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The news that Jingzhou prefecture would be moved back to Xiangyang spread like wildfire, and there was an uproar in Wuchang City. The most obvious manifestation was the change in land prices in Wuchang.

As many dignitaries and dignitaries began to sell their houses one after another, the price of land in Wuchang City, which was impossible to buy even with money, fell by half in just two days. The location is a little worse, and you can buy it for 30 taels of gold.

More importantly, there is a price market. There are only a few people who want to buy a house, but there are thousands of families who want to sell a house. How can they sell it?With the sharp drop in housing prices, the whole city of Wuchang is full of turmoil and panic.

However, the market did not immediately slump, a large number of shops withered, and the unemployment of employees did not appear. Although the merchants who moved from Fancheng returned to Fancheng one after another, many merchants are still waiting to see whether to give up Wuchang City. The key to this , is the attitude of the Tao family.

In the past few years, under the encouragement and guidance of the government, Jiangxia's business has developed greatly. Compared with five years ago, the scale, quantity, and capital have all increased several times.

Although the business firms formed by large capitals have grown from the original two to more than a dozen, the capital and scale of the Tao family are still unsurpassed, especially the special relationship between the Tao family and Liu Jing, the state shepherd, which makes the Tao family a leader in the entire Jingzhou. The weather vane of the business world.

It can be said that as long as the Tao family starts to sell the shops in Wuchang, then Wuchang's business will face a catastrophe, which will lead to business collapse and make Wuchang go into complete depression, and Wuchang is the heart of Jiangxia, and the depression of Wuchang will bring the whole Jiangxia into decline .

This is the situation where one hair affects the whole body.

At noon, the Xingchun Tavern in Wuchang East City was bustling with activity, and the business was still as hot as usual. The tavern was located in the place where the most shops were concentrated, and it was one of the best in Wuchang City in terms of scale. center. [

In the past few days, the tavern was full of businessmen who came to drink and eat, and they came more to inquire about news.

In the restaurant on the upper and lower floors, there are hundreds of tables, each table is crowded with drinkers, the number of people has doubled than before, and dozens of bartenders are busy serving wine and food. .

The busiest one was the shopkeeper. He walked from the first floor to the third floor, and the guests at almost every wine table would stop him to ask a few questions and inquire about the news. His cheeks hurt from laughing.

At this time, a middle-aged man went up to the second floor with a few followers. The middle-aged man's complexion was slightly yellow, and he had a foot-long beard under his chin. His demeanor was calm and elegant, making him even more extraordinary. This person was Lu Su, the Jiangdong envoy who had just arrived in Wuchang.

Lu Su didn't alarm Jiang Xia's government, he wanted to find out first, so he found Jiang Dong's spy in Wuchang first, and got some information.

Liu Jing went to Xiangyang and has not returned, and I heard that Liu Jing and Cao "Cao" reached a settlement agreement, and they are going to move to Xiangyang and return to Xiangyang.

This news made Lu Su both worried and happy. The worry is that Cao Cao reconciled with Jingzhou, but did not negotiate with Jiangdong. Will he concentrate his forces to attack Jiangdong in the next year or two?

What's more terrible is that after reaching a settlement, Liu Jing will no longer go north to Nanyang, Cao Cao will no longer have to worry about the future, and the threat to Jiangdong will become greater, which makes Lu Su extremely worried.

But on the other hand, the move of Jingzhou prefecture to the west means that Jingzhou's strategy will turn to the west and no longer threaten Jiangdong, which greatly eases Lu Su's worries.

At this time, a bartender stepped forward and said: "This distinguished guest came by a coincidence, and there is an empty table, please come with me."

Lu Su nodded, and followed him to an empty table. He sat down all his attendants, ordered more than a dozen dishes and three pots of wine, and the bartender hurried back to prepare the dishes for him.

While drinking tea, Lu Su was thinking about his own thoughts. How should he negotiate this time? Will Liu Jing stick to his original tough position?

Thinking of Jiang Xia's four harsh conditions last time, Lu Su couldn't help heaving a long sigh. A mistake in decision-making led to such serious consequences, and Marquis Wu couldn't have expected it!

At this time, several bartenders served them food and drinks, and everyone moved their chopsticks. Lu Su drank a few glasses of wine and diverted his mind from the negotiation. He looked at the tavern again and found that many of these drinkers had died After eating, Lu Su refused to leave, which made Lu Su a little puzzled. Why?

At this moment, the sound of stairs sounded, and the fat shopkeeper of the tavern quickly walked up to the second floor, followed by a large group of drinkers, and the drinkers on the third floor also ran down one after another, and there was applause from the lobby on the second floor. [

It was only then that Lu Su realized that everyone was waiting for the shopkeeper, probably because there was some important news, and even Lu Su pricked up his ears curiously.

Today the fat shopkeeper is very confident, he has important news to announce, the fat shopkeeper clapped his palms and smiled at everyone: "Everyone be quiet, listen to me."

Everyone gradually quieted down, and there were still a few people whispering. The fat shopkeeper said again: "It's news that everyone cares about. I won't say it again."

There was a sudden noise in the lobby. Drinkers running upstairs and downstairs had already blocked the stairway. Someone shouted: "Shopkeeper, make your voice louder, we can't hear you!"

The fat shopkeeper raised his voice and laughed: "Yesterday, I went to the Su Mansion to pay the bill, and met the Elder Master, and he told me some news."

The old man that the fat shopkeeper mentioned was Su Fei who was about to be the prefect of Jiangxia. Everyone knew that hundreds of pairs of eyes were fixed on the shopkeeper.

