Han Xiang

Chapter 476 Why rely on a mountain?
Lu Su pretended to be surprised: "How come? I have been there twice, it should be good."

"Ha ha."

Zhao Fan gave a wry smile: "Wujun's dishes are good, but how can we warriors guarding the border have the opportunity to enjoy the same food?"

"I see."

At the same time that Lu Su responded, Long Xiang waved his hand and said proudly: "It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Both Bochang and Ziyi are my friends. I will come to Hefei more often in the future. We will gather once a month. Tim Two pairs of chopsticks are fine."

"If you inquired about your brother's whereabouts, Zhao Fan would have no way of repaying him. How could he have the face to eat and drink again?"

Zhao Fan picked up the wine set, faced Long Xiang and drank it all in one gulp, then sighed: "A general wants to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, how can he secretly come to enjoy the food? We can only appreciate the kindness of the prefect."

Long Xiang nodded in agreement: "It's true, Ziyi has thousands of soldiers under his command, and I really don't have the ability to invite them all, but as I said just now, we are both neighbors and friends, so just ask if you have any difficulties."

"Forehead"

When Zhao Fan didn't know how to answer, Lu Su quickly took over the words: "Yunqi said carefully, General Taishi is a Jiangdong general. They have their backs on the mountain of Jiangdong, and they will not come to us when they have difficulties. Otherwise, how can Wuhou come?" Think? It’s true that Liyang and Hefei are neighbors, but Danyang is on the other side of Liyang, wouldn’t Sun Taishou’s hand in hand be more effective than yours?”

Long Xiang pretended to be taken aback, secretly praised that Zijing really could speak, this is the so-called moistening things silently?

Immediately showing a teachable expression, he explained to Zhao Fan: "Don't be surprised, Bochang. I come from a poor background, and I can only rely on myself for everything. Unlike you who have backers, just pretend that you didn't hear what I just said."

The speaker is interested, and the listener is more interested.

As soon as Long Xiang's words fell, Zhao Fan clasped his fists and complimented him: "Prefect Long is really humble, the people of Hefei are so rich, you are a mountain, you don't need anyone to rely on."

"No no no."

Long Xiang hurriedly waved his hand to deny: "I really want to find someone to rely on."

In the past, Zhao Fan would have persuaded Long Xiang to join Jiangdong, but now that Li Yang is in danger of losing his cooking, he really has no face to drag him into the water.

Seeing that Zhao Fan didn't answer any more, Long Xiang greeted him to enjoy the food, and signaled the Xu family brothers to toast more.

The host's enthusiasm couldn't be stopped, and Zhao Fan drank so much that his throat was full.

When he left Hefei, his body smelled of alcohol, so Long Xiang asked Zhao Fan to pack a few catties of cooked meat for Tai Shici to try out.

Long Xiang and Lu Su stood at the gate of the mansion, watching Zhao Fan and his entourage go away in a hurry, they turned their heads and said meaningfully: "Next, we will look at shopkeeper Yao, and I don't know if this will happen or not."

"If this fails, we can only rely on the power of Zhang Wenyuan, so we must pay close attention to Cao Jun's movements."

Lu Su frowned and paused, then said again in a deep voice: "According to Zhuge's plan, as long as Cao's army crosses Hebei in an all-round way, Uncle Huang will act on the western front, and we can respond in Huainan, and Yunqi will prepare in Hefei." After so many years, it's time for a blockbuster."

"Ah."

Long Xiang said solemnly: "You must train as soon as possible, and I will also let the workshop rush to manufacture armor and weapons, and strive to install more battalions before the war. We do not have many reserve troops in Hefei, and we must minimize combat casualties."

Lu Su cheered up with a smile: "Yun Qi is worthy of being self-made. He can plan carefully and live well. No wonder the soldiers and civilians of Hefei support you so much."

