Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 295 Zhang Hong's Mission, Yuan Tan's Thoughts
In this context, Sun Ce's generals and Marquis of Wu are on his head.

For the Jiangdong family, it also has a considerable deterrent effect.

Therefore, Zhang Hong could not leave and did not dare to leave.

However, with Yuan Tan's surprise attack on Xuchang and robbing the Han Emperor, Cao Cao lost the Han Emperor, and his deterrent power against Sun Ce and Zhang Hong was greatly reduced.

Naturally, Zhang Hong would no longer foolishly stay in Xudu as a hostage, and fled back to Xuchang decisively.

Zhang Zhao and Xun Yu talked all the way, and Yinlii had already arrived in front of the grain depot.

After Zhang Zhao handed over the relevant matters to the grain officer guarding the grain depot, he left, leaving only Xun Yu and the guards he brought, and began to count the stored grain in the grain depot.

And the other side.

The envoy sent by Sun Ce finally arrived in Xuzhou after three days and three nights of sailing.

Outside the city of Xuzhou, when Zhang Hong and others disembarked from the boat, the first thing they saw was the tall courtyard walls built on both sides of the river, surrounding a thousand acres of fields.

Jiangzuoyuan, which was rebuilt outside Xuzhou City, is particularly eye-catching on both sides of the river.

Zhang Hong and others couldn't help but look at it again and again.

"Go find out where it is!"

After getting off the boat, Zhang Hong called Jiang Qin and asked him to find someone to visit there.

After all, he was on a mission on behalf of Jiangdong, and asking rashly would not only make him appear ignorant, but also damage his dignity as a messenger.

It's just that Jiang Qin was stopped by the patrolling guards as soon as he approached the Jiangzuoyuan area.

"Xuzhou secrets, no prying?"

After listening to Jiang Qin's report, Zhang Hong was taken aback for a moment, and after pondering for a moment, he said:
"That's fine, since it's not allowed to be spied on."

Their most important task here is to negotiate with Yuan Tan the big deal of [-] armors.

It involves [-] armors, and it is more related to whether Jiangdong's development will be offensive or defensive, and other things can give way.

As for the mysterious General Academy in Xuzhou, we can leave it to be investigated in the future.

The person responsible for receiving Zhang Hong was a young man.

It is said that it is the eldest son of Yuan Shao who has risen rapidly and whose name has already shaken the Central Plains. Now Xuzhou Qihou Yuan Tan is under the command of Yuan Tan, and the governor of the house is Xu Shu.

What surprised Zhang Hong was the young age, which seemed to be around 20 years old.

But regardless of his speech or personal ability in details, Zhang Hong thought of someone who was also young, but already well-known in the world, and the leading figure in Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin.

This idea made Zhang Hong have to cheer up, be cautious in communicating with Xu Shu, and try to analyze the current situation in Xuzhou from the language.

When he came, he had already received an order from Sun Ce, no matter what, the [-] sets of armor must be taken down.

But the price is up for negotiation.

If it is really paid according to the price of Jiangdong rice, 300 sets of armor will need [-] million shi of rice grain.

Although Jiangdong has abundant grain reserves, there is no reason why Xuzhou is so cheap.

As for maintaining a good relationship with Xuzhou in the future?
Whether it's Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao and other Jiangzuo heroes, the common conclusion is that there must be a battle between Jiangdong, Xuzhou, and even the Yuan family in Hebei.

And it won't be too late.

Even if Hebei does not come to attack, Sun Ce, who is interested in the Central Plains, will sooner or later collide head-on with the booming Hebei forces.

At that time, when we meet on narrow roads, the winner will be the king and the loser will be defeated.

After all, we must rely on the sword and gun in our hands to speak.

Therefore, in order to purchase the armor, the price can be compromised, but not too harshly.

This appropriate degree needs to be grasped by Zhang Hong.

Feeling deeply that he had a heavy responsibility, after entering the mansion arranged by Xuzhou, Zhang Hong began to ask Xu Shu to inspect the [-] sets of armor that Xuzhou said.

……

"So urgent?"

In Qihou's mansion, Xu Shu was stunned for a moment after hearing Yuan Tan's words.

