Three Kingdoms

If we say that in Qinglong Temple in Chang'an, Fei Qian was promoting changes in literature, while Cao Cao in Xu County, Yuzhou, was using force to reverse a stubborn pathology.

It can be called a hoarding disease.

Stock up on goods and people.

Since ancient times, hoarding has been regarded by many as a magic weapon for getting rich.

In China's thousands of years of history, many people have realized their dreams of getting rich through this method, and have successfully become idols admired by generations of businessmen.

For example, Obatao Zhugong, considered the originator of merchants, is said to be proficient in this art.

This has also led to many people, especially the latecomers, trying to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors and get rich again. Through the differences in time and geography of some products, they can then make crazy profits from the profit space formed.

However, it is difficult to discover the time and geographical differences in profits that naturally occur in the commodity circulation process. On the one hand, it is difficult to discover, and on the other hand, even if it is discovered, it may not be available on hand. So what should we do?

The "smart" guys figured it out and artificially created differential profits, resulting in hoarding. For a big man, the easiest thing to hoard is naturally the annual Zhuanghe.

The land of Shandong itself is a high-yield area of ​​grain and grass in Dahanzhuang. This was not only the case during the one or two hundred years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but even the entire three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. So normally, in Yuzhou and Jizhou , there is no shortage of food and grass. Moreover, the technology of grain storage in the Han Dynasty can also ensure that the grain will not spoil in the long term. Even in later generations, millet stored in the Han Dynasty thousands of years ago can be found in tombs!

Of course, the millet in the tomb is naturally inedible, but the fact that it can survive a long period of time without rotting into dust until it is discovered during excavation also shows that as early as the Han Dynasty, grain storage technology was already relatively advanced. Level.

Therefore, in Yuzhou and Jizhou, a relatively high-yielding area of ​​grain with advanced grain storage technology, it is abnormal to experience disasters every year, poor harvests, and rising grain prices every year.

Although Cao Cao has been on continuous expeditions in recent years, and indeed needs to use food and grass, it has greatly eased from the previous state...

It's very simple, because in the past, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought based on their own basic strength, but now Cao Cao is sitting on Jizhou and Yuzhou. Not only has the intensity of the struggle dropped, but it also means that Jizhou and Yuzhou have become more relaxed, and all the burdens It should be correspondingly reduced by half.

Although this rough estimate is not very accurate, it is at least clear that for this period of time, at least after Cao Cao replaced Yuan Shao, the high food prices have been very problematic!

This kind of continuous rise in food prices, which is related to the basic people's livelihood, will inevitably bring fear and uneasiness to ordinary people about their lives, as well as abuse and resentment towards the court. And these nobles and powerful families in the middle level are also facing the people. While shirking responsibility, everything is because God does not give face, everything is the order of the court, they are obeying orders, they have nothing to do, and there is nothing they can do.

Who gave the order?

Above.

Who is up there?

The top is the top.

Later, everyone got involved.

These guys have formed a set of standard procedures. On the one hand, they are hyping up food shortages and causing panic among the people in the market. On the other hand, they are reporting the disaster situation to the court and requesting more free supplies. What is more interesting is that among these "disaster victims" In areas where people want to get affordable food, they don’t have it, but as long as they pay more, hey, there it is!

Yuzhou, Yingchuan, Tuntian Station.

In this field station near Yingchuan, there are at least one-third of Yuzhou's permanent field troops.

But right now, here in the field station, large and small bags of grain and horse feed are piled high.

If this batch of grain and fodder reaches Yingchuan, it will naturally stabilize grain prices...

A small official in the army who was counting supplies, holding a wooden tablet in one hand and a writing brush in the other, stood on a baggage cart and screamed until his throat broke.

Piles of civilians and field soldiers were moving the grain and grass, packing them, loading them into trucks, and then preparing to transport them to Yingchuan.

Except for the field soldiers, the civilian laborers were recruited from nearby areas. After doing this hard service, this year's service period can be considered completed, and you can also get some remuneration, which can be exchanged for food or money, so even these civilian husbands are busy at home and don't have much. What a complaint.

The farming site is not just Zhuang He.

