Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 630 etc.

"Let Lu Fan prepare in Lujiang to guard against any change in Cao's army, and tell him to release only the soldiers and horses and the food and grass accompanying them, and leave all the people and luggage behind." Sun Quan didn't want to get an empty city.

"Ling Lu Meng, transfer 1 horses to Zhu Ran, and Zhu Ran will go to receive Hefei and station here." Sun Quan looked at Bu Zhi, and then at Zhuge Jin. "Ziyu, you go to see Zhou Weiguo to express my intention and make him King of Liao."

Jiang Ji's mission to Jiangdong was a complete success, and he immediately left for Hefei.

It has been three months since Zhou Cang arrived in Jinan. The relocation of the political center brought Qingzhou's economy by leaps and bounds. In order to get more opportunities, many big households and wealthy businessmen in Xuzhou seized the business opportunities and moved to Jinan one after another.

As an important hub of north-south transportation, Jinan not only connects the trade between Hebei and Xuzhou, but also becomes the center of trade between the two places. A large number of commodity exchanges have increasingly urgent needs for finance and currency. Zhou Cang had to transfer Lin Feng back from Jizhou. Prepared Qingzhou branch to promote new currency in Qingzhou and Xuzhou in advance.

The implementation of the new currency was quite contradictory between scholars and big households. Scholars believed that banks were contrary to the ancestral law and were too profit-seeking, which did not conform to the teachings of saints; If you don't go to the bank to exchange, it is a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.At this time, it showed that the power of the masses is huge, and the bank is generally welcomed by the general public and businessmen, so the voice of opposition was quickly drowned out by the voice of praise.

The economic base determines the superstructure. With Zhou Cang's unremitting efforts, the status of agriculture, industry and commerce has been continuously improved, and they have more and more say. They were hit hard, and they tried everything possible to seek the support of Cui Jun, Sun Qian, Wang Can, etc. who were born as scholars. At this time, they discovered that the college has not only cultivated a group of talents in various disciplines over the past 12 years, but also various new ideas and trends with the times. The concept of progress has been implanted in people's hearts, and they have completely lost their dominance.

Jiang Gan is like a fish in water in his job position, and he knows the thoughts of various groups of people like the palm of his hand. He timely suggested to Zhou Cang not to start the debate on the hereditary system for the time being, but to start a hundred-day discussion on advancing with the times. Zhou Cang praised it.In view of Jiang Gan's outstanding work, especially his achievements in etiquette, Jiang Gan became the fifth model to receive the Jade Medal after Hua Tuo in medicine, Mi Fang in agriculture, Chen Jiao in law, and Ge Jun in engineering.

Perhaps stimulated, Zhang Yang, Han Yue, Lin Feng and others consulted Zhou Cang to separate business studies from the college and set up a business school in Jinan, with four departments of trade, finance, business taxation, and statistics.

Everything seemed to be going well, but Zhou Cang felt a little guilty: it was too hot.Just after May, the heat is unbearable. If it is June and July, it will not be too hot.Fortunately, the palace was built next to Baotu Spring, and the spring water was used to repair the pool. Zhou Cang and Zhou Xin waited in the pool for at least half an hour every day.

But it’s not without its benefits. The tea brewed by Baotu Spring is extraordinarily luscious. It’s also pleasant to drink tea with Zhou Wen under the shade of a tree from time to time and give advice. The reclining chair made of bamboo in the college is very comfortable.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Gongming to win Shouchun so soon. Hehe, Zhang Wenyuan has never suffered such a big loss." Zhou Cang said with a smile holding Xu Huang's memorial in his hand.

Old Zhou Wen sipped his tea, squinting his eyes to reflect on it. "This is Zhang Jiong's credit. Who would have thought that Yuan Shu's secret way would be used by me? This is God's help."

Deng Ai imitated Zhou Wen's appearance, but he couldn't learn it anyway. "General Xu asked how to use troops next, how would the teacher answer?"

Zhou Wen squinted at Deng Ai: "What does Pengfei think?"

"I think it is possible to increase troops for General Xu and take Hefei! Hefei doesn't have many troops anymore, and only one general is needed, and more than ten thousand troops are enough."

Zhou Xin shook his head.

"Huh? Zhou Xin, tell me."

Zhou Xin was already 14 years old, not only observing politics, but also began to participate in government affairs and military affairs. "Wait!"

Zhou Wen's old eyes lit up. "What do you mean by waiting?"

"Wait for the reaction of Cao Cao and Sun Quan. There are two things. One is that Cao Cao led the army to recapture Shouchun, and the other is that Sun Quan sent troops to seize Hefei. I am waiting, and Cao Cao is also waiting. If I don't take Hefei, Cao Cao will not dare to take Shouchun. If you can defend heavily, then Bingzhou can take advantage of it. As for Hefei, hehe, Yuwen is in Taizhou, which is not so important to me. It depends on whether Sun Quan sends troops. If he sends troops, it will affect my next step to send troops to Yanzhou and Yuzhou is advantageous, if he doesn't send troops, I will still get Hefei sooner or later, so why rush at this moment. Taking Hefei at this time will be boring and will only make Sun Quan nervous."

Zhou Wen laughed out loud.

Deng Ai pondered for a while: "Is this why the teacher took Hefei before he ordered General Xu to take Shouchun?"

Zhou Cang smiled slightly: "It's not all because of this. First, I didn't expect Gongming to win Shouchun so soon. I originally calculated that it would take at least one or two months; second, it was impossible to judge whether Cao Cao sent reinforcements, nor whether Zhang Liao Will reinforce..."

"Have you ever thought, Master, if Cao Cao gave up Hefei at this time, ordered Hefei's soldiers to stop General Xu's retreat with all their strength, and sent a general to recapture Shouchun, wouldn't Shouchun be called an isolated city? Or Cao Cao gave Hefei to Sun Quan , so as to form an alliance with Sun Quan to attack from the north and the south?"

Zhou Cang was taken aback, got up suddenly, walked back and forth for a few steps, and murmured, "Sun Zhongmou coveted Hefei for a long time..."

Zhou Wen frowned: "Will Sun Zhongmou offend the lord because of this? Ah! Not good, only one Hefei, Sun Quan may not be tempted, what about adding Shouchun? The whole land of Huainan!"

To defend the Yangtze River, one must defend the Huaihe River. Huainan's line of defense against the Yangtze River is too important for Jiangdong.Cao Cao's loss of Huainan is a foregone conclusion. Rather than giving Zhou Cang to Sun Quan, what if Cao Cao sends troops to cut off the retreat route to Xuzhou and asks Sun Quan to take Shouchun?What Zhou Wen said is right, Cao Cao will vigorously support Sun Quan in order to deal with him. According to Sun Quan's temperament in the past, he is very likely to send troops, so that Lujiang and Huainan will become one!With the two counties in Jiangbei and the support of Cao Cao, Sun Quan had the ability to challenge himself. At that time, Cao Cao sent troops to Qingzhou, and Sun Quan marched to Xuzhou...
In history, Sun Quan dared to send troops to Jingzhou to kill Guan Yu, but now he dare not send troops to Huainan to kill Xu Huang!Zhou Cang broke out in a cold sweat, not daring to continue thinking about it.I thought capturing Shouchun was a brilliant move, but now I think it is a failure.

This is an era of poor information. If Zhou Cang knew that Cao Cao wanted Sun Quan to send troops to Jingzhou because he was worried about Hanzhong, he would not think so.However, he doesn't know!

"Pengju, quickly invite Lu Boyan to discuss the matter in the White Tiger Hall!"

(End of this chapter)