Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

Chapter 168
After sending Cao Cao away, Xun You thought for a long time.

The information provided by Cao Cao is too shocking. Xun You may be able to guess why Wang Fen, governor of Jizhou, had such a bold idea.

He was in Jizhou, from fighting against the Yellow Turbans, to dealing with war wounds after the war, resettling refugees, and resuming production. Only those who have gone through this tragic situation can deeply understand the suffering of the people.

Wang Fen, as one of the "eight chefs", was generous and heroic, but also deeply hurt by the eunuchs. Naturally, he hated the ten servants very much. With the establishment of the West Garden Army, the power of the eunuchs reached its peak, so Wang Fen saw There is no hope of getting better.

Only such a person would have such extreme ideas.

Xun You took out the letter, glanced at it, and simply wrote a new one, telling Xun Yu about the situation in Luoyang and what Cao Cao said.

He knew that Changshan County of Jizhou belonged to Mr. Liu Qing. Wang Fen's plan, let alone whether it would be successful, Liu Qing's presence in Jizhou might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Xun You suddenly smiled. It seems that Mr. Liu Qing must accept her aunt.

……

A few days later, Xun Yu received Xun You's reply letter, and was also shocked by the content of the letter. Wang Fen wanted to do something big, and this matter undoubtedly involved a lot.

"Come here, prepare the car, and ask General Gao Shun to prepare for departure."

Xun Yu directly issued an order first, and then read the contents of the letter.

Xun You wrote back, stating that he was willing to be the lord's eyeliner, so the matter of Xun Cai can also be mentioned to the lord, but the key is the matter of Wang Fen. He needs to go to Jizhou in person to meet the lord.

It happened to be with Gao Shun all the way.

After a little arrangement of the Yanmen affairs, Xun Yu set off for Changshan.

At the same time, Liu Qing has also entered Zhongshan County. This trip is for Liu Xuande's invitation, and for checking business opportunities. After all, when it comes to doing business, Liu Qing is still very confident.

At present, the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Jizhou has been put down, and production and commerce in various counties have gradually resumed. As a large commercial county, Zhongshan County has an abnormally large population flow.

Inside the carriage, Liu Qing was very greedy.

"How to bring these businessmen into Changshan?" Liu Qing muttered to himself.

Guo Jia listened and asked back: "My lord has always been interested in the ways of merchants. If you want to develop it, it will not be difficult."

Liu Qing looked out of the window and shook his head helplessly. He also knew that it was not difficult, but it is a pity that such a thing as a business atmosphere cannot be formed overnight, let alone a commercial area and the introduction of a few big companies.

"It's a sad move to conquer a city." Liu Qing said truthfully.

"I don't think so. My lord wants all of this, but it's actually simple, just occupy Zhongshan County."

Liu Qing: "..."

What Guo Jia said made sense, but Liu Qing found it difficult to refute it.

"My lord, Wuji County is ahead. There is a large family in Wuji County named Zhen's family. Their family background is not small. They have an official position with a hereditary salary of two thousand stones. There are many good farms in the family. The reputation of Zhen's family is also ranked among the entire Zhongshan County. Number one."

Zhen's, Zhen Ji's home?
Liu Qing also remembered this, but now Zhen Ji is probably just a little girl.

"Does this Zhen family have a daughter?" Liu Qing asked casually.

Unexpectedly, Guo Jia's eyes changed suddenly, he looked at Liu Qing and said with a smile: "Could it be that my lord wants to be the son-in-law of the Zhen family?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"My lord, I am not talking nonsense. The generation of the Zhen family is not outstanding. The head of the family, Zhen Yi, is mere Shang Cai Ling, the second son Zhen Yan, and the mere head of Qu Liang. Now the influence of the Zhen family is only on the road of business." Guo Guo Jia introduced that he had heard of Zhen's name, so he changed the subject, "My lord, it's true that Zhen's has daughters, but it's not one daughter, but five daughters."

"Fifth girl?" Liu Qing was a little surprised.

"Yes, when I was in Yingchuan, I heard about the reputation of the four daughters of the Zhen family. A few days ago, I saw that my lord was paying attention to the situation in Zhongshan County, so I made further inquiries. I found out that Zhen Yi had another daughter at the beginning of last year, named Zhen. Mi, in the future, it will no longer be the name of the four daughters of the Zhen family, but the five daughters of the Zhen family."

Zhen Mi, that's Zhen Ji, I didn't expect to be only two years old...

At present, the world may not know that this woman has the beauty of overwhelming the country and the city, and the second generation of Yuan and the second generation of Cao all bow down under her skirt.

While speaking, Liu Qing's convoy had already entered Wuji County. Looking along the street, there were indeed many Zhen's shops on the road, with everything from food, clothing, and production tools.

"Looking along the street, it seems that the whole street belongs to the Zhen family." Liu Qing joked.

"The influence of the Zhen family can be seen. If my lord wants to do business here, it may not be easy."

"I don't want to do business here, I want them all to go to Changshan to do business, stop!" Liu Qing ordered.

The carriage stopped, Liu Qing and his party were accompanied by hundreds of guards, it could be said that the battle was not small, many people on the street stopped to watch, some even pointed.

