Gan Yi, who shouldered the heavy responsibility of recruiting and inspecting, after consideration, after double examination, determined that he had to go this way, and finally Yang Yi made a will, so he finally made the trip, this time he did not cross from the Han River, nor south to the river, but crossed the mountains and mountains to the direction of Jingzhou.

There is also a caravan with him, and the head of the caravan is a person from the Zhuge family, but there are naturally people from Jinyi Guard, and there are people with Taoist veins.

This is just in case, Gan Yi, as a general of the water division, is the chief general of one of the two water divisions of the Han Dynasty, and he knows too much, these people are not only here to protect him, but also to kill him as a last resort!

In fact, if you can't kill him, you can't use these people, Gan Yi also knows his importance, he has prepared poison and other things, with his current martial arts skills, it is okay to die in battle, but it is actually difficult to capture him!

On this way, after passing smoothly, after crossing the mountains and mountains, when you arrive in Jingzhou, you naturally have the customs and defense documents that have been arranged long ago, and you can take a boat down the river at this time.

Jingzhou people are outstanding, rich in products, have a long history, splendid culture, since ancient times, there is a cultural state, the reputation of the land of fish and rice, the ship goes straight down, and it arrives at Jiangling.

Jiangling, located in the middle reaches of the river, the west of the Jianghan Plain, south of the river, north of the Han River, west of Bashu, south of Hunan and Guangdong, later called "the thoroughfare of the seven provinces".

The historical status of Jiangling City is also very important, it was the capital of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was the largest and most prosperous metropolis in the south at that time; The political, economic, and cultural center of the Chu State during its heyday was always in Jiangling.

At the present time, Jiangling is also as famous as the capital of Wu at that time, and has the reputation of "Jiangzuo Town, no more than Jingyang".

The city of Jiangling was formerly known as the capital of Chu State "Ying", from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were countless emperors who built their capitals here, and since the Han Dynasty, Jiangling City has existed as the seat of Jingzhou for a long time, so it is often called Jiangling with "Jingzhou".

Since the Three Kingdoms, the Three Kingdoms were divided, and the Han and Wu countries formed an alliance for decades, and the ruling center of the two countries was maintained with the Great River Basin, and Jiangling controlled Bashu in the west, Xianghan in the north, and led the rivers and lakes, and Wu and Yue in the fingers, which was the key point of communication between the two countries.

And the successive dynasties that built their capitals in the middle and lower reaches of the Great River also built their capitals here, which is the famous capital of Jingchu.

Chu originally built the capital in Danyang, according to the "Historical Records of the Chu Family", after King Wen of Chu succeeded to the throne, "the first capital Ying", built in the south of Jishan, so the name is Jinan; The Chu people habitually called the capital "Ying", so it was also called Ji Ying.

After more than 300 years of development, at this time Chu had firmly controlled the Jianghan Plain and became a great power and a powerful country.

In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu went north to compete for hegemony, won the followers of many small countries in the Central Plains, and destroyed more than 50 countries, almost swallowing up the small countries surnamed Ji north of the Han River.

In the sixth year of King Zhou Qing, King Zhuang of Chu succeeded to the throne, and the State of Chu entered its heyday. The defeat of the Jin division is necessary; besieged the Song capital for five months, etc., and became one of the "Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period."

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu was in civil strife for a long time, and the king of Chuping killed the minister Wu Hao, and his son Wu Zixu went to Wu and said that Wu attacked Chu.

In the tenth year of King Chu Zhao, the Wu army invaded Yingdu, forcing King Chu Zhao to flee to Yunmengze and ask Qin for help, the following year; The Qin and Chu armies defeated the Wu army, and King Zhao returned the capital to Ji Ying, but moved the capital to Yan Ying for fear of Wu attacking; It is also said that he moved to Yan, and he did not return to Ji Ying until the twenty-fifth year of King Zhao.

From the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to the beginning of the Warring States Period, the power of the Chu State expanded to the east and west, and the King of Chu used Wu to change the law, and the Chu State re-emerged as one of the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States".

In the late Warring States period, while the Qin State became increasingly rich and powerful, the Chu State went into decline; In the twenty-ninth year of King Qin Zhao, Qin will Bai Qi successively invaded Yan Ying and Ji Ying, completely destroyed the capital, known as "Bai Qi Pulling Ying" in history, Chu Qingxiang King had to flee north to Chengyang, Chu built the capital in Jinan City for nearly 400 years, the early Han Dynasty had two generations of Linjiang kings here, but it was not long.

However, with this background, this Jiangling City has always been one of the metropolises of the Han Kingdom, and as soon as Gan Yi leaned ashore, he saw that at this time, the huge wharf was very prosperous.

