Time: March of the Renwu year of the Han calendar, April of 202 AD.
Location: Fenghuang Street, Xiangyang City, Jingzhou.
"Lao Zhang, your store is going to be temporarily closed?" Boss Ma locked his store, but found that the shopkeeper of the store next door was also locking the door.
"If the goods haven't arrived, what can we sell even if we open the door?" Boss Zhang said with a wry smile.
"Speaking of which, why haven't the goods arrived in the past two months? It should be said that Cai's gang is helping to transport the freight, so the store is not out of stock!" Boss Ma complained.
"Want to know the inside information? I have some exciting information here!" At this time, Boss Lu, who was still running the inn across from them, spoke up.
"Oh, tell me!" Upon hearing this, the two bosses immediately leaned over.
"I also heard from a neighbor of my third brother-in-law's second cousin's third aunt's son that he is a hundred-man general of the Jingzhou Army!" Boss Lu said cautiously.
At this time, he glanced left and right, as if he was wary of something.
But when he found that there were no outsiders, he finally said it: "I heard that Liu Cishi was dying and planned to pass the throne to his eldest son Liu Qi, but the Cai family and the Kuai family wanted the second son Liu Cong to take the throne...
It is said that there is order between elders and younger ones. Liu Cong is only three years old now. If he ascends the throne, everyone should know who is in charge of Jingzhou? "
"What did Governor Liu say?" Boss Zhang asked curiously.
"The governor is hindered by the fact that one of the two has mastered agriculture, and the other has mastered industry, commerce, and the army. Of course, it is difficult to deny it directly, but it seems that in his heart, he absolutely hopes that Liu Qi can ascend the throne. In the final analysis, with Cai's coquettishness,
It’s doubtful whether Liu Cong is his biological child, right?
No, in order to suppress the Cai family and the Kuai family and let them understand that they are not the ones who can be captured without mercy, they have now sent out their most elite soldiers to stop Cai family's soldiers everywhere to help transport. A large amount of goods have been seized by them.
That's not all. Liu Biao also said that the taxes on those goods had not been paid in full, and there had been a lot of tax evasion over the years, so they would not return the goods until they were paid. Of course, they can also use the goods to offset the amount." Lu.
The boss whispered.
"Ah! No wonder I said there was no goods for so long. It turned out that they had arrived a long time ago, but they were detained!" Boss Ma immediately complained unhappily.
Thinking about it, it would be fine if it was a natural disaster, but now Liu Biao has forcibly broken the rules that Jingzhou has maintained for a long time, just to fight for one moment, and it has delayed their fortune in vain. If you are not angry about this, what else is there to be angry about?
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"No, Xie's businessmen have begun to express distrust in Jingzhou. So until this matter is resolved, no more goods will come to our Jingzhou, let alone purchase any goods." Boss Lu sighed.
He said to the two of them with a wry smile.
"Isn't this going to kill our Jingzhou population of more than 500,000 people?!" Boss Zhang shouted.
"Shhhh! Keep your voice down, if those Qiu Ba under Liu Biao know about it, they may even lose their heads!" Boss Lu shouted in panic.
"Hey, if this is not done quickly, let alone whether we will be angry or not, the hundreds of thousands of people in Jingzhou will also be angry! By then Liu Jingzhou will directly face the anger of hundreds of thousands of people. I think he plans to suppress it with force.
What? Or should I just obediently kill him?" Boss Zhang seemed to be willing to go all out and complained directly.
"So, Cai and Kuai are now negotiating with Liu Jingzhou on this matter, and I'm afraid there will be a result soon!
To be honest, I hope this negotiation will come soon, otherwise our life will really be difficult. You know, I went to the vegetable market before and found that the prices of vegetables were three times higher! And the price is one per day.
In this way, I'm afraid you'll have to weigh some pork before you eat it..." Boss Lu said with a wry smile.
The three of them had a heated discussion about this, and their voices gradually became less suppressed.
A scholar who was dining in the inn hall stopped all in. He couldn't help but lament in his heart: The people are chasing profits, and rituals and music have collapsed! Where are we, the people of China? They are all slaves of money!
There is also a college in Jingzhou, but in order to realize this large-scale plan, even if there is Huaxia Normal University, it will not specialize in moral education.
If it is placed in Nanyang or other places, moral education will be carried out. Whether it is Huaxia Normal University or Huaxia College, it will awaken the souls of the students at all times and let them understand what kind of blood is flowing in their bodies and what kind of education they have.
of glory.
To put it simply, it is to let them understand who they are and what they want to live for!
But in Jingzhou, everyone is living for money, because no one has told them why they should work hard to make money, and what they should do when they have money...
Everyone only knows that if you want to live a good life, you must have money. If you want to be rich, you must make money. Once you make money and your life is better, you hope to enjoy a higher level of life, and then you need to make more money.
Over and over again, when everyone's property continues to accumulate, everyone has forgotten why they came out to make money in the first place. They only know that they want to make money for the sake of making money.
After all, money is a good thing. The more you have, the more comfortable you feel. In this case, why not earn more?
Three days later, Liu Biao and Cai finally fell out.
Originally, both parties were in-laws, and they could have a good talk if they had anything to say. However, after years of management, and with the help of Kuai, Cai had the ability to completely suppress Liu Biao.
