Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 128 What is the appearance?
"Lord, there is a small village five miles ahead. You can take a rest there." Zhou Tai reported to Bai Tuhui.

Bai Tu is now in the northern part of Wu County, inspecting deep wells and spring plowing conditions in various places. By the way... he can also inspect the daily conduct of officials at all levels, so he did not make too much of a show to alarm the local officials, that is, he brought a escort of a hundred people. With Zhou Tai and Lu Su, they were in Yangxian County, more than 200 miles southeast of Jinling.

Zhou Tai was once responsible for suppressing bandits in Wu County and was very familiar with the nearby terrain.

"Let's go and have a rest! Prepare some belongings and don't disturb the people then." Bai Tu always felt that the white dragon fish suit was a very pleasant thing.

Of course, Bai Tu will not be as confident as Sun Ce in history, and his defensive power is indispensable.

From what he saw along the way, Bai Tu also felt that the life of the people living outside the city was still very hard. After all, one stone per mu was produced, and the average household had [-] acres of land. A certain unscrupulous state herdsman paid [-]% in taxes and [-]% in taxes. The rest was exchanged for relief food...

At the same time, I also believe that the future is bright, and the low yield per mu means that there is a lot of room for improvement, and it will not always be ten taxes and three taxes.

However, after traveling for only two or three miles, Su Wei, who had gone out to explore the road ahead of time, rushed back and reported back with some embarrassment: "My lord, there is some turmoil in the village ahead, and it is not suitable for rest..."

"Unrest? Are there any bandits?" Bai Tu immediately frowned.

Zhou Tai stared at him intently - he was the one who surrendered the bandits in Wu County, and he had promised his lord before that although the small thieves who cut off the paths could not be killed, there would be no large group of bandits who would dare to rob the village. .

"No, not a gangster..." The young Su Wei seemed a little hesitant.

Bai Tu also realized that the matter was not simple. If there were really robbers, they had to kill them quickly. Although Bai Tu only brought a hundred people with him, they were all guards with armors. How could they be afraid of the robbers? ?

"You are my bodyguard. As long as you are loyal to me, you don't need to worry about anything else." Bai Tu said.

The young Su Wei then calmed down and said: "Reporting to my lord, it seems that there was a robbery by the rebels not long ago. At this time, there is a family in the village who is going to the county to file a complaint, and they are having some disputes and conflicts with the village elder Su!"

"The rebel army...lead the way!" Bai Tu's face became much gloomier, and then he directly ordered.

Apart from the Jiangdong Army, there is no other army in Wu County, and it is only two hundred miles away from Jinling. This so-called "chaotic army" will certainly not be the defeated army of other forces. Whose army can it be?

Zhou Tai also felt Bai Tu's silent anger - when he heard about the "hard drive deep well disease" spread among the people before, Bai Tu didn't show the slightest anger, but now...

Not long after, hundreds of people arrived outside the village and had already alerted the farmers in the village.

However, because the guards of Bai Tu did not wear armor before, but rode ordinary civilian horses, they were only treated as nobles of the wealthy family.

"Dear gentlemen, there are some troubles in the village and we are unable to entertain you. Please take a detour." An old man stepped forward and said with a sad face.

"Old man, don't be nervous. We are not bad people. We just want to see what's going on in this village." Bai Tu got out of the carriage and said to the old man in a gentle voice.

"This..." The old man was still hesitant.

But at this moment, there was another commotion in the village. Bai Tu saw a woman who seemed to have slipped out while taking advantage of the chaos and was about to throw herself into the deep well at the entrance of the village. Fortunately, she was discovered by others and quickly stopped her.

This is not how my deep well is used - Bai Tu couldn't control his sullen expression and said, "What on earth is going on!"

Frightened by Bai Tu, the old man didn't even dare to say anything. Lu Su hurriedly stepped forward and said, "If you have anything to say, I have a cousin who works in the Prefectural Mufu. If you have any difficulties, you might as well talk to me." , I will tell my cousin if it can be solved, maybe it is a part of his contribution. If it cannot be solved, I can just pretend that I have never heard of it."

When the old man heard what Lu Su said, he felt at ease. His eyes turned red and he said, "It's... a... general from Yangxian County. In the past, he only came to the village for the sake of fair and drink. This time... the young man The daughter of the Li family...hey!"

"What generals are there in Yangxian County?" Bai Tu asked in a controlled tone.

"I heard... other military masters call him 'General Pan'." The old man said, then gritted his teeth and added with a decisive decision: "We all call him Pan Sanchi!"

"Wherever we go, the sky is three feet high? Ha... three feet. The distance from here to Jinling is less than three hundred miles!" Bai Tu suddenly felt that he had taken it for granted before.

"General Pan...Pan...is it the Sima Pan Zhang from another department who is stationed here?" Bai Tu turned to Zhou Tai and asked.

"Lord! The last general...is guilty!" Zhou Tai's face turned dark when he heard "General Pan".

Then Pan Zhang was promoted by him, how could he not know?

Of course, he really didn't know about Pan Zhang's daring actions. He only promoted Pan Zhang because he had fought bravely in the past and was not afraid of being the first to get there. Although he was from a civilian background, he was very talented in commanding troops. That's why he promoted him. It's not a shame to say that Zhou Tai asked himself.

