In a school field of the Wu Army's land division camp in the city of Jiangling County, many people were gathering at this time.

A young officer, no more than thirty years old, sat in a chair with a smile on his lips, and the table beside him was full of copper coins, some silver, and a few gold coins, and below him were the soldiers lining up.

Originally, when he was a soldier at this time, how could he have a salary for silver, just asking for a place to eat well, that is, it was only available recently, and in the past, the salary was only available to officers.

After a short time, the officer saw that the line was finished, and he drank:

"Those who have received the silver are scattered, come here early tomorrow, don't miss the time because of greed."

"How can it be, please relax everyone, the little ones have their own proportions. When this money is in hand, I have to go back and hand it over to my mother-in-law, how can I have extra money to squander. ”

"Haha, general, don't worry about him, this kid just got married last month, and he won't be willing to go out when he is hot on the kang."

"You kid dare to make fun of me......"

But on the day of the salary, the soldiers who received the salary, after laughing, they all returned home happily.

In the end, only Gan Yi remained.

"Gan team rate, come here, these are your salaries, count them and see if they are enough." The young officer smiled at this time and said to Gan Yi in the corner.

Seeing this, Gan Yi walked over and arched his hand at the other party: "I'm tired." ”

As he spoke, he didn't look at the number of broken silver and copper coins on the table, lifted the silver bag, turned around and left.

"Gan team rate, you are very relieved of me, aren't you afraid that I will give less quantity?" Behind him came the officer's teasing voice.

"What kind of family background does Your Excellency have, how can you make such a joke with someone." Gan Yi only paused, said lightly, and after speaking, he walked out without looking back.

At this time, a person came out of the inner room, but it was the captain of the water division in Gangneung City.

Looking at Gan Yi's back, the captain of the water division sneered a little playfully at this time and said: "Brother, what did I say, you thought too highly of him before, do you see it, this person is now a wasted person, and he will not shake the status of the general at all." ”

"Of course, you can say that he pretends, but the things in the world are true and false when they are false, he is so drunk every day, often ignores military affairs, and within a few years, his reputation and body will be crossed, and then he wants to cheer up, and he will suddenly find that he can't cheer up if he wants to cheer up - this is true and false when he is fake!"

"This power and fame are really powerful, such a powerful brave general, his family background is not worse than our ancestors, and now he is just a person who has lost his position, and it won't take me to kill him in another year."

"King Liang is quite jealous of these old generals, and the re-use of it is just an empty wind, and it cannot be taken seriously."

"Brother said the same, I have benefited a lot." After saying this, he still felt that it was not enough, and the captain of the water division said again: "However, this person has been a military master in the end, and he has also had some reputation, and he has been quite suppressed during the time he has been in this land division. ”

"If you gain power again one day, you will definitely be dissatisfied with your brother and wait for an opportunity to retaliate, you have to guard against such things!"

"Brother, this is because you are afraid that he will rob your Navy General, so you did these things, brother has been thinking about it for a long time, right?

Don't worry, you and my family, even King Wu, have to give a little face, how can it be compared to a small commoner? After a while, he has his own disposal, King Liang has just come, he has to give him face, it is not good to do anything at this time, after this period of time, find a reason, and kill this person by military law; Anyway, now this guy is drunk every day and ignores the military, and a person who kills him for the crime of slowing down the army and neglecting his duties is worthy of the name, and no one can speak. ”

This general of the Lu Division, surnamed Lu, but after Lu Meng, the governor of Wu State, his family background was first-class, and he was full of confidence when he spoke.

Hearing his promise, the captain of the water division smiled at this time, his family background is not as good as this surnamed Lu, but a local family; However, with the promise of the surname Lu, he was naturally satisfied, and divided the remaining salary into five for two.

On the street outside, Gan Yi, who stepped out of the camp, looked down at the silver bag in his hand, stood in place and thought about it, Fang took out a little money from the bag, held it in his hand, and put the rest in the bag and carefully put it in his arms.

A few days ago, I just picked up my wife from my mother's house, and after a lot of coaxing, Fang no longer treated him coldly, and I paid today, so I bought some wine and meat, and went back to let my mother-in-law and her own boy get involved in meat!

These days, the mother and son have not lived a good life, and I feel guilty when I think about it.

Thinking of this, Gan Yi walked to a pork stall, asked for half a catty of meat, and made two taels of wine in the wine shop, and walked towards home.

His family lived in a remote part of Gangneung, and it took him more than half an hour to walk back from the camp, and by the time he got home, he was already sweating.

"Daddy!" As soon as he entered the house, his young son had already pounced and screamed sweetly.

