"I thought, since it is a big strategy, it must have a name." Jia Zhou put down the tea cup and raised his eyes.
"My lord, I poured three cups of tea for me. Let's call it a tea ceremony."
Xu Mu was startled. He originally thought that Jia Zhou was going to say something about his domineering aura, but he didn't expect it to be so simple and unpretentious.
"What a great way to serve tea." Xu Mu smiled.
"If my lord is free, you can go to some major counties in Linjiang to visit. This is my lord's first battle in Shu, so you need to be careful."
"Actually, there are further strategies, such as taking ten years to recuperate, and crossing the river to control it... However, I seem to be sleepy again now."
"Wenlong, please go to bed."
When Xu Mu got up, he just stretched out his hand and found that Jia Zhou was already leaning on the back of the chair and fell asleep again.
Silently he picked up the bedding and covered it again. Then he walked carefully out of the house.
Chen Sheng, who was outside, saw Xu Mu walking out and hurriedly raised the lantern.
"Master, I remembered something."
"What."
"When the military advisor led us to attack the city, there was an old scholar who fled and called him the Poisonous Osprey."
"Poison osprey?"
The osprey is a divine bird in ancient books, and when it sees it, there will be war. The poisonous osprey, the poisonous osprey, think back to the beginning... The first fire of the rebel uprising was indeed lit by Jia Zhou.
However, Xu Mu didn't care about this. Without war, how could there be peace in this devastated world?
"The military advisor used the tactic of throwing fire at the enemy, and coordinated internally and externally to capture Fufeng City, but it seemed that many people were burned to death, and there were charred corpses everywhere."
"What, Brother Sheng is scared?"
Chen Sheng shook his head calmly, "No, I admire my boss and the military advisor very much."
Xu Mu nodded.
In a war, people will die. He has already understood the reason behind the fighting.
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"Xu Lang is leaving the city again." Li Dawan puffed up his face. After a while, he turned red again. He leaned his head and spoke in a trembling voice, "Xu Lang... my period will be over in the next two days.
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Xu Mu was startled, "Li Dawan, you are a noble lady after all."
"Ten babies, but not one is born! Otherwise, I will ask Xi Niang to prepare wolfberry and silver carp soup."
"Very good……"
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and persuaded Li Dawan to leave.
On the contrary, Jiang Caiwei stood aside, silent and silent. She only prepared dry food, water, and several porcelain bottles of golden sore medicine.
"I'll be back soon."
Jiang Caiwei raised her face, smiled and nodded. But as soon as the sound of horse hooves stopped, she immediately lowered her head and her eyes turned red.
"My boss, my wife seems to be crying." Chen Jiaqiao interrupted while running.
"Brother Chen, you don't understand love." Wei Feng, who was standing side by side, smiled and took the lead.
"You understand?"
"If I'm not mistaken, Hong Cui from the eighth aunt's house in Zhuangzi will marry me next month." Wei Feng turned around proudly.
"The two of us have been in love for a long time, and lovers will eventually get married."
Chen Jiaqiao gritted his teeth and was too lazy to listen anymore. He raised the reins, causing the horse to scream in agony.
Xu Mu was speechless. It seemed that many interesting things had happened to Zhuangzi during his absence.
"Long Gong, take a few riders to investigate first."
Since Zhou Zun wanted to mine ocher, the task of detecting the sentry could only fall to Gong Gou.
"Long Gong, your waist is getting straighter and straighter."
Gong Gou paused, his face turned red, he wanted to say something flattering, but couldn't, so he had to give Xu Mu a heavy fist.
"Go, my brother."
The bow dog leaned on the horse's back, raised the reins, and ran to a distance with a few riders in an instant.
Xu Mu turned his gaze sideways and looked around at the surrounding scenery. This time, it was not to attack the city, but to go to the counties and counties in the Linjiang area to make inquiries first. He only brought less than a hundred people with him, pretending to be merchants from other states buying horses.
Of course, there was no need for him to go there in person. But both Jia Zhou and himself would definitely want to see what they saw with their own eyes and then arrange the layout.
The official road on the border of Shu has been in disrepair for a long time, but now that spring has begun, green weeds pave the road with colorful flowers.
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"Master, it's no problem." Gongou led the people back, his voice relaxed.
In this long day, I only rested for two hours in the middle, and spent the rest of the day driving like crazy.
Stopping his horse, Xu Mu raised his head slightly, and as far as he could see, at the end of the official road, there was a vast river, like a winding snake, parading among the high mountains.
"Xiangjiang."
Xu Mu breathed out. The only two rivers in the Great Epoch, the Jijiang River nurtured the prosperity of the inner city, while the Xiangjiang River, due to the collapse of the world... raised 80,000 water thieves.
The river surface is not very turbulent, which is probably due to the smoothness of the river section. In the distance, you can see rows of awnings floating on the river surface, forming a picture against the colors of the spring landscape.
A county near the river took a large open space as a river port. A few civilian laborers were carrying a few sacks, slouching and struggling to move.
The boatman's chant suddenly started, and the twisted hemp rope was knotted and hooped on the shoulders by dozens of boatmen. Their faces turned red, their bare feet splashed river sand, and they dragged the huge boat to the shore.
"Didn't you say that Jiang bandits are causing trouble?" Wei Feng frowned.
"Those who rob families and homes are small bandits, and those who exploit people's lives are big bandits. There is nothing wrong with that." Xu Mu said calmly.
In fact, this is no different from those rebels who took over the counties and wanted to be a peaceful emperor.
"Long Gong, what county is this?"
"My boss, this is Bailu County, which is a large county near the river bank. There are about ten thousand water bandits who have occupied it. The water fortress is too deep to be explored."
"What about entering the city?"
"It's no problem to enter the city...but you have to pay a bond tax. I heard that a head costs two taels of silver."
"Guaranteed tax?" Xu Mu was startled. What kind of Jiang bandits are they? These are a bunch of rascals.
"Some time ago, there was a horse market in the city, but the guarantee tax was too high. As time went by, no one came."
"Longbow, where is the silver from crossing the river?"
"Those river bandits crossed the iron rope, and one mile of waterway cost ten taels of silver."
"I really admire you."
Xu Mu sneered on his face. Jiang bandits are not the only ones who take advantage of the people.
"Master, do you want to enter the city?" Wei Feng turned around.
It was getting dark, so if you didn't go into the city, you could only stay outside and make a bonfire.
"Of course I want to come in." Xu Mu lowered his voice. This time, he came to get information.
Furthermore, his current appearance has already been disguised.
"Wei Feng, take eighty people and wait for me outside the city."
"So, my boss wants to bring twenty-three people, Brother Tiger estimates that he will have to pay double, that is, nearly five hundred taels?" Wei Feng raised his head in horror.
"Wei Feng, that's a good calculation, but don't forget it next time." Xu Mu got off his horse, his face suddenly solemn.
"I gave him the money, and I'll snatch it back before it's warm enough!"