The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"If it's really possible to go there every 20 days, there's a lot to do, and naturally I won't let go of such an opportunity to make a fortune!"

"Okay, then it's settled. You can make preparations for going to Jiaozhou in advance. After I deal with the robbery of the merchant ship, I will discuss with you in detail about going to Jiaozhou!"

"it is good!"

This is what Liu Zheng said, so Mi Zhu naturally had nothing to say, so he agreed directly.

After learning about the situation on Mi Zhu's side, Liu Zheng and the others did not stay at Mi's house any longer. , and bid farewell to Mi Zhu.

Liu Zheng was about to leave, so Mi Zhu couldn't keep him, so after telling Liu Zheng the address of the shop, he sent Liu Zheng out of the mansion.

After Liu Zheng left Mi Zhu's mansion, he immediately separated from Zu Lang. Since he wanted to investigate the robbery of the merchant ship, he naturally had a fight with those water thieves.

So Liu Zheng needs to let Zu Lang dispatch troops and horses to gather here, otherwise the manpower he brought from Jiaozhou alone will not be enough.

After all, there are at least thousands of soldiers and horses capable of robbing merchant ships. Only when the three thousand soldiers under Zu Lang's command arrive quickly can there be a battle.

Chapter 3 Moling

While Zu Lang was leading the troops to Poyang Lake to gather troops, Liu Zheng and Gan Ning quietly disguised themselves and sneaked into Jianye City first.

I plan to inquire about the news first and get familiar with the road conditions.

Jianye City is actually called by Liu Zheng. At this time, it is not called Jianye, but Moling.

He has many names. From ancient times to the present, he has been called Jinling, Jianye, Jiankang, Jiangning, Yingtian, Tianjing and other names.

But only the name Moling at the beginning was the most artistic. It was after Sun Quan, the great emperor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, moved his capital here that he changed Moling to Jianye.

Meaning, make contributions!

So Moling at this time is not a big county, but a very ordinary port county. Because it is on the edge of the Yangtze River, the trade here is also prosperous, and there are many merchants coming and going. The development is better than ordinary counties. Some.

It is precisely because there are many foreign businessmen here, so the external inspection here is not very strict, Liu Zheng and others easily sneaked into the city.

At first Liu Zheng wanted to sneak into the city, but Gan Ning still didn't want Liu Zheng to do so. After all, Liu Zheng's identity, if he stayed here now, once his identity was exposed, he might be besieged.

Although Gan Ning is there, Gan Ning may not be able to fight against thousands of troops and protect Liu Zheng.

However, Liu Zheng said that not many people have seen his appearance, and it is not so easy to reveal, so he agreed to Liu Zheng's infiltrating into Moling County.

In Moling County, Liu Zheng didn't go directly to the shop that Mi Zhu mentioned, but took Gan Ning with him and walked in Moling County with nothing to do.

Speaking of which, it has been almost two years since he came to the Three Kingdoms.

In the past two years, Liu Zheng has been to not a few cities. He has been to Quyang County, Runan, and even the capital of Luoyang at the very beginning.

After seeing many county towns, Liu Zheng still feels that these cities are not perfect. There are not many fixed markets in the county towns. Many vendors just set up stalls in the streets in the middle of the city, and the shops are nothing more than simple concierges. There are some goods.

There are not many such shops, most of them are street vendors, and some even sit on the ground and place their own items on the ground for people to choose at will.

And Liu Zheng took a general look. Although there are various kinds of things for sale, there are not many types. They are mostly food and daily necessities. The military supplies that Liu Zheng thinks are not common.

Military items such as horses, ironware, etc. have not been seen here at all, and I don't know if those things are all controlled.

"My lord, although Moling County is a small county, there are more vendors here than in Hepu City, Jiaozhou."

"Of course, Moling County is only a small county, but it is close to the Yangtze River and the waters are developed. Many traders can use the river to sell things from other prefectures and counties, such as bringing celadon from Jiujiang County to sell here, or The silk and satin here will be sold elsewhere."

"The most powerful thing is that they can also pass through the waters, and in a short period of time, sell Jingzhou's special products here before they rot. This can promote transactions among the common people and allow more people to come here. , and business can flourish.”

Liu Zheng simply explained the reason for the prosperity of business here, and described it to Gan Ning. Gan Ning is also smart. Although he doesn't understand what Liu Zheng said clearly, he also understands that Liu Zheng must have something to say. Liu Zheng's thoughts.

"My lord, if our business in Jiaozhou can be so developed, why worry about Jiaozhou not being prosperous."

Liu Zheng looked back at Gan Ning, and smiled at Gan Ning.

"Yes, Gan Ning, don't worry, with me here, Jiaozhou will develop soon, and within five years, Jiaozhou will be able to compare with Yangzhou."

