The mountain peeling hexagram that Yu Fan occupied when he was in Jiangxia was spread to all the military camps for some reason. Sun Quan often heard discussions when he was patrolling the camp. Every time he heard the words "little man peeling the house", he always felt like it was being slapped in the face. , so he deliberately took the opportunity to talk about things to block Yuyou's mouth.
In November, the news that Lu Meng and Pan Zhang's army had been annihilated was sent to Chaisang intentionally by Su Fei, and according to Lan Tian's wishes, Jiang Dong was asked to redeem them with money, grain, cattle and sheep.
(During the Three Kingdoms period, there was human trafficking. For example, "Three Kingdoms·Chen Tai Biography" records: The nobles in the capital sent many treasures, and because the slaves in the Tai city, Tai all hung them on the wall, did not issue their titles, and conscripted them as ministers, so they all returned them. )
Because of the private military system implemented in Jiangdong, the army is the private property of the master and can be inherited, given away or even traded. It is understandable that Lantian proposed this model. He priced ordinary soldiers at 50,000 yuan each, ordinary generals at 5 million yuan, and mid-level generals at 50,000 yuan. 50 million yuan, 200 million yuan for senior generals.
(Refer to a certain price for the price of captives: In "The Farewell of Ren Gu", Yang Jun and others jointly bought a slave for sixteen pieces of cloth. Later, the slave's family redeemed it for sixty pieces of cloth. The price of cloth in the late Han Dynasty was 250-600 yuan. The median value is about 450 yuan/horse, the purchase price is about 7,200 yuan, and the redemption price is about 27,000 yuan)
On the list Su Fei gave, there were 20,000 ordinary soldiers, a total of one billion dollars; 60 ordinary generals, a total of 300 million dollars; three intermediate generals, a total of 150 million dollars; and one senior general, a total of 150 million dollars. The subtotal is 200 million; the full redemption requires 1.65 billion.
"How dare you do this, Su Fei?" Sun Quan was furious on the spot after reading the letter, and drew his sword and chopped off a corner of the case.
Although Su Fei's asking price was rude, it proved that Lu Meng and other generals had failed. A gloomy mood fell on everyone in the palace, and they looked at each other in silence.
At the moment, he can't fight head-on. Whether to redeem or not is a question, and where the money for redemption will come from is even more problematic. Because the military expenses for successive wars are very heavy, and the money and food left in the treasury of various places cannot make ends meet, Sun Quan often relies on the support of the powerful clans.
Sun Quan usually spent a lot of money on food and clothing. When he was short of money, he even borrowed money from Lu Fan. Later, when he opened Hu Ke's trading company, he had his own money bag.
"Lord, I don't think Su Fei can make the decision on such a big matter as the redemption of prisoners of war. It should be Guan Yu or Lan Tian who ordered it..." Zhuge Jin reminded.
Sun Quan gritted his teeth: "Guan Yu is not so shameless. It must be Lan Tian's idea."
Zhuge Jin looked solemn, frowned and continued: "Now that the generals have been defeated and captured, it is useless for the lord to be angry. It is better to send people back to Jianye to raise money and at the same time send people to Jingzhou for peace talks. The captured generals are from Jiangdong." The cornerstone, no matter how high the price is, must be redeemed first, let’s find a way to negotiate the price.”
Sun Quan thought that the person with the 200 million yuan must be Lu Meng. No matter how bad his confidant was, he was more worried than Lu Xun. He had to find a way to redeem him first, so he nodded in agreement: "Tzuyu is right. You and Kong Ming are brothers. I will not be harmed when I go to Jingzhou as an envoy. I would like to ask Ziyu to go to Jiangxia to see if I can bargain with him and redeem Ziming first."
"I would like to follow the example of a dog and a horse." Zhuge Jin turned around and left.
"Ziyu, I will compile two letters and give them to you immediately. Then you will return to Jianye immediately and hand them over to Ziheng (Lu Fan) and Yuan Tan (Gu Yong) to raise as much funds as possible..." Sun Quan continued to give instructions.
"The general will obey your orders." Shiyi cupped his fists.
Zhuge Jin was ordered to go as an envoy to Jiangxia. Su Fei said that he could not make the decision, so he took him directly to Fazheng and offered to redeem Lü Meng for 100 million yuan. Fazheng said that the prisoners were all detained in Jiangling, and he had to ask Xu Shu about how to deliver the prisoners.
, and asked Zhuge Jin to wait for a reply in Jiangxia.
