Chapter 409: Throwing everyone into service
Quan Cong was anxious and angry. When Liu Feng's troops arrived at the Qiantang River, he asked Quan Rou to raise troops to respond, but Quan Rou was still hesitant, feeling that Sun Ce still had a chance, so he missed the last chance. tuyere.
Seeing that the reputation of the four major surnames in Wuzhong, the Zhu family, and the Xu family are increasing day by day, and even the Ling family, which was not worth mentioning in the past, is becoming more and more popular, Quan Cong is becoming more and more unable to sit still.
In the end, today’s bloody battle ended.
Of course, Quan Cong, who is only fifteen years old now, does not have the strength to really force him into the palace. All he can do is use his own value to force his father Quan Rou to make a choice.
Quanrou sat in the main seat, watching her son weeping and confessing, with blood dripping from his forehead, and fell into silence.
Quan Cong kept his kowtow posture and quietly waited for his father's decision.
I don’t know how long it took, but Quanrou finally let out a long sigh and said, "You know, if you follow your wishes, there may not be any remaining farmland in the family, and all the tenants will be dispersed."
Quan Cong raised his head and replied: "Father, whatever Cong wants is a duke!"
"That's all."
Quan Rou was shocked by what Quan Cong said. After being stunned for a moment, she finally made a decision: "Since you have great ambitions, you should be strong for your father!"
After making the decision, Quanrou's expression changed, her previous indecisiveness disappeared, and she solemnly said: "You can let go and do whatever you want. As a father, I will accept everything!"
Quan Cong was overjoyed and kowtowed: "My father is wise."
The next day, with his forehead still wrapped in white cloth, Quan Cong went to the Fan family, who was also a member of the Qiantang noble family.
The Fan family of Qiantang is a descendant of Fan Mingyou, a general of the Western Han Dynasty. Fan Mingyou was a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty. He was victorious in all foreign wars. He defeated the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xiqiang many times, and almost defeated the ethnic minorities in the north.
It's a pity that he married Huo Guang's daughter and was deeply involved in Huo Yu's rebellion, even becoming one of the core figures.
After Emperor Xuan suppressed the rebellion, Fan Mingyou committed suicide in fear of crime, but some of his descendants survived and returned to Nanyang to settle down.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Dong Zhuo entered Luo, Nanyang became the hardest-hit area in the world. Fan Fu, the head of the Fan family at the time, had great foresight and moved to Qiantang County, Wu County, Jiangdong early, successfully avoiding the subsequent war disaster.
The person Quan Cong was looking for was Fan Fu's son Fan Shun.
After Quan Cong found Fan Shun, he immediately said: "Today Cong has found a great achievement, and he wants to share it with the elder brother. I wonder if the elder brother has the courage to seek wealth and honor together."
Fan Shun was confused, but the relationship between the Fan family and the whole family was still good.
Quanrou had become acquainted with Fan Fu in Luozhong. Later, the Fan family moved to Qiantang, and the whole family also made great efforts.
The migration of a clan is not just as easy as moving to another house.
The clan needs a lot of fields, industries, workshops, and shops. These cakes are all fixed, and the cakes in Qiantang County have long been divided.
It was the whole family who helped the Fan family come forward, and at the same time their own family also took part of the profits, which helped the Fan family gain a foothold in Qiantang County.
Therefore, the relationship between Fan and Quan at this time was quite good.
Although Fan Shun didn't understand what Quan Cong was talking about, he still responded respectfully: "What did you say, brother Xian? If there is a place where Shun Chun can contribute, he will not dare to hold anything back."
Quan Cong immediately narrated the matter. Fan Chun, who was opposite him, heard that Quan Cong was going to donate all his land and tenants. This time he came over to persuade him to join him, and his face suddenly changed with fright.
"This, this..."
Fan Shun looked panicked. He was not as bold as Quan Cong. After hearing these words, his first reaction was to retaliate.
Just when Fan Shun opened his mouth to speak, someone came out from the back of the hall and praised: "My good nephew is really a good horse for the Quan family!"
"Father!"
"Uncle!"
After Fan Shun and Quan Cong saw clearly who was coming, they hurriedly saluted together.
The person who came was none other than the head of the Fan family, the father of Fan Shun, and Quanrou's best friend, Fan Fu.
Fan Fu strode into the hall, first helped Quan Cong up, his eyes full of admiration: "Brother Deru is so lucky to have given birth to a great nephew like you. My uncle doesn't have this blessing anymore. I hope my nephew will have more contact with Boren in the future.”
Fan Shun, whose courtesy name was Boren, was the eldest son of Fan Fu, and his status was equal to that of Quan Cong.
Quan Cong hurriedly said humbly: "Cong, I am a mediocre person, but he is very courageous. Brother Bo Ren is a great talent who is familiar with classics, knows the classics, and knows Shangshu."
"Okay."
Fan Fu, however, waved his hand and glanced at his son angrily: "What kind of talent does Boren have? As a father, do I know? There is no need for a good nephew to be modest."
