Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 318 Chaos in Nanyang County, Yuan Shu scolds his mother
Lu Bu, who was far away in Nanhai County, Jiaozhou, received Zhou Zhang's letter from Feige, and learned about the general progress of the matter.

Immediately returned a letter to Zhou Zhang, asking him to follow the plan.

In addition, Chen Gong must have known that Lu Bu had called Chen Gong, and he was also curious about whether those merchants could succeed.

"Gongtai, in order to prevent accidents, we need to write a letter to Sun Jian in Jingzhou, asking him to cooperate with our actions when necessary. Presumably, the chaos in Nanyang County is what Sun Jian is looking forward to. Maybe he still has a chance to drive Yuan Shu out of Nanyang County. " Lu Bu said to Chen Gong.

Now that Zhou Zhang and the others have already started, they will inevitably transport the purchased items to Nanjun or Jiangxia County. When they fully withdraw later, there may be a lot of movement, and it will be difficult to hide it from Sun Jian's eyes and ears.

Communicating with Sun Jian in advance can avoid many troubles.

"I thought about it before I became an official, but no merchant has ever done this in the past, so I didn't mention it to the lord for fear of accidents." Chen Gong nodded and said: "Since the lord also thinks it is necessary, I will immediately arrange for someone to bring the letter. And documents, fast horses dare to go to Jingzhou to meet Sun Jian. As the lord said, Sun Jian will definitely be willing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger's head, and sit and catch the fisherman."

After [-] days, the envoys arranged by Chen Gong arrived at Xiangyang City, Southern Jingzhou County, and delivered the letters and documents to Sun Jian.

Not surprisingly, Sun Jian agreed very readily, and immediately wrote back to Lu Bu, asking the envoy to take him back.

Sun Jian asked Zhao Xu, "What do you think about this matter?"

Besides Zhao Xu, Kuai Yue, Zu Mao, and Sun Ce were also present.

Lu Bu's letter only said that because Yuan Shu burned and robbed many properties of Jiaozhou merchants in Nanyang County, and Yuan Shu refused to hand over the murderer or pay compensation because of his arrogance.Lu Bu wanted to seek justice for the merchants in Jiaozhou, but he could not engage in military violence. He could only arrange merchants to go to Nanyang County to make trouble. He wanted to cause chaos in Nanyang County and make Yuan Shu restless.

Because Sun Jian's help might be needed, he brought gifts and letters here.

"My lord, no matter what plots and schemes Lu Bu has, we just need to be on our guard and wait for the outcome of his fight with Yuan Shu." Zhao Xu said, "However, the lower officials are not optimistic, just relying on some merchants to make Nanyang County into chaos, Some idiots are talking about dreams. However, it is always beneficial to the Lord to make Yuan Shu unhappy and make him have a grudge against Lu Bu."

Zhao Xu's analysis was thorough, and Sun Jian agreed, but he wanted to see if other people had other opinions, so he asked, "Do you have other opinions, but it's okay to say."

"Father, my son thinks that if we are prepared, we can secretly rectify the army and wait for the opportunity. Maybe there will be a chance for us to drive Yuan Shu out of Nanyang County." Sun Ce stood up and said.

Yuan Shu's occupation of Nanyang County is much more threatening than Lu Bu's occupation of Lingling County and Guiyang County. It has always been a thorn in Sun Jian's side!

"Well, Bo Fu's words are reasonable." Sun Jian told Zu Mao: "Zumao, you should secretly rectify the soldiers and horses of Nanjun and Jiangxia Commanderies first, and wait for the opportunity."

Then, someone said to Kuai Yue: "Kai Yue, you arrange people to go to inquire about the news of Nanyang County. The more detailed the better, you can't take chances."

This was a rare opportunity, and Sun Jian felt that it was possible to use this opportunity to drive Yuan Shu out of Nanyang County.

Why is it said to be driven out? Although Yuan Shu is very happy and self-willed, he still has 10,000+ soldiers and horses, and there are many generals. It is too difficult to destroy them.

