Chapter 70 Mi Family Caravan [15 Please read it! 】
In a caravan heading north to Langya and the Mi family in Kaiyang County, there were two more strong men and a young man.
Yes, after getting Liu Bei's permission, Liu Feng sneaked into the Mi family's caravan and went to Kaiyang to take charge of the grain collection work.
However, Liu Bei also had a strong attitude and arranged for Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang to come in.
Pan Zhang is a personal guard, and Xu Sheng is a local snake in Langya. They are both extremely brave and brave. They are really rare masters.
As for the nominal host of the caravan, he is an old businessman from the Mi family. His surname is also Mi, and his only name is Lu.
Speaking of which, Mi Lu is Mi Zhu’s elder, the same generation as Mi Zhu’s father Mi Zeng, and much older.
Like Mi Zeng, Mi Lu has been retired for several years.
It’s just that this time the mission is important, the person needed must be reliable, and the time is very tight, so Mi Zeng specially invited him out and asked him to lead the team and accompany Liu Feng in action.
Tancheng is not far from Kaiyang.
In just a few days, the caravan reached Jiqiu County in the middle.
Here, Liu Feng and others stayed for two days to purchase grain.
This is Zang Ba's territory. He recommended Wu Dun as the magistrate of Jiqiu County and stationed thousands of troops here.
The Mi family's network of connections is really powerful. In just two days, they had already completely figured out the food reserves in Jiqiu County.
Sure enough, as Liu Feng guessed, there was no grain left in Qiu County, private grain had bottomed out, and most of the grain in the government treasury was shipped to Kaiyang.
It can be seen that Zang Ba has already made preparations. Once Liu Bei really wanted to break up with him, Wu Dun would definitely abandon Jiqiu County and retreat to Kaiyang with his troops to join him and guard Kaiyang with the former.
Liu Feng once again determined the essence of his plan, that is, he must act quickly at the beginning and must not let Wu Dun escape.
Others let them go because they had no time to enter Kaiyang.
On the other hand, in the entire Langya Zang Ba's defense, Wu Dun was the only one standing alone, and he was Zang Ba's confidant. Taking him down should be a good bargaining chip.
The more advantageous point is that even if there is no food in Qiu City, Wu Dun cannot defend it even if he wants to. When the time comes, he will either surrender or break out. He can only fight quickly without delaying follow-up actions.
After leaving Jiqiu County, we walked for another three days and saw Kaiyang County, which is located on the bank of Yishui River.
The city wall of Kaiyang County is tall, and the Yishui River is used as a moat. It can be said that the city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has always been the capital of Langya Kingdom.
After Langya was changed from a state to a county, it has always been the seat of the county government.
But this place was stolen by Zang Ba, and the new governor Xiao Jiancai had to go to Ju County to take office.
It can be seen that the hatred between Xiao Jian and Zang Ba is not small. Zang Ba also bullied others to an extreme. In this relationship, he dared to send people to Xiao Jian to borrow money and food. It is truly arrogant.
Although Zang Ba was a thief and bandit, he did not have much ambition, but he was very capable. Not only did he manage the army in a strict manner, he also managed a group of rebels who were originally bandits, and he was able to maintain good military discipline. Have the ability to govern the local area.
Kaiyang County is located on a traffic thoroughfare and has not experienced war. Therefore, compared to Tancheng, the state capital, it is even more popular and is even more popular.
There are many merchants coming and going here. As long as merchants traveling from south to north take the official road along the coast of Xuzhou, they will inevitably pass by Kaiyang.
In Tancheng County, there are still refugees everywhere.
But it is a lot more lively and lively here, especially the business, which is even more prosperous.
It was also due to the good business tax that Zang Ba accumulated a considerable amount of money in just one or two years, and even wanted to purchase war horses and form a cavalry.
But that’s okay, Liu Feng and his grain collection team became inconspicuous among them.
Settling in a familiar inn, the guys from the Mi family began to go out to collect intelligence. Liu Feng specially told them to remember to collect information about the second generation of Taishan thieves, such as Zang Ai, the son of Zang Ba, Sun Yu, the son of Sun Guan, and others.
Soon, a steady stream of information was collected at the inn.
As Liu Feng guessed, Zang Ai, the older son of Zang Ba, had already begun to work. Zang Ai is now the chief registrar of Kaiyang County.
In addition, it is no secret in Kaiyang that Zang Ba wants to raise money to buy a horse.
This is because Zang Ba not only went to Xiao Jian to borrow money and food, but also the powerful families in Kaiyang City were visited by Zang Ba to borrow money.
Looking at the compiled intelligence, Liu Feng slowly sketched out a supplementary plan.
If this supplementary plan is successful, it will greatly speed up the time to annex Zang Ba and reduce our own casualties.
Even if this plan fails, it will be a wasted trip to Kaiyang at most. If you include the information collected now, it will not even be considered a wasted trip.
"Mr. Mi, please leave a message to Master Zang and tell him that our Mi family will invite him to dinner tonight and talk about business."
After finalizing the plan, Liu Feng began took action.
His first step was to contact Zang Ai.
Mi Lu was the only person in the entire caravan who knew Liu Feng’s true identity. He agreed with a smile, and then declined: "You are too polite. Call me Lao Mi, or Lao Lu. , only Mi Lao, the old man can’t bear it.”
"Old Mi, you are so polite."
Liu Feng explained with a smile: "Now I am a descendant of the Mi family. I came out to experience, and you are the one in charge. You have to get used to it, so as not to worry about it temporarily. If you slip up, something big will happen."
After hearing this explanation, Mi Lu reluctantly agreed.
About half an hour later, the boy who went to post the post came back and said that Zang Ai had agreed and would come to the banquet in an hour.
Mr. Mi excused himself and went down to prepare for the dinner.
Liu Feng continued to deliberate on the details of the plan in the room to see if there was anything that needed to be modified.
Soon, an hour passed.
Zang Ai has arrived downstairs.
Through the window, Liu Feng could clearly see the scene downstairs.
Zang Ai is a young man of medium build and bookish face, probably in his early twenties.
The bullock cart he was riding in came slowly, and there was no domineering and high-profile behavior. From the appearance, it was almost unrecognizable that this was the young master of the Kaiyang Tu Emperor family.
It’s no wonder that Zang Ai was Zang Ba’s eldest son in history. After Zang Ba’s death, he inherited the former’s title and was granted the title Liangcheng Hou.
Wei Shu records that this young man was famous for his talent and rationality. He was originally Huang Menlang and served successively as county governor, and then as governor of Qingzhou and Shaofu.
It can be imagined that this person is considered good in terms of reputation, talent, ability and moral character, and he has not disgraced Zang Ba's reputation.
However, according to the historical laws of the entire Three Kingdoms, especially Cao Wei, most of the families that made a fortune in this era had a combination of ability, moral character, talent and learning in the first generation.
By the time the second generation comes, there will probably be only one or two items.
By the third generation, it is very likely that there will be nothing left, and even moral points will be owed.
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