When Cui Jin heard this, he mistakenly thought that Liu Cong was going to renege on the contract, so he asked: "If Liu Zhizhong has any instructions, just say it, as long as it can be done, Cui Jin will do his best." ”

"You see if this will work, Master Cui, after you and our grain fleet pass through Kuimen, don't rush to Yizhou to resume your life, first borrow this batch of grain in the local county yamen, let our fleet transport it back in time, and then you will go back to Yizhou to resume your life.

Doing so will not help us, but it will not affect your return to the mission, you see. ”

Cui Jin listened, looked at Liu Cong and thought for a while before saying: "Well, Liu Zhizhong, there is no precedent for this matter before, and it is a little inappropriate to do it, under normal circumstances, this envoy will return to Yizhou to resume his life and then accept the next task, so ?????? do so."

Liu Cong was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "How do you go to Jingzhou to transport back grain?" ”

"Hehe, in the past, I always paid a deposit in advance, and I never paid food in advance."

"That's easy to do, Master Cui, after you lead the boat through Kuimen, stop the boat in Fuling, and the farthest ,,, can't pass through Ba County, so you can borrow grain from several counties on both sides of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, you sent your subordinates back to Yizhou with an urgent letter to explain the situation, and returned from Yizhou with coins.

After our grain is loaded into the ship, you will hand over the money to the local grain selling county.

It's good to do both, you see. ”

Cui Jin thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, I can do this." ”

Liu Cong listened and thought: "It's really man-made, just now for the food matter, I was so worried that I couldn't do anything, I couldn't think that as soon as I used my brain, things would take a turn, it was really a mountain and a lot of doubts, and there was another village, okay, the food problem was solved, well, make a chance, have a good banquet Cui Jin, he can help Jingzhou a lot." ”

Thinking of this, Liu Cong stood up and said happily: "Okay, Master Cui, you can prepare, you can return to Yizhou in five days." ”

After Liu Cong finished speaking, he instructed Fu Xun: "Gongdi will follow me to the Military and Political Department." ”

Cui Jin hurriedly got up to say goodbye after hearing this, Liu Cong and Fu Xun sent Cui Jin out, and instructed: "After Master Cui returns to the post station, you can immediately order your subordinates to bring a letter back to Yizhou to explain the situation, and we will go and order the military administration department to allocate the ship, arrange the escort sergeant, and set off in five days." Cui Jin promised to go back to handle the matter,

Liu Cong took Fu Xun to the Military and Political Department,

It turned out that after Liu Cong took charge of the Jingzhou Yamen, he arranged for Liu Bei to come over to take charge of the affairs of the Yamen, and divided the Yamen into several divisions, all of which were managed by special personnel, and all of them accepted the moderation of Liu Bei, the acting head of the Yamen.

At this time, the head of the Military Administration Department is Cai Mao,

Cai Mao only recovered from his injuries after being punished by Liu Cong that time, and came to work in time to work in the Yamen Military and Political Department.

Since then, his personality and temper have converged a lot, and his work is also very hard and serious.

Later, Liu Cong considered the overall situation and felt that it was more appropriate to arrange Cai Mao as the head of the Military and Political Department, so he did so.

In fact, the Military and Political Department does not have any power, but as the highest military institution of the Jingzhou Yamen, it is still necessary to exist.

said that the military and political department has no power, because the military and political department is subject to Liu Cong and Liu Bei's control, and the main forces and county armies below exist independently, so the role of this military and political secretary is just to convey orders and understand the situation of the armies in various places.

Liu Cong stipulated from the very beginning that no one except himself had the power to mobilize the army, and of course this military administration secretary had no power.

