Han Xiang

Chapter 474

In order to ensure sufficient military supplies for the Western Expedition, Sun Quan deliberately reduced the supplies of the garrisons in other places, and Tai Shici, whom Long Xiang was thinking of, was one of them.

According to Long Xiang's instructions, Yao Xuan not only kept Sun Quan's rebates unchanged, but also used half of the profits to make friends with powerful officials in Jiangdong, so a lot of confidential information can also be found.

Long Xiang was elated when he heard the news, Sun Quan reduced the provisions of the Liyang garrison, and Tai Shici's life must be difficult.

It doesn't matter whether you send charcoal in the snow or take advantage of it.

In short, the timing is perfect to win over Tai Shici.

Brother [-], great assist!
Long Xiang was overjoyed, and without discussing with Lu Su, he sent someone to Liyang to invite Zhao Fan.

He used finding out the whereabouts of Zhao Fan's brothers as a bait to lure Zhao Fan to rush to Hefei Xincheng without stopping.

Long Xiang hosted a banquet in honor of Zhao Fan at his residence, and sent Xu Ding and Xu Chu brothers to accompany him.

The Xu family brothers were training with Lu Su at that time. After Lu Su knew about it, he thought about it carefully and thought it was bad, so he rushed to the prefect's mansion with Er Xu.

As soon as the three of them stepped into the main hall, Long Xiang greeted the attendants to serve the dishes, and said enthusiastically to Lu Su: "Zijing came just in time, General Zhao is rarely here, I asked someone to kill a pig, and we will have a few drinks together later." cup."

"General Long is too polite, there is no need to spend so much trouble for the last general."

Zhao Fan was only here to ask about his brother's whereabouts, but he couldn't resist Long Xiang's routine reception. Now that he heard that the other party had killed a pig for him, he immediately stood up anxiously.

Ever since Jiangdong temporarily reduced military supplies in various places in order to ensure the smooth progress of the Western Expedition, the soldiers and civilians in Liyang have been drinking gruel for more than ten days, and the rice in the pot tends to be less and less.

Most of the Liyang garrison could only drink enough water. In order to save energy for the soldiers, Tai Shici ordered the soldiers and civilians to do less daily activities to reduce consumption.

As the deputy general of Tai Shici, Zhao Fan wanted to set an example and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. At this time, he came to Hefei to eat and drink, and he was full of guilt.

Unexpectedly, Long Xiang waved his hand, pointed at the Xu family brothers and said with a smile: "It's just killing a pig, it's not a big deal, we will have a good meal in a short time, everyone can take this opportunity to connect and communicate For official business, this month is only a little earlier, and I will do the same if General Zhao is not here."

"Uh..." Zhao Fan responded awkwardly: "The general governs well, and all the generals in Hefei follow you, and they are living a good life, which is really admirable."

"General Zhao is not completely right." Long Xiang shook his head slightly, and then corrected: "Hefei not only has a good life for the generals, but also ordinary people basically have no worries about food and clothing, and relatives and friends often kill chickens and sheep for reunion. Mr. Zijing will manage all of this."

"It turns out that this is the case, Mr. is really talented."

Zhao Fan suddenly realized after hearing this, and quickly turned around and clasped his fists at Lu Su.

Lu Su smiled wryly and said: "Don't listen to General Long's one-sided words. Before I arrived in Hefei, Yun Qi had already turned Hefei into a paradise. I'm just Xiao Gui and Cao Sui."

Long Xiang pointed at Lu Su and joked: "Zi Jing is always so modest, why are you standing like an outsider today, please sit down and talk quickly, and the food and drink will be back soon."

Lu Su shook his head and replied: "Yun Qi, I'm not here for a banquet today, I have something to ask you for advice, before the food and drink are served, let's chat outside the hall?"

"Oh? About Zhao'er? That's fine."

Long Xiang suddenly became serious, and then told the Xu family brothers: "Bo'an, Zhongkang, you can talk to General Zhao first, Zijing and I will come later."

"Wei." Xu Ding and Xu Chu replied in unison.

