"Mrs. Bu is already in Jiangxia County, Your Highness"
Phew~
The hot wine Liu Chan just drank sprayed all over Zhuge Jin.
He looked at Zhuge Jin with a strange look on his face and said, "I, Mr. Liu, am a serious person!"
You really think I'm so pretty!
That's my mother-in-law!
"Ahem."
Zhuge Jin coughed and said: "In short, please help me in Jiangdong, Your Highness. As for the substantive benefit, it is to share Xuzhou."
Are they divided into Xuzhou?
I can't reach the edge of Xuzhou.
Create an enclave?
Can Liu Chan eat it?
"There is Zang Ba in Xuzhou, and your lord, Marquis Wu, can't eat it."
It seems the rumors are false.
Zhuge Jin felt pity.
He had heard a lot of rumors, and he hoped to use a beauty trick to make Liu Gongsi submit.
In no mood
To no avail.
"Your Highness, what you said is wrong. It is precisely because Zang Ba is in Xuzhou that we can take advantage of it. As far as I know, Cao Pi's son has already personally led the troops, but Zang Bayang violated the law. Not only did he not support Zhang Wenyuan, he even There is an ambush behind him, the food route is cut off, and his death is right in front of him. Is it difficult to seize the city and land while Xuzhou is in turmoil?"
Liu Chan looked at Zhuge Jin with a strange look on his face and asked, "Didn't Zang Ba have an alliance with Jiangdong? At the critical moment, he not only failed to help, but also added insult to injury?"
Zhuge Jin blushed and said hesitantly: "Why do you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air..."
"Defiling people's innocence? Isn't this what you Jiangdong will do next?"
Zhuge Jin blushed, and the veins on his forehead popped out, and argued, "I am doing things in Jiangdong, how can I add insult to injury? If Zang Ba can defeat Cao's army, I will naturally follow the covenant! But he can defeat the army led by Cao Pi Cao Jun? It’s very difficult!”
There were words that were difficult to understand one after another, such as "never betray the alliance" and "abide by the alliance", etc., which made Liu Chan burst into laughter: the inside and outside of the chariot was filled with a happy atmosphere.
"Based on this alone, it is difficult for me to help your lord win Hefei. Moreover, Hefei is an important place and will inevitably provoke a war between the two parties. I will reap the benefits. Who will benefit me more at that time? Who will I help? Who will benefit the most?"
Hearing Liu Chan's words, Zhuge Jin became anxious at that time.
"Your Highness's words are wrong. Today's three points, Wei Wei is the strongest, and I, Jiangdong, are the weakest. If Your Highness's gang is the strongest and the weakest, then I, Jiangdong, will naturally have no chance of survival. But after I, Jiangdong, are gone, Your Highness will You have to face the Wei army alone, and no matter how powerful your highness is, there is only one person. When Cao Wei attacks from many sides, what will your highness do?"
Tell me about the general trend?
"Since you know that Jiangdong is the weakest, why don't you do your duty? After you formed an alliance with me, you betrayed the alliance. It's the same as rebelling against Wei. If you don't abide by the alliance, how can I trust you?"
Zhuge Jin suddenly became anxious.
"Then what does His Highness want me to do, Jiangdong, before he is willing to help me, Jiangdong?"
He is indeed incompetent as a messenger.
At least in front of Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong, he has never been able to speak out against him.
This made Jiang Dong extremely passive.
but
As long as you can persuade Liu Gongsi to come to help, what can you do if you are more passive?
It's just that Jiangdong paid more.
Just tell me whether I have completed my mission or not!
Seeing Zhuge Jin hand over the initiative to Liu Chan, Liu Chan smiled and said, "It's not impossible for me to help you Jiangdong."
Hearing this, Zhuge Jin was overjoyed.
He leaned forward, got a little closer to Liu Chan, and asked, "Your Highness, please speak clearly."
"Did you know that I founded a business alliance in Jingzhou?"
Zhuge Jin nodded.
"The name of the merchant alliance is like thunder in my ears. I heard that your highness's merchant alliance can bring huge profits every day. I was in Jiangling a few days ago and marveled at the changes in Jiangling. I am afraid this is also the reason for the merchant alliance."
Business is the last industry in this era.
But it is undeniable that commerce makes materials flow.
The flowing materials will create value.
In the process of doing business, there will be consumption and profits will be made. By serving these caravans, the people along the way will also benefit, and the government will receive tax revenue, thereby increasing investment in agriculture and infrastructure.
And with the rise of agriculture, there will be more resources for commercial operations.
Once the infrastructure is built and the trade routes are easier to navigate, more caravans will be attracted to do business.
This is a positive feedback process.
At least it will be like this for a few years.
Only when the stock is used up and the caravans start to get involved, the trade route may decline.
But by that time, Jingzhou had already developed.
"I wonder what your Highness wants to do when he mentions the business alliance?"
Zhuge Jin knew that the young man in front of him was a complete little fox.
I've never seen him suffer.
I came here to talk about the business alliance this time because it is profitable.
It can even be very profitable.
What are the benefits of the business alliance?
Zhuge Jin couldn't help but start thinking.
