Chapter 141 Forming an alliance with Liaodong

Bringing Guoyuan with him, Liu Yi can be regarded as a favor who pushes the boat along the river, and there are many scholars who go to Liaodong from Qingzhou to avoid trouble, but few people are willing to stay there as officials.

For example, in the longest-lasting Confucian Bingyuan in eastern Liaodong, Gongsun Zhao and Gongsun Du have conquered many times, but this person just refuses to agree, and only waits for the Central Plains to settle down before returning to his hometown.

Another example is Tai Shici, who is suitable to capture the flag.

This person also stayed in Liaodong for several years, although he fought side by side with Liaodong County many times when Goguryeo entered the Koukou, but he did not mean to be a general. As soon as his mother's letter arrived, saying that the new Beihai Prime Minister Kong was more important than him, he sent people to inquire several times and gave gifts, and Tai Shici boarded the ship in a panic and went south.

Liu Yi and Guoyuan are both disciples of the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, although they don't have much contact with each other, they can be regarded as having the friendship of the same family.

Through several conversations in private, Liu Yi also knew that this small temple in Liaodong would definitely not be able to keep this fellow disciple who was praised by the teacher Zheng Xuan as a 'national weapon'.

Full of sincerity, but it does not mean obedience.

Therefore, although the atmosphere of the negotiation was very harmonious, it was far from smooth sailing, at least not as Tai Shici expected.

"If you ask for peace, why do you have so much verbosity? It's better to just turn your face and fight a game, first divide the high and low, and then talk about it, isn't it much simpler? Tai Shi Ci sneered in his stomach.

He had seen the military appearance of Liaodong and knew that the other party should not be underestimated, but after joining the Taishan Army, his vision also became higher. For the lord, there is nothing difficult in the world, no matter how strong Liaodong is, can it be stronger than Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army and stronger than the millions of yellow scarves in Qingzhou?

Even if it is the most difficult water army to build, when it comes to the master, is it not solved in the palm of his hand?

It's easy to get acquainted with each other in Liaodong, anyway, that remote place is useless, not even chicken ribs, and it can't be used to raise troops to fight for it; But now this Liu Yi is verbose and endless, which is really annoying, and he can't wait to pull out his knife and kill him.

It's obviously showing weakness, but at this time, they are still talking about conditions such as opening ports to each other and trading with each other, isn't this kicking your nose in the face? Previously, the Qingzhou people went to Liaodong, just because of the war in the Central Plains, or to avoid other disasters, but now Qingzhou has been pacified, only the Qingzhou people in Liaodong have come back, who is full of food, and still run to that bitter cold place?

As for trading, what is there to sell in that place in Liaodong? Where does the money come from? It's really weird.

It's just that the lord is also good-tempered, and he actually talked to him enthusiastically, what's going on? Corporal Lixian, or take care of fellow disciples?

To be honest, what Tai Shici was hinting at with his eyebrows, Wang Yu didn't know much about it, and he wasn't interested in understanding it, but he was very interested in Liu Yi, a little-known Liaodong general.

This person's martial arts skills should not be high, and his command ability is not too special, and his eloquence and insight are not bad, but in the eyes of Wang Yu, who deals with demons like Tian Feng and Jia Xu every day, it is nothing. However, Wang Yu was surprised by his knowledge of navigation and even maritime trade.

Liu Yi's understanding of maritime trade is still very shallow, and it is much worse than the knowledge obtained by Wang Yu, a layman, but now that it is the Han Dynasty, people with this kind of consciousness are definitely rare, at least Wang Yu is the first time he has come into contact with it.

Maybe Jiangdong, which has a longer tradition of sailing, will have similar or better talents, but in this Qingzhou, it is indeed very surprising for Wang Yu to meet such a person.

"My lord and General Xu belong to the same family, but their ideas and ideas are similar and different, it is difficult to say whether they are friends or enemies, to be precise, and Pang Juan and Sun Bin back then are almost the same......

After promoting Guoyuan, Liu Yi immediately explained his previous tough attitude.

