Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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The entire Jiaozhou was affected by the drought. Whether it was Jiaozhi or Yulin, the rice production was greatly reduced compared with previous years.

After the merchant ship entered Shi'an County, the scenery on both sides of the road was beautiful, and Shi Zhi didn't have the mind to go sightseeing at all. His attention was attracted by the people harvesting straw.

Why do people here have smiles on their faces?Didn't Lingling County suffer from drought?

"General Lai, the people here feel very different. What kind of person is General Lan?" Shi Zhi asked suspiciously.

Lai Gong shook his head and replied: "General Lan is very comparable, Lai has seen countless people in his life, but he has not seen through him, his talent is immeasurable..."

"Is Lingling not affected by the disaster? Why are these people smiling?" Shi Zhi asked again.

"You can tell by looking at the river below. The water level in the river is much lower than last year, and the land in Lingling was also scorched by the scorching sun. However, General Lan has many clever tricks in his administration, and there may be a way to resolve the impact of the drought." Lai Gong analyzed.

Counties in Lingling took advantage of the drought to clean up the silt, so the river channel became wider when it entered Shi'an County. Passenger ships shuttled like crucian carp in the river, and there were small docks every twenty or thirty miles.

The people living by the river carry cooked food and drinks to the wharf for sale, and the boat trip is convenient and comfortable, which is an eye-opener for Shizhi, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

Shi Xie sent Shi Zhi to Quanling to express his goodwill. The gifts they prepared were the same as those of Sun Quan. In addition to Jiaozhou's rich seafood, there were also rare treasures such as jade, ivory, rhino horn, pearls, and tortoiseshell.

Lan Tian saw that Shi Xie was so sincere, so he hosted a banquet in the prefect's mansion to entertain the visitors, and invited Gao Shun, Gan Ning, Sha Moke, Jiang Wan and others to accompany him.

"You all come to meet the distinguished guests from Jiaozhi." Lan Tian ordered to everyone.

Jiang Wan took a step forward and cupped his hands and said, "I am Jiang Wan, and I am currently the head of the Lingling Book and Newspaper Office."

"Long admiration, long admiration." Shi Yi bowed his hands in return. He didn't know what the newspaper office was, but the person who could appear on this occasion today should be an important minister of Lingling.

"My name is Sha Moke, you can call me Lao Sha." Sha Moke said, patting his chest.

After Lu Tan brought back the order to Lantian, Sha Moke left half of the barbarians in Yulin, and the remaining 4000 returned to Wuling in pieces. He planned to rest in Quanling for a few days before returning to Chenyang.

Shi Zhi swallowed his saliva, and joked with a smile: "I think the general looks extraordinary, so I thought it was the legendary Lingling General Xing Daorong..."

Lai Gong hastily added: "Although General Sha has a beard and a black face, he is the Wuxi Barbarian King of Wuling County. The Jiangdong soldiers who invaded Yulin were repelled by the Wuxi Barbarians. The Xing Daorong you mentioned has long been killed by others." cut..."

Shi Zhi was dumbfounded when he heard that, Wuxi Man is famous all over the world, and this barbarian king's status is not low, but he was subdued by Lan Tian like this, and even brought his own soldiers to fight in Jiaozhou, how did Lan Tian do it?

"Fortunately, fortunately..." Shi Zhi saluted awkwardly.

Gan Ning looked at the little old man in front of him, and said meaningfully: "Gan Ning, I killed General Lingling..."

"General Gan killed Xing Daorong with just one move..." Lai Gong continued.

"I have admired you for a long time... I have admired your name for a long time..." Shi Zhi's expression was dull, as if he had been knocked down by a knife.

Gao Shun clasped his hands and introduced himself briefly: "Gao Shun, Gao Boping."

"It's a pleasure to meet you..." Shi Zhi lightly cupped his hands.

Shi Zhi was still shrouded in Gan Ning's aura and did not come out, when he saluted Gao Shun, he acted lightly.

Seeing this, Lai Gong whispered in his ear: "General Gao is the leader of the camp..."

"What camp?" Shi Zhi's attention was drawn back, his face full of doubts.

"Mr. Wen Hou Lu Bu's camp, has Mr. Zhi never heard of it?" Lai Gong looked in disbelief.

Shi Zhi asked in amazement, "Is there death or life for the ambition to enter the battle?"

