Li Feng was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly realized.

While the Shu Han were fighting each other in the court, they were also facing economic power struggles.

The introduction of this incident came from the new loom developed by the Wei family. The loom is said to have been designed by Li Wei, and Wei Ba may have played a role in it. The new loom showed a lot of power as soon as it came out, and its efficiency increased almost by a multiple, and soon the old loom was eliminated, and thus promoted the rapid development of Shu brocade.

Now the annual output of Shudi brocade is five times that before the emergence of new looms, and if it is not limited by raw raw silk, it is estimated that it can reach more than ten times. The substantial increase in production will inevitably lead to a decline in prices, but the price of Shumian has risen instead of falling in recent years, because of the development of overseas markets.

The increased production was basically digested by the merchants from Jiaozhou, and at the same time, a large amount of profits also went into Wei Ba's pocket.

Wei Ba weishenme is rich and rich? That's how it all came about. His money didn't fall from the sky, but was earned by ingenuity.

In recent years, there have been many rich and powerful people in Jiaozhou and Jingzhou, Jiaozhou is represented by the Shi family, Jingzhou has more, Wuling has the Liao family, the Pan family, the leader of the Wuxi tribe, Changsha has the Huan family, and Xiangyang has the Xi family, all of which are attached to Wei Ba and developed together. Their reputation is not obvious, but their strength has grown rapidly, which is staggering.

Now that Wei Ba is sitting in Jiangling, he will definitely find a way to use the idle land in Jingzhou to grow mulberry, once the problem of raw materials is solved, the silk industry will usher in a new peak of development. If Wei Ba reoccupies the area of Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which are famous for their silk fabrics, the money will be even more limitless.

When Zhuge Liang was in Guanzhong, he paid attention to competing with Wei Ba for financial resources. He bought a large amount of raw silk and opened a weaving workshop in Guanzhong, which attracted a large number of Guanzhong and Hanzhong families. Now, Wei Ba made a lot of effort to drag Zhuge Liang back to Chengdu through the battle of Bingzhou, and squeezed Jiang Wei out of Guanzhong, and most of the benefits of Guanzhong were received by Li Yan. However, Zhuge Liang did not give up completely, he arranged Jiang Wei to be a taishou in Dunhuang, and seemed to demote Jiang Wei to a remote area. In fact, Jiang Wei firmly controlled the export channels in Guanzhong.

Silk fabrics are a luxury. Ordinary people can't afford to consume, and if they want to get rich, they can only sell abroad. The market that Guanzhong can export is mainly based on the Western Regions, and Jiang Wei did Dunhuang Taishou. It stuck the throat of this Silk Road. You can concentrate a large amount of money in your own hands.

With money. He can do a lot of things, either to contact the Hu people on the grassland for his own use, or to conquer the Western Regions. Take back the Western Regions. This is what Zhuge Liang wanted Wei Yan to do before, but because the war dragged on, it could not be completed, and now it is handed over to Jiang Wei, which can be regarded as handing it over to the most caring person.

If the Western Regions can be recovered, Jiang Wei will have enough military merits to be promoted. When he is strong, Zhuge Liang has something to rely on, and he has more confidence to speak in the court.

In this way, the threat to the General's Mansion is great.

After figuring out this layer, can Li Yan still be excited about entering the main pass? The victory is only temporary, and Guanzhong is a pit. No wonder Wei Ba didn't come, how comfortable he was in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, Zhuge Liang couldn't control him at all, and when he arrived in Guanzhong, he was restricted on all sides, and it was not easy to develop.

The war to unify the world is about to begin, and the three armies are already making preliminary preparations. Wei Ba served as the chief general of the Eastern Route Army, Lu Xun served as the chief general of the Middle Route Army, and Li Yan was naturally the chief general of the Western Route Army. But if you think about it carefully, you will find that Li Yan is actually the weakest along the way, not only has limited development space, but also has a fierce Jiang Wei behind him, there is a Wu Yi who can't figure out the details by his side, and there is a prime minister in Chengdu who always pays attention to him. Compared with Wei Ba's sky and birds, Li Yan felt like a fish in a fish tank, no matter how ambitious he was, he was also limited by the sturdy fish tank.

To say that Li Yan is not in a hurry, it is all a lie. But what made him most anxious was not the situation he was facing, but his son Li Feng in front of him.

This IQ is really worrying. With this ability, how will you fight with Zhuge Liang and Wei Ba in the future? Even if Zhuge Liang doesn't live to that time, Wei Ba is enough to play Li Feng to death more than a dozen times.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yan regretted it a little. At the beginning, because of the fear of Zhuge Liang and the greed for Guanzhong, he left Chengdu, and now Guanzhong has started, but he can't really master it, and what he has lost is very obvious: he doesn't have a think tank of sufficient weight, Ma Tan is a big Si Nong, and it is impossible for him to follow Li Yan to Guanzhong to take office.

Zhuge Liang, you are ruthless enough. Li Yan hated it so much that his teeth itched.

"Did Wei Ba say anything to you before you came to Guanzhong?"

Li Feng smiled proudly: "Of course, I got his promise that Zhao Su and the others will fully support the Great General's Mansion." ”

Li Yan looked at Li Feng in surprise, a little unconvinced.

Li Feng was calm: "Father, you can leave this matter to me." ”

Li Yan nodded suspiciously.

