Chapter 230

Dong Zhuo heard this and although he was very unwilling, he frowned and said: "It is absolutely impossible to let Xiaobai be Su Xuan's concubine!"

"This is my most beloved granddaughter; Su Xuan does not have the qualifications to make Xiaobai bow and scrape."

"Since a marriage alliance is impossible, then forget it!"

"I believe that with his current situation with Lord Yuan Shu, as long as we wait for him to eliminate Lord Yuan Shu and Sun Sun Jian, we can then publicize it, and he will also be unable to stand among the noble clans and warlords;"

"He will still have to form an alliance with us."

"Even if he is unwilling to form an alliance with me in the end and still wants to deal with me, I am not afraid of him! Hmph hmph!"

He was no longer the Dong Zhongying of the past.

Today, he commands hundreds of thousands of troops; how many troops does Su Xuan have?

At most, thirty or forty thousand, right?

Not worth mentioning.

Xinye City,

"My Lord! The latest intelligence from Wancheng, please take a look!"

Jia San came to the City Lord's Mansion, met Su Xuan, and handed over a piece of intelligence.

Su Xuan immediately took it, read it quickly, and handed it to Guo Jia and Su Yi beside him: "Take a look!"

Guo Jia and Su Yi immediately took it and read it quickly.

"Hiss! This Lord Yuan Shu is so ruthless! He directly borrowed 2 million shi of grain and 600, 00 gold? What does he want to do?"

The two gasped in unison.

Then, Guo Jia touched his chin and pondered: "This makes no sense! Why would he borrow so much money and grain? This is double the compensation!"

"Not normal! Completely not normal!"

"This guy isn't planning on not paying it back, is he?"

Su Yi was stunned upon hearing this: "No way! He borrowed this money and grain in the name of the Lord Yuan clan. If he doesn't pay it back in the end, his and the Lord Yuan clan's reputation will be significantly affected;"

"At the same time, he won't be able to stand in Nanyang in the future!"

Would Lord Yuan Shu be so short-sighted?

Su Yi thought about it seriously and found that it wasn't impossible!

After all, that was Lord Yuan Shu.

This guy's brain circuit seemed to be different from ordinary people.

Guo Jia looked at Su Xuan and asked: "My Lord, you should have intelligence on him making this decision, right? Just tell me, is he trying to become a deadbeat?"

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan smiled and nodded: "Guo Fengxiao, your brain turns fast! Lord Yuan Shu is indeed planning not to pay it back!"

Immediately, Su Xuan recounted the conversation between Lord Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang to Guo Jia and the others, and said: "After Yan Xiang's reminder, Lord Yuan Shu has realized that he cannot defeat us for the time being, and Nanyang will be lost sooner or later;"

"Therefore, he made this decision, which seems short-sighted but is actually intended to dig up the roots of the Nanyang noble clans and annoy me."

Guo Jia heard this and smiled faintly: "Heh! Unfortunately, he doesn't know that you, my Lord, have never intended to rely on these Nanyang noble clans!"

"In our planning, the power of the noble clans itself must be restricted and weakened;"

"Lord Yuan Shu doing this not only fails to annoy you, my Lord, but is instead helping you clean up and weaken these Nanyang noble clans!"

"This guy is simply a good person, haha!"

Don't look at the fact that there are many noble clans under Su Xuan.

Such as the Huang, Cai, Kuai, and Pang clans of Jingzhou;

The Xun clan of his father-in-law's family... etc.!

But over the past few years, the Huang, Cai, and Xun clans had long been completely bound and subdued by Su Xuan with greater benefits.

Nothing else was needed; just the cultivation techniques that could improve martial arts aptitude, top-tier martial arts heritage, Immortal Martial Arts, Confucian cultivation methods... these were enough to make the heads of these families unable to refuse.

Not to mention the Star Qi Refining Method, which was a true cultivation method for longevity, as well as the Star Returning Origin Formation, Spirit Locking Formation, large amounts of exotic beast meat, elixirs... etc., that could be exchanged and supplied.

Each of these was an irresistible temptation for them.

Even if they had to give up a large part of their existing benefits because of this, so what?

What they gained was still worth more than the cost.

