Chapter 302

At this point, Su Xuan added: "Of course, my army's treatment is also extremely high, the military pay is 30% higher than the elite in the court, and all kinds of welfare benefits are not comparable to other forces;"

"You can tell them clearly, and let them make their own choices!"

"Don't force them, understand?"

"Understood!"

Gan Ning nodded heavily and immediately ran to discuss with these water bandits.

In the end, only a hundred or so people left, and the rest were willing to follow Gan Ning to join Su Xuan's Jiangling Water Navy.

No way, Su Xuan's prestige is well-known even in Ba Commandery.

Such a good opportunity, why would they be willing to give it up?

The hundred or so people who really gave up, some were because they couldn't leave home too far;

Some were worried that they couldn't stand the strict military discipline in Su Xuan's army.

After all, they became water bandits because they were unruly people themselves.

These people were not just debuting for a few months, they were all subdued by Gan Ning halfway.

They were already old water bandits in the past.

Afterwards, Su Xuan let those who were unwilling to join leave, and then took Gan Ning and the others back.

As for the Su Family Chamber of Commerce fleet that was intercepted by Gan Ning before?

The Secret Guard had already sent news just now that the things had been retrieved.

Coming against the current was slower, but going back was with the current, and it only took a few hours to successfully return to the Jiangling Water Fortress.

"You go to Jiangling City with me first, I will have someone settle you down;"

"By the way, I'll tell you about the Merit Pavilion and contribution points. You probably need to borrow contribution points to exchange for some cultivation methods and cultivation resources, and by the way, receive the monthly cultivation resources I give you;"

"Then, come to the water navy to report, understand?"

After getting off the ship, Su Xuan said to Gan Ning.

As for the hundreds of Brocade Sail Bandits who just joined?

They have already been handed over to Huang Zhong to deal with.

These people need to be trained for a few months, change all their bad habits, and plant the will of soldiers before they can be compiled into the regular army.

"Eh?"

Gan Ning scratched the back of his head in confusion: "I have no opinion, just arrange it as you see fit, my Lord;"

"However, what are this Merit Pavilion and contribution points?"

"And borrowing to exchange for cultivation methods, I already have cultivation methods, and you once gave me a top-tier martial skill!"

"Is it necessary?"

Before Su Xuan could speak, Xu Chu on the side couldn't help but laugh: "You kid are shallow, aren't you? Can the Lord be wrong?"

"That cultivation method of yours doesn't look good at all, it can't be compared with those divine techniques in the Merit Pavilion;"

"In addition, with your aptitude, your current strength is actually a bit behind, without the top-tier cultivation resources provided by the Lord;"

"You want to catch up, it's impossible forever!"

"The Lord is doing this for your own good!"

"And don't think that borrowing merit points is bad, I haven't even had the chance to borrow them yet!"

"Anyway, when you are strong, you can work hard to make contributions for the Lord and earn merit points to pay off the debt!"

"Improving your strength early is the most important thing!"

"Otherwise, if you miss the best age for cultivation, you will never be able to catch up with us!"

"Moreover, without enough strength, what kind of contribution can you expect to make?"

Unless it is a delay, which will greatly affect their growth rate, Su Xuan generally will not approve them to borrow merit points.

Lest some people don't work hard and only know how to freeload.

Or, take merit points to exchange for all kinds of strange things.

For example, Guo Jia once exchanged for quite a few spiritual wines from the Merit Pavilion.

But he didn't exchange for this purely for cultivation, mainly for a thrill.

But this guy didn't have merit points.

He only used a loophole to exchange once, and his behavior was blacklisted by Su Xuan.

Forbidden him from doing these crooked things.

Admittedly, after these years of training and growth, his physical cultivation has come up;

Drinking and playing, as long as it is not too excessive, basically won't affect his health and lifespan;

But Su Xuan won't completely indulge this sloppy personality.

"Is that so? I understand! Thank you, my Lord! Thank you, Brother Xu!"

Gan Ning nodded in realization and immediately bowed to thank Su Xuan and Xu Chu.

"Haha! You're welcome! I wouldn't have said it if you wouldn't have known later!"

Xu Chu laughed and scratched his head: "You kid, you were so arrogant before, I didn't expect you to be quite willing to listen to advice!"

"Hehe!"

Gan Ning smiled awkwardly.

No way, he was beaten up, if he still didn't wake up and keep a low profile, he wouldn't be a fool.

Huang Gai said before that this Xu Chu is also a great master of the mid-stage of Danjin, much stronger than Huang Gai, and he is far from being comparable to him now.

Being arrogant in front of someone stronger than you is not arrogance, it's stupidity.

Gan Ning didn't want to be a fool for the second time.

1 month later,

This day,

"My Lord! Lu Bu from Bingzhou contacted the Secret Guard and asked them to send a secret letter to you. Please take a look, my Lord."

Jia San brought a secret letter and presented it to Su Xuan to report.

"Oh? Fengxian? What could he have?"

Su Xuan was slightly startled upon hearing this, and while taking the letter, asked in confusion: "Has there been any major event in Bingzhou recently?"

Jia San immediately replied: "There are no other major events! Even if there were, it has nothing to do with General Lu;"

"The only thing related is that half a month ago, Ding Yuan was appointed as the new Bingzhou Inspector and Cavalry Commandant;"

"The intelligence from the Secret Guard says that Ding Yuan is preparing to recruit Lu Bu and has already been to Lu Bu's mansion once!"

"But Lu Bu seems to be hesitant and is dragging it out for the time being, saying he will give Ding Yuan an answer in half a month;"

"I think General Lu is doing this for this matter!"

He knows that when his good Lord got married, Lu Bu came to Nanjun to ask his Lord how he should go in the future.

"So that's it! Then it's not strange!"

Su Xuan nodded in realization and opened the letter to see.

Sure enough, Lu Bu was asking him again whether he should accept Ding Yuan's invitation and join his command;

In addition, Lu Bu also said that Ding Yuan intended to adopt him as a foster son, should he agree?

"Sure enough, it still happened!"

Su Xuan smiled and immediately took paper and pen to start writing.

Not long after, a secret letter was written, and he handed it to Jia San: "Immediately send this secret letter to Bingzhou and have the Secret Guard there give it to Lu Bu."

"Understood!"

Jia San took the letter and left with the order.

Su Xuan tapped the table with his finger and pondered: "Ding Yuan has already been arranged by the Yuan clan to go to Bingzhou to take charge of the army! It won't be long before Liu Hong passes away, He Jin dies, and Dong Zhuo's chaos begins!"

"It's time to prepare!"

"There are still quite a few things in Luoyang worth my planning!"

Whether it is the Imperial Jade Seal, the money and grain from Dong Zhuo's grave robbing, or the population of Sili, Su Xuan wants a share of the pie.

Oh! Right! Also, take advantage of the time when Dong Zhuo robs the tomb to get all the ancient books inside.

Study them well to see if there can be any new gains.

Even, Su Xuan wants to know through the ancient books in the tomb what exactly happened back then that led to the world sealing off spiritual energy.

"Lu Bu joining Ding Yuan's command, Ding Yuan will inevitably expand his army on a large scale. I'm afraid it will be difficult to buy warhorses from Lu Bu in the future!"

"Even, not just Lu Bu's side;"