After Liu Cong read the letter, he glanced at Fu Xun and muttered in his heart: "This old man is worthy of being Dong Cao Peng for many years, well, he is very good at estimating people's hearts, this letter is written exactly what I want, Gan Ning must be overjoyed when he sees it, if he doesn't come to meet me, it will be strange." ”

Liu Cong thought about it, sealed the envelope, put it in his arms, turned around and went out of the door, and instructed Liang Zhu'er: "Prepare the horse, go to Jiangbei, and the fat man will follow, and go over together." ”

Liu Cong and his entourage rode out of the east gate of Xiangyang, walked more than ten miles, only to see soldiers and refugees coming and going between the mulberry forests in front of them is very lively, looking ahead, along the bank of the winding Xiangjiang River are soldiers and refugees in action, there is no end in sight,

When Liu Cong took a closer look, he was digging holes to build refugee dormitories.

Liu Cong suddenly became excited when he saw his mood, and said happily: "Oh my God, the south bank of the river has also taken action." ”

Liu Cong sighed and rode over to look, only to see that the manholes everywhere had been dug almost completely, and the soldiers were working together in a group of two, and they had dug the manholes deep enough, and were pouring water on the dug soil and stirring it.

Liu Cong dismounted and asked, "What is the use of watering this soil?" ”

The two soldiers in front of him stopped what they were doing and replied, "Build an earthen wall." ”

Liu Cong looked further away, and saw that several manholes in the distance had already built half of the earthen wall, and the soldiers and refugees were working in a hurry, and no one could take care of Liu Cong.

Liu Cong came over to look at the manhole with half of the earthen wall.

When I arrived at the front, I looked carefully, and saw that the manhole was five feet deep, and the earthen wall on the top was also three feet, and the walls were surrounded on three sides, leaving only the south side of the rising sun, ready to install doors and windows.

Liu Cong asked, "This door and window ?????? Is there so many carpenters doing it. ”

The soldier replied: "Our lord has ordered, the window, can't be done, the temporary dormitory, just use a branch as a window lattice, the door, the door is not easy, the wind and snow come, please ask the refugees themselves to block it with branches and withered grass, well, no way, our lord will say, for the time being, just clean up a place for the refugee brothers, to live in high-rise buildings, and when the silkworms are raised to earn money, the refugee brothers will build their own, haha." ”

Liu Cong couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and felt that although this guy didn't care about what he said easily, it was what he had ordered in advance, and thought: "Wei Yan, this kid is really capable, the ** soldier works so wholeheartedly, it's good, it's good." ”

Thinking of this, he asked, "Do you know that the Lord will be there?" ”

The soldier said, "Do you want to see our lord, this is easy, so go and wait there honestly in the distance, and do not come and talk to us, for when our lord comes, he will reprimand us when he sees that someone is here to delay our work.

En,,, let's go, our lord will come over to inspect in a while, and you will see him yourself when the time comes, his name is Wei Yan, riding a red horse, with two guards, majestic, a sturdy red-faced man, as long as those eyes look at you, like an awl piercing into your heart, you will immediately know how many catties and taels you have. ”

Liu Cong smiled when he heard this: "Ah, it's so powerful, how do you know that he is coming." ”

"Ah, our lord will come to inspect once a day at this time, and it has been four days since he dug the ground and built a house, and he has been doing this every day, and he has eaten a meal before and after."

Liu Cong became excited and continued to ask: "The Lord will reprimand you, will you still beat you?" ”

The soldier said absentmindedly while working: "He didn't beat us, but just reprimanded us a few times, and we were afraid, and if we did something wrong, the reprimand was right, how could we not be afraid." ”

Liu Cong stopped asking, turned around and walked into the distance, found a smooth stone, and was about to sit down and wait, when the soldier who heard shouted softly: "Ah, this good man, you see, our lord will come, my God, hurry up and work, our lord will like the soldiers who carry out orders, whoever does a good job, the lord will praise happily, well, our lord will not praise people casually." ”

The soldier stopped squeaking when he said this, and bowed his head and began to work.

Liu Cong looked at them with a smile while waiting for Wei Yan to come over,

The working soldier had sharp eyes, looking into the distance while working, and then saw Wei Yan coming over on horseback with two guards, so he quietly reminded Liu Cong: "This good man, look, our lord is coming, if you have something, hurry up and ask for instructions." "Then bow your head and get to work,

Liu Cong looked up, only to see Wei Yan riding a jujube red horse, looking sideways at the construction site while walking, Liu Cong saw it and hurriedly got up to greet him, and greeted him first: "General Wei is here, I am waiting for you here." ”

When Wei Yan heard this, he turned his face and saw that it was Liu Cong here, so he rolled the saddle and dismounted and walked over quickly, Liu Cong hurriedly hugged his fists and saluted first, Wei Yan saw it and hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Oh, my lord, I can't do it, how can this be endured, it's true." ”

Liu Cong laughed and said, "General Wei is busy with official affairs and has worked hard, so he should be rewarded, hehe." ”

So he took Wei Yan's hand and said, "Liu Cong came over this time to discuss General Wei to do a big thing." ”

Liu Cong said, pulled Wei Yan aside and asked, "Do you know where Gan Ning is now?" ”

Wei Yan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is the matter with the lord looking for Gan Ning, I really don't know where he is." ”

Liu Cong was a little disappointed when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Five days later, our Yamen Sericulture Department Manager Yuan is going to take a boat to Yizhou to transport grain back, I consider that Gan Ning and his gang are rampant in the river, and I am worried that they will make trouble, so I came to you to send someone to send a letter to Gan Ning, and I want to invite him to meet and discuss.

This one?????? I heard that Gan Ning intends to surrender to our Jingzhou Yamen, I don't know why the Yamen did not contact, in this case, I want to take this opportunity to accept Gan Ning, one is to eliminate the hidden danger of our grain transportation to Yizhou, and second, I want to ask Gan Ning to lead the fleet to Yizhou to transport grain,

You know, the long road to Yizhou is long and long, and it is against the water, and I really need some good captains to operate the boat and rudder, if Gan Ning is ordered to go west, I will be relieved. ”

Wei Yan didn't come back to his senses when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Lord, is it a bit reckless to do this, is this Gan Ning reliable, his subordinates are a group of mountain wolves and water thieves, and they dare not reuse it." ”

Liu Cong heard this and thought: "How can Wei Yan know this way, he has the same insight as Cai Mao and Zhang Yun." He said: "You don't have to worry about this, just do this, send someone to send my letter to Gan Ning, whether to reuse it in the future, I have my own opinion." ”

Wei Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, what the lord said makes sense, so I will send someone to deliver the letter." ”

As he spoke, he took the letter in Liu Cong's hand, looked up at Liu Cong and said: "Lord, Gan Ning and they live in a simple place, their whereabouts are secret, it is really difficult to find him for a while, ,,, fortunately, I am familiar with a few of his river thieves, otherwise, I will send someone to hand over this letter to these guys, let them find Gan Ning and give him the letter." ”051