Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

He was not afraid that Kong Rong and others would reject him, but he was afraid that these people would not even give him a chance to negotiate terms.

Now what Kong Rong said is very clear. It's not that there is no food, but that the cost of transporting food was too high in the past... Then it's clear that he is implying that Zhang Yan——

"This is my brother!"

"I have to pay more!"

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"Demao, don't blame us for not being sympathetic about this matter. We just took so much food south at one time. We have to have an explanation, don't we?"

"Well, if you can give us a reason today, then I don't care about other people's families. Brother, I promise you that I can go back to the county to help you discuss with those aristocratic families and transport some food over there."

Seeing that Zhang Yan pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time, Kong Rong thought he was a little annoyed, so after weighing it in his heart for a long time, he added another sentence to Zhang Yan.

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"Hehe, where are these words..."

"Kong Beihai, don't worry too much, am I the kind of person who makes trouble for no reason?"

"I was just thinking about something."

"Of course you will not give this food for nothing. In my opinion, the matter of helping is mutual. It is to use each other's strengths to make up for each other's weaknesses."

"Since everyone is willing to distribute some food, I will naturally persuade Prefect Sun Jian to use his strengths to bring some help to everyone."

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"Prefect Sun Jian's strengths?"

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After hearing Zhang Yan's words, there was a lot of discussion among the people for a while.

"But Sun Jian's strengths... Apart from being better at leading troops and fighting, he doesn't seem to have much strength, does he?"

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"Hey, didn't you say it all?"

"Prefect Sun Jian is good at leading troops to fight, isn't that enough?"

Smiling and tapping on the table with his knuckles, Zhang Yan woke up those prefects and governors who were still thinking with their heads down, and then said loudly:

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"In my plan, I hope that the seven prefects we are present today can form an alliance on behalf of their counties and counties, learn from each other's strengths, reduce trade taxes, and form a commercial alliance."

"And if any one of us encounters difficulties in the future, such as this time when the prefect Sun Jian and I were in disaster, everyone in the entire alliance should work together to find a way to overcome the famine."

"Of course, the help is not for nothing, and I know this truth very well."

"The south is located in a remote area, and the food production is not much, and we can't say that it is rich, so we will make an agreement among ourselves to form an offensive and defensive alliance."

"If any one of our seven counties is attacked, or if there is a rebellion in the territory, everyone must advance and retreat together, and raise troops together to resist the invading enemy."

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Speaking loudly and loudly to everyone present, Zhang Yan's eyes showed a little bit of brilliance.

This is his real purpose of calling all these people here today.

But to promote the formation of this alliance, a little help is needed...

Looking up at Kong Rong beside him, Zhang Yan had a plan in his mind, and then smiled and looked at everyone present.

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"Although the north is rich and prosperous, as far as I know, the soldiers in the counties don't seem to be too many, don't they? Not to mention compared with Prefect Sun Jian, even compared with me in Lujiang, they are far behind."

"Take Kong Rong and Kong Beihai as an example. Today you seconded a batch of grain to the prefect Sun Jian, and the prefect Sun Jian will send troops into Qingzhou tomorrow to help you wipe out all the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou, so that you can farm and develop with peace of mind... you say In this matter, is it more cost-effective for you, or is it more cost-effective for Prefect Sun Jian?"

"The alliance is about mutual benefit and learning from each other's strengths, rather than sucking blood and oppressing each other."

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"It's like the alliance I'm talking about, everyone here, are you interested in participating?"

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PS: Ah, the first day of posting without time, I miss him.

Can you please fill in the books, I feel like I am going to die if there is no feedback.

Regarding this plot, it can be regarded as a relatively important point, and it can also be said to be the beginning of a certain plan.

Of course, the author has no intention of engaging in an alliance system or Eastern Shenluo, and Huaxia is still a unified country.

It's just that when the imperial power is withering, in order to protect themselves, it is necessary to cooperate with each other.

Now Cao Cao can't kill Xuzhou, can he?

And Qingzhou... Qingzhou specialties are good!

Chapter 37 You pay, he sends troops, and I receive refugees

I give some food, and he helps me put down the rebellion?

Does that sound like it would work?

Don't talk about others, just talk about Kong Rong, who was born in Qingzhou. After Zhang Yan put forward the idea of ​​this alliance, his mind became more active.

In the eyes of these prefects who were born in Qingzhou, the food is not too valuable, and the soldiers, weapons and armor are the most valuable things.

Not to mention him, Kong Beihai, even if all the prefects in Qingzhou were tied together, they might not be stronger than Sun Jian who owns three counties!