Of course, because the chaotic times had not truly arrived, Su Xuan was only the Administrator of Nanjun and General of the Front;

So, up to now, even for the Xun, Huang, and Cai clans, only a small portion of these families knew about this, participated, and signed spiritual contracts to completely defect to Su Xuan.

And it was mainly concentrated in the upper echelons.

When Su Xuan completely takes over Jingzhou and begins to fully implement his new policies in Jingzhou, he will also have a showdown with these families and give them a choice.

Those willing to join, although they will lose significant power and benefits in the short term, have a promising future.

They can also immediately obtain generous returns and benefits.

Those unwilling to join, sign a confidential spiritual contract, must not leak the discussed matters, and then just wait to be suppressed by Su Xuan!

In the end, their fate will be either to perish in suppression or be forced to leave Jingzhou.

At this time, Su Yi said unhappily: "But in Lord Yuan Shu's eyes, this is calculating against Big Brother, so I don't think we should let him off so easily. At the very least, we must find a way to get the remaining 1 million shi of grain and 300, 00 gold; we can't let him really get away with it!"

"After all, strictly speaking, these all belong to Nanyang;"

"And Nanyang is already Big Brother's;"

"So, this money and grain is approximately Big Brother's too, how can we let him steal it?"

"Uh..."

Guo Jia and Su Xuan were both stunned, then looked at each other and smiled.

Su Xuan reached out and touched Su Yi's head and smiled: "Your thinking is very clear! Very good!"

"That's right! This money and grain is mine, we can't let Lord Yuan Shu take advantage of it, we must find a way to get it!"

Saying this, he looked at Guo Jia and said: "Guo Fengxiao, do you have any ideas?"

"My Lord, you brothers are really... worthy of being biological brothers!"

Guo Jia didn't know how to evaluate this for a moment, and finally gave Su Xuan and Su Yi a thumbs up.

This bandit mode of thinking was truly cut from the same cloth.

Even if Su Xuan took Nanyang, strictly speaking, this money and grain actually belonged to those Nanyang noble clans and powerful families, and had little to do with Su Xuan.

But since the Lord had said so, Guo Jia naturally wouldn't refute it.

He actually quite liked this shameless appearance of the Lord.

Those who want to achieve great things must have a thick enough skin!

Otherwise, being hesitant and overly indecisive, how can one achieve great things?

Only those who are thick-skinned and black-hearted can win the world!

Facing Su Xuan's inquiry and test, Guo Jia pondered and replied: "It's not that there's no way!"

"My Lord! I remember you ordered the soldiers to confiscate all the weapons, armor, military equipment, warhorses, etc., of the captured Lord Yuan Shu and Sun Sun Jian troops, right?"

"Haha! Correct!"

Su Xuan heard this and couldn't help but look up and laugh: "Worthy of you, Guo Guo Fengxiao! You thought of the same thing as me!"

"I originally confiscated these things with the intention of cheating Lord Yuan Shu out of another sum when he came to negotiate!"

"After all, the Lord Yuan clan is so wealthy; if I have the chance to cheat them and don't, I'd be sorry to myself!"

"I didn't expect Lord Yuan Shu to come up with a conspiracy to cheat the Nanyang noble clans, so I naturally prepared to take advantage of these spoils to cheat him out of the extra money and grain he obtained!"

"Zizhong (Su Yi's courtesy name) is right, since this money and grain comes from Nanyang, it must be mine!"

"Absolutely not allowed for Lord Yuan Shu to get it!"

"Lord Yuan Shu has to take the blame for cheating the Nanyang noble clans, but the money and grain must be mine!"

In addition, this can also be considered a disguised punishment for these Nanyang noble clans.

Since you knew I had become the Governor of Jingzhou and you still chose to support Lord Yuan Shu.

Then don't blame me for cheating you together and weakening you.

Moreover, Su Xuan's revenge would definitely not be just this little bit.

Where did this even come from?

Strictly speaking, this couldn't even be considered cheating.

In the future, he would properly deal with these Nanyang noble clans and powerful families.

"However,"

At this time, Guo Jia touched his chin and replied: "Just this alone is probably not enough to make Lord Yuan Shu take out the remaining 1 million shi of grain and 300, 00 gold; the value is not equal;"

— Author's Notes —

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