Three Kingdoms Eschatology

After listening to what they said, Feng Yu laughed and said, "Please listen to Gu's words. Although you are not free to go deep into the inland to do business, my country of Liang has a government-run firm in Shawadi Port. Private caravans come to Shawady Port. You can exchange information with them.

In addition, not allowing you to go deep into the inland area is temporary. After the conditions are ripe, Liang Guo will gradually allow more foreign caravans to enter the inland area for direct trade. "

It was only then that the merchants understood what Feng Yu meant. It turned out that he wanted to turn Sawady into a free trade port. Although a lot of taxes were reduced, he could monopolize trade routes through government-run firms.But these merchants don't care about it.

It is a long and difficult road from Sawady Port to Yongchang Buwei.From Yongchang to the hinterland of Han, I don't know what risks there are.So at the cost of sharing a part of the benefits, it is also their pleasure to resolve this risk.

In the early morning of the second day, Feng Yu got up early.Surrounded by many guards and generals, he took two thousand soldiers and horses to the west of Shawady Port.

He had already spotted a natural port on the western coastline, which is only seven miles away from Sawady Port, and it is the mouth of a branch of the Dulong River.

He asked the soldiers to stand guard on the outside, and a new city rose here after a while.During Liang Jun's large-scale attack on Hongshawadi, Feng Yu received a lot of task rewards from the main task, and got the third city building card.Among the many system props, there is also an advanced shipyard building card, and a new unit [Ocean Sailor] is also unlocked.

Feng Yu named the new city Tenglong City, and after leaving two battalions of soldiers to garrison the city temporarily, they returned to Shawady Port.When approaching Sawady Port, the group of them found a large number of people. On the Dulong River near Sawady Port, there were also a large number of people carried on bamboo rafts, and they were going down the river.

These people included civilians from Zhuluo and civilians recruited from Yizhou.Their common feature is that they are guarded or escorted by Liang Bing.Seeing that his plan was carried out as expected, Feng Yu nodded in satisfaction.

He recruited 1 Han people from Yizhou to Hongshawadi, [-] of whom were distributed in a series of strongholds along the Dulong River.Among them is Manchester City.Of course, there is no benefit, no one is willing to leave their hometown thousands of miles to come to this smoky place.

The condition Feng Yu gave was permanent tax exemption, all the reclaimed wasteland would be his own, and some people would become the system population of Tenglong City, earning a considerable daily income.At present, the meritorious points obtained by Feng Yu's system city population can already be exchanged for real money and land.This means that they will have a regular and substantial daily income.

In addition to immigrating to the Dulong River Basin, Feng Yu also allowed a large number of Nanban to move into Hongshawadi. Their strongholds were not on the main river of the Dulong River, but distributed among dense forests and mountains.

Similarly, they have no benefit and are unwilling to migrate. For the Nanman who migrated voluntarily, Feng Yu assigned those Zhuluo women who lost their families in the war to be their wives.

As for the remaining Zhuluo prisoners of war and civilians, Feng Yu asked the caravan ships to send them back to Zhuluo in large numbers.

Chapter 277

In the spring of the seventh year of Jian'an, in the tropical jungles of Myanmar, the rain began to increase frequently.Myanmar is the new name given to Hongshawadi by Liang Wang Fengyu, and it is the No.14 state he opened up for the Han Empire.

At this time, Feng Yu, the king of Liang, was on his way back to Yibin, the capital of Liang.He sat comfortably in the elephant saddle, propped his head on his hands, rubbed his temples, and thought about something.

Although Feng Yu has worked hard in Tenglong City for more than a month, it is impossible for him to complete all kinds of complicated affairs overnight, and it is impossible for him to stay in Maine for too long.The trouble is that he still has Zhuge Liang.Feng Yu knew very well that Zhuge Liang's real expertise was not in military affairs, but in internal affairs.

Feng Yu left behind Zhuge Liang and Zhang Ren, and Yan Yan was in charge of Myanmar. He believed that Zhuge Liang could manage Myanmar in an orderly manner according to his intention.

