On the small boat by the river, Gan Ning wanted to row back. Hearing that Gan Ning was going to kill a bear child and a little girl, Tao Ying could vaguely feel that these two people must be Kong Ming and Xiaohuan who had been captured.

Because on this ship, there is no one else but them!

"Wait!"

Tao Ying shouted to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning asked people to row away without looking back. Tao Ying pointed to the water and shouted, "Are you Gan Ning Gan Xingba?" ”

Hearing that someone knew his name, Gan Ning made people fall over the bow of the boat. Facing Tao Ying on the shore, Gan Ning said with a look of contempt: "That's right, it's me!" ”

"Why did you kill those two children?"

Tao Ying asked straight to the point.

Gan Ning has a bell tied to his body, and the bell rings as soon as he moves, as if telling others that I, Gan Ning, am here, and I will die far away!

"Because the two of them lied to me!"

"What lied to you?"

Tao Ying pressed step by step on the shore, Gan Ning thought for a while and said: "That bear kid said that you are also water thieves, and he said that when he saw my building boat, it was nothing more than that!" On the Huai River and the Yangtze River, who doesn't know that I am rich in Ganning? He said that his godfather had more money, and that he had a row of houses in Pengcheng dedicated to storing gold and silver, and that he was more powerful than me everywhere! I went to the Yangtze River, and the county commanders on both sides of the river ceremoniously entertained me when they saw me, and I don't believe that you will have princes to entertain you on the Yangtze River! ”

Gan Ning is angry between the lines, and it seems that he is angry with Kong Ming. Tao Ying saw through it at a glance that this was Zhuge Liang playing Gan Ning, and it seemed that he could also see that Gan Ning did love to show off his wealth, and he had great strength, and his IQ was indeed not as much as Zhuge Liang!

"That's right, I'm a water thief just like you. But you are far from me, I have gold to fill the whole house, and even a great official like Guangling Taishou will entertain me with the most solemn etiquette when he sees me! ”

After Tao Ying knew that it was a strategy, he also hurriedly provoked him. Gan Ning likes to put on a show, and if the officials on both sides of the Yangtze River entertain him with grand courtesy, then he will treat them as confidants and smear them with their hearts. But if the officials did not pay attention to him, he would allow his soldiers to rob them of their belongings and kill innocents.

After knowing his handle, Tao Ying shouted on the shore: "Gan Ning, do you dare to fight with me to get rich?" If my fortune is less than yours, and the officials who entertain me are smaller than yours, I will lose to you!" When the time comes, how about giving you all my treasures, and I at your disposal? ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, a person next to him persuaded Gan Ning, Gan Ning just wanted to agree, but after being persuaded a few words, he was silent on the boat. Zhuge Jin pointed at Gan Ning next to him and scolded: "What, you don't dare to compare?" Such a timid person still claims to be Gan Xingba, who doesn't know that Gan Xingba is not afraid of the sky, you must be pretending! ”

As soon as Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Gan Ning jumped angrily on the boat, and scolded while jumping: "You are the one who is pretending, you little thieves, how dare you compare with me?" If I lose to you, I will give you all the treasures, and I will leave you at your disposal! ”

Seeing that Gan Ning agreed, Tao Ying pointed to the Huai River and said: "The manly man is a man, and he will swear to the river god today, if anyone breaks his promise, the sky will hit five thunders, and from then on he will die when he encounters water!" ”

Tao Ying took the lead in swearing, he is not afraid of this water thief Gan Ning, dare to be richer than himself, he sits on the land of Pengcheng, Xiapi, Guangling, Peiguo, and Shanyang, is it not as good as a water thief in the Huai River?

Seeing that Tao Ying, who was not much older than himself, swore an oath, Gan Ning also swore ath. Since they are all water thieves, in the Huai River and Yangtze River generation, there is really no one who can be richer than him! Some words were also destroyed by Gan Ning, who didn't want to lose to this outsider, so he made a bet with Tao Ying on the Huai River.

At the end of the cold winter, a cold wind blew on the river, Tao Ying agreed with Gan Ning that within a month, the two would go back to prepare treasures, and then a month later, the two of them would go back to Jiangdu in Guangling County, and then be rich!

In order to show who is the real overlord of the river, Gan Ning even made a bet with Tao Ying to see who could invite Guangling Taishou Zang Ba to come. Whoever invites Zang Ba will win first, or invite other officials, depending on who invites the biggest!

Speaking of Zang Ba, Tao Ying smiled. Isn't it obvious that you're going to win? Who is Zang Ba? It's his own subordinate, and the entire Guangling County is his own, so he can't invite him?

After the agreement, in order to prevent Tao Ying from taking the opportunity to escape and not coming back, Gan Ning detained the captured Tao Ying's second brother Xu Sheng, Tao Ying's godson Zhuge Liang and his concubine Xiaohuan on his ship. Tao Ying asked Gan Ning to swear not to touch Xiaohuan and Zhuge Liang and others, and Gan Ning swore an oath.

So the two said goodbye on the edge of the Huai River, and then Tao Ying led the soldiers by land towards Guangling. In order to get to Guangling City, the capital of Daguangling, as soon as possible, Tao Ying and others bought a few fast horses in a small town and then headed for Xuyi. In Xuyi County, Tao Ying revealed his identity, and then asked the county order to collect nearly 100 war horses, and then Tao Ying led his Hell Demon Army and Tianwei Army towards Guangling County.

After having a war horse, the journey became faster and faster. Guangling County, except for Tao Ying, who suffered a disaster when he first came, has not been warned, so no matter where he goes, the people are still very rich. Especially after Tao Ying gradually implemented the new policy in Guangling, the land of the family was cut in half, half of it was left for them to cultivate, and half was left to the people.

The common people who have land, at least they will not starve to death. Therefore, when Tao Ying walked on the road, it was not the busy season for farming, and many ordinary people gathered at the entrance of each village, and they squatted in the corner of the earthen wall to chat. The shabby cotton clothes, tied to the waist with a thick rope, basking in the sun, and catching fleas from time to time, look like the Chinese in the eighties.

"If there were factories, they wouldn't be so idle! At that time, everyone will work in the factory, and then every month there will be silver, and with the silver, you can buy land, buy rice, and buy food. ”

Tao Ying secretly told himself that in fact, they were poor, not because of bad policies, but because of a change in concept. For example, before the reform and opening up, the common people were generally very poor, not to mention eating meat, even eating vegetables was a problem.

After passing Xuyi, and then driving for half a month, Tao Ying and others came to Guangling City, the core of Guangling County. The time is fast approaching March, and spring is coming. Especially in the spring in the south, the scenery is very painful.

"Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March."

This sentence has been transmitted for I don't know how many years, and Yangzhou in later generations happened to be Guangling City and the capital of Guangling County in this era.