"General, you're eating some."

A soldier handed the food to Qin Hua, but Qin Hua really didn't have much appetite.

Since he was injured and captured that day, Yuan Shu punched him in public because of his anger Qin Hua, and came to Qin Hua's cage many times to humiliate him.

But Qin Hua is such a person who is willing to be humiliated, he broke free from the rope in a fit of rage, and strangled Yuan Shu's neck with his left hand.

Seeing this, Ji Ling and the others hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, and broke Qin Hua's three fingers before saving Yuan Shu.

However, Qin Hua was also imprisoned in an iron cage one by one, and the four of them were tied up by iron cables.

Fortunately, after this incident, Yuan Shu did not dare to come to provoke, Yuan Shao was only interested in the property that was about to arrive, and did not come to Qin Hua, as for Cao Cao, out of a trace of guilt in his heart, he had not come to see him since he caught Qin Hua.

Now Qin Hua's life is taken care of by a soldier, but fortunately, this person respects Qin Hua very much, takes care of him meticulously, and even finds a doctor for Qin Hua to treat his hands.

"Why doesn't the general eat, it's not conducive to the recovery of bones."

An old man opened the tent and walked in, this person was the healer who treated Qin Hua's hands.

"Doctor Hua, I'm sorry for you."

Qin Hua said respectfully to the old man, it turned out that this person was Hua Tuo.

Hua Tuo traveled all over the world, cured diseases and saved people, and when he came to Yanzhou, he was requisitioned by Cao Cao as a military doctor, so he had the opportunity to come to Qin Hua to heal his wounds.

"The general has an overreputation, the old man is just an ordinary doctor, how can he be a miracle doctor."

After speaking, Hua Tuo took out a bowl of medicinal soup from the bamboo basket on the side and drank it for Qin Hua.

"The general's bones have basically stabilized, as long as he takes the medicine on time, there will be no sequelae, but after these months of treatment, the strength of his hands should regress, and if he wants to regain his might, he still needs to exercise from scratch."

"I understand that."

Watching Hua Tuo walk out of the tent, Qin Hua tried to move his hands, but immediately a sharp pain came.

"This time I admit it, when I recover, you don't want to look good."

Qin Hua gritted his teeth and thought, what he was most worried about now was not knowing what conditions these four people would put forward and how he should make up for it after he went back.

During the time that Qin Hua was imprisoned, the troops of the Quartet also began to assemble towards the Tiger Prison Pass, because this was the place where they traded with Chang'an.

"Really don't kill Qin Hua?"

Yuan Shu said to the other three.

He now has a kind of fear of Qin Hua from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't trouble Qin Hua again, not because he was almost strangled to death that time, but because Qin Hua looked at him at that time, which was a kind of never-ending look.

"You can do it on the highway, I won't stop it."

Cao Cao indifferently picked up the tea and took a sip.

Hearing Cao Cao say this, Yuan Shu immediately shut up, everyone knew that if Qin Hua died, that family would inevitably be violently attacked by Liangzhou.

At that time, there will still be reinforcements from the four alliances to come to the rescue, and it will be thankful that they didn't take advantage of the fire to rob.

Qin Hua's subordinates were all promoted by Qin Hua from the micro end, which means absolute loyalty, once Qin Hua dies, it is really hard to say what these people will do.

"But..."

Yuan Shu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Yuan Shao.

"Don't worry, the materials we asked for this time are by no means what Liangzhou can bear, they will inevitably be seriously injured, even if Qin Hua goes back, it is impossible to catch his breath without ten years."

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Yuan Shu immediately felt a lot more relieved, even if he wanted to take out so many things in a short period of time, he had to pour everything out, and most of them still needed to be forcibly collected from the people.

Finally, the appointed day came.

In front of the Tiger Prison Pass, the four allied forces had nearly 400,000 troops, like a vast sea, with no end in sight.

In the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhang Liao also led the 200,000 troops to wait for him, but this time he didn't want to fight, but to bring Qin Hua back safely.

Horse-drawn carts, cattle and sheep poured out of the Tiger Prison Pass, piling up countless hills in the camp of the coalition forces.

Seeing so many supplies, even Yuan Shu, who had always had a lot of money in his hands, couldn't help but beat his heart violently.

Not to mention Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and Lu Bu, who has always been very "poor", has bright eyes and can't wait to move back to Xuzhou.

After three days of transportation, all the ransom demanded in Cao Cao's letter was transported out of customs.

"Gong Cao, I have completed the handover with your quartermaster, and I ask Gong Cao to release my lord back."

