"That's it, this is due north." Jiang Zhuo got up and got out of the way, letting the string owl watch it carefully.

Sure enough, these 10 counties are enough to connect the 5 counties in the hands of the string owl into a "big" character. Although it is not a whole piece, as long as it is connected, it is enough for the soldiers and horses to cross the border without bothering to communicate with NPCs or other people.

When fighting a war across the border, what you are most afraid of is that the chief official of a place that must pass through can also be bribed, and once this kind of problem arises during the war, it will be a big trouble.

After reading it, the string owl nodded with satisfaction, the marching route can completely lead from Xuzhou and the northwest of Yangzhou to the hinterland of the sphere of influence of [Jian Ji Tianxia], which is enough.

As for the problem of a single route, it is not big, and it will be operated slowly in the future. The string owl can't expect to buy the entire county directly from Jiang Zhuo, right?

"Brother Jiang, this location is very good, but the price... Brother Jiang? Brother Jiang? ”

"Uh... Hehe, sorry, distracted. Jiang Zhuo looked like he had just come back to his senses, "What does Brother Xianxiao think?" ”

The string owl quietly expressed his willingness to reduce the price again, but his eyes were staring at Jiang Zhuo, and sure enough, he saw a perfunctory hesitation on the other party's face.

"Price-wise... In this way, Brother Xianxiao, your Qingzhou horses and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban slaves in your hands, I salivate tightly. So we're trading half with gold and half with horses and slaves, right?

However, I don't know much about the market of war horses and slaves, and this business negotiation is not facilitated at one time, so I'll go back and find out, how about we talk about it tomorrow? ”

Jiang Zhuo said that at this point, the string owl naturally couldn't disagree.

When Jiang Zhuo said goodbye and left, the string owl's face sank and gloomy. Tianshu walked in from outside the door, "Boss, I think this Hanjiang is very likely to go to [Ji Tianxia]..."

"Hmph... The game merchant was right, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. The string owl was silent for a long time before he instructed Tianshu, "Let's go, let's go to Jingzhou." These 10 official seals must be taken down! However, the value of 9,000 gold coins, if we bear it alone, the pressure is too great, and we still have to find an ally. ”

The string owl originally wanted to take down the official seal first, and then go to the prison to buy and sell it with one hand, so as to make a little profit from it. But in the current situation, he has to give up that little profit.

The financial resources of [Helping the World] are too terrible, smashing 5,000 gold coins to directly form a thousand-person cavalry regiment, what if Du Hong breaks out and takes the 10 official seals at a higher price?

......

On the other side, Jiang Zhuo went to Zhang Fei to chat, after all, the two had a friendship, and Jiang Zhuo also wanted to see if Zhang Fei had any new tasks here. But it didn't look like the situation, so after chatting for a while, he went out and went straight to Luoyang from the post station.

The people under the string owl immediately passed the news back, and when Jiang Zhuo talked to the groom, he didn't suppress his voice at all.

And what is Luoyang? Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is there now, and Cao Cao's Wenchen military generals, Sizhou, Liangzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other relatively close gang forces have also sent people over, wanting to see if there is a chance.

The helper of [Helping the World] did not miss this opportunity, Du Hong himself is in Luoyang!

The string owl suddenly became even more anxious, and used a magic talisman worth several gold coins halfway through, and hurried to Jingzhou.

His reaction can be pressed, Jiang Zhuo came to Luoyang in addition to putting pressure on the string owl, but he also had his own purpose. After two days of activities, Zhang Zhao had successfully met with the envoys of several other state officials to meet with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

"How's it going?" Jiang Zhuo entered Zhang Zhao's room in the temporary post house, and Luoyang was burned down by Dong Zhuo, and even the palace was gone, let alone the post house. The place where the emperor lives now and the functional buildings such as the post house were all temporarily built by the princes of the other side who participated in welcoming Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

"Today, we are just making a routine pilgrimage at the court meeting to let the court know that there are still local officials like us who support orthodoxy." Zhang Zhao stroked his long black beard, "Your Majesty is very happy, and he was about to reward him on the spot, but he was dissuaded by his uncle Dong Cheng."

Zhao can also understand Dong Cheng's thoughts, as the heroes who rescued His Majesty, even if there is a reward, they should be the first. It's just that now those princes and ministers are even having a hard time, and His Majesty himself is also poorly fed and clothed, so they have to wait for a formal opportunity to give a big reward. ”

Jiang Zhuo frowned, "If the time drags on for a long time, will it be unfavorable to us." Whether it's Cao Cao or the local Inhuman forces, they are all my opponents. ”

"My lord, this matter is urgent." Zhang Zhao's face was calm, "And Cao Cao and that [Helping the World] are now full of trouble." If they still have the energy to trouble us, then they have the ability! ”

"Oh? Cao Cao is in trouble, and I may be able to understand it. But where did the trouble come from? Jiang Zhuo understood that Dong Cheng's group of princes and ministers who followed the emperor out of Chang'an would inevitably want to weaken Cao Cao's authority.

After all, now in the hands of the imperial court, there are no soldiers and no food. If you want to do anything and protect your family's private property, you have to rely on Cao Cao. And who is Cao Cao? In the eyes of those nobles, Cao Cao is an eunuch and an inferior person.

The life and property of a group of superior people are to be protected by an inferior person; If they want to let these superior people look at the face of an inferior person, how can they agree?

"I don't know if the lord has heard of Yang Feng?"

"I've heard of it. This person was originally under the command of Li Dao, and later set up his own door. Welcoming the Han Dynasty and offering the emperor out of Chang'an, wasn't Yang Feng the first to act? Jiang Zhuo was secretly surprised, could it be that his [Lingyun Palace]'s intelligence network was not as good as an NPC now?

You must know that Yang Feng's movements, Jiang Zhuo specially instructed [Tingfeng Tang] to pay attention to them at all times. Otherwise, he would not have rushed to Luoyang with Zhang Zhao immediately when Emperor Han Xian just left Chang'an.

"Not bad. After Yang Feng was defeated by Cao Cao the day before, he defected to Yuan Shu, and released his words, threatening to be hunted down by Zhang Ji, Li Dao, and Guo Yan when he returned to the east. At that time, there were countless officials and soldiers who died, female dependents were heavy, and all kinds of utensils and classics of the royal family were discarded.

And this large number of materials did not fall into the hands of the pursuers, but were snatched by [Helping the World]. [Helping the world] represents Cao Cao. Yang Feng's words may be slandering, but he gave those princes and ministers an excuse to fire at Cao Cao! ”

Jiang Zhuo's eyes narrowed slightly, this news should indeed be slanderous. How many people are staring at that big war, if they swallow that batch of materials alone, they will definitely be in an uproar now.

It is estimated that the materials did fall into the hands of Zhang Ji and the others, and Yang Feng was defeated by Cao Cao, so he slandered and slandered, causing an uproar in the DPRK and China.

"High... There are masters behind Yang Feng to point out! Jiang Zhuo was amazed, the strategy does not need to be complicated, it just needs to be effective.

Yang Feng simply issued an announcement, but Cao Cao was hard to argue. [Helping the world] must be anxious at this time, and he has to bear the pressure from the imperial court and Cao Cao at the same time, it is estimated that Du Hong should be scolding his mother now...

"No matter what, this is your chance!" Zhang Zhao lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "The imperial court does not have military power in its hands now, and the support of local officials like you, the lord, can strengthen the momentum of the imperial court." If you want to come to Your Majesty, I won't be stingy with you.

Of course, if you can be ruthless and give 10,000 gold, maybe it is not impossible for Wanhu Hou! ”

"Wanjin?!"