The Duke of Shu Han began guarding Jingzhou in place of Guan Yu.

Chapter 2 Wanting to cross but having no boat; haste makes waste.

This important town on the river has not a single boat in sight!

At the ferry crossing south of the city, Mi Wei stared blankly at the canal clerk in front of him, letting the river wind ruffle his clothes, speechless with astonishment.

The Cao Cao Yuan was a county official in charge of the grain transport.

If the canal transport manager says there are no boats, then it must be true.

But Miwei still found it hard to believe.

This is Jiangling!
Miwei: "How can we not have a boat?"

"It's not that there are no ships, but that all the usable ships have been requisitioned."

The clerk patiently explained.

"When General Guan marched along the Han and Mian rivers last time, he had already mobilized a large number of boats to go north."

"Subsequently, we were ordered to allocate military supplies, and there was further mobilization."

"Therefore, there are very few local boats left."

Miwei can accept this explanation.

If Guan Yu hadn't almost completely depleted the manpower and resources of Nan Commandery to participate in the Northern Expedition, how could Sun Quan and others have so easily succeeded in their surprise attack?

"If there are 'not many left,' surely there should be a few left?"

"There was some left at the beginning of the month, but now it's all gone."

Miwei: "How did it disappear again?"

"My lord, you may not know this, but last month the Han River overflowed, and General Guan took the opportunity to capture a Wei general surnamed Yu, along with tens of thousands of Wei people!"

The seven armies were flooded, and Yu Jin was captured?
Mi Wei had a sudden realization.

Then the clerk of the transport department smiled bitterly:

"While winning the battle is a good thing, tens of thousands of surrendered people are being settled in Jiangling one after another, and they all need to be fed!"

"Jiangling's grain reserves were already stretched thin due to the Northern Expedition, and now with tens of thousands more mouths to feed, how can it possibly be enough?"

"So General Guan ordered the mobilization of rice from Xiangguan for emergency use, and the remaining ships went south to transport grain."

Does this refer to "collecting rice from Xiangguan"?
It turns out these two historical events are connected here!

Mi Wei suddenly realized that he was finding it difficult to stay calm.

It's like he knew the ship was sinking, but he couldn't jump ship in time.

What's even harder to maintain is...

He was well aware of why he couldn't jump ship in time!
"Why didn't you mention this matter yesterday, Uncle?"

Upon hearing this, the clerk of the transport commissioner's expression immediately became subtle:

"It's not that the Prefect doesn't want to mention it, but he probably doesn't know about it at all."

"An accidental fire broke out in the city earlier, destroying a lot of military equipment. The Prefect was scolded by General Guan quite a bit."

"After autumn arrived, the waterways in various places silted up earlier than expected, making it difficult to continue the canal transport. General Guan also said that the Prefect should be punished for his failure to supervise the transport."

"Since then, the Prefect has been living in constant fear, and has no mind to attend to military affairs. They have all been handled directly by his subordinates..."

It actually connected!
Miwei felt completely numb.

It's clearly a rather absurd thing.

Why does this analysis, combined with historical records from previous generations, actually seem somewhat reasonable?
When will there be a boat?

"I can't help but ask," Mi Wei asked, his teeth aching.

The clerk of the transport commissioner calculated with his fingers:
"Ten days! At the earliest, the grain-carrying ships heading south should be able to turn back within ten days!"

Ten days……

It's not long, it's not long, it's not short.

Historical records state that in the intercalary tenth month of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan launched a campaign against Guan Yu and killed Guan Yu and his son Guan Ping.

However, before this, he had secretly corresponded with Cao Cao, lured Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, and sent Lü Meng and Lu Xun to launch a surprise attack on the two cities of Nan Commandery...

These things obviously cannot all be completed in less than a month.

Messengers need time to travel between the north and south!

Large-scale troop deployment also takes time!

To be on the safe side, I can't wait until the leap month of October to leave.

We should have left Jingzhou before October.

And now it's almost the end of September.

It seems that leaving by boat is out of the question.

But can a living person suffocate on a ship?
If we can't wait for the boat, can we leave by land?
Just do it.

