Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 334 Conditions
"Xu Du and Xuzhou will be fine in the future!" Bai Tu came over specially and took Jian Yong's hand and said.

After hearing this, Jian Yong looked like he had eaten the essence of the farmer.

However, when Bai Tu held his hand, Jian Yong adjusted his posture almost instinctively, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Mr. Bai, for your concern. However, Xu Du and Xuzhou are under the cover of the Han Emperor. It's just because of the previous chaos and thieves." Of course, there is nothing wrong with some of the light being temporarily dimmed now..."

Unfortunately, no one listened to what he said at this time. Recorders were immediately around and recorded this scene - seeing Duke Bai delivering a speech at the Protecting the People Festival, Jian Yong, the envoy of Xuzhou Prefecture, cried bitterly. Duke Bai comforted him, "It will be fine." of".

The clever official of the Ministry of Rites on the side, after Bai Tu left, immediately stepped forward and patted Jian Yong on the shoulder and said, "It will be fine! Thank you for your hard work!"

The subjects of the Central Plains looked like they were in dire straits.

The people around had indeed witnessed this scene, and it was foreseeable that it would be spread from one person to ten and then to hundreds of people.

The only important condition that Jian Yong neglected, and the most important condition for Yangzhou to take on a new look, is the prosperity of the people, or the improvement of productivity, so that the people can really feel the change and peace of mind... Otherwise, relying on pure and empty propaganda, fake It won't be true after all.

Without this crucial basic condition, what is the use of imitating Yangzhou’s opera troupes and civilian newspapers?

How many literate people are there among your people?Do you have time to watch a show?

After the Civil Protection Sacrifice, Jian Yong finally couldn't bear it anymore and formally begged to see Bai Tu years ago.

Originally, because of the unfavorable war situation in the General's Mansion this year, Jian Yong wanted to take a deep breath and wait for Bai Tu to take the initiative to see him. However, after the Protector's Ceremony, Jian Yong's self-confidence was invisibly reduced.

"Xianhe is here? Have you calmed down?" When Bai Tu saw Jian Yong coming in, he asked with concern, as if he really believed that Jian Yong was moved to tears at the Protector's Ceremony before.

"Yong just remembered for a moment that my lord worked hard for the Han Dynasty every day, so he showed his strange behavior and made Bai Gong laugh." Jian Yong specifically emphasized that my tears are not shed for you.

"Hahaha, are Xianhe living comfortably in Jinling these days? Jinling has undergone tremendous changes recently. Even Young Master Cao Pi who came two years ago is not used to it now." Bai Tu smiled at Jian Yong's explanation. After that, and turned to ask about the past few days.

I don’t know if he is “blaming” Jian Yong for not coming to see him at the first time, or... secretly reminding Jian Yong to be optimistic about the changes in Jinling - even if Xuzhou really wants to fall out and unite with the Prime Minister’s Office, the General’s Office will still have the confidence to face it Challenge everything!
Jian Yong pretended not to understand at all and replied flatly: "Jinling does have a flourishing atmosphere, just like Chang'an in the former Han Dynasty and Luoyang in the later Han Dynasty."

It sounds like a compliment, but between the lines, there is a vague meaning of accusing Bai Tu of being disobedient and reminding him that "the Han Dynasty also had such a prosperous age."

Jian Yong also deliberately teased Bai Tu, hoping to see how Bai Tu would answer, so as to judge Bai Tu's "intentions".

Will he praise the Han Dynasty?Or will you become angry?
However, there was no white picture, and he just smiled slightly and said: "It will be better. Welcome Xianhe to come often in the future."

There is no showing off, no shame, and no excuse to see whether Jinling has surpassed Luoyang and Chang'an at their peak. There is only infinite self-confidence.

It was this kind of answer that made Jian Yong feel the most uncomfortable...

People no longer bother to compare it with the current Han Dynasty. Even when facing the Han Dynasty in its heyday, the answer is "it will be better"... How can we continue to talk about this topic?

"Xuzhou will also be better... It's just that this time, when the Xuzhou army went to Qingzhou under the emperor's order, they encountered the unknowing navy of the general's palace. They haven't evacuated Qingzhou yet. What does Bai Gong think?" Jian Yong directly brought up the business. .

"Liu Gong is out now! Everyone is supporting the Han Dynasty, so who is going to fight? Could it be that if something happens in Xuzhou, will our general's office stand by and watch? Governor Gan's attitude is the attitude of our general's office... we will never let our allies Fighting alone." Bai Tu said righteously, as if he had really helped a lot and Xuzhou Mansion was being "courteous".

However, Jian Yong heard that everything else was nonsense. Only "Will the General's Office stand by and watch" was clearly reminding him - don't forget that Cao Cao didn't unify the Central Plains first, who was supporting them.

And "The attitude of Governor Gan is the attitude of our general's office" - that's what he really wanted to say!
Sure enough, this guy is not going to return to Donglai County at all, but wants to stay in Qingzhou!

"The General's Mansion now spans four states and has opened up new overseas states. I'm afraid it won't be able to supervise Qingzhou, right? If there is any bandit attack, and the main force of the navy happens to be absent, wouldn't it be bad? Of course... this time the navy of the General's Mansion, Although it is just a coincidence, my lord is willing to give them a generous gift so as not to make them feel cold." Jian Yong said and took out the gift list.

The so-called "district spanning four states" means that in addition to the local Yangzhou, General Mansion also has Guangling County in Xuzhou, several counties in Runan County in Yuzhou, as well as three counties in Jingnan, most of Nanyang County, and several counties in Jiangxia county.

The gap in strength and geographical factors made Xuzhou Mansion a little weak when facing the General Mansion. As long as it did not involve core interests, it was still acceptable.

