Seeing Long Xiang's confused face, Lu Su stroked his beard and explained with a smile:

"It seems that Long Sima only cares about governing Hefei but does not know the surrounding situation. Zheng Bao is a powerful man entrenched in the south of Chaohu, with nearly ten thousand people gathered."

"Located south of Chaohu Lake?"

Long Xiang was surprised when he heard that, wasn't it very close to Hefei?

Lu Su nodded slightly and said solemnly: "Long Sima is cultivating fields on both sides of Shishui. Once this kind of farming activity lasts for a long time, it will definitely attract Zheng Bao's attention. If he covets your Hefei, this city will be in trouble."

"hiss..."

Long Xiang took a breath of cold air and said to himself that if Lu Su hadn't reminded him, he really wouldn't have known about Zheng Bao's existence.

How difficult would it be for three hundred soldiers to defend ten thousand people?

Seeing Lu Su stroking his beard and smiling, Long Xiang suddenly had an idea.

"Zijing knows Hefei's lies and truths, and now he intends to vote for Zheng Bao. How dare I let you go?"

Lu Su was not upset when he saw Long Xiang's "verbal threat", but instead treated him with consideration.

"Haha, Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo, Xu Qian and others each have subordinates and are in the Jianghuai area, but these people are all narrow-minded and may not be able to achieve anything.

On the other hand, Long Sima has been planning for many years, and now he has gathered a crowd to occupy Hefei. Could it be that he also has the ambition to dominate the world?"

"Soldiers are tired of war. I'm just looking for a place for my brothers to live in seclusion and avoid disaster. As for Zijing's talk of swallowing up the world, do you think I look like that person?"

Long Xiang decisively denied it.

"I Guanlong Sima has a lot of insights into the current situation. To say that you really have no ambitions and are only willing to separate Hefei is really unconvincing..." Lu Su shook his head gently.

After a pause, Lu Su recalled Long Xiang's previous words and suddenly asked: "Just now, Long Sima asked me to keep my eyes open. What does that mean?"

"Zijing thinks that Yuan Shu is not the master of the Ming Dynasty. Does he think that Sun Bofu is the master of the Ming Dynasty?"

Long Xiang did not answer directly, but threw the answer to Lu Su in order to retreat instead of advance.

Lu Su stroked his beard and said: "Sun Bofu was a young hero, and all the generals in Huainan admired him. Yuan Shu also praised him, 'If he had a son like this, he would die without regrets.'

Now he is sweeping across the east of the Yangtze River and is invincible. At this time, the Central Plains is not settled and the north is not peaceful. It is like a snipe and a clam fighting.

If Sun Bofu takes the east of the Yangtze River as his base, works hard to govern, recharges his energy, and then sends his troops north to compete for the deer, he can reap the benefits of the fishermen."

"Haha, Sun Bofu is indeed a young hero, but he may not live to compete in the world..."

Long Xiang laughed wildly, making Lu Su frown.

"Long Sima, what do you mean?"

Long Xiang sat cross-legged on the ground and waved his hand to Lu Su to sit down and talk.

After Lu Su sat down, Long Xiang slowly said:

"Sun Bofu relied on killing to occupy Jiangdong, which would inevitably harm the interests of the powerful people in the original counties. Does Zijing think these people will give in? Once there is a military threat from the outside, what do you think these powerful people will do?"

Lu Su shook his head and replied: "Long Sima is overly concerned. In fact, the princes everywhere are the same. Lv Bu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, which one has not killed people or occupied the interests of powerful people? Isn't Sun Bofu worse than them?"

Long Xiang sat up straight and said with a serious face: "Sun Ce has been raiding Jiangdong in the past two years, but under the banner of Yuan Shu, just like when he attacked Lujiang, everyone hated Yuan Shu, but now that Sun Ce has established his own business, the hatred has been turned to him. It's coming..."

"Are you saying that Sun Ce shouldn't be independent?"

"If one lacks strength and foundation, self-reliance will undoubtedly lead to death. How is Sun Wentai better than Sun Bofu? He was under Yuan Shu's command until his death. Why? It's easy to enjoy the shade under the big tree..."

