The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Zheng, who has no other source of income, can only rely on himself to be self-sufficient.It is difficult to feed the [-] soldiers and horses under his command.

And to be able to feed [-] soldiers and horses, if you don't rely on agriculture, you can only rely on commerce.

It just so happened that Liu Zheng didn't understand the truth of doing business, but he was a modern person.He still understands the simple truth of buying low and selling high, and purchasing and exporting different resources in the two places.

So it is still necessary to build a fleet.

Of course, building a fleet to make money is the main purpose, but there are actually two other functions.

One is because Liu Zheng now occupies the vicinity of Mingyue Village, if he competes in the Central Plains in the future, he must first start from the south, and the most powerful in the south is the navy.

Liu Zheng can't do it for the time being if he wants to train the water army, so he also wants to use a fleet of merchants on the water as a disguise first, gradually train the water army, and strengthen the water army step by step.

At the same time, doing business still has to travel to various places. Liu Zheng wants to know the world's major events as soon as possible, and to know some news about Luoyang and the Central Plains, he must also establish his own intelligence network.

Then the establishment of this intelligence network has an important relationship with this fleet.

As long as his business network spreads all over the country, relying on this business network, he can expand the intelligence network to the entire Dahan world. When there is any trouble in the world, Liu Zheng will be able to grasp it immediately.

Don't underestimate these intelligence networks. In many cases, it is precisely because of this intelligence that we can anticipate opportunities and make response plans and preparations in a short period of time.

"You're going to build a fleet of merchant ships."

After Lu Jun heard Liu Zheng's words, a slight surprise appeared on his face.But soon he figured it out, and felt relieved.

Since Liu Zheng wanted to be a merchant ship, it meant that Liu Zheng didn't intend to occupy Yichun County and imitate Ou Xing to collect taxes as a way of life.

As long as Liu Zheng is dedicated to goodness and develops in a good direction, Lu Jun's last worry about Liu Zheng will be gone.

"You can leave this matter to me. Don't worry, I will definitely get all the documents you need. When will your caravan be established, just send someone to contact me."

"I'll start preparing for the caravan after I've settled down some things in tomorrow's cottage, and then I'll leave it to Brother Lu."

Liu Zheng and Lu Jun discussed in this restaurant for a long time.The two of them passed by the merchant ship that Liu Zheng mentioned, and discussed about it. After all, Liu Zheng had no experience, and Lu Jun was a child of the Lu family, who was a wealthy family in Jiangdong, so he knew more about these things than Liu Zheng.

As for Liu Zheng's establishment of a merchant ship, because he lacked understanding of business, fortunately, he handed over all this matter to Yuan Zhou.

Yuan Zhou is very interested in these things, and the days to come will be easy.

Without the turmoil of the war, Liu Zheng was immediately busy with the construction of the Mingyue cottage.

Build Mingyue cottage into a paradise.

In the first month, there was a lot of construction and building, and the houses that could accommodate tens of thousands of people were completed in a short period of time.

Then he led the people to reclaim wasteland and learn fishing techniques at the same time.

In the Mingyue Mountain Range, Liu Zheng knew a long time ago that there is a large reservoir in it. The area of ​​the reservoir runs through several surrounding counties and divides the Mingyue Mountain into several parts and several small islands.

This lake is big enough, and the fishery in the water is rich. Famine is happening all over the Central Plains. When the people are suffering and thinking about rebellion, Yichun County is quite stable.

First of all, there is no Yellow Turban Army here, and there is no famine. The people live in peace and contentment, but occasionally some Shanyue people come to make trouble.

Now that Liu Zheng has occupied the Mingyue cottage, the first thing he does is to support his own people to form self-sufficiency. The agricultural returns are not fast, and it often takes several months to get a harvest.

But the basic methods of hunting and fishing are very effective.

Not only can it bring food supplies to Liu Zheng and the others in a short time, but it can also contact Liu Zheng and the others to swim in the lake.

I have been busy for more than a month, and the time has gradually entered the middle of October from the end of August when Liu Zheng left Luoyang.

During this month, the affairs of Mingyue Village gradually entered the right track. Tens of thousands of horses began to settle down in Mingyue Village. With Changsha County and Yuzhang County started a simple small business.

With Yuan Zhou as the leader, Liu Zheng asked Su Fei and Huang Zhong to assist.

The reason why Su Fei and Huang Zhong were asked to assist Yuan Zhou was also because Su Fei was originally from Jiangxia County. He walked in the waters of Dongting Lake all year round and was familiar with water. In terms of business, it would be good to have Su Fei's help.

As for Huang Zhong, Liu Zheng wanted to build an intelligence network, and Huang Zhong would definitely let Huang Zhong organize it in the future, so let Huang Zhong get familiar with it first.

The reason why Xu Huang and Zhou Cang were not chosen was that they were both from the Yellow Turban Army, and they were not familiar with the place of life, and they were not familiar with water, so they were really not suitable for these things.

