Shu Chen

Chapter 548

Since Zhang Lu surrendered to Wei Wu Cao Cao, his whole family was relocated to Yecheng to settle down.

At that time, many believers followed him to the north.

And because Zhang Lu was treated kindly, the Five Dou Rice Religion also began to spread and prevail in the north of the river.

And what Li Jian said, he wanted to get close to Yan Wang Cao Yu through the Five Dou Rice Sect, because Cao Yu's wife was Zhang Lu's daughter.

A feudal lord who was suspected wanted to get close to a vassal king who had nothing to do with him and was close to the emperor, so he directly submitted a letter of request. If nothing else, he would be rejected as having ulterior motives.But if he asks for directions by throwing stones, through the hidden probing of his family members, there may be a slight chance of success.

This is why Cao Zhi praised him.

But what he didn't know was that the reason why Li Jian wanted to get close to the Five Dou Rice Sect was because Zhang Lu's ancestors were the first to give alms in the "ghost way".

The Five Dou Rice Sect was founded by Zhang Xiu!
Zhang Luneng became the master of the Five Dou Rice Sect, which was the result of merging Ghost Dao with the Five Dou Rice Sect after killing Zhang Xiu.

And Li Jian's real intention is to have something to do with ghosts.

Being disgusted with victory is originally a witchcraft of ghosts and gods.

Without the curse of ghosts, how could there be huge waves?
Li Jian, who never accepted gifts, not only accepted a large amount of money from Cao Zhi when he rushed to Yecheng, but also won the status of a "guest of the Jinbei Prince's Mansion".

The reason is that he admired Wei Wu Cao Cao very much, so he wanted to go to Gaoling to pay homage after arriving in Yecheng.

Without doubting his Cao Zhi, he waved his hand and gave
Naturally, Li Jian also continued to write letters with Sima Zhao who was working in Luoyang, narrating his daily life and experience in Confucian classics, as well as telling his itinerary in detail.

It can be said that after entering the Wei state for several years, what he planned has almost taken shape.

Midsummer end of June.

Jingzhou Jiangxia County, Wuchang.

On the majestic buildings and boats, Sun Quan leaned on the railing to watch the boats and boats coming and going, full of disappointment.

The expectations in his heart were shattered.

In the past few months, he followed Lu Xun's suggestion and kept sending envoys to Bashu to send letters of credence to Bashu, hoping to reduce the chance of the Han army's invasion by way of trade.

But it has little effect.

Chen Dao, the governor of Yong'an, has already given orders to the soldiers, no matter if it is an envoy, a caravan, or a boat going back and forth, anyone who dares to approach Kuimen will be sunk!
This made him know that the battle between Han and Wu was inevitable.

Although this was expected and both parties were psychologically prepared, the people of Wu received bad news before the war started.

Wei Guo no longer bought salt, raw silk, etc. from Wu Guo.

Think about it.

Wei, a country with a vast land and rich resources, can already be self-sufficient, and has successfully drawn Wu to resist the advance of the Han army, so why spend money to buy things from Wu?

But Wu Guo could hardly bear such a result.

Just like the "Qi Wan Lu Jin" in the Spring and Autumn Period, benefiting from the Silk Road trade of the Han Dynasty in the past, they have been purchasing a large amount of raw silk from Wu State.Today, the two countries no longer have business and trade exchanges, resulting in a large backlog of raw silk in Wu State, which has nowhere to sell, and has also caused complaints from the wealthy families in Jiangdong.

If we say that this kind of situation where the war is imminent and the internal discord, Sun Quan can also divide the counties and counties in Jingbei and the soil is depressed, but the crisis of food and finance makes him helpless.

With more mulberry and hemp planting, there will be less grain and fodder; and when commerce and trade are no longer, taxes will also be reduced.

The combination of the two is the decline of national power!

Difficult to fight for a long time!