Ten days later, Xu Shu wrote back, stating that he had no authority to deal with these prisoners, and that the decision-making power rested with Guan Yu and Lantian, and that he needed to send someone to Xiangyang for instructions.
Zhuge Jin waited for a month in Jiangxia, and finally received the final news about Xu Shu. Guan Yu and Lan Tian said that they could not directly redeem the generals, but the generals had to be redeemed together, and there was no room for negotiation on the price.
"This...Mr. Xiaozhi, our common enemy should be Cao Cao. This time, my lord was instigated by a traitor. He has already repented after returning to Chaisang. However, General Guan and General Lan are so strong. The Sun and Liu families are really
Is it irreversible?" Zhuge Jin asked desperately.
Fazheng looked very embarrassed: "Tzuyu should know General Guan's temper. Only the King of Hanzhong in the world can persuade him. General Lan can think of a way. Your master's sneak attack is really unreasonable. There are so many people in Jingzhou this time."
The land has been devastated, and it is reasonable to ask for some compensation. You should understand..."
"Of course I can understand. In fact, if you occupy Jiangxia, you won't lose if you capture Xiangyang..." Zhuge Jin lowered his head and muttered.
Fazhengxu said with eyes: "Every inch of mountains and rivers, every inch of blood, these cities were bought with the lives of soldiers, but the Sun and Liu families are allies, and you have betrayed the alliance for the second time..."
Zhuge Jin immediately changed the subject and sighed: "Hey, the done deal is done. It's useless to say anything now. Compensation for losses is very reasonable, but the price is too..."
"I don't think it's better than this. Ziyu will go back to Chaisang to explain the situation first, and try to raise as much money, food, cattle and horses as possible. I have been under the care of my younger brother in Shu for a long time. I can only lower my face and go to General Lan to intercede and see if I can fight for you.
I can't guarantee whether it will work or not." Fa Zheng replied seriously.
"It's better to be filial, upright and sensible." Zhuge Jin bowed and thanked him.
Fazheng hurriedly helped him up and comforted him: "Prime Minister Zhuge has been working hard to unite Sun and fight against Cao. The Sun and Liu families are good in-laws, so it is appropriate to eliminate national traitors. I am just pushing the boat..."
"Yes, yes..." Zhuge Jin nodded repeatedly.
When Zhuge Jin returned to Chaisang, it was already early December, which was the time when Guan Yu sent troops from Xiangyang to surprise Deng County by waterway.
When Zhuge Jin saw Sun Quan, the wine glass was thrown on the ground. He guessed that his lord had just lost his temper, so he sat down and relayed the opinions of Xu Shu and Fazheng.
After hearing this, Sun Quan said angrily: "Ziyu is so honest. You stayed in Jiangxia for a month and didn't get any good news. Could it be that Xu Shu and Fa Zheng jointly deceived you?"
Zhuge Jin waved his hands quickly: "Anyone with knowledge knows that Cao Cao is strong and Sun Liu is weak. It is Cao Cao who benefits from the feud between our two families. Fa Xiaozhi said that it makes no sense for him to lie to me..."
"But they are just taking advantage of the situation. If Jiangdong really raises all the 1.6 billion, I don't know how many civil uprisings will be triggered..." Sun Quan frowned. He was very willing to spend money for himself. At this time, he really couldn't get it.
If you want to go out, you can't be humble and seek help from those big families.
Seeing this, Zhuge Jin kept silent and said to himself that you believed in Lu Meng too much at that time. Now it would cost 200 million just to redeem him. Wouldn't it be better to use the money to raise troops and build ships?
"Tzuyu, you have been in Jiangxia for a month, do you know how many troops are stationed there?" Sun Quan suddenly asked, patting his thigh.
Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment and replied: "Well... there should be quite a lot of them. There are more than 10,000 infantrymen, led by Xu Shuang, the deputy general of the trapped camp."
Digression: The currency stock of Jiangdong in the article is only an inference. The source of the speculation is "The Biography of Lü Meng in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms": "Meng was made the governor of Nanjun, granted the title of Marquis of Xiaoling, and was given 100 million in money and 500 catties of gold." In the late Han Dynasty, 1 catty of gold = 10,000
Money, a total of 105,000,000 money. Sun Quan rewarded so much in one go, and also rewarded other soldiers. Soochow should be quite wealthy.
The billion here is understood as the modern unit of quantity (Zheng Xuan commented in the Book of Changes that "one hundred thousand means one hundred thousand", if the billion here is worth one hundred thousand, it does not match five hundred kilograms of gold). Since there is no historical data on Soochow's financial revenue
Chapter completed!