Although Yang Rui's request for the title of County Marquis and above, the range was very small. County Marquis was the highest rank of Marquis, and Marquis was the 20th highest rank of Marquis. Unless Liu Dai could write a petition to get Yang Rui a Prince with a different surname, he could only choose County Marquis.
Zhang Rang and the other Ten Personal Attendants were all conferred the title of Marquis by Emperor Ling of Han. Among them, there were only two County Marquis. The rest were Village Marquis and Village Marquis. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu was called Marquis of Wen. His real identity was the County Marquis of Wen County. However, in the game, Lu Bu might not be able to obtain this title.
Whether or not he could obtain the title of Marquis was still uncertain. The other conditions were also not something that Liu Dai could complete immediately. Therefore, both sides had signed the agreement. However, in a short period of time, the situation in Puyang City did not change much.
Among the six conditions that Liu Dai agreed to, other than the two passive conditions of territory and military strength, the 20000 captives were the easiest to deal with.
Liu Dai estimated that he would need to prepare 10 million gold. Even if he did, he would not take it out easily until the last moment. The same was true for 10000 tier-2 to tier-6 archer skill books. Although he did not need to prepare, Liu Dai did not want to give it out easily.
The 20000 captives had already been captured by Yang Rui. Regardless of whether Liu Dai cooperated or not, he would not be able to get them back. Therefore, Liu Dai chose to prioritize this matter.
First, Liu Dai asked Yang Rui for the names and information of the 20000 captives. After Yang Rui spent a few days to gather the information and send it to Puyang City, Liu Dai quickly assigned these captives to Linyi County.
As a result. As long as Yang Rui took control of Linyi County. These captives would quickly become Yang Rui's soldiers.
Next, Liu Dai did the second thing. He used the name of the Yanzhou Provincial Governor to pass down the order, notifying all the counties south of Fan County to hand over all the official seals and documents in their hands to Yang Rui to deal with. This also meant that they acknowledged Yang Rui's proposal.
Liu Dai was powerless to change the first two conditions. As for the remaining two items, Liu Dai was in no hurry to hand over the money and skill books. Even when Yang Rui urged him twice, Liu Dai kept replying that he was in the process of preparing them.
Actually, Yang Rui also knew that Liu Dai was waiting for the results of the petition for a noble title. If he could successfully obtain the county marquis title, it would not be difficult for Liu Dai to fulfill the remaining two conditions. If he could not obtain the desired result, then Liu Dai would have to continue negotiating with Yang Rui.
This resulted in the stalemate between the two sides. After half a month, Yang Rui and Liu Dai's attacking and defending of Puyang City did not change. However, although Yang Rui's side continued to besiege the city, they did not attack Puyang City again.
During this half a month, Prefect Qiao Mao and Prefect Ding Yuan had never stopped their actions.
Qiao Mao had successfully completed the reorganization of the entire East County, including all the areas south of Fan County.
In actuality, Yang Rui had already told Qiao Mao and Ding Yuan about the peace talks. He said that he would keep the East Prefecture south of Fan County for Liu Dai, but Qiao Mao did not give up on wiping out Liu Dai's factions. He did not want to interfere with his own influence.
Qiao Mao had been schemed against by Liu Dai, and now that he had the chance to take revenge, he would not give up so easily. He was even a little unwilling to make peace with Liu Dai, but Yang Rui had always been in charge of the war, so Qiao Mao could not say anything.
As for Taishan Prefecture's Governor Ding Yuan, he had only been invited to lead the troops and clean up the mess behind the Qingzhou troops. Therefore, he did not have any objections to Yang Rui's plans. When he heard that Yang Rui wanted to split the newly acquired land in Yan Province with him and Qiao Mao, he was very satisfied.
In half a month, Yang Rui, Ding Yuan, and Qiao Mao had already discussed the division of territories. The East Prefecture north of Fan County would be occupied by Yang Rui, the East Prefecture south of the Yellow River and the surrounding areas would be occupied by Qiao Mao, and Dong Ping and the surrounding areas would be occupied by Ding Yuan.
As for the captives, the Archer Skill Book, and Liu Dai's compensation, Yang Rui did not mention them at all. Just as Guo Jia had suggested, although Qiao Mao and Ding Yuan were supported by Yang Rui, there were some things that might hurt the relationship between the two sides.
What's more, Guo Jia had originally intended to borrow the strength of these two people in the future to eliminate Liu Dai without even leaving his residence!
The relevant matters had been discussed, and they only needed to wait for Liu Dai to announce the result of his title. This wait took another ten days.
"System Announcement: Qingzhou Prefecture's Governor Blazing Sun has been conferred the title of Marquis Weinan and Western Conquering General. The Three Kingdoms title system is officially open to players!
