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"Benchu, why don't hesitate to contact Yiren? In this situation, Yiren is a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him has no way out. As long as we make a little concession, we may take over the entire three counties of Qingzhou at a very small price. But you have to talk to Fang Zhiwen, the little fox, about dividing the three counties of Qingzhou. This is simply... to waste the foundation and chase the end!"

Xu You was a little furious. From Yuan Shao's expression, he could see that Yuan Shao seemed to be more interested in Pang Ji's strategy. Could it be that Yuan Shao would rather give up the benefits he got for a temporary face? What's more, this interest is not a little bit, but a huge territory with a population of millions!

"Haha, I'm far from being apart! The stranger has no faith. If we believe in them, maybe they will sell us, or retaliate and rebel again, which is not my wish. Qingzhou's three counties are from Jizhou and cannot leave such unsafe hidden dangers. At the same time, Jinan is the pedal for our intervention in the Central Plains, and it is even more unforeseen. Therefore, it is better to solve this matter thoroughly at one time."

Xu You only felt a little dark in front of him. Yuan Shao's words were just excuses. To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao was just trying to hide his mistakes. Xu You suddenly felt a little regretful, really a little regretful, was he wrong to choose Yuan Shao?

Thinking of this, Xu You felt a little discouraged and couldn't help but get interested. Looking at the high-spirited Zheng Ji, Xu You suddenly thought, was this Zheng Ji deliberately acting? Perhaps he had discovered Yuan Shao's thoughts, so he deliberately fought with himself in exchange for Yuan Shao's trust?

Xu You thought about it this way, the more he thought about it, the more he felt. He sighed heavily in his heart, hoping that this was just a way for Yuan Shao to check and balance his subordinates. If Yuan Shao could give up huge benefits for his own face, that would be really disappointing.

Seeing that Xu You had no intention of continuing to speak, Yuan Shao was relieved, and was very ashamed and embarrassed. This shame and embarrassment made Yuan Shao feel guilty. Seeing the eyes of his subordinates around him, it seemed as if everyone had seen through his little thoughts. This feeling of humiliation made Yuan Shao’s heart a sense of nameless fire. In the end, the anger fell on Xu You.

It’s all the fault of this damn Xu You. Even if the problem lies in the original choice, even if it can prove how accurate and visionary the three strategies were, it cannot take all the honors on yourself and push all the faults down on the Lord, right? Is this still the duty of a subject?! A subject who does not do his duty is definitely not a good subject!

Yuan Shao took a deep breath and warned himself that he should not be too strict with his subordinates' mistakes, so as not to hurt everyone's hearts, so he had to let Xu You go for the time being.

"The lord's theory is precise. In the direction of Jinan and Le'an, we really cannot leave hidden dangers. In order to avoid ending up in a dilemma of being attacked from all sides. If we cannot handle it carefully, we will be harmed before we can gain benefits!"

Geng Bao has been following Yuan Shao for a long time, so how could he not see Yuan Shao’s inner thoughts? Yuan Shao’s problem lies in his personality. Yuan Shao’s identity made Yuan Shao seem too conceited because of inferiority. The final problem is that he is too face-saving, which is not a big deal for ordinary people. However, as a leader, every flaw in character and quality will be magnified countless times to exert his strength.

As a minister, you must never use the weaknesses of the master to seek personal gain, nor can you completely deny his ability because of the master's personality. On the contrary, you should find ways to pick up the shortcomings. This is the role of the minister. Therefore, after Geng Bao looked at Pang Ji and Xu You with contempt, he would advance the matter first. Other problems can be left to be solved slowly after Yuan Shao calmed down.

Yuan Shao looked at Geng Bao gratefully, then turned his eyes to other subordinates. At this time, everyone could see something more or less. Now no one was foolish to touch Yuan Shao's bad head. Even Xin Ping, who was outspoken, closed his mouth, so the matter was settled.

"Okay, let's go there. After all, you have met Fang Zhiwen several times. Don't he like doing business very much? The husband is not worse than him in this regard, haha!"

"Haha, lord is praised, I will accept the order!" Guo Tu smiled interestingly and took the matter down. This is a good thing. I believe he can get a lot from it again!

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"The matter is clear now. Yuan Shao has no envoy to receive us, and Kong Rong wrote this letter to us. If we want a political solution, negotiations with Kong Rong are the only way out."

"But... Kong Rong's conditions are too harsh, right? Hand over all the cities and then negotiate to resettle them. Isn't this equivalent to leaving the house with nothing?"

"Haha, don't say that. The guild in Guangzhou also paid a ransom to leave the house in vain."

"You can still laugh. Didn't the investor behind you say you want to withdraw your investment?"

