The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Nanyang County, in the county hall.

Nanyang is a big county. During the Taiping era, the population of a county was half that of the people in Pianzhou. The county was rich and the people were strong, so the county seat was already magnificent. Since he was born, he has been eating with bells and whistles. He is used to lavish and extravagant clothes. Because he felt that the Nanyang Prefecture was shabby and not worthy of his worth and dignity, he took all the people who lived near the Prefecture. They were expelled to expand the area of ​​the prefectural mansion, decorated the interior and exterior with jewelry plundered from the people, and re-decorated it. Today, the Nanyang prefectural mansion occupies an area of ​​more than 100 acres, with pavilions, terraces, pavilions, gardens and ponds. There are rare birds and beasts collected everywhere, all over the garden, and the maids and slaves in costumes are all beautiful and handsome men, which are really pleasing to the eye. It is not so much a county house as a palace city, which is indeed not comparable to the palace. Forbidden, but it is also much more imposing than the ordinary palace.

Yuan Shu was wearing embroidered clothes of various colors. The clothes were wide and light, with a jade belt around his waist. He leaned on the table gracefully, and sat on the seat, holding the book from Lu Bu that had just been delivered to him in one hand, brushing his beard in the other, and casually browsing.

After reading a few lines, Yuan Shu's expression changed slightly, he sat up straight, frowned, his eyes fell on the letter paper, and his face gradually became ugly. After reading the letter, Yuan Shu angrily threw it on the case and scolded, "If it's what you said, this Lu Fengxian is really an unfamiliar dog!"

The people who sat with him were all Yuan Shu's confidants.

One person asked, "Ming Gong, what's wrong? What did Lu Bu say in the letter?"

Yuan Shu angrily said, "What if Zhang Mengzhuo promised to call him the prefect of Yuzhou, why is he not a dishonest person! He also asked me for food and soldiers, and said that when Yuzhou is conquered, he will pay me back ten times! Bingzi, it sounds nice, is it because he deceived me and thought I couldn't see that he was threatening me with Zhang Mengzhuo?"

He paused, then said angrily, "When Lu Bu first voted for me, he was like a lost dog. If it wasn't for my full support, how could he be today? Back then, he kept calling me Duke Ming, and every time he saw me , kneel down and bow down, respectful as a slave! Now that there is a half-run county in Runan, I think my wings are hard, so even the 'Ming Gong' changed his words and called me general! It's really outrageous!"

After speaking, Yuan Shu was furious, and Yuan Shu picked up Lu Bu's letter and slammed it on the table again.

The person who asked the question just now was named Li Ye, who was a counselor under Yuan Shu's account.

Li Ye left the table, half bent, went to Yuan Shu's case, and said, "Dare to ask Ming to publicize Lu Bu's letter and read it with the lower officials."

Yuan Shu gave him the letter.

After reading it, Li Ye knew the cause and effect. After thinking for a moment, he asked Yuan Shu and said, "Lü Bu asked Duke Ming for grain and soldiers in the letter. Dare to ask Duke Ming, does Duke Ming plan to give him this grain and this army?"

Yuan Shu angrily said: "Lu Fengxian only won the Runan half of the county, so he dares to be disrespectful to me, and I will give him food and soldiers? Why, let him conquer Yuzhou and then become my enemy! Tigers are in trouble, of course I am a grain of food and a soldier, and I will not give him any more!"

Li Ye pondered and said: "Duke Ming, in the humble opinion of the following officials, it is better to give him more or less of this food and this soldier."

Yuan Shu knew that Li Ye was quite resourceful and had always valued him very much. Hearing what he said, he held back his anger and asked, "Why?"

Li Yewu was short-statured, with a round face, small eyes, and a sparse beard. His appearance was unremarkable, but he exuded a shrewd air. He stroked his beard and said, "Ming Gong, our army cannot attack Xiangyang. G. Liu Jingsheng has the help of Cai, Kuai, Huang and other big surnames, and he has won the hearts of scholars. He is small and has local public opinion. Rich and real, but Liu Jingsheng in the south and Sun Wentai in the north, but they are two big enemies.

"Although Lü Bu is greedy and has no morality, he is a strong man in the end, and his generals are many from the state, and they are all brave. With him in Runan, he can at least temporarily block Sun Wentai for Duke Ming, so that Duke Ming can calmly deploy troops in Jing. If it was because of this food and soldiers that he was not given to him, in case he was really asked to vote for Zhang Mengzhuo, it would be north of me, not only Sun Wentai, but also Lu Bu as a thief! It would not be good for Duke Ming and Liu Jingsheng to fight for Jing! The lower official thought that he could go with the flow and give him a little food and soldiers to reassure him.

