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In the twentieth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty, in March, Liu Muzhi said goodbye to the people in Hexi and went south to buy grain.

He first reached a grain purchase agreement with the Shuzhong family, and then went all the way to Jingzhou non-stop.

Now the situation in Jingzhou is very complicated, and Huan Xuan has always been eyeing Jingzhou, which makes Yin Zhongkan dare not relax for a moment.

In order to prevent trouble before it happens, Yin Zhongkan and Yang Yanqi became sons and daughters to prevent Huan Xuan from annexing.

As one of the henchmen of Jingzhou Thorn Shi Yin Zhongkan, Yang Yanqi has always been on the front line of the anti-Huan.

Even so, Yin Zhongkan was not at ease with Yang Yanqi.

Yang Jiqi repeatedly asked to get rid of Huan Xuan, but Yin Zhongkan resolutely disagreed.

To put it bluntly, Yin Zhong was jealous of Yang Yan's bravery, worried that he would become the second Huan Xuan.

So, he wanted to strike a balance between Yang Yan and Huan Xuan.

Let Yang Yanqi and Huan Xuan both exist, so that he can profit from it, Yin Zhongkan's move is undoubtedly playing with fire.

And Yang Yanqi couldn't compete with Huan Xuan with his personal strength alone, and he didn't understand Yin Zhongkan's true thoughts, so he had to give up.

Huan Xuan was also worried that he would be destroyed by Yang Yanqi and Yin Zhongkan, so he had been secretly expanding the strength of the trilogy.

As the saying goes: the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop.

Yang, Huan, and Yin each have ghosts, especially when the conflict between Yang Yan and Huan Xuan is made public, and the fire is only a matter of time.

Liu Muzhi's southward journey once again stirred up the situation in Jingzhou, and Yin, Yang, and Huan successively issued invitations to him out of different considerations.

As soon as Liu Muzhi pondered, he picked out Yin Zhongkan's share from the three invitations, and put down the remaining two.

Seeing this scene, the leader of the guards, Sima Xiuzhi, was quite puzzled.

"Right Sima, shouldn't we go to visit Nanjun Gong first? How is it to go to the Assassin's Mansion? ”

"Hugh, what is the purpose of your and my trip?" Liu Muzhi did not answer the rhetorical question.

"Buying food and building ......"

Sima Xiuzhi stopped halfway through speaking, because he had already figured out Liu Muzhi's intentions.

As the nominal chief official of Jingzhou, only Yin Zhongkan has the right to transfer the granary of the government.

And if Hexi wants to get Jingzhou grain to Hexi, it can only take the road through Yin Zhongkanmen.

"That'...... What if something happens on Nanjungong's side? Sima Xiuzhi said worriedly.

"Humph! If Huan Xuan really doesn't know what to do, he will not hesitate to tear his face with him. ”

……

"Hahaha, the arrival of Jingkou Wolong really makes our mansion shine."

"Where, where, how can Mu Zhi be virtuous, how dare he compete with Wuhou?!"

"I took the liberty to come here today because I wanted to ask Yin Tingshi for help, and I hope that the adults will give me a lot of advice."

"Well said, well said."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Yin Zhongkan then introduced the personnel behind him to Liu Muzhi one by one, and officials at all levels such as Nanban Captain Yin Yi and Nanjun Prime Minister Yang Yanqi stepped forward to greet him.

Liu Muyi greeted everyone with a smile while secretly observing.

Soon he found that the Nanjun Prime Minister Yang Yan and Jingzhou at all levels of civil and military affairs did not seem to be compatible.

How did he know that although Yang Yanqi was born in the Hongnong Yang family, he was famous for his bravery and good at fighting, and he never liked the famous people of the family who only knew how to dance and write.

As a result, Yang Yan's relationship with officials from the family was very cold.

Everyone entered the hall and took their seats, and Yin Zhong ordered the servants to bring the tea.

"Liu Yousima, I don't know why I came here today?"

"Don't hide it from Lord Shi, this time I will go south on the orders of the capital protector with only one purpose - to buy food."

"Buying grain?"

"Exactly!"

"Jingzhou has always been a large grain producer, as long as Lord Thorn Shi is willing to sell grain to Hexi, Hexi will have a good reward."

Yin Zhongkan's heart moved, and he asked unhurriedly: "Hexi wants to buy grain again?" Is it difficult to send troops to Guanzhong? ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head, and said with a sad face: "Lord Assassin Shi has misunderstood, this time I bought food not to fight a war, but to appease the displaced people and deal with natural disasters. ”

"To tell you the truth, according to the investigation, there will be a large-scale locust plague and drought in Hexi this summer."

"In order to fight drought and provide disaster relief, Dadu Hu specially asked Mu Zhi to go south to buy grain."

