For several days in a row, Zhang Wen and Zhuge Liang discussed the conditions of the two parties from time to time, and now they have almost discussed it, just waiting for him to return to Jiangdong to tell King Wu.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Wen was sent away, and Yang Yi, who joined the army in the Prime Minister's Mansion, walked to Kong Ming's side and said with a solemn face: "This is the fourth day, Zhang Wen will not let go of copper mines and even gold and silver at all!" ”

"This is nature, Jiangdong also needs money, and although Jiangdong's water is calm on the surface, in fact, there is an undercurrent surging underneath, if you want to completely calm it down, it is not easy!"

"What does the prime minister mean?" Yang Yi was a little puzzled.

"There are both internal and external, in the past, in order to take the land of Jiangdong, Sun Bofu, the little overlord of Jiangdong, couldn't help but adopt a policy of being close to everyone of the Shi clan, and it was with their help that he was able to sit in the land of Jiangdong so quickly, otherwise how do you think he did it? Just a few thousand? ”

"As the so-called success is also a family, defeat is also a family, if Sun Bofu is reincarnated, after he stabilizes Jiangdong, he will definitely suppress the power of the Shi clan with supreme power, but he has no choice but to die early, although Sun Quan is smart, but only one is missing a sharp spirit, a hard work, plus Zhang Zhao's old immortal from the middle and the mud, his life is afraid that it will not be easy!"

"In addition, there are often mountains in the south, and a large number of garrisons have to be stationed in the south, which restricts most of the military strength, just like a bird full of constraints, even if it struggles hard, it is still restrained by many fetters, and it will never be able to soar for nine days!"

"Then we ask for the matter of Jiaozhou Iron Mine? Can it be done? Yang Yi was very concerned.

"It shouldn't be difficult! However, we still need to make preparations in advance, Wei Gong, you will send someone to bring enough gold and silver things, hurry to Jiangdong, meet Zhang Zhao, and persuade him to help us persuade King Wu of the iron mine! Kong Ming commanded.

Yang Yi seemed to be a little confused, and asked instead: "Prime Minister, Zhang Zhao is an old minister of Jiangdong, and he must be loyal to the interests of Jiangdong, is it so useful for me to wait?" Will it be self-defeating? ”

In this regard, Kong Ming just smiled slightly, and then explained: "Zhang Zhao is indeed an old minister in Jiangdong, and his loyalty is naturally safe, otherwise Sun Ce would not have said that he would not have asked Zhou Yu about foreign affairs and Zhang Zhao if he was undecided about internal affairs, but unfortunately, Zhang Zhao is no longer the Zhang Zhao of the past, Zhang Zhao when he was young was indeed talented and a minister of the humerus, but unfortunately, as he got older, this person became more and more confused!" ”

"Confused ......"

"Older people often don't have the hard work, but the most important gains and losses, we send him money, not to let him sell Dongwu, to do something sorry for Dongwu, but to let him persuade Sun Quan, after all, what is the iron ore in Jiaozhou? If it weren't for His Majesty's repeated emphasis, would you and I be able to see the difference between Jiaozhou Iron Mine? ”

Yang Yi said: "I haven't been to Jiaozhou, and I don't know much about it, so I naturally don't know what the mineral deposits in Jiaozhou are!" ”

If it weren't for His Majesty's words some time ago, Jiaozhou Iron Mine would have the best effect on making the ring head knife, how could he not have noticed Jiaozhou.

Yang Yi immediately said: "But Prime Minister, Your Majesty said that Shuzhong can solve the copper mine problem by itself, is it really possible?" Is there really a copper mine in Shu? ”

Hearing this, Kong Ming did not answer immediately, and he was also worried, rather than facing Zhang Wen's confidence before, he forbade judging the two of them, and his original intention was to try to use the copper mines stored in Jiangdong to survive this crisis, but from the current point of view, it seems that it is really a little difficult to do, because Zhang Wen's attitude is already that everything that talks about copper mines and gold and silver is not to be talked about over there.

After thinking for a moment, Kong Ming was very worried: "Now I can only trust Your Majesty!" May Your Majesty bring us another miracle! ”

"Prime Minister, in fact, I have always been curious, you and I have never been to the barren land of Jiaozhou, and Your Majesty has never been there, how did you know about the Jiaozhou Iron Mine?"

Kong Ming did not answer this, but he was also thinking in his heart, yes, His Majesty's remarks have no basis at all, but he is gambling, at least he is gambling, betting on His Majesty is right, once upon a time, he would actually gamble when he has always sought stability.

In the early morning of the next day, many ministers in Shu appeared in front of the gate of Chengdu, and their leaders saw Kong Ming walking with Zhang Wen.

"After Zhang Envoy goes back, he will explain everything in Shuzhong, and only the joint party of Shu and Wu will have a way out!" Kong Ming patted Zhang Wen's hands and said.

Zhang Wen replied: "Shu Xiang rest assured, Zhang will definitely tell the king what he has seen and heard, and he will tell the king in detail in 1510, but there is still a question before leaving, hoping that Shu Xiang can tell the truth!" ”

"Envoy Zhang, come on!"

"Shu Xiang really only needs Jiaozhou iron ore and not copper mines?" For several days in a row, Zhang Wen chatted a lot with many courtiers in Shu, and even a few of them talked very happily, but whenever they talked about the copper mine, they would shut up and not talk about it, and over time it would pass, but when talking to Kong Ming, he didn't mean this at all, which made him very puzzled.

Thinking about something for a long time and not being able to come up with the reason, it was as uncomfortable as a fish in the throat, before leaving, Zhang Wen finally couldn't hold it back, and asked directly.

"The copper mine naturally wants it, but we also know your situation, the alliance is for mutual assistance and joint resistance to the Cao thief, not to help the other at the expense of one party's interests!"

"Really?" Zhang Wen said with a look of disbelief.

"In fact, the main thing is that His Majesty said that the problems left by Shu will be solved by himself, as for Jiaozhou Iron Mine, it is really because I don't have such ores in Shu, so I opened my mouth to ask for something!"

Before leaving, Zhang Wen started to come to Qin Mi and said with a smile: "Before Zhang came to Shu, he thought that only Shu Xiang and Shangshu were the only ones in Shu who could assist the great cause, but I didn't know that I ignored the courtiers such as adults, I am really ashamed!" ”

After a few days, Qin Mi was no longer as difficult for Zhang Wen as he was at the beginning, and his tone softened a lot: "That's natural, since Shu and Wu want to form an alliance, they should put sincerity first, don't be too suspicious!" ”

"What you say is reasonable, if you have the opportunity, ask for more advice!" After speaking, Zhang Wen, as a junior, bowed to Qin Mi with his fists, and then said goodbye to the ministers who arrived in Shu and Zhuge Liang, and then walked into the carriage and headed to the east.

Sending Zhang Wen away, Kong Ming did not take the car back to his home, but walked into the market with Yang Yi, who joined the army, for the economic difficulties in Shuzhong, he has not been able to visit carefully in person, and now that he has the opportunity, it is better to investigate in person.

Walking on the street, at a glance, there is not much joy in the shops where people come and go, but the face is sad, the money in the hand is becoming less and less valuable, the purchasing power is getting lower and lower, the situation reported below is not exaggerated in the slightest, and every shop is hung out with the sign of "only accepting gold and silver, refusing to accept copper money".

But gold and silver are scarce after all, so that although there are many people who come and go, there are very few people who buy and sell things, at least the people can buy and sell things with gold and silver.