"Huh...... What is the crime, I heard General Ziquan say that this time in the battle under Taihang Mountain, you bravely killed the enemy, one person shot more than a dozen enemy soldiers, this martial courage is a model of the three armies, I reward you too late, how can you blame? ”

Yuan Mai sat on the edge of the bed, pressed Liang Bin, who was about to get up and salute, signaled that he didn't have to be restrained, praised him first, and said: "This time you have made a contribution, we have just passed the word in front of the soldiers of the three armies, and promoted you to the military commander, and I hope to make persistent efforts in the future!" ”

"Oops...... Assassin Shi's kindness, the villain really doesn't know how to repay it! ”

Hearing that he had been promoted to military Sima, Liang Bin got up again, ignored Yuan Mai's dissuasion, knelt on the bed, and kowtowed three times before giving up.

"Liang Bin, do you think Lord Assassin Shi values you? You have to work hard in the future, and don't lose the grace of the assassin! Wang Shuang stood aside and smiled and encouraged.

"No...... The villain will definitely not live up to the grace of the assassin history, and he will not disappoint you, the general! Liang Bin nodded gratefully at Wang Shuang, with an expression of death for his confidant.

"Did your brother write this letter to you? Just now I saw that the font was upright, powerful and powerful, quite skilled, and I was very interested, so I took a second look! ”

Yuan Mai intentionally or unintentionally shifted the topic to the letter, put the letter in his hand as he spoke, and praised again: "Good calligraphy, good calligraphy, can write such a neat handwriting, it must be a talent!" ”

Liang Bin sat on the bed and arched his hand: "Don't dare to deceive adults, this letter is written by my brother Liang Xi." When he was young, he had studied in our Chenjun academy for a few years, so he knew a little bit of writing, which made the assassin laugh. ”

"I am not speaking politely, your brother's letters are not only neatly written, but also very philosophical and philosophical. It can be seen that Brother Ling is talented, and I initially decided to merge the state, which is the time to employ people. I wonder where your brother is now? I'd love to recruit him under my command. Let him shine and learn something useful! Yuan Mai looked at Liang Xi with a smile on his face, and quietly threw out the purpose.

Liang Bin replied respectfully: "Lord Shi, the villain's brother is now working as a pen clerk in the yamen of Zhexian County, Chen County, our hometown. ”

The so-called "pen clerk". It refers to the petty officials who copy documents in the yamen. It is equivalent to the secretary of the county government department in later generations. listened to Liang Bin's words. Yuan Mai's hanging heart was relaxed, as long as Liang Xi had not been promoted by Cao Cao, there was great hope that he would be taken under his command. Since Liang Xi can start from the small officials of the county government. It shows that he is willing to be a leader, and he is hired by courtesy, entrusted with important tasks, and has a great hope of taking him under his command.

"When I first took charge of the state, I was waiting to be rebuilt, and it was the time to use people, you can repair a letter to your brother, just say that the Jinyang Order is vacant, and ask him if he is willing to report on his work?"

Yuan Mai smiled and made his request, promising Liang Bin to appoint Liang Xi as the Jinyang Order. According to Liang Xi's ability, even if he is given a Taishou to do, it is more than enough. However, in promoting talents, we must not only rely on our own preferences, but must be able to convince the public, so as not to cause dissatisfaction among the subordinates.

Unlike Zhao Yun and Gao Shun, who were appointed as generals as soon as they came, these two people were already famous, and they were already generals when they served under Lu Bu and Gongsun Zhan.

And Liang Xi is different, he is now nameless and meritless, and his promotion to Jinyang Ling is already an exceptional promotion, if he is directly appointed as Taishou, it will inevitably make the subordinates dissatisfied. Give him a county order for a period of time, and then promote him after he has made political achievements.

Although Jinyang Ling is only the messenger of the county order, Jinyang is a famous city in the world, with a population of up to 140,000 in the county and its surroundings.

Hearing that Thorn Shi wanted his brother to make the Jinyang Order, which was a great honor for the Liang family, Liang Bin bowed down on the bed again and knelt down to thank him: "Thank you Thorn Shi for your kindness, the villain is here to thank the adult instead of the brother." The adult is so favored, the villain doesn't need to repair the book, he should personally go to his hometown in Zhexian County and bring his brother to see the adult! ”

"It's good!"

Yuan Mai nodded, with Liang Bin personally going on a trip, he should be more sure to take Liang Xi under his command. In order to ensure 100% success, one more person must be sent to seek talent instead of himself, and who will go? Yuan Mai thought about it for a while, and thought of Zhuge Jin, in terms of diplomatic ability, Zhuge Ziyu should be second to none among all the staff under him.

"Zhexian County has a long road, you don't have to worry, you can recuperate with peace of mind first. In a few days, when I go south to Hanoi, you will accompany you, and when you arrive in Wen County, I will send a few more people to follow you to your hometown in Chen County, and ask your brother to come to Bingzhou to take up his post. ”

"Master Xie Tingshi, the villain will definitely live up to his mission!" Liang Bin thanked him again.

After leaving the barracks, Yuan Mai had just returned to the Assassin's Mansion, and the newly appointed Bo Cao Sima Fu urgently asked for a meeting.

"Why are you so alarmed by Boda's hurry?" After summoning Sima Fu into the study, Yuan Mai sat calmly on the Taishi chair and asked.

