The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 219 Shi Le’s Goal

Coming out of the conference room, Ge Xin decisively grabbed Liu Ming and Zhou Ping and said with a smile, "Brothers, I'll treat you to food and wine!"

Liu Tai still found something like distilled liquor, but it consumed so much food that only official distillers were allowed to give it away in quotas. It was more appropriate to call it a gift than a drink.

And generals such as Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, etc., although they definitely have quotas, drinking their own is not as good as drinking someone else's quota!

"Oh..." Liu Ming and Zhou Ping looked at each other unconsciously and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are so generous today!"

"Isn't this the master asking us to write a copy? You all know how good I am, so I borrowed the copy to copy!" Ge Xin couldn't help but poked his hand and said rather shyly.

"Tsk, tsk, you want to cheat!" Zhou Ping smiled and said, "We are all brothers..."

"Zizheng, I knew I was right about you!" Ge Xin heard Zhou Ping's words and slapped his thigh excitedly!
Zhou Ping took a step forward and nudged Ge Xin with his elbow, "One word for a bowl of grain and wine!"

"What?! I'm not afraid of drinking you to death!" Ge Xin couldn't help feeling extremely heartbroken and glanced at Liu Ming.

Liu Ming also responded, "What? Your cow fell to death while walking today. Let's go together. We can't waste this delicious food!"

"You...after you finish eating, you have to help me write this article!" Ge Xin looked at these two guys and could only admit defeat.

Ge Xin was not afraid of things like fighting, and he was even better at killing people. But when it came to writing articles, Ge Xin would have a headache.

Especially meetings of this level need to be kept confidential. Subordinates cannot be asked to ghostwrite, and they can only be knocked down.

In fact, the business relationship between Liu Tai and Shi Le began to flourish after this day.

The trade between the two sides has become richer, and Zhang Bin, the leader who assisted Shi Le in handling domestic affairs, knows best.

Zhang Bin was a little unsure about what Liu Tai planned to do, but he still took the monthly summary and reported the matter to Shi Le!
When Shi Le heard Zhang Bin's report, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "Is this thing harmful to us?"

"Not only is there no harm, on the contrary, because of the trade exchanges between us, the money and food we spent in attacking Liu Kun can be recovered faster!" Zhang Bin was quite calm to Shi Le,

"It's just that although the relationship between us and Liu Tai is not on the same level, if Liu Tai is kind enough to help us, I always feel that there are some problems that we can't see."

"Since this is not a bad thing, Meng Sun, why are you so nervous?" Shi Le couldn't help but said after hearing Zhang Bin's words,

"Although Liu Tai and I have some hatred, after all, he is the general of our Huns and Han Kingdom.

Now that the war is over, since he didn't take advantage of our attack on Liu Kun, he will naturally not take action again at this time.

In addition, His Majesty defeated Liu Kun and became more powerful. It is normal for Liu Tai to have such thoughts! "

Just as Shi Le was communicating with Zhang Bin, Cheng Xia walked over quickly, held a document in his hand and sent it to Shi Le. He handed it to Shi Le respectfully and said, "For the record, General, this is the latest proposal from Liu Tai to Your Majesty. Come out with the initiative.”

"Oh?" When Shi Le heard this, he took the document from Cheng Xia's hand and murmured,

"Open the trade ports up and down the Yellow River to accelerate the economic recovery on the front line of the Yellow River? What does this mean?"

Shi Le handed the document to Zhang Bin and looked at Cheng Xia. To be honest, Shi Le really couldn't understand it.

"This is a memorial from Liu Tai to Your Majesty. He said that the people were exhausted from years of fighting. He advocated opening up the ports on the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the Han Dynasty for trade, allowing merchant ships to trade freely, and accelerating the recovery of people's livelihood in the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms!" Cheng Xia said.

"Pingyang County is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The terrain there is rugged and the water is fast. No ships can enter it!" Shi Le couldn't help but said after hearing Cheng Xia's words, "Will your Majesty agree with this opinion?"

"Your Majesty agrees!" Cheng Xia said at this time.

"Why?!" Shi Le was a little surprised when he heard this, because Liu Taike controlled the only naval force in the entire Xiongnu and Han Dynasty. The development of this kind of waterway was naturally beneficial to Liu Tai.

But for Shi Le and Liu Yao, Liu Tai's navy could appear in their territory at any time, so they felt really insecure!

Zhang Bin looked at the content above. After reading it, he couldn't help but said:
"Because Liu Tai is the furthest away from Your Majesty, followed by the General, and Liu Yao is the closest. Your Majesty hopes that the three of them will constantly check and balance.