"I can't help it." Long Xiang said bitterly: "We can't compare with Cao Cao and Sun Quan in wealth and wealth. They can make a comeback after losing many times. I lose everything once I lose. If I don't plan carefully, I won't be able to survive now."

Born as a project manager at Longchamp, he is proficient in the rational deployment of various resources, and has prepared various anti-risk plans, never letting himself into embarrassment, so Hefei has been operating well these years.

Tai Shici had certain political talents, but his ability in this area was not as good as that of Long Xiang, and he had great trust in Sun Quan because of Sun Ce, so once this backing was loosened, there would be a food crisis in Liyang immediately.

Knowing that Brother Zhao Fan had been found, Tai Shici was really happy for him from the bottom of his heart, but eating the pork he brought was tasteless.

It wasn't that the pork went bad on the road, for those who drank porridge every day, those cooked meats were better than delicacies, but Tai Shici had something in his heart.

Tai Shici considers himself capable of both civil and military skills, and has traveled to many places. The experience of the first half of his life can be regarded as ups and downs, but he has nowhere to display his talents.

It was not easy to meet Sun Ce, who knew the goods, but he was gone before he could use it again.

Being transferred to Liyang by Sun Quan mistakenly thought it was an opportunity, but he didn't expect that both Zhang Liao and Long Xiang were ruthless characters who were not easy for him to deal with.

Before Tai Shici came to Liyang, he thought about countless possibilities, but he never thought that he would worry about food, and he would need alms from outsiders to eat meat.

How did I get down like this?

Seeing that Tai Shi Ci was chewing dryly, with a gloomy expression on his face, Zhao Fan, who was sober, reminded in a low voice: "General, there are too many people in Liyang and little food, and drinking gruel for a long time is not good for the army. I don't know how long the Lord's Western Expedition will end. Better think ahead."

"What do you think? The rear wants us to take care of the overall situation. Liyang only has such a small amount of land and such a small population, and the rice that has just been harvested in the county has been taxed to the maximum. If the people are forced to make a living, they will definitely flee to other places. live."

Tai Shici was frustrated and halfway through his speech, he suddenly changed the subject in front of Zhao Fan, and said solemnly: "Since your younger brother is serving as the county guard in Guiyang, you don't have to stay here to suffer, and secretly take your wife and children to go west by boat at night to find relatives." , but the fierce battle in Jiangxia is now in full swing, I suggest that you first go to Haihun and land, prepare food and go to Guiyang by land, anyway, you are familiar with the Jianchang area.”

"What did the general say? Is Zhao Fan greedy for wealth and honor? I abandoned Liu Yao to follow the general because I liked the general's heroism. Don't be discouraged."

"Ke Liyang is now"

"General, Danyang is on the other side of Liyang. Why don't you ask Taishou Sun for help? Although all the counties are supporting the lord's westward expedition, the county always has to save some money for itself. There are not many troops in Liyang, so Taishou Sun only Just move your fingers lightly, won't this difficulty be over?"

"Hiss, uncle often reminded me, I actually forgot about this one."

When Tai Shici was under Sun Ce's command, he often heard people praise Sun Yi for being like a brother, and he should be a hero with loyalty, so he sent messengers across the river according to Zhao Fan's plan.

Liyang envoys crossed the river to the east, and then went to Wanling, the Danyang government, to ask for food.

Sun Yi was not familiar with Taishi Ci, but he had heard Sun Ce praise him for his martial arts skills.

As the so-called heroes cherish heroes, Sun Yi really wanted to help Tai Shici, but Danyang's official warehouse didn't have much food left, but it was not easy to refuse directly.

Sun Yiliu's messenger was thinking about countermeasures in the post house, and happened to meet a wealthy family in the county who came to Wanling to pay homage, and expressed their willingness to subsidize rice grains and thousands of dendrobium to solve their problems.

Instead of transferring grain from Danyang's official warehouse, Sun Yi did it without thinking about it. Not only did he not withhold some grain for himself, but he also asked the dispatched ship to help transport it.

(End of this chapter)