Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Gan Ning took out his whistle and blew, and the sailor steered the fishing boat towards him. Zhou Tai signaled with a command flag, and the cargo ship loaded with coins also slowly headed north.

Standing on tiptoe, Zhuge Jin raised his head and looked forward. He vaguely saw a person sitting under the fishing boat shed. Sure enough, his upper body was covered with a black cloth.

"Mr. Ziyu, let's set off together, how about boarding each boat?" Lan Tian gestured with his hand.

"Thank you, General, for taking care of me..." Zhuge Jin cupped his hands in salute.

The entourages on both sides kept a battle distance, headed into the river side by side, and the sailors on the boat also changed boats. When everything was ready, both sides boarded the boat at the same time.

"Quickly lift the anchor and sail the boat." Lan Tian boarded the boat and ordered immediately, and Gan Ning followed and directed the sailors to row the oars.

On the other side, because of the small size of the fishing boat, it was swung back and forth by the Yangtze River. Zhou Tai grabbed the bow rope to fix it, and asked his followers to help Zhuge Jin onto the boat.

"Great Governor?" Zhuge Jin called softly after getting on the boat, only to see the man's body move slightly, but he didn't respond to himself.

At this time Zhou Tai also boarded the boat. Seeing that Zhuge Jin was standing there in a daze, he strode up and took off the black cloth. say.

"The governor, I'll help you." Zhou Tai took off the cloth stuffed in the opponent's mouth, brushed away the messy hair falling from his forehead, and a strange face appeared in front of him.

Zhou Tai backed away in shock, causing the fishing boat to sway from side to side. He pointed at the prisoner and shouted, "He is not the governor, Mr. Ziyu, we have been fooled, hurry up and catch up with Lantian."

The sailors moved when they heard the order, but there were only four oars on board, and they couldn't get up as fast as they wanted.

Zhuge Jin panicked and ran to the shed. He found that the person was neither Lu Meng, nor Pan Zhang, Han Dang, Zhu Ran and others. Suddenly, there was a buzzing in his head. Did Lan Tian lie to him?

No, Fang Zhou Mu didn't act like that, Zhuge Jin hypnotized himself.

"who are you?"

Zhou Tai grabbed the prisoner's collar and asked viciously, but the other party's eyes were blank and he was unwilling to answer at all.

Zhuge Jin was a little panicked, he ran to the bow of the boat, and shouted not far away: "General Lan, please stop the boat, I have something to say, it's wrong...

As expected, Lan Tian ordered people to stop, and walked to the stern, smiled and clasped his fists: "Mr. Ziyu, what else can I do?"

Seeing that he was calm and relaxed, Zhuge Jin was even more puzzled. He hurriedly asked: "General Lan made a mistake. This prisoner of war is not the commander-in-chief at all. Send him back quickly."

"When did I say that this prisoner is Lu Meng?" Lan Tian asked back.

"You're talking about a high-ranking general. Who else could it be if it wasn't the Commander-in-Chief Lu Meng? If you want to deceive my lord maliciously, how serious the consequences will be?" Zhuge Jin felt faintly uncomfortable when he saw Lan Tian cheating.

Lan Tian replied solemnly: "This general is innocent, so why would he do those dishonest things? Does the senior general represent Lu Meng? His military position is nothing more than General Huwei."

"Don't worry about Ziming's military rank, he is the governor of our Jiangdong, and I don't know this person, so you can't just find someone to make up for it?" Zhuge Jin argued.

Lan Tian frowned and said, "The man on your boat is called Yu Jin. He is General Zuo under Cao Bandit's command. This military rank is no better than that of Lu Meng? A senior general is worthy of his name, right?"

Zhuge Jin and Zhou Tai behind him were stunned. Jiang Dong spent 6000 million in exchange for a Cao Ying general?

"But we are redeeming the Jiangdong general, and we are not interested in even Cao Cao himself. General Lan, please change it for us." Zhuge Jin hurriedly bowed and begged for mercy.

