Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 248 Zhang Song presents a picture
Jiangzhou, Chongqing later.

The mountains overlap, and the waves of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River roll.

In the Han Dynasty, there were high mountains on both sides of Jiangzhou, and the only city was at the corner between the two rivers.

There are also mountains and rivers here, but because of the steep terrain, it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Therefore, Zhang Yi, a Qin general in the Warring States Period, built an earthen city wall here. The location is in the Yuzhong District of Chongqing in later generations.

The city is adjacent to the Jialing River and the Yangtze River. Behind the city are endless towering mountains, and in front of the city are the vast waters of the two rivers. Standing on the tower, you can see the Jialing River flowing into the Yangtze River, making the river more turbulent, and the waves are rushing and rushing. Continuously flowing towards the southeast.

When Zhang Song went south by boat, he was very surprised to see boats lined up on the north and south banks of Dangqu River.Although the city of Jiangzhou is located in the delta at the angle between two rivers, there are many village pavilions and piers because there are some plains on both sides of the river that can be cultivated.

Moreover, Jiangzhou is also an important trade distribution center, so it is not uncommon to have a large number of ships.It’s just that the war caused the commerce to stop almost a long time ago. When Cai Mao left, he also searched for many ships in Jiangzhou. Very unexpected.

Although Jiangzhou was already occupied by Liu Bei at this time, Liu Bei's army did not harm the people, especially because he already had a large number of Bashu soldiers under his command. People's production and business prosperity.

Therefore, when Zhang Song's ship was docked at the pier, he saw a lot of people coming and going outside Jiangzhou City, and all walks of life in the city developed again, and became prosperous for a while.

"strangeness."

Seeing this scene, Zhang Song's entourage was very surprised and said: "Jiangzhou was occupied by Zhang Lu's people before. I didn't expect that after Liu Shijun broke through Jiangzhou, it would become so prosperous again so quickly?"

Zhang Song smiled and said: "Zhang Lu occupied Jiangzhou, and there were killings in everything he did. The people dared not engage in trade, but everyone wanted salt, everyone wanted to eat, the fish he caught had to be sold, and the firewood he chopped It has to be sold, it has been stored for a long time, and there are quite a lot of storage. Now that Liu Shijun comes, it is natural to buy and sell as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that I will not know when the next war will be fought."

There are no plains in Jiangzhou, and almost all are mountains and rivers. It is reasonable to say that it is not suitable for agricultural cultivation and should not be developed.

But during the period of Hedi, Jiangzhou's population exceeded [-] households, and the entire Berkshire population was more than one million, of which one-third was in Jiangzhou, which can be described as a thriving population.

Due to its extremely superior geographical location, Jiangzhou connects east, west, north, south, north to Guanzhong, and east to Jingzhou, business exchanges, trade distribution, and naturally becomes an important city for communication between Guanzhong and Jingzhou.

Before this place was occupied by Zhang Lu's people, the people were afraid of Zhang Lu and dared not enter the city to sell goods, so they could only trade privately. The people were convinced, and naturally began to come out to do business one after another.

And because we don't know whether we can continue to do business in the future, we sell all kinds of commodities, large and small, as soon as they can be sold. It's like a spring that has been pressed for a long time and rebounds stronger, which temporarily promotes regional commercial prosperity.

"Your Excellency is very knowledgeable."

There happened to be a scholar disembarked on the pier next to him. Hearing what Zhang Song said, he smiled and said, "Zhang Lu has no time to manage Berkshire, he only knows how to attack. After Mr. Liu arrived in Jiangzhou, he saw that all the businesses here were withered, so he published the list overnight. With what it looks like now."

"Oh?"

Zhang Song looked at the scholar, and saw that he was eight feet tall, with a dignified appearance, surrounded by soldiers and guards. His heart moved, and he asked, "Could it be that your Excellency is under Liu Shijun's tent?"

"I'm Xu Shu, whose character is straight, and I will be a Zhonglang under Liu Shijun's account for the time being."

Xu Shu cupped his hands.

He just came from Jiangbei, and it was not easy to mobilize so many ships. If he hadn't greeted Zhou Lin in advance, he would have mobilized most of the aristocratic families in Berkshire and Qianwei County who were doing business with Zhou Lin in partnership. There is really no way to gather so many ships in a short period of time.

Although it is a merchant ship, but Shen Chen helped to improve it, and it still uses a pedal-operated propeller. The boatmen use pedals in the cabin to push the ship forward in the same way as pedaling a bicycle, and the speed of the ship is much faster than before.

