Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 117, Grassland Movement

Upon hearing this, Fang Yong quickly adjusted his mood and asked Wu Yuan to take a seat.

"Yuan Hao, please speak."

Wu Yuandao:
"The general has his sights set on conquering the world. Sooner or later he will attack Hunan and other places. Why not take this opportunity to deploy in advance?"

Fang Yong thought about it and nodded.
"That makes sense, but I don't know where to start?"

Wu Yuandao:
"First, the general can send a loyal and steady general with more troops to accompany Gong Zhao to Changsha, and make a big fuss along the way to promote the general's reputation. In this way, everyone in the world will know that the general is escorting Gong Zhao back home. After returning to Changsha, it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold. He can be a hidden chess piece for the general to conquer Hunan in the future."

"Secondly, the general can send skilled craftsmen to survey the water veins and the distribution of forces along the way for future use."

"Third, after arriving in Changsha, the general can send troops to the scattered towns and villages, imitate the old Hongze, gather the people, open up fields, and wait for the right time."

After listening to Wu Yuan's plan, Fang Yong thought about it carefully and felt that it was feasible, so he asked Wu Yuan if he had anyone to recommend.

Wu Yuan recommended Li Sheng.

Fang Yong thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Although Li Sheng is loyal, he has never been able to take charge of a situation on his own, so I'm afraid he won't be able to handle this task."

Wu Yuansui said: "You can ask the generals to recommend them."

Fang Yong then summoned all the generals to seek candidates.

Zhai Xun recommended Wei Xing, who had made great contributions in pacifying the banditry in Nanjing.

Ma Laohei recommended Gao Li, who had led people to ambush and set fire in Wu Yuan's plan to burn Dangshan Mountain, and had made great contributions.

Niu Jin recommended Xie Chengzong, who did not have any outstanding military achievements, but was born in a water stronghold, had a high level of qualifications, and was famous for his bravery and fighting skills.

Among the three recommended people, Wei Xing was undoubtedly the most capable, but Wu Yuan said that Wei Xing was a murderer of his master and could not be appointed as a general.

Fang Yong was somewhat hesitant after hearing this.

Zhai Xun did not say much, only saying that Wei Xing was quite talented and the general could keep him to observe.

Fang Yong nodded.

As for the next two people, Gao Li’s qualifications were too inexperienced, so Fang Yong was a little worried.

Although Xie Chengzong has high qualifications, what Fang Yong lacks now is a general who can take charge of the overall situation, rather than a warrior who only cares about fighting and killing.

In the end, Niu Jin remained silent for a long time and recommended another person.

His name is He Ai.

This man was a veteran soldier during the attack on Huai River. He was later promoted by killing enemies in the battle against Duke Shanguo. Later, he led his soldiers to win the merit of being the first to climb and break the city. Now he serves as a captain in Yangzhou, responsible for military farming.

He Ai has enough experience and ability, but the only shortcoming is that he is Zhou Shuan's subordinate, not Niu Jin's...

In the end, Fang Yong sent someone to transfer He Ai over and ordered him to take 3,000 sailors and Gong Zhao to Changsha.

Not long after, Fang Yong's army set out again and headed for Chaozhou.

Wherever the army went, no one could stop them and they were all invincible.

At that time, grassland.

A fierce war has just ended.

A hawk swooped down from the sky and grabbed a head on the ground as a delicacy.

But the weight of the human head made the hawk's flight quite slow.

"Swoosh" a sharp arrow flew out and shot down the goshawk in mid-air.

Kah Khan put away his bow and arrow, looked far to the south, his eyes like a greedy eagle.

Just now, Kah Khan launched a war against the last tribe on the grassland that opposed the slave reform policy.

This once largest tribe on the grassland had no ability to resist his iron cavalry and was defeated in one blow.

Since then, Kah Khan, through the efforts of two generations of his father's generation, finally integrated the grassland and completely abolished the pastoral slave system that had existed on the grassland for thousands of years.