"There is no at all. On the contrary, they think that Kong Rong cannot control such a large territory at all. Therefore, what Kong Rong wants is just south of Guangrao in Qi and Le'an County. As a military point, Linzi and Guangrao must be controlled, and other cities will eventually be released. They just want to force us to sign a stricter agreement to tie us up with their chariots. This is also good. At least for a certain period of time, we were forced to join us, haha."

The representative's words made everyone present blush. People were so cheap. They had the opportunity to consciously join in and form a powerful appeasement group, but because of their selfishness, they finally formed the passive situation today. In the end, they were forced to form a strong binding military and economic group by the indigenous forces. This has to be said to be a wonderful irony to the representatives present.

The scene was a little cold for a while. Another voice broke everyone's embarrassment.

"So, do you think Kong Rong doesn't ask for much?"

"Kong Rong, in essence, only demands the safety of Beihai County. He has never been a greedy or ambitious person. This can easily be obtained from the player guild of Beihai County. If there was no Killing God Fang Zhiwen, the guild of Beihai County, might have rebelled long ago."

"Haha. This is the case when you say this. So we should choose a representative as soon as possible to negotiate with Kong Rong. After the negotiation one day earlier, it will reduce a lot of losses and consumption. It is a good thing for us and Kong Rong."

Seeing everyone's gradually rising emotions, the representatives who were a little ashamed were very complicated. It was shameless to surrender so happily!

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"Yuan Zhi, Shuzhi, Changxu, what do you think?"

Kong Rong asked about the written request made by the representative from Linzi. Before formal negotiations, Kong Rong must first unify his internal opinions.

Sun Shao and Wang Xiu turned their attention to Li Yuanzhi at the same time. Li Yuanzhi now represents Fang Zhiwen, and behind Beihai County, Fang Zhiwen supports and maintains Beihai County. Leaving Fang Zhiwen, it is almost difficult for Beihai County to exist. Wang Xiu and Sun Shao knew this very well. Although they were a little unwilling to give up, this was also an unchangeable fact.

Kong Rong is a good official, a good boss, and a good teacher and friend. But he cannot be regarded as a qualified master. At least in this chaotic world where warlords are rampant, Kong Rong's personality is even less suitable as a prince. However, Wang Xiu and Sun Shao are not so ambitious. For them, it would be satisfying to benefit the people of the country together with Kong Rong.

Perhaps, this is called feathers of feathers gather.

Li Yuanzhi blinked. In fact, Wang Xiu and Sun Shao misunderstood Kong Rong's question. Kong Rong had a close relationship with the lord, so the lord's instructions must have already told Kong Rong. So Kong Rong's question now was Li Yuanzhi's personal opinion, not Fang Zhiwen's thoughts.

"Mr. Kong, I am a soldier. Of course, I listen to my lord's opinions. My lord's opinions are my."

Wang Xiu and Sun Shao were slightly stunned, then they understood and couldn't help but blush. Li Yuanzhi was telling them tactfully that neither Li Yuanzhi nor Fang Zhiwen had the intention of interfering too much in the internal affairs of Beihai.

In fact, with the IQs of Wang Xiu and Sun Shao, I would not be confused. If Fang Zhiwen really wanted to Beihai, he would not have to use the form of alliance, but instead adopted the military occupation model, and Kong Rong would not have refused.

Kong Rong didn't think so much, but smiled and stroked his beard and said, "I already know Zhiwen's opinion. I want to ask you a few of your own opinions. Where is our bottom line for Yiren's negotiation?"

Sun Shao thought for a while and said, "Sir, control Linzi, Guangrao, and Ju County, no, it should be to capture Guang County. These three places must be controlled by me. Other places are not important. In addition, the number of local troops is limited, so you cannot give in."

Wang Xiu nodded and said, "I agree with Changxu's statement. To add, taxes must be implemented from the highest proportion and can be adjusted year by year, but the initiative lies with me."

Kong Rong nodded without saying a word, then turned his gaze to Li Yuanzhi. Li Yuanzhi grabbed his scalp. To be honest, when he was in Qingdao, he gave all the political things to Xie Shuwen. Li Yuanzhi made no progress in this regard, but now he cannot help but speak, otherwise he would embarrass his lord.

"Sir Kong, I think we can basically sell all the cities again. Of course, the population is not counted, and we should concentrate the population into the cities we control."

"You mean, sell empty cities?"

"Yes!?" Li Yuanzhi looked at Kong Rong strangely. Is there anything wrong with this? His lord always does this and never see Yi Ren dissatisfied with it.

Kong Rong blinked and realized that he felt that he was shameless enough this time, but in fact, it was still far away, not far away!
Chapter completed!