"Of course."

"I heard that after the White Gate Tower, the eight hundred warriors have disappeared..."

Lai Gong's face was wrinkled with a smile: "General Gao is the leader of the trapped camp. As long as he is in the trapped camp, he will not disappear, and now he has expanded to ten thousand people."

Shi Zhi is over [-] years old and short in stature. He looks so small in front of the tall and mighty Gao Shun. Shi Zhi looks up at this heroic general, feeling more and more powerful about Gao Shun.

Seeing the whole picture at a glance, Shi Zhi finally understood Lai Gong's words on the boat after saluting with everyone. The smiling General Jingnan in front of him was really unfathomable.

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During the dinner, Lan Tian talked with Shi Zhi about the local conditions and customs of intercourse. He always had a smile on his face and looked amiable. Compared with the arrogant faces of Jiang Dong Lu Meng, Wei Jing and others, Lan Tian gave Shi Zhi a much better impression.

The delicious dishes from the back kitchen came to the table one after another. Whether it was the appearance of the dishes or the aroma they exuded, the mouth watered. Shi Zhi almost cried after trying it.

There are many kinds of delicacies on the table that I have only seen in my life. What have I eaten in the past sixty years?Shi only hated himself for not coming to Lingling earlier, and felt lucky that he was able to go to Quanling as an envoy.

"Are Lingling's dishes still to your liking?" Lan Tian asked suspiciously.

"Very good, very good..." Out of etiquette and recuperation, Shi Zhi ate more cautiously, and immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks when he heard Lan Tian's question.

Lan Tian smiled and said, "Then be as comfortable as Chief Sha..."

Sha Moke's mouth was full of greasy food, he turned his head when he heard Lan Tian's voice and asked, "The general called me just now?"

Lan Tian: "You were troubled in Lingnan, eat and drink well before returning to Chenyang..."

"It's not very tiring...then I'll stay for a few more days before going back..." Shamoke smiled innocently. During the confrontation with Lu Meng, the two sides only had small-scale wars, so it's really not too tired.

The reception banquet ended in a happy atmosphere, and Shi Zhi finally stood up after eating plumply.

"It's still early at this time, should I ask Xingba to take you around Quanling?" Lan Tian asked tentatively.

Shi Zhi really wanted to learn more about Lingling, but Lan Tian pointed out to him such a god of killing, and he felt a little depressed.

What Shi Xie was most concerned about was Jingzhou's military strength. Since he wanted to recognize Sun Quan or Liu Bei as his eldest brother, he had to find out the details of each of the two. Lu Meng's performance in Jiaozhou made Shi Xie suspicious of these two influential figures.

Shi Zhi kept his old father's instructions in mind, suppressed his inner curiosity about Quan Ling, and responded with a smile: "My scholar lives in a barren land in the south of the Lingnan, and I have no chance to pay homage to the heroes of the world. I am very lucky to see General Gao today. Can you let me know?" I have seen the demeanor of being trapped in the camp?"

"Master Zhi wants to see the fallen army?" Lan Tian frowned.

Lan Tian was not afraid of revealing military secrets. This season was busy with harvesting, and the siege army had a fine tradition of helping the common people. He was worried that the main force of the siege army would not be in Quanling.

"Uh...it's fine if it's inconvenient..." Shi Zhi felt that he was abrupt, so he quickly waved his hands to explain.

Lan Tian smiled and said, "What's the inconvenience, Bo Ping, where are the fallen soldiers now?"

Gao Shun clasped his fists and replied: "General Xu led the main force to bale straw in Xiangxiang, and it is estimated that he will be able to return to Quanling in a few days."

"If Mr. Zhi is not busy, why not stay in Quanling for a few more days?" Lan Tian asked.

Shi Zhi wanted to stay for a few more days from the bottom of his heart, but Shi Xie was eager to know the situation in Lingling, so he shook his head and said disappointedly: "The New Year is approaching, and my father will worship the ancestors at the end of the year. I have to go back early tomorrow morning..."

"That's really a coincidence." Lan Tian frowned after hearing this.

The two shipments that Wu Siding transported to Quanling were all presents assembled by Shi Xie in Long. This old man in Cochin was so knowledgeable about current affairs that he couldn't meet such a small request. Lan Tian felt really sorry.

