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The Linyi rice, with its short hundred-day growth cycle, was already mature enough in the greenhouse that Li Ji had prepared.

The result was undoubtedly pleasing.

Moreover, Li Ji had already worked with many agricultural officials to sort out the methods for planting Linyi rice.

It could be said that Yangzhou was now ready, just waiting for Xu Sheng to send back the grain seeds.

As soon as the seeds arrived, they could be immediately promoted and popularized, increasing the overall grain production of Yangzhou by 30%.

Grain can be said to be the foundation of everything.

This increase was even enough to ensure that Liu Bei would never have to worry about food shortages again.

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In the vast ocean, a fleet of ships flying the Han character flag was breaking through the waves and heading north.

Unlike the smooth journey south.

From the actual start of the war with the Kingdom of Linyi to the destruction of the entire country, Xu Sheng only took three days, scaring the other small countries south of Jiaozhou out of their wits.

Before the Han army could even send envoys, the small countries appeared before Xu Sheng in an almost ingratiating and groveling manner, expressing their respect for the Great Han and their willingness to forever regard the Great Han as their suzerain state.

This put Xu Sheng in a dilemma.

Born into poverty, Xu Sheng was not a loyal subject of the Han Dynasty, but rather hated the corrupt officials who exploited the people.

However, for Liu Bei, who had promoted him from the military and entrusted him with important tasks, Xu Sheng was willing to practice his lord's beliefs with his life.

Liu Bei was a member of the Han imperial family and was also committed to revitalizing the Han Dynasty, which made Xu Sheng quite tempted and hesitant.

In addition, the voyage from Wu Commandery only took a little over a month, which Xu Sheng estimated that there was still plenty of time to return.

In the end, Xu Sheng discussed it with Zhou Yu and decided to accept the tribute and submission of these small countries, so that the world would know that perhaps the Han Dynasty was declining, but the Great Han… had not fallen.

The small countries, awed by the power of the Han army, prepared various local specialties and rare treasures, intending to return to the Great Han with the fleet to pay tribute.

In order to wait for those small countries to prepare properly, Xu Sheng had to wait for another half a month after completely pacifying some of the remaining resistance forces in the Kingdom of Linyi before starting to return.

In addition, when returning to Wu Commandery, the wind direction and ocean currents were not helpful, resulting in a very slow sailing speed of the fleet.

This made Xu Sheng anxious, fearing that he would delay the time and delay Mr. Zikun's political strategy, and even cause countless people to starve as a result.

Therefore, Xu Sheng led the fleet at full speed almost without stopping.

As Xu Sheng once again compared the accurate nautical chart that he had personally remade twice, and confirmed that his position was not far from Wu Commandery, his tense heart finally slowly relaxed.

Here, it was less than fifty miles from the port of Wu Commandery, and it could be reached in an instant.

Immediately, Xu Sheng ordered the fleet to stop, and while the entire army was simply grooming and tidying up, he sent a fast boat to the port to report.

After receiving a reply confirming that the fleet was to be stationed in the port, Xu Sheng led the fleet to the port to dock.

When Xu Sheng, in full armor, led a group of soldiers off the ship, Liu Bei had already led a group of civil and military officials, including Li Ji, to greet him at the port.

This scene moved Xu Sheng's heart, and he hurried to meet him.

"What merit does Sheng have? How can I let the Lord come here to greet me in person?"

Liu Bei helped Xu Sheng, who was kneeling on the ground, and said sincerely and gently, without saying anything else.

"Wen Xiang has traveled overseas for me, experiencing hardships. Not to mention welcoming you here, even if I personally take a small boat to the sea to welcome you, what harm is there?"

After a pause, Liu Bei patted Xu Sheng, who was already in tears, and said.

"You have worked hard."

This sentence was undoubtedly far better than ten thousand taels of gold and silver for Xu Sheng, and Xu Sheng bowed again on the spot, choked up and replied.

"Sheng was originally a military man, but fortunately, the Lord valued and promoted me to have what I am today. I cannot repay this great kindness without crushing my bones. I really cannot afford such courtesy from the Lord."

"You and I, lord and subject, are originally one body, how can you say such an outsider's words? Get up quickly."

Liu Bei pretended to be angry before reluctantly pulling Xu Sheng up.

It was just that Xu Sheng's moved appearance made Li Ji certain that even if Liu Bei suddenly ordered Xu Sheng to commit suicide, Xu Sheng would not hesitate to draw his sword and commit suicide.

Immediately, Liu Bei praised Gan Ning, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and other generals one by one, and ruthlessly earned another wave of loyalty.

It has to be said that over the years, not only has Li Ji's ability grown day by day, but even Liu Bei's skills in winning people's hearts have become increasingly brilliant.

Not to mention the generals who were in it, even the civil and military officials who came along could not help but reveal a look of yearning in their eyes, hoping that one day Liu Bei would treat them so courteously.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei, who had already arranged a celebration banquet, directly celebrated and got drunk with the returning generals.

Especially in the celebration camp, Liu Bei piled up a silver mountain and a copper mountain in advance at the celebration venue, celebrating the merits of the generals and rewarding the soldiers in the army on the spot.

Personally witnessing and feeling Liu Bei's series of methods, Zhou Yu knew very well that there was no possibility that the generals had not developed any dissent.

Even if there was, it would be meaningless.

Liu Bei's personal prestige was also deeply rooted in the hearts of countless soldiers.

Unlike the enthusiastic celebration on the military camp side, Li Ji had already led a group of petty officials to get busy.

The most important thing was undoubtedly the large amount of Linyi rice that Xu Sheng brought back.

Since Sun Ce raided Zhan City and wiped out the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Linyi in one fell swoop, he preserved the royal family and the granaries of many nobles to the greatest extent, and directly obtained a large amount of high-quality Linyi rice.

Therefore, Li Ji almost directly blocked the port, and distributed the Linyi rice that had been inspected on the spot to various counties in Yangzhou at the port according to the pre-made plan.

In order to use Linyi rice for the upcoming spring plowing as quickly as possible.

After Li Ji arranged everything properly, and many petty officials were busy in an orderly manner.

Li Ji then had time to pay attention to the other spoils Xu Sheng brought back, and browse the military report that Xu Sheng had written in advance.

The entire military report did not have much about the actual process of the war, and the content about the situation around the Kingdom of Linyi took up more space.

"Destroying a country in three days, it's no wonder that the many small countries south of Jiaozhou were so scared that they directly slid and knelt."

Li Ji put down the military report in his hand with a smile, and then asked Xu Chu to call in those envoys from the small countries who had been summoned.

Soon, envoys from small countries with costumes different from those of the Han people walked in, performing strange rituals to Li Ji one by one, and then opened their mouths in unison in somewhat awkward Chinese.

"Greetings, Prime Minister of the Great Han…"

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Li Ji.

This sentence scared Li Ji's hand holding the teacup, and his crotch was wet. (End of this chapter)