This year, the flash flood in Tianmu Mountain, the flooding of Shuangxi, the water of Taihu Lake rose sharply, a large area of paddy fields were flooded, and there was an ocean everywhere. Many families, before the Chinese New Year, have a shortage of food, the spring has begun, the green and yellow are not harvested, and the price of grain has skyrocketed. Many families have eaten the last meal but not the next meal. The bark and grass roots are eaten, there is really no way, some people go to a place to dig a kind of 'Guanyin soil' to satisfy hunger, eat this kind of thing, there is no nutrition not to say, and can not pull down the, the common people complain bitterly.

Liu Yong saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. So, he came to Gu's father-in-law's house to discuss with his son Shou Song.

Gu Fuchang was seriously ill for many days, and Liu Yong followed Shousong to Gu Fuchang's sickbed first. Dao: Father-in-law Gu, are you more comfortable?

Gu Fuchang said weakly: It seems that this old life can't be saved. I don't care, it's normal for people to die of old age, sickness and death. It's a pity that those starving blind dates died not of illness but starvation, which is really sad.

Liu Yongdao: You can rest assured, you only care about recuperation. I'm here to take a look at your old man, and I want to discuss this matter with Brother Shousong.

Gu Fuchang said again: What is there to discuss, Hubei rice has always been the best, why don't you go there and get some to save the local people.

Liu Yongdao: The virtuous nephew also thinks so.

Gu Fuchang said again: Then you discuss and make arrangements.

Gu Shousong said: This is because Daddy is not in good health, and he can't leave for a while.

Gu Fuchang said: Hey, my old bones, I can't die all of a sudden. You've got food, maybe I'll be cured. What's more, if you stay by my side every day, your illness may not be better.

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Liu Yong and Gu Shousong took Liu Ling and Wang Baohe, called the boss of Caoyun Valley, went out of Taimu, and marched west along the Yangtze River to Wuhan.

Even though it was a boat against the current, it was smooth with the help of the wind.

They successfully found the seller, loaded 100,000 quintals of rice onto the ship, and shipped it back. At the border between Hubei and Anhui, the road was still safe, and when Anhui entered Jiangsu to enter Taihu Lake, Shou Song ordered the fleet to be suspended, and he asked Shou Song and Wang Baohe to guard the fleet, and he and Liu Ling went to the front to investigate.

When they came, they had already inquired, there is a Sanshan Island on the surface of the Yangtze River in the northeast of Taihu Lake, and the bandits on the island gathered to rob the passing transport ships, but there is also a team of bodyguards on the island, as long as they have enough money, they can come forward to escort the bodyguards, they can get through this section safely and be sent directly to the south shore of Taihu Lake.

Liu Yong changed into shabby clothes and ordered a fishing boat to go to Sanshan Island. They quietly inquired and found the red-nosed dragon Ah San, who collected the deposit and patted his chest to ensure that their people and goods could be safely delivered to the south bank of Taihu Lake.

The red-nosed Ah San and the guards returned to the grain ship with Liu Yong, and Liu Yong saw that Long Ah and the three of them were carrying spears, and it was not a big problem to deal with the refugees.

When crossing Sanshan Island, Long Asan stood at the bow of the ship and hoisted the flag with the word "dragon" on the mast, and sure enough, he was safe and sound, and no one came to fight the idea of these grain ships.

Liu Yong and Shou Song also relaxed their hearts and completely relaxed their vigilance.

That night, Liu Yong and Shou Song, they drank a few glasses of wine, and the red-nosed Ah San said: You can rest in peace, tomorrow morning, the boat will be able to leave Taihu Lake, and it will not be too late to call you then.

Liu Yong and the others were nervous for a few days, and now there were red-nosed Ah San bodyguards, so they all went to sleep in the cabin, and they slept until dawn and woke up, and found that the ship had been docked.

Liu Yong was surprised by Shou Song and said: What's the matter, let's take a look when the ship docks!

They walked out of the cabin and took a look, but it was amazing that only the boat they were on the shore was on the shore, and the boat behind them was gone, and the red-nosed Ah San's dart team and the boatman carrying the grain had also disappeared without a trace.

Shou Song and Liu Yong looked at each other and said: We were fooled.

Shou Song asked: What can I do about this?

Liu Ling said: We are all right, we are lucky.

Liu Yong patted his head with remorse and said: It's all my fault that I looked away, and it's too cowardly for us to go back like this. If Gu Liu's father-in-law knew that we had lost our food, how could his old man bear it.

Shou Song thought of his father and said sadly: Brother Guan Jing is right, this is my father's last wish, we can't just go back, let's think about it again.

The three discussed, Liu Yong proposed to go back to Sanshan Island to find clues to the red-nosed Ah San, but Shou Song and Xing Xiao felt that it was too risky and resolutely refused to allow it.