After all, there are so many people in the farm, can’t we just wait for the land to grow for our daily expenses? The clothes on the body, the tools used, etc., so there are weavers and blacksmiths in the farmhouses. In addition to keeping some of the things they make on weekdays for their own use, they will also be supplied to other places.

This field camp occupies a very large area, with grain piles, haystacks, horse feed piles, and large bundles of military equipment everywhere. The tanners, blacksmiths, and carpenters gathered together and built tents to eat and live in. Under the supervision of the army commander, they repaired vehicles, took care of mules and horses, repaired tools, and tanned leather goods. Coupled with the coming and going of civilians and soldiers stationed in the fields, there was a buzz of people everywhere, day and night.

Ren Jun is a lieutenant general in the field. At this point in time, he not only has to check the documents in the big account and approve the writing, but also goes outside for on-site inspections from time to time.

For a small team, the team leader may only need to consider how many supplies, how many manpower his team has, and where to hand over, but Ren Jun must allocate personnel according to the instructions issued by the Chancellor. To transport materials to various places, how many teams need to be sent out and how many are in each team? All require discretionary accounting...

The big man didn't have a computer or calculator, so not only was Ren Jun busy in the big tent, but even the little officials on the side couldn't raise their heads in the calculations, and their eyes were like rabbits.

All supplies arrived in Yingchuan in a steady stream, and then were delivered to the hands of various generals.

After all, there is chaos everywhere now, and it is also a time when food is urgently needed. If it is delayed, it will not be a trivial matter!

A new batch of grain and grass was received yesterday, and the military officials have been busy from yesterday morning to now. They ran back and forth to organize an escort team of thousands of people, arrange for soldiers and civilians, as well as the mules and horses pulling the carts, all of which needed to be assembled. According to the arrangement, when the departure was approaching, the logistics team leader put the hot dry biscuits freshly baked into the bag and counted the heads to distribute.

Everyone was shouting at the top of their lungs, and even after seven or eight steps, it was hard to hear what the other person was saying.

"These horse materials are all fine materials. Go and count them with two more people. Don't miss anything!" Do you have enough oilcloth? Tell me! Don’t get wet in the rain! 』

"Have you checked the wheat and millet quantity again?" Every car must be stamped! The hemp rope must be tied tightly! If you don’t check carefully now, it will be even more troublesome later! Count again! 』

When the convoy was about to set off, Ren Jun came out of the Chinese army's tent and took a military commander to explain. When he checked carefully, he heard a strange sound coming from the distance, which caused some restlessness...

The convoy was stopped.

More than a thousand people and three to four hundred baggage trucks were stopped just like that!

Because there is certainly not enough open space inside the camp to accommodate such a long convoy, we set off directly from the roadside outside the camp. However, the vehicles on the entire road have come to a standstill, and the driver behind is stuck. Knowing something, he jumped out of the car and asked.

These coachmen were charged by the trip, not by the number of days. They were stuck and couldn't move, so they were naturally eager to ask about the situation, but the soldiers in front hurried back and reported in front of Ren Jun. Report: "Report to General!" He is from Sili Xiaowei! 』

"Sili Xiaowei?" ! ” Ren Jun frowned.

Seeing the chaotic shouts from the soldiers and laborers in front, Ren Jun almost stood up. What happened again? He took his bodyguards around him, separated the soldiers and laborers who crowded around him, and moved forward.

After walking forward for a while, I heard the sound of heavy footsteps, and then the sound of armor. There was also a group of people in front who separated the laborers and others and came over. The leader was Zhong Yao, the captain of Sili School.

Because Sili is just a joke now, Zhong Yao actually received the Sili Xiaowei as a servant. However, after all, the title of "Sili Xiaowei" is there, so when he really uses it, , also has a certain effect.

Zhong Yao is an old minister. Age, not quite old, but qualifications are relatively old.

After Zhong Yao was promoted to be Xiaolian, he served as Shangshu Lang and Yangling County Magistrate. Later he resigned due to illness and was immediately recruited by the three prefectures to serve as Ting Weizheng and Huangmen Shilang. When Emperor Liu Xie left Guanzhong for Xu It also played a very important role in the county.

"Zhong Shizhong," Ren Jun stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?" ! All these grains, fodder and horse feed are to be transported to Yingchuan for military use! Who can afford to miss a military flight? Why stop him? ! 』

Zhong Yao smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "I am here on the order of the emperor!" 』

"The emperor?" ! ” Ren Jun frowned even more.

