The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

At that time, his idea was to destroy Zu Lang, so as to replace Zu Lang himself.

Because there was already friction between Jiang Zhou's thief and him, and when he sent Yuan Zhou to lobby Jiang Zhou's thief, the two did not show any intention of joining him, so let Liu Zheng know that even if he finally wiped out Zu Lang, it is impossible for the thief Jiang Zhou to take refuge in him directly.

In the end, he still had to rely on himself to re-cultivate the water thief forces in Poyang Lake.

So in the end he decided to change his mind again, and simply supported Zu Lang directly, only needing to let Zu Lang take refuge in him.He was able to integrate his forces with Zu Lang's remaining troops to form a new water thief group.

Zu Lang and Jiang Zhou thief fought, although they suffered heavy losses.But after all, only 2000 troops were lost, and there were hundreds of people around him at this time, plus the more than 1000 people he left behind in his lair, there were still 2000 troops left, and Liu Zheng also had more than [-] troops.

Led by Gan Ning, Zu Lang's original team and the newly trained two thousand sailors were combined to form a new water bandit.

Liu Zheng was able to get a navy with more than 4000 soldiers and horses in an instant.At the same time, even the generals of the navy did not need to be re-cultivated, and Gan Ning was directly appointed as the chief general, and Zu Lang was the deputy general.

With such an arrangement, Liu Zheng doesn't have to be afraid of the other two big water thieves in the waters of Poyang Lake.

In the following days, Liu Zhengxian led Zu Lang to Zu Lang's lair, reorganized the more than 1000 soldiers left by Zu Lang in the lair, and after joining Yuan Zhou and Zhou Cang, he reorganized all the navy into a single army .

Then they sent someone to contact Jiang Tuesday and sent [-] gold from Mingyue Village to fulfill their promise of compensation on the spot.

After Jiang Tuesday got the money, he was quite grateful to Liu Zheng. After all, they had killed and injured many soldiers before, and they finally had an explanation for those family members.

The two of them being the boss can be considered to bring some compensation to their dead brothers.

As a result, the battle between the two major water thieves in Poyang Lake has officially come to an end.

Liu Zheng has gained a lot from this. Although he himself lost [-] gold, money is something outside of him, and he will earn back what he loses sooner or later. The main thing is that he has earned a powerful navy from it. general.

At the same time, there are two thousand soldiers and horses under his command, which is not a loss.

The matter of the water army has been settled, and at the same time the water channel between Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake has been opened up. There are no water thieves making trouble in it. Next, Liu Zheng plans to set up a caravan.Re-update the schedule.

He didn't have any idea about this matter. After all, after Yuan Zhou's transportation was robbed by Jiang Tuesday's thief, Liu Zheng knew that Yuan Zhou was not particularly proficient in business matters. If he was proficient, he would not The goods will be impounded by the thief Jiang Zhou on Tuesday, and he will come back in a state of embarrassment.

At first, he didn't think about what to do, but the merchant ships they encountered when they framed Zu Lang gave Liu Zheng some ideas.

After the battle with Zu Lang was over, Liu Zheng returned to his Mingyue cottage with his troops. The first thing he did was to reload the goods looted from the Xuzhou Mi family before, and then led the His own men and horses escorted these goods and sailed towards Xuzhou.

He planned to go to the Mi family in Xuzhou to meet Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family.

The Mi family is a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou. The family is quite rich and good at business. If Liu Zheng wants to achieve something in business, getting along with the Mi family will only benefit him and not harm him.

Even if the cooperation with the Mi family is not negotiated in the end, Liu Zheng can still keep the source of income that the Mi family offered to Zu Lang before. After all, Liu Zheng has accepted all the sites before Zu Lang. For the merchant ships in the past, more or less is also a kind of income, and more or less is also a sum of money.

Liu Zheng still wants to inherit them.

However, now Liu Zheng's identity is still a rebel, and it is very dangerous for him to go to Xuzhou, so he must hide his identity, dress up his navy as a merchant ship, and then only bring Zulang, Gan Ning, Zhou Cang, etc. People, go to Mi's house to discuss cooperation matters.

From Yichun County to Xuzhou, the distance is not very short. Although Xuzhou and Yangzhou are adjacent counties, Yichun is on the edge of Yangzhou, and Xuzhou is in the north of Yangzhou.

Also, there are many water areas. If you want to go there, you can only walk through the water areas, which is faster.

But the waters are winding, and there is no direct river. In fact, if you really sail by boat, it will take longer than riding a horse.

Liu Zheng was triggered from Yichun, and it took more than ten days to get the boat close to the border of Xuzhou. This is why he sailed from Poyang Lake to the Yangtze River and sailed all the way to Xuzhou.

Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

This place has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It is known as the state of abundance and the former capital of Western Chu.

There is even another name called Zhulu. As the saying goes, Zhulu Central Plains refers to this place.

At this time, Xuzhou was not under the jurisdiction of Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, but a man named Ba Zhi.

Because there were no Yellow Turbans flooding here, it was still considered peaceful here. When Liu Zheng brought people here, he didn't encounter any obstacles.

It was easy to find out where the Mi family's manor was after just asking.

