Chapter 287: Raise the price on the spot and pay back the money on the spot.
Two days later, Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian arrived in Anhui by boat.
Led by Lu Su and Zhuge Jin, they first went to express their condolences to Zhou Yu on behalf of Liu Bei's forces.
Zhou Yu's mourning hall is located in the Wankou County Government Office. Various funeral ceremonies continue every day, and the family members mourn every day, full of sadness.
In the mourning hall, Lu Meng, Ling Tong and many other young generals watched Zhuge Liang come to Zhou Yuling under the guidance of Lu Su Zhuge Jin.
At this time, Zhuge Liang had actually never met Zhou Yu, but he still offered incense to Zhou Yu conscientiously, comforted his family members, expressed their condolences, and behaved in a manner consistent with etiquette.
Everyone looked at him angrily.
Zhuge Liang turned a blind eye and behaved politely without showing any timidity.
Strictly speaking, there is no hatred between Liu Bei's group and Sun Quan's group. They are even superficial allies who have concluded an alliance.
The ones who have hatred are Sun Quan’s group and Liu Qi’s group.
Seeing that the atmosphere had solidified, Lu Su quickly said: "The Marquis of Wu naturally knows that borrowing Jingnan from Xuande Gong is a reckless move, but I also ask Xuande Gong to understand Wu Marquis' difficulties. Now the general trend of the world is that all the north belongs to Cao Cao. Liu Qi in Jingzhou is seriously ill, and Duke Xuande takes over Jingzhou because of public expectations. Liu Jiyu in Yizhou cannot protect himself. Duke Xuande takes Bashu from the west, and the world is divided into three parts. It is also a good thing for Sun and Liu to join forces to fight against Cao Cao."
Sun Quan asked anxiously: "Then how can you be willing to borrow it?"
Sun Quan narrowed his eyes and said: "Sir, you are being too modest. Who knows that Liu Qi is seriously ill now and has entrusted Jingzhou to Duke Xuande? Moreover, Duke Xuande has been in Jingnan for many years and is very powerful. Many people think that Jingnan has been occupied by him. Is there any reason why I can’t make the decision?”
Sun Quan and Lu Su looked at each other.
"Thank you, Marquis Wu."
Zhuge Liang stood up and said: "I still have to go back and report this matter to the emperor's uncle. How about letting the emperor's uncle make the decision?"
But the essence of borrowing is actually business. When doing business, you have to follow the principle of "raise the price on the spot and pay back the money on the spot".
So in the face of the glares of those generals, Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian still maintained their courtesy and ignored them. After a series of etiquette that made it impossible to find any fault, the two came to the backyard.
So this is clearly a situation where the snipe and the clam are competing for the fisherman's profit. It is really hypocritical to insist on rescuing the clan.
As expected.
Zhuge Liang secretly smiled in his heart, but said: "Please know, Mr. Zijing, that our Lord Liu Huangshu has a reputation for benevolence and righteousness all over the world. Because Cao Cao held the emperor hostage, he went to the south to join forces with Liu Biao, Liu Zhang and other clans in order to conquer Cao Cao in the north and save the country. But he didn't. Thinking that Liu Biao had hidden evil intentions, now that Jingzhou has returned to the hands of Young Master Qi, he went to Bashu to rescue Liu Yizhou, rather than to seek to seize the same clan's inheritance. I hope Mr. Zijing will stop talking nonsense."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Only the second county?"
However, Zhuge Liang did not expect that Zhuge Liang's move of retreating would make Sun Quan anxious, and he directly handed the initiative of negotiation into the hands of the other party.
However, the real appearance of Sun Quan is not blue eyes and purple beard. The blue eyes refer to his bright eyes, and the purple beard refers to his thick beard. Therefore, if you believe the content of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and think Sun Quan has this appearance, then Big mistake.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "This is natural. When Wu Hou made an alliance with my lord, he promised not to attack Jiangxia in a short time. Since Wu Hou keeps his promise, my lord will naturally fulfill his promise and give Jiaozhou to Wu Hou."
