Uncle Emperor, I am really not Wolong Zhuge!

Chapter 181 Counselor

"A mere grain officer, with an official position as big as a sesame seed, and the bastard in the moat outside Xudu, are all more respectable than an official like you!"

"Officials protect each other. It seems that your uncle is not a good bird. When I turn around and report you in front of the Prime Minister, he will even take away a pot from the Jiang family!"

"See General Xu! We risked our lives and left our homes to come here. Did the Prime Minister deceive us like this?"

"Please ask General Xiahou and General Xu to make the decision for us. We will not give up until we kill this man!"

Xu Huang had already heard that the voice with fierce words and arrogant tone was none other than the quasi-consort of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiahou Dun's second son Xiahou Mao!

Jiang Ji was also taken aback and couldn't help but frown again. Just as he was about to open the tent to see what was going on, the tent door opened and several people strode in from outside.

The leader was wearing a white helmet, silver armor, and a purple robe. He was very heroic, but also domineering. This man was tall and tall, and he was holding a thin young man in his hand.

The young man wanted to struggle, but his body was thin and thin. He was like a chicken under the talons of an eagle, unable to resist at all.

Behind the two men, dozens of officers and soldiers followed, each with their helmets crooked, sweat rolling down their faces, and roughly dressed, looking filled with indignation.

"Uncle, uncle, save me!"

The young man looked up and saw Jiang Ji, struggling more and more violently, but to no avail.

"Xiahou, why is this?"

Xu Huang looked down on Xiahou Mao from the bottom of his heart, but he just wanted to save the face of Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun and not argue with him. But this time when he arrived in Hefei, something happened. Especially when Xu Huang was upset at this moment, he couldn't help but speak with a bit of harshness.

Xia Houmao grabbed the man with one hand and shouted loudly: "This man is a grain officer. He used three buckets to pretend to be five buckets to deceive the soldiers. He cannot escape my eyes, so I have captured him and handed him over to you!"

As he spoke, he threw the thin man to the ground, and the two accompanying guards came forward to capture him and hold him in front of Jiang Ji and Xu Huang.

Xu Huang turned to look at Jiang Ji: "Prefect Jiang, this person is..."

Jiang Ji's face was ashen and he was silent for a long time. He looked up at the dozen soldiers standing at the door. He seemed to have aged much in an instant. He said with a bit of fatigue: "You go out first, I will give you a Explain!"

The soldiers initially remained motionless, but after standing still for a long time, one of them finally walked out slowly, and the rest of the soldiers followed suit and walked out of the tent.

"Prefect Jiang, what is going on?"

After Xu Huang waited for the soldiers to leave, he turned around and asked.

Jiang Ji walked a few steps forward and came to the skinny young man, pointed at him and said: "This son is my brother's son, my nephew, his name is Jiang Hou."

Xia Houmao took a step forward, pointed at Jiang Hou and cursed: "Withholding military pay, everyone is angry. There is no good person in your Jiang family. Who is your brother? Sooner or later, we will punish him together!"

Xu Huang suppressed the anger in his heart and said slowly: "Xiahou, when you and I first came to the camp, why did you go to other villages to peek at the army's distribution of food? Grand Administrator Jiang is a civil servant who has been in charge of the three armies until now. He has faced a crisis without chaos. It deserves our respect!”

Xiahou Mao didn't expect that Xu Huang would suddenly be so serious. He was immediately impressed by his aura, his face turned red and he didn't dare to say anything.

Jiang Ji continued: "An army of three hundred thousand must be fed and paid. Dozens of urgent documents were sent out, and the reply received from the prime minister was that the food and wages were about to be issued, and the end was coming. Please be patient for a while."

"Three days, five days, one month. The pellets haven't arrived yet!"

Jiang Ji's eyes turned red, and his gaze shifted from Xu Huang's face to Jiang Hou: "In desperation, I privately ordered my nephew to steal five dou into three dou, in order to delay the time. "

"If this were not the case, General, just imagine how these 300,000 troops could have waited until today!"