"Didn't Zhang Mengzhuo make a wish to declare him the prefect of Yuzhou? After Duke Ming declared him Lv Bu as the prefect of Runan last time, the lower officials heard that Lv Bu was very critical and seemed dissatisfied, and he could take this opportunity, Duke Ming simply might Promise him that as long as Yuzhou can be conquered for Duke Ming, he will be represented by the governor of Yuzhou!"

Yuan Shu said, "I don't care if I give him soldiers and food, but also promise him as the prefect of Yuzhou? Now that he is only half of Runan County, he has already expressed his intention to betray me. If I call him the prefect of Yuzhou again, I expect he will definitely Don't obey my orders from now on! Isn't this giving him Yuzhou cheap for nothing? This policy of yours is too clever!"

Li Ye said patiently: "Duke Ming, now Yuzhou is under the rule of Sun Wentai, if Duke Ming promises Lv Bu and is willing to represent him as the governor of Yuzhou, then he will definitely fight for Yu with Sun Wentai, and Sun Wentai is also a fierce general. It is a battle between two tigers, and both will be injured. Not to mention that Lu Bu may not be able to beat Sun Wentai, even if he does attack Sun Wentai, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses. At that time, Duke Ming will only have to choose As soon as a general goes to attack him, he can be captured and captured alive, and it is a pleasure to sit and reap the benefits!"

Yuan Shu thought about it for a while, then nodded and said, "Your remarks are not bad." He hesitated, "Then... I'll give him some soldiers and provisions?"

"Give him some!"

"How much do you say is appropriate for him?"

"Ming Gong, our army is not well-off, and it is enough to squeeze out 30,000 stone grains, 2,000 soldiers, and the lower officials!"

Yuan Shu's living and food are very luxurious, but as far as his army is concerned, his money is indeed very poor.

After all, Nanyang is only a county, and neither the supply of grain nor the source of troops is limited, and it cannot raise too many soldiers and horses. Today, he claims to be 100,000 cavalrymen, but in fact there are only more than 10,000 soldiers who can fight. This is also one of the reasons why he attacked Xiangyang, where Liu Biao was located, but was unable to overcome them.

Yuan Shu accepted Li Ye's suggestion and said, "Then take 30,000 shi of grain and 2,000 soldiers and send it to Lu Bu!"

This task was handed over to Li Ye.

Because Li Ye brought up the topic of Cai, Kuai, Huang and other Jingzhou clans helping Liu Biao, Yuan Shu turned his anger towards Lu Bu to the Cai, Kuai, Huang and other clans, slapped the case a few times, and said: "I just don't understand how the people of Xin Ping and Guo Tu in Yingchuan, Shenpi, Jushou and others in Jizhou, and Fengji, etc., are willing to obey my slaves but not me. Cai Mao, Kuaiyue, Kuailiang, Huang Zu and other disciples would rather Afu Liu Biao than be recruited by me!"

Li Ye comforted Yuan Shu and said, "Ming Gong, Xin Ping, Shen Pei, Cai Mao, and Kuai Yue are nothing more than vain names, they are all villains with eyes but no pearls. Odd. Please calm down Duke Ming. When Lü Bu is appeased, so that I have no worries in the north of Nanyang, Duke Ming can choose the opportunity to use troops to Xiangyang, and wait until the day when Xiangyang is captured and capture Cai Mao and others, Duke Ming can order himself. They slapped their heads and kneeled outside the hall as a form of humiliation, and let out such a bad breath!"

Yuan Shu said angrily, "Just doing some humiliation would be too cheap for them!"

Li Ye smiled apologetically and said, "Yes, yes. If you are really angry, you will cut off their heads and hang them at the city gate, making them a joke of the world!"

Yuan Shu waved his hand and told him to deliver food and troops to Lu Bu, and said, "You go!"

Li Ye complied with his promise.

He was a quick man. He left the county house without stopping. He immediately rushed to the granary and showed Yuan Shu's order. He asked the officials of the granary to take out 30,000 dashi of grain and inspected it himself. new food. It took more than half a day for the food to be picked and filled with more than a hundred vehicles.

Li Ye personally escorted the grain cart out of the city.

But after leaving the city, instead of going directly north to Runan County, he was first pulled to his Zhuangzi outside the county.

Li Ye, like Yuan Shu, was not a local. This Zhuangzi was obtained from a local tyrant after he followed Yuan Shu to Nanyang.

Zhuangzi is not small, with fertile fields outside, vegetable beds, spring water, well water, all kinds of workshops, and more than a thousand poultry, whether it is food or daily utensils, can be self-sufficient.

