If there is anything that caused the most sensation in the world in the sixth year of Cao Wei's Huang Chu, Sun Wu's five years of Huang Wu, and Li Tang's five years of China, it is undoubtedly the "Naval Expansion Plan" and a series of annexes published by the Tang Dynasty on the 20th day of the first month of the fifth year of China. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis plan was announced together with the New Year's budget of the Tang Dynasty. In this New Year's budget, Datang's military spending has soared from the original six million silver coins to ten million silver coins, and the extra four million silver coins are completely used as the navy's military expenditure......

This is only a small matter, and more importantly, in the New Year's budget, there is such a sentence behind the explanation of military spending: "The construction of the Datang Navy is the top priority, and in order to ensure the strength of the navy, the admirals of each fleet have the right to propose an increase in naval military spending." With the consent of more than three admirals, the increase in military spending can be submitted to the ministry for approval. This is a more frightening remark than the previous increase in military spending -- with the permission of this sentence, no one can say exactly how far Li Shengjun's naval military spending will increase.

But what has now been released shows that Li Sheng's navy seems to be expanding several times in size. You must know that Li Sheng's side has spent only 5 million silver coins on the preparation of the fleet from scratch, and the budget allocated to the navy this year is as high as 7 million, which is enough to double the configuration of the fleet's warships. After the doubling of the expansion, Li Sheng's navy has what kind of power it has in the vast ocean, as long as anyone can imagine.

"This is a complete plan to break the existing balance of power. Once this plan is really completed, I am afraid that ......" Seeing such a huge plan, the people on Li Tang's side were certainly happy and excited about the strength of their country, while Cao Wei and Sun Wu were sad and worried about the coming tragic future. For such a plan, most of them were frightened, but they couldn't help but feel a little lively in their hearts: "Do you want to lose sincerity like Li Sheng's side?" "It's not shameless to surrender, especially in troubled times like these. Surrender right, it can even be called visionary.

Of course, some people are willing to surrender, while others insist on their loyalty. In the face of the information released by Li Sheng, they couldn't help but doubt in their hearts, "With so many budgets continuously increased, can Li Sheng's goods be able to afford it?" They were suspicious of Li Sheng's plan, so at their suggestion, Wu and Wei spies went out to try to find out the real situation.

Truth be told, they are waiting with anticipation for the answers they want to see. They expect the words "impossible" to appear in front of them. However, the results of the continuous investigation made them feel alarmed: on February 15, ten large ships came from the northwest, and they were unloaded at the port of Qinzhou. The spies went up to inspect it, and found that it was full of gold; On the third day of the third month of March, the construction of a very secret dock in Vladivostok, Liaodong, began, and at the same time a thick keel began to be laid, according to the results of the spies' observations, this keel was made of a large number of iron sandwiches mixed with bamboo and hardwood, and the warship built with it was at least 8,000 stones...... Countless pieces of information, countless subtle facts, spread from all over the country to those who didn't believe that it was really possible for Li Tang's side to realize this plan. They were stunned and hesitated, and in a helpless panic, they had to recognize the fact that "what Li Shengjun did was true, and they really had the strength to carry out this damn plan." ”

The cruel truth appeared in front of them, and some people changed their ideas and threw themselves into the army of mental activities, while others insisted on their own ideas and tried to find a way to deal with this matter. They can all see that Li Sheng's side is increasing his strength step by step and proclaiming that he is strong. So how do you face the strength of your opponents? Expanding the armed forces is obviously the best way to solve this problem.

"Ahem...... Cough...... We can't let this gap continue...... No matter how poor we are, we must build our navy...... You know, the wealth we get overseas is far more than our taxes. Cough...... Since Li Sheng has built a battleship of 8,000 stones, then let's build a battleship of 10,000 stones. I asked Gongsun Du yesterday, and he said that with the current level, with reference to the keel laying method used by Li Sheng, there would be no problem in building a battleship of about 10,000 stones. Although the speed of action of such a ship is a little slower, the firepower is very strong, and it can be equipped with heavier weapons...... I think Li Sheng may have thought of this and decided to build such a big ship. The Navy is the cornerstone of our eastern side, and after the blow I took from my father's time, I don't want the same situation to happen next time. Cough...... Now is the critical juncture for my Cao Wei's survival, and I hope that everyone can unite to overcome this crisis. As soon as he received Li Sheng's plan, Cao Pi, who was already in some bad health, fainted on the spot, and after reawakening and receiving some recuperation, he had a new thinking about the current situation, he summoned his important ministers and announced his decision to them, "If the treasury is not enough, then I will pay for it myself." In short, for the sake of our security, the fleet must be expanded no matter what. ”

"But then our finances will ......," Chen Qun, the head of the household, whispered. No one knows better than him what a critical state the country's economy has reached at the moment, and although he already knows that his emperor is in a state of indignation and irritability, for the sake of the development of the whole country, he still tactfully puts forward his own proposals.

