"Xu Du and Xuzhou will be fine in the future!" Bai Tu came over specially and took Jian Yong's hand and said.
After hearing this, Jian Yong looked like he had eaten the essence of the farm.
However, when Bai Tu held his hand, Jian Yong adjusted his posture almost instinctively, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Mr. Bai, for your concern. However, Xu Du and Xuzhou are under the cover of the Han emperor. It is just because of the previous rebellion."
Of course, there is nothing wrong with some of the light being temporarily dimmed now..."
Unfortunately, no one listened to what he said at this time. Recorders were immediately around and recorded this scene - seeing Duke Bai delivering a speech at the Protecting the People's Ceremony, Jian Yong, the envoy of the Xuzhou Prefecture, burst into tears. Duke Bai comforted him, "It will be fine."
of".
The clever official of the Ministry of Rites on the side, after Bai Tu left, immediately stepped forward and patted Jian Yong on the shoulder and said: "It will be fine! Thank you for your hard work!"
It looks like the subjects of the Central Plains are all in dire straits.
The people around had indeed witnessed this scene, and it was foreseeable that it would be spread from one person to ten, and from one to another.
The only important condition that Jian Yong ignored was also the most important condition for Yangzhou to take on a new look. It was the prosperity of the people, or the improvement of productivity, that made the people truly feel the change and peace of mind... Otherwise, relying on simple and empty propaganda, fake
It won't be true after all.
Without this crucial basic condition, what is the use of civilian newspapers imitating Yangzhou opera troupes?
How many literate people are there among your people? Do you have time to watch theater?
After the Protector Ceremony was over, Jian Yong finally couldn't bear it anymore and formally asked to see Bai Tu before the year before.
Originally, because of the unfavorable war situation in the General's Mansion this year, Jian Yong wanted to take a deep breath and wait for Bai Tu to take the initiative to see him. However, after the Protector's Ceremony, Jian Yong's self-confidence was invisibly reduced.
"Xianhe is here? Have you calmed down?" When Bai Tu saw Jian Yong coming in, he asked with concern, as if he really believed that Jian Yong was moved to tears at the Protector's Ceremony.
"Yong just remembered for a moment that his lord worked so hard for the Han Dynasty every day, so he showed strange behavior and made Bai Gong laugh." Jian Yong specifically emphasized that my tears are not shed for you.
"Hahaha, Xianhe has been living comfortably in Jinling these days? Jinling has changed so much recently that even Mr. Cao Pi and the others who came two years ago are not used to it now." Bai Tu smiled at Jian Yong's explanation.
I passed by and asked about the past few days.
I don’t know if he is “blaming” Jian Yong for not coming to see him at the first time, or... secretly reminding Jian Yong to be optimistic about the changes in Jinling - even if Xuzhou really wants to fall out and unite with the Prime Minister’s Office, the General’s Office will still have the confidence to face it
Challenge everything!
Jian Yong pretended not to understand at all and replied flatly: "Jinling does have a flourishing atmosphere, just like Chang'an in the former Han Dynasty and Luoyang in the later Han Dynasty."
It sounds like a compliment, but between the lines, there is a vague meaning of accusing Bai Tu of being disobedient and reminding him that "the Han Dynasty also had such a prosperous age."
Jian Yong also deliberately teased Bai Tu, hoping to see how Bai Tu would answer, so as to judge Bai Tu's "intentions".
Will he praise the Han Dynasty without hesitation? Or will he become angry with him?
However, there was no white picture. He just smiled slightly and said: "It will be better. We welcome Xianhe Chang to come in the future."
There is no showing off, no shame, and no excuse to see whether Jinling has now surpassed Luoyang and Chang'an at their peak. There is only infinite self-confidence.
It was this kind of answer that made Jian Yong feel the most uncomfortable...
People no longer bother to compare with the current Han Dynasty. Even when faced with the Han Dynasty in its heyday, the answer is "it will be better"... How can we continue to talk about this topic?
"Xuzhou will also be better... It's just that this time, when the Xuzhou army went to Qingzhou under the emperor's order, they encountered the uninformed general's navy. They haven't evacuated Qingzhou yet. What does Bai Gong think?" Jian Yong directly brought up the business.
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"Now Mr. Liu has made an appearance! Everyone is supporting the Han Dynasty, so who is going to fight? Could it be that if something happens in Xuzhou, will our general's office stand by and watch? The attitude of Governor Gan is the attitude of our general's office... we will never let our allies
Fighting alone." Bai Tu said righteously, as if he had really helped a lot and the Xuzhou Prefecture was "being polite".
However, Jian Yong heard that everything else was nonsense. Only "Will the General's Office stand by and watch" was clearly reminding him - don't forget that Cao Cao has not unified the Central Plains first, who is supporting them.
And "The attitude of Governor Gan is the attitude of our general's office" - that's what he really wanted to say!
Sure enough, this guy is not ready to return to Donglai County at all, he wants to stay in Qingzhou!
"The General's Mansion now spans four states and has opened up new overseas states. I'm afraid it won't be able to supervise Qingzhou, right? If there is any bandit attack, and the main force of the navy happens to be absent, wouldn't it be bad? Of course... this time, the navy of the General's Mansion,
Although it is just a coincidence, my lord is willing to give them a generous gift so as not to make them feel cold." Jian Yong said and took out the gift list.
The so-called "district spanning four states" means that in addition to the local Yangzhou, General Mansion also has Guangling County in Xuzhou, several counties in Runan County in Yuzhou, as well as three counties in Jingnan, most of Nanyang County, and several counties in Jiangxia
county.
