Believe it or not, Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong still slowly rolled out the map handed to him by Han Qian first, but it was much more detailed than the military map used by the Shu army, and he secretly felt that in front of this map, the officials of the Privy Council of Dashu should be ashamed to throw themselves into the river.

On the map, it not only clearly marks the distribution of 376 cottages along the Qianjiang River and its main tributaries, mainly by Wu bureaucrats, but also marks several road maps for Banan Jingyan and the hands of the bureaucrats, which flow out of the Banan area, flow to central Guizhou and southwest Hunan through the mountains of southern Sichuan, and return to the interior of Sichuan and Shu.

Han Qian did not deliberately conceal the existence of the Wuling Trail, which could not be concealed from people who were really familiar with Banan affairs, and because the Wuling Trail involved the interests of Xuzhou, Han Qian's advice seemed more authentic and credible.

Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, was secretly frightened, but he didn't expect Han Qian to rely on Jinyun Tower to have a clearer and more thorough understanding of the situation in the mountains of southern Sichuan than the Shu army.

Although the southern Sichuan bureaucrats are fierce and difficult to tame, they usually retreat into the mountains, and they will not go out of the city and enter the plains on both sides of the Yangtze River at every turn, but in addition to not allowing others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch, there is also a main reason that there are many salt wells in the Banan area that are controlled by the Wu bureaucrats, so that there is a large amount of private salt, which flows back to the interior of Sichuan and Shu through the hands of the bureaucrats, and cannot be blocked no matter how it is blocked.

Sichuan Shu well salt in the previous dynasty at the peak of the annual 400,000 quintals, each quintal plus salt tax two taels, which means that only the well salt contributed up to 800,000 taels of salt profit for Sichuan and Shu every year.

Affected by the war and other events, there are more than 380 salt wells left in Sichuan and Shu that are still drawing brine and boiling salt, and the annual production and sales of well salt are less than 200,000 quintals, but due to the salt and iron envoy's substantial increase in the salt class, the salt profit is only slightly lower than that of the previous dynasty at its peak.

At this time, the 160,000 soldiers and horses of the Shu Forbidden Army, almost half of the military resources came from Yanli, and the heavy dependence on Yanli can be seen.

It's just that the heavier the salt class, the higher the price of salt, and the more rampant the private salt is, and hundreds of heads are cut off every year, which cannot be banned.

Illegal salt flows into Xiangqian, Nanzhao and other places through the Qianjiang River, and Shu is naturally beyond the reach of the whip, and it will not damage the interests of Shu too much, but a large amount of private salt flows back to Sichuan and Shu, which directly impacts the supply of the Shu army, which is not tolerated by the monarchs and ministers of Shu.

In addition to trafficking illicit salt for huge profits, the mountain bureaucrats also used this to increase their strength, build forts, and increasingly resist the rule of the Shu army according to the dangers of mountains and rivers, which made the situation in southern Sichuan more and more severe in recent years.

At present, among the three or four hundred salt wells in Shuzhou, although the Banan area in the south of Yuzhou accounts for less than one-fifth, most of these salt wells are in the hands of Wu bureaucrats, and they are also the main source of private salt in Sichuan and Shu.

Although the Banan area is the source of the Sichuan and Shu private salt, it is a pity that the terrain of the Banan area is more dangerous, and the Wuyuan people's stockades are hidden deeper, so they usually do not directly threaten the city of Yuzhou.

In contrast, the mountain bureaucrats in the mountains south of Yanzhou and Rongzhou have a more direct and intuitive threat to the plains - in the fourth year of Tianyou, the leader of the Yanzhou mountain bureaucrats once led his troops to directly capture Yanzhou, and also fought fiercely with the main force of the Shu army in the south of Luzhou, killing and wounding five or six thousand elite of the main force of the Shu army before being forced to withdraw from Yanzhou.

Therefore, in recent years, Shu has mainly concentrated its forces to clear the mountain bureaucrats in the south of Yanzhou and Rongzhou, and has a high tolerance for the Wu bureaucrats in the Banan area.

