Troubled Times Begin Chapter 44 Borrowing a Boat
Jingzhou is one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, known as the belly of the world, here extends in all directions, west to Sichuan and Shu, north to the Central Plains, south to Jiangdong, there are wide roads, so since ancient times it is a place where soldiers must fight, and in the peaceful and prosperous times, because of its convenient transportation, it will become a number of prosperous places in the world, but the entire Jingzhou territory, not all places are like this.
There are seven counties under the rule of Jingzhou, of which Nanyang County, Nanjun County, Jiangxia County belong to Jingbei, the geographical location is very dangerous, the circulation of carriages and horses is very convenient, more than half of the population of Jingzhou live in these three counties, and the prosperity of Jingzhou also refers to these places.
And the remaining Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, the four southern counties of Jingzhou are more embarrassing, first of all, they are located in a relatively remote area, not to mention the inconvenient transportation, in addition, there are many mountains and forests, it is not easy to cultivate, and there are often invasions of Wuxi barbarians, it can be said that grandma does not love the broken place that uncle does not love, especially Wuling County, where Lu An is located, is to face the soldiers of the Wuxi barbarians, only a little better than Jiaozhou, generally speaking, when he is sent here as a guard, it can be said that he was demoted. However, Lu An did not dislike it, something is better than nothing, no matter how you say it, he is the administrator of a county after all.
After two months of marching with the army, Lu An finally arrived in Jingzhou and saw the endless Yangtze River, at this time he was about to face two choices, the first is to take the waterway, about ten days to Wuling, and the second is to take a detour to the mainland, but it is estimated that it will take a few months.
"Hmmm! It seems that I have to borrow a few boats from Liu Biao! Lu An thought about it slightly, and made up his mind, it is obviously not cost-effective to take a detour by land for too long, so he can only choose to take the waterway, but with so many people, it is obviously not possible to hire a small boat, you have to find an official boat, and if the official ship is a boat, you can only find Liu Biao, saying that he is still his nominal official, and it should not be difficult to find him to take a few boats to take office!
Thinking of this, Lu An immediately summoned a few sergeants and asked them to go to Liu Biao to report the news, and borrowed a few big boats by the way.
"Is the general planning to pass by water? It's a little inappropriate to borrow a boat from Liu Biao! Diao Chan next to him noticed the sergeant's movement and asked.
"What's out of place? He'll borrow it! Lu An smiled and gently stroked her green silk while she was not paying attention.
"How can the general be so rude!" Diao Chan's pink neck suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly dodged it, and asked again: "Now that the relationship between the princes is so chaotic, Liu Biao also shot Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, last month, why is the general so convinced that Liu Biao will lend you a boat?" ”
"Sun Jian is looking for his own death, he secretly hid the jade seal of the country when he was in the alliance and was discovered by the princes, but he still survived and stayed, so that Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, lost face, so Yuan Shaocai sent a letter to Liu Biao, and asked Liu Biao to intercept him, Liu Biao is a relative of the Han family, and the jade seal of the country was originally a thing of their Liu family, if there is no letter from Yuan Shao, it is okay, you can pretend not to know, but since Yuan Shao has sent a letter to him, then he can't just let Sun Jian cross the border, but it's a pity that Sun Jian was a hero. But like this, because of the injustice of a moment of greed and death! ”
Lu An said, paused again, and said: "And I'm different, when I was in Luoyang, I led five thousand soldiers to dare to pursue Dong Zhuo, it can be said that he is the most loyal minister of the Han family, if he dares to touch me at this time, unless he wants to be scolded by the people of the world!" ”
"How did the general know that Yuan Shao passed the book to Liu Biao, and this matter doesn't seem to have been mentioned!" Diao Chan asked.
"Huh!" Lu An just smiled and didn't reply, he couldn't tell her that he came from the next generation.
Looking carefully at Diao Chan's cute appearance in confusion, Lu An couldn't help but shout softly.
"Diao Chan!"
"Hmm!"
"Don't call me general next time, just call me by name or Xuantong!" Looking at Diao Chan's face looming under the veil, Lu An said gently.
"Oh!" Diao Chan couldn't stand Lu An's burning eyes, lowered his head, and responded as thin as a mosquito.
"I'll take care of you later!" Looking at her shy appearance, Lu An couldn't help but gently stroke her delicate long black hair. Such a girl, if you catch it, you can't let go.
After staying nearby for a few days, there were more than a dozen building boats on the river, and the building boats were full of people, most of them were Liu Biaojun's sergeants, and in front of the front of a building boat, there was also a burly strong man, looking at the armor he was wearing, it should be an official position such as a general.
Seeing that there were a lot of people on the other side, without waiting for Lu An to speak, the old soldiers behind him picked up their weapons one after another and prepared for battle.
"It doesn't have to be like this, if Liu Biao wants to attack me, he won't just send this little person!" Seeing the solemn expressions of the soldiers on his side, Lu An waved his hand at them, signaling them to put down their weapons, so as not to make people laugh at them.
"Hahahaha! General Lu, in Xia Huangzu, my lord heard that General Lu was short of a boat to cross the river, so he specially sent me to send a boat to General Lu! When the ship docked, the general came over with a smile on his face and bowed his hand.
"He really came to deliver the ship, he actually saw people's hearts so clearly!" Hearing Huang Zu's voice, Diao Chan couldn't help but stare at Lu An again, although she had always believed in Lu An's judgment and felt that what he expected would not go wrong, but what happened in front of her eyes, she was still a little surprised by Lu An's unpredictable prophetic ability.
"Liu Jingzhou actually sent General Huang to come in person, this is really too kind to me Lu!" Lu An also greeted him, making a look of gratitude, but his eyes swept over this person from time to time, this guy is Huang Zu, he killed Sun Jian last month, although it is a black hand, but he can kill Sun Jian, the Jiangdong Tiger, it also shows that he is very capable, but unfortunately he provoked the hornet's nest, although Sun Jian is dead, he still has two good sons, and the little overlord Sun Ce is a brave general who even Cao Cao has to avoid his edge, and this Huang Zu is afraid that he will not be able to live in peace in the future.
"Where, General Lu is famous all over the world, the pillar of the Han family, my lord will naturally not treat him lightly, originally the lord planned to come in person, but there have been a lot of political affairs recently, so he sent me here, and please forgive me if I am rude!" Huang Zuke didn't know what Lu An was thinking, looking at Lu An's young and excessive face, he also sighed in his heart, ambition is not in age, talent is not young, if you don't see it with your own eyes, who can believe that this handsome young man is Lu Xuantong whose name of courage has spread all over the world.
"What did the general say, General Huang came over in person, I am already grateful in my heart, this time I am in a hurry to cross the river, tired Jingsheng Gong and Huang Taishou, Lu is really a little unhappy in his heart!" Lu An said pretendly.
"Where, for the sake of the imperial court, General Lu led 5,000 soldiers to dare to pursue Dong Zhuo, who had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, such loyal and righteous people, everyone in the world can know, how can my lord be stingy with a few building boats!" Huang Zu said with a smile. Between the words, Lu Ando is admired.
For a while, the two had a very happy conversation, but only the two of them knew how much dirt was hidden under this superficial phenomenon.