The dungeon in Xiapi is not as spooky and scary as the legend says, but the environment is indeed a bit unsatisfactory. After all, there is no sunlight all year round. There are only a few cells with windows, and they are usually reserved for people with good conditions. As for who has good conditions?
Look at the background, and secondly, the money. If you don’t have either of these, you can talk, you can get along well with the jailers, and I will give you whatever is available.
Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao are bandits, and this profession is destined to make it difficult for them to receive preferential treatment in prison. If Chu Nan had not personally ordered the prisoners to be detained, no matter how good your martial arts skills were, you would not have an easy time here.
Because of his natural supernatural power, Zhou Cang was chained with heavy iron chains, and there were also special shackles. The entire cell seemed a little crowded because of the presence of these things, and it would make a rattling sound if he moved at the slightest moment.
"Master Fu, be careful. This man is quite cruel. Several brothers were injured on his hands." The jailer carefully stood in front of Chu Nan. If his legs were not shaking, Chu Nan would be more satisfied.
"Open the door." Chu Nan nodded, indicating that he would be careful.
"Here!" The jailer didn't dare to talk nonsense, opened the cell door, and Chu Nan walked in with Wei Yue.
How is it convenient for him?
Chu Nan looked at the trapped Zhou Cang, but a question popped up in his mind.
"Hey, Mr. Fu is here to see you." Wei Yue stepped forward and kicked Zhou Cang twice.
Zhou Cang raised his eyelids: "You are blind, how can I move? Do you want me to get up and kowtow to him?"
"Okay." Chu Nan interrupted the two of them, looked at Zhou Cang and said, "How about it, do you want to go out?"
"Hmph, if you want to kill me, kill me. If you want me to betray others in exchange for my freedom, don't even think about it!" Zhou Cang snorted coldly and closed his eyes.
"Very good, then I don't want you to betray anyone and I will give you your freedom, are you willing?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.
Zhou Cang glanced at him suspiciously: "Of course I'm willing, but you want me to do something? I've promised you in advance that you don't come to me for brainstorming matters."
"I won't look for you." Chu Nan said speechlessly, quite self-aware, but how stupid am I to ask you to do something that uses your brain?
"That's good. What do you want me to do?" Zhou Cang moved.
"Be my guard." Chu Nan looked at Zhou Cang and said, "Are you willing?"
"You dare to let me be your guard?" Zhou Cang looked at Chu Nan in surprise: "Aren't you afraid that I will do something bad to you?"
"Unlock him." Chu Nan signaled to the jailer, looked at Zhou Cang and said: "You kill people and get goods, you are not a good person, but you are willing to throw away your life for a secret that no one else cares about. At least you are a strong man who values promise. I believe
, as long as you agree, it will not be detrimental to me!"
[I didn’t expect this person to know me so well!]
Zhou Cang raised his head, looked at Chu Nan, took a deep breath, and after the jailer helped him unchain, he bowed directly to Chu Nan and said: "If the county magistrate does not give up, Zhou Cang is willing to swear allegiance to the death. Even if the county magistrate wants to die, Zhou Cang will."
You must die before the county magistrate!"
"I don't want to die yet." Chu Nan said silently. Considering his age, if he can survive the catastrophe of life and death, he will most likely live longer than Zhou Cang.
After Wei Yue became a captain, he couldn't always be by his side, and his wife couldn't be by his side all the time. He had a good bodyguard by his side. The most important thing was that the talent of Ban Ri was equivalent to having one more top-notch item.
As for the armor, Zhou Cang's martial arts may not be that good, but he can withstand it. Isn't this the ideal personal bodyguard?
"Also, the young master is now the governor of Xiapi." Wei Yue reminded him.
Zhou Cang looked at Chu Nan in astonishment. It was already surprising that he became a county magistrate at the age of less than twenty, but now he became a prefect directly!
Have you stayed in the mountains for too long?
"Let's go!" Chu Nan waved his hand, indicating that it was okay to compliment him, and then led the two of them out of the cell. However, he saw Pei Yuanshao in the next cell looking at the three of them eagerly without saying a word.
【I am also willing to be loyal to the Lord!】
"Master Fu, my brother is also a man, why not..." Zhou Cang looked at Chu Nan, wanting to ask for a favor for his brother.
"Wei Yue, I'll give it to you, let him join the military camp." Chu Nan looked at Wei Yue and said, although he is a blank slate general, he is still a general. If he practices well, with his talent, he can still be a general in the army.
"Thank you, Lord!" Pei Yuanshao bowed his head directly.
【Lord? Should I be called like this too?】
Zhou Cang groped his chin and thought. In less than a quarter of an hour, he had to change three names, which made him a little uncomfortable.
As soon as everyone got out of the prison, they saw one of Lu Bu's personal guards rushing towards him. When he saw Chu Nan, he saluted Chu Nan and said, "Master, my lord, please come to the mansion."
"What's the matter?" Chu Nan asked doubtfully, nothing big happened recently.
"I don't know what my position is." The guard shook his head, saying that he didn't know what happened.
"You take them to clean up, and I'll go take a look." Chu Nan looked at Wei Yue and said.
"Here!" Wei Yue nodded.
"My lord, I will be your bodyguard at the end, and you should be by your side." Zhou Cang said solemnly.
[I have heard about Marquis Wen’s bravery for a long time, and now I can finally see it!]
Do you still have this thought?
Chu Nan looked at Zhou Cang and said with a smile: "In the future, if you look like this, I'm afraid that others will give you something to eat."
Zhou Cang didn't quite understand and looked down at himself. At this moment, he was in rags and disheveled. He looked like a burly beggar. If he were standing outside the gate of the State Shepherd's Mansion, it would be easy for people to misunderstand him.
