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Chapter 440 Where Are All The Talents In The World?

"Xiao Xiangguo, I found a talent and I recommend it to you!" Xia Houying said to Xiao He.

At this time, Xiao He had been appointed by Liu Bang as the Prime Minister of Han, so it was not a problem for Xia Houying to call Xiao He Prime Minister Xiao.

However, facing Xia Houying's recommendation, Xiao He was very surprised.

Although Xia Houying often recommends some talents, he finds almost all military talents, and finally recommends them to Cao Shen. Xia Houying has never recommended talents to himself, because the talents he needs are government affairs. Aspects.

But this time Xia Houying took the initiative to recommend him here, which surprised Xiao He, and at the same time, he was very interested. After all, Xia Houying could foresee the talents here, and Xiao He was also very interested in the other party's talents.

So next, Xia Houying introduced Han Xin, the origin of the other party, and the people he kept under the knife, and some things the other party said when the two sides were chatting.

The more Xiao He heard it, the more surprised he became. If what Xia Houying said was true, Han Xin was indeed a rare talent.

So Xiao He said, "Let him wait for a few days, and then summon him after I finish my work!"

Xiao He's words are already quite a face-saving, it stands to reason that Xia Houying should leave at this time, but Xia Houying hesitated for a long time, Xiao He saw the problem and said, "Why, you still want me to see him right now No?"

Xia Houying smiled wryly and said, "Yes, Xiao Xiangguo has learned from you, and this is exactly what I mean."

"Hmph, apart from Zhang Liang and Zhang Zifang, there is no other person worthy of me going to see him right now!" Although Xiao He is quite humble, he still has his own arrogance after all.

For such a little-known little person, Xiao He was willing to take the initiative to summon him, which is already considered a very respectful and virtuous corporal. If he still took the initiative to meet him, it would really damage his dignity.

Xia Houying seemed to have expected Xiao He's attitude long ago, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "Prime Minister Xiao, do you know why this Han Xin left Xiang Yu and joined us?"

"Speak directly if you have something to say!" Xiao He said angrily.

"Yes, Han Xin told me that when the meritorious officials were allotted and the King of Han was about to set off, there was a sudden news from Qi State that Tian Rong had rebelled, and the three kings of Qi entrusted by Xiang Yu were all driven away by Tian Rong. , the whole country of Qi fell into chaos."

"Xiang Yu made a decisive decision to lead his troops to suppress the rebellion. However, the King of Han hadn't set out to enter Hanzhong, so Xiang Yu couldn't leave Guanzhong. Because Xiang Yu knew that with the ability of the King of Han, no one in the whole world could deal with the King of Han except Xiang Yu. Zhang Han and others are not the opponents of the King of Han at all, so he must see the King of Han get into the cage of Bashu with his own eyes, so that he can rest assured."

"But Qi State is very difficult, and no one except Xiang Yu can quell the rebellion, so even Xiang Yu couldn't help sighing that night, there are capable people in the world who can lead troops to fight Where did they all go? Why didn't I see any of them!"

"And when Xiang Yu said these words, Han Xin was standing at the door of Xiang Yu's tent, so the next day, Han Xin left the project directly and came to join the King of Han."

After Xia Houying's story was finished, Xiao He's expression was very complicated. He looked Xia Houying up and down and said, "Let's go, take me to meet this Han Xin!"

Xia Houying naturally took Xiao He away happily, but halfway through the journey, Xiao He suddenly stopped and turned back.

Xia Houying was puzzled, but Xiao He did not explain, but threw Xia Houying a letter of appointment, which appointed Han Xin as the captain of Zhisu.

Before, Han Xin was a small official in charge of a granary, but now Han Xin has become an official in charge of the grain and grass of the entire Han army. Then Xiao He told Xia Houying to let Han Xin leave the large army with him and go to Hanzhong first.

Xia Houying was puzzled by this, so he went back and told Han Xin what had happened. Han Xin laughed and said, "It seems that the Han army's food and grass are running out, and I'm afraid it won't last for half a month!"

After hearing this, Xia Houying was very surprised, and asked Han Xin why he knew that the Han army did not have much food and grass. When they set off, they had brought enough food and grass for three months, but now only one month has passed, and there should be two months left of food and grass How could there be less than half a month left?

As a result, Han Xin told him that everyone knew that Xiao He was the right-hand man of the King of Han, and that the King of Han could not leave Xiao He for a day, but now that Xiao He wanted to leave the barracks for Hanzhong ahead of schedule, there must have been a major crisis involving the lives of the entire army, and Liu Bang couldn’t help it. Xiao He was not sent to solve the problem.

And since Xiao He rushed to Hanzhong in advance, and at the same time specially appointed himself as the captain of Zhisu, it means that the crisis appeared in the grain and grass.

Reminiscent of the difficulty of the Shu road, especially the trucks transporting grain and grass, it is even more difficult to walk on the Shu road. Dozens of people accidentally fall off the plank road almost every day, let alone the grain and grass escorted by the army.

Half of the three-month grain and grass has been lost these days, and this morning, Prime Minister Xiao ordered all the soldiers to come to the grain depot to collect half a month's grain and grass. If they fell off the plank road due to transportation problems, it is better to let all the soldiers carry half a month's food and grass with them, so that they can last at least half a month.

After listening to Han Xin's analysis, Xia Houying felt great admiration, and then asked suspiciously, "Then why did Prime Minister Xiao bring you along? Besides, he obviously decided to come to see you, but he came back halfway head."

"I'm afraid that Prime Minister Xiao thinks that I have nothing to prove, so he wants to use this matter of food and grass to test me!" Han Xin said with a smile, "That's fine, if I don't show some real skills, I will be sorry for Prime Minister Xiao's hard work." Be careful."

Ever since, Han Xin followed Xiao He's men, took the first step, broke away from the bloated army, and drove lightly and easily, day and night, and arrived in Hanzhong in only 5 days.

As soon as he arrived in Hanzhong, Xiao He's order went directly to Han Xin, asking Han Xin to immediately take over all the granaries in Hanzhong, take inventory of all the granaries in the granaries, and prepare 3 troops to eat for half a month, and load all the granaries into cars , ready for shipping, and all this in just one day.

But Xiao He, who hastily issued the military order, soon discovered that he had actually issued an order that was impossible to complete.

Because the grain and grass in the entire Hanzhong are actually distributed in more than a dozen different granaries. The distance between the nearest two of these granaries is tens of miles, and the farthest is only hundreds of miles. It is simply impossible to gather all the grain and grass in these granaries together.

The second is that it is now the time of the grain harvest in Hanzhong. Every day, a lot of tax grains collected from various places are sent to the granary, but at this time the granary has to go out again.

In this way, the granary with only one gate has to enter and exit at the same time, which will undoubtedly greatly reduce the efficiency of grain transportation.

After learning about these situations, Xiao He suddenly felt worried, and he didn't care about other things, so he ran to the granary to inspect immediately.

(End of this chapter)