In March of the tenth year of Jian'an, Lu Ren set off from Jingzhou to return to Yizhou, and when he stopped in Wu County on the way back to Yizhou, Lu Ren left Zhao Yu in Wu County to prepare for the later trip to Nanpi; Later, when Lu Ren returned to Yizhou in mid-March, Sun Shangxiang disguised himself in Lu Ren's fleet and went to Yizhou to play;

Four months later, in July, Lu Ren sent Sun Shangxiang back to Eastern Wu, while Zhao Yu, who remained in Wu County, completed the preparations and went to Nanpi after meeting with Lu Ren, while Lu Ren returned to Yizhou in early August to take charge of the construction of Yizhou New City Mangjia after dealing with Sun Quan and Wu Guomu's gang;

At the same time, at the beginning of August, Zhao Yu arrived in Nanpi and stayed for more than ten days before setting sail to return to Yizhou. At this time, Wu Guomu's one-month ban on Sun Shangxiang had just been lifted......

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"Alas! It's finally time to get out and walk around! ”

Somewhere in the Wujun market, Sun Shangxiang, who was dressed in men's clothing, stretched his waist for a long time, and his face was a look of slankerness. was ordered to be grounded for a month by Wu Guomu before, and staying in that small courtyard was not allowed to come out, which was actually not much different from letting Sun Xiangshang sit in prison for a month.

And in the first few days, because Lu Ren did not return to Yizhou immediately, Minchan and Lu Lan could also act as Sun Shangxiang's playmates, and occasionally Sun Shangxiang led Minchan or Lu Lan around in the name of "doing his best to the friendship of the landlord", Wu Guomu also turned a blind eye, after all, Lu Ren was a guest, and Sun Shangxiang had troubled Lu Ren for a few months before, so this face still had to be given.

It's just that as soon as Lu Ren and the others left, Wu Guomu immediately strictly enforced the grounding order and locked Sun Shangxiang firmly, and it was very thorough. Except for the relevant maids, no one was allowed to see Sun Shangxiang, and even Wu Guomu herself only came to see Sun Shangxiang occasionally.

With Sun Shangxiang's personality, after being locked up for such a period of time, everyone almost got bored. finally suffered until today's lockdown was lifted, and Sun Shangxiang immediately changed into men's clothes. brought a few entourage guards and ran out to go shopping and relax.

After shaking casually for a while, the previous dull mood was naturally much better, but the ban had just been lifted, and Sun Shangxiang didn't dare to play too much, so he went back to the mansion honestly after shaking a few laps. When passing through the corridor, he saw Sun Quan reading in the pavilion, Sun Shangxiang said hello casually and was about to go back to his courtyard, but Sun Quan stopped Sun Shangxiang.

"What's wrong, brother? Can I help you? ”

Sun Quan put down the Jian Chun in his hand, and first swept Sun Shangxiang up and down before saying, "The grounding has just been lifted." You just ran out to play? Everyone knows your temperament, and I can't say anything about you, but don't be too unscrupulous now, don't make your mother angry. ”

Sun Shangxiang pursed his lips: "I know, so I just walked around the market a few times and hurried back." ”

Compared with Sun Shangxiang, Sun Quan, as the leader of Eastern Wu, is not as free as Sun Shangxiang in this regard, at least Sun Quan usually can't go out shopping like Sun Shangxiang. At this time, Sun Quan was only a twenty-three-year-old young man. Although self-restraint is usually quite good, young people still have the desire to join in the fun. From time to time, I will chat with Sun Shangxiang to understand the freshness and liveliness of some street markets.

Sun Shangxiang was grounded for a month before, Sun Quan hindered the face of his mother Wu Guomu, and it was not easy to talk to Sun Shangxiang about something, but now seeing that Sun Shangxiang's grounding order has been lifted, and he happened to go around the market a few times and came back, he would naturally ask Sun Shangxiang about what he saw and heard in the market. And then on the other hand. From Sun Shangxiang's mouth, I heard how lively and prosperous the territory under his governance was, and couldn't it satisfy Sun Quan's vanity a little?

On the other hand, Sun Shangxiang has been bored for a long time, and when he saw Sun Quan chatting with him, of course he was willing to accompany him, so he told Sun Quan about some trivial things he had just seen and heard in the market. And Sun Quan nodded again and again when he heard this, and his face couldn't help but show a little smugness. Anyway, it was my own sister who was sitting in front of me talking about these things, and she was not an old scholar like Zhang Zhao, so naturally she didn't need to care too much about anything, so what did it matter if she cocked her tail.

