Cai Mao coveted Cao Ying's money, and gathered the Jingzhou Shi clan and 50,000 stone of grain, hoping to make huge profits from it. As a result, it was exposed by Li Yan, and Chen Sheng took advantage of the situation to take 50,000 stone of grain.

caused Cai Mao to almost go bankrupt in order to appease the anger of the scholars.

Finally, the general military division of Zhennan and Cai Mao, the great minister of Jingzhou, couldn't help but scold, scolding Chen Sheng for not dying well, and all kinds of curses.

However, although the distance between Xiangyang and Wancheng is only a few hundred miles, it is not far. But Cai Mao's scolding and cursing Chen Sheng couldn't hear it.

Since it is inaudible, then it is the wind in the ears.

For Chen Sheng, he said that he was in the past, and he entrusted Cai Mao's clothes, and he is doing well now, 50,000 stone of grain, and he can be rich for a while.

One of the things Chen Sheng did was to increase the amount of rations for the soldiers. In the past, when Zhang Xiu was there, the food was often insufficient, so the rations were just a stomach.

And now that Chen Sheng is rich and wants to do great things, he naturally wants to increase the training of the soldiers, and at the same time increase the rations of the soldiers, which is also right.

In this way, although the soldiers of Wancheng trained hard, they were able to eat well, so the morale of the army was still steadily rising.

Of course, training and running in with Cao's army to surrender troops is a major event, but this is an overall major event, although Chen Sheng is solemn, there is no current thing for Chen Sheng to pay attention to.

With grain, then the so-called current matter is naturally to seize more than 20 rich county towns in Yuan Shao in Runan.

For this matter, Chen Sheng summoned Li Yan almost once a day and personally inquired about Li Yan's military training.

The 1,000 elite soldiers who were ordered to give Li Yan at the beginning were all transferred from all sides, including the Xiliang soldiers, the miscellaneous soldiers who were originally rogues, and the Cao army.

You need to run in to go to war.

Suo's surname Li Yan's ability is really good, and it only took more than ten days to train the elite soldiers in Wancheng and fight against Cao's army, of course, it is not enough.

However, it should not be a problem to expand the twenty or thirty cities in Runan, which are not guarded by famous generals and fight separately.

"Li Yan is really not a talent of a hundred miles, but a famous general." At this time, Chen Sheng led Zhou Cang and some of his own soldiers out of Wancheng, went to Li Yan's camp to observe Li Yan's training, and then returned to Wancheng with Zhou Cang.

On the way, Chen Sheng sighed at Zhou Cang beside him.

"Indeed, General Li Yan's courage may not be as good as that of Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, but his ability to lead troops is still surpassed."

Zhou Cang thought about the situation of watching Li Yan's training just now, and said very respectfully.

"Haha, with this person, Runan has no worries." Chen Sheng laughed heartily.

Soon after, Chen Sheng and Zhou Cang returned to the General's Mansion, but there seemed to be some conditions in front of the mansion. Normally, in front of Chen Sheng's mansion, it is very quiet.

Like Li Yan, there are not many people who want to see Chen Sheng.

Because although Chen Sheng's reputation is great, it is not so big that benevolence and righteousness like Liu Bei are all over the world. Although there are forces, they are not as strong as Liu Biao and Yuan Shao.

There are not many people who come to defect on their own.

However, at this moment, in front of the General's Mansion, it is very lively. It's not that there are a lot of people who come to run. But in front of the general's mansion, there were many soldiers, chariots and horses.

These soldiers are tall and tall, their eyes do not squint, and they are all very majestic. However, the murderous aura is slightly insufficient. Chen Sheng could see at a glance that this was not an elite soldier in Wancheng.

And many of the carts and horses seem to be loaded with a lot of baggage.

"Go and ask what's going on." Chen Sheng drove Zhou Cangdao.

"No." Zhou Cang asked, and rode his horse to ask. Not long after, he turned back and said with a happy face: "General, Fang Changshi is back." Moreover, Emperor Yuan...., Emperor Zhong also sent envoys over. It is the younger brother of Emperor Cheng, the general Yuan Yin. ”

Yuan Shu has been called the emperor and built the name Zhongshi. Zhou Cang originally wanted to talk about Yuan Shu, but changed his name to Emperor Zhong.

But Zhou Cang is also a little clever, and no one pays attention to Yuan Shu, the emperor of Yuan Shu, and there are many people who call Yuan Shu and Yuan thieves. But after all, if Chen Sheng wants to be friendly with Yuan Shu, the identity of this emperor still has to be recognized.

"Then the baggage in these carriages should be gifts. It seems that Emperor Nazhong has a good impression of me. Chen Sheng laughed and said.

"Let's go, go see this Yuan Yin." Immediately, Chen Sheng turned over and dismounted, gave the war horse to his own soldiers, and led Zhou Cang into the general's mansion.

It didn't take long for Chen Sheng to arrive at the General's Mansion, inside the hall.

At this moment, there were three people kneeling in the hall, one was Fang Gu, one was Jia Xu, and the other was a person about thirty years old.

This man is white-skinned, has a beautiful face, a three-inch beautiful beard, and is more than eight feet long, which is really good-looking.

"General." Seeing Chen Sheng, Zhou Cang came in, Jia Xu, and Fang Gu bowed to Chen Sheng. And Fang Gu introduced to the thirty or so people with a smile: "General Yuan, this is our general." ”

"General, this Zhong clan's command, the chariot general Yuan Yin, in order to respond to the general's friendliness. Zhong Tianzi specially sent General Yuan to visit the general. ”

Immediately, Fang Gu introduced Chen Sheng again.

