Long Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that Long is being harsh, it's actually that Mr. Han has already told me to transport grain to Xiapi as early as possible. I'm afraid something might change if it's too late..."

Zhou Yu snorted coldly: "Lü Bu is a common man. Marrying a girl is like selling her. No matter how late he is, he will take her."

"Gong Jin doesn't know something. General Ji will attack Xiaopei soon. Mr. Han is worried that the betrothal gift will be delayed, and Lu Bu will be suspicious and instigated. If he helps Liu Bei, it will be bad..." Long Xiang shook his head and explained.

"No wonder you want to make friends with Lu Bu. It turns out that you are trying to get Liu Bei to do it. I don't know who came up with the idea. It's really..." Zhou Yu muttered to himself first, then raised his head and clasped his fists and said, "It's not that Zhou Yu deliberately delayed, but in fact, it's the hot summer and the busy farming season.

Forcibly recruiting corvees will easily arouse public resentment, and the place of residence is far away from Liu'an..."

"Now that it's been delivered, forget it. I'll have to travel more at night." Long Xiang waved his hand gently.

Zhou Yu had prepared a lot of rhetoric. After all, Yuan Shu had too many mediocre people. He could not find many capable officials, but there were just as many officials who found fault with him.

Seeing that Long Xiang was so reasonable, Zhou Yu was very surprised. He quickly bowed and saluted: "General Long understands the righteousness, Zhou Yu would like to thank you."

"Gong Jin, you don't have to be like this. Everyone has their own difficulties. As long as we don't miss important things, I'm definitely not someone who uses chicken feathers as a sword..." Long Xiang held on with one hand, and in the middle of the sentence, he saw that Zhou Yu was wearing armor.

Curiously, he asked: "Gong Jin is walking with armor on? Is it because he is not hot or tired?"

"Huh?" Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, pointed to the back and said, "Yu originally came on horseback, but a grain transporter fainted just now, so I gave up my mount..."

"As the county magistrate, Gong Jin actually went to the trouble of escorting the people personally. He is really considerate of the people and loves the people like a son. He is a rare good official..." Long Xiang nodded and praised, not seeing the "bitter tactics" of Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu cupped his fists and said modestly: "General Long's words are serious, Zhou Yu is deeply afraid that he is incompetent..."

"Uncle Hui."

"The end will be here."

"Find a horse for Gong Jin to ride on."

"Ah? Only..."

Long Xiang's sudden move moved Zhou Yu's face. He quickly waved his hand to stop him and said: "General Long, there is no need to be like this. It's okay for Zhou to take two steps."

"Long has been in the army for a long time and knows what it's like to walk with armor. Gongjin, please don't refuse. Furthermore, the horses can only be lent to you for half a day. You need to return them after the grain is loaded on the ship, otherwise you will not be able to explain it to General Qiao."

"Uh...that's fine."

Long Xiang said it first, which made Zhou Yu feel very magnanimous, and he instantly developed a good impression.

Tang Yu then brought the horses, and Zhou Yu and Long Xiang rode together. The two young men chatted as they walked, like friends they hadn't seen for a long time.

Long Xiang's inherent impression of Zhou Yu came from later literature and film and television works. It was not until the two had an in-depth conversation that he discovered that this person had a cheerful and open-minded personality and did not seem to be a small-minded person.

Long Xiang knew that Zhou Yu was very smart, but he was "guilty of being a thief" at this time, so he never mentioned the issue of the betrothal gift, and deliberately concealed his clumsiness and showed himself to be a "simple martial artist".

In the future years when he stayed in Huainan, Long Xiang did not want to attract too much attention. After all, he would not be remembered unless he was a threat. He did not expect to be able to win over a famous general with extraordinary intelligence like Zhou Yu. He could already leave a good impression.

Very good. Maybe in the future, under the banner of Liu Bei, most of the governors can be taken over and used by the Han Dynasty?

