Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Fazheng seemed very embarrassed: "Ziyu should know General Guan's temper. Only the King of Hanzhong can persuade him. General Lan can think of a way. Your attack is really unreasonable and unreasonable. Jingzhou has done a lot this time." It is only natural to ask for some compensation, you should understand that..."

"Of course I can understand. In fact, if you occupy Jiangxia, you won't lose Xiangyang..." Zhuge Jin lowered his head and muttered.

Fa Zhengxu said with eyes wide open: "An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, these cities were bought with the lives of soldiers, but the Sun and Liu families are allies, and you are both reneging on the alliance for the second time..."

Zhuge Jin immediately changed the topic and sighed: "Hey, it's done. It's useless to say anything now. Compensation for the loss is very reasonable, but the price is too..."

"I don't think it's better than this. Ziyu went back to Chaisang to explain the situation, and raised as much money, food, cattle and horses as possible. I was under the care of my younger brother in Sichuan, so I had to look down and ask General Lan to intercede, and see if I can win for you. For a moment, there is no guarantee of success." Fazheng replied solemnly.

"It's better to be filial and straightforward." Zhuge Jin bowed to thank him.

Fazheng quickly helped him up, and comforted him: "Prime Minister Zhuge has been working hard to unite Sun Kangcao. Sun and Liu are good in-laws, and it is better to eliminate the country's thieves. I am just going with the flow..."

"Yes, yes..." Zhuge Jin nodded repeatedly.

When Zhuge Jin returned to Chaisang, it was the beginning of December, and it was the time when Guan Yu sent troops from Xiangyang to surprise Deng County by water.

When Zhuge Jin saw Sun Quan, the wine glass was thrown on the ground, guessing that his master had just lost his temper, he sat down and relayed the opinions of Xu Shu and Fazheng.

After hearing this, Sun Quan said indignantly, "Ziyu is too honest. You stayed in Jiangxia for a month, but you didn't get any good news. Could it be that Xu Shu and Fazheng jointly deceived you?"

Zhuge Jin quickly waved his hand: "People of insight know that Cao Qiang and Sun Liu are weak. It is Cao Cao who benefited from our two families' feud. It doesn't make any sense for him to lie to me..."

"But they are taking advantage of the fire to rob. If Jiangdong really raises the 16 billion, I don't know how many civil uprisings will be provoked..." Sun Quan frowned, and he was very willing to spend money for himself. And you can't beg those big clans in a humble manner.

Seeing this, Zhuge Jin kept silent, thinking that you believed in Lu Meng too much at that time, and now it would cost [-] million yuan to redeem him. Wouldn't it be good to use this money to raise soldiers and build ships?

"Ziyu, you have been in Jiangxia for a month, do you know how many troops there are?" Sun Quan asked suddenly, patting his thigh.

Zhuge Jin was taken aback, and replied: "Uh...there should be quite a lot of them. There are more than ten thousand infantrymen, led by Xu Shuang, the deputy general of the camp."

Digression: The currency stock of Jiangdong in the article is only an inference. The source of the inference is "Three Kingdoms Lv Meng Biography" "Meng was the prefect of Nanjun, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Chanling, and he was given 1 million yuan and 10000 catties of gold. 'At the end of the Han Dynasty, 105000000 catty of gold = [-] coins, a total of [-] coins. Sun Quan rewarded so much at one go, and also rewarded other soldiers. Soochow should be quite rich.

The [-] million here is understood as the [-] million of the modern quantitative unit (Zheng Xuan commented on the Book of Changes that "one hundred thousand means one hundred million", if the one hundred thousand yuan is used here, it does not match the five hundred catties of gold), because there is no historical data on Soochow's financial revenue It can be tested (maybe the author did not find it), if there is any exaggeration or inappropriateness, please forgive me.

616 Zhang Ziyu Blocks Ziyu with Three Axes

Sun Quan sat upright and pulled the pleated robe, and asked in a low voice: "Don't worry about Jiang Xia's cavalry, our Jiangdong is good at sailors, I just want to know how many sailors Jiang Xia has."

"Uh... Although Fa Xiao treated me warmly, he would not trust the truth about the military situation. However, Li Yi led the fleet to report on the way, and there are many warships at Jiangxia Wharf. There should be a large number of naval troops..." Zhuge Jin replied.