Gao Shun understood Lan Tian's thoughts, and he continued: "Sir, although the main force of the trapped army is not here, there are still hundreds of people outside the city who are training in the martial arts hall."

"The army of thousands of people can't see it this time, how about seeing a few hundred people first?" Lan Tian asked with a smile.

"Very good, very good..." Shi Zhi's head was like a chicken pecking at rice.

Shi Zhi was too full to ride a horse, so Lan Tian sent someone to come and ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

At the end of noon, a group of people arrived at the northwest location outside Quanling, which was the recruit camp of the Jiangwu Hall. When there were no recruit training tasks, the trapped troops sent them in batches for training.

When Lan Tian and others arrived at the scene, the soldiers of the Rebel Army who were training in the new barracks were about to have a friendly football match with the instructors of the martial arts hall.

Lantian 'created' football in Xindengzhuang, and was brought to Quanling by Gao Shun, Gan Ning and others to promote it. In addition to the students of Quanling Academy, the soldiers of each battalion even competed during their breaks.

"It's better to hit the sun than to choose a date, how about watching a football game with us first?" Lan Tian suggested.

"Uh... okay..." Shi Zhi still doesn't know what football is.

Several people sat down next to the simple court, and 11 people on each side of the court stood according to their positions. Then two soldiers pushed a four-wheeled cart to the center of the court.

The man on the four-wheeled vehicle leaned on crutches with both hands, and then stood up with one leg supported.

Beep……

Lu Tie picked up the whistle hanging around his neck and blew the sound of the whole game.

After the start of the game, the players on both sides ran wildly, the players with the ball and the defenders actively fought, and the violent body collision seemed to be in a battle. The one-legged man who left Shi Zhi speechless the most was the one-legged man who followed the players on both sides with a cane Running, and the speed is not much slower.

Shi Zhi asked suspiciously: "What kind of game is this? It looks like Cuju, but it's not exactly..."

"This is the general's improved game based on Cuju, and its current name is football." Gan Ning explained.

"Football? What does that one-legged man do?" Shi Zhi pointed to Lu Tie and asked.

Lan Tian smiled and said, "It looks like it should be the referee, the middleman who arbitrates the outcome of the double-handed match."

"Why did you choose a one-legged man to be... the referee?" Shi Zhi scratched his head in complete incomprehension.

Lan Tian shook his head, "I really don't know about this, Lao Lu is a bit interesting, he is not too different from a normal person after using crutches..."

Gao Shun clasped his fists and replied: "Lu Tie is using the crutches very hard, and he still wants to return to the battlefield..."

"Oh? It's because I haven't paid enough attention recently. He is in a good state now, but he can't hold weapons with crutches. Later, I will ask the weapon workshop to forge a pair of iron crutches for him. Although he can't go into battle after training, he should I can protect myself." Lan Tian suddenly had an inspiration.

Iron crutches are much heavier than wooden crutches, and Lu Tie's strength in both hands has been greatly improved after amputation. Maybe he can really use iron crutches to kill the enemy.

Gao Shun was a little excited, "Thank you sir..."

Lan Tian nodded slightly. He suddenly remembered the famous people who used iron crutches. Except for Tieguai Li, one of the Eight Immortals, and Duan Yanqing, the villain in Tianlong Babu, they were all strong men with disabilities.

"May I ask, what did that one-legged man do before?" Shi Zhi listened to the conversation between the two, and Monk Zhang Er was puzzled.

"This man's name is Lu Tie, and he used to be Sima of the fallen army." Gao Shun explained.

Shi Zhi swallowed his saliva, the entrapment army is too strong, right?You can 'run' so fast even with a broken leg, and you're ready to return to the battlefield, so what if you're a normal person?

During the half-hour match, Shi Zhi was so fascinated by this men's sport that he even forgot that he was here to visit the fallen army.

In the end, the soldiers trained in rotation were fully armed and lined up in front of Gao Shun. The excellent equipment, unstoppable momentum, and arrogance in every gesture were an army that Shi Zhi had never seen in his life.

The ambition to fall into the battle, there is death but not life, and it really lives up to its reputation.

When leaving the new barracks, Shi Zhi asked Lan Tian for a football, wanting to bring the sport of football back to promote. Shi Xie’s Jiaozhi was later Vietnam, and Lan Tian agreed without thinking.