It's just that he was not completely unaware of some of Pan Zhang's bad habits, but he had always felt that his flaws were not concealed. After all, when he was under Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang did not dare to be so arrogant.

Lu Su on the side looked at Bai Tu in surprise.

I didn't expect that this "cousin", who usually seems to be joking and leaving everything to the Sixth Department, is actually so concerned about military and political matters?

Just hearing a surname, you immediately know a Sima from another department here?
Sima from other departments are just middle and low-level officers. Among the various armies in Jiangdong, they command at least several hundred people and at most no more than 2000 or [-] people. They are officers promoted in Yangxian, not Bai Tu's old department...

How much "homework" has it been done to reveal his name in one word?

Of course, what Lu Su didn't know was that the reason why Bai Tu remembered Pan Zhang was because he was "Pan Zhang" - one of Jiang Biao's twelve tiger ministers and one of Jiang Biao's twelve tiger ministers, just like Gan Ning. One with mixed reviews!
Even among the generals in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, his character was ranked at the lower end. He was greedy for money and cruel. History books describe that when he was in charge of an army alone, he would set up a market in the army to allow the soldiers to trade "spoils of war." And...they will rob and kill other soldiers because they have more money.

However, such a scum can be praised by Chen Shou as "Jiang Biao's Tiger Minister" in "Three Kingdoms", which also shows that his abilities are indeed outstanding. He can be said to be outstanding in Jiangdong. He is brave and brave in battle, commanding soldiers. Able to impose orders and prohibitions, when Sun Quan was defeated by Zhang Liao in Hefei, Pan Zhang also led his troops back to fight, giving the army an opportunity to regroup and retreat in an orderly manner.

It can be said that it is a weakened version of Gan Ning, and he does not push his nose and face like Gan Ning, and he is never presumptuous towards Shangguan and the lord.

Therefore, Chen Shou's historical evaluation of Sun Quan's appointment of Pan Zhang was "it is appropriate for the powerful to forget their faults and remember their merits, and to secure their territory in the southeast"...

But in Bai Tu's view, Gan Ning was too unjust. Later generations also had a way of bragging about Sun Quan: Gan Ning's extravagance and Pan Zhang's lawlessness were tolerated by Quan.

Compared with Pan Zhang's lawlessness, does Gan Ning's luxury count?
To a certain extent, this is also a concept recognized by current values. Even gentlemen with moral obsessions and status baggage will avoid similar issues in their own camp without evaluating them, and will only focus on similar behaviors in other camps. prestige.

However, Bai Tu thought that he could tolerate Gan Ning's luxury, but he could not tolerate Pan Zhang's lawlessness.

When Bai Tu saw Pan Zhang's name on Zhou Tai's and Chen Gong's recommendation list, he didn't take any immediate action because, according to history books, Pan Zhang became more of a jerk as he got older.

Now that Pan Zhang had just emerged, Bai Tu was still thinking in his mind that he might have been led astray by the world at that time. Growing up in an environment where he repeatedly emphasized military discipline, he should not have those bad habits.

Moreover, Pan Zhang was impeccable in terms of ability, and Zhou Tai and Chen Gong recommended him because of his solid achievements, not to mention that they couldn't really convict him based on just one name.

However, Bai Tu didn't expect that Pan Zhang's "bastard" had already been developed...

After Zhou Tai apologized, Bai Tu was silent for a moment, and then said calmly: "Bring Pan Zhang here."

The old man saw Zhou Tai, a big black man, actually bowing to the young man in front of him and calling him "Lord". Although he didn't fully understand what was going on, he vaguely knew that the identity of the person coming was not simple.

Especially when the other party actually said "Bring Pan Zhang" very naturally... Pan Zhang, is that Pan Sanchi?
"Here!" Zhou Tai immediately took the order.

Yangxian's garrison is not far from here, so Zhou Tai is not worried about Bai Tu's safety - with the protection of hundreds of guards, it is not something that an assassin can succeed with.

Moreover, Zhou Tai directly put on the armor and flew away. Although Zhou Tai was not known for his speed, the gold-plated peak armor, without the restrictions of the military formation, was so fast that he disappeared in a moment.

Bai Tu comforted his father-in-law who had just answered, but even if they vaguely knew Bai Tu's identity, at least they knew that Bai Tu was a high-ranking official in the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, at this time no one in the village dared to come out to talk to him, and most of them hid in their houses. Inside, only a few old men came out and were waiting...

"Lord, let's rest in the village first and wait for General Zhou to come back." Lu Su saw that Bai Tu was more concerned about this matter than anyone imagined.

"What's the appearance?" Bai Tu whispered.

Lu Su didn't seem to hear clearly, and Bai Tu yelled again: "How can I go in here!"

When Lu Su saw Bai Tu's temper rising, he stood at the entrance of the village and waited with him without saying a word.

After a long while, I heard Bai Tu whisper: "Cousin yells at cousin, if you don't yell, it's useless..."

Hearing this, Lu Su rolled his eyes, but didn't say much, knowing that Bai Tu was apologizing for not controlling his emotions just now and angering Lu Su.

However, Bai Tu still did not enter the village. If the occasion were different, it might have been a very satisfying thing for him to wear the white dragon fish suit when his identity was revealed, but now Bai Tu only felt ashamed and did not even dare to make eye contact with the people present.

(End of this chapter)