I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 182 This is the general trend and does not follow personal will.

On August 21st, before dawn, Li Heng got up, had a simple breakfast, and took Dong Hong to Nashangsi near the East City Gate.

Dong Hong said: "That Liu Yan is the chief secretary of Jiangling. If he tells Wu merchants not to take our salt, I am afraid those merchants will not dare to disobey his order."

"Does the Chief Registrar of Jiangling have such great authority?"

"Since he was sent by Zhuge Rong, it means that he does have the right to speak." Dong Hong began to finish, "Zhuge Jin is the governor of Nanjun and holds real power. Even Lu Xun respects him. Zhuge Rong is Zhuge Jin's son. He supervises the public security and has a strong say in Nanjun. The Jiangling area has suffered from wars many times, and all the aristocratic families there have moved, so there won't be any constraints."

As if he was worried that Li Heng didn't know the pros and cons, Dong Hong continued: "It is impossible for Zhan Ming's family to fight against Zhuge Jin. That's what I think. I don't know if it's right."

"You're right." Li Heng naturally had his own judgment in his mind.

Nanjun is extremely special. It was once the place where military strategists fought four battles.

Because it is the middle zone between Jiangdong and Yizhou, and the terrain of Yizhou determines the particularity of Nanjun.

Yizhou is mountainous, making it difficult to enter Yizhou and difficult to leave Yizhou.

There are two ways out of Yizhou: one is to go through the Qinling Mountains to Guanzhong, which is the route of Zhuge Liang's several northern expeditions; the other is to go east along the Yangtze River, pass through Jianping County, Yidu County (Yichang), and arrive at Nanjun.

Among them, Jianping County and Yidu County are both mountainous. You must leave Yidu County before entering Nan County in the Jianghan Plain.

This is a place composed of rich plains, lakes and swamps.

To the north is the Central Plains, and to the east are Jiangxia and Yangzhou.

This kind of terrain was sufficient for the birth of civilization, and the capital of the once powerful Chu State was here.

If Ji Han wanted to conquer the Central Plains, there were only two ways: one was to capture Guanzhong; the second was to capture Nanjun and use Nanjun as a logistics supply point.

It is impossible for Cao Wei to abandon Guanzhong, so Li Heng's strategy is to confuse Cao Wei and Sun Wu, and the real purpose is Nanjun.

If they cannot capture Nanjun, it is possible for the Han army to march eastward to attack Cao Wei. They can gather a large army in Hanzhong County, follow the Han River to Xiangyang, and besiege Cao Wei's Xiangyang.

In the official history, Jiang Wan really proposed this strategy, but almost all other senior officials of Ji Han disagreed.

Because this is too far from the rear, the risk is too high, and there is no return.

Of course, in the current timeline, the Han army marched eastward along the Yangtze River.

The goal is Nanjun. By taking Nanjun, Ji Han's entire strategic space will be opened up, instead of being compressed in the land of Bashu.

Is Nanjun easy to get?

Nanjun is hard to get!

Nanjun is also a place that Cao Wei has always wanted to take.

Wu's military deployment is mainly divided into two parts: the first is the Wuchang and Jiangling defense lines with the vice-capital Wuchang as the core; the second is the Yangzhou defense line with Jiankang as the center.

Its characteristic is that the east is strong and the west is weak, but Wuchang on the western front has Sun Wu's most outstanding tactician Lu Xun personally in charge, and Jiangling has figures like Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin also deployed two important military towns in Nanjun, one for Public Security and the other for Jiangling.

The two places are very close and can reinforce each other.

In addition, there are Jianping County and Yidu County as buffers, which may make it even more difficult to obtain.

Thinking of this, Li Heng began to have other thoughts in his mind.

The current situation is that a considerable number of businessmen coming to Jiangzhou can be considered to be controlled by Wu State officials.

Just like Dong Hong said.

Seeing Li Heng deep in thought, Dong Hong continued: "I'm worried that he can't do what Zhan Ming told us yesterday."

"It can be done. No matter how strict the governance is, it cannot be refined to everyone." Li Heng said, "It is not these businessmen who are fighting against Zhuge Jin, but the general trend. If you want to ask me what the general trend is, I will tell you , New Salt is the general trend. People's pursuit of better items is the general trend. If a certain person or a certain family wants to stop it, his end will be his own destruction."

Dong Hong was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't understand the meaning of these words, he vaguely felt something.

At this moment, Jiang Binsi suddenly rode over and said, "Mr. Li, a secret message was sent just now." Li Heng opened it and read it, then looked at Dong Hong.

"What's the matter?"

"See for yourself."

Dong Hong took the letter and was surprised to find that it was written by Zhan Ming.

What he said was that Liu Yan had given an order to all the merchants, so that the merchants were not allowed to participate in today's business meeting.

"It seems that we have guessed it." Dong Hong said, "We should call Liu Yan to have a talk."

"No need." Li Heng said confidently, "It's time to witness the miracle next."

"What miracle?"

"Just wait and see!"

When Dong Hong arrived at the door of Nashangsi, it was just dawn.

But what shocked Dong Hong was that the place was already crowded with people!

Jiang Binsi said: "Mr. Li, they are all businessmen who come to participate in business!"

Li Heng rode on the horse and shouted: "Let them line up, or get out if they don't line up!"

"No!" Li Heng realized that he had not finished what he said, and immediately corrected him, "Line in line to pay, and the one with the most money will go in and get the salt!"

"Here!"

After speaking, Li Heng took Dong Hong and a group of people in through the back door.

After dawn, a long queue formed at the entrance of Nashangsi.

Li Heng drank boiled water and said to Dong Hong: "Look, this is a miracle."

Just as they were lining up at the entrance of Nashangsi, Liu Yan and others slowly got up and tidied up.

Zhang Chu and Zhan Ming were waiting for him.

"Have you informed everyone about what happened last night?" Liu Yan asked Zhang Chu.

"Everyone has been notified. No one will participate in the business solicitation."

"Well, young people will inevitably become proud and even arrogant after they have done something." Liu Yan said coldly, "I have seen many people like Li Heng. If the businessman has not been there in the past few days, he will understand that he will What to do next?"

"Haha, he really thinks he can manipulate us because he has new salt?" Zhang Chu also laughed, "What can he do if we don't buy it?"

"It's no use talking more, let's go, I'll go to Nashang Division now to have a look. If Dong Hong goes to Nashang Division, we can just take this opportunity to mock him and give him a showdown!"

After the three people discussed it, they got up and headed to Nashangsi.

Before arriving at Nashangsi, I saw many people standing on the street.

Zhang Chu felt strange, so he looked for someone and asked, "What are you doing standing here this early in the morning?"

"What? Isn't this nonsense!"

Another businessman asked: "You are also here to buy salt?"

"What Shiobei?"

"Yan Yin from Nashangsi!" said a fat businessman. Judging from his accent, he knew he was from Yizhou and should be a businessman from the upper reaches of the Jialing River.

Zhang Chu asked in surprise: "Could it be that you are here to get some salt?"

(End of this chapter)