Gan Ning thought about it for a while and considered the route to Yizhou,

He knew that the cargo ship went to Yizhou against the water, and there were three waterways feasible after passing through Kuimen, one was to go west from the inner waterway, but the cargo ship could not go directly to Yizhou, and it would have to dock if it did not reach Jiange, and it was too troublesome to change the dry road;

the other was westward from the outer waterway, but it was too far away for him to have not walked it;

The third is the middle waterway, after the ship sets off from Jiangling to the mouth of the Tuojiang River, the cargo ship turns into the middle waterway to reach Yizhou directly.

However, to be honest, Gan Ning himself did not dare to guarantee that the grain would be shipped back within a month.

Thinking of this, I have to report my plan to go to Yizhou from the middle waterway to Liu Cong.

As soon as Gan Ning spoke, Liu Cong stopped his words and said: "Gan Zhuangshi doesn't have to think about it, the main purpose of this mission to Yizhou is to transport back grain.

I have already discussed with Cui Jin, the envoy of Yizhou, that in order to transport grain in time, after the cargo ship enters the ground of Yizhou from the Yangtze River, it can borrow grain from the yamen of various counties and counties on the spot.

According to Cui Jin, under normal circumstances, the cargo ship can borrow enough grain when it arrives in Ba County, and as long as the cargo ship is full, Gan Zhuangshi will escort the ship back.

In addition, the matter of borrowing grain in Yizhou is handled by Cui Jin, and there is no need for Gan Zhuangshi to worry about this matter, as long as Gan Zhuangshi ensures that the cargo ship transports the grain back in time, it is to complete the task. ”

When Gan Ning heard this, he felt that although Liu Cong looked open-minded on the surface, he was as careful as a hairman in handling things, so he felt that the time had come to punch himself out at this time, so that Liu Cong and all the Jingzhou Yamen officials would dispel their doubts about themselves from now on.

Liu Cong thought of this and said: "Lord, I feel that going to Xishu to transport grain this time is not a big deal, please rest assured, just rest assured,

However, when you go out for a long journey, the mountains are high and the water is dangerous, and you have to borrow food everywhere, so the time for going back and forth is not certain, and I don't know if the lord has considered it. ”

Liu Cong listened, stared at Gan Ning for a while before saying, "The strong man is right, the time is not certain, but no matter what, there is always a similar one around January, right?" ”

"If you can't come back in a short time, does the lord have any emergency measures?"

Liu Cong blinked and thought, "There are really no emergency measures for this matter." ”

However, Liu Cong couldn't show cowardice in front of Gan Ning, so he immediately replied: "Although Gan Zhuangshi tries his best to do things, he strives to go early and return early, as for the situation, he will talk about it then." ”

Gan Ning straightened up, clasped his hands into fists, and said to Liu Cong: "Lord, there are still hundreds of thousands of Hu reserves in my hands, which I have prepared for my brothers for four or five years before saving, and I have been hiding in the warehouse without moving.

If you can't come back in time to transport grain in Xiaxi, ask the lord to send someone to bring the grain to the rescue. ”

Liu Cong was overjoyed when he heard this, but he said quietly: "This is very good, so let's do it, Gan Zhuangshi's grain can only be stored, and the yamen has its own way to solve the problem, and unless it is absolutely necessary, he will definitely not use the food of the strong man in the past." ”

Gan Ning said: "Lord, these grains belong to the state from today onwards, and it is up to the lord to decide whether to use them or not, otherwise, I will not go to Xishu to transport grain first, and I will talk about it after I have eaten the reserve grain below." ”

Liu Cong listened and said firmly: "No, the contract has been decided, and the contract cannot be broken." ”

"It's okay, my lord, considering that there are more than 100,000 pieces of rice from four years ago in these grains, and if they are stored again, I am afraid that they will rot, so I suggest that the lord first transport these grains back to relieve the refugees, and the rest can continue to exist there as reserve grain for the yamen."

It turned out that this Gan Ning thought about the thousands of mountain wolves and water thieves under his command, and began to accumulate a lot of grain on the island in Dongting Lake a few years ago.

All this grain has been plundered on the river for several years, and what is left is stored here except for the use of the brethren.

Gan Ning arranged for his subordinates to dig many caves on the high ground of Junshan Island, and dried the grain and hid it in the holes.

All of this was done secretly, from digging holes to storing grain, and no one knew about it except for these ** brothers of his own.

After the grain was hidden, Gan Ning built four fishing villages around the island, and arranged for hundreds of his brothers to move their families here, in the name of fishing here for a living, but in fact to take care of the grain on the island here.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a shortage of soldiers, and homeless people lived everywhere, and not many people doubted it.

Later, the local government collected food and donations, and these ** people all paid in full, so no one from the government came to look for trouble.

Occasionally, some public officials suspect that these ** people will make money to seal their mouths,

So for a few years, the grain was hidden here intact,

Besides, Gan Ning set up his thief's den headquarters here, except for the good tolerance to come over to work, none of the nearby residents dared to enter casually, the reason was that Gan Ning gave an early death order, and occasionally fishermen entered the island, and they must not be allowed to get out alive.

After a long time, the fishermen and farmers here and far and near treat this Junshan Island as a ghost island, and absolutely no one dares to enter the island without permission, even if the children at home cry at night, the adults also use such words to scare him: "Cry again, cry again and send you to the ghost island." ”

In this way, Gan Ning and his subordinates live very safely here, the government treats them as good people, and the nearby Yumin farmers dare not enter the island to do business, can he not live?