"Safety, safety comes first. Without the navy, we would have only been beaten. Once we have been beaten, where do we have time to talk about development? Don't say anything we can rely on the coast for defense, our coast is so long, who knows at what point we can be attacked by the other side. We must have a navy that can keep us safe. The pain on his forehead made Cao Pi sweat coldly.

However, he knew the importance of this matter, so he insisted on refusing to fall asleep, gritting his teeth and saying to the people around him: "I know that our situation is a little difficult, but we can't be afraid of difficulties and do nothing. If you don't do it, you will fall behind, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten, and I don't think you want to be a minister of the country. Cao Pi directly used these heart-wrenching words to stimulate his subordinates, he knew that if he wanted to complete a thing, the first thing he had to do was to integrate the minds of most of the talents under him.

"I see!" Chen Qun lowered his head and whispered insincerely. He understands the urgency of the emperor's heart and the danger of his country, but how does he still agree to compare himself with the other party at once, especially in the bottomless pit of the navy. However, now that his emperor even said such words, he had no choice but to give in, after all, no matter how strong he was, he was not as strong as those who held the long axe in Jinwu's hands.

“…… There are priorities. I hope you all realize this, only safety is the most important thing. Wen Chang, Wen He, this matter is up to you. Be sure to do it well. I think at the beginning, we ......" Cao Pi's voice slowly lowered as he spoke, and it seemed that he would continue to fall into a coma, and the people around him vaguely couldn't understand what he said later. They only knew that the things that their majesty had given them were mainly handed over to two people, Chen Qun, Chen Wenchang and Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe.

"Hey, it's going to be busy again. Wenhe, you know, I don't approve of this! Our treasury tax revenue can't be compared with Li Tang's side at all. Cao Pi fell asleep, and everyone naturally dispersed, but Chen Qun and Jia Xu, who were named by Cao Pi to be in charge of all this, had to start their work. Chen Qun didn't know what Jia Xu thought about such an arrangement, Chen Qun only knew how depressed he was now. "This is how the army is expanded, especially with such a large scale." Chen Qun disagreed.

"That's true, but Your Majesty is not wrong. If we don't have any killer features, I'm afraid our maritime trade will get worse. Jia Xu lightly comforted Chen Qun, while changing the topic: "Why did Your Majesty let you and me be in charge of this matter?" You are the head of the household, and it is not wrong for you to handle the allocation of money and grain. But what about me? I'm just a lieutenant in charge of the army, and I'm not good at handling this matter! That's a Navy thing. ”

"Uh...... This can only show the lord's trust in you. Chen Qun said. Of course, this was just a general response from him, because he didn't know why Jia Xu suddenly asked this question.

"Huh...... Of course, trust is trust, but more importantly, His Majesty found something unusual on Gongsun's side. Jia Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and said such a thing.

"Gongsun Du's side?" Chen Qun was a little surprised: "Isn't he the general of Zhenhai and the pastor of Youzhou?" It's always been law-abiding, where can anything happen? Chen Qun was puzzled by this, he hadn't heard anything illegal from Gongsun's side in advance.

"Huh, law-abiding? It's something that no one else would do. You are the head of the household, you should know what the cost of the battleship reported by Gongsun Du this time is. Jia Xu chuckled lightly and reminded Chen Qun lightly.

"The cost of the battleship? Not...... Gongsun Du said that this kind of warship is a million dollars. Chen Qun thought for a moment and said.

"A million dollars? It's really a shame that Gongsun Du can say it. Jia Xu sneered again, he saw Chen Qun's puzzlement and continued: "Our currency is different from the currency on Li Sheng's side, but due to the relationship between everyone and the sea trade together, it is more or less a ratio, basically our five big coins are exchanged for a silver coin on Li Sheng's side. If 1 million coins are converted into silver coins, it is 200,000 silver coins. According to the information I have obtained, an 8,000-stone battleship on Li Sheng's side is worth 100,000 silver coins. In other words, our one million dollars can build at least two warships on Li Sheng's side. Of course, we want to build a 10,000-stone battleship, which is larger than the 8,000-stone battleship on Li Sheng's side, and the cost must be higher than that on Li Sheng's side, but no matter how high the cost is, it is impossible to reach 200,000 yuan. ”

"You mean Gongsun Du is filling his pockets?" Chen Qun suddenly came to his senses.

