Han counter current

Chang'an has always offered high prices and the best reputation. It can also sell war horses, leather goods, and precious medicinal materials from the north. These are the most profitable things for the Jingzhou family.

Just because of Liu Biao's decision, most of the families in Jingzhou lost half of their income, how could those family heads bear it.

Speaking of Jingzhou, it is Liu Biao's Jingzhou in name, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is Jingzhou shared by Liu Biao and the Jingzhou family. Any decision made by Liu Biao has to consider the interests and feelings of the Jingzhou family.

This time, Liu Biao offended most of the aristocratic families in Jingzhou, who told him to delay their way of getting rich.

In fact, the most wronged person is none other than Jiangdong Sun Quan.He was already outside the vortex, and like Liu Zhang, he adopted the plan of not wanting to help and just sitting and watching the show.

But Cao Cao and Chen Feng used their own methods to fight each other, but indirectly prevented Jiangdong's caravans from crossing the Yangtze River to do business.

Jiangdong's tea, porcelain and other commodities have always been sold to the north to make money, but Jingzhou blocked the trade routes, so they couldn't sell them.

Although there is a sea route available for sale, it is shipped to Youzhou, and it takes a long time to go back and forth, so the loss will be huge.

"Who did I offend? Damn it, hurry up, write to General You and tell him the whole story. I haven't done anything bad.

The goods of many aristocratic caravans in Jiangdong were all ready to be transported to Chang'an for sale, but it was because of Liu Biao and Cao Cao that the trade route to Chang'an was blocked.

If our goods cannot be sold, and we cannot obtain war horses, cattle and sheep, and leather goods from Chang'an, Jiangdong's financial revenue is estimated to be reduced by one-third. "

Apart from rushing to write a letter to get closer to Chen Feng, Sun Quan didn't know what to do. After all, breaking the alliance is better than gaining no real benefits.

It's a pity that Chen Feng has once again formed the Northern Alliance with the Yuan brothers in Hebei. If Sun Quan just wants to do business, it may not be so easy for the time being.

"The formation of the Northern Alliance is to fight against Cao Cao, and to strengthen the relationship between the three northern families, it is necessary to make some adjustments in terms of interests."

After sending off the caravan, Chen Feng immediately shifted his focus to dealing with the relationship with other princes. Cao Cao had already made a move, and he had to accept it.

Looking at Chen Feng's firm expression, Li Ru guessed that his lord was trying to isolate Cao Cao, or in other words, win over other princes to ensure his own safety.

After all, under the deterrence of the powerful Cao Jun, whether it is the three major princes in the north, Liu Biao and Sun Quan in the south, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, they will all feel uneasy.

"My lord, do you mean to sacrifice some interests in exchange for the trust of the Yuan brothers, so as to continue to fight against Cao Cao?"

"That's right, the strength of the Yuan brothers has been greatly weakened, but because of this, they also need to seek foreign aid, otherwise, Cao Cao will be able to destroy them by sending a random division to the north.

Although the existence of the Yuan brothers is also a threat to us, compared to Cao Cao, this kind of threat is nothing. Only the weak and the weak can fight against the strong.

Presumably, the other princes should have heard the news of the restart of the Silk Road, hum, no one wants to make money, especially the Yuan brothers now, they are very poor.

I decided to let them join the Silk Road, and let them form caravans, buy goods, and send some guards.

Go north from Bingzhou, enter the grassland, and then go west all the way, escorted by our Hetao camp, until they enter Dunhuang, and then sent to the Western Regions by Ma Dai and the others to do business. "

Chen Feng seemed to have thought about it for a long time. Such a plan was quite attractive to the Yuan brothers, and they would not refuse it.

However, Chen Feng, especially the aristocratic family under Chen Feng's rule, may lose a lot of benefits. After all, the Silk Road is a piece of fat, and many people are unwilling to share it with others.

It was Chen Feng who dared to think this way, but for other people, even if he dared to think this way, he would not dare to say it.The aristocratic families of Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Yongliang are all gnawing on this piece of fat.

Li Ru frowned. He didn't expect Chen Feng's handwriting to be so big. Originally, he only thought that his lord would increase the amount of purchases from the Yuan brothers.Of course, if the benefits are not big enough, how can it attract people?

However, there will be many hidden dangers in this way.Spies from other places may be mixed in these caravans, and the details of their own side may be found out.

"My lord, wouldn't this expose our grassland to the eyes of those caravans? I'm afraid it's inappropriate. The enemy army will use these caravans to collect a lot of information on us, and even pose a fatal threat to us." .”