However, as soon as they approached the shore, several patrolmen came up to them and told them to stop.

The captain of the patrol, who looked to be in his thirties, had a long beard, looked up and down the group with sharp eyes, and shouted: "Stop, who are you, which chamber of commerce?" ”

"General!" The captain of the caravan led by him hurriedly greeted him, and said with a grin: "We are from the Zhuge family, specializing in business, and we are going to go to Yangzhou, just stay here for one night and leave, this is our charm, please check it." ”

The captain of the patrol looked at it, and it was clearly marked, but he didn't return the runes, and flipped them over and looked at them.

The captain of the caravan was not in a hurry, took out a few silver coins from his waist and handed them to the captain of the patrol, and said with a smile: "The ship has carried some goods, but most of them are empty, and when you come back, you will enter some camellia and mountain goods, which means to honor you and you, if you are not at ease, you can enter the ship to check carefully." ”

"You know." The captain of the patrol took the money, it was Han money, and said with a smile to the patrol soldiers: "It's a serious businessman, let's go somewhere else!" ”

After all, salt, iron, tea and other monopoly materials, which are not on the ship, especially those who operate mountain goods, salt can be used as currency, and there is money, since the implementation of Han money, because of the excellent production, exquisite appearance, convenient and easy to use, it is very popular with merchants.

In the past, the money should be specially loaded with the car, and now, the copper money can be universal, if you want to carry a large number of money, then you only need to bring money and silver money, since the Han Emperor changed the yuan, the Han money was revised again, respectively, there are copper coins when five coins and when ten coins, silver coins when five coins and when ten coins, money when five coins and when ten coins issued, are all to a hundred into one, businessmen are very welcome to this money, today's Wu country, in fact, is also very welcome.

It's better than the money privately minted by those big households, who just want to imitate Han money, and it is easy to see, the color, sound, and often businessmen are easy to identify, and they just deceive some fools.

Gan Yi didn't speak, just looked at this familiar and unfamiliar city, showed a wry smile, and saw that the patrol was far away, so he took people and walked all the way forward.

I found a small inn to live in, the backyard of this store is a guest room, and the front is a restaurant.

The group followed Xiao Er to live in the backyard and rented a courtyard to live in.

Gan Yi, as well as the captain of the caravan (the hundred households of Jinyiwei), and the re-cultivators of the Dao veins pulled together at this time and briefly discussed the line.

"Brother Gan, when you arrive in Jiangling, we also have a local trading house, it is a small commercial house, it is not noticeable, you are now the dart owner invited by this caravan, our Jinyi Guard, is your guard, someone will contact you later, you must remember." The caravan captain said, "I can only stay here for one day, and tomorrow I will continue to the east." "Guangxi

The caravan is not for Gan Yi alone, and even after this time, he will not come to Jiangling again.

"I don't care, there are our people here." The cultivators whispered, their Dao lineage belonged to the same internal guard and the Hanlin Academy, and the specially established yamen was called Qin Tianjian.

The caravan captain nodded, and took out a box, only to see that it was full of money, all silver and gold coins, and the crystals were shining and dazzling.

"The amount of silver coins is one hundred, and the amount of gold coins is ten pieces, which is the fund sent by our Jinyiwei for this trip, and we will each have half of it."

took out another box and opened it, only to see that it was full of gold coins: "Brother Gan, this is your special fund, gold coins should be 100 coins, 100 coins, 10,000 yuan!" ”

Gan Yidu's eyes were a little straight in an instant, his current income is 10,000 yuan a month, and this fund requires him to work for 10,000 months to earn it.

Gan Yi has been working hard in the sailors, but a lot of dealing with water thieves, knowing that the life of water thieves is very hard, most of the water thieves are homeless fishermen, especially in these years, water thieves rob are desperate, some can rob, some can not rob, the source of income is only to collect some merchant ship protection fees, tolls, rarely can grab goods, even grab goods, but also have to endure the exploitation of black market merchants, can only sell at a price of 10%.

On the whole, ordinary water thieves are in a state of starvation, and those leaders save a few hundred dollars at most a year, and he takes so much money as a gift, which is very heavy, and I am afraid that he can buy a lot of deaths.

After Gan Yi picked up the money, he said: "This is my original hometown, I know it very well, everyone can rest assured." ”

As a general of the Navy Division, he has naturally seen a lot more money, and the annual construction funds of the Navy Division and the annual allowance of more than 10,000 Navy troops are not necessarily less than this.

