When Zhao Wen arrived in Runan, Runan was in the midst of a tense autumn harvest.

The fields were full of golden rice, and the sweaty farmer bent over, the sickle in his hand polished by the rice stalks, and with the soft sound of "swish", the stalks were cut and fell obediently under the farmer's armpits. Many children followed, the younger ones picked up the ears of rice, and the half-sized ones twisted the rice into straw ropes, tied the cut rice into bundles, and sent them to the ox carts on the side of the road.

Men and women, old people and young people, children and teenagers, there is no idler, each performing his duties in an orderly manner.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Wen's anxious mood was relieved a lot. There is food at home, and there is no panic in my heart. After the autumn harvest, there is grain in the warehouse, the disaster can be alleviated, and the situation will gradually stabilize. Now there is only one problem left: convince Sun Ce to send more grain to Guanzhong.

Zhao Wen thought about this all the way. Although he was very anxious, he did not go very fast, especially after arriving in Runan, infected by the busy autumn harvest atmosphere, he became more and more peaceful, according to the daily regulations, while thinking about how to mediate, while waiting for the news of Chang'an. He had already sent people back to Guanzhong to deliver the letter, and the first messenger had already rushed back, bringing back a good news: 300,000 stone grain had crossed the Wuguan Pass, and now it may have reached the Lantian area.

It seems that Zhang Hong has the imperial court in his heart, and he tries his best to solve problems for the imperial court within the scope of his power, and he doesn't want to anger Sun Ce, not so much for the sake of his own future, but for the sake of the imperial court. If he is removed by Sun Ce, others will not do better than him.

Zhao Wen was ashamed that he had misunderstood Zhang Hong, and he was even more proud. If scholars can be like Zhang Hong, it is entirely possible for the Han to prosper again. Jun Ming and virtuous, up and down with one heart, what can't be done?

Guanzhong was too far away, and when Zhao Wen arrived at Pingyu, he had not received more news.

Zhao Wen met with Runan Taishou Zhang Zhao first. Zhang Zhao has not been to Chang'an, but Zhao Wen has seen Zhang Zhao's article. For a period of time, Sun Jian's recitals were elegantly used and reasoned and thorough, and at first glance they were not written by him, which caused the surprise of many ministers in the court. Later, when I inquired, I learned that it was Zhang Zhao, a famous person in Pengcheng. Zhao Wen was also very curious about Zhang Zhao, just as he didn't understand why Zhang Hong was willing to work for Sun Ce, he didn't know how such a famous man could serve Sun Ce willingly.

If one person is accidental, two people are not accidental.

When Zhao Wen saw Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao was busy. Not only was the front yard of the Taishou Mansion full of officials waiting to report on their work, but there was also a group of people standing outside the door. Fortunately, although there are a lot of people, there are not many cars, and Zhao Wen and his party can successfully arrive in front of the Taishou Mansion.

After receiving the report, Zhang Zhao quickly rushed out of it, and after greeting Zhao Wen, he went straight to the point and asked who the edict was for.

Zhao Wen was surprised. Zhang Hong asked, Zhang Zhao also asked, what's wrong with you, do you know it's rude? If it weren't for Zhang Hong's foresight, Zhao Wen would have almost been angry.

"To General Zhengdong, Yuzhou Musun Jiansun Wentai."

"General Zhengdong has been to Junyi for nearly a month. The government affairs of Yuzhou are handled by the rebellious general, and he is in the Gepi camp, so you can go there to find him. He's busy, you go quickly, don't waste time. ”

"Mingfu, I'm here to deliver the edict." Zhao Wen reminded Zhang Zhaodao.

