"How many gentlemen have left?" In the Chu Mansion, next to the empty simulated battlefield, Chu Nan was the only one looking at the bamboo slips. Lu Lingqi came in with a dinner plate, and behind her, she poked out a small head and looked eagerly.
holding the dinner plate in mother's hand.
"Well, whether this southern expedition can be successful depends on whether the world can be completely unified, so you should be cautious." Chu Nan pointed to the sand table and said: "Now I will go south with the power of unifying the north. If I win, I can sweep across Wuyue and Jingzhou.
, Jiangdong will be under my control. If we fail, we will have to wait at least ten years or even longer for such an opportunity."
"Jiangdong Sun Quan, I have already met you, you are a rat." Lu Lingqi put down her dinner plate and said.
Well, if others say this, they will be called arrogant, but as Lu Lingqi, who used 800 elites to pierce Sun Quan's 100,000 army, she is indeed qualified to say it.
"The Jiangdong Army is in the hands of Sun Quan and in the hands of Zhou Yu. There are two different concepts. As long as Sun Quan does not lead the army, he is still a very good prince." Chu Nan smiled and looked at Chu Le at the door and waved.
"Hey~hey~Dad~" Chu Le ran to Chu Nan and smiled innocently.
"Eat." Chu Nan touched his daughter's head, looked at his wife's displeasure, and said with a smile: "As a lord, in fact, the ability to command troops may not necessarily be too good. Just like a husband, if there is a rule in the army,
There are many soldiers who can defeat me, but as a husband, I can command all the generals to win the battle."
"How can Sun Quan's son compare with his husband?" Lu Lingqi shook her head and said with a smile. The Battle of Xiaoyaojin can be said to be the battle that established Lu Lingqi's special status in the entire court. For this reason, the courtiers expressed their disapproval of Lu Lingqi's appointment as the Demon Suppression Department.
The governor did not have any objections, but as far as that battle was concerned, without Sun Quan, Lu Lingqi asked herself that no matter how capable she was, it would be difficult to defeat Sun Quan's 100,000-strong army. After all, judging from the battle, Jiangdong's army was not a mob.
"It can only be said that he is not the material to lead the army. A commander must weigh the pros and cons, know the pros and cons of both the enemy and ourselves, and use this to plan the strategy. After fighting for so many years, the commander will put the Chinese army in the front line.
I have only met two of them, one is my father-in-law, and the other is Sun Quan." Chu Nan still agreed with his wife's words. Liu Bei, Cao Cao and even Yuan Shao and Chu Nan all regarded them as opponents, even if Yuan Shao behaved after being frustrated.
It's not satisfactory, but before the setback, he still had a clear sense of style.
Although Liu Bei is weak now, Chu Nan still admires his magnanimity and magnanimity. Only Sun Quan, as a monarch, must first understand his own strengths and weaknesses. If he doesn't have the ability to command the three armies, he can still run forward. I can only say that
People are addicted to food.
But looking beyond that battle, Sun Quan has been recuperating in Jiangdong in the past few years, wooing the nobles, conquering Shanyue, employing people, and becoming more mature in his skills.
This was also the reason why he counted Jiang Dong as his enemy. If it was just because of the hatred between the two sides, it would be unnecessary. There are so many people in the world who have hatred against Chu Nan.
"Husband, what are you looking at?" Lu Lingqi couldn't help but smile when she heard this, her eyes falling on Chu Nan's hand.
"Data on various bulk trades between Jiangdong and Jingzhou with the Central Plains in recent years." Chu Nan said with a smile.
"My husband is no longer a merchant, why do you still read these things?" Lu Lingqi asked puzzledly.
Is the Prime Minister going to take care of this?
"Madam, don't underestimate these. From these large transactions, we can probably judge the people's livelihood in Jiangdong and Jingzhou." Chu Nan said with a smile.
Lu Lingqi was puzzled: "How to look at it?"
"Take the people of the Central Plains as an example. In addition to firewood, rice, oil and salt, ordinary people now also start to pay attention to living conditions, that is, clothing, housing, and transportation. Judging from the transactions in the past few years and Xu Jin, 90% of them are bought by the people of the Central Plains. Xu Jin
The current output of brocade is not small, and the 90% of it cannot be eaten by wealthy households alone, which shows that a small family can basically have one or two sets of clothing woven by Xu brocade."
"Of the other 10%, half is sold to the Western Regions, including Kushan, Anxi, and Daqin to the east of Dawan and west of Dawan that have been included in the territory of our dynasty. The remaining half is
Purchased from Jiangdong, Jiaozhou, Jingzhou and Shu."
"That is to say, it is only half a percent, and this half should be monopolized by the powerful in the Four Prefectures. You must know that Xu Jin can now mass-produce, and the price is not high. In the Central Plains, ordinary people's homes can also
You can have one or two horses, but in the other four states, only wealthy people can use them."
"Looking at the data on refined salt, it is roughly the same, but for the data on grain, the purchase of grain accounts for more than half of the three states. Although there are princes hoarding grain, there are also people who buy grain, which shows that the people are not without any spare money.
But people’s wealth is basically used to buy grain, so the sales of relatively high-end goods such as refined salt and Xujin are very small.”
"Also, like every city in the Central Plains, there are ready-to-wear stores, but spies from Jiangdong and Jingzhou reported that the largest number of vendors in the market are rice and grain vendors and some groceries."
