In this way, under Jiang Wan's operation, two boys selling porridge on the street were openly invited by Gan Ning to the prefect's mansion.
Jiang Wan was not in a hurry to expose the news. He was still waiting outside. He knew that as long as someone entered, all the news in Jiaozhi County and even the four counties controlled by Shi Xie could be brought out.
He is already sorting out the current situation in Jiaozhi. Among the four counties of Shixie, Jiaozhi County is the strongest, with a total of 700,000 people, more than Cangwu. The other three counties are far behind. Nanhai County is Blocked by the Pearl River, Hepu County is close to the bay and prone to strong winds, while Yulin County has more mountainous areas. Each of the three counties has a population of more than 100,000, which adds up to more than 500,000 people.
Calculating this, Shi Xie actually had millions of people under his command.
There were frequent wars in the north, and people were displaced. Many of the original large states and counties had a population of less than ten. Those with a population of one million were already powerful.
However, there is a big trouble in the four counties of Shixie. Among the one million people, there are still more than 200,000 Miao descendants. Most of these Miao descendants can understand Chinese and will pay taxes reluctantly, but in fact they do not care about the Han court. .
In this way, Miao Yi became a burden to Shi Xie, who even though he had a population of millions, did not dare to act rashly to attack others, lest he start a fire behind him.
For such a long time, Xiao Xiaocangwu has not been able to win. It can be seen that he has no ambition in the Central Plains. He is only willing to settle in a corner, and he only has the ability to settle in a corner.
If Jingzhou hadn't changed hands and Cao Jun and Jiang Dong had gone south to Wuling successively, Shi Xie might have spent his whole life in such a small position of wealth.
However, times have changed. Jiangdong's army entered Jiaozhi's territory, and the ships built by Shixie were also robbed by Jiangdong.
Jiang Wan is young and steady. He is not good at military strategy and knows almost nothing about marching and fighting. However, he grew up in a poor family, and his eyesight has been gradually developed. He is good at catching any clues and analyzing them. He stayed in Longbian City. After these days, it can be seen that Shi Xie has managed the Longbian City very well. He regards this city as his own foundation to run it, and he is definitely not one of those warlords who have failed in their pursuit of success.
Since he did this, there was absolutely no reason to give up the power in his hands, at least not before going to war with Jiangdong.
But the reality is that Jiangdong's army docked in a grand manner, and Jiangdong generals like Gan Ning also swaggered through the streets of Longbian. These things that should not have happened are right in front of them.
"General Suinan, what are you thinking about?"
Jiang Wan looked at the gate of the Prefect's Mansion from a distance, thoughtfully.
The two boys went in for about three hours, and they didn't come out until it was extremely dark.
As expected, the two buckets of porridge they brought had been sold out, and Gan Ning, who sent them in, also came out with them in a swaggering manner.
Gan Ning patted his belly. It was obvious that he was very full. He burped, patted the two boys on the shoulders vigorously, and then returned to the boat with satisfaction.
The two boys carried the porridge buckets and walked out hummingly. When they passed Jiang Wan, they didn't have any special expressions at all and continued to walk forward normally.
Jiang Wan originally wanted to give some instructions, but he was relieved when he saw the two of them acting like this. He didn't know where Beifu found these people. Each one of them had the talent to do fine work, and they were both bold and careful.
He and the two walked in different directions and were not in a hurry to meet.
Not far after he walked out, Gan Ning, who was burping from wine, suddenly looked back, touched his head, and said to himself: "The people named Lu really think too much, but they are just two porridge sellers, and they know better." What. It’s a pity that the governor also spoke for him.”
After saying that, he walked away minding his own business.
In the morning, it was his class to guard the ship, and in the evening, it was Lu Meng's class.
Since it's already night, what are you thinking about? Just go back to the boat and sleep without doing anything else.
Two quarters of an hour later, Jiang Wan finally saw the two boys. He couldn't wait to ask them what they had learned in the prefect's mansion.
He didn't have high hopes, but after hearing what the two boys said, his expression became solemn and happy.
They were happy because they knew too much inside information, but they were solemn because Jiangdong had already planned it, but they were completely unaware of it. If Cao Wu, the general of Beifu, had not promoted the intelligence system in the south, they would have been beaten to death when the battle came. Abandoned, I don’t know how I lost.
Jiang Wan organized the information obtained today, but did not send it out in a hurry.
The next day, the two young men were invited to the prefect's mansion again. It is said that everyone who attended the banquet yesterday praised their porridge, so they were invited again today. There was also a big shot who wanted to let them stay in the prefect's mansion. Fuzhong.
At night again, the two boys came back and handed the information to Jiang Wan again.
Jiang Wan felt that the time had come, so he changed his clothes, and on the third day, he entered the prefect's mansion in place of one of the boys.
Unexpectedly, on this day, he and another boy were left behind. The big shots in the mansion liked their porridge very much and did not want them to sell it to others.
However, Jiang Wan did not complain. Instead, he felt that this was a risk-taking opportunity that could yield huge rewards, and he could not let it go.
That night, Jiang Wan and the servant were arranged in the servants' room next to the stables. This was a common bunk where more than a dozen servants lived together.
Jiang Wan didn't feel uncomfortable. He was used to poverty since he was a child. When the snoring started one after another, Jiang Wan quietly stood up, leaned against the corner of the stable, and wrote the news he had learned under the starlight and moonlight in the open air of the stable.
This time Jiang Wan came by himself and learned more inside information. He carefully summarized the information. He felt that no new important information could be produced in a short period of time, so he solemnly handed over this information, which was infallible. He sealed it and threw it out through the low window next to the stable.
There were people waiting there for a long time, huddled and kowtowing and taking a nap. After receiving the information, they immediately became energetic.
As soon as the day broke and the city gate opened, this man took the information out of Longbian City, walked around a few times, and headed towards Cangwu.
The next day, which was already Ah Shi's sixth day in Guangxin City, Jiang Wan's information was finally delivered to the Guangxin Prefect's Mansion and to Cao Wu's several cases.
Cao Wu couldn't wait to open it, but he was shocked when he opened it because the information was so detailed that it almost turned the situation of the four counties under Shi Xie's control upside down.
"As expected of one of the four prime ministers in Sichuan, no one else can match the meticulousness of this work."
Cao Wu knew the situation well and called all the generals to the city lord's mansion at that time.
Previously, they left Jingzhou, went down to Guiyang, Lingling, entered Wuling, chased Liu Bei, passed Fengyang, and forced Guangxin to surrender. A series of military operations made the generals a little tired. But after six days of rest, all the generals were in high spirits.
They gathered in the hall of the prefect's mansion, whispering and waiting for Cao Wu's arrival.
Cao Wushan arrived late, Diao Chan and Lu Xun followed him.
As soon as Cao Wu sat down, he announced a shocking news.
All the four counties controlled by Shi Xie were no longer in Shi Xie's hands, but were taken over by the nominally new Jiaozhou Mubu Zhao.