Chapter 251 A gift from another courtyard

At the end of the 16th year of Jian'an, Sun Shangxiang gave birth to her daughter in Jiangling Bieyuan.

Because they didn't help to rob A Dou before, Jiangdong's side has since cut off contact, and even the Wu Zuo and Wu You brothers who returned to Wujun to visit relatives did not come back.

Sun Shangxiang belonged to a political marriage, and she was originally hostile by the Jingzhou gentry, and her other courtyard Liu Bei didn't like to go, let alone any famous Jingzhou scholars to visit.

Before Liu Bei left, Zhao Yun, his confidant, was in charge of internal affairs, and Sun Shangxiang had no chance to contact Liu Bei's officials. This noble woman from Jiangdong was as lonely as an outsider in Jiangling, and she gradually stopped leaving the other courtyard for half a step.

If not for giving birth to a daughter for Liu Bei, Mrs. Sun would have been almost forgotten by the people of Jiangling.

Guan Yu, governor of Jingzhou, has been training the navy in Jiangxia for a long time. Zhuge Liang decides all matters in Jiangling City. To avoid suspicion, he did not congratulate Sun Shangxiang himself, but asked Zhao Yun to send some gifts.

With Zhuge Junshi taking the lead, officials close to Jiangling and Liu Bei followed suit, and most of them simply pretended not to know.

In the first month of the 17th year of Jian'an, Sun Shangxiang was basking in the sun in the garden with her daughter in her arms, and the guard outside the gate ran into the garden to report.

"Miss, General Zhao is begging for an audience outside the door, as if he brought someone to send He Yi off."

In the years when Liu Bei left, Sun Shangxiang had tasted the warmth and coldness of human relations. Except for Zhuge Liang's gift, Zhao Yun came to the door in person, and other officials' gifts were sent by his subordinates. I don't know who has such a big face this time.

Sun Shangxiang turned around and asked curiously, "Who is traveling with General Zilong?"

The boy shook his head and said, "That man is not too tall, and he can't tell whether he is a civil servant or a military commander. I haven't seen him before..."

Sun Shangxiang frowned, looked at the sleeping daughter in her arms, then stood up and said, "Please invite them to drink in the front hall, and I'll come back to the room to add some clothes."

"Wei." The servant bowed and left.

The boy returned to the front yard and opened the front door wide. The maid led Zhao Yun and Lan Tian into the front hall. The gifts on the carriage were unloaded by servants. Judging from the number on the congratulatory ceremony, this gift giver was the most generous.

Lan Tian and Zhao Yun sat down on the left and right, and the maid immediately brought drinks to the guests.

The two had already exchanged pleasantries on the way, so they didn't say much more in Sun Shangxiang's residence. The layout of Lantian saw the hall was fresh and elegant, and it really looked like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

After a while, a white figure came into view, and Sun Shangxiang and Lan Tian were startled at the same time.

Sun Shangxiang was surprised to see Lan Tian coming to the other courtyard, but Lan Tian saw the familiar white fox fur on her body, which was originally reserved for Lu Lingqi.

Sun Shangxiang was young and beautiful. After giving birth, she lost her vigor and became more gentle. In addition, she was dressed in white fox fur, which complemented each other perfectly. It's a pity that this political victim can only stay in this courtyard now.

Lan Tian and Zhao Yun got up at the same time, bowed and called Mrs. Sun.

"General Lan is really a rare visitor, why don't you come to my other courtyard?" Sun Shangxiang nodded slightly, she vaguely remembered the last time they met, it was at the banquet of all sheep.

"I heard that Mrs. Sun gave birth to a daughter, so I came from Lingling to congratulate you." Lan Tian replied calmly.

"Since Xuande entered Sichuan, there have been no important figures in the other courtyard for a long time. General Zilong is the most clear about the internal affairs. General Lan's sister-in-law had a relationship with me. I really didn't expect you to come in person..." Sun Shangxiang said softly sigh.

Zhao Yun didn't speak up after hearing this. If the people you brought were not domineering, they wouldn't be left in the cold now.

Lan Tian smiled slightly and said: "My lord is not in Jingzhou now, I'm not suitable to visit, but my sister said that Mrs. Sun married Jiangling, and she might miss her hometown after giving birth, so I asked the caravan to buy some local products from Jiangdong... "