Liu Zhang was suddenly inexplicably indignant, and slammed the case: "How can this be reasonable, Fan Lixiang dared to lie to me, saying that Jiangdong has a lot of grain in stock, which can support the Jiangling refugees, and said that Jingzhou and Jiangdong are both Chu people, and they are all in the same breath, if they can't get the surplus grain in Jiangdong, they can't restrain those displaced people, and they may invade Jiangdong. ”

"Yes."

"Summoned Fan Lixiang, just say that Mr. Zijing said, there is no surplus food in Jiangdong, tell those homeless people to settle down, if the Jiangling mob makes Jiangdong have any losses, I will be the first to dismiss her Fan Lixiang's official, it is really more and more unusual."

"Yes."

The soldier was about to leave, Lu Su hurriedly stopped, he couldn't say the bitterness in his heart, the corners of his mouth twitched and said to Liu Zhang: "Uncle Huang, Uncle Huang, Lord Fan is right, we do have some surplus grain in Jiangdong, but it is not as much as 50,000 stones, about 30,000 stones." Lu Su clenched his fists.

"Oh, I see." Liu Zhang nodded: "Since Jiangdong only has 30,000 stones, then we naturally don't dare to buy more, otherwise what will the people of Jiangdong eat?" Right? But the embarrassment is that we Jiangling refugees just need 50,000 stones, at least 40,000 stones, if we can't give this number, those Diao people, you know. ”

Liu Zhang took a sip of stuffy wine, extremely melancholy, Lu Su's previous opinion of Liu Zhang was rigid, after coming to Chengdu, he came to a taboo on the outside and wide on the inside, and now he has a third impression, a scoundrel.

I should have seen it a long time ago, and I should have known it when Liu Zhang gave him the porcelain he bought with money.

"I suddenly remembered." Lu Su said: "I remember that Chaisang still has 10,000 stone of grain, which was originally intended to be used to help the victims of Jiangling, but now the Governor of Weiwen is attacking Chaisang, if Uncle Huang orders to stop the attack, maybe it can be saved." ”

Liu Zhang smiled in his heart, but he didn't expect Lu Su to threaten him in turn, and suddenly said to Lu Su with a lonely expression: "Zijing, do you think that Wei Wen has invaded Jiangdong." Is it my order? ”

"You misunderstood me." Liu Zhang slapped Lu Su on the shoulder, the wine glass in Lu Su's hand shook, and Liu Zhang said: "Zijing, you are also a smart person, when Wei Wen attacked Jiangdong, I had just arrived in Chengdu, how could I give an order." It's that Huang Yueying who is good at advocating, didn't I remove her?

But for a while, the newly appointed Jingzhou Mu Fan Lixiang did not have the power to restrain the navy, which led to Wei Wen's unscrupulousness, Zijing rest assured, I will give an order, and quickly call Wei Wen back, but you know that Jing Yi is not peaceful now. If the letter rider dies on the road......"

"Uncle Huang, I think that food must still be there." Lu Su said firmly.

"Really?"

"Really."

"Mr. Zijing is really sincere, come, have another drink." Liu Zhang lifted the wine jug and poured wine for Lu Su again, and glanced at Wang Lei next to him. Wang Lei handed over a message.

Liu Zhang picked up the notice, read it, and pushed it in front of Lu Su, who took it suspiciously. casually asked, "Uncle Huang, what is this?" ”

"Mengshu, Mr. Zijing just needs to go back and let Wu Hou stamp the seal." Liu Zhang said.

Lu Su had the lesson just now. Suddenly vigilant, put down the wine glass, picked up the confession and read it carefully, and listed what he said before at the beginning.

Jiangdong is open to all products of Shu merchants, and no boycott is allowed, and no additional taxes other than store tax are charged.

Jiangdong "sold" 43,000 stone of grain to Gangneung refugees, a total of 900,000 Wen, but Gangdong could obtain a Gangneung friendship plaque and set up a monument to commemorate it.

The two sides are not allowed to attack each other for five years.

Until he saw: "Sun Quan must swear an oath to release his past suspicions with the Sichuan army in the Wucheng City Tower, and make a mortal enemy with Cao Cao, who usurped the dynasty, and swear to rescue the Son of Heaven with the Sichuan army and help the Han family." ”

Lu Su frowned, if Sun Quan really swore an oath in front of the people in the city tower, then there would be no room for Cao Cao to turn around, at least it would not be so easy to turn around, which was contrary to the purpose of Jiangdong to balance and preserve both ends.

"Uncle Huang, our Marquis Wu is absolutely loyal to the Han Dynasty, and he is inseparable from the national thief Cao Cao, so there is no need for this oath, right?"