"There are many more. You can probably see the general living conditions of the people in Jiangdong, Jingzhou and Shu. They work hard for three meals and basically have no extra property to buy other things. Even the coarse salt that has been discontinued here is now
It is still the first choice for people in all states, and there is a lot of room for maneuver to bring all the wealth of the three states into the Central Plains."
Chu Nan smiled.
"How to do it?" Lu Lingqi asked puzzledly.
"Make a new coin, which is more exquisite. The amount is about the same as today's five-baht coins, but one coin can be worth a hundred five-baht coins." Chu Nan said with a smile.
"Will anyone use it?" Lu Lingqi didn't understand this, but she was in a different place. If someone told her this, Lu Lingqi would most likely slap it with a slap. It's obviously one piece, so why is it worth a hundred pieces?
"But if you want to buy Xu Jin and refined salt, which are necessities for rich households in various states, you only need this money. Do you think anyone will come to exchange them?" Chu Nan said with a smile.
Xu Jin, under the operation of Chu Nan over the years, refined salt has become an indispensable thing for wealthy families. Although refined salt is also produced in Jiangdong, the quality is not mentioned. First of all, the price is definitely not as low as in Chu Nan.
In the past few years, Chu Nan has used the trade war as an excuse to reduce the profit margin of experience to an extremely low level. Many people in Jiangdong who do this have been deceived by Chu Nan's small profit strategy.
After all, even Chu Nan couldn't help it, and it was of high quality and low price. Sun Quan and Liu Biao would only ban trade if they lost their minds.
"They can exchange five baht for this kind of hundred coins, and then use it specifically to buy Xu Jin, Jingyan, or even get a better discount." Chu Nan said with a smile.
Lu Lingqi seemed to understand: "Then what?"
"And we chose to use these hundreds of coins in exchange for things from Jiangdong, such as medicinal herbs that are only produced in Jiangdong, such as high-quality iron ore, copper ore, wood, etc." Chu Nan took out a five-baht coin from his body.
: "They buy our goods at whatever price they pay, but when we buy their goods, we only need one five-baht piece to buy hundreds of five-baht pieces. Madam, do you think this trade is a good deal?"
If it were a new currency alone, no one would recognize it, let alone circulate it. But by linking this new currency to necessities such as Xu Jin and refined salt, he could gain the status of currency hegemony, which is equivalent to selling blood.
Buy each other's stuff.
Lu Lingqi felt a little dizzy: "What's the use of doing this?"
"Simple, judging from the trade of various states, what we use this method to plunder is the wealth of Jiangdong's big families, but they definitely don't want to suffer losses. Since they can't compete with us in terms of currency, they can only attack the people under the rule.
Go even more crazy to plunder the people's fat and their anointing. Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Shuzhong are all dominated by scholars. Although they will not suffer much loss with this method, the people's resentment will definitely be deeper. If there are more people's resentment, our army will invade Jiangdong in the future.
Madam, how many people do you think are willing to die for the Jiangdong noble clan?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.
"Husband, are you preparing for the battle against Jiangdong?" Lu Lingqi reacted and looked at Chu Nan and said.
"The war has started a long time ago." Chu Nan shook his head: "It's just different from the way Madam imagined. When the two countries are fighting, they are not only fighting for soldiers, horses, food and grass, but also sparing no effort to disintegrate each other from all aspects and let the enemy
Disintegrate from within!”
When fighting Yuan Shao before, Yuan Shao was relatively strong and powerful. If people noticed this method, they could fight directly. Chu Nan's fight against Yuan Shao was a competition between two heroes, and it was best not to use methods with unpredictable consequences.
But now when it comes to dealing with opponents such as Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Shuzhong, Chu Nan is the absolutely stronger side. If he attacks Jiangdong and Jingzhou, there may be certain risks, but if the opponent attacks and defends himself, Chu Nan will have an absolute advantage, and the opponent will not
If he dares to launch an attack rashly, first using this method to cholera the opponent's economy, and then eating away at it step by step, he doesn't need to worry.
Therefore, Chu Nan used many methods when facing forces such as Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Shu.
Although the war has not yet begun, on the battlefield of people's hearts, Chu Nan has already begun to make plans as early as Xuzhou. Now, with the passage of time, he no longer needs to be as cautious as before, and it is time to close the net.
Already.
This will be his first battle against the remaining princes!
Lu Lingqi shook her head. These things were too complicated for her, so she had better not think about them too much. Her husband knew what they were all about.
"It's getting late, man, let's have our meal first..." Lu Lingqi looked blankly at the cleanly chewed chicken bones on the dinner plate. The dish was licked clean, even a grain of rice was missing.
Nothing left.
"Eat everything?" Chu Nan looked at his daughter's belly and said in shock.
"Yes." Chu Le nodded proudly, but seeing his mother's gloomy eyes, his voice suddenly became softer: "I ate it because Daddy asked me to eat it."
"Pa bang bang~"
The sound of the fat butt balls being slapped echoed in the sand table room along with the cries of the children. The daughter looked pleadingly at her father who always loved her, but to her disappointment, her father did not save her from her mother.
Plan to come down.
Although Chu Nan also feels sorry for her daughter, firstly, this matter is indeed a bit unruly. Secondly, often rejecting the decision-making of the other half in front of the children will invisibly damage the dignity of the other half in front of the children, even if they have opinions.
, it should also be said in private.
And...why stop it? This little cotton-padded jacket is obviously leaking air!