After making some inquiries, he then approached the legal officer.

That is, among the various departments under the prefectural government, the department in charge of the postal system. Surely, in such a large city as Jiangling, there must be a carriage and a horse that cannot be found?
Even a donkey would do!
"To be honest, sir, we are out of carriages, but we can still spare some post horses."

"But my lord has just recovered from a serious illness. Can his body withstand such a sudden journey of a thousand miles?"

Upon hearing the inspector's probing question, Mi Wei was suddenly taken aback.

First, combining his memories with those of the original owner, he knew that "traveling thousands of miles" was not an exaggeration.

On the contrary, it is quite realistic.

Yes, reality isn't a game; you can't just move your character from one city to another by clicking a mouse.

In the three-dimensional world, it really takes a person a thousand miles to travel from Jiangling to Shu.

This is calculated based on reaching Yufu County in Badong Commandery, the easternmost part of Yizhou.

This is the location of the famous "Baidi City".

If you include Chengdu, the journey will at least double.

Li Bai, a poet of later generations, testified to this:

"I left Baidi City amidst colorful clouds at dawn, and returned to Jiangling a thousand miles away in a single day."

It should be noted that Li Bai was referring to taking advantage of the rainy season and floodwaters to risk traveling downstream by boat, which naturally allowed him to travel quickly.

Whether Miwei goes upstream or takes the rugged and dangerous land route remains to be seen.

Let alone a day, you should be grateful if you can even get there in a month.

Do you really think that the hundreds of miles of Wuxia Gorge and the thousands of miles of Bashan Mountains are just a joke?
Do you even know what the dividing line between the second and third tiers is?
Do you even know what "the perilous passes of Yizhou" means?

Even healthy people need to make thorough preparations before setting off.

He has been bedridden for several months and is now feeling weak and powerless.

Without resting for ten days or half a month, aren't you afraid of dying of exhaustion on the road?

Of course, if you really need to rest for ten days or half a month, it's better to just wait patiently for the ship.

So the problem comes full circle.

Haste makes waste!
"Is the only option to gamble that Lü Meng will arrive later..."

Mi Wei plopped down on the stone steps in front of the prefectural government building, letting the cold autumn wind blow across his face, yet he still couldn't stop sweating profusely.

Partly due to physical weakness, and partly due to mental distress.

Who would have thought that while he was still in the "loading state" of soul transmigration, the butterfly effect had already sent him flying to Jiangling, two or three thousand miles away?

"May I ask if you are the esteemed son of General Anhan?"

A voice interrupted my thoughts.

Miwei looked up and saw an old man dressed as a servant.

"It's me. What's up?"

"I humbly request that my master invite you to his residence for a meeting."

Miwei noticed that the old servant did not refer to the house or the residence.

Instead, it refers to "the mansion".

He immediately stood up and asked, "May I ask who your master is?"

The old servant respectfully handed over a beautiful wooden tablet.

Above it was written a row of flat, wide regular script characters:

"Guan Xing from Jie County, Hedong, pays his respects again to inquire about your well-being."

Mi Wei immediately realized that this was a "visiting card" used by scholars in the Han Dynasty.

It's like a modern business card.

He recalled that similar artifacts were found in the archaeological excavation of Zhu Ran's tomb during the Three Kingdoms period in his previous life.

"Paying respects again" and "Asking about your well-being" are commonly used polite expressions.

The key points are place of origin and name.

Jie County, Hedong Commandery, is the hometown of Guan Yu... This is Guan Yu's second son, Guan Xing!
Yes, Guan Yu had just been appointed General of the Vanguard and was also the de facto ruler of Jingzhou, as arranged by Liu Bei, so of course he had a "prefecture".

Mi Wei suddenly understood, and wasn't surprised.

It's only natural that we would encounter Guan Yu's family in Jiangling.

Immediately, he put the business card away and thought about how to respond appropriately.

However, when his finger traced the name on the wooden tablet, his heart skipped a beat.

and many more!

Why is Guan Xing still in Jiangling City at this time?!

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