"Since you are absolutely loyal to the man, why not take an oath? This not only shows that Wu Hou is loyal, but also makes the people of Jiangdong support Wu Hou even more. ”

Liu Zhang took the wine glass and said slowly while drinking.

Lu Su was helpless and continued to read down, but the next article touched Lu Su's nerves even more, and it was written that Baqiu would be sold to the Jiangdong Navy as a cargo port for Shu merchants to land in Jiangdong.

Lu Su frowned, slapped the notice on the table at once, and finally couldn't bear it, slowly clenched his fist on the case, and said to Liu Zhang with anger: "Uncle Huang, you're going too far, right?" Land is fundamental, if Baqiu is ceded, how will I, Wu Hou, face the people of Jiangdong and how will I rule the eighty-one counties of Jiangdong? ”

"It's eighty counties." Fa Zheng on the side corrected.

"You ......" Lu Su's face turned red with anger.

Lu Su could not make concessions on this issue in any case, otherwise he would not be able to explain to Sun Quan at all, first, Sun Quan would weaken the prestige of Jiangdong, second, it would anger the main battle faction, and third, it would also increase the sense of crisis of the main peace faction.

Although Baqiu is only a county, its geographical location is very important, it is the neck of Jiangdong out of Jingzhou, and Zhou Yu's training and troops are in this place, and Cheng Pu's troops are still stationed here.

Jiangdong has Baqiu, retreat can protect Jiangdong, advance can attack Jingxiang.

If the Sichuan army has Baqiu, it is not only a distribution point for merchants' goods, and at the same time, it is really easy for the Sichuan army to land Jiangdong, then Jiangdong's sailors will become an ornament in front of Jingxiang, and Jiangdong will send troops to Jingxiang, and he has to be afraid of being attacked from front and back.

The atmosphere in the stadium suddenly became awkward. Liu Zhang drank silently and was silent

Wei Yan suddenly said in an urn voice: "Baqiu is not a good idea, if Sun Quan does not know the current affairs, Jiangdong is in my pocket." ”

Lu Su was so angry that he froze in his seat, his fingers trembled, and he really wanted to leave, but he knew the difference in strength between the two sides, and he was the representative of the Lord and the faction, so if he went back like this, the war between Jiangdong and the Sichuan army might not be broken, which was the most feared thing for the Jiangdong clan.

The problem now is that the facts are forced to make peace, but Liu Zhang's conditions for peace are too harsh.

"Wei Yan, don't be rude." Liu Zhang said in a deep voice, let out a long breath and said, "I didn't have a very pleasant conversation with Mr. Zijing today, but I drank the wine refreshingly. Ben Hou wrote a poem to help Mr. Zijing. ”

"Okay, okay, Master Hou, please."

"Master Hou, please."

The civil officials all looked at Liu Zhang, and now the Sichuan army and the civil and military already know that their lord is still literate, but he generally does not make poems, and it is rare to be interested today. Everyone listened carefully.

Liu Zhang looked at the bronze wine bottle in front of him, drank it in one gulp, stood up, pulled out his sword with a snort, and chanted loudly: "

The sword is in the sheath, and the bow is reclined and carved.

The country is broken, and the traitors enter the sky.

Thousands of miles of cars and books are all mixed, how can there be other frontiers in Han land?

Draw the sword and open the bow to show the arrogance, and the iron horse building ship went down to Jiangdong.

Raise millions of troops on the West Lake. The first peak of Mount Wu. ”

Liu Zhang finished reading solemnly, full of energy, and the whole audience could hear the needle, not only the momentum in the poem, but also the words pointed directly to Jiangdong. Lu Su looked at Liu Zhang, his heart jumped suddenly, and his expression was complicated and inexplicable.

"Thousands of miles of cars and books are all mixed, how can there be other frontiers in Han land?

Draw your sword and open your bow to show your arrogance. The Iron Horse House ship went down to Jiangdong.

Raise millions of troops on the West Lake, the first peak of Wushan Mountain. ”

At this moment, Lu Su was completely convinced. If he does not agree to Liu Zhang's conditions, Liu Zhang's butcher, who is fearless and not even afraid of the clan, is very likely to pour troops to the east and unify the south before Cao Cao unifies the north.

Isn't this exactly Zhou Yu's plan for Jiangdong?

"Smack." The veteran Huang Zhong suddenly slapped his face and stood up, and said to Lu Su: "Lu Zijing, my Shu Hou is polite to you, because you are also a sage in Jiangdong, don't think that my Sichuan army is afraid of Jiangdong, as long as Shu Hou gives an order, my Sichuan army has 80,000 sailors and more than 400,000 infantry troops, and immediately set foot in Jiangdong." ”

"I, Wei Yan, am willing to be the vanguard of the Eastern Crusade, and I can't capture Wucheng, and I vow not to return the capital." Wei Yan stood up suddenly, the scales of his armor rattling.

