I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 365 The second anti-Han alliance!
On the first day of September, Jianye.

"I didn't expect that it would be the prince who came to Jianye this time." Liu Ji greeted Wang Su with a smile.

"My lord attaches great importance to the relationship between the two parties this time, so he sent me here."

Wang Su behaved very humbly, and the sense of superiority that Wei ministers had towards Wu in the past was almost non-existent.

Liu Ji sighed and said, "My lord, to tell you the truth, my lord sent an envoy to Jiangling not long ago to meet with Li Jian."

"Oh? Meeting Li Jian?"

"Yes."

"Why do you want to see Li Jian?"

"Now there are people in the court who hope that our Lord will cease the war with Yizhou and restore it to its original state."

"Can it be restored to its original state?" Wang Su said seriously, "The Shu people captured Jingzhou and killed so many good men from Jiangdong."

The ministers of Wu State sat on both sides.

"There were some misunderstandings between the two parties before, which caused the river transportation to be cut off and seriously affected the trade between the two parties. My Lord hopes to resolve the misunderstanding with Lord Wu and rebuild the old relationship."

"The foreign envoy has met Lord Wu." Wang Su said.

"The prince came to build a business, what's the matter?"

Sun Quan said: "My lord, you are a wise man in the world. I have heard of your reputation for a long time and have always admired you."

The temptation is not small.

Sun Quan knew that the other party came here to join the alliance, and also knew that the other party wanted to use trade as an entry point, so he deliberately pretended to know nothing.

Not long after, Wang Su was led to the front of the palace.

The smile on Sun Quan's face bloomed like an old flower.

"My Lord has sent me here to extend my sincere greetings to you. With the purpose of benefiting the people of the two countries, I would like to discuss the business and trade between the two countries in detail with you."

It was obvious that both of them were using words and matching their body language with their performances.

Sun Quan did not express his position, but smiled and said: "There is indeed some misunderstanding. So how does your country want to repair this misunderstanding?"

"Li Jian is deceiving you." Wang Su said, "He is delaying the attack. It will not take long for him to increase his troops to attack Wuchang."

We all know that business is difficult.

"It turns out it's a business matter. I wonder what Lord Wei thinks?"

Liu Ji's expression suddenly froze, but he didn't take Wang Su's words seriously.

Sun Quan's eyes lit up instantly.

"I don't deserve it, but Lord Wu worked hard in Jiangdong and came all the way. The people of Jiangdong live and work in peace and contentment. These are Lord Wu's achievements and will be remembered in history books in the future."

Wang Su said: "We are still seriously short of paper in Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou. We can allow your country's paper to enter these places unimpeded and ensure the personal safety and property safety of your businessmen."

Under Liu Ji's arrangement, Wang Su entered the Wu Palace and met Sun Quan.

"I thought so at first, but when the messenger came back, he told our Lord that Li Jian was willing to maintain the previous relationship with us."

The reason why it is difficult is actually that there is a certain degree of strict control between countries, such as the Han and Wei dynasties, and also the Wu and Wei dynasties.

The market in Wei is the largest, and both Ji Han and Sun Wu want to take a bite of this market.

Especially Sun Wu.

Sun Wu had a natural advantage over Cao Wei in trade.

In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, there are several branches flowing northward.

For example, Wankou and Ruxukou.

Entering Wankou from the Yangtze River is the Xianshui River, which flows into Lujiang County.

Wankou is also connected to Wanshui, which can flow into Chaohu Lake in Huainan County, which is the Chaohu Lake next to Hefei.

Ruxukou is more convenient, and you can reach Chaohu soon from Ruxukou.

Chaohu Lake is connected to Feishui River, and Feishui River is connected with Shishui Water. Shishui Water flows through Shouchun and pours into the Huaihe River in Shouchun.

There are many dense river transportation networks between the Huaihe River and the Yellow River.

As we all know, in ancient times, the cost of water transportation was much lower than that of land transportation.

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, because of these river transport networks running through the north and south, the Huaihe River and Jiangdong directly became the capital's tax collection areas.

Therefore, the business line between Sun Wu and Cao Wei is more advantageous than the business line between Ji Han and Cao Wei. Of course, this is also the reason why Sun Quan is determined to fight against Hefei, and it is also the reason why Cao Wei deploys heavy troops in Huainan County.

Now that both sides have given up the idea of ​​war, convenient river transportation is no longer a threat, but an advantage of cooperation.

Prime Minister Gu Yong stepped forward and asked, "Can your country open a horse market in Hefei?"

"Horse market?"

"Yes, we are short of horses. I hope your country can trade some horses."

"It's feasible, but the number of horses in Youzhou and Bingzhou cannot be too large at one time."

"It doesn't matter, just a hundred horses at a time."

In fact, in official history, the private smuggling business of Cao Wei and Sun Quan involved horses, but the scale was too small.

Gu Yong obviously wanted to take this opportunity to force Cao Wei to take more.

"I can't guarantee a hundred horses, but I can promise that your country will open a horse market and allow people to voluntarily trade in the horse market."

Sun Quan nodded and said, "This is a good thing."

Wang Su saw Sun Quan's moved expression and immediately said, "Master Wu, I have something else to do."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I wonder if Master Wu has heard about what Li Jian did in Jingzhou?"

Sun Quan said: "Li Jian captured Jingzhou."

"That's not what I meant."

"Then what does the prince mean?"

"Li Jian took the land belonging to the clansmen in Jingzhou and distributed it to the common people, and threatened to equalize the land."

"It turns out that this is what the prince was talking about. I seem to have heard about it."

"I heard that you sent an envoy to Jiangling some time ago?"

Sun Quan looked embarrassed and said with a smile: "It is true."

"Do you plan to continue to maintain friendly relations with Shu?"

Sun Quan said: "It's Li Jian. He wants to continue doing business. I think both parties were a little more anxious before. We don't need to fight in the future."

"Master Wu, what you said is wrong!" Wang Su immediately looked anxious.

It was as if he was worried about the fate of Wu State.

"Oh?"

"Then Li Jian went to Yuzhou, robbed the food of the clan and gave it to the head of Guizhou. Just think about it, doesn't this kind of behavior violate the principles?"

Sun Quan became thoughtful.

"If he can do this in Jingzhou today, he will incite the leaders of Guizhou tomorrow, and if he does this in Wuchang, it will be Jianye the day after!"

Sun Quan's expression changed slightly.

"With all due respect," Wang Su said, "Li Jian is now the official minister of the world. He is confusing right and wrong and poisoning the world!"

As soon as Wang Su said this, other ministers of Sun Wu started talking.

Liu Ji took the opportunity and said: "Your Majesty, what the prince said is very reasonable. The head of Jingzhou and Guizhou has robbed the land of the clan. It is the following culprit. If this kind of people are not eliminated, won't all the fields of the clans in the world be given to the head of Guizhou in the future? ?”

Wang Su added fuel to the fire and said: "The emperor governs the world with his ministers, not with the head of Guizhou. If the ministers are gone, will the world still exist?"

At this time, the discussions among other ministers became even more heated.

This kind of thing is what the clan is most afraid of.

What is a family?

A century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family.

The Liu family has already withdrawn, and it seems that the Cao family is about to withdraw as well.

But all the aristocratic families in the Central Plains are still there.

But now, what Li Heng is doing is to cut off the roots of the family!

(End of this chapter)