"I've seen General Jianzhong." In fact, when he saw Fang Gu and Jia Xu to meet Chen Sheng, Yuan Yin was already clear. By the way, he looked at Chen Sheng slightly, and praised it even more in his heart, he was really a mighty general.

After Fang Gu's introduction, Yuan Yin also saluted.

Although it is said that Yuan Yin is a general of the chariot cavalry, it is Yuan Shufeng. Don't say that the princes of the world don't take it seriously, even Yuan Yin himself knows that his weight is too light.

It is difficult to compare with Chen Sheng at all, if you think very highly of yourself, it is just self-inflicted.

Besides, Chen Sheng is currently very important to his brother, that is, Emperor Yuan Shu. Why? Because since Yuan Shu became emperor, there has basically been no diplomacy.

Without diplomacy, it means that there is no foreign aid, and the forces are very lonely. Coupled with Yuan Shu's poor management, the power under his command has shrunk significantly.

At present, there are really not many people who can afford to look at Yuan Shu, the emperor.

Lu Bu is half of it, but this person is brave and resourceful, and he is greedy and repeated, so he can only be a fox friend and a dog, and he can't be called an ally.

Therefore, the current Yuan Shu is really very embarrassed, very lonely, and even has no sense of security.

And Chen Sheng's friendship, for Yuan Shu, is naturally a charcoal in the snow. Moreover, Chen Sheng's person, Yuan Shao, used Guo Tu to carry out a discord plan.

Chen Sheng beheaded Guo Tu, very decisively, and righteousness was in color. Such an image gives people a very reliable and secure sense of security.

Moreover, Chen Sheng competed with Cao Ying, although he was in a weak and defensive position, he was able to resist Cao Ying's attack three times and twice, so that Cao Ying lost his troops and lost his generals.

This ability is truly outstanding.

There are a lot of troops, tens of thousands of elite soldiers. The power is not small, there are more than 20 cities, and there are two counties of Nanyang and Runan.

For an ally like Chen Sheng, Yuan Shu couldn't ask for it. Not to mention, Chen Sheng took the initiative to make friends.

After receiving Fang Gu and expressing Chen Sheng's intention to form an alliance, Yuan Shu immediately and decisively sent Yuan Yin, and brought twice as much baggage and gifts as Chen Sheng, to Wancheng to visit Chen Sheng.

Anyway, Yuan Shu was quite accommodating to Chen Sheng.

Yuan Yin, the general of the chariot cavalry, saluted Chen Sheng first, which was also natural.

Of course, Chen Sheng would be aware of this joint, after all, if he wasn't completely sure, Chen Sheng would not have sent Fang Gu as an envoy. Combined with Yuan Yin's attitude, Chen Sheng guessed ten out of ten.

He knew that Yuan Shu's ally could be said to be nailed to the iron plate. Since Yuan Shu has become an ally, it is not a problem for the soldiers to enter Xuzhou.

Lu Bu's power, he can get his hands on it.

Thinking of this, Chen Sheng's heart flashed with joy. However, none of these were floating on the surface, and after Chen Sheng received Yuan Yin's salute, he also smiled and returned the salute: "I have also seen the general of the chariot cavalry." ”

Yuan Yin saluted Chen Sheng first with the etiquette of a lower official, and Chen Sheng did not despise the bullshit car riding general under Yuan Shu, but also called Yuan Yin the general of the car cavalry.

This scene is quite harmonious.

This also made Yuan Yin feel Chen Sheng's sincerity from Chen Sheng's attitude, and he was immediately happy.

"It's just a false name, in front of General Jianzhong, I don't dare to call it a car rider." Yuan Yin said modestly, and then, he reached out and took out a roll of bamboo slips.

"This is some of the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, and I would like to ask the general to take a look."

At this moment, Chen Sheng had already knelt down and sat down, and Zhou Cang stood beside Chen Sheng, Zhou Cang saw this, took the bamboo slip and handed it to Chen Sheng.

After listening to Yuan Yin's words, Chen Sheng knew that this was the gift roster. I took it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was a gift book.

Soon, Chen Sheng also realized that the value of this gift was more than twice as valuable as what he had sent. However, there are treasures, large beads and other valuables, but there are no practical value.

Based on this, Chen Sheng made a guess that Yuan Shu, the emperor, was afraid that there was nothing left except gold, silver and jewelry.

Blades, leather armor, bows and arrows, war horses, and food are very few of the strategically important things. Otherwise, in troubled times, that is a truly valuable and sincere gift.

However, Chen Sheng guessed so in his heart, and he would not say it on his face. After glancing at the watch book, Chen Sheng put it down, and then said with a smile to Yuan Yin: "This gift is quite valuable, and it makes me feel the sincerity of Your Majesty." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Sheng paused, and said solemnly: "And today, wars are raging, and countless princes have been killed. Your Majesty and I are all trying to survive in this troubled world, but Lu Bu, Cao Ying, and Sun Ce are aggressive and want to destroy us. It is an alliance with your majesty of my will. ”

Chen Sheng wanted to form an alliance with Yuan Shu, not be attached. Therefore, he is only called Your Majesty, not the Son of Zhongtian.

However, even if this is the case, it is enough to arouse Yuan Yin's joy.

"Your Majesty also has this intention, and is willing to establish an alliance with General Jianzhong." Yuan Yin said loudly with a happy face.

(To be continued)