The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 237

Zhou Yu said: "My lord, no matter who wins Cao Cao or Zhang Wu, the next step is to fight against Jiangdong, so we have to make preparations as soon as possible!"

"Ah? Gongjin, if Cao Cao wins, it is reasonable to take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangdong, but how dare Jingzhou take the initiative to attack Jiangdong?" In Sun Quan's eyes, it is normal for Jiangdong to be weaker than Cao Cao, but he should be stronger than Jingzhou Bar.For more than ten years, Jiangdong has been fighting against Jingzhou. His father almost broke Xiangyang at the beginning, and he lost to Jingzhou twice in the past two years, but basically both sides suffered.

"My lord, the current Jingzhou is no longer the Jingzhou of Liu Biao's time. As far as I know, Zhang Wu has been training the army and improving armaments since he came to power. In addition, Jingzhou has been in good weather for the past two years. This time he made so much money selling books. Now I'm afraid Jingzhou is stronger than Jiangdong!"

As much as I hate to admit it, it is the truth.Jingzhou's land area is not smaller than Jiangdong's at all, and its population is not less than Jiangdong's.Although the current Jingzhou has lost Nanyang County, Jiangdong is not the whole of Yangzhou.Moreover, Jingzhou is suitable for farming from Xiangyang to the south all the way to Changsha. In Jiangdong now, only some areas on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are relatively flat, and other places are full of mountains.

The most affluent Huainan area in Yangzhou is in the hands of Cao Cao, so Jiangdong Group is so persistent in Hefei.

At this time, the south has not been developed and is still a wild land.From ancient times to the Western Jin Dynasty, the economic development level of northern China far exceeded that of the south in terms of agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce.During the Three Kingdoms period, Wu and Shu developed the south, but compared with Wei, which was in the economic center of China, their economic strength was very different.

It was not until the end of the Western Jin Dynasty that the economic development level of southern China began to gradually improve. By the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the economic development levels of the north and the south were basically the same.From the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, China's economic center of gravity moved irreversibly to the south.

Now Sun Quan is actually relatively poor, because Jiangdong's aristocratic family is still relatively powerful, that is, half of Jiangdong's army belongs to the tribe of the aristocratic family.It was not until the later period, after repeated internal struggles, that the Sun family gained the greatest control over the army, and because of political reasons, only certain privileges were reserved for the aristocratic families.

In the later period, Sun Quan was so poor that he made a stupid move, which was to issue a currency with a higher face value "Daquan Five Hundred", and one coin was used as five hundred coins.This was robbing the people of their money. They even issued "Daquan Two Thousand" and "Daquan Five Thousand" later, which caused inflation and ruined Soochow's economy.

Now people in Jingzhou are not only rich, but all the aristocratic families obey Zhang Wu's words obediently, and ordinary people also support Zhang Wu very much. All scholars regard Zhang Wu as an idol. Do you think Sun Quan is afraid?
Of course Sun Quan was afraid. In the past, only Cao Cao could threaten Jiangdong. Now Jingzhou also has this strength. Fortunately, Cao Cao and Zhang Wu would not be united, otherwise Jiangdong would not be able to resist the attack of the two.

"Since this is the case, does Gongjin have a plan?" Sun Quan asked, he also understood now that as a lord, he is absolutely fine in playing politics and playing with balance, but when it comes to fighting, he is really not as good as Zhou Yu .No wonder my elder brother asked Zhou Yu about foreign matters before he died.

"My lord, it is foreseeable that there will be a great battle between Cao Cao and Zhang Wu this winter, but it is really hard to say who will win. Cao Cao's advantage is that he has a strong force and has the upper hand. Zhang Wu's advantage is that he is familiar with The terrain and naval forces are stronger than Cao Cao. But one thing is certain, no matter which side loses, it will suffer heavy losses. If Zhang Wu loses, Jingzhou may perish. If Cao Cao loses, he will be unable to march south for at least ten years. Let's sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight first, so we can actually observe the power of the iron chain ship. After they decide the winner, we will adapt to the situation."

In a battle like this, no matter how well prepared and thoughtful you are in the early stage, you can't say who can win 100%.

Zhou Yu's plan was not to act so foolishly first this time, and after Cao Cao and Zhang Wu had decided the outcome, he would go for a bargain, and the benefits of any verbal promises were only on paper.According to the spy report, Zhang Wu transferred General Wenpin to Jiangxia. This must be to strengthen Jiangxia's defense, in case of a war with Cao Cao, Jiangdong will attack from behind again.

After Zhang Wu made adjustments to the army, all ministries were stepping up their training, and the Wuwei Battalion had also been expanded, all of which were elite soldiers selected from various armies.

The major families in Jingzhou are also working at full capacity to produce various military equipment and materials. Now everyone in the Jingzhou army has changed their equipment.All rank-and-file officers and above wore brand-new armor. Even ordinary soldiers also had a leather armor and a helmet, and the weapons in their hands were all new, both handy and sharp.

Guan Yu and others, who had just joined Zhang Wu's command, saw that ordinary soldiers under him could be equipped with such excellent armor, and they all lamented how kind the soldiers under the commander's army were, and that with these armors, they could save their lives at critical moments.No wonder the governor has been winning battles all the time. With so many well-trained and well-equipped soldiers, he has the confidence to fight!
Liu Bei used to wander around, how could he have so much money to buy equipment, and the soldiers he recruited would be good if they had a long gun. How could he fight against Cao Cao's elite soldiers who had fought old battles?

It is also thanks to Liu Bei's many generals, otherwise the defeat would be even worse.

Now these people have finally lived a rich life, even richer than Cao Cao. There is really nothing to say about the food in the army.It's just that the offals of those animals are a bit too much to eat. If it's not that the taste is not bad, people with certain status are generally not willing to eat them.

However, the training intensity of the soldiers is indeed a bit high. They are running, weightlifting, etc. training endurance and strength all day long, as well as all kinds of weird training.However, these generals who have fought for half their lives have gradually discovered that these training contents are really effective.

After a price reduction, the Jingzhou Metropolitan Government and major families made another wave of harvests, and now profits have dropped a lot.Zhang Wu knew that the market was basically saturated now, and families of all sizes had almost bought it, so it was impossible to make huge profits like some time ago.

Therefore, the Publishing Bureau under the Metropolitan Government of Jingzhou announced that it would no longer limit the price of books printed by the major families, and the Metropolitan Government increased the production of white paper. price for sale.

At the same time, the profits earned by the major families from selling books no longer need to be handed over to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. In order to encourage the families to print books and spread knowledge, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion only collects [-]% of the tax on the money earned by the major families from selling books.

(End of this chapter)