"Come, tell my father, did you listen to your mother at home today?" Picking up his son, Gan Yi asked with a smile.

"The boy is obedient." The child said earnestly.

"That's good, go, go to the side and play first, Dad has something to say to your mother." patted the young son's buttocks, Gan Yi put the child down and said.

The child ran away and went to play in the mud.

"Madam, this is this month's salary, you can take it." Taking out the silver bag from his arms, Gan Yi handed it to the woman in front of him.

The young woman, with a beautiful face and a tired countenance, took the silver bag, opened it and counted it, and said softly, "Husband, one hundred and fifty coppers a month is barely enough for the household."

But after some time, the child should also think about what to do in the future, whether to practice martial arts or learn literature, this cost is too large, and when the time comes, it will be the concubine to take on some embroidery work, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain; I had to save another province on this food and clothing. ”

"Madam, it's all bad for your husband and you to suffer with your son."

"What did the husband say, the concubine was blamed before, it was you who didn't know how to compromise when you encountered things, and repeatedly offended the officials, I was worried about being afraid, afraid of a big disaster, as long as the husband didn't do this, settle down, and I wasn't afraid of being tired."

Listening to his wife's words, Gan Yi's heart became more and more uncomfortable, and he put aside a little wine and meat in his hand, and his ability would naturally give birth to arrogance, but he was gradually suffering by life, and this arrogance was gradually gone.

"Some time ago, you just had an illness, and my son was also growing up, during this time, the food at home is still a little fishy, and the meat will be marinated in a while; As for the matter of the silver two, if I go to find a way for my husband, it is a big deal to find my family, and it will not delay my child's future in the future. ”

The young woman nodded, said no more, lifted up the wine and meat, and entered the stove.

Sitting on the chair, looking at the home with four walls, Gan Yi let out a long sigh.

People go to tea and cool, of course, this is also the Xiangyang strategy has not been completed, although there are some military achievements, but when you calculate it, it is actually a combination of merit and demerits; Now that he has been degraded, the situation at home is not as good as day by day, even if he tightens his belt, he can be meager and poor, and it is really difficult to maintain the family.

Looking out from the open door, the child was smiling and playing in the mud in the courtyard, Gan Yi remembered what his wife mentioned, and his heart was even more sulky.

At this moment, someone outside the courtyard gate asked loudly: "Does General Shuishi Gan's family live here?" ”

"Daddy, Daddy, someone is looking for you." When the boy heard this, he immediately put down the mud in his hand and ran in.

"Dad knows, you wash your hands and go to your mother on the stove." Stroking his son's little head, Gan Yi said, and when the young son ran in, he stood up and stepped out of the house.

The courtyard gate is nailed with wood, and you can see a little outside through the cracks.

As soon as he approached, Gan Yi could see clearly that it was a young man with a horse who was calling the door outside.

Look at the clothes, not ordinary people.

"A certain family is Gan Yi, but he is not a general of the water division, but he was a Sima of the first army in the water division, what are you looking for me?" Opening the door, Gan Yi asked directly.

"It turns out that you are General Gan, and you are entrusted by someone to deliver a letter to the general!" Pulling out a letter from his bosom, the young man said with a smile.

"Please come in first." The other party was so polite, Gan Yi was not good at talking at the door, let him in, and his eyes immediately fell on the horse led by the visitor, and his eyes sank.

"Please read the letter first, and after reading it, I will talk about it later." Tethering the horse to the courtyard, the young man followed Gan Yi into the house, and said with a smile, but he didn't want to stay in this dilapidated house longer.

Gan Yi didn't know what the other party meant, so he had to open the letter first, and it seemed that he was taken aback by this look.

When he raised his head again, he had an incredible look on his face, and he was speechless for a while: "This letter is really written by General Luo, who guarded Bazhou in Yanhan?" Do you think I would believe such absurd things? ”

Although I didn't believe it, my heart still couldn't help but beat wildly.

The content of this letter roughly says that I have heard that Gan Yi is talented in naval exercises, and now that the Yanhan Bazhou Naval Division has just been built, I would like to ask Gan Yi to rush to Bazhou to go out and directly serve as the captain of the Naval Division, as the lord of the public ride, enjoy everything that the title brings, and give a settlement fee, and the residential courtyard has been settled, just waiting for him to bring his family to move in.

The letter is signed, it is the history of Bazhou Thorn, the name of General Luo Xian, Luo Xian is just a miscellaneous general, not that Yang Yi is unwilling to add grace, but he also serves as a civilian, this military position should not be too high, besides, the great merit has not been established, and it is inconvenient to reward it lavishly, otherwise wait for the future, the merit will be high and the lord will be shocked, and he can only be killed.

