Fang Chuning's problem is also what Xie Jue is worried about. The large area of ​​cultivated land in the twelve prefectures is mainly concentrated in Xizhou, Huangzhou, and Jinzhou. Other prefectures and counties have scarce cultivated land, many mountainous areas, and inconvenient transportation. How are you doing?Last year, natural disasters were severe, and there was a famine in Twelve Prefectures. It was Jiangnan who forcibly levied grain and sent Twelve Prefectures to relieve the urgent need.If it weren't for barrenness and famine, bandits would not have been rampant for many years.

Huangzhou, which originally had the most arable land, shouldn't be abandoned. If it wasn't for the iron mines, it would not have been defeated by bandits. If the food supply is not available, the people will riot.

Xie Jue came to Zhongzhou to prepare food at the risk of his own life, and the problems in the twelve states were already very serious.

"As much as you can raise." Xie Jue said, "You can't just watch them starve to death in winter."

Fang Chuning frowned slightly. What is lacking in winter is not only food, but also charcoal fire, cotton and other clothes. The vast territory is not like Jiangnan, where reinforcements can be concentrated if something happens.

What can he do for Tingfeng?
"I'm looking for someone to help you find out which rich merchants in Zhongzhou City have surplus food in their hands."

He is the defender of Zhongzhou and the general of Yanyang. His standpoint is completely opposite to that of Xie Jue. There is really a limit to what he can do, but as long as he is in Zhongzhou, he can guarantee Xie Jue's safe departure.

"You don't have to get involved." Xie Jue said, "I have sent someone to investigate, Chu Ning, I..."

He didn't come to raise money, he stopped by to meet Fang Chuning, he came to meet Fang Chuning on purpose, but he didn't come to see Fang Chuning, he didn't want him to be involved in the dispute between the court and their brothers, but he had a question and wanted to solve it Confused, but he didn't know where to start.

"Tingfeng, are you hungry? Come have breakfast with me." Fang Chuning hadn't eaten with him for a long time, and knew that Xie Jue wouldn't plan on what he was going to do, so he especially cherished the time spent with each other, afraid of thanking him. As soon as Jue left, he didn't know when the next meeting would be.

Xie Jue hesitated for a moment, "Okay!"

Fang Chuning felt relieved, and went out to ask someone to prepare breakfast. His courtyard was not big, it was only a three-entry courtyard, and there were two lieutenants in the courtyard, all of whom were personal soldiers, and he was not afraid of Xie Jue's news spreading.The lieutenants and soldiers who followed him all the way would not reveal anything about him. Fang Chuning asked someone to go to the barracks to ask for leave, saying that he was suffering from a hangover and took a rest for a day.

Xie Jue came to Zhongzhou overnight, and he never had a good meal. Fang Chuning prepared a table of his favorite meals. Knowing that he is particular about it, he specially arranged the dishes in the kitchen, which were very delicate.Xie Jue was in a difficult mood, and silently accompanied Fang Chuning for dinner, but Fang Chuning liked to tease him, "How long are you going to stay in Zhongzhou?"

"Two or three days."

"Just stay with me. The family is full of personal soldiers. They will not reveal your news. It is also very convenient to go to the ferry. If you have something to do, just send them to do it."

"Not suitable."

"Very suitable." Fang Chuning said with a smile, "Let them run errands for you, they are more familiar with Zhongzhou than your people."

Xie Jue raised his eyebrows, "Let them investigate where the state capital's grain reserves are, and it's okay if I want to rob them?"

"The grain storage in the state capital is in the granary in the south. I'll just tell you. Why bother to inquire about it?" Fang Chuning said with a chuckle, "It's not such a secret. A few days ago, the state capital bought grain, transported it, and found someone at will. Just ask. If you want to rob, so much food is shipped out of Zhongzhou, are all the people you call Chen Ming dead? You can't get it out."

Fang Chuning bowed his head and was about to eat, Xie Jue served him a bowl of soup, took the pasta in front of him, "Let's make a cushion first."

He was very drunk last night, his stomach was empty, and the pasta in Zhongzhou was dry and hard, so he always had to fill his stomach first.Fang Chuning didn't care, and had dinner after drinking the soup.