Although Prime Minister Cao is currently in charge of the court, but he has not said that Liu Xie will be abolished, Liu Xie is still the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and his edicts are still the highest nominal orders of the Han Dynasty.

Zhong Yao signaled, and then one of his guards came forward and handed the emperor's edict to Ren Jun.

Ren Jun unfolded it and took a look, "What?" ! this……"

Ren Jun couldn't help but said half a sentence, then closed his mouth and glanced at Zhong Yao.

Zhong Yao stopped and looked around, "Is the convoy preparing to leave today?" 』

Ren Jun's brows almost knitted together, "Attendant Zhong!" What does this mean? ! 』

Zhong Yao waved his hand, "Can I take a step to speak?" 』

Of course, this borrowing step is a serious borrowing step.

Ren Jun took a breath, calmed down, and then gave the convoy instructions to repair on the spot, and then he and Zhong Yao headed to the Chinese military tent in the Tuntian camp.

Zhong Yao followed Ren Jun leisurely, as if he didn't care that Tuntian Camp was Ren Jun's home field.

Although there is an edict from the emperor, in Yingchuan, in Yuzhou, in the local counties and counties under Cao Cao's rule, especially in the army that has some relationship with Cao Cao, everyone knows that the emperor's orders are not effective, and only Cao Cao's instructions are effective. !

Although Ren Jun's surname is Ren, he is somewhat related to the Cao family. Ren Jun's wife is Cao Cao's younger sister, so she can hold this position that is not very eye-catching but very important.

After entering the Chinese army's tent, Ren Jun did not show humility. He took the first seat on his own before letting Zhong Yao sit at the lower guest seat. Zhong Yao didn't mind, he smiled, and sat down in the guest seat. His demeanor was still as graceful as ever, which made Ren Jun couldn't help but murmur whether he was being too stingy. After all, Zhong Yao was carrying an edict from the emperor, and in some way In a sense, it is equivalent to an angel...

But it was obviously not appropriate to rearrange the seats now, so Ren Jun could only cough, and then asked: "Zhong Shizhong, what is the reason for this?" 』

Cao Cao received 300,000 soldiers from Qingzhou, but these 300,000 were an imaginary number in themselves, and they were not all strong soldiers. They were still like ordinary yellow turban thieves, with their families and families. In the field station here in Yingchuan, Of course there are Qingzhou soldiers, no, they should be said to be Qingzhou people.

Zhong Yao stroked his beard slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "Does Ren Zhonglang know about Kong Wenju?" 』

Ren Jun was immediately confused as to why Kong Rong was involved again, but he couldn't say that he didn't know at all, because he was actually one of the parties present at the time.

"Know a thing or two." ” Ren Jun gave an ambiguous answer.

Zhong Yao smiled and didn't care, and then continued: "Well, Ren Zhonglang, do you know that among the seven brothers Kong Wenju, one of them is named Qian, and he was in Yingchuan..."

Ren Jun suddenly understood, his eyes widened and he said, "Could it be...that this matter is related to this person?" 』

Zhong Yao nodded and said: "This person filed a complaint..."

Ren Jun suddenly had a toothache.

Ren Jun understood that to the emperor Liu Xie, Kong Rong was a good man and Wang Can was a loyal minister! Therefore, of course, I also had some favorable impressions of Kong Rong's brother Kong Qian. When I heard that Kong Qian had accused the Qingzhou soldiers of "running rampant, causing trouble in the place, killing people, burning villages" and other crimes, he was naturally furious and immediately ordered to Conduct inspections.

This is the origin of the edict in Zhong Yao's hand.

It’s simply baffling!

Why at this node? !

Ren Jun sat there and took a deep breath.

What does Kong Qian want to do?

Engage Qingzhou soldiers?

No, this is to mess with the Prime Minister!

Just when wars are going on everywhere, we need to come under the cauldron to draw out the firewood!

Damn, damn!

Although Ren Jun was not considered a wise man and was only unsatisfactory in terms of force, he still had some political experience and it didn't take him long to figure out the key to the problem.

This matter doesn't matter whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter to those Qingzhou soldiers, but to Cao Cao!