"I'm afraid it's not as simple as filling your pockets." Jia Xu shook his head lightly: "Gongsun Du knows the situation of our Great Wei, and he understands that no matter how much we allocate funds, it is impossible to allocate more than eight million dollars.

You must know that our entire military expenditure last year was only 4 million, how can it be compared with Li Sheng's. What is the strength of the Navy? In fact, isn't it fighting for money? Since it is impossible for our money to surpass Li Sheng's, then our strength will definitely not be stronger than Li Sheng. In such a situation, there are many people who are active.

If you allocate the funds, Gongsun Du will definitely use all this money to build ships without reservation, but how many ships are built in this way, but Gongsun Du himself said it. After His Majesty decided to let some merchants own the fleet, the fleet of the Gongsun family was already very strong.

To some extent, their family's private fleet was not under our Great Wei navy at all: ten 3,000-stone battleships, 80 2,500-stone battleships, and 1,500 stone battleships 120. Gongsun Du has always referred to these as merchant ships. If it weren't for his youngest son revealing something in the jealousy with others, I'm afraid we would still be kept in his bones by now. ”

"What?" Chen Qun was more and more surprised: "Gongsun Du has built such a powerful fleet, doesn't he want to rebel?" ”

"Rebellion? It is impossible for Gongsun Du to do this. No matter how powerful the fleet at sea is, it is impossible to sail to land. However, Gongsun Du is like this, it is very likely that he will be treasonous. You must know that Gongsun Fen, the newly appointed commander of the Beiyang Fleet on Li Sheng's side, is Gongsun Du's nephew. From Liaodong to Vladivostok is so close, the Gongsun family has already set up with Li Sheng's side. Jia Xu said and laughed: "The Gongsun family is very far-sighted." He hoarded his fleet as a kind of oddity—a strange thing to live in! ”

"Strange goods? Are you saying that the Gongsun family uses the fleet as a bargaining chip, and if our side wins, he will take refuge in our side, and if Li Sheng's side wins, he will hand over the fleet to Li Sheng, and even use this fleet to attack us? Chen Qun couldn't help but gasp when he heard the meaning of Jia Xu's words: "It's quite a clever opinion, but it's extremely unfavorable for us." Alas...... I didn't expect the situation to be so bad that even our 'Fanguo' gradually lost confidence in us. This...... What the hell is to be done? Hearing about this, Chen Qun couldn't help but feel worried.

"Hehe, Xiang such a thing, no matter how clever it is, must be done quietly. Let us know like this, they still want to continue to live in strange goods? Hehe, there's such a simple thing. I, Jia Wenhe, haven't made a move for several years, and now it's time to re-exercise and give those little cubs who don't know the height of the sky a little bit of color. Jia Xu sneered as he spoke, and the faint coldness made Chen Qun shiver involuntarily.

"Looks like I have to pray for Gongsun Du." Chen Qunyu said with a smile.

"Haha!" Jia Xu laughed: "You pray." Anyway, Gongsun Du's fleet can't be saved. I hope this little old man won't be angry because of this. ”

"Huh! Let's hope. Chen Qun laughed for a while, and the smile on his face quickly converged: "Seriously, Your Majesty slept fast just now, and there are still many things that have not yet been decided. Let's say this expansion. How much do you want to expand? I can't be sure. ”

"How much can it be expanded? How much money do you have in the treasury of the Tobe Shangshu? I know His Majesty's wishes, and it is best for him to be able to expand the fleet to be stronger than Li Sheng in an instant. However, this is clearly not suitable. You should be glad that Your Majesty has not made a hard decision right now. This gives us a chance to do what we can. We want to expand our army and increase our strength, but we can't follow in Li Sheng's footsteps because of this. We know what we are capable of. Therefore, our arrangement must be carried out according to our capabilities, our strategy. We are not like Li Sheng, there is not so much to waste at all. Jia Xu said leisurely.

"I see." Chen Qun thought about it slightly, but gave Jia Xu a rough conclusion: "If we use our current strength, I can allocate a maximum of five million dollars." This is still the amount that could be allocated if it is determined that there will be no major disasters this year. ”

"Five million dollars? That's enough. Five hundred yuan is equivalent to one million silver coins on Li Sheng's side, although it is not a lot, but if it is all used to build a big ship, there is no problem. Hehe, let's let Gongsun help us build a ship first. When he finishes the ship, I'll settle accounts with him. Jia Xu said with a strange smile, he already had some decisions in his heart about how to deal with the expansion of the army. At the moment, the two are separated, and they are ready not to mention it.