"I have reached an agreement with the Shuzhong family to exchange horses for grain, Jingzhou is the second stop, and then I will go to Sanwu."

"Horses for food?"

I heard that Hexi was willing to exchange war horses for food, which caused an uproar among the people present, among which Yang Yanqi, the prime minister of Nanjun, and Yin Yi, the captain of Nanban, were the most excited.

At present, they are the second generals under Yin Zhongkan, and they share military power.

Especially during the Yang period, he had fought with Hu Lu many times in the north, and he knew the importance of cavalry.

And he had previously presented an invitation to Liu Muzhi, and he intended to buy war horses from Hexi.

Now that Liu Muzhi has publicly stated that Hexi is willing to exchange horses for grain, doesn't that mean that as long as there is enough grain, he can buy enough war horses?

With war horses, you can form cavalry, and with cavalry, what are you afraid of? Even he had the confidence to compete with Hu Qi.

Thinking of this, Yang Yanqi hurriedly lowered his head and secretly calculated.

At present, the situation in Jingzhou is becoming increasingly tense, and it is uncertain when a conflict will break out.

In the past, he still had the confidence to compete with Huan Xuan, but since Huan Xuan traded with Hexi, the strength of the two has become worse and worse.

One of the most important points is that he lacks war horses, but Huan Xuan keeps buying war horses from Hexi.

Although Yin Zhongkan also knew the importance of the war horse, he paid more attention to Liu Muzhi's attitude.

Hexi dared to sell the war horse to him, which shows that the relationship between Hexi and Huan Xuan is not as close as the outside world thinks.

If you take advantage of this to have a good relationship with Hexi, will you be able to take advantage of the situation to destroy the trade alliance between Huan Xuan and Hexi?

When Yin Zhongkan was still hesitating, he saw Yang Yanqi and couldn't wait to ask: "Right Sima, Hexi is really willing to exchange horses for grain?" ”

"It's true! How? General Yang is also interested? ”

"Right Sima didn't know that a certain grandfather unfortunately died of Hu Yu, and he was determined to drive out Hu Lu since he was a child."

"But for many years, just because of the lack of cavalry under his command, he rarely won against Hu Lu in Xia, and he has always hated it."

"If you get the Hexi war horse, you will be lucky enough to take revenge on your grandfather in the future, and I will be grateful."

seemed to be moved by Yang Zhizhi's filial piety, Liu Muzhi's eyes were red and he sighed: "General Yang's filial piety is commendable, Mu Zhi'an dares to disobey?" ”

"General, please rest assured, once the grain arrives in Guzang, there will be countless war horses to choose from."

These words suddenly made Yang Yanqi smile, and his face turned into a flower.

And although Liu Muzhi had a smile on his face, he sneered in his heart.

Yang Yanzhi thought he was smart and wanted to hide from the world, but he didn't know that his careful thinking couldn't hide Liu Muzhi at all.

If it is as expected, Yang Yanqi is in a hurry to buy a horse must be to deal with Huan Xuan, the so-called revenge of his grandfather is all fart.

Yang Yanqi was ambitious, and in order to deal with Huan Xuan, he spent a lot of money and bought 3,000 war horses in one go.

I don't know if it was stimulated by Yang Yan, or in order to provoke Huan Xuan and Hexi, in the end, Yin Zhongkan also ordered 5,000 war horses.

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Yin's trip to the Yin Mansion made Liu Muzhi gain a lot, and successively got a lot of grain from Yin Zhongkan and Yang Yanqi.

However, this move greatly offended Huan Xuan, and as a result, Huan Xuan called him to the house and scolded him severely.

For the sake of the long run, Liu Muzhi endured humiliation and did not clash with Huan Xuan head-on.

He explained to Huan Xuan again and again, reiterating the importance of grain to Hexi.

And Liu Muzhi dared to blatantly offend Huan Xuan because he was sure that Huan Xuan would not dare to turn his face with Hexi.

At the beginning, Hexi really needed to rely on the Huan family to open the Jingzhou market, and at the same time, it also needed Huan Xuan to escort the merchants in Hexi.

But it would be a big mistake to think that Hexi was subject to Huan Xuan.

What's more, now that the natural disaster is about to break out, the people up and down Hexi have already done everything they can to raise food, where can they take care of what Huan Xuan's feelings? !

Huan Xuan really didn't dare to break off diplomatic relations with Hexi, and after listening to Liu Muzhi's explanation, he promised not to pursue Hexi's sale of war horses to Yin Zhongkan and Yang Yanqi.

After getting Huan Xuan, Liu Muzhi immediately set off for Jiankang, but left behind a treacherous Jingzhou.

But Liu Muzhi didn't know that there was a bigger trouble waiting for him in Jiankang.