When it comes to going into battle to kill the enemy and deploying troops in formation, General Guan Da can defeat Feng Tibi with one hand.
But when it comes to plotting against the country, the ten generals of Guan are no match for King Feng Gui.
General Guan, who lived in the Three Kingdoms era and was born as a girl, had never seen such a strategy?
But seeing the disbelief on her face, he asked in surprise:
"What if the Wu people really want to forge it themselves? Wouldn't that mean they are endorsing the enemy?"
"No, I've figured it out."
Governor Feng shook his head and said confidently:
"Taking Hanzhongye as an example, the cost of making a pair of armor for cavalrymen and horses five years ago was at least three times the current cost."
Having said this, Governor Feng looked at Guan Ji with a strange smile on his face:
"Xijun, do you know what this means? It means that even if I sell it at a 30% discount, I can still double the profit."
"Xijun, tell me, if it were you, would you rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a pair of armor yourself, or would you rather spend thirty to fifty thousand dollars to buy a pair of armor?"
Obviously, Governor Feng had already understood the trap of this kind of transaction from what he said before, but after hearing this account, General Guan was still shaken.
She wanted to say that she would rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a pair of armor, but the most critical question came: where would the money come from?
"Without money, everything is negotiable."
Governor Feng spread his hands and said, "The treasury of the Later Han Dynasty was only about 8 million yuan a year. In the early years when there were no woolen materials and brown sugar, the annual tax revenue of the Han Dynasty was only 1 million yuan."
"As for the Kingdom of Wu, let's calculate it leniently. It costs three million taels. To make a pair of armor, it costs 150,000 yuan, that's 150 taels."
After trading with Wu for so many years, Governor Feng knew the approximate amount of Wu's treasury income, even if he didn't know the exact amount.
"If it's three thousand pairs, let's calculate it as 450,000 yuan, which will take up 15% of the income of Wu's treasury."
"This is just the price of the armor. What about the money for the war horses? What about the money for raising the horses? What about the money for maintaining the armor? What about the money and food for the soldiers?"
"If you calculate it this way, the three thousand armored cavalry will cost at least nearly 30% of Wu's treasury at once, and they will also spend a lot of money on food and maintenance every year."
"After a big battle, how can a war horse survive? Then we will have to spend more money..."
Between the salaries of the noble officials in the country and the expenses of the 100,000 soldiers under his command, which one is free of money?
Not to mention that the ability to resist natural disasters these days is weak, and Jiangnan is a water town. You are not allowed to leave some money and food to deal with disasters and so on?
This three million treasury income is treasury income, not special military expenditure.
In fact, it is still a big question whether Wu Guo has an income of three million yuan.
"Haha," Governor Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Even if Sun Quan is willing to give it up, can he get it?"
"If Sun Quan was rich, he wouldn't have minted a batch of fifty coins a few years ago."
Minting big money means that the treasury has no money, which means that the country has to cut leeks.
In later generations, "Look, sister" is the most typical.
If they are short of money, they will print green votes to harvest the wealth of the world and at the same time export inflation.
The same goes for making big money.
It’s just that the scope of harvesting is smaller, limited to domestic officials and common people.
Anyway, the Xinghan Society always only charges five baht for its transactions with Wu State, otherwise it would exchange for special products of Wu State, such as pearls, jade and tortoise shells.
Of course, it is indispensable that Feng Huishou calls for water jade, a big male donkey, etc.
Later, bills from the Nanxiang Reserve Bureau began to flow into Jingzhou.
Up to now, banknotes have become one of the mainstream currencies used for bulk trading of goods in Jingzhou.
Although it is not the legal official currency of Wu State, it is endorsed by the Xinghan Society!
Nanxiang also masters the most advanced papermaking technology, printing technology, and ink formulas.
A batch of castor oil was planted this year, and Nanxiang has started to try to prepare new ink using castor oil according to the instructions of Governor Feng.
Wu Guo didn't even have access to the original printing technology. Even if he wanted to forge it, there was no way he could do it.
Besides, the ticket is so convenient to carry, isn’t it delicious?
Is big money as hard as money?
Anyway, in the eyes of many people in Jingzhou, the "Daquan Fifty" is definitely not as hard as the bills issued by the Nanxiang Reserve Bureau.
After Guan Ji heard this routine, she suddenly realized something. She looked at Feng Jishi strangely:
"You expected that Sun Quan would have no money, so you asked the people of Wu to trade their shipbuilding and ship-operating skills?"
"It's just as you said, they exchanged the skills of shipbuilding and maneuvering for the skills of armored cavalry, and exchanged boats for war horses. Then what did they exchange for armored weapons?"
Governor Feng smiled evilly:
"Then let Sun Quan continue to mint big money. If fifty is not enough, then mint something bigger. Five hundred is also fine. If five hundred is not enough, then mint one thousand or two thousand..."