Time gradually passed, and many things gradually became indifferent. However, Li Sheng's plan that shocked the world at the beginning of the year was not indifferent because of this. In response to Li Sheng's expansion plan, both Cao Wei and Sun Wu began to expand their naval armies. Under the auspices of Gongsun Du, Cao Wei began to build 10,000-stone battleships known as the Dragon class and 5,000-stone battleships known as the Tiger class, and standardized the 1,000-pound iron cannon developed by himself as the weapons of these two classes of warships. Sun Wu, on the other hand, set out to build two unprecedented warships: the 20,000-stone "Shen"-class assault mothership and the 5,000-stone "Wind"-class fast warship -- Jiang Xiu's "victory" in using pirate warships to attack Li Shengjun's fleet made Sun Wu see the speed and power of the assault, and because his own artillery research has not made any progress, Sun Wu finally made such a decision.

"At this level, you should be able to resist the attack of the Tang Army! …… The warships of the Don Army were mainly artillery, so their warships must not be able to carry more people, and in such a situation, as long as our warships are close to them and engage them together, their weapons will have no effect. They're also afraid of being hurt by mistake. The people of Koto shouted loudly at this point. They always look like they are full of confidence, but people still vaguely see their weakness from this confidence.

"This is the way the sword goes off the rails! It's just too biased, and you can't use it for a while. At this moment of celebration for everyone, if there are still people who are worried about this, I am afraid that it will be Lu Su Lu Zijing, who is now lying on the hospital bed and dying. At this moment, he has stepped down from the post of Zuo Du Governor, and he has been recuperating at home for several years, although he does not appear in the court very often, he has been paying attention to the news in the court. Because he was an important minister of the country, Sun Quan often came to see him, and often consulted Lu Su on some issues. Monarchs have to be balanced, especially monarchs like Sun Quan, who do not have much power. Although Sun Quan's own personality is not very good at listening to some of Lu Su's words, he still listens humbly from time to time to appease the Zhou family and the Lu family who have always been loyal to him. Therefore, it was not particularly difficult for Lu Su to see Sun Quan. Often, he showed a certain meaning here, and Sun Quan over there would come to see him as much as possible after thinking about the events of the day. This is a little privilege that Sun Quan gave to Lu Su, but Lu Su himself rarely uses it.

"However, it won't work if you don't use it now...... "Lu Su ordered someone to invite his majesty Sun Quan. At this moment, his body was extremely weak, and he knew that he did not have much time to live. Originally, he went, his children and grandchildren had the blessings of their children and grandchildren, and he didn't want to interfere so much, but he cared very much about his lord and the country where he was located. While his mind was still vaguely clear, he felt that he should tell his lord something, lest he take another path that would destroy him.

Soon Sun Quan was invited to Lu Su's side. He looked at the old courtier who had followed him for many years and had always been loyal to him, and now he was so weak, it seemed that every time he saw him, he was closer to death than before, and he couldn't help but burst into tears. He saw Lu Su's struggling to get up, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, comforting him to lean on, but said, "Zijing, it's better to rest more." I'm still waiting for you to recover from your illness and come back to advise me. ”

"Your Majesty......!" Lu Su smiled faintly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "The minister's illness, the minister already knows...... The minister is not far from his death, so don't say more about all the words of comfort. The minister has nothing to worry about in his life, but he can't rest assured that His Majesty's inheritance. For example, the third of today, the weakest is our Soochow. I know that His Majesty also has a strong heart, and his subordinates such as Ziyu, Ziming, and Boyan are all people who can lead thousands of troops, and there is no trouble in actual operation. It's just that there are some things that I want to explain to Your Majesty. ”

"What's the matter?" Seeing that Lu Su said so seriously, Sun Quan couldn't help but become solemn.

"The general trend of the world! The last time I said this to Your Majesty, the Han family was not extinguished, and the world was still a situation where the heroes stood side by side, and if there were three points today, the ratio of strength and weakness was very different from the beginning, in this case, where should we go, I thought for a long time, and finally had some understanding. Lu Su exhaled, his face was slightly ruddy, and his voice became slightly normal, but it was not as weak as before.

"Zi respectfully and carefully." Speaking of this key issue, Sun Quanzi did not dare to be the slightest slack.

"Today's trend is Li Tang is the strongest, Cao Wei is second, and my Sun Wu is the second. This is something that everyone understands. But I don't know if the lord knows that in today's world, whether it is Li Tang or Cao Wei, they can easily eliminate us. Lu Su uttered these words that bordered on alarmism.

