Yang Qian, the governor of Dongzhou, was listening to the reports from his men.
"You mean, Zhang Bao wants us to stop the salt road to Taizhou?"
Yang Gan asked coldly.
Some time ago.
In order to curb the entire market in Taizhou, Zhang Bao had people pretend to be bandits to cut off the salt road from Dongzhou to Taizhou.
For them.
The current situation is that although the salt road has been cut off, the salt on Zhangbao's side has flooded.
At first, every time the salt road was cut off, the salt had to be destroyed, which was heartbreaking. Later, we just ignored it and just cut it off and sold it in Hezhou at a low price.
For Zhang Bao.
These salts are all yours!
It is completely your own industry.
Is it okay if they are all destroyed?
So I stopped pretending and showed my cards.
Those things were done by me, and if you, Dongzhou, are honest and obedient, I can still keep you. If you are disobedient, there will be nothing to say.
That's what Zhang Bao means.
When Yang Qian heard this, he was so arrogant!
Fan Hanzhong was not so strong when he was a state pastor before!
"Where did this Zhang Bao come from?"
"He has just become a state shepherd, and he is already lawless? Could it be that he is a member of the Great Sima Cao Kang?"
Yang Gan was very unhappy.
"Sir, it doesn't seem to be the case. I heard that Zhang Bao was just a commoner before, and then he took refuge with Chen Dadao. With Chen Dadao's support, he became the county magistrate."
"Then he killed Zhu Yue's people. He was quite powerful all the way."
"And Zhu Yue's death was probably the result of Zhang Bao's leadership."
Zhou Yan, the governor of Dongzhou, said to Yang Gan.
The news of Zhu Yue's death has been released by Zhang Bao.
Now he is the governor of Hezhou, and the remaining forces before Zhu Yue have been almost eliminated.
Even if there are some left, they are probably in the same situation as Huang Chenzhi.
If they were here, after hearing the news that Zhu Yue was dead, they would naturally know their current positions and directions.
However, the incompatible situation between Dongzhou and Hezhou is different. The governors and governors in Dongzhou can still live in harmony. As the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
Their Dongzhou side, backed by sea salt fields, has natural advantages that other states cannot match.
To put it bluntly.
Just split the money and that's it.
In terms of rights, there is not much temptation.
"Humph, this way, you don't have to worry anymore!"
"Before, we lost all our 20,000 troops in Liaozhou. Regardless of whether it was Zhu Yue or whoever it was, this debt will be blamed on Hezhou."
"You dare to do this now. Aren't you afraid that I will cut off their salt road in Hezhou?"
"Without salt, I wonder if the people will rebel!"
Yang Qian said very arrogantly.
"Sir, you must not do this. The current situation is no longer what it was before."
"Before, with the emperor's pressure, even if there were some small moves between our states, we could still come over, but it's different now."
"Last time Taizhou sent troops to attack Hezhou, the emperor no longer has any restraints. Even though the great Sima Cao Kang has sole power, in addition to the 300,000 Xiazhou troops under his command, he probably has very little restraint on other states. Small."
"And the further away from Xiazhou, the smaller this restriction becomes."
"As far as I know, all states are ready to take action now, and I can guarantee that Hezhou is definitely not the only one looking at our Dongzhou right now."
Governor Zhou Yan said quickly.
During this time, Zhou Yan had actually begun to consider the issue of his retreat.
For Zhou Yan, who was also the governor, he would naturally pay attention to the situation on Zhu Yue's side.
But Dongzhou is different from Hezhou.
For Zhou Yan.
If he, like Zhu Yue, rebelled against Yang Qian and became a state pastor himself, there wouldn't be much change from now.
Moreover, by letting Yang Qian be the state pastor, he can also deal with some things on the surface.
Make a fortune by yourself in silence.
But now it seems.
It is obvious that this Yang Gan, who has been a state pastor for such a long time and has lived a comfortable life for such a long time, can no longer recognize the current situation clearly.
For Zhou Yan, it was difficult to do.
It feels like a bit of a dilemma.
In Yang Gan's view, Zhang Baoneng rose to the position of being the current Hezhou Prefect in just two years.
And it was also recognized by the great Sima Cao Kang.
That definitely has a certain ability.
No matter from which angle you look at it, it is much stronger than their current Dongzhou.
If Dongzhou and Hezhou confront each other head on, maybe the entire Dongzhou will face disaster.
Naturally, he didn't want Yang Qian to confront Zhang Bao.
"What do you mean?"
"You mean, Zhang Bao and I surrender?"
"impossible!"
"Let me tell you, if anyone wants to take advantage of me in Dongzhou, I will fight him!"
"I don't believe it. If someone really attacks our Dongzhou, will the imperial court not care about it? Will the states around them not care about it?"
"Over the years, I have given them many benefits!"
"It's best if we all make money together. Who can guarantee that when Zhang Bao comes, he will do better than me?"
Yang Qian said very unhappy.
"I have decided that as long as Hezhou dares to take action against our Dongzhou, I will let them know how powerful our Dongzhou is!"
"You should write a letter now to Ding Yan in Taizhou and tell them that we in Dongzhou will join forces with their Taizhou to attack their Hezhou in two groups!"
"Then we will tell Shaanzhou and Jeju that we will unite to attack Hezhou. If they come to help, the price of salt they will receive will be reduced by 20%!"
"I don't believe it. With the military strength of our four states, we can't defeat even one of his Hezhou states?"
"As for Liaozhou, judging from the last battle, I'm afraid there is some relationship between the two states."
"But they in Liaozhou are backed by the grassland, so they must not dare to act rashly. I guess those tribes still have grudges about what happened in the grassland last time."
Yang Gan said coldly.
Zhou Yan was shocked.
That seems to be the case. According to what Yang Gan said, how could Zhang Bao be his opponent?
No matter how powerful he is, he can never be the opponent of the four states.
Moreover, Taizhou itself has a deadly feud with Hezhou. In this case, Taizhou will definitely take action. They are only participating incidentally. As long as they can win Hezhou, their territory in Dongzhou can be further expanded.
Not just expansion, but in this case, there will be enough troops to compete.
When the time comes, if you need money and people, what should you be afraid of?!