After players obtain the title, the game will activate some special functions. As for the specifics, players will have to explore them on their own … "
Finally, on this day, the Three Kingdoms Region System Announcement was made to the entire server, and it was repeated three times. All the players in the Three Kingdoms Region once again heard the name of Blazing Sun, and it caused quite a stir.
However, this was nothing new. The name Blazing Sun had appeared in the System Announcement more than once or twice. Even if he did something special again, it would be normal …
When the System Announcement was made, Yang Rui just happened to receive the imperial edict from the eunuch. It was the title that Liu Dai had requested for him! Currently, the situation in Chang 'an City was still unknown, and it was still chaotic. He really did not know how Liu Dai had done it.
Moreover, he had even given Yang Rui the title of "Western Conquering General". At this point, Yang Rui's official position, title, and military position were all complete. Moreover, the military position of "Western Conquering General" was much higher than his previous position of West Park Commandant.
However, whether it was "Western Conquering General" or "Marquis Weinan", it seemed to be somewhat different from Yang Rui's current situation in the game. "Western Conquering General" was not related to Yang Rui at all. With Yang Rui's territory in Qingzhou, it was more like "Eastern Conquering General".
Weinan County was also not very reliable. Where was Weinan? It was not far from Chang 'an City! It was impossible for Yang Rui to really go over and claim this piece of land.
"The Han Dynasty must have had special considerations for conferring titles like this. I don't know if Your Excellency has noticed, but the imperial edict requires Your Excellency to go to the land of Weinan County!"
Guo Jia also noticed this. After Yang Rui sent away the eunuch who came to announce the decree, Guo Jia reminded Yang Rui.
"Oh? What does Your Excellency mean? "
Hearing Guo Jia's words, Yang Rui could only speculate. Could there be some implications? Earlier, he had only taken the words "go to the land of Weinan County immediately" in the imperial edict as a cliché and did not pay much attention to it.
"Generally speaking, the Han Dynasty would only confer the title of" Conquering General "to a party when it needed to send a senior general on a punitive expedition, and the party that was in trouble would be given a corresponding title. Since the conferred land of Weinan County only paid taxes and did not have the corresponding rights of governance, it was not required to go there.
However, the imperial edict seemed to be hinting at something. If Guo Jia's guess was correct, the emperor or someone close to the emperor probably wanted Your Excellency to go to Chang 'an City for some purpose, and they probably wanted Your Excellency to take charge of the situation and set things right. That was why they used the title of "Conquering General".
Such a hint was probably because they could not clearly state the matter, or because of certain restrictions! What are Your Excellency's plans? "
Following that, Guo Jia gave another round of analysis. He actually came up with a hypothesis that surprised Yang Rui. However, based on Yang Rui's understanding of the game's background, Guo Jia's hypothesis was very likely to be true!
More than half of the plot had been going on, and there was only a month left before the plot of Dong Zhuo's Rebellion ended. However, there had been no accurate news from Chang 'an. It was hard to guarantee that someone did not want to borrow Yang Rui's power!
"Although this might be a hint from the Han Dynasty to ask for help, the matter related to Liu Dai in the East County has yet to be settled. Let's talk about it after this matter is settled. Now that the vassals are rising everywhere, I'm afraid I can't support the Han Dynasty alone …"
At this time, the plot of Dong Zhuo's Rebellion was nearing its end, and Yang Rui had already gotten what he wanted. To be honest, Yang Rui did not want to get involved with the Han Dynasty in Chang 'an anymore. No matter how much he got involved, there might not be much profit to be gained. Moreover, it might completely disrupt the situation there, making it even more difficult to grasp and control.
However, Yang Rui only tactfully expressed his thoughts and did not completely reject him. This was because Yang Rui also discovered that Guo Jia seemed to be quite interested in going to Chang 'an. If he wanted to win Guo Jia over, Yang Rui could consider going to Chang' an.
No matter what, Marquis Weinan was the highest rank among the marquises. Therefore, Yang Rui and Liu Dai had completed this agreement. Liu Dai would not continue to delay the remaining two conditions, and he had no reason to continue delaying it.
"If that's the case, I might lose a great opportunity …"
Hearing Yang Rui's words, Guo Jia's expression darkened as he muttered to himself.
"Fengxiao, why don't you say it clearly? If it's imperative, I won't delay it!"
Although Guo Jia seemed to be muttering to himself, it conveyed a lot of information. Yang Rui thought that it was indeed a good opportunity for Guo Jia to persist.
"Well … I just think that since Chang 'an City is in a mess now, if Your Excellency can save the Han Dynasty, you will definitely be rewarded greatly. You can either help the Han Dynasty rise again or rely on your power to stand on your own. Either way, it will be a rare opportunity!" He floated to the heavens.
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