Some of the funds were allocated to the re-cultivators, and the re-cultivation was accepted, feeling heavy, and he said with a smile: "With this money, it is enough, this Jiangling is still very prosperous!" ”

"Jiangling is bordered by the Great River in the south, Hanshui in the north, Bashu in the west, and Hunan and Guangdong in the south, how can it not be prosperous? It's really a rare place, but the levels are heavy. The captain of the Chamber of Commerce sighed and said: "This is all for the purpose of fighting, building a water division and building an army, which does not cost money?" ”

"Hmph, these checkpoints have long been controlled by the local wealthy families, and if one percent of the money obtained can fall into the hands of the government, even if it is good, if it is not, we will not be so easy to pass through unimpeded." Gan Yi was a familiar person, and said with a sneer.

After sneering, he remembered the battle of Xiangyang at the beginning, if he was willing to recruit troops, how could he not beat Xiangyang that time, if Wu Guo had Xiangyang, then he could enter the Central Plains in the north, and annex Jianghuai in the east, but in the end it fell short, the reason for this, he was naturally clear, and the shortcomings of the Jingzhou Sailor, how could he not know?

In this case, I am afraid that the effect will be too good, originally everyone was just a gentleman's friend, and these friends were not much better than themselves in the past, but now that they are in power, most of them are still sinking, and there must be many people who can persuade them to abandon the official and leave.

Gan Yi believes that it is true that Sun Yi has used some poor talents, but the shortcomings are still there, and it is impossible to squeeze out all the children of the wealthy family, not to mention that Sun Yi has only been in Jingzhou for a few years, and now after ascending the throne, Jingzhou will definitely not be able to take care of it, or restore the original state, unless Wu can still have a new king with his means and courage.

"King Wu is indeed a hero, but only my emperor is the true son of heaven, my emperor Jian pulls out people without sticking to one pattern, loves the people like a son, and implements benevolent government! We've been out there for a long time, and the more we feel like this! At this time, the hundred households of the accompanying Jinyi Guards said with a smile.

"You're right." Gan Yi thought of what he had encountered in Jingzhou in the past, and he agreed with it.

The talents I know will definitely not all be used by Sun Yi, and there will definitely be many talents who will be buried, so you can be invited to the army at this time, and you don't even have to run around, because it won't be long before you can fight back.

Gan Yi has a fire in his heart, this time not only to complete the original goal, but also to persuade some old friends who are still unwilling to abandon the dark and turn to the light as soon as possible, otherwise after waiting for some time, the big man may not need it.

However, he also knew that he couldn't startle the snake at this time, and said to the local Jinyi Wei Baihu: "You can't start easily here, I'll give you a list, and you send someone to secretly inquire about the news on this list, and mark those who have been promoted and those who have not been promoted." ”

As he spoke, he took out a roll of paper with a hundred and ten names and a simple place of origin.

"Brother Gan, don't worry, I will only need ten days at most for this list, and I will definitely investigate it all." The local brocade guards took it, and after sweeping it, they said.

"Well, but I have to go to Nanjun first, I can't startle the snake, wait until I recruit the navy, and then contact them one by one, and then return to the division." Gan Yi still said very shrewdly.

What Gan Yi wants to recruit this time is a few water thieves in Nangun, which has a large river network and many rivers and lakes, and can go down the river to the Han River and even into the big river.

There are several water thief leaders here, who once had some connections with his family, and also had a friendship with him, who went to persuade him, plus money, he was seven or eight points sure, but he was sure that there were at least two thousand water thieves.

The accompanying Jinyi Wei Baihu only escorted them all the way and secretly supervised them, as for how Gan Yi's mission was completed, it had nothing to do with them, and they didn't have to pay attention to it.

At the moment, they divided into several ways, each of them said goodbye and went out, each carrying out its own task.

Waiting for Gan Yi and Chongxiu to leave, the captain of the Chamber of Commerce breathed a sigh of relief and went out to order, Xiao Er listened to the order, and was busy fetching water for him to wash his face and feet.

The captain of the Chamber of Commerce washed up, cleaned up, and then went downstairs to eat.

A few people from the Chamber of Commerce booked a table, and one person saw the hall full of laughter and laughter, so he smiled and said to the captain: "They finally left, to be honest, every time I walk with these people, I feel uncomfortable." ”

The captain also smiled bitterly and said, "No way, who told the owner to have an order?" Don't say much here, so as not to show your mouth! ”

"That's right!" A few other people couldn't help laughing, and when they were about to say more, the restaurant ran with a large plate of steaming wine and food to come up to the table, and then they didn't say anything more, one of them raised a glass and said with a smile: "But it's finally done, come, I toast you!" ”

Saying that he raised a glass to the captain, the captain drank it in one sip, and also stretched out the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, he did feel relaxed in his heart, they also have their tasks, go out on a field job, too many tasks are not good, a little carelessness will go wrong, and even his life is worried, naturally it is better to have more than one thing.