As soon as he said these words, Lu Su suddenly screamed in his heart.
"This is nature, this is nature."
"Zhuge Liang (Sun Qian) pays homage to the Marquis of Wu."
Therefore, in the face of Zhuge Liang's accusation, Lu Su shamelessly said without changing his face or heart: "Kong Ming misunderstood, we are not borrowing the four counties in Jingnan, but only Guiyang and Lingling counties. Jiaozhou's Nanhai County, Cangwu County and Yulin County are adjacent to each other. By taking these two counties, Yangzhou and Jiaozhou can be connected."
It's just that because Liu Bei is now strong and Sun Quan doesn't dare to say anything, the forces in Jiangdong can only choose to remain silent.
Sun Quan glanced at Lu Su and Zhuge Jin, the two nodded slightly, and then said: "This is naturally good. However, Jiaozhou is located in a remote area. The land route from Yangzhou is inaccessible. The only way is to borrow the road from Jingnan, so we I want to borrow Jingnan from Duke Xuande, what do you think?"
Is your sister made of gold, or was the dowry all gold?
Even if they are both, the sum total is not as much as the hair of these two counties.
But it's hard for them to refute.
Therefore, Lu Su believed that if he had to pay some other price, such as marrying Sun Shangxiang, providing Jingzhou with some salt produced in Jiangdong, or concluding an alliance to attack Cao Cao, etc., he might not be able to exchange Guiyang County.
Before, it was borrowed from Jingnan, and then it became Guiyang Lingling. Even Lu Su's psychological bottom line was actually borrowed from Guiyang County.
To put it simply, what Zhuge Liang meant was that Sun Quan was so shameless that he asked for a territory no less than a state, plus a Jiaozhou.
However, even Sun Quan, including Sun Quan, scoffed at this rhetoric.
Those who know know that your brain is flooded and you have some serious illness. Those who don’t know think that Sun Quan defeated the Jiangxia Navy in the Battle of Hongkou, and now the Jiangdong Navy is showing off its power in Jingzhou, forcing Liu Bei and Liu Qi to cede Jingnan.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "It's really surprising that he borrowed the four counties of Jingnan. These four counties have a population of more than two to three million, and they are as prosperous as a state. Wu Hou If you capture Jingnan and then capture Jiaozhou, your strength will more than double? Liang remembers that in the Battle of Hongkou, Wu Hou was defeated. Even if our lord is willing to lend Jingnan to Wu Hou, now Jingzhou led by Shen Xiaoqing is under the command of Young Master Qi. I am afraid that the army of more than 100,000 people will not agree. Moreover, Jingnan is currently the foundation for our Lord's Western aid to Bashu. All supplies of grain and grass materials need to be allocated from Changsha in Jingnan. If Jingnan is lost, there will be no subsequent supply of grain and grass. Wouldn't it cut off my lord's retreat? If I lend these four counties to Wu Hou, if I make an analogy, I will destroy the city wall and lose its foundation. Please also ask Wu Hou to compare his feelings. If I mainly ask Wu Hou to borrow Yangzhou as Cao Cao's Northern Expedition , to support the Han Dynasty’s foundation, I wonder if Wu Hou is willing to part with it?”
"Wu Hou."
If you marry a sister to Liu Bei, you can get two counties with a population of nearly 2 million.
In fact, Lu Su certainly knew that their demands were excessive, very unreasonable, and even close to being unreasonable.
Lu Su smiled bitterly and said: "Kong Ming is a sensible person. He should know that if the roads between Yangzhou and Jiaozhou cannot continue, then what's the point of getting Jiaozhou? The food and tax revenue produced in the south cannot be transported to Jiangdong, so what's the point of Jiaozhou and Feizhou?" How different is the land? Therefore, we must have a stable and passable road for transportation, Kong Ming should understand."
In ancient times, the right was respected, and guests often had to sit under the host's right hand to avoid being rude. Sun Quan was obviously not so petty and deliberately asked his guests to sit on the left hand side, which actually made him lose his status.
