Song Chen asked curiously: "Sir, what do you mean..."
"Rumors have spread all over Yizhou in the past few months, sowing discord among the king's wives, and even trying to implicate me. It should be the good deeds of these 'Qingzhou soldiers'." Lantian snorted coldly.
"You are so bold. The Wei State actually sent so many spies, sir, and captured them all in Chengdu?" Song Chen was a little surprised. When he sneaked into the Central Plains before, he did not dare to have too many caravans, as it would be too easy to be exposed. .
Song Chen ignored the large area of Yizhou and the Gong'an Port was the largest port along the Yangtze River. The ships coming and going were like crucian carp crossing the river. Wei's meticulous work could easily escape in batches with the ships. The thousands of people who were discovered may have spread to various places. , it’s easier said than done to catch them all.
Lan Tian shook his head slightly, "Chengdu has tried its best to arrest them, but these tricks are quite cunning. They incited the ignorant people to charge forward, while he hid in the dark and dispatched commands. Now it is impossible to eliminate them with all his strength. Maybe some of them have also escaped to Jingnan. , Jiaozhou, your trading firm must play its role."
"The general will save it. As long as he dares to show up in Mr.'s jurisdiction, he will be detained to find them all, but will other places just let them go?" Song Chen asked doubtfully.
"The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. Now it is very likely that they have been reduced to pieces. It will not be easy to find them all. That will waste a lot of manpower and material resources. I will write to Military Advisor Xu and Prime Minister Zhuge and ask them to secretly search for them in each county. There is no need for county inquiries to make people panic."
Lan Tian secretly thought that he couldn't be led around. He was very curious about whose strategy Cao Pi was using, and he started playing dirty tricks when he knew he couldn't figure it out, and his actions were so big.
"What's going on in Jiangdong?" Lan Tian asked.
Song Chen replied: "There are two special things in Jiangdong. One of them is the restoration of navigation on the Yangtze River. Many people from Jiangdong came to Jingzhou to collect the remains of their relatives. Han Dang's son Han Zong was also among them. He was still moving the tomb in Jiangling. When inquiring into the cause of Han Dang's death, the general arranged in advance for a few "enthusiastic people" according to the wishes of my husband to deny that Han Dang was killed by the formation. Then Han Zong should be confused and is still tracking down his enemies."
"anything else?"
"The other thing is an urgent matter from General Hu. The Sima family was inexplicably wiped out in the Central Plains. The Wei State unilaterally verified that it was an assassin sent by Jiangdong. Sun Quan, under military pressure at that time, euphemistically admitted that it might be the work of a treacherous villain and was willing to cooperate with the Wei State. During the investigation in Jiangdong, Cao Pi sent Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, the orphans of the Sima family, and asked the two victims to identify their enemies in Jiangdong. Now Sun Quan fostered the two in a trading house, intending to train them to be pioneers in conquering Wei. Hu What should I do if the general comes to ask for instructions?"
After listening to Song Chen's story, Lan Tian felt unspeakable shock. It was strange that he could kill Sima with the help of Cao Cao through prophecies. Cao Pi later gave the blood of his "friend" to Sun Quan to raise, which made Lan Tian feel that Cao Pi's His behavior is a bit scummy, especially like those little yellow guys in action movies.
"Sir, although the Sima brothers have arrived in Jiangdong, the Wei State is still paying attention to them. There are several large business houses in Yecheng. They secretly contacted General Hu and asked him to take good care of the Sima brothers. In return, he will secretly pay attention to them through trade every year. General Hu is delivering huge profits." Song Chen saw Lan Tian thinking deeply and immediately added.
Lantian smiled bitterly and said: "After the Xiangfan War, Jingzhou's caravans passing through the Central Plains were strictly interrogated. Our speed of obtaining intelligence slowed down significantly. Unexpectedly, Hu Ke lay down and opened a passage. In the future, he will incite sabotage and spread rumors. 'Jiangdong' can Finish it for us.”
