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

Chapter 343: Lu Zijing goes the wife route, Sun Shangxiang plays with food
Before Lu Su went to Jiangling, he first visited Kong Ming and told him about Sun Quan's decision. Lu Su felt that Sun Quan was in a difficult situation.

"Sir, I'm going to Jiangling. Do you have any advice for me?"

What am I advising!
Sun Quan has been avoiding me, can you give me some advice?
Kong Ming knew that Lu Su hoped that he could convey a message to Luo Yuan so that he could get along well with Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan doesn't play by the rules, he's very weird.

And he likes to cheat people.

Kong Ming smiled and said, "Liang can write a letter and Zi Jing can take it to Gong Qi. It may be helpful for Zi Jing to do what he wants to do. There is nothing else, just a few greetings and an explanation of the situation in Jiangdong."

Lu Su was extremely grateful. After Kong Ming finished writing the letter and thanked him, he still felt that Kong Ming was a really good person.

He just wanted Kong Ming to say something good about Jiangdong.

Luo Gongqi is not a good person.

On his way to Jiangling, Lu Su saw fleets of ships carrying nobles heading to Jiangling on the Yangtze River. They were so huge that it made his face twitch. These fleets looked like the nobles in Jiangdong were moving.

A day later, before reaching Jiangling, we saw a long embankment on the bank of the Yangtze River, extending up the Yangtze River like a giant dragon. All the way north.

A full hundred miles!
The construction of the Da'an in Jiangling has never stopped. Building it all the way down along the Yangtze River can provide some jobs for the people. It is also because the current boundary marker of Jiangling has long disappeared.

What can we do if the common people spontaneously build the embankment?
When Lu Su arrived in Jiangling, he was stunned by the prosperous Jiangling. The streets were full of people and soldiers could be seen everywhere!

Jiangling was more prosperous than the last time he came. The people had smiles on their faces and business was booming.

It's not comparable to Chaisang at all!
The gap is very obvious.

When Lu Su arrived at the Military Commander's Mansion, he met with Sun Shangxiang and said, "Nowadays, a large amount of grain from Jiangdong is flowing into Jiangling. When Cao Cao goes south next year, I'm afraid that Jiangdong's grain will not be enough. Please ask Shaojun and Gongqi if they can temporarily allow us to trade with Jiangdong!"

Food is a big deal.

Sun Shangxiang didn’t think much about it. Jiangdong was in trouble now, so naturally she should help!
"It's not a big deal. I can tell my husband about it. But my brother should restrict the amount of food that can enter Jiangling." Sun Shangxiang asked, "Why should Jiangling cut off its business with Jiangdong?"

"Young Master, the Marquis of Wu is in a dilemma. The nobles are making a lot of money from trading with Jiangling now. I'm afraid they don't want to cut off their business with Jiangling!"

After all, the Sun family are outsiders, while the Jiangdong gentry are locals.

It would not be surprising if the gentry were dissatisfied and rebelled.

The gentry at this time were no longer simple gentry, but rather a powerful family!

If there is food, there are soldiers, and if there are soldiers, there is power.

If the Sun family banned the outflow of grain from Jiangdong, they would offend the powerful families in Jiangdong, and they might not continue to support the Sun family in the future.

It's really not a big deal.

After seeing Lu Su off, Sun Shangxiang went to find Luo Yuan, talked to him, and helped Lu Su deliver Kong Ming's letter.

Luo Yuan first read Kong Ming's letter, and it turned out that Kong Ming was apologizing to him on behalf of Liu Bei.

He looked at it and put it aside.

He was not angry with Liu Bei at all. They were not in the same group, so why should he be angry? If a fight broke out in the future, he would just kill him when he had the chance.

Then he said to Sun Shangxiang: "It's not that I can't suspend trade, but it's useless. The grain will still flow into Jiangling.'

Since grain cannot be transported out from Jiangdong, won't the nobles take other routes?

The nobles who had already used Jiangling's high-end items now couldn't live without them.

"Jiangdong borders Changsha, and Changsha's Han Xuan is ready to make a move. The nobles can easily enter Jiangling from Han Xuan's territory!"

Sun Quan's idea was useless. It was nothing more than giving Han Xuan more money. The nobles would not care at all. As long as they had a good relationship with Han Xuan, the nobles' caravans would still be able to reach Jiangling.

Sun Shangxiang was stunned, "My husband, do you mean that the Jiangdong nobles would communicate with Han Xuan?

There's nothing strange about this.

Those people are gentry, not ordinary people, so Han Xuan will give them some face.

Fighting is one thing, but who doesn't want the benefits? For the sake of the benefits, Han Xuan can pretend to be dead for once.

If you can get money by pretending to be dead, why not pretend to be dead?

Sun Shangxiang took a deep breath and said, "The nobles are colluding with Han Xuan, no way!"

"Of course not," Luo Yuan said with a smile, "This is human nature, it's normal, but the trade between Jiangling and Jiangdong is documented and cannot be torn up easily."

Hearing Luo Yuan say this, Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but roll her eyes.

I don't believe Luo Yuan's nonsense.

Documents?

Since when did Jiang Ling start to care about that kind of thing? Who is the person who says every day that documents are bullshit and can be torn up whenever he wants?
The greatest significance of a document is to be torn up.

These are all Luo Yuan’s famous quotes, and he said them many times.

What do you mean now that it can't be torn up easily? This statement doesn't fit the husband's personality at all.

Sun Shangxiang knew that Luo Yuan was mocking Jiangdong and Sun Quan was also joking. Do I have to do whatever you say?
Please correct your attitude, speak properly, and find the right position.
Jiang Ling is not a subordinate of Jiangdong, so there is no need to listen to Sun Quan!
For the sake of Sun Shangxiang, Luo Yuan could ignore Sun Quan's arrogance, but he would never do whatever Sun Quan said.

Sun Shangxiang immediately understood what Luo Yuan meant!

"Ah, brother, sometimes he is indeed a little thoughtless. I am here to apologize to him. Husband, don't be angry. We should continue our business with Jiangdong. If brother doesn't want the grain to flow out, just let him buy it back from us. This way, he can earn money from Jiangdong."

The grain from Jiangdong arrived at Jiangling and was then bought back. In this way, Jiangling suffered no loss and even made more money.

Good thing, good thing!
It’s just like running a gift shop at home. People buy gifts and give them to you, and then when they leave, you can sell those gifts again.

Repeat this process and you will make countless profits!

Sun Shangxiang felt that this was the correct way for Jiangdong and Jiangling to get along. After all, Jiangdong had made a lot of money from making porcelain, so that money should be put to good use.

When she said this, Luo Yuan was also surprised. This... makes sense.
As expected, she is my daughter-in-law and knows how to bring benefits to the family.

It won’t work without a kiss and a reward.

Sun Shangxiang turned around and told Lu Su that a direct ban would definitely not work, but they could consider asking Sun Quan to buy the grain back, which would be no problem.

Anyway, Jiangling has plenty of grain now. Grain from all over the world is flowing to Jiangling, and hundreds of carts of grain enter the Jiangling market every day.

Because there is so much grain, local grain prices have become very low.

"Jiangdong should buy food from Jiangling now, instead of asking Jiangling to do something. After all, Jiangling and Jiangdong are equal, and Jiangling is not Jiangdong's territory," Sun Shangxiang said shrewdly. "Only in this way can the relationship between the two families last long. Zijing, what do you think?"

Lu Su's face was already covered in cold sweat.
Oh, is this Shaojun? He speaks so sharply.

It feels like you are mocking Jiang Dong for being rude and not knowing the rules of diplomacy.

Lu Su thought about it, it seemed... indeed rather rude that Sun Quan asked Jiang Ling to do something...

(End of this chapter)