Luo Xian's name, Gan Yi heard it, the year before last when Emperor Yan and Han were raided by Wei thieves, when Wu sent troops to rescue, of course, there was also the meaning of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and at that time, the new master of Yan and Han came out, Jiang Wei repelled Zhong Hui, so that Deng Ai fled, Wu did not know the military situation, but he took advantage of the situation to attack, but was resisted by Luo Xian.

Single-handedly defeated the Wu army, which was several times larger than himself, and also spread its reputation among the Jingzhou sailors, and after that, Yang Yi transferred Jiang Wei to guard Bazhou for nearly a year, and Wu no longer dared to peep into the land of Bashu.

It can be said that Luo Xian is now equivalent to the Jiangling Governor of their Wu State, and Mo said that Gan Yi is only a district team leader now, but he is not a good ambition, even when he is in power that day, he is not often seen as a governor-level figure.

And this general of the Han Kingdom would send him a handwritten letter inviting him to come out, this is not an absurd thing, is it?

"General Gan doesn't know, when you were all governors, you had some world friends with Luo Gong, your name, Luo Gong already knew, now Your Majesty wants to use the army, and then build a water division, it is the time to use people, I heard that General Gan's talent is not allowed to be displayed, so after my caravan passed by here, I brought this letter to the general.

If the general is willing, he can rush to Bazhou at any time, Luo Gong attaches great importance to you, and if you go to Bazhou, you will be able to show your talents. The young man explained.

Staring at each other for a moment, he thought of the high-grade horses he saw in Shicai, although Wu also had horses, but they were still not as good as the high-grade war horses produced by Xiliang, in Wu Kingdom, such good horses were not something that ordinary people could have, how could such a character coax him with nonsense?

When he arrived at the other party, he took out a package: "This is fifty silver coins for the journey, please General Gan put it away, if it can be done, there will be another settlement fee." ”

Seeing the money spent in vain, Gan Yi finally believed it, and he was overjoyed in his heart, if he had hesitated before, now this "King Liang carved talents", but it made him hold his stomach, and he was not the loyalty of Wu State, so he agreed immediately.

The young man did not stay long, and after a while he took his leave.

After the young man left, he talked to his wife, although Gan Yi's wife had some concerns, she never objected.

"I'm the only one to go, it's too much, I'll call a few brothers together, everyone have a drink, if they want to, go together, it's better than being suppressed in this hellish place." Gan Yi said with joy in his heart.

Stepping out of the house, he called a few old brothers to come over, and he got some wine and meat, and everyone sat down and drank together.

And he told them about it.

Now these former colleagues in the old department of the sailor are all sons of a poor family, and they are not willing, and they are not as good as Gan Yi, at this time, when they heard that Gan Yi was invited by Luo Xian to go to Bazhou, these people were very envious.

When Gan Yi proposed that everyone rush together, these people only hesitated a little, and shouted angrily: "I don't want to stay in this place, go, let's go together as a family!" ”

Only when there is no way out for talents, the "carving and carving" and "reuse after grinding the temperament" of the superior can work, and if it is at this time, it will often only make people centrifuge.

Gan Yi laughed: "Okay, this matter is decided, if you want to leave, let's go quickly, and we will go together tomorrow!" ”

……

Zhong's basic plate is in Xuzhou, Zhong Yu is not dead at this time, and now he is a general, the governor of Xuzhou and Jingzhou's military, fake festivals, when it comes to power, it is still above Zhonghui, of course, the scholars of these two states are like vines, connected, what Zhong Yu wants to do, it is difficult to do it without hooking up.

The Zhong family also operates a business, after all, they have to support their families, and they only rely on the money, although the Sima family is very bold, but the money and rewards are still not enough for the top scholars like the Zhong family to support the family.

There are three big Zhong shops on one street in Luoyi, one of which is a pharmacy, and inside, the shopkeeper is waiting with his body down, and Zhong Yuan is watching.

This store is not big, but the cabinets are densely packed and the medicines are very complete.

A few guests were coming in and out, and one of them shouted, "Shopkeeper, show me this wild ginseng!" ”

Wild ginseng didn't know when it became a treasure, it should have started last year, one of the golden books from Shu Han, after the efficacy of such treasures was confirmed, it naturally became an expensive thing when it spread, Zhong Yuan looked at the respectful shopkeeper beside him at this time, and smiled: "You just go to business, you don't have to serve me." ”