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

Chapter 300: Cheng Yu plots a plan to kill two birds with one stone, Hua Xin feels dissatisfied after being ignored
Xu Shu sat in Zhou Yu's place, filled himself with a bowl of fish porridge, and took a few bites: "Cao Cao is so powerful that Kong Ming may not be able to deal with him!"

Luo Yuan quickly lowered his head to eat and ignored Xu Shu. Xu Shu quickly looked over and moved his stool to Luo Yuan's side: "My lord, I really don't want to join in!"

Luo Yuan turned his head and Xu Shu looked over. Seeing that Luo Yuan was still eating, Xu Shu took away Luo Yuan's bowl.

"My Lord, we really don't want to fight Cao together!"

"How can I resist? Meng De is my father-in-law." Luo Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "Do you want me to make Cao Jie sad? You agreed not to get involved in our conquest of Changsha, how can you change your plan at will?"

It’s enough to have Kong Ming, Zhou Yu and Meng De to play with!

Meng De was played so badly!

Luo Yuan thought about it and decided to help Cao Cao. It was so pitiful that everyone in the world bullied Meng De.

"We'll help Cao Cao then!"

"Ah...it's fine if the lord doesn't fight Cao, but why is he helping him?"

"He is my father-in-law after all. How can I just watch him fall into trouble?" Luo Yuan said, "We should be more particular and open-minded. Without Meng De, the foreign tribes would have invaded long ago. Meng De still has contributions to this world!"

Before Xu Shu could speak, Luo Yuan shook his head. There was no need to talk about this matter anymore, as he knew what was going on.

Everyone looks down on Meng De, but have you ever thought that Cao Cao is really a bad person? If Liu Bei were put in Cao Cao's position, he might not be able to do better than Cao Cao.

All you know is to fight Cao Cao. What’s the point?

Luo Yuan controlled Zhou Yu, went home in a happy mood, and then immediately got down to work!
The lord has more work to do than most people. He is exhausted as a dog. He is worse than a worker.
Lord Luo was so busy that he didn't even have time to chat with his wife.

In Xiangyang, Xiahou Dun received Luo Yuan's letter. After reading it, he said to Cheng Yu, "What should we do if Luo Yuan doesn't come?"

Not long after Xiahou Dun arrived in Xiangyang, Cheng Yu was secretly sent by Cao Cao to assist him.

Because of Luo Yuan, Cao Cao did not go south but had already begun to make secret arrangements. In Xinye, Xu Zhu was leading his army to confront Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Liu Bei and others were in Jiangxia, and Kong Ming was now active in Jiangdong.

Cheng Yu said: "Luo Yuan is really speechless. I asked him to come to discuss important matters, not to harm him."

Xiahou Dun said: "He has already said that he will not interfere in our affairs, so let it go!
Cheng Yu said: "He is the prime minister's son-in-law. Can he just not participate if he says so?"

Then this son-in-law has been in vain!

Moreover, Luo Yuan's subordinates are all elite soldiers. Huang Zhong is now guarding the pass with his soldiers. Cheng Yu is very jealous. It would be great if he could use Luo Yuan's strength.

"If he can send troops to attack Liu Bei, he can advance with us on three fronts. Xu Zhu will attack from Xinye, and we will lead the Jingzhou army to force Jiangxia. Liu Bei will have no choice but to escape by water. If Jiangling can go downstream, Liu Bei will have no choice but to go to Jiangdong. At that time, we only need to threaten Sun Quan, and Sun Quan may not necessarily hand over Liu Bei. In this way, the world can be settled!" Cheng Yu said.

Xiahou Dun smiled bitterly and said, "That's why Luo Yuan won't help. How could he not see through it? When Jiangdong is pacified, we will fight him. Don't forget that Luo Yuan is a famous scholar in the world with extraordinary strategies!"

"..."

Cheng Yu was immediately confused, it seemed like that.

According to his plan, if that time really comes, he will fight with Luo Yuan.