The real threat to Duke Liu's treaty ports is to the north of the Yellow River and to the east of Luoyang, General Liu Yao. Therefore, for Your Majesty, Liu Tai's direct threat to Your Majesty is not great.

As General Liu Tai said, the treaty ports along the Yellow River opened by this document can make it easier to move supplies.

At least General Liu Tai's salt and cloth could be more easily delivered to all parts of the Han Dynasty.

This kind of risk is only borne by the general and General Liu Yao, but the benefits belong to the big man, and your majesty will definitely agree! "

"Liu Tai is the one who comes up with these crappy ideas!" Shi Le couldn't help but cursed when he heard Zhang Bin's words!

Zhang Bin said, "We can investigate slowly what Liu Tai's plan is, but Liu Tai's proposal to open the ports along the Yellow River for trade is indeed conducive to the recovery of our economy.

If you are worried, you can send troops to station there. If you don't make money, I believe we don't need to stop it. I believe this port will gradually become depressed.

On the other hand, traders have always been unscrupulous. We need to strictly manage traders to prevent them from destroying the people's farming culture! "

"As Meng Sun said, I will leave this matter to you, Meng Sun!" Shi Le said to Zhang Bin.

"Yes!" Zhang Bin saluted Shi Le after hearing Shi Le's words.

To be honest, Zhang Bin also knew that there was still a gap between Shi Le and Liu Tai, especially since Shi Le had just fought against Liu Kun. Although he had gained Liu Cong's trust politically, the consumption of his own background was inevitable.

Under such circumstances, as long as it can speed up Shi Le's recovery, Zhang Bin will never refuse the proposal, even if it may have hidden worries for Shi Le that he is not aware of.

In Zhang Bin's view, no matter what Liu Tai's plan is, the final destination is people. In Zhang Bin's view, the so-called opening up of treaty ports and reducing taxes is just a cover-up banner.

What purpose they really want to implement still has to fall on those businessmen.

No matter what these merchants want to do, as long as they are merchants, Zhang Bin intends to let them come over to register and pledge.

The bigger the businessmen are, the more they need to check their details. Once they show objections, they will be directly killed for the New Year. After all, these pigs are raised to enrich the national treasury.

After returning to his home, Zhang Bin immediately sent someone to Xu Mansion. Soon Xu Guang came to Zhang Mansion to play chess.

While the two were playing chess, Zhang Bin handed the document to Xu Guang and said, "Do you know this document?"

"This kind of document from the imperial court, do you think you will get the news slower than me?" Xu Guang couldn't help but twitching at the corners of his mouth while looking at the document, and said, "I only took over Qingzhou's intelligence network in Yecheng. He told me about these news What am I doing!"

"Is there any supporting news?" Zhang Bin was not polite and said directly to Xu Guang.

"Yes." have no idea."

"Liu Tai wants to continue to use the method he used to deal with Wang Jun, using the main force to attract our troops, and then using ships from the flanks to carry out sneak attacks?" Zhang Bin looked at the news he got from Xu Guang, full of incomprehension.

At least Zhang Bing didn't think that repeating his old tricks would be effective against Shi Le. Not to mention, as long as Shi Le left an army as a reserve, at least he would not be defeated in a direct battle like Wang Jun.

Yes, in Zhang Bin's view, the biggest problem in the fight between Wang Jun and Liu Tai was that Wang Jun lost the capital to make a comeback.

Otherwise, even if Wang Jun was defeated in Jizhou, he would not lose everything directly.

But it is easy to prevent this kind of problem, just leave a cavalry, and there is no need for this cavalry to make any amazing achievements.

As long as the attacking troops are deterred, the attacking troops of the other side will definitely not be able to sustain it for a long time.

"I don't think Liu Tai would be so stupid?" Xu Guang shook his head at Zhang Bin.

"I know, you continue to watch Liu Tai's intelligence organization. If you have any information, come over and report it immediately!" Zhang Bin said.

"I understand!" Xu Guang nodded after hearing Zhang Bin's words, and then said, "If nothing happens, I will go back first!"

Zhang Bin nodded and asked Xu Guang to leave through the back door.

Soon, Xu Guang returned to the intelligence stronghold. The guard at the door stopped Xu Guang and said, "This is an important area of ​​the escort agency. No entry is allowed."

"It is our duty to restore the glory of the Han Dynasty!" Xu Guang said decisively.

The guards at the door looked at each other and let Xu Guang in without any intention of intercepting him.

