On the big boat, Zhu Kuan walked quickly in front of Zhang Xuan and bowed down, "Commander Qi, I caught a big fish!" ”

"How big is the fish?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"There are 50,000 stone of grain, 180 cargo ships, and countless spears, war knives, bows and arrows, and at least more than 100,000 miles."

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up, 50,000 stone of grain, it was really a big fish, Laihu'er found six warehouses, and the grain added up to only 45,000 stones, and this warehouse seized 50,000 stone of grain, which was really unexpected.

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "How did you find out that the other party is not from the Huang family?" ”

Zhu Kuan explained the process of their search in detail, and finally waved his hand, "Bring it up!" ”

The two soldiers pushed up the deacon who was tied like a dumpling, Zhang Xuan looked at this person, and saw that this person was very thin, his eyes were timid, and he looked like a timid person, Zhang Xuan saw that he was tied like a mouse, so he smiled and waved his hand, "Untie him rope!" ”

The soldier untied the rope, and the deacon immediately knelt in front of Zhang Xuan, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "His Royal Highness the King of Qi spared the villain's life, and the villain will never dare again." ”

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "If you want to survive, you can't dare next time, you must make meritorious service to atone for your sins." ”

"The villain is willing to do anything, I just ask His Highness to spare the villain's life."

Zhang Xuan nodded and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"The villain used to be the manager of the Huang family's warehouse, and the warehouse here has always been managed by the villain, and the last time His Royal Highness sent someone to transport pig iron, the villain also participated in the inventory and handover."

"Then why are you working for Duvowe?"

The deacon lowered his head for a long time and said: "The Huang family was accused of being reported to Jiangdu because of the private possession of pig iron, the Son of Heaven was very angry, and ordered several Huang family members who were officials in Jianghuai counties to be dismissed, and ordered Liyang County to severely punish the Huang family, and finally it was gone, this warehouse was abolished, the villain was angry with the Huang family, and was punished to take care of this abandoned warehouse, at the beginning of the year, Du Fuwei personally led the army to come, he took a fancy to this warehouse, and rebuilt and expanded, becoming his most important transit granary, directly supplying his army, Last month, I just bought 30,000 stone of grain from Jingzhou, but I haven't had time to transport it away. ”

"Duvowe believes in you so much that you continue to be in charge?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"No, the villain has been doing chores here, and Du Fuwei only let the villain be in charge last month, in order to pretend to be the Huang family's warehouse."

Zhang Xuan realized that it was originally to pretend to be the Huang family's warehouse, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Does the Huang family know about this?" ”

"The villain doesn't dare to say it!"

"Say!" Jang Hyun stared at him sternly.

The steward said, "The Huang family will definitely say that they don't know, but in fact they do. ”

"They've been here?" Zhu Kuan asked next to him.

"Nope! I didn't come once, and it was because I didn't come once, so the villain said that they knew that the Huang family would often send people in the past, because this place was only temporarily abandoned, and they would open it in the future, but since Du Fuwei used this place as a transit warehouse, the people of the Huang family never came again. ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered an extremely important matter, and immediately asked: "You just said that the grain here is directly supplied to his army, so you should know where his lair is?" ”

Du Fuwei is cunning and rabbit three holes, Zhang Xuan knows that Du Fuwei has at least five foundations, since Du Fuwei withdrew south to Jianghuai, it has disappeared, and there are traces of army activities in all five foundations, which makes Zhang Xuan difficult to judge for a while, and he now suddenly realizes that food will not be faked, it can tell himself where Du Fuwei is really hiding.

Zhang Xuan stared at the steward sharply, and the steward was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, "The villain doesn't know, the villain won't know about this kind of thing." ”

"Then who knows?"

The steward lowered his head weakly, his expression couldn't hide Zhang Xuan's eyes, Zhang Xuan snorted and shouted, "Someone!" ”

Several pro-soldiers stepped forward at the same time, "Here! ”

Zhang Xuan pointed to the manager, "Drag this person down and cut it down, and throw the body into the Yangtze River to feed the fish!" ”

Several pro-soldiers were like wolves, and they stepped forward to grab the steward and dragged him down, and the steward was so frightened that he cried loudly, "I said! I say! ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, and the soldiers let go of him, Zhang Xuan squatted in front of him and said coldly: "You have to understand who you are facing, let me warn you first, if you dare to be a little dishonest, I will cut off your head with my own hands." ”

"The villain really doesn't dare!"

The steward shuddered and wept: "Among the people who have been arrested is a bald man with a full face, he is the real leader of the warehouse, he is Du Fuwei's personal guard, and all Du Fuwei's orders will be sent to him." ”

Zhu Kuan next to him gritted his teeth with hatred, "It turned out to be that bastard, pretending to be more honest than anyone else, so I went to torture him." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Let all the soldiers take action, put all the food on the ship, and prepare to transport it back to Jiangdu,"

"Obey!"

