After all, in addition to official trade, in the territory of Liu Zheng in the south, there are also business families such as the Yuan family, Mi family, and Lu family.

Even if Zhen Yan wants to intervene, it is not that easy.

Therefore, most of the Zhen family's business focus is still in the north.

Because of this, after the Zhen family withdrew from Zhongshan, most of their resources were moved to Handan City.

It’s not that the people of the Zhen family are unwilling to go to Yecheng, but because Yecheng has always been Yuan Shang’s territory. If they live under Yuan Shang’s control, they will be somewhat restrained.

So I chose Handan, a thousand-year-old capital that is not far from Yecheng and is also a big city.

Yesterday, Zhen Yan invited Dian Wei to drink. Through Dian Wei's mouth, he learned that Liu Zheng is now facing a shortage of food and grass.

Few people in the city knew about this. In addition to the few generals under Liu Zheng, Dian Wei only drank two more drinks and accidentally revealed the news to Zhen Yan.

But Zhen Yan was concerned about it and knew that this was an excellent opportunity to stick to Liu Zheng. After learning the news, Zhen Yan didn't wait any longer and directly brought people over to see Liu Zheng.

"I did encounter some troubles. I wonder which trouble the head of the Zhen family is asking?"

Liu Zheng was not clear at this time. Zhen Yan already knew that he lacked food and grass. In Liu Zheng's opinion, Zhen Yan's question was about Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei's conquest of Yecheng.

So when Liu Zheng asked, Zhen Yan answered immediately.

"I heard General Dian Wei say that something went wrong with His Majesty's recent food supply?"

Zhen Yan spoke directly without beating around the bush, and pointed it out directly from Dian Wei, which made Liu Zheng frown.

Liu Zheng frowned and blamed Dian Wei, a guy who was talking about such a huge shortage of food in the army.

However, due to his relationship with Dian Wei, Liu Zheng did not pay special attention to it. Although he was short of food, he was not in a hurry. He still had half a month of food and grass, and half a month was enough to solve this food shortage crisis.

"There is indeed a problem. Zhao Yun and his men attacked my food and grass. I was unable to transport the food and grass here in Yangzhou for a short time."

After hearing Liu Zheng's words, the head of the Zhen family really turned happy.

The Zhen family has been doing business for generations. If Liu Zheng encountered a difficult situation in the military, the Zhen family might not be able to help.

But now Liu Zheng has just encountered problems in food and grass, so the Zhen family has the ability to help Liu Zheng solve it.

Not to mention anything else, the amount of food and grass that the Zhen family has hoarded in Jizhou for generations is definitely not a small amount.

If the Zhen family is willing to use the strength of the whole clan to contribute the food and grass they have collected to Liu Zheng, let alone help Liu Zheng’s tens of thousands of troops spend two or three months, it may not be impossible to eat for a year.

The wealth of the Zhen family, in the whole north, is a first-class existence.

It was because Yuan Xi, who knew this before, always wanted to win over the Zhen family.

It’s a pity that the Zhen family was not interested in Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi’s several enlistment not only failed to win over the Zhen family, but instead offended the Zhen family and kept driving the Zhen family to Liu Zheng’s side.

Yuan Xi kept putting pressure on the Zhen family for a little bit of food and grass, but he was unable to hand over much food and grass for the Zhen family.

After all, this is a kind of compulsive behavior. Faced with such strong compulsivity, how could the Zhen family hand over the food and grass accumulated by its generations?

But now it's really different.

The head of the Zhen family took the initiative to make such a decision in order to win over Liu Zheng.

One is passive and the other is active.

How can we compare?

Taking the initiative to curry favor with Liu Zheng, the head of the Zhen family would only think that the food he handed over was not enough.

It won't hide it privately at all.

Just after Liu Zheng answered his question, Zhen Yan immediately looked happy and hurriedly answered at Liu Zheng.

"What if you leave this matter to me?"

"Well? What's Mr. Zhen Yan's trick?"

Zhen Yan's volunteering made Liu Zheng feel a little curious. After frowned, he looked at Zhen Yan again and looked at him carefully. The head of the Zhen family didn't know what trick he had this time.

Zhen Yan didn't, and boasted about it.

Instead, he immediately calmly described his thoughts to Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, I don't have any clever plans, but I have some savings in my family. If Your Majesty lacks food, my Zhen family is willing to use the strength of the whole clan to contribute to Your Majesty's pacification of the north and contribute to Your Majesty's efforts."

Such a simple and unpretentious sentence was even more shocked by Liu Zheng.

For nothing else, it was because Liu Zheng personally saw the embarrassment of Yuan Xi asking for food from the Zhen family in the Zhen family's village.

Zhen Yan racked his brains to reject Yuan Xi at the beginning, but now he took the initiative to find Liu Zheng, hoping to contribute food to Liu Zheng.

This move naturally surprised Liu Zheng.

However, it also greatly increased Liu Zheng's favorability towards the Zhen family.

After Zhen Yan finished speaking, Liu Zheng immediately looked excited and took Zhen Yan's hand two steps forward.

Holding Zhen Yan's hand, he said excitedly.

"What the head of Zhen Yan said is true? Is the Zhen family really willing to take out grain to help our army pacify the north?"

Liu Zheng now has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Handan City. These soldiers are indeed experiencing a food and grass crisis. He did not think of any way to alleviate the food and grass crisis at this moment.

If what Zhen Yan said is true, the Zhen family can provide him with certain food and supplies, which can indeed help Liu Zheng solve the current problems.

When the food crisis is lifted, Liu Zheng does not need to worry about this matter. He can let go of his hands and feet to fight Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun's troops.

If you don’t have to worry about food and grass, Liu Zheng can pacify Jizhou in less than half a month and repel Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun’s men again.

"Don't worry, your Majesty. Although my Zhen family cannot bring you aid in military and weapons, if you only need some food and grass, my Zhen family is still able to do it. Your Majesty only needs a few days to transport all the food and grass hidden near Yecheng to Handan City. We still have the food and grass needed for three months, not much else."

A large family like the Zhen family. The entire family includes at least a few thousand servants and tenants. There are quite a few food rations needed by so many people, and they all have the habit of storing food and grass.

The food and grass needed for Liu Zheng’s 30,000 troops in three months was actually not difficult.

But this news was extremely excited for Liu Zheng.
Chapter completed!