"Go ahead, there aren't many people in Pi City who can hurt me right now." Chu Nan said with a smile. He also had two bodyguards on his shoulders.
"Well, I'll say goodbye!" Zhou Cang said with regret.
Chu Nan followed Lu Bu's personal guards to the Prefectural Mufu Mansion. Lu Bu did not move, but the old plaque of the General's Mansion was replaced by the Prefectural Mufu Mansion.
Entering the palace gate, he walked to the main hall with ease and saw Lu Bu and Chen Gong sitting down in order.
"I've met my father-in-law and I've met my teacher." Chu Nan saluted the two of them respectively.
"Zi Yan is here, sit down." Lu Bu became more and more satisfied when he saw this son-in-law. Recently, he likes to walk on the streets when he has nothing to do. Wherever he goes, the people look at him differently than before.
In the past, the people were so afraid of him, but now, everyone's eyes are full of admiration, and some people are even rushing to give him things. Although they are not valuable items, this feeling of being loved has been Lu Bu's life for half his life.
He has never experienced this before, and he enjoys this feeling now.
In the past, Liu was loved by the people, but Lu Bu just felt baffled. What's the point?
But now it's my turn to be loved like this, and it feels really good. Therefore, I love Chu Nan even more for the person who caused all this.
"What happened?" Chu Nan knelt down and looked at the two of them.
"Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor!" Chen Gong frowned.
Isn't this normal? Don't say that you know history. Even the two people in front of you who don't know history are mentally prepared for Yuan Shu to arrogantly proclaim himself emperor. Why are you so surprised?
"Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor!?" Chu Nan immediately reacted and looked at the two of them.
The two nodded silently.
Chu Nan was not surprised, but a little solemn. Yuan Shu's proclaiming emperor was something that had been expected for a long time, but the impact that Yuan Shu proclaimed emperor would have on Xuzhou was not small.
You must know that most of the food in Xuzhou now comes from Yuan Shu, and the trade with Jingzhou and Nanyang also passes through Yuan Shu's territory. If Yuan Shu becomes emperor, Lu Bu will definitely not stand with Yuan Shu. Lu Bu agreed,
It is impossible for Liu Biao to agree. As political allies, the three princes must maintain a state of common advancement and retreat, otherwise the alliance will be broken.
And now the basis for Lu Bu's lack of money and food is based on this alliance. Everyone benefits from each other. Once the alliance is broken, Lu Bu will still be short of food in a short period of time.
Although Chu Nan has produced double-crop rice, which can be harvested at least four times a year, this kind of rice is still only cultivated in the Xiapi area. Before the scale is expanded, it cannot meet the military needs. Because there is no shortage of food, Lu Bu has already
Another 20,000 soldiers and horses have been recruited and are currently training. Once the food supply is cut off, the grain stocks in Xuzhou's treasury may not be able to support the day when new grains are widely available.
"The imperial court has sent an edict to attack Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu has also sent an edict to confer Marquis Wen as a general. How do you think Zi Yan should handle this matter?" Chen Gong looked at Chu Nan with a hint of questioning.
"I have to answer the imperial edict. My father-in-law is the Xuzhou Mu appointed by the emperor. If he gives up the position of Xuzhou Mu at this time because of a puppet general, it will only cause another setback in the already stable people's hearts. If my father-in-law loses his position this time,
If you win the hearts of the people, Xuzhou may really not be able to be saved." Chu Nan thought.
"That means sending troops to attack Yuan Shu?" Chen Gongxiao asked.
"No way." Chu Nan shook his head: "This is Cao Cao's business. Why should we serve as his vanguard? According to my disciples, we should respond to the imperial edict and issue a letter condemning Yuan Shu for his transgression."
"Then what?" Chen Gong looked at Chu Nan with satisfaction. This idea was now clear and not as radical as when he first entered the official career.
"Then?" Chu Nan said with a smile: "Ask for food from the imperial court. We have cut off a way to make money and complain to the imperial court. The soldiers have not had enough to eat for half a year. In order to prevent the soldiers from starving, my father-in-law personally
Farming in the fields will be as miserable as it is, and the imperial court cannot afford to send hungry soldiers."
【Lingqi won’t suffer a loss if she follows him, right? 】
Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan suspiciously. Now he also knew some political skills, but the more he knew, the more he felt that his son-in-law was good at everything, but he was full of bad intentions. People couldn't help but worry about whether their daughter would be betrayed by him.
Sold.
[Yes, he is quite organized and opinionated. He is worthy of being my disciple!]
Compared to Lu Bu, Chen Gong didn't have so many worries. In his opinion, Chu Nan's performance was already a qualified counselor, and Haoran's spirit was getting better day by day, and Confucianism and Taoism could be expected.
"What if Cao Cao doesn't give it?" Chen Gong asked. He knew the situation in the Central Plains. Most of the refugees Chu Nan absorbed at the beginning were from Yanzhou and Yuzhou. In the past two years, Cao Cao didn't know if he had committed a crime.
Regardless of the gods, the disasters in Yanzhou and Yuzhou never stopped.
"Then continue to train troops, plow the fields, accumulate strength, and sit back and watch the fight between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu. The fight is almost over, and I will send out troops later." Chu Nan said with a smile, just beat Boss Cao's Qiu Feng, but do you want to help Boss Cao do something?
Forget it: "And the disciple also wants to take this opportunity to take back Guangling and try to destroy the Chen family?"
Chen Deng and his son have become a separatist force in Xuzhou. This is not a good thing. I wonder if we can take this opportunity to throw some dirty water and tie the Chen family and Yuan Shu together, and then bring the Chen family to a pot in an open and honest manner?