I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 187 Wu and Han are at odds? The war is about to break out!

In the 14th year of Jianxing, August 28th, Gong'an County.

Zhuge Rong welcomed Zhang Xiu in at the city gate, and when he arrived at his government office, he said, "My uncle has been tired of traveling all the way, so I have prepared wine and food."

"Uncle is interested." After Zhang Xiu sat down, he said directly without any extra greetings, "His Majesty's envoy sent to Luoyang came back with news that Cao Wei is willing to buy a large amount of paper from us. The police are not far from Xiangyang. Your Majesty ordered me to come forward Come to inspect the situation at the Public Security Papermaking Factory."

"Everything goes well. Now Gong'an County can produce five thousand sheets of paper every day, and the quantity produced is still increasing." Zhuge Rong said proudly, "And I have just established Gong'an Logistics Trading Company."

"Oh?" Zhang Xiu became confused, "What is the Public Security Logistics Trading Company?"

"My uncle has never heard of Ye Chenggong. Speaking of this trading company, it was Li Jian from Yizhou who started it." Zhuge Rong sighed, with a bit of appreciation and a bit of regret on his face.

He talked about the concept of trading company with Zhang Xiu, and then added the concept of joint-stock system.

After listening, Zhang Xiu frowned in thought. After a moment, he suddenly stood up and said in shock: "Who came up with this plan? It's so sophisticated!"

Then he realized that Zhuge Rong had just mentioned Li Jian.

"Is this the Li Jian who has been talked about the most in Jiankang recently?"

"That's right." Zhuge Rong casually picked up the blue and white porcelain next to the table and continued, "This blue and white porcelain is also made by him!"

"Where does this person come from?"

"The son of a physician."

Zhuge Rong sighed with emotion. From a personal emotional point of view, Zhuge Rong was still grateful and admired Li Heng.

The feeling of gratitude is that he cured his uncle Zhuge Liang's illness, and the feeling of admiration is that Li Heng's paper and blue and white porcelain are indeed exquisite.

Not only that, a few months ago, Zhuge Rong received the details of the detailed work and learned about the refined operations of Dahan Logistics Trading Company.

At that time, he was so shocked that he jumped up on the spot.

"It's really interesting that a son of a doctor can achieve such an achievement." Zhang Xiu said, "I think this trading company can be used not only for transporting goods, but also for many places. In addition, Jiankang should also set up a Taifu Temple to take charge of the business." All businessmen.”

"I informed Your Majesty about this matter yesterday. It is really necessary." Zhuge Rong said.

At this point, the two raised their glasses and looked at each other and laughed.

"I have an uncle who cares about Yizhou's trade, so your Majesty can rest easy!"

Zhuge Rong said: "Hey, that is also the support of the princes."

After drinking and playing, Zhuge Rong said again: "But with the recent new salt trade, Yizhou's ambition has been revealed!"

"Oh?"

Zhang Xiu immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"Yizhou requires us to use Shu money to buy new salt!"

Zhang Xiu was shocked: "Is this true?"

"Because of this matter, Jiangling has sent Liu Yan, the chief secretary, to Jiangzhou to negotiate. If Yizhou insists on using Shu money to buy new salt, the transaction will be discontinued for the time being. Yizhou is eager to sell salt now, and Li Jian will definitely not be able to hold on for long!"

"You absolutely cannot use Shu money!"

"I know the pros and cons in my heart. The merchant is our merchant, and Li Jian won't do anything to him!" After saying that, Zhuge Rong raised his glass again, "Here, drink!"

At this time, a voice suddenly came from outside: "General, there is an urgent report from Jiangzhou!"

"Come in!"

Zhuge Rong received the sealed urgent letter and said with a smile: "The Shu people must have compromised!"

Zhang Xiu also laughed and said: "Hahaha, how can the seller make the rules in this world!"

Zhuge Rong opened the letter and looked at it.

The smile on his face slowly solidified, then shrunk, then disappeared completely, and finally turned into a terrifying silence. He suddenly slapped his credit on the desk and shouted in a low voice: "This is impossible!"

Zhang Xiu was startled by him: "What's wrong?"