The person in charge of this matter this time is Xun Yu, firstly, because his relationship with Xun Yu is easier to speak, and Jia Xu still needs to guard Chang'an, in order to raise so many materials, a lot of things have happened in the territory, and Jia Xu needs to try to protect the stability of the territory before Qin Hua returns.

"This Qin Hua is so rich, I thought it would be impossible to raise it all within three months, are we going to have less?"

Yuan Shu said greedily.

In order to raise these materials, the Duke of Qin ordered the whole territory to collect taxes, which was barely raised. And if you change it temporarily, aren't you afraid that the world will laugh at you? ”

Xun You said with a righteous face, not at all frightened because the four people in front of him were the overlords of the Megatron side.

"Haha, the highway is just a joke, Gongda don't care."

Cao Cao immediately came out to play a round.

"Then please ask Gong Cao to send my lord back."

Xun You didn't have the slightest interest in chatting with Cao Cao now, he wanted to bring Qin Hua back as soon as possible.

"Not yet, we have to wait another ten days."

"Ten days? Could it be that my lord has been..."

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Xun You's face immediately changed greatly, he thought that Qin Hua had been killed, and Cao Cao and the others just wanted to delay time.

"Don't worry, Xuanhu is fine, we just want to bring the supplies back."

"Then I need to see the lord before I can go back and explain to General Wenyuan, otherwise I'm afraid that his 200,000 troops will rush out of the pass."

Hearing Xun You's words, the faces of the four of them also changed slightly.

"That's natural, come here, take Mr. Xun to meet the hussar general."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, two soldiers walked into the tent and took Xun You to the tent where Qin Hua was imprisoned.

After Xun You left, Yuan Shu immediately said angrily: "It's only 200,000 troops, but we have 400,000 troops." ”

However, no one took Yuan Shu's words, because they all knew that the 400,000 army was the total number of the four families, and it was absolutely impossible for a single family to ignore the existence of Zhang Liao's 200,000 army.

And once the fight really starts, the other three really won't necessarily come to the rescue.

Soon the topic was brought over, and the four of them began to discuss how to distribute the large amount of supplies that had just arrived.

It stands to reason that it is the easiest way for the four to divide equally, but everyone wants to ask for more supplies, and there is a dispute for a while.

After all, there are too many materials in this batch, even if you can divide a little more, it will also improve your strength a lot.

So the four of them argued about who had the most credit for the plan, and they argued until midnight and still no answer came out.

Xun You, who had left the big tent, kept urging the two of them to leave quickly, and he couldn't wait to confirm Qin Hua's situation.

"The Lord"

Before entering the tent, Xun You's voice rang out.

Qin Hua, who was closing his eyes and meditating, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Is it Gongda?"

"It's me, my lord, that you suffered."

As soon as Xun You came in, he saw Qin Hua's current appearance, and immediately knelt down in front of Qin Hua.

"It's okay, tell me about the current situation."

Because he didn't tell Qin Hua what happened after he was captured, he urgently needed to know about the outside world now.

Xun You told Qin Hua all about the ransom, even Qin Hua couldn't help but feel heartache, this is such a huge amount of money.

"The lord doesn't need to worry, among them, only thirty percent of the Chang'an Mansion was paid, thirty percent was collected from the people, and forty percent was obtained by the Duke of Qin from the family, so it didn't hurt the foundation."

Xun You said in a low voice.

"Hey, if it's only allocated by Chang'an Mansion, I don't have to worry too much, but now seventy percent of it comes from the people, and it will inevitably bury disasters, especially the thirty percent collected from the people."

"What do you mean by that?"

"There is much help for the righteous, little help for the unjust, and only those who win the hearts of the people can win the world."

Hearing Qin Hua's words, Xun You suddenly realized that they were only thinking about the operation of the territory after paying the ransom, and they didn't think of this.

"Sure enough, the lord still needs this person to do it."

Xun You thought secretly.

"Forget it, this has happened, I'll do it when I get back. When will I be able to leave? ”

"Cao Cao said it would take ten days."

"Ten days, or not, go back and tell them not to act rashly, and wait until I go back."

"Yes."

Seeing that Qin Hua closed his eyes again, Xun You could only say goodbye and leave.

He looked at Qin Hua's body, only his hands were injured, and it seemed that he had already been treated, so he felt a lot more relieved.

In the end, the four families discussed the distribution plan, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao each got 30%, and Yuan Shu and Lu Bu each got 20%.

