"The capital?"

These two words frightened Xu Shu a lot, his eyes widened, he looked at Sun Quan directly, his eyes were a little cold, and he groaned for a while, before asking: "Zhongmou, is this what Wu Hou meant?" ”

"No, that's what I meant!"

Sun Quan shook his head and said: "Now the people of Jiangdong don't have this vision, and I can be regarded as just preparing for a rainy day in Jiangdong in the future." ”

"Zhongmou, what do you mean, make it clear." When Xu Shu heard this, he was completely confused, looked at Sun Quan, and said loudly.

"Yuan Zhi, don't worry, I'll ask you something."

Sun Quan looked indifferent, then stretched out his hand and took out a map of Jiangdong, and asked: "Come and see, let's not discuss the affairs of the north first, let's just talk about the south, now the land of the six counties of Jiangdong, Wu County is the capital of nature, if one day, Jiaozhou here is ours, Jingzhou is also ours, do you think from the geographical location, Wu County can still become the core city of Jiangdong?" ”

"If that's the case, the location is a bit out of the way." When Xu Shu heard this, his eyes immediately looked at the map, and he said in a low voice: "The management is not very good!" ”

He still has this gaze.

"So, we have to build a new capital city in the south, and I chose this place!"

Sun Quan's palm slapped on the location of the Moling on the map, and said, "Moling, its name will be Jinling in the future!" ”

"Moling? Jinling? The Jinlingyi of the former Chu State! Xu Shu's expression moved slightly and he called out.

During this time, he was in Jiangdong, and he had read the history of all parts of Jiangdong, and he knew a lot about the history before Moling, and in the era of Chu State, the name of Moling was Jinling.

"A capital city is not built overnight, Jinling has a foundation here, I want to connect the stone city, Moling Pass, and Moling all together to establish a magnificent new capital."

Sun Quan took out a detailed map of Danyang with his backhand, drew a circle near the Moling with his fingers, and a scorching light shot out from his eyes.

"Zhongmou, if it is really as you think, then your project will be big, once it is established, this city will definitely not be worse than Chang'an and Luoyang, as far as I know, the General's Mansion will definitely not have such financial resources within three years." Xu Shu didn't expect Sun Quan's heart to be so big, he has been in Jiangdong for a while, and he still knows a little about the General's Mansion with Sun Quan and Cai Yong.

The General's Mansion should not have such a large financial resource to build such a city.

"Therefore, this thing must be planned in advance, step by step, slowly, five to ten years, it will definitely be completed, and we will not only raise funds from the General's Mansion, but also from outside the General's Mansion." Sun Quan squinted his eyes and sighed.

Xu Shu is right, Jiangdong has also been very chaotic in recent years, and now it has just been reunified, and it is still in the stage of stability, and the taxes in various places can maintain the local at most, and it is absolutely impossible to pay money to establish such a capital.

But Jiangdong is not without money, and there are many businessmen in Jiangdong, which is the direction that Sun Quan will take advantage of to build a city in the future.

"There's nothing wrong with thinking this way, but Zhongmou, you brought me from the academy in a hurry, does this matter have anything to do with me?" Xu Shu thought for a while before nodding, but he was a little puzzled in his heart and asked suspiciously.

After all, he has not yet raised filial piety and has no career, so this matter naturally has little to do with him.

"It doesn't matter in the first place, after all, it's my business, and you're still studying, so it's not easy to bother." Sun Quan was a little embarrassed, smiled, and said helplessly: "But now I have important things to do, and someone must lay the foundation for me to go to Moling first. ”

"Me?" When Xu Shu heard this, he was slightly shocked in his heart, and his expression was a little surprised.

"Yes, that's you!"

Sun Quan nodded and said, "You are a master disciple of Cai Saijiu, it is not difficult to be filial piety, and then I will pass the relationship of the General Mansion and let you sit in the position of Moling County." ”

"Moling County?"

This can be the number one leader of the county civil affairs, second only to the county order, and basically the same rank as the county lieutenant.

"Zhongmou, didn't you send me to the fire pit?"

Xu Shu didn't have a happy expression, but a wry smile in his expression, and said: "The teacher has always hoped that I can study quietly in the academy within three years, and the teacher may kick me out of the school." ”

"Don't worry, that old man is a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person, when I go to explain it to him, he should understand, when he just came back from Chang'an, didn't he keep shouting to drive you out of the division? If the result is not to let you coax it, you can just coax it next time. ”

"It's easy for you to say, when I was in trouble with Er Wolf Bèi, I was almost swept out of the house by the teacher, how much work did it take for the teacher to lose his anger!" Xu Shu said angrily.

"That's what I'm saying, it's not that you don't learn, as the saying goes, there is no end to learning, and the things you learn are generally to live to learn all the time, you can do things while learning at the same time."

Sun Quan smiled, and then said: "The matter of Moling is extraordinary, once it is built, it will be the future Jiangdong, or even ...... The only one who can reassure someone and be able is you, so you must help me with this. ”

A strange gaze flashed in Sun Quan's eyes, even if Jiangdong dominates the world in the future, this will be the capital of the Sun family.

"Since you've set your sights on me, can I still not agree?" Xu Shu was obviously a little depressed.

"Hehe, it's good to know."

Sun Quan smiled, and then began to explain: "At most a month, you must go to Moling to take office, before that, I will use my personal relationship to help you get through the relationship between the Danyang County Shoufu and the current county order of Moling, so that you can stand firm on Moling's heels as soon as possible, and spend less time on dredging the relationship." ”

"And then?" Xu Shu began to pick up the sketches drawn by Sun Quan, studying the layout, and the more he looked at it, the more panicked he became, this project was too luxurious, too big, he then asked.

