Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 291 The easy-going Gan Ning

Liaodong, late at night in Dajin, Gan Ning secretly came to Liangmao's house again.

"Oh? So Gongsun Du already wants to agree to Antonjin's matter. The 'minimum price' is all the goods I brought this time?" Gan Ning raised his eyebrows slightly.

"That's what he said, but... Gongsun didn't really trust me. I'm afraid he had other ideas. I thought Gongsun Kang's look was a bit sinister at that time." Liang Mao said without conviction.

Indeed, Gongsun Kang had previously agreed with his father on the surface, but...he was thinking in his heart that he would ask his brother-in-law to "sing a double act" in the future!
His "brother-in-law" naturally refers to the current king of Baekje, the leader of the nobles who went south to Buyeo.

When Anton Jin was almost finished, he asked his brother-in-law to copy it, took away the property, and then led troops to help.

We cannot make the General's Mansion give up Andongjin just once, but we must harvest it several more times to let them know that Liaodong's surname is Gongsun!

As for the navy of the General's Mansion, will it threaten the security of Liaodong if it docks in Andongjin?
Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang never thought about this. After all, they were just some naval forces, and... they were alone outside. Apart from Andongjin, the nearest supply point was in the distant Zhouhu.

There is no danger to defend and no way to retreat. If you lose, you can only take a boat and run thousands of miles away. What is so terrible about this kind of "garrison"?

"A fierce look? Heh, well... let's see who is more fierce tomorrow!" Gan Ning's eyes narrowed slightly, with a fierce light flowing.

Listening to Gan Ning's tone, Liang Mao felt a little uneasy and wanted to persuade him, but because he was unfamiliar with him, he didn't know how to speak.

"Don't worry, Prefect Liang. You are a full-time prefect appointed by the imperial court. Although the imperial court may not care about you, Duke Bai will not forget you. If Prefect Liang is interested, he can follow me back to Jinling to meet my Lord." Gan Ning quickly changed his face and comforted him.

"No, Gongsun Du will not let me leave easily. If I leave quietly, my family in Xiangping will be killed by him!" Liang Mao said immediately.

As for the belittling of the imperial court in Gan Ning's words and the subtle remarks that put Bai Tu above the imperial court, Liang Mao just pretended not to hear it.

Liang Mao obviously doesn't have the heroic temperament, nor does he have Jia Xu's ruthlessness. This is also the most normal reaction.

If everyone is like Jia Xu, there is no need for protons to exist...

It was precisely because Liang Mao was just an ordinary person who cared about his family that Gongsun Du felt relieved about him. Even Liang Mao usually worked in Dajin, so Gan Ning was able to see him in advance!
"The prefect of Liang must leave it to his useful body first, and when the general's mansion establishes a foothold in Liaodong, he will find an opportunity to directly ask Gongsun Du for the family of prefect Liang."

Historically, Liang Mao was also "asked" by Cao Cao to serve in the court after Gongsun Kang beheaded the Yuan brothers who had surrendered to him and defected to Cao Cao. Gongsun Kang did not force him to stay.

Gan Ning's words are nice, but... there is always an evil smile on the corner of his mouth, which always makes people uncomfortable, and even inherently reduces his credibility!

However, Liang Mao could only choose to believe it now. At the same time, he carefully recounted to Gan Ning the reactions of Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang after Gan Ning left.

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The night passed.

Yesterday was nominally a day to wash away the dust, but today is the time to get down to business.

But even when talking about business, Gan Ning still showed his chest and chest. After all, he always dressed like this in the central hall of the general's mansion.

Taking the step of not recognizing his relatives, he came to the middle hall of Dajin Mansion again and met Gongsun and his son, as well as Yang Yi, Liu Yi and other important officials from Liaodong.

Gongsun Du first avoided the topic of Antonjin and directly talked about the transaction, but... after only a few words of conversation, Gan Ning said directly: "The goods have been brought this time, and General Gongsun will set the price. As for the price, In the future... Hey! Who knows how much food, weapons and horses will be priced in Liaodong in the future? No matter how much we discuss now, the next price will have to be negotiated next time."

