Zhu Nao

Early the next morning, the two armies pulled out their camps and continued to march towards the towns of Liangzhou.

After Zhu Nao packed up his things, he brought Jing Zhe to the outside of the camp, where Xie Wuji was already waiting for them.Seeing Zhu Nao and Cheng Jingzhe coming out, Xie Wuji looked a little strange.He first took a look at Cheng Jingzhe, Cheng Jingzhe looked at his nose with his eyes, his heart with his nose, and looked forward, without any movement; afterward, Xie Wuji took another look at Zhu Nao.

Xie Wuji: "..."

Junao: "?"

Xie Wuji: "..."

Junao: "??"

In the end, without saying anything, Xie Wuji turned his head and ordered to his subordinates: "Go to order soldiers. When you are ready, go on the road."

Junao also gave the same order to his subordinates.

The two armies lined up and set off together.

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Before dark, the Yanzhou Army and the Shu Army arrived at a town smoothly.

Liangzhou has a vast territory and few towns, and every town is a traffic fortress.Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji wanted to set up a stronghold here, so the army set up camp nearby and settled down, preparing to stay here for a few days.

The soldiers of each battalion are now busy, starting to build fortifications, gather the people, register and record, and take over the government affairs of the town.At night, the barracks began to slaughter cattle and sheep again, and a big banquet was held—but this banquet was not prepared for the soldiers who had been busy all day, but was still used to entertain the eight envoys under Shamowen.

Not only was there good wine and good meat, but since he was near the town, Wei Yue also ordered people to invite a group of dancers to the town to add to the fun.The dancers from the Western Regions were graceful in figure and full of enthusiasm, making the dinner very lively.

It wasn't until it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers, and the eight envoys were drunk, that Wei Yue ordered them to be carried back to the camp to rest.

In the next few days, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji continued to be busy building their stronghold, while Wei Yue held a banquet every day at the station to entertain the envoys of Samoun.He entertained those envoys very well, arranged a group of servants for each of them, and took care of their daily expenses very thoughtfully.Just because one of them casually mentioned that the delicious wolf meat he ate when he was young is still unforgettable, he specially dispatched hundreds of elite soldiers, spent two days searching around, and finally brought back a male wolf with firm flesh.

It was also the first time for those envoys to deal with people from the Central Plains, they were rather cautious in the first two days, but they gradually relaxed after a few days, and they were so happy to stay in the army that they almost forgot the reason for their visit.

A few days later, Wei Yue entertained everyone again.

When the eight envoys came to the camp, they saw that good wine and meat were already on their agenda.They were about to feast, but unexpectedly, Wei Yue didn't announce the start, but clapped his hands outside.

The applause fell, and immediately a group of people came in carrying several boxes.

The eight envoys looked at each other, not knowing what was in these boxes.

Wei Yue said: "Open it."

The soldiers opened the boxes, and the eyes of the envoys lit up: these boxes were filled with gorgeous Sichuan brocade, spices, tea, gold and silver jewelry, etc.!There are more than a dozen boxes full of treasures, as long as you grab a handful from the box, it will be enough for ordinary people to eat for a lifetime!

The envoy's representative hurriedly asked, "General Wei, this is?"

Wei Yue laughed and said: "I'm afraid we will have to discuss the specific matters after Sha Gong surrendered to our army for a while. Zhu Fu Yin was afraid that Sha Gong would be impatient, so he specially ordered someone to prepare some small gifts to show our sincerity. Tomorrow How many people do you send to bring these gifts back to Shagong, so that Shagong can feel at ease as soon as possible. I don’t know how many of you would like it?”

The envoys froze for a moment, and all turned their gazes to the representatives among them.

That representative hesitated for a moment, looking at the gold and silver treasures, the doubts in his heart were fleeting, and he agreed: "Then I will thank Lord Zhu and General Wei for their kindness on behalf of Shagong. Shagong will be very happy!"

Wei Yue laughed heartily, raised his glass, and said, "Come, drink!"

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After dark, a few people came out of the tent unsteadily, ready to go back to rest.

Since some of them will go back to give gifts tomorrow, they are not too drunk tonight, at least they can still walk by themselves.

One of them said with his tongue out: "Have you all seen that? Then why is Governor Zhu so generous in his actions? There are several boxes of yellow and clear gold, which made my eyes go straight!"

"Nonsense, of course I've seen it." Another person said, "It's not that Zhufu Yin is generous, but our elder brother is smart! Fortunately, elder brother came to surrender early, and Zhu Fuyin wants to set us as an example for other people in Liangzhou! As long as We surrendered to them, how dare the other forces in Liangzhou go against them again? Of course they all came to surrender! They put down Liangzhou with no effort, so what are these boxes of gold and silver treasures? They are all trivial!"

"Hahahaha, that's right. I can see that now they want us to surrender no matter what, and they don't hesitate to pamper us and beg us! When you go back tomorrow, you have to tell Big Brother that they are responsive to us now, let Big Brother There can be more points—forget about their military pay of 1 taels of silver!"

"1 taels!!"

The more people talked, the more excited they became, and some even danced with the strength of alcohol.

When they first came to the Shu Army barracks, these eight people were still very nervous, for fear that Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji would not negotiate terms with them.Over the past few days, they have received unprecedented courtesy, and they have completely forgotten the previous anxiety.Right now, each of them has a well-thought-out plan, and they can't see the situation very clearly.

