Xie Jue and Xie Xun were a bit taken aback as they watched the grain being unloaded. The shipment was escorted by Jiangnan General Trading Company's convoy, which braved the snowstorm to deliver five boatloads of grain to Jiaozhou. The leader was a burly man, distinctly robust and rather outgoing by nature. Upon seeing Xie Xun, he greeted him warmly. Xie Xun asked, "Who sent this grain?"
It couldn't possibly be the Jiangnan garrison suddenly acting out of charity to provide them grain, could it?