He has been away from Yibin for nearly half a year, although there are correspondences, but the journey is long after all, it has been more than a month since the news from the Central Plains reached Tenglong City.Fortunately, there have been no major changes in the Central Plains during this period of time.

Since the change in Xuzhou that year, there have been no major incidents between the various princes and each other.Although Cao Cao's Wei State grew rapidly, it still continued to uphold the basic national policy of resting troops and accumulating strength.

In addition, the Xianbei people in the northeast have risen, and Ke Bineng, the leader of a certain tribe in Xianbei, unified the tribes of Xianbei, and began to show his minions to Cao Wei.

They first conquered Wuhuan State, which had been subordinated to Cao Wei, and then went south to Youzhou.Cao Cao had no choice but to mobilize elite troops to defend, and fought fiercely with the Xianbei in the land of the old Yan.This is also one of the reasons why Cao Cao did not have an incident in Zhongyuan.

Sun Wu, second only to Cao Wei, strictly abides by the White Horse Oath.At this time, Sun Ce was still in his prime and full of energy. After several years of recuperation, although the state of Wu could not be said to have a prosperous population, it had recovered a lot of vitality.

Sun Ce is fully capable of annexing the scholar family of Yue State in Jiaozhou, and he can also attack Liu Biao, the king of Linjiang, to avenge the murder of his father.But he didn't.From his heart, it's not that he doesn't want to, but that he doesn't want to pick this one.

But Sun Ce has not been idle in recent years.Since the Nine Princes made an oath on the white horse to temporarily stabilize the world, the number of exiles from the north to Jiangdong has become less and less, and in the end it was basically useless.On the contrary, many refugees who originally fled to the south embarked on the journey back home.

What Feng Yu understands, Sun Ce can understand as well.He knew that if things went on like this, Wei's population advantage would become bigger and bigger as time went by.Therefore, while Wu Guo tried his best to prevent the population of Jiangdong from returning to the north, he found another way to increase the population.

The state of Wu sent Wei Wen to lead more than ten thousand sailors to search for Yizhou and Danzhou in the sea.When Liang Jun attacked Hongshawadi, Wei Wen discovered Yizhou and moved a large number of indigenous people from the island to Jiangdong to supplement the population.

Sun Wu can replenish the population in this way, but Feng Yu cannot, or is unwilling to do so.

Feng Yu believes that the Zhuluo people and the Han people in the Central Plains are very different in blood and culture.If the Zhuluo people are forcibly introduced on a large scale, it will inevitably alienate the Chinese civilization, and it is difficult to judge whether this alienation is beneficial or harmful.

On the contrary, the population of Yizhou introduced by Sun Ce, or the population of Dianzhou that Xu Fu moved to.Ethnic characteristics differ less from the Han than from the Chola.More importantly, their civilization is still in its infancy and has great plasticity, making it easier to integrate into the local civilization.

When Feng Yu's team entered Yongchang, he could see on both sides of the newly built road, from time to time, merchants driving elephants with baskets on their backs bowing down to him.This is a local Yizhou caravan going to Shawadi to do business. The small one has only one person, and the big one has hundreds of people.

The businessman was the most well-informed, and immediately knew Feng Yu's political strategy in Sawady Port.They immediately realized that there was a trade route full of wealth from Yongchang to Sawady Port, and embarked on this arduous journey without hesitation.

But in fact, the difficulty of this road was less than they imagined, because Liang Jun had previously used Zhu Luo prisoners of war and civilian labor to open a road along the Dulong River in the jungle, and the Dulong River waterway route had already been opened.There are also Liang Jun's strongholds along the line where they can ask for help.

Seeing these merchants, Feng Yu recalled the decision he had made after much deliberation—temporarily refusing foreign merchant caravans to go deep into the hinterland.Those foreign merchants thought that Feng Yu wanted to monopolize the business, but in fact, if Feng Yu really wanted to monopolize the business, he would not allow local businessmen to go to Sawady Port.

The real reason he did this was for safety, as the entire Han land still only has a few million people.If outsiders are allowed to find out the situation in the territory, and commit crimes on a large scale again, the consequences will be disastrous.

