Chapter 2934: Never get tired of seeing each other, only the mountain of gold and silver
The sound of horse hooves hit the stone slabs in the main official road of Jingxiang, making different sounds of different sizes and shatters.
It’s not that the horse’s hooves are worn or crooked, but that the stone slabs in Xiangyang have not been trimmed for a long time.
The sounds made by cracked and complete stone slabs and horse hooves hitting them are naturally different.
The reason for not having any repairs is of course no money.
Jingzhou is now like a beauty who is overly indulging in lust. After taking off her makeup, she showed her dark circles and black fungus, and she no longer had the tender scenery of the past.
Because of continuous blood draw, most of Jingzhou's money, food and grass were sent to Yuzhou.
Even the pedestrians walking on the road seem to have lost their souls, as if they have lost their souls.
Jingzhou lost its soul completely from the day when Liu Biao fell and Liu Cong surrendered. It was not that Liu Biao was so powerful, but in the Liu Biao era, the surrounding princes had to look at Jingzhou's face, fearing that if they really angered Jingzhou, they would be troublesome if they rushed out of 100,000 soldiers...
However, Liu Cong's surrender made everyone look down on the people of Jingzhou, and even the people of Jingzhou looked down on themselves.
People without blood are looked down upon everywhere.
People in Jingzhou have lost the opportunity to compete for the world, although this opportunity itself is not many. Now the people in Jingzhou are left to sweep the snow in front of their doors. How could they care about whether the stone slabs on the official road are good or bad?
What's more, because of the continuous blood drawn, Jingzhou's economy has reached the brink of collapse.
There are very few things available on the market because most of the output has been shipped away and the price of food is very high, especially this fall, which is simply ridiculously high.
Generally speaking, before the autumn harvest, the price of grain will be slightly higher, but it will not be as high as the current outrageous level. Because at this time, local big farmers will sell their existing grain, on the one hand, emptied their own warehouses, and on the other hand, recycled some money to facilitate the collection of new grain when the new autumn harvest comes.
Whether it is Yuzhou, Jizhou, or Jingzhou, the steps of any region with relatively developed agriculture are similar. Only by harvesting these methods every year can the landlords increase their wealth every year, and there is no need to consider any CPI. Because they control production with one hand and step into consumption with one foot, they make money at both ends and eat both sides.
But this year's food prices have been very high, nearly twice as high as in previous years.
It seems like a good thing, after all, is there too much money?
But in fact, the future of the people is even worse than when the food price is lower!
It is not a good thing to be too high. This means that the prices of other materials are also very high. Although farmers produce grain and get more money after selling them, they are actually happy. Because money cannot replace all the materials, they still have to spend more money to buy other things. In fact, it is equivalent to consumption being invisibly raised, and the quality of life is a decline again.
Selling grain is just for a while, but spending money is for a lifetime...
At the same time, the reason why big farmers are willing to use such high grain prices to collect grain is proven that big farmers can earn more in other aspects, so that they will not make big farmers feel distressed for a whole year.
After all, letting the people make an extra coin would be more distressed than letting the big players lose money.
What's even more strange is that after the autumn harvest, there was not much food on the market.
This means that the food and grass of large households, even old grain, have been eaten...
Who would eat so much food and grass in one go?
Only the army is the gold-swalking beast.
Although people in Xiangyang do not know where the next direction of Beijingzhou is, from the current environmental changes, they have already felt that the coldness of autumn is like a knife placed on their necks.
Therefore, when the messenger rushed past the broken stone road, an even more uneasy atmosphere began to spread in Xiangyang City...
The local gentry and rural people in Jingzhou began to worry. They seemed to have a bad premonition and gradually started to chatter with each other.
Uneasy and frightened.
But the Cao army didn't care at all.
Who cares whether a bloodless soft boy is afraid or panic?
Anyway, a soft egg is a soft egg, and at most he can only wail and cry. What other things can he do?
Therefore, Cao's army did not hide it at all and felt it was completely unnecessary.