……

In May, Wei Ba rushed to Guangling with 10,000 sailors, accompanied not only by Xiahou Xuan and Zhuge Zhi, but also by many sailors and soldiers adapted from pirates and river thieves. After these people made meritorious contributions, they settled down in Nanjun and Xiangyang, settled down, had land, and became serious people with permanent property. There are some people who are tired of licking blood with knives and are unwilling to join the army again, while some people miss the life of killing, settle down with their families, and follow Wei Ba to the East China Sea.

There is only one giant ship in Wei Ba's team, and the other building ships are all building ships captured from Yuzhang Shipyard, which have also been refitted, there are about a dozen of them, and the momentum is still not to be underestimated. Sun Shao and the others, who came to greet him, couldn't help but sigh secretly. Those buildings and ships were all prepared by Sun Quan to deal with the Xiangyang Navy, and they never thought that they would become Wei Ba's trophies, so they were all in vain.

Sun Shao had already received Sun Quan's order and knew that this time the joint division would make Guangling County the base of the Eastern Route Army. Wei Ba is the main general, he is one of the deputy generals, and he has to listen to Wei Ba's command. When he received this order, Sun Shao sighed, he knew that if it weren't for the accident, Wu Guo would have no chance of turning over. Now Sun Quan only wants to keep his prince, and he can only keep his prince, and he has no power to fight back against the Chengdu court.

As soon as he saw Wei Ba, Sun Shao reported a piece of news: Cao Wei had sent someone to crown Sun Yuan as the king of Yan.

Wei Ba listened to it and hummed indifferently. Sun Shao asked puzzledly: "General, don't you feel disappointed?" ”

"Disappointment what?" Wei Ba asked rhetorically, "On the contrary, I feel very happy. ”

Sun Shaohu looked at Wei Ba suspiciously, not knowing whether he was deceiving himself or covering up.

Seeing Sun Shao's appearance of not giving up if he didn't achieve his goal, Wei Ba sighed: "I heard that the general was a fierce general who once beat Cao Pi and abandoned the car and fled, when did you pin your hopes on negotiations?" Since we are going to expedition to Liaodong with great fanfare, how can Cao Rui and Sima Yi have no countermeasures. If they don't think about that, I'm disappointed. The opponent is too weak, and it's not fun to win, don't you say? ”

Sun Shao was speechless. Only Wei Ba is qualified to say such crazy words, and he is not qualified to say them.

"The false name of a Yan King, can Gongsun Yuan really put it in his eyes? Zuihou decides how he chooses, or strength. Wei Ba clenched his fists, bent his arms, and gestured. Now that Gongsun Yuan has accepted Cao Rui's reward, it does not mean that he is willing to rely on Cao Wei, and it does not mean that we have no chance to subdue him. Of course, before that, we may need to polish our muscles first. ”

Sun Shao couldn't help laughing: "How does the general plan to show off his muscles?" ”

"Send someone to take Yizhou first." Wei Ba held on to the railing and looked at the sparkling sea: "Replace training with battle, you can't let these people be idle." ”

Sun Shao raised his eyebrows and nodded again and again: "What the general said is very true, and it is so." ”

"I am very relieved to have a praise from the general." Wei Ba hahadaxiao.

Sun Shao also smiled. After a short time together, he felt that Wei Ba was quite interesting, although the young man was rich and noble, he was not as arrogant as those young men who relied on the shadow of his father's legacy and suddenly became noble, he had a bearing that was incomprehensible to ordinary people, and he was worthy of being a famous general who fought with strength. His success cannot be explained by the word luck.

"General, are you interested in going out to sea?"

"Me?" Sun Shao was surprised.

"The general can be used both on land and water, and he has been in Guangling for many years, and Cao Pi's 100,000 army can't take a step forward, and I have long heard of the general's prestige. In the past few years, he has fought well, Wang Ling has been defeated in the hands of generals one after another, if there is an iron horse, you are afraid that you have captured the entire Qingxu. Now that we've seen your land combat capabilities, let's take a look at your water combat capabilities. ”

Sun Shao thought for a while and said generously: "I don't know who to be with?" ”

"My brother-in-law." Wei Ba pulled Xiahou Xuan over: "Luoyang celebrity Xiahou Xuan." ”

Seeing Xiahou Xuan, Sun Shao's mood was a little complicated. First, Xiahou Xuan had just passed by his station not long ago, and he had beaten the Wu army sailors along the way. Second, Wei Ba can rest assured that he can use Xiahou Xuan as his general, but Sun Quan can't rest assured that he is the Sun clan's relatives, and the gap between the two is really not small. No wonder as soon as Wei Ba debuted, Sun Quan didn't have a good life.

"I have to be a heavy soldier, and I dare not be ashamed. However, if I go on an expedition, can I take a few children with me? ”

Wei Ba laughed, his eyes bent into a slit, like a cunning fox.

"Who does the general want to bring?"

"Sun Shao, Sun Song and Sun Tai."

Wei Ba twisted his fingers: "Yes." If Sun Shao can be crowned a marquis with his military exploits, he will not disgrace his father's prestige. Sun Song, I have met him a few times, and I have always felt that he is a talent, and it is a pity to be a loose official in the court. As for Sun Tai......" Wei Ba smiled and turned his head to look at Xiahou Xuan: "Taichu, like you, he has the blood of the Cao family in his body, you have to be as close as you are." ”

(To be continued......)

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