Between Buwei City and Gufu, there is also a road of more than [-] miles.Feng Yu changed to a horse-drawn carriage, and passed this road across the South Central Plateau in two days, and then went down the Jinsha River in Gufugai, and arrived in Yibin in one day.

Feng Yu did the math, and it took only a little over ten days to travel from Shawady Port to Yibin.

In Liangwang Palace in Yibin City, lights and festoons were already arranged to welcome Feng Yu's triumphant return.Feng Yu's reunion with the concubines and children's family dinner is nothing to show.

Early in the morning of the second day, Feng Yu just woke up from the gentleness in the concubine's bed, and got up to wash and go to the study.The first thing he did was to summon Chen Tiao, Feng Yu was eager to know if there was anything special happening in Central Plains recently.

As a result, Chen Tiao told him two relatively important things.First, under the personal leadership of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court began to recruit troops to expand its military strength.

The second is that there seems to be an undercurrent in Linjiang Country Liu Biao. Liu Biao has been lying in bed for half a month and has not recovered yet.In Linjiang, two forces centered on Liu Biao's two sons are preparing for a succession struggle.

Feng Yu didn't pay attention to the first thing.But after hearing the second thing, his heart suddenly moved, and the word Liu Bei came out of Feng Yu's mind.

……

Linjiang State, Fancheng County Government.Liu Bei lowered his eyes and sat on the armchair.His two brothers, Guan and Zhang, are still standing behind him.Jian Yong, who had just returned from Jiangling, was telling him what he had seen and heard.From the beginning to the end, there was no wave on Liu Bei's face.

Fancheng is the northernmost county town of Liu Biao's Linjiang State, across the Mian River from Xiangyang of Liang State.Logically speaking, it belongs to Nanyang County and should have been under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

But when the imperial court moved to Wancheng, Liu Biao had occupied Fancheng, Xinye, Rangcheng and other Nanyang cities for a long time.The imperial court also did not have the strength to forcibly take these cities back from Liu Biao.Fortunately, Liu Biao knew the general situation and took the initiative to retreat from Rangcheng and Xinye, leaving only Fancheng as his gateway.

Naturally, the imperial court would not say anything more, and clearly gave Fancheng to Linjiang Kingdom when demarcating the boundary.After Liu Bei came to vote for Liu Biao, the latter took the former as a guest general and placed him in Fancheng to guard the gate for him.

Wait until Jian Yong finishes talking.Liu Bei just opened his eyes, and said slowly: "In this way, the king of Linjiang is really dying."

Chapter 278 Jiangling Storm ([-])

Jian Yong said affirmatively to Liu Bei: "My lord, my subordinates spent a lot of money to inquire about this matter from the chief medical officer of the Linjiang Palace. The medical officer said that the death of Linjiang King Liu Biao was not long ago. .”

Liu Bei took a deep breath and said, "The important thing is that now Liu Jingsheng has not confirmed that the eldest son Liu Qi will take over the throne, but at the instigation of the Cai family and the Kuai family, he wants to make the second son Liu Cong the heir. The way to create chaos. We must not let this happen."

Mi Zhu who was on the side stepped forward to answer the words: "If Liu Cong is really allowed to take the throne of King Linjiang, our hard work for the past two years will be in vain."

After Liu Bei arrived in Jingzhou, he still used his expertise in interpersonal communication to buy the hearts of the nobles and civil servants and generals of the Linjiang Kingdom, and tried his best to make friends with Liu Qi.

In Linjiang Kingdom, the Jingzhou aristocratic families that Liu Biao relied on all hoped that Liu Cong from the Cai family would inherit the throne.So Liu Qi may not be regarded as Liu Biao's eldest son, but he is much less likely to seize the throne than Liu Cong.

What kind of character Liu Bei is, of course he knows this.But this is precisely the reason why he chose Liu Qi instead of Liu Cong.

Liu Bei's ambition is lofty, if he supported Liu Cong to the throne, he would be just an inconspicuous little character among the many supporters.On the contrary, Liu Bei went to help the isolated and helpless Liu Qi. If he succeeds in the end, he may realize the career of dominance that he has not been able to achieve for decades in his life.

