Chapter 69 The son should be fighting the troubled times with his father (Additional update is here! Surprise?)
Xu Sheng was also very excited, but he forced himself to calm down and confided: "Sheng has a close relative in the county government. Chief official, a few days ago an envoy from Kaiyang arrived, asking to see the governor. Later, news came out from the governor's house that it was Zang Ba, the captain of the cavalry, who came to borrow money and wanted to marry the governor's daughter. "
“Oh!?”
Liu Bei turned and looked at Liu Feng. The two of them were now very sensitive to food and money.
Why did Zang Ba suddenly go to Xiao Jian to borrow money and food?
And they didn't hesitate to get married, because Zang Ba was the overlord of Langya County.
Although there are many other forces in Langya County, the most powerful one is Xiao Jian, who is stationed in Ju County and is worshiped by the court as the prefect of Langya County.
But Xiao Jian has never been able to defeat Zang Ba. Those who were bullied went to Ju County, and Kaiyang, Yangdu, and Linyi around him were all in the hands of Zang Ba’s allies. He He is almost a bare guard.
But at this time, Zang Ba actually wants to marry the other party, which is quite strange.
Liu Bei couldn't help but have a thought. Could it be that the news leaked from his side, which aroused Zang Ba's vigilance and precaution?
But soon, Liu Bei woke up.
This is impossible.
If the news leaked from his side, the most important thing Zang Ba should do was not borrow food, but immediately mobilize troops for defense.
Could it be that Zang Ba is really short of food?
But in addition to borrowing food, he also borrowed money.
At this time, Xu Sheng continued: "Zang Ba and Xiao Jian have always been at odds with each other, and they refused to obey the envoy. They broke up the place and resisted the state capital. Sheng had already envoyed the envoy to conquer the country. As a state official, how could he not do it? To make you loyal?
So Sheng tried his best to look around for money, and finally found out the specific situation from Xiao Jian's side room
It turned out that Zang Ba was short of money, and he and Bei were in trouble. There was an old friendship between Di Gongsun Du and his subordinates when they fought against the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.
Zang Ba gave him gifts for many years and finally persuaded Gongsun Du to sell him a batch of war horses. br>
These war horses are all second and third class, with the price of a second-class horse being 60,000 yuan and the price of a third-class horse being 30,000 yuan.
The total number is one hundred, including 20 second-class horses, totaling 1.2 million coins, and 80 third-class horses, also worth 2.4 million coins, totaling 3.6 million coins.
Zang Ba only had more than two million in hand and wanted to borrow 1.4 million from Sheriff Xiao. "
Xu Sheng then said: "Zang Ba borrowed grain because there is no surplus grain in Kaiyang. Once these horses arrive, I am afraid there will not be enough grain to eat, so I want to borrow five thousand shi of grain in advance to feed the horses. Use. "
"Xiao Jian refused to borrow grain, so Zang Ba's envoy expressed his willingness to buy grain. The price can follow the market price, but he needs to pay it back on credit in the coming year. ”
Hearing that there was no more food left in Kaiyang, Zang Ba would rather buy food than get food. Liu Bei and Liu Feng’s eyes lit up.
This does not mean that there is no food in Kaiyang, and there will be no food supply next.
It means that apart from the rations for the army and people in Kaiyang, there is no excess food in the treasury controlled by Zang Ba.
If one more stone of food is used, a soldier may starve to death.
Liu Feng had previously calculated that Zang Ba might have 50,000 to 150,000 shi of grain in his hands, which actually included the surplus for private flows and the commercial grain controlled by merchants.
It’s just that this number is based on the enemy’s leniency, so naturally it should be calculated within the leniency.
But if what Xu Sheng said was true, then Zang Ba had much less food than Liu Feng had calculated.
If there is still a way to deduct some more food from Zang Ba's treasury, then Zang Ba may run out of food, let alone continue to guard Kaiyang.
It seems that Zang Ba is also taking risks. He is short of food and wants to buy war horses. This clearly means that he wants to enhance his combat power and continue to expand outwards.
Liu Bei went straight to the point: "Then does Governor Xiao have a decision?"
