The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

"If you can't survive, it's not the same as death. You can only be in chaos." Huang Zhong is quite open to this, but it's one thing to see it clearly, and another to support it.

"The one who came here today is the leader of the Black Bandits." Seeing that there were no one else around, Liu Tao didn't mind explaining a little bit, "He told me that Boling Zhang Niujiao planned to rebel, and invited him to join."

"This can't be done, we have to report it to the court!" Lu Yan was a little excited when he heard this.

"Earlier, I made a bet with him that if Zhang Niujiao rebels and invites him to join, then he will defect to me." Liu Tao said suddenly, "The problem is our relationship, which obviously cannot be rumored. "

... Lu Yan heard the words, and sat back obediently.He didn't know why his brother did that, but there must be a reason.

"But, why do you know?" Cai Yan naturally wanted to ask questions, after all, according to Liu Tao, when the two sides made a bet, he should have expected this result.

"Don't you know that I'm a disciple of the Immortal?" Liu Tao looked at Cai Yan pretending to be surprised.

"Huh?" Cai Yan heard it for the first time, and was a little confused.

It is necessary to explain again here, and the result is that Zhen Jiang's eyes are bright, and he looks at Liu Tao with an expression of admiration.However, Cai Yan felt that his understanding of Liu Tao had undergone subversive changes, and he was a little uncomfortable with it.

"The relationship between me and him is considered top secret at the moment, and no one can spread it out. In the future, when we are in the cloud, we may obtain population and supplies through him." Liu Tao looked at everyone.

Everyone nodded suddenly, but Jian Yong looked at Liu Tao meaningfully, knowing very well.It is estimated that it is not only that simple, it is estimated that some dark things will be asked to do by the other party.

It's just that he won't speak out about such speculations that damage Liu Tao's image.

"In addition, according to my guess, I'm afraid it's not just Zhang Niujiao who are making trouble... In fact, as long as the people's lives continue like this, similar turmoil will not decrease." Liu Tao said with emotion.

After a pause, he looked at everyone: "Besides, we are going to Yunzhong County. We are facing even more brutal barbarians. Our focus should be to protect Yunzhong County from being invaded by barbarians. At the same time Letting the people live and work in peace and contentment is the top priority."

"What brother said is very true." Lu Yan came forward to agree, and everyone else nodded.

I set off on the second day and arrived in the eldest son city in the afternoon of the third day. As expected, the pressure of a hundred miles a day was not great.Liu Tao didn't even use 'speed up' to increase his marching speed.

"My lord, the [-] soldiers and supplies until October have all been delivered, please check and collect them." Meeting with the people from the Zhen family here, the steward of the Zhen family delivered the material brochure to Liu Tao.

The bamboo paper is used, which is produced by the paper mill. After all, there are also investments from the three Zhongshan companies.

"Why is it October?" Liu Tao was a little curious.

"There is a lack of supplies in the cloud. The owner and the other two have combined it, and it has increased the cost by about five months. After October, after the autumn harvest, the problem should not be too big. If you need it again, just order it .” The steward replied.

It's just that the supplies at that time may be purchased with money, Liu Tao said silently in his heart.

The three Zhongshan families are actually considered moral. According to the agreement, the one-year aid will expire around May this year.Giving him five more months would indeed solve a lot of problems, at least it would make him less financially strapped.

As for the tax for the autumn harvest, he felt that he might not be able to count on it.According to general logic, the local prefect, even if he has collected taxes for more than ten years in advance, is worthy of him.

Chapter 238 The Dilapidated City Wall

After meeting in the eldest son city, Liu Tao and his party continued to go north.Considering that the road conditions are good, they are basically moving forward at a speed of one hundred miles a day.

When passing by Jinyang, Liu Tao planned to visit Zhang Yi, governor of Bingzhou, for a moment.This person was in the position of the governor, until three years later, that is, in 188, he died on the battlefield because of the invasion of the Hu people.

This incident not only led to Ding Yuan becoming the new governor of Bingzhou.The key point was that Liu Yan, who was transferred back to Luoyang to serve as Taichang, also used this to propose to Liu Hong to restore the state pastoral system.

The governor of the state could not mobilize the frontier army. When Tu Xiuhu and the Southern Huns invaded Xihe County, this man could organize the army and the people to resist. He should be a respectable official. After all, he was timid, and he might have run away.

It's just that I still didn't see him in the end. Zhizhong said that the governor was out on patrol and was not in the yamen, and he didn't know when he would come back.Liu Tao could only leave some gifts and name badges behind, and then continue his journey. He couldn't wait here for Zhang Yi to come back.

"It's a pity. I originally planned to see what kind of person Zhang Yi is." Liu Tao felt a little emotional. If he could be saved in 188, then Ding Yuan probably wouldn't take office.

Ding Yuan does not take office, so when Dong Zhuo enters Beijing, will Zhang Yi lead his army south?This proposition is actually very interesting. If Lu Bu does not go south, then history will immediately undergo earth-shaking changes.

Compared with this, Ren Hongchang followed him earlier, this change is not even a ripple.