But for them, Liu Biao, like the Han Dynasty, was a rotten tree, but it could still provide them with some nutrients. They did not intend to join the game of imperial hegemony, so destroying Liu Biao would do them more harm than good.
However, this time, under the constant pressure from the merchants under Xie Bian's command, and seeing the daily losses being so terrible, Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers really couldn't sit still.
To solve the problem peacefully, the old guy who was half buried in the ground just refused to let go. A suicide note said that Liu Cong should ascend the throne. Is it difficult to write this?
Who is Liu Qi? Maybe he is cowardly, or he may not have any ideas, but he is Liu Biao's eldest son, and his mother is not from Jingzhou. What's even more troublesome is that he doesn't like the Kuai brothers and Cai Mao, but he is directly guarded by Liu Biao
With the recognition of the army, they can be called upon at any time to do things that do not involve rebellion.
Everyone knows that asking Liu Qi is a bit difficult. Therefore, it is in everyone's interest to let Liu Cong take the throne.
But seeing that Liu Biao refused to sign, Cai Hao, who was in a hurry, finally didn't want to endure it any longer.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" Kuai Liang asked in surprise.
"Are you still planning to watch us lose money like this? You know, even if we organize our own caravans now, once we go to other places, they will say, 'Jingzhou people cannot be trusted and cannot trade with them' or something like that. A large truckload of goods
No one wants it..." Cai Mao said unhappily.
"Then Liu Biao and Liu Qi are finished, what are you going to do next?" Kuai Liang asked tentatively.
"I figured it out, I could have made so much without joining Xie Bian's name. If I joined his rule, wouldn't I be able to enjoy more new technologies?
By then, our family strength will reach a new level..." Cai Mao laughed.
"You plan to give Jingzhou to Xie Bian?!" Kuai was surprised.
"It's not considered a gift. Haven't you seen the situation in Nanyang County? That Huang Hansheng has completely built the area from Nanyang County to Xinye into the state of China.
We might as well follow the example of Nanyang and hand over most of the military and political power to Xie Bian. But Liu Cong will still succeed as the governor of Jingzhou and rule the north and south of Jingzhou." Cai Maoyue said, his eyes getting brighter.
"Then Xie Bian can promise us this?" Kuai Liang asked worriedly.
"You must know that Ma Teng of Liangzhou and Huang Zhong of Nanyang surrendered on their own initiative. After surrendering, they still served as governors and county guards; look at Li Cui and Shi Xie, they seemed to have resisted to the end, but
What's the end now? It's just a pile of loess!" Naturally, Cai Hao had already thought of his arguments.
"Well, it's worth considering..." Kuai Liang also began to be attracted by this proposal.
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At the same time, Nanyang Wancheng County Sheriff's Mansion.
"Are those people from Jingzhou still making noise these days?" Xie Xin raised his head and asked.
"It has stopped. I think they already know that in our territory, no matter how loud they are, it will be of no use. As for their workshops, as long as we need them, we can just take them back. Then they will really
All my money was lost." Huang Zhong said with a smile.
"So I say that the people in Jingzhou are stupid. Although we are all Chinese people, they now belong to two camps. Under such circumstances, they actually went to other people's territory and spent a lot of money to open factories and invest.
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Don't think about it, if the two families go to war, their workshops will naturally be completely taken over by us. If they are defeated afterwards, these workshops will be ours; if they win, the most we can do is give them a
It’s just an empty shell.” Xie Xin said with a smile.
"Yes, after all, both sides are at war. There is nothing we can do about the destruction of factories and other things within the territory." Huang Zhong said with great interest.
"By the way, how far are you at now?" Xie Xin asked casually.
"Let me think about it..." Huang Zhong began to calculate. "The first step is to destroy the local industry, commerce and agriculture; the second step is to plunder the other party's industry, commerce and agriculture market; the third step is to corrupt their officials and soldiers; the third step is to corrupt their officials and soldiers;
The fourth step is to bind those officials with real power; the fifth step is to introduce the concept of absolute interests; the sixth step is to destroy their human ethics; the seventh step is to attract them to invest in other places; these seven steps,
This is the pre-war layout.
Then there are the steps to start the war. The first step is what you said, find an excuse to incite the political situation between the two sides, such as the ownership issue of a certain island... By the way, where does Jingzhou belong to the inland island dispute? How do you
Use that as an example?”
"Just talking casually, because I always think that one is easier to say!" Xie Xin replied casually.
"Forget it, anyway, we have already used the power of Jingzhou to make a decision. Now the Jingzhou profit-seeking faction obviously hopes that Liu Cong will succeed Jingzhou's governor; while the sober faction or the conservative faction hopes that Liu Qi will succeed.
None of these are important. The most important thing is that Liu Biao, on the one hand, can't let go of his worthless face, and on the other hand, he has to worry about the influence of the profit-seeking faction in Jingzhou...
But it doesn’t matter, just put it off! The longer it takes, the profit-seeking faction will naturally become more and more anxious. For such a small profit, they will naturally give up Jingzhou to us.
To put it bluntly, they are just guys who are crazy about money, or they are also thinking that even if something happens, it will be the business of Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, and it has nothing to do with officials like them. At worst, they can go to Nanyang County at home.
That's right." Huang Zhong said disdainfully.
"So, does that mean we can proceed to the second step?" Xie Xin asked with great interest.
"Yes, it can be executed!" Huang Zhong said with certainty.