Chapter 182 Seeking Mi Zhu

In fact, fighting is fighting for money.

Behind the several major princes in the Three Kingdoms period, all of them were supported by aristocratic families or wealthy people from all over the world.

For example, it was because of Mi Zhu's support that Liu Bei had the money to recruit troops after he got Xuzhou.

Cao Cao also had the support of Chen Liu's wealthy Wei Hong to recruit the first batch of talents under his command.

Similarly, Sun Wu also had the help of Jiangdong's wealthy Lu family to support Jiangdong.Even Yuan Shao had the backing of the Zhen family in Hebei.

These wealthy merchants hidden behind the great princes sometimes bring power to these princes, which cannot be underestimated.After all, in troubled times, if you have money, you will have countless soldiers and horses to be invincible.

And Liu Zheng's purpose for coming to Xuzhou is naturally straightforward, that is, to cooperate with Mi Zhu and make a fortune together.If possible, he certainly wouldn't mind taking a rich family like Mi Zhu under his command.

But he is not Liu Bei, and he doesn't have the kind of domineering aura, the ability to make people kneel down when he shows up.

The location of the Mi family is actually very easy to find.

After all, it is a rich family who can find out just by asking anyone in Xuzhou.

After Liu Zheng asked someone about the location of Mi's house, he sent someone to deliver the goods to the door of Mi's house.

Mi's Manor, in the lobby.

Mi Zhu, who is in his 20s, is already the head of the Mi family, in charge of everything big and small.

The Mi family is in the city of Xuzhou, and it can be regarded as a rich family, the richest man in Xuzhou.Not only are there tens of thousands of mu of fertile land, but even the Zhuangzi built by the Mi family outside the city is extremely luxurious. It is even worse than the camps built by those dignitaries and dignitaries that Liu Zheng saw outside Luoyang.

The Mi family's manor is so large that it accommodates nearly ten thousand people. Among the nearly ten thousand people, except some of them are family members of the Mi family, most of the rest are servants, servants, and some Raised private soldiers.

It is impossible to be able to live safely outside Xuzhou City for so many years and build such a huge manor without some private soldiers.

The Mi family's luxury and luxury, in fact, can also be seen when Liu Zheng robbed the Mi family's merchant ships.

Although Mi Fang was trembling from the fright of Liu Zheng at that time, the guards on the Mi's merchant ship were the largest among those ships that Liu Zheng robbed.

There are nearly a hundred guards, but the armed force of nearly a hundred people is not enough to face Liu Zheng's hundreds of water thieves, but if the nearly a hundred guards encounter a small group of water thieves, they are completely capable of self-protection of.

Many merchant ships sometimes only have a dozen or twenty guards, like a guard team with nearly a hundred people. Only a rich family can send such a large team.

After a trip, the salaries of these guards alone are a lot of money.

Mi Zhu was holding the silk, looking at something on it, some words were written densely on the silk, at this time, outside the lobby, a person hurriedly ran over.

"Patriarch, Patriarch, something is wrong!"

A young servant hurried in from the outside, with a panicked expression on his face, as if he had been frightened by something.

While running, the young man yelled at Mi Zhu, causing Mi Zhu to hear the young man's voice from a long distance away, and immediately frowned.

"Mian, what are you doing in such a panic, what happened to you? Didn't I teach you not to be impatient?"

"Patriarch, there are people, a group of thieves want to break into our Zhuangzi!"

This young man named Mi An ran quickly to Mi Zhu's side, and without any hesitation, he told Mi Zhu what happened.

As soon as this sentence was said, Mi Zhu, who was not worried at first, changed slightly, but Mi Zhu was the head of the family after all, so he could hold his breath.

At this time, he didn't appear too flustered, but immediately calmed down and asked Mi An what happened.

"What's going on? Be more specific?"

"Just outside Zhuangzi, someone, a group of people, nearly 2000 people, surrounded our Zhuangzi, and called the owner and the second master to go out together."

The little servant hesitantly told Mi Zhu about this matter.

After listening, the look on Mi Zhu's face became better.

"That's it? Did that person say he wanted to attack Zhuangzi?"

"Isn't that true, but that general named Men looks vicious, and he doesn't look like a good man at first glance. I think he is a bandit from nearby Mount Tai. They came to ask us for food for the winter!"

Near Xuzhou, there is a group of Taishan thieves, which are very famous. People in all parts of Xuzhou are occasionally robbed by those Taishan thieves, so when mentioning bandits, many people will directly think of Taishan thieves.

The boy thought that the person who came to call the door was a Taishan thief, but Mi Zhu was not worried when he heard it, and even said something to the boy.

"What are you guessing here? Instead of thinking wildly here, why not just follow me to see who it is."

After Mi Zhu finished speaking, he put down the things in his hands, and then walked straight to the outside of Zhuangzi.

Before taking two steps, Mi Zhu seemed to think of something again, and turned his head to give instructions to the boy.

"By the way, didn't those people say they want to see the second master? Go and call my worthless brother over."

After Mi Zhu finished speaking, he left directly. After hearing Mi Zhu's order, the boy didn't dare to neglect at all, and immediately ran quickly towards the courtyard where Mi Fang was.