"Huh! How is this possible? If it is said that the strongest Li Tang can, I still believe it, and if it is said that Cao Wei can also do this. I couldn't believe it. Sun Quan shook his head in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, the strength of Cao Wei's naval army is about the same as ours at the moment. This is also the time when we and Cao Wei can still coexist. However, if Cao Wei's naval army doubled its combat strength and attacked Jiangzuo when we were not paying attention, Cao Wei's naval army attracted the attention of our naval army, and Cao Wei's infantry army directly logged in near Jianye, I am afraid that the foundation of Jiangdong would be destroyed in one day. Lu Su said his guess.

"Doubling the power of the water army? How is this possible? Sun Quan was suspicious for a moment, and then thought of something: "Maybe, it can really be like this." But that also takes time. At least that's what I know. Cao Wei is developing, Li Tang is developing, and our Jiangdong is also developing, even if our Jiangdong's strength is not as good as Li Tang's, there should be no problem in dealing with Cao Wei. Especially on this water army. ”

"But what if I say that Cao Wei can indeed double the size of their naval army in a short period of time?" Lu Su asked Sun Quan with a wry smile.

"How is this possible?" Sun Quan's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Has Your Majesty forgotten the private fleet of the Gongsun family in Liaodong? Jia Xu had already fixed his eyes on there. I'm afraid that the Gongsun family won't be able to keep that fleet. It's a shame. Lu Su sighed.

"Ah...... So what do we do? When Lu Su said this, Sun Quan was startled, and his face suddenly showed a little worry.

"We can't stop it. So we have to give in. Lu Su said leisurely.

"Soft? Zijing didn't want me to go to the honorific title. When Sun Quan heard Lu Su say this, he couldn't help but glared at Lu Su fiercely, and the murderous aura flashed in it.

"Fei Ye, Fei Ye ......" Lu Su shook his head gently: "Submit to softness, not to ask Your Majesty to honor the title." Instead, he asked His Majesty to lower his posture a little to face Li Tang and Cao Wei. Now Li Tang is the strongest, and Cao Wei is second. What His Majesty has to do is to join Wei to fight against Wu. I heard that Emperor Wei Cao Pi's health is not very good, and he has let the crown prince Cao Rui supervise the country, and now Cao Rui is still young, and has not set up a concubine, His Majesty still has several princesses, why not send someone to marry the princess to Cao Rui as a concubine, in order to seek the good of Qin and Jin? ”

"Huh...... This thing? Hearing Lu Su say this, Sun Quan was slightly surprised: "I remember that you always emphasized uniting with Li Sheng to fight against Cao Cao in the past, what?" ”

"Two weak and one strong, only harmony can be resisted. I have never been in front of a powerful enemy, and I still think about things in the nest. In the past, Cao Cao was the strongest, and we and Li Sheng were weaker, so we naturally had to unite with Li Sheng to fight against Cao Cao;

And now that Li Sheng is the strongest, Cao Wei and us are weaker, we can only unite with Cao Wei to fight against Li Sheng. There has never been an alliance, and some only have their own strength. In fact, the alliance with Cao Wei did not really want to unite with them, but just for self-preservation.

In the face of the powerful Li Sheng, what we have to do is actually to use the alliance with Cao Wei to shock Li Sheng, and at the same time provoke a war between Cao Wei and Li Sheng, and sit on the side to reap the benefits of the fisherman. We Jiangdong want to dominate the world, so we can only continue to be this fisherman. Helping the sub-strong against the strongest is something we have to do. Only when we become the strongest can we give up such practices. Li Sheng's provoking this major war in armaments at the moment is a powerful strategy, but it is also a stupid move. He now has the strength to dominate the world, but I don't know why he has to act so slowly.

However, his current slowness is something we can take advantage of. Your Majesty, we must hurry up and develop ourselves well. If Li Sheng is allowed to take Guanzhong first, it will be difficult for us to do it. ”

Lu Su lay down and said that he had a view on the general trend of the whole world from an outsider's perspective in the past few years, the more he said that his eyes were brighter, and the complexion of the whole person was getting better and better, for a while he seemed to have returned to the time when he first saw Sun Ce decades ago, and he imagined the country: "Life is like a dream, and the country is like an illusion." Lu Su glanced at Sun Quan, who had been listening to him carefully, and smiled slightly on his face—everything froze.

Cao Wei Huang Chu six years, Li Tang Zhonghua five years, Sun Wu Huanglong five years of the sixth day of the seventh month of the sixth Sun Wu Zuo Du Lu Su died of illness, after September 25, Wei Emperor Cao Pi died of illness, Prince Rui ascended the throne, respected Cao Pi as Emperor Wen, and changed the year name to Taihe.