Yang Bai is also a smart person.

A person who can be a corrupt official and deceive his superiors and subordinates, how can he be stupid?

So as soon as Yang Bai heard Xu Shu's words, he understood. The other party has a request for me. To be more precise, Yang Bai knew why Xu Shu begged himself.

Because the world knows that Yang Bai is responsive. As long as the money is in place, he can do things in Hanzhong, and if he can't do it, then it will be difficult for others to do it.

Therefore, as soon as Yang Bai heard that Yang Wuzhonglang asked Guan Ping's army Xu Shu to see, he knew that the other party had something to ask for.

Now when I listen to Xu Shu's words, I know the cause and effect. As for Xu Shu's eloquent statement about how miserable Fang Ling was, Yang Bai was actually suspicious.

Smart people know that they can't listen to other people's one-sided words.

But Yang Bai doesn't care about this, he doesn't care whether Fangling is drought or not, whether the land is out of harvest, and whether the people are dying of hunger.

What does it have to do with me?

All he wants is gold, only money.

As for the grain? There are many in Hanzhong, and the warehouse is almost unable to put it. Official warehouse, private warehouse. Of course, ordinary people can only do private business, and it is impossible to do business in official warehouses.

He Yang Bai can do official business.

"How much food does the gentleman need, and what is the price?" Yang Bai asked slowly.

"200,000 stone of grain, 12 yuan per catty of grain." Xu Shu showed a clear expression and said in a low voice.

Yang Bai gasped, he was really generous. First, 200,000 yuan is grain, and 200,000 stone grain is 2,400 catties of grain.

If you are barely able to feed 200,000 people for about half a year. Thin porridge every day, which can even last for a year.

It's definitely a big deal.

Private businessmen can't take out so much grain at one time, let alone Hanzhong, even businessmen all over the world can't take out so much grain at one time.

Only the government can do it.

Hanzhong can also take it out, the land in Hanzhong is fertile, and there are bumper harvests every year, and the grain in the official warehouse has been piled up.

The second is because the price per catty is twelve dollars.

Jingzhou merchants sell a pound of grain for ten yuan, and merchants buy it from the common people for only eight yuan.

Because Hanzhong produces too much grain, merchants sell it for nine yuan a pound of grain, and the purchase price is naturally lower.

The grain of the government is not purchased, but from the land tax. But to sell, nine dollars a pound is about the same. But Xu Shu gave twelve dollars.

Yang Bai understood that the extra money was given to him.

Calculated at two dollars per pound of grain, forty or fifty million dollars were also recorded in the account, that is, one or two thousand gold. This money is not a small amount, Yang Bai has been under Zhang Lu for many years, and he has never received so many bribes at one time.

Yang Bai immediately couldn't sit still, there was a feeling of suffocation, it was his nature to be greedy for money, and he couldn't sit still if he had money.

"Mr. Xu, wait a minute, I will go to report to the lord immediately." Yang Bai's attitude was three points more polite than just now, and he bowed down and said to Xu Shu.

"There is a long history of Lao Yang." Xu Shu clasped his hands into fists, very respectfully and saluted.

Immediately, Yang Bai asked his subordinates to entertain Xu Shu and provide wine and food. I took a car to Hanzhong Taishou Mansion. After Yang Bai left, the smile on Xu Shu's face disappeared, and he calmly calculated.

Things are going smoother than expected, as long as you have money, you can drive Yang Bai.

A money-grubbing person thinks he has got money, but he is actually driven by money.

Lamentable.

On the other side, Yang Bai came to the Taishou Mansion and easily saw Zhang Lu in a room. Zhang Lu is actually more than forty years old this year, but he seems to be in his thirties, and he has a good look.

This is a family heirloom.

In the past, Zhang Lu's mother "coerced ghosts and gods", and she had a little tolerance, and went in and out of Liu Yan's mansion. This allowed Zhang Lu to establish a relationship with Liu Yan, and Liu Yan ordered Zhang Lu to guard Hanzhong and kill the envoys of the Han Dynasty.

went to the court again, saying that it was Zhang Lu who was chaotic and cut off. Therefore, Bashu is not connected with the imperial court, and it is on the safe side.

