Chapter 1 Nationhood
The scribes had the troubles of the scribes, and Li Sheng had the troubles of Li Sheng. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ infoAs the scribes below secretly circulate, their master, Li Sheng, is having a headache over what kind of kingdom his kingdom should establish. He looked at Kong Ming, Xu Jing, Kong Heng, Kong Shen, and Fa Zheng The few reference answers they handed in front of him, they all shook their heads helplessly, "What are these country names?" Li Sheng had a headache about this. In front of him, he chose several country names: "Ba", "Shu", "Jing", "Yue" and so on. This is a lot, but none of them satisfies Li Sheng.
"Is that all?" Li Sheng frowned slightly, and looked at Kong Ming and them with a little disappointment.
"Isn't the lord satisfied with any of this?" Kong Ming asked. This is actually a nonsense, because what Li Sheng is thinking at the moment is clearly written on his face.
"If I only want to be king in a corner of peace, then it is not impossible to use these names. But after all, I am determined to be in the world, and if I use the words 'Ba', 'Shu', 'Jing', 'Yue' and the like, I always feel a little inappropriate. I don't know if you've thought about it or not. I've been asking you guys to rework for the past few days, and that's actually what it's all about. Li Sheng nodded and said that he considered it.
"That's right." Kong Ming and the others nodded understandingly, but turned their heads to the two young people behind them: "Since the lord's idea is so. Then Ziping and Zijin will talk to the lord about the name of the country that the two of you have planned. β
"Yes, Strategist!" Kong Heng and Kong Shen bowed respectfully to Kong Ming, and then walked slowly to Li Sheng, and said to Li Sheng calmly and calmly, as if everyone had a degree: "My lord, our brother has carefully studied the geographical history of Jing, Yi, and Jiao for three weeks, and found that if you want to get rid of the impression of a country in a corner of the country, there are only three country names to choose from. β
"Oh? Are there three more? Li Sheng's eyes lit up slightly, and he suddenly became interested in this: "Which three country names are you talking about?" β
"Tang, Han, Chu!" Kong Heng Confucius said loudly.
"Huh?" Li Sheng was surprised, indeed surprised, he stared at Kong Heng tightly, stared at it for a while, but laughed: "Why do you say that you can only choose from these three country names?" Well, let's start with Chu! Li Sheng said, the whole body leaned back heavily, but he completely pressed himself on the chair. His chair was covered in a thick layer of tiger skin, which was extremely soft under the pressure.
"Chu is an ancient country left over from the Zhou period, and it has always been a big country in my south, and it is known as a strong Qin and rich Chu. Later Qin unified the world, and there is a saying that "although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu", Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu in the Later West, commanded the world with the order of the overlord of Chu, although its existence is still short, but it can also be called a generation. During the time of Emperor Wu, Taishi Gong established a biography for Xiang Yu, which is based on this record. Therefore, 'Chu' can be the hegemon of the world. Kong Heng said eloquently.
"What about Han? This dynasty has already been called Han, can we continue to use this order? Li Sheng was noncommittal about the name of Chu, and continued to ask.
"Han originated from Gaozu and originated from Hanzhong. Gaozu has the world by the order of the King of Han. Although there are many ruins today, the power of Emperor Wu in the past, the light of the strong Han is still nostalgic, and the people of the world mostly boast of being Han people. Now the lord has the land of Hanzhong, and he can also be called the king of Hanzhong. Although this is in conflict with the name of the country of this dynasty, the lord can say it with the intention of the court in his heart. When the Cao family abolished the Han Dynasty in the future, the lord could inherit the Han dynasty with the order of the Han Emperor's son-in-law, so as to meet the hopes of the remnants of the world. Kong Heng explained with a smile that as Kong Rong's son, he was trained by Li Sheng and Zhuge Liang together, and he was very familiar with these things on paper.
"Hmm, inherit the inheritance of my father-in-law? Hehe, that's pretty good too. I still need to think about it, though. Li Sheng smiled freely, but glanced at Kong Heng, and asked curiously: "You said that the Cao family will be a waste in the future?" How can you be so sure that the Cao clan will inevitably replace the Han family? β
"Cao Cao said, if the destiny of heaven is in me, I should be the king of Zhou Wen. King Wen of Zhou came to the king of the Zhou Dynasty to lay the foundation, although the national strength was strong at that time, but there was no act of acting on behalf of the merchants, and King Wen did not, King Wu ascended the throne, there was the battle of Muye, and the Zhou Dynasty was able to become the Son of Heaven. Cao Cao's words, on the surface, seem to be his intention to replace the Han Dynasty, but in fact, it seems that he is preparing for his son to replace him, which can be seen from Cao Cao's step by step from prince to king. Kong Heng said his analysis.
