The sky in northern Jing was covered with dark clouds, but the sky in southern Jing was clear and clear.

It is still a hundred miles away from Jiaozhi County, and this is still the territory of Changsha County.

In a simple village, what is visible to the naked eye is the dark whetstone in front of each farmhouse.

In this village, it seems like every household is proficient in the skill of "sharpening knives".

A plaque with the words "Luohan Village" hangs high at the entrance of the village.

In one of the farmhouses, Lu Xun was lying on the bed.

The bright sunshine shone in, and he had a severe fever. His forehead was covered with a wet handkerchief, his lips were chapped, and he was mumbling in his sleep: "I want to climb up step by step, step by step... I want..."

My head was so hot that I was already a little unconscious.

A few days ago, after confirming the delivery time and location of the sidecar, wooden ox and flowing horse, and the crossbow.

Lu Xun and Sun Ru rushed from Jiangling to Changsha, Jingnan.

It happened to be a rainy day, but I only brought one hat.

So Lu Xun gave it to Sun Ru, but he, Lu Xun, was drenched and had a severe fever for several days.

Sun Ru sat beside the bed and comforted: "Bo Yan, it's okay, it's okay!"

Lu Xun seemed to be awakened by the soft comfort. He opened his eyes with difficulty, "The ordnance has arrived...has it arrived?"

Sun Ru tried her best to show a relaxed smile.

"We're here. People from the Lu family are also here. We've already sent people to check. The ordnance is hidden in Guanshan. The remaining parts will be delivered in the next two days."

The so-called Guanshan refers to the mountains where troops were stationed during the "Guan Gong's Battle of Changsha". It is like the "Laodao River" and was named after Guan Gong.

Let’s talk about it in detail.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, Liu Bei and Sun Quan took the opportunity to expand their territory in the Jingzhou area.

Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang, and Changsha counties south of the Yangtze River saw that the situation was not good and planned to surrender to Cao Cao.

Therefore, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to lead 3,000 troops each to conquer Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang counties respectively;

Guan Gong led five hundred swordsmen from the school to kill Changsha County.

——"Guan Gong's Battle in Changsha" thus began.

As for Guan Gong's battle against Changsha, it is just like what was sung in later dramas, "The blue-faced Dou Erdun stole the royal horse, and the red-faced Guan Gong fought against Changsha." Because of Guan Gong's arrival, many places here are famous for this battle.

The whole world.

Just like the "River of Swords" that was retrieved by Zhou Cang because Guan Gong's Qinglong Yanyue Sword fell into the water...

Then Guan Gong built a horse pen and named it "Malan Mountain."

"Guanshan" where Guan Gong stationed his troops.

As for "Luohan Village", it was after the Qinglong Yanyue Sword was salvaged from the "Laodao River".

The knife was chipped by a river stone, so the local Luo blacksmith used rainwater as sharpening water and sharpened it for three days.

From then on, Blacksmith Luo became even more famous, and the village where he lived was called "Luohan Village"!

Many customers come here to "sharpen their knives"!

Today, Lu Xun and Sun Ru live in Luohan Village, and the location of the arms transaction is Guanshan.

As early as three days ago, the Lu family sent a large number of merchant ships. In addition to transporting sufficient gold, there were also manpower...

Transporting so much ordnance back to Soochow is not an easy task.

Just then.

Lu Xun's son Lu Yan walked in.

This is Lu Xun's eldest son, but he was not born to Sun Ru, but to Lu Xun's late wife. He is now fifteen years old.

Seeing his eldest son, Lu Xun weakly stretched out his hand and stroked the child's cheek.

"My son is here? Have you brought all the gold, silver and music?"

"The gold and silver converted from 180,000 dendrobium grains have been counted several times, and they are absolutely accurate." Lu Yan replied. "As for Bu Qu, I didn't dare to bring too much. I only brought 500, which is enough to carry the ordnance."

Can!"

Historically, it is recorded that Lu Yan, the eldest son of Lu Xun, died in infancy.

Died before the age of twenty!

