I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 423 Prime Minister, good news!

"If His Majesty is happy, I will be happy."

Liu Chan laughed and said, "Okay, I won't treat you badly in the future."

After a while, the exotic items Liu Chan was expecting were delivered.

Things are rare and valuable. Liu Chan's eyes widened when he saw these things.

He started throwing parties in the backyard.

Chen just said: "Your Majesty, I will retire first."

"wait."

"What else does your Majesty have to do?"

"Have you heard about the court discussion about moving the capital?"

"I heard this."

"What do you think?"

Chen only glanced at Huang Hao, and then said cautiously: "I speak softly and don't dare to speak nonsense."

Liu Chan was holding a glass of wine, his face flushed after drinking, and he put his arm around a girl and said to Chen Zhi, "It doesn't matter if you say so."

"minister……"

"Just say it!"

"I think the capital should be moved to Jiangling."

"Why?"

"Jiangling has become more prosperous under the rule of the general. I heard that many goods in the capital now come from Jiangling, and many goods are sold to Jiangling. I also heard that the general took back Jianye, and all the trade routes along the Yangtze River should be opened up."

"Well, that makes sense."

"and……"

Chen only started to hesitate.

"And what?"

"No...nothing."

"Oh, I'm not a fatuous king or a tyrant. It's just what you say. Why don't I kill you? Say it!"

"Moreover, most of the soldiers in Jingzhou are no longer from Yizhou. They may..."

Chen Zhi began to hesitate again.

"What could it be?"

"possible……"

"I command you to speak!"

"Perhaps the loyal one is not the man or your majesty, but the general!"

Liu Chan's expression changed slightly and he said with a smile: "It's nonsense, the general was recommended by the Prime Minister. He is a good minister of the Han Dynasty and has worked hard for the Han Dynasty."

"Yes, I am just guessing, so moving the capital to Jiangling is good for the people there."

"Understood, you step back."

"My minister retire."

While Chengdu was still debating where to move the capital, the conflict between Han and Wei in Jiangdong was rapidly escalating.

On March 20, 50,000 elite troops led by Wang Ling quickly entered the Gaoyou area. After making simple supplies here, they continued northward along the waterway.

The Han army was so powerful that all the people along the way were shocked.

The news reached Huaiyin on March 22, and Huaiyin was shocked.

At this time, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Guangling County. Moreover, Guangling was full of lakes and swamps, and the people's livelihood was sparse. There was no strength to fight against the Han army.

The prefect of Guangling could only write a letter asking for help to Pengcheng.

But his letter for help was not even as fast as the Han army marching north.

On March 24, Wang Ling arrived at Huaiyin. It only took him half a day to capture the city of Huaiyin and ordered all the people in Huaiyin to move south.

His actions were very high-profile. By March 26, when Pengcheng was still immersed in the shock of the Han army heading north, news of Huaiyin's defeat had already arrived.

This made Xuzhou Weijun's senior officials somewhat at a loss for a while.

The governor of Xuzhou was Hu Zun, Sima Yi's confidant. Hu Zun was transferred to Xuzhou to intimidate Guanqiu Jian in Yangzhou.

Once there is any change in Guanqiu Jian, Xuzhou troops and horses can be mobilized at any time.

Hu Zun never expected that he would encounter such a thing only half a year after arriving.

According to previous years, Sun Wu's east line had two roads going north, one was from Ruxushui to Hefei, and the other was from Guangling.

But Guangling is really a vast place with few people. If the enemy army comes up with so few people, if it goes deeper, it will become a lone army.

Therefore, Sun Quan went northward in successive campaigns, mainly attacking Hefei and then Xuzhou.

The mentality of attacking Xuzhou was, what if the Wei generals in Pengcheng were pigs?
What if it gets beaten down?
Therefore, the Wei army inferred based on the experience of confrontation with Wu in previous years that the Han army would not make any big move against Guangling this time.

But just after this conclusion, the Han army had already captured Huaiyin.

Now everyone couldn't sit still.

Hu Zun gathered 20,000 Wei troops in Xuzhou and arranged 10,000 troops in Xiapi, preparing to use the depth of Xuzhou to hold back the Han army.

In Hu Zun's view, the Han army was approaching fiercely and it was not suitable for a head-on confrontation. He only needed to hold on. After a while, the Han army would have no choice but to return without success.

On the day when Hu Zun decided to go on the defensive, General Wei Sima Shi arrived in Shouchun.

Sima Division inspected Shouchun's military defenses and confirmed with Guanqiu Jian the status of the troops sent to Ruxuwu, and learned that Ruxuwu had increased its troops to 10,000.

"You just said that the Shu army's warships have arrived at Ruxukou?" Master Sima asked in surprise.

"Yes, they provoked our army ten days ago and attacked several times."

Master Sima was surprised and came back to his senses.

"Ruxuwu is the most important fortress on both sides. Li Jian moved faster than we thought, but this time, it is impossible for him to get Ruxuwu."

Master Sima said conclusively.

Ruxuwu is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the defenders maintain a certain amount of troops and defend the position, it is almost impossible for the opponent to defeat it.

Otherwise, after so many years of fighting, why is Ruxuwu still in the hands of Wu Jun?

"But I'm afraid Li Jian won't give up. This time he destroyed the Wu Kingdom and went north with his victorious army. His morale is high." Guan Qiujian said, "This battle may need to last for a long time."

"General Guanqiu is indeed our famous general in the Wei Dynasty. Your worries are exactly the worries of the Grand Tutor, so we are now going to immigrate to Hefei and use Hefei as the fulcrum to support the control of Ruxuwu. First, we will order 20,000 people to go there. Let’s go to Hefei and open up land for farming.”

"Here!"

On this day, many things happened to both parties.

Sun Quan and the Wu clan arrived in Chengdu on this day, and they were temporarily detained.

Also on this day, Liu Chan's question about moving the capital was sent to Chang'an in Guanzhong.

Along with this question was sent the news that Li Heng had destroyed Wu.

On this afternoon, the spring was bright and the breeze was gentle. Zhuge Liang was planting tea trees in the backyard.

Next to Zhuge Liang, Yang Yi reported on the recent people's livelihood situation in Guanzhong, such as the price of food, and how much money the money bank has released this year.

And how many new people have been added to Guanzhong this year.

"The number of people who have moved into Guanzhong from all over the country currently far exceeds our expectations." Yang Yi said, "And in the past nine years since we went north, the number of births has increased a lot. The most important thing is that the food production has kept up. There is a renaissance in Guanzhong. What a sign!”

Zhuge Liang was in a very good mood. He asked, "Where's Sima Yi? Isn't there news that he is going to Tongguan?"

"Sima Yi hasn't arrived at Tongguan yet. I think he deliberately spread the news."

"There's no need to do it deliberately, it won't have any effect. Wei's current internal affairs may make Sima Yi unable to sleep."

At this moment, Fei Yi hurried over.

Fei Yi is very fat. He usually walks slowly and looks gentle and steady.

But at this time, he seemed extremely excited: "Prime Minister! Prime Minister! Prime Minister..."

Zhuge Liang asked in confusion: "Why is Wen Wei so anxious?"

"Prime Minister! The general has conquered Jianye!"

(End of this chapter)