Gongsun Du's eyes flashed when he heard this, and then he asked tentatively: "I wonder how many horses the General's Mansion is prepared to exchange for?"

"It's my first time doing business. Everyone is more generous and I won't bargain... five thousand for a good horse and five thousand for a bad horse!" Gan Ning said with a big wave of his hand.

Gongsundu:...

More atmospheric?Not counter-offer?
nonsense!You're the shameless guy asking the price, what price do you want?

"Isn't the price too high? And... it's not easy to transport horses. I'm afraid most of them will be killed or injured at sea. I think it's better to trade war horses directly. Our war horse training technology in Liaodong is definitely much higher than that in Yangzhou." Gongsun Du said calmly.

Good colts and rogue horses refer to real "horses", and Gongsun Du wants to trade trained "war horses" in the future, not to extract the horsepower of civilian horses, which is a small profit, but not to I hope the breed of the horse will be revealed so that Baitu doesn’t start herding horses on his own!
Although in Gongsundu's impression, even if he had never been to Yangzhou, he knew that Yangzhou was not conducive to horse herding - it was either an agricultural intensive area, or a mountainous area or a place with complex water veins... But he still instinctively wanted to be on guard.

What's more, it also involves the issue of Cheng Ji's "technology tree". The war horse training technology of Youzhou Cheng Ji is far better than that of Yangzhou Cheng Ji. Even if Yangzhou Cheng Ji has been upgraded by Lu Bu and others, she is still weak in this aspect. Because there are too few opportunities to train war horses.

If there are more horse breeds, I'm afraid Bai Tu can also point out training techniques.

"It doesn't matter. If General Gongsun is afraid that I will suffer a loss, wouldn't it be nice to give me more and leave room for casualties? Hahaha." Gan Ning sounded like the problem could be easily solved.

Gongsundu:...

Why do not you go to hell?Which of your ears could tell that I was "fearing you to suffer a loss"?
"Haha, Governor Gan is joking...the war horse is still a good horse, let alone the matter of Antonjin..." Gongsun Du was so angry that he changed the topic back to the key point.

"Oh, Dajin! Has the general thought about it?" After Gan Ning finished speaking, he showed a "something seems wrong" expression, which was very lifelike.

Gongsundu:...

"Huh? General Gongsun just said Antonjin? Did I say Antonjin yesterday?" Gan Ning asked first.

"Not bad." Gongsun Du's expression was already twitching.

"Hahaha, that seems to be the wine from Liaodong. What I want to say is actually Dajin." Gan Ning shook his head and laughed.

But Gongsun Du obviously doesn't find it funny...

Dajin is equivalent to Lushunkou in later generations, Andongjin is equivalent to Donggang in later generations, and Xiangping, the base camp of Liaodong, is Liaoyang in later generations.

The three are like a triangle. In terms of straight-line distance, Andongjin is actually closer to Xiangping. If you take the high-speed rail, the time between the two is about the same...

However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this "distance" could not be calculated in this way. The remnant veins of Changbai Mountain were separated between Andongjin and Xiangping. And if you are willing to go to the mountains, you can't get around it. Using modern methods to blow up the mountains to open the way is not a difficult area to repair.

But...if we were to march in the Eastern Han Dynasty, we could only avoid it, that is, go around the remaining mountains of Changbai Mountain to the Dajin area and then go north.

This is why Gan Ning initially wanted to land at Dajin and did not wait for Gongsun Du at Andongjin.

If the navy docks at Andongjin, Gongsundu has nothing to worry about, but at Dajin...

Although it's not really worrying, it's much more sensitive than An Dongjin!

"Does Governor Gan really want the lion to open his mouth?" Gongsun Du said coldly.

"No, I just think it's more convenient to trade directly in Dajin. 'Being convenient for others and convenient for yourself' has always been my purpose. I am... a very easy-going person!" Gan Ning's mouth turned evil again. Maniacal smile.

Gongsun Du was worried, but at the same time he dispelled his doubts - it seems that Liang Mao and Gan Ning did not have any private contact...

(End of this chapter)