It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Chapter 143 Cooperation

Lu Xingchen, "Because I am the only girl in my family, I am not planning to marry someone else, but to find a son-in-law."

"Senior Murong, are you willing to let me have your eldest son as your son-in-law?"

The smile on Murong Nan's face disappeared in an instant.

Ling Xiao slowly loosened his grip on the knife handle, and suddenly felt relieved.

It turns out that the girl wants to find a son-in-law.

In this case, Murong Feihe would definitely not agree.

Sure enough, the smile on Murong Feihe's face disappeared in an instant, and his face turned as blue as if it had been frozen.

"It seems like Feihe can only have unrequited love for me." Murong Nan sighed heavily.

Lu Xingchen showed a helpless expression, "Then there is nothing I can do."

Murong Nan and Lu Xingchen exchanged pleasantries for a while, then stood up and said goodbye and left.

Lu Xingchen personally sent Murong Nan out of the city before returning.

Lu Feng, Wei Hu, Mr. Guo and others were present in the meeting room of the yamen.

"General, I don't agree to cooperate. This is not cooperation. It's obviously borrowing our power." Zhang Fan expressed his opinion first.

Of course, not many people have ever taken his opinions seriously.

However, this time, Zhang Fan's opinion was supported by some people.

Both Lu Feng and Wei Hu felt that there was no need to cooperate.

If they want Qingzhou, they can take it themselves.

Now they have to cooperate with Murong Nan. After they conquer Qingzhou, it will definitely not belong to them completely.

Instead, it provided Murong Nan with the possibility of expanding his territory southwards.

If their goal is to seize the world, once the Murong family takes Qingzhou, they will certainly expand their sphere of influence southwards, and in the future they will be a force that cannot be underestimated.

The Murong family is ambitious and capable. If they grow stronger, they will become a powerful enemy in the future.

"General, everything else is easy to discuss, but the Murong family is different from other forces after all..." Wei Hu also said to Lu Xingchen solemnly.

"If we help him take Qingzhou this time, it's very likely that we'll end up nurturing a tiger that will cause trouble."

Lu Feng nodded in approval, "It seems that the Murong family is not as strong as us now, but if we give them the opportunity to develop, we can help them remove the nail from Qingzhou."

"The road ahead will be smooth as they push forward to the southeast."

"After we capture Hanzhong in the future, it will be difficult to turn back and attack him."

Master Guo remained silent, with a worried look on his face.

Lu Xingchen didn't look at him, but looked at Pei Jun, Guan Yue and Ma Chao.

Pei Jun met Lu Xingchen's gaze, and this time he was very proactive and spoke without being called out.

"Sir, I can train the troops and fight, but this is a strategic matter. I need strategic vision, and I don't have that ability."

Pei Jun's words were not polite, but the truth. He was a general who led troops to fight, and the big plans and strategies still had to be decided by Lu Xingchen himself. He couldn't do that.

Ma Chao and Guan Yue had the same attitude.

Lu Xingchen finally set his gaze on Master Guo.

"If we look at it from a long-term perspective, there is indeed a possibility of raising a tiger to cause trouble. But from a short-term perspective, if the Murong family is trustworthy, they can serve as a support for us..." Master Guo gently fanned the bamboo fan in his hand.

"We can stand back to back with the Murong family."

"The Murong family can serve as a barrier to our east, so we can advance westward without any worries."

“Once our territory continues to expand, people will see our ambitions.”

"The threat to our eastern gateway will be huge by then."

"We are still short of troops. But the east is our base. If someone spy on us, we may be attacked from both sides. It is very dangerous."

"But Wei Hu and Lu Feng's concerns are reasonable."

"If the Murong family grows stronger, it will certainly become a threat to us, and it will be difficult to get rid of them in the future."

"That's what I said too." Zhang Fan jumped up and said.

"I was the first to say it, and I was the first to object."

Everyone looked at Zhang Fan in silence.

"I get it. We are not deaf." Wei Hu reached out and grabbed Zhang Fan's wrist in annoyance, pulling him to sit down.

Lu Xingchen pondered for a moment, "Let's keep everyone's opinions for now. My idea is to cooperate with the Murong family. After taking over Qingzhou, we will take 30% of their land as a buffer between Yongzhou and Qingzhou."

"As for whether raising a tiger will cause trouble, it depends on whether we will meet on the same battlefield in the future... That's a matter for the future. Let's solve the current urgent problem first."

"Our goal is the land of Hanzhong and the land of Jingchu."

"After we take these two granaries, we will focus on them and then plan for the rest of the world."

Lu Xingchen no longer wanted to hide her ambitions. She had been evasive before, but now she felt that it was unnecessary.

Some desires do not need to be suppressed. Excessive suppression will not have a motivating effect.

Sure enough, after Lu Xingchen finished speaking, a raging fire suddenly ignited in the eyes of Zhang Fan, Wei Hu, Lu Feng and others.

"Then it's decided. We will first cooperate with the Murong family to take over Qingzhou." Lu Xingchen said.

"Obey the orders of the commander-in-chief." Everyone stood up and said in unison.

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Murong Nan returned to the tent and called Murong Feihe, Wang Mao and several military advisors to discuss the matter.

"It seems that the marriage is definitely over now." Murong Nan patted Murong Feihe's shoulder.

Murong Feihe showed an embarrassed expression.

Although he anticipated that he would definitely be rejected by Lu Xingchen, being rejected in that way still made him very depressed.

He still treated Lu Xingchen as a woman.

It seems that Lu Xingchen is not a woman at all, she is a man, and she is even more strong-willed than a man.

"Everyone, tell me, will Lu Xingchen cooperate with us to take over Qingzhou?" Murong Nan asked after everyone took their seats.

"Godfather, I think Lu Xingchen will definitely send troops to help us take Qingzhou." Wang Mao said with certainty.

"Why do you say that?" Murong Nan looked at Wang Mao and asked.

"Because she is an ambitious woman, her goals are big..." Wang Mao said.

After these two contacts with Lu Xingchen, he felt that Lu Xingchen's ambition was much greater than Murong Nan's.

The four words "great ambition" seemed to have made everyone present feel the depressing atmosphere, and they all fell silent.

"Does a woman really want to sit in that position?" Murong Feihe said.

"She wants you to be her son-in-law, what does that mean? She wants you to be a concubine in her harem. Doesn't that mean you want to sit in that position?" Wang Mao looked at Murong Feihe and said.

Murong Feihe felt as if his heart was being tightly grasped by a big hand, squeezing it continuously and making it difficult for him to breathe.

Why would a woman have such ambition? He never thought of taking that position.

"If that's the case, she might be even less likely to cooperate with us," said a military advisor.

"Because if you help us take Qingzhou, it means that we will have a smooth journey to the south and east, and the area north of the Yangtze River will be our territory."

"Isn't she worried about us becoming bigger and stronger?"