"The ransom goods have been delivered, how can you ask for a replacement at will? If you want to change if you are not satisfied, wouldn't things be messed up? How much time do I have to play with you? Besides, this is the rule of dark redemption. You have to take the risk because you are greedy, and if you redeem your mistakes now, you are no different from others." Lan Tian said with certainty.

"But...but I can't make the job..." Zhuge Jin was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Lan Tian frowned and stroked his beard, "Ziyu can go to those trading houses and ask, the so-called goods will not be returned or exchanged after leaving the cabinet. This matter is indeed your fault, but it doesn't matter if you spend a little money. Yu Jin has a high status in Cao Cao's heart. It can be resold to him.”

"Ah, this..." Zhuge Jin was at a loss.

Lan Tian waved his hand: "Ziyu should take Yu Jin back to report first, no, my fleet will wait here for a while, maybe your master wants to buy some middle-level generals?"

"I..." Zhuge Jin was in distress.

Zhou Tai came behind him and advised, "This person is deliberately setting a trap for us. This fishing boat can't catch up with Lantian. We should go back and report to the lord first. At worst, we will fight them with the navy."

"It has to be like this." Zhuge Jin beat cucumbers like frost, and his whole body had no strength.

The two boarded the big ship with Yu Jin, and everyone on board was stunned when they saw that it wasn't Lu Meng. Sun Quan got angry and scolded Zhuge Jin and Zhou Tai in public, and then sent someone to take Yu Jin out of the cabin and settle him down.

After the storm was over, Sun Quan asked the civil and military officers on board to express their opinions. The dumb people had already suffered, and the prisoners had to be abandoned.

Gu Yong complained in a low voice: "I said to buy the middle-level generals first, in case there is a small loss in Lantian's fraud, and now it is 6000 million to redeem the ban..."

"Okay, this is the end of this matter." Sun Quan suddenly shouted angrily, which shocked Gu Yong's body.

Seeing that the scene was under control, Sun Quan continued to ask with false eyes: "That guy Xuan Ou is a rascal in the market. I didn't like him the first time I saw him. I can't keep playing tricks like this. Does he have anything to say?"

"General Lan gave us the news that the rest of the redemption transaction has not yet been negotiated..." Zhuge Jin replied with his head bowed.

Sun Quan slammed on the railing, "You have so much courage, You Ping, order the warship to enter combat readiness, and I will go to meet him in person."

"Wei." Zhou Tai nodded and cupped his fists.

"That humble job..." Zhuge Jin knew that he had messed up his job, so he faced Sun Quan speechlessly at this moment.

Sun Quan snorted coldly: "It's hard work for Ziyu to take Yu Jin to Ruxu and imprison him. What that bastard Lan Tian said is not wrong. We paid such a high price for Cao Cao's restraint, and spent a billion to redeem his general. Isn't that reasonable?"

Chapter 619 Liu Bei Changjiang meets Sun Quan

The Jiangdong water army was suddenly mobilized, and Gan Ning was reminded by Lantian that he had been prepared, and immediately mobilized the warships to line up.

The Jingzhou phalanx is neatly formed, with fighting ships and warships intertwined in front, guarding the large ship in the middle. The Jingzhou navy shipbuilding is mainly pragmatic. This large ship was captured by Su Fei, so it is considered ruthless to take it out to confront Sun Quan. Slap in the face.

Sun Quan stood above Louchuan Yunfei, and the two sides stopped a few feet away to fight each other. According to Sun Quan's intention, Zhou Tai shouted at Louchuan, "Lan Tian, ​​please come out and answer."

After Zhou Tai yelled a few times, Lan Tian strode to the front of the deck, with Gan Ning and Gao Yuan standing on both sides.

"General Sun, I haven't seen you for many years, but I still look good." Lan Tian clasped his fists and saluted.

Sun Quan nodded slightly in response, and replied coldly: "When I met Chai Sang in the past, I knew that Mr. is not an idle person. I don't think that after many years, you will be an important minister. It's amazing."

Lan Tian ignored Sun Quan's ridicule, and replied loudly: "In fact, I have no knowledge. It all depends on the officials' intentions, the people's sympathy, and the opponent's foil. General Sun, please don't get me wrong. The opponent I am talking about is Cao thief..."

