Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 54 Zhuge Qiao’s caution is called the same origin

After admonishing Mi Fang, Zhuge Qiao returned to the post house and summoned Wang Ping, Xizhen and Fan Miao.

"Xizhen, you are going to look for Governor Mi later. Governor Mi has a batch of goods that he needs to be escorted to Quanling, the seat of Lingling County, by the Qiao Gang and delivered to Hao Pu in Quanling. This is the route map."

Zhuge Qiao handed Xi Zhen the sheepskin map with the route marked and gave detailed instructions.

Xi Zhen glanced at the road map and was slightly surprised: "Mr. Qiao, please forgive me for talking too much. This road map is different from what you said."

"You said you want to send the goods to Quanling. Why does it say on the map that you have to take the road from Zhaoling to Linyuan, the seat of Wuling County?"

"Besides, you want to deliver the goods to Linyuan, Fan Min?"

Xizhen felt confused.

Fan Min was by his side. It was about a thousand miles from Jiangling in Nanjun to Zhaoling in Lingling County, and nearly 700 miles from Zhaoling to Linyuan in Wuling County.

They traveled nearly two thousand miles just to get this batch of goods into Fan Min's hands again?

Fan Min was also confused for a while.

Although Fan Min boasted of his extraordinary intelligence, he could not understand Zhuge Qiao's intentions.

Zhuge Qiao's words were concise and to the point: "That's why I gave you the road map. You don't need to ask why, just follow the orders."

"Remember, when this batch of goods is in your hands, Xizhen, there can't be any mistakes."

"If anyone on the road dares to covet these goods, no matter who they are, they will be killed!"

Xizhen asked again: "What if Hao Pu comes to ask?"

Zhuge Qiao raised his lips and said, "If Hao Pu comes to ask, just say that this batch of goods got damp on the road and needs to be transported back to Linyuan for maintenance."

"Other than that, I won't answer any of Hao Pu's questions and let Hao Pu go to appease the barbarian merchants on his own."

"I emphasize again that there cannot be any mistakes in this batch of goods. Don't let this batch of goods really get wet."

"I gave you three months, which is enough for you to deal with all emergencies."

"Even if you die, this batch of goods must be delivered to Linyuan safely within the specified time."

"Do you remember clearly?"

Xizhen carefully hid the route map in her arms and accepted the order: "I follow Mr. Qiao's instructions. If anything goes wrong, I will come and see you!"

Zhuge Qiao nodded and motioned to Xizhen to go look for Mi Fang first. Then he took out a piece of parchment and said, "Fan Min, take the rest of the Qiao gang to Wuling County."

"Purchase as much grain as possible and store it in Linyuan. If the money is not enough, issue an IOU in my name, Zhuge Qiao."

"If any wealthy businessmen from Wuling County ask, they will say that the Qiao Gang has connections and can resell these grains at high prices."

"I have written on this parchment what level of resale prices should be corresponding to different levels of wealthy merchants, as well as the corresponding precautions and emergencies."

Fan Min vowed: "It's just a matter of stocking up on food. That's too simple."

Zhuge Qiao warned: "Fan Min, although hoarding food is simple, how much contribution you can make is closely related to the amount of food you hoard."

"The more grain you hoard in Linyuan, the more credit you will have. If you hoard too little grain, don't blame me for not giving you a chance to make merit."

Fan Min was slightly stunned: "Can extraordinary measures be used during the process of hoarding food?"

Zhuge Qiao stared at Fan Miao, his tone slightly cold: "You can use any method within the law, but if it causes a civil unrest, Xi Zhen will kill you."

Fan Min was startled and felt cold sweat break out on his back: "Young Master Qiao has misunderstood, how can I break the law? I will do my best to stock up on food!"

Thinking of Xi Zhen's ruthlessness and decisiveness, Fan Min put away her inner thoughts.

Zhuge Qiao said that Xizhen could chop Fan Min, but he really knew how to chop Fan Min! Fan Min is not stupid enough to risk his life for a small profit.

After beating Fan Qiao, Zhuge Qiao left Wang Ping alone again: "Zijun, have you had difficulty in reading recently?"

Wang Ping held up his hands with a respectful expression: "The young general can already recite all the contents of "Encouraging Learning"; although he still cannot recognize all the words, there is no need for Mr. Qiao to recite it every day."

"Very good!" Zhuge Qiao praised lightly.

Later, Zhuge Qiao took out a blank parchment and wrote in simplified official script the tactics Guan Yu described this morning, the entire defensive deployment of Jingzhou, and the possible corresponding tactics and troop deployments of Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Written on.

At the end, Zhuge Qiao focused on the precipitation situation in Jingzhou this year, as well as the inference of possible heavy rains and the surge of the Han River.

There are more than a thousand characters in densely packed simplified official script.

Zhuge Qiao packed the parchment in a bamboo tube specially designed for secret letters: "Zijun, take the twenty soldiers who came with you and return to Xichuan immediately. You must hand this letter to my father personally."

Wang Ping hesitated: "If the young general goes to Xichuan, who will protect Mr. Qiao?"

Zhuge Qiao said in a calm voice: "Zijun, I'm not teaching you how to read just to make you a guard."

"This letter is confidential and can only be sent to Xichuan by people I can absolutely trust."

"After you send the letter to Xichuan, come and meet me in Xiangyang."

Hearing the words "absolute trust" from Zhuge Qiao, Wang Ping was so excited that he took the bamboo tube respectfully: "Young general, I will die to deliver this letter to the military advisor!"

Zhuge Qiao patted the back of Wang Ping's hand: "Zijun, please remember this. No matter what situation you encounter, you must not die easily. You have to return to Xiangyang. I have another important task waiting for you."

Wang Ping left in tears.

Xi Zhen, Fan Min and Wang Ping left one after another. Zhuge Qiao breathed a long sigh of relief and felt his stomach was empty.

Zhuge Qiao hasn't eaten all day.

"I really miss when I was in Xichuan. If my mother saw that I was too busy to eat, she would definitely heat up a good meal for me."

"Ah, no, I haven't eaten all day. My mother will scold me."

Zhuge Qiao couldn't help but think of Huang Yueying in Xichuan, and also thought of Huang Yueying's instructions before leaving, and couldn't help but smile a little more.

In the midst of contemplation.

Zhang Bao pushed the door open, threw a bamboo basket in front of Zhuge Qiao, and shouted angrily: "Ah Qiao, you have to buy me wine."

Zhuge Qiao looked at Zhang Bao in surprise: "Brother Zhang, if you want to buy wine, just say so. Why are you so angry?"

Zhang Bao sat down: "Can you not be angry? I originally had dinner at the second uncle's house today."

"As soon as I sat down, my second uncle said, Aqiao, you may not have eaten today."

"Second aunt and Feng Ji packed the food immediately and asked me to deliver it to you."

"I haven't even had a bite of food yet!"

"Am I the second uncle's nephew or are you the second uncle's nephew?"

Zhuge Qiao saw this and did not argue with Zhang Bao. He directly brought a small jar of wine from the corner and handed it to Zhang Bao: "Brother Zhang, thank you for your hard work. Can this jar of wine stop your talkative mouth?"

Zhang Bao beamed with joy: "What are you talking about? How disgusting! Anyway, I also brought you food."

After drinking the wine, Zhang Bao's eyes began to wander: "Ah Qiao, I heard from the second uncle that you have become the former general's chief clerk."

(End of this chapter)