After only five days of returning to Nanyang, Li Kai got such news that the new Jingzhou Mu Wang Rui died! Liu Jingsheng was promoted to Jingzhou Mu again! This also means that 500,000 stones of the one million stones of grain and grass promised by Wang Rui in Nanyang County are gone!

Li stomped his feet and scolded his mother in popularity, and the object of her scolding was Sun Wentai! Why did you scold him? And not Liu Biao? Because Sun Jian was completely used this time, he became Liu Jingsheng's thug and killed Wang Rui!

A Taishou killed his superiors, and he killed him in public, this thing sounds really terrifying, why did Sun Wentai, who has always been shrewd and capable, do such a rebellious thing? This has to start with the culprit Liu Biao; Although he was squeezed by Wang Rui for the position of Xiazhou Mu and made a history of assassination with no real power in name, Liu Biao continued to make small moves in private, and with the support of the local scholars in Jingzhou, he was also able to compete with Wang Rui and never fell behind; But Wang Rui, who has Zhang Xian's black-hearted zombie face, is not a good bird, he used a variety of small means to send out the scholars around Liu Biao one after another, which made Liu Biao's suspicious surname attack, mistakenly thinking that Wang Rui wanted to get rid of him, so he decided to strike first!

He secretly said to Cao Yin, the Taishou of Wuling, Wang Rui has always hated you! I'm afraid I'm going to get rid of you to get rid of the trouble! After saying this, Cao Yin was nervous for a long time, the soldiers and horses were ready, ready to fight Wang Rui, but he never took the initiative to attack; If he didn't take the initiative to attack, Liu Biao didn't profit from it, thinking about it, he thought of Changsha Taishou Sun Wentai, this is a fierce tiger, isn't it proper to kill Wang Rui? He issued an edict, that is, a false holy decree, and sure enough, the emperor's relatives had the courage to do this kind of headless thing; The content of the false decree is very interesting, and the news that the capital has just learned that Dong Zhuo's abolition of the establishment has aroused the anger of the heavens and people, and many people have been arrested and killed because of this, this is an opportunity! Liu Biao wrote in the holy decree:

Gather the world's lofty ideals, enter the capital and Qin Wang In short, the emperor said that I have a hard time, and I hope that capable people from all over the country will stand up and defend the royal family, which roughly means this, and at the same time, Liu Biao also has a private letter, saying that Wang Rui will keep it secret after getting the holy decree and do not plan to follow it; Sun Wentai is still a person who serves the country, and he often worries about the country and the people, and he has long been unaccustomed to Dong Zhuo's actions, so he plans to do his best to go to Luoyang to enter the king of Jingqin, but he considers that people can't succeed if they are alone, so they hit Wang Rui's head with the idea after thinking about it; He found Wang Rui, hoping that Wang Rui could send troops to fight thieves for the sake of the rise and fall of the world, and provide some food and grass for himself, Wang Rui was shocked, he had never heard of any holy decree, and he didn't discuss it with Zhang Xian, so he told Sun Jian: If you kill Cao Yin, a rebel, I will help you!

Sun Jian was furious: At this time, the country is in a life-and-death situation, how can you kill others for your own selfish interests? Sun Wentai's surname was violent, and this method of killing people with a knife deeply angered him, and he immediately burst out, shouting and asking Wang Rui, if you don't send troops to the king, don't blame me for being polite; Wang Rui was also angry, although we are honest people, but you can't say any nonsense, how can there be any holy decree? Don't you know how powerful Dong Zhuo is now? I was already taking a great risk by agreeing to help you, but Cao Yin has been disrupting my control over Jing Xiang, how can I help you?

Sun Jian hesitated, but at the behest of Liu Biao, Cao Yin wrote another tearful accusation, accusing Wang Rui of suppressing Yunyun's words about their desire to serve the country, Sun Wentai completely broke out and killed Wang Rui directly in Xiangyang City!