Before that, Xu Shu went to Jiangbei to try out the ship, and secondly, he ordered the soldiers to prepare to load the supplies today and set off for Jingzhou tomorrow.

Knowing that it was under Liu Bei's tent, Zhang Song cupped his hands and said, "It turned out to be Xu Zhonglang. Next Zhang Song, whose name is Ziqiao, is now Yizhou Biejia. This time I came to Jiangzhou under the order of my lord Yizhou Mu. Come to see Mr. Liu."

"Oh?"

When Xu Shu heard about this, he immediately became interested, and stretched out his hand to him: "Biejia Zhang, please follow me to the government office to talk."

"That's work."

Zhang Songgong cupped his hands and followed Xu Shu into the city.

At this moment in the mansion in the city, Liu Bei is having a banquet with Zhou Lin.

"Brother Ling Cong really said that?"

Liu Bei was very happy when he heard Zhou Lin's words.

Zhou Lin said with a smile: "That's right, my brother said that the Five Emperors' Thrones hang high, and there are stars floating among them. This means that the great Han will have wise people to help the Emperor Stars again, and Sanxing Yanhan is just around the corner."

"Hahahahaha."

Liu Bei was very happy, and said: "If it can be fulfilled, I will go to the imperial court to reward Brother Ling."

"Thank you envoy."

Zhou Lin arched his hands and said: "Brother I don't care about these things, I only care about the sky, go upstairs to observe the clouds every day, no matter morning or night, I am obsessed with this way."

"Although the sky and the clouds are destiny, there is a saying in the Book of Changes that man is stronger than the sky. In the early years, I heard that there were men in Yuexi who turned into women. Some people said that this was also the case in Emperor Ai. The auspiciousness of the Yi Dynasty, I Judging from the destiny, it is not impossible to change it."

Liu Bei nodded slightly. He believed in the destiny, but he believed more in changing one's destiny through one's own efforts.

Just like from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the time of Dong Zhuo, countless fortune-tellers all over the world said that they would change the dynasty, and the great Han's country would be lost.But he just doesn't believe in evil, he just wants to go against the sky and make Yanhan once again.

While the two were talking, Xu Shu and Zhang Song had already arrived at the door.

Xu Shu said to Zhang Song: "Don't drive, please stay outside the door for a while, I will report to General Zuo immediately."

"There's Mr. Lao Zhong."

Zhang Song nodded, this is a normal etiquette.

Xu Shu walked into the government office and arrived at the central hall without hindrance.

When Liu Bei saw him coming back, he smiled and said, "Yuan Zhi is back, how about going to try the boat?"

"The speed of the ship is really fast, and Xiaoqing is a good shipbuilder."

Xu Shu came forward with a smile and cupped his hands and said, "Master, I have a great joy."

"Oh?"

Liu Bei asked in surprise, "What happy event?"

Xu Shu said: "Don't drive Yizhou, Zhang Song is outside the mansion now, please come and greet me personally."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

When Liu Bei heard this, he said to Zhou Lin without any neglect, "Ji Zhi, wait a moment."

Zhou Lin got up and cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Huang is himself."

Liu Bei went out with Xu Shu.

When I came to the government office, I saw a short man with a strange face.

"But Zhang Biejia?"

Liu Bei was not left out because of the man's appearance, and went up to ask with his hands clasped.

Zhang Song looked at the person who came out to greet him in great surprise, and hurriedly cupped his hands and asked, "Yu Zheng, I don't know your Excellency?"

"I'm Liu Bei, named Xuande."

Liu Bei said with a smile.

"The emperor's uncle actually greeted him personally, and Ling Song was very grateful."

Zhang Song was extremely surprised, this time he bent down and bowed his hands in salute.

Although Liu Bei has no territory, his status is actually higher than that of Liu Zhang.

What is Liu Zhang's identity?
Yizhou animal husbandry.

Moreover, he was also the Yizhou pastor conferred by Li Jue and Guo Si.

After Liu Yan died of illness in the first year of Xingping, Zhao Wei, a senior official in Yizhou, believed that Liu Zhang was weak and incompetent and could use him to control Yizhou.

So he went to the imperial court to pay tribute to some property, and Li Jue issued an edict to appoint him as Yizhou pastor and envoy of the army supervisor.

What about Liu Bei?
Liu Xie personally conferred the titles of Uncle Emperor of the Han Dynasty, General Zuo, Mu of Yuzhou, and Tinghou of Yicheng.

Except for that Yicheng Tinghou who was a little bit broken, the other three identities are not much stronger than Liu Zhang?

