Finally, with Jian Yong's efforts, Lu Su offered the price on behalf of the General's Mansion.
After all, Jian Yong was just a staff member of Xuzhou Mansion. Even if Liu Bei gave him a lot of autonomy, he could not make the final decision on some things.
Bai Tu could not talk to him either. After being beaten by Bai Tu overtly and covertly, Lu Su and Jian Yong met once in the name of "official business".
As for the meeting with Bai Tu, it was nominally that Jian Yong visited the General's Mansion on behalf of Xuzhou Mansion to congratulate him on the new year.
After Lu Su "made the offer", he also hinted to Jian Yong that if the negotiation could not be reached this time, or if Guan Yu did not withdraw his troops after the deadline, there was no need to send anyone to negotiate again!
The price of the General's Mansion was not excessive. Although Jian Yong acted with difficulty and even indignation, he did not continue to pester Lu Su after he remained unmoved.
After all, in terms of conditions, the General Mansion still made concessions.
On the first day of February, Lu Su will go to Huang County on behalf of Bai Tu. If the Xuzhou Prefecture agrees to the terms of the General's Prefecture, Lu Su and Guan Yu will high-five and swear an alliance in Huangcheng.
Afterwards, the main force of the Xuzhou Army in Qingzhou needed to withdraw from Donglai County, including Guanyang County in Beihai County, which is adjacent to the hinterland of Donglai County.
The General Mansion will also give up Qucheng, Yexian, Dangli, Luxiang and other counties, leaving only Huangxian, Mouping, Dongmu and Changyang counties on the eastern coast of Donglai.
In addition, ports and water villages were built in the Chengshan area of Huang County and the Changguiting area of Changyang County. The markets near the ports were all opened to Qingzhou after completion, and served as trading places for the General Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion.
After completion, the General's Mansion will only be stationed at the port, and the navy will be stationed in other Qingzhou counties. The size of the garrison will be controlled to not exceed the normal hinterland counties, and Qingzhou merchant ships can go to sea and dock from Changgui Port.
At the same time, Xuzhou is not allowed to station troops in Donglai County and the area east of Jiaodong County in Beihai County. The two sides leave buffer zones for each other...
Although Jian Yong couldn't guarantee it, especially when he just put forward the conditions, he looked dissatisfied. However, after two days of negotiations and feeling that the general would not give in, Jian Yong still hinted before leaving that he could convince Liu Bei.
After all, if there is a stalemate, even the Prime Minister's Office will only fan the flames - after the Prime Minister's Office's victory in Yanjin, although the limelight is the same for a while, it is far from being comparable to the Xuzhou Office's victory in Qingzhou, but... in terms of essence
Due to the territorial nature and the expansion of the people, Xuzhou Prefecture has gained greater benefits.
In terms of prosperity, Qingzhou is far less prosperous than Jizhou. The Yellow Turban Army caused serious trouble here at the beginning, and the young and old men who were captured by the Yellow Turban Army were taken away by Cao Cao a few years ago. In terms of potential and heritage, it is not as good as Xuzhou after the disaster.
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However, what the Prime Minister's Mansion gained was only a few counties in Jizhou, with a population of less than a quarter of Jizhou, while what Xuzhou Mansion received was more than half of Qingzhou.
Of course, the number of prisoners obtained by the Prime Minister's Mansion is unmatched by Xuzhou Mansion, so the increase in strength in a short period of time is not as good as that of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Jian Yong couldn't understand it better - just listen to Sima Lang's various hints before...
What's more, Liu Bei is still thinking about a major event that, if successful, will change the current situation of the world. Generally speaking... Xuzhou Mansion does not want to cause trouble at this time and fall out with the General Mansion.
Similarly, the reason why Bai Tu handed over the matter to Lu Su was because he wanted to get the matter settled, taking into account the "historical affinity" between Lu Su and Guan Yu.
In history without the White Rabbit Effect, when Lu Su served as the Grand Governor, Jiangdong maintained a relatively good relationship with Guan Yu, who was in Jingzhou, without much friction.