"I don't want to pay it back."

"I don't want to pay it back."

The crowd was infected by Liu Zhang's poem, and they were impassioned, glaring at Lu Su, who knew that this was the Sichuan army openly threatening themselves and the entire Jiangdong.

But what can I do?

Lu Su froze in place, Liu Zhang returned the sword to the sheath, sat down casually, picked up the wine glass, looked down at the table and said to Lu Su who was standing: "Mr. Zijing, it was purely drunk and improvised just now, if there is any rudeness, please don't blame, now can we talk about the details?" ”

Lu Su didn't reply.

Liu Zhang smiled: "It seems that Mr. Zijing doesn't want to talk about it, okay, I, Liu Zhang, won't embarrass others, Mr. Zijing, please go back and tell Wu Hou that I will find a time to visit him in Wucheng in person." ”

Liu Zhang looked at Lu Su with a faint smile, Lu Su sighed in his heart, and sat down again, at this moment, Lu Su felt humiliation, the humiliation of an envoy from a weak country.

However, the prosperity and tranquility of the entire Jiangdong and the preservation of the clan are nothing compared to personal honor and disgrace?

"Uncle Huang." It took a lot of effort for Lu Su to reluctantly spit out two words, "This proclamation makes us very embarrassed, Baqiu's geographical location is important, if it is handed over to the Sichuan army for governance, even if I can accept it, Zhou Yu can't accept it, and the generals of Jiangdong can't accept it."

In addition, Jiangdong was originally short of grain, and if it was announced that 40,000 stone of grain would be sold to Jingzhou at such a low price, even if Wu Hou agreed, the people of Jiangdong would not be able to agree. ”

"It's all easy to do." Liu Zhang said casually: "Baqiu's geographical location is important, and it is only half of Luling County and Lujiang County, can we still fly over Poyang Lake if we have this port?" As far as I know, the place where Zhou Yu's army is stationed is at the mouth of Poyang Lake, and it seems that we don't really threaten the core of Jiangdong, right?

Baqiu is just convenient for our Shu merchants to gather and scatter goods, since the two sides have concluded an alliance, they will say that they will not go to war, will Lu Zijing think that I, Liu Zhang, are so short-sighted and occupy a Baqiu, so I will openly tear up the alliance and plot against you for one and a half counties?

If Wu Hou can't explain to the people, we can change this article, and say that we will be the freight port, but the ownership is still in Wu Hou's hands, isn't this very appropriate?

As for the generals of Jiangdong, hehe, if they can succeed, Mr. Zijing will not be here to drink and talk with Ben Hou.

If they are still not convinced, Mr. Zijing can not publish this proclamation for the first time, let them try again, and if they win at that time, Mr. Zijing will never have to publish this proclamation, right? ”

Lu Su was silent, Liu Zhang drank a glass of wine and said: "As for other grains or something, this article can be deleted from the proclamation, or it can be modified."

When the time comes, Wu Hou will send the grain, and we will give the money, how much will it be. It's not Wu Hou who has the final say? Give tens of millions or tens of thousands, let's just follow what you say. ”

Everyone looked at Liu Zhang with wide eyes, Fa Zheng Huang Quan and others couldn't help but admire, Lu Su couldn't cry or laugh, but Liu Zhang was very indifferent, this trick, isn't it commonly used by those who issue invoices in later generations?

"How. Mr. Zijing, have you thought it through? If you think about it clearly, we will continue to drink, and if you think it clearly, I, Liu Zhang, also assure you that no matter what happens to the Sichuan Army and Jiangdong in the future, you, Mr. Zijing, are my friends Liu Zhang. ”

Lu Su smiled bitterly. After a long time, he let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, I, Lu Su, have temporarily agreed on behalf of Wu Hou, but I still have to let Wu Hou look at it." ”

"That's easy to do." Liu Zhang said: "This proclamation will be revised according to Mr. Zijing's intentions." Baqiu was leased to a cargo port for a period of five years, and the price of grain was not explained first.

Mr. Zijing only needs to take it back and hand it over to Wu Hou. Let Wu Hou stamp the seal, and then Guangfa Jiangdong six counties and eighty-one counties, fighting for every street. Each village can post more than two copies, and it will be completed before the Mid-Autumn Festival, no problem, right? ”

Lu Su looked at Liu Zhang in astonishment, and understood what Liu Zhang meant, Liu Zhang wanted to make this proclamation a household name in Jiangdong, and there was no possibility of maneuvering.

Lu Su now finally understands that from the polite words at the beginning, to the vague conditions put forward later, to the threat of force, and then to "enlighten" himself, Liu Zhang is pressing himself step by step, until the current situation.

But I had already promised before, and now what do I refuse?

