After stopping Li Shuo's words, Zhao Jia didn't even move his eyelids.

This kind of joke may make others nervous, but people like Zhao Jia who are meticulous and have experienced many storms can see the flaws at a glance, and he smiled at Li Shuo.

"Not to mention whether Mr. Li has the ability to help the court pacify the southwest, even if there is, it will be difficult to restore the old view of the Marquis of Pingnan. Besides..."

Zhao Jia laughed: "If Mr. Li really wants to do this, he should not be with Zhao at this time, but on the way to Beijing."

Li Shuo's face was calm and he did not refute.

Zhao Jia took a sip of tea and asked, "How has Mr. Li been in the past few years?"

“It’s not good.”

Li Shuo said bluntly and said lightly: "That place is not a good place. It is rarely traded with the outside world. The food you plant is not enough to eat. You can only sacrifice your life to fight against the Tubo people in the west, or go to the mountains to hunt on a large scale, so you can barely survive. Therefore, many people die every year."

Zhao Jia's pupils shrank slightly.

If the Pingnan Army followed Li Shuo to a place to settle down and became farmers' farming, then in five or six years, the remaining combat power of these Pingnan Army would be extremely limited. But if what Li Shuo said was true, then the Pingnan Army had almost preserved its complete combat power during this period!

At least 80% of the combat power.

That's the Pingnan Army. The Pingnan Army, who was run by the Li family and his son for 30 years, can compete with any border army!

To this day, the combat power of the Hanzhou Army is actually far worse than that of the Pingnan Army. If the Hanzhou Army had no thunder in its hands and faced the 50,000 Pingnan Army head-on, it would probably end up in defeat.

Zhao Jia took a deep breath and looked at Li Shuo.

"Then is Mr. Li coming here for?"

"To live."

Li Shuo looked calm and said, "Although we have barely survived that place, the environment there is too poor, and food and clothing are both problems. Even if the newborns grow up, they will not be strong in the future. Now with the soldiers of the Pingnan Army, they can still support it, but sooner or later they will grow old and die. If this continues, we will gradually die in one or two generations."

Not only half of the Pingnan Army left Jincheng, but also the families of these people left together. There were tens of thousands of people who fled with Li Shuo!

These people occupied several cities in the west and barely survived, but as Li Shuo said, their quality of life was very poor.

Fortunately, they all recognized Li Shuo, the bloodline of Pingnan Hou, and Li Shuo was also a very capable leader. Only these people could survive in such remote places.

But as Li Shuo said, this kind of persistence will not last long.

Li Shuo said this and paused, and continued, "In the past five or six years, I have been sending people to inquire about the news. A few days ago, I found out that the imperial court conquered Hanzhou and the Mu family rebelled, and I knew that the opportunity had come."

"But I was not impatient. After watching for a while, I confirmed that the Mu family had indeed rebelled, I set out to see General Mu. On the way, I heard that Mr. Zhao had arrived in Jincheng, so I came to see Mr. Zhao first."

Zhao Jia laughed.

"Since Mr. Li knows that it is the Mu family's rebellion, he should go to General Mu. What's the use of finding me a scholar?"

"I used to think that the southwest rebellion was a small fight from the Mu family. I was hesitating whether to come out to meet General Mu, but after I knew that the gentleman had arrived in the southwest, I knew that the southwest was really going to undergo a major change."

Li Shuo looked up at Zhao Jia and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, the sir should be from my brother's family. When the sir arrived in the southwest, he was in charge of Jincheng. Is it understandable that the southwest affairs were the brother's hands?"

Faced with this problem, Zhao Jia did not avoid anything. He nodded slowly: "It can be said that."

Li Shuo's expression was refreshed, and he took a deep breath: "Where is my brother? I want to see him."

Zhao Jia shook his head secretly in his heart.

After all, Li Shuo's news in the southwest was still too closed. He only knew the major events that happened in the southwest and could be said to be ignorant of the specific details.

"The Marquis is still in the capital."

Li Shuo frowned: "Brother, he is in the capital. How can he rebel in the southwest? Wouldn't the emperor kill people?"

Zhao Jia's face was calm: "If the southwest rebellion occurs, the marquis will be safe in the capital. To be honest, Mr. Li will meet the marquis one day and ask him if he asks him."

Li Shuo put down the teacup in his hand and took a deep breath.

He looked up at Zhao Jia.

"Sir, what level do you want to do? How far can you do?"

"Splitting the land and sealing the country."

Because Li Shuo had a force in his hand, Zhao Jia took a lot of attention to him, so he said bluntly: "From then on, the court was the court, and the southwest was the southwest. The marquis had already negotiated with the court. It won't take long to have a Shu king in the southwest."

Li Shuo closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Sir, I want to rest in the southwest government. In return, I can lead troops to help the Mu family guard the southwest."

His life is indeed difficult now, and his subordinates often have no food. As the leader, he cannot watch them continue to nest in that place where birds do not shit, so he really wants to return to the southwest.

However, the southwest was originally in the hands of the court, so they naturally did not dare to come back. At this time, the southwest might be about to change hands, and Li Shuo must take this opportunity to bring his subordinates back to the southwest.

"You have to tell the marquis."

Zhao Jia picked up the teacup and said calmly: "Just just as the emperor would not allow his generals to raise private soldiers, the Marquis would not allow someone else's army to be there in the southwest hinterland."

"Young Master Li can understand the truth that you can't let others sleep soundly on your side of the bed."

Seeing Li Shuo silent, Zhao Jia continued, "But Mr. Li, you... After all, you are different from outsiders. The Marquis doesn't have any disgust towards you. If you talk to him, you might be able to talk to him."

Li Shuo frowned.

"When I go to the capital at this time, can I still come out?"

Li Xin was under strict surveillance, and most of the people who went to see him would be stared at by Tianmu Prison. Ye Ming could leave the capital safely after seeing him because the people from Tianmu Prison did not dare to stop him. Zhao Jia could leave Liyang after seeing Li Xin because Li Xin's men died.

On the way from Zhao Jia to the southwest, in order to protect her, at least forty or fifty people under Shen Gang died. Of course, many people in Tianmujian were injured and killed.

Zhao Jia shook his head slightly: "I don't know."

"It's better to do this. I'll write a letter to the Marquis and send it to the capital and explain the situation here to him. Whether Mr. Li is waiting in Jincheng or waiting back, when there is news, I will send someone to notify you immediately."

Li Shuo hesitated for a while, and finally stood up from the chair and bowed to Zhao Jia.

"Then I'll have a hard time. Mr. may as well ask me. If I can go to the capital, I still want to meet my brother in person. After all, some things cannot be explained clearly in the letter."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Zhao Jia also stood up and saw him off.

"Mr. Li, the water in the capital is now much more turbid than in the southwest. Even the Marquis struggles hard in the capital."

"No matter how chaotic the situation in the southwest is, it is always just a corner of the situation in the capital."
Chapter completed!