Lu Su was a little shocked when he heard this. He twirled his beard and looked at Long Xiang again.

You are obviously only 18 years old, why are you so mature as if you are 80 years old? You have a very special and tricky perspective on the problem.

Long Xiang took advantage of Lu Su's thinking and continued to add: "Sun Ce relies on his strong martial arts skills and likes to fight bravely with others, which is similar to his father Sun Jian.

Sun Jian often fought for his life alone, but how could he stand by the river without getting his shoes wet? In the end, he died in battle because of his bravery, and there was no guarantee that Sun Ce would not follow in his footsteps..."

"What Long Sima said made Su Maocai suddenly enlightened. If Gong Jin advised him from the side, maybe he could avoid disaster?"

Lu Su originally thought Long Xiang was superficial, but he analyzed Sun Ce thoroughly from the inside out, and even took genetic factors into consideration. Lu Su couldn't help but admire him.

"As the saying goes, one's nature is hard to change. It is impossible for Zhou Gongjin to be inseparable, and it is impossible for Sun Boxu to listen to every advice. I conclude that Sun Ce will die within two or three years."

Long Xiang could not remember the specific time of Sun Ce's death, but he knew that Lu Su was introduced to Sun Quan by Zhou Yu after Sun Ce passed away.

At this time, Long Xiang relied on Lu Su to vote for Zhou Yu and concluded that Sun Ce had not lived for two years.

"Long Sima is so unfavorable to Sun Boxu, but he is so certain about the inference of two to three years. Is it too arbitrary?"

"We might as well give it a three-year period. If Sun Bofu is still alive at that time, let Zijing go to Jiangdong to find Zhou Lang. At that time, you will give Zhou Lang three thousand dendrobium, and I will give you thirty thousand dendrobium as a gift."

Long Xiang seized the opportunity in front of him and once again made a 'bet' to retain Lu Su.

At this time, it is like human resources recruitment. No matter what methods are used to retain people first, as for whether the talent can be retained in the end, it depends on whether the employer treats people sincerely.

"this..."

Seeing Lu Su's hesitation, Long Xiang went all out to state his interests.

"Three years is not long. If Sun Ce is still alive at that time, he will have taken root in Jiangdong, and Zijing will be able to further his ambitions.

If Sun Ce dies within three years and his son is too young to inherit, the inheritance will fall into the hands of the Sun brothers. Zhou Lang's backing will collapse and it is not known whether he can be reused again, let alone Zijinghu."

"Haha, Long Sima is so sharp-tongued that Lu was speechless."

When Long Xiang saw that Lu Su was in a good mood, he immediately stood up and bowed down to salute.

"Long Xiang knows that he is from a humble background and is not worthy of the help of a great talent like Mr., but he still wants to ask you to stay and help me and the people of Hefei. Please give yourself a chance and give me a chance."

"You get up first and then talk..."

Lu Su was caught off guard. When he stood up to help him with his hands, Tang Yu, Feng Zhong, and Cao Xing walked to the door and saw Corporal Long Xiang Lixian.

"If sir is unwilling to stay, Long Xiang's waist will not be able to straighten up."

At this time, Long Xiang looked quite shameless.

"Long Sima, don't be like this, I'm watching all your movements..."

Before Lu Su had finished reminding him, Tang Yu had already started shouting: "Yunqi, what are you doing?"

When Long Xiang heard Tang Wei's call, he still kept his bent posture, and then turned his head towards the palace door.

"Mr. Zijing has great talents. If you want Hefei to get better and better, please help me persuade him to stay..."

"ah?"

Everyone at the door was stunned at the same time.

Tang Wei, who was in the most emotional state, was the first to react when he saw Long Xiang being so sincere.

Tang Wei stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, raised his fists and shouted loudly: "Sir, please stay."

"Sir, please stay."

"Sir, please stay."

Feng Zhong and Cao Xing followed suit and bowed to Tang Hui one after another.

Lu Su saw that everyone was forcing him to stay, and he also learned the secret of Hefei. He probably wouldn't be able to leave if he didn't agree, so he nodded and agreed reluctantly: "Sima Long, please come up. We will stay for three years. Once the time comes, we can't force you to stay."
Chapter completed!