It wasn't until he was in his twenties that Gan Ning realized that being a bandit was cool and fun, but it wouldn't accomplish much. So he gave up doing evil and began to study the theories of various schools of thought.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, Yizhou was filled with people from all over the world who came to seek refuge. In such a chaotic situation, Gan Ning's prodigal son turned back and gained a good reputation. So he started serving as a jipu and was gradually promoted to the county magistrate of Shu County.
After the death of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, his son Liu Zhang succeeded him. Liu Biao had always had a quarrel with Liu Yan, so he took the opportunity to send Liu He from Jingzhou to Yizhou to lure Jingzhou people into rebellion. So Gan Ning, Shen Mi and Lou Fa rebelled against Liu Zhang, but were quickly defeated by Liu Zhang and had to flee to Jingzhou.
Although Liu Biao accepted Gan Ning, Shen Mi, and Lou Fa to seek refuge in Jingzhou, he did not trust Gan Ning and others, and he did not want to admit that he had seduced Liu Zhang's subordinates. After all, engaging in conspiracy is not a crime in itself. What a glorious thing, especially if it failed, it couldn't be brought to the fore.
Therefore, Liu Biao did not even give Gan Ning, Shen Mi, and Lou Fa the status of guest generals. He only gave some goods as gifts, and then sent them back to their hometowns.
Liu Biao was not stingy, and he gave Gan Ning goods worth thousands of gold. This was enough for Gan Ning to buy a farm and a house in his hometown, making him a powerful local.
As the saying goes, the hands of those who take others are short, and the mouth of those who eat them is short. Liu Biao's meaning was actually very clear, which was to let Gan Ning stay in Nanyang and be a local tyrant, beating up bandits and so on when there was nothing wrong. But it's best not to get into other things, and don't mention the past.
So even if Gan Ning proves his identity at this time, as long as he can't explain the smuggling tonight, once Huang Zu reports the matter to Liu Biao, he will never end well.
With no choice but to do so, Gan Ning had no choice but to say: "I have an old relationship with your Governor Su Fei. I came here to deliver a few boxes of things to him. I hope you can do this for your convenience and let me know!"
While talking, Gan Ning took the torch and shined it under the cabin.
Zhang Shuo opened his eyes wide and saw several large boxes piled up where the torch was shining.
"What's in the box? Open it first and take a look!"
Gan Ning refused directly: "There are some valuable things in here, so it is inconvenient to open them."
Although it was dark, there were reflections of torches on the water, and it was not difficult for Zhang Shuo to see clearly the draft of Gan Ning's ship.
Seeing that most of the boat's hull was submerged in the water, Zhang Shuo immediately understood.
"You guys wait here, I'll send someone to report to Governor Su!"
At this time, due to the previous warning, there were several more warships near Zhang Shuo. These warships lined up in a line, blocking the entire river.
Behind these warships, more Mengchong battleships could be vaguely seen approaching.
Gan Ning was not afraid, but instead breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, I didn't rush in blindly just now.
Less than half an hour later, more than a hundred large and small ships, such as rushing, rushing, fighting, and fighting, surrounded Gan Ning's fleet on the shore.
Suddenly, as if they had received an order, these ships moved out of the waterway, and then Gan Ning and others saw a huge building ship appear in front of them.
This building ship is a typical three-story ship, about several feet high. If the part below the water is included, the overall height of the ship is nearly ten feet.
The first floor of the building boat is called the hut, the second floor is called the flying hut, and the third floor is called the bird room. Each floor is surrounded by a three-foot-high parapet with arrow holes. The wooden hull is covered with leather, and flags, flags, swords and guns are placed all over the boat.
The end is majestic!
In terms of defensive performance alone, this building ship is not inferior to ordinary city towers at all. In actual combat, the building ship is a representative warship capable of both offense and defense.
Of course, the production process of this kind of mass murder weapon is extremely complicated and the material requirements are also very high. Even Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, could only build three large ships over the years with the power of one county.
The largest of the three was the five-story ship, Huang Zu's own flagship. Of the other two triple-story ships, one was given by Huang Zu to his son Huang She, and the other was given to Su Fei.
Su Fei, the governor of Jiangxia, is the second-in-command in Jiangxia County. He was a man of extraordinary talent and was capable of both civil and military skills, so he was highly valued by Huang Zu.
Gan Ning actually didn't have many interactions with Su Fei, and their friendship wasn't deep, at least not yet.
But at this time Gan Ning had no other choice but to give it a try with the idea of losing money and avoiding disaster.
The building boat did not get too close, and stopped when it was still more than a hundred steps away.
"The Grand Governor has ordered Gan Ning to come on board for questioning!"
A sailor shouted from the top deck.
Following this order, a walking team also appeared in front of Gan Ning.
Gan Ning did not hesitate and jumped onto the walking boat alone.
Zhang Shuo, who was originally on Meng Chong, appeared on the riverbank. At this time, he smiled and said to Gan Ning: "Brother Gan, please bring the meeting gift with you!"
The boat Gan Ning was riding was also a small boat, about the same height as Zhang Shuo's walking boat. The two boats quickly came close to each other.
Gan Ning waved his hand, and his men worked together to carry two boxes to Zhang Shuo's walking platform.
Zhang Shuo glanced at the two boxes at his feet, and then at the other six boxes on Gan Ning's boat.
"Why don't you carry it over together?"
Gan Ning smiled and said, "I've already got everyone on board. Are you still worried that the things on my boat will run away?"
"The contents of these eight boxes are all the same. Tonight, I will take two of them up to Governor Su for a check. Tomorrow morning I will take the six boxes with me and send them to Governor Su."
Zhang Shuo nodded and no longer struggled.
"Let's go upstairs to the boat!"
Not long after, the walking boat approached the building where Su Fei was.
The stern of the boat opened the tailgate and dropped another large net.
Zhang Shuo reached out and made a gesture of invitation, and Gan Ning understood.
Gan Ning had only heard about such a huge thing as a building ship, but had never seen it before.
But he has never been afraid of anything since he was born. Immediately, he jumped up and climbed onto the building boat in three or two strokes.
When he got on the boat, he realized that this was only the first floor. Looking back at the bottom, the first level is three feet high from the water, and Zhang Shuo is still climbing up clumsily.
After Zhang Shuo climbed up, the crawling net was put away. The boatmen threw down a few more thick ropes, and the soldiers on the boat took them and fixed the box left and right, and then the boatmen pulled the box up.
"Colonel Chen!" Zhang Shuo saw the people coming to greet Gan Ning at this time and hurriedly raised his hands and said respectfully.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and looked Gan Ning up and down with his sharp eyes: "Brother Gan is indeed very skilled. No wonder the Governor came to greet him personally when he heard it was you."
"Brother Gan, please!"
Chen turned around and pointed to the boat ladder.
