I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 201 Reverse operation, seduce Sun Quan’s strategy of Northern Expedition

"The Prime Minister is outside and wants to see His Majesty for something important."

"I have more important things now."

"The Prime Minister said that Your Majesty must go to see him immediately."

Trainer Bu said in a gentle tone: "Your Majesty should put state affairs first."

After Sun Quan had no choice but to take it out, he got dressed in a depressed mood.

Sun Quan always respected Gu Yong, so he tidied up and went out.

Gu Yong led the ministers to the main hall. Sun Quan asked in a gentle tone: "What's important, Prime Minister? Why are all the ministers gathered today?"

"Your Majesty..." Grand Sinong Liu Ji said hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, our army was defeated at Baidi Mountain." Gu Yong's words were concise and to the point.

The smile on Sun Quan's face froze instantly, his eyes changed, and he frowned: "What did you say!"

"Our army was defeated at Baidi Mountain!"

Sun Quan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he lowered his voice and asked hoarsely: "It's only the beginning of December, so fast?"

Gu Yong paused for a moment and handed over the battle report: "Not only was the army defeated, General Wei also defeated him..."

Sun Quan was stunned again, he seemed to have guessed it.

Sun Quan took the battle report and put it on the desk. He did not open it, but stared at it.

"How did you die?" Sun Quan asked calmly, but his hands under the robe were already trembling slightly.

"The Shu army's spear penetrated the chest." Gu Yong replied.

All the ministers stopped talking, even Liu Ji, who had been the loudest in the battle before, stopped talking.

"The spear was shot from Baidi Mountain, carrying flames and burning a building ship. Then it shot near Kuimen and killed General Wei."

Sun Quan's face became even more gloomy. He pursed his lips and glanced back and forth on the ground a few times. His tone was still calm: "How is this possible?"

"It's the new weapon of the Shu army."

Sun Quan closed his eyes now, and a feeling of fatigue came over him like a tide.

There was silence for a long time, and the ministers did not speak.

"Where is Deng Bomiao?" Sun Quan asked in a calm tone after being silent for a long time.

"Still Jiankang."

"Gu Qing, go talk to him and say that our two families are allies. Some unpleasant things happened before, and now the truth has been found out. It is his fault that Chief Jiangling came to Jiangzhou without permission, and it is also our fault. Wu Fang, tell him that I will go to Yizhou with a letter of credence in person to apologize to Yizhou."

The ministers still didn't speak, Gu Yong said: "Here."

On the sixth day of December, there was light snow in Baidi Mountain.

Li Heng and Zong Yu were sitting on the pavilion. The fire was heating up, and there were several grilled fish and pheasant meat on it.

Zong Yu cut two pieces of chicken for Li Heng with his own hands and said with a smile: "Ji'an, it's so cold, and I asked you to come here and eat more pieces of meat."

"Thank you, Lord Zong."

"Jian, I have a few things to ask you."

"I don't dare to ask for advice. If you have any questions, please speak up."

"How will we get along with Wu State next?"

"We can just get along normally, but Wu Guo must allow us to use our coins."

"What happens after using our coins?"

"After that, we can get more food, use food to guide the strong men from various counties to Jiangzhou, expand Jiangzhou, and make Jiangzhou the largest trade city."

"Just for this?"

Li Heng hesitated for a moment, Zong Yu screened back, and then said: "There are only two of us here now."

"The name is to build Jiangzhou for the sake of trade between the two countries. In fact, the imperial court has now established a navy in Jiangzhou."

Zong Yu was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Seriously?"

"It has been expanded to 30,000 people."

"Thirty thousand people!" Zong Yu was shocked, "Where did so many people come from?"

If he didn't understand history and Zong Yu's character, Li Heng would never tell him. Of course, Li Heng told him this for a purpose.

Close the relationship with Zong Yu.

"After the Tan Cheng case and the Qiao Zhou case, many hidden persons were dug up."

Zong Yu was startled again. He looked at Li Heng carefully. After a while, he asked: "Are you doing those things just to poach people?"

"No, no, how can you think of me, my uncle? I am enforcing the law impartially."

Zong Yu did not bother, but changed the question: "Why did the imperial court establish a navy in Jiangzhou?"

"Mr. Zong, this matter is top secret. I told you today, but you must not tell it."

"Of course not."

"To defeat Wu."

"Fighting Wu?"

"Take Jingzhou!"

"Why take Jingzhou?"

"Open a second battlefield in Jingzhou!"

Zong Yu took a deep breath and became excited: "When?"

Li Heng did not answer Zong Yu's question directly, but said: "Actually, I planned to recommend Zong Gong as the general of the Eastern Expedition, but I have been busy and did not come to see Zong Yu in person. This time the Wu army attacked, but instead gave us An opportunity to meet and get to know each other.”

Zong Yu was even more excited: "If Li Shangshu is willing to give me this opportunity, I will definitely take Nanjun!"

"How many soldiers and horses does Yong'an have?"

"Including logistics, there can be 10,000 people."

"It takes 100,000 people to take Nan County!"

"Why?"

"After taking Nanjun, Cao Wei and Xiangyang will march southward!"

Zong Yu couldn't help but nod: "Li Shangshu is far-sighted and the Prime Minister knows the real talent! When do you plan to leave eastward?"

Li Heng said: "When Sun Quan goes north, it will be the day we leave east!"

"Cao Wei is now in alliance with Sun Quan, will Sun Quan go north?"

"Yes, the situation will change."

"When will Sun Quan go north?"

Li Heng said: "When Cao Wei obtained the papermaking technology and produced a large amount of paper."

Zong Yu was even more surprised: "Isn't it..."

"Yes, I plan to give the papermaking technology to Cao Wei. Now that Sun Wu has mastered the papermaking technology, there is no point in keeping the papermaking technology secret."

Zong Yu was stunned for a long time before looking at Li Heng in shock again.

Li Heng's few words completely opened up Zong Yu's situation.

Previously, Zong Yu was limited to repelling the Wu army and negotiating with Jiangdong.

After hearing that I was going east, I changed my mind.

After hearing that papermaking technology was to be given to Cao Wei, his entire way of thinking changed.

"How did you come up with this?" Zong Yu couldn't help but ask.

"It's very simple. The alliance between Wu and Wei is based on the needs of both parties. Wei needs stability in the southeast, and Wu needs to make money from Wei through paper trading. But when Wei cannot meet Wu's needs, Sun Quan's ideas change. ”

Everything in the world is so complicated, why can this person understand it so simply and clearly?

Zong Yu was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.

Giving the papermaking technology to Cao Wei, this reverse operation, really broke the situation and made Sun Quan an excellent strategy to send troops northward.

"But didn't we lose the paper business with Cao Wei?"

"Cao Wei will popularize papermaking technology in a year's time. By then we will no longer need to make profits through papermaking."

Zongxu laughed when he heard this and said, "It makes sense! It makes sense!"

"what about now?"

(End of this chapter)