Zhang Zhao glanced at Zhao Wen, ignored him, and said to himself: "Let me give you a suggestion, before meeting General Sun, you'd better go and see his chief bookkeeper Yang Xiu first." Now the food is very tight, and the place has been arranged before the warehouse, you said that it was late, but there is no food for you. ”

Zhao Wen's face was hot. Zhang Zhao's attitude, even if he treats the messenger of the Son of Heaven, is simply treating the poor relatives who come to ask for help. He wanted to refute Zhang Zhao a few words, but when he thought that he was indeed here to beg, he could only shut his mouth in disdain. Just when he didn't know how to maintain the dignity of the court, there was a horn sound in the distance, majestic and long, Zhao Qian looked up, the people waiting outside the door gave way on both sides, there was the sound of horses' hooves approaching quickly, several horses galloped to the front, just arrived at the front of the house, the horse had not stopped, the young rider jumped down, ran a few steps forward with the momentum, and will come to Zhang Zhao.

"Zhang Fujun, what's going on today, the grain that should be put into the warehouse in the morning is a full thirty percent less."

Zhang Zhao hurriedly rushed over. "Dezu, don't you know, last night when I walked through the water, a threshing yard was burned down for most of ......"

The young knight's face changed. "Why are you so careless, are there any casualties?"

"No, no." Zhang Zhao hurriedly pulled the knight aside and patiently explained, they spoke quickly and urgently, like horses that had just arrived.

Zhao Wen didn't pay attention at first, and then stared at the young knight twice, and suddenly felt a little familiar, and when he looked closely, he couldn't help but be surprised. The young man in front of him, dressed in a tight-fitting narrow-sleeved shirt with no hem to his knees and a pair of samurai leather boots on his feet, was none other than Yang Xiu, the son of the late Situ Yang Biao. Zhang Zhao just called him Dezu, Zhao Wen heard it, but he didn't think much about it. In his impression, Yang Xiu is a turbidity Shijia son with outstanding literary talents, always spotless and personable, and he can't match the sturdy knight in front of him, it should be a heavy word, and there are too many people who are heavy on words.

At this moment, Zhang Zhao led Yang Xiu over. "Dezu, this is the envoy of the imperial court who has just arrived, and he has come to deliver the edict, so it just so happens that you can take him with you to see General Sun."

Yang Xiu glanced at Zhao Wen, very embarrassed, and hurriedly bowed his hand. "It turned out to be Xiongfei Zhao Jun, I didn't pay attention just now, and I was rude."

Seeing Yang Xiu dressed as a knight, Zhao Wen was already stunned, and now when he heard Yang Xiu call him Xiongfei Zhao Jun, he felt even more awkward, and he suspected that the person in front of him was not Yang Xiu he knew. How could the son of the Yang family, the fourth and third dukes, be so frivolous Yang Dezu?

Seeing Zhao Wen glaring at him, Yang Xiu blinked, and he also understood, and couldn't help but be a little sneering. He confessed a few words to Zhang Zhao, pulled Zhao Wen to his car, glanced at it, snorted naturally, and turned around to wave. A knight turned away, and after a while a coachman came with a four-wheeled carriage.

Zhao Wen has seen a lot of such cars, especially in Nanyang, it is a taxi car that specializes in transporting people and delivering goods for a living, the rent depends on the distance and time, if the road is far away, and the time requirements are not tight, then use the ox cart, the ox cart is cheaper, and the load is more. If you are in a hurry, use a horse-drawn carriage, which is less heavy, but faster and more expensive.

"You want me to ride in this car?" Zhao Wen looked at Yang Xiu, who raised his hand to invite, and it took a lot of effort to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth, and said in his heart I am a messenger of the imperial court, even if you don't bring a car, you should borrow a car from Taishou Mansion, what does it mean to call a car on the side of the road?

"It's a good car, it's fast and spacious." Yang Xiu didn't feel anything wrong at all. "Let's get in the car, let's talk about what to get in the car, this car will take about half an hour to get to Gepi."

Zhao Wen grabbed Yang Xiu. "You're in such a hurry?"

Yang Xiu looked dazed. "yes, didn't you see that I came on horseback? Come on horseback and save a moment. ”