Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Jian, Zhou Yu and Chen Gong greeted Fang Fan in front of the city lord's palace and shouted in unison.
"Thank you City Lord for saving my son's life. I'm very grateful. Why don't you kneel down and thank me?"
This man had an angular face and a beard like a steel needle on his chin. When he spoke to Fang Fan, he was neither humble nor overbearing.
"Thank you, Lord, for saving my life."
The two brothers Sun Ce and Sun Quan knelt down and said, their voices sonorous and powerful, full of energy. It was obvious that their injuries had almost recovered, and even if there were still remaining injuries, they only needed to rest for a few days.
Moreover, Fang Fan could clearly see that after the battle, they received dragon marrow to heal their wounds, and their cultivation had improved a lot, and it was very likely that they had successfully refined an innate essence with the dragon marrow.
A lot of thoughts came to his mind in an instant, and Fang Fan directly stepped forward to support the two of them.
"You are my soldiers. You were injured in order to protect my territory. This is what I should do. In addition, you will get the rewards you deserve."
"Thank you, lord."
Fang Fan smiled and walked straight into the city lord's mansion, saying something as he walked.
As an elder and having no intention of becoming a general, Sun Jian quickly resigned.
The reason why he came here was just to see Fang Fan and the future city lord. It was just a way to thank the two brothers.
After Sun Jian left, Zhou Yu was the next one.
"Zhou Yu is a great talent, but he has no desire to become an official?"
"Thank you very much, City Lord, for your appreciation. I have no intention of becoming an official, but I would like to embark on a business path. Please ask the City Lord to take care of you in the future."
"That's a pity."
Fang Fan shook his head and said with some regret.
But it's not much of a disappointment. Compared with Fang Fan's current status, being a historical celebrity is no longer enough to impress him.
Fang Fan no longer had the mentality of killing Dian Wei if he didn't obey him.
Moreover, Fang Fan's current status has already determined that he cannot do the act of visiting the thatched cottage.
Otherwise, how about sending Xu Shu, Chen Gong, Jia Xu, Li Yan, Li Mo, and Su Li in their own territory to Yuhedi?
Wouldn't that clearly call them incompetent, throw their dignity to the ground, and then step on them hard?
It is impossible for Fang Fan to make such a stupid move that would destroy his foundation, so he certainly values talents and can be a corporal of courtesy and virtue, but he is only a corporal of courtesy and virtue.
Therefore, although Zhou Yu's rejection made Fang Fan feel a little regretful, he was not very disappointed and just let it happen.
Zhou Yu quickly left after refusing, followed closely by Sun Ce and Sun Quan.
It didn't take long for them to be sent by Fang Fan to lead troops to provide disaster relief.
You should know that even though many places are still flooded, the death of the dragon does not mean that the flood has disappeared.
It is still unknown how many people are submerged in the water and need to be rescued. In addition, the excavation of flood discharge channels, flood diversion, etc. all require manual work.
In the end, only Chen Gong was left, following Fang Fan to the second floor and standing on the balcony overlooking the huge Jianye.
"Lord, this is the general situation in Jianye.
In short, Jianye is very clean now. The day before he took refuge with us, Sun Ce launched a purge in Jianye, cleaning almost the entire Jianye from top to bottom."
After saying this, Chen Gong paused slightly, shook his head and sighed.
"I have to say that Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin are truly great talents, given that all livelihood industries are controlled by the other party.
A second system of officials has been cultivated silently. Although this group of people cannot be said to be outstanding, taking over the job is not a problem yet.
In this way, after a tragic realization, this group of people took over.
So it seems that Jianye has been shaken and suffered heavy losses.
But in fact, the real losses are minimal, and at most they are a slowdown in development.
Moreover, Jianye in this situation is like a blank piece of paper, and everyone is perfectly in Zhou Yu's hands.
Every one of his decrees can be conveyed to the end of Jianye, and he can write his own chapter at will.
It is simply a perfect battle. It can be expected that under Zhou Yu's hands, Jianye's power will be tightly grasped, develop rapidly, and truly become a powerful prince standing along the Yangtze River.
And as long as the navy is developed, it can use the waters of the Yangtze River to radiate its influence to the entire Yangtze River Basin and most of China, and its development potential is huge.
Then, then..."
Chen Gong's expression was extremely strange, and he was even speechless.
"Then Sun Ce gave Jianye to us. It's so unreal and fake, isn't it?"
Fang Fan said with a smile.
"Yes, it's so fake and unbelievable that I wouldn't even dare to write a novel like this."
Chen Gong continued.
"And after this battle of Jiaolong, the people's hearts have completely surrendered. At this time, even if Sun Ce wanted to go back on his word, he couldn't do it.
And if you add the dragon that the lord hunted and used its bones to build a warship, with the dragon warship as the flagship, the Yangtze River water transportation can be officially launched.
And Jianye’s ecology has been completely revitalized, with unlimited potential.”
Hearing Chen Gong's comments, Fang Fan smiled.
"We don't want Jianye."
"What?!"
Chen Gong was stunned and couldn't help but let out a surprised question.
“I said that we don’t want Jianye anymore and are preparing to relocate, as people’s support is favorable now.
And after the battle of Jiaolong, if I leave again, the people will feel very insecure, and then I can easily move them to Ning'an as long as I add fuel to the fire."
"No, lord, my subordinates are offended. I know that I can easily push them to move, especially when the destination is Ning'an, which is guarded by the lord himself.
But why should we move? As a ready-made territory, Jianye has a complete management system and production system, plus shipping is about to open.
It is completely possible to develop and grow without Ning'an's support, and even support Ning'an in return.
Migrating is equivalent to giving up all this. Why should we migrate? This is not in our interests at all.
Moreover, if hundreds of thousands of people migrate, it will be an extremely large-scale operation, and organization will be extremely difficult.
And a little carelessness can cause tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of casualties."
Facing Chen Gong's series of questions, Fang Fan's expression remained unchanged and he smiled faintly.
"It's too far and too dangerous."
When Chen Gong heard this, he was suddenly stunned and thoughtful.
Fang Fan glanced at him and continued.
"Gongtai, you are very smart, but your thinking is still constrained by the times.
Now is not the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, now is the end of the world.
Originally, there were no demons in the world. Lions, tigers, and snakes were no more than ants. A full squad sent by an army could easily kill them.
In the past, no matter how powerful people were, they did not deviate from the category of normal people. At most, one could fight ten, or one could fight a hundred, but after all, they relied on the strength of the group. In front of the group, the individual was ultimately insignificant.
But now it’s different, Gongtai, times have changed.”