First of all, as the mastermind of this plan, it is understandable for Cao Cao to get three percent, as for why Yuan Shao can also get three percent, it is because Yuan Shao is the strongest in this family.

Although Yuan Shu and Lu Bu were dissatisfied with such a distribution method, he was powerless to refute it, so he could only admit it.

In fact, this time Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were purely earned for nothing, Cao Cao didn't say it, he was planning from beginning to end, and Lu Bu also accompanied Cao Jun to fight a few battles, in order to lower Qin Hua's vigilance.

However, at this point, everyone acquiesced to this distribution plan.

On the tenth day, Qin Hua was finally freed from the shackles of chains.

The current Qin Hua has changed a lot of vigor compared to before, not only his cheeks have been much thinner, but his face is also full of tiredness and vicissitudes.

"Xuanhu, how are you doing lately? The man I have commanded to take care of you is very considerate, and if you have any grievances against him, I will order him to be cut down at once. ”

Cao Cao greeted Qin Hua warmly when he saw him, but Qin Hua didn't give him a good look.

"Gong Cao, I will remember your care for me, as well as you."

Saying that, Qin Hua glanced at the three people behind Cao, especially Yuan Shu, who was hiding far away and was protected by two generals.

"Xuanhu doesn't need to mind, this is the obligation of the elder brother."

"In this way, the doctor who helped me treat me before is not bad, I want him to continue to help me heal, I wonder if Cao Gong can agree?"

Although Cao Cao was still trying to get closer to Qin Hua, Qin Hua still had a cold expression.

"Whatever Xuanhu said, it's just a healer, I can let him come."

As he spoke, Cao Cao whispered a few words to the guards beside him, and the man left quickly.

"But..."

After explaining to his subordinates, Cao Cao said to Qin Hua again: "But Xuanhu still needs to promise the four of us one thing. ”

Saying that, Cao Cao ordered someone to put a piece of paper on the table.

Qin Hua took a closer look and found that there were four big characters written at the beginning, "Tiger Prison Alliance".

The content of the Tiger Prison Alliance is very simple, that is, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, and Qin Hua form an alliance to non-aggression against each other, determine the amount of taxes to be collected, and some terms of commerce.

It looked like a formal alliance book, but the back made Qin Hua angry.

Because on the back of the Tiger Prison Alliance, it is written: Qin Hua voluntarily provided four million stones of grain and grass for his allies... (i.e., the amount of the ransom), and promised not to attack anyone for ten years.

"Is this what the four of you mean?"

After reading the content of the clause, Qin Hua looked up at the four of them.

None of the four spoke, acquiescing to this fact.

"You want to cover up your deeds with a covenant? Are you all blind in the world? ”

"Please also ask Xuanhu to sign it."

Cao Cao didn't answer Qin Hua's words, but just urged him to sign quickly.

Although anyone with brains can see that this time it was the four families who plotted against Qin Hua together, as long as there was this covenant, Qin Hua nominally voluntarily gave the money to the four of them.

In this era of valuing credit and fame, everything needs to be justified.

"Lord Qiyu, Hua Tuo brought it."

The people in the big tent were attracted by the sound of the guards' announcements, and everyone turned their heads to see Hua Tuo at the door.

Cao Cao didn't care when he saw that Hua Tuo was dressed like an ordinary old man, and everyone looked at Qin Hua again, waiting for his decision.

"Okay, I'll sign, I can't move my hands now, just press a fingerprint."

Saying that, Qin Hua turned his head to look at Xun Yu on the side, and Xun You immediately grabbed the thumb of Qin Hua's right hand and pressed it on the alliance book.

Originally, Qin Hua wanted to taunt the four of them for a few words, although he knew that it was impossible for him to leave without signing this covenant, but it was not bad to have a good time.

However, when he saw Hua Tuo, Qin Hua's mind immediately changed.

When he was receiving Hua Tuo's treatment, he thought of countless follow-up measures, and now he is scolding the four of them with a dry mouth, what is the use, if they kill themselves in anger, then everything is over.

Instead of wasting time here, it is better to hurry up and return to Chang'an and restore the economy of the territory as soon as possible, so that there is a possibility of retaliation.

So I scolded them countless times, and it was better to use practical actions to tell these people how wrong the decision they had made.

Seeing Qin Hua walk into the Tiger Prison, Cao Cao and the others also relieved themselves.

They did not leave immediately, but waited for a full three days before slowly withdrawing from the Tiger Prison Pass, because they were worried that there would be an army in the pass that would suddenly attack them while they were leaving.