After stopping Li Shuo's words, Zhao Jia didn't even move his eyelids.

This kind of joke may make other people nervous, but a person like Zhao Jia, who is thoughtful and has experienced many winds and waves, can see the flaws at a glance, and he smiled at Li Shuo.

"Not to mention whether Li Gongzi has the ability to help the imperial court pacify the southwest, even if there is, it will be difficult to restore the old view of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, let alone ......"

Zhao Jia smiled: "If Li Gongzi really wants to do this, it shouldn't be here at Zhao at this time, but on the way to Beijing." ”

Li Shuo's face was calm and did not refute.

Zhao Jia took a sip of tea and asked, "How has Li Gongzi been in the past few years?" ”

"It's bad."

Li Shuo said bluntly, and said lightly: "That place is not a good place in the first place, it is rare to trade with the outside world, not to mention, and the grain grown is not enough to eat, so I can only risk my life to rob the Tibetan people in the west, or go into the mountains to hunt on a large scale, so I can barely survive, so many people die every year." ”

Zhao Jia's pupils shrank.

If the Pingnan Army followed Li Shuo to a place to settle down and became farmers farming, then in five or six years, the remaining combat power of these Pingnan Army would be extremely limited, but if what Li Shuo said was true, then the Pingnan Army had almost preserved its complete combat effectiveness during this time!

At least eighty percent of the combat power.

That's the Pingnan Army, the Pingnan Army that has been run by the Li family's father and son for 30 years, and can compete with any border army! z

To this day, the combat power of the Hanzhou Army is still inferior to the original Pingnan Army, if the Hanzhou Army does not have a thunderbolt in its hands, and the 50,000 Pingnan Army is facing head-on, most of them will be defeated.

Zhao Jia took a deep breath and looked at Li Shuo.

"Then Li Gongzi is here for?"

"To survive."

Li Shuo's face was calm, and he said: "Although we have barely survived in that place, the environment there is too poor, food and clothing are problems, even if the newborn grows up, it will not be strong in the future, and now there are soldiers of the Pingnan Army, and they can still support it, but sooner or later they will all grow old and die, and if this continues, after a generation or two, we will gradually die there." ”

At the beginning, it was not only half of the Pingnan Army who left Jincheng, but also the families of these people who left together, and tens of thousands of people who fled west with Li Shuo!

These people had occupied several cities in the west and barely survived, but as Li Shuo said, their quality of life was very poor.

Fortunately, they all recognize Li Shuo, the bloodline of Nanhou, and Li Shuo is also a very capable leader, so these people can survive in that kind of remote place.

But as Li Shuo said, this kind of lingering breath is not long-lasting.

Li Shuo said this, after a pause, he continued: "In the past five or six years, I have been sending people outside to inquire about the news, and a few days ago, I heard that the imperial court conquered Hanzhou, and the Mu family rebelled, so I knew that the opportunity had come. ”

"But I was not impatient, and watched for a while, and after confirming that the Mu family had indeed rebelled, I set out to see General Mu, and on the way I heard that Mr. Zhao had arrived in Jincheng, so I came to see Mr. Zhao first."

Zhao Jia smiled.

"Since Gongzi Li knows that it was the Mu family who rebelled, he should go to General Mu, what's the use of finding me a scholar?"

"Before, I thought that the rebellion in the southwest was a small fight by the Mu family, and I was still hesitating to come out to see General Mu, but after I knew that Mr. arrived in the southwest, I knew that the southwest was really going to make a big change."

Li Shuo looked up at Zhao Jia and said with a smile: "If I am not mistaken, Mr. should be from my brother's family, Mr. went to the southwest and took charge of Jincheng, so is it understandable that the affairs of the southwest are the handiwork of my brother?" ”

Faced with this question, Zhao Jia did not avoid anything, he nodded slowly: "So to speak." ”

Li Shuo's expression perked up, and he took a deep breath: "Where is my brother, I want to see him." ”

Zhao Jia shook his head secretly in his heart.

In the final analysis, Li Shuo's news in the southwest is still too closed, he only knows the major events that happened in the southwest, and it can be said that he knows nothing about the specific details.

"Master Hou, he's still in the capital."

Li Shuoda frowned: "Brother, he is in the capital, how can the southwest rebel?" Won't the emperor kill with his hands? ”

Zhao Jia's face was calm: "If there is a rebellion in the southwest, Hou Ye will be safe in the capital, to be specific, it is a long story, when Li Gongzi saw Hou Ye, he asked him himself." ”

Li Shuo put down the teacup in his hand and took a deep breath.

He looked up at Zhao Jia.

"Sir, how far are you going? How far can it go? ”

"Tear the earth and seal the country."

Because Li Shuo had a force in his hands, Zhao Jia took a fancy to him, so he said bluntly: "From now on, the imperial court is the imperial court, and the southwest is the southwest, and this point Hou Ye has already negotiated with the imperial court, and it won't be long before there will be a king of Shu in the southwest." ”

Li Shuo closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Sir, I want the southwest province to recuperate, and in return, I can lead troops to help the Mu family guard the southwest." ”

He is indeed having a hard time now, his men often do not have enough to eat, and as the leader, he can't watch them continue to nest in that place where birds don't, so he really wants to go back to the southwest.

But the southwest was originally in the hands of the imperial court, and they, these righteous thieves, naturally did not dare to come back, and at this time, the southwest may be about to change hands, and Li Shuo must take this opportunity to return to the southwest with his subordinates.

"You have to talk to Master Hou about this."

Zhao Jia picked up the teacup and said indifferently: "Just like the emperor will not allow his generals to raise private soldiers, Hou Ye will most likely not allow the southwest hinterland to have a team of other people's soldiers and horses." ”

"The side of the couch is not allowed to allow others to sleep soundly, and Li Gongzi can also understand it."

Seeing that Li Shuo was silent, Zhao Jia continued: "But Li Gongzi, you ...... After all, unlike outsiders, Master Hou doesn't have any ill feelings towards you, if you talk to him, maybe you can talk about it. ”

Li Shuo frowned.

"At this time, I will go to the capital, can I still get out?"

Li Xin was under close surveillance, and most of the people who went to see him would be targeted by Tianmu Supervisor, Ye Ming could leave the capital safely after seeing him, because the people of Tianmu Prison did not dare to stop him, and Zhao Jia was able to leave Liyang after seeing Li Xin, because Li Xin's men died.

On Zhao Jia's way to the southwest, in order to protect her, at least forty or fifty people died under Shen Gang's men, and of course, there were many casualties among the people of Tianmu Prison.

Zhao Jia shook his head slightly: "I don't know." ”

"It's better to do this, I'll write a letter to Hou Ye, send it to the capital, and explain the situation to him here, whether Gongzi Li is waiting in Jincheng, or going back and waiting, as soon as there is news, I will immediately send someone to inform you."

Li Shuo hesitated, but finally got up from the chair and bowed to Zhao Jia.

"Then there is Mr. Lao, Mr. may wish to ask for me, if the capital can go, I still want to see my brother in person, after all, there are some things that are not clear in the letter."

Seeing that he was leaving, Zhao Jia also got up to see him off.

"Li Gongzi, the water in the capital is now much more turbid than in the southwest, and even the Hou Ye is struggling in the capital."

"No matter how chaotic the situation in the southwest is, it is always just a corner of the situation in the capital."

"At this moment, Li Gongzi better not go to the capital,"