"Then how to reply to the letter?" Song Chen asked.
Lan Tian smiled slightly: "I think the two things you mentioned can be combined into one thing. I will write a letter to General Gan later and you can find someone capable to send it to Wuchang. Han Zong can take care of it." Make use of it, and as for Hu Ke, you can reply like this..."
Song Chen's eyes shone when he heard this, and he thought that Mr. Jiang was really connected, and Jiangdong would definitely put on a good show.
"Since the matter is so important, I will go to Wuchang personally." Song Chen replied.
Lan Tian nodded, "The information we send to Jiangdong must be encrypted. It is not easy for Hu Ke to be able to lurk until now. Information about Yu's Trading Company will be top secret from now on. You will report it to me personally from now on."
"Wei." Song Chen clasped his fists loudly.
Lan Tian wrote the letter on the spot and gave it to Song Chen, who then went back to prepare an encrypted letter based on his instructions.
Two days later, the construction drawings of Huben Wutang were sent to Bingcao Yamen. Gao Shun appointed Lu Tie as the on-site guardian of Wutang construction. The construction site in the military zone soon started in full swing.
After Lantian laid the foundation stone for the Huben Wutang construction, he and Gao Yuan rushed to Jieyang non-stop to guide the harvesting of mature kelp and the cultivation of new kelp seedlings.
At this time, Song Chen, the president of the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce, had arrived in Wuchang City day and night.
After Jiangdong completed the war 'compensation', Ganning had abundant manpower and material resources. In more than a year, Wuchang had basically completed its expansion, including water villages along the river, military docks, watchtowers and arrow towers.
Although Wuchang's geographical location is not as dangerous as Xiakou, Gan Ning has built this place into a strategic stronghold. If Lu Xun's Jiangdong Navy wants to advance westward to Jingzhou, they must pull out Wuchang before they can continue their advance.
When Sun Quan 'ceded' Wuchang, he moved all the people in the county and turned Wuchang into a military city. There are no real people in the city now, and pure military control is implemented.
Perhaps Gan Ning was influenced by Lantian. After building the fortifications in Wuchang, he let the prisoners of war go to the south of the county to plant rice and farm fields. Although it could not make the garrison self-sufficient, it could always solve part of the food problem.
Lantian's letter asked Gan Ning to pick out a few Jiangdong prisoners of war, and asked Song Chen and others to cooperate in 'brainwashing' these prisoners of war to confirm the fact that they had seen Lu Meng kill Han Dang, and finally find a way to release Chai Sang and join Han Zong. .
Gan Ning asked supplies to go to the fields to inquire, and found several of Fu Shiren's soldiers. They did not participate in the surprise attack on Jingzhou at all, but were captured when Zhang Fei captured Jiangxia. In the end, it was a pity that they were not selected and sent to Jiangdong.
Based on Song Chen's suggestion, Gan Ning asked him to single out those few soldiers on the grounds of reclaiming new fields and form a group with the few people Song Chen brought to open up wasteland at the southern foot of Dadong Mountain.
Opening up wasteland is a tiring job that consumes a lot of physical strength. Working for one day is as tiring as the previous two days. On the contrary, the rations provided to them are less.
The field team of more than a dozen people collapsed in the hut's bunk to rest after dinner, and two of Song Chen's men began to whisper.
"Hey, whose tribe are you originally from? Why were you chosen to work in Dadong Mountain to cultivate wasteland?"
"Sigh... let's not mention it. Our general died in the battle at Jiangling. As for being picked to come to Dadong Mountain? Maybe it's because of bad luck..."
"Who wouldn't be? Jiangling City is really difficult to defeat. My general was killed by an arrow, and was assigned to General Fu as a guard in the end..."
"You too? Later I fed General Fu's horses..."
...
The two chatted for a while, and Song Chen sat up with a surprised look on his face: "The General Fu you are talking about is Fu Shiren, right?"