Then, Fan Fu changed the subject and said: "I have heard everything my nephew said in the back of the hall."
"My Fan family moved from Nanyang to Qiantang, and I received full support from the whole family."
Fan Fu said solemnly: "Now that the whole family has made a decision, it also needs the help of my Fan family. At this time, my Fan family is duty-bound."
Quan Cong was immediately overjoyed and looked at Fan Fu in disbelief.
Fan Fu was a man of great foresight and courage, otherwise he would not have disposed of the family property, fields and houses in Nanyang early, and the whole family moved to Qiantang.
Some people may not understand the difference here. Wu County is indeed good. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was even enough to compete with Nanyang.
But by the Eastern Han Dynasty, the gap became wider and wider.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, we can apply the examples of later generations. This is equivalent to Fan Fu selling all the shops and luxury houses in Shanghai, and then moving collectively to the suburbs of Chongqing and Chengdu to purchase properties.
Fan Fu had secretly persuaded Quanrou to surrender to Liu Feng with the troops of the eastern captain of Kuaiji before. Even if he suffered a defeat, it would be fine, as long as he could keep himself safe.
But Quanrou finally rejected Fan Fu, resigned and returned to Qiantang to live in seclusion.
It can be said that Fan Fu and Quan Cong have very similar ideas. Therefore, when he heard in the back of the hall that Quan Cong wanted to break up his family and join Liu Feng, Fan Fu couldn't help but stand up directly and express his support for Quan Cong on behalf of the Fan family.
"My family's land is not prospering, and my nephew knows it. Now the family only has more than 7,000 acres of farmland, and I am willing to donate it all."
After all, the Fan family has just come to Qiantang, and it has been less than ten years. It is already quite difficult to have more than 7,000 acres of land. Half of it, more than 3,000 acres, is dry land, and the real paddy fields are only a little over 4,000 acres.
The south produces rice, and the yield of rice is much higher than that of other crops.
Wheat yields two shi per mu, which is considered a high yield, but rice can yield four shi per mu, almost twice the output in the north. What’s even more frightening is that this is only the output of Jiangnan. If you get Jiaozhi, which is harvested three times a year, and add the seeds of Champa rice, you can easily make eight kilograms of rice. Fan Fu pondered. Obviously, in his opinion, this little land was not enough to serve. It should be noted that Quan Cong had used more than 20,000 acres of farmland alone, and left none of it for his own family. It could really be regarded as ruining his family to serve. .
After a while, Fan Fu continued to add: "Although the family does not have much land, there is a lot of wealth, including hundreds of kilograms of gold and silver. In addition, the family also has eighteen good horses, all of which were transported from Nanyang. Come, I am willing to donate it all.”
When Fan Fu was selling land, Nanyang was still the largest county in the world and was very prosperous and prosperous. The price of land was second to none in the Central Plains. Not only was the price high, but the price was unmarketable.
Therefore, Fan Fu not only went very smoothly when he sold it, but also received a huge amount of gold and silver, which he brought with him to Qiantang. At the same time, because he had just arrived, even with the full support of his family, he only bought 4,000 acres of paddy land, with almost no gold or silver used, and the full price was paid with only five baht of silk.
Fan Shun looked at his father with wide eyes. He opened his mouth to speak several times, but Fan Fu stared back.
"Uncle is wise!"
Quan Cong had a look of surprise on his face and thought to himself, if his father had half as much courage as Uncle Fan, I'm afraid his family would have already been on General Zhengnan's ship, so there would be no need for him to sink the boat here.
Coincidentally, Fan Fu, who was opposite him, also looked at Quan Cong with regret on his face and sighed in his heart, if I had a son like Cong, there would be no regrets in dying.
The uncle and nephew made an agreement on a major matter, and Fan Fu then personally came to the house to inform Quan Rou.
Seeing that Fan Fu was actually willing to spend his entire family to follow Quan Cong and join Liu Feng, Quan Rou's uneasiness dissipated a lot.
But he was a little surprised that his best friend hated officialdom the most.
In the past, in Luozhong, he would rather help himself get promoted than enter the officialdom. Why has so much changed now?
Faced with Quan Rou's question, Fan Fu replied sternly: "In the past in Luozhong, all the lords only knew how to fight for power, but no one could stabilize the world. Fu had no way to save his life, so he could only save his clan and avoid disaster. Now Liu Zhengnan has decided to set up the southeast of Ding. , the people under the rule are peaceful, the common people live happily, and there are many battles and victories, and there is great potential to rebuild the Yan-Han Dynasty, so why should you cherish your family's money?"
Quan Rou said nothing and sighed with emotion.
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As Liu Feng crossed the Yangtze River and returned to Jiangdong, a piece of news spread from Niuzhu in all directions.
This time Liu Feng went to Luo, and was favored by the emperor. The imperial court worshiped him as General Zuo, opened the government ceremony with the three divisions, led the Yangzhou pastoral, commanded Yangzhou, and handed over the military affairs of the two states. He was also conferred the title of Wuhou, with a diet of 6,000 cities. Five hundred households.
