Gan Ning thought of this and immediately made a decision. He raised his head and said to the two Jingzhou soldiers: "Two military masters. Liu Zhizhong said in the letter that he wants me to choose the meeting place, so I won't be polite.

You two go back and tell Mr. Liu Zhizhong that I, Gan Ning, am at Luo Changshan's house in Luoguowan Village, and that Mr. Liu Zhizhong, the Marquis, will be here."

After hearing this, the two soldiers looked at each other a few times, and one of them asked: "This good man, we are sent by General Wei Yan to deliver a message to you. Before leaving, General Wei asked you to choose a good address and make an agreement." time, and then let us go back with a message to convey it. One more thing, General Wei Yan repeatedly warned, saying that you should make sure that the date should not exceed two days. If it exceeds two days, it will delay the important things in the Yamen. "

Gan Ning said: "This is easy to do! The place is set here, what time? I will stay here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, specially to welcome Mr. Liu Zhizhong. Please convey this to the two military masters when they return."

Gan Ning felt a little worried when he said this, so he ordered a bodyguard beside Ding Baishun: "Open the package and give all the big money inside to the two military masters - it's dark and the roads are slippery for me Gan Ning." Is it easy to deliver the letter?"

The bodyguard complied, and the two Jingzhou soldiers refused again and again, but Gan Ning insisted on seeing them off. The two guys happily put a bag of five baht in their arms, nodded and bowed and left.

Ding Baishun saw it from behind and was surprised and said: "Oh my God, the master is so generous. If you reward me with this bag of money! It will be enough for my family to drink snacks for a year."

Liu Congzhen came, bringing only Liang Zhu'er and Ma Gan'er, but not Fatty Lai. He arrived at noon the next day.

It turned out that the two Jingzhou soldiers who delivered the message received a large sum of money from Gan Ning and delivered the message to Liu Cong in the dark.

Liu Cong was sleeping at that time. It was just getting dark and he had not gotten up yet.

Hearing Wei Yan calling the door softly from the window, Liu Cong knew from Wei Yan's tone that something good was coming. He got out of bed and came out barefoot. He opened the door, stretched out his head and asked: "General Wei, how are things going? How are you doing?"

"My lord, Gan Ning has replied."

"Bring it over quickly and let me see."

"It's a message I sent back to the soldiers to deliver."

"Where are the two soldiers?" After hearing this, Wei Yan turned around and greeted: "Why don't you come over and report to the lord!"

Two soldiers who were stopped far away rushed over.

Liu Cong hurriedly stepped into the room and ordered: "Come in quickly and talk."

After entering the house, Liu Cong asked: "Have you two met Gan Ning?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Where does he live now?"

"Lord, it's not far. It's in Luoguowan Village on the north bank of the Xiangjiang River. I'm waiting for you to come and talk." Then the soldier repeated what Gan Ning conveyed to Liu Cong.

Upon hearing this, Liu Cong quickly ordered Liang Zhuer: "Eat immediately, and go to Luoguowan immediately after eating."

Liang Zhuer went out to arrange breakfast, and Liu Cong asked about Gan Ning's situation while washing up. When breakfast was delivered, Liu Cong ordered the two soldiers: "You two will eat here with me, and lead the way after eating." , let’s go to Luoguowan together.”

Liu Cong hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of food here, put down his bowl and chopsticks, walked out of the inn gate, came to the riverside and crossed the Xiangjiang River. He hurriedly walked slowly to Tian'erxing, and finally reached the bank of the Xiangjiang River at the head of Luoguowan Village. , and saw Luo Changji standing there waiting.

So I came to his house and met Gan Ning.

It turned out that Liu Cong had already formed an impression of Gan Ning after being introduced to him by others. He knew that he was brave by nature, chivalrous and righteous, and acted decisively. He also knew that he was good at dressing up and always wore silk and brightly colored brocade clothes when going out to socialize. .

When I saw Gan Ning dressed as a fisherman, I almost couldn't believe it.

But as soon as they met, Gan Ning clasped his hands and bowed, bowed, and said humbly: "The grassroots Gan Ning and Gan Xingba are here to greet Mr. Liu Zhizhong."

Liu Cong felt that this person was Gan Ning and he could not be fake.

Liu Cong hurriedly returned the courtesy, then came over and took Gan Ning's hand and said, "I have admired the name of a strong man for a long time, and it is like thunder in my ears. I am lucky enough to meet you today." After that, the two exchanged wishes and went into the room to sit down and talk.

Liu Cong asked Gan Ning about his journey when he arrived. He just exchanged pleasantries and observed Gan Ning's actions while talking.

Gan Ning became anxious here and asked directly: "What orders do you have when Zhizhong summons Gan Ning?"

When Liu Cong saw Gan Ning speaking frankly, he laughed and said: "I have just taken over the great responsibility of governing Jingzhou, and I am not willing to just watch Jingzhou decline day by day. I want to make a difference and revive Jingzhou's old glory. Firstly, to preserve it." Millions of people in Jingzhou will not be killed by Cao Cao in three years. The second reason is to wipe out Cao Cao and help the Han Dynasty.

It's a pity that he has high ambitions but little knowledge, and has accomplished nothing so far.

Fortunately, Yizhou Yamen did not think Jingzhou was incompetent and sent Cui Jin, an official from the Sericulture Department, to discuss cooperation matters and discuss Jingzhou Yamen's re-establishment of mulberry planting and sericulture.

I thought this was feasible, so I signed a contract with Cui Jin. The contract stipulated that starting from next year, a certain number of loads of silkworm cocoons would be provided to Yizhou every year.

But, but, after years of melee, Jingzhou wants to restart the sericulture industry, but it has neither manpower nor funds.

Fortunately, God's providence favored the establishment of Jingzhou, and hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived from the north, so I mobilized the refugees to raise silkworms.

At present, all the conditions for sericulture are basically in place - the old mulberry fields are still there, and there are people who raise sericulture, including these hundreds of thousands of refugees. Silkworm breeding sites are being built. As for the tools and techniques for sericulture, they will gradually become available. solve.

The biggest problem we face now is food. If we want to keep the refugees to grow mulberry and raise silkworms, we need to provide the refugees with food for a year. However, the food reserves in the yamen can only supply the refugees for twenty days.

With no other option, I discussed with Cui Jin, the envoy from Yizhou, and asked the Yizhou Yamen to convert the advance payment for sericulture into grain and send it over for emergency relief.

The matter is settled like this, but to transport grain to Yizhou, we have to go against the current. The current is fast, the reefs are dense, and there are many troubles up and down the river."

When Liu Cong mentioned **, he consciously made a mistake and looked at Gan Ning hurriedly. He saw that Gan Ning was still paying attention, bowing his head and obeying, without any strange reaction, so he continued: "The mountains are high and the roads are far away, so I really don't worry----" The success of this grain transportation is directly related to the success of Jingzhou's sericulture business. So I asked Zhuangshi Gan to come over and discuss it. I asked Zhuangshi Gan to recommend some good sailors to the Yamen to escort the ship to Yizhou to transport grain. I don't know Gan. Are you brave enough to help Jingzhou with this?"

After Gan Ning heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and asked, "I would like to ask Zhizhong, how much income will be generated after the sericulture in Jingzhou is established?"

"I estimate that if we only provide silkworm cocoons to Yizhou, we can increase the fiscal revenue by 40% every year. If we provide silkworm cocoons and reeling silk to Yizhou, we can increase it by 60%. If we sell the silk brocades ourselves, the annual fiscal revenue of Jingzhou Yamen will be The closing price can be doubled." 056
Chapter completed!