Zhu Kuan left in a hurry, and Zhang Xuan said to the soldiers: "Take this person down, and let him go home after killing Du Fuwei!" ”

The steward was so excited that he kowtowed again and again, "Your Highness Xie spares your life!" Thank you, Your Highness, for spare your life! ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take him down, and at this time, Du Wenxun, who joined the army, whispered on the side: "Your Highness, the Huang family should not hide this matter from us." ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "It is not easy for the family to survive in troubled times, sometimes they have to do things they are reluctant to do, don't blame the Huang family, it has done its best for us." ”

After a pause, Zhang Xuan said again: "But it is necessary to let the Huang family know that Du Fuwei lost 50,000 stone of grain, and it is likely that he will think that the Huang family has betrayed him, and it is best to let the Huang family transfer to Jiangdu immediately." ”

Zhang Xuan immediately wrote a letter and asked a personal soldier to send it to the Huang family.

At this time, Zhu Kuan walked briskly and presented a confession to Zhang Xuan and said: "Marshal Qiyu, the interrogation has ended, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou each led an army, hiding in Yinlong Mountain and Banyang Mountain in Lujiang County respectively, the two places are one hundred and fifty miles apart, this is a detailed confession!" ”

Zhang Xuan took the confession and looked at it, and he immediately wrote another military order, asking the soldiers to pass it to Laihu'er and Luo Shixin with flying pigeons, and asked them to send scouts to the two places to confirm

Although the incident that happened in the Huang family's warehouse was just an accidental encounter, its significance was very significant, first of all, with grain as a clue, Zhang Xuan initially found Du Fuwei's hiding place, and secondly, he harvested 50,000 stone grain and 180 cargo ships, plus the grain and ships seized by Hu'er before, they have already obtained nearly 100,000 stone grain and 400 cargo ships, which is enough for Li Qingming to form a strong cargo fleet.

Grain can also be handed over to Li Qingming to establish a standing position, which is used to stabilize grain prices at critical moments.

A few days later, Zhang Xuan's fleet arrived at the wharf in Jiangyang County, and Li Qingming, who got the news first, and ****, who had just arrived in Jiangdu to be in charge of disaster relief, came to the wharf to greet him.

Zhang Xuan stepped off the board, and Li Qingming and **** immediately stepped forward and bowed, "Weichen see His Highness!" ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the **** and asked, "Has Huang Yuanjun ever been in contact with his family?" ”

"Wechen just arrived in Jiangdu this morning, and he hasn't had time to contact his family yet."

"I wrote a letter to your grandfather, it is estimated that they will come to Jiangdu in the next few days, and you must arrange a place for them to live first."

"The Huang family has a house in Jiang, so there is no need to prepare for it, but Your Highness, what happened to the Huang family?" Puzzled, he asked.

"It's nothing, the Huang family has made another meritorious contribution to let us serve Du Fuwei's largest granary."

Zhang Xuan turned back to Du Wenxun and said, "Du joins the army, you come and tell Huang Yuanjun!" ”

Du Wenxun saluted, waved his hand and said, "Huang Yuanjun, let's go here!" ”

The two walked aside to discuss in detail, and at this time, Li Qingming hurriedly said: "Your Highness, there is the latest news from Zhongdu." ”

"Did the two sides reach a compromise?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"Exactly!"

Zhang Xuan laughed, this was expected by him, instead of losing the entire annexed state, it was better to redeem Hedong City first, although one and a half million stone grain was a little ruthless, but Li Yuan could take it, there were three million stone grain stored in Yongtongcang alone, which was enough to pay this ransom.

"Su Xiangguo sent someone to deliver a letter, hoping that His Highness would immediately rush back to Zhongdu and sign a new armistice agreement."

"I see, I'll talk about it later."

Zhang Xuan pointed to the fleet that was slowly docking at the dock, and smiled at Li Qingming: "There are one hundred and eighty cargo ships and fifty thousand stone of grain, and soon there will be a batch of cargo ships and grain to be delivered, I will hand over this batch of cargo ships to you, just do it according to the idea last time, establish two cargo ships, and use the grain to help refugees or establish a permanent position, this is up to you." ”

Li Qingming was overjoyed, and with food and ships, many of his plans could be implemented.

At this time, Zhang Xuan laughed in a low voice: "These ships are actually cargo ships of the three ships, don't let them know." ”

Li Qingming couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, there are many ships that look the same in the world, what evidence do they have to ask for, and they won't dare to come if they give them a hundred guts." ”

"That's just as well!"

Zhang Xuan and Li Qingming glanced at each other and laughed together. (To be continued.) )