When Chen Yucheng, Hong Xiuquan and others quarreled over whether they should send troops to attack Li Zhen. Sun Youcheng and Guo Jiacheng had already returned to Danyang County, Zhenjiang Prefecture with the accompanying guards and some of the soldiers sent by Li Zhen. After the two returned, they immediately took action, gathered all the merchants from Danyang, Taicang, Yangzhou and other places here, and once again prepared food for Li Zhen.

Outside the granary of Sun's house, hundreds of short-term workers are constantly busy.

These short-term workers are either one person carrying grain, or two people carrying grain, all of them are moving grain, carrying sacks of grain to carriages. In addition, there are grains delivered from various places in the vicinity, all of which are gathered in the Sunfu granary in Danyang County.

Around the granary, countless people gathered every day.

The people gathered around to see the excitement and felt very novel.

In particular, Sun Youcheng, Guo Jiacheng and others raised 300,000 catties of grain to transport to Jiangbei camp last time, and after less than half a month, they began to raise grain again, which made the people full of curiosity.

"The Sun family, the Kuang family, and the other major families are really wealthy! They have transported 300,000 catties of grain out twice in a row, and now they are transporting grain again. Looking at the situation this time, the momentum is huge, and I am afraid it will not be less than one million catties of grain. With such a huge team, I don't know how to transport it out! ”

"Haha, you don't know what's going on, do you?"

"Oh, what's the secret in there?"

"Let me tell you, the Sun family, the Kuang family, and the major families all sell grain to Master Li, the commander of the Jiangbei camp. Don't you see soldiers around you? These soldiers were sent by Lord Li to protect the food escorted. In order to ensure the safety of food, Old Man Sun and the patriarchs of various families also gathered 8,000 guards. ”

"Hearing you say this, it seems that Master Sun really attaches great importance to food."

"You know only one thing, but you don't know the other. The grain transported by Old Man Sun was as much as three million catties. One of my nephews was working in the Sun Mansion, and he learned that the specific amount was three million catties. In order to curry favor with Admiral Li, our old man Sun naturally spends money on it. When Old Man Sun and Admiral Li got into a relationship, do you still care about a little money? ”

"That's right, that's right! Reasonable! ”

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In the crowd, there was a constant discussion about food.

The people's discussion became more and more popular, and gradually became a topic of discussion on the streets. Moreover, every day, grain will be sent to the granary of Old Man Sun in Danyang County, and then it will be loaded uniformly. As a result, more and more food was accumulated, so much so that the people were always talking about when the food would stop.

This went on for six days.

Six days later, 8,000 guards appeared outside Danyang County. These 8,000 guards are extremely powerful, and they are almost the same as the guards that Sun Youcheng took before. In addition to the same dress, the temperament reflected by the two sides is completely different. These 8,000 soldiers are the guards mobilized by Sun Youcheng, as the people say, to protect 3 million catties of grain.

Outside the granary of the Sun Mansion, Sun Youcheng, Guo Jiacheng and the main figures of the major families all gathered together, and then Sun Youcheng gave an order, and the convoy that had been prepared long ago began to drive out of the city.

This situation immediately spread.

Because of the innumerable amount of grain loaded, there were thousands of horse-drawn carts transporting grain, and the horses pulling the carts were all thousands of strong horses, which shows its scale. After leaving the city, 8,000 guards escorted the team towards the camp in Jiangbei. This team was mighty, loud, and noisy.

The news of three million catties of grain was like a volcanic eruption, which could not be stopped, and spread from Danyang to Shanghai, and then to Zhejiang, Yangzhou, Nanjing and other places, and it had spread all over the Jiangnan region.

After Chen Yucheng got the news, he immediately went to Xu Yuan's mansion.

Xu Yuan also knew the news from Danyang County, he heard that it was three million catties of grain, and he was already tempted. If you can get this food, it will definitely be a boost to the Taiping army, at least this winter will not be too threatening.

Xu Yuan and Chen Yucheng met, and Xu Yuan said: "General Chen, the grain merchants near Yangzhou have been robbed twice in a row. The grain merchants have invested money and want to stop us from robbing, what do you think? ”

Chen Yucheng said with a serious expression: "Three million catties of grain is very important to us and must be won." ”

Xu Yuandao: "General Chen's words are reasonable, and I think so too." ”

Chen Yucheng said: "Let's go, let's tell the news to the Heavenly King and prepare to send troops." ”

Xu Yuan said: "Okay, it's up to the Heavenly King to decide." ”

The two left the mansion together and headed towards the Heavenly King's Mansion. Hong Xiuquan met the two in the study, Xu Yuan briefly said the matter of food, and then said: "If you can grab three million catties of grain, you can survive this winter." After I discussed with General Chen, I always thought that I should send troops to grab three million catties of grain and ask the king to decide? ”

Hong Xiuquan sat upright, her cheeks became red, and her breathing became more and more rapid.

Three million catties of grain!

Three million catties!

Hong Xiuquan's heart was roaring, and he had been attracted by three million catties of grain.

Hong Xiuquan took a deep breath, suppressed the impetuous emotions in his heart, and said slowly: "Xu Yuan, three million catties of grain must be brought back." With this batch of grain, we will encounter much less difficulties. Chen Yucheng is the chief general, Xu Yuan is the staff officer, and this king allows you to dispatch all the soldiers in Nanjing, and you must take three million catties of grain. ”

Xu Yuan rolled his eyes and asked, "Heavenly King, what about the foreign soldiers of Lars?" ”

Hong Xiuquan shook his head and said, "They stay, they don't have to leave!" ”

When Xu Yuan heard this, he sighed in his heart. If the foreign soldiers under Lars went to war, things would be more convenient. But Hong Xiuquan used Lars's army as a hole card and an important reliance to protect the Heavenly King's Mansion, and he was definitely unwilling.

Chen Yucheng didn't care about this, he only thought about snatching back the grain in his mind, and then fighting for it, so he immediately said: "Don't worry, the king of heaven, the minister and Xu Chengxiang will lead the troops to attack, and they will definitely come back with three million catties of grain!" ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "Okay, this king is waiting for you!" ”

He raised his hand, and with a wave of his sleeves, Chen Yucheng and Xu Yuan left the study. Hong Xiuquan secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that Chen Yucheng and Xu Yuan would lead the army this time and succeed. This battle can be said to be a matter related to the future national fortune of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so Hong Xiuquan is extremely concerned.

Chen Yucheng walked out of the Heavenly King's Mansion, looked at Xu Yuan, and said: "Prime Minister Xu, this time I went to war, and I also relied on Prime Minister Xu Cheng to make more suggestions and take the grain in one fell swoop." ”

Xu Yuan said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, with General Chen here, you will definitely succeed." ”

The two flattered each other, and then went back to their respective homes to prepare for the robbery of food.

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