The disparity in strength and geographical factors make Xuzhou Mansion a little weak when facing the General Mansion. As long as it does not involve core interests, it can still be tolerated.
But even so, Jian Yong also has a vague threat - if you are too greedy, your navy will be prepared to stick around for a long time, and there is no need to leave!
It is true that Qingzhou is not in the mainland of Yangzhou after all, but is across from Liu Bei's base camp in Xuzhou. Unless we are really determined to go to war with Xuzhou, we will not be afraid of thieves but also worry about them...
"It's obvious. Governor Gan and the others just happened to meet you attacking Qingzhou after trading with Liaodong. How can they accept the gifts?" Bai Tu looked embarrassed, took the gift list, looked at it, and put it away.
On one side, he murmured at the same time: "Oh, by the way, because Xuzhou government has never negotiated that big order, we opened a trading channel with Liaodong, and we haven't said anything about leaving any goods for you.
'Sorry'!"
Jian Yong was paused after hearing this...
If the Jiangjun Mansion's unfavorable war this year was Jian Yong's bargaining chip, then... the General Mansion's opening of a maritime trade route to Liaodong was a bargaining chip for the General Mansion!
In the previous year, the intensity of transactions between the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion, and the General's Mansion was not too great.
On the one hand, the asking price of the General's Mansion is too high, and on the other hand... they all require ore and good horses in exchange - so you can use the eliminated second-tier equipment to collect supplies, and then continue to create more first-tier equipment?
Although according to the thinking of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the cycle of major innovation and replacement of weapons and armor is very long, but... it does not affect Cao Cao and Liu Bei, seeing that such a transaction will make Bai Tu become bigger in vain.
More importantly, Yuan Shao's weapons and equipment are the same as those of Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Even if they don't trade with the General's Mansion, they won't lag behind.
Moreover, both the Prime Minister's Office and the Xuzhou Government had previously determined that Bai Tu could only trade with them now, otherwise he would not be able to trade with the Jingzhou Government, right? Is he an enemy?
As for the Xie family in Jiaozhou...they are just landowners, and there is nothing that can tempt Bai Tu.
However, now Bai Tu has really opened up a maritime trade route. From Bai Tu's tone, it seems that the transaction volume with the Gongsun family is not small!
This makes Jian Yong have to think about it, otherwise... maybe it won't happen now, but who knows if Yuan Shao continues to be suppressed by Cao Liu, will Bai Tu be so crazy that he trades weapons and armor with Yuan Shao from Liaodong?
"Oh? But I heard that... Governor Gan seems to have come to Qingzhou without any goods? Ahem... Of course, I am not questioning Mr. Bai, I just think that if there are any specialties from Liaodong, maybe I, Xuzhou, can also
I am willing to trade with Mr. Bai." Jian Yong indirectly questioned.
In fact, there are some "fraudulent" elements. After all, the Xuzhou government is not so sure whether Gan Ning's fleet brought cargo or not!
"It's true that I didn't bring anything. I just gave some unused weapons and armor to General Gongsun who was fighting against the foreign tribes in the north. After all, the government is now out of order, but my general's mansion cannot let the border warriors feel cold..."
Bai Tu spoke so beautifully that those who didn't know thought he was really providing supplies to Liaodong for free.
But in Jian Yong's view, this is particularly harsh, as if to say... The Han Dynasty can no longer take care of the frontiers, and they still want my general's office to take care of it, tsk tsk... Then we might as well hand over more important tasks in the future to the general.
Mansion!
Jian Yong pondered a question: "Could it be that Liaodong will surrender to the General's Mansion? Ahem, I mean, could it be that Liaodong will be divided into the war jurisdiction of the General's Mansion?"
You can't say "professing a minister" carelessly, but Jian Yong obviously made a "slip of the tongue" on purpose.
Bai Tu pretended not to care, but continued: "It's enough to say 'profess oneself', it's just to strengthen communication! In order for Yangzhou to have more contact and communication with Liaodong in the future, General Gongsun specially made a special request to our government.
The navy set aside ports for garrisoning troops and public lands in several counties."
Well, in terms of area, later Lushunkou, Dalian... which is now the "Tashi" area, is nominally a county, but because it is in Liaodong, which is vast and sparsely populated, it is even more sparsely populated.
Therefore, it is the size of "several counties" in the Central Plains!
It's just that when Bai Tu said this, it didn't seem like giving the navy a station, but rather like giving him half of Liaodong.
Of course Jian Yong could understand that there was some ambiguity in the words, but... it was not difficult to judge the "nature" of Bai Tu's words!
The Gongsun family in Liaodong obtained trading rights at the expense of allowing the navy to be stationed in the General's Mansion?
Without waiting for Jian Yong to think further, Bai Tu continued: "It just so happened that Governor Gan defeated Yuan Tan and regained the Donglai coastal area. In this way, as long as ports are built in Dongmou County and Huang County in the future, not only
It is more convenient to trade between Yangzhou and Qingzhou, and it can even be included in the trading circle between Jiangjunfu, Liaodong and Sanhan from here!"
After filtering out the trash talk about Governor Gan defeating Yuan Tan, Jian Yong also understood what Bai Tu meant.
It seems... the land part can be discussed, but the coastal area must be used as a military garrison for the General's Mansion, otherwise all previous deals will be forfeited!
But at the same time, if Xuzhou Prefecture agrees, not only weapons and equipment from Yangzhou, but also horses from Liaodong can flow into Qingzhou from the port of General Prefecture.