Xu Guang looked at this escort agency and suddenly felt that the intelligence organization created by Liu Tai was stupid.

If this intelligence organization wasn't really rich, Xu Guang would have a hard time believing that this was an intelligence organization created by Liu Tai.

Xu Guang walked inside. There was a small school inside. The escort agency invited the gentleman to come and teach the children how to read.

In addition to normal enlightenment books, "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" are also taught.

In the words of the escort, one must not forget one's origins, and this kind of thing is politically correct no matter how the Han people say it.

Even Shi Le liked history books very much. Even if Shi Le didn't know the characters, he still asked his attendants to read and talk about history, and he listened with great interest.

As a result, the trend of encouraging students to learn was still quite strong under Shi Le's rule.

"Mr. Xu, you are here! I have something to entrust to the escort today!" A young man with a round face came out.

"Dongzi, is the escort chief here? I will deliver the paper as usual, and I also entrusted the escort agency to deliver something to Dunqiu." Xu Guang said.

When Dongzi heard what Xu Guang said, he first invited Xu Guang into the room, then brought a bowl of freshly boiled water, and then said:
"It's not that Aunt Wang's son on Dongjie Street was directly hit and killed by a barbarian on horseback. The escort paid some money to buy a cemetery and buried Aunt Wang's son! This wild dog is really nothing!" Finally After all, he couldn't help but cursed harshly.

When Xu Guang heard this, he nodded in approval and said, "Then I'll wait here for your escort to come back."

"Okay, I'll go find our escort leader right now!" Dongzi said to Xu Guang.

"No, no, no, no, last time you used this excuse to skip class. Mr. Li even said something to me. Don't make trouble for me!"

When Xu Guang heard Dongzi's words, he quickly refused, "I'll just wait for him here!"

Dongzi stuck out his tongue, and then said, "Then wait, I'm going to listen to Mr.'s lecture!"

"Go, go!" Xu Guang waved his hand and waited inside leisurely.

To be honest, this escort agency is not so much a escort agency, but more like a stronghold of mutual help organized by the instincts of the people at the bottom.

The people inside were more or less persecuted by the Jie tribe or other barbarians, and most of them were Han Chinese.

The Hu people are also snobbish, and compared to the barbarian people, the Han people are much more cowardly.

So he always came to bully the Han people when he had time. Even though Xu Guang came from a wealthy family and lived in China for five years, it was difficult to empathize with the people at the bottom.

But this is not because we are ruled by barbarians. We more or less understand that the world is not easy.

Especially after spending a lot of time with lower-class people, Xu Guang sometimes felt like he was nothing.

But what can I do?After all, it was Zhang Bin who arranged for them to come in. Although he couldn't bear it, Xu Guang understood that these guys couldn't defeat Zhang Bin. However, they were not yet ready to close the net.

Xu Guang looked calm. When Captain Li arrived and exchanged news during this period, Xu Guang said goodbye to Captain Li.

What he is good at is finding the key points in the information from this complex information.

Although Xu Guang didn't know what Liu Tai wanted to do, what Xu Guang understood was that hidden under Liu Tai's purpose, it was certain that he wanted to control the water transportation situation of the Yellow River as much as possible.

"Is it true that Liu Tai really wants to surprise his opponent by water again?" Xu Guang shook his head but couldn't help but think,

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now, this is Zhang Bin's business, why should I work so hard.

The flourishing of the Yellow River channel is also good for Shile himself. Is it possible to ban this river channel?

If you can't do this, you may have to deal with Liu Tai's advantage over the navy! "

However, Shi Le did not pay attention to Liu Tai at this time, because Shi Le believed in his judgment of Liu Tai.

As long as he doesn't expose any flaws to Liu Tai and let Liu Tai attack him, Liu Tai will value his reputation and will not attack him easily.

This is not only because Liu Tai cares about fame, but more importantly, he is the barrier between Liu Tai and Liu Cong.

As long as Liu Tai is not ready to fall out with Liu Cong, he will be safe.

At this moment, Zhang Bin was planning for Shi Le, "No matter what Liu Tai's plan is, we can just leave a certain amount of troops to take precautions.

Now our real target is Liu Kun!Liu Kun suffered a big loss this time. If he is not defeated, he will become a trouble in the future! "

"What does Meng Sun mean?" After hearing Zhang Bin's words, Shi Le couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Bin heard Shi Le's words, thought for a moment, and said, "If you want to destroy Liu Kun, you must first deal with Tuoba Yilu!"

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