Taishici's figure suddenly shook, and he suddenly realized that Yuan Fang had already had the means to restrain him, but he had just been slow to use it.

He bowed to his mother, stood up and faced Yuan Fang, frowned and said, "Since you have already possessed my mother, why don't you use my mother to force me to surrender when you were besieging the city before?"

Yuan Fang smiled: "Of course I can use Lingtang to threaten your surrender, but I didn't do that. Taishi Ziyi, you are also a sensible person. Why do you think?"

Why?

Of course, it was because Yuan Fang appreciated Taishi Ci and wanted him to truly submit, so he was unwilling to use Chen to force Taishi Ci to surrender before the city was broken.

The Taishi Relief helped Kong Rong guard the Beihai because of his loyalty. Yuan Fang did not want to use filial piety to force him to abandon the word "Yi".

Taishi Ci was a man who knew the righteousness. After hearing Yuan Fang’s words, he immediately understood Yuan Fang’s intentions.

The frowning brow slowly relaxed, and there was a little hostility in Taishici's eyes, and even a hint of admiration flashed vaguely.

Yuan Fang noticed the change in Taishici's mood, so he waved his hand and said, "Send Mrs. Chen back to rest. I have something to say to Ziyi and I still want to say it alone."

The maids from both sides sent Chen down, and Taishi Ci was in Yuanying and could only obey Yuan Fang's arrangements.

Watching his mother leave, Taishi Ci took a deep breath and raised her head and said, "Second Master Yuan, Taishi Ci is here, you can do whatever you want."

Yuan Fang thought for a moment and nodded, "Since I'm letting me deal with it, I'll deal with it. You submit to my Yuan Fang and help me achieve great achievements."

Yuan Fang did not mean to surrender, and he said it was obvious that he would surrender.

Taishici's body shook, his eyebrows rose again, and he was frozen in place and remained silent.

Obviously, he was hesitating.

Just a long time ago, he was still fighting for Kong Rong, but now Kong Rong has been killed by Yuan Fang, but he wants to surrender to Yuan Fang, isn't it being discussed?

Of course, Yuan Fang could see what he was thinking, so he asked: "Taishi Ziyi, I ask you, are you the general Kong Rong?"

"Of course not. I just surrounded Duchang because of the Yellow Turbans and came to help Kong Beihai." Taishici replied straightforwardly.

"Since you are not a general of Kong Rong, why do you need to be loyal to him? Now that Kong Rong is dead, you will fight for him until the last moment, and it will be considered as the end of your life. What's wrong with surrendering to me, Yuan Fang?" Yuan Fang asked with the opportunity.

Taishici's eyes trembled slightly, and his tight brows relaxed a little, obviously already shook.

Yuan Fang said loudly again: "Kong Rong is not a corrupt scholar. He cannot maintain the country and the country, and the people under him cannot protect the country. In addition to being able to sit and discuss the truth, he will only impose excessive taxes, causing the people of the Beihai to be resentful. If you, Taishi Ci, can help you with your loyalty, why can't Yuan Fang help me?"

Yuan Fang's voice and expression were both harsh, revealing Kong Rong's incompetence and cruelty.

Every word is like a blade, which makes Taishici's heart ache.

He remembered Kong Rong's incompetence, Kong Rong's repeated disobedience, and Kong Rong's contempt for the martial artist. He also remembered the weakness of Kong Rong's willingness to surrender when the city was broken.

In fact, he knew in his heart that Kong Rong was not a wise ruler. If it weren't for the word "Yi Shi Ci", how could he fight for such a mediocre person until the last moment of the city breaking?

"I have indeed been kind to Kong Rong. Although Yuan Fang is just an illegitimate son of the Yuan family, he is both wise and brave, and has a kind of heroic appearance. Besides, my mother is already in his hands, and there seems to be no choice except to surrender to him..."

Taishi Ci secretly weighed the pros and cons, but after thinking about it, he found that he had no way out.

Yuan Fang had already used big principles and small means to block all the retreat of Taishi Ci, leaving him with only one way to surrender.

After pondering for a long time, Taishi Ci sighed and said resolutely: "Thank you for your respect, Ci is very grateful. The young master wants Ci to submit sincerely, but Ci still has two conditions."

"Say." Yuan Fang was happy and waved his hand.

