Mythical Qin: I, Gao Yao, will never be a eunuch!

"Master Gao Yao, I have one last question. Why did you help me so much?"

At this time, Zhao Tuo was silent for a while and then asked the most curious question. How could Zhao Tuo, who was able to establish the Nanyue Kingdom in the later period, be so easily hooked?

"Because helping the general is helping Gao Yao himself"

"Oh?"

"To be honest, I have also talked about this matter with General Ren Xiong. I have had a feud with Meng Yi who came this time because of what happened in the northern border. My coming to the southern border is also closely related to this matter."

"So, this time Meng Yi might be coming for you?"

"That depends on what the general thinks. Meng Yi wants to deal with me. Should I take over the military power in the southern border? Of course, if the general doesn't trust me, or is unwilling to cooperate with Gao Yao, then forget it and treat it as Gao Yao's own problem."

"Don't be offended, Lord Gao Yao. I just asked. After all, if you are not careful in this kind of thing, you will easily offend many people. There is nothing wrong with me being cautious. How about this, I will immediately dispatch 10,000 elite soldiers to Lord Gao Yao."

"In that case, thank you very much, General."

"Come, come, I will personally send Master Gao Yao off."

It was not until Gao Yao led Kong Gang and others far away from the military camp that Kong Gang asked Gao Yao with some confusion.

"My lord, why did you just...?"

"Why should we tell the truth? Wouldn't it be better to let Zhao Tuo owe us a favor?"

"Indeed, I really cannot understand why the general did this."

"In fact, the reason is very simple. When I didn't tell the truth, he gave me 5,000 soldiers. After I told the truth, he was willing to give me 10,000 soldiers. Why do you think that is?"

"this......"

After hearing Gao Yao's question, Kong Gang was also very confused at this moment.

"First of all, you underestimate Zhao Tuo. It seems that we have been in an advantageous position for the past year, but don't forget that this is within our scope of authority. What's more important is that my existence is good for the entire southern region. The people's food, clothing, shelter, and even the development of the entire southern region all rely on me. Why do you think Zhao Tuo is so humble? He is waiting for us to make the entire southern region better. It's true that Zhao Tuo feels that he can't do it."

"Zhao Tuo made concessions on purpose in order to give us better rights to build the southern border. It's a simple point. If we turn against Zhao Tuo now, do you think I have a chance of winning?"

"This... is difficult. Zhao Tuo still controls the military power of the army."

"Yes, that's what I meant. As for what happened this time, it's also very simple. I also deliberately gave Zhao Tuo something similar to my handle. A person who has no desires is often more terrifying than a greedy person, because no one knows what such a person will do the next moment. On the contrary, if we have what Zhao Tuo thinks is a handle in his hands, Zhao Tuo will be more confident to cooperate."

"The more selfless I appear to be at this time, the less confident Zhao Tuo will be in cooperating with us. That's the truth."

"Well, Kong Gang has learned something from you."

"Okay, you don't need to remember these things. You just need to understand one thing. The better someone treats you on the surface, the more likely they are to have some ulterior motive. That's the truth. This includes me, too. Do you understand? I admire you and hope you can be loyal to me. It's the same truth that I recruit you. There is no love without reason in this world, and naturally there will be no hate without reason."

Although Kong Gang is a military commander, his upper limit is definitely higher than Erniu. Erniu can only be the commander of the personal guard battalion at most, but Kong Gang is different. Kong Gang can be used as a military commander to guard one side, especially the key rear area. Therefore, Gao Yao should let Kong Gang learn more from Cao Shen whenever he has time. He can learn not only the experience of commanding troops, but also the application of strategies.

After Gao Yao returned to the county town, he called Xiao He and explained the matter to him.

"My lord, you are very wise and resourceful. Xiao He admires you."

"Okay, is this the time to flatter? Tell me, what do you think about this matter?"

"I think you don't need to be anxious. Your plan is already very good. Not only that, you can do one more thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Since the lord has already decided to entertain Master Hu Hai, why not just do things more directly and let Master Hu Hai tell your majesty about the changes in the southern border?"

"Tell His Majesty?"

"No one in the world can achieve what the Lord has done. In just one year, he has developed Nanhai County to its current level. Shouldn't His Majesty know about this?"

"this......"

"I know that the lord is worried that the Meng family might cause trouble. Let alone whether the Meng family will really do that, even if they do, has the lord forgotten who helped him come to the southern border?"

"Lis!"

"That's right. Once this matter reaches His Majesty's ears, Li Si will definitely be proud of it. At that time, no matter who wants to say something bad about the lord, won't they need to take the Prime Minister into consideration?"

"I had forgotten about this matter. You are right. I will leave this matter to you now."

"Here"

After hearing Gao Yao's words, Xiao He nodded. For Gao Yao, this turned out to be a good thing. However, Hu Hai was going to be miserable this time. Not only would he be used by Yi Xiaochuan, but also by Gao Yao, and finally he would die.

The next morning, Gao Yao set out with his 300-man personal battalion, while Zhao Tuo set out with his 3,000-man cavalry battalion to the location where Hu Hai was.

On the other hand, Hu Hai and his party, who were passing through Changsha County, had slowly entered the territory of Nanhai County. After entering Nanhai County, not only Hu Hai, but even Yi Xiaochuan felt something different, because after entering Nanhai County, the road immediately became much wider, and the road was clearly divided, just like a dirt road in the countryside. This made Yi Xiaochuan feel like he had returned to a modern rural road for a moment.

This is much more comfortable than the roads in Changsha County. Although it is also a dirt road, the degree of bumps is completely different. Even Hu Hai fell asleep in the carriage. Yi Xiaochuan has already seen that although this is a dirt road, it is mixed with some small stones, and then it is repeatedly compacted to form the current road. This repetition must be repeated at least a dozen times to achieve this effect in order to avoid being washed away by water. And after every rain, someone needs to use the soil to compact it again. Only by repeating this process can this kind of ground be formed. Moreover, it is obviously not something that can be completed overnight for such a long stretch. This makes Yi Xiaochuan feel incredible.