Xu Sheng shook his head and said: "At present, I have found out that Governor Xiao has directly rejected the request to borrow food, even in cash. No, let alone credit, but we can discuss borrowing money.”
"Prefect Xiao was also very interested in the war horses. He replied to Zang Ba's envoy that he was willing to pay half of the money to buy the war horses in partnership with Zang Ba and then split the money equally. But Zang Ba's envoy was very reluctant and was only willing to sell 20% of the war horses."
< br>"Prefect Xiao was furious and expelled the other party from the city. The two parties did not reach any agreement."
"This matter has been known for a long time. Wen Xiang has made a great contribution by doing this."
Liu Bei patted the back of Wen Xiang's hand heavily: "Bei will never forget this merit, and he will be rewarded heavily in the future!" The corners of Xu Sheng's mouth couldn't stop turning up. We rushed to Tancheng in two nights and didn't even go to rest until dark. We stayed outside the gate of the state capital. What was the purpose?
Isn’t it just a matter of birth opportunity and merit?
Pan Zhang was also jealous, but his background was much worse than Xu Sheng's.
Xu Sheng can still be considered powerful, he is just a knight-errant.
Pan Zhang, who had no background and was not very smart, gave up in the end.
Anyway, as long as you can hold the young master's thigh tightly, are you afraid that you won't get any credit?
After Xu Sheng was settled, Liu Bei and Liu Feng left.
When he walked outside the hospital, Liu Feng couldn't help but asked Liu Bei for a tassel: "Father, I still beg you to allow me to go to Kaiyang."
Liu Bei's face changed and he said impatiently : "This matter is unacceptable. There is no need to discuss it again. My father will not agree."
Liu Feng knelt down with a thud: "Father, my child once heard that there is a divine bird named Haidongqing in the far west. , It is good to push the young birds down from the high-altitude nest to force them to spread their wings and fly for nine days.
Those who do not develop will die and turn into mud.
Therefore, the chicks will eventually leave the nest, and the tiger will definitely come out of its burrow.
Feng Bucai, the blood of my father and ancestors, is my Han clan.
In these troubled times, a son should be on the same level as his father!
The Han Dynasty is in decline, and the son will fight with his father to save it! ”
Liu Bei looked at Liu Feng blankly, his eyes a little moist.
Yes, why did I fight for half my life without regrets, and why did I wander for twenty years without any regrets?
Isn’t it just for the sake of the Han family?
Pan Zhang on the side also fell silent. Although he only understood the general meaning of these words, he was filled with panic in his heart.
He wanted to vent, but didn't know how.
In the end, I could only murmur in a bitter voice.
"This is a hell of a world."
"Get up."
Liu Bei raised his head and sighed, then stretched out his hand to pull Liu Feng up: "Father That’s right.”
“Thank you, father!”
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On the second day, Liu Bei summoned Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Lu Su, and Cao Bao The four of them, as well as Guan, Zhang, Zhaotian and other confidants discussed it and asked Xu Sheng to explain the specific situation again.
With the support of Liu Feng, Chen Deng and Lu Su, it was decided to speed up the pace of action.
First of all, the state government immediately launched the banner of farming and began to gather the refugees, allocate fields, and prepare to start spring plowing.
At the same time, the Lu family and the Mi family immediately mobilized caravans to go to Kaiyang to purchase grain at high prices under the pretext that the state capital was short of food in the fields. As soon as the amount is received, it will be shipped immediately, and try not to hoard food in Kaiyang to prevent Zang Ba from detaining people and deducting food temporarily.
In addition, Cao Bao also promised to allocate 4,000 tunes to Liu Bei within ten days, and at the same time continue to prepare the remaining tunes to prepare for departure at any time.
Zhao Yun and Tian Yu's hearts were filled with excitement. They felt extremely excited when they thought that most of the four thousand steps would soon be under their command, and that there was going to be a big move against Kaiyang in the state capital.
Guan and Zhang were somewhat envious of Zhao and Tian.
Unexpectedly, the two of them arrived first and almost caught up with their two big brothers.
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