By the time Zhou Chao and Yuan Zhou returned to Hepu City, it was already two days later.

Yuan Zhou told Liu Zheng about this trip to Wuling County, which immediately made Liu Zheng overjoyed.

Liu Zheng didn't expect that Guo Shi was so generous, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was supported by 5,000 gold.

Originally, Liu Zheng wanted to blackmail Guo Shi at the beginning, but with a dispensable mentality, even if he didn't get money from Guo Shi, Liu Zheng would still send troops.

And now that Guo Shi is so generous and has offered such a high price, Liu Zheng is naturally embarrassed and delays time.

At that moment, he directly announced that he ordered Zhou Chao and Gan Ning, with Gan Ning as the main commander and Zhou Chao as the deputy general, to command a battalion of soldiers and horses under Gan Ning's command to support Guo Shi.

Although the soldiers and horses under Gan Ning are not the two most elite soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng, they are also more powerful than the soldiers and horses of the fourth battalion under Zhou Cang, and they are more experienced and more experienced.

Sending them to Wuling County, exercising, and experiencing more battlefield battles can also improve the ferocity of this army under Gan Ning's command, which is by far the most suitable for sending out of the men and horses.

Gan Ning and Zhou Chao took the order, and Liu Zheng received the 5,000 gold subsidy from Guo Shi, plus some money he got from each city in his previous attack on Jiaozhou, and now Liu Zheng has assets of 30,000 or 40,000 gold.

However, before that, all this money was spent by Liu Zheng on the construction of Jiaozhou and the compensation for the soldiers who died in the battle of Jiaozhou.

The money left behind is really not much, Guo Shi's money can be regarded as making up for some of Liu Zheng's current deficits, and at the same time allowing Liu Zheng to have some surplus, which can continue to replenish some soldiers and horses.

The soldiers and horses of Zhou Cang's fourth battalion have almost been formed, and now they can also be put forward and taken to the Jingzhou battlefield for training, while the first battalion of Xu Huang under Liu Zheng and the second battalion of Huang Zhong are the most elite people under Liu Zheng.

These people, who were also Liu Zheng's most trusted men, were scattered by Liu Zheng in various counties and counties in Jiaozhou, temporarily serving as county soldiers to suppress rebellions that would appear from time to time.

Only by first consolidating the rule of Jiaozhou can Liu Zheng be able to use troops abroad.

Liu Zheng originally wanted to personally follow Gan Ning and his party to deal with Sun Jian, but after occupying Jiaozhou, there were too many things that Liu Zheng needed to deal with, and Liu Zheng did not have a capable assistant by his side, so he had to make decisions in person.

This caused Liu Zheng to be very busy, and he couldn't fight in the south and north like before.

And Liu Zheng's only strategist, Yuan Zhou, was sent to Wuling County by him before, which made Liu Zheng even busier, and in this way, Liu Zheng realized the pain of missing a strategist group.

Suffering from the lack of a strategist group, Liu Zheng could only find Shixie.

Now that Liu Zheng occupies Jiaozhou and unifies the entire Jiaozhou, speaking of which, Shixie's help to Liu Zheng is not insignificant, so Liu Zheng also fulfilled his previous promise and gave Shixie enough authority, not only everything in Cangwu County was handed over to Shixie's family, but by the way, as in history, he brought up a group of brothers caught by Shixie.

The Taishou of several major counties in Jiaozhou appointed a few younger brothers to Shi Xie, and even Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Wu and eldest son Shi Hui were taken by Liu Zheng and planned to train them well.

Of course, cultivation is one thing, and on the other hand, Liu Zheng also wants to keep Shiwu and Shihui and let them stay by his side and act as a proton.

Shi Xie himself was naturally clear about this, but not only did he not oppose it, but strongly agreed with it, because only in this way would Shi Xie have an excuse to tell the court that the reason why he would take refuge in Liu Zheng was forced by Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng detained his son and younger brother, and Shi Xie would have done these things.

With this excuse, the court will not embarrass him too much.

And Shi Xie also strongly supported Liu Zheng, not only helping Liu Zheng economically, but also giving Liu Zheng great support to quell those rebellions, and even Shi Xie's headquarters army was seconded to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng took time out this time and found Shi Xie again.

"Shi Xie Taishou, everything I promised you has been done."

Shi Xie's family can now be said to be the largest family in Jiaozhou, although it is nothing for the entire Han court, but in Jiaozhou, Shi Xie's family head has no other family head to compare, even those barbarian cottages, they have to give Shi Xie a few thin noodles.

"My lord, I knew that you were extraordinary, but I didn't expect that the entire Jiaozhou would be laid down so soon, and I really didn't see the wrong person."

"Although I have conquered Jiaozhou, I can't be happy too early, the people of Jingzhou and Yangzhou have been eyeing us, and sooner or later they will send troops to attack again."

"I heard that the adults intend to send troops to Jingzhou, so let's strike first?"

The news that Liu Zheng sent Gan Ning to Wuling County had already spread the day before yesterday, and as Liu Zheng's cronies, Shi Xie was naturally able to receive the news.

"Well, now that the war in Jiaozhou is calm, we can't stop and send people to Jingzhou, on the one hand, to train troops, and on the other hand, to eliminate potential enemies first, and when the real big war comes, we can reduce some opponents."

"I came to you, in fact, there is something to do with it."

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

When Shi Xie heard Liu Zheng's words, he immediately frowned, not understanding what Liu Zheng meant.

"This time, when General Gan Ning went to Wuling County, I also wanted to go with me, but recently I have been overwhelmed by these government affairs in Jiaozhou, so I want to ask Shi Xie Taishou to temporarily manage the government affairs of Jiaozhou, and at the same time recommend a few capable people, let me go to recruit and share my worries."

Liu Zheng got straight to the point, the purpose of his coming to Shixie was to let all government affairs in Jiaozhou be managed by Shixie.

Historically, Shixie, although not a very capable state pastor, but Jiaozhou under the management of Shixie can be regarded as a paradise, and the Central Plains War lasted for so long, and Jiaozhou did not have much war.

In addition to being attacked by Wu later, Jiaozhou here, during the Three Kingdoms period, became stronger and stronger.

After Shi Xie heard Liu Zheng's words, he was first surprised, and then showed a hint of joy.

Liu Zheng opened his mouth to say such a thing, which showed that Liu Zheng really trusted him and handed over such an important matter to him, which made Shixie happy.

Then he immediately said to Liu Zheng.

"The matter of managing government affairs is too important, adults should think twice, as for recommending some capable people, this is okay, I happen to know some."