The wedding date is approaching, the lord of Jiangdong came to Jingxiang to watch the ceremony, but for Sun Shao's marriage, with a lot of joy, and in the past few days, barbarians from all over Jingnan have also come to Changsha, wanting to see the wedding of the two, the marriage of the barbarian princess and the son of the old lord of Jiangdong, so that a group of Jingnan barbarians are quite surprised.

The combination of Zhu Rong and Sun Shao, as Pang Shanmin expected, greatly helped to promote ethnic integration in the Jingnan region.

In fact, in the past two years, the life of the barbarians in Jingnan is much better than before, Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang and other places where the barbarians live together, many barbarians have followed the Han people, learned the art of farming, and later when the loom prevailed, there were also family workshops, hired barbarian women to weave, the living habits of the barbarians, the living habits of the barbarians have changed a lot in the past two years, many barbarians have taken off their national costumes, wearing Han clothes, they look no different from the Han people.

In the past few days, Pang Shanmin met with him, in addition to discussing the two major events with Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, he also invited a lot of Jingnan barbarians to discuss the matter of barbarian co-governance, although the leaders of the barbarians of various tribes are quite satisfied with the current life of the barbarians, but Pang Shanmin still feels that the barbarians can also look forward to a better life, so that the barbarian life is no different from the people of Jingnan, which is the ultimate goal of Pang Shanmin.

What is very different from the joy in Jingnan is that in recent days, the places in Jiangbei have been in turmoil, especially in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao, and the price of bamboo paper has increased several times in the past few days, and the price is more than gold.

At first, the local officials did not mind the matter, until later, when the scholars accompanied and denounced the shops in the cities. Things are gradually getting bigger, and in addition, the original cheap cloth from Jingxiang, the price of grain has also risen sharply, and for a time, all parts of Jiangbei are full of grievances.

When Cao Cao learned the news from all over the world. Annoyed, he hurriedly summoned his ministers and entered the court to discuss countermeasures. Cao Cao originally thought that in the battle of Runan, the Pang mountain people took a lot of advantages. It should be divided, and after the spring ploughing in the coming year, the two princes will fight each other on the battlefield, but Cao Cao did not expect that Jing Xiang's revenge would come in an instant, and this kind of means was unheard of before Cao Cao.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao was in front of the ministers. roaring, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others, seeing Cao Cao's anger, did not dare to say more.

Half an hour later. Cao Cao's face was gloomy, and he said to the ministers: "Do you have a way to stop the crazy rise in prices in Luoyang and Yingchuan?"

Cao Cao said, everyone in the hall. Speechless for a long time, Cao Cao saw Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others who were full of wisdom in the past, their faces were at a loss, and they were even more angry in their hearts, and said to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, this is an expensive bamboo paper, Cao Mou, a person from Duoying Sichuan, doesn't believe it, the scholar has no paper available, so he dares to go to the state capital, roaring in the public court, is it not a person from Yingchuan, since Wen Ruo, after Gongda, now they are all like this?" In this way, how dare Cao go to Yingchuan again and choose the virtuous on behalf of the saint?"

When Xun Yu heard this, he was shocked, and when he saw Cao Cao's eyes on fire, he was angry with him, Xun Yu sighed in a low voice: "Lord, Yu is ashamed."

Cao Cao saw Xun Yu's frightened face, his heart was angry, calmed down slightly, and said to Xun Yu: "In the past, many scholars and scholars, when they used bamboo slips to make books, they had never heard of such complaints. All the gentlemen are now in the hall, and they should always give advice to Cao to solve the current siege."

Cao Cao said, Guo Jia thought for a moment, and said to Cao Cao: "If there is only no bamboo paper available, it doesn't matter, the lord only needs to send people, and the scholar clearly said that the trouble will cause trouble, but Guo is worried that the price of this cloth and grain is also growing wildly, food, clothing, housing and transportation, related to the life of the people under the rule of the lord, and now in the city of Xudu, Guo also heard that in the past few days, the price of grain has quadrupled compared with half a month ago, if this matter is not dealt with as soon as possible, the disaster is not small"

"Then Feng Xiao can have a countermeasure?" When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao is familiar with the people of Napang Mountain, and he must be able to deal with it by all means."

Guo Jia couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Guo is not proficient in government affairs, and the lord wants to find a way to deal with it, so he should look for a long article and ask for a plan."

Guo Jia said, Cao Cao thought so, busy people to find Chen Qun to go to the house, not long after, Chen Qun arrived, Cao Cao asked, Chen Qun was speechless for a long time, after a long time, Chen Qun sighed: "From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, that Pang Shanmin's plan is a plan to attack the heart, to the lord of the government, people's hearts are floating, the people are complaining, and the people think that if the current predicament is solved, the first thing is to stabilize prices and stabilize the people's hearts"...,

Chen Qun said, the ministers of the palace all thought so, and echoed it repeatedly, Cao Cao said with a smile: "Since Changwen has seen through Jingxiang's strategy, there must be a way to deal with it."

"The lord or can open a warehouse to put grain, in the market, a lot of grain, its price must be cheap, as for bamboo paper, cloth, Chen has no way to deal with it, this thing is a special product of Jingxiang, although the people under the rule of the lord, can also spin cloth, but Chen has heard that Jingxiang loom can make ordinary people, a huge amount of cloth per day, if I have no loom in the north, it is difficult to cope with the rise of this cloth." Chen Qun said, sighed lightly and said: "Before, Chen Mou heard that Mr. Fengxiao had suggested to the prime minister that he should take a peek at the Jingnan loom and how to make it, but now, what the prime minister has gained?"

