Hearing Xu Kang's sigh, Guoyuan also echoed: "Yes. Huainan is originally a fertile land with abundant grain production. I have always wondered why there are so many hungry people in Huainan during our journey. Until now.

No."

Xu Kangdao: "Yuan Shu is similar to Dong Zhuo, who despises people's livelihood and emphasizes military affairs. Although there is only one county in Huainan, he has more than 200,000 troops. As a result, only the people suffer. How can such a situation last long by squeezing the people's fat and anointing?

"

Guoyuan nodded and said: "When Yuan Shu was stationed in Nanyang, he defeated Yuan Shao in the north, suppressed Liu Biao in the south, and attacked Dong Zhuo in the west. How arrogant he was. When I heard about it, I thought he must be the one who can bring peace to the world. But since Sun Jian's death,

, his power is getting worse and worse, now let alone Yuan Shao, even Cao Cao is no match."

Xu Kang sighed and said: "The two Yuans are fighting each other, causing trouble in the world. Among them, Yuan Shu is especially arrogant and jealous of talents, and he is the enemy of the world at the same time. If he could have attacked Liu Biao with Yuan Shao in the north and captured Jingzhou as his foundation, he would not have been able to do it.

We will be as cramped in Huainan as we are now."

Guoyuan frowned and said: "Since my lord also thinks Yuan Shu is unworthy, why should we join forces with him?"

Xu Kang said with a smile: "Although Yuan Shu is innocent, he has a huge army. South of the Huaihe River, there is no one with greater power. If we want to establish a foothold here, it will be difficult to do without his acquiescence. Okay, you

Take my greeting card and go to Yuan Mansion. Let's have a good meeting with this powerful leader in Huainan."

In the towering mansion, the breeze flows through the corridors and gently pours into the hall that is open on all sides, making the room cool.

Several thinly dressed dancers, in harmony with the soft music, gently twisted their bodies and performed various ecstatic dance postures.

Yuan Shu was in the dominant position, with his eyes slightly closed and the fingers of his right hand tapping gently, with a look of contentment and enjoyment on his face.

At this moment, an official hurried in, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, there is someone outside the door asking to see you."

The music was interrupted, Yuan Shu had a look of displeasure on his face and said, "Who is it?"

"This is Xu Kang, Marquis of Kangting, governor of Jiaozhou, and general in the southern expedition."

Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, with a thoughtful expression on his face. After a while, he suddenly said as if he remembered something: "It turns out he is an abandoned son of the Xu family. Why did he come to Huainan?" Then he murmured: "Kang

Marquis Ting, governor of Jiaozhou, general conquering the south, there are many names. Then please ask him to wait in the living room for a while."

"yes."

After the officials went down, Yuan Shu waved his hand and drove away the dancing girls and musicians. Then he raised his hands, and immediately seven or eight beautiful maids came forward, taking off his clothes and dressing up. In a short time, he was dressed up and dressed up.

.

Xu Kang squinted his eyes and sat quietly on his knees. Half an hour passed without moving at all. It was not until he heard the noise coming from outside that he opened his eyes.

I saw Yuan Shu coming slowly surrounded by a large group of people.

Xu Kang first saw the courtesy and said: "Marquis Yangzhai is polite."

Yuan Shu also said with a smile on his face: "Marquis Kangting is polite, please sit down quickly."

"Thank you for taking a seat." Xu Kang waited for Yuan Shu to sit down before he sat down again. He looked Yuan Shu up and down and secretly sighed that he was indeed the legitimate son of the Yuan family. No matter what bad reputation he had in history, in terms of appearance, he was indeed rare.

The handsome man at first sight.

Xu Kang couldn't help but curse in his heart. After all, it was a seed selected through countless generations of excellent genes. Although he had never been a human being, he still looked like a human or a dog.

Yuan Shu first smiled and said: "I heard that Mr. Xu is going to Jiaozhou to take office. How come you have time to visit Yangzhou?"

Xu Kang also responded with a smile: "I have heard Mr. Yuan's name for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to meet him. This time I passed by Huainan and took the liberty to visit. I hope you will forgive me."

Yuan Shu said: "No, sir, you are so polite. Now that you are here, you might as well stay a few more days so that I can get acquainted with the friendship of a landlord."

Xu Kang said rudely: "I also want to get closer to Mr. Yuan, so I'm sorry."

The name Chaohu began in the Qin Dynasty. This place is rich in resources and resources. Not only is there a large amount of aquatic resources in the lake, but it is also surrounded by Huainan's main grain-producing areas.

Therefore, the area around Chaohu Lake has always been a place where people live together.

However, after Yuan Shu moved to Huainan, he brought a large number of soldiers and ruffians, which destroyed the life of small farmers here. In order to save their lives, the people gathered one after another and built large forts.

These forts are scattered around Chaohu Lake like pearls, supporting each other and guarding against each other.

Xujiabao can be regarded as one of the largest forts. The owner of the fort, Xu Ding, came from Qiao County, Yuzhou and moved here a year ago. At that time, he brought only a population of three to four thousand and five to six hundred forts. New

When I first arrived, there was no place to stay between man and earth.

Seeing that they could be bullied, the three nearby forts joined forces and organized a team of 2,000 people to rob their property and women. What was unexpected was that Xu Ding used the five dollars in his hand to rob them.

