Taking Jia Zhou with him, Xu Mu personally went out of the city gate and greeted him respectfully three miles outside the city. If it weren't for Chen Que, his Jia Wenlong would have been much worse off.
Three heavy carriages, protected by three thousand Shu soldiers, stopped in front of Chengdu City.
Chen Que smiled and slowly got out of the carriage.
"Meet the King of Shu."
"Mr. Chen, there is no need to be polite."
Xu Mu was even more happy to welcome this world-famous doctor. Not to mention anything else, even if Jia Zhou's old illness relapses in the future, he will still be safe and sound.
"Sir, did you encounter anything along the way?"
Chen Que laughed and said, "No, the King of Yuzhou personally escorted me out of the inner city, and sent troops to protect me along the way, all the way to the edge of the Xiangjiang River."
"The King of Yuzhou is a wonderful man."
If it were someone else, like Dong Wen, until the miracle doctor in the area wanted to leave, he would definitely stop him. Uncle Chang's pattern is obvious. Just because of Chen Que's life-saving grace, he can abandon the rules and act.
"Mr. Chen will follow me into the palace. The banquet to welcome the wind has been prepared early."
"That's easy to say."
…
The wine has not passed the third round.
Following Chen Que out of the banquet hall, Xu Mu looked up and saw a young man holding a baby in his arms.
"Mr. Chen, who is this?"
"Yanmen Beiguan, general of the wolf clan." Chen Que said seriously, "King Xu Shu, I don't understand the war. This time, I will only serve as a recommender."
"Thank you, Mr. Chen." Xu Mu was silent for a while, then raised his hands and clasped his fists.
The young man with his swaddled clothes also cupped his fists to send him off.
Si Hu, who followed him out, was holding half a roast chicken and sat on the edge to nibble on it.
Only when Chen Que walked away did Xu Mu turn around and look in front of him.
"General, please take a seat."
Chao Yi hesitantly sat down, but as soon as he moved, the infant child began to cry.
"The general is a Croat?"
Yanmen North Pass is not far from the Dingzhou Pass Wall. Between the two, troops would sometimes gather to suppress horse bandits. Xu Mu only occasionally heard about the affairs of the Croats.
More similar to... an assimilated Hu tribe. King Dingshu of Bingzhou had an absurd life, but the most correct thing he did was to adopt the advice of his subordinate counselors and put forward the concept of "using barbarians to control barbarians".
The protagonists of using the Hu to control the Hu are the Croats, who only have tens of thousands. They are stationed at Yanmen Beiguan, and no one can attack them. They are also called the Beiguan Wolf Clan.
"Exactly." Chao Yi nodded, his tone obviously defensive.
"I have also heard about the murder of King Bingzhou's entire family. I hate Liangzhou's unethical behavior, which resulted in the two states being merged and all lives lost."
Xu Mu paused and stretched out his hand, wanting to tease the swaddled baby.
Qiang——
Chao Yi stood up and drew his sword. After taking a few steps away, he quickly defended himself in front of him.
Si Hu, who was eating roast chicken not far away, bulged his eyes and roared to run over. Sun Xun, who was accompanied by many guards, also looked cold and immediately drew his sword out of its sheath.
"Everyone go back." Xu Mu sighed. He knew that the young wolf general in front of him was just being cautious. If he was really an enemy who killed indiscriminately, Chen Que would never bring him in front of him.
Xu Mu could even guess that this infant child might be in trouble.
"General, please take a seat."
Chao Yi paused, silently returned his sword, then sat down again and raised his hand to salute.
"Don't blame me, King Shu."
"There is no blame. I don't know the name of the general."
"The surname is Chao Yi."
"The night is cold and cold. I just felt a little nervous. Please forgive me, General."
After getting up, Xu Mu took a meaningful look. If Chao Yi worshiped the Lord immediately after entering Shu, he would feel strange.
But Chao Yi's solemnity shows that if he worships the Lord, he will definitely be unparalleled in loyalty.
I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. As long as I enter Shu, I have plenty of time. As for the swaddled baby, it is very likely that he is the orphan of the Bingzhou royal family.
"Sun Xun, prepare to prepare the wing room for General Chao Yi to move in."
"Lord, don't worry."
Xu Mu glanced at Chao Yi, who was still wary, "Please let me know when the general is leaving Shu."
Chao Yi frowned and raised his head.
"I have no other intention." Xu Mu smiled and said, "I, Xu Mu, admire the bravery of the Beiguan wolf clan very much. On that day, I am willing to personally escort the general away from Shu."
Chao Yi trembled slightly and nodded silently.
"Thank you, King Shu."
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The moon was rising above the willow trees, and the banquet had just dispersed. After seeing off Chen Que, Xu Mu sat silently in the palace with a cup of tea.
"My lord, is that the young wolf general from Beiguan?" Jia Zhou said from the side.
"I can't hide it from Wen Long. I asked Chen Que before, who was traveling with me on this journey. Chen Que made some insinuations and found out that Chao Yi is the commander-in-chief of Yanmen Beiguan."
"General? So young?" Jia Zhou was also shocked.
"It's not surprising that the patriarch's son started guarding Yanmen North Pass at the age of sixteen. If he is willing to surrender to Shu, we, the fourteen counties of Shuzhou, will have one more strong general."
"But for people like this, before you make up your mind, if you use methods, it may be counterproductive." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead.
The general talents of Shu State were withering away, so Xu Mu established the General Hall.
A strong warrior of the wolf clan is so precious.
Jia Zhou was silent for a while and nodded, but in the end he didn't say much.
"My lord has said that the baby brought by the wolf general is probably the orphan of King Bingzhou. I think this is an opportunity."
"What does Wenlong mean?"
"Although King Dingshu of Bingzhou is unprincipled, he is still a king of the state no matter what. The whole family was beheaded by Dong Wenwen, and there will be people in the seven counties of Bingzhou who will not be happy after all. If one day, the Lord uses the banner of supporting the orphans of Bingzhou
, to regain Bingzhou. By then, there will be people in Bingzhou responding."
"If anyone asks, the lord will say that the orphan is young and can handle the affairs on his behalf. It is nothing more than spending more time to slowly win over the people of Bingzhou."
Xu Mu nodded.
I have to say that Jia Zhou's suggestion is indeed very good. Dong Wen occupied the three northwest states and blocked the gate of Shuzhou. It was really a terrible thing.
If he wants to leave Shu from Yuguan, the second battle with Liangzhou will be inevitable. When the time comes, it will be beneficial and harmless to pull the tiger skin of Bingzhou.
"By the way, my lord, Chen Datie sent someone over to the iron workshop just now and asked my lord to go there tomorrow."
"know."
Although Zhou Zun did not find saltpeter ore in the Nanlin Mountains, he did find a lot of iron ore. Although this batch of iron ore was not large, it was enough for the entire Shuzhou to build a batch of standard equipment.
Previously, Xu Mu sent many drawings, most of which he drew from memory.
The handwriting is ugly, and the drawings are even worse.
Xu Mu estimated that Chen Datie must have been confused. After all, those things would pose a huge cognitive barrier for Chen Datie. This chapter has been completed!