"The Jingxiang family takes this thing very seriously, and it is difficult to get it." When Cao Cao heard this, he sighed and said: "And although the plan of Wen Chang to open the warehouse and release grain is good, but Cao wants to fight with Jingxiang after spring ploughing next year, and now Jingxiang is developing with each passing day, which also makes Cao Mou, quite frightened, if it is a showdown with it, it should be early."

"That Jingxiang is a rich land, and in the past two years, the mountain people have accumulated a lot of money, and only a small means have made it difficult for me to make the ministers of the capital difficult." Guo Jia sighed lightly and said to Cao Cao: "It is the beginning of the next year to face off with the mountain people, Guo thinks that my Central Plains army has no certainty of victory, but at this moment, Cheng is quite looking for another good way to balance Jingxiang."

"Where's the best idea?" When Cao Cao heard this, he smiled bitterly: "Cao Mou has been fighting horses for half his life, and he has never met such a difficult opponent, and this Pang Shanmin's temperament of retribution has made Cao Mou gain a lot of knowledge, and his methods are not like the princes."

Cao Cao said, his face was depressed, Guo Jia saw this and persuaded: "The prime minister does not need to be so worried, in Guo's view, the move of the Pang mountain people is mainly to vent the anger of Runan, Jing Xiang is reluctant to sell bamboo paper, cloth, although it has a great impact on my Central Plains, but it is difficult for many Jingxiang families to earn money from my Central Plains, Guo thinks that he can first follow the plan of the long text to stabilize the grain prices of various counties, and send more detailed work, to Jingxiang and his line, or rumors, or connections, to divide the Jingxiang family, so that there are many dislikes between them and the people of Pang Shan"

"Although it is a good plan, Cao Mou has heard that the people of Pang Shan treat all Jingxiang families very well, even thaumaturgy is also taught a lot, Cao's side, how to lure the Jingxiang family?" Cao Cao said, Guo Jia smiled slightly, and said to Cao Cao: "There are many people in the world who do not suffer from widowhood and unevenness, and now the Jingxiang family, such as Pang, Kuai and other families are very rich, and the rest of the families are not more powerful than these two families, if they say that there is no resentment in their hearts, Guo does not believe it."

When the ministers in the hall heard Guo Jia's countermeasures, their eyes lit up, and Cao Cao also swept away the previous depression, and said to Guo Jia: "The plan of filial piety is also to figure out the hearts of the people, and the plan of the people of the Pang Mountain, the same thing, you think, if you follow the plan of filial piety, how should you act?"

"You can follow the example of the previous envelopment of Sun Quan, the prime minister will act on behalf of the saint and grant a number of titles to the Jingxiang family" Jia Xu said, Cao Cao nodded slightly, this title is in Cao Cao's eyes, but it is also a useless thing, and it is only given to the official title, not real power, then the Jingxiang family is nothing more than a title.

Guo Jia also said: "What Wen He said is very true, Guo thinks that in addition to conferring the title, he can also inform the Jingxiang family that if he brings Jingxiang thaumaturgy and turns to the prime minister, the prime minister will occupy Jingxiang in the future, and it will be reused. "

"This plan is very much in line with my heart" Cao Cao heard this, no matter how carefree he was, he laughed loudly: "This Jingxiang is only thaumaturgy, which makes Cao envious, if he gets thaumaturgy, with my great resources in the Central Plains, then how can Pang Shanmin be Cao's opponent?"

Seeing Cao Cao turn from sorrow to joy, everyone in the hall rejoiced, although the Central Plains was unable to cut down Runan before, and then suffered from this adversity, but the prime minister became more and more courageous, inspiring, there is a hero like this sea god needle, a corner of Jingxiang, and how can it be a rival.

It's just that Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others still have cautious expressions on their faces.

Especially Guo Jia, after the design, but did not dare to have the slightest slack in his heart, and Pang Shanmin has been friends for a long time, Guo Jia naturally knows that Pang Shanmin has always acted in an eclectic way, in Guo Jia's eyes, this person's thoughts, often like a whimsical, it is difficult for people to grasp the context, if Jingxiang thaumaturgy, so easy to obtain, how can the world be Jingxiang rich?...,

Seeing that there are now countermeasures, Cao Cao dismissed the ministers, leaving only Guo Jia, Jia Xu and other important ministers, and entered the back hall together, Cao Cao also knew that it was not easy to encircle the Jingnan family, Guo Jia's plan, although he could draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle, so that the Central Plains had thaumaturgy to compete with Jing Xiang, but this choice of the family that could be used by Cao Cao made it quite difficult for Cao Cao.

Some smaller families are easy to get around, but they don't know what thaumaturgy they have? It is rumored that Jingxiang looms, are from the workshop set up by Pang Shanmin, ordinary families, do not know how to manufacture, there are also people in the family who have imitated the looms created by Pang Shanmin, but Jingxiang in commerce and trade, the law is strict, if the imitation loom is detected by the major families, will be heavily punished.

And the imitation of the loom, the weaving cloth, there are many flaws, ordinary people can also perceive the difference in the cloth, so if it is not thaumaturgy, it is a imitation loom, for the Central Plains, it is just a useless work......

But if it is to envelop the Jingxiang wealthy family, it is too difficult, Pang Shanmin taught thaumaturgy to a number of wealthy families, the Jingxiang family felt its kindness, Cao Cao was also hesitant, what price should be paid, in order to find thaumaturgy from Jingxiang's hands.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao looked embarrassed, and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, according to your opinion, which Jingxiang Hao clan should I choose in the Central Plains and make friends with it?" (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )

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