Gan Ning heard Liu Zheng's words, believed in Liu Zheng, and did not doubt Liu Zheng's words.

As they walked, Liu Zheng and Gan Ning were on this street, and they saw a restaurant with a huge Chinese character written on it.

"Come on, there happens to be a restaurant here, go up and have a drink with me."

Liu Zheng actually doesn't like the drinks of the Three Kingdoms period. After all, he is a person who has tasted thousands of drinks in modern society. Coke, black tea, Wahaha, none of them taste better than this light and bitter drink.

But there is no way, at this time, there is no other thing to choose, he can only choose this thing.

Talk is better than nothing.

Although Liu Zheng was not very interested in this, Gan Ning liked it very much. When Liu Zheng said that he was going to drink, he immediately agreed excitedly.

"Okay, my lord, I happen to be a little thirsty."

"Let's go then."

Liu Zheng also knew what Gan Ning was thinking, and after smiling, he immediately walked into the restaurant.

The huge restaurant is still a relatively spacious place. No matter from the appearance or the interior decoration, it is a high-end place in Moling County.

"Xiao Er, serve a jug of wine. A few small dishes."

As soon as Liu Zheng found a table and sat down, Gan Ning immediately yelled loudly at Xiao Er who was busy not far away.

"Okay, guest officer, please sit down first, and the drinks will come later."

In the restaurant, there was a lot of people, and the dozen or so tables were basically full of people, so Xiao Er seemed very busy.

Just as Liu Zheng and Gan Ning sat down, Liu Zheng carefully pricked up his ears here.

In fact, he came to this restaurant not just for drinking, but for another purpose.

There are a lot of people in places like restaurants, and there are all kinds of people who come here to drink, some running on the rivers and lakes, some businessmen, and officers and soldiers.

When such people gather together and drink too much, they will naturally talk about anything, and this kind of place is the most suitable place to inquire about news.

Just when Liu Zheng pricked up his ears, sure enough, the people at the surrounding tables began to talk about all kinds of news they had heard.

"Brother Zhang, I'm afraid you can earn seven or eight gold after this boat trip."

"Where is there, it's not so much, at most it's three or four gold, and it's my gang of brothers who helped, the final profit will definitely be greatly discounted."

"That's not bad. It's getting more and more difficult to get along on this river now. A few days ago, I heard that many people's boats were looted, and they didn't make much money at all after buying and selling."

"Yeah, I've also heard that the boats protected by the big water thief Zu Lang were robbed a while ago. We small traders, how dare we do these things? It's hard to do, really I hope that someone can come out and take care of these things, we, even if we pay more tolls, we are willing."

"How can it be so easy, this water area is so wide, and there are too many people relying on this water area for food, it is difficult to manage."

Liu Zheng squinted his eyes and listened to what the people at the table next to him were talking about. From what they said, Liu Zheng could tell at a glance that these people were boatmen nearby.

Although what he said was slightly related to the news he wanted to hear, but in this way, there was no substantive content heard from these people, so after Liu Zheng listened to a few words, there was nothing wrong with it. Interested.

Instead, he turned his gaze to the guests at the other table.

"Come, come, drink! Brothers, after this meal, we will go to Wu Chenghou!"

"Wu Chenghou is recruiting a lot of people in Wujun this time. If we can get Wu Chenghou's appreciation, maybe we can get a half-time job under Wu Chenghou's command."

"Second brother, is Wu Chenghou really as powerful as you say?"

"Nonsense, of course, I have seen Wu Chenghou with my own eyes. He is very powerful. I can't even flatter him about his strength. Moreover, I heard that he recently wants to recruit troops and return to Jingzhou. It's a time of shortage."

"Well, second brother, I believe you. After this meal, we will go to Wu Jun and join Wu Chenghou."

At the other table, a few strong men were lifted up and then they clinked glasses with each other.

They each drank the wine in their cups in one gulp.

Liu Zheng frowned immediately after hearing what they said.

The Wu Chenghou they were talking about was none other than Sun Jian whom Liu Zheng knew.

He can be regarded as an old friend. After the defeat in Changsha, Sun Jian was covered by Huang Gai and fled with the remaining soldiers and horses. Liu Zheng searched several times, but he couldn't find him. Who knew he didn't go back Changsha, but fled directly back to his hometown Wujun.

Even now, Huang Gai, who was covering for Sun Jian, is still imprisoned in the dungeon in Jiaozhou. Liu Zheng is also trying to recruit Huang Gai, but Huang Gai is not easy to recruit, and he has no interest in Liu Zheng at all.

Liu Zheng was also reluctant to kill him, so he could only be imprisoned temporarily.

"Okay, Sun Jian doesn't seem to give up yet, and plans to return to Jingzhou again, but even so, it's of no use. Changsha has already belonged to Liu Biao, so what if Sun Jian can return to Jingzhou? It will not be that easy to get Changsha back from Liu Biao."