Long Xiang and Lu Su walked out of the hall, Xu Ding called Zhao Fan to sit down.

After Tai Shici settled in Liyang, he also had a comprehensive understanding of Hefei. Apart from Long Xiang and Lu Su, the number two figures, he was most concerned about Xu Chu, so he focused on inquiring about the past of the Xu family brothers.

The information he got on the surface was very crude. Tai Shici only knew that the brothers of the Xu family originally lived in Qiao County, but somehow they moved their village to Hefei.

Qiao County is Cao Cao's hometown. It is said that with the martial arts of the Xu family brothers, as long as their brains are not kicked by a donkey, they should go to Cao Cao to seek wealth and should not migrate thousands of miles to Huainan.

After all, Long Xiang was unknown at that time, and his reputation was not as good as that of Mei Cheng, Zhang Duo and other small tyrants.

It was a rare opportunity to be alone with the Xu family brothers. Zhao Fan looked at Xu Chu while sitting down to return the salute, and couldn't help clasping his fists and asking: "I heard that you are not from Huainan, but why did you come to Hefei all the way?"

Xu Chu kept silent in front of his elder brother, and Xu Ding replied with a smile, "How should I put it? According to General Long, the reunion of thousands of miles is due to fate."

fate?

Zhao Fan was lonely when he heard this, scratched his head and asked: "Zhao doesn't quite understand, but I want to ask something that shouldn't be asked. The martial arts of the two generals are outstanding. Why didn't they join Cao Cao nearby?"

"Humph."

Xu Chu suddenly made a nasal sound, apparently unhappy to hear the name Cao Cao.

Xu Ding quickly explained: "Thief Cao is cruel, he once sent people to slaughter the villagers in my village, he is not worthy of my brothers to vote, but General Long is benevolent, righteous, and has a good way of running the army and government. It doesn’t necessarily have to be rich, but the villagers can live comfortably, and it turns out that we were right.”

Zhao Fan nodded in agreement: "I have been to Hefei a few times, and the smiles on the people's faces cannot be faked, which is enough to show that General Long treats them very kindly. It seems that they are not hungry."

Xu Dingluxu smiled proudly: "The surrounding area of ​​Hefei is full of fertile soil, and General Long pays poorly to the people, and gives relief to the refugees who come from other places with work. Almost none of the people here are hungry."

"Not a single starving person?"

Zhao Fan immediately showed a skeptical expression: "I know that hard work won't make you hungry, but I heard that there are tens of thousands of people in Hefei, so there must be some lazy people who don't want to work?"

"Slacker? Haha"

Xu Ding waved his hands and laughed: "General Long has a wise saying 'Hefei does not support idlers'. The common people will report the lazy ones to each other. After verification, they will be forcibly conscripted to move bricks, build roads, and build cities. After two months of hard work, you won’t be lazy, and besides, everyone wants to live a good life, every family wants to live in a house built by the government, and if one person is lazy, it will drag the whole family down.”

Zhao Fan asked curiously: "The house built by the government? Is it the brick and wood house next to the main road? It looks neat and uniform from a distance, and I don't know how it is to live in it?"

"How about it?"

Xu Ding said to himself: "How can the house designed by General Long himself be bad? It's not too convenient to live in, anyway it's very beautiful."

"General Long can still design houses?" Zhao Fan swallowed.

Xu Chu, who had been silent next to him, suddenly said coldly when he heard this: "It's not just a house? He designed the Hefei New City. General Long's construction skills can be said to be second to none in the world."

Zhao Fan was shocked again, he finally understood why the Xu family brothers were so desperate, it turned out that Long Xiang really had some extraordinary skills, his rise in Huainan should not be accidental.

The three people in the hall kept talking about Long Xiang, but the person in the topic followed Lu Su outside the hall, and the topic fell on Zhao Fan again.

"Isn't Zhao'er quite healthy? Does Zijing have something else to say?"

"Yun Qi has always thought carefully, why is he so reckless this time?"

(End of this chapter)