He knew that Xie Jue came looking for him because there must be something important. It wasn't for raising money, and he didn't come looking for him on purpose. At first, in order not to get him involved, he purposely drove him away. Now that his identity is sensitive, if it wasn't for something important, Impossible to find him.

"Is it to your liking?" Fang Chuning asked.

"good."

Fang Chuning said, "When I first came to Zhongzhou, I couldn't get used to the food here. It was dry, hard and salty. My mother specially sent several cooks to Zhongzhou, and some generals said that our generals from Kyoto are spoiled. When I was in Ningzhou, I ate wild vegetables, how could they be so delicate, and I sent the cook back, if I knew that one day you would have dinner in the mansion, I should keep them."

Even if Tingfeng only eats one or two meals, it is worth it.

"Are you saying I'm spoiled?"

"No?" Fang Chuning asked with a big laugh.

Xie Jue couldn't help laughing. Different people say the same thing, but the effect is different. Xie Xun also said that he was scolded by him. When it was Fang Chuning's turn to say it, it was completely different in his heart.

After eating breakfast, the people sent by Xie Jue also came back, and what Ying Wei Er investigated was exactly the same as what Fang Chuning said. When Xie Jue approached Ying Wei to talk about something, Fang Chuning avoided it on purpose.

Xie Jue brought three people to Zhongzhou, Shadow Guards Two, Three and Four, Fang Chuning thought, where did he go?
One, two, three, these three brothers are always inseparable and rarely move alone.

Xie Jue really stayed in the mansion and didn't see outsiders. Fang Chuning couldn't ask for it. He had a special status, so it was not easy for Fang Chuning to take him out.After Xie Jue sent everyone out, he had nothing to do in the mansion, it was clean.Fang Chuning took him to go fishing in the back mountain. His house was not in the downtown area. There was a small hill behind it, connected to the fish pond. It was all his private land, guarded, and no one would bother him.

Fang Chuning said, "If you catch a fish, I will make fish soup for you at night."

"Row!"

Fang Chuning thought to himself, Tingfeng deserves to be Tingfeng, so calm!
Why did he come here?

The afternoon sun was fierce, Xie Jue was wearing a straw hat, and his eyes and nose were watching his heart. When he was fishing, he was willing to take the bait, and he was very patient. Fang Chuning asked, "Xie Xun is alone in Jiaozhou City, facing Shanglin Heli, don't you worry? "

"Cousin won't kill him."

"That's not certain." Fang Chuning doesn't like Lin Heli, if it weren't for Lin Heli, he wouldn't have come to Zhongzhou, he knew this in his heart.

Fang Chuning knew why Lin Heli asked him to come to Zhongzhou.

"Chuning, you have a tense relationship with the commander-in-chief, but over the years, you have listened to him very much and never disobeyed him." Xie Jue said lightly, the relationship between the father and son was very strange.

"Not always!"

If they hadn't disobeyed their father, Xie Jue and Xie Xun would not have been able to leave the capital at the beginning, and if they would have met the Jiangnan army half an hour later, they would have been unable to leave.

"You followed me to the battlefield in Ningzhou, isn't the commander worried?" Xie Jue said, "You are the only son, and the Fang family's center of gravity is in the south of the Yangtze River, but you came to Ningzhou. The battlefield has no eyes. There are three advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult for my father to explain to the commander in chief."

"Perhaps, he is here to train me." Fang Chuning said, "Tingfeng, must we talk about him?"

Xie Jue knew that Fang Chuning didn't like to talk about Marshal Fang.

"You came to me because of him?" Fang Chuning chuckled, "You know I'm taboo, but you keep mentioning him. Things are going wrong. What did he do to make you feel uncomfortable?"

Xie Jue was silent, the fishing rod moved slightly, and a fish took the bait. Xie Jue used a little force to catch a fat river fish. Fang Chuning said, "This is strange. Why do fish like to bite your hook every time you fish?"

"Who knows."

Seeing that he didn't answer, Fang Chuning panicked, "Tingfeng, the father will not pay the debt, let's agree, if he provokes you, don't settle accounts with me, I don't have that deep relationship with his father and son."

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