"Gan Tian?"

Chu He was stunned for a moment, and unexpectedly, Gan Tian, ​​who had disappeared for so long, suddenly appeared.

It seems that the last time I heard about this guy, I learned it from Meng Qingtong half a year ago.

The bandits in Shuangfeng Mountain have also been dormant during this period. I wonder if they have been hiding in Shuangfeng Mountain or hiding somewhere else.

He thought that after Gan Tian reached the Zhongqian Dragon List, he would disappear and hide. With the help of the luck brought by the Zhongzhou Divine Stone, he could reach the level of the fourth-grade Wuzong. He unexpectedly came to Qinghe Village now.

Chu He has not been idle for the past six months. In addition to farming and developing with peace of mind, his own cultivation has not fallen behind. His martial arts cultivation has been promoted to the late stage of the Bone Strengthening Realm, and his literary cultivation has also steadily increased to the middle stage of the Soul-Healing Realm.

Now that he has been advancing both civil and military affairs, the Tai Chi cyclone composed of internal strength and literary energy has grown by almost twice as strong. He even feels a little strange and vivid in the literary energy, which shows signs of gathering the literary mind.

Moreover, the elixir medicinal materials of the third golden bell cover of Chuhe were also collected.

The tiger blood was found not long ago. It was a third-grade demon tiger hunted by Qianyuanwei on Huya Ridge. Its quality is excellent, and it is just a python gall.

When Chu He went out this time, in addition to selling soldiers and buying grain, the most important thing is to see if he could buy the gall of a century-old giant python in the big city.

Although the third level of the Golden Bell Cover has not been refined, Chu He's current strength, coupled with his skillful swordsmanship and wind-chasing hammer technique, is a real fourth-grade martial arts sect level.

But Chu He did not underestimate Gan Tian. He knew very well the value of the Zhongqian Dragon List, which was equivalent to the terrifying combat power of the later period of Wuzong. Chu He really didn't know how Gan Tian could be on the Zhongqian Dragon List.

Chu He was confused, but he immediately asked someone to invite Gan Tian in.

After not seeing each other for more than a year, Gan Tian has become much taller, wearing armor, with a crescent halberd on his waist and hips. His aura is even more calm and solemn, and he has a faint look of the style of a general.

Chu He was not proud of himself. When he saw Gan Tian, ​​he immediately stood up and bowed and said, "Brother Yuanba, long time no see!"

Gan Tian looked at Chu He with half-squinted eyes, and could see a look of surprise in his eyes. Then he smiled and bowed and said, "I didn't expect that Nian Xu wouldn't see me. Brother Qianyuan was shocked. The speed of strength improvement was amazing!"

"This time I'm here, I hope Brother Qianyuan won't be surprised."

His words are not flattery. Now he is at the level of the fourth-level Wushu Sect, and his vision and knowledge have been greatly improved. At a glance, he can see that Chu He is already in the late stage of the Bone Strengthening Realm, and it contains an unfathomable aura. It is difficult to judge Chu He's true strength.

Moreover, Chu He is only ten years old now, 1.56 meters tall, and has a calm momentum, which really makes people unable to associate with his age.

If you don’t know Chu He’s background, no one will be surprised to say that Chu He is fourteen or fifteen years old.

Chu He smiled and asked the guard to retreat, then he smiled and said, "I heard that Brother Yuanba has already made it to the Zhongqian Dragon List, which is really gratifying. I thought Brother Yuanba would look for spiritual cultivation, but I didn't expect Brother Yuanba would come to visit, so I didn't know what was going on?"

Gan Tian waved his hand: "You don't talk like this. To be honest, I came here this time because I have something to ask for."

Chu He frowned slightly: "Brother Yuanba doesn't need to be polite. If you have something to say, as long as I can help, I will definitely not swear."

Gan Tian nodded and said directly: "I'm here this time, I'm planning to borrow some rice and grain from you."