Wang Rui died, Zhang Xian cried bitterly after learning about it, angrily reprimanded Sun Jian, explained the reason, Sun Jian naturally did not believe it, and later after many inquiries, he learned that he was really deceived by Liu Biao, and the two sides formed a great enmity and were hostile to each other; What a good man! Having lost his life in Sun Jian's recklessness, Zhang Xian led Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu to withdraw from Xiangyang, and began a long-term struggle with Liu Biao with Nanjun Zhanshan as king, just for the person who had the grace to know him; The transportation of 500,000 stone grain and grass will naturally go very slowly, from Xiling City, Jiangxia County to Fuyang County, Nanyang County, it took a full day, and it only stopped for three days, Li Kai got the news, and the taste in his heart was really bitter to the extreme; Wang Rui's senses for him are still good, especially his kind surname, his generous performance, no matter what the work is, he will never blame his subordinates for his style, and he admires it very much, but it is a pity that he is a good person! It's a pity that my 500,000 stone grain and grass are even more regrettable!

Although there is a lot of 500,000 stone grain and grass taken back from Jiangxia County, plus the surplus grain from the past, as long as the belt is tightened, the people of Nanyang will still be able to survive until the autumn harvest season this year.

War is always the most consuming thing of grain and grass, if there is not enough grain and grass as a backing, who would dare to start a war lightly? The answer is that as long as the brain is normal, ordinary people will not do that, it seems that Wang Rui's death has an impact on himself, and it also has a great impact on the entire Nanyang County!

"Hi——! It's so sad for me! Li asked Cangtian speechlessly: "Who can teach me what to do?" ”

"Yo yo, you Li also have times when you are worried?" , Mao Jue came with a swarthy face and a smile with little white teeth: "I see you're thinking about food again, right?" Indeed, Wang Rui really let you help up in vain! ”

"Brother Mao! What's in the matter? Li Kai lightly knocked on the pebble in front of him: "In my opinion, Dong Zhuo has angered most people, as long as the time is ripe, someone will stand up, when the time comes, the world will be full of disputes, and fighting war is to fight logistics, food and grass, without these, will our soldiers go hungry to fight?" ”

Mao Jue raised his eyebrows: "I don't have any thoughts about this matter, but I think the lord of Runan County should have a lot of food, right?" Why don't you ask for them? As the son-in-law of the Yuan family, this thing should be at your fingertips, right? ”

"Cut! Or don't expect their good! What they are afraid of is that they think they are coerced, and in the future, Yuan Gong will be controlled everywhere and is not conducive to development! Looks like I need to think of a bad trick no! It is a clever trick to help the poor and protect the territory and the people! ”

Li Kai Huoran got up and laughed three times, the laughter was loud but not hearty, but it was full of deceit, Mao Xiaoxian, who knew about Li's first reaction, was, who are you going to pit this product? It's better to stay away from this neuropathy, don't fool yourself!

"However, I have to do something to do before I can help others! How exactly should it be unfolded? Li Mouren frowned and thought hard, he had to deal with this matter perfectly, otherwise the consequences would be very powerful!

In short, his dangerous idea is called - to speed up the course of history!

Mao Jue interrupted Li Kai's thinking and sighed: "At present, the reclamation work has been almost done, just waiting for the fields to be cultivated, and then it is time to build some practical things in the form of work for relief, can you come up with a charter?" ”

"Huh? Think about it! Take me to see the wasteland you've reclaimed first! Li Kai picked up Mao Jue, chatted and walked outside Fuyang City, to explore the harvest places that would grow out of the banker; The so-called reclamation seems to be very easy, there is a mystery in it, those wastelands are places where weeds have grown for many years, the vitality of weeds is extremely tenacious, and their seeds will also drift to various places with the wind, but it is far from enough to plough the land on one side, and some other means are needed; "The vitality of these weeds is extremely tenacious, and it is this tenacious vitality that is needed in troubled times! Hehe! Far from it! Li Kai stepped on the land that had been reclaimed, and in some places he just turned over the surface a little, which was not suitable for planting: "If this is the case, it is estimated that this year's harvest will be about half of weeds and grain!" ”

Mao Jue asked, "Oh? Could it be that Mr. Xiao also has research on farming? It seems that you really know everything! Mao Jue admires! ”

"Huh! Just a little research! Li Kai waved his hand, not that he was bragging, he really had research on farming, which was the knowledge he learned himself, not the system! He once made it with his own hands - Quyuan plow!

