Chapter 135 Getting Food
Gongsun Yan looked at Bai Cang's embarrassed face, smiled quietly, turned his head and said to everyone, "Let's discuss it here today, you all perform your duties, and there must be no mistakes."
After the generals retreated, only Gongsun and his son and Bai Cang were left in the hall, Gongsun Yan smiled and pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Everyone, please sit down, although my Chiwan City is located on the frontier, there is no war around, and the Yellow Turban Thieves will not make trouble here, so it is quite peaceful, Ding Shao came from afar, and I also know the purpose, if I can help, I am naturally willing to serve, but I still need Ding Shao to explain the specific plot."
Bai Cang saw that Gongsun Yan did not shirk it, but directly picked out the words, and couldn't help but say happily: "General Gongsun is really happy, this time I opened the cage village to fight, I think the generals are also clear, because there are many prisoners, so I am afraid that the stock will not be able to support spring ploughing, so this time I want to borrow some grain and grass from General Gongsun to solve the urgent need."
"Let's hear the exact number," nodded and Gongsun Yan said with a smile.
Bai Cang stretched out a palm, "At least five hundred stones are needed, and I ask the general to donate generously."
"Five hundred stones~~~~ Ding Shao, your mouth is too big, you must know that my grandson's family is only six hundred stones a year, not counting the need to hand over to General Huangfu, you need so much grain and grass for opening the cage and capturing more than 10,000 prisoners of war, and I have more than 10,000 soldiers waiting to eat in this pool, who do I want?" Gongsun Du, who was standing aside, didn't wait for his father to speak, and jumped out first and shouted.
Not only him, but even Gongsun Leopard and others responded in unison, Gongsun Yan smiled bitterly and waved his hand, suppressed everyone's voices and said, "Ding Shao is indeed a little difficult for a strong man, although in front of General Huangfu, Ding Shao has done me a great favor, and I also owe you a favor, but I can't repay it with the lives of my soldiers, if these five hundred stones of grain and grass are given to Ding Shao, then my soldiers will starve to death."
According to Gongsun Yan's current rank, it should be the first level of the county order, which can also be called the city guard, the county guard, the Taishou, and the leader of the city of Lu, but this is the official position of the imperial court, but although Gongsun Yan is called the city guard, it is only the private seal of Huangfu Song, and there is no official appointment from the imperial court.
The frustrated professor next to him smiled in his heart and said secretly, "Who doesn't know, now it's common for the city guard to steal by himself, not to mention the 1,800 stone of Yulu, the place of Fulu is as simple as eating a few thousand stones a year, but his grandson Yan has just taken office and has no savings, so he is so embarrassed."
"General Gongsun's words are wrong, it shouldn't be difficult to finish the city with a huge pond and make up a thousand eight hundred stones of grain and grass, can't the general come up with a way to defend this treasure land?" Bai Cang was not polite, and pointed out directly, your Gongsun Yan doesn't have it, it doesn't mean that the pool is not finished, such a big city, even if you dig it, you can dig it out.
"What does Ding Shao mean is that he wants me to take it from the people? How different is this from a robber, how can my Gongsun Yan be like this" Gongsun Yan had a straight face and categorically refused.
This time he is not acting, although his Gongsun Yan is not pedantic, but he still knows shame, he is from a famous family, and he never disdains to do the same thing as a robber, in his opinion, this is an insult to the prestige of the family.
"Where will the general be embarrassed, the general may not know, there are many merchants in this pond city are hidden in the secret vault, the backlog of grain and grass in the treasury is very much, it is to avoid the thieves for the purpose of hiding, now just after the stone bridge horse bandits, I think many merchants should not come back, the general can take out the stored grain, one is to help me solve the urgency, the other is to use as military food, also so that the general can expand the strength."
Gongsun Yan couldn't help but be stunned after listening to Bai Cang's words, although he had heard about this matter, but with his habits, it was impossible to touch the people's things casually, after Bai Cang's reminder, he suddenly thought that many shops in this Chiwan City are now ownerless, and as the city lord, why can't he take it?
But when you think about it, how many can you take out? As soon as this Young Master Ding opened his mouth, it was five hundred stones, even if he barely scraped together enough to make a wedding dress for others, the gains outweighed the losses, thinking of this, he shook his head and said, "Although there is no owner, it is very much the thing of the people in the city, and my grandson's family can't take it, which will damage the reputation of my grandson's family."
When it comes to this, it's already clear that you don't want to give, and when you leave, I want to take it, and if I don't want to take it, I put it first, anyway, it won't break for a while, and then take it out when you need it, killing two birds with one stone.
I couldn't listen to it anymore, so I stepped forward and whispered, "General, we have received Ding Shaoda's kindness, and since we can make up these grains and grasses, why not lend them to him?" Wouldn't it be nice to have one more person to help you in the future? Besides, Ding Shao has already said that he borrowed it, and he didn't pay it back, so why should the general be obsessed with this."