The fat shopkeeper continued with a smile: "My lord told me that Jingzhou is about to reach an agreement with Jiangdong. Jiangdong will open up all trades, including lifting the ban on Hanoi and sea. You can go to Wu County and Kuaiji County to do business, and you can even sit in the sea. The ship goes to the north, so our Wuchang County will still be the largest city in trade with Jiangdong."

The tavern suddenly exploded. For more than ten years, the trade between Jingzhou and Jiangdong can only be along the Yangtze River. Even if the Tao family has a house in Soochow, the warehouse still has to be built along the Yangtze River.

Jiangdong has never allowed Jingzhou ships to enter the inland river, and at the same time, ships are not allowed to go out to sea from Jiangdong. This is called the inland river ban and sea ban.

Every merchant knew what this news meant. It meant that they no longer had to be exploited by Jiangdong merchants again, and could go directly to Jiangdong counties to buy and sell goods and earn greater profits. The merchants in the lobby were very excited and quarreled.

Lu Su frowned. He was shocked. He didn't expect to hear the news in the tavern. Liberating trade was originally one of Liu Jing's four conditions, but he didn't mention the details at the time. Now that he knows the details, he unexpectedly It is to let Jiangdong release the inland river and sea restrictions.

What does this mean?This shows that Jiangxia is already preparing to negotiate with Jiangdong. This is good news, but the conditions for lifting the ban on inland rivers are too harsh. Jiangxia money is very popular. If the ban on inland rivers is lifted, won’t it completely crush Jiangdong’s economy? ?

Is this news true?Lu Su couldn't sit still anymore, he had to ask clearly, Lu Su immediately whispered a few words to one of his subordinates, and asked the shopkeeper to come to see him, the subordinate nodded and left the table.

At this time, the fat shopkeeper said again: "There is still news about the Tao family!"

In an instant, the lobby became quiet again. The Tao family is the weathervane of Jingzhou's business community, and its every move concerns the hearts of thousands of businessmen. At this sensitive moment, the attitude of the Tao family directly determines whether Wuchang will continue to prosper.

"Tell me, shopkeeper! Don't make people hungry." Someone shouted impatiently.

Only then did the fat shopkeeper triumphantly say: "The latest news is that the Tao family bought all the vacant land in Caohekou yesterday. I heard that they are planning to build a warehouse for lease. This news is absolutely true, and I guarantee it with my 20-year reputation."

This news caused joy in the tavern, and cheers resounded throughout the tavern. Not only did the Tao family not leave, but they would continue to buy land. Everyone believed the shopkeeper's words, which should be true.

Many savvy businessmen rushed downstairs immediately, and they wanted to snap up some low-priced Hushikou land before the news spread.

The merchants left one after another, and everyone felt that they should do something and not hang around here. At this time, Lu Su's subordinates invited the shopkeeper over, "My master has something to ask the shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper's eyes were very poisonous, and he also saw that Lu Su was not an ordinary person, he should be a high-ranking official, he quickly saluted and said: "If you have any questions, just ask, if the villain knows the answer."

Lu Su nodded and asked, "I want to ask first, who is your elder?"

"It's Su Taishou of Anlu County, who will soon be appointed Jiangxia's prefect."

Only then did Lu Su realize that it was Su Fei. He had known him for a long time. Lu Su asked again with a smile: "There is also the matter of Jiangdong's release of the inland river ban. As far as I know, the negotiation between Jiangdong and Jiangxia has not started yet." , so it will be asserted that Jiangdong will agree to let go of the inland river ban?"

The shopkeeper smiled wryly and said: "I don't know the specifics, but I did hear from my elder. He said that this is one of our Jiangxia's three conditions, and Jiangdong has to agree if he doesn't agree."

Lu Su's heart moved, and he quickly asked, "Which three conditions?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly shook his head, "The little man doesn't know!"

Lu Su pondered for a moment. With Su Fei's status, he must be an insider. At the beginning, Liu Jing proposed four conditions, but now it has become three. One of them must be cancelled. If it is not trade, it is food compensation. Which one of the three items, hostages, and restricted warships, is it?It is estimated that the possibility of being a hostage is relatively high.

At this moment, someone shouted: "Zhou Mu is back!"

Everyone got up and gathered around the front, Lu Su also looked over, the tavern is next to the Cao River, and saw a fleet of more than [-] ships slowly coming from the water gate in front

The small boat was full of soldiers, and in the middle was a passenger ship of five hundred shi, with a military flag inlaid with gold rims on the prow, and a large "Chu" was written on it, and Liu Jing was named the Marquis of Chu. his logo,

Both sides of the Cao River were full of merchants and ordinary residents, stretching for several miles, they cheered together when they saw Zhou Mu coming in a boat, and a person came out of the boathouse, it was Jingzhou Mu Liu Jing.

He clasped his fists and laughed loudly to the merchants: "All merchants, please feel free to operate in Wuchang. Wuchang will still be an important business center in Jingzhou in the future. Wuchang is to Jiangdong, Fancheng is to Central Plains, and Jiangling is to Bashu. I wish everyone a lot of money and pay more taxes! "

The news of Zhou Mu's face-to-face promise quickly spread, and thousands of businessmen on both sides of the Cao River burst into cheers, and Liu Jing couldn't help laughing.

He heard from Tao Sheng that people in Wuchang were not stable, especially the merchants. Everyone was in a panic, so he specially entered the city from Caohe to appease the merchants. As long as Wuchang's business prosperity remains, Jiangxia will not decline.

At this moment, Liu Jing caught sight of the second floor of a tavern, and he couldn't help but startled, suspecting that his eyes were blurred.

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