Liu Yong looked at the lake, but saw that there was no shop in front of the village and behind the village, so he suggested: Let's find out what kind of place this is.

Early in the morning, there were not many boats on the river, and finally a small fishing boat came, they hurriedly waved their hands to intercept it, the fishing boat did not know the details of the three people, and did not dare to approach, Shou Song shouted: "Uncle, where is this?" ”

Seeing that he was asking for directions, the old man got a little closer and replied loudly: "Ten miles to the east is Lieshan!" ”

Liu Ling is familiar with Jiangsu, he said: This is already the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui, and I don't know where the red-nosed Ah San hid the grain boat.

Liu Yong frowned and said: It seems that the red-nosed Ah San is a veteran, it must not be the first time to do this, they robbed the goods, there must be a place to sell the stolen goods, last night when we fell asleep, the boat was still in Sanshan, there are just a few towns on the lake here, we hired a small boat to inquire along the line, and we will be able to find their traces.

Shou Song worried: Even if we find traces, what can we do?

Liu Yong confidently said: This is already the boundary of Jiangsu, our soldiers are divided into two routes, Liu Ling rushed back, no one said, go directly to my in-laws, let him ask for help from Master Ma, I and Shou Song along the lake to explore, if you find anything suspicious, you will tie a red cloth at the ferry, and report to Xing Yuan.

After Liu Ling agreed, he went ashore first. Liu Yong, Shou Song, Wang Bao and hired boats walked along the islands, went ashore to inspect every wharf, and three days later they found a large amount of rice scattered at the Xishan ferry.

Liu Yong and Shou Song immediately went to the town to investigate, Xishan Town is not big, there are only more than 10,000 people in total, Xingji Grain Store is in the west of the town, Liu Yong and Shou Song ordered two bowls of noodles at the noodle stall in front of Xingji Grain Store, they ate noodles slowly, and their eyes looked around.

Seeing that Liu Yong and the others were not like locals, the noodle stall owner asked: Where did the guest officer come from?

Liu Yongdao: We came from Hunan, and we heard that your grain here is cheap, and we want to sell some rice.

The owner of the noodle stall said with a smile: Your ears are really smart, the day before yesterday, a lot of truckloads of rice were transported to our and the state, and the price of grain fell a lot all of a sudden.

Liu Yong and Shou Song sighed in their hearts, they glanced at each other, and they knew what to expect.

Shou Song asked: Do you know where the rice came from this time?

The owner of the noodle stall said: I heard that it was the rice that the red-nosed Ah San sold from Hubei, and the rice in Hubei is good, and the rice can be opened up when cooked, saving grain.

Liu Yong smiled at Shousong, and they finished eating the noodles and left.

Liu Yongdao: Let's hurry back to the original ferry port and wait for Liu Ling.

After Liu Ling and Liu Yong separated, they hurried to Nanxun, and the family did not return, so they called Qiu Xiancha to go to the governor's mansion to find his cousin Ma for help. Lord Ma immediately asked the political envoy of Jiang Ning to contact An Luchu and Daodao Tai Hong to assist, and Lord Hong sent troops to search along the lake with Liu Ling, and finally found Liu Yong and Shou Song at the original wharf.

According to the clues, the officers and soldiers of An Lu Chuhe Dao arrested the red-nosed Ah San and others who were playing with the red lotus girl in a green building in Dongshan, and found the boat where Boss Gu was seized in the bay of Sanshan Island, and found Boss Gu who was tied up there in several broken houses. Later, I learned that just about to get out of Taihu Lake, suddenly, more than a dozen boats burst out of the reeds, and dozens of people were holding guns, in fact, they were all arranged by the red-nosed Ah San.

Then, they returned the 100,000 quintals of rice that they had sold to various places to Shousong, and escorted them across Taihu Lake.

100,000 quintals of rice arrived in Nanxun, no one dared to hoard rice within a radius of 100 miles, suppressing not only the price of rice in Nanxun, Liu Yong also said that the 100,000 quintals of rice were donated to Huzhou as a disaster relief to solve the problem of food shortage for the people of Huzhou, so that the people of Huzhou survived a disaster that had not been encountered in a century.

Shou Song told his father the good news, and Gu Fuchang said again and again: Okay! Good! My family bears half of it. Gu Fuchang suddenly lifted his spirits and was able to get up. He asked his children and grandchildren to help him go to the street to see, Zhu put on a big leather jacket for Gu Fuchang, and the two grandsons helped him out of the gate of Gu's mansion, Gu Fuchang stood at the door for a while, he looked at the silk line in the north, and sighed: Nanxun people, there is a good reward, if there is an afterlife, I Gu Fuchang will be born in Nanxun.