However, from the perspective of Shu's internal dependence on salt profits and the economic sources of the Shanban people, strengthening the control of the Banan region is a more fundamental solution.

"In the past, the Shu army was clumsy in the southeast of Sichuan, and the soldiers and horses were limited, and they were mainly stationed in Wudong Kipzhou, and when the two countries married and reduced the garrison of Kipjing, Hou Ye wrote to force the strategic eastward movement of the Chen Southern Line, passing through Banan, which is a matter of course,"

Han Qian peeked at the suspicious look in the eyes of Changxiang Hou Wang Yong and Jing Qiongwen, and could vaguely think of what they were worried about, and also knew that it was the most difficult thing to establish trust between people, not to mention that Changxiang Hou Wang Yong and Jing Qiongwen were from the Shenling Division, and their scheming was gloomy, and it was even more difficult to trust others.

Han Qian didn't care what they were thinking, he just said what he thought,

"And when your lord was born to the Hou of Qingjiang, the Hou Ye seemed to be extremely familiar with the affairs of Banan, and he had the softening of Jingda for several years.

Changxiang Hou and Jing Qiongwen glanced at each other, their expressions lifted slightly, and said: "With this map alone, if you want to plan for the affairs of Banan, or if there are shortcomings, please ask Master Han to give advice." ”

Han Qian nodded, now the time is ripe in all aspects, but even if the lord of Shu Wang Jian is dissatisfied with his eldest son Wang Hongyi, if he wants to use his second son Wang Yong to pass through Baan, at least Wang Yong needs to show that he has enough vision and ability to pass through Baan.

Wang Jian can't directly tell his eldest son Wang Hongyi, Lao Tzu is dissatisfied with seeing your wings growing, so you must use the old division of power to check and balance?

At this time, the Shu State wanted to pacify southern Sichuan and completely resolve the controlling rule of the chieftain over the bureaucrats, and there were many strategies that could be used, Han Qian would not teach the most fundamental to Changxiang Hou and Jing Qiongwen, but only focused on the two strategies of using razing to control razing and analyzing the clan, and then said: "The Hou Ye wants to Tubanan, share the salt profits, or he can meet with Sizhou Yang Xing!" ”

Sizhou is located in the upper reaches of Chenshui, across the Qianjiang River, Yuanjiang River Basin, the area is broader than Xuzhou, Chenzhou, at this time nominally surrendered to the Great Chu, but the state assassin Yang Xingfeng did not call the king, it is really because the Sizhou landscape is dangerous, sparsely populated, it is better to be the king than to surrender to the Great Chu to be a soil overlord more comfortable.

Sizhou is a relatively thorough feudal state, in addition to the annual symbolic payment of some tribute to Jinling, all military and political matters are determined by the Yang family, Jinling can not interfere, can be regarded as an independent force independent of Chu Shu.

Yang Xingfeng controlled the western part of Sizhou in the middle and upper reaches of the Qianjiang River, and the Shu army wanted to pass through the Banan, form an alliance with Sizhou, and join forces to attack the Wu people occupying the middle and lower reaches of Qianyang from the north and south, which was undoubtedly the best means.

Of course, if you want Sizhou to send troops, you must naturally give enough benefits.

The Sichuan salt flowed into Qianzhong and Nanzhao through Sizhou openly, and the Yang family benefited a lot, and Shu could also share a part of the salt profits, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

As for whether his Han family's father and son can benefit from it, and whether some Sichuan salt will flow into Xuzhou through Sizhou, Han Qian thought to himself that Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, should not delve into it.

Besides, the world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, if Han Qian offers advice and advice, he is busy in vain, and it is difficult to win the trust of Wang Yong and Jing Qiongwen.