"Weeds have a well-developed root system, it is not enough to just lift the surface, they will continue to grow, and their seeds can only be killed by constant sun exposure and cold wind freezing, so I asked them to build a new farm tool, maybe it can solve some of the problems!

And when planting crops in the future, these lands will be classified as ditches, which seems to be less sown, but this method is conducive to watering, and it will also make the seedlings not rob each other of nutrients, which will affect the development of what to do? ”

Li, who was talking about the question endlessly, was interrupted by Mao Jue, and Mao Jue asked a little incomprehensibly: "What is a ditch?" What is nutrition? Why do you keep saying some inexplicable new words, I don't understand this! ”

"It's okay if you don't understand, I'll teach you! Please believe in the science! Li's voice replied: "You still have to believe in professionalism!" ”

In this way, Li Kai recruited and dispatched 3,000 carpenters overnight, began to cut down trees to make Quyuan ploughs, and began to build ploughshares on Liang Gang's side, working day and night, and in a short period of time, 3,000 Quyuan plows made by them were officially unveiled; After finding the corresponding number of cattle, Li Kai began to order the soldiers to put the oxen on the curved plow, and held the plow body to show them again, and soon, the land outside Fuyang County was broken very deep, and the ridges and ridges were also very clear, which made people admire; "How? Not bad, right? Li Kai asked with a smile, Mao Jue's eyes lit up: "It's not bad!" It's just wonderful! During the Han Dynasty, the plough has been basically fixed, but the plough at this time is a long straight plow, when ploughing the land, the turn is not flexible enough, the soil is laborious, the efficiency is not very high, the curved plough has completely changed this status quo, how can Mao Jue not be happy?

"It's good!" , Li nodded, and took out another book Jane, which is what he wrote about some places that need to be built: "Other places can be slowed down, but only Deng County needs to hurry up, Liu Biao, this person is not honest!" ”

There are more than a dozen places written on the bamboo slips, which need to build water conservancy and repair the city wall, but only Deng County is not only not repaired, because it is very strong itself, but Li Kai still emphasized that Deng County will be expanded and become more solid; The reason is that Deng County is a city in the north of Xiangyang, located on such a border, which is considered a bridgehead to defend Jingxiang and a spear to threaten Xiangyang. "While Zhang Xian, Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and others are still playing against him, hurry up and do this matter, how do you feel that our current manpower is a little understaff, this kind of thing, except for you, I am! I'm tired of Brother Mao! Li Kai shook his head helplessly; This is also something that cannot be helped, patience and patience will pass, the important thing is that the displaced people have seen hope! No matter how hard and tired I am, there is no problem! Mao Jue said with a smile;

After explaining everything, Li Kai led three thousand black turban troops to Wancheng overnight, and met Yuan Shu, it was almost noon the next day, and it was said that the three poles were on the third pole, and the young master Yuan got up angry, ate some food, and came to the county guard mansion as usual; There were already people waiting for him in the county guard's mansion, Li Kai leaned on the pillar and looked drowsy, he must have been very tired, Yuan Shu was ashamed, he was really not a hard-working person! tiptoed to cover a blanket for Li, but Li Kai woke up; It is inevitable that the two sides will see each other, Yuan Shu smiled and asked, "Xiaoxian, is there something urgent?" Why did you come back overnight? I didn't prepare at all, I heard that you did a very beautiful job in Jiangxia County, and even took me with you, and the court named me Marquis Zhangwu! Sun Jian also got a Wuhuan Marquis! ”

"These are all trivial matters, the important thing is that Jingzhou Mu Wang Rui is dead!" , Li Kai shook his head, he was a little sober, staring at Yuan Shu's eyes and telling word by word, Yuan Shu didn't react: "He's dead, what's the matter with me?" ”

