Gongsun Kang is the son of Gongsun Du and the destined successor of Gongsun Du.

At present, Gongsun Du's health is not good, and Gongsun Kang is responsible for serving the sick, which is obviously also a manifestation of status.

Gongsun Kang's mind is still relatively sober, and he has always had a good reputation, Liu Yi and Yang Yi felt that Gongsun Kang should be able to listen to their words, so they grabbed Gongsun Kang.

"Childe, at present, we have learned that Jingzhou and Yizhou have been pacified by Guo Zifeng, and now Guo Zifeng has occupied Jiangnan, and there is no worries, he will definitely make a move against Liaodong next, I think it is better to take precautions as soon as possible."

Liu Yi took the lead in putting forward his views to Gongsun Kang.

Gongsun Kang was a little surprised at first, and then shook his head.

"I also talked to my father about this matter, but my father thought that Guo Zifeng had pacified Jingzhou and Yizhou within two years, and the step was too big, and it would definitely take a lot of time to appease Jingzhou and Yizhou, and it would be impossible to use troops against me in the short term."

Gongsun Kang replied: "And I also think that Guo Zifeng's steps are too big, if he continues to use troops against me in the short term, is he not afraid of internal instability and financial instability?"

Jingzhou and Yizhou occupy such a vast area, and there was Jiangdong before, and it has just been pacified, so many places need to be pacified and governed, and at this time, if there is a war against Liaodong, it is estimated that their internal opposition will also be very large. ”

"Still, we have to guard against it."

Yang Yi said: "The Wei people have placed 10,000 soldiers and horses in Liaoxi County for a long time, and Tian Yu has led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to practice all year round. ”

"That's not a basis, is it? 10,000 troops want to invade Liaodong, Guo Zifeng's army is all heavenly soldiers? And what if you only build roads in western Liaoning? Will he be able to cross Liaoze? Yang Gong, the matter is big, and you need to think carefully. ”

Gongsun Kang lowered his throat: "Recently, my father's condition is not good, and he is not in a happy mood, and he doesn't want to hear these things that worry him the most, and the doctor also said that he wants to keep his father in a happy mood, so it is better not to talk about this kind of thing at this moment." ”

"This is a militaristic matter, not a trivial matter, it is a matter of life and death, how can you ignore it? Childe, seeing that Guo Zifeng is about to dominate the country, they will not give up Liaodong and not look at it. ”

Liu Yi was very worried: "Childe, let's find an opportunity to talk to the prince, we must be prepared, we must send troops to guard the key crossings, and be ready to meet the battle at any time, if this continues, I really suspect that something will go wrong." ”

"Liu Gong, it's not that I don't say it, it's really my father who is very angry."

Gongsun Kang's face was full of helplessness: "When your father wanted to organize a large number of people to grow medicinal herbs, you strongly opposed it, which made your father unhappy, and now if you want to say this kind of thing, your father will only be more angry, and you have to think about it for yourself." ”

"Is it wrong to worry about the following?"

Liu Yi hurriedly said, "If everyone goes to grow medicinal herbs instead of growing food, then what will we eat?" Can herbs be eaten as food? If you don't eat food, you will die. ”

"There aren't many people who grow food now, and everyone goes out to buy food to eat, and it's the same."

Gongsun Kang shook his head: "How many years have this been, everyone has always bought food to eat, and they have made a lot of money, Liaodong has abundant military resources, and the people are well-off, this is a merit that my father is proud of, but you have repeatedly objected, isn't it normal for my father to be angry?"

You can sell medicinal herbs to the Central Plains, and then you have five baht money, you can buy food to eat, and my father has more money in his hand, and he can also buy a lot of sophisticated weapons of the Wei State from the special channels of the Central Plains, which can be equipped to soldiers and enhance the combat power of our army, which is a good thing. ”

"But that's not the right way to go."

Liu Yi said bitterly: "Childe, now the amount of grain produced locally in Liaodong is very small, and I have heard people say that there are not many people growing grain in the local area, and all of them are transported from the Central Plains to sell, so that the amount of grain and the price of grain are all decided by the Central Plains merchants, and they can manipulate the price of grain at will." ”

Gongsun Kang frowned.