At this time, Jian Yong took Mi Zhu's words and said: "But we have no way to get close to King Linjiang now, the entire palace, and even the entire Jiangling City are controlled by the Cai family."

Liu Bei said coldly: "What's the use of getting close? Do you want a certain outsider to come to Liu Jingsheng's sick bed and tell him that it's not worthwhile to abandon the elders and establish the younger ones? What kind of thing is this, and it will definitely cause Liu Jingsheng and others suspicions."

Behind Liu Bei, Guan Yu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, took a few steps forward, stroked his long beard and said, "Brother, if it really doesn't work...we'll force it and put Liu Qi on the throne!"

Zhang Fei behind him also blew his beard and stared in agreement: "That's right, big brother, don't think so complicated, just wait for this old man Liu Jingsheng to kick his legs, and let's pick up the guy and go up and do it."

Jian Yong smiled wryly, and said, "You two generals, it's not as easy as you say. Most of the [-] battle armors of Linjiang Kingdom are in the hands of the Cai family, and the other half are in the hands of the Kuai family and the Pang family. And the Kuai family, the Pang family, and the Cai family are all in the same spirit. How can we get things done with [-] soldiers in this area?"

Jian Yong originally thought that Liu Bei would agree with his idea, but unexpectedly Liu Bei bowed his head for a while, walked back and forth in the hall, and then said as if he had made up his mind: "Yun Chang is right. Now we only have this way , but it’s not like there’s no chance of winning!”

Both Jian Yong and Mi Zhu showed expressions of suspicion and surprise, and they all let out an ah at the same time.

Liu Bei snorted slightly, and explained to the two of them: "Of course I won't be so stupid as to take my [-] children to fight with them. Although those big families control almost all the soldiers of the state in Linjiang, but In the past few years, we have recruited many heroes of Jingzhou. The soldiers and generals of several counties are ours, and we also got to know quite a few gentry in the middle and lower classes of Jingzhou. As long as these forces are combined, the outcome is uncertain. .”

……

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Jian'an, Jiangling, the capital of Linjiang Kingdom, was decorated with lanterns and festoons everywhere, filled with a festive atmosphere.

One of the streets is very strange.There are only two mansions on the street.At this end of the street, there were people coming and going, and from time to time, dignitaries rode their horses and drove to the gate of a mansion compound.But in front of the courtyard at the other end of the street, it was deserted and deserted.

The bustling mansion is Liu Cong's mansion, but the deserted mansion is Liu Qi's mansion.

At this time, there were a few horseshoes and the sound of wheels rolling on the bluestone slabs of the street.A car bus flashed at the intersection.

The doorman in front of Liu Cong's mansion greeted him habitually, but unexpectedly, the two carriages passed Liu Cong's mansion without stopping at all.Men Ding smiled awkwardly, and teased again: "Damn, what happened to me today. This shabby car, you can tell at a glance that it is not our young master's guest!"

When he was speaking, the driver had already parked steadily in front of Liu Qi's mansion.A servant got out of the car and handed a greeting card to the idle and boring Men Ding.

After a while, the door of Liu Qi's house opened wide, and a man wearing a cloak got out of the carriage. The hood on the cloak covered his head, making it impossible to see his face clearly.Liu Qi's servant hurriedly welcomed him in.

As soon as the visitor entered the front yard of the mansion, before entering the hall, he found Liu Qi already standing in the courtyard waiting.Before he himself could speak, Liu Qi was caught off guard and gave a big gift to the visitor. What he said was not a polite greeting, but a sad low voice: "Uncle Huang, save me!"

The visitor took off his cloak and revealed his face. It was Liu Bei.He helped Liu Qi up, and said: "Young master, why do you have to do this, this is really a setback!"

In fact, if Liu Qi was not afraid of being watched, he would have personally greeted this distinguished guest outside the door.

While welcoming Liu Bei into the hall, Liu Qi told Liu Bei about his recent situation.At the moment, Liu Qi's actual state is a little bit better under house arrest.Now he can't even enter the Linjiang Palace, let alone meet Liu Biao, he will be watched all the time when he walks around in Jiangling City.