"Liu Yan is dead!" "How is this possible!" Zhang Xiu's eyes widened, "Even if you give the people of Shu ten thousand courages, they would not dare to kill our chief secretary!"

"Yes...it was our businessman who killed him." There was a heavy pain in the expression on Zhuge Rong's face. He turned to look at Zhang Xiu, the anger in his eyes could no longer be described in words, "Li Jian is in Jiangzhou at this time! "

After he came to his senses, Zhuge Rong immediately stood up: "I must go to Jiangling now to ask the prefect for instructions!"

Zhuge Rong never thought in his dreams that Liu Yan was actually dead, and was beaten to death by his own people.

In the evening, when Zhuge Jin read the letter, the pain on his face could no longer be described in words.

"It must be Li Jian!" Zhuge Rong said angrily, "We should send people to Chengdu to raise an army to investigate the crime!"

"Do you have evidence?" Zhuge Jin asked.

"I……"

"There is no evidence, and most people have seen it. Liu Yan was beaten to death by our own soldiers, and our officials secretly went to Jiangzhou and told the truth."

Zhuge Rong said: "Then we immediately order all the merchants to come back."

"You stopped them from buying salt from Yizhou?"

Zhuge Rong stopped talking.

"It's a bad move to go to Jiangzhou with Liu's words!" Zhuge Jin sighed, "Now that the matter is over, let's report Shu Jiankang first and let His Majesty know."

Zhang Xiu also said: "This is a serious matter, and we must report Jiankang immediately."

Zhuge Jin said: "And the envoy from Shu is here. He just stopped in Jiangling for a while today. He should have arrived in Wuchang by now and will arrive in Jiankang in a few days."

"Envoy from Shu?"

"It's because of the paper problem." Zhuge Jin said, "The news that we sent an envoy to Luoyang has reached Chengdu, but you don't have to worry. The Shu Kingdom is now at war with the Wei army in Guanzhong. They will not offend us, and I will not I hope the Shu envoy can control himself."

"What do you mean by this?" Zhang Xiu asked confused.

"If our relationship with Shu deteriorates, we may start a war!" At this point, Zhuge Jin became worried, especially after learning that Liu Yan died.

When this incident reached Jiankang, it would definitely cause a great shock.

A faction like Lu Xun's attacking Shu must use the topic to show off.

Zhuge Jin is Zhuge Liang's elder brother. He is a pro-Shu faction. It can be said that he was sent by Sun Quan to check and balance Lu Xun.

But now that the relationship between Wu and Wei has greatly eased, the relationship between Wu and Shu has deteriorated because of the paper and this new salt trade.

The situation has developed in an uncertain direction.

"Are we going to start a war?" Zhuge Rong also calmed down, "But uncle..."

At this point, Zhuge Rong immediately realized that he had let something slip, and quickly changed his words: "If we go to war with Shu, both sides will suffer, and Cao Wei will be the winner!"

"The Governor thinks so!" Zhuge Jin said, "Now that the elite of the Shu army are in Guanzhong, and Kong Ming is also in Guanzhong, the Governor thinks now is an excellent opportunity to advance westward!"

"Then do we need to inform the Grand Governor about this now?"

"It's a big crime if you don't tell him!" Zhuge Jin said solemnly, "I'll write this letter."

At noon on August 29, Lu Xun was about to take a lunch break when he suddenly received a letter from Zhuge Jin in Jiangling.

After reading it, Lu Xun actually sneered: "You Li Jian, how dare you openly kill my Dawu official!"

Lu Xun immediately wrote an urgent memorial to Jiankang.

The core meaning of this memorial is: The Kingdom of Shu brutally murdered my great minister Wu, Your Majesty should immediately send 100,000 troops to ask the Kingdom of Shu to hand over the murderer!

Sun Quan certainly could not have imagined that the relationship between Wu and Shu would deteriorate rapidly in such a sudden incident.

Cao Rui would not have imagined that just after consolidating the alliance with Wu, the relationship between Wu and Shu would be pushed to the brink of collapse.

But neither of these two people would have imagined that they would go crazy over a copper coin.

(End of this chapter)