Chapter 123 Marry a wife with virtue, and everyone will be safe

When Cao Cao let Liang Cheng go, he secretly took his family to Chenliu and let him meet his family there. Therefore, Yuan Shao's people only saw Liang Cheng leaving alone and did not know that he had his family there.

Xu Du.

When the news arrived in Yecheng, Yuan Shao was a little surprised. He originally thought that Cao Cao would kill this person, but he did not expect this result.

"What do you think of Cao Mengde letting this man go?" Yuan Shao asked the counselors.

Tian Feng first replied: "Cao Cao is a smart man. No matter who the messenger is, it will be useless for Cao Cao to kill him. If he is one of his people, he will attract suspicion by killing him. If he is not his person, it will be even more useless to kill him. It would be better to kill him."

If you let him go, you can also sell Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei a favor."

Yuan Shao nodded slightly: "Cao Mengde will not kill or retaliate now, but let him go. So, this is Gongsun Zan's person. Is the letter really written by Gongsun Zan to Liu Xuande?"

Feng Ji then said: "If it is really Gongsun Zan, and now the letter has been intercepted, Gongsun Zan will definitely send someone to Beihai to meet Liu Bei in person to discuss sending troops."

Guo Tu retorted: "What if the messenger is Cao Cao's man, and he lets him go on purpose? How can we be sure that he is not his man just because Cao Cao lets him go? Cao Cao is cunning and cunning, and there is nothing wrong with doing such a thing.

No. In my opinion, it is better to wait until the three-month period is up and see if Liu Bei really hands over the money and food, then we will know whether he has other intentions."

"Yes, Liu Bei promised to hand over the money and food. It's better to wait and see. If he really pays the money and food, it will prove that he has no different intentions." Xun Chen agreed.

"Okay, then let's wait and see what Liu Xuande does."

Yuan Shao prefers Liang Cheng to be Gongsun Zan's man, but when Gongsun Zan writes to Liu Bei, Liu Bei may not agree to his request.

Now the only way to determine whether Liu Bei has other intentions is to see if he will actually hand over the money and food.

While in Beihai Xiami, Liu Bei and Zhou Xing also heard about Liang Cheng.

He even knew the contents of the letter and that Yuan Shao gave Liang Cheng to Cao Cao, and then Cao Cao let him go.

This was deliberately spread by Cao Cao by sending people to Beihai. The purpose was to let Liu Bei know, to clear his suspicions, and to make Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan truly unite against Yuan Shao.

"For such a righteous man, it's a good thing that Cao Cao didn't kill him, but it's a pity that he didn't come to Beihai to meet me!"

Liu Bei understood that no matter who Liang Cheng was, everything he did was actually for himself.

If he is Cao Cao's man and takes his family as hostage, but he betrays Cao Cao and tells the truth to Yuan Shao, this act of justice is really admirable!

If he is really Gongsun Zan's man, but he can temporarily frame Cao Cao, the purpose is to get himself out of trouble, such behavior is also lamentable!

"Lord, in my opinion, this matter must be Cao Cao's conspiracy." Zhou Xing said.

"Is the military advisor so sure?"

Liu Bei also suspected that Cao Cao was responsible, but he was not entirely sure.

"Since when did my lord stop interacting with Gongsun Bogui?" Zhou Xing asked.

Liu Bei thought for a while: "It has been three years since I stayed in Xuzhou and had no contact with Bogui."

"Since the lord has no contact with Gongsun Bogui, how could Gongsun Bogui suddenly write to the lord and agree to send troops at the same time? Even if he wanted to contact the lord, he would not raise the issue of troops from the beginning. Moreover, Gongsun Bogui at this time

Build a city and defend yourself. We will definitely not send troops if we are not sure of victory. We have very few soldiers and horses. Even if we join forces, it will be difficult to defeat Yuan Shao. Gongsun Bogui will not do this."

"Therefore, if Liang Cheng is not Gongsun Bogui's man, he can only be Cao Cao's man. Cao Cao's move is to use Yuan Shao's power to get rid of us. Fortunately, Liang Cheng is a righteous man. He admires his lord's kindness to the people, so he goes to

Yuan Shao told the truth. Otherwise, if Yuan Shao believed it, he would have sent troops to attack."

"What the military advisor said is indeed true. What should we do now?" Liu Bei was quite worried.

Zhou Xing replied: "Since Yuan Shao has not sent troops to attack, maybe he should wait until the three-month deadline is up to see if we really hand over the money and food. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid Yuan's troops will come."

When it comes to money and food, Liu Bei looks happy.

"Now that the rice and wheat have been harvested, tax collection in various counties is relatively smooth, especially in Donglai. Including our farm harvest, we have nearly 200,000 shi of grain, and Beihai has more than 100,000 shi. The two counties have collected more than 5 million shi in total.

, even if we really hand over 2 million yuan and 50,000 stone grain, we will still have more than enough!"

Regarding these data, Zhou Xing also understands that the taxes have not been collected yet and are still being collected.

This time the Yuan family asked for money and food, and the people were worried that Liu would be attacked, so they enthusiastically paid the taxes. Even if there was not much food, they would rather eat less and go hungry, but still pay the taxes in full.

In a few days, when the deadline is up, I should be able to save 300,000 shi of food and 78 million in money.

Although there is a lot of money and food, Zhou Xing is not prepared to actually hand over the money and food to Yuan.

Fifty thousand shi of grain is not a small amount.

A soldier eats nearly one stone of food a month and about ten stones a year.

Based on this calculation, 50,000 shi of grain can feed 5,000 soldiers for one year.

Now five thousand soldiers is a lot for Liu Bei. How could he be willing to hand over the food!

"Don't worry, my lord, everything is going well with Liu Ziquan, and the soldiers who have returned to the military camp are also training with peace of mind. We can have no worries until the deadline for paying money and food arrives."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Yes, since Yide got married, he no longer makes noises and causes trouble. I really have less worries."

"Hahaha, if Yide marries a wife, everyone will be safe!" Zhou Xing joked.

Liu Bei looked at him and smiled.

It was early June of the second year of Jian'an.

There is still one month left before the deadline to pay money and food.

Since Cao Cao was defeated in Nanyang and lost his son, he has been staying in Xudu to recuperate and prepare to conquer Zhangxiu again.

Yuan Shao only sent troops to defend Gongsun Zan and did not fight against him.

Only Lu Bu and Yuan Shu were attacking each other. I heard that Yang Feng and Han Xian originally joined forces with Yuan Shu to attack Lu Bu, but they were persuaded by Lu Bu to betray Yuan Shu. Instead, they helped Lu Bu and defeated Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce had already separated from Yuan Shu, severed ties with him, and was preparing to march into Yuzhang.

Nothing happened to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Zhang Xian had not yet raised an army to rebel in Changsha.

During this period of time, the world was temporarily stable, and there were not many soldiers and horses on the road.

In addition to caring about the current affairs of the world and collecting taxes, Zhou Xing spent time at home with his beautiful wife Sun Yaohe, studying military books.

Liu Bei now has three wives, Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Wang.

Among the three ladies, the most beautiful one is Mrs. Gan, and Liu Bei’s favorite is also Mrs. Gan.

However, Mrs. Wang was his new concubine, and Liu Bei wanted to have a son, so he often slept with Mrs. Wang.

As the days passed, the deadline to pay money and food to the Yuan family soon came.
Chapter completed!