Therefore, he proposed it to play a broken window effect, first assuming an impossible condition, waiting for the other party to reject it, and then discussing it with the other party, so as to slowly come up with a condition acceptable to both parties.
Although Lu Suti's request was very unreasonable, it was just such a process of pulling and pulling between the two parties.
Zhuge Liang pondered: "If you say that you want to give Jiaozhou to Wuhou, but block the road so that Wuhou cannot go, it is indeed a bit unkind. But if it is just a borrowed road, why should we borrow the four counties of Jingnan What? After entering Guiyang County from Yuzhang County, can't we go south to Jiaozhou? Then my lord can just ask General Liu Pan not to attack your army, so why bother to make excuses?"
In the small hall in the backyard, when Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian entered the hall, they saw a strong man sitting on the main seat.
Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head and said: "Besides, don't you think it's a bit rude to Marquis Wu? My lord is not an enemy of Marquis Wu, but an ally of Marquis Wu. When he promised to donate Jiaozhou to Marquis Wu, he was fulfilling his promise. But even if The loan money also requires interest, but Wu Hou opened his mouth and asked for the two counties, as if my lord owes Wu Hou, it is really puzzling."
"oh?"
Strategically, regardless of its position or value, it is dispensable to the Liu Bei Group.
This man has a wide mouth, a strong body, piercing eyes, and a thick beard on his lower jaw, making it impossible to tell whether he is in his twenties or thirties.
If that were the case, I'd probably have gone to Bashu long ago. Why did it take so long?
Aren't you waiting for Zhang Lu to attack and Liu Zhang to be destroyed, and then when they are both hurt, then catch them all in one fell swoop?
At that time, we can not only gain access to Yizhou and Hanzhong, but also avoid the infamy of trying to seize the clan's inheritance.
Sun Qian didn't say anything, just smiled and straightened his clothes.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Lending must come and go. In the past, Pang Guanghou Liu Yin lent money to loan money and collected interest. The interest collection exceeded the law and eventually lost his title. Isn't it because of being too greedy? Although my lord is kind, he also If we believe in fairness and morality, how can we give two counties to the Marquis of Wu as a gift to the state at the same time? Lingling County cannot be borrowed, but Guiyang County can be negotiated."
The two of them saluted.
"Kong Ming, Gongyou, come."
If this happens, wouldn't it mean that people are asking for a lot of money?
Lu Su nodded and said.
Sun Qian also said: "I just want Wu Hou to know that my lord has just helped Qi, the son of the same clan, to get to Jingzhou. Jiaozhou is a remote place. We have already sent people to convey the message. By then, my lord will send people to summon the governors of the counties in Jiaozhou to return to Jingzhou. Marquis Wu only needs to send one person there, and that should probably be enough."
Huang Zu killed Sun Quan's father, Shen Chen killed Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, indirectly killing Zhou Yu.
Sun Quan, Lu Su, and Zhuge Jin are not fools, so they naturally understand Zhuge Liang's hidden sarcasm.
So when he first started making unreasonable demands, he just waited for Zhuge Liang to counter-offer.
Lu Su was too busy to respond.
The words made the three people's faces turn red.
certainly.
When Shen Chen caught him, he was only twenty-two years old. Now five years have passed and he is twenty-seven years old. His appearance is very different from that time.
In this way, they would have a channel to send troops to Jiaozhou, and they would be able to pacify Jiaozhou in a few years, and seize a steady stream of food, treasures and people from Jiaozhou to make up for the losses in Yangzhou.
Who is in alliance with you, Sun Liu, to dominate the world?
Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian also looked at each other, and they didn't know whether Lu Su and Sun Quan had something wrong with their minds, or whether they thought they were fools.
The main reason is that when Lu Su made this plan, he knew that he would definitely not be able to borrow money from the four counties in Jingnan.
Zhuge Jin guided Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian into the hall and introduced them: "This is the Marquis of Wu."