Taishi Ci said seriously: "For this first condition, Ci asked Kong Beihai to be buried with a grand ceremony. For the second condition, Ci wanted to ask the young master to reduce the taxes of Beihai and give the people here a way out."

Taishi Citi's two conditions are not exaggerated. It doesn't matter if the former is buried in Kong Rong. As for the latter, tax reduction, Yuan Fang did not intend to fish in Qingzhou and take it for granted.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Fang said happily: "These two conditions are not exaggerated. I promise Ziyi that you are."

Seeing that Yuan Fang agreed so happily, Taishi Ci was quite surprised, but he really admired Yuan Fang's courage.

Without hesitation, Taishi Ci took a deep breath and bowed, "Since that's the case, Ci wishes to submit to the young master and serve the young master as a servant."

"Haha, I have the help of my son, and I will add another general under my command." Yuan Fang was happy and laughed loudly.

Taishi Ci is not only outstanding in martial arts, but also deeply understands the way of military affairs. What is even more commendable is that he is proficient in land and water warfare and is a rare all-round general.

For Yuan Fang, he was indeed a great general.

Now Yuan Fang comforted Taishi Ci again, and asked him to go to the mother and son to reunite with Mrs. Chen first.

After seeing off Taishi Ci, Yuan Fang's thoughts quickly calmed down and returned to the second condition proposed by Taishi Ci.

He wanted to expand his military strength, thinking that in the future, he would need a lot of money and food to turn against Yuan Shao, and these things could only be obtained from the people of Qingzhou. In other words, he would have to pay extra taxes.

But Yuan Fang did not want to fish out of the lake, and not only could he not add taxes, but he also had to reduce taxes. This led to a contradictory trend.

"It seems that we have to imitate Cao Cao and implement large-scale military farming in Qingzhou as soon as possible..."

This is the only solution that Yuan Fang could think of. In history, it was through military farming that Cao Cao accumulated a large amount of food and grass to lay a solid material foundation for his unification of the north. Yuan Fang was familiar with history and knew very well that the benefits of military farming were not used.

However, in order to implement military farming, refugees can be recruited, but Yuan Fang has to come out of his own.

As the saying goes, wool comes from sheep, and these things seem to have to be collected from the people of Qingzhou.

After flirting with his eyebrows and thinking for a long time, Yuan Fang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of the best of both worlds.

He immediately left the tent, strided heavily, and headed straight to the military tent where Mihuan was located.

The Mi family is rich in China, with some plowing oxen and farm tools. The only way to make the Mi family pay for the "investment" required for the military farming is to be paid.

Soon, Yuan Fang had already arrived outside the tent and was about to enter.

"Young master, stay, my lady is not convenient for you to see guests now." The Mi family servants at the door quickly stopped him.

"I have something important to do, let me go." Yuan Fang was eager to solve the problem of farming, but he didn't care about the housekeeper's obstruction. He pushed open the curtain and broke in.

In the outer tent, there was no shadow of Mi Huan. Yuan Fang went straight to the inner tent without thinking.

When one foot was just in, Yuan Fang suddenly heard the sound of gurgling water coming from the inner tent. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and subconsciously wanted to stop.

But he walked too fast and before he could stop, he stepped in with his other foot.

When I looked up, I saw that the water was filled with mist in the inner tent, and the large wooden basin in the tent was bathing leisurely.

Although her back was facing Yuan Fang and half of her body was sinking into the water, the smooth half of her jade-like back and shoulders, which were as smooth as jade, came into Yuan Fang's eyes.

Seeing the beauty like a bath, Yuan Fang couldn't help but be stunned.

At this time, Mi Huan seemed to hear the movement. She looked back lazyly and suddenly saw that Yuan Fang was standing behind her at some point.

"Ah~~"

Mi Huan kept screaming, frightened her whole body and shrank into the water. Her arms quickly protected her in front of her. Her tender face instantly flushed with a shy flush.

Yuan Fang also reacted and realized that he had offended him, so he turned his body over.

"Well, I have something to discuss with the lady, I'll wait for you outside." Yuan Fang was calm and nervous, without showing any panic, and walked out of the outer tent indifferently.

Looking at Yuan Fang leaving, Mi Huan recovered after a while, biting his red lips and complaining, "Why did you come in without calling me? It's so embarrassing..."
Chapter completed!