This is a conspiracy!

It can't be said that this is Zhong Yao's conspiracy!

Ren Jun's eyes flashed.

But why didn't the prime minister stop it and let Zhong Yao come? What happened? Why is no news coming?

Normally speaking, Zhong Yao came from Xu County, Yingchuan. It is impossible for the Prime Minister not to know?

In any case, it is impossible for Ren Jun to let Zhong Yao randomly search and arrest the so-called "Qingzhou soldiers" who caused rebellion in the military camp. This is not because Ren Jun intends to protect him, but because he is not allowed to do so in this matter. Ren Jun does this!

What's more, even if Qingzhou soldiers did commit crimes, they were not done by Qingzhou people in the camp. So why investigate and incriminate them? However, if he refuses, I am afraid that it will be true again and lead to more serious consequences. When the time comes, it will be a trivial matter for Ren Jun to get himself into trouble, but it will be inappropriate to cause trouble for the prime minister.

In addition, now that Xiahou Dun has sent troops to quell the chaos, he needs food and grass even more!

As Ren Jun's thoughts whirled around, he finally came to a decision...

Regardless of this emperor's order!

First stabilize Zhong Yao, and then hurriedly send people to Yingchuan to find Cao Cao's decision, and then respond after getting the news...

Zhong Yao glanced sideways at Ren Jun. Although Zhong Yao and Ren Jun didn't have much contact, in fact, most of the Cao family and Xiahou family, including military commanders like Ren Jun, were like Zhong Yao. He had little contact with the civil servants in Jizhou and Yuzhou, but Zhong Yao basically guessed what method Ren Jun was going to use.

Just when Ren Jun was about to make an excuse or something, suddenly there was another noise in the camp!

Even inside the Chinese military tent, there was no way to stop the loud shouts!

"We are waiting for the Prime Minister's military order!" Not subject to any emperor's control! What an edict from the emperor, this is chaos! Prime Minister Cao rescued everyone from Qingzhou with his own hands, and he even recruited them into the army with his own hands! This place, these clothes, these crops and grains were all given by Prime Minister Cao! Don't tell me anything about the Emperor, the Emperor has given us nothing! We don’t listen to the emperor’s edicts, we only listen to Prime Minister Cao’s military orders! 』

"We are Prime Minister Cao's personal soldiers!" If Prime Minister Cao is honored, he will naturally have everyone’s future wealth and status! Prime Minister Cao was killed, and everyone became the helpless yellow turban bandits again! These guys are here to cause trouble. Brothers, if you ask me, just drive them back! What happened to the emperor? At worst, we will argue before the emperor! 』

The sound of shouting is like one wave after another.

Regional culture is available there. When these Qingzhou people go to farm in Yingchuan, they are often disliked. Ordinary Yingchuan people don't know whether someone is deliberately instigating it, but it is true that Qingzhou people have occupied some land that originally belonged to Yingchuan and are cultivating it. It is easy to fall into the trap of squeezing out Qingzhou people with the big families in Yingchuan. , causing some small frictions between Yingchuan people and Qingzhou people.

However, it seems possible that such a small friction will lead to the massacre of Yingchuan Village by Qingzhou soldiers, but it seems that it is not yet in such a situation...

And people like Zhong Yao came to the garrison camp, saying they wanted to investigate and capture the "murderer", which immediately aroused conflicts between them.

Although the Qingzhou soldiers don't look like the Yingchuan nobles have read anything, they basically know who they rely on to gain a foothold here and have a relatively stable life, instead of being beaten by those famous big men like other Yellow Turban thieves. The generals were buried alive or beheaded!

In the hearts of these Qingzhou people, this piece of farmland is the hard-earned peaceful land. If it is easily disturbed by Zhong Yao and others, who knows where they will end up!

In the chaos, it was unclear whose shout caused the confrontation between the two sides.

Zhong Yao didn't bring many guards, but in the face of the Qingzhou people's momentum, they didn't panic much. The hedgehogs gathered together, and everyone held their swords and guns tightly, as if they were ready to unsheath them at any time. The Qingzhou soldiers on the periphery kept making noises, and then surrounded Zhong Yao's dozen or so guards. It seemed that a turmoil broke out immediately!