After hearing this, Sun Quan's face turned livid, and he thought to himself, what opponent do you emphasize as a foil?Who would believe that Cao Cao would set off for you?The Yangtze River News, which I have talked about for a few days, must quote you.

"There is nothing to say about the defeat of the Jiangdong Army, but when the two sides exchanged prisoners just now, you actually used deceitful means to defraud property. Back then, you did a lot of extortion at Ziheng (Lu Fan), and you defrauded so much ill-gotten wealth, sir. He Anye? If you can repent and return Ziming (Lv Meng) to Jiangdong, then you can forget about it. If you don't, hehe..." Sun Quan's words were threatening.

Lan Tian shook his head and laughed loudly: "Don't say I want to send Lu Meng back, but it's a pity that he was captured by Yun Chang's general Zhou Cang, and it seems that he was taken to the front line of Fancheng and given to Cao thief..."

"Give Ziming to Cao Cao? Why?" Sun Quan was shocked.

Lan Tian spread his hands together: "How can you know what General Guan intends? But it should be similar to my purpose, either to exchange some money and food, or to exchange some cities, otherwise it's pointless to raise someone for nothing."

Unexpectedly, when Lu Meng went to Cao Cao's place, Sun Quan frowned and asked one after another: "Since the high-ranking general is Yu Jin, who are the middle-ranking generals and ordinary generals? They can't all be Cao Cao's generals, right?"

"There are so many names that I can't remember, but I guarantee that the rest of the generals are all warriors under General Sun." Lan Tian replied with cupped fists.

Sun Quan heard the word "warrior" was particularly harsh, but he held back his anger and continued to ask: "Who are those three mid-level generals? Even if you want a secret ransom, you should explain it, otherwise who knows if they are just pretenders."

Lan Tian seemed a bit embarrassed, but finally said frankly: "General Sun is right, the middle-ranking generals are Zhu Ran, Sun Jiao, and Gu Li..."

"Where's Pan Zhang? Where's Han Dang? Are they among the generals?" Sun Quan was puzzled.

Lan Tian smiled slightly: "Both Pan and Han are dead. If General Sun asks for the corpse, after all the prisoners of war are sold, I can return it as a gift. There is no ransom for the dead..."

Sun Quan's eyes darkened and he almost fainted. He gritted his teeth and grasped the handrail tightly. Death on the battlefield was beyond his control, but seeing Lan Tian's smile was too disgusting.

"Mr. is involved, can you tell me who they killed for?" Sun Quan's eyes were cold.

Lan Tian squeezed his chin in a state of contemplation: "Pan Zhang was beheaded by Yun Chang's eldest son Guan Ping during the battle. As for Han Dang, he died earlier, it seems that he died of internal strife among his own people..."

"Old General Han is generous, how could he have grudges with others?" Sun Quan argued in a deep voice.

"I don't know about that, but according to the prisoners of war, the man who killed Han Dang seems to be Lu Meng..." Lan Tian smiled mysteriously.

Everyone on the Feiyun deck was shocked, Zhang Zhao paced back and forth, saying plausibly: "Impossible, impossible, they cannot fight among themselves."

"Lan Ziyu, you don't want to drive us apart." Sun Quan's eyes were bloodshot, he looked at Lan Tian and yelled loudly.

With an innocent face on his face, Lan Tian clasped his hands and said, "What's the benefit of me separating these two people? Isn't it easy to get the truth out? Most of your Jiangdong soldiers know the inside story. General Sun can redeem it and ask slowly. General Sun today Wouldn't it be just reminiscing about the old days when we met each other? If so, I won't accompany you, Jiaozhou still has a lot of mundane affairs to deal with."

Sun Quan stared at Lan Tian with piercing eyes and said, "The 6000 million that you cheated before is enough to redeem Zhu Ran and the three of them, and I will give you the extra [-]."