This news spread rapidly as if it had wings, shocking the entire Jiangdong noble clan, and spread to Jing and Jiaozhou at an unexpected speed.
At the same time, after crossing the river, Liu Feng's first stop was not Wu County or Kuaiji, but Danyang.
Liu Feng descended the river from Liyang, went upstream for more than two hundred miles, turned into Lishui, and then turned into Lengshui, until he reached Wanling City, the county seat of Danyang County.
Wanling City is an important town in Danyang, which will be Xuancheng in the future.
This place is located in a traffic chokepoint with well-developed water and land passages. To its southwest and south are hills, and further down are the Huangshan Mountains and Tianmu Mountains.
At this time, the governor of Danyang County was Zhang Ying, who led 4,000 soldiers and was stationed in Wanling City. He mainly controlled the southern part of Danyang and guarded against Shanyue's invasion from the north.
When Liu Feng arrived at Wanling City, he knew that he was going by water, but Zhang Ying still led the city officials, nobles, powerful people, etc., to go out of the city for twenty miles to greet him, showing his respect.
After Liu Feng met Zhang Ying, he sent a boat to recruit Zhang Ying and others aboard.
When Zhang Ying saw Liu Feng, he immediately prostrated himself to the ground and respectfully announced the good news: "Inform Duke Ming that Zhou Zhonglang will report to Lubu the day before yesterday. He has captured the entire territory of Yuzhang and is about to report to Jiangbei. Unexpectedly, Duke Ming has already arrived." Wanling.”
"Oh?"
Liu Feng was delighted. Although Yuzhang belonged to Yangzhou, it was actually quite independent. Its special geography is that it is surrounded by mountains, and the plains are all in the mountains. The land passage is not only narrow, but also difficult to walk.
But the location of Yuzhang is very critical. If Yuzhang cannot be captured, then the northern part of Kuaiji, Danyang, and Wu County will almost all be exposed to the enemy's attack range. It will make you shudder to think about it.
Now that Zhou Yu has successfully regained Yuzhang, he has made a great contribution in any case, and has also covered the essence of the three counties in Jiangdong, which naturally makes Liu Feng very happy.
Not to mention that Yuzhang is also a good advance base for Jingnan, with no less than three or four roads on land and water that can be used for attack.
Of course, the best way is to take the water route, and the most convenient way is the way Zhou Yu took. Haihun County, an important town on this road, was the place where Sun Ce entrusted Taishi Ci with important responsibilities in the original time and space.
Taishi Ci took Haihun County as the center and controlled Liu County. With only the remnants of Liu Yao, he defeated Liu Pan and wiped out all traces.
Liu Pan was the first general in his family under Liu Biao, and he was also known as a famous general in Jingzhou. He repeatedly led people to invade Yuzhang's territory. But when he met Tai Shici, he immediately made a judgment and lost his former courage.
However, Yuzhang at this time was so huge that it could be divided into two or three counties.
Liu Feng asked: "Where is Zhou Gongjin now?"
Zhang Ying replied respectfully: "According to the report, General Zhou is stationed in Luling County at this time."
Liu Feng turned to Zhuge Liang and said: "Get the map."
Zhuge Liang quickly brought the map and spread it out in front of Liu Bao.
Liu Feng looked at the map twice and found Luling.
Luling is located in the middle of Yuzhang, in the upper reaches of the Gan River.
Although the entire Yuzhang is covered with mountains and ridges, one thing that is great is that the waterways are smooth. The Gan River connects most of the counties in Yuzhang County from south to north.
And there happen to be several Jinjiang River, Yuanshui River, Yuzhang River, Yushui River, and Po River connected end to end in the east-west direction, which in turn link the counties going up from east to west.
Therefore, if you want to defend Yuzhang, the navy is a very critical element. A powerful navy can not only block the entrance of the Yangtze River into Yuzhang, but can also threaten the surrounding enemy waterways at any time, and can also help our troops in Yuzhang. Maneuver quickly in the high mountains of Zhangjun.
Zhang Ying glanced at Liu Fenghou and added in a low voice: "General Zhou reported that Hua Xin was the acting prefect of Yuzhang and was temporarily in charge of Yuzhang affairs."
Liu Feng nodded, Zhou Yu's move was something he had allowed earlier.
Yuzhang County is located in the mountains and has a vast territory, so it is naturally impossible to report day and night. Since he has appointed Zhou Yu to go and pacify him, he must naturally give him the authority he deserves.
"Send someone to Lujiang to send a message and ask how Yuzhang is doing. If General Zhou has settled down, let him return to Wanling quickly."
Liu Feng immediately ordered: "I want to discuss matters in Wanling."
"In addition, send someone to Kuaiji to ask Uncle Zilong if there is any news along the way."
Liu Feng thought for a moment and then added: "At the same time, he sent orders to Taishi Ci, Jia Kui, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Sun Ce and others to come to Wanling to discuss matters, and ordered Xu Sheng to sit in the northern part of Kuaiji."
(End of chapter)