Xiaoguangong

Chapter 53 Arrangements
Liang Qi left with more than 40 personal guards, and these personal guards must have done some traces of "fighting hard".

There must be rewards for suffering. Being a soldier is not for food, but for a little beating, you can get rewards, and you can avoid continuing to fight against Wu Jun's navy on the river in the future. They all rejoiced and begged for beatings.

Taking the waterway from Xiangyang to Jiangling, you have to turn into Xiashui. Before entering Xiashui, Guan Ping asked Wang Mo to go first, and he and Ma Liang led a group of people to the rear.

Soon, Lu Yi's fleet entrenched in Xiakou appeared in everyone's sight.

The Northern Army soldiers under Liang Qi hadn't figured out the situation at all, and when they saw a large group of Jiangdong navy soldiers coming, they were frightened and screamed.

Guan Ping waved his hand with a wry smile, signaling for everyone to calm down.

"Everyone, I have concealed a lot before. In fact, I am not Nanyang Yunshan," he took a deep breath, and said loudly with all his strength, "I am Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yunchang. Please forgive me."

A group of Northern Army soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why Guan Yu's son appeared here.

Speaking of which, they are not afraid of Guan Ping, because Liu Beijun has always had an excellent reputation, and Guan Ping's previous attitude was kind enough.Now that the Sun Liu Alliance, the Jiangdong Army should not kill them at will, which is actually a good thing.

It's just that I don't know why Guan Yu's son pretended to be someone else's name and sneaked into Cao Jun.

Under the command of Guan Ping, Lu Yi's large ship did not get too close, which made the soldiers of the Northern Army finally relax. Some bold ones even dared to say:
"The general wants me to turn against you and help the Han Dynasty together with the general?"

These Northern Army soldiers had no hatred for Liu Beijun, so it would be nice if they could join Liu Beijun, but they were worried that their wives and children would be hurt.

Guan Ping could see what these people were thinking, and said seriously:
"Guan didn't ask you to fight with me, but just wanted you to lay down your weapons. I can provide you with land to cultivate, and please rest assured."

what?
Everyone in Cao Jun looked at each other in blank dismay.

What is this routine?
Those who have been captured have always been selected to serve as soldiers. This kind of... all of a sudden brought back bad memories for them.

If it is the same as Cao Jun's farming, it would be better to be a soldier.

Ma Liang stepped forward and smiled like a big bad wolf:
"You all know me. The south of Xiangyang is... most of it is the land of my Ma family. I only want to do business with Jiangdong to make a fortune, and I don't want to do anything else.

Now the public has been counted as the dead in battle, as long as you are willing to go back with me, I can grant the land to the public to cultivate in the south of Xiangyang.If the family is small, the public can always get some pension...if there is one. "

"Although the acres of land in Jingzhou are not comparable to that of the Central Plains, I, Ma Liang, swear here today that the land rent will never exceed [-]% in the future, and the loan interest will never exceed two cents.

When my Ma's family farms, Cao Jun will be exempted from corvée.Think about it, how is this better than fighting as a soldier? "

The fact that [-]% of the land is rented sounds very scary, but compared with the farmland in the Northland, it is like a dream.

More than [-]% of Cao Cao's land rent can be found everywhere, and he has to serve a large number of soldiers in winter all year round, causing a large number of farmers to flee or revolt. In the end, he sold his sons and daughters and was even forced to commit suicide.

If they can be counted as those who died in the battle with Soochow, and let them hide in the mountains to farm, it would be a great thing for the ordinary people of Shengdou.

If you don't agree, you will die in battle soon, but if you agree, you will still have land.Cao Cao has no kindness to them, and normal people know how to choose.

When Guan Ping and Ma Liang hit this set of punches, everyone naturally rejoiced and expressed their willingness to accept the adaptation and go to Xiangyang to farm.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of people from the Central Plains fled to Jingzhou, but compared with the Central Plains, there is still a large amount of uncultivated land here, which is far below the level of later generations.

Ma Liang and other powerful families concealed their population is a basic skill, and no one in Xiangyang would dare to embarrass their family.

Relying on the "dead" soldiers transported by Guan Ping, they can grow rapidly, and may soon surpass the Cai family to become the leader.

This is what Ma Liang has been looking forward to.

After the discussion was made, Guan Ping waved the flag to call Lu Yi's fleet to approach.

Seeing a large number of captives and two ships full of rice grain, even though Lu Yi was calm, he couldn't help flushing with excitement.

"What a Guan Tanzhi, this is also the clever plan Zhuge Junshi came up with? It's really powerful, Brother Yu admires it!"

Lu Yi couldn't think of such a clever way to squeeze wool in this world.

This time, they just played a scene with Guan Ping and seized a total of [-] shi of grain from Cao Jun's two transport ships!
Although this loss is not small, it is not enough to make Cao Jun give up his plan to transport military rations by water, and even as long as the loss is within an acceptable range, they will continue to increase their transport capacity.

After all, water transportation is too delicious, and land transportation alone has to eat more than half of the escorts, which is no different from being robbed.

As long as it is not exposed, Guan Ping and Lu Yi can join forces to occupy this place in the future, and continuously seize food from Cao Jun.

The generals Cao Jun who transported food were obedient, and those who refused to cooperate were directly hacked to death. Even if they died in the fierce battle, the remaining soldiers would definitely not want to stay because of Cao Jun's tyranny.

In this way, Cao Jun was slowly weakened, which was far better than the previously planned tactic of attacking Xiangyang and then quickly slipping away.

Lu Yi even hoped that it would be best for Cao Jun to stay in Jiangling for a while longer. He would get a thousand shi of grain and two ships for nothing. If he came a few more times in the future, this would be a real golden waterway.

Well, but it's time for Lu Yi to practice his acting skills.

"It's all thanks to Brother Lu and Brother Ma's help, I don't have much credit." Guan Ping smiled quite frankly.

Liu Dun said with some emotion:
"The little general has become much more flexible these days. He was stern in the past few days, but now he has learned how to use tricks."

Looking at Lu Yi, Ma Liang always felt a little afraid in his heart. Fortunately, he was quite good at handling things, so he smiled and said:
"Tan Zhi is really humble, if it weren't for you, how could I recognize such a refined gentleman as Bo Yan.

In the future, we will have to ask Brother Lu to take care of us when we come and go on the river. "

Greedy smiles were all over the faces of the crowd, and the atmosphere was filled with joy. Guan Ping casually asked about Sun Quan's situation.

Lu Yi had been floating on the Han River recently, and he hadn't seen Sun Quan, but he heard from the soldiers delivering food that Sun Quan had gone to Xiakou before, and he heard that he was planning to attack the Jingcheng area again.

"What are you going to do in Jingcheng if you have nothing to do?" Guan Ping was at a loss.

Lu Yi shook his head and said:
"I don't know either, Supreme has his own ideas."

There was a bit of helplessness in his words, so he could only quickly skip this topic.

Guan Ping nodded, thinking that Sun Quan is one of the commanders of the Huimeng, and there are so many talents in Jiangdong, it is not his turn to point fingers.

Seeing that everything was over, Guan Ping saluted Lu Yi and said:

"The military situation is urgent, and I will go to Jiangling, my little brother. I will entrust all the matters of the future to Brother Lu."

Lu Yi said solemnly:
"Brothers in the same robe, I will definitely do well in this matter. If there is a mistake, I will go to Jiangling to rescue you with my life!"

"Take care of yourself!"

"Take care of yourself!"

(End of this chapter)