Gongsun Yanzhi stared at him, "Mr. Fuzhu, you mean that I am wrong, is it wrong for me not to touch the people's things?" “。
"I'm not saying that the general is wrong, since it's already an ownerless thing, why doesn't the general, as the city lord, take it? Isn't that foolish? Taking things from nothing as a favor, no matter how you look at it, this deal is cost-effective, can't the general see it? Is it reluctant? “。
This time, Gongsun Yan couldn't stand it anymore, this scholar scolded himself for being stupid and deductive, my lord of a city, was insulted like this by his subordinates, it was really shameless.
"You~~~You~~~" Gongsun Yan stammered a little angrily, not knowing what to do.
Gongsun Du next to him saw that his father was insulted by Frustration, and he was also furious, and stood up and shouted, "Mr. Frustration, when discussing military aircraft on weekdays, there is no figure, today Ding Shao came to borrow food, but you are so attentive, whose military advisor are you?" Are you still from Chiwan City? “。
"On the matter, I have a clear conscience, it makes no sense for the young general to say so, I am frustrated with the general Huangfu general order to help here, you never listen to me, I came to discuss what to do, today is just the right time to say, just say two fair words, what do you want to think is your business, if you don't want me to be here, I can go back to Yanmen immediately to reinstate."
"Don't don't~~~ Sir, please don't be angry, General Gongsun also calmed down, it's all the boy's fault, I really had to come this time, otherwise I wouldn't trouble General Gongsun, that's okay, I'll only borrow three hundred stones, what do you think, General?" Bai Cang saw that there was a lot of trouble on both sides, and immediately came out to play a round, but the mountain wing on the side was already a little unable to hold back a smile, it was really interesting, this General Gongsun, as the city lord, actually made his subordinates scold, and it was the first time he had heard of it.
Bai Cang quietly kicked the mountain wing, seeing his unconcealed smile, he really couldn't cry or laugh, he was here to do business, not to see jokes.
"Okay, okay, okay, whatever, if you borrow food, go and get it yourself, I'm a little tired, so I won't chat with Ding Shao here, you can do it yourself" Gongsun Yan was so angry that he trembled, for fear that he would draw his sword and kill someone if he stayed for a while, so he immediately got up and shouted.
"Boy, thank you city lord, I will repay you another day" Bai Cang was overjoyed in his heart, and shouted repeatedly.
Gongsun Yan was no longer in the mood to be polite to them, so he waved his hand to deal with it, turned around and left, and the other two sons hurriedly followed, leaving only Gongsun Zhao, there must be someone to entertain the people who opened the cage village, and this errand was left to the most unlucky clan brother.
"Ding Shao, since my brother has agreed to this, then it is better for me to help, there are still a lot of vacant shops in this city, if it is really as Ding Shao said, let's go and count them one by one now."
"Okay, thank you Second General, without further ado, let's go now."
Everyone did not delay, and immediately called out the officials in the city to check the idle shops one by one, and Bai Cang's first place was the one where he was hiding that day, because he knew the location of the secret warehouse here, and took it out first so that Gongsun Zhao had nothing to say.
"There is really a secret warehouse, the second general, this time we sent it" The guards of the line shouted happily, when they saw the thick grain bags piled up in the warehouse, the joy in their hearts was self-evident, but Gongsun Zhao next to him had a bitter face, he knew that he would take it out in advance, and he could also shirk that the stored grain had been taken away earlier, even if it was handed over to General Huangfu, it was also a military merit, which was good, nothing was caught, and it was someone else's as soon as it changed hands.
With a wry smile, he ordered the guards to take them out, and said to Bai Cang, "Ding Shao is really an unpredictable prophet, he can find it if he hides so deeply, if I am sure to look for it for a while."
Bai Cang smiled and didn't say anything, under the inventory of the guards, the grain stored in this place reached about 100 stones, if the whole city was concentrated, there would be 18,000 stones, which might be less to say, so Gongsun Zhao smiled, according to this calculation, 300 stones is really nothing.
The next thing made him start to complain, and he found three or four in succession, but only turned out a total of twenty stones of grain, even Bai Cang was surprised, it seems that he is really lucky, the one in the well can be regarded as the largest.
They rummaged through the city for most of the day, and at last they went their separate ways, until midnight they searched all the empty shops in the city.
"Second general, find a total of 1,200 stone of grain, 110 barrels of wine, 700 catties of dried meat, and a total of 50 catties of salt and miscellaneous points, please take a look at it."
"Okay, let everyone rest, Ding Shao, it's really thanks to you, otherwise who would have known that there was such a large amount of wealth in the city, three hundred stones of grain and grass I will load Ding Shao's car early tomorrow morning, let's rest for one night today."
Bai Cang was not polite, and after saying a few words, he went back to the post station that had been prepared a long time ago, and he was indeed tired at the end of the day, and everyone fell asleep on the bed.
Yamachi was still eating fragrant rice in his dream, a chicken leg was floating in front of him, and finally grabbed it, laughed twice and stuffed it into his mouth, "Huh? Why is it so hard ~~~~~~brother".
The dazed Shanyi opened his eyes, only to see a person at the head of the bed leaning over and making a silent gesture to himself, with a nervous look on his face, it was Liu Bei Liu Xuande, who had already gone to Yanmen to see Huangfu Song.