When Liu Biao left so many soldiers and capital, the people of Jingzhou could not do anything. Now that he has no military power, can he fart two more?
If you have any farts, just hold them back!
Cao Ren sat upright in the hall. He had been in Northern Jingzhou for a long time.
He had been waiting for the sound of war drums for a long time, and his soldiers had been waiting for the battle for a long time and were hungry and thirsty.
In the hall, the flags were rolled up and displayed on both sides, and the swords were wiped carefully in his hands.
The sword light flashed.
Cao Ren's eyes also seemed to be flashing with the sword light, sharp and cold.
Cao Zhen came hurriedly when he heard the news. He saw this and couldn't help but thrust his eyebrows, "General, this is..."
Cao Ren put his sword horizontally on his sword, and then he picked up the table and uploaded the message delivered by the messenger to him, "There is a change in Hanzhong, and Li Mancheng summoned the Hu people in a large number, and there may be disputes."
『So, does Hanzhong have a chance?』 Cao Zhen lowered his head and read the news, frowned and thought for a moment, and then whispered, 『But... this Shangyongshen family... may be exaggerated or exaggerated...』
『Hanzhong is a quagmire..." Cao Ren nodded, 『But...If Hanzhong can really be taken away, the north and south will be divided immediately, and the cavalry will be in chaos!』
Hanzhong is a hub in the north and south. Of course, it will lose contact if the hub is occupied. Although the strategy is beautiful, the specific tactics will be cruel, because the local circumference in Hanzhong is too small, and both the north and south are attacked. Once it falls into it, it is a big quagmire, and if you are not careful, it will be a disaster.
It's a lot of temptation, but it's not that easy to eat.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cao Zhen thinks it is better to be cautious, and be more cautious.
Cao Zhen frowned and said, "It's true. General, you should be careful about this matter. The land in Hanzhong is narrow and long and mountainous roads, so it's easy to get in, but it's difficult to get out."
Cao Ren gently stroked the sword, but did not say anything about the previous question, but suddenly jumped to the second question, "The envoy from Jiangdong wanted to borrow Jiangling."
Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment, "When did it happen?"
"When you were patrolling various places," Cao Ren raised his sword and looked at the patterns on the sword carefully in the light. It seemed that there was the answer to the question. "The follow-up troops in Jiangdong were ruled by Zhu and Lu, with a total of 30,000 people. He has set out and will arrive in Jingnan soon. He has nowhere to settle down. He will temporarily borrow a place in Jiangling, Jingnan, and return it after the war..."
When Cao Ren said this, he burst into laughter, as if he had told a very funny joke.
Cao Zhen laughed and said, "It's really easy to calculate!"
Cao Ren also laughed, "What do you think?"
Cao Zhen bowed and said, "I followed the general's orders."
Cao Ren waved his hand and said, "You and I don't have to be so reserved. I just asked you for your suggestions. Could it be that I will not say this?"
Cao Zhen smiled and said, "In this way, my nephew will be Menglang... This Jiangling is like a useless person... I heard that there are more soldiers in the new city..."
"New City..." Cao Ren stored the sword and placed it aside, "New City is doing well."
Cao Zhen nodded and said, "After all, it's a new city."
Cao Ren was stunned and then laughed, "This is true. Go and prepare the troops. If we don't move, I'm afraid Jiangdong will not be relieved and dare not move forward."
Cao Zhen bowed his order, "But... I still need to be careful of fraud... Although Jiangdong is a cunning person, Li Mancheng... is also a villain, so he must be careful...
Cao Ren nodded and said, "I know."
With the order issued, the Cao army in Jingbei and the vassal Jingzhou soldiers began to gather, train urgently, and distribute and count all military supplies. At the same time, the Kuai family in Jiangling area in southern Jingzhou rushed to Xiangyang, entered the general's mansion with a sad look on their faces, and then came out even more sadly. It is said that they cried bitterly on the spot, and shed tears on the long street...
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Wancheng.
Wancheng is a sieve, and Xiangyang is also a sieve, all of which are eyes.