"General Sun is confused. Our deal is calculated one by one. If you want to redeem Zhu Ran, Sun Jiao, and Gu Li, you also need to match five thousand soldiers, a total of three hundred million yuan." Lan Tian tit-for-tat.

"Mr. is so greedy, are you afraid that I will write to Liu Xuande? Even if he doesn't punish you for your corruption, he will punish you for instigating a war with Jiangdong. If Guan Yu is defeated in Fancheng, you will suffer from the enemy." Sun Quan said directly threaten.

"Hahaha, General Sun is so forgetful. Which time did you not take the lead in rebelling against the alliance? Besides, what if General Guan wins? Cao Cao is too busy to take care of himself, will he fight with you?" Lan Tian looked up and laughed.

Sun Quan yelled: "Lan Tian, ​​do you really think I'm joking? With your current arrogant attitude, can the Sun and Liu families still make peace? You are the sinner of our two families, and Liu Xuande will not keep you sooner or later."

"Shut up." A majestic voice sounded from the opposite side, and Sun Quan saw the familiar figure.

Sun Quan asked in surprise, "Why is Xuande here?"

"Don't be a villain in vain, Zhongmou. Ziyu is Bei's right-hand man. He can make decisions for me here. If it weren't for the remonstrance of the officials, I would have sent troops to Jiangdong. I wouldn't talk to you about buying prisoners of war. So if you want to fight, you have to talk about Liu Bei. I will accompany you." Liu Bei finished standing for Lan Tian, ​​and then walked into the cabin with a flick of his sleeves.

Sun Quan rubbed his eyes, turned around and asked, "Did I read it right just now? Liu Bei is actually in Jiangxia?"

"My lord, Liu Bei has arrived in Jiangxia at this time, maybe he really intends to take over Jiangdong, why not agree to Lantian's request as soon as possible, and redeem as much as he can..." Zhang Zhao bowed to persuade.

Seeing Sun Quan looking at him, Gu Yong immediately cupped his hands and said, "It is possible to redeem some, but the amount is still too large, and it is still very difficult to redeem all of them..."

Sun Quan turned around and looked back at Lantian, with helplessness in his words: "Since Xuande is here in person, then do as Mr. said, but such a large amount cannot be collected in a short period of time."

"Actually, it doesn't matter. How many property are handed over to how many prisoners of war? If it doesn't work in one month, it can be two months, or in one year, two years, or five years. However, the rations of these prisoners will be converted to us by General Sun. After all, every day we open our mouths. It's expenses..." Lan Tian replied with a smile.

Sun Quan gritted his teeth when he heard this, and thought to himself that the price of the rations was not known to be high, and he still had to spend as much money as possible to redeem it, and gave up some if he was not able to do it.

"If the money is not enough, can we pay in kind?" Sun Quan asked.

Lan Tian nodded sharply: "It's no problem, money, food, cattle and sheep, cloth, including cities..."

6 Chapter Twenty

Sun Quan was startled, and immediately asked vigilantly: "City? General Lan said so loudly, are you trying to let me cede the land?"

Lan Tian waved his hands and explained: "No, how can Lan be so rude, I don't want your Yangzhou city, but the E county that you occupy is Jiangxia's land, so there is nothing wrong with taking it back?"

"Hmph, General Lan has a lot of appetite, how much is E County worth?" Sun Quan asked back.

Lan Tian probed softly: "There are many lakes and mountains in E County, and there are not many people. How about the right to make [-] million?"

"With 300 million yuan, you just want to change a county? It's only more than [-] miles away from Chaisang. What do you want to do, General Lan?" Sun Quan's expression became even colder.

E County was originally under the rule of Jiangxia. Since Sun Quan defeated Huang Zu, the area has been controlled by Jiangdong, and it was the first station for Chaisang to enter Jingzhou. However, because of its isolation, Sun Quan did not pay much attention to this area. Sun Quan instinctively felt that he had other plans.

Lan Tian didn't change his face, and smiled slightly: "General Sun doesn't need to think too much, I proposed E County as a bargaining chip, but I just wanted to make Jiangxia complete. If you don't agree, it's fine. In fact, the place is too remote and not worth [-] million. Maybe it will drag down Jiangxia County..."

Sun Quan's doubts were relieved, and he continued to ask: "What price do you pay for grain, cattle and sheep, and cloth?"

Lan Tian thought for a while, then frowned and replied, "Grain 220 renminbi/stone, farm cattle 6000 renminbi/head, sheep 400 renminbi/head, linen 450 renminbi/horse..."

Seeing that Lantian's offer was reasonable, Sun Quan didn't open his mouth again, and his broken face finally eased.

"Sir and the King of Hanzhong, please go back. I will go back and discuss with my officials. We will meet in two days and discuss it again."

"Okay, General Sun please go ahead."

The original tense scene, with the departure of the warships of Sun and Liu, the congested river returned to calm.

Sun Quan's fleet docked in E County in the evening. Because the county is small, the conditions are poor, and the reception capacity is insufficient, Sun Quan spent the night on board.

At night, Sun Quan summoned a group of civil and military men to Louchuan Feiyun, and he wanted to discuss with them the matter of redeeming the prisoners of war.

The prisoners of war in Jingzhou mainly come from Lu Meng, Han Dang, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran and other ministries, so even if the Jiangdong nobles have been persuaded, it is difficult to marry others.

Lan Tian's words at noon gave them hope again, because the two generals Han Dang and Pan Zhang had died in battle. Although their trilogy can be inherited by their children and grandchildren, they now have to spend money to redeem them. They may not be able to pay the high price. Shang Han Zong and Pan Ping are mediocre, and they may not have the heart to compete for the trilogy.

After getting Sun Quan's acquiescence, Gu Yong was particularly active, speaking frequently in the cabin, saying that the Jiangdong clan should do their best to overcome difficulties together with Sun Quan.

The Jiangdong gentry, represented by Gu Yong, claimed the task of raising more than half of the ransom, and the pressure came to Zhang Zhao and others. After much deliberation, he decided to send his idea to E County.

"My lord, there are few people in the remote area of ​​E County. Anyway, it belongs to Jiangxia. If Lantian really wants it, it's not a bad idea..." Zhang Zhao stood up with an old face.

"Ceding land and paying compensation, the only thing missing is a proton. Zibu wants to make me a laughing stock?" Sun Quan frowned.

The Huaisi generals headed by Zhou Tai were silent, because Zhang Zhao was fighting for their interests, and Gu Yong, Quan Cong and other Jiangdong gentry representatives were not easy to refute, except that E County was not their sphere of influence, and the trilogy they bought Most of them come from the Huaisi sect.

When the two do not help each other, only Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao are left to fight.

Zhang Zhaoyu said earnestly: "In today's troubled times, the protection of the environment and the people depends on the army. Although it is more expensive to buy Lantian now, the old trilogy is well-known. We have to send troops to garrison when we stay in E County. We will come and go twice. It’s a deficit, isn’t it enough to make ends meet? The veteran thinks that it’s worthwhile to exchange E County for [-] soldiers, so why should my lord care about those false names?”

Looking around the field of civil and military affairs, Sun Quanxu raised his eyes and asked, "Do you have any other opinions?"

Sun Quan's inquiry was like a small stone falling into a pond. After the sound of ding dong, he didn't even bubble up. His mood at this time seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar. The feeling was just like the battle of Chibi back then.

The same formula, familiar taste, and the person who took the lead in "forced palace" have not changed.

"My lord, those who achieve major events must act decisively. General Bo Fu (Sun Ce) in the past exchanged the Jade Seal of Chuan Guo for Yuan Shu's 81 soldiers and horses. Only then did he conquer the six counties and [-] prefectures in the east of the Yangtze River. The national treasure can still be parted, let alone a small frontier county?" Zhang Zhao continued to 'force' with reasoning.

Sun Quan's face gradually became stiff. People, officials, and hostile forces could scold him for anything, but he hated comparing himself with Sun Ce the most.

Sun Quan admitted that he was not as good as his brother in conquest, but he lived more than ten years longer than that little overlord. Doesn't this require skill?