Jiang Ji sighed and said with tears: "It was God's will. Today, by some combination of circumstances, General Xiahou broke through and clicked."

"What's the use of my nephew's life? It's pitiful for these 300,000 troops. How to solve the food problem? I need two generals to make plans early." As Jiang Ji was speaking, he suddenly stood up and threw Jiang away. With his thick sleeves, he walked quickly to the table in the lobby and wrote with a pen: "The grain officer Jiang Hou is guilty of embezzling military rations. He was immediately taken to beheaded outside the village gate! His uncle Jiang Ji was not able to supervise the inspection. Be strict, if you know the law and break the law, we will punish you together!"

"Somebody come!"

Jiang Ji shouted loudly, the tent door opened, and four swordsmen and axemen knelt in front of him.

"Bring Jiang Hou and Jiang Ji out of the village gate and kill them immediately!"

"Here!"

Two axemen stepped forward to take the token, pushed Jiang Hou out of the tent, and headed towards the village gate.

The other two sword and axemen saw that Jiang Ji was about to kill him, and they were stunned for a while, not knowing what to do.

Xu Huang stepped forward and grabbed the token in Jiang Ji's hand: "Prefect Jiang. One person is responsible for the work, and the death of his nephew is enough to relieve the resentment of the three armies! Why are you doing this!"

Xu Huang glared at Xiahou Mao fiercely and helped Jiang Ji sit down on the chair.

In the distance, there was a shrill scream outside the village gate!

Jiang Hou conferred the title.

Chapter 286

Jiangxia, inside the dock.

"Father, if we only have 100,000 soldiers from Jiangxia, I won't be able to use up this much food and grass in a year!"

Guan Ping looked at the mountains of grain and grass and said in admiration.

Wouldn't it be nice if there was so much food and grass before January when Fancheng was on the verge of running out of food?

"The military advisor is prepared for a rainy day, and it is better to have more food and grass than less. When the military advisor entered Xiangyang, he promised the people of Jingzhou that within three years, Jingzhou will be under great rule, and the people of Jingzhou will be tax-free for three years!"

Guan Yu looked at the steady stream of grain-carrying ships coming up from the lower reaches in the distance, and he didn't know where these ships got their grain and grass. Since the military advisor had the order to store it in Jiangxia, he followed the order without asking what happened.

"General, although there is a lot of food and grass, it may not be enough to supply Jingzhou's 200,000 troops. What's more, there is a Southern Barbarian King's army horse in Fancheng that has a greater appetite? Can it handle it after being exempted from tax for three years?"

Liao Hua was inspecting the unloading site with a sword in his hand. Hearing Guan Yu speak, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

Guan Yu stretched out his hand and stroked the long beard under his chin: "The military advisor always keeps his word and never breaks his word. I heard that the army and horses of the Southern Barbarian King outside Fancheng have already begun to cultivate fields and plant hundreds of acres of mulberry trees. This is enough to support the army and horses of a city. ."

Guan Ping also said: "Last time we went to Xiangyang, I heard Zhuge Kongming once said that in the vegetable garden of the Military Mansion, there was a special plant called sweet potato that Zhugeming's military commander picked from the Western Mountains. I heard that this plant has a high yield. It is extremely high and can withstand drought. Once it is cultivated and matured, it will be planted in all the lands in the nine counties, and the people of Jingzhou will no longer be hungry!"

……

Xiangyang, in the prefect's mansion.

Liu Bei put down the document sent by the scout and said in shock: "Chen Qun, the five great counselors under Cao Cao, has retired and returned to his hometown. Now Sima Yi has replaced him, and he is temporarily ranked at the bottom of the five great counselors."

"This Sima Yi is young and seems to be on par with Kong Ming. How can he be equal to Xun You, Jia Xu, etc., and be a minister in the same palace?"

(End of this chapter)