Pang Shanmin trembled and wrote a letter to the news, "Xiangyang soldiers are prepared, but their intentions are unknown. What do you think of the general?"
Wancheng stared at every move of Xiangyang, and of course, Xiangyang stared at every move of Wancheng.
Huang Zhong sat aside, squinted his eyes and said, "The soldiers in Wancheng may be able to defend the city, but there is no need to fight far away."
Pang Shanmin glanced at Huang Zhong and nodded.
Although Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong have both cleared the rats and flies in Wancheng openly and secretly for this period of time, Wancheng is open to business, and it must have certain rules and order, either conclusive evidence or difficult to act. Moreover, in Wancheng, there are also some "contraindicated products" of big men, so it is still quite difficult to define whether it is a real mouse or a fake mouse.
A lot of arrests were arrested, but Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong both believed that those who were caught were all little guys, and those hidden inside were the big hidden dangers.
It may even be people from the Pang family.
After all, after Duke Pang De died, it was almost equivalent to Pang Shanmin and Pang Tong's property. Although Pang Shanmin was Pang De Gong's son and Pang Tong was his follower, whether from the perspective of intimacy or blood, these two people are undoubtedly the closest heirs of Pang De Gong and are also natural heirs, but the problem is that people's hearts are not just "reasonable".
If Pang Degong was just an old man living in seclusion in Lushan in history, then there would be no quarrels on the Pang family. There was nothing to fight for in dozens of acres of mountain fields and several tiled houses on the mountainside. These may be a considerable wealth in ordinary families, but in the eyes of the children of the gentry, they would not be able to fight for it.
But now, because of Fei Qian, Mr. Pang De has become huge invisibly. Not to mention anything else, even if it is just Wancheng, it is still dreamt of almost all the aristocratic families in Jingxiang, such as the Kuai family, who is obsessed with Jiangling. Because of Jiangling, Kuai family is about to go crazy and hard, working hard.
Therefore, the idle people from Ponzi hope to get a share of the pie.
Pang Tong from Chang'an was easy to talk. He just smiled and asked these people to take the exam. At most, he arranged some accommodation for these people. He waved his hand and said that even if the yard was Pang Shi Yishu, they would not charge their room fees, but they had to arrange their own food. They just gave some food to give them the score during the Chinese New Year and the holidays. As for whether they could pass the exam, it depends on their own ability. Pang Tong arranged this way, so there was no way to say anything. After all, Chang'an was under the cavalry and there were strict laws. Pang Tong did not commit personal gains, and no one could find fault.
But Wancheng is different.
Strictly speaking, Wancheng is not considered a territory of the Cavalry, and naturally there is no need to implement the strict laws of the Cavalry. Instead, it is a loose Han model, and there is no need to take the exam to select talents. It is enough to say who is the one, and whoever is good. Therefore, more people in Pangshi are staring at Pangshanmen in Wancheng.
It was at this time that Pang Shanmin completely understood why Pang Degong was unwilling to let him become an official. It was not that his ability was not strong and did not meet the standards for becoming an official, but that the people from Pang Shi were not as wise as Pang Shanmin or Pang Tong.
Wancheng is cooking oil in a fire, which looks beautiful, but in fact it is full of dangers.
But Pang Shanmin understood that it was this dangerous situation. Other people in Pang Shi didn't understand, and even pretended not to understand. For these people, they only wanted the benefits in front of them, and the future problems were left to Pang Shanmin.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is also normal in the traditional concept of the Han Dynasty. The leading master family obtains most of the benefits, and then the side branches depend on it, as the barrier of the master family. One person can attain the Tao, and the chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven. As for the future of Wancheng, they don’t care about it, they just want to ascend to heaven.
It’s not that Pang Shanmin didn’t give these people a position, but after giving them, these people would use them as a tacit position to make money and then collect money in large quantities. Once they collect money, of course, it will be convenient for people.
The key is that Pang Shanmin had to give it to him.
Because this is the convention formed in the Han Dynasty in three to four hundred years.
