Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 303

Huang Yueying originally thought that this condition was not unacceptable to the General's Mansion, so she felt that her father's basis for judgment was too harsh.

However, now it seems that she thought too little, and Bai Tu refused without even thinking...

But at least this shows that Bai Tu is indeed trustworthy and does not intend to use false promises to gain nothing.

But after hearing Huang Yueying's statement, Bai Tu was a little less interested. After all, Liu Biao was still alive. Bai Tu even knew that in history, Liu Biao became completely bedridden after seven years and died of illness eight years later.

Now her cousin Liu Cong was only born a few years ago, not to mention whether the Nanjun family could make Liu Biao abandon his elder brother and give birth to a young child. In seven years... Bai Tu might have already entered Xiangyang.

"My father said that judging from the old white face's complexion, I am afraid that the root of the disease has been planted. If the master is willing to wait, Nanjun will return in three to five years." Huang Yueying can be said to be full of disgust for Liu Biao because of her aunt.

"If the Nanjun family is willing to submit, there is no need to wait for Liu Biao's death." Bai Tu refused in disguise.

Firstly, Bai Tu knew that Liu Biao probably still had seven or eight years to live; secondly... Huang Chengyan couldn't promise Bai Tu anything at all, so how could he slow down his offensive now?
And judging from Huang Chengyan's meaning as reported by Huang Yueying, Huang Chengyan himself should not be sure about persuading the Nanjun family to form an alliance. In comparison... it seems that it can only affect a few families within the Cai family.

That's why after Liu Biao passed away, he first relied on the power of all Nanjun families to seize the inheritance rights of Jingzhou Prefecture, and then relied on Cai's mother's status to forcefully push for the surrender to the General's Mansion.

Otherwise, as Bai Tu said, if all the surnames in Nanjun can be persuaded, why wait for Liu Biao to pass away and just tie the old white face to the general's mansion?

Huang Yueying also had no talent for negotiation, or she had no intention of negotiating with Bai Tu, so she said directly: "My father can't convince the Nanjun nobles, he can only convince my aunt..."

At this moment, a somewhat elegant middle-aged male voice came into the middle hall: "You girl! How can you bargain like this?"

"Who!" Lu Lingqi heard the sound and put on armor on the spot, holding a halberd in front of Bai Tu.

Although this small county town is simple and simple, there are also guards outside. How can there be any reason to be easily approached without reporting it?
Lu Lingqi didn't want to know how the other party approached, but since he approached secretly, there was no doubt that he was an assassin!
The other party showed up immediately without showing off, and entered from the middle door in an upright manner. It was only then that the guards outside seemed to react.

Looking at the appearance of the visitor, he is a bit thin, with withered and yellow hair, but he is very energetic. His eyes are very calm at first glance, but there is a stubbornness hidden deep down. He is currently wearing a robe that is half Confucian and half Taoist. There is also a dead wood staff in his hand. It doesn't look like he has any martial arts skills, but no one noticed him before!

"Dad! Can't you come out properly?" Huang Yueying said helplessly.

Sure enough, it was Huang Chengyan who came.

"Walker Huang Jun, I have met Mr. Bai." Huang Chengyan said with a slight courtesy to Bai Tu, ignoring Lu Lingqi who was holding a halberd in front of him, and Su Wei who was tense behind him.

Walker, Buddhism was not popular in the Central Plains at this time. Huang Chengyan's "walker" obviously did not mean a Buddhist ascetic, but a person who walked and traveled.

"Okay, don't be nervous, everyone." Bai Tu persuaded Su Wei to retreat, and then pulled Lu Lingqi.

Huang Yueying rolled her eyes on the side, while Huang Chengyan had a middle-class expression of "Go wherever you want to go."

"It turns out to be Mr. Huang, whose name I have admired for a long time." Bai Tu said politely.

Seeing that Huang Chengyan didn't look like he was good at martial arts, he just approached quietly, it must be some kind of special "strategy".

Bai Tu has also discovered that some strategies can be very strange, especially those that are not awakened in official positions.

For example, Bai Tu also awakened a strategy before - the source of the rainbow, which has increased effects when inspiring and motivating his subordinates.

"Inspiration" and "motivation" themselves are behaviors that will improve work efficiency, as well as enhance loyalty and sense of belonging, and Baitu's "Rainbow Source" makes it easier for one's inspiration and motivation to be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"A mountain villager, his name is not worth mentioning." Huang Chengyan looked a little arrogant, but he remained modest in his words.

"I heard that Mr. Huang is willing to help the General's Mansion. I would like to thank Mr. Huang for his kindness." Bai Tu said with emotion.

Although the negotiation has not been concluded at all, Bai Tu still brought his thanks first - after all, according to what Huang Yueying just said, at least Huang Chengyan is interested in the General's Mansion.

"The general's mansion has a lot of accumulation and jade hidden in the wild. Others only see a little cold light exposed, and they think that so and so can be compared. They only know that there are strong soldiers and people in the north, sages and celebrities, strong cities and fertile fields, so they can easily win. He is the one who cannot be cultivated." Huang Chengyan shook his head when he heard this.

Bai Tu didn't expect that Lao Huang would always praise people so directly...

Huang Chengyan saw Bai Tu's expression and said with some dissatisfaction: "In the past three months, I have traveled to 97 of the [-] counties in Jiangdong and Huainan. Others don't understand what is going on. Could it be that I am wrong?" It seems that I am wrong? He was not very happy, and Bai Tu thought he was bragging casually.

