Han Xiang

Chapter 506

Zhang Hong said slightly, his mouth was dry.

Sun Quan frowned, waved lightly at him, and said: "Although the strategy in the east is safe, the art of war is said to be surprisingly successful. It took a long time to mobilize [-] troops. If Chen Deng has an affair with Long Xiang, why not let Hefei do it?" Ready?"

"what?"

In the past, Sun Quan was defeated by Chen Deng in Guangling, but Zhang Hong was left in Xudu as the censor, so the grievances between Chen Deng and Sun Quan are not so deep in the memory.

He thought that since Long Xiang dared to provoke Jiang Dong, wouldn't he make preparations in advance?Does it matter whether Chen Deng hooks up or not?

After all, Zhang Zhao is an old Jianghu, he understood the implication of the two, and quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.

"My lord and Zigang are both reasonable. In fact, there is no need to communicate with Chen Deng. An enemy's enemy is a friend. It is better to send someone to the Central Plains to form an alliance with Cao Cao. He is currently trapped in Hebei and cannot escape. It is inevitable that Long Xiang will sit in Huainan. , maybe Chen Deng will be ordered to restrain him from the sidelines, so Guangling will have nothing to worry about."

"Alliance with Cao Cao? Isn't it seeking skin from a tiger?"

Sun Quan shook his head, "Besides, we have broken with Longxiang now, and the road from Huainan to the Central Plains is blocked. If we send envoys to detour through Guangling, and then go back and forth to complete the alliance with Cao Cao, it will not take more than half a year? How can I wait so long?"

"My lord, Rongzhi, the cost of a [-] army is astonishing. Jiangdong's continuous campaigns have never stopped. To raise enough money, food and military supplies, half a year is just right."

Gu Yong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly caught the loophole in Sun Quan's words, and euphemistically expressed his difficulties, meaning that it is no problem for you to fight a war, and you have to let us take a few breaths.

Most of the year is just after the summer harvest, and the counties can transfer the new grain harvested to the military.

Sun Quan was startled when he heard this, and looked at Gu Yong in surprise.

I said in my heart that I was named the prefect of Kuaiji, and let you be the governor of Kuaiji, what a gift to the Gu family?Why are you so ignorant?
"The war opportunity is fleeting, how can the sun and the moon be delayed for no reason?"

Sun Quan first expressed his attitude, and then said to Gu Yong and others in a soothing tone: "The battle of Hefei has far-reaching significance for the future of Jiangdong. You should work together with me to overcome difficulties. We plan to dispatch troops in a month."

"My lord, don't worry, Qin Song will definitely do his best."

"The old man works overtime to ensure that the master's important affairs will not be missed."

"The last general will allocate warships and troops tomorrow to ensure that the troops will be dispatched on time in a month's time."

With Qin Song taking the lead to set an example, with Zhang Zhao and Lu Meng's booing, the rest of the hall had no objections, Gu Yong and Yu Fan had no choice but to bow their hands, and became Mr. Nan Guo in the crowd.

Seeing the expressions of the two men, Zhu Zhi also knew their difficulties, so he advised Sun Quan, "Zhong Mou has an enterprising spirit, and it is a good thing for all officials to cooperate with each other. But what Yuan Tan said is not unreasonable. We just marched west. It’s really not easy to raise money and food for the Northern Expedition, and it’s a little urgent for a month.”

"I don't know if Mr. Zhu has an opinion?"

Sun Quan was very high-spirited just now, but now he asked modestly.

Zhu Zhi is a powerful man in Danyang County and a veteran of Sun Wu. His qualifications are at the same level as Cheng Pu and Han Dang, but his status is higher than the two;
When Sun Ce was able to defeat Liu Yao, he mainly relied on Zhu Zhi's power. Therefore, when Jiangdong was rewarded for his merits, Zhu Zhi became the most prosperous Jiangdong and the prefect of Wu County.

The Wujun clan represented by Gu Yong and the Kuaiji clan represented by Yu Fan needed to contribute money and food for the Sun family, while the local powerful represented by Zhu Zhi sent troops, and Sun Ben also listened to Zhu Zhi’s words, so Sun Quan attached great importance to his opinion.

Zhu Zhi stroked his beard and thought for a while, and finally said earnestly: "Half a year is too slow, and one time is too urgent. I think it will take two months. The weather is completely warming up in April, and the spring rainy season is almost over. Wearing heavy winter clothes is a good time to go out and fight."