In the novel, Guan Yu went to the meeting with Lu Su alone, but in history, "going to the meeting alone" was when Lu Su was in front of the battle, and Guan Yu was asked to station troops a hundred steps away from each other, and the two of them came forward to talk one on one...
In the end, he and Guan Yu discussed the pros and cons and reached an agreement on the issue of fighting Cao Cao. During the period when Lu Su was in charge of "confronting" Jingzhou, the two sides could not afford to fight.
It was this consensus that allowed Sun and Liu to accumulate strength after the Battle of Chibi, laying the foundation for the future Three Kingdoms.
It wasn't until Lu Meng of the hawk faction took over that he changed his mind from Lu Su's agreement with Guan Yu and advocated an attack on Jingzhou, and he soon discovered the opportunity...
Bai Tu calculated that for a general with strong subjective initiative like Guan Yu, just an order from his elder brother Liu Bei might not be able to restrain Guan Yu. Moreover, Liu Bei was far away in Xudu, so he would most likely have "flexibility" when issuing orders.
In contrast, it is better to let Lu Su high-five him and swear an oath of alliance - this kind of ritualistic behavior can better inspire Guan Yu's "righteousness" and thus restrain his behavior.
If it were Gan Ning who concluded an alliance with Guan Yu...
Given their compatibility, they might just mess things up!
Jian Yong did not wait until the Chinese New Year before bidding farewell to Bai Tu. He did not know whether he was really anxious or still dissatisfied with the General's Mansion.
However, Bai Tu was still very considerate and gave him hundreds of kilograms of pork and sauces to take away, which was regarded as a gift to Xuzhou Prefecture and Liu Bei.
This year's New Year's Eve banquet at the General's Mansion seemed a bit deserted. Bai Tu specially invited the two old ladies of the Sun family, as well as many other family members of frontline generals, to the banquet at the General's Mansion.
The two old ladies also understood Bai Tu's "broken promise". Although they were a little resentful, they also felt towards Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. They even suspected that they were not doing their best on the front line because they were trying to "escape from marriage"!
If the war in Jiangxia is still unfavorable next year, the two old ladies may be the first to go to the Privy Council to report that the frontline generals have an improper fighting attitude...
Lu Su specially planned to go to Qingzhou after the New Year - last year, the Privy Council, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel... all danced happily. It is obvious that the projects of our Ministry of Civil Affairs are the foundation of everything. Why are they?
Don’t understand?
This year will give you a lot of insights and lessons!
Lu Su asked himself that the Ministry of Civil Affairs was also very effective last year, but it was covered up by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Industry. This year... not only is it responsible for promoting the essence of Shennong, but also the progress of large-scale projects in various places, and the road and bridge construction index assigned to each county.
It has increased greatly, but other departments have fallen into bottlenecks. Finally, it is time for him to feel proud.
For this reason, Lu Su also wrote a special manuscript. At the New Year's Day banquet, he praised the Ministry of Civil Affairs. At the same time, he did not forget to encourage other ministries with true feelings and made the chief officials of other ministries sigh.
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Compared with the "overt and covert fighting" in the General's Mansion, the New Year's Eve banquet in Xudu's court can be said to be "a harmonious one."
Because Cao Cao returned from a great victory, Xuchang's voice against Cao was silenced.
Yueqi Xiaowei, Wangfu, and Councilor Wu Shuo, were all deprived of their positions and imprisoned for slandering the prime minister!
If he hadn't been worried about Liu Bei, Cao Cao would have even wanted to do it with Dong Cheng and others. Unfortunately, Dong Cheng has also become timid recently and has not found a suitable excuse. Cao Cao is also worried that Liu Bei will disobey him for the sake of the majesty of the royal family.
It was just that at the New Year's Eve banquet, Cao Cao not only secretly regarded himself as the host of the banquet, but in the second half of the process, when the officials toasted Liu Xie and whispered that Yuan Ni had retreated, Cao Cao pretended to be drunk and stood up to raise a toast...