——It wasn't Shamowen who was eager to submit to the Shu army, but the Shu army was eager to take them down!

There is a common principle in the negotiation of any matter: whoever is more impatient will get a higher price;Shamoun is not in a hurry, and it will be no problem for him to hide for another year or so.And Zhu Nao is unusable in Liangzhou, so he has to beg them to hurry up and surrender?

These envoys took such a beautiful mission and accomplished such a great event, wouldn't it be a great benefit when they go back?Getting promoted and getting rich in the future is no problem.

Everyone was very happy, only one person was a little uneasy: "Brother is still hiding now, let's go back to give gifts and spread the word, shouldn't we expose where Brother is hiding?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone slapped him on the head: "Stupid you? We should have gone back to report to the eldest brother, and by the way brought a generous gift back, what's wrong? Besides, you don't understand the attitude of the Shu army." Do you understand? Do they dare to harm big brother? Do they still want to pacify Liangzhou?"

The person who was slapped touched the back of his head, thought about it, and thought it was the same.The reason why Shamowen is still hiding is because he doesn't know the attitude of the Shu army and the Yanzhou army.Now that it is confirmed that the other party is not hostile, there is no need to hide.After all, when the terms of the two parties are negotiated, they will show up sooner or later.

Several people talked excitedly for a while, and it was getting late, so they went back to rest.

Early in the morning of the next day, Wei Yue prepared a camel team for them, and the four envoys went to Samoun's residence with the generous gift prepared by Zhu Nao.

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The place where Shamo Wen hid was not very far away, and the messenger who came back to give gifts had arrived in just one day.

He was warming wine and drinking in the house, when suddenly someone broke in from outside: "Brother, you're back, you're back!"

Shamoun was startled, and hurriedly put down the wine bowl in his hand.

After a while, three envoys entered the room, followed by several people who brought in a dozen heavy boxes.

When Shamowen saw the messenger who came back to report the news, he was startled: In just a few days, how come these people have gained a lot of weight?All the shiny faces, what are you doing here?

He noticed those boxes later and asked, "What are these? How are you talking with the Shu Army and the Yanzhou Army? Did they agree to my conditions?"

Several envoys looked happy and opened the box directly.The radiant gold and silver treasures inside made Shamowan's eyes look straight, and other people around him also surrounded him.

"Where did this come from?? You guys robbed the Shu army?!"

"Did they agree? This is our military salary??"

The messenger said triumphantly: "This is not military salary, it's just a gift from the Zhu Fu Yin to our elder brother."

So several envoys recounted what had happened in the past few days.

After they finished speaking, everyone in the room was boiling, and Shamowen couldn't help but exult: "That's great! That's great!"

You must know that the price Shamowen asked was not low at the beginning.On the one hand, he also knew that there was no one available for Zhu Nao in Liangzhou, so the possibility of accepting him was extremely high; on the other hand, he knew that the other party would bargain, so he asked for a higher price, which also gave the other party room for discussion.Who would have thought that the other party's attitude was more positive than he thought!

Everyone in the room also quickly flattered.

"It must be Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji who have heard about the reputation of the eldest brother, and can't wait to join hands with the eldest brother!"

"Who is our eldest brother? Joining forces with them is to give them face! Do you want to buy our eldest brother with such a small amount of money?"

"After Dong Jiang's death, the most capable person in Liangzhou belongs to the elder brother. If they don't bring troops, maybe the elder brother will be the one who pacifies Liangzhou. They must be afraid that the elder brother will go back on his word, so they are so eager."

"If you want me to say, don't be impatient, big brother. We should take this opportunity to ask for more things. Not to mention that they must pay the military salary, shouldn't big brother ask for a high-ranking official and rich salary? Now that Dong Jiang is dead, who are they going to find?" Come to be the shepherd of Liangzhou? Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji can't stay here by themselves..."

Shamoun was overjoyed when he heard the good news.After a lot of flattery from the crowd, he was even more ecstatic.He couldn't help but think: That's right, what I want is too little!Now it's not that he has to go to Zhu Nao, but that Zhu Nao has to surrender him!

So what if Zhu Nao has money and soldiers?He is not a native of Liangzhou, he doesn't know the situation in Liangzhou, he doesn't know the rules of Liangzhou, so he can't do anything!Only by relying on oneself can it be possible to gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou!

Now that Liangzhou Mu is vacant, there are still a lot of vacancies in Liangzhou, and there are not many remnants of Liangzhou Army who have a higher status than themselves.Is it possible that he also took over the position of Liangzhou Mu?Even if it doesn't work, then he has to win most of the fat job in Liangzhou Prefecture, right?

His dream grew bigger and bigger, and it was out of control.He immediately ordered to those envoys: "Go back to the Shu army camp and talk to them again! The original ones are not counted!"

He re-asked for military supplies, military expansion quotas, government positions, etc., almost twice as much as he had previously asked for.

As it was getting late, the envoys naturally couldn't rush back to the Shu army camp overnight, so everyone went to rest first, and waited to see the envoys off tomorrow.

All night, Summerwin was so excited that he couldn't sleep, and had beautiful dreams one after another, so beautiful that he couldn't close his mouth.

I don't know what kind of shit luck he had to run into someone like Zhu Nao who took advantage of him.This is really destined for him to prosper!