Northern Prefecture Rivers and Mountains

Chapter 41 Ichthyosaurus
"This is a little gift from Sima Yuan." Du Shunu panted and threw a big cloth bag from his back.

After it was untied, it was found that the top was filled with five-zhu coins and the bottom was filled with silk.

"I just did my job, how can I deserve such a huge reward?" Liu Daogui looked grateful but he was secretly complaining that Yuan He was trying to bribe him.

"Sir Yuan said that Lieutenant General Liu is young and promising, and Envoy Huan also praised him highly."

This sentence is a compliment on the surface, but a threat in secret.

If Liu Daogui doesn't give in, he'll be making things difficult for Huan Hong...

"Thank you, Envoy Huan, and Sima Yuan. I will repay your kindness with my life."

"Since Lieutenant Liu knows Sima Yuan's intentions, I will not bother you any more. Goodbye." Du Shunu stood straight, but his rat eyes were fixed on the money and brocade.

Liu Daogui picked up the cloth bag, scooped out a small amount of food from it, and handed it to him, "I'll need your guidance in the future."

"Okay, okay!" Du Shunu's eyes narrowed into a line.

Liu Daogui personally escorted him out of the courtyard.

Liu Zun was furious, "This is our money, why give it to him?"

"How dare you say that? If you're not going to kill him at every turn, why would you need so much money as an apology?"

"Why are you blaming me again?" Liu Zun was very dissatisfied.

"Du Shunu has been in the military for 20 to 30 years and is quite experienced. He's the type of person you shouldn't offend. This money was earned for free anyway, so why not share some of it?"

No matter whether this money was sent by Yuan He or Huan Hong, it had only one meaning, which was to let Liu Daogui calm down and stop making trouble.

Liu Daogui understood what was meant. He knew that he could not afford to offend any of the imperial court, the Huan family, or the Tianshi Dao. Even if he reported the matter to the higher-ups, it would be useless. He might even be killed in order to appease the Huan family.

The General Zhenglu's mansion is rotten, and the Jiankang court is even worse...

The remaining money was 25 strings of cash and three pieces of brocade, which added up to about 32 strings of cash, or 32,000 cash.

It’s not even one-tenth of the banquet a few days ago.

Liu Daogui, as per custom, gave out 10,000 coins and said to "A Zhong, take this and give it to Sima Gao."

Liu Zhongyi bowed, "Yes."

Liu Zun was unhappy again, "Do you want to divide more?"

"What do you know? This is called sharing happiness and sharing difficulties. If you don't invite others to eat meat, who will join you when you suffer?"

Liu Daogui has always been generous and charitable.

You can earn money again if you lose it, but it is difficult to get it back once people lose their kindness.

Without Gao Xun's assistance, Liu Daogui probably would not have been able to pass this hurdle.

Liu Guangzhi agreed: "Sima Gao is a man of justice."

"Let's divide it, let's divide it... Anyway, I want to eat meat tonight, mutton!" Liu Zun looked left and right, and compromised wisely.

"Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly!"

Liu Daogui laughed heartily.

Liu Guangzhi was careful, "I have to go to the military headquarters to report tomorrow. Now that I have money, I can buy some decent clothes when I join the army."

The Han and Wei dynasties had a system of signing at 5:00 a.m. at the military headquarters.

Liu Daogui had been working hard for the past two days and felt sleepy and tired. His scalp went numb when he heard the call for attendance.

Huan Hong, Yuan He, Xun Xinzhi, Huan Daozhen and others indulged in reveling every night, living a life of drunkenness and dreams. They either feasted all night or hung out in the gambling houses in Guangling City.

There is not much serious business in the military government from top to bottom.

"I won't go. Just wait for me to sign tomorrow."

"That's fine..." Liu Guangzhi was speechless. "Why not? The money Yuan Sima gave us was to keep us out of other people's business. If we just lie low now, wouldn't that be exactly what they want?"

Liu Daogui is very understanding.

"Yes, sir." Liu Guangzhi clasped his fists.

Such a huge military organization cannot be changed by a small soldier joining the army. This era is dominated by the aristocratic families. It is best not to take it too seriously before the common people have the strength.