The courtyard wall is tall, and a wide and deep ditch has been dug around the courtyard wall. A watchtower has been built at each corner of the wall. There are thousands of disciples in the village. Yu, or the young chivalrous and vicious youths summoned from the neighboring countryside, or the elite soldiers who were recruited privately from the army, the weapons they use include not only knives, spears, etc., but also strong crossbows and bows. The enemy and the disciples can also go into battle. In terms of safety, it cannot be said that the golden soup is strong.

When he arrived at the village, Li Ye called the leaders of Tufu, asked them to fetch measuring instruments, and summoned people, but he pulled all the 30,000 stone of new grain to the granary in his village, and then took out the granary. The 18,000-stone old grain was reloaded.

The one who reloaded the car was what he was going to send to Lu Bu, and the one who pulled it to his own granary, of course, was the oil and water he did this job.

But why exchange old grain for new grain?

Isn't Li Ye afraid of being discovered by Lu Bu and suing Yuan Shu?

You know, since Yuan Shu has sent food to Lu Bu, he will naturally send it to Lu Bu along with the food and Yuan Shu's reply. In the letter, Yuan Shu made it clear that the food for Lu Bu was as much as 30,000 shi.

Li Ye is really not afraid, because although it was replaced with 18,000 large stones, these 18,000 large stones are still 30,000 stones, but this "stone" is a "small stone". ——Yuan Shu’s letter only mentioned 30,000 stones, but did not mention big or small stones.

Large stones and small stones are both commonly used weight units. A large stone weighs 120 catties, about 60 catties in later generations; a small stone weighs 72 catties, about 36 catties in later generations; the ratio of the two is about five to three. ——The reason why there are two types of weight units is to facilitate the calculation of agricultural output. Generally speaking, a large stone of millet can be pounded out of a small stone of rice.

30,000 large stones are 3.6 million catties; 30,000 small stones are 2.16 million catties.

The big stone was replaced by a small stone, which means that this time, Li Ye not only replaced the old grain in his warehouse with new grain, but also got an additional 1.44 million catties of grain from it, which is equivalent to 12,000 large stones.

Before the chaos in the sea, the monthly food supply for each soldier of the Han family was two large stones, 12,000 large stones, enough for 6,000 soldiers for one month; enough for the 2,000 soldiers of Lu Bu for three months, while In fact, the war has been going on for a long time now, and the troops of many local warlords are simply unable to supply two stone of grain per soldier every month, saving a little, these grains are enough for 2,000 soldiers to feed for four or five months.

Busy all night.

The next day, although Li Ye hadn't slept all night, he was in good spirits. He went to the camp again and selected 2,000 soldiers. According to the practice of exchanging food, the strong soldiers were kept in the village and replaced by the disciples. The weak and weak acted as soldiers, and then he was satisfied to give the soldiers and food to two of his cronies, and ordered them to replace him and send them to Runan to Lu Bu.

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A few days later, Lü Bu received a letter from Yuan Shu with grain, soldiers and soldiers~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The letter said that he had been given 30,000 stone of grain and 2,000 soldiers. After the army, he was greatly disappointed.

Lv Bugu, Wei Yue and others complained, "The Han family supplies their troops with large stones, but how can they be filled with small stones? Yuan Gonggong said in the letter that the grain was 30,000 stones, but it was actually small stones! This is taking me as a monkey. Are you kidding? And Xiaoshi is just a small stone, and it’s full of old grain and moldy, how can this be used for soldiers! And that soldier has 2,000 soldiers, and the Thai half is old and weak,…”

He pointed to the 2,000 soldiers who were slack and were barely lined up in formation, and said, "Look, you can't even line up in a single formation, . I can't stand it, I'm afraid it will be more than 60? Where is this for my soldiers, it is obviously asking me to give them old age! Yuan Gonggong is really deceiving!" Ling Wei Yue waited, and said, "Go and choose carefully, Drive away those old men, children, and those who are unbearable to fight! It saves me being upset."

Wei Yue and others agreed and asked, "Where's the grain?"

Lu Bu thought about it for a while, and said, "I will also screen and test, keep what you can eat, and dump what you can't eat in the river outside the city!"

A general suggested: "Ming Gong, now in the spring, the green and yellow are not picking up, and many people are starving. It is not good to give food to the soldiers. Instead of dumping it, how to open a porridge and distribute it to the poor? Maybe because of this, we can't live. few people."

Lu Bu looked and saw that it was Gao Shun who made the suggestion. He casually praised him and said, "You have a good heart." He agreed, and said, "Then do as you said!"

Before coming out to see the grain and soldiers sent by Yuan Shu, Lü Bu was discussing with the generals about attacking Yingchuan. After seeing the soldiers and grain, Lu Bu returned to the county temple and continued to discuss with the generals.

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