"I think it will work, so I will follow Mr. Zhu's suggestion."

Sun Quan nodded slightly, and then repeated to everyone: "The preparation time has been changed to two months, so you can relax."

"Two months is a tight time. Relying on conventional methods of raising money and food may not be able to complete the task as scheduled. Since this time concerns the interests of the entire Jiangdong, Zhong Mou should think of other ways."

Gu Yong and Yu Fan were moved by Zhu Zhi's fair words, and they said to themselves that they must be our Jiangdong family members, who are more objective than those Huaisi officials, and Jiangdong people do not cheat Jiangdong people.

Sun Quan nodded frequently, and said meaningfully: "Mr. Zhu is right. There are two counties and 28 counties in Huainan, with countless land and population. I plan to reward them for meritorious service after the war, not only for the frontline soldiers, but also for raising money and food. Those who have made meritorious service in military supplies should also be rewarded accordingly."

"good."

Zhu Zhi's face was full of kindness, and he clapped his hands to show his affirmation.

Gu Yong and Yu Fan looked at each other, they were skeptical of Sun Quan's words, at this time Sun Quan continued to speak.

"Mr. Zhang, come down and discuss again. First calculate the needs for the war, prepare supplies in three months, and then give the officials above the county magistrate a showdown task. As the saying goes, everyone gathers firewood to burn fire."

"Showdown task?"

Zhang Zhao swallowed hard when he heard it: "If it can't be done."

Sun Quan frowned and replied: "It's been said that rewards will be based on merit, how can it be impossible to succeed if you put your heart into it? If you can't do it, donate part of it yourself. It's not like there is no return."

"Donate yourself?"

Zhang Zhao suddenly felt dizzy, thinking that this was an offending job.

He was about to pick himself out, but Sun Quan's next words blocked the way.

"In order to set an example for everyone, I will personally take the lead in donating some, and Mr. Zhang will organize statistics and compile a list. After the war, the merits will be rewarded based on the list."

"Er Wei."

At the end of the collegiate meeting, some families were happy and some were sad, but only a few people were happy, and most people felt sad.

Although Sun Quan promised to reward meritorious deeds, for local people like Gu Yong and Yu Fan, even if they were allocated land in Huainan, it would be inconvenient to manage, and the investment and harvest were not proportional at all.

Zhang Zhao, Qin Song, and others were also depressed. Sun Quan asked everyone to donate money for the war, and they were naturally unlikely to be spared. It is no idea how much they will get, but they have to pay part of it first.

Sun Quan was fortunate that he had the foresight to think ahead of time to seize the Yaoji Commercial Bank and take the lead in making donations, otherwise it would be really difficult to carry out the task of sharing.

The discussion lasted for an hour, and Sun Quan's legs felt a little numb from his knees, so he waited until the officials left, and planned to find a step trainer to squeeze it out, but as soon as he walked out of the hall, he saw Zhou Shan waiting in the corridor.

"Why are you here? It's over so quickly?"

"My lord, the situation has changed."

Zhou Shan frowned tightly, wrinkled the word Sichuan on his forehead, and shook his head like a rattle.

"Ok?"

"Three months ago, Yao Xuan transferred the business to the locals on the pretext that his mother was seriously ill. It seems that he went to Hefei. We have no excuse to check."

"Three months ago? I was still in Jingzhou at the time. Could it be that Long Xiang had premeditated it?"

Sun Quan was surprised when he heard that, and hurriedly asked: "The business of Yaoji Trading Company is very attractive, what kind of local people dare to take over?"

"The last general just checked briefly. The new shopkeeper's surname is Dai Mingqiu, and he used to be a merchant in Danyang."

"Danyang?"

Sun Quan's mind was running fast, and then he said in a cold voice, "This man must be Yao Xuan's masterpiece. You can copy it with your sergeants. If anyone dares to stop him, he will be killed."

"only."

Zhou Shan received Sun Quan's order and went away resolutely.

Yaoji Commercial Bank is making a lot of money every day, how can the new shopkeeper Dai Qiu give in to Zhou Shan so easily.

At that time, there were domestic servants in the commercial bank, so Dai Qiu organized the domestic servants to stop and delay the time, and planned to send someone to ask for help from the backstage.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shan had a military order in his body, and he drew his knife directly at the blocker to see blood. Dai Qiu ran into someone while running in a panic, and was unfortunately hacked to death by the knife.

It was night, a servant knocked on the door of Gu's house in a panic.

(End of this chapter)