Chapter 64: An Unexpected Change
Five days later, nearly 300,000 stone of grain and grass were loaded onto the ship, transferred from the Han River to the tributary Shushui, and transported north to Wancheng.
The water flows into the Hanshui from north to south, passing through Wancheng, Jianyang, Xinye and other major cities in Nanyang, which is the main waterway connecting the north and the south, and the grain and grass are transported.
Not long after the grain boat was on the road, a handwritten letter from Liu Qi was delivered to Wancheng and Su Zhe before the grain and grass.
"Our eldest prince has written again, should it be that he wants to show merit again, saying how hard he advocated in front of Liu Jingsheng to increase my food."
As he spoke, Su Zhe unfolded the letter and smiled.
As he expected.
In his letter, Liu Qi focused on describing how Cai Mao and other important ministers opposed it, and how he tried his best to persuade Liu Biao to give him more grain and grass.
"If it's not me acting in that play, you just chewed your tongue, how could you overwhelm Cai Mao's gang, Liu Qi, Liu Qi, you really put gold on your face." Su Zhe sneered and threw the letter on the desk.
Su Fei took a look and couldn't help but say excitedly: "I didn't expect that Liu Zhoumu to transfer grain to us so happily, now the food shortage in Wancheng has been saved, it seems that we still have to thank the Yellow Turban thieves who entered the country to harass." ”
Su Fei and Zhou Cang glanced at each other, their eyes were mysterious, and they smiled without saying a word.
After the excitement, Su Fei's expression immediately became solemn again, and said: "Ziming, although it is just a small group of yellow turban thieves, we can't take it lightly, we have to quickly recruit troops and sell horses, and train a new army, lest the yellow turban thieves really invade in a big way, and our soldiers and horses are really not enough." ”
Su Zhe smiled, pointed at Zhou Cang and said, "Uncle is too worried, isn't the invading Yellow Turban Army standing in front of you." ”
Su Fei was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhou Cang blankly, with a misty expression on his face.
"Okay, I won't hide it from you, Zifeng, tell the second uncle." Su Zhe said with a smile.
Zhou Cang smiled and said, "Lieutenant Su, don't you know how cunning our son is...... Phew! How clever is right, a few days ago he ordered me to take a team of soldiers and horses to the area of Yexian, pretending to be the Yellow Turban Army to go around a few times, and then put it on the table to Xiangyang, saying that the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army has signs of a large-scale invasion, saying that we want to expand the number of soldiers and horses, but unfortunately there is not enough food and grass, so I deceived Liu Jingzhou to allocate hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass to us. ”
Truth.
Su Fei's mouth slowly cracked, and his expression changed from dazed to shocked, from shock to surprise, and then from surprise to deep amazement.
"Ziming, it's really yours!" Su Fei slapped Su Zhe's shoulder excitedly, "You can even think of such a trick, Uncle Wei was fooled, and I didn't see that there was a fake in it at all." ”
"Ouch, I said second uncle, you light, my small body can't stand your shot." Su Zhe grinned bitterly and rubbed his shoulders.
Su Fei laughed, and then put away one shoulder, looking relieved.
Suddenly, Su Fei thought of something again, and a melancholy appeared on his face, and said: "Ziming, although this group of yellow turban thieves was pretended by Zhou Zifeng before, but the yellow turbans in Yanzhou really exist, according to this momentum, they should soon capture Yanzhou, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not really invade our Nanyang when the time comes." ”
Su Zhe said disapprerovingly: "Don't worry, I expect that the million yellow turban thieves are just a rabble, and Cao Cao will soon clean them up." ”
"That's a million yellow scarves!" Su Fei was stunned, "Then what can Cao Cao do, I don't believe that he can destroy millions of yellow scarves with just one Dongjun Taishou." ”
"Don't underestimate Cao Cao, that's not a simple person, maybe, one day, he will be our real enemy."
Su Zhe's tone was meaningful, and when Cao Cao was mentioned, a little jealousy could not help but appear on his thin face, which was far less relaxed than when he mentioned Dong Zhuo and Liu Biao.
Su Fei looked incredulous, and when he wanted to question Su Zhe's judgment, Hu Che'er outside broke in like a gust of wind, and he was solemn.
"Childe, something happened, dozens of boatloads of grain and grass transported from Xiangyang to our Wancheng were robbed in the middle of the road!"
Grain and grass have been robbed!
In the lobby, everyone has no change of color.
Su Zhe's sword eyebrows were condensed, and he asked, "What kind of thief is it, who is so bold as to dare to rob official food?" ”
Hu Che'er hurriedly said: "According to the people who escaped, it was a group of water thieves who hijacked the grain ship, led by a water thief leader nicknamed Jinfan Thief, who seemed to be called ...... Called......"
He scratched his head, unable to remember the name for a moment.
Su Zhe looked shocked, and blurted out: "Is that thief called Gan Ning?" ”
"That's right, it's called Gan Ning!" Hu Che'er patted his head and finally remembered.
"I didn't expect it to be him, it's not easy to do now......" Su Zhe thought for a while, and subconsciously stuffed a cup of broad beans into his mouth, but he no longer chewed so happily.
Gan Ning Gan Xingba, a generation of tiger generals, how can his big name Su Zhe not know.
Su Zhe only knew that in history, this Gan Ning was originally a low man from Jingzhou, but because he was not trusted by Liu Biao and Huang Zu, he turned to Sun Quan, and finally helped Sun Ce capture Xiakou and kill Huang Zu, and then made many miraculous achievements for Sun Wu and became a generation of tiger generals.
He vaguely remembered that Gan Ning at this time was still wandering around Yizhou, but he didn't expect to return to Jingzhou so soon, and he also became a Jinfan thief on his own territory.
"Could it be that my appearance has changed the line of history?"
When Su Zhe was thinking about it, Su Fei was already angry, and shouted: "This water thief surnamed Gan is so bold that he dares to rob us of life-saving food, Ziming, you can give an order, and I will take a team of men and horses to destroy the Jinfan thief and take back the grain and grass." ”
Su Zhe looked calm and said: "Second uncle, don't be impulsive, this Gan Ning is not an easy character to deal with, and besides, we are not good at water warfare, so if we rashly send troops to conquer and suppress, we may not be sure of victory." ”
"What's the big deal about a mere water thief, Childe, let me go with Lieutenant Su, and we'll screw off that brocade thief's head."
Zhou Cang saw that Su Zhe was so jealous of Gan Ning, and he was naturally unconvinced, and immediately stood up to ask for battle.
Su Zhe was still calm, shook his head and said: "Let's not rush to make a move first, the grain team sent by the state government was robbed, which is equivalent to slapping our state pastor in the face, I expect him to be angry, and he will definitely send troops to conscript, since someone will take action for us, let's sit back and enjoy the results." ”
As soon as he said this, he suppressed Su Fei and Zhou Cang's anger.
Su Zhe picked up the pen and prepared to write down the robbery of grain and grass, and sent someone to send it to the state capital immediately, asking the state to send troops to recruit water thieves and take back the grain and grass.
Just when he grabbed the pen, Hu Che'er suddenly remembered something, slapped his head, and shouted: "Childe, I almost forgot to tell you something, that Miss Huang Yueying also happened to be on the grain boat, and she was robbed by the brocade thief along with the grain and grass." ”