"Could it be just a joke?" Li Sheng retorted and said, "What is on the mouth is always not real. Especially when Cao Cao has not yet reached the time when the exit is constitutional. β
"Maybe. However, even if what Cao Cao said was not absolutely true, Cao Cao's next series of actions, especially the fact that he established Cao Pi as his own son, made a footnote to his words. Cao Pi is a ruthless man, and his ambition is greater than his ability. When Cao Cao is there, he can still be cautious, once Cao Cao is gone, he will inevitably be abolished and replaced by the Han Emperor. Kong Heng still insisted on his point of view, and he didn't care about Li Sheng's rebuttal.
"Is this your own opinion?" Li Sheng's eyes lit up, and there was a faint sense of appreciation on his face.
"Indeed!" Kong Heng nodded heavily.
"Good." Li Sheng praised it, the smile on his face deepened, and he continued to ask Kong Heng: "What about Tang?" I remember that the country of Tang is a land of annexed states, and it has nothing to do with us at the moment. β
"The country of the ancient Tang Dynasty was indeed in the annexation of the state, but it was destroyed several times, and one of them did migrate to the vicinity of Zaoyang, northwest of Xiangyang, and then reverted to the Tang Dynasty. In fact, the name of the country of Tang originated from the Yao Tang Dynasty, the five emperors of ancient times, and was the lord of the Central Plains. If the lord wants to order the world with the way of the king, and revert to the atmosphere of the founding of a new dynasty, and wash away the obsolescence of the past, then it is the right time to take Tang Zhi as the name. Kong Heng didn't explain much about the history of the Tang Kingdom, but Li Sheng could see that he seemed to be more inclined to the name of the Tang Kingdom. Why? Because Tang is the fault of the five emperors of ancient times, it seems to be more far-reaching than Han and Chu in terms of artistic conception, and it is also more in line with the royal road.
"Everyone has their own wishes." Li Sheng secretly thought to himself, and he didn't know whether Kong Heng's idea was a selfish intention. In fact, as far as he is concerned, he seems to feel that the name of Tang is more suitable for him, not for anything else, but for the strong name of the Tang Dynasty in the future. "Strong Han and Tang Dynasty", Li Sheng doesn't know whether he has anything to do with the Tang Dynasty royal family from later generations, but since his surname is Li, and the prestige of this Tang Dynasty is so strong, why don't he "inherit" the name of this Tang? Although due to his own appearance, it is very likely that the Tang Dynasty will never appear again after three hundred years.
"Inheriting history and creating history at the same time is what I need to do. After the strong man, there is the Tang Dynasty, and it is also very good to make such a choice. Li Sheng thought about it carefully, and then made a final decision: "Since Tang is the name of one of the five emperors of ancient times, and it has a close relationship with our Jingzhou, then we will take Tang as the name of the country I have established." β
"No......!" When everyone heard Li Sheng's final decision, they stopped making trouble, and their faces suddenly bloomed.
The problem was solved, and the preparations for the title of king naturally continued. The date of the founding of the People's Republic of China was chosen by Li Sheng in May, which is still a month away, which seems to be abundant on the surface, but in fact it is very tense. Because Li Sheng decided to take Tang as the name of the country, the place of the founding of the country should be placed in Jingzhou. Zaoyang, northwest of Xiangyang City, Jingzhou, where the residence is the site of the old capital of the ancient Tang Dynasty. Li Sheng will establish a royal platform there.
"It is said that it is a huge pavilion six feet high, divided into three floors and three miles around. Although there is no building on the stage, it must be enough to complete this stage in this month. Perhaps the lord wants most of the people to go to labor. But it's a bad time now, it's time for spring ploughing. Most of the people in Jingzhou have a happy attitude towards Li Sheng's claim to be king, but they are happy to be happy, and they always have a kind of resistance to the matter of levying labor in this busy agricultural season, "Compared with helping the lord to build the royal platform, the crops in our fields seem to be more important." They did not say this, but they all thought so in their hearts.