"Oops...... Lord Thorn Shi, something is wrong! Sima Fu took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and said breathlessly.

"Tell me more?" Seeing Sima Fu's anxious appearance, Yuan Mai had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sima Fu gasped and said, "The grain in the granary doesn't match the numbers in the record book, it's too far away!" ”

"How many?" Yuan Mai frowned and asked.

It has been half a month since he entered Jinyang, and he has been busy with important military and political affairs, and he has not yet had time to take a look at the granary, but he just asked the local officials in charge of grain and grass to report all the documents to himself. At that time, I glanced at it hurriedly, and it seemed that there were still 600,000 stones of grain in the granary of Jinyang, could this number not be correct?

"There are only 100,000 stones left!" Sima Fu cried and reported the numbers.

"What?" Yuan Mai was furious and took the case.

One stone of grain is equivalent to about 120 catties to the offspring, and according to the calculation that a prime man eats three catties a day, the direct troops under Yuan Mai are calculated according to 50,000 people, and 1,250 stone of grain will be consumed every day. After calculation, 100,000 stone grain and grass can only last for about eighty days, how can this not make Yuan Mai angry!

"Where did the remaining 500,000 stone grain go?" Yuan Mai asked angrily.

"Alas...... I asked the soldiers guarding the granary, and they said that when Gao Thorn Shi left, he loaded all the 500,000 stone grain into a truck and transported it to Youzhou! Sima Fu was a little frightened and wiped the beads of sweat with his handkerchief, and replied cautiously.

"Gao Gan, bastard!" Yuan Mai couldn't hold back anymore and scolded him.

Knowing this, he should have transported Yijing's grain and grass to Bingzhou. At that time, after capturing Yijing, he seized two granaries and obtained nearly three million stone of grain, which was a bumper harvest. When Yuan Shao's class returned to Yecheng, he transported 2.6 million stones, leaving 400,000 stones for the local garrison to eat.

When I came to Jinyang, I considered that my subordinates were all cavalry, and the transportation was inconvenient, and I had heard for a long time that Jinyang had fertile soil and abundant grain and grass, so I never considered the problem of lack of food. Unexpectedly, Gao Gan actually played an "empty city plan" and transported most of the grain and grass away, which is simply unbearable!

"Lord Thorn, what do you think?" Sima Fu asked with a tuck at his heartstrings.

Yuan Mai smiled angrily: "Very good, very good, Gao Gan finally didn't transport all the grain and grass, if he loaded it all into the car and transported it to Youzhou, I'm afraid that we will drink the northwest wind at this moment!" ”

Having said that, Yuan Mai hated it in his heart, in the past, he didn't feel anything about Gao Gan, he was neither close nor estranged, but now he was yin by him, and he couldn't wait to send troops to destroy this guy!

It is now May, and there are about three months or so before the autumn harvest, and 100,000 stone of grain can supply 50,000 people for 80 days, which is almost enough to last until the new grain is down. But he has ordered the states to issue a recruitment order, and after a period of time, it is estimated that about 20,000 recruits can be recruited. In three months, 45,000 stone of grain would be consumed.

The granaries in Hanoi had 80,000 stone of grain to make up for this shortfall and prevent the soldiers from starving. However, this is based on the fact that the grain harvested in the autumn can be supplied smoothly, and if there is a natural disaster or something in the autumn, then the supply of grain and grass will be difficult!

After calming down for a while, Yuan Mai instructed Sima Fu: "You take people to the counties tomorrow to take a look around, count how much grain is still stored in the granaries in various places, and if there is any surplus, send someone to Jinyang." I immediately repaired a letter to Gao Gan and borrowed 200,000 stones of grain and grass from him, see what he says? ”

Sima Fu took the order and left, and the next day, he went to the counties with one hundred and ten guards, and counted how much grain there was in all the local granaries of the prefecture combined. And the envoy sent by Yuan Mai also hurried to Yijing to borrow grain from Gao Gan.

Five or six days later, Yuan Mai's envoy arrived in Yijing and presented Yuan Mai's letter. After Gao Gan saw it, he hurriedly convened his staff to discuss. He felt a little guilty in his heart, he brought the grain and grass from Bingzhou, but Yuan Mai did not touch a grain of grain in Youzhou, and the comparison between the two was really not interesting.

But looking at the million stones of grain and grass in his hand, Gao Gan didn't want to lend it. Besides, Yuan Mai nominally said that he would borrow, but he was afraid that he would not repay the loan, and the meat buns would beat the dog, and he would never look back.

But he didn't want to offend Yuan Mai, so he asked a few staff members worriedly: "Do you have any clever plans, not to offend Yuan Xianyong, but also not to lend food?" ”

Guo Yuan got up and said with a smile: "My subordinates have a clever plan, you can first send someone to load 300,000 stone grain and grass into a truck, and then transport it out of Yijing." Then he sent someone to disguise himself as a black mountain thief, intercepted him halfway, and secretly transported it back to hide it. If he repaired the book again and bought it for Yuan, he said that the grain and grass had been robbed, and when he was taken back from the hands of the Black Mountain thieves, he would send someone to Jinyang. In this way, he can neither send food, nor offend Yuan Xianyong, so that he has nothing to say! ”

"Haha...... That's a great plan! Gao Gan laughed loudly when he heard this, and immediately sent someone to implement Guo Yuan's plan. (To be continued......)