Now that we have established ourselves, we must integrate with them, at least superficially.

First get familiar with the rules, then master the rules, and finally use the rules.

The weak only blame others, while the strong do not complain about the environment.

Liu Daogui struggled hard for life and had long since developed a tough character.

No matter how rotten the General Zhenglu's Mansion is, it is still much better than the suffocating Jingkou.

As expected, Liu Guangzhi reported for Liu Daogui and nothing happened. Even Yuan He slept until noon before appearing in the military office.

The entire Zhenglu General's Mansion, plus the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion, consisted of 82 honest officials and 221 corrupt officials. Only about 110 people were present, all corrupt officials...

When the time came, Yuan He and Xun Xinzhi disappeared immediately, leaving only the secretary Huan Daozhen to listen to the reports of official business from various yamen and departments, just going through the motions.

Huan Hong didn't come for the whole morning.

"How is Liu Yi's pursuit of the 3,000 dan of grain going?" Liu Daogui has now escaped and is most concerned about Liu Yi's fate.

Liu Guangzhi said: "Just when I was about to mention this, Liu Yi found more than 2,000 dan of grain and is on his way to Guangling."

"He took back the food from the Tianshi Dao so easily?" Liu Daogui was stunned.

Even if the Tianshi Dao did not retaliate against him, Huan Hong would not let him go.

"The grain wasn't seized from the Tianshi Dao. Instead, Qingzhou Chief Clerk Meng Chang, his attendant He Wuji, and Langya native Zhuge Changmin worked together to suppress the bandits at Datong Mountain, seizing over 2,000 dan of grain..."

"There are only about 300 bandits in Datong Mountain. They are so poor that they can't even afford to eat. Where did they get 2,000 dan of grain? If they had so much grain, there would be more than 300 people!" Liu Zun jumped up.

"Meng Chang, He Wuji, and Zhuge Changmin?" Among these three people, Liu Daogui only knew He Wuji, who was Liu Laozhi's nephew and settled in Jingkou. He had met him several times.

I just didn't expect that he and Liu Yi were in the same boat.

Liu Guangzhi was bold and careful, and had already found out everything. "Meng Chang was from the Meng family of Pingchang, a clan member of the same clan as Meng Huaiyu and Meng Longfu. He was a famous scholar in Jinling and had a close relationship with Liu Yi's brother Liu Mai. Zhuge Changmin was from the Zhuge family of Langya, commanded 300 men, lived in Guangling, and was also friends with Liu Yi."

Liu Yi debuted early and became famous, and he made friends with a group of important people.

No wonder he dared to jump out and intercept, it turns out he is quite powerful.

Meng Chang, the chief clerk of Qingzhou, was no ordinary person. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the chief clerk had often participated in confidential matters and been in charge of government affairs. He was ranked seventh and had great power.

Basically, Meng Chang was in charge of all the political affairs of Qingzhou, a state of overseas Chinese.

More than 20 years ago, Xi Zaochi was Huan Wen's chief clerk and was very powerful. People at that time sighed: Reading Confucian books for 30 years is not as good as visiting Xi, the chief clerk, once.

Together with Zhuge Changmin's Three Hundred Moves and Liu Laozhi's nephew He Wuji, Liu Yi was able to gain control of both the black and white worlds in Guangling and Jingkou.

The water in the General Zhenglu's mansion is indeed very deep.

Just one Du Shunu was surprising enough, but no one expected that Liu Yi was no ordinary person and could produce 2,000 shi of grain in such a short time.

If Liu Daogui had stepped forward forcefully, the grass on his grave would have been half a foot tall by now...

Before you have the strength, being low-key and tolerant is absolutely the truth.

"If the Liu family of Pei County can rise, my Liu family of Pengcheng can do the same. In terms of talent, intelligence and martial arts, Agui is definitely not inferior to Liu Yi!" Liu Guangzhi said seriously.

Liu Heibi also said: "Brothers are united and their strength can break iron. We are brothers, so we will have no worries about not making a name for ourselves!"

"Needless to say?" Liu Daogui slapped his thigh. With such a group of brothers, his confidence increased greatly.

(End of this chapter)