"Is Li Yi the general in charge of the Jiaozhou Navy?"

"It should be him."

Sun Quan guessed, "Jiaozhou's navy is only a few thousand dollars, and Lantian sent them all to Jiangxia. It should be to prevent us from making a comeback?"

"Uh... I really don't know about the humble job, but Lantian is full of tricks, and our previous intelligence may not be true..." Zhuge Jin analyzed.

Sun Quan gasped, Zhuge Jin's unintentional words made him feel scared, maybe he had received wrong information, which made Lan Tian suffer, so he sighed: "Ziyu's words are very true, but even Neither Fazheng nor Xu Shu can be the masters, and I don’t know when the prisoners will be returned..."

"Maybe we have to wait until the Xiangfan battle is over..." Zhuge Jin smiled helplessly.

Sun Quan waved his hand lightly, signaling Zhuge Jin to leave: "Ziyu has worked hard all the way, let's go back and rest first..."

"Wei." Zhuge Jin got up and saluted. When he stepped back, he accidentally stepped on the wine glass thrown by Sun Quan, and almost staggered and fell. Finally, he bent over to pick up the glass and gently placed it on the table next to him.

"The matter has come to this point, we can only deal with it well, and don't get too angry..." Zhuge Jin bowed again.

"Hey, it's not Luling's troubles..." Sun Quan sighed.

Zhuge Jin was about to leave, but when he heard this, he stood there again, "Isn't the Bandit King Jin wiped out yet? General Ding, he can't do it, right?"

"Hmph, Ding Feng's qualifications are still not close, and he was tricked by Wang Jin in Nanye. Although those bandits returned to Guiyang, Yu Zhongxiang's whole family was taken hostage, and he asked for a ransom of 5000 million yuan, otherwise he would tear up his ticket , These real bandits are more ruthless than Xuan Ou..." After finishing speaking, Sun Quan handed Lu Dai's letter to Zhuge Jin.

The letter said that after Ding Feng left Gan County, he chased Wang Jin to Tailing Mountain in the upper reaches of the Yuzhang River and besieged him. Yu Fan followed him and brought his family to Nanye County.Tailing Mountain has dense vegetation and many snakes, insects, rats and ants. Ding Feng was worried about ambush and did not dare to enter the mountain to encircle and suppress. On this day, the county magistrate Yu Fan and his family of more than ten people were all taken away.

Ding Feng was shocked when he heard the news and led his army back to rescue Nanye. As a result, the bandits behind them looted Ganxian and Yudu counties in the opposite direction. Fighting back and forth in Ganshui, Ding Feng was exhausted in the rear, and the bandit leader Wang Jin led his troops to attack and harass, and staged a scene of praying mantis catching cicadas and orioles. Yu Fan and his family.

Shuangfa pulled and moved to fight for more than ten days. The two bandits joined forces and fled to Guiyang County along the Yuzhang River. Ding Feng chased into Guiyang County because of anger. The young general who painted the halberd was unable to win in twenty rounds, and finally retreated to the territory of Luling because the opponent increased his troops.Later, Wang Jin sent people to sneak into Nanye secretly, and Archery Shu went to Ding Feng's camp to demand ransom.

Zhuge Jin was stunned after reading the letter, and thought this is still Ding Feng in my memory?Although he came from a poor family but has rich combat experience, he shouldn't be teased like this, right?

In fact, among the thousands of bandits that Wang Jin took to Luling, he was the only leader who was a real bandit. The veterans of the Tiejiao Martial Arts Hall, and the veterans of the reconnaissance battalion around Song Chen.

Lv Dai withdrew the army pretending to be Shanyue from Longchuan, Sha Moke secretly dispatched half of the barbarians to Guiyang according to Lanyuan's previous instructions, and finally encountered Ding Feng in Qujiang.

Before his departure, Lan Tian only asked Lan Yuan to ensure the stability of Jiaozhou, and did not give him an order to attack Luling, so he took the spoils of war (Yu Fan) and returned to Guangzhou when he saw a good deal. When Lan Yuan communicated with Zhao Shuang at the Guangzhou Academy , I probably know Jiangdong's knowledgeable Junjie, when he heard that Yu Fan was actually in Nanye County, so he staged the scene of kidnapping by bandits, which belongs to beating rabbits.