But even so, Jian Yong also has a vague threat - if you are too greedy, your navy will be prepared to stick around for a long time and there is no need to leave!
It is true that Qingzhou is not in the mainland of Yangzhou after all, but is across from Xuzhou, Liu Bei's base camp. Unless we are really determined to go to war with Xuzhou, we will not be afraid of thieves but also worry about them...

"It's a surprise. Governor Gan and the others just happened to meet you attacking Qingzhou after trading with Liaodong. How can we accept the gifts?" Bai Tu looked embarrassed, took the gift list, looked at it, and put it away. On one side, he murmured at the same time: "Oh, by the way, because Xuzhou government has never negotiated that big order, we opened a trading channel with Liaodong, and we haven't said anything about leaving any goods for you. 'Sorry'!"

Jian Yong hesitated after hearing this...

If the Jiangjun Mansion's unfavorable war this year was Jian Yong's bargaining chip, then... the General Mansion's opening of a sea trade route to Liaodong was a bargaining chip for the General Mansion!
In the previous year, the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion, and the General's Mansion did not have too many transactions.

On the one hand, the asking price of the General's Mansion is too high, and on the other hand... they all require ore and good horses in exchange - so you use the eliminated second-tier equipment to collect supplies, and then continue to manufacture more first-tier equipment?
Although according to the thinking of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the cycle of major innovation and replacement of weapons and armor is very long, but... it does not affect Cao Cao and Liu Bei, seeing that such a transaction will make Bai Tu become bigger in vain.

More importantly, Yuan Shao's weapons and equipment are the same as those of Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Even if they don't trade with the General's Mansion, they won't lag behind.

Moreover, both the Prime Minister's Palace and Xuzhou Palace had previously determined that Bai Tu could only trade with them now, otherwise he would not be able to trade with Jingzhou Palace, right?Capitalizing on the enemy?

As for the Jiaozhou Shi clan... they were just landowners, and there was nothing that could tempt Bai Tu.

However, now Bai Tu has really opened up a maritime trade route. From Bai Tu's tone, it seems that the volume of transactions with the Gongsun family is not small!
This makes Jian Yong have to think about it, otherwise... maybe it won't happen now, but who knows if Yuan Shao continues to be suppressed by Cao Liu, will Bai Tu be so crazy that he trades weapons and armor with Yuan Shao from Liaodong?
"Oh? But I heard that... Governor Gan seems to have come to Qingzhou without any goods? Ahem... Of course, I'm not questioning Mr. Bai, I just thought that if there are any specialties from Liaodong, maybe I, Xuzhou, can also I am willing to trade with Mr. Bai." Jian Yong indirectly questioned.

In fact, there are some elements of "fraud" Bai Tu, after all, whether Gan Ning's fleet brought goods, Xuzhou government is not so sure!

"It's true that I didn't bring any goods. I just handed over some unnecessary weapons and armor to General Gongsun who is fighting against the alien race in the north. After all, the court is out of order, and my general's mansion can't chill the hearts of frontier soldiers..."

Bai Tu spoke so beautifully that those who didn't know thought he was really providing supplies to Liaodong for free.

It’s just that, in Jian Yong’s eyes, it’s particularly harsh, as if it’s saying... The Han Dynasty no longer cares about the frontiers, and I want the General’s Mansion to take care of it, tsk tsk... Then you might as well entrust the general with more important missions in the future Go to the mansion!

Jian Yong pondered a question: "Could it be that Liaodong will surrender to the General's Mansion? Ahem, I mean, could it be that Liaodong will be divided into the war jurisdiction of the General's Mansion?"

You can't talk nonsense about calling yourself a minister, but Jian Yong obviously made a "slip of the tongue" on purpose.

Bai Tu pretended not to care, but continued: "It's enough to say 'profess one', it's just to strengthen communication! In order for Yangzhou to have more contact and communication with Liaodong in the future, General Gongsun specially made a special request for our government's The navy set aside ports for garrisoning troops and public lands in several counties.”

Well, in terms of area, later Lushunkou, Dalian... which is now the "Tashi" area, is nominally a county, but because it is a vast and sparsely populated Liaodong, it is also even more sparsely populated. Therefore, it is the size of "several counties" in the Central Plains!
It's just that when Bai Tu said this, it didn't seem like giving the navy a station, but rather like giving him half of Liaodong.

Of course Jian Yong could understand that there was some ambiguity in the words, but... it was not difficult to judge the "nature" of Bai Tu's words!
The Gongsun family in Liaodong obtained trading rights at the expense of allowing the navy to be stationed in the General's Mansion?
Without waiting for Jian Yong to think further, Bai Tu continued: "It just so happens that Governor Gan has defeated Yuan Tan and regained the Donglai coastal area. In this way, as long as ports are built in Dongmou County and Huang County in the future, not only It is more convenient to trade between Yangzhou and Qingzhou, and it can even be included in the trading circle between General Mansion and Liaodong and Sanhan from here!"

After filtering out the rubbish about Governor Gan defeating Yuan Tan, Jian Yong also understood what Bai Tu meant.

It seems... we can talk about the land part, but the coast must be used as a military garrison for the General's Mansion, otherwise all previous deals will be cancelled!
But at the same time, if Xuzhou Prefecture agrees, not only weapons and equipment from Yangzhou, but also horses from Liaodong can flow into Qingzhou from the port of General Prefecture.

As a result, Jian Yong also hesitated...

　Dongdong: Updates will be resumed tomorrow... Dongdong will have nothing else to do after that. He will spend the Chinese New Year at home honestly!Everyone is staying at home with peace of mind, advocating New Year greetings on the phone, and saying no to unreasonable invitations.When it is necessary to go out for exercise or walks, avoid crowded places and wear a mask!
　　
　
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