Just when Liu Zheng wanted to continue listening to what other people were talking about in this restaurant, a young man ran over quickly outside the restaurant door.

The young man walked quickly and rushed towards the restaurant. As soon as he reached the entrance of the restaurant, he glanced around and frowned when he saw that there were no vacancies in the restaurant.

But soon, he lowered his frown, and his eyes fell on Liu Zheng's table.

Then his face brightened, and he walked up a few steps.

"Brother, do you mind if I sit here?"

The dozen or so tables in the entire restaurant were already full of people, and most of them gathered in groups of three or five.

Only Liu Zheng was here, only him and Gan Ning, and there were two vacant seats on the boxy table.

Chapter 3: Xiao Guo Who Loves Wine

"Master, wait for me!"

Not long after the young man was sitting opposite Liu Zheng, another boy appeared at the door of the restaurant, and then he glanced into the restaurant. After seeing the young man, he followed him and consciously stood beside the young man. behind.

At this time, Liu Zheng raised his head and looked at the young man standing in front of the table. He said that he was a young man, but his height was the same as that of an adult, but the childishness on his face could be seen. The young man in front of him, Not too old, at most seventeen or eighteen years old, maybe even fifteen or sixteen years old.

However, he was dressed in a plain robe that was very decent. At first glance, he was not a child from a poor family. In addition, there was a man who looked like a book boy behind him. He should be a young master from some big family.

"Okay, please."

Gan Ning wanted to refuse, but Liu Zheng didn't mind, so he opened his mouth and asked the other party to sit down.

After the standing young man heard Liu Zheng's words, a smile appeared on his face immediately, he stretched out his hand hastily, moved the stool in front of him, and then sat down.

"This brother's surname?"

Now that they were sitting together, the young man knew him well, so he asked Liu Zheng's name directly, wanting to get to know him.

Since it was fate to drink at the same table, Liu Zheng also intended to have a chat with the other party, so he replied immediately.

"Miangui's surname is Liu, and his name is Feng."

It is naturally impossible for Liu Zheng to use his real name to talk to this young man. After all, although there are not many people who know him in this Yangzhou area at this time, his name is still very famous. I am afraid that many people want to kill him, and then go to Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, and even Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, to receive the reward.

So for his own safety, Liu Zheng had an idea and chose a random name.

"Liu Feng?"

The young man muttered something, as if he was searching his mind for the name, whether he had heard of it before.

But soon he shook his head. After all, the person with this name is not famous, and he is probably not very famous.

"Seeing that you are older than me, I will call you Brother Liu, and you can call me Xiao Guo."

"Xiao Guo? Seeing that you are so young, can you still drink?"

Although Liu Zheng was a little curious about the identity of Xiao Guo, the other party didn't seem to tell him the meaning of his full name, so he didn't ask, but just said something casually.

"Yes, why not, I like to drink. I have visited all the restaurants in our family and I feel bored. That's why I came to Moling. I heard that there is a restaurant here, so I wanted to come here to have some fun. of."

The young man was very forthright, and directly stated his purpose for coming here.

It just so happened that the drinks and side dishes that Liu Zheng and Gan Ning had ordered before were finally served at this time.

"Objectively, for your side dishes and drinks, this sweet-scented osmanthus brew is a major local specialty, and you can't drink it in other places."

Xiao Er tried his best to explain and recommend something to Liu Zheng, which made Liu Zheng a little curious about the muddy thing in the wine glass.

"Then I'll try it."

Liu Zheng picked up the jug, poured it into his own cup, and drank it down in one gulp.

The wine enters the throat, and a faint sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance appears in Liu Zheng's mouth and nose. The taste is very light, and it slowly lingers in the mouth. Although it also has some wine taste, but Liu Zheng drank it in other places. There is really a slight difference in the drinks after drinking.

"Well, it's good, it's good, it really has its own uniqueness, and it's not in vain for me to come here once."

After Liu Zheng drank the contents of the glass, he immediately put down the wine glass, and then said something to the waiter.

After hearing Liu Zheng's praise, the little girl smiled immediately, and then said slowly to Liu Zheng, drinking slowly.

And Gan Ning on the side, like Liu Zheng, picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in it. Unlike Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng drank slowly, after slowly tasting the sweet-scented osmanthus brewed in his mouth thick and sweet.

Gan Ning gulped it down in one gulp, quite a bit of rejoicing, the wine just rolled down his throat without leaving much aftertaste.

Smash it. Smash it.

After Gan Ning finished drinking a cup, he smacked his mouth, as if he was relishing the taste of the sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing, but there didn't seem to be much change, so Gan Ning didn't know much about the sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing.