Entering Huaiyin City, everyone in the Jiangdong Army, including Wu Jing, could not hide their excitement. No one could have expected that Sun Quan would capture Huaiyin so easily with just a few words. The key was that Sun Quan did not reveal any information in advance, leaving no one mentally prepared. When everyone walks in Huaiyin City, they all feel as if they are floating among the clouds, as if they are in a dream.
Fortunately, Wu Jing was an experienced veteran and knew that nothing could go wrong at this time. He directed the troops all the way and the army was in good order. People who didn't know better thought that Wu Jing had expected this moment. It wasn't until Sun Quan and his entourage entered the city lord's palace where no one had escaped, and entered the main hall, with no outsiders around, that Wu Jing finally asked. Looking at his urgent look, he didn't know how uncomfortable Wu Jing had just been.
"Zhongmou, Lu Bu shouldn't be dead, right?"
Nonsense, Wu Jing knew very well that the three-pronged purple gold crown and the Fangtian painted halberd were all imitations of Sun Quan. However, after unexpectedly capturing Huaiyin, Wu Jing couldn't help but feel a little shaken in his heart. Could it be that Lu Bu was really dead? Wu Jing has been holding this question in his mind until now.
Sun Quan smiled, but he didn't expect that his lies not only frightened his enemies, but also frightened his own people.
"How could Lu Bu die so easily?" Without outsiders, Sun Quan would naturally not lie again.
Hearing this, Wu Jing had to smile bitterly. Although he had already thought so in his heart, even someone like him who had always been around Sun Quan would be shaken and had to admire Sun Quan's deception. In the past, Wu Jing always felt that although Sun Quan was better at domestic affairs, he was not as good as his eldest brother Sun Ce in terms of fighting. But now, Wu Jing gradually had another view: Sun Quan just had a different style from Sun Ce. Sun Quan's understanding of "The Art of War" may not be worse than that of Sun Ce!
"So, Lu Bu is just not in Huaiyin?" Wu Jing asked.
Sun Quan nodded,
"That's right."
"Then how did you know that Lu Bu was not in Huaiyin?" Wu Jing couldn't help but ask.
"Well..." Sun Quan curled his lips, "I have my own channels."
However, even though he said it so covertly, Sun Quan deliberately moved his eyes to Diao Chan in front of Wu Jing, and the hint was extremely obvious.
Wu Jing is a smart man. Of course, facts have proven that the smarter he is, the easier it is for him to be fooled by Sun Quan. Therefore, Wu Jing was naturally misled by Sun Quan, believing that Sun Quan's information came from Diao Chan and Cihang Jingzhai who was behind Diao Chan.
Thinking of this, Wu Jing showed a rare smile to Diao Chan. To be honest, although Wu Jing previously acquiesced to Diao Chan's existence, Wu Jing still complained about Sun Quan leaving Diao Chan behind. Until now, seeing that the intelligence brought by Diao Chan actually helped them obtain Huaiyin unscathed, Such huge benefits naturally made Wu Jing completely forget his dissatisfaction with Diao Chan. Wu Jing even had the idea of getting Sun Quan closer to Diao Chan so as to continue to borrow Cihang Jingzhai's secret strength.
"Cihang Jingzhai is well-deserved."
Wu Jingchong raised his hand to Diao Chan.
Yes, based on their Sun family's intelligence network, they still firmly believed that Lu Bu was staying in Huaiyin, but Cihang Jingzhai was able to detect that Lu Bu had secretly left Huaiyin. This only shows that Cihang Jingzhai's intelligence capabilities are even better than those of the Sun family. superior!
Diao Chan just smiled lightly in response to Wu Jing's compliment. There was no denial or affirmation. In Wu Jing's eyes, she just acquiesced. But only Diao Chan knew that she once again helped Sun Quan block his attack.
After Wu Jing looked away, Diao Chan also turned her eyes to Sun Quan. She opened her mouth and hesitated to speak, but in the end she said nothing. Just like Wu Jing had to hold it in until he could ask out the doubts in his heart, to Diao Chan, Wu Jing was also an outsider, so she could only ask Sun Quan privately about some questions after Wu Jing left.
Unlike Wu Jing, Diao Chan's concerns are more detailed. Diao Chan saw clearly that the reason why Sun Quan was able to occupy Huaiyin so easily this time was superficially because he knew that Lu Bu was not in Huaiyin, but the core factor was actually that most of the soldiers in Huaiyin firmly believed that Lu Bu had always stayed. In Huaiyin!
Therefore, intelligence is not the point. The point is that this information is very confidential, far beyond Wu Jing's imagination. I'm afraid only a handful of people in Huaiyin City know about this matter, and these people must be Lu Bu's absolute trusted confidants. So, where did Sun Quan learn this secret?
Who did Sun Quan secretly meet that night?
At this time, Diao Chan felt a very strange feeling in her heart. Rather than saying that Diao Chan cared about who Sun Quan had met, it was better to say that Diao Chan was more concerned about why Sun Quan even wanted to hide it from her. Even though this informant is very important and his identity is very sensitive, Diao Chan is firm and Sun Quan completely trusts her. Under normal circumstances, Sun Quan would never hide it from her!
Well, Diao Chan might not have noticed it herself. She felt like a married woman secretly suspecting that her husband was having a mistress.
Not to mention Diao Chan's completely different focus, Wu Jing mentioned some things that he cared about very much.
"Zhongmou, you just said that taxes will be halved. Isn't this too much?" Wu Jing said, "Xuzhou is the granary of the world. In the future, we will definitely use the food from Xuzhou to subsidize other regions. If we occupy We arrived in Xuzhou but could not collect grain..."
"Uncle, Xuzhou is the granary of the world, and Huaiyin is just a small part of Xuzhou. Not to mention that my tax halving will only apply to some people. Even if it applies to the entire Huaiyin, it won't be a big deal to the overall situation. Impact. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that we will soon send troops to Xiapi. Huaiyin will not have time to hand over all the troops. More will have to rely on the autonomy of these original Huaiyin nobles. If we do not give them some benefits, how can they Will you be honest?" Sun Quan explained.
"I'm afraid there will be objections from Jiangdong." Wu Jing suddenly whispered, "There are many old heroes in Jiangdong, but those people's families have never had such high tax exemptions."
Sun Quan frowned, and Wu Jing reminded him well. Sun Quan really ignored this issue beforehand. People in the world are not worried about scarcity but about inequality. To put it simply, there are some old employees in Jiangdong. The old employees have not had a salary increase for so many years, but the new people you hired have better treatment. How can the old employees not complain!
This is a bit difficult to handle. It is obviously impossible for Sun Quan to go back on his word. The whole of Jiangdong is talking about merit and execution, but it can't support it.
"In this way, it can be said that I conquered Huaiyin, I made the decision, and I established a special zone here. The policy of halving taxes is only limited to Huaiyin. If those people are willing, they can move their families to Huaiyin, or build a special zone here. If we divide the family into strongholds, I will also cut their taxes in half!" Sun Quan decided on the spot.
"this......"
Wu Jing simply couldn't keep up with Sun Quan's unbridled ideas. Although he didn't know how effective this would be, it could at least temporarily silence some people. Wu Jingding nodded,
"OK."
I was wondering if I could secretly inform the Wu family so that my family could seize the opportunity and come to Huaiyin to fight for a piece of territory first.
"By the way, what does it mean to believe in Buddhism? I'm afraid that as soon as you say this, there will be a lot more fake monks in Huaiyin recently." Wu Jing suddenly remembered and asked.