Yuzhou Mu and Yizhou Mu are on the same level, General Zuo has a higher position than Zhou Mu, and although Uncle Huang is not a position, it is also a symbol of status.

So Liu Bei came to greet Zhang Song in person, and Zhang Song was not only surprised, but flattered.

Liu Bei smiled and took his hand to enter the door and said, "Don't come too far, please come in quickly."

"Thank you, Uncle."

Zhang Song followed into the door.

After entering, Liu Bei asked: "Don't drive, is my Ji Yutong sect sent to ask for help?"

Zhang Song sighed and said: "Yes, Zhang Lu was fierce and surrounded Chengdu. At the beginning of this year, my lord sent my brother Zhang Su to lead [-] old soldiers and a large number of imperial objects to Chendu to worship Cao Cao. I went on an envoy again half a year ago. Once, I hoped that Cao Cao would send troops from Guanzhong to harass Hanzhong, but Cao Cao refused. Now that I know the emperor's uncle is coming this year, I strongly urge my lord to form an alliance with the emperor's uncle."

"Oh?"

Liu Bei was surprised and said: "Is there such a thing? I heard that Cao Cao is now deploying troops to the north. Does he still have time to take care of Guanzhong?"

Zhang Song said with a smile: "I don't know the emperor, but now Guanzhong has been acquired by Cao Cao. Last year, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao, the captain of the Sili school, to Chang'an. Together with Ma Teng, they defeated the high-ranking officials who invaded Hedong. Send a letter to Han Sui, urging him to reconcile with Ma Teng's forces, and send his hostages to Chendu, so that Guanzhong will be leveled."

This happened at the end of last year. Although nearly a year has passed, because Liu Bei has been in Jingnan and the Three Gorges area, it is too far away from Guanzhong, so it is not clear that Guanzhong is slowly being controlled by Cao Cao.

But it's just the Guanzhong Basin, or it should be Hedong County, Hongnong County and a part of Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng is still in Han Sui's hands.

"I see."

Liu Bei nodded and dragged Zhang Song to the inner hall of the back hall.

After everyone sat down, Liu Bei sighed and said: "Now that the Han Dynasty is in decline, we and the clan can't help the country. The same clan Ji Yu is in danger, but I can't help."

"Why is this?"

Zhang Song quickly asked: "Isn't the emperor's uncle coming to Bashu to help my lord?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "That's true, but you should know about the civil strife in Jingzhou. Although Liu Biao presumptuously proclaimed himself emperor, he treated me kindly after all. His son Liu Qi is my brother and brother. Now he is in trouble. How can I bear to ignore it?"

"That's it."

Zhang Song was a little disappointed, but he cheered up and said, "I don't know when the emperor will come back?"

Liu Bei said: "I don't know, maybe three to five months, maybe three to five years, after helping Liu Qi to pacify the civil strife in Jingzhou, he can go to Sichuan to help Ji Yu."

"Now that Zhang Lu is rampant, I'm afraid that Yizhou will be lost when the emperor comes back."

Zhang Song persuaded: "Now that the emperor's uncle is close at hand, why don't you send troops to do it?"

"This"

Liu Bei smiled wryly and said: "I'm afraid there is nothing I can do. Cai Mao has raised his army and stormed Jingnan. Now my foundation is in Jingnan. If Jingnan is lost, I will be like a rootless apple."

Foundation?

Zhang Song's eyeballs suddenly rolled up.

Liu Zhang is weak, and even a retainer like Zhang Lu is about to devour the lord, which shows his incompetence.

Zhang Song has long been reluctant to assist.

When I went to see Cao Cao before, I also had the idea of ​​dedicating Yizhou.

But at that time, Cao Cao had no interest in Hanzhong at all. He hadn't regained the north yet, and Guanzhong only had a little manpower. How could he attack Hanzhong?

So Zhang Song went to see Cao Cao, even though Liu Zhang had sent Zhang Su to stand in front of him as a foreshadowing, Cao Cao finally rejected the request.

Now that Liu Biao, who ruled Jingzhou, is dead, and there are civil strife in Jingzhou, it is impossible to dedicate Yizhou to Liu Biao.

If this continues, Yizhou will really be acquired by Zhang Lu, a house slave.

So Zhang Song was very sad.

However, when I came to Jiangzhou, I saw Liu Bei again.

Skillful.

Isn't there a bright master who is worrying about not having a foundation?
a time.

Zhang Song wanted to find a master for Yizhou, so he moved again.

Hands unconsciously touched his arms.

Over there is a map of the fifty states of Xichuan!
(End of this chapter)