The people think this way, but most of the officials don't necessarily think the same way. Although they all understood that the spring ploughing of the people under their rule was very important, it was far inferior to helping the lord build a royal platform. They heard that the royal platform was going to break ground on March 20, but as early as March 15, they gathered the servants from all over the country and asked them to hurry to Zaoyang. They had hoped to have their manpower ready before twenty, and they would quickly start work after waiting for an order from their boss. Thinking that they recited the curses of the people under their rule and gathered their manpower, they got an order from Chengdu: "The construction of the royal platform is in accordance with the mandate of heaven, and the mandate of heaven is also the destiny of the people." The people are noble and the monarch is light, why should the monarch disturb the people for the sake of building the king's platform? Disperse the people quickly, scatter some money, and let them go home and concentrate on farming. As for the construction of the royal platform, the lord has his own hands to arrange. β
The "Alas......" order arrived, and the officials were full of headaches. They didn't expect that one of their good hearts would actually be slapped on the horse's feet. However, since the lord's order was so, they had no other choice, and immediately dispersed the assembled servants, and each of them was compensated with the usual money. This is a high amount of compensation, generally speaking, the money is enough for a family of five to have food and clothing for two months, if it were not for the fact that the lord of his own family opened a copper mine that is said to be "inexhaustible" in that overseas Han land, I am afraid that today I can only let those servants go home, and cannot pay this part of the compensation. "It's still easy to do things with money." Looking at the smiles on the faces of the people after receiving the money, the officials thought so, but they couldn't help but feel pain when they saw the consistent reduction of money and grain in the warehouse. This time, they gathered 200,000 servants in one go, and when they were repatriated at this moment, they were going to distribute 200,000 people. This is not a small amount, and it is worth three months' harvest for a medium-sized county. Although they did not want to pay for the compensation themselves, they also got up naturally when they saw the loss of money, and engraved this matter in their hearts.
It's been 19 days since I got that thing done slowly. Although Lord Li Sheng said that he had his own way to build the royal platform, Li Sheng had not issued a new order for a long time, which also made the officials quite uncertain. The people in Xiangyang City have their eyes set on Zaoyang. They all wondered what kind of means Li Sheng would use to build this royal platform.
On the morning of the 20th, the army came. All the way, the army lined up in a neat formation, stepping on vigorous steps, drove into Zaoyang, and was stationed ten miles east of Zaoyang City, which is the place where Li Sheng had already chosen to build the royal platform - with the march of the 100,000 army, everything became clear, and the lord actually let his army do this.
"Isn't the army at war? The lord has always paid attention to his duties, how can he ......? For such a result, everyone did not expect it, so they became more curious, they quickly inquired about the situation, and then raised their doubts.
"Don't you see? This is no ordinary troop. Another person who seemed to know a little bit about the inside story said mysteriously.
"It's not an ordinary army, so what kind of army is it?" The person in front of him suddenly became curious.
"This is a new reserve recruited last year." Those who know the inside story proudly pretend.
"Reservists? So what? The people in front of him became more and more puzzled.
"That's the newly recruited recruits. They were all characters who had just put down their hoes, and they seemed to have only been trained in the queue, but their physical strength was a little worse, so the lord pulled them over. The lord meant to let them exercise the tacit understanding of these soldiers in the mutual cooperation of building the royal platform. Prepare for the next phase of training. The insider explained with a smile.
"That's right. High, the lord is high. The person in front couldn't help but admire infinitely, and he stretched out his thumb and gestured.
"Hehe...... hey" In the compliment of the person in front, the people who knew the inside story couldn't help but laugh out loud, and for a while they looked very proud.
This matter passed like this under the concern of everyone. At least for now, they all think so. They absolutely did not think that what happened to them today would later exist as a case of one of the Tang king's laws issued by the Tang king: the country is based on agriculture, so no one except the enemy of the country is allowed to levy civil service in the agricultural period, and if it is necessary, compensation must be paid at ten times the normal market price of recruitment. -- Paying attention to the problems of the people's livelihood has become the most important task of the Tang State in the future. Although Li Sheng has not yet ascended the throne as king, the laws of the Tang Dynasty that have been formulated have been circulated and implemented in a small area, and these are the results of some modifications and additions to the laws originally passed by Li Sheng in Yizhou.