Let's just talk about these mountain wolf and water thief brothers, who dares to disobey Gan Ning's orders in the slightest, if there is a little crookedness, Gan Ning's family law is quite at stake, and it will immediately make his whole family disappear from the world, and leave no trace,

It's really a thief with a thief's plan, Gan Ning knows the importance of the three caves of the cunning rabbit, so he built more than a dozen of his thieves' nests along the river, changing his residence from time to time, coming and going is a single line of contact, his whereabouts are secretive, and everything is extremely vicious, and his subordinates simply treat him as a demon who has no trace and no trace, so the headquarters of the thief's den is located in Junshan Mountain, Dongting Lake, and there has never been a mistake.

Gan Ning himself is cunning, but he arranged a deputy named Zhang Shun in the island headquarters, who is in charge of all the affairs on Junshan Island, and this deputy has been managing Junshan Island for more than ten years, and he has always been obedient to Gan Ning, and has never missed a thing.

Now, in order to win the trust of Jingzhou Yamen, Gan Ning has contributed all the grain reserves on Junshan Island in Dongting Lake.

Liu Cong understood his intentions and liked Gan Ning in his heart, but Liu Cong had his own long-term plans, and he was ready to store these grains all year round as a reserve grain for the Jingzhou Yamen.

Gan Ning also understood Liu Cong's thoughts, so he proposed to go to Junshan Island first to transport back more than 100,000 hui of rice: "These hundreds of thousands of hui of grain have been stored for four years, and if they are stored again, they are afraid of mildew, so it is better to transport them back first to relieve the refugees." ”

Liu Cong agreed, and even praised Gan Ning, saying that he had helped the Jingzhou Yamen a lot.

After the matter was settled, Gan Ning took out the token from his waist, handed it to a bodyguard named Li Xiong beside him, and instructed: "You live here, and after the Jingzhou Yamen arranges the cargo ship, you will lead the way to Junshan in Dongting Lake, hand over the token to Zhang Shun, and convey my order to him, and load all the rice saved four years ago on the Yamen boat, and the Yamen soldiers will escort the boat back to Xiangyang to relieve the refugees.

In addition, tell Zhang Shun to order the brothers everywhere to squat at home from now on, not to do any more actions, and to make arrangements after I return from the mission. ”

After Gan Ning finished his order, he turned his face and asked Liu Cong: "Lord, the last general has finished arranging things at home, and is here to escort the ship to Yizhou." ”

Liu Cong was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Gan Zhuangshi take my handwritten order, tomorrow I will go to the Yamen of the Jiangling Navy to live first, select 200 strong soldiers in the Yamen, and then check whether the cargo ship is assembled and standby, and after three days, I will go over to see you off, hahahaha." ”

Liu Cong said, then took out the pen, ink and paper, and handed a handwritten handwritten message to Gan Ning.

Gan Ning took it and put it away, looked down for a while, turned his face and instructed Luo Changshan: "You can find twenty experienced captains nearby today, come over early tomorrow morning and gather by the river, and follow me to Yizhou to escort grain." ”

Luo Changleg listened, and hurriedly went out to do errands,

Liu Cong appeased Gan Ning, said goodbye and went out, and returned to Xiangyang with Liang Zhuer and Ma Zhu'er.

Liu Cong returned to the Xiangyang Yamen and instructed Cai Mao to send a notice to Zhang Yun, the chief of the Xiangyang Naval Division, and Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia: "Twenty cargo ships will be allocated from each place, and they will set sail immediately, and follow the fishermen called by Gan Ning to Li Xiong to Junshan Island in Dongting Lake to transport grain later." ”

Cai Mao was surprised and asked: "Nephew, you brought back the grain from Yizhou one day after you went out, why did you hide it on Junshan Island again?" ”

Liu Cong smiled and explained to Cai Mao how he found Gan Ning, how he received Gan Ning, how he arranged for Gan Ning to escort the ship to Yizhou to transport grain, how Gan Ning gave his own grain to the yamen as a meeting gift, etc., and explained to Cai Mao one by one.

I saw Cai Mao in surprise and kept her mouth open and couldn't speak, and she stayed for a while before she came back to her senses and sighed: "The lord is clever, and he is not comparable to ordinary people, so it seems that having the lord in charge of Jingzhou from now on is really a great fortune for millions of people in Jingzhou." ”

Cai Mao stood up when he said this, waved his fist facing the north and said: "Cao Cao, old thief, I have a nephew Liu Cong in Jingzhou, see how you can help me in Jingzhou." ”

Cai Mao said, turned his face and said to Liu Cong with a smile: "Nephew, the twenty cargo ships in Xiangyang can set sail as soon as they see the order, is this the case, the Xiangyang Navy cargo ship will go to Junshan Island in Dongting Lake to transport grain first, and it is not necessary to set off at the same time as the Jiangxia Navy cargo ship, so that the two fleets will stagger their actions, and they will not be crowded and busy on Junshan Island." ”

Liu Cong agreed: "Uncle only needs to arrange this matter, and there is no need to ask for instructions." ”

Cai Mao asked again: "After the two sailors bring back the grain, where will they unload the goods?" ”

"Jiangxia cargo ships transported grain to Fancheng to unload and put into storage, and the Xiangyang Navy transported back grain to be unloaded and stored in Xiangyang." Liu Cong arranged things, bid farewell to the officials, and took Liang Zhu'er Lai Fat Man home.

Walking along the way, looking at Xiangyang Street and the shops and houses on both sides of the street, pedestrians, cars and horses, and the white clouds in the sky, Liu Cong sighed: "It's strange, looking at everything in Xiangyang City today, why is it so pleasing to the eye, hahaha." ”058