"How can we let this Fan Chang go like this?" Xiao Shilian was a little puzzled as he walked, looking at Li Xinchen and Pei Zilie.

Pei Zilie frowned slightly, he didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't seem to hear Xiao Shilian's question at all, and Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "There is much more grain in this granary than we imagined, so it's no longer a matter of us taking some of it at will." ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, and Pei Zilie also bowed slightly at this time: "What Shizhong said makes sense,"

According to their plan before, even if it was to rob the military rations for a few days, I am afraid that there would be no big culpability, but now the amount of military rations hoarded has obviously exceeded everyone's expectations, although so many military rations are not known why they are so concentrated here, but it is certain that this should also be a secret of Fan Yi.

No matter what the reason, once Li Xinchen pokes this matter out, it will definitely cause an uproar, and even to a certain extent, it even means that the Fan family and the Xiao family are incompatible, and behind the Xiao family is the East Palace.

Now what Li Xinchen and they need is to pull the Fan family to the side of the East Palace, instead of pushing the Fan family over, the existence of this military food hoarding place has become a bargaining chip in Li Xinchen's hands that is enough to threaten Fan Yi and even the entire Fan family, as long as they can make good use of this bargaining chip, they will not worry that the Fan family will not make any changes.

And at this time, if Li Xinchen and them can get Fan Yi's support, it is obvious that this battle will be easier to fight.

"But if we hide ······" Xiao Shilian still has some scruples.

Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, lowered his voice and said: "What we need to hide is not your father, this matter is very important, we will definitely report it to General Zuo Wei, and presumably Fan Chang will also inform Jingzhou Assassin Shi as soon as possible, what we need to hide is Your Majesty, as long as this forms a tacit understanding that everyone knows, Your Majesty will not know about this." ”

After a pause, Li Xinchen looked around, Chen Zhishen, Li Ping, and the rest of Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie's personal guards had already known each other and stood far away, and Li Xinchen said unhurriedly: "What's more, this matter is hidden from Your Majesty, which is beneficial to us and Jingzhou Assassin History at this time." ”

Xiao Shilian nodded: "That's it." ”

And Pei Zilie, who had been silent beside him, slowly spoke: "But Shizhong, Boqing, why do you say that this Fan Yi is hoarding so much grain and grass here? ”

Xiao Shilian raised his eyebrows, this is indeed a question worth pondering. It is said that Fan Yi, the assassin of Jingzhou, is not qualified to hoard so much grain and grass without receiving orders from His Majesty, and if His Majesty had given him an order before, he would definitely have informed Xiao Maha that there was no need for Xiao Maha to take pains to allocate and collect grain and grass.

Therefore, it is certain that Fan Yi hoarded grain and grass privately, but why did he do this?

"Although Fan Yi was once in a dilemma with General Zuowei, he should not be an unprincipled person, this hoarding of grain and grass is not to be unfavorable to Da Chen, but this is located on the front line, and hoarding so much grain and grass is a bit risky······" Pei Zilie said thoughtfully.

"Maybe Fan Yi was afraid that once the two sides went to war, the Public Security City would be isolated and helpless, so he had to prepare in advance, or maybe it was because Fan Yi was already ready to fight alone······ Li Xinchen's voice was very low, but it hit everyone's heart, making Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie's faces more and more heavy.

Li Xinchen's meaning is very clear to them, Fan Yi is ready to resist after most of the land of Nanchen falls, and still rely on Jinghu to resist, perhaps in other words, Fan Yi is waiting for Nanchen to perish, he can take this opportunity to seize Jinghu.

After all, Jinghu has been cultivated and developed by the Southern Dynasties over the years, which is very different from the Han Dynasty. In the Qin and Han dynasties, the south was a barbaric land after all, and the center of gravity of the imperial court's development was still in the Central Plains and Guanzhong area, and it generally extended to Xiangyang and Lianghuai to the south.

This is also why during the Three Kingdoms period, there were many scholars in Lianghuai and Nanyang in the north of Jingxiang, but if you continue to the south, you will rarely hear of places where there are many famous people.

In the south, only a few cities have a relatively complete Shinong industrial and commercial social system, such as Jiankang and Wujun in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yueyang and Xiangzhou in Jinghu. But these cities are like stars scattered on the southern land, after all, they are just points, not connected into a line, let alone connected like the Central Plains.

It was only when the Jin Dynasty crossed to the south that the south ushered in complete prosperity and development, and for a time Jingkou, Huiji, Gong'an, Jiangling and other cities for the purpose of military defense or resettlement sprung up and expanded.

At the same time, the arrival of the Xiaoice River meant that the weather in the south began to become suitable for people's habitation and food cultivation, which in turn promoted the prosperity of Jiangnan and Jinghu towns to some extent.

This also means that at this time, it will not be as difficult as before to divide Jingnan, Hua Jiao was relying on Jingnan Prefecture to compete with Wu Mingche, and further on, many powerful ministers at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty also took this area as the foundation of their own business, the most famous of which is naturally Huan Wen and Huan Xuan's father and son, Huan Xuan's title is "King of Chu", and the later country name is also "Chu".

It can be seen from this that whether it is ill-intentioned towards Nan Chen, or waiting for Nan Chen to take advantage of the opportunity to divide once it becomes chaotic, Fan Yi must have other plans for hoarding grain and grass here.

This is also why Li Xinchen is very sure that Fan Yi will compromise with them because of the grain and grass hoarded here. Even Li Xinchen and a few of their young people still figured out Fan Yi's misdeeds or vigilance, not to mention Chen Yi, who has always been suspicious.

If this matter was known by Chen Ji, it would really be a catastrophe for the Fan family.

Fan Yi has no ability to compete with Chen Ji in his hands, and there is only one possibility for him to be caught. Therefore, Li Xinchen and the others suppressed this matter, and while saving the future of the Fan family, it was equivalent to pinching Fan Yi's handle.

Fan Yi can't be tolerated if he doesn't obey.

"Of course, this matter is poked out, and we are the first to bear the brunt." Li Xinchen smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, if this matter is reported to His Majesty and the East Window incident happens, then Fan Yi will take a risk, and when the time comes, he will definitely take the nearest army first, and Pei Zilie's 3,000 men here are needless to say that it is also the best choice.

Therefore, Li Xinchen and Pei Zilie insisted on not saying anything, which was somewhat self-preservation.

"Now I don't want anything else, I just want to be able to fight this battle well." Xiao Shilian couldn't help but smile bitterly, his emotion was from the heart.

And Li Xinchen and Pei Zilie subconsciously glanced at each other, and they both fell silent.

In the troubled times, how can you do whatever you want?