"You mean the Yuan brothers? Hehe, if they really had the ability and ambition, they wouldn't have fallen to this point.

Besides, after going north to the grassland, these caravans will be escorted by our army. It is up to us to decide how to go along the way and how fast to go.

This is also the reason why I refused to let this route enter Xiliang, and, heh, there are many horses on the grassland, and these caravans need to pay protection fees. "

"Horse bandits? Here, the horse bandits on the grassland have already..."

"I said yes, then there must be, Wenyou, what do you think?"

Chen Feng looked at Li Ru with a playful expression, which seemed to indicate that he had some sinister plan again.

Chapter 553

The Northern Alliance is no secret at all, and even the three parties involved in the alliance want to increase their publicity so that the world will know that they are a collective.

In this way, when Cao Cao wanted to go north, he had to be wary of the ideas of these three families, unless he was willing to fight against the Northern Alliance on his own.

The negative impact brought by the locust plague has not yet dissipated, and soon another news spread all over the world. The right general Chen Feng actually supported the Yuan brothers from Hebei to form a caravan to set foot on the Silk Road.

When the news came out, no matter it was the Yuan brothers or Cao Cao, they were very surprised. Chen Feng was willing to let go of such a big piece of fat.

Soon, Cao Cao immediately sent someone to announce the decree to the Yuan brothers in the name of the emperor, roughly meaning that they should not fall into Chen Feng's trap, so as not to be deceived.

At the same time, Cao Cao also wrote another letter to the Yuan brothers, saying that the Central Plains region is also willing to increase trade with Hebei, so that everyone can make money together.

However, after the Yuan brothers received Cao Cao's letter, they all contemptuously together. The Yuan brothers, a rare unification of opinions.

"Damn it, Cao Cao is stupid, he still treats me like a fool all the time. Although Chen Feng also took some territory from me, and even fought against me, is he as ruthless as Cao Cao?

My Yuan family was originally the overlord of Hebei, and it was about to rule the world. I hate this thief Cao, who is sinister and cunning, and killed my father.

Then he chased me and beat me fiercely, vowing to destroy my Yuan family lineage. If I hadn't run fast last year, I would have been killed by him in Pengcheng.

If I believed him, I would be really stupid.Although Chen Feng is not a good person, he at least gave some practical benefits. Hmph, Cao Cao, will he play tricks? "

After Yuan Tan received Cao Cao's letter, he wanted to jump up and curse.He himself knows best how difficult Qingzhou is now. After the locust plague, there was a small-scale drought, and this year's harvest could not be expected.

Without food, what would Yuan Tan use to defend Qingzhou? Now Zang Ba is determined to be Cao Cao's running dog, and he may go crazy and bite at any time.

The road to the south to buy grain was basically blocked by Cao Cao. Even if my brother in the north wanted to sell grain, he had to be able to do so. Besides, the amount of grain that Qingzhou needed now was not a small number.

Chen Feng has food and is willing to sell it. The key point is that he doesn't raise the price, doesn't take advantage of the advantages, and you have to work hard to stay in Chang'an.Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and Liu Zhang in Yizhou also intend to form a caravan to go to the Western Regions, you can talk to them.

As for security, our army is in charge. I plan to set up a Yongliang camp in Jincheng area to train soldiers for our army.

At that time, let the soldiers from the Yongliang Daying Camp participate in the caravan escort, no matter how you say it, it can reduce a lot of expenses, right? "

During his stay in Chang'an, Chen Feng has been trying to find ways to enhance his strength.The Youyan camp has long been established, responsible for the security of Youzhou, Liaodong, Sanhan and other places.

The Hetao camp has also been formed, and more than half of the recruits have been recruited to guard the grasslands, protect the Hetao, and radiate Bingzhou.

Although the combined number of soldiers and horses of the two battalions is less than [-] for the time being, there is a sound system anyway, and as long as it develops well for two years, it will definitely be of great use in the future.

On Yongliang's side, the situation is also very complicated, and now that the Silk Road has been opened, a large army is needed to frighten the younger generation.

Therefore, it is imperative to establish the Yongliang Camp.After all, Chen Feng's territory is too narrow and long, so he can only use this method to ensure the safety of all places.

Compared with Cao Cao's 20 powerful generals, Chen Feng's three battalions combined are not enough, but blind recruitment will only wear him down.

Although there are not many soldiers in the Youyan Camp and the Hetao Camp, they are all carefully selected soldiers. Moreover, Chen Feng's current focus is on production, so naturally he will not recruit too many from the people. Young and strong.