Three thousand miles in exile

There is a sand table model in Liu Zhan's house. Although the model is simple, it simulates the terrain from Tongtianguan to Yandi according to the real mountain road conditions.

"Look here." Liu Zhan pointed to several sharp stones in the northwest of Tongtian Pass. "This is a rocky place. The last time I stepped on it, I found a natural cave in it. The cave is not big, but it is more than enough for temporary storage."

Song Fenglin is no stranger to this rocky belt. When the weather is fine, you can also see it from the gate tower of Tongtianguan to the northwest. This rocky belt is located on a cliff, and it is difficult for people to go up to the sky. The belt is very close to Tongtian Pass.

Liu Zhan smiled mysteriously and took out a roll of thick hemp rope from under the table, with a bamboo basket tied to one end of the hemp rope, and Liu Zhan took out another roller.

"Tomorrow, I will lead people to set up a few supports at the entrance of the cave. We only need to pull the grain under the cliff, and then hang it up with ropes and bamboo baskets. Once it is transported up, we will turn around and slowly transfer it to the pass."

Song Fenglin was pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect Liu Zhan to think of this method, and the problem of grain transportation was solved.

"You said you wanted to take Yangshuzhuang first?"

"No, I've changed my mind. My first goal is Shijiaozhuang." After Liu Zhan said that, he inserted a branch tied with a red ribbon in the place where Shijiazhuang was located. "Although Yangshuzhuang is the closest to Tongtianguan, the melon fields and plum blossoms are easy to remind the Yan people of us. I don't want to be exposed so soon. The longer the delay, the better for us."

Liu Zhan thought carefully, Song Fenglin nodded in agreement, and asked again. "Any tactics?"

"Of course." Liu Zhan put a wooden chess piece with the word "bing" written on it on the edge of the forest. "This is the archer ambushing in the woods, responsible for the rear when retreating."

Another wargame was placed in the village. "This is the forward, responsible for controlling the people. We will lock the Yan people in one place."

Another wargame was placed outside the village. "This is a light-packed food transport team that is only responsible for transporting food."

With such a clear division of labor and mutual cooperation, they can search Yandi as quickly as possible. Liu Zhan's tactical sophistication once again impressed Song Fenglin.

After that, the training intensity of the soldiers was more than doubled than before, and the whole Tongtian Pass seemed to be facing an enemy. The soldiers didn't understand it until the day when Liu Zhan was planning to rob the food, and Liu Zhan called the whole battalion to hold an oath meeting.

All the soldiers in the battalion took off their military uniforms and put on private ones, only the weapons in their hands were shiny.

Liu Zhan was dressed in black, with a long knife on his waist, and a bow and arrow on his back. He stood on the stage ready to go, and glanced sharply at the soldiers below the stage.

"Are you wondering why you have been training non-stop for days, and I will tell you today that at midnight tonight, the entire battalion of soldiers from our battalion raided Yandi!"

As soon as Liu Zhan finished speaking, there was an uproar in the school grounds.

"Everyone be quiet!" Cao Zhuang roared.

Liu Zhan quickly drew out the saber from his waist and pointed it straight ahead, saying sonorously. "The people of Yan invaded our territory of Great Chu, burning, killing and looting all kinds of crimes! We are soldiers of Chu! Guarding the land! Guarding our homeland! It is the duty of the soldiers! We are all hot-blooded men, how can we stand aside!"

Liu Zhan pointed his long knife in the direction of Yan Guo again. "The land of Yan under Tongtian Pass is the granary of the Yan army. Our goal today is to sneak attack on the granary of the Yan people. All the supplies will be transported back to Guanzhong. All soldiers who participated in the battle will get one share, and those who fight bravely will get two shares! You may wish Follow me to fight!"

All the soldiers on the school field were stunned for a moment, and then burst into enthusiastic shouts.

The others didn't understand, but they understood Liu Zhan's last sentence!Everyone can get a share of the food and grass obtained!

Liu Zhan signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Before departure, I will make three chapters here!"

"One, don't create extra branches!"

"Second, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

"Third, don't bully women from good families!"

"Those who violate these three rules will be dealt with by military law!"

Later at night, Liu Zhan led the team to set off.

To the north of Tongtian Pass, through the dense forest, there is a steep slope down the mountain. There is only one stone plank road to pass through. Walking along the plank road all the way to the end is another dense forest. There is no road in this dense forest. Walking out of the dense forest is the jurisdiction of Yan Kingdom.

There are several tribes outside the dense forest. These tribes are located in the hilly area at the foot of Qiyun Mountain. Because of the abundant and fertile land, each tribe is very rich and specializes in supplying food and grass for the Yan army on the front line.

