That night, Ding Yuan hosted a banquet for Yuan Shu. At the banquet, he expressed his dissatisfaction with He Jin and his admiration for the aristocratic family with all kinds of enthusiasm.

Looking at this smooth old man, Yuan Shu sighed in his heart. He was able to become the governor of Bingzhou from a grassroots level. Sure enough, he still had two skills.

At least he is very good at talking to people and talking to ghosts.

However, Yuan Shu didn't care and responded with the same enthusiasm.

After all, the other party only had a few days left, and he still helped me so much, so he just treated him as a last farewell.

When Ding Yuan returned to the camp prepared for himself at night, he found that more than 700 soldiers had gathered around the camp.

Yuan Shu mocked in his heart: Ding Yuan does things really quickly!

Then Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were called to the camp.

Looking at the two generals in front of him and the dark yellow halos above their heads, Yuan Shu expressed that he felt a little disappointed.

As expected, I don't have Cao Mengde's domineering spirit that makes people worship him.

Fortunately, the two people in front of me have already arrived in my bowl, so I have plenty of time to conquer these two people.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu calmly said, "Wenyuan, Boping, maybe you don't really recognize me as your master now, but please believe that your choice is right. Follow me, and I will lead you on the road to success in the future."

A more glorious stage.”

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun still stood in front of Yuan Shu with unchanged expressions, showing no reaction at all.

Yuan Shu was not disappointed, and continued without changing his tone: "Next, I will go to Jizhou to visit the wise men. I ask you two to take these more than 700 elite soldiers and go south to Yangzhou first. Then rush to Lujiang to find Xun You, the governor of Yangzhou, and give this seal

Give him the letter and he will arrange it for you."

After speaking, Yuan Shu took out a letter and handed it to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao took the letter and said "No" together with Gao Shun.

Then Yuan Shu whispered: "Yuan San."

An ordinary-looking middle-aged man walked in from the door, bowed slightly and said, "Master, what's the matter?"

Yuan Shu said: "Send a trustworthy person to lead the way for the two generals. Many matters along the way will be arranged by the local Yuan family manager. We must ensure that the two generals and the more than 700 soldiers rush as quickly as possible."

To Lujiang."

Yuan San nodded in agreement.

"You two should go down too."

"yes"

Seeing Zhang Liao and Gao Shun retreat, Yuan Shu turned around and sat back on his chair: "Fu Yi, you have met the best general in the world before, how do you feel?"

Ji Ling thought of the man who looked like a ferocious beast before, clenched his hands into fists, and said solemnly: "This man's aura is extraordinary, I'm afraid I can't get past ten moves in his hands."

Then he gritted his teeth and said: "You may indeed be qualified to be called the best in the world."

Yuan Shu took a sip of bitter tea with a faint smile on his lips.

Of course, that's Lu Bu!

After Ji Ling finished speaking, he added: "This man has extraordinary martial arts skills. Why doesn't the lord take him under his command?"

Yuan Shu said calmly: "Do you think Ding Yuan will let him go to me? He will rely on this adopted son to fight against Dong Zhuo and fight for a future for himself!"

Ji Ling said in confusion: "But as the lord, he wouldn't dare not agree to it if forced to do so!"

Yuan Shu took another sip of tea: "Lü Bu is an important chess piece of the family, and he has an unruly temperament. To me, he is tasteless and will bring a lot of trouble. I don't want to get involved with that person too early.

When a group of old foxes meet, let’s not get involved in this big pit.”

Ji Ling thought for a moment, nodded, then hesitated and said, "My lord, is Yuan San still reliable now?"

Yuan Shu smiled: "Yes, Fu Yi, you can use your brain now."

"Yuan San is not one of my people, so he cannot be trusted. But he can still be used for it now. When troubled times come, this person will still be mine. Do you understand?"

Ji Ling frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "Since my lord has his own sense of proportion, Fu Yi won't ask any more questions. My lord, please rest early and Fu Yi will leave."

"Yeah." Yuan Shu nodded gently.

Alone in the camp, Yuan Shu fell into deep thought while drinking tea.

After a long time, he whispered to himself: "Aristocratic family! If I rise with your power, I will naturally lead you to another broader future. Compared with everything you have brought to me now, my methods will be gentler in the future.

."

"Now that I have arrived, the aristocratic family, a class that does more harm than good, should change. I hope you will be smarter and see the situation clearly. Otherwise, don't blame me!"

At the end of the speech, Yuan Shu showed determination in his eyes.

The next day, after exchanging a few words with Ding Yuan again, Yuan Shu continued on his way to visit wise men.

"Lord, where should we go next?"

"Jizhou, let's go meet Han Fu."

Han Fu, the prefect of Jizhou, was a former official of the Yuan family.

He was the coward in history who was so cowardly and incompetent that he surrendered the huge Jizhou to others after being easily deceived by Yuan Shao, and later committed suicide out of fear.

In fact, Han Fu in reality was a talented person who was very good at managing local areas and had good internal affairs capabilities.

Otherwise, he would not have sat in the high position of Jizhou Mu.

If this person had been born in a peaceful and prosperous age, he could be said to be a good official. Unfortunately, he was born in troubled times, coupled with the embarrassment of his identity and short-sightedness, making this talent a famous supporting role in history.

This person has no ambition to fight for hegemony and has a cowardly character. However, he has talents such as Ju Shou, Xun Chen and Ju Yi under his command. In Yuan Shu's eyes, he is like a fat sheep, waiting for him to be slaughtered.

More than ten days later, Yuan Shu and his party arrived at Yecheng.

Looking at this prosperous city, most of the people on the street had rosy faces, and Yuan Shu had to sigh, Jizhou was indeed the richest among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

There are thirteen states in the Han Dynasty, but they are also divided into advantages and disadvantages. The first among them is Jizhou.

At this time, the population and wealth of Jizhou were several times that of Yangzhou.

One Jizhou is basically worth the entire four southern states. It can be said that it is extremely rich.

Yuan Shu could only sigh, no wonder Yuan Shao chose this as his foundation.

The population is large, and there is also plenty of gold, silver, and food. The master is still his former servant, and his character is also cowardly.

Simply the best place to start.

After the war against Dong, the world was in chaos. Yuan Shao used this as the foundation and quickly took over Bingzhou, which was basically a land without one.

Bingzhou is a bitter cold land, and has suffered from foreign invasions. But because of this, the people are quite fierce, with countless elite soldiers and many war horses, which just makes up for Jizhou's shortcomings.

Yuan Shao, who occupied these two states, could be said to have money, food, and grain, numerous elite soldiers, good generals and horses, and many advisers. He was firmly on the throne of the greatest prince in the world.

Even Gongsun Zan, the invincible white horse general who roamed the grassland, died of hatred when faced with such a terrifying Yuan Shao.

Then Yuan Shao became even more uncontrollable. After unifying Hebei, he immediately showed the momentum of swallowing up the whole world and dominating the world.

Yuan Shu has never let go of his fear of this outstanding but outstanding brother.

If he is allowed to grow into the overlord of Hebei as easily as in history, and once he does not fall out with the aristocratic family like in history, he will really have no confidence in dealing with him.

Therefore, when Yuan Shu came to Hebei this time, he came with the idea of ​​poaching Yuan Shao in advance.
Chapter completed!