It was for this reason that the title of the Lu family was inherited by his younger brother Lu Kang.

Although Lu Yan is not very old now, he is quite energetic. At a young age, he can already handle many matters within the clan, including some commerce and business.

Seeing his father in such pain, Lu Yan was a little worried, but reported it as usual.

"Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi live in Malan Mountain not far away. According to what my father said, the child has already negotiated with them. At noon the day after tomorrow, our Lu family will first count the goods and count them.

After that, the money will be delivered immediately! Next, the ordnance will be transported by water."

"Okay!" After hearing this, Lu Xun lay down as if he was relieved.

Sun Ru took Lu Yan's hand and said softly: "Yan'er, you are your father's eldest son. Now that your father is like this, I... really can't leave, so I will have to worry about the ordnance!

"

Sun Ru calls Lu Yan "Yan'er", but she calls herself "I" instead of "mother"!

Just like in every family, the relationship between the stepmother and the eldest son often seems to be close, but in fact they are separated by a mountain.

After hearing what Sun Ru said, Lu Xun agreed, "Your mother is right, people are unpredictable, so be careful, ahem...if anything happens, tell me as soon as possible!"

"Father, don't worry, the child understands." Lu Yan withdrew his hand from Sun Ru's, saluted Lu Xun respectfully, saluted Sun Ru again, and then slowly exited the room.

When he went out, he saw a bucket of water in the courtyard. He quickly walked to the bucket, casually put his hand in, and quickly cleaned it.

There was a little more sparkle in his eyes that was difficult to detect.

And this hand...

It was just because my stepmother Sun Ru pulled me here.

…

…

Changsha County, Guanshan.

Someone who is proficient in arithmetic is inspecting the goods.

——"A wooden cow and a flowing horse are fifty!"

——"Liannu five hundred and sixty-one!"

——“Eighty-year-old sidecar!”

As each sentence was heard, the final number was announced.

"Yes, everything matches up, you two are open-minded!"

The younger brother of the governor of the Seventh County of Jiaozhou, Shi?, looked at the ordnance hidden in the mountains in front of him and showed a meaningful smile.

Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi are both here...

Shi Huolong smiled and said: "Today's is here. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, two batches of ordnance will be delivered. Before noon the day after tomorrow, you can check again and confirm the final number, and then you can trade!"

When Shi Huolong said this, You Tanzhi reminded him: "I just don't know how much money and food you should prepare? It's ready."

"Don't worry..." Shi? smiled and patted the two of them on the shoulders, "This is just the beginning. There will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future. I'm not afraid to tell you that we are from Jiaozhou, and we have plenty of money there!"

Hey…

After saying this, Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi looked at each other.

Immediately they all spoke in unison.

"light and spacious!"

After that, the three of them agreed to count the ordnance again before noon the day after tomorrow.

If there is no discrepancy, immediately... pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand.

Instead, send the soldier away.

Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi stood under the bright moonlight.

Shi Huolong sighed with emotion: "Old man Hong Qigong, this time... he must have tricked all these people."

"Yeah..." You Tanzhi took out a piece of dough from his arms and took a big bite. He handed the dough to Shi Huolong, "Take a bite?"

"What kind of noodles are we going to eat..." Shi Huolong smiled and waved his hand, "After this vote is done,... Hong Qigong and his old man will let us eat meat all the time! By then, the life of our beggar gang will be worse than that of those officials.

The master is ten times more beautiful!"

yes…

Just as Shi Huolong said.

Once upon a time, they were refugees who fled to Jiangling City. They lived in the open air, they were hungry and cold, no one cared about their life and death, and no one was willing to let them have a good meal.

But now...

The days are different!

Not to mention that you are full, and you don’t even want to eat noodles... Beggars, you have to eat meat!

Follow Hong Qigong and he will have meat to eat!

As Shi Huolong's voice fell, You Tanzhi stuffed the noodles back into his arms.

Suddenly I felt...this pancake no longer tasted good.

He added a question with great interest, "Do you think... will things go well tomorrow?"

Hmm…
To be continued...