"This doesn't look like the work of bandits, and with General Ding's martial arts, how could he be stopped by an unknown young general? When did Guiyang come out with such a character?" Zhuge Jin asked puzzled.

Sun Quan shook his head, "Hmph, God knows... Who would have thought that another young general would appear in Guiyang after all the efforts to inquire about the generals around Lantian? As for the true or false bandits, they are no match for Xi Jinping." Jane's soldier, I don't know what to say..."

Zhuge Jin sympathized with Ding Feng's experience, he made many military exploits but his promotion was very slow due to his poor background, and this time he had a bad nose in Luling, he was afraid that he would have to endure many years if he wanted to be promoted to general.

The army that attacked Jingzhou from four directions, Lu Xun's troops suffered the least damage and retreated to Chaisang, Jiang Qin's troops suffered the most damage and were almost wiped out. It is not in their interest to redeem people for general Huaisi.

Sun Quan repeatedly sent people to negotiate during this period, and he finally chose to make some concessions. First, he agreed to distribute some of the redeemed trilogy to the gentry generals, and secondly, he was willing to promote a group of gentry generals, so that the Jiangdong gentry had the right to speak in the military officer group.

In mid-December, Sun Quan received a letter from Cao Cao, who was invited to attack Jiangxia in response to the Battle of Xiangfan, and asked him about Lantian in detail.

While Sun Quan poured bitter water on Cao Cao, he used Zhou Tai as his general to gather [-] sailors and advance to E County, intending to take advantage of the fire and loot to put pressure on Jingzhou to demand the return of the prisoners.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the 25th year of Jian'an, Lantian's fleet arrived at the agreed Jiangxin Island, which is the middle of Jiangxia and E County, and the location where the Yangtze River turns south (near Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City today)

Sun Quan had been waiting for this negotiation for a long time. He pointed to the people on the big boat to the north, turned around and said to Zhuge Jin, "It turns out that the ruffian in the market has turned into a state shepherd. Ziyu, please talk to him for me first. If not, I will show up again."

"Wei." Zhuge Jin bowed to answer.

The two parties docked and disembarked according to the agreement, each brought ten guards ashore, and chose a flat place to discuss.

Zhou Tai followed Zhuge Jin, and Gan Ning followed Lan Tian. The two looked at each other as soon as they met, with sharp and fierce lights as if they were going to eat each other.

"General Lan, be polite." Zhuge Jin bowed his hands and bowed. Because he and Lan Tian had different official positions and represented the side of the sufferer, he took the lead in lowering his figure.

Lan Tian raised his hand in return: "Mr. Ziyu is polite, are you talking to me today?"

"My lord caught wind and cold by accident, and now we are resting on the big ship, shall we try to talk first?" Zhuge Jin asked.

"Of course it's no problem. It's business anyway, just negotiate the price." Lan Tian smiled slightly.

"Uh... The general's asking price is too high, can you reduce it as appropriate? Jiangdong has been harassed by mountains all year round, and disasters occur frequently in Yangzhou, so there is not much money left in the treasury..."

"If it wasn't for me to ask for a high price, life is really priceless. If General Sun hadn't betrayed the alliance, how could the situation be like this now? Besides, we want some compensation, mainly for the soldiers who died in battle. Mr. Ziyu thought it was too expensive...today Negotiations are..."

Before Zhugejin finished complaining, he was beaten by Lantian's three axe. He quickly waved his hand and said, "It's not that it's too expensive, it's not that it's too expensive. Can the general look at Kong Ming's face and make some concessions so that I can be in the same place as you?" My lord is on business..."

Chapter 617 What a Wonderful Lan Ziyu

Lan Tian hesitated and said: "Mr. Ziyu is the elder brother of Kong Ming, and I have a good relationship with the prime minister. It is really not suitable for him to be unable to deal with business..."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes...for my second brother's sake..." Zhuge Jin immediately agreed.

Lan Tian stroked his beard and pondered: "Mr. will really give me problems, but the prime minister's affection must also be taken care of, but my price is really not high. I have a suggestion for you to consider."

"General, please try to say..." Zhuge Jin was full of expectations.