"The Merchant Alliance is here to do business. If you want me, Mr. Liu, to help you in Jiangdong, you must allow me to do business in Jiangdong."
peddler?
Zhuge Jin was stunned.
"Didn't you, a business traveler from Jingzhou, already go to Jiangdong for business?"
The beautiful porcelain and colored glaze sent from Jingzhou were also very popular among the nobles in Jiangdong.
"That level of businessmanship is nothing."
Is this nothing?
That glass starts with one hundred thousand dollars per item.
If you sell ten, that’s one million dollars; if you sell one hundred, that’s tens of millions of dollars.
Is this nothing?
"I want to sign a trading agreement with Jiangdong."
Merchant covenant?
When did even merchants need a covenant?
"Your Highness, please clarify."
Liu Chan chuckled and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just to facilitate my Jingzhou and Yizhou business travelers to enter Jiangdong for business."
No big deal really.
It just turned Jiangdong into a dumping ground for his products and an economic colony.
As long as the covenant is signed, Hongshang Jiangdong is not allowed to collect commercial taxes.
certainly
Liu Chan would also say, I will not take back this business tax, it will still be used for Jiangdong.
Ahem.
I will start an education business for you!
Help you Jiangdong cultivate talents.
How to say?
Are you impressed?
certainly
Do these cultivated talents have their hearts set on Liu Gongsi or Jiangdong?
It’s hard to say about him, Mr. Liu.
When buying and selling luxury goods, the profits earned in the short term are definitely high.
But after all, the number of noble people is small, and the number of poor people is still large.
The poor man's money should still be earned.
Everyone earns a little, and together we get a lot.
"Let me think about it."
Seeing Liu Chan's evil smile, Zhuge Jin always felt that there was a big hole inside.
But he couldn't explain this big hole.
"Tomorrow, I will review the contents of the covenant with you, and you will just have to reply then."
Seeing Liu Chan thinking for him, Zhuge Jin slowly let out a breath of turbidity.
Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong, has the air of a gentleman.
There was no rush for him to make a choice directly.
However, Liu Chan gave him time to think about it.
That was when his "Treaty of Friendship and Trade between Han China and Jiangdong" was still in the process of creating a new folder.
"This march is tiring, and I'm afraid Tzuyu will suffer."
Marching in winter is bound to be difficult.
Zhuge Jin shook his head slightly and said: "When I entered Wuling, I knew that His Highness had repeatedly defeated the barbarians, and now he has made Wuling County obey. If the Changsha barbarians can be made to obey this time, the barbarians in the four counties of Jingnan will be obeyed by His Highness. ”
Jiangdong had held Changsha County for many years, but in the end he still failed to capture Changsha County.
On the one hand, Jiangdong didn't put much effort into it.
Changsha is very unruly, and the cost of dealing with him is too high.
Compared with the unruly Changsha barbarians, the more barbarians in Yangzhou's inner mountains, the easier it is to bully them.
Pick the persimmons that are soft and pinch them.
This is also the reason why Jiangdong has occupied Changsha County for a long time, but Changsha barbarians are still rampant and can even enter Yangzhou to rob people.
"Speaking of which, some Changsha barbarians have escaped into Yangzhou. At that time, my Han army is afraid that they will enter Yangzhou to fight. I will go to Yangzhou to eradicate the Changsha barbarians from Jiangdong for you. I don't need any benefits from you. I can just provide food and grass support along the way. How about that?" "
"ah?"
Zhuge Jin screamed in surprise.
"Your Highness, isn't that what you said?"
Fortunately, he was still saying that Your Highness has the style of an ancient gentleman.
What a gentleman!
His face is thicker than the city wall!
Why do you want to eradicate the Changsha barbarians from Jiangdong?
Aren’t you going to eradicate the Changsha barbarians?
He quickly refused righteously.
"The matter of entering Yangzhou still needs to be reported to the lord. As for providing food and grass, Yuzhang County's food and grass have been requisitioned twice. There is no surplus food and grass. The counties in Yuzhang County cannot provide food and grass for His Highness."
The people of Jiangdong were originally rich and well-fed.
Why are you short of food now? Isn't it thanks to your boy?
Zhuge Jin looked at Liu Chan with a resentful look.
"Then please ask Ziyu to send an envoy as soon as possible. Tell me that I want to pass the news to Yangzhou."
Zhuge Jin nodded.
"Tomorrow I will send an envoy to Hefei together with the trade covenant."
"good!"
Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Zhuge Jin slowly stood up and said, "Your Highness, the envoy has resigned."
If we stay in the carriage of the Crown Prince of Hanzhong for a while longer, he might make some excessive demands again.
Out of sight, the mind is pure.
He also wanted to meet the lord's sister, Sun Shangxiang.
After Zhuge Jin left, Liu Chan immediately summoned Dong Yun.
"Your Highness summoned me here, what are your instructions?"
Liu Chan slowly told Dong Yun in detail about the business alliance he was about to conclude with Jiangdong.
After listening, Dong Yun's brows furrowed.
"Your Highness, Jiangdong has a habit of betraying alliances. Even if he signed a trade agreement, after the battle in Hefei is over, he turns around and denies the agreement. What should we do?"