Chu He was stunned for a moment: "Borrow grain? I don't know how much rice and grain I need to borrow?"

Gan Tian hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth: "Ten thousand stones!"

Chu He was really shocked. He didn't expect that Gan Tian would say ten thousand stones.

He still has a little bit of grain storage now, but it is only 70,000 to 80,000 stones. Even if he can harvest grain again soon, there is not much land in Changding Township and the land is barren. Even if he is not affected by military disasters, the total amount will not exceed 100,000 stones.

As for the newly opened fields of refugees, there is probably not much harvest in the past two or three years.

The more than 100,000 stones of rice and grain are to support the current consumption of 70,000 to 80,000 people in Changding Township.

If you start building a city wall, you have to recruit more refugees, and you can't just give porridge like you are now, barely suffocating the lives of refugees. If you work hard, you will definitely have to eat more.

He frowned and pondered for a long time before he slowly said, "Brother Yuanba, in fact, your uncle Gan Ning has a kindness to Qianyuan. According to the truth, this rice and grain must be lent to Brother Yuanba."

"Ten thousand stones of rice and grain is not a small amount. I dare to ask, Brother Yuanba borrowed so much rice and grain, but for the sake of the brothers in Shuangfeng Mountain?"

There are only 1,800 people in Shuangfeng Mountain, and 10,000 stones of food are enough for them to eat for a year.

Gan Tian knew that rice and grain were precious at this time and could not buy it even if there was any money. Moreover, Shuangfeng Mountain has not much wealth now. If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, he wouldn't have been to blame Chu He for begging Chu He. You must know that he still owed Chu He a favor last time.

He smiled bitterly: "That's right!"

"Actually, I have been staying in Huya Ridge to practice. When I returned to Shuangfeng Mountain not long ago, I realized that my brothers were facing difficulties."

"The remnants of the Yellow Turbans are in chaos. Shuangfeng Mountain is on the border of Datong and Fenglai County. Many refugees fled to Shuangfeng Mountain. The brothers on the mountain couldn't see it and recruited thousands of refugees."

"In the past, I could buy some grain with money to support it. In the past two months, I have no source of rice and grain, so my brothers are almost unable to expose the blame."

After pausing for a while, Gan Tian said helplessly and embarrassedly: "Brothers, in order to search for rice and grain, they killed two battles with the Yellow Turban Army in Fenglai County. The casualties were very serious. There was no way, so I came to you with a shameless face."

Chu He thought about it for a moment and knew the situation of Shuangfeng Mountain.

Shuangfeng Mountain does not produce and does not have enough money, so it is difficult to reserve a large amount of food in advance.

Now Fenglai County is occupied by the Yellow Turban Army. The wealthy families nearby either flee or are robbed and killed by the Yellow Turban Army. Even if they want to plunder food, they will not find their target.

There are still food in Datong County now, including Qinghe Village and Datong County, Shuangfeng Mountain bandits, probably have tested the strength of Changding Township.

No wonder Chu Heizi heard news that several bands of bandits ranging from dozens or hundreds of people approached their mountain territory. Everyone had two more fights, but neither of them had any advantage.

Chu He does not have a lot of grain storage. Considering his own situation, Chu He should not give Shuangfeng Shanshan rice grain.

The bandits in Shuangfeng Mountain could not survive and surrendered to Changding Township. This was the result Chu He wanted to see the most.

These are all cruel people who have seen blood. I heard that the discipline is strict, and the targets of the attack are mostly wealthy merchants, and their character is pretty good. As long as they are disrupted, they can be enforced by Qianyuanwei or Chu Heizi, Chu Shi and others, they can enhance Changdingxiang's strength.

However, Gan Ning and Gan Tian still have to give some face.

Chu He pondered for a long time before nodding and said, "To be honest, Brother Yuanba, we don't have much food in stock now, and nearly 100,000 refugees have gathered in Changding Township. I plan to let them build a city wall, so I can't watch them starve to death."