Lan Tian stretched out two fingers, "For Mr. Tzuyu's sake, I will give you two methods of 'single price reduction' and 'multiple dark redemptions' for you to choose.

A single price reduction is the first time I reduce the price by [-]% of the transaction, and multiple dark redemptions are uniformly traded at [-]% of the original price, but only for officers and generals, and ordinary soldiers maintain the original price. "

"I can understand the single price reduction. What do you mean by these multiple secret redemptions? Jin has little knowledge, so please tell the general clearly." Zhuge Jin looked confused.

Lan Tian explained: "Dark redemption is similar to lottery. The captives are covered with black cloth and then handed over to you at random. For example, there are three middle-ranking generals including Zhu Ran, but you only raise enough for two, or you are only willing to redeem two. , then we will choose two people to deliver, but in the end we may not be able to redeem Zhu Ran, I wonder if I say that, does Ziyu understand?"

Zhuge Jin seemed to have realized something, so he asked: "If you choose the dark redemption, all the generals will be paid [-]% of the original price? Do you need to match the ordinary moves?"

"What do you think? How can General Guangshou do it?" Lan Tian smiled slightly, and then added: "But for the sake of my husband, this is the first business to open without soldiers. Does Ziyu think it's interesting?"

"Then...that's very grateful...let's redeem first..." Zhuge Jin beamed with joy.

Lan Tian rudely interrupted Zhuge Jin, and said with a smile: "This is a big matter, Ziyu had better ask General Sun, if you make your own decisions now, General Sun may not be happy."

"Yes, thank you, General, for your reminder. Please stay here for a while, and I will return after Jin returns to the boat after asking for instructions." Zhuge Jin cupped his hands in thanks.

Lan Tian waved his hand, "Tzuyu go and come back quickly."

Watching Zhugejin and Zhou Tai leave in a small boat, Gan Ning beside him asked curiously: "Sir, just let Dali open your mouth, beware of the Jiangdong rats making progress."

Lan Tian smiled leisurely: "Xingba can rest assured, how can I make a loss-making business? If I don't give the other party some sweetness, how can this business start?"

Gan Ning remained silent, thinking that it is no wonder that Mr. Wang encourages trade in Guangzhou, so he is so good at doing business.

Zhuge Jin went back quickly, and Sun Quan walked out of the cabin with a curious expression on his face: "How could Ziyu be so fast? Could it be that Lan Tian was arrogant and unreasonable?"

"No, Lan Ziyu cared about my second brother's affection, and gave some concessions on the spot. The humble job couldn't make up her mind, so she came back to ask the lord for instructions." Zhuge Jin replied.

Zhou Tai next to him nodded in agreement, confirming the authenticity of Zhuge Jin's answer, and Sun Quan then brought the two of them into the cabin.

After learning about Lantian's 'single price reduction' and 'multiple dark redemptions', Sun Quan frowned and murmured: "Dark redemption looks really good, but I always feel that Lan Tian has no good intentions. All of us are in his hands. Who doesn't want to do what they want? This guy must leave the famous generals behind and deliberately let us buy them all."

At this time, Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong had already come to the front line from Jianye, and Sun Quan needed the nod of the financial backer for this deal.

Zhang Zhao represents the Huaisi Group, and Gu Yong represents the Jiangdong gentry. At critical moments, both sides need to dig out their pockets.

"Lan Tian seems to be giving away profits, but in fact he is very cunning. Among the prisoners of war, there are the most ordinary ones, and the one billion needed for redemption will not be given away. Those generals have a total of 5000 million, and the dark redemption can only save 3000 million. Please forgive me. The minister bluntly said that Jiang Dong can't afford so much for the time being..." Gu Yong frowned.

Zhang Zhao stroked his mottled beard, and analyzed with vain eyes: "Since this person is a black owl, if he is not cunning, he will be abnormal. I think it is better to pick up the important ones first, and then talk about the rest slowly. If you are tired, you will always be able to use it." Concession."

Sun Quan nodded straight after hearing this: "Zibu is right, you have to eat every bite, so who should we redeem first?"

"Of course it's the governor." Zhou Tai hurriedly grabbed the words.

"Lan Tian is only willing to give up the profit if he has to redeem secretly. How can he easily send Ziming back? He will definitely wait until the end..." Sun Quan's face was serious.