Liu Qing walked straight into a grain store, and the store clerk immediately greeted him. Seeing Liu Qing dressed up in a dignified manner, he saluted first, and then asked, "What do you need, officer?"

"What is the price of millet?"

"620 money."

"Where's millet?"

"850 money."

"Where is Ji?"

"Five hundred dollars."

This refers to the price of one stone, which is much more expensive than Changshan County.

This season is the time when there is a shortage of crops. The stored grain is exhausted and the new grain has not yet been harvested. The price of grain generally rises, which is considered normal. If there is a war, it is common for the highest price to exceed [-] yuan.

But now there is no war in Jizhou, and the price of food has gone up, but it has not come down.

"My lord, these are old grains for many years." Guo Jia reminded.

In fact, Liu Qing recognized it, so he felt it was expensive.

"These grains are Zhen's old stockpiles?"

The store clerk nodded, looked at Liu Qing blankly, turned and left.

"Buy and not buy, ask this and that, weirdo!" The store clerk thought, "It seems that the posture is not small, you should report this matter to Madam immediately."

Liu Qing returned to the carriage, there was a moment of silence, and the carriage continued to move forward.

"My lord, are you thinking about storing food?" Guo Jia asked.

Liu Qing nodded, admitting that, in fact, he not only thought about grain storage, but also through Zhen's family, thought of thousands of aristocratic families, and thought of the phrase "there is no idle land in the world, and the peasants still starve to death", Fast forward even thought of beating local tyrants to divide the fields.

It's a pity that this is only a glimpse after all.

"Feng Xiao, there is no war in Jizhou now, do you know why the price of food has not come down?"

Guo Jia pretended to be contemplative, but Liu Qing knew that he was pretending. With Guo Jia's ingenuity, how could he not have imagined that the price of food had not dropped because some people deliberately hoarded it.

"I'm suddenly interested in your proposal." Liu Qing said suddenly.

Guo Jia immediately realized that his proposal was to let Liu Qing take Zhongshan County into his pocket.

"My lord, don't you really want to..." Guo Jia hesitated to speak, obviously knowing that this would not be an easy task.

The key is how to be justified.

"Yes, I think!" Liu Qing said seriously.

"If this is done, there are two ways."

Unexpectedly by Liu Qing, Guo Jia suddenly came up with two solutions.

"Feng Xiao said it in detail."

"Firstly, sending troops to drive Zhang Niujiao to Zhongshan County will give you a reason to send troops, and you can ask the local aristocratic family to hand over food and grass to supplement the army. Not small."

"What about the other one?"

Guo Jia smiled, "Talk Zhang Ning to come here, if the Baibo army appears in Zhongshan, then the lord can play however he wants."

It has to be said that Guo Jia's idea is really feasible. He directed and staged a rebellion and quelling the rebellion by himself.

"Hmph, after I met Xuande, I started to implement this plan. Zhang Ning is the chess piece of Hedong County and cannot be mobilized. Let this horn help us. Zhongshan County has not suffered from the tragedy of the Yellow Turban War. Now Zhongshan The big households in the county are making war fortunes, how can I sit idly by!"

Even now that Liu Hong is still alive, and the last face has not been torn off, Liu Qing can't dare to be the first in this kind of thing, after all, he is the clan of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Qing and his party left Wuji County smoothly and went straight to Anxi County.

Zhen Mansion, Zhen Yi's wife, Mrs. Zhang, listened to the report from the servants, and couldn't help but become curious. This kind of fighting is really rare, at least the disciples of the masters he knows are not like this. If they are from outside the county, then I no longer know.

But the servant's description made her very worried. Now the head of the family is working far away in Shangcai, and there are only her and Xiaoer in the family. Small things can still be decided, but big things can't be done.

When they arrived in Anxi, it was already a day and a half later. The generals and the county magistrates were different. They all had the habit of scouting the periphery. Naturally, Liu Qing's team couldn't hide it from Liu Bei.

Unlike County Magistrate Wuji, Liu Qing went straight through the city without finding anything unusual.

It can only be said that I am used to ease.

Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to welcome him to the gate of the city. After Liu Qing got off the car, his eyes met each other's eyes, and they even held each other's arms tacitly.

Even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were saluting, were a little surprised. When did the eldest brother get so close to Mr. Liu Qing?
Brother is really unfathomable!
Guo Jia and Dian Wei looked at it and thought it was normal, because they were all held by Liu Qing.

Liu Qing and Liu Bei praised each other as they walked.

"Junzheng showed great power in Bingzhou. He defeated the Southern Huns in the first battle. His reputation spread far and wide. Even if I was in Youzhou, I heard about it."

"Xuande gained something from his meritorious deeds in Youzhou. Is the county magistrate doing well?"

Liu Bei smiled, showing a trace of helplessness, obviously, it was not going well!

However, Liu Qing didn't ask too many questions. He would definitely have a drink later, so these words were naturally reserved for the wine table.

