Liu Shi stood on the bank of Quanzhou, watching the sailboats coming and going in the river, and some did not stop, but walked directly in the direction of Yongnu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and there are many people up and down on the Quanzhou wharf, carrying luggage and packages. There were also people who carried large and small boxes of food, even grain and cloth, to the shore.

After a while, a personal guard came to report: "These people who disembarked here, carrying luggage and parcels, are all Qingzhou people, they were originally going to go to Liaodong, but recently there have been many pirates on the Pearl Island from Qingzhou to Liaodong, so they have to come to Quanzhou first, and then look for an opportunity to go to Liaodong." ”

Liu Shi's expression moved, and he said to the guard: "You go and send Deputy Governor Gan and Captain Yan here, and find them if you have something." ”

No, Gan Ning and a few others rushed over.

Gan Ning said: "The lord will not notify you when he comes to Quanzhou, let us welcome him!" ”

Liu Shi smiled and said: "I have nothing to do, I just walk around, I am accompanied by Mingli, and I don't need your reception." Looking for you and waiting for me, I have something to explain to you. ”

Gan Ning kept saying: "Please make it clear to the lord, Ning will do it well!" ”

Liu Shidao: "I just saw that there were many people on the dock up and down, carrying luggage, and sent people to ask, and learned that there are many pirates on the sea journey from Qingzhou to Liaodong, you take a closer look, and look for an opportunity to exterminate them, in addition, I plan to send people to station on the Pearl Island from Qingzhou to Liaodong to prevent these pirates from robbing the grain ships coming and going to Quanzhou, and by the way, I will find out the news from Qingzhou." ”

Gan Ning heard the joy and said: "We have just received the news, the people of Qingzhou are afraid of the Cao army's attack, have fled to Liaodong, on the way from Qingzhou to Liaodong, there was originally a string of small islands, these islands are not big, there are many people who fled on it, and even some of the old Yellow Turban Department is also on it, there are about three or five thousand people in total, these people often go ashore to plunder, rob past merchants and flee the people.

In the past, Li Nianbu used to charge a high fee to transport and protect the people of Qingzhou to Liaodong, but now that we are staying on the shore, these people have no choice but to come to Quanzhou first. I also heard that Gongsun Du of Liaodong heard that Yuan Shao was defeated, and he was also fighting Qingzhou's idea. ”

Liu Shi said with a smile: "We will cut off Gongsun Du's claws before he sends people, we will first recover the rebels or pirates on those islands, establish a garrison, prevent Gongsun Du from going ashore, and if necessary, we can also occupy a county in Qingzhou to accumulate strength." Of course, all this must be done in the name of the Yongnu Mansion, or simply in the name of the pirates. In this way, we can borrow the grain of Qingzhou to nourish the Yongnu Mansion! ”

Then he continued to Gongsun: "Nephew! I want to send you and Hongjiang to the island to garrison, this Hongjiang water and land martial arts are good, since the age of thirteen to follow me, now there are twelve years, I plan to let him take the position of Sima of other departments, you be his deputy. I hope you can get back on your feet and not fall into the name of Brother Gongsun, are you willing? Of course, if you don't want to, you can also go to Yongzhou Mansion and be a county magistrate. ”

Gongsun continued to arch his hand and said, "Uncle Xie! Continuation is willing. ”

Liu Shi nodded and said, "Hmm! Good! Don't underestimate those small islands, they will be of great use in the future. You don't want to look down on Hongjiang, although this person is a horse boy I rescued, he has been following me for more than ten years, he is good at literature and martial arts, he knows the art of war, he knows the scriptures, you have to respect him, obey his dispatch, and you can't deliberately disobey orders, and it will be difficult for me to speak for you at that time. ”

"Hong Jiang! Would you like to accept the position of Sima of another department? At present, you can only match 500 soldiers with you, and use that string of pearl islands as a place to eat, and the deputy governor of Gan is going back and forth between this pearl island and Quanzhou, you must obey his jurisdiction, and you must not act alone, do you understand? Liu Shi looked at Hong Jiang and asked with a serious face.

