Chapter 224: The Crown Prince Asks to Borrow Grain

"Invite the other party in!"

"Yes!"

The Vice General followed Wei Xikang into Guangwu City. He had just heard Wei Xikang talk about some teacher, and only then did he know that Wei Xikang had such a connection with the other party.

Before Wei Xikang walked into the Prefectural Government, Jiang Jinshi went out to greet him personally.

"Old Wei, what a rare guest!"

"Great Chief Jiang, have you been well?" Wei Xikang let out a breath and felt much more relaxed after seeing Jiang Jinshi.

Jiang Jinshi stepped forward and smiled: "Walk, walk! Let's go inside and talk!"

"I'll bother you, Chief!" Wei Xikang was not as generous as Jiang Jinshi at this moment, but rather a bit awkward.

For some reason, he always felt that borrowing grain was hard to say.

"Why say these things? Old Wei, have you and these brothers eaten?" Jiang Jinshi led the way in front, not forgetting to greet the Vice General and his men.

Wei Xikang responded with a red face: "Not yet!"

They had been dusty all the way. When they came out, they brought some dry rations with them, and they had long since finished them after wandering outside for so many days.

If it weren't for the fact that they could replenish some when they went to each Jun, they would have to rely on hunting for a living.

"Since you haven't eaten, then don't be polite. I'll have the logistics make some!" Jiang Jinshi waved his hand, with quite a bit of boldness.

The soldiers felt nothing when they heard this. They had encountered such Prefects all the way. At first, they thought they could eat something good, but the result was either wild vegetables or porridge.

Only the Vice General swallowed his saliva quietly. He had eaten the food of Yangguangzhai, and the taste was really nothing to say!

As everyone took their seats, Jiang Jinshi also asked the doubt in his heart: "Old Wei, aren't you going to the front line? Why are you back?"

"I... there is nothing on the front line, so I came to the rear to stroll around!"

Wei Xikang smiled awkwardly, embarrassed to say that he came out to borrow grain, and the key was that he hadn't borrowed it yet.

The Vice General kept winking frantically on the side, almost saying it out loud himself.

Wei Xikang turned his face to the side, ignoring the Vice General's gaze.

This scene fell into Jiang Jinshi's eyes, and he immediately felt that something was wrong. This person must have something to hide from him.

Only Li Xinyue saw the clue and quietly said to Jiang Jinshi: "With their movements, they should be here to borrow money or grain!"

"How do you know?" Jiang Jinshi was curious.

"Those relatives of mine in my previous life who came to borrow money had these movements!" Li Xinyue had rich experience in this regard.

Jiang Jinshi suddenly realized: "No wonder I couldn't see it! No one has ever asked me to borrow money!"

"You just learn!" Li Xinyue's eyes smiled like a crescent moon.

The two were whispering like this, and Wei Xikang and the Vice General didn't speak either. The scene was a bit cold for a while.

Finally, the Vice General stood up and bit the bullet to get close to Jiang Jinshi: "Great Chief Jiang, we have met once before. I don't know if you still remember!"

"Remember! At the city gate of Qingcheng, right?" Jiang Jinshi responded immediately. Although he didn't have the ability to never forget a face like Cao Jin, his memory was not bad.

"That's right! Actually, we came here this time because there is something to ask..." The Vice General was straightforward and immediately prepared to discuss borrowing grain, but was interrupted by Wei Xikang reaching out.

"Let me say it!" Wei Xikang took a deep breath: "Great Chief Jiang, is it convenient to spare me some grain and grass?"

Jiang Jinshi didn't expect that Li Xinyue was really right. This person was here to borrow money and grain.

"I don't know, Old Wei, how much do you need?" Jiang Jinshi asked tentatively.

Wei Xikang responded with a bitter smile: "As much as you have..."

Li Xinyue and Jiang Jinshi looked at each other and understood what the other party meant.

"The water should be ready. I'll go and make tea for you!" Li Xinyue got up and left.

Only then did Jiang Jinshi ask: "Old Wei, what is the situation? You have to tell me!"

Wei Xikang sorted out his thoughts before telling the story of the front line one by one, and also explained that he hadn't borrowed grain after going to other Juns.

Now that things had come to this, he couldn't care about any face. The front line must not be lost!

"So that's how it is..."

Jiang Jinshi didn't answer in a hurry after listening, but tapped the desk lightly with his fingers, seemingly thinking about whether to borrow or not.

The Vice General always felt that what Jiang Jinshi was tapping was not the desk, but his heart, which had been going up and down at this frequency.

"Actually... Great Chief Jiang, no matter what decision you make, I will support you!" Wei Xikang was helpless. He actually thought more.

Looking at Yangguangzhai from Wei Xikang's perspective, the reason why the commoners could still eat their fill now was entirely because Yangguangzhai had contributed all the grain and grass they had plundered to the commoners.

But the number of this grain must be limited. If it were lent to the Zhenbei Army, all the commoners in Guangwu Jun would have to go hungry.

But if they couldn't borrow grain, the Zhenbei Army...

No matter how he chose, Wei Xikang would fall into deep self-blame, so no matter if Jiang Jinshi borrowed it or not, he could only accept this result calmly.

"To tell you the truth, I only took Guangwu City for one day. Now the city is busy, and I don't know how much surplus grain there is. Why don't you give me some time!" Jiang Jinshi didn't agree directly, and of course, he didn't refuse. He needed to discuss it with Li Xinyue.

"Okay! Thank you, Great Chief Jiang!" The Vice General stood up and bowed to Jiang Jinshi.

Afterward, Jiang Jinshi and Wei Xikang chatted about some irrelevant things and arranged their food and lodging, and the two sides separated.

The soldiers didn't expect that this bandit den was even more generous than those Prefects. They hadn't eaten such delicious food for a long time.

A group of people finished eating and stood on the side of the road, looking at the busy bandits and the happy commoners. They suddenly had a trance-like feeling, as if everything was living in a dream.

After the others dispersed, Jiang Jinshi and Li Xinyue gathered together to discuss.

"What do you say about this?" Li Xinyue casually took out a bottle of "Fat House Happy Water" and handed it to Jiang Jinshi.

Jiang Jinshi took it and said worriedly: "It's hard to handle! The front line can't collapse for the time being!"

"Yes! We just had some color, and if the front line collapses, everything will be ruined!" Li Xinyue naturally understood the truth of "when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold."

"But this grain is not easy to borrow! All Juns have no grain, and only my Guangwu Jun has it, and there is still surplus to lend to them. Guess what they will think?"

This was what Jiang Jinshi was most worried about. After lending grain to the Zhenbei Army, if the other party really recovered, the first knife would have to be cut at Yangguangzhai.

Because the other party didn't just want to defeat the Xiongnu, but also wanted to fight back to the capital and re-ascend the throne.

These things couldn't be done without sufficient logistics, so Guangwu Jun, which was the only one that could produce grain, would become the primary target of the Zhenbei Army.

At that time, even if you told him that Guangwu Jun had no grain, he wouldn't believe it; he would only open your granary himself. ===== CHAPTER 225 =====