Yizhou, Guanghan County, Luo County. Sun Qian and his party have arrived at the gate of Luo County.
The current Yizhou administrative seat is not yet Chengdu. It would be moved from Luo County to Mianzhu County a few years later after Ma Xiang's Yellow Turban Rebellion, and finally settled in Chengdu by Liu Yan.
Luo County is very close to Chengdu, only more than 40 miles away. It belongs to the Chengdu Plain. It is one of the only two plains in Yizhou. Yizhou is called the land of abundance, mainly relying on the two plains of Chengdu and Hanzhong.
After Sun Qian received the order to go as an envoy, he packed his bags and rushed to Luoxian County without any delay that day.
In order to save time, Sun Qian and his party did not even take the main road, but took a small road to bypass Baishui Pass and arrived directly at Jiameng Pass.
We passed Jiameng Pass smoothly, and the Bashu land was no longer dangerous, and we entered Guanghan County directly.
Although there was no delay at all, it still took Sun Qian and others fifteen days to arrive in Luoxian County.
Arriving at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Sun Qian sent a greeting card and was introduced into the Governor's Mansion not long after.
"The later general's office engaged Sun Qian, but he paid homage to the governor!"
Seeing Sun Qian being so polite, Que Jian couldn't help but feel good about Sun Qian.
"Sun, no need to be polite, please sit down."
Sun Qian thanked him again and then sat down on his seat.
"What's the matter with Sun Zheng's coming so far?"
"But the governor, your majesty appointed the general Hou to concurrently serve as the prefect of Hanzhong, and he has now taken up the post. The general specially asked me to come to visit the governor."
Que Jian nodded. He really didn't know about the replacement of the Hanzhong prefect.
The main reason was that Sun Qian and others were traveling too fast, and the news from Hanzhong had not yet reached Luocheng.
"General Hou, you are so polite! I heard that Liangzhou rebelled and Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, has been killed. Is this why General Hou is stationed in Hanzhong?"
"Yes, Your Majesty asked the general to train in Hanzhong and wait for an opportunity to attack Liangzhou."
Sun Qian did not hide his clumsiness and directly stated his purpose.
Que Jian felt a little worried. He knew Liu Zhang's name. For a civil servant like him, he was like a butcher!
"I wonder if you need any help from me? Our Yizhou governor's office will do our best!"
Que Jian was very enthusiastic, which actually surprised Sun Qian a little.
"Thank you very much, Governor! This time I was ordered by General Hou to come here just to ask for help from the Governor."
"Oh? Please ask Sun to come and talk about it."
"My lord, when the general came to Hanzhong, your majesty had already ordered that all military supplies should be supplied by the Yizhou governor's office."
Que Jian gradually frowned, obviously not liking hearing this.
What does it mean that everything is supplied by Yizhou Governor's Office?
"Sun Zheng, I also know that the situation in Liangzhou is critical. I will never shirk the general's request unless I shirk it. It's just..."
Sun Qian smiled slightly, but he didn't expect Que Jian to reveal his true nature so quickly.
"Is there any difficulty, Lord Governor?"
Que Jian nodded, looking helpless.
"There have been constant natural disasters in these years, and thieves have become extremely rampant! After conquering the rebels and relieving the people, the governor's treasury has no spare power! But I will definitely find a way to collect some military resources for the general, how about it?"
"I wonder how much supplies the governor can allocate to Hanzhong?"
Que Jian stroked his beard with his hand and thought for a while.
"Okay, how about I first find a way to raise 50,000 shi of food and grass?"
"No more?"
Sun Qian couldn't help but said in surprise, "Fifty thousand stones of food and grass? Isn't this just for begging?"
"Hey, I also know that fifty thousand stones is a bit small, but this is really the limit! There really aren't any left!"
Seeing Que Jian's helpless look, Sun Qian almost believed it.
"As for the weapons, armor, horses and arrows, can the governor please allocate some?"
Unexpectedly, Que Jian shook his head and rejected the request without even thinking about it.
"Yizhou is stable and there are no wars. Where did these things come from? Isn't it difficult for the general to force others to do something difficult?"
Sun Qian was really drunk. Just now he was talking about conquering the unconquered ministers, but now Yizhou has become stable! It seems that we can't be too polite to him.
"Lord Governor, I won't be able to explain it to you when I go back next time!"
"I'm really helpless!"
Que Jian spread his hands and told Sun Qian, I am like this, I can do whatever I like!
"Your Majesty the Governor, this will cause the general to misunderstand, and he will inevitably be angry with you later."
"anger?"
Que Jian snorted coldly, he didn't expect that a small official in the Hou General's Office would dare to threaten him, the governor of Yizhou!
"If you're angry, just express your anger. If I don't say it, I won't!"
Sun Qian sighed, stood up slowly, and saluted Que Jian.
"In that case, I won't bother you too much. I'll have to report to the general after I get back."
"By the way, there is something I forgot to tell the governor. Your Majesty has granted the general the right to use the holiday axe!"
"I'll take my leave."
After Sun Qian finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking at Que Jian again.
"Wait a minute! Sun engaged! Wait!"
Sun Qian ignored Quejian's hurried shouting and walked out on his own.
"Sun is engaged! Please stay!"
Que Jian ran directly in front of Sun Qian, changed his previous attitude and put on a gentle smile.
"What's the matter, Lord Governor?"
"It's hard work coming from afar, why don't you stay here for a few more days and take a rest?"
Sun Qian smiled and shook his head, directly rejecting Que Jian.
"Thank you very much, Lord Governor, but I have to go back to the general later to report it as soon as possible. Since the Lord Governor is in trouble, I might as well ask the general later to think of other solutions as soon as possible!"
Que Jian was angry. This Sun Qian was really hateful. He didn't tell Liu Zhang that he had the right to use a false sword!
"That's not what I meant for Sun to calm down! Well, why don't Sun stay here for the time being? I'll let the treasury do some checking and ask about the situation in the various states and counties!"
Seeing that Sun Qian still had no intention of staying, Que Jian assured him again.
"Don't worry, Mr. Sun. Even if we must gather the strength of the entire Yizhou, I will not hesitate to do so! I will definitely meet the requirements of the general!"
When Sun Qian heard this, he slowly nodded in agreement and saluted Que Jian to thank him.
"I would like to thank you again on behalf of the general, thank you very much, Lord Governor!"
Que Jian quickly helped Sun Qian up, pulled him back into the room, and helped him sit back to his seat with his own hands.
"Sun Zhizong, don't you know how much supplies the general will need? I have an idea!"
Sun Qian took a sip of tea and then raised a finger to Que Jian.
"Ten thousand? That's easy to say! Isn't it enough for me to provide one hundred thousand stones of food and grass to the general?"
Que Jian immediately felt relieved. Ten thousand military resources were indeed nothing.
Unexpectedly, Sun Qian laughed and asked Que Jian directly.
"Haha, ten thousand? Sir, you are joking! How can you conquer Liangzhou with ten thousand troops?"
Que Jian's heart thumped and he looked at Sun Qian nervously.