Chapter 136 The Headless General

Zhao Yan left when the sun was setting.

Liu Bei entered Yan Yan's house when the sun was setting.

"You just wait here."

Liu Bei told Gan Gui.

Theoretically, the 800 soldiers of Jinfan belonged to Gan Gui's followers, but Gan Gui waved his hand and said, "You are at my disposal, my lord!"

So Liu Bei was not polite and temporarily assigned all of them to Guan Yu to train the navy.

The blueprints of the giant ship that Gan Gui brought back had also been handed over to Huang Yueying, waiting for Huang Yueying and the shipbuilders to understand the structure and then reconstruct a new river warship.

In this way, Gan Gui was more free, so he begged Liu Bei to take him to Yizhou.

What made Liu Bei curious was that Gan Gui did not mean to go back to take a look when he passed Linjiang.

"I was born in Jingzhou..."

Looking at Linjiang City from afar, Gan Gui's face was filled with complex emotions such as expectation, attachment, and melancholy, which eventually turned into determination:

"I don't want to go back alone."

The freshness of Jiangzhou City to Gan Gui only lasted for half a day, not as good as Dantu or Gong'an.

So when Liu Bei was going to visit Yan Yan, Gan Gui became Liu Bei's personal guard again.

After explaining to Gan Gui, Liu Bei stepped into the small door.

It was not a wealthy family, but a simple small courtyard.

An old general with slightly gray hair was busy, and a big stick in his hand was wielded vigorously.

Seeing that there was a guest, the old general rolled the big stick in his hand into a stick flower, and with a "bang" he leaned on the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"Who are you?"

Liu Bei was startled, and then he thought that he should be wearing a full body armor and a helmet when he knocked at the door of Jiangzhou City, so Yan Yan did not recognize him.

"I am Chen Dao, a soldier of Emperor Liu, and I have come to seek General Yan to serve the country."

"Hahahaha!" Yan Yan laughed and cursed:

"You thief, your lord was unreasonable and invaded my lord's Yizhou first!"

"How dare you come to my house to find me!"

"There are only beheaded generals here, and no spineless surrendered generals!"

Liu Bei frowned, so angry?

But before Liu Bei could say anything, Gan Gui, who was only separated by a wall, could not bear it and rushed in and shouted:

"If you don't want to surrender, then don't surrender. How dare you insult my lord?"

"I don't care about your old bones!"

Yan Yan said nothing and raised his stick to hit him. Gan Gui rushed to the wall without saying anything, picked up another stick on the ground and turned around to kill him.

The two fought back and forth for several rounds. Yan Yan had just been practicing with a spear, and now he was a little out of breath.

Gan Gui was proud and didn't let him off:

"Old General! Do you know how powerful the Gan family's spear skills are?"

Yan Yan stopped and looked suspicious:

"Linjiang Gan family?"

Gan Gui puffed out his chest:

"Yes!"

"Your father is the pirate Gan Ning?"

"Jinfan!" Gan Gui's face flushed, and he took the initiative to attack.

Three or five rounds passed, and Yan Yan showed a flaw and was hit on the leg by Gan Gui.

But Yan Yan laughed, and the head of the stick was against Gan Gui's chest, and he pushed it gently:

"You're dead, kid."

Although the two used sticks, they were actually spears used in military battles. Gan Gui also understood that if they had both taken spears, he would have been dead at this moment.

Without being pretentious, Gan Gui threw away the long stick neatly:

"The old man is quite capable."

Yan Yan sneered and said: "It's better for your father to say this here."

"But..." Yan Yan frowned and looked at Gan Gui carefully:

"Gan Xingba actually rebelled against Jiangdong again?"

"My father did not rebel against Jiangdong, I just surrendered to the lord." Gan Gui argued for his father.

"Who are you?"

Yan Yan snorted: "You come to visit but don't know who the guest is?"

"Linjiang, Yan Yan, your father also called me brother before leaving Yizhou."

Then he turned his eyes to Liu Bei who was watching with great interest:

"Uncle Liu?"

Liu Bei bowed: "General Yan is mighty."

Without waiting for Yan Yan to speak, Liu Bei said:

"Is General Yan loyal to the Han Dynasty or to Liu Zhang who doesn't care about this place?"

"If General Yan says it's Liu Zhang, then I will turn around and leave without bothering you."

"This..." Yan Yan was speechless, and finally said: "Of course I am a Han minister."

Liu Bei smiled: "In that case."

Stepping forward, he grabbed Yan Yan's palms with both hands without saying anything:

"Please help me to fight the traitors and restore the Han Dynasty."

"Father!" Gan Gui also looked expectant on the side.

Yan Yan softened his heart instantly and could only nod.

Liu Bei smiled and shook hands with Yan Yan.

Gan Gui said with a smile:

"Father, I just heard the words 'beheaded general' outside."

Yan Yan's face changed, and he picked up a stick and chased him:

"Today I will discipline you for the Gan family, young man, don't leave!"

...

In mid-July, Zhao A was on the ridge of the field, counting accounts.

In fact, of course he didn't know how to count, he just looked at the pile of circles and crosses with a silly smile.

This was counted by Li Gong for him. What did each circle and cross represent? He didn't remember.

How much money was left this year compared to last year? He didn't remember either.

Zhao A only knew that a pottery jar had been buried under his bed, full of yellow copper coins.