The expression on Dong Yun's face said what he meant.
He would not abide by a covenant that was unfavorable to Jiangdong.
If you help Jiangdong now and turn around and betray his alliance, wouldn't you have helped Jiangdong in vain?
"That's wrong."
Liu Chan shook his head and said: "Jiang Dong does like to betray the alliance, but as long as I am strong enough, he will not dare to betray the alliance directly. If he betrays the alliance, it doesn't matter. A few months will be enough for the business alliance to make back its capital. Besides, if he dares to betray the alliance, wouldn’t it give me an opportunity to send troops?”
When you were weak, how could you easily break the alliance you signed with a powerful neighbor?
Isn’t it clear enough about the fate of the Manchus in later generations?
Breaking the alliance?
I fight!
Make a new covenant and come out!
"With our strong military strength, why should we fear Jiangdong betraying our alliance?"
To put it bluntly, a covenant is just a piece of paper, and strength must speak for itself behind it.
Now Liu Chan is stronger than Sun Quan.
So, if you want to abide by this covenant, you must abide by it. If you don’t want to abide by it, you must abide by it.
Not complying?
What greets you is war!
"Besides, now that the world is divided into three parts, if we don't help Jiangdong, how can we help Ni Wei?"
The world is divided into three parts, the second and third, they can only help each other.
If the boss really swallowed up the third child, wouldn't it be Liu Chan who was attacked from both sides?
Although the state of Wei was defeated by him several times.
But that is also within Jingzhou.
Exiting Jingzhou, such as Yingchuan County, is the hinterland of Wei State.
If you want to win the battle, it will not be that easy.
Nanyang County was easy to take, on the one hand, because Cao Cao oppressed the people of Nanyang too much.
He levied grain and conquered the people, and wanted to bleed the blood of the people of Nanyang.
On the other hand, it was also because the Nanyang gentry was not powerful in Cao Wei's officialdom.
Now in the Cao Wei court, Yingchuan County and the clan are the absolute majority.
Yingchuan County is a vested interest of Wei State, so
How is it possible to enter Yingchuan County and get the support of the local nobles?
This is also the reason why Guan Yu has difficulty leaving Yingchuan County.
It's not that Guan Yu is not brave.
But the Yingchuan nobles would not stand on his side at all.
Entering Yingchuan County is equivalent to falling into the vast ocean of people. Unless there is an absolute advantage in strength, it will be difficult to defeat Yingchuan County.
This is true for Yingchuan County.
Cao Wei now occupies most of the world, and the sacred land of the Central Plains is also in his hands.
Development potential?
Even if Liu Chan worked hard to build the land he occupied, he was still inferior to Cao Wei.
In the overall situation, we still need to unite with Sun to reject Cao.
Although this grandson is really a fucking grandson.
He likes to do little things behind his back.
But there is no way.
Unless Liu Chan has absolute strength, he will still have to deal with Cao Wei together with Jiang Dong.
"this"
Dong Yun thought for a while and agreed with Liu Chan's point of view.
"Then what are the main points to be written in this covenant?"
Liu Chan smiled softly and said, "This business covenant must have at least thirty articles?"
Thirty articles?
Dong Yun's eyes widened and he said, "Is thirty articles too many?"
If you ask me to think about it, I may not think it completely!
"It's okay, I'll give you some ideas."
Liu Chan looked at Dong Yun with a bitter look on his face and said slowly:
"First, we, Han China, and Jiangdong should always maintain friendly relations and maintain good friendship for a long time.
Second, when Chinese people enter the counties and counties east of the Yangtze River, they are allowed to live, travel and do business throughout the territory, and their safety must be guaranteed.
Third, we must not prohibit Chinese people from entering Jiangdong to do business, buy and sell land, and buy and sell mines.
Fourth, no property or property may be expropriated in the territory of the other contracting party without legal procedures and prompt payment of fair and effective compensation.
Fifth, the business tax must not be levied. The merchant alliance will spend tens of millions of dollars every year to create schools across Jiangdong to teach new knowledge.
Sixth, there should be no restrictions on the number and quantity of goods imported by the business alliance.
Sixth, the covenant is concluded. Han Chinese merchants have freedom of navigation in the east of the Yangtze River, and no restrictions on passage in the east of the Yangtze River are allowed.
"
Liu Chan said more than a dozen things eloquently, which made Dong Yun stunned.
This is not a trade treaty. Once the treaty is signed, won't Jiangdong become a grandson in the future?
Still a grandson in name only.
"Your Highness, will Jiangdong agree to this trade treaty?"
Liu Chan narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you think he dares to agree?"
Moreover, since it is a covenant, there is still room for negotiation.
Leave some room for Jiangdong to make some discounts.
but
Even so, Liu Chan would definitely do this to ask Jiangdong to continuously transfuse blood for him.
Are you Jiangdong shameless?
Then I, Mr. Liu, am a scoundrel!
And when he, a scoundrel, is stronger than you, a rat from Jiangdong, you really can only swallow this breath.
otherwise
War?
Do you, Sun Zhongmou, have the courage?
(End of chapter)
