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Chapter 1,632 Commercial Espionage

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    With real money and money, Ma Mao can no longer quibble. In fact, he has now accepted his fate.

    Zhou Yu said angrily: "Ma Mao sold his treasury privately and coveted grain and grass. His crime is unpardonable. He beheaded him in public to serve as a warning to others."

    Although the treasurer was not corrupt, he did not manage properly and was punished with confiscation of property and fifty sticks.  "

    After punishing the two of them, Zhou Yu's expression still did not improve.

    Facing the gold and silver jewelry in front of you, it is indeed not a small amount. In normal times, if you can sell this money, not only will you not be punished, but you will even be rewarded.

    "But it's still a war era. No matter how valuable gold, silver and jewelry are, you can't eat or drink them.

    It is far less valuable than the food and grass that can survive countless people.

    The most important thing is that when the war breaks out, the original agriculture is instantly affected, and there may be no harvest at all this year.

    The grain stored in the government treasury could have become the survival ration for the people of the county.

    So Zhou Yu became angrier the more he thought about it, and he was also very curious about which merchant actually offered to buy it at a high price.

    At this moment, there was movement outside the city. It turned out to be the magistrate of Niyang County, who was only twenty miles away from Anzhong.

    This person did not bring many followers, but there was a motorcade behind him.

    After entering the city, the Magistrate of Niyang County immediately said: "The Magistrate of Niyang County, Tang Gu, pays homage to the king, the chief governor, and all the superior officials."

    Sun Ce had just finished handling Ma Mao's matter, and he was still a little unhappy, so he said, "Zizheng, you are quite well informed."

    Tang Gu didn't care what the other party meant, and directly stated his purpose.

    "Your Majesty, actually I am here to deliver food and grass this time. Niyang under my jurisdiction is barren and I can only contribute two hundred stones of food. Please don't blame me, Your Majesty!"

    As soon as these words came out, Sun Ce's expression finally softened.

    "Ma Mao governs the public, but his treasury is in short supply. You govern Niyang, which is only a few dozen miles away. How can you have so much food in reserve?"

    "Reporting to the king, I don't know about Anzhong's affairs, but although Nieyang is small, there is still some surplus every year, and the accumulation is not a small amount."

    At this time, Zhou Yu stepped forward and said, "Then do you know that Ma Mao has sold all the grain?"

    Tang Gu's expression changed when he heard this: "Could it be that big merchant from a few months ago?"

    "You also know about this?" Zhou Yu's eyes instantly lit up.

    "Back to the Governor, this man also came to my Nirvana. It's just that the official's family didn't have private grain to sell to him, but several big families in the city made a lot of money.

    But the official was very puzzled by the high price and once sent someone to inquire secretly.

    Although his true identity was not discovered, he heard that the other party occasionally mentioned Yangzhou.

    "It's just that there was no war between us and Yangzhou at that time, and the subordinate officials didn't dare to act rashly, so they let those people get away.  "

    When Zhou Yu heard this, his face was uncertain at first, but finally everything became clear.

    If his prediction was correct, these people might all be Liu Ke's people.

    Arrange for these people to travel around as merchants, purchase grain and grass during peacetime, and send them back to Yangzhou.

    Just like Ma Mao, he was greedy for high prices and sold out his treasury. When the war came, his side immediately faced the dilemma of running out of food and grass.

    And during the war, those businessmen transformed themselves into spies who took advantage of the opportunity to spy on the military situation, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

    Wanting to understand this, even Zhou Yu had to admire Liu Ke's arrangement.

    In fact, this conjecture is infinitely close to the truth.

    Liu Ke has a gold mine in Yangzhou and can mine precious gold at any time.

    But although gold is precious, how can it compare with grain, grass, salt and iron?

    So Liu Ke arranged for these people to do business in various places and exchange gold and jewelry for the most valuable things today.

    Sun Ce was very happy to see that Tang Gu was not tempted and that he still had some leftovers to send as gifts, so he gave him a large reward.

    "But two hundred shi of food won't last long, and Zhao Yun's troops may have already chased them.

    Therefore, Sun Ce understood that this was not a place where he would stay for a long time, and he had to return to Jiancheng Wancheng as soon as possible.

    Sun Ce and Zhou Yu guessed correctly. After Zhao Yun was misled several times by the clues left by the other party, he simply ignored it.

    He thought that if the other party escaped yesterday, he would not be carrying much food and grass, so he would definitely need to supply supplies along the way.

    So I simply went directly to the nearest Anzhong City.Coming soon.

    At this moment, Sun Ce had completed his repairs and marched again with the grain and grass sent by Tang Gu.

    So when Zhao Yun worked hard to catch up to Anzhong, the place was already deserted.

    After Ma Mao was executed, Anzhong was temporarily under the jurisdiction of Tang Gu. He was counting supplies when he heard a large army arriving.

    Tang Gu hurried to the top of the city to check, and was horrified to find that they were enemy soldiers and horses.

    "The general guarding the city, I am the general of Zhendong, the Marquis of Shunping, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong. I am hereby ordered by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to wipe out rebellion.

    If you and others are still Han ministers, please open the city gate quickly!  "

    When Tang Gu heard that the visitor turned out to be the famous Changshan Zhao Zilong, his heart skipped a beat.

    "However, although he is weak in strength, he is still strong and strong. Naturally, it is impossible for him to directly open the city and surrender.

    "I just heard Tang Gu say: "General Zhao, please forgive Tang Gu for not being able to apologize in person. It's just that Tang Gu has been ordered by His Highness the King of Xiangyang and has the responsibility to defend the country.

    Without the order of King Xiangyang, we would never dare to open the city gate. I hope the general will understand!  "

    Anyway, Tang Gu has made up his mind. He can say good things as much as he wants, but he will not open the city gate.

    No matter whether Zhao Yun threatened or induced him, he remained indifferent.

    If Zhao Yun's character is so stubborn, he will definitely attack the city and capture him alive.

    But now Zhao Yun¡¯s most important task is to pursue the fleeing Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

    If you attack the city impulsively, it will definitely waste time greatly, and instead allow the opponent to escape.

    Therefore, Zhao Yun finally restrained his inner impulse and said bitterly: "It's important to chase the enemy chief Sun Ce, let's go!"

    Before leaving, he did not forget to turn around and shout to the city: "Tang Gu, you are so stubborn and stubborn, fight against the heavenly army.

    After I finish the task at hand, the general will definitely visit me again someday. I hope you can still be so strong-willed!  "

    After saying that, he ignored the other party and left with his troops, heading towards another city.

    It wasn¡¯t until Zhao Yun¡¯s soldiers and horses left that Tang Gu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    "In fact, he was just pretending to be tough. There were only a few hundred remaining soldiers in the city. They were old, weak, sick, and vulnerable.

    If Zhao Yun insists on attacking the city, An Zhong may not be able to hold on for half an hour.

    At the same time, Sun Ce's soldiers and horses had already moved far away, and finally got rid of Zhao Yun's tracking.

    The situation of the other soldiers and horses was similar to his. Except for Han Dang's soldiers and horses who ran towards Tuoyang, they were given special attention by Liu Ke, so they suffered heavy losses.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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