And this pottery jar, last year, only had ten five-zhu coins, just covering the bottom of the pottery jar.

Squatting on the ridge of the field, although he didn't understand how Li Gong counted, Zhao A was still reluctant to wipe off the pile of things.

Finally, he moved a few stones to cover the pile of things, planning to come back tomorrow to take a look.

So what to do today? In previous years, Zhao A would have to spend almost all his time to process the rice, but this year there is a water power workshop, so he only needs to pay a little money.

So Zhao A had a free July for the first time.

Almost without hesitation for too long, Zhao A's heart was filled with an idea: go to Jiangling City to have a look!

He ran all the way to the riverside, where there was originally a small pier, and he could go downstream to Jingzhou.

Carefully covering his pockets to prevent the copper coins from making a sound of colliding with each other, Zhao A paid the money and got on the boat.

For the first time in his life, Zigui City gradually became smaller behind Zhao A, and a world he had never seen unfolded in front of him.

The scenery that passed by quickly was never boring, and the noisy voices of the passengers on the boat also reached Zhao A's ears.

"Have you heard? There's a fight in Chengdu."

"Again? Didn't they just fight General Zhao a few years ago?"

"How many years has it been? I heard that the general this time is named Pang, and he's fighting Liu Yizhou."

"Bah!" Someone spat fiercely: "Let Liu Huangshu be the governor of Yizhou!"

This caused dissatisfaction among the boatmen:

"Hey, don't spit in the boat, can't control your mouth or what?"

"Where is Liu Huangshu now?"

"I heard he's in Jiangzhou."

"Where is that?"

"Who knows, it's quite far, right?"

"Will the emperor's uncle return to Jingzhou from Zigui this year?"

"I think so... Hey, hold on to the boat, we're going to cross the shoal."

Half an hour later, Zhao A was still holding onto the side of the boat in shock. He planned to go back by land, why was the river so dangerous!

But fortunately, all this seemed worth it. Before the sun was at its highest point, Zhao A saw a city, and he believed it was Jiangling City.

The boatman rowed the boat over, and Zhao A got off the boat with his money bag in his hands. For the first time, he felt that his brain was not enough.

For the first time, his eyes could not contain such a big city, and his ears could not contain so many hawking sounds. His nose smelled dozens of new smells.

Is this Jiangling? Zhao A fled from the dock into the city.

The roads in the city were wider and there were more shops. Zhao A couldn't help but indulge in it.

But he soon woke up:

A piece of silk from the cloth market cost a thousand coins! But he didn't have a wife he liked yet, why did he buy this?

The butchers of dogs and pigs made Zhao A linger, but he soon realized that even if he bought the meat, he couldn't take it back in such hot weather.

Zhao A carefully avoided the paper market. He couldn't read a word, so why did he look at this?

The iron market made Zhao A hesitate. Those hoes and rakes looked really useful, but... it seemed that the wooden ones at Zigui's house were not unusable?

After temporarily saying goodbye to these trading companies, Zhao A finally had time to check out the restaurants on the roadside.

After asking the price and rummaging in his cloth bag, Zhao A finally regained a little of the happiness before departure.

When he was standing on the road and hesitating about which one to eat, Zhao A felt as if he was hit by a horse.

When he raised his head, Zhao A had one feeling at first sight:

What a beautiful beard!

Another look: What a mighty general!

"Is it okay, little brother?"

Zhao A woke up and quickly stood up, moved around and shook his head: "It's okay."

After watching the bearded general, Zhao A simply turned around and entered the soup and noodle shop.

Although he couldn't read, he recognized the lamb tied at the door.

"Lamb soup and noodle, big bowl!" Zhao A said, and patted his wallet with confidence.

Guan Yu didn't take this episode seriously, and continued to talk to Zhao Lei beside him:

"... The navy can continue to train according to the current method."

Zhao Lei nodded and changed the topic:

"Jinfanwei suggested that since the lord wants to take Chengdu, why not just set up a shipyard in Jiangzhou, so that the ships can directly support the lord."

Guan Yu shook his head slightly:

"Why do we need a giant ship for just Chengdu? Chengdu will surrender within three months."

Zhao Lei had the same opinion:

"Jinfanwei's proposal is probably just to build a giant ship and return home in style."

Guan Yu felt that this possibility was indeed not small, and he was speechless and shook his head and said:

"Tell them that if they raise such unreliable opinions again, they will escort the grain transport fleet to Jiangzhou."

Zhao Lei wrote it down with a smile in his eyes.

Nowadays, there are not many official duties, and patrolling Jiangling City is just Guan Yu's personal habit.

Walking in this city, Guan Yu can always think of everything he has seen on the light curtain, as well as the other "General Guan" with gray hair.

"Such a strong city built by my own hands should become my reputation, right?"

Guan Yu whispered to himself.

"General Guan, what did you say?" Zhao Lei didn't hear clearly.

Guan Yu shook his head and looked at Zhao Lei, the commander who was still with him at the Wuhou Temple a thousand years later.

"What's the news from Jiangdong?"

Zhao Lei shook his head and said, "Last month, there were rumors that Jiangdong quarreled every day because of the lord's westward advance, and the relocation of the capital was suspended."

"But this month, it's suddenly quiet and there's no news at all. It's very strange."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and had his own guess:

"The rats from Jiangdong are coming."

The next video should be tomorrow.