In this regard, he once wrote a book to Lu Xun and Jiangdong officials, asking how to prepare food for the war and raise funds to motivate the soldiers, but no one could have a good plan to alleviate the difficulties.

There are only some helpless remonstrances such as "increasing taxes" and "eating food for free" and so on.

But he knew that Jiang Dong didn't even have the chance to drink poison to quench his thirst.

Before capturing the new city of Hefei, Jiangdong experienced countless wars; and then there was a disastrous defeat at Shouchun City, Wu Sui's rebellion in Yangzhou and Liao Shi's rebellion in Jingnan, how could he drink poison to quench his thirst?

Let private soldiers and tribes lose countless aristocratic families to eat without food, or increase taxes for Li Shu who have experienced rebellion and persecution and continuous corvee?

Unless he wants the scholars to completely renounce and induce a larger-scale rebellion!

In other words, such a mentality is a bit too pessimistic.

It is already the end of summer and June, and this year's autumn harvest is about to usher in. With the scale of Jiangdong's crusade against the people of Shanyue for farming in these years, the production of grain and fodder should be able to last until the end of the year.

What's more, Bashu, which is attacked more frequently, is also short of food and fodder, and cannot fight for a long time.

As long as Jiangdong guards the city, it will be able to tide over the difficulties.

Don't get too anxious.

But both Sun Quan and Lu Xun were worried that the situation in Jiaozhou would become corrupt.

Without him, Dongsanjun and Zigui-Xiling Gorge, the two defensive places, can be defended by relying on strong cities and dangerous roads.

But Jiaozhou, which is full of barbarians, is not the case.

On the other side where Wang Hua is not always true, there are no tall cities, and there are few passes at the dangerous passages; many defensive facilities are still restored on the basis of Zhao Tuo's separatist rule of Lingnan in the past.

Furthermore, Jiangdong's rule over Jiaozhou was not very firm.

There are also very few taxes and fodder that can be collected, which cannot support the consumption of the army for a long-term battle.

Once the war is protracted and a large amount of food, fodder and supplies need to be transferred from the rear, Wu will be in an unbearable situation.

Confined by the rugged mountain roads from Jingnan, the loss of manpower and material resources is too astonishing!The sea transportation from Jiangdong is smooth, but how many materials can be collected in Wudi?

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and how can the state of Wu, whose treasury is already empty, bear it?

Ugh.
Sun Quan looked at the passing boats and sighed in his heart.

These boats all came from the land of Wu to transport food and supplies for the garrison in the three eastern counties and Zigui-Xilingxia, and they were also the last stocks of the land of Wu.

For Jiaozhou, the only thing he can do is to give Lu Dai the right to make arbitrariness during holidays, allowing Lu Dai to conscript the grain and fodder materials of Jingnan Hengyang, Lingling, Guiyang, Linhe and other counties, as well as the entire Jiaozhou.

I hope Lu Dai, who is well-known in Jiaozhou in Jiuzhen and famous in Jiaozhou, can ensure the peace of one side.

After Sun Quan finished the deployment, he was looking forward to it in his heart.

He also wrote a letter of credence to the state of Wei, reaffirming that the state of Wu's food and financial difficulties are difficult to resist the invasion of Bashu, so that Cao Rui of the state of Wei should resume business and deploy as soon as possible, and mobilize troops in Guanzhong to support the war of the state of Wu .

Even, there is a hint of threat.

If it is claimed that the state of Wei will no longer be open to trade, then the state of Wu will abandon the three eastern counties and transfer troops to Xiangyang and Fancheng to guard, so that Bashu can march along the Wudang North Road via Xixian County to enter Wancheng and attack Wuguan!
In this regard, Wei Guo resumed some commerce and trade a little bit.

However, he sent troops from Guanzhong to harass the Han army, but they refused on the grounds that the army had just returned.

In other words, Cao Rui, who threw away the land of Jingxiang and wanted to wait for the fisherman's profit, wished that the war between Han and Wu would be in full swing!

(End of this chapter)