"What's so special about this person?" Lu Yan asked curiously. He was sure that Liu Tao had never met Zhang Yi before, so his current behavior probably had something to do with the "future".

"I don't know much about him. I just care more about his successor... Speaking of which, you have to be prepared. Three years later, there will probably be a large-scale invasion of Hu people. Hu people will invade Xihe County, although It's far away from us, but we must guard against it." Liu Tao shook his head, then realized something, and said in a low voice.

"In three years, it's hard to say whether I can stand firm in Yunzhong County..." Lu Yan said with emotion, coming to Yunzhong County to work this time is simply a pitfall.

"If you haven't been there, it's useless to say anything. Just like us, we have made plans for that place for several days, but after all, we don't know much about the actual situation there." Liu Tao replied.

Some time ago, he was using "Wind Dragon's Insight" to check the situation over there almost every day, using the cloud as the basis, and looked around.He thought he understood the situation in the counties over there, but he only saw part of it.

After all, you can't see what's going on in the room, and you can see people talking, but you don't know what they're talking about.There is no way to expect everyone to be able to speak official Chinese. If he wants to know what they are talking about through lip movement, Liu Tao can't do it either.

"Fortunately, His Majesty didn't intend to, it's too much trouble for us." Lu Yan looked at the supply troops and saw a hundred rhubarb crossbows, which were sent by His Majesty before the expedition.

With these gadgets, at least the barbarians' cavalry can be restrained to a certain extent.Especially when defending the city, the range can be improved even higher, especially for the barbarians, who are just leather armor.

When entering Yanmen County, this was the first time Liu Tao had to deal with the frontier army.To be honest, when the soldiers here saw their army, they were very happy at first.

It was only after contacting them that they realized that they thought their army was here to replace them.The frontier army is indeed a place that can quickly earn credit.

But you never know when the enemy will come, how many people will come, and how many people you will fight against, especially if you don't have much supplies!

Knowing that Liu Tao and the others came to Yunzhong to be the prefect and stationed there at the same time, they were somewhat disappointed, but at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief.At least there was an accident in Yunzhong, and they didn't have to rush over to help.

Liu Tao once thought about finding Lu Bu inside. Lu Bu seemed to be very famous in the frontier army. If he reported his name, the soldiers in the frontier army would immediately think of him.However, it seems that Lu Bu's army is currently stationed in Wuyuan County, not in Yanmen.

The most elite, guarding the most severe place... Liu Tao sighed.He wouldn't ask why the frontier army didn't expand its army, why didn't it divide troops to guard Yunzhong County.

These are very stupid questions: the imperial court did not give so many establishments, no money to expand the army, and some people did not have weapons; it was even more impossible to divide the troops, so that they would only be defeated by the barbarians. In the final analysis, there was a lack of cavalry.

Three thousand cavalry are currently in Wuyuan County, and there are not even cavalry in Yanmen.

"The situation at the border is very serious..." Guan Yu said with emotion. As a native of Hedong, he had also been a ranger for a while, but he really didn't feel much about the situation at the border.

Zhang Fei and Lu Yan, who were in Zhuo County, probably didn't feel much, after all, few Hu people could go south to Zhuo County.However, I heard that in Shanggu County next door to Zhuojun County, the Kebineng Department of Xianbei over there often visits them.

Xianbei went south to raid the Grass Valley without anything to eat, or plundered purely for the sake of looting. After all, they all wanted to become the next sandalwood locust tree, and needed a lot of supplies, and the population was used as a war reserve.

It is also impossible for Han Ting to sit back and watch the other party come as soon as they say they come, and chop their paws once every time they come.Strictly speaking, the two sides have been fighting for more than 400 years. It has long been a deep hatred, and it has nothing to do with the debate between Huayi and ethnicity.

There is no concept of ethnicity in itself. Liu Tao remembered that in the former Han Dynasty, he specially found the ancestors of Huaxia for these Hu people, and then told them: We are actually brothers of the same ancestor.

This Liu Tao thinks he should learn something, especially when he is on the side of the aggressor.

In the end, the group passed through Dingxiang County and came to Jiling County. When they arrived here, they had already entered the range of Yunzhong County.The weather-beaten city walls, desolate streets, and few residents, this is Jiling County, which gives Liu Tao the most direct feeling.

The county magistrate is a 70-year-old man. It is said that he was promoted by the county magistrate. In fact, he has not been formally appointed, mainly in Jiling County. There has been no county magistrate for almost ten years.

A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, and Liu Tao really admires others who can serve as county magistrate for ten years in the capacity of county magistrate.In the end, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Jiling County as the sheriff, and the original master was also promoted to the county magistrate.

Ten years, ten years!The old county magistrate knew that he had finally become a full-time official, so there was no need to worry about a county magistrate suddenly coming to squeeze him out. He was overwhelmed with gratitude, and directly bowed down to Liu Tao: "The next official kowtows to the magistrate!"

Liu Tao said a few words of relief, and then continued to go north. The situation in Shaling County was similar, so he had to go through this procedure.Then, with the gratitude of the new county magistrate, he came to Yunzhong.

When a slightly dilapidated city appeared on the horizon... Liu Tao was in a daze.