In the summer and May of the twenty-third year of Jian'an, that is, four months after Cao Cao became the king, Li Sheng built the royal platform in Zaoyang, set up a nine-tin guard of honor, carried a thousand flags, and at noon was on the stage to enter the crown and seal, sat facing south, and was congratulated by civil and military officials as the king of Tang. The eldest son, Bin, was appointed as the son of the king. canonized Xu Jing as a prince; Seal the law is in the middle of the order, responsible for the military aircraft counselor; Feng Liao Li is the secretary of the book, overseeing the national government affairs; Feng Liu Ba was ordered by the door and was responsible for the review of government decrees; Feng Zhuge Liang was ordered to join the army and was responsible for the whole government; Feng Xu Shu is the staff officer order, responsible for the whole ** order; The six major military governments were established: Zhao Yun was the overseer of Liangzhou, Ma Chao was the overseer of Yizhou, Pang Tong was the overseer of Jingzhou, Wei Yan was the overseer of Hanzhong, Gan Ning was the overseer of Jinghai, and Zhang Ren was the overseer of Jiaozhou. Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Gan Ning were canonized as five generals, namely Tianwei General Huang Zhong, Jingbian General Wei Yan, Huwei General Zhao Yun, Shenwei General Ma Chao, and Jinghai General Gan Ning. The rest are to be knighted for meritorious service.
Li Sheng was called the king of Tang, so he taught people to enter the table and send it to Xuchang. This table is naturally a good article full of flowers, which does not say much, but it is just to say how critical the current situation of the country is, what great difficulties have been encountered, and how Cao Cao is arrogant and domineering, and has the evil intention of holding the position, although he Li Sheng is an outsider, but often worried about the affairs of the court, and now Cao Cao is in vain in the world with the respect of the king of Wei, and he is not allowed to enter the position of the king of Tang to compete with Cao Cao in order to resist Cao Cao, and hope that the emperor will understand Yunyun. However, it is a righteous and strict word that whitewashes a behavior similar to Cao Cao, which makes people think that Cao Cao is ****, and Li Sheng is a hero of the country.
As far as the table itself is concerned, this is really a table that is a bit too scolding. Of course, such a seal was sent to Xuchang, and a copy was soon copied and sent to Cao Cao's Wei capital Yecheng, where Cao Cao was located, and handed over to Cao Cao to know. Cao Cao didn't look at it, but he suddenly became angry: "Li Sheng, boy, dare to be like this?" Come, give me some soldiers and horses, I'm going to destroy him. "After that, Cao Cao is going to be promoted to a general.
"Let's ...... slowly" Cheng Yu was shocked when he saw Cao Cao being so willful, and he hurriedly went out to admonish: "The king must not pour out all the soldiers of the whole country because of a momentary anger." The minister has a plan, he doesn't need to open his bow and arrows, but Li Sheng can bring trouble to himself in Shu. As a result, their forces are exhausted and they are starved of food and grass. At that time, the king can only send one general to lead the soldiers and horses, and Li Sheng can be captured and returned. β
"Oh? And such a thing? Regarding what Cheng Yu said, Cao Cao was suddenly a little pleased, but also a little suspicious: "Zhongde, please try to say it." β
"My lord, I think Li Sheng's strength lies not in anything else, but in his industrial and commercial prosperity. The name of his business is actually one of the two things, and Li Sheng is accustomed to using the products of the industry and getting rich from the traders. Li Sheng's factory is located in his territory, and we have no way to take it for the time being, while Li Sheng's shops are all over my Wei land and Jiangdong's Wu land. Now that Li Sheng is king, Jiangdong is also disliked. The lord can go to Dongwu and say that he wants to act in Jiangdong at the same time and take these shops of Li Sheng. There are no more stores as a means of sale. I think Li Sheng's things can't be sold even if they are produced, so he Li Sheng is waiting for the lack of money. At that time, I am afraid that he will not even be able to pay his military salary. Cheng Yu angrily said his plan. In the days when he was besieged by Li Sheng in Xiangyang, he suffered a lot, and he also had a special hatred for Li Shengzi. In his opinion, anything that is unfavorable to Li Sheng is beneficial to himself, but as for whether this will affect the reputation of the lord, he doesn't care at all. In his opinion, doing so can also get the money and assets in Li Sheng's firm, but it is only good for himself and not harmful. At least the shortage of military resources on our side will be greatly reduced as a result. "This is really hurting others and benefiting oneself." Cheng Yu thought so, he thought that Cao Cao would definitely accept his suggestion.