Hong Jiang said loudly: "Jiang is willing!" It's just that there is a lack of familiar guards in front of the lord, and I am a little worried, worried that they will not be able to protect the lord. ”

Liu Shi smiled: "You have done a good job in Qingzhou, I am even happier." I still have a few of them by my side, and now I have accepted so many strong men, are you still not at ease? Go for it! Remember not to force the people's hearts, everything must be made to their will, and now we can't play the signboard of our Yongzhou Mansion, you can only rely on yourself! If you have something to do, you can discuss it with Governor Zhao and Deputy Governor Gan. ”

As he was talking, a personal guard came over and whispered to Liu Shi: "Someone from Quanzhou County came to report, saying that it was a businessman surnamed Mi who wanted to see the big businessman of Yongnu Mansion!" ”

Liu Shi heard it strange! This Yongnu Mansion Dashang is the name he said to the outside world, because the signboards and flags of several shops in Yongnu Mansion have been replaced with the same emblems as Chang'an, Nanyang, and Xuzhou, and they are said to be for a new atmosphere. And he, Liu Shi, is known as the great merchant Liu Gongzi. At the same time, he didn't have an acquaintance surnamed Mi in Yongnu Mansion, but he still let him come to see him. Then let Gan Ning, Yan Hu, Hong Jiang, Gongsun Xu and others leave, and each went to prepare.

After a while, the guards brought a man with him, who was about twenty years old and in good health.

As soon as he saw Liu Shi, he was taken aback and stammered, "You are brother-in-law?" ”

Liu Shi also smiled when he saw it: "Brother Zhi! How did you get to Youzhou? ”

The surname of the person is Mi Mingzhi, is Mi Zhen's cousin, and Mi Zhen is a few months younger, when Mi Zhen got married, Mi Zhi and Liu Shi have met a few times, because of good martial arts, once pestered Liu Shi to teach martial arts. Liu Shi looked at Mi Zhen's face and taught him a few pistol techniques.

When the visitor heard this, he said happily: "Sure enough, it's my brother-in-law." Since the second sister went to Nanyang, Tao Xuzhou went, the eldest brother followed the eldest prince to do things, the eldest prince lacked war horses, the eldest brother sent me and the five housekeepers to take the letter written by the eldest prince to General Gongsun, came to Youzhou to open a shop, in exchange for grain, cloth for war horses, leather goods, transported back to Xuzhou by sea, this is five years! ”

Liu Shi smiled: "How did you find here?" ”

Mi Zhi sighed: "It's a long story, there was an accident in my Mi family's shop, and my brother-in-law also knew about it!" ”

Liu Shi nodded.

More than half a year ago, Xuzhou should have sent grain, cloth, in exchange for war horses, leather goods, gold, copper coins and the like, but half a year later, there was no trace of Xuzhou's Mi family.

Then came the news, saying that Mi Zhu and Liu Bei rebelled, were defeated by Cao Situ, fled to Nanyang, and all the shops of the Mi family were also taken over by Cao Cao. Recently, the rumors have become louder and louder, and several of the Mi family's shops in Youzhou have also been completely out of stock, and they can't be sustained. There are also people around the shop who often come to detectives, and the dozens of guards hired in Youzhou have also dispersed.

A few days ago, Mi Zhi heard that something had happened in Yongnu Mansion, and he was anxious, so he rushed over from Jixian County, and was even more surprised when he saw the flag of the shops in Yongnu Mansion, so he took the liberty to come and ask.

It turned out that the Mi family took Liu Bei's letter to Gongsun Zhan and came to Quanzhou with several big ships, and Gongsun Zhan introduced him to Wang Song and Zou Dan.

Mi Zhi businessman's family naturally knows how to have a good relationship with Wang Song and Zou Dan, so although Gongsun Zhan had an accident later, it will not affect the relationship between the Mi family and Wang Song.

And the Mi family will also Quanzhou as the Mi family's goods transit location, until now, Quanzhou still has nearly 100 war horses stored by the Mi family. As soon as something happens to this Yongnu Mansion, do you say that Mi Zhi is not in a hurry? Every time Mi Zhi came, he first looked for the shop of the Wang family in Yongnu Mansion, and then took him to see Wang Song through the shopkeeper.

Even if his brother-in-law Liu Shi was here, Mi Zhi also breathed a long sigh of relief!

"Let's go! Let's go back to Yongnu! Liu Shi took Mi Zhi's hand and said.