At the end, Liu Qi wept and said to Liu Bei: "Nowadays, my father can't afford to be ill. If my father dies, the Cai family will definitely do harm to someone, and my life will not be saved!"

Liu Bei said angrily: "Don't worry, my lord, Bei will definitely not stay out of this matter, except to save your life. After the death of Brother Linjiang, Bei will also do his best to support you."

Liu Qi obviously paid more attention to saving his life than his superiors, so he asked Liu Bei urgently: "So, how can XX avoid the disaster of killing himself now?"

Liu Bei laughed, and said the plan he had prepared a long time ago: "A few days ago, Huangzu of Jiangxia died of illness. Linjiang Kingdom can take over his territory in a legitimate way. But so far, no officials have been sent to take over Jiangxia's real estate. The control is in your hands. You can recommend yourself to the King of Linjiang to serve in Jiangxia."

Liu Qi was stunned and said: "I can't see my father now, so recommending myself to him is actually a request to the Cai family. Uncle Huang thinks they can agree to leave Jiangling?"

Liu Bei said with confidence: "Don't worry, they will definitely agree. Because they think that letting you go to Jiangxia without a soldier is a dead end. In this way, they are tantamount to getting rid of you with a knife. Bearing the infamy. Why not do it. Even if you fail to achieve your goal, you are still hundreds of miles away, and there is no direct threat to them taking over Linjiang Kingdom."

Chapter 279 Jiangling Storm ([-])

After listening to Liu Bei's words, Liu Qi still said hesitantly: "But, so-and-so arrived in Jiangxia..."

Liu Bei knew what he was worried about, so he laughed and said, "My lord, don't worry about your safety. Jiang Xia's current general has a lot of friendship with someone, and he will definitely help you take over Jiang Xia safely."

Only then did Liu Qi feel relieved, and bowed to Liu Bei again with a big gift: "Thank you for your kindness, Uncle Huang, if Qi has a high position in the future, I will surely repay you."

Liu Bei didn't stay in Liu Qi's mansion for too long. After talking about business, he put on his cloak again and left in a hurry.Not long after his carriage left Liu Qi's mansion, Liu Bei's personal soldiers driving the carriage noticed a tail behind it.

The carriage unhurriedly stopped in front of a shop, and Liu Bei, who was wearing a cloak, got out of the car and strolled into the shop.

After a while, he came out of the shop again, and inadvertently put the hood back on his head, revealing a big fat face.Of course, this person was no longer Liu Bei, but an ordinary scholar in Fancheng who visited Liu Qi.

Those who followed were relieved to finally see the cloaked man's true face.They all thought that this person was just a small gentry who came to climb the high branch of the Linjiang royal family.

However, these petty actions of Liu Bei and others did not escape the eyes of another group of people, who were subordinates of Liang Guochen Tiao.These situations will be reported to Feng Yu in Yibin in a few days.

……

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liu Qi wrote a letter to the King of Linjiang, requesting to go to Jiangxia as the prefect, according to what Liu Bei said, and the reason was that he wanted to have a good experience.Sure enough, as Liu Bei expected, the Cai family happily agreed to Liu Qi's request in the name of Liu Biao.Liu Qi finally left Jiangling as he wished.

On the third day of March in the seventh year of Jian'an, there was a sudden earth-shattering cry from the palace of Linjiang King in Jiangling City.A generation of heroes entrenched in Jingzhou-Linjiang King Liu Biao finally passed away.

But before Liu Biao's death, he never established Liu Cong as his son through formal etiquette procedures.Liu Biao just left a suicide note, ordering Liu Cong to inherit the title of King Linjiang.

In fact, it wasn't that Liu Biao and Cai Shi didn't want to go through this etiquette process, but that Liu Biao was really sick and couldn't get up.

But to the Cai family, and to the aristocratic families who share the same spirit as the Cai family, it doesn't matter.They have soldiers, people, and a suicide note written by Liu Biao. Who can turn against the sky in this Linjiang country?

Next, while organizing a funeral for Liu Biao, the official office of Linjiang Kingdom reported to the court in Wancheng that Liu Cong had succeeded to the throne and became the second Linjiang King.

