In the evening, the pottery merchant withdrew his troops and returned to the city.

Kaiyang City has been broken, Zang Ba has lost his troops and generals, leaving only a few hundred remaining soldiers to flee north, and has become a dog that has lost its family, which is not to be afraid.

After a bloody battle, all the soldiers were exhausted. The pottery merchant wanted to ask them to rest for a while and reward them. He sent troops north to capture the counties in the northern part of Langya.

That night, in the lobby of Guozhi Mansion, the good wines collected by Zang Ba became tools for pottery merchants to comfort the generals. The soldiers drank happily and celebrated this decisive victory.

In a joyful atmosphere, only Lian Po did not touch a drop of wine and sat there, with no joy of victory on his old face.

Seeing his appearance, Tao Shang raised his glass and said, "My Senior General Lian, you have made great contributions to this victory today, and I will give you a cup."

The potter raised his glass and drank it all in one go, but Lian Po didn't even touch the glass and coughed, "I have never touched the wine, so please forgive me."

"It's rare to be happy today. Just drink one drink to cheer you up, it doesn't matter." Tao Shang smiled.

"Cough cough cough..." Lian Po still had a cold attitude, "The lord is grateful for his intentions, but it is my principle that he will not get drunk even if the sky falls, he will not break it."

Lian Po once again rejected the Tao merchant's kindness in front of everyone. The soldiers on both sides frowned and looked at the stubborn old man with resentment. His eyes were clearly accusing him of being ungrateful and he dared not appreciate his lord's intentions.

Mulan was also annoyed and glared at the almond eyes: "Liang Po, have you made contributions and your airs have become bigger. It's just a glass of wine. You don't even give your lord this little face, what do you mean?"

Tao Shang didn't say anything, looked at Lian Po to see what his reaction was. After all, he was dissatisfied with face.

"Cough cough..." Lian Po coughed for a while, panted for a while, and still answered stubbornly: "I have said a long time ago that I have received my lord's intentions. It is my principle that I will never break the principle."

"You--" Mulan was angry and annoyed. Facing this stubborn old man, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this time, the voice of the system elves suddenly sounded in the Taoist mind: "The system prompted that the emotional fluctuations of the subject Lian Po Yinghun just scanned, and there is a risk of declining loyalty."

Tao Shang was shocked, and a hint of displeasure on his face immediately restrained. He laughed and said, "It's better to be principled than those fickle villains who have no bottom line. Just a glass of wine. It's good to have a heart, it's better not to drink it."

"Thank you for your understanding, lord." Lian Po bowed and thanked.

"Ding... the system prompts that the emotional fluctuations of the subject Lian Po disappeared and his loyalty returned to stability."

The prompt sound rang in his mind again, and Tao Shang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lian Po's commander is worth 80, his military power is worth 91, and his wisdom and politics are also worth 70. He is definitely a pillar of the five sons and good generals. His only disadvantage is that his heroic spirit is too awesome and his personality is too strong and difficult to serve. If you drink a glass of wine, your loyalty will decrease.

"With Lian Po's military power value, if his loyalty accidentally dropped to zero just now and suddenly rebelled, he would kill everyone here in a minute. It seems that he had to think of a way to increase the loyalty of this old man..." Tao Shang thought with lingering fear.

Just when he was having a headache about this, Lian Po suddenly asked: "Lord, I want to ask, chasing Zang Ba, who do you plan to lead the troops?"

Tao Shang was stunned, and naturally he wanted to answer without thinking, sending Xu Sheng, Mulan, and you Lian Po, and even me to lead the troops north to pursue them.

When the words were about to come, Tao Shang's eyes turned, but he swallowed them back.

"This old man is very conceited. In history, Lin Xiangru lost his temper because he was overshadowed by the limelight and refused to go to the same court as Lin Xiangru. If Xu Sheng and the others were asked to divide the military power with him, the old man would definitely be unhappy. It would be strange if his loyalty did not decrease..."

Thoughts flew around, Tao Shang had an idea, so he smiled and said, "With your ability as a veteran general Lian, you are enough to take on the heavy responsibility. I will naturally order you to lead the army north to pursue you. Xu Sheng and others will all obey your orders."

As soon as this said, Hua Mulan and other soldiers in the hall were all surprised. Unexpectedly, the pottery merchant had such a strong aura and trusted Lian Po so much.

Lian Po's face, which was as old as a tree bark, suddenly felt joy, and stood up tremblingly, bowed and said, "Thank you for your trust, I will live up to my lord's entrustedness."

"The system scans the loyalty of Lian Po in the subject, and the loyalty of the current one is 20."

"Di... the system scans the object Lian Po to produce 10 benevolence points, and the host currently has 10 benevolence points."

Lian Po's loyalty increased by the expectations of the pottery merchant, but at the same time it also produced a kindness, which really surprised the pottery merchant.

You should know that loyalty and benevolence generally occur at the same time. This is the first time in Lian Po's situation. This shows that Lian Po, a stubborn old man, has no hobbies, and his only hobby is to gain "trust" from others.

It is no wonder that at the most critical moment in history, Lian Po was replaced by Zhao Kuo because he was not trusted by King Zhao, resulting in the annihilation of the 400,000 Zhao troops. Zhao State was in a slump from then on, which inevitably caused great psychological trauma to Lian Po. The "trust" of the monarch became the only factor to please Lian Po.

After getting Lian Po's "pulse" and taking the benevolent point, Tao Shang was very happy. He immediately raised his glass and smiled loudly: "Let's drink him tonight, never get drunk, and when he wakes up tomorrow, he will beat the dog in the water, chase Zang Ba, and drink his mother!"

"Drink damn-"

The pottery sipped all the time, and the soldiers roared excitedly and raised their glasses to drink wildly.

The entire Prime Minister's Mansion and the entire Kaiyang City were immersed in the ecstasy of the victory tonight.

...

Tancheng, hundreds of miles away, is a different scene.

Within a few days, the news that the Tao merchant defeated Zang Ba and broke through Kaiyang came into the Donghai County capital, causing the scholars and people in a city to fall into an uproar again.

Tao Shang, the playboy who was once regarded as incompetent, once again became a sensational figure in Xuzhou people's streets and alleys.

"Have you heard that, the old man whom Tao had cultivated himself gave the name of an ancient general Lian Po. As a result, he was as brave as Lian Po. He killed the Taishan bandit Zang Ba and fled in panic, and he didn't even dare to enter Kaiyang City."

"That's Zang Ba, the leader of Taishan Kou, Xianzhou Mu and our current state master Xuande Gong were both afraid of it and did not dare to do anything. They actually defeated Master Tao."

"It seems that we have misunderstood. This eldest son Tao is really not an ordinary person. If I had known that the governor of Xianzhou would have passed the seat to him."

Everyone was talking about pottery merchants on the streets, and even street vendors were always talking about pottery merchants.

On the road, the middle-aged man riding a tall horse with a gray face and a kind face, listened to these comments, and his thick eyebrows quietly frowned.

"Lord, it seems that Mi Bie's plan to kill people by using a knife has failed again." A young scholar riding a white horse next to the middle-aged man sighed in a low voice.

"Go to the county government." The middle-aged man's thick eyebrows frowned again, shouted softly, rode his horse and whipped, and ran along the avenue.

The young scholar raised a strange smile on his lips, shouted loudly, followed him with a horse and headed straight to the prefect of Donghai County. Mobile phone users should visit http://m.piaotian.net
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