Shu Chen

Chapter 319
Five days later, Ferry Dock.

After Zheng Pu thanked Liao Zuoyi of the State of Wu who came to see him off one by one, he said softly to Chen Zhi who was beside him, "War horse trading and many other follow-up matters, I will be obliged to Fengzong."

"This is my job, Zijin can rest assured."

Hearing this, Chen only agreed with a smile.

Yes, Zheng Pu is going back first now, because the war horse deal has been roughly settled, and other trivial matters will only be handled by Chen.

Three days ago, as an envoy, he came to the court meeting of the state of Wu and handed in the letter of credence. It was just a ceremonial scene.

Business is always negotiated in private.

That day, after sitting at the same table with Sun Quan in the hunting ground, Zhang Cheng used the big pearls and other things he brought as an excuse to discuss the horse trade with Zheng Pu again.

Wu Guo will buy [-] horses in batches of [-] horses within half a year.

The price remains the same, but the big man needs to exchange prisoners of war with Wu.

The state of Wu will exchange multiple Shanyue captives for more than a hundred Xi officials from the Hexi Corridor to herd and guard the war horses.

In this regard, Zheng Pu has nothing to do with it.

However, after everything was finalized, Zhang Cheng visited again the night before Zheng Pu's return. He was very tough and lowered the price of the war horses by two hundred hu for each horse.

The reason made Zheng Pu a little dumbfounded.

It was Zhuge Rong who obtained Zheng Pu's promise to promote the sale of war horses and Jiangdong by the Badi clan, so he couldn't wait to inform his close friends and plan together to make this plan come true.

Inevitably, this matter was reported to Sun Quan.

Afterwards, the price of war horses was lowered under the threat that grain and fodder are national strategic materials and that private trade will not be allowed at the pass.

Of course, Zhang Cheng was not so straightforward.

It was because of the rebellion in many places in Jiangdong last year, the loss of people's strength, and the unfavorable reasons for the army to leave Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Such a reason, of course, cannot withstand scrutiny.

For example, to suppress the rebellion in various counties, according to Jiangdong's consistent style, after the war, all the family assets of the rebels were confiscated into the government, and the strong were selected to fill the army, and the weak were demoted to the peasants.The people are indeed damaged, but Jiangdong's war heritage is even stronger.

As for the disadvantage of the army, it is nonsense.

Yes, last year Sun Wu was busy suppressing rebellions in various counties and counties, but there were also troops out to harass Wei.

After the former Quan Cong and Zhu Huan returned from plundering wealth and population, the major families in Jiangdong obtained Sun Quan's acquiescence, and ordered their children to take private troops to plunder Qingxu and Xuzhou by water.

Quan should be disturbing Wei people's livelihood, and experience the future will lead.

At first, the strategy worked.

However, after Cao Rui transferred Tian Yu and Zang Ai to serve as governors of Qingxu Erzhou, things changed.

On the grounds that Xuzhou is near the sea and there is too much water, it is difficult to stop the boats from the east of the river to come and go, Tian Yu ordered the counties and counties to build beacon towers, and to find narrow waterways to cross the river with iron chains.When the children of the wealthy clan in Jiangdong came to harass them, they sent a message with beacon fire to recruit the guards from all counties and counties to gather at the Iron Chain Hengjiang to resist, so that they returned without gaining anything.

Although Tian Yu has now been reassigned as the governor of Bingzhou, this defensive method has continued, making Jiangdong's looting activities gradually disappear.

However, if you can't resume the plundering, there will be no loss to Jiangdong!
When Zheng Pu heard this, he was indignant at this kind of coercion, but he finally agreed.

There is no way, if he does not agree, Sun Quan will block the pass and prohibit the private trade of war horses, and the loss of the big man will be more than two hundred hu grains and fodder.

Oh, that's all!

At that time, the price will be sold to the war horses of the Jiangdong wealthy family, and an increase of [-] hu will be used as compensation.

Anyway, the big man can't suffer.

As for offering advice to Jiangdong, whether Sun Quan will implement it has not yet been determined.

He claimed that he needed to discuss with all his ministers and bureaucrats before deciding on the war with the whole country, but it was decided to send troops to Jingxiang to alleviate the difficulty of the Han Dynasty's defense of Longyou.

Gein, as early as when the great victory of the Han Dynasty's recovery of Liangzhou came to Jiangdong, Sun Quan had the idea of ​​sending troops.

It's just that the strategic purpose at that time was only to wait for the opportunity to rob Li Shu and return, and there would not be too many troops and it might not be Jing Xiang.