Gan Tian's face turned dark and he thought Chu He didn't want to borrow food, but then he heard Chu He say, "Let's do this, I can give Brother Yuanba three thousand stones of rice and grain first."

"In addition, I happened to organize the manpower, leave Qinzhou, and go to Baozhou to buy food and grass. If the Shuangfeng Mountain brothers are interested, we can set off together."

"Baozhou?"

Gan Tian was slightly stunned and then said, "From here to Baozhou, you must not only cross the two counties and counties that remnants of the Yellow Turbans, but also pass through Changdao County occupied by the Southern Barbarians, and then cross the Dingjiang River, afraid that it will not be a thousand miles away!"

He paused for a moment and continued, "Even if he could really cross the land occupied by the Yellow Turban Army and the Southern Barbarians, the Dingjiang River was extremely wide and there were not enough river ships. How could he transport food across the river?"

Chu He nodded: "You are right. However, we did not intend to go directly from Dingjiang River, but planned to follow Huya Ridge, bypass Dingjiang River, and then pass through Changdao County, and enter Baozhou from the entrance of the sea."

"Although it takes nearly two thousand miles to go for such a detour, it is safer than just crossing Dingjiang River."

Gan Tian frowned and said, "How to transport food back?"

"Even if the Yellow Turban Army is insufficient, it is impossible to monitor such a large place, but there are spies and scouts everywhere. A convoy carrying food through their occupied areas and Changdao County, it is impossible for the Yellow Turban Army and the Southern Barbarians to discover it."

As he said that, his heart moved: "Are you planning to come back by sea?"

Chu He nodded and smiled, "Yes, I've seen the map. When I go out from the Daqing River, it's a vast ocean. As long as I follow the sea, I can bypass the southern barbarian land and then enter Baozhou from the entrance to the sea."

"It is said that Baozhou has many large sea boats, with huge amounts of materials and extremely fast speeds. As long as we can afford the price, it is unlikely to take these three or four thousand miles of sea routes."

Gan Tianleng shook his head: "It's not appropriate!"

"It's better to transport grain directly from land than to sea."

Chu He was a little puzzled: "Why is this?"

Gan Tian smiled bitterly: "It's not easy to walk on the sea road, especially to bypass the huge southern barbarian land. In total, I'm afraid there is no four thousand miles away."

"There are countless ferocious beasts and giant fish in the boundless sea. It is said that some giant fish can even crash giant ships with thousands of materials. I am afraid that no sea ships are willing to bypass the Southern Barbarians and reach our Datong County."

"Even if there is a sea boat that is willing to take the risk, it will cost more than 100,000 taels of silver for one trip. In addition to the cost of purchasing grain, one stone of grain is afraid that it will cost five or six taels of silver. To be honest, our Shuangfeng Mountain can only take out at most 5,000 taels of silver."

Chu He frowned. He didn't think so much before, but only learned from Jiang Wei that there was a sea boat in Baozhou and that he could transport goods by sea. Now, after Gan Tianyi said that, he realized that it was not that simple.

This is actually Chu He’s biggest weakness. The people under his command are basically from Tianshui County and are quite unfamiliar with the outside world.

Even if he could really buy grain from Baozhou, the silver he had is only about 200,000 yuan, and it would not take long to buy 50,000 or 60,000 shi of rice and grain, let alone keeping money to build the city wall.

Chu He pondered and said, "Where should we do it according to Brother Yuanba's opinion?"

Gan Tian sneered: "Tianshui County is not without food, but it is all scattered by the Yellow Turban Remnants. If there is no food, the Yellow Turban Remnants will not be able to wrap hundreds of thousands of refugees to attack Qinzhou City."

"When I came in earlier, I saw that Brother Qianyuan had many elite soldiers and generals. If Brother Qianyuan was brave enough, it would be better to join our Shuangfeng Mountain to rob the granary of the Yellow Turban Army in Fenglai County!"