"promise."

Kuai Yue responded.He was very curious about what the merchants from Jiaozhou would do in Nanyang County.

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1990, in late December, it seems that this year will be over.

However, Yuan Shu from Wan County, Nanyang County, was cursing at his mother.

Now the entire Nanyang County is in chaos, chickens are flying around, prices have skyrocketed, and the people can't afford food.They had sold the grain before, but seeing the low price of salt, they bought a lot.The remaining part of the money is ready to wait for the price of food and cloth to drop.

However, who would have thought that the prices of grain and cloth started to stop falling and rising half a month ago, and most people were expecting that it would only be temporary and would continue to fall.Of course, Zhou Zhang arranged for people to guide and fan the flames among the people.

No, just when most people were hesitating, the prices of food and cloth were soaring all the way in a few days!
The aristocratic families who were the first to react began to stop selling, and instead bought aggressively.However, at this time, there was not much food and cloth in Nanyang County.

Everyone woke up and began to buy desperately, making the price continue to hit new highs, but the supply was already in short supply.

"There is no food, and it has been hoarded by noble families and prefects. They want to sell it at a high price and starve us to death. This is a conspiracy..."

I don't know who shouted first, rumors began to spread in various counties of Nanyang County, and the swords were aimed at the nobles and prefects of the aristocratic families.

And it is true that many people have seen people from aristocratic families and the prefect's mansion buying food and other items in large quantities, which caused a lot of waves for a while.

The common people have no food to eat, so they will make a scene, fight and rob at the houses of noble families, go to the government office, go to the prefect's mansion... it will intensify!
Yuan Shu was furious. He bought a lot of things at a high price before, and then sold more at a low price. The loss was huge. Can he not be angry?

He pointed at Yang Hong's nose and scolded: "Tell me, are the aristocratic families in Nanyang County playing tricks behind the scenes? Did you take their benefits and help the show, causing the general to lose a lot of money. Today, if you say no Clearly, this general will kill you!"

"My lord, I have been wronged. I absolutely did not collude with those aristocratic families." Yang knelt on the ground and shouted: "In the past, there were indeed many merchants who approached the officials to complain. It made the lord suffer even more, and the next official is guilty, but he definitely did not betray the lord."

"Hmph!" Yuan Shu was so angry that he didn't believe it at all. He gave Yang Hong a hard kick and cursed: "Bastard, if it weren't for you, this general would have sold so many things cheaply? Damn it!"

Yan Xiang hurriedly stood up and persuaded: "My lord, please calm down, although Yang Hong is wrong, but I don't think he will betray my lord.

Moreover, after the matter became serious, the lower officials began to send people to investigate quickly, and learned that many noble families in Nanyang County were deceived and suffered huge losses just like the lord.

And these things were done by merchants. Many merchants flooded into Nanyang County more than two months ago. I don’t think they are not just doing business, but plotting to destroy the foundation of the lord in Nanyang County. vicious! "

Yuan Shu asked: "Who, who is targeting this general?...Yuan Shao? Zhang Miao? Sun Jian? Or Lu Bu who is far away in Jiaozhou?"

There are too many enemies, he can't figure out who is targeting him.And he was very annoyed by using such a low-handed method!
Yan Xiang said: "According to the information I have so far, a small number of these merchants come from the north, but most of them come from the south. Now, Nanyang County is in chaos. These merchants are either hiding or have withdrawn from Nanyang County."

Yuan Shu thought for a while and guessed, "You mean, it's very likely to be Sun Jian?"

But Yan Xiang shook his head and said, "It should be the one from Jiaozhou."

"What?...Little Lu Bu, he dares?" Yuan Shu couldn't believe it, but when he remembered that he didn't deal with Lu Bu because of some things, he wrote back to humiliate Lu Bu. He suddenly understood, and said angrily: "Little Lu Bu, it really is true. Despicable, dare not fight this general head-on, but use such low-handed means to try to destroy the foundation of this general in Nanyang County, hateful, damn it!"

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(End of this chapter)