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You know, Qingzhou is no better than other places, and the bandits in Qingzhou are no better than other bandits...

As early as the Zhangjiao Yellow Turban Uprising, a large number of Taiping Taoists followed the opponent's footsteps to revolt in Qingzhou. The Han Dynasty has not been able to wipe out these thieves until now.

In addition, the Yellow Turban rout soldiers who fled to Qingzhou after Zhang Jiao died in battle, and the Yellow Turban rout soldiers who fled to Qingzhou after Baibogu Guotai was defeated...

Adding all these things together, there are probably millions of people.

These millions of people are entrenched in the outskirts and countryside of Qingzhou. They call themselves Qingzhou thieves, never pay taxes to the court, and do not obey discipline.

The point is, they still can't solve this trouble——

Not to mention them, even if anyone from the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty came, I am afraid they would not be able to solve it.

At least two or three million thieves gathered together, but Kong Rong couldn't beat them, and couldn't drive them away.

These people don't even do production, but consume the surplus grain accumulated in Qingzhou every day. It can be said that there is no local prefect who does not hate them.

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If Sun Jian could send troops north to help him solve these troubles crowded in his own home, let alone let Kong Rong pay for some food, even if he asked him to give Sun Jian some money, Kong Rong would be very happy in his heart.

Thinking of this, he looked at Zhang Yan with a trace of surprise.

"De Mao, can you convince Prefect Sun Jian to help me send troops to wipe out the local Qingzhou thieves?!"

"If it is possible, let alone food, I would be willing to sworn brothers with Sun Jian right away!"

"You don't know, those Qingzhou thieves are blocking the wasteland in front of my house every day, and they will jump out from time to time to disgust me, it is simply a big trouble!"

"Everyone knows that if these guys go on like this, there will be big troubles sooner or later... As long as Sun Jian can help me defeat all the Qingzhou thieves, then I can take out Changsha's winter food in the whole of Beihai!"

Speaking to Zhang Yan swearingly, a gleam of joy gradually appeared on Kong Rong's face.

After he learned about this so-called alliance, he felt more and more that Zhang Yan's matter was a bit tricky.

This is a great thing!

At least for their prefects in Qingzhou area.

And Zhang Yan naturally had a smile all over his face.

"Don't worry, Kong Beihai, I just experienced the locust plague in Lujiang. No one understands the difficulties that Prefect Sun Jian is facing now better than me."

"As long as someone can give him enough food now, not to mention sworn worship, but let him recognize a godfather or something, I'm afraid he will recognize it!"

"Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but there is really no food left in Changsha now. Sun Jian is already troubled by the matter of how this winter will pass. As long as everyone here is strong, then let him send troops to suppress the bandits. Isn't it easy?"

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"In fact, the reason why I chose to invite Prefect Sun Jian instead of other prefects in the south is also because he is one of the few hundred prefects in China who is capable of solving the problem of Qingzhou thieves. .”

"Jingzhou has a thriving population, and the folk customs are fierce and brave. As far as I know, Sun Jian has more than [-] to [-] armored men, and at least [-] armed men!"

"To be honest, I am looking forward to the expressions the local rebels in Qingzhou will make when they see the [-] regular troops marching north."

Swearing to everyone present, Zhang Yan's expression at the moment was extremely affirmative.

Afterwards, seeing that everyone present had begun to secretly calculate the possibility of this matter, he simply gritted his teeth and dropped another bomb among the crowd.

"By the way, I also hope that the seven counties can achieve a certain degree of tax reduction among each other..."

"As we all know, the north produces grain, ore, and steel, while the south produces more silk, more coal, and almost endless sources of wood."

"If we can meet a certain amount of tariffs with each other, even if we don't reduce taxes on all trade products, but only meet tariffs on a small number of specialty products, then it can play a very positive role in our development. .”

"As an example, I can take the lead in making a promise to you: as long as you join this alliance, then I, Lujiang, will forever reduce taxes by [-]% for merchants from all counties, and trade in grain, steel, and ore will always be tax-free. Do not take!"

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Excuse!

If the military-plus-trade alliance proposed by Zhang Yan opened a gap in the hearts of everyone present, then Zhang Yan's actions seemed to fill in the gap, turning the original gap into a gap. The big hole lets in all the light from outside.

What is the concept of [-]% tax reduction for all goods... This means that the same goods are transported to Lujiang for sale at the same price, and merchants can obtain far higher income than other regions!

And food, iron and steel ore and other things are the cornerstone industries in the north. All these industrial commodities are tax-free, so you can imagine how attractive they are to the prefects.

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"This matter... can be done!"

"I don't care about others, I, Yuan Boye, agree to this alliance!"