I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 121 Lu Xun: The advantage is mine!

Tancheng's pressure has only just begun.

Opposition to the Northern Expedition was the collective will of the Yizhou faction, but because Prime Minister Zhuge clearly defined rewards and punishments, the Yizhou local faction did not dare to openly oppose it.

Historically, it was not until Zhuge Liang's death that the progress of the Northern Expedition eased slightly.

In fact, it was not that Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were unwilling to go to the Northern Expedition, but that with their prestige and talent, they were unable to suppress the opposition of the Yizhou native faction.

So Jiang Wan and Fei Yi made compromises.

As for this era, the Battle of Guanzhong did achieve miraculous results.

But this does not mean that the local forces in Yizhou are willing to continue fighting.

In the evening, when I returned home, the people below had prepared a rich dinner.

"Father." Dan Lun came out and said, "How are you today?"

"One hundred thousand, no doubt."

"It's really a hundred thousand!"

"I saw it with my own eyes!" Tan Cheng looked a little helpless.

"It seems that the people recommended by the Prime Minister are indeed not simple." Dan Lun said with a frown.

"That's the end of the matter."

"Father, you must not."

"Why?" Tan Cheng said, "He is just a minister of the Ministry of Industry."

"It would be fine if he is just the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. How could the person recommended by the Prime Minister be just the Minister of the Ministry of Industry!"

"Then how are you going?"

"I thought we should keep an eye on him first and look for where he made mistakes."

"This guy is very meticulous about what he does."

"In addition to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he also has the position of Chief of Office."

"You might as well speak more clearly."

"The position of Chief Allocation involves a huge amount of merchandise, I don't believe he won't take it if he's in it!"

Only then did Tan Cheng put down his chopsticks, looked at his son, and said, "It makes sense. You send someone to keep an eye on the business line from the capital to Bajun, as well as the relevant people. If there is any news, report it at any time."

"Here!"

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-September. After the paper shipment from Chengdu to Bajun arrived, Zhuge Rong shipped 20 pieces of paper to Wuchang.

This is the first paper transaction between Ji Han and Sun Wu.

At this time, Sun Wu did not know the real strategic intention behind this matter.

In Li Heng's words, using commodities as output, he united the major forces in Yizhou and promoted the use of currency to earn a large amount of Sun Wu's money.

The Yizhou faction benefited from this. After the chain of interests was established, Li Heng began to lobby the major forces in Yizhou to contribute people and form an army.

It's best to have a navy army and then attack Jiangling by surprise!

This is called making money from Sun Wu to unite the internal forces, stimulate internal potential, and then raid Sun Wu.

By September 25, 50 pieces of paper shipped from Chengdu arrived at Xiegukou.

Fei Yi personally inspected the batch of papers and was very satisfied.

On September 27, Du Ling arrived at the entrance of Xiegu and took away all 50 pieces of paper.

A total of twelve thousand stones of grain were exchanged.

These twelve thousand stones of grain can feed an army of ten thousand for five months!
One day later, Guo Tong hurriedly entered the governor's camp.

He hurriedly said: "Grand Governor, we caught someone transporting a large amount of paper from the Xieshui area. This matter must be related to the Shu Army!"

Guo Huai was looking at the map and said without raising his head: "Let the man go."

Guo Tong was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Why is this?"

"Don't ask too much!"

"But……"

"Didn't you hear my order?" Guo Huai's voice became a little heavier.

"Here!"

After the people were released, Guo Tong came in again.

"Father!"

"Did anyone let go?"

"Let it go!"

"But you can't figure it out!" "If you can't figure it out, think about it!"

"Those papers were obviously sold by the Shu Army. There may be craftsmen among them!"

Guo Huai said: "It doesn't matter who sells it, what matters is who wants to buy it."

"Who wants to buy it?"

"Lords of Luoyang!" Guo Huai sat down and took a sip of wine.

"Isn't this an attempt to support the enemy?"

"This matter is not something I can decide. We just have to fight."

"It's simply a waste..."

"shut up!"

Guo Tong stopped immediately.

"Many things are not what you imagine. Don't just see with your eyes, you have to think with your heart!"

"Here!"

"How many troops does Chang'an have now?"

"There are already 13 people here, and they have all settled down."

"What about the construction of the city wall?"

"All three cities are completed."

"very good."

Guo Tong suddenly said: "Father, I heard that Luoyang sent Marquis Shaoling to Liangzhou."

"The Marquis of Shaoling belongs to the clan, and it is understandable that Your Majesty trusts him."

"I'm afraid it's not simple behind this."

"Don't think too much." Guo Huai glanced at his son, "Your Majesty has far-sighted plans. Only you and I can guess."

After finishing speaking, he asked: "What are the recent movements of the Shu army?"

"It's still the same as before."

Guo Huai sighed and said: "It seems that Zhuge Liang is not planning to send troops on a large scale this year."

The Shu army fought many victorious battles in the first half of this year, and the situation in Guanzhong was excellent, even Longyou was captured.

Now the Wei Dynasty is forced to deploy troops on both fronts in Guanzhong and Liangzhou.

"Logically speaking, the Shu army has been fighting smoothly this year, so they should take advantage of their victory and continue fighting."

"Maybe next year." Guo Huai said, "Zhuge Liang has obtained a group of war horses, and Guanzhong may enter an unprecedented battle next year!"

In fact, not only Guo Huai thinks so, but almost everyone in Luoyang thinks so too.

Last year and the first half of this year, Han and Wei had many duels in Guanzhong.

The Wei army ended in a disastrous defeat, the battle line was compressed by the Han army, and Longyou was lost.

According to the general laws of war, both sides need to cultivate for more than half a year.

But according to Li Heng's strategy, there will be no more wars in Guanzhong in the next few years.

On September 27, Lu Xun got the paper.

He touched it carefully with his hand and said with emotion: "There is such a delicate paper in this world, which can be used to write and draw."

Looking at the stacked papers again, Lu Xun became even more confused.

He was stunned for a while and then said: "Keep buying this kind of paper."

Zhuge Jin smiled and said, "Why is Mr. Lu so anxious?"

"The Shu people are selling this kind of paper to us now for one purpose, which is to prepare military supplies." Lu Xun said, "Zhuge Kongming is now confronting the Wei army in Guanzhong, and we need to help him!"

Zhuge Jin immediately understood what Lu Xun meant.

"Duke Lu's intention is to make the Shu army and Wei army fight more fiercely?"

"Yes, that's what I mean. While we are befriending the Wei State and paralyzing the Wei State, we are also funding the Shu State, allowing them to continue to increase their troops in Guanzhong and continue to fight. In the end, both sides will lose!"

Zhuge Rong said: "Then according to Lu Gong's wishes, we can increase all trade with Shu?"

"You can go ahead and increase it!"

Zhuge Rong muttered: "Would the Shu Kingdom take the opportunity to fight us first?"

"It's impossible, even if you give Zhuge Liang a hundred courages, he won't fight on two fronts." Lu Xun said with great certainty, "And Shu has no navy. Now they can only choose to have a good relationship with us. This is what we need." of."

Zhuge Rong said: "Here."

(End of this chapter)