Sure enough, after listening to Cheng Yu's explanation, Cao Cao immediately stroked his palms and laughed: "Zhongde's words are very good." Hmph, Li Sheng is not agriculture-oriented, specializing in strange skills and tricks, although his business travel has earned a lot of money for it, but it is fundamentally vain. As long as we destroy the root of his vanity, his money will naturally be in and out. Hehe, no one has money, I see how he raises the army. Cao Cao said in the end, he simply gritted his teeth, thinking that Li Sheng's claim to be king gave him a lot of stimulation. He didn't say a word at the moment, and immediately ordered Man Zhong to be the messenger and go to Jiangdong to see Sun Quan in the starry night.
Man Pet came to Jiangdong, Sun Quan continued, asked about the matter, and invited Man Pet to rest first. He immediately summoned his generals to discuss the matter of joining forces with Cao Cao to sanction Li Sheng. Sun Quan was 120,000 interested in this matter, but he had concerns about whether to carry it out. He was afraid that if he joined forces with Cao Cao in this matter, he would expose the news of his betrayal, thus giving Li Sheng an excuse to attack him. "I'm afraid that Cao Cao won't be able to save himself at that time. Li Sheng's army will appear under his Jianye City anytime and anywhere. Sun Quan was very afraid of this, and the tactics that Li Sheng used against him last time really made him feel uneasy.
Because he himself was worried about this, Sun Quan completely left this matter to his subordinates to consider. When they were silent and thinking, Sun Quan didn't say a word, and when they said their opinions eloquently, Sun Quan didn't say a word. He was listening, he was thinking, and because the stakes were high, and he didn't have the right idea of his own, he chose to make a choice based on the advice of his men.
As with Sun Quan's own forward-looking thoughts, Sun Quan's subordinates also had two different views on this matter according to their own judgments: there were opposition forces represented by Lu Su; There are also approving forces represented by Zhang Zhao and Lu Meng. Because in this matter, the benefits that can be obtained from their side are certain, and the person who may be discovered by Li Sheng and attack is also certain, so they seem to be evenly matched in the debate, and no one can convince anyone for a while.
Zhang Zhao and LΓΌ Meng's view is that Jiangdong has suffered a lot from the peace treaty since it was signed. With the large-scale entry of Li Sheng's merchants, the local merchants in Jiangdong have been greatly affected, a large amount of silver money has been obtained by Li Sheng's merchants, and a large number of resources have been occupied by Li Sheng's merchants. Li Sheng bought a large number of raw materials from Jiangdong, and sold back to Jiangdong a large number of luxury goods. Although these things that cannot be eaten, worn, or used are very popular in Koto, as long as you think about them, you will understand the harm of these things to Koto. ββ¦β¦ In the long run, folk luxury has become a trend, a large amount of money and silver have flowed out, and there are no stars to fight. More than ten years later, Jiangdong will no longer have a single soldier to fight, nor will there be any money to invest. Zhang Zhao cried out in pain. As a veteran of internal affairs, he naturally takes a very long-term view. Although what he said is somewhat sensational, there is some truth in it.
Regarding Zhang Zhao and Lu Meng's views, Lu Su was a little scoffing. Although he also saw the damage caused by Li Sheng's economic invasion to his side, he thought that this damage was something that would take effect slowly for a long time. Maybe that will happen in the long run, but when everything is still unclear at the moment, it is better not to follow Cao Cao to be the first sword. He asked Zhang Zhao and LΓΌ Meng three questions: "Li Sheng's economic invasion was only at the level of luxury, did he buy land in Jiangdong?" Did he hinder the development of Koto agriculture? Jiangdong has just experienced a war, and the money and food have bottomed out, if he falls out with Li Sheng for such a thing at this moment, then if Li Sheng calls, will Jiangdong be able to resist? Does Jiangdong have the strength to counterbalance Li Sheng's fleet? β
"For our own benefit, we must weaken Li Shengjun's strength......!" "For the sake of Jiangdong's safety, we shouldn't provoke Li Sheng too much, you must know that we don't have the strength to resist Li Sheng's attack at the moment. The so-called Yangtze River natural insurance, in Li Sheng's view, is like a thoroughfare. The reasons for both sides were constantly clashing in Sun Quan's head. What they can see, Sun Quan himself understands very well, what to do, Sun Quan is also embarrassed.