Seeing that Sun Shangxiang had said almost the same, Sun Quan smiled and handed over a cup of tea, but he remembered that Sun Shangxiang had gone to Yizhou to play for a few months before. And this matter, one is that Sun Quan is curious, and the other is that Sun Quan also wants to compare with Lu Ren's territory in his heart, so he asked with a smile on his face: "Shang Xiang, you have been playing in Yizhou for several months before, and you should have seen Lu Servant's talent for managing the people, so do you think I am good at governance, or is Lu Servant's governance strong?" Oh, Lu Servant is such a small town, and our big Jiangdong counties are naturally incomparable, we just use the city where we are located to compare with Lu Servant's town. ”

When Sun Shangxiang heard this, his body subconsciously leaned back, and his eyes looked at Sun Quan with a very strange gaze. As Sun Quan's own sister, what kind of virtue is Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang will always understand something even if he is rough. Now seeing Sun Quan's tail cocked, Sun Shangxiang is really a little crying and laughing.

Thinking back to what he had seen and heard in Yizhou in the past few months, Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but shake his head at Sun Quan again and again: "Brother, this is by no means that my little sister despises you. Since you inherited the throne of your eldest brother, you have indeed governed Jiangdong well, and your little sister is also proud of you at this point. But it really talks about governing the people and letting the people live and work in peace and contentment...... To be honest, brother, you are not a little worse than other people's land servants. ”

Sun Quan's face was black at that time. When anyone is cocking his tail, he is suddenly knocked with such a stick, and his face is afraid that he will not look good. However, Sun Quan understands his sister-in-law's outspoken character, and with Sun Quan's political ability, he also has his own very sensitive sense of smell, so when he suddenly moved in his heart, Sun Quan put on a disbelievable look, and argued with self-defense: "You say I'm not as good as Lu Servant?" Then tell me what I can't do with it. ”

Sun Shangxiang laughed and said, "Brother, you are a little childish." ”

Sun Quan's face was straight: "How can this be said to be a child's temper?" The sage Zeng Yun 'If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher', I compare it with Lu Servant to see what is wrong with my own governance of the subordinate domain, and then I can improve it in time, isn't this right? ”

Sun Shangxiang felt a little stunned, nodded in agreement with Sun Quan, and then began to carefully recall what she saw and heard when she was playing in Yizhou.

If you want to say that when Sun Shangxiang was in Yizhou, most of the time he was guided by Lu Ren's deliberate arrangement, so he didn't know anything about some key things in Yizhou. But some things that are not very important or can't be hidden from people at all, Lu Ren didn't deliberately hide them, because that would make people suspicious. So Sun Shangxiang still knows some superficial phenomena. For example:

"Brother, although the street market under our rule is not bad, I always feel that there is something missing compared to the small city of Yizhou. Well, it's something missing, but I can't say it, so I insist on what I say...... Oh yes, and this is called 'footfall', which refers to the number of people who trade in the market. In this respect, we are really much worse than Lu Servant. ”

Sun Quan's heart moved, and he asked quietly on his face, "What?" Do there be a lot of people in Yizhou? ”

Sun Shangxiang immediately shook his head: "No, no, no, the Yizhou side may add up to tens of thousands of people...... Not much anyway. The crowd in the Yizhou market is mainly due to the fact that there are many people working there and few people farming, right? ”

Sun Quan was stunned: "There is more work, but less farming?" What's going on? ”

The Chinese mainland has been an agricultural country since ancient times, and all dynasties have valued agriculture more than anything else, and Sun Quan naturally has such an ideological concept. And Sun Shangxiang said that Yizhou has less farming and more work, which is somewhat difficult for Sun Quan to understand.

Sun Shangxiang explained at the time: "Oh, there are many mountains and little land in Yizhou, and the grain that can be produced is relatively thin, and the people who have no land to cultivate naturally have to work in various workshops to make money and support their families in order to make a living." Lu Fushu often sent fleets to sell goods everywhere, that is, he used all kinds of products produced in Yizhou to buy the grain utensils needed in Yizhou, and sold them to the residents of Yizhou after they were purchased. ”

In fact, there are many towns in this situation in the inland areas, and it is the same thing after making it clear, so Sun Quan immediately understood, and then shook his head and laughed: "There are many mountains but little land, and grain cannot be self-sufficient, so only merchants buy grain for the people's food?" Although there is nothing wrong with this move, but in such a place, food and clothing are all in the hands of others, which is tantamount to a child's snort being in the hands of others, even if it is a prosperous market, what is the use? ”

I have to say that due to historical limitations, Sun Quan at this moment has a little contempt for Yizhou in Lu Ren's hands. But think about it, in that era, a land that cannot be self-sufficient in food, and there is no other subordinate to provide food to ensure basic needs, is generally not taken into account by any family.

And Sun Shangxiang slapped his head at this time: "That's right! As soon as I came back, I was grounded by my mother, and I forgot to tell my brother something. Before I came back, Lu Servant had repeatedly asked me to ask my brother for personal favors, hoping to buy more grain from our Jiangdong. Brother, see if you can ......"

"Well...... this"

Sun Quan frowned and pondered for a moment, then nodded to Sun Shangxiang. The situation in Jiangdong has gradually stabilized, and there is already a lot of surplus grain produced, and it is not a big deal to sell a little more to Yizhou. In addition, many local products on the Yizhou side are also quite popular in the Jiangdong region. Even if everyone has benefits, what does it matter if they are inherited? (To be continued.) )