If it weren't for this man being his own Alang, if it weren't for General Guan's ass sitting on the big man's side.
After hearing what King Feng Gui said, she had no choice but to punch the vicious guy in front of her.
The late emperor only minted a batch of hundreds of coins, and he almost forced the aristocratic families of Shu to rebel.
If Sun Quan was asked to mint five hundred coins, how many wealthy families in Wu would be offended?
If you cast less, it can still be called an emergency, and you can barely control the consequences.
If it is true as King Feng Gui said, the armor of the three thousand armored cavalry alone will take up nearly 15% of the income of the Wu treasury.
So how much money must be minted to support it?
"Don't look at me like that." Governor Feng smiled at General Guan, "I can't believe that Sun Quan originally wanted to make a lot of money?"
"The grievances between the Sun family and the Jiangdong family are huge. Otherwise, why would Sun Quan be so cruel to the Zhang family?"
In fact, the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Wu were more or less kidnapped by aristocratic families in the process of establishing their countries.
It's just that the big man was the first to get rid of the constraints of the aristocratic family.
After the Wei State established the "nine-grade Zhongzheng system", it had already announced the inevitable arrival of aristocratic family politics.
As for Wu State, it was torn between needing support from aristocratic families and suppressing aristocratic families.
The root cause lies in the fact that when Sun Ce took control of Jiangdong, he killed the great clans of Jiangdong and shed a river of blood.
This caused the Sun family to form a bloody feud with the Jiangdong clan.
This resulted in Sun Quan needing the support of the Jiangdong family, but deep down he did not dare to fully trust them.
But then again, if Sun Quan hadn't been cruel to the Zhang family, one of the four surnames in Wu County, how could he have made a nail in Wu Guoqi so easily?
After hearing King Feng Gui's plan, Guan Gui Queen couldn't help but feel happy in her heart:
Fortunately, this guy is his own Alang. If Wei and Wu get hold of him, the small amount of land in Shu that the Han Dynasty had in the past few years may not be enough for him.
Just when the Ghost King and Ghost Queen were squatting in the backyard discussing national affairs, Zhang Xiaosi rushed in:
"Urgent report from Luoyang!"
Governor Feng and General Guan looked at each other, and a thought came to their minds:
Something happened again in Luoyang?
Zhang Xiaosi sat down on the chair, and before he could catch his breath, he said:
"The false queen mother of Wei is dead."
"Queen Mother? Didn't Bian die a few years ago? Was it the eighth year of Jianxing, or..."
Feng Yong was halfway through speaking when he immediately realized, "Queen Guo?"
Zhang Xingyi nodded:
"Yes, it is the puppet queen established by Cao Pi, the Guo family."
"This is not a long-lived one. It is much shorter-lived than the Bian family..."
Governor Feng calculated with his fingers. As soon as he said this, Zhang Xiaosi glared at him:
"What a great opportunity. Are you still concerned about her long life or short life?"
Governor Feng was stunned: "What chance?"
"There is a rumor in Luoyang that it was Cao Rui who pressed him several times about Zhen's affairs, and Guo finally died of worry."
When Feng Yong heard this, he immediately became interested:
"Is there anything else?"
Mrs. Zhen, that's Cao Zhi's sister-in-law... Oh, that's wrong. Later generations were called the goddess of Luoshui, so Feng Jishi was naturally a little interested.
"It's the news sent by Mi Zhao."
"Oh, Mi Zhao seems to have entered the state!"
Governor Feng touched his chin and said, "Last year Shanyang Gong died, and this year Guo died. Judging from this, Cao Rui's life is not easy."
Zhang Xingyi's eyes flashed with excitement, and he came over and asked:
"Then should we do something?"
Feng Yong thought for a moment and finally shook his head:
"Except for spreading this rumor longer, there is nothing else to do. The longer Mi Zhao's identity is hidden, the higher its value will be. He is very important to our future plans."
When Zhang Xingyi heard this, he was a little disappointed, but he still nodded in agreement.
Feng Yong stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and suddenly asked:
"Is there any news about the Shouchun woman?"
Zhang Xingyi shook his head and said:
"I only know that after the epidemic in Luoyang subsided, she was admitted to the palace by Cao Rui."
"I heard that Cao Rui even issued an edict to build a high platform for her to pray for blessings. How can outsiders know the news?"
"Outsiders can't get the news about her. How can the eldest princess not get it? Let Mi Zhao work more on this and inquire carefully."
If we talk about the most irrational things in the world, an old husband marrying a young wife and an old woman loving her husband must be one of them.
It's love, not the playful kind.
As the relationship between Mi Zhao and Princess Qinghe became closer, Feng Yong was certain that Cao Rui's health was indeed not very good.
Because the two adopted sons Cao Rui adopted into the palace the year before last have now been officially made public.