In addition, Liu Zheng still needs manpower in Mingyue Village, and the defense and training of soldiers and horses cannot be delayed.

Although there is no war now, the training cannot be stopped for a day. Xu Huang, Zhou Cang and others are responsible for training soldiers and horses. The two thousand cavalry and one thousand archers must strengthen their training during this period of time.

At the same time, Liu Zheng also plans to set up a navy, and there are still many things to do.

After the establishment of the merchant ship, news came back to Liu Zheng one after another, so that Liu Zheng, who was in the mountains of Yichun, also began to know what happened in the Central Plains.

In fact, there wasn't much else, it was nothing more than that after Wang Fen of Jizhou supported Liu Bian as emperor, Luoyang was shocked and began to eliminate Wang Fen, a rebel.

Zhonglang's general, Huangfusong, is leading the battle, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and Wang Fen does not conform to the regulations of the court.

But General He Jin is in a dilemma.

Chapter 166 Trouble Comes

When He Jin heard the news from Jizhou for the first time, he was naturally furious.

But after he calmed down, he knew immediately that this battle could not be fought.

After all, it was his nephew Liu Bian who threatened Wang Fen and others.

If he led troops to encircle and suppress Wang Fen, no matter the outcome, it would be unfavorable for He Jin.

If Wang Fen was defeated, and at the last moment, Wang Fen became angry and threatened Liu Bian, Liu Bian's life would be in jeopardy.

But if Wang Fen was not defeated, the court he established, the little emperor Liu Xie, would become a laughing stock, embarrassing for He Jin.

He Jin wanted to procrastinate, but he couldn't. Lu Zhi, Huang Fusong and other ministers made a statement. As the regent, He Jin had to listen to the opinions of these civil and military officials.

The most important thing is that Lu Zhi and Huangfusong were stationed in Luoyang, and they each had tens of thousands of soldiers. Even He Jin and Dong Zhuo and others still had some soldiers.

But when compared with Lu Zhi, Huang Fusong, they are evenly matched.

As a last resort, He Jin finally had no choice but to agree to the crusade against Wang Fen, but he urged Huangfusong to ensure the life of his nephew Liu Bian!

In this way, Huangfu Song took the order and went to Jizhou to attack Wang Fen with an army of [-].

And at the same time, early October of 184.

Xiliang Beigong Boyu.

He was originally a Qiang from Xiliang, and the leader of the Qiang, Li Wenhou, originally wanted to respond to Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Uprising, but the Yellow Turban Uprising failed too quickly. When the news came back to Xiliang, Li Wenhou hadn't had time.

However, Li Wenhou has joined forces with Beigong Boyu, this time can't be done, and it can't be done, the arrow has to be fired, and just at this time, the emperor of the court died, and two little emperors suddenly appeared in the Central Plains.

Li Wenhou knew that this was an opportunity, an opportunity given to them by God, so he joined forces with Beigong Boyu to directly capture Bian Yun, who was then the governor of Liangzhou, and Han Yue, who was in charge of Liangzhou, as hostages.

Li Wenhou and Beigong Boyu directly mobilized 10,000+ Qiang people, and Zuo Chang, the governor of Liangzhou, immediately sent his general Gai Xun to lead the army to attack.

Gai Xun mobilized Xiliang soldiers and horses to garrison the county seat, and they were quite powerful. The Qiang people like Li Wenhou and Beigong Boyu only had cavalry and no siege equipment, so they couldn't quickly attack Gai Xun's city. In a short time, they were not defeated. Gai Xun.

So they went to attack the prefectures and counties instead, and they directly defeated Jincheng County and beheaded Chen Yi, the prefect of Jincheng County.

This time, things got out of hand.

After killing the prefect of Jincheng County, Li Wenhou and Beigong Boyu together directly coerced Bian Yun and Han Yue to join them, and supported Bian Yun as their leader.

Bian Yun and Han Yue knew that they would die if they disagreed, so they might as well join them.

From then on, Bian Yun changed his name to Bian Zhang, and Han Yue changed his name to Han Sui.

Start making chaos in Xiliang.

It was already November when the news reached Liu Zheng.

At this time, Liu Zheng heard about the rebellion in Xiliang, and Liu Zheng didn't care much about the uprising of Bian Zhang and Han Sui. On the contrary, he felt that the uprising of these people at this time was also a big deal for Liu Zheng. Help in disguise.

Because only in this way, the Han court will be extremely busy, so that Liu Zheng's existence will be slowly forgotten.

With the affairs of Xiliang and Jizhou, it is enough for the Han court to be busy.

Liu Zheng can use this time to develop his power with peace of mind.

Coincidentally, Liu Zheng really encountered some troubles at this time.

Their Mingyue Shanzhai had just formed a caravan last month, but it was the first time they sailed for commercial trade, and they were robbed by water thieves.