At midnight, everything is silent.

A team of hundreds of people squatted silently in the dense forest.

Liu Zhan lowered his voice and ordered. "According to the original plan, the forwards will form a group of three, and one flag will be divided into three groups. One extra person will be in charge of the watch and take care of each other. Remember not to act alone. If you hear the whistle, retreat immediately no matter what!"

The leaders whispered yes.

This year was the fifth year of Hongzhi Emperor Xuan of Chu, the fifth year when the Liu family was assigned, the third year when Yunzhong Academy was established, and the first year when Liu Zhan decided to cultivate power in Qiyun Mountain.

In the autumn of the same year, the Yan army continued to attack the Cangxia Plain, burning, killing and looting wherever they went. It was scorched earth, but the Yan family was afraid that Emperor Xuan would reprimand him for reporting good news instead of bad news. No one in the capital knew about the tragic situation in Cangxia Plain.

In the autumn of the same year, Emperor Xuan wanted to draft a lot of talent to fill the harem. It was rumored among the people that Emperor Xuan had ten daughters in one night.

In the autumn of the same year, the triennial autumn examination was about to start, and students from all over the world gathered in prefectures and cities.

It was also in the fall of this year that Liu Zhan swept through several Yandi villages and quickly accumulated his first fortune.

Because Liu Zhan had a clear purpose in pretending to be a bandit, the people of Yan did not pay much attention to it.

In the afternoon of this day, Liu Zhan was sitting on the grand master's chair, propping his face with one hand and playing with the jade pendant unconsciously with the other, looking out the window at the scene of busy building the barracks.

Wen Qingshan made a daily report on the side. "Last night, a great victory was made. A total of 2000 taels of grain, 300 taels of copper coins, 40 taels of silver, [-] taels of gold, [-] pieces of cloth, and dozens of pigs and sheep were seized. Please have a look."

After finishing speaking, Wen Qingshan handed the account book to Liu Zhan for review, but Liu Zhan waved his hand and did not look at it. "According to the usual practice, each brother will be given two stones of grain and five hundred qian, and one tael of silver will be added to those who are brave." He suddenly thought of something and said. "How much gold is in the treasury?"

Wen Qingshan hurriedly opened the account book and replied. "A total of 210 taels."

"Where's the silver?"

"There are two thousand six hundred and fifty one taels of silver."

These are all the trophies they robbed from the villages of the country of Yan by pretending to be bandits during this period. The villages of the country of Yan are all controlled by the nobles, and the ordinary working people are just tenant farmers. Zhan didn't want to do such a wicked thing, he only robbed nobles and wealthy households, and the spoils included not only food but also gold, silver and jewelry.

Liu Zhan waved his hands and stopped listening. "Let Mr. Song have a look."

After all, he got up and went to find someone.

When Liu Zhan came to look for Song Fenglin, he was sorting out the account books.

Liu Zhan casually picked up a copy of Song Fenglin's reorganized account book and looked through it. This kind of financial technology is also a professional field in modern times. Song Fenglin is also proficient in arithmetic. These days, Guan Zhong is more and more impressed.

"Fenglin, you are so powerful, I feel a headache even just looking at these calculations." Liu Zhan admired sincerely.

Song Fenglin stopped after copying this page. "Why come here when you are free?" In the past, this time was practice time.

"With Da Zhuang and Xiao Lian here, I don't need to supervise them all the time." Liu Zhan smiled.

Song Fenglin was planning to take people to check the warehouse. Liu Zhan went out every now and then, and the warehouse was already full of things. Although Song Fenglin had been urging the people below to tidy up, but the speed of tidying up was not as fast as the increasing speed. I am afraid that it would become chaotic after a long time After checking the books, since Liu Zhan is free, he will take him with him.

Song Fenglin planned to tidy up the warehouse before the heavy snow closed the mountain, but he was stunned when he saw the messy grain piled up to the roof and full of the warehouse.

"This room is full of grain, both refined and coarse grains, and the next room is filled with cloth and other things. Fenglin, come here." Liu Zhan dragged the dull Song Fenglin to the next room.

In Song Fenglin's vision, for a simple matter like warehousing, he only needs to explain to the people below. He only looks at the books and not the scene, but the facts are blatantly slapped.

The second warehouse is full of things piled up to the roof! !

The warehouse is unimaginably messy, with pots and pans and even tables, chairs and benches!Song Fenglin finally knew how the pear wood desk and bookcase in his room came about!

The people below have never reported to him that there are tables, chairs, pans, etc.! !

Song Fenglin supported his twitching forehead. "Aren't you robbing food? Why do you take everything?"