All this is thanks to that Han Chinese.

It was that impoverished Han man who proposed the astonishing slave reform policy, which enabled the Kahe family to evolve from an unknown small tribe on the grassland to the leader of all tribes today!

Kah Khan didn't understand why the Central Plains would expel such a talent. But in a sense, it was precisely because of this that the Kah family rose in the grassland.

Now there is only one voice on the grassland. I wonder what the situation is like in the Han Dynasty in the south...

Suddenly, his men came to report.

"Great Khan, we have found out the identities of those Han soldiers who suddenly broke into the battlefield!"

Capital city, Juxian Tower.

This is the biggest place of joy in the capital.

The girls in the building have always sold their skills but not their bodies.

They just want a good marriage, not a life full of money.

What is a good marriage?

Even if it's the marriage treasure that costs fifty taels each, a few hundred would be enough.

Jia Lian does not have such a marriage treasure, and even if he does, he would not dare to do so.

Recently, the one in his family has become more and more powerful. The Wang family has gained power, and Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Wang have also become powerful in the mansion. The old lady is even more respectful to them, so he dare not offend them.

Fortunately, Li Ni was the host this time, so Jia Lian could come here and have some fun under the pretext of socializing.

Don't talk about business at the table, just drink.

After several rounds of wine, Jia Lian drank a little too much.

Just at this moment, a young girl in green came down from upstairs, her green gauze fluttering and her steps graceful, like a willow in summer or a wheat in spring.

Jia Lian's eyes were fixed on the girl.

That is Miss Yuhe, the fourth girl in the building. She is still a virgin. Conservatively speaking, she has at least 200 marriage partners.

Sometimes Li Ni actually doesn't understand Jia Lian.

For example, someone like Miss Yuhe, although pretty, but her body is like a seedling in the field, what's the fun in that?
Maybe he is tired of his family's censorship, so he is attracted to such a thin girl?

In any case, when Jia Lian woke up the next day, Miss Yuhe was already lying beside him, with the indenture beside her.

How can this be good?

If Feng Lazi at home knew about this, how could she let it go?

Jia Lian was extremely distressed.

He wanted to sacrifice the pawn to save the driver, but looking at the delicate body beside him, he couldn't bear to abandon it.

This is much better than Bao Er’s family’s.

After much hesitation, he finally accepted the deed.

Not long after, Li Ni came specially to apologize.

He said that yesterday, when he saw Jia Lian and Miss Yuhe were in love with each other, he took the initiative to help them get together without asking Brother Lian's opinion. Today he came to apologize.

Jia Lian was so happy that he naturally couldn't blame Li Ni.

He just expressed his unspeakable secret with a bitter face, and asked Li Ni to think of any proper way to accommodate Yuhe.

Li Ni secretly laughed in his heart, but said on the surface: "Brother Lian is actually henpecked? It was me who harmed Brother Lian. I really didn't know, I really didn't know!"

Jia Lian was embarrassed, and in order to save face, he had to forcefully explain the reason. He naturally did not reveal the details, but only mentioned the power of the Wang family and his difficult situation.

After hearing this, Li Ni sighed, "A real man cannot live without power for a day!"

When Jia Lian heard this, he agreed with it deeply.

The two of them sighed for a while, and Li Ni suddenly said:
"Brother Lian, I came to visit you today because I have something to ask of you. Looking at the current situation, this may be able to relieve your immediate needs."

Jia Lian said quickly, "Brother, please tell me quickly."

Li Ni said, "I have a number of 'small businesses' that need to be transported from Shanxi. Shanxi is under martial law now, and I need someone to mediate. If you are willing to go, I would like to recommend you to be the prefect of Zezhou. When you take the position, wouldn't it be wonderful to be in charge of a prefecture?"

Jia Lian's eyes widened: "Zezhou prefect, me, me?"

On the same day, Wang Lun's carriage entered the gate of the capital.

(End of this chapter)