Chapter 603 Dedicating the City
After Lu Songli recovered from her illness, someone forced her to rest for two days. She was not allowed to do anything except urgent official business. She was allowed to go out to work only after she was fully recovered.
Lu Songli's value has been restored.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived, her subordinates gave her a big surprise.
As soon as Xue Xu saw her, he said, "Governor, I have good news for you. We have a chance to take over Jizhou."
Lu Songli: ...
"What's going on?" Lu Songli glanced at Xue Xu, Guo Chong, and Ji Wuyin. What was going on? She had just fallen ill and rested for a few days, and when she came back, everything had changed?
Xue Xu then reported to her that they had sent Dong Jichuan through Wei Yang to persuade the governor of Jizhou, Liu Guanlin.
Lu Songli: Very good. The people under her have become mature subordinates. They have spontaneously learned how to capture cities and territories, and have made contributions to Pingzhou.
"Governor, we've already spoken with Liu Guanlin. But he wants to talk to you in person. Is that possible?"
"Of course." The front steps have been walked down, and only the last step is left. What reason does Lu Songli have to object?
Since he planned to surrender the city, Liu Guanlin came in person.
At this time, he was sitting in the teahouse of Pingzhou Prefecture, waiting to be summoned.
As the prefect of Jizhou, which was sandwiched between the Xianbei of Pingzhou and the Dali, Liu Guanlin felt deeply the strength of the Pingzhou and Xianbei, and compared with these two sides, the Dali court appeared very weak.
In addition, over the past year or so, a series of measures taken by Pingzhou have also had a huge impact on Jizhou, and many local people have fled.
Those without permanent property almost all fled to the territory of Pingzhou. Even those with only a few acres of thin land sold their property and left. These people left when the Xianbei captured Yanmen.
After the Battle of the East China Sea, Pingzhou became more vibrant than ever.
Liu Guanlin knew very well that Jizhou was destined to be lost.
So when Dong Jichuan analyzed the situation with him and advised him to surrender, he took advantage of the situation and came in person.
There is a difference between active surrender and passive surrender.
He was credited with surrendering the city voluntarily, and his nephew was also credited with the matchmaking.
He was really smart to kill two birds with one stone.
Lu Songli and Liu Guanlin had a smooth conversation.
His contribution to the city has been recorded, for future reference...
This will become his political capital for promotion.
After the discussion, Liu Guanlin took the initiative to suggest, "Without further delay, Governor, please arrange for someone to go back with me to take over Jizhou!"
He did this to avoid any further complications. Since he had already started, he had to finish the job quickly and take all the credit for himself.
Lu Songli nodded, "Okay, I'll have someone arrange it. You can go eat something and rest for a while. You can take the people back later."
"OK."
Lu Songli immediately sent someone to invite Qin Sheng over. She planned to let him lead people to take over Jizhou.
Hearing this, Liu Guanlin felt warm in his heart. Qin Sheng, the governor's husband, he had to behave well on the way back.
After Liu Guanlin left, Guo Chong immediately said, "Congratulations, Governor. We are almost certain to take over Jizhou."
Lu Songli: I never expected that the lost territory would be returned in another form.
Xue Xu's face was filled with a smile. What does it mean to conquer the enemy without fighting? Isn't this what it means?!
"You three, do you have anything else to do?"
Xue Xu and Guo Chong both looked at Ji Wuyin, indicating that he should speak for himself.
Ji Wuyin then asked, "Governor, do you still remember Gu Huaisheng, the young master of the Gu family, the head of the southern land family?"
"Remember, did his younger brother Gu Er come to Pingzhou that year?"
"Yes, that's him. The governor has a really good memory."
Lu Songli raised an eyebrow, "Why are you mentioning him? Did Gu Huaisheng come to Pingzhou?"
"Yes, Governor."
"Did he ask you for help?" Lu Songli looked at Xue Xu and Ji Wuyin. Both of them were from the South. Would Gu Huaisheng come to them?
"No—" Ji Wuyin shook his head, "But as far as I know, he has already bought a few stores and some land, and is ready to start business."
After Mr. Gu's death, Gu Huaisheng became the head of the Gu clan. Unexpectedly, he would seize this opportunity so desperately. Even when faced with opposition from the clan elders, he did not hesitate to give up the position of head of the clan and boarded the ship with his wife, children, and a small number of clan members who were willing to follow him.
Ji Wuyin felt sorry for him and happy for him for his courage.
Unfortunately, due to various reasons, he was forced to join Xie Zhan's team and missed the opportunity to become the first-tier team for Pingzhou's development.
However, Gu Huaisheng is a modest gentleman. If his grandfather were still alive, he would not do what he is doing now.
Now Gu Huaisheng was one of the second wave to join the group, and he would need to work very hard to catch up, or maybe no matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to make up for the gap. No one could say for sure.
Ji Wuyin suppressed his emotions and said, "Governor, the truth is, didn't Old Xue host a dinner party at your house a few days ago? We brainstormed at the meeting and came up with a plan to take over Jizhou and Zhuozhou."
"You already know how to take Jizhou."
Lu Songli nodded.
"And the strategy to capture Zhuozhou was proposed by Gu Huaisheng."
"Tell me."
"The Governor should be familiar with the story of Guan Zhong advising Duke Huan of Qi on buying a deer to control the state of Chu, right?"
Lu Songli raised her eyebrows. Buying a deer to control Chu? Of course she had heard of it.
"Zhuozhou's specialties include Baiyangdian preserved eggs, Tangxian dates, snowberry, donkey meat hot pot, and Qingyuan incense. Which one do you want to take?"
"Baiyangdian preserved eggs or donkey meat hot pot?" The latter actually targets donkeys.
Lu Songli nodded, agreeing that they should use these two items as their starting items.
"Which one do you think is better, Governor?" Ji Wuyin asked. He and Gu Huaisheng discussed it for a long time but couldn't make up their minds.
Lu Songli replied, "Let's have donkey meat on fire."
"Why?" Ji Wuyin was puzzled. Aren't Baiyangdian preserved eggs good?
"Let someone invite Gu Huaisheng over, and we'll discuss this together." Lu Songli said.
As soon as Lu Songli gave an order, someone immediately went out to invite Gu Huaisheng.
Gu Huaisheng was soon invited in. For people like them who had any aspirations, buying a house near Changli Prefecture was a must.
When he was summoned, he suppressed his slightly excited emotions.
After entering, he quickly glanced at the woman at the top, then lowered his eyes and bowed, "Gu Huaisheng greets the governor."
A gentle female voice sounded, "No need to be polite."
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