"Then you first thoroughly understand the Moling and the hundreds of miles around the Moling, you must control the Moling in your hands, there are three points you must pay attention to!"

Sun Quan's eyes moved, and said: "First, population, any city, want to expand, the first point, is the population, and the location of Moling has a natural advantage, I estimate that Yuzhou, Xuzhou in the past two years, will inevitably break out of the war, Jiangdong has been unified, basically peaceful, then there must be a lot of people, in order to avoid the war, cross the river, you have to collect the displaced people in the largest situation of Moling, hoarding in Moling." ”

"Second, here, Stone City, this must be the barrier of Jinling in the future, here my plan is to build a fortress, this location, you have to pay attention!"

"Third, it is to make good friends with Jiangdong businessmen, Moling is a big transit station in Jiangdong, there are many businessmen who come and go here, and they are about to be the greatest support for us to establish Jinling in the future."

"Merchant?" Xu Shu's eyes moved, the ranking of Shinong industry and commerce, and merchants was still after the workers and tenants, and most of the merchants were not respected by scholars in this era, and even despised by scholars.

"Yes, merchant!"

Sun Quan said in a low voice: "Although their status is low, don't underestimate the power of this group of people, in my plan, they are the main force in the construction of Jinling this time." ”

"But?" Xu Shu was a little reluctant, in his mind, businessmen were a group of lowly vampires, who got nothing for nothing.

"Yuan Zhi, the knowledge you have learned is not necessarily right, if you put aside the ranking of Shinong Industry and Commerce, maybe with your wisdom you will understand the efforts made by businessmen and their importance."

Sun Quan squinted, he looked at Xu Shu's concerns, smiled slightly, and said: "Without the circulation of merchants, Jiangdong's cloth can't go to the north, and the horses in the north can't come to Jiangdong, only circulation can prosper, only circulation can really make the people rich, merchants are the most important role in it, Jiangdong wants to develop, it must rely on this group of people." ”

"So-and-so understands, so-and-so will look at it with his heart." Xu Shu pondered for a moment before nodding and saying.

"If you want to build such a capital, your influence is insufficient, so this time, you are going to lay the foundation, and controlling Moling is always your first task, these are the drawings I draw, you just need to know it yourself."

Sun Quan walked out, patted Xu Shu on the shoulder, and said.

Although Xu Shu is still young, he is definitely on the same level as Zhou Yu and Guo Jia, he believes that a Moling is difficult for Xu Shu, as long as Xu Shu controls the Moling, Moling will let him Sun Quan start construction.

…………………………

As night fell, the Sun family's mansion.

A wing room, the lights are bright, Sun Jian sits on the throne, Sun Ce, Sun Quan serves left and right, and the father and son are drinking.

"Zhongmou, Bo Fu, you tell your father, why do you have to go to sea in person with the two of you?" Sun Jian drank a few glasses, and he couldn't figure it out, even if he wanted to form a fleet to go to sea, he Sun Quan and Sun Ce didn't have to go in person.

Sun Ce and Sun Quan are his proudest sons, compared to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, these princes equal to him, Sun Jian's greatest pride is his two sons.

He knew how dangerous it was to go to sea, but although the wings of these two little rabbit cubs were not yet hard, he couldn't hold them down, which couldn't help but make him, a tiger in Jiangdong who covered the sky with one hand, a little crazy.

"Father, the child thinks that in today's Jiangdong, it is enough to have a father, and there is no need for a child, so the child must personally open up the sea side for his father."

Sun Ce's eyes were burning and he said, "Zhong Mou once said that on the other side of the sea, there is a world that we don't know, and the child wants to try his ability!" ”

"Father, the reason why the child insists on going to sea in person is because no one in this world knows this sea better than my Sun Quan!"

Sun Quan looked at Sun Jian, squinted, there was a green light in his eyes, and said: "A certain person who has experienced the punishment of thunder and heaven, the punishment of heaven will give it, God tells me, in addition to the Han Dynasty, there is also a world." ”

"Besides the Great Han, there is also a world?"

Sun Jian's eyes trembled, he was silent for a long time, sighed slightly, and said: "That's it, that's it, you have all grown up, and you have the right to be the master of your own life, go, but you must ensure that you return safely." ”

"Father, don't worry, my eldest brother and I will have a long life, besides, the first stop of our fleet is Yizhou, and Yizhou is not far from us." Sun Quan and Sun Ce glanced at each other slightly, Sun Quan smiled slightly, and said.

……

In the fourth year of the first peace, the border between Jiangdong and Jingzhou was calm.

Liu Biao was anxious to quell the turmoil in Guiyang, Changsha, so Huang Zu who ordered him not to have any provocation, although Huang Zu was not angry, but his subordinates were almost wiped out, Liu Biao did not support it, and naturally he did not have the ability to compete with the Jiangdong Army.

After Zhou Yu entrusted Chaisang to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to guard, he personally led 10,000 of the most elite sailors to return to Taihu Lake.

Ten days later, on the Taihu Lake, after the unremitting efforts of Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan, the first navy in Jiangdong was carefully selected to form two building ships, five fighting ships, and sixty ships.

This naval fleet includes 10,000 elite sailors, 3,000 chariot tigers, and 3,000 recruited craftsmen and people.