Chu He was really shocked. He had been thinking about how to defend if the Yellow Turban Army attacked, but he never thought about taking the initiative to attack the Yellow Turban Army.

He smiled bitterly for a long time and said, "Brother Yuanba is not a joke, right? The Yellow Turban Army is now in great power, gathering hundreds of thousands of refugees, and the number of soldiers and generals under his command is 100,000. There must be heavy troops to guard the granary, so how can we rob it?"

Gan Tian's face became serious. He looked at Chu He for a long time before saying, "Most of the Yellow Turban Army's current forces are concentrated in Qinzhou City, and there are no more than 5,000 soldiers and horses left in Fenglai County."

"And, there are only one thousand veterans in these five thousand soldiers, and the rest are refugee recruits."

"In fact, our Shuangfeng Mountain has already attacked the Yellow Turban Army's grain transport team, but it was not enough to return without success."

As he said that, he sighed: "If it hadn't been for alerting the snake before, and the Yellow Turban Army had concentrated all the food and grass in Fenglai County, I wouldn't have to ask Brother Qianyuan for help. With my current strength, it would be a big problem to lead hundreds of brothers from Shuangfeng Mountain to capture a grain transport team."

Chu He's face changed for a while, and finally said, "Dare you ask Brother Yuanba, you are in the fourth-grade Wushu realm now?"

Gan Tian shook his head: "Later stage of the Blood Coagulation Realm. However, the combat power can indeed be compared with the fourth-grade Wushu Sect."

Chu He said again: "Which Fenglai's situation is in the county? What are the powerful figures guarding me?"

"There are three thousand Yellow Turban Army stationed in Fenglai County, and there are about three thousand soldiers and horses scattered everywhere. There is a Yellow Turban Alchemist of the fourth-grade realm in the city."

"In addition, there are thousands of soldiers and horses in Shuangma County on the side of Fenglai County. If you receive a request for help, you can rush to Fenglai County as late as one day."

Gan Tian had obviously had already made the idea of ​​robbing grain and was quite familiar with the situation in Fenglai County. He then said: "There are a large amount of grain and grass stored in Fenglai County, which is definitely more than 500,000 stones! Almost where is the grain in the entire Tianshui County placed."

"It is probably the use of the Yellow Turban Army when it is considered that it has to return to Tianshui County after its defeat."

Chu He pondered for a long time, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, Brother Yuanba will rest in Qinghe Village for a while. Sending troops to provoke the Yellow Turban Army is of great importance. We need to study it before we can reply to Brother Yuanba."

"As for the three thousand stones of rice, I will ask someone to prepare now. If Brother Yuanba is convenient, he can send someone back to Shuangfeng Mountain at any time."

Gan Tian nodded: "Then I thank Brother Qianyuan. However, if you really want to rob the grain, you have to make a decision as soon as possible. It is best to wait until the autumn harvest is over, Fenglai County will collect the grain and we will send troops immediately!"

Chu He smiled and said, "This is natural."

If he really decides to attack the Yellow Turban Army, Chu He will wait until the autumn harvest is over before taking action.

After all, once the troops are launched, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely not give up. There is no possibility of stable development in the future. If you want to do it, you must go big. It is best to grab a million stones of grain and grass at one time, so that Changding Township will not be short of food for three to five years.

There is actually no shortage of grain in Qinzhou. The grain produced every year is still OK to feed the two or three million people in Qinzhou City.

Even if the war is in chaos and the people are unwilling to farm, they can always produce thousands of stones of rice and grain in the fields. Just Tianshui County, the autumn harvest of grain is definitely more than two million stones.

Chuhe is short of food now, just because there is insufficient farming staff, not because of insufficient land. As long as you survive for more than three years and have produced in the fields, the grain will not be as scarce as it is now.89
Chapter completed!