"Haha, of course I understand."
"Borrow Jingnan?"
You put forward a condition, and I put forward a condition, and slowly pull the strings, and finally reach a situation that satisfies both parties.
"Forehead"
He is Sun Quan.
But everyone knows that Liu Bei and Liu Qi are allies who wear the same pants, so when these generals hate each other, they also hate Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian.
Lu Su thought for a while and said: "Marquis Wu is very sincere and is willing to marry his sister to Uncle Liu Huang and the two families will become in-laws. In the future, we will join forces to fight against Cao Cao and revive the Han Dynasty."
Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian sat under Sun Quan's right hand.
It is not ruled out that this was a warning given by Sun Quan to the two of them, hoping to intimidate them.
After the two sat down, Lu Su and Zhuge Jin sat across from each other. Sun Quan put his right hand on his temple and his left hand on the table, and said softly: "I am very happy that you two can come to Jiangdong. I am the envoy of Duke Xuande. You two must already know the reason."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing.
"These two counties are not two small places. The population of Guiyang County is more than 100,000 households, and the population of Lingling County is more than 200,000 households. The combined population of the two places is probably close to 2 million. This is an excuse. Just borrow it, how can it make sense?"
The place became quiet.
At least at that time, Sun Quan's beard was not so thick, his eyes were not turquoise, and his beard was not purple, so Shen Chen could not recognize that he was actually the Lord of Jiangdong.
Sun Quan glanced at them with majestic eyes, pointed to the lower right seat with his right hand and said: "With courtesy, please take a seat."
But Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian are both happy and unafraid. Now it is Sun Quan who is asking for help from them. If others want to dare to cause trouble, they will anger the Liu Bei Group. With the current weak strength of Jiangdong, they will not be able to survive the Liu Bei Group's attack for long. .
Zhuge Jin said: "Kong Ming, isn't it possible at all? The Marquis of Wu just hopes that Duke Xuande can abide by his promise, not for the purpose of seizing Jingnan. Since Duke Xuande is willing to donate Jiaozhou to the Marquis of Wu, he should also be considerate of the relationship between Yangzhou and The road to Jiaozhou is impassable, so we can only take the road to Jingnan."
"Yes."
Guiyang County has a small population, with only 100,000 households, maybe around 500,000. It is also close to Jiaozhou and very far away from Jingbei. Its geographical location can be described as extremely remote.
So it's not that we don't want to talk to you, it's just that you are outrageous.
Zhuge Liang repeatedly waved his hands and said: "Although my lord is kind, we can't borrow Jingnan. Now my lord is preparing to attack Yizhou and help his fellow clan Liu Yizhou fight against Zhang Lu. Jingnan currently has to provide food and grass to my lord. If you lend it, I will Doesn’t it mean that the Lord has no foundation? What’s more, my Lord only temporarily borrowed Young Master Qi’s Changsha County as the foundation, and my Lord has no control over this matter in Jingnan.”
What is the so-called rescue of the clan?
"oh?"
Sun Quan quickly asked: "Sir, please tell me."
Zhuge Liang pondered: "My lord has always wanted to attack Cao Cao in the north, but Nanyang is a flat river, and it is not easy to fight the northern soldiers. Lujiang County is in Huainan, and Huainan has lots of water, which makes it convenient for the southern soldiers to fight the northern soldiers. Wu Hou now only occupies a small area south of Lujiang County. Part of the area, most of the north, belonged to Cao Cao, and if he could exchange less than half of Lujiang County for Guiyang County, I believe Wu Hou would be willing to do so."
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment and did not say anything for a long time. Lu Su and Zhuge Jin looked very solemn. They never expected that Zhuge Liang would make such a strange move. It can be said that he had sinister intentions!
The temperature dropped suddenly last night and I caught a cold. I have been feeling groggy and out of shape all day today. I have just typed one chapter so far. I will take some medicine to let me sleep. I will wake up tomorrow and code hard. I will make up for it if I can. I must resume daily updates of 10,000 words.