Zhang Zhao continued to analyze: "The governor must be among the four generals, the middle-level general and the senior general. I guess the governor must be the senior general, and the three middle-level generals are Old General Han, Wen Gui (Pan Zhang), and Yi Feng. (Zhu Ran).

The rest are classified as ordinary generals. Lan Tian agrees that the first transaction does not include soldiers. We might as well redeem the governor first. 6000 million is also a good deal. "

"I suggest asking for directions. It's better to redeem a mid-level general first. Even if Lantian has tricks, the loss will be smaller..."

The discount for the first charge is strong, and Gu Yong does not want to give up the opportunity. After Zhang Zhao's analysis just now, Gu Yong believes that the possibility of releasing Zhu Ran first is the greatest. After all, he is not well-known among the three generals, and the key point is that Zhu Ran is a native of Jiangdong.

"Not right, not right, mid-level generals can only save 1000 million yuan, and redeeming the governor can save 4000 million yuan, my lord, don't miss this opportunity." Zhang Zhao quickly advised.

Gu Yong shook his head and retorted: "Early redemption is the same as late redemption..."

"How can it be the same? The first transaction does not include additional steps. On average, more than 300 people are attached to a general, but judging from the redemption price, the price difference between a middle-level general and a high-level general is four times..."

"Zibu is so good at calculation..." Gu Yong snorted coldly.

Although Sun Quan likes to play with the balance, he didn't want to see the dispute at this time. He quickly made a decision, "I think we can just follow Zibu's advice and let Ziming be redeemed, but this ransom..."

Zhang Zhao looked distressed: "Xiaozhi and Ziheng raised funds for more than a month, almost evacuating the generals' homes, and only raised 3000 million yuan, and the rest..."

When Sun Quan heard that the Huaisi generals had a lot of money, he nodded affirmatively: "I will pay the remaining 3000 million yuan, Yuan Tan, you can arrange it..."

"Uh...okay..." Gu Yong glanced at Zhang Zhao, thinking that the 3000 million won't be in vain.

"Ziyu, go for another trip, and make an agreement with Lan Tian to deliver here two days later, and talk to the rest of the prisoners once they are redeemed, just hold him back first," Sun Quan ordered.

"Wei." Zhuge Jin bowed and withdrew, followed by Zhou Tai.

The first negotiation was a happy one. Sun Quan took everyone back to Chaisang to prepare the ransom, and Lan Tian returned to the big ship to report to Liu Bei.

After understanding the details of the negotiation, Fazheng stroked his beard and praised: "I didn't expect General Lan to be so good at negotiating, forcing the other party one after another, so that Sun Quan redeemed the most expensive one from the very beginning. It's really admirable..."

"The Jiangdong rats are not stupid. They know how to maximize their profits, but they don't know who Ziyu will appoint as the senior general?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

Lan Tian smiled, lowered his head and whispered two words into Liu Bei's ear.

"Is this possible?" Liu Bei's eyes widened.

"Can this person be a high-ranking general?" Lan Tian asked back.

"Naturally, Sun Quan's expression should be very exciting, Ziyu, you are such a wonderful person..." Liu Bei pointed at Lantian and smiled knowingly.

Chapter 618 No return or exchange of goods out of the cabinet

Two days later, in the old place, the sun was just right.

Both Sun and Liu arrived as agreed. In addition to the people involved in the negotiations, there were two boats parked nearby. The slightly larger one was storing the ransom money, while the other was a small fishing boat with a shed.

Zhuge Jin's face was full of spring, and he bowed his hands and said: "The 6000 million yuan is all on this ship. General Lan can send someone to check it."

Lan Tian knew that the cargo on board was not light by the amount of draft. He waved his hand and said boldly: "What is a mere [-] to [-] million yuan? I can trust Tzuyu's character. Besides, this is our first transaction, so we must be honest. Lord, don’t you need to check again?”

"Uh... the general is really arrogant..." Zhuge Jin proposed to inspect the goods, and the purpose was also to test whether it was Lu Meng, but seeing that Lan Tian was so generous, he was embarrassed to mention it again.

"I think it's getting late, why don't you change ships and go back, how about discussing the follow-up transaction as soon as possible?" Lan Tian suggested.

"Very good." Zhuge Jin nodded in agreement.