Jiangling City and the Linjiang Palace have become a world of black and white.Except for the occasional wailing of condolences in front of Liu Biao's coffin, everything else was as calm as before, and there was no trace of nervousness.

The only change was that the gate of Jiangling City was closed an hour earlier than usual.There are twice as many patrolling troops on the street as usual.

The people in Jiangling City didn't know that at this moment, there were a lot of extra people on the banks of the Yangtze River, which was more than 2000 miles southeast of Jiangling City.There are about [-] people in this team, and the first three generals are Liu Guan and Zhang.

Although Linjiang Kingdom at this time was the same as other places in the world, its population had recovered a lot.However, in this outskirts far away from the city, it is still deserted.

Liu Bei's 2000 men and horses lurked in the dense forest by the river for several days, but they were not noticed by the Jiangling defenders.The main reason for this was that in Jiangling City, no one expected someone to be so bold, otherwise, as long as the city sent more scouts to patrol around, they would be easily spotted.

At this time, Zhang Fei, who had a willow stick in his mouth, became a little impatient. He spat out the willow stick and muttered, "Brother, why haven't they arrived yet? Why don't we wait for them and go directly to the city now!"

Before Liu Bei could answer, Guan Yu who was next to him laughed and said, "Third brother is too impatient. Even if we want to enter Jiangling City alone, it's not at this time. It's still early."

Liu Bei went on to say: "What are you talking about? There are nearly ten thousand national government soldiers and thousands of county and county soldiers inside and outside Jiangling City. Even if we have internal support, 2000 people will be sent in for nothing. We have to wait for Jiangxia, Changsha Soldiers come and join us before we can act!"

The military system of Linjiang Kingdom divides soldiers into two types, one is directly commanded by the palace, called Guofu soldiers.The other is under the jurisdiction of the prefects of the counties, called the county soldiers.

The Jiangxia soldiers mentioned by Liu Bei were under the jurisdiction of Liu Qi in name, but actually under the command of Zhang Shuo, Huang Zu's general. At this time, Zhang Shuo had secretly recognized Liu Bei as his lord.The Changsha soldier was the Changsha county soldier led by Changsha's local generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan.These two people have also been bribed by Liu Bei.

According to Liu Bei's plan, Zhang Shuo took Jiang Xia's soldiers down the river, and after meeting Wei Yan and Huang Zhong at the mouth of Dongting Lake, he continued to travel west along the river to meet Liu Bei.Then they attacked Jiangling together, occupied Jiangling and announced to the world, "exposed" the "conspiracy" of the Cai family to forge Liu Biao's suicide note and usurp the throne, and then supported Liu Qi to take the throne.

Jian Yong expressed concern about Liu Bei's plan.He was worried that even if Jiangling was successfully captured, outside of Jiangling, there were nearly [-] state soldiers controlled by many descendants of the Cai clan, and they would immediately launch a counterattack against Liu Qi and Liu Bei.

But Liu Bei thought that the nearly [-] national soldiers had nothing to worry about.Because they were scattered all over Jingzhou, they couldn't gather for a while.

And waited for his army to rush into Jiangling City, beheaded or controlled the top figures of the Cai family and other families.With the dragons without a leader, it is even more difficult for the [-] soldiers of the kingdom to gather together.At the same time, Liu Bei has attracted a large number of officials, gentry, and generals in the local area.They will attack at the same time to contain these national soldiers.

While the three of Liu, Guan, and Zhang were chatting with each other, a group of soldiers hurriedly came to the three of them and whispered, "Report to the general, the scouts found a brigade ten miles upstream. Come here."

Liu Bei's eyes showed a hint of joy and said: "It should be them who have come. Send more people to investigate in detail. If it is confirmed that they are them, welcome them quickly."

Half an hour later, Liu Bei saw a troop meandering towards him.After a while, three generals came to Liu Bei on horseback. It was Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Shuo.Liu Bei laughed loudly, held the hands of the three of them and said: "Finally, I hope you are here!"

Then Liu Bei asked again: "How many soldiers and horses did you bring?"