"If the prince kills General Xu, he gets a huge order, presumably the general army will not take it too seriously, General Xu's disciples are all loyal believers in Momen, and it is considered a hidden danger for the general to stay in the army, so my lord made such a request. Now that the prince has known the function of the Juzi Order, he must have received the mantle of General Xu, and the previous request is naturally out of date. ”

Liu Yi's statement has a certain degree of truth, but some key things have been vaguely passed by him, and Liaodong must have been tempted to throw out such a statement.

Although his reputation is very large, as the saying goes: it is better to be famous than to meet, and if you don't end up comparing and dying, how will Liaodong people know if they are in vain? In recent years, there have been more people with greater fame than ability.

However, now it is a peace talk, since the other party said so, Wang Yu was also happy to pretend to be confused, nodded and said: "I see, the general doesn't say it, Ben Hou doesn't know that there is such a relationship." ”

The meaning of Wang Yu's answer was also a little vague, and he neither admitted nor denied the matter of accepting Xu Rong's mantle, but only used the word origin and lightly brought it over.

If you change to Li Min, you may not be able to hear the meaning of Wang Yu's words, but Liu Yi is a rare smart person, and he knows what Wang Yu wants to ask with a little taste.

He explained in detail: "General Xu adheres to the traditional Momen concept, and my family master believes that the traditional concept is no longer appropriate, and the best way to stop the war is to calm the world and use power to forcibly promote the Mohist concept, just like Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed: "Speaking of which, the ambitions of my lord and the prince are quite similar, both of them are heroes in the world, if they are destined to meet, they must be very talkative." ”

"For General Shengji, Ben Hou has also been fond of it for a long time, and if he can meet him face to face, it will naturally be better."

After some answers, the previous 'misunderstanding' was clarified, the relationship between the two princes entered a new stage, and Liu Yi brought more and more surprises to Wang Yu.

Speaking of which, Liu Yi's proposal is not new, opening ports, equal trade, joint technology research and development, and information sharing are almost the routines of later generations to form such strategic alliances.

Further, it is a close alliance that fights the enemy together and helps each other. However, Liu Yi did not make further requests.

In the end, the other party doesn't know the depth, so he doesn't dare to get an inch? still simply want to keep a distance from yourself; Or maybe the two sides don't have a common goal against the enemy, Wang Yu is not very sure, but he wants more than that.

"Trade is a good thing, and it is good for Qingzhou in eastern Liaoning; There is no problem in opening the port, as long as the force entering the port does not exceed the limited standard, the ships of Liaodong can enter the port of our Qingzhou at any time, and if they intend to continue to go south, our army will not stop them; As for intelligence, as long as General Gongsun speaks, it is not a big deal. ”

"Everyone in the world says: the prince's bearing, mind, especially victory and bravery, I saw it today, this statement is really true, Yi on behalf of my lord, and 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Liaodong, thank you to the prince!" Liu Yi was surprised and delighted, and got up in a panic to thank him.

As he said to Li Min, he was also ready to bargain this time.

Unrestricted trade is only good for Liaodong, and Liaodong has, and the scarce materials in Qingzhou are nothing more than cattle, horses, livestock, and stuffed specialties such as furs. And Liaodong is scarce, Qingzhou is rich in too many things, and the most scarce thing is food.

The problem is that Wang Yu and Youzhou Gongsun Zhan have long formed a close alliance. There are many things in Liaodong, and there are also many things in Youzhou; What Liaodong lacks, Youzhou is not rich, and Qingzhou has a lot of choice.

In addition, Gongsun Du is a big ambition, of course, he will not keep his head and only manage his own one-third of an acre, even if he has no chance to compete for the Central Plains, if he wants to choose the Ming lord to take refuge, he also needs accurate intelligence to analyze the situation. Liaodong is located in a remote area, and if you want to get news of the Central Plains, you must either go through Youzhou or Qingzhou.

In Liu Yi's expectation, these conditions may have to be reached through arduous negotiations, so he deliberately released the bait. The joint research and development of the technology summarized by Wang Yu is Liu Yi's bargaining chip.

He came out Wang Yu to build a navy, and Liaodong's shipbuilding technology is a step higher than Qingzhou, although the gap is not too big, but Qingzhou wants to catch up, it will take a few years.

Unexpectedly, before he even had time to give a detailed explanation of this bargaining chip, Wang Yu promised to come