in Cao Cao, his mortal enemy Yuan Shao also had people from the Xun family who acted as Yuan Shao's advisers.

To use a more modern word, it is called hedging. In other words, whoever loses and wins, for the family, he will make a sure profit.

Therefore, when Sun Ce made an offer that the aristocratic family could not refuse, the aristocratic families chose to invest regardless of whether Sun Ce was weak or not.

This allowed Sun Ce to possess a large amount of capital in a very short period of time. From this point of view, it seems to be slightly similar to the company's listing.

However, the consequence of this is that the family's power is extremely powerful in the Jiangdong region.

Now Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Liu Biao, representatives of the aristocratic families, have all rebelled. It is impossible for Jiangdong, who has a greater influence than these three families, to rebel.

Therefore, Liu Xie felt that these Jiangdong nobles would definitely have some bad ideas and wait for him to make a sneak attack after he made a mistake.

From this point of view, it is very necessary to march into Jingzhou and control Jingzhou. Liu Xie did not want to fight in the front and end up being stolen by the gang of Jiangdong's grandsons.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie suddenly thought of a more interesting place. He noticed that within the Han Dynasty, the territories controlled by aristocratic families were all relatively wealthy states and counties.

On the other hand, look at those relatively poor prefectures and counties, such as Youzhou, Jiaozhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou.

These places are relatively poor, and the local feudal lords are relatively honest.

For example, Jiaozhou is Shixie. Logically speaking, Jiaozhou covers a large area, including most of today's Guangdong, Guangxi and Yue.

Coupled with Dahan's years of development of Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou's strength is actually not weak.

Taking into account the climate in Jiaozhou, it is possible to grow two rounds of rice a year, making Jiaozhou abundant in grain and grass.

With soldiers and food, it stands to reason that Jiaozhou would have the strength to expand externally. But what about the reality? Shi Xie never moved in Jiaozhou throughout his life.

After Sun Quan took control of Jingzhou, he only sent an envoy to ask Shi Xie to surrender.

Why is this happening? To put it bluntly, it's because there are few aristocratic families in Jiaozhou, they don't have much ambition, and they don't want to compete for world dominance.

Therefore, we only need to send troops to the border and send an envoy to regain Jiaozhou.

Looking at it this way, the aristocratic family is really a cancer. There would be a big difference if he were there or not.

However, this is also good for Liu Xie. After he captures Jingzhou, he can also learn from Sun Quan's approach and send people to persuade Xie to surrender, so that he can capture Jiaozhou without any bloodshed.

Dahan will also have one more granary, and will expand Dahan's influence to the Yue region.

After the princes in the Han Dynasty are cleared, they can directly use the soldiers of Jiaozhou to expand externally.

You know, Liu Xie Liu Xie has always been thinking about Champa rice in Southeast Asia.

Three crops a year, how much food and grass can this provide to the Han Dynasty? Liu Xie believes that after promotion, there will be no large-scale famine in the Han Dynasty.

Once the food problem is eliminated, the population of Han Dynasty will definitely usher in a spurt of development.

Liu Xie had great ambitions. If he wanted to enclose the land, he would need a large population. And if he wanted the newly occupied areas to be stable, he would need a large population to fill them.

When Han people account for more than half of the population in a region, it becomes unrealistic for the indigenous people to become independent.

Even if the Han Dynasty still cannot withstand the wheel of history and is submerged in the long river of history, then future generations will also regard these areas as traditional rule areas since ancient times.

To give an inappropriate example, why are later generations able to control the Western Regions? Isn’t this the reason?

What Liu Xie wants to do now is to expand this area from the Western Regions to the entire Eurasian and African continents. Of course, he also wants the continent across the sea!

Thinking of this, Liu Xie once again turned his attention to Boss Cao.

"Cao Qing, what you said makes sense. After Cao Qing said this, I also have a goal."

"Then let's do this according to Cao Qing's wishes. Take Jingzhou first!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Boss Cao was very happy when he heard Liu Xie's praise. He suddenly felt like a famous minister.

This feeling is so refreshing!

"In a few days, Cao Qing and Lu Qing, please return to your bases, prepare food and grass, and wait for my arrangements."

"After this battle is over, I will discuss your merits and reward you. Naturally, I will not treat you badly."

"I have heard that Cao Qing once said that after his death, he would like to have the tomb of the general of the Han Dynasty in the West engraved on the monument?"

"If you win this battle and wipe out the other princes, you can become the king." As he said this, Liu Xie also looked at Lu Bu who was standing aside.

"Same, sir."

Boss Cao and Lu Bu were shocked when they heard Liu Xie's words.

When Emperor Gaozu founded the country, it can be said that if anyone with the surname Liu was not the king, the whole world would attack him.
Chapter completed!