Soldiers come to the world

The Wuchang prefectural office is in chaos. Nearly a hundred civil servants are busy packing up various materials and documents. The boxes in the yard are piled up like a mountain. In ten days, the prefectural office will officially move back to Xiangyang, although many people feel a little Reluctant to leave, but everyone knows that the relocation of the state government to Xiangyang is the beginning of Jingzhou's revival, which makes everyone's hearts full of hope.

In the council hall of the state government, Lu Su was negotiating for the first time with Xu Shu, the chief historian. Although more than [-] soldiers were released back to Jiangdong, hundreds of officers above the general level were not included in the release, especially Tai Shici, Lu Meng and Xu Shengsan. The main generals are still under house arrest in Wuchang City, which makes Jiangdong have no advantage in negotiations.

What's more, the four counties of Qichun County, Lujiang County, Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County are currently occupied by the Jiangxia Army. If Jingzhou goes all out to march eastward, Jiangdong may even be in danger of destroying the country. The situation is extremely serious for Jiangdong. Lu Su didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

Xu Shu is an honest and frank person, unlike Jia Xu's words that hide traps, which are hard to guard against, so Lu Su feels less pressure in his heart, which also makes him secretly grateful for Liu Jing's arrangements for negotiating opponents, so that the two sides can negotiate with each other. See you sincerely.

"I heard a rumor in the city that the governor of the state asked Jiangdong to release the ban on inland rivers and seas. Is there such a thing?" Lu Su asked cautiously.

Xu Shu smiled, "This is a way to liberalize trade. There is indeed such a requirement. Of course, as a reciprocity, Jiangdong merchants can also come to Jingzhou to conduct various trades. I think this is beneficial to both parties. This is a good thing. Why is Zijing worried?"

Lu Su smiled wryly, "That being said, Jiangxia's money is far better than Jiangdong's money. Once Jiangxia's money pours into Jiangdong, I'm afraid Jiangdong will be wiped out, so"

Without waiting for Lu Su to continue, Xu Shu waved his hand and said, "Zijing, you can't say that. As far as copper mines are concerned, the copper mines in Liyang in Jiangdong are far larger than those in Jiangxia. As far as I know, the copper mines in Jiangdong are the largest. The amount is twice that of Jiangxia's. The key is the ingredients for casting coins. Jiangxia's copper is [-]% copper, while Jiangdong's is only [-]%. This is the reason why Jiangdong's money is no match for Jiangxia's. Otherwise, even if the trade is not liberalized, Jiangdong will still be occupied by Jiangxia Qian sooner or later."

At this time, Jiang Wan, who was in charge next to him, also added: "Actually, liberalization of trade is only an additional condition. It should be said that it is beneficial to both parties. Why should Duke Lu care about this issue?"

Lu Su sighed in his heart and stopped mentioning this matter. After all, Marquis Wu still needs to approve it. Lu Su pondered for a moment, then said: "Please Xu Changshi continue to talk!"

Xu Shu nodded, and continued: "I just mentioned the trade issue, and then the war compensation, which is about food compensation. Last time, my military adviser also mentioned it to Zijing. Zijing should not have forgotten it!"

Lu Su's heart is pounding! "The jump, of course he will not forget, that is 100 million shi of grain, how could Jiangdong afford it, Lu Su hurriedly said: "Jia Junshi did mention it last time, but 100 million shi of grain, Jiangdong can't bear it, I still hope to reduce it."

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Xu Shu thought for a while and said, "I might as well tell Zijing frankly that we have five formal conditions, plus the additional condition of opening up trade. Food compensation is only the first condition. If this issue cannot be negotiated, the next four issues, It’s probably even harder to talk about.”

Lu Su felt very passive, and talked about each condition one by one. In the end, it might become an unbearable sky-high price for Jiangdong. One bottom, and then we will talk one by one."

"can!"

Xu Shu said frankly: "The first is the food compensation, the second is the hostage arrangement, the third is the land negotiation, the fourth is the warship reservation, the fifth is the written guarantee that Jiangdong will not go west, and then add an additional clause to liberalize trade. , there are five big ones and one small one in total, I'm afraid we can't finish talking in a day or two."

At noon, Jiang Wan accompanied Lu Su to dinner, while Xu Shu hurried to Liu Jing's official room. Liu Jing's official room was also messy and busy. Dong Yun was leading five or six people to pack and organize documents and drawings outside.

But the room was very quiet. Liu Jing sat at the table reviewing various military and political documents. The documents accumulated due to the battle with the Jiangdong Army were almost finished, and he only had a few thorny matters left. At this time, Xu Shu left. He came in and said with a smile, "Does Zhou Mu have time to listen to Wei Chen's report on the negotiation?"

Liu Jing chuckled, put down his pen, took out two papers from the wooden box next to him and said, "Yuan Zhi came just in time, I just wanted to discuss with you, it's your solution in these two papers, let's talk about my business first, we Let's talk about negotiations."

Xu Shu nodded. He knew that this was just a euphemistic way of saying that Zhou Mu did not agree with their solution, so he laughed and said, "I am all ears!"

"Sit down!"