"It's been so many years, the price of grain has been very stable, there has never been a fluctuation, we use medicinal materials in exchange for a lot of five baht money, take part of it to buy grain, and the remaining five baht money can be used to buy other things, so that we will only get better and better, not poorer and poorer, isn't that so?"

Liu Yi shook his head again and again.

"That's not the case, Childe, do you know that in the Central Plains, the five-baht coin is directly traded with grain, and the amount of grain that a five-baht coin can be exchanged for is fixed, and the grain is the most important thing, without food, can the five-baht coin be used to satisfy the stomach?"

Gongsun Kang blinked, not understanding.

"Liu Gong, what do you want to say?"

"I want to say that food is the most important thing, it is not right to give up growing food in order to earn more five baht money, it is pointless to blindly earn five baht money, the reason why five baht money can be used for trading is because it can buy food, if you can't buy food, what is the point of five baht money?"

Gongsun Kang didn't understand economics at all, and he couldn't understand what Liu Yi said.

Liu Yi understands a little bit, but he doesn't know too much, this is what he heard a businessman in the Central Plains say, and he himself is also half-understood, his specialty is military, not economics.

Yangyi is the same, he doesn't know why he knows it, he thinks it makes sense, but he can't say the inner problem.

Therefore, although what they say is correct, it cannot move people's hearts.

What is the reason for making people stop making money with something that doesn't make sense?

Gongsun Kang is still a lively head, and he can probably understand that Liu Yi and Yangyi are worried that there is not enough food to eat, so there is a food crisis in Liaodong.

In this regard, Gongsun Kang felt that there was nothing worth paying attention to.

"The Central Plains needs our medicinal materials and livestock, we need the five baht money and food in the Central Plains, mutual benefit and benefit both sides, this is fair, such a thing is okay for my father, Liu Gong and Yang Gong should not worry too much."

Gongsun Kang smiled: "I still have to take care of my father, Liu Gong and Yang Gong please take care of yourself." ”

After saying that, Gongsun Kang left here and went to take care of Gongsun Du, leaving Liu Yi and Yang Yi looking at each other.

"I'm really worried."

"Me too."

The two glanced at each other helplessly, and showed a helpless smile together.

Their worries are worries, but there is no evidence to prove their concerns, and they are just empty words, which are really hard to trust.

With immediate interests for future crises, how many people can pay more attention to the latter than the former?

People's hearts are profit-seeking.

A little later, Liu Yi returned to his house.

He was a close confidant of Gongsun Du and was mainly engaged in military work.

However, the boundaries of military and political work in the classical **** era are not so clear, Liu Yi can not only engage in military work and lead troops to fight, but also do some administrative work.

He followed Gongsun Du to conquer the south and the north very early to create a foundation, and it has been almost 20 years now, and his qualifications are very profound, and he has made indelible contributions to Gongsun Du's occupation of Liaodong and becoming the overlord of Liaodong.

However, like Gongsun Du, he did not understand that as a separatist regime, a Chinese separatist regime, if it did not want to be unified, it would inevitably be unified.

In this regard, luck is unacceptable.

But there are many people who have a fluke mentality, ordinary people are fine, but it's about themselves, if high-ranking officials and dignitaries are like this, it's not just themselves who are harmed.

Liu Yi can actually be regarded as a person with a sense of distress, and in his early years, he discussed with Gongsun Du to cross the sea to capture Qingzhou as a base for plotting the Central Plains, but unfortunately, Qingzhou was soon occupied by Guo Peng, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was swept away.

Guo Peng had the reputation of a famous general at that time, and he had a great reputation in Youzhou, and Gongsun Du was very jealous, so he had to give up the plan and expand his sphere of influence to the east and north.

Now that more than ten years have passed, Guo Peng is about to dominate the country, he is the emperor, and Liaodong must be his target, but Gongsun Du is still holding that kind of luck mentality, which makes Liu Yi feel very uneasy.

After returning home and taking off his official uniform, Liu Yi was about to eat with his family, but suddenly heard someone in the house talking that the price of grain outside had risen recently, and the increase was not small.

"What are you talking about? Xiangping food prices have risen? ”

Liu Yi leaned over and hurriedly asked.