"Does anyone have a better solution?" Sun Quan was puzzled by this, and then swept his inquiring gaze over the faces of his generals' staff one by one, hoping that his subordinates would have a strange plan to save him. However, the expressions of appreciation or confusion on his face made him completely disappointed. "Alas...... Although these people are celebrities, they still talk a lot and do little. Sun Quan couldn't help sighing, and was about to retract his gaze and re-examine Lu Su and Zhang Zhao as they said, when he suddenly found that at the end of his group of civil officials, there was a young official, who met his gaze but sneered slightly. Is it Lu Boyan? Of course Sun Quan knows this person, he knows that he is the head of the Jiangdong Lu family, and he is also the son-in-law of his brother, so he can be regarded as his own relative. But to be honest, he didn't know much about Lu Xun. Sun Quan saw him sneering and looking at him, and his heart moved slightly, "Could it be that he has any good way?" Sun Quan was like a man who had fallen into the water holding the last straw, and at that moment he was hopeful again, and he asked Lu Xun directly: "Bo Yan, what do you think?" β
"I thought that as long as I found a way to consider the opinions of Mr. Zhang Zhao, General Lu Meng, and the opinions of Governor Lu Su, I would be fine." Lu Xun said with a smile.
"Isn't this nonsense?" Sun Quan became annoyed, "I also know that when you consider it comprehensively, take advantage of it and ignore its harm." But how exactly to synthesize? You have to come up with a plan. Everyone can talk big, but there are not many people who can really do practical things. Sun Quan slandered, but on the surface, he still showed an appearance of humbly listening: "How to synthesize? Please try to say it. β
"I've carefully studied some of the information about Li Sheng. I found that Li Shengjun's biggest source of income came not from land, but from the sea. Although Li Sheng's merchants opened here and in Wei provided Li Sheng with a large amount of money, these money and silver were only a small part of Li Sheng's own. If we attack Li Sheng's merchants from the land, then Li Sheng will definitely clearly understand that we did this. But if we were to strike at Li Sheng's fleet on the vast sea, it would be difficult for Li Sheng to understand that the culprit was us. The East China Sea is so big, and the islands on it are so big that we can blame the unwarranted pirates? Even if Li Sheng's side suspects us, we can push the matter to the unwarranted pirates as much as we like. Lu Xun unexpectedly said a direction that everyone didn't think of - directly attacking Li Sheng's merchant fleet, but not Li Sheng's land merchants.
"That's a good idea." Sun Quan thought about it carefully and said with a smile.
"However, there are two problems with that." Lu Meng thought for a moment and reminded: "First of all, there is the issue of our conspiration with Cao Cao. Although this alliance is secret, since we are worried that Li Sheng's army is approaching the city, then we must unite with Cao Cao. This time it was Cao Cao who came to us and begged us to let us deal with this matter, and we should have agreed. Now that we have chosen to regret it, how should we deal with it? That's the point; The second point is the question of whether our side is capable of dealing with Li Sheng's fleet. We all know the strength of Li Sheng's navy. Since Li Sheng has such a fleet, isn't it asking for trouble for us to pay attention to their merchant ships again? β
"It's very simple, to solve Cao Cao's problem, we just need to pretend to be our grandson and tell them that we are threatened by Li Sheng's navy, and there is no way to help him at all. As for the second point, the question of the strength of Li Sheng's navy...... No matter how powerful Li Sheng's navy is, it is impossible to escort every merchant fleet. We only need to send more clippers, probe every step of Li Shengjun's route in advance, and make corresponding arrangements. Lu Xun didn't think this was an embarrassing problem, and he solved this problem in two easy sentences.
"Well, that's a good idea." Sun Quan thought for a while and finally made a decision: "Zhang Zhao, you are responsible for communicating with Man Chong, and you must let Cao Cao understand our difficulties; As for the matter against Li Shengjun's merchant fleet, Lu Xun, Jiang Qin, and Lu Meng are in charge. Jiangdong's navy is no longer as good as Li Sheng's navy, this is a fact, we don't need to deny it. But I don't think this is just temporary, and I hope that you will observe Li Sheng's navy more when you are on duty, understand the secrets of their strength, and build our navy with this. β
"No......!" Everyone received their orders, and all of them bowed to Sun Quan.