"I'm sorry Ning'er, although I also have a big opinion about the imperial court, but this is not a suitable time to declare war on the imperial court, plus we have just fought a big battle against Yangzhou, and at this time the troops and horses under our command are not enough to mobilize and launch a larger-scale battle."

Liu Zheng could only find an excuse to delay and rejected Zhang Ning's proposal.

And Liu Zheng saw Zhang Ning's lonely look, so he changed his mind and continued.

"Although I cannot directly participate in your war against the imperial court, I am willing to help you in other ways."

Liu Zheng opened his mouth to speak, although he still cared about Zhang Ning's thoughts, but the loss revealed from Zhang Ning's eyes. still made Liu Zheng's heart tremble slightly.

After Zhang Ning heard Liu Zheng's words, he didn't continue to ask what Liu Zheng's help was.

On the contrary, Zhang Mancheng was very curious about the help Liu Zheng said.

"Liu Zhengqushuai, what kind of help are you talking about? Can you tell us more about that? ”

Zhang Mancheng looked at Liu Zheng with an expectant expression on his face.

Liu Zheng originally wanted to say a few more words to Zhang Ning, but when Zhang Mancheng interrupted him, he was embarrassed to pester Zhang Ning to say more, so he could only explain to Zhang Mancheng.

"I know that the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou is short of food, I have a way to send you a part of the grain and grass in a short period of time, to solve your worries, there is enough food and grass, you can attack the towns of the imperial court wholeheartedly, and when all the towns in Qingzhou are defeated, then give me a county town near the coast."

Liu Zheng said what he wanted to say to Zhang Mancheng, which immediately made Zhang Mancheng's eyes light up.

The reason why their Yellow Turban Army revolted and rebelled against the imperial court was not because they couldn't eat enough, and there was a famine in the world, and everyone had nothing to eat, which caused them to rebel. It is precisely because of the lack of money and food that they want to attack the county seat of the imperial court and grab the grain so as not to starve to death.

The Yellow Turban Army, which was already short of food, heard Liu Zheng say that he could unconditionally support them with some grain and grass, which of course made Zhang Mancheng happy to see it.

Of course, Liu Zheng did not do this unconditionally, as soon as he opened his mouth, he had already said his request, that is, after the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou defeated Qingzhou, give Liu Zheng a town close to the coast, this simple request is not important to the current Yellow Turban Jin.

Not to mention that they haven't conquered any towns in Qingzhou yet, even if they fight down at that time, they will only use one of the small towns to exchange for a large amount of grain and grass resources for Liu Zheng, so for them, there is nothing to lose, how can they refuse.

"Great, if there is Liu Zhengqu Shuai and your food and grass support, I think we will have a lot of possibilities to defeat Qingzhou, as for what you said, when the time comes, you will be given a town, you can rest assured, let alone one, even if you want a few more, I will not frown."

After Liu Zheng rejected Zhang Ning's proposal, Zhang Ning's whole person was not so concerned, and she just glanced at Liu Zheng in response to what Liu Zheng said, and she didn't seem to be interested.

On the contrary, Zhang Mancheng was very concerned about what Liu Zheng said. Holding Liu Zheng's hand, I desperately hope that Liu Zheng can also give some support in other aspects, after all, Liu Zheng now occupies the entire Jiaozhou, although Jiaozhou is not as good as Qingzhou. But at least it is also a state, with a population of millions of people, which is much more powerful than their Yellow Turban Army.

After Zhang Ning was not interested, Liu Zheng was reluctant to say anything to Zhang Mancheng, and Liu Zheng agreed with him on the time when the first batch of grain and grass arrived. I negotiated the general process with them.

And they didn't stay here for a long time, in order to put the uprising on the agenda as soon as possible, they decided to start leaving for Qingzhou in the next two days.

In fact, the reason why Liu Zheng agreed to deliver grain to the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou on this trip mainly has another purpose, that is, Liu Zheng wanted to solve the problem of the shortage of war horses before, and once thought about going to Youzhou by sea, and now, Liu Zheng's shipping has become mature, not only has a reliable route from Jiaozhou to Xuzhou, Liu Zheng also feels that it is time to open a line from Jiaozhou to Youzhou.

And from Jiaozhou to Youzhou, this line must not be able to bypass Qingzhou, rather than so, it is better to go directly to Qingzhou first, to understand the situation of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, if it is feasible, Liu Zheng really wants to go to Youzhou in Xuzhou on the surface, and then establish a transfer station in Qingzhou.

In this way, the commercial transportation line of the entire coastline is almost perfect, the first station is Hepu City in Jiaozhou, and the second station is Houguan County in Yangzhou, the third station is the transit station Xuzhou, the fourth station is in Qingzhou, and the fifth station is also the terminal station, which is Youzhou.

Once such a transportation line is successfully built, commercial transportation will have an extremely huge economic and even military role on Jiaozhou.

But after all, these fleets under Liu Zheng have not been to Youzhou, and although this route is clear to Liu Zheng, it has not yet been truly traded, and it is still unknown.

Therefore, Liu Zhengcai planned to take advantage of this opportunity to go to Qingzhou to send grain and grass to Youzhou directly to see if there was a chance to transport Youzhou's war horses to Jiaozhou.

After all, the three thousand war horses that Liu Zheng brought back from the Central Plains at the beginning, after two years of fighting, there are only 1,000 war horses left, and if you continue to wait, I am afraid that the cavalry under Liu Zheng will have to be disbanded.

That's why Liu Zheng will go to Youzhou for water transportation again in a short period of time.

After making up his mind, Liu Zheng arranged for the men and horses of the navy army and began to prepare, first taking out a part of the second season of grain in Jiaozhou, packing the boat, and then on the third day, he brought Zhang Mancheng and Zhang Ning and other core members of the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Zheng rushed to the sea and went directly to Qingzhou.

When Liu Zheng told them that they could return to Qingzhou from the ocean, they still couldn't believe it, but Liu Zheng swore that he was true, and Zhang Ning, who had always believed in Liu Zheng, also chose to follow Liu Zheng from the ocean to Qingzhou, and they were a group of old Yellow Turban soldiers who were willing to really follow the boat.

The ship departed from Hepu City, and on the third day, it arrived at the transit station in Houguan County.

Zhang Ning and Zhang Mancheng, people who have never seen the sea, after drifting at sea for two days, they have some seasickness unbearable, but they have come to Yangzhou in just two days, and they still can't believe it.

Especially when he learned that this shipping line was Liu Zheng's use of business to make money, he was even more surprised.