It didn't take long for the members of Mi's family to be alarmed, and came to the outside of Zhuangzi one after another, ready to meet with the people who came here to find the people who came to the door.

And this person is naturally none other than Liu Zheng.

After Liu Zheng brought his men and horses to the Mi family's Zhuangzi, he wanted to take people in directly to seek an audience with the owner of the Mi family, and then return the goods he brought over to the Mi family, but when he brought his men here, , because there were too many soldiers and horses around them, and they were not wearing official uniforms, so the people in this village, when they saw them, regarded them as bandits near Mount Tai in Xuzhou.

They immediately confronted the guards. No matter what Liu Zheng explained, those people just didn't open the door. They only thought that Liu Zheng was some bandit and wanted to drive Liu Zheng and others away.

Liu Zheng was naturally angry, but in order to meet Mi Zhu, he had to be patient and trouble the people inside to inform Mi Zhu to let Mi Zhu come out to meet him.

In this way, the two sides are at war with each other here, staring at each other.The members of Mi's family rushed to find Mi Zhu and reported the situation to Mi Zhu.

Liu Zheng and the others waited here for about a cup of tea before the sound of the door opening slowly came from the village.

The door opened, and a young literati stepped out from inside.

Chapter 183 Returning the Goods

The reason why this person is said to be young is because Liu Zheng saw that his clothes and appearance are not mature.

But with a little beard, it added a bit of mature charm to him, making him look more mature.

With a calm expression on his face, Mi Zhu stepped out of the gate of the manor, his eyes swept across the people outside the window, and finally fixed on Liu Zheng.

"My lords, I don't know if I have come to the humble house at this time, what can I teach you?"

Mi Zhu took the initiative to glance at Liu Zheng, and then greeted him, although he still didn't know who Liu Zheng was and what was his name?But seeing that the other party didn't take the initiative to attack, Mi Zhu knew that the other party should have no malicious intentions.

That's why he wanted to be patient and get in touch with Liu Zheng first, chat a few words, and find out what Liu Zheng's intentions are from the words.

"This must be Mr. Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family. If your Mi family's manor is considered a modest house, then only the imperial palace in Luoyang can be regarded as a private room."

Liu Zheng ignored Mi Zhu's question, but asked back.

Mi Zhu looked at Liu Zheng secretly, and was quite surprised by Liu Zheng's answer. For a while, he didn't know what Liu Zheng meant, so he could only continue to look at Liu Zheng, without saying much, waiting for Liu Zheng to speak next.

"Actually, we don't have any malicious intentions here, we just want to return something."

"Return something? What?"

Liu Zheng's words immediately aroused Mi Zhu's curiosity. He looked at Liu Zheng with a slight frown, and looked at him even more strangely, wondering what kind of medicine Liu Zheng was selling in his gourd.

"Come on, bring the things up!"

Liu Zheng didn't tell Mi Zhu what these things were, but turned his head to the people around him and gave a soft command.

Afterwards, the water thieves behind Liu Zheng started to act immediately, carrying the escorted goods up little by little.

In the blink of an eye, all the cargo of several ships was moved in front of Mi Zhu.

Although Mi Zhu didn't know Liu Zheng, he was a little familiar with the goods that Liu Zheng brought up. After all, not long ago, his second brother lost a batch of goods on the transport ship heading to Jiangdong. Goods worth thousands of gold.

Even if his Mi family has a big business, losing such valuable goods will still make Mi Zhu look bad.

And the goods that Liu Zheng put up were the ones that Mi Fang had lost, so Mi Zhu naturally knew it.

Mi Zhu's eyes stayed on these goods for a while, then he didn't speak, but moved his eyes and landed on his second brother Mi Fang.

Before Mi Zhu asked about his second brother Mi Fang, Mi Fang also recognized him at this time.

He recognized his own goods, and at the same time recognized that the leader was the one who looted his goods at that time.

"Brother, it's him! It's this man who hijacked our merchant ship! These goods belong to us!"

Mi Fang recognized Liu Zheng, and was immediately surprised. She thought Liu Zheng had come to show off at their Mi's house, and immediately became furious.

When Mi Fang was in Poyang Lake, although she was very timid, but at this time, she was in the Mi family's own territory, with 2000 private soldiers. At this time, Mi Fang is not afraid anymore.

Even if Ming knew that there were many water thieves around Liu Zheng, he had the confidence to challenge Liu Zheng at this time.

At this time, although Mi Zhu also knew that these things belonged to him, he still couldn't understand Liu Zheng's operation. He didn't know why Liu Zheng sent these goods here under the slogan of returning the goods. , for what purpose.

"Brother Mi Fang, I haven't seen you for a few days, so you're all right."

After all, Liu Zheng and Mi Fang didn't see each other for more than [-] days.

"Okay, you water thieves have robbed our things, and you still have the guts to come to our Mi family to show off your power and really bully our Mi family, there is no one, big brother, let our housekeepers come out and fight these water thieves to the death !"

Mi Fang was very angry, and immediately looked at Mi Zhu, wanting to turn against Liu Zheng.