"Da Zhuang and the others said that these are valuable and good things." Liu Zhan shrugged. "I originally wanted Zhang Xiaoman to sell it in the county, but the things here are too miscellaneous to sell. There are cloth, ready-made clothes, bedding, and pots and pans. I have already distributed a lot for the brothers to take back for use. , but you can’t use that much.”

Song Fenglin's perfect image of being calm and breezy is breaking apart bit by bit, and someone who hasn't realized the slightest continues to chatter about all kinds of anecdotes.

"Let me tell you that the rice fields on the other side of the country of Yan stretch as far as the eye can see, and the nobles are very rich. You know, our brothers are all from the mountains and have never seen the world. If we see anything, we will move back when we are rare. That's right. , There are even several urinals here, they say blue and white porcelain urinals are very valuable, anyway, I don’t understand, I will ask them to find one for you later.”

Song Fenglin was so angry that his face was flushed with anger. "What you need now is grain and silver. What's the use of grabbing a lot of what you don't have but taking up space and wasting time? Why don't you get more grain if you have the time to move these things back?"

"This... Actually, I said they..." Liu Zhan, who turned into a quail in seconds, shut up immediately after being stared at.

"Don't put all the responsibility on the soldiers. It's not the result of your lack of restraint!" Song Fenglin suddenly became serious.

"It's true that soldiers are not tired of cheating. It's understandable that you lead soldiers to pretend to be bandits to rob food, but what you bring are soldiers, not real bandits. How is this different from bandits? If things go on like this, are you Liu Zhan's men leading soldiers or bandits?" ? Do you still want to strengthen your power? Do you want to plot more? When people mention you, they will only say that you are the leader of the bandits, and no one will respectfully call you General Liu!"

Liu Zhan's expression changed suddenly.

"A real man was born in troubled times. Be bright and upright, make indelible achievements, and be promoted to the rank of emperor. If you are confirmed as a bandit, your official career will come to an end!" Seeing that he heard it, Song Fenglin's anger eased a little. He sighed a little, but he still hummed heavily and turned around to look away.

These words were like enlightenment and woke Liu Zhan from head to toe. He almost fell into a pit and he was still complacent?

In the end, Liu Zhan relied on the memories of his previous life all the way after crossing. In his previous life, he had no reputation or reputation. As long as he didn’t break the law, he could do whatever he wanted. How about achieving a career on Qiyun Mountain?

Liu Zhan raised his hand to signal Zhang Xiaoman and Wen Qingshan to go out, they were so frightened that they ran away without a trace as if they had been pardoned.

Song Fenglin supported his forehead with a headache. He felt that he was too serious. Maybe no one thought that Liu Zhan could accomplish anything from the beginning, including the Liu family.

Suddenly Song Fenglin fell into a warm embrace, and Liu Zhan embraced him from behind.

"Let go of me!" Song Fenglin struggled like a needle prick.

"No." Liu Zhan's iron arms were tight, and he was very rascal. "Just hug me and I promise nothing will happen."

Do you still want to do something?Song Fenglin's seven orifices were filled with smoke. Originally, he only blushed, but now his ears were red all the way to his neck.

Liu Zhan saw it in his eyes, and it really didn't matter if he endured and endured, he just relied on him and said in a deep voice. "I guarantee that I will not make this mistake again in the follow-up robbery, and if I make this mistake again, I will not be a small soldier."

Song Fenglin was stunned.

Liu Zhan sighed again. "Fenglin, you are so kind."

Here comes another sentence. "What can I ask for if you are such a husband?"

Song Fenglin didn't realize it, and when he thought about it, Liu Zhan had already laughed and dodged, what husband? !What a no-brainer!

In spite of the anger, I still have to help Liu Zhan tidy up the warehouse in retrospect.

Song Fenglin personally supervised Zhang Xiaoman and Wen Qingshan this time, first sorted the things in the warehouse, and then registered them again.

As for those pots, pans, and pans, Song Fenglin asked them to pack them all up and shared them, and pulled them down the mountain a dozen times with more than a dozen donkeys to sell them in batches.There are also furniture such as tables and chairs. Song Fenglin selected a few sets of good materials and sent them back to the Liu family. As for the other furniture, they were all brought to Yunzhong Academy for students to use.

With such a big commotion, things on the mountain can't be hidden from the family. In fact, Liu Zhan didn't intend to hide it from Liu Xueyuan. Sooner or later, he had to convince his family.Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin had to go home to explain that Liu Zhan left Cao Zhuang on the mountain to prepare for the winter, and he took Song Fenglin and Li Xiaolian down the mountain by himself.