This urgency was not Zhang Hong's request to inspect the armor, but an order given by Yuan Tan.

According to Yuan Tan, today is February 21st, and the charter must be finalized before the end of the month, and the first batch of corn from Jiangdong must be obtained before March [-]rd.

"Forgive me for speaking bluntly, sir, is this too urgent? As far as I know, Jiangdong is also in urgent need of armor. If it can be delayed for a while, the price should be raised a little bit more. .”

What Xu Shu said, Yuan Tan is naturally clear, but the current situation in Xuzhou cannot be delayed any longer.

It's not that food in Xuzhou is so urgent that it will run out of food in March.

But since March, spring plowing will begin, and spring plowing cannot be without food.

Only relying on the current 20 households in Xuzhou, there is very little land that can be cultivated, and it is not enough to supply Xuzhou for next year's war.

It is necessary to recruit refugees on a large scale when spring plowing begins.

And whether it is recruiting refugees or reclaiming the land that was abandoned before, it cannot be backed by food.

After listening to Yuan Tan's words, Xu Shu pondered for a moment and nodded slightly:

"My subordinate understands. I will go find Zhang Hong and explain the exchange of armor for food."

After saying that, Xu Shu wanted to turn around and go to the mansion to look for Zhang Hong, but before he could walk out of the mansion, he was stopped by Yuan Tan.

"Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"

Yuan Tan waved his hand, pondered for a moment and then said slowly:
"It's out of the question, but Yuan Zhi doesn't need to be in a hurry. Yuan Long went to Jingzhou before and sent a message. It's time to return to Xuzhou in the next two days. Maybe there will be a turning point."

"Mr. Chen went to Jingzhou?"

Xu Shu was taken aback when he heard the words. He knew that Zhugejin and Xun Yu were sent to Jiangdong as envoys, but he had just heard about Chen Deng's envoy to Jingzhou.

Yuan Tan waved his hand.

Chen Deng's mission to Jingzhou was naturally for the purpose of exchanging armor for food.

However, Yuan Tan was not prepared to sell these [-] sets of armor to Jingzhou.

the reason is simple.

Forty thousand sets of armor were sold to Jiangdong, and Jiangdong got these armors, at most he would capture Xiakou.

It is wishful thinking to annex Jingzhou.

Regardless of the strength Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have accumulated for so many years, the foundation of the Jiangdong family is still there.

It will certainly not be so simple for Sun Ce and others to rise.

The reason is very simple. Sun Ce's basic plan is not the Jiangdong family, but the ecological relationship between him and the Jiangdong family.

It is completely different from the ecological relationship between Cao Cao and the Guanzhong family, and the relationship between Yuan Shao and the Hebei family.

To put it simply, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, the better they fight, the greater their power will expand.

The Guanzhong and Hebei aristocratic families who follow them can get more benefits, and the officials of the children in the family will also rise with the tide.

The family's influence can also expand from the original Guanzhong and Hebei to other places under the banner of Cao and Yuan.

But Sun Ce was different.

Sun Ce's basic plan was at first the [-] soldiers and horses he borrowed from Yuan Shu, and then the old Changsha army left to him by his father Sun Jian.

In other words, the bigger Sun Ce's influence was, the more territory he gathered under his banner, and the more aristocratic families and scholars who followed him.

Not to mention the limited benefits that the Jiangdong family can get, there is also the possibility that a foreign family may intervene in their original Jiangdong base.

If they lose, the Jiangdong family following Sun Ce will suffer losses.

If you win the battle, it doesn't matter if there are not many benefits, and you may continue to lose money.

How did this make the Jiangdong family interested in following Sun Ce to fight?

Therefore, Yuan Tan is not worried that Sun Ce will have the hope of competing with him in the Central Plains if he takes these [-] sets of armor.

But Jingzhou Liu Biao was different.

With the help of these [-] sets of armor, Liu Biao can attack many places.

Whether it is attacking Hanzhong from Shangyong, or attacking Yong'an from the east of Jiangling, waiting for an opportunity to annex Yizhou.

He even went north to attack Cao and went south to attack Sun.

There is quite a lot of room for development that can be moved around.

Yuan Tan couldn't help but not pay attention to it.

(End of this chapter)