When he met Lu Xun, Zhang Zhao was more than a hundred miles away from Chengdu.

In just over a hundred miles, he was not feeling comfortable.

Along the way, Lu Xun instilled in him the idea that the weak were not qualified to speak up for conditions.

Zhang Zhao wanted to refute it very much, but he could not find a reason to refute it.

Lu Xun's words are indeed not very nice, but every sentence is very reasonable.

A weak country has no diplomacy, which is a true saying.

No matter whether it is a country or a person, if it is too weak, it will not be valued by others in this world.

The weak are not valued, and there are only two things that can be done.

First, work hard to become stronger and no longer be despised by anyone.

But today, although Jiaozhou wants to work hard, no one will give them a chance.

Zhang Zhao still knows Cao Shu's character a little.

Although he never slaughtered cities and rarely slaughtered prisoners, he was not ruthless in dealing with the enemy.

He never left behind what he deserved to kill!

When Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor and established the Wu Kingdom, Cao Shu was already a difficult person to control. Cao Shu would probably get rid of such a person.

The opportunity to work hard is not available anytime, anywhere.

Secondly, if the weak want to survive, another way is to simply abandon themselves and rely on the strong from now on.

With a strong man as a backer, even if he provokes some pretty powerful opponents, others will not bother with him because of his backer.

There is only the second possibility left before Jiaozhou.

The final choice is to know that you are very weak, but you still have to force yourself to compete with the strong. In the end, you will face nothing more than being abused and exterminated by the strong.

After being an official in the Sun family for many years, Zhang Zhao certainly refused to watch this possibility happen.

As we get closer and closer to Chengdu, we can gradually see the city walls in Chengdu in the distance.

Lu Xun raised his hand and pointed to the city wall, and said to Zhang Zhao: "Mr. Zhang, Chengdu is ahead."

"I have never been to Chengdu." Zhang Zhao replied: "I have heard that Chengdu was built during the Five Emperors. Shun cultivated Lishan, and he gathered in one year, became a city in two years, and became a city in three years."

"Chengdu is a good place." Lu Xun said with a smile: "Although I have not been here for too many days, I feel that the people here live a leisurely life. They are slow every day, not as hurry as the people in the Central Plains."

"Slow and leisurely?" Zhang Zhao asked curiously: "How to use a slow method?"

"You will know when you arrive in Chengdu." Lu Xun replied: "The lord once said something when he comes here, "If you don't go to Shu at a young age, you will be brought to you by the leisure here and lose your fighting spirit. Because life here is so comfortable that people want to fight, but they can't raise the interest in fighting."

"What else is there to say?" Zhang Zhao said in disbelief: "Liu Xuande entered Shu, and the soldiers and horses in Yizhou are very powerful."

"Of course, my lord knows that the soldiers and horses in Yizhou are strong." Lu Xun said with a smile: "He said that he would not go to Shu, but the beautiful scenery in Shu and there are too many delicious foods. He is busy with these all day long, so how can he think about anything else?"

"So, the King of Wei will leave here soon?" Zhang Zhao vaguely heard something from Lu Xun's words.

"It's not necessarily true, it depends on who provokes us first." Lu Xun said: "The Central Plains have been fighting for many years, and most of the people in various places are living in poverty. The alien races took advantage of the weakness of the Central Plains and repeatedly sent troops to invade the territory. Whenever the lord thinks of these, it is a pain to beat the heart. What he wants to do most is to end the Central Plains conquest as soon as possible, concentrate all the military forces together, and use them to deal with the alien races."

"I didn't expect that the King of Wei would have such thoughts." What Lu Xun said made Zhang Zhao admire him from the bottom of his heart."

After many years of war, heroes from all walks of life in the Central Plains fought against each other, and countless men died in battle.

While the Central Plains were conquering each other, foreign races took advantage of the situation to come.

They plundered food, women, children, and brought women and children from the Central Plains to places where their tribes live in tame and slavery.

The people of the Central Plains who were plundered by alien races have extremely miserable fate.

Not only will they suffer from humiliation from foreign races, they don’t even know which day they can live. Maybe one day, an alien will take their lives on a whim!

"We have fought for so many years, and the people of the Central Plains have suffered too much." Lu Xun said to Zhang Zhao: "If Sun Zhongmou still plans to fight, the lord will definitely not leave him behind. What Sima Zhongda and Zhang Gong said has actually been passed to the lord."

"What did the King of Wei say?" When he came to Yizhou, Zhang Zhao hoped that Cao Shu would speak better than Sima Yi, and would give Sun Quan a lot of benefits and prompt Jiaozhou to surrender, so he attached great importance to Cao Shu's answer.

Lu Xun smiled slightly and asked Zhang Zhao: "What does Zhang Gong think the lord's guild say?"

"The King of Wei is a wise man, and he should give His Majesty a way out." Zhang Zhao said: "As long as the King of Wei is willing to give His Majesty some benefits, I can return to Cangwu and persuade His Majesty to surrender."

"Benefit?" Lu Xun asked: "Isn't it a benefit to keep Sun Zhongmou and his family alive?"

"What's the benefit?" Zhang Zhao said: "Your Majesty has sincerely joined the King of Wei and has also given up his family business. If he can't leave some foundation, how can he face General Bo Fu in the future?"

"General Bofu has passed away for many years, and the lord can't help but sigh when he mentions him." Lu Xun smiled slightly: "But the foundation that Sun Bofu has built still belongs to the people of the world. Since the lord is going to become the lord of the world, isn't he the final decision?"

He knew that what Lu Xun said was reasonable, and Zhang Zhao didn't know how to respond.

First, he met Sima Yi, and later, when he met Lu Xun, Zhang Zhao felt that Cao Shu's subordinates were not very enthusiastic about Sun Quan's surrender.

They even felt that whether Sun Quan surrendered or not would have no effect on the Great Wei.

Sima Yi and Guan Cheng attacked each other from the south and the north, and no matter which side, it was not something that the Sun family in Jiaozhou could deal with.

The fall of Jiaozhou is just a matter of time...

"My lord has known the intention of Mr. Zhang to come for a long time." Zhang Zhao did not say anything, but Lu Xun continued: "He is willing to see Mr. Zhang, which is nothing more than compassion for the people of the world. If Sun Zhongmou does not have any benefits, he will not only save his life, but also gain a position in the lord's Wei Dynasty. If he is too greedy, I am afraid that the lord will not give in."

His face didn't look very good, but Zhang Zhao still didn't respond.

When the two of them were talking, they had already arrived at the Chengdu gate.

Lu Xun said to Zhang Zhao: "Mr. Zhang, you have come to Chengdu. I have also said a lot on the way. When I see my lord, I think Mr. Zhang should know how to speak."
Chapter completed!