"Don't mention it, come! I prepared wine and food in the mansion. Now that the four directions are pacified, the mere Zhang Niujiao is still making trouble in the giant deer. After we drink this wine, we will go and cut off the cattle horn together!" Liu Bei put aside the topic and drew another a topic.

What?Liu Bei is going to cut off the horns?

How can this work!Liu Qing also wanted to use Zhang Niujiao to deal with those profiteers in Zhongshan County.

Liu Qing and Guo Jia looked at each other, and the latter also heard Liu Bei's words, shook his head and followed behind.

The seat set up by Liu Bei was also ingenious, Liu Bei himself did not take the main seat, but took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to sit opposite Liu Qing, with Guo Jia and Dian Wei beside him.

Liu Qing and Liu Bei sat opposite each other and drank, continuing the compliments on the road, Guan Yu Zhang Fei, Dian Wei Guo Jia also joined in, the six of them had a few rounds of drinking to their heart's content, until everyone smelled of alcohol.

"Xuande, I see that you are depressed, do you have any troubles?"

Liu Bei shook his head, and suddenly looked at Liu Qing seriously, hesitating for a few breaths.

Don't cry!Liu Qing thought to himself.

"Invited by my son, I went north to fight against Wuhuan and regained Youbeiping County. I got a little credit for being the magistrate of Anxi County. But when I first arrived here, I was interrogated by the governor of the county. This... "Liu Bei stopped talking.

Zhang Fei who was beside him immediately took over the words, "This thief is Zhao Zhong's minion, the full-time Inspector Chaping the reward for the meritorious person of the Yellow Turban, he actually called my eldest brother pretending to be a royal relative, how unreasonable! If it wasn't for the eldest brother and second brother to stop me, I would have killed him earlier quick!"

"Third brother, no matter how evil the governor is, he is also an official ordered by the court, how can he kill him recklessly!" Guan Yu taught.

"This thief is too shameful. He actually posted a notice asking the people to report my elder brother's misdeeds. How long has my elder brother been in office? He has always been kind to the people, so why did he do such misdeeds!" Zhang Feiyue said louder, and in the end, it had become The momentum of the explosion.

Seeing what happened to Liu Bei, Liu Qing not only didn't feel sympathy, but found it funny.

By mistake, Liu Bei still came to Anxi County. Although he became a county magistrate from a county captain, he still had to be "censored" by the postal supervisor. The postal supervisor is simply extorting money. No matter who it is, first question it Once again, pay the money and settle the matter. This kind of people are bullying and afraid of hard work, and they don't dare to really offend those who have made credit.

It's a pity that I met the tough Liu Bei. If I want money or an official, I can return it to you!
Then beat it!
Liu Qing suddenly had a plan, didn't Liu Bei want to kill Zhang Niujiao, and was wondering how to make him go!

Got it!

"Xuande, Duyou is the eunuch's minion. His purpose is to extort money. If you send this official away, the matter will be exposed." Liu Qing said with a smile.

As soon as Liu Qing finished speaking, the three Liu Bei brothers fell silent, looked at each other, and then looked at Liu Qing together.

After a long time, Liu Bei said: "Jun Zheng must not be joking!"

"Hahaha!" Liu Qing suddenly laughed loudly, "No wonder Xuande, this is a joke, do you know what I hate the most in my life?"

Liu Qing's words, Liu Qing's smile, and Liu Qing's question all switched too quickly, making Liu Bei stand there in a daze, not knowing how to respond.

In the end, it was Dian Wei who said, "What my lord hates the most is the eunuch and his minions!"

Liu Bei just glanced at Guan Yu, then turned his head to look at Zhang Fei, as if he felt that the young master had something to do.

"Where is the postmaster?" Liu Qing asked suddenly.

"Rest at the posthouse." Zhang Fei replied.

Liu Qing stood up with a groan, "hehe" smiled, "Dianwei, give me your horsewhip, you go and get Duyou out, and tie it to the horse post at the gate of the county mansion!"

"You must not be upright!" Liu Bei quickly stopped, "After all, he is an official ordered by the court!"

Liu Qing sneered in his heart, so what about the imperial court ordering officials? Cao Shao, the prefect of Dongjun, and Wang Zhi, the prefect of Wuyuan, fell into his own hands, and then Jiu Jin shouted: "It's nothing to worry about! You don't punish me today! He, he slandered Zhao Zhongjin, how could he let you go!"

Liu Bei was silent, thinking that the county magistrate was not easy to come by, why is it so difficult to do something for the common people?
Not long after, there was a wailing sound from outside the county mansion, probably Dian Wei brought someone here.

Liu Qing smiled and went out with a whip.

He knew that Liu Bei couldn't bear it, this was "Emperor Zhaolie", he couldn't bear it himself, let alone Liu Qing taking the lead now.

The three brothers looked at each other, Zhang Fei was so vicious, not to mention a lesson, he even wanted to kill Duyou alive, Guan Yu looked at his elder brother with a solemn expression, obviously saying that the matter was of great importance, but he was willing to support his elder brother.

Liu Bei's face was expressionless, and the wine he drank made his crown jade face slightly flushed. Hearing the movement outside the door, he suddenly said: "Third brother, get the horsewhip!"

(End of this chapter)