One is Cao Xun, which I have known for a long time.
There is another one named Cao Fang.
After learning this name, Feng Yong knew that this Cao Fang was the Wei emperor who was finally deposed by the Sima family after the Gaoping Ling Incident in original history.
In other words, Cao Rui now feels that he will never be able to give birth to another child, so one can imagine his true physical condition.
He also adopted a son, and also built a high platform in his courtyard to let the magic stick pray for him.
This further convinced Feng Yong to confirm his judgment.
Besides, even according to the original history, Cao Rui was a short-lived ghost.
Secretary Zhang dutifully took note of Governor Feng's instructions.
"Is there any news from Wu State?"
Zhang Xingyi naturally knew why Feng Yong was hiding in the backyard these days.
She looked a little strange:
"This exchange will take at least three months. How can it be so easy?"
When Governor Feng heard this, he immediately became irritable and wanted to find Zhao Guang to come and beat him up.
However, as soon as spring began, Zhao Guang followed his instructions and left the fortress from Xiaoguan, followed the river to the Hetao area to look for Kebineng.
He thought about it for a while and then said:
"Forget it, let's make some arrangements. I will go to Juyan County to inspect farming in two days."
The dignified King Feng Gui was forced to flee to Juyan County for inspection by a mere envoy from Wu. This was a great loss of face for the great man.
In the distant country of Wu, there was also a person who was forced to go from Jianye to Wuchang.
This person is none other than Yang Di, a guest of the East Palace of Wu State.
After Sun Quan became emperor, in order to strengthen his control over the officials, he specially set up the Zhongshu Dian School to supervise all officials and local states and counties.
Since the cruel official Lu Yi and others took up this position, they often chose small mistakes to be harsh on the ministers, so as to gain Sun Quan's trust.
In the end, it developed into a false accusation out of thin air, and even Prime Minister Gu Yong was almost imprisoned for it.
Now Wu's courtiers, from top to bottom, hate him to the core.
Prince Sun Deng and Zhuge Ke, who had returned from the victorious campaign against Yue, also secretly plotted how to get rid of Lu Yi.
The two decided to introduce a eloquent speaker first, and tell the faults of Lu Yi and others in front of His Majesty to test His Majesty's intentions.
And Yang Di, who has always been good at discerning people, also took on the important task of finding this person.
Of course, Yang Xi knew that there must be Zhuge Ke's desire to avenge his personal revenge, but for the sake of the country, he accepted this task without hesitation.
He went to Wuchang on this trip precisely for this matter.
After arriving in Wuchang, he did not disturb anyone, but changed out of his official uniform, took two servants with him, entered Wuchang City, purchased generous gifts, and then took a car out of the city and headed for the countryside.
Wuchang used to be the capital of Wu State. Although Sun Quan later moved the capital to Jianye, he still left the prince behind.
Although the prince also went to Jianye in the past two years, Wuchang was the key land and water link connecting Jingzhou and Jiangdong.
Coupled with the increasingly frequent exchanges of personnel and materials between Han and Wu in recent years, Wuchang not only did not decline, but even became more prosperous.
Not far outside Wuchang, there is a village. At the east end of the village, there is a small farmhouse. Although it does not look as good as those high-rise houses, it is much better than those thatched houses in the village.
The entrance to the small courtyard was cleaned very clean, the front yard was fenced off, and some green vegetables were planted in a corner inside.
Occasionally, two or three chickens popped up, and one was still flapping its wings, as if it wanted to fly over the fence and into the vegetable garden.
Then a woman rushed out with a broom, swept it towards the eyeless chicken, and yelled:
"If you don't lay eggs every day, you just know how to eat! That blind guy dared to lie to me when he sold it to me and said it was a good chicken! What's so good about it, why didn't I see it?"
The woman was there chasing chickens, cursing.
At this scene, he happened to be bumped into by Yang Di who was getting off the car outside the small courtyard. However, he saw a hesitant look on his face and was considering whether to take back one of his feet that had touched the ground.
The woman's sharp eyes had already seen the bullock cart in front of her house. When she saw the face clearly revealed on the cart, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face.
Her expression changed, and she subconsciously threw the broom into the corner, then patted the dust on her body and tidied her clothes.
Then she took a deep breath and calmed down her expression. At this moment, she seemed to be a different person.
Although the clothes on her body are simple, the aura of the common people about her body is faintly telling that the woman's background is not comparable to that of ordinary village women.
Where can I find the vulgar words just now?
"Young Master has been away for several years, how are you still?"
The woman opened the courtyard door, bowed to the ox cart, and asked.
Yang Di, who was in the car, got out of the car with some embarrassment: "I've met Madam."
The woman replied calmly and generously, "I am just a commoner's wife, so I cannot be called the wife of the Yang Lord."
Hearing what the woman said, Yang Di's face became even more embarrassed.