This point is actually Liu Yan's pit of his son Liu Zhang.

Later, Liu Zhang himself couldn't do it, because Zhang Lu was domineering, so he killed all the family members left by Zhang Lu in Chengdu, causing a grudge between the two families, so the war continued for years.

Zhang Lu is not only good at appearance, he is wearing a gossip robe, a lotus crown on his head, a dust whisk in his hand, and a Taoist dress.

"My lord." After Yang Bai entered the room, he was very respectful and polite.

"What?" Zhang Ruben closed his eyes, as if he was meditating and practicing, and opened his eyes slightly when he heard the words.

"There is a drought in Fangling County, and the people's grain harvest is out. Xu Shu, who joined the army, came to buy food and was willing to buy food at a price of ten yuan per catty. ”

Yang Bai said.

"It's up to you." Zhang Lu replied without being salty, then closed his eyes again and continued to meditate.

"No." A smile appeared on Yang Bai's face, and he made a promise and respectfully exited the room.

After Yang Bai left the Taishou Mansion, he returned to his mansion and immediately told Xu Shu the good news. Xu Shu expressed his gratitude and immediately sent some of the gold needed to buy grain.

The two sides agreed that Yang Bai would mobilize manpower to transport grain from various counties in Hanzhong to Hucheng Ferry. Fangling, naturally, will send a big ship to get grain.

After this matter was completed, Xu Shu stayed in Yang Bai's mansion for a day before leaving home. Then Xu Shu spread rumors in Nanzheng, saying that there was a drought in Fangling, the grain was not harvested, and the mountain people went down the mountain one after another, and the population of Fangling had reached 400,000.

In a word, Fangling is short of food.

Tell the whole Hanzhong that Fang Ling can't even take care of himself, and the people are afraid that they will be in chaos because of the lack of food, and they are simply a sheep without threat.

And Hanzhong also believes in this matter very much, because the news is connected, and news has come from Xiangyang and Xinye one after another, and Jingzhou has indeed encountered drought, and some places have indeed failed to harvest grain.

Fang Ling is a little unlucky, and it is entirely possible that the grain harvest will be lost.

Of course, there are also merchants who come in and out of Fangling to know that although Fangling is dry, it does not seem to be so serious. But true and false news are mixed together, and most people in Hanzhong believe that the grain harvest in Fangling is out of harvest and there is no threat.

Of course, more people don't care.

Because Zhang Lu has only scolded Liu Zhang since he guarded Hanzhong. Whether it was the forces of Jingzhou, the forces of Liangzhou, or the Bayi barbarians in the Sifang Mountains in the north of Hanzhong, no one opposed Zhang Lu.

As the so-called Chengping has been peaceful for a long time, who would have thought that someone would want to attack Hanzhong from Hanshui?

Besides, although the father and son of the Guan family have a reputation for bravery, they have also become enemies of Liu Biao and invaded Fangling. Who would have thought that at this juncture, Guan Ping would dare to fight the idea of Hanzhong?

Are you making enemies on all sides?

Hanzhong can be said to be very comfortable.

And in this case, the year passed, and finally came to the twelfth year of Jian'an. And Xu Shu, the information obtained by Ma Jian is correct, Zhang Lu has to raise troops to fight against Sanba at the beginning of every year. Padang, Brazil, Ba County.

This is mainly because Zhang Lu has a grudge against Liu Zhang, and it is also related to the promotion of the general Yang Ang, the Yang family brothers, Yang Bai is greedy for money, and Yang Ang is greedy for merit.

This year, of course, is no different.

What's even more amazing is that one of the Yang brothers is a long history, in charge of the soldiers and horses in the county, and the other is a general, and they collude with each other very neatly.

Just after the New Year, the Yang brothers had already actively prepared grain and grass, mobilized soldiers and horses, and prepared to attack Sanba.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Yang brothers mentioned the matter to Zhang Lu.

