The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 209: Luo Yuan gets a free ride from Jiangdong, plans first to gain profit

Luo Yuan smiled and said, "I see there are many fields along the river, but no one is cultivating them. I guess it's because of the flood season. If we build a big embankment, we can get countless good fields and distribute them to retired veterans. Whose fields will they belong to?"

Xu Shu immediately realized that all the fertile land in the area must belong to the gentry, and the land along the river must be no exception. The gentry definitely occupied the majority of the land!

Everyone knows that there will be times when floods occur, and the gentry will definitely not value those lands, so they can buy them back at low prices. When the dam is built, those lands can immediately become excellent paddy fields.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "My lord is very wise. The nobles would never have thought that you would build a big embankment."

"So what if they thought of it? If they don't sell the land, I won't build the embankment. We are the only ones in the whole Jiangling who have enough manpower to build the embankment." Such a mega project requires a large number of manpower.

Luo Yuan has the most labor force!
Xu Shu said: "If you build a big embankment, the local people will be blessed and will never oppose you again in the future!"

"They are free-spirited and love to fight, but sooner or later they will all be my people!" Luo Yuan said with a smile, "As long as we are really doing things for the people, they will see it and will support us in the future!"

This is more effective than any publicity.

Xu Shu nodded, thought for a moment and said, "I think Liu Huan has changed. Maybe he can be used!"

If you want to buy land from local nobles, it will definitely be much smoother if you have a local noble to help you.

Luo Yuan naturally didn't care and let Xu Shu handle it. If he thought the person could be used, then use him. He didn't pay attention to such trivial matters as employing people.

He picked up a piece of silk cloth, which was a letter from Liu Bei, inviting him to Jiangxia to discuss the fight against Cao Cao.

The anti-Cao banner was raised by Luo Yuan in Jiangxia in order to cheat Sun Quan of grain. Now Liu Bei uses this as an excuse to let him go!

Obviously he has no good intentions.

Xu Shu said, "I don't think this is Kong Ming's plan. Perhaps it is the idea of ​​Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others. If you don't go, they will say that you are Cao Cao's son-in-law and that you are a traitor to the Han Dynasty by colluding with Cao Cao. They will attack us. If you go, you will have to fight against Prime Minister Cao. At that time, Uncle Liu will naturally be the leader. If you arrange for you to fight against Cao Cao, it will be like driving away the wolf and swallowing the tiger. He will not suffer any loss anyway!"

Luo Yuan certainly understood that Liu Bei's move was quite uncomfortable. "Han Xuan, if I don't go, he can invite Han Xuan to fight me in the name of the Han Dynasty. As for him, he certainly doesn't want to fight me."

Xu Shu looked at Luo Yuan and said, "My Lord, what are you going to do?"

Xu Shu also had another worry. If Luo Yuan went, what if Liu Bei had bad intentions and wanted to murder Luo Yuan?
Luo Yuan smiled and said, "Yuanzhi, I don't really want to bother with Liu Bei. People say he is kind and righteous, but what's the use of relying on kindness and righteousness for the princes? Kindness and righteousness are just tools. I heard that he minted coins in Jiangxia, using one large coin as fifty copper coins, and bought things from the people!"

It's just Liu Bapi!
Xu Shu said: "I have also heard about this matter. Uncle Liu did not do a good job. What does the lord mean? Should we go or not?"

"Of course not, I'm going to Jiangdong!"

"Haha, that's right. Pang Shiyuan and Zhang Qiao are in Jiangdong to ask for a wife for the lord. The lord can just use this as an excuse not to go to Jiangxia, and Liu Huangshu can't say anything!" Xu Shu laughed and said, "After all, the lord loves beauty more than the country."

Luo Yuan once said this to Zhong Yao in Chang'an, and then the news spread!
Lord Luo has no ambition, he likes beauties but not the country!

Luo Yuan thought of Sun Shangxiang and the agreement about the sachet. He smiled and said, "I guess that Kong Ming is already in Jiangdong and wants to join forces with Sun Quan to fight Meng De. He can only choose one of Sun Shangxiang and join forces with Sun Quan to fight Cao Cao. Either I take Shangxiang and he joins forces with Jiangdong, or I join forces with Jiangdong and he takes Shangxiang for Liu Bei."

Xu Shu was stunned. He just said that you love beautiful women more than the country, but now you don’t want beautiful women anymore.

As soon as Luo Yuan saw Xu Shu, he laughed and said, "How can Kong Ming give up the opportunity to join forces with Jiangdong? Of course I will take Shangxiang. If I join forces with Jiangdong, the first thing I will do is to kill Uncle Liu to avenge him for stealing my wife." By then, Sun Shangxiang will be his!
Xu Shu also understood Luo Yuan's thoughts, and complained silently in his heart, "You are so shameless, this method is so insidious."

However, Kong Ming must have known that he would give up Sun Shangxiang and choose to join forces with Jiangdong.

Xu Shu said: "Then I will prepare the betrothal gifts for my lord!"

"Not good, not good!"

Luo Yuan waved his hands quickly, looked around and saw that there was no one around, then whispered: "Don't prepare anything!"

Xu Shu said: "Sun is a noble lady. My lord, if you want to marry Madam Sun without a betrothal gift, wouldn't you be laughed at?"

Luo Yuan naturally had his own reasons: "Yuanzhi, I have four wives, Wen Ji, Zhen Mi, Cao Jie, and Zhong Yu. I gave some betrothal gifts to Cao Jie, but you also know that it was because Cao Zhi was making things difficult for me, and it was not my true intention. Now if I prepare a heavy gift for Sun Shangxiang alone, the wives will be sad, so I don't plan to give Sun a betrothal gift."

It’s better to just get it for free!
At most, I would just mention the pork elbow. After all, the appointment with Sun Shangxiang about the sachet was triggered by the pork elbow.

Xu Shu looked at Luo Yuan in shock. What kind of operation was this?
Can this be done?
He doesn't quite agree.
"My lord, even if it is for Madam Wen Ji and others not to be sad, you can't just not prepare anything. The ladies are very righteous and will understand your dilemma!"

Luo Yuan said, "They will naturally understand my difficulties, but can I take that for granted? The way for husband and wife to get along is to respect each other. My wife thinks for me, and I have to think for them. Besides, you said that the Sun family is valuable? How valuable is it? Speaking of origin, Wen Ji is needless to say, Zhen Ji is also a wealthy family in Zhongshan, and her ancestors were also high officials. Cao Jie and Zhong Yu are all valuable, but the Sun family is the least valuable. What did Sun Jian do originally? He was just a small local family!"

Compared with people like Wen Ji, Sun Jian was a small family before he became rich.

In terms of status and background, Luo Yuan's wives are among the best in the world. The Sun family cannot compare to them at all.

Therefore, it is better for Sun Quan not to compare his status with himself, because any of his wives can kill their Sun family in seconds.

"People like Wen Ji are worthy of being the emperor's empress. More expensive than them? Is she more expensive than them?"

Xu Shu was speechless and didn't know what to say.

If you want to talk about identity, what else can I say? The Sun family is indeed just average.

"But courtesy always matters!"

"I will naturally consider those things," Luo Yuan said with a smile, "Forget about the betrothal gift. During this trip to Jiangdong, I also want to discuss business with Sun Quan. Next year, Meng De will go south and make a lot of money."

"What is your plan, my lord?"

"Porcelain, weapons, and profits are great, and Jiangdong has many mines."

Xu Shu said: "The Sun family will definitely not sell weapons to fight against Cao Cao!"

Luo Yuan exclusively owns the porcelain, so the only thing Sun can sell is the iron ore.

(End of this chapter)