In other words, the purpose of Zheng Pu's mission this time has been fulfilled.

At this time, I don't find a reason to resign, let alone when.

What is surprising is that Sun Quan actually asked a navy with about [-] soldiers to "drop in" to protect him back.Such a grand courtesy, not to mention him, even Zhuge Rong who came to see him off was shocked.

According to common sense, even if Wei Guo's detailed work found out the time of his return, it would be too late to pass on the news and arrange for the interception and killing, so why bother?

Zheng Pu was puzzled, but calmed down.

Perhaps it was Sun Quan who deliberately showed the elite of the Jiangdong Navy?

Since it has come, it will be safe, why bother to worry about it.

But what everyone didn't know was that Sun Quan was so cautious because he was really worried that he would be intercepted and killed.

It's not about Wei Guo, but about killing Jiangdong's meritorious family!

That day he just sighed with emotion, and Gu Li suggested in a cryptic manner, claiming that he could send more than a hundred soldiers and horses to lurk in the Jiangxia Waterway, pretending to be the Wei State patrolling the water army or a water thief to kill Zheng Pu.

This also reminded Sun Quan.

Thanks to the phrase "the frontiers were opened up because of the battle of Xiangfan", Jiangdong has many meritorious children, and they want to get rid of Zheng Pu quickly.These people are at the age of youthful vigor and boldness, and there are private soldiers in their families, so it is easy to gather hundreds of people.If several families conspire to pay for it, it may not be possible to throw Zheng Pu's body into the river.

Also, this will destroy the current situation of mutual alliance between Han and Wu.

Although the covenant is meant to be torn up, and there are many precedents in Jiangdong, it is not in Jiangdong's interest to turn against Bashu at this time.

Speechless all the way.

When the navy arrived in Wuchang, they turned to the police without stopping.

Lu Xun disdain to see me?
Involuntarily, Zheng Pu felt indignant.

When passing by before, because they didn't meet Sun Quan, Lu Xun and other governors and vassals could not meet the envoy without permission, so they didn't stop, but why now?

Perhaps seeing his surprise, Jiang Dong Wenli, who accompanied Wu Guo, approached and explained with a smile, "Your envoy, the great general has been summoned to Jianye, so the great general will host a banquet on his behalf."

Uh.
It turned out to be Wu.

Relieved for a while, Zheng Pu smiled and nodded in thanks.

Immediately, he said good luck again in his heart, thankful that he left Jianye in a hurry.

No need to worry too much, you know why Sun Quan urgently called Lu Xun back to Jianye—it was nothing more than to discuss the strategy he offered!

Don't look at what he said to Sun Quan that day, claiming that breaking Hefei's Shouchun, Qingxu is in sight, and seizing Jingxiang is like picking something out of a bag. But in fact such a grand blueprint doesn't even believe in him who made the plan.

It's not that he has ulterior motives, hiding hidden dangers or something when planning.

Rather, he felt that Jiangdong's military system and partial security had been in place for a long time, so it was difficult to work hard to forge ahead.

If it were the same enemy of the Han army, Wei Guohuai had a chance to attack secretly, and the chance of success of this plan might be [-] to [-]%.

But if it is Jiangdong, Zheng Pu thinks that if everything goes according to his wishes, Hefei New City may be destroyed, but Shouchun City should not be overthought.What's more, Sweeping Qingxu and others, just be an idiot talking about dreams!Jiangdong, which is dominated by naval forces, wants to attack the city on land like a broken bamboo, and it will take a long time to change.

As for knowing this, Zheng Pu still speaks with certainty
Whether Jiangdong can break Hefei Xiashouchun, what does it have to do with him?What does it have to do with the big man!
It is up to people to plan, but it is up to God to make things happen.

If the plan is successful, the planner must have merit; but if the plan fails, there is no reason to shirk responsibility as a planner, from the right time and place to the harmony of the people, to the dispatch of generals before the battle, the morale of soldiers, and supplies of food and fodder. !

Furthermore, even if Sun Quan turned his anger on him afterwards, so what?

It won't be possible to turn back the alliance and raise troops to attack Badong County again, or send dead soldiers to assassinate him!And by that time, Jiangdong has already divided the troops to go to Wei for the big man!
hehe~~
Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

Sun Quan knew the enemy but not necessarily the friend, and Zhan Hefei repeatedly lost his soldiers and returned, so he dared to talk freely, showing the bewilderment of his wisdom;
(End of this chapter)