Yuan Zhou took Su Fei and Huang Zhong to set sail together. After arriving in Changsha, he left Su Fei and Huang Zhong in Changsha City to establish a stronghold, while Yuan Zhou returned to Yichun from Changsha City with a full load of goods and planned to go to Yuzhang County. , sell these goods, implement the first commercial transaction, and obtain the first income.

Unexpectedly, when Yuan Zhou and their fleet had just left Yichun and reached the waters of Poyang Lake, they were spotted by a group of water thieves and directly robbed the goods.

If Yuan Zhou hadn't been vigilant and begged for mercy directly, he might have lost his own life.

When Yuan Zhou returned to Liu Zheng's Mingyue Village from Yuzhang County in embarrassment, Liu Zheng was furious when he heard the news.

He himself is now a bandit-like character, but he was robbed by others, so he said it.Not to embarrass him.

At that moment, Liu Zheng planned to take people to exterminate this group of water thieves.

But after thinking about it, now he doesn't even know who this group of water thieves are, where their lair is, and how many people they have.

There is no benefit in rushing to fight them.

So Liu Zheng, who calmed down, started to prepare how to deal with these water thieves and wipe out this group of water thieves.

If this group of water thieves is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles for Liu Zheng. After all, if he wants to do business, he must use the two large areas of Poyang Lake waters and Dongting waters, and these water thieves haunt here all the year round.

If Liu Zheng's caravan passed by here, it would definitely be disturbed by these water thieves. These water thieves often haunt these waters and plunder the goods of merchant ships.

If Liu Zheng's fleet was robbed several times by them, he might not be able to make money through business, and even his own principal would be lost.

So the top priority is to exterminate these water thieves.

He called back Su Fei and Huang Zhong who were going to Changsha.

Then he called a group of his subordinates to the front, intending to discuss a useful countermeasure.

After Liu Zheng informed the generals that his fleet had been robbed by water thieves, he immediately shocked the generals.

The most excited one was Zhou Cang, who had a bad temper and spoke immediately after Liu Zheng finished speaking.

"It's unreasonable. Someone dared to attack us. They really didn't take us seriously. Commander Qu, give me 1000 troops, no, as long as [-] troops, I will kill all these water thieves! "

Zhou Cang has such a grumpy temper. The first time he heard the news, he wanted to go to revenge, just like Liu Zheng who heard the news for the first time.

But Xu Huang thought further than Zhou Cang, and immediately spoke to Zhou Cang to dissuade him.

"Brother Zhou Cang, do you know the strength of those water thieves, who are their names? How many people are there? Where is their lair?"

Zhou Cang was taken aback by Xu Huang's words, and immediately shook his head.

"I do not know?"

"Since you don't know anything, who are you taking your troops to seek revenge, and who are you going to destroy?"

"I can't control so much. I just need to know where they hijacked our merchant ship and are looking for someone to act as a merchant ship. Passing by there, I don't believe that I can't attract those people. As long as they appear, I can attract them." Catch them all!"

Chapter 167

Although Zhou Cang didn't know who those water thieves were, what their names were, and how many there were, he had a way. As long as he attracted those water thieves out again, he might catch them all. However, this method was not reliable. The randomness is too strong, even if he leads a fleet again and passes by the same place, he may not encounter the group of water thieves.

And even if you can meet the water thief, it is not certain whether it will be the same people as last time.

"Brothers, my lord, I have something to say about this."

After Zhou Cang and Xu Huang argued for a while, Su Fei stood up in silence and spoke to the generals and Liu Zheng present.

"Brother Su Fei, just say what you have to say, let's work together to find a way to wipe out those water thieves."

"My lord, before answering, can I ask in detail what those water thieves look like?"

Su Fei was silent for a moment, then looked at Liu Zheng, and then at Yuan Zhou.

After all, Yuan Zhou was the main person who experienced this incident, and he was the only one who had seen those water thieves.

"Of course, Mr. Yuan Zhou also asks you to inform General Su Fei about the specific appearance and number of those water thieves."

"Okay, no problem. In fact, I didn't see the exact number of these water thieves too clearly. After all, after our boat was stopped by them, the other party did not send people to arrest us all, but let us dock and move away." The cargo on the ship, there are probably only more than 300 of them, but these 300 people are definitely not the whole number, there should be some people hiding on the shore."

300 people.

Su Fei nodded after hearing Yuan Zhou's answer, repeating the number in his mouth.

Then he opened his mouth and continued to question Yuan Zhou.

"Did they send a bell on them?"

When Su Fei said these words, Liu Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of something, but soon after, he shook his head.

This Liu Zheng also knows the name of the Jiangdong Jinfan thief, but Jingzhou has accessible waters and countless rivers. Because of this, bandits are rampant, and water thieves are even more numerous. Dozens of forces, large and small, are distributed in Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. between two bodies of water.

It is impossible to meet a group of bandits and water thieves casually, that is, the famous Jinfan thief Gan Ning.