"Originally, it was none of our business, but when I helped him defeat Liu Jingsheng and become the pastor of Jingzhou, the purpose of which was to ask him for grain and grass! Who do I want to pay for him when he dies? Although I have obtained 500,000 stones of grain and grass from Jiangxia County, these are far from enough! At least 500,000 stone is needed to be enough! That's why I'm back to you! Yuan Gong? ”

As soon as he got down to business, Yuan Shu began to have a headache and didn't know whether it was true or fake, and everything was always pushed to Li Kai: "Do you have a way?" You can do whatever you say, don't you just have it? ”

"Uh, Yuan Gong, you are really a superlative", Li Mouren popped out such a sentence, which was regarded as a complaint, and then said seriously: "I have three ideas to carry out now, the question is to see which one you want to choose!" ”

"It's multiple choice again! Can it be so boring, you can just think about it yourself, of course I will stand up if I need my cooperation! Yuan Shu said with a headache; Li Kai was silent for a moment: "After all, you are the lord, and I am the one who advises you, I have no right to make a decision!" You are the Lord and I am the minister, and you must understand this. And you've chosen that upward path, you can't go on like this anymore! ”

"Alright! All right! Yuan Shu pursed his lips disapprovingly, and made a solemn expression: "You say!" ”

"This topic is called how to prepare grain and grass, I have three tricks, the easiest and the most unwilling way is to go directly to Runan to find the clan to ask, but I myself am more opposed to this, I am afraid that they will think that it is coerced, and it will be very unfavorable to your development in the future, which is the next policy!

The middle strategy is to continue to sell the official mantle, this time the target is a little higher, especially some big businessmen, such as the Zhen family in Hebei, the Mi family in Xuzhou, the Wei family in Chen Liu, etc., such big businessmen, but the time spent is relatively long, and it is easy to have some deviations; The most efficient and dangerous trick is to provoke a war! This is the best policy, unite the princes of the world, and provoke a war in the name of Dong Zhuo's abolition of the Son of Heaven and his attempt to usurp the Han! Thus perhaps enough benefits! No matter in terms of food, fame, and political influence, it will bring you enough benefits!

As I said, this is the most dangerous way, you have also seen the end of the alliance initiated by Zang Hong, but it will not be over, and once the war starts, danger will follow, Dong Zhuo's strength of nearly 300,000 iron cavalry is very strong! It's up to you how to choose! ”

None of the three strategies for raising grain are easy to implement, and the most certain thing is to directly ask the Yuan family for grain and grass, but the impact will be very bad, and the second is to contact those big businessmen and use them to do things, which will ruin their reputation; After all, the merchants are very rich but they have not been able to be officials, because the scholars are very jealous of them, and it may be nothing to sell the official position to the scholars, but selling to the merchants will bring verbal criticism and criticism, which will be politically suppressed, and it is not conducive to the development of Yuan Shu; As for provoking a war, the benefits that can be obtained are the greatest, and all sides can obtain them, but the danger is the greatest and it is easy to get into trouble; Yuan Shu made a difficulty, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Filial piety? What do you think? ”

Li Kai lowered his head as if he didn't care, and after a while, he snored slightly, and he was tired from the long journey, and he couldn't open his eyes after finishing speaking, he decided to let Yuan Shu think about it for a while, and make up for it first; The corners of Master Yuan's mouth twitched, and after finding a wool blanket to cover Li, he kept pacing in the hall, frowning, thinking that the struggle in his heart was fierce and hesitant; This is a choice that directly affects his future and fate, whether to continue to hold back and wait for the opportunity, or to strike first to obtain enough initial capital, between the two

Young Master Yuan has been stretching out his hands to eat since he was a child, and he asks the people around him if there is anything, he may not have made any difficult decisions, this time he really understands the pain in the major choice; In the past, I was very envious of seeing others talking and laughing about something, but when he also had this qualification, it was really embarrassing that he couldn't make a decision freely!

(To be continued)