"Uncle Huang, this is really embarrassing, it's not that we don't want to post, it's just that in this hurry, so much cloth, not only does it cost a lot, even if it is copied, it will take several months, let alone post."

"Oh, really?" Liu Zhang smiled, "Jiangdong and Jingyi are in the same breath, since this is the case, then we will do the work for Jiangdong, we can copy the proclamation for Jiangdong, and before Mr. Zijing leaves Shuzhong, we must copy it." ”

Lu Su looked at Liu Zhang in surprise, in his opinion, it was impossible to copy so many proclamations so quickly anyway, but he was not sure, so he reluctantly agreed, thinking about how to explain to Sun Quan when he went back.

Liu Zhang was very happy when he saw Lu Su agree, stood up with Lu Su's hand, and said loudly to the civil and military forces: "From now on, Mr. Zijing is my best friend of the Sichuan Army, come, everyone respects Mr. Zijing for a drink." Liu Zhang raised his glass, and all the civil and military forces of the Sichuan army raised their glasses to Lu Su together.

Jiangdong and the Sichuan army finally reached an agreement, first, Jiangdong provided the greatest convenience for the Shu merchants to do business in Jiangdong, and Jiangdong had the obligation to protect the Shu merchants and did not have the right to dispose of the Shu merchants.

Second, Jiangdong provided 43,000 stone of grain and grass to the displaced people in Gangneung.

Third, Jiangdong leased Baqiu to the Sichuan army.

Fourth, the two sides took Cao Cao as their common mortal enemy and jointly swore an oath to kill Cao Cao and rescue the Son of Heaven.

Fifth, the two sides must not attack each other for five years.

Three days later, under Lu Su's stunned eyes, the Sichuan soldiers carried two boxes over, each box of 10,000 copies of paper notices, Lu Su was startled, now the printing technology in Shuzhong has not been spread, all the people only know that the price of white paper and books has dropped, but they don't know why, Lu Su was of course surprised.

In order to express his friendship and admiration for Lu Su, Liu Zhang led the Sichuan and Shu merchants to see off Lu Su, and the merchants were extremely enthusiastic and gave Lu Su a large number of gifts, in addition to white porcelain, Qiong bamboo canes and other specialties, but also used Shu brocade to Sun Quan Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong Wenchen military generals to make clothes.

Liu Zhang picked up a python robe made for Sun Quan and looked at it, it was really exquisite, domineering and leaky, and said to Yin Bai on the side: "Go back and make one for Benhou." ”

Yin Bai hurriedly nodded yes.

Liu Zhang has been sending Lu Su out of twenty miles, as the lord of one party, and the emperor's uncle, the lord to the marquis, which is really an unprecedented high standard.

Lu Su arched his hand and said: "Uncle Huang, just send it here, Uncle Huang has a lot of opportunities, Lu Su will not pass it." ”

Liu Zhang looked at Lu Su and said with emotion: "Zijing, Jiangdong and the Sichuan army can live in peace and fight against the national thief Cao Cao together, all of them are the power of Mr., Mr. is really a hero of the Han Dynasty, and Ben Hou is also grateful. ”

"Don't leave it at that."

Lu Su turned around, looked at the endless long road on the plain ahead, and instantly looked melancholy, did he successfully negotiate peace?

It seems that the two sides have indeed ceased their troops, and they have also received high-level hospitality, which not only has their own face, but Liu Zhang has also given Sun Quan and the people of Jiangdong enough face, Liu Zhang looks from the outside, it is a very sincere peace talks.

But when I go back, I still have a lot of headaches, how to tell Sun Quan, how to appease the main battle faction, this is all a problem.

Liu Zhang watched Lu Su go away with a heavy convoy loaded with gifts, the creaking sound became farther and farther away, looking at Lu Su's back from a distance, and said to Fa Zheng: "This person is a great talent in Jiangdong, but it's a pity that the conservative concept of the clan is bound and cannot be played." ”

Fa Zheng nodded and said, "If Jiangdong is captured in the future, this person will definitely be a major threat." ”

………

Lu Su brought the covenant back, which really caused an uproar, but it was only above the court, and now that Zhou Yu was in the field, the main battle faction could not raise its head, and Lu Su avoided Cheng Pu and Huang Gai and other generals at all, and only took the civil officials to discuss with Sun Quan.

In the end, Jiangdong lifted heavy weights, and in the last resort, Sun Quan finally signed a covenant to post Jiangdong's six counties and eighty-one counties.

It's just that all the terms in it have been modified by the great Confucian Zhang Zhao, and the meaning is still the same, but the perception of the people in Jiangdong has completely changed. (To be continued.) )

PS: #暴君刘璋#本章里面的诗改动自金主完颜亮 "The First Peak of Wushan Mountain", thank you to Jiang Yujie km and Lin Buxu for your reward.