"Both sides of the Qianjiang River are steep cliffs. The cottage built by the Wu people, although it is near the riverside, but it is mostly on the high cliff, and the warship is difficult to attack, in addition to being able to make a whirlwind cannon, I can also make a scorpion cannon that can be placed on the deck of the warship. If Shu buys 200 scorpion cannons from Xuzhou, I may ask the third prince to grant permission to sell the scorpion cannon patterns to Shu! Han Qian continued, "Of course, the scorpion cannon pattern and the secret recipe for dispelling miasma wine are all possible to obtain if Master Hou has to fight hard, and they are not in the list of national gifts this time......

Banan Mountain is high and densely forested, and the plague is extremely severe; In addition, it is difficult to attack the cliff with warships, which are all obstacles that the Shu army must overcome when passing through Bashu.

Han Qian designated that only Changxianghou could obtain considerable manufacturing technology and finished products from him, and it was also to ensure that at least part of the affairs of Shu Jinglubanan needed Changxianghou to participate, and as for the rest, Changxianghou and Jing Qiongwen had to find their own way to fight for it.

Changxiang Hou asked for advice, and the solution ideas provided by Han Qian at this time can be said to have thoughtful suggestions in place from strategy to specific tactics, and then it depends on how they play or how much strength they have to play!

Speaking of this, Han Qian was worried that if the time dragged on any longer, it would arouse the suspicion of others, so he pointed to the Xuanji pot and said, "You can't ask Wei Qun to notice the abnormality, how can Jing Gong and Hou Ye get drunk." Well, naturally, I know the depth of the new plum sake, and drinking less will not make people suspicious. ”

Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong and Jing Qiongwen glanced at each other, knowing that no matter what happened, they couldn't show their distrust of Han Qian at this time, and with a nervous mood, they drank two glasses of green plum new wine, and then the county lord of Qingyang was drunk and helped out of the elegant room, and they each returned drunk......

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Back at the Hou Mansion, Changxiang Hou Wang Yong didn't dare to slack off, sent someone to bring a wooden barrel, vomited up the wine and food he had eaten just now, and then drank a full glass of warm water, feeling that the drunkenness had decreased slightly, and the inappropriateness of his body had also decreased, only to confirm that the green plum wine that Han Qian asked them to drink was indeed just a spirit, and nothing else was mixed in.

"Why are you drunk like this?" Liang Wan, the marquis of Changxiang, didn't know why her husband, who had always been massive and not drunk with a thousand cups, staggered when she came back, and asked with concern.

Qingyang told him about the secret meeting tonight, and Liang Wan was also worried about what was wrong with the green plum new wine and the Xuanji pot, and asked, "Is there any discomfort?" ”

"At the moment, it's just a drink." Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong shook his head and said, feeling that his head was still a little painful.

"In addition to worrying that Jinling will be in chaos, do Han Qian's suggestions have other intentions?" Liang Wan had contact with Han Qian once, but after listening to the descriptions of her husband and Qingyang, she also decided that her heart was gloomy, and she always felt that it was too easy for Han Qian to offer advice at this time.

In fact, they had just learned that shortly after Han Qian set off from Yueyang, his father Han Daoxun was ordered to be transferred to Jinling as Jing Zhaoyin.

Liang Wan didn't realize that this incident was actually completely unexpected by Han Qian.

They treat others with themselves, and they can't appreciate Han Daoxun's ambition and feelings of serving the country and the people without hesitation, and looking at Han Daoxun and Han Qian's father and son from the perspective of a conspirator, they will naturally think that Han Daoxun must have a certain grasp of the situation, so he will go to Jinling to take up the post of Jing Zhaoyin.

In this way, what Han Qian said about worrying that the situation in Jinling would change drastically at any time was very likely to be a pretext in their eyes, and it was even more ill-intentioned for Han Qian's advice.

"When I was in Jinling, there were rumors in Jinling before the war to cut the feudal domain that Emperor Chu wanted to seal the hereditary Xuzhou of the Han family father and son - Han Qian's policy involved a lot of interests in Xuzhou, and there is no doubt at present. After Jing Gong goes back, he will also think deeply, let's wait a few more days for the time being," said Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, "I am very dizzy now, and everything will be talked about tomorrow." ”