But should the 28th Army of Jingzhou be afraid of Luo Yuan?

"Who do you think is stronger, the Jingzhou Army or Luo Yuan?" Xiahou Dun looked at Cheng Yu ridiculously. Is there any need to ask this? Luo Yuan is definitely stronger. Are those people in the Jingzhou Army considered an army?
"It's not the same thing. You haven't been to Jiangling, so you don't know how wonderful it is," Xiahou Dun said, "Gongqi said he has 80,000 troops under his command, but if a war breaks out and the people follow him, it won't be a problem for him to recruit hundreds of thousands of troops."

"Huh?" Cheng Yu thought it was ridiculous. "How is that possible?"

"You don't understand. When Gongqi arrived in Jiangling, he laid off tens of thousands of veterans and gave them land and houses to let them live in peace. Although these veterans are now civilians, they manage the villages for Gongqi. Jiangling has built tens of thousands of new villages, all of which are managed by these veterans. They farm on weekdays and train and patrol in their spare time. The people of Jiangling are now more enthusiastic about joining the army. If Gongqi hadn't limited the number of troops, Jiangling's army would have exceeded 200,000 long ago."

The Jiangling army has good food, high pay, opportunities to excel, and can also learn advanced writing!
If you are injured and retired, you will be assigned a cabin, and the Military Command will arrange a job for you as a minor official or something.

As soon as Xiahou Dun said this, Cheng Yu fell silent. Soldiers still get paid. This... is too much.

How do you let everyone play like this?
Who can afford to play this?
Military pay is an amazing thing. During the time of Emperor Wu, there were still vassal kings, but only the troops directly under the emperor received military pay, while other armies only had food provided at most.

The soldiers under Cao Cao had no military pay, and only those who became officials received salaries.

Cheng Yu asked: "Can Huang Zhong and others rebel against them?"

Xiahou Dun was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. This question was like asking him again, would he betray Cao Cao?
"Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Gong Qi treated them like brothers"

Will your hands and feet betray you?
Cheng Yu didn't believe it. Jiangling was still a place where no one could get in. He asked, "How about bribing the officials in Jiangling?"

"..." Xiahou Dun shook his head speechlessly!

"What do you mean?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I can't. I can't afford to bribe them. The Prime Minister can't give those people in Jiangling what they want!"

"Official positions, gold and silver women, none of them?"

"Haha...you'd better go to Jiangling and you'll know!" Xiahou Dun felt it was really tiring to talk to Cheng Yu. Why was he trying to bribe Luo Yuan's men?

They knew nothing about Luo Yuan.

Cheng Yu was annoyed. What was going on with Luo Yuan?

It’s really hard to understand.

Seeing that Xiahou Dun was unwilling, Cheng Yu said, "I still need to go to Xu Zhu's place. Hua Xin will stay to help you. You can ask him to go to Jiangling to take a look and report back to the Prime Minister!"

Xiahou Dun naturally had no objection. After meeting Hua Xin, he didn't say anything. Hua Xin felt unhappy when he saw that Xiahou Dun was lukewarm towards him.

He is now assisting Cao Cao in military affairs and can be considered an advisor, but he is second only to Cheng Yu.

Seeing that Xiahou Dun was so indifferent, he decided to go to Jiangling himself to persuade Luo Yuan.

Cao Cao asked him to come with Cheng Yu because he had connections with Jiangdong. In his early years, he had followed Sun Ce, and later he was recommended to go to Xuchang to serve as an official for the emperor, and then he ran to Cao Cao's side.

After Luo Yuan was busy dealing with Zhou Yu, Jiangling's fish and meat production returned to its original level, and Zhou Yu never came to disturb him again.

Jiangling couldn't build the bridge so quickly. It would have to wait until after the Battle of Chibi. Luo Yuan visited various workshops during the day, especially those that supplied the army with military supplies for the winter.

The conditions for wintering are very bad now. People mainly rely on firewood and straw to survive the winter, and don’t have to think about anything else.

(End of this chapter)