At this time, in the Military and Political Department, Cai Mao was there to deal with military affairs with Zhang Yun, and when he saw Liu Cong coming in, he hurriedly followed and asked, "What does the lord command?" ”

Liu Cong motioned for everyone to sit down, asked about some military affairs, and then said: "Uncle immediately sent a letter to the Yamen of the Jiangling Navy Army, ordering that twenty large cargo ships be allocated to assemble at the dock within five days, and at the same time instructed them to select 200 able-bodied sergeants to assemble with the ship for the ship's call." ”

Cai Mao listened, hurriedly instructed his assistant to write orders, and then asked, "What kind of military action does the lord have assigned the sergeant of the ship?" ”

"Go to Yizhou to escort the grain back."

Cai Mao pondered for a while and said: "The cargo ship departed from Jiangling to Yizhou, all of them went upstream, and it was very dangerous to go through Kuimen all the way through the Three Gorges, but you have to choose an experienced naval general to lead the team, this is not good, each ship has to hire a good captain at the helm, this trip is not a joke, a little careless??????"

Liu Cong said: "I am coming over to discuss my uncle about this matter, you see who is the most suitable to lead the team." ”

Cai Mao glanced at Zhang Yun and said: "This long trip must be led by Zhang Yun, but Zhang Yun is busy with official business and can't leave his position for a moment.

Besides, along the Yangtze River, Ganning Jinfan thieves are rampant everywhere, they are familiar with water conditions, and they are superb in handling ships, and it is difficult to find a naval general like Ganning in the Jingzhou naval army. ”

Liu Cong listened to the clever mind for a while, and immediately said: "Okay, okay, there is, it's a good idea to let Gan Ning lead the troops to escort the ship, this matter is settled, Gongyi, you immediately go back to the yamen to write a letter and send someone to Wei Yan?????? Don't don't, just give it to me, I took the letter to Jiangbei to find Wei Yan, and let him handle this matter, just so I want to go over to see the housing they built for refugees.

Okay, Gongdi, you go over and write a letter, just say that I want to meet him again in the Yamen Gan Ning, there is something important to entrust, what a good idea, haha, Gongdi go back and do it, En,,, is not right, don't say in the letter that I met him in the Yamen, ask him to choose a place, I want to meet with him within three days, and discuss important matters. ”

Cai Mao Zhang Yun listened, and at the same time looked at Liu Cong in surprise, the two opened their mouths wide, as if they were stupid, and they didn't come back to their senses until Fu Xun went out.

After Liu Cong saw Fu Xun go out, he turned around and was about to discuss things with Cai Mao, when he saw the two of them looking stupid, he was a little confused and asked, "Uncle and Zhang Yun, what's wrong, why are you stunned." ”

Cai Mao came back to her senses, turned her face and picked up the empty tea bowl on the case, drank two sips without drinking water, and ordered her subordinates: "Boil water to make tea." Then he put down the tea bowl, looked at Liu Cong and said, "What's the matter, you have to enable Gan Ning." His face was gloomy when he said it

"What's wrong with Gan Ning, uncle, can't it, Gan Ning has thousands of mountain wolves and water thieves, but he is an expert in boating and sailing, and this trip to Xishu to transport grain just came in handy, why is my uncle unhappy."

"You, in the end, you are young, how can such a big thing be easily entrusted to a group of mountain wolves and water thieves, if there is a mistake, how to end it,

Have you ever thought about it, raising silkworms and reeling silk is an important measure to revive the great cause of Jingzhou, and we support it from top to bottom in Jingzhou, so we must act cautiously and not easily create risks.

Gan Ning, what are the things under Gan Ning's subordinates, you also know that they are mountain wolves and water thieves, killing people and goods, doing all kinds of evil, only knowing money, how can there be any benevolence and righteousness, white knives in and red knives out is their only means,

You handed over to them the important task of transporting grain to Xishu, didn't you send the sheep to the tiger's mouth?

They are plundering everywhere and can't find a way, but you are good, and willingly give it to them,

No, no, this is absolutely impossible, if you have to do this, if you can't do this, I'll go to your father and ask him to withdraw your errand, I can't watch Jingzhou bury a good situation in your hands. ”049