Liu Jing asked Xu Shu to sit down, and opened the two documents. He felt that he needed to think again, and handed the documents to Xu Shu, "The first is the resettlement of the miners in Green Copper Mountain. Yuan Zhi suggested that [-] miners should be freed. Right, because the original decision was to serve three years of hard labor, and now only one year has passed, which is a negation of last year's decision, I think the three-year limit must be adhered to, what does Yuan Zhi think?"

Xu Shu smiled wryly and said, "Actually, I'm thinking about it in the long run, because many of these miners have gradually become skilled coppersmiths. I've done a survey and found that at least [-]% of them are willing to stay if they are released. If the family members pick them up, then [-]% of them are willing to stay, so that they will be transformed from miners to miners and become a profession, which is conducive to the stability of Jiangxia.”[

Liu Jing nodded, "I agree with your statement, but from the perspective of maintaining authority, try not to change the decision you made, and you can give some relaxation in other aspects, such as improving the board and lodging conditions, there is a certain reward, Changed their titles to miners, shortened their working hours, allowed them to communicate with their families, etc., and even signed a contract with them to allow them to mine with peace of mind, but the three-year period cannot be changed. After all, they are prisoners of war. Prisoners also went to mine to replenish manpower."

Xu Shu had no choice but to agree, "Okay! I will draw up a plan again."

Liu Jing said again: "There is also Huang Zhong's 120 new troops. I have already negotiated with Cao Cao. As a condition for the release of Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, he promised to transfer the family members of these [-] new troops to us. I have given the list. Huang Zhong did a good job and gave it to Cao Cao. It is estimated that large-scale immigrants will arrive soon, and the land in Anlu County can be allocated to these new army families. The halving, this matter is more urgent, I hope you immediately arrange for people to go to Anlu County to make preparations."

Xu Shu nodded silently. He knew that there were a lot of trivial things to do. Fortunately, they had experience in resettling immigrants, so Pang Shanmin and Kuai Qi could be responsible for this matter.

"Wei Chen remembers, and will arrange manpower immediately."

After Liu Jing explained these two things, his heart became much lighter, and he said with a smile: "After talking about these two things, let's talk about the Jiangdong matter! What's Lu Su's attitude?"

This is today's theme, Xu Shu quickly said: "The talk with Lu Su today was not smooth, except for the promise to sign a written guarantee that he would never go west, the rest of the conditions are very different. Please ask Marquis Wu, the river ban and the sea ban can be completely lifted."

"Then what about the Jingzhou navy entering the sea?" Liu Jing asked, "What's his attitude?"

"This one, he said that the number of fleets needs to be limited, and they cannot dock."

Liu Jing sneered, "It seems that Lu Su is not confused, so how about the other points?"

"As for food compensation, they can't bear the weight of a million stones. They hope to halve it and send the hostages to study in Jingzhou. What Lu Su means is that now Marquis Wu has only one son, and he is only half a year old. He hopes to use Marquis Wu's sister Marry Zhou Mu instead of proton."

"Only half a year old!"

Liu Jing couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect this one, he knew that Sun Quan's son was young, he didn't expect it to be only half a year old.

Sun Quan is 27 and [-] years old, and he has a son now. A half-year-old son is really meaningless. Liu Jing thought for a while and said, "It's okay to cancel the proton, and it's okay to halve the food compensation, but the inland river ban must be lifted."

Xu Shu hesitated for a moment. Liu Jing only gave him a negotiation condition last night. He was not very clear about many other aspects, especially the compensation of one million shi of grain. Too likely, the key is that he doesn't know Liu Jing's bottom line and principles, which makes it difficult for him.

"I would like to report to Zhou Mu that this time, I am a bit uncertain about what can and cannot be compromised in this negotiation. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that Zhou Mu can make it clear."

Liu Jing laughed, "Of course I will tell you this. I wanted to find out about them today, but if you want to know now, I will tell you."

Liu Jing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said: "First of all, we must grasp a certain degree, let Jiangdong force attack us again, and at the same time be able to resist Cao's army going south, so we can't suppress Jiangdong too hard. The bottom line for food compensation is 30 shi , can be delivered in three years;

Warships cannot build more than a thousand stone within five years. The most important thing is the land. Qichun County directly threatens Jiangxia, so it must be allocated to Jingzhou. The border of Jiujiang County is too close to Chaisang, so Pengze Lake must be allocated to Jingzhou. Yuzhang County is close to Changsha County and Jiangxia County, which poses too much threat to us, so Yuzhang County must also be assigned to Jingzhou, that is, return Lujiang County and Jiujiang County to Jiangdong, and Qichun County and Yuzhang County to Jingzhou. "

Xu Shu thought about it in his mind, and found that except for the immediate agreement with Lu Su on food compensation, the rest of the terms were far from Lu Su's requirements.

Especially the land, Jiangdong demanded that all four counties be returned, but Liu Jing was only willing to return two counties, but Xu Shu could only nod and agree, "I understand, I will continue the discussion in the afternoon."

At this moment, Xu Shu thought of another matter and asked, "As for the marriage between the two families, is Zhou Mu willing to marry Wu Hou's younger sister?"

Liu Jing nodded with a smile, "The two families have a good relationship between Qin and Jin, which is conducive to maintaining the peaceful coexistence between Jingzhou and Jiangdong. I can agree."