Baibaoding not only wiped out all the 2,000 invading troops, but also took advantage of the situation to attack three forts.

It can be said that Xujia Fort was built by Xu Ding by plundering materials from these three forts.

Seeing that Xu Ding was so powerful, no one dared to take advantage of Xu Jiabao easily.

Just a few months ago, another team of tens of thousands of people moved into Xujiabao, which caused the fort's power to expand unprecedentedly. There were more than 10,000 people in the fort who were able to fight. After successively annihilating several castles that were originally related to

After they seized Wubao's territory, Xujiabao is now one of the strongest forces near Chaohu that can compete with the local government.

Chaohu Lake is rich in food, so it has a large population, which leads to more and more Wubao nearby. Wubao is originally composed of villages near the original Chao Lake, and there is inevitably some overlap in territory between them.

At this time when the power of the government is relatively weak, verbal agreements alone can no longer solve the problems between them, and the use of force becomes the basis for final judgment.

Therefore, the Chaohu area is also one of the most turbulent areas in Huainan except the frontline battlefields.

In order to prevent new fires from happening, Zhou Yu, the new magistrate of Chao County, decided to summon the leaders of the main forts near Chao Lake to sit together to discuss the issue of territorial division.

Zhou Yu, whose courtesy name was Gongjin, was from Lujiang. His father, Zhou Yi, was once the magistrate of Luoyang, and he was a child of a standard official family.

His father, Zhou Shang, was now the prefect of Lujiang. Because the situation in Chao County was complicated and volatile, and several county magistrates were unable to fulfill their duties, Zhou Yu took the initiative to apply to serve in Chao County. This gathering with the purpose of dividing the sphere of influence was organized by him.

of.

At the banquet, the fort chiefs and dock masters saw that Zhou Yu was young, and felt that he was just a second-generation master who relied on the glory of his father to become a county magistrate. They inevitably despised him, and there were many disrespectful things in his words.

But Zhou Yu responded with a smile, as if he didn't care at all about the words of these rough people.

After everyone was noisy for a long time, Zhou Yu waved his hand to suppress it and said: "I am new to the post, so there are inevitably many things that are unclear. Therefore, the division of power depends on the consciousness of each castle owner. But I see the current situation and just discuss it.

If we can’t come up with a result through discussion, why not listen to my opinion?”

Someone immediately laughed and said: "This is our own business. What good opinions can you, a doll, have?"

Instead, Zheng Bao interjected: "Master Zhou is the county magistrate of Chao County. Since I have something to say, I think it would be better for everyone to listen." Zheng Bao is one of the strongest forces near Chao Lake, and with his statement

, and others did not dare to say anything more.

Zhou Yu didn't seem to feel any embarrassment, and still smiled and said: "Okay, I will divide Chaohu into four districts. Zheng Bao will be in charge of Hudong District, Xu Ding will be in charge of Hunan District, and Xu Qian will be in charge of Huxi District

, Hubei District is in charge of Zhang Duo. If there is a fight in the future, the four will be the chiefs of this district and can deal with it as they please. What do you think?"

Zheng Bao and Xu Ding own the four most powerful armed forces near Chaohu, each with ten thousand elite soldiers, more than the number of soldiers in Zhichao County.

Although Zhou Yu's move recognized the dominance of the four people in Chaohu, it also reduced the management difficulty of the government. It could be regarded as a benefit strategy.

But as a result, those relatively small forts were all put under a yoke, which naturally aroused their dissatisfaction.

Cai Jie, the Lord of Caijia Fort, was the first to jump out and said: "The other three forts don't matter, but Xu Ding is just a foreigner who moved from Yuzhou. How can he be qualified to lead the Lords of the forts south of Chaohu Lake? I see this

The discussion still needs to be considered in the long term.”

Some castle owners who were dissatisfied with this proposal immediately agreed and started making noises, hoping to completely overturn Zhou Yu's resolution.

Zhou Yu looked at Xu Ding and saw that he looked like an old god. He seemed not to realize that what he just said was directed at him.

He could only sigh in his heart, stood up, walked to Cai Jie, and said, "So, you are not convinced by my words."

How could Cai Jie take the young Zhou Yu seriously? He said disdainfully: "Who do you think you are? It's better to let me do it."

Zhou Yu smiled even more happily and said: "Since this is easier to handle, please go and tell me." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes flashed, and Zhou Yu's palm had already struck Cai Jie's.

There was a "click" sound in his throat, his neck suddenly twisted, his eyes widened, and he died on the spot.

Zhou Yu said calmly, as if he had done something trivial: "But my father has passed away, so I can only trouble you to go underground and tell him."

Only then did Cai Jie's men react, and they suddenly became excited and rushed towards Zhou Yu with howls, intending to cut him into pieces to avenge the fortress master.

Zhou Yu cleverly retreated to Xu Ding's side.

Xu Ding glanced at him and saw that Cai Jie's men were about to rush up, so he had to wave his hand.

Xu Chu, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately rushed out.

As the sword flew up and down, dozens of lives disappeared in an instant, and the ground was covered with blood. But none of Cai Jie's men could stand up anymore.

The other castle masters felt their hearts tremble when they saw this. No one expected that Xu Ding had such a powerful general hiding under his command.
Chapter completed!