In the lobby, Zhang Lu, who was dressed in gossip clothes, sat on the main seat, and Changshi Yang Bai, general Yang Bo, Zhang Lu's younger brother, general Zhang Wei, Gong Cao Yanpu and other civil and military officers sat on both sides.

This hall is magnificent, there are twenty or thirty civil and military people, and it is also a bit imposing, Zhang Lu is worthy of being the master of one party.

Zhang Lu sat on the main seat, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was wandering out of the world.

Its general, Yang Ang, was impassioned.

"My lord. The Zhang and Liu families are enemies, and they heard that there is a drought in Bazhong (Sanba) this year, the grain harvest is not good, and the people's hearts are unstable. I am willing to lead 20,000 elite soldiers, first to occupy Bazhong, and then to Xitu Shuzhong. ”

Although Yang Ang and Yang Bai are brothers, they don't look like each other at all, Yang Bai is kind like a businessman, Yang Ang is tall, strong and strong, and aggressive.

This impassioned remark is politically correct. The Zhang and Liu families are enemies. When Zhang Lu heard this, he first glanced at Yan Pu and asked, "What does Gong Cao think?" ”

Yan Pu didn't say much, but said: "I have sent troops for many years, and I have never lost. ”

Zhang Lu understood, my family fought with Liu Zhang's husband, and he never suffered a loss. Why don't you fight? But Zhang Lu understood, but he still said to Yang Ang: "Wait a minute." ”

Zhang Lu got up from his seat, and then walked out of the lobby through the small door.

Yang Ang, Yang Bai, Yan Pu and others understood that Zhang Lu was going to ask the ghosts and gods.

Zhang Lu confuses the people with the Five Buckets of Rice Sect and confuses the public with his fallacies, but in fact, he himself is also a deep patient. On the one hand, you have to ask about the civil and military, and then you have to ask the ghosts and gods.

As for how to ask the ghosts and gods, it is naturally the art of divination.

"Twenty troops, big profit." Soon after, Zhang Lu came back, sat back in his position, hugged the dust in his arms, and said.

"No." The civil and military people agreed with a bang.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. The matter of grain and grass, the Yang family brothers have already arranged it, and they are just waiting for the troops to be dispatched. On the twentieth day of the first month, the rice thief Zhang Lu sent his general Yang Ang to lead 20,000 elite soldiers from each army to kill from Micang Road and attack Sanba.

The so-called saba is a term that has only recently emerged.

In ancient times, the Bashu region of Yizhou, divided into Ba and Shu, and later the two kingdoms were destroyed by Qin, and they became Ba and Shu, which can also be said to be Ba County, Shu County, Bazhong, and Shuzhong.

Liu Zhang, the assassin of Yizhou, divided Ba County into three counties, namely Padang, Brazil, and Ba County.

There are only two ways to enter Bashu from Hanzhong, one is to reach Shuzhong through the Jinniu Road, and the other is to reach Bazhong through the Micang Road.

The Golden Bull Road is sinister and difficult to walk, and there are many passes, and if you want to enter Shu from the Golden Bull Road, it is difficult to climb to the sky. On the contrary, Yonekura Road is much easier.

Zhang Lu attacked Bazhong through Micang Road for many years, and Liu Zhang sent his in-law Pang Xi to defend Brazil, and the general Yan Yan to defend Bajun to confront Zhang Lu, but Liu Zhang's army only had a defensive part, and his troops were repeatedly defeated.

Later, Liu Bei invaded Bashu, and Cao Cao occupied Hanzhong. Huang Quan persuaded Liu Bei and said: "If you lose Hanzhong, Sanba will not recover." ”

Without Hanzhong, the war would have been fought in Samba. There was Hanzhong, and the war was fought in Hanzhong first, and Bazhong became the rear.

Let's talk about the north and south of Hanzhong, which are Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain respectively. The Qinling Mountains are higher, and the mountain roads are more difficult to walk. Yonekura Road is easier to walk.

Shouhanzhong is many times stronger than Shoubazhong.

This is the reason why Hanzhong is the gateway to Bashu.

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