In the novel, the six counties in Jiangdong are called 81 counties, but in fact, according to the registration at Chengji Office, Yangzhou does not include Jiujiang County and Luling County, there are 64 counties in total, and adding all of them together makes 92 counties. In addition, there are [-] counties in Guangling County .

The General Mansion currently controls a small number of counties in Runan, Jiangxia and Guilin counties, totaling more than 120 counties.

Hearing that Huang Chengyan actually traveled to 97 counties in three months, Bai Tu couldn't help but be surprised...

On average, he could reach one county town a day. If Huang Chengyan hadn't bragged, his foot strength... was several times stronger than Yu Fan's.

With the roads and means of transportation of the Eastern Han Dynasty, let alone the mountainous and forested Yangzhou in the south, even in the Central Plains areas of Yan, Henan, and Xu, which are smaller and have flatter roads, ordinary warriors would have to travel alone in three months. , it can’t be so fast!
It was precisely because Huang Chengyan had seen it everywhere that he came to this conclusion.

Although it is undeniable that the development of General Mansion is still only in Shouchun and Jinling, the two central cities in Huainan and Jiangdong respectively, progressing rapidly, while other counties, especially the remote areas in the south and newly incorporated areas, are overpopulated and borrowed. It is not that there is no phenomenon of organic chaos, but after the mandatory addition of the schools of the Ministry of Rites, the quarterly attendance of the Ministry of Personnel, and the punishment hall of the Ministry of Punishments, changes still appeared little by little.

In particular, the emergence of workshops and the establishment of a new household registration system attracted more and more people to Jinling and Shouchun.

There are also several ports and salt fields along the coast, which seems to be the next initiative to promote, and many second-tier workshop groups have begun to appear in such places.

It is equivalent to directly avoiding some deep-rooted obstacles and pulling the "nutrients" directly up from the roots!

And if we look at the top region, although the current Jinling is not as densely populated as Luoyang, which was at its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a population of one million, looking at the current trend, it will be able to catch up in the next few years.

Moreover, the commercial activities of Fang City have surpassed those of Luoyang at the time. The smooth and wide roads, complex drainage system, the "eighty-eight carriages" and "four-four carriages" passing by from time to time on the road, and the people's mental outlook and clothing image all declare With its power.

Now the public carriages in Jinling have also been improved. They are small carriages for four people, and there are four seats on the second floor of the car, with two horses, that is, a four-four carriage, while the eight-eighth carriage has double the seats and three horses.

This kind of thing... I'm afraid it wouldn't be of any practical use in Xudu or Yecheng.

After all, the dignitaries have their own carriages, but ordinary people... why are you riding in carriages?

Huang Chengyan, who has appeared and disappeared all over the country with his special tactics in recent years, should be the most qualified person to evaluate the style of each city. Jinling and Shouchun are now Yecheng, Xudu, Xiangyang, Chengdu, Pengcheng... Far less than that.

As for Luoyang and Chang'an... they are already in the past, especially the former. They are now in ruins, worse than ordinary county towns. It is indeed heartbreaking.

Small chaos lives in the city, big chaos lives in the countryside. This is the simple philosophy of the people, and it also reflects the true thoughts of the people. When people everywhere are still in "great chaos", the people of Yangzhou have confidence in the General's Mansion, which even makes them Thinking that the current world is just a "little chaos".

Coupled with the attracting effect of the workshop cluster on the population, the population of Jinling, Shouchun... and several important coastal port counties began to increase significantly.

Look at the daily production of salt and steel, the large-scale breeding and breeding of pigs and cattle, the magical substances that are more useful than "dung" when sprinkled in the fields, and the cooperation with various water conservancy projects, which increase the efficiency several times. Farming - In addition to the fact that Yu Ji was in charge of "Gongkou City" and Huang Chengyan almost made a mistake, Huang Chengyan also secretly peeked into many "secret" places!
Of course, Huang Chengyan had no intention of leaking the secrets of the General's Mansion, and he didn't even take a closer look at the principles behind it.

Huang Chengyan just wanted to see the appearance of the General's Mansion and did not care about the specific principles. This was due to his character and also the limitation of "Walker"'s strategy.

It is precisely because of "seeing it with his own eyes" that Huang Chengyan is more optimistic about the General's Mansion than Bai Tu...

It is precisely because of this that Huang Chengyan is very dissatisfied with the Nanjun family, including the Huang family where he was born, and the Cai family where his wife belongs.

The Nanjun family chose to support Liu Biao, and thereby harvested the interests of the four counties of Jiangxia, Nanyang, and Jingnan. It can be said that they won a great victory in the first game of gambling in troubled times.

Although when supporting Liu Biao, they offered Cai Shuang, which made Huang Chengyan dissatisfied, but it cannot be said that they were unwise...

However, Huang Chengyan can now point at their noses and say - you are out of your mind!

Liu Biao gradually gained real power, not to mention the real intention of turning against foreigners. Moreover, the Nanjun Family Alliance has recognized the truth of "making things happen in the north". Even if they want to sell Jingzhou, they will only consider Cao Cao or Yuan Shao... It depends on the details. The result of the Battle of the Central Plains.

The most direct manifestation is that the administrative offices of Jingzhou Prefecture have now been moved to Xiangyang, and Jiangling, the former first city in the south, has gradually been ignored.

In addition to controlling Nanyang more efficiently and guarding against the north, it is also moving Jingzhou's center of gravity northward...

(End of this chapter)