Heavy pressure on everyone, not those who are determined, perseverance and wisdom, can’t even move a little finger of resistance.
As for Fei Qian?
Fei Qian used thousands of years of wisdom to settle in the struggle, and it was not worthy of praise. Because what he used was a bloody path that was breezen by countless blood and lives in China for thousands of years. If there were no such blood-filled people from China, the unremitting efforts and struggle would naturally be without Fei Qian's future generations.
Although what Fei Qian did is amazing and admirable within the entire Han Dynasty, it does not mean that he is really a person with great determination, perseverance and wisdom. At most, it can only be considered half of it. Moreover, this half is due to the action power displayed by Fei Qian's potential Han Dynasty, not just the wisdom he borrowed.
After all, Fei Qian is really doing it, and in later generations, there are also a large number of people who also know thousands of years of knowledge, but they still choose to kneel down. For these people, it is comfortable to kneel down and tired to stand up straight.
Pang Shanmin also cannot solve the problem that some people are just willing to kneel down.
So the mice in Wancheng were caught no matter what.
Huang Zhong could only guarantee his direct personal guards, and there was no problem with some of the personnel sent from Chang'an. As for the other people in Wancheng, whether they were infantry or minor officials...
It is used to defend the city because everyone is staring at it nearby, so there is no big problem. If it is an expedition, Wancheng will inevitably be in chaos after a long time!
『So it is Hanzhong, Wuguan, or...』 Pang Shanmin said in a deep voice, 『Actually it is for Wancheng?"
Huang Zhong pondered silently and stroked his beard.
Although the announcement posted in Xiangyang stated that Cao's army was preparing for the sneak attack by the Jiangdong army, everyone knew that the announcement of the Xiangyang government was just like that. It was obviously wrong to say that the announcements were all fake, but if they were all true, it was really an insult to IQ.
As a military general, Huang Zhong may not be very clear about the overall strategy, but he is very clear about the local tactics.
Wancheng is like a knife left by the cavalry outside the pass.
Jingxiang is under the knife edge, and Yuzhou is above the knife edge.
Such a knife will definitely not be able to bear it for a long time, so once Cao Jun really wants to take action, Wancheng will definitely be the first to bear it!
This is also the reason why Pang Shanmin and Pang Tong have always sent their main relatives to Chang'an quietly.
Of course, Huang Zhong also sent his family to Chang'an. After all, there are only hundreds of clinics in Chang'an that can completely cure Huang Zhong's children's chronic diseases.
Therefore, Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong's butts could only be tilted towards Chang'an, and there was no room for a second choice.
And the others are different...
Pang Shanmin sighed quietly, "Pang Youwen, a brother of a certain clan, had a beautiful jade zhang in his waist some time ago, and he bought three more courtyards and bought a lot of new slaves..."
Huang Zhong glanced at Pang Shanmin and did not speak immediately, as if he was waiting for Pang Shanmin to make final decision.
"When he was a child, he liked to be close to me." Pang Shanmin raised his head, as if he was falling into memories. "At that time, I took him and several other children to climb mountains and trees together, and then picked wild fruits from the mountains to eat... Those wild fruits were sour and not delicious at all, and they would be stained with their mouths and skin, and their hands and bodies were full of color... But at that time, I was really happy..."
『I told him before that I had a good talk about the current dangers of the Pang family...』 Pang Shanmin still said slowly, 『He said, he understood, he knew, he understood, he would do it well... He also sweared, raised his hand, and sweared to the sky... I still remember the serious expression he sweared at that time, very serious, not a joke... Now it seems that the vows he said were like joking...』
"Hansheng, you are older than me. Do you say I took the vow he made seriously? Isn't it stupid?" Pang Shanmin asked Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong did not say whether it was stupid or not. He just said, "From ancient times to the present, there are few people who have made a promise."
Pang Shanmin nodded, and then the expression on his face gradually became harder, "Yes. Since that's the case, that's it. Before the troops were in chaos in Wan, clean up the city one or two first! How long can Wancheng last depends on the geometry of the rat this time!"