Zhou Yu talked with Long Xiang all the way and found out the incident of retreating from Zhang Fei alone. He admired the other party's magnanimity and quick wit. However, in the subsequent conversation between the two, he found that Long Xiang was not that outstanding and was ordinary in comparison.

'Ordinary people are only a little bit strong, but the most dazzling thing is their loyalty and courage.

Zhou Yuxin said that's right. I want to have a good family background, be talented and knowledgeable, and have good looks. I'm not even famous in Jianghuai, and it's even more impossible for you to be of your level.

In view of Long Xiang's righteous act of borrowing a horse, Zhou Yu reciprocated and offered advice to teach Long Xiang how to deal with Lu Bu when he went to Xiapi.

Long Xiang responded with "full of joy", but he had his own calculations in mind. Most of the more than 100,000 dendrobium grains handed over by Lujiang County were transferred to Hefei. How could he go to Xiapi to die?

After the grain was loaded onto the ship, Zhou Yu returned his horse to Longxiang and said goodbye.

Looking at Zhou Yu's retreating figure, Long Xiang couldn't help but recite the poem from Red Cliff: "Majestic and heroic, with feather fans and turbans, while talking and laughing, the cannons and oars were reduced to ashes..."

"Yunqi, were you praising Zhou Yu just now? Isn't it just that he looks more handsome?" Tang Wei wiped his beard and disagreed.

Long Xiang said meaningfully: "Just wait and see, this person can overturn the world..."

"What did you just say?" Tang Hui asked in confusion.

"Nothing, time is running out now, we have to go to Shaopi as soon as possible."

"Well, I don't know how Brother Feng is doing..."

"When we arrive at Shaopi, we will know that the grain ship has been ordered to set sail, and the cavalry has also set off at the same time."

"only."

Long Xiang and Tang Hui were both worried that Feng Zhong had not moved enough. However, when they arrived at Shaopi, they realized that they had overthought themselves and underestimated the hungry people's obsession with food.

Feng Zhong led 300 infantrymen and 700 to 800 family members. Within half a month, these more than 1,000 people took all 100,000 tons of grain off the ship and took it away. In order to hide it from others, he also had people load sand into the ship.

stone to make the draft of the grain ship look normal.

The first thing Long Xiang asked after arriving was: "Has everything been moved?"

"Of course, don't worry, I'll do the work." Feng Zhong nodded lightly, then asked, "Does the food coming later still need to be moved?"

After hearing this, Long Xiang waved his hand. The batch of grain Feng Zhong mentioned was Zhou Yu's five thousand dendrobium. If it were replaced with sand and gravel, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu would have to cut themselves.

"No need, you have exceeded your task..."

Long Xiang suddenly felt a headache. He thought that he could not make the payment with only the five thousand dendrobium. If it was too late to load the moved grain back, what should he do?

"Yunqi, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Long Xiang covering his forehead with his hand, Feng Zhong asked quickly with concern.

At this time, there were sounds of cicadas by the lake. Long Xiang looked at Feng Zhong's face, and four words suddenly came to his mind: The golden cicada escapes its shell.

Long Xiang looked at Feng Zhong and Tang Hui, and said seriously: "Uncle Zhong has moved too much grain. If we just send it to Xiapi, there will be a big disaster. I just thought of a plan, which is to sacrifice one of you."

..."

"What do you say? My parents, wife and children are gone, so I will give this head to Yun Qi." Tang Wei slapped his chest, his face full of vicissitudes of life, showing the pride of a man.

When Feng Zhong saw that Long Xiang didn't answer, he guessed that the other party was not interested in Tang Yu, and immediately said: "Yun Qi can plan for those orphans. Feng Zhong will die in peace, so just tell me how to die."

People at that time really didn't just talk about death. Seeing how loyal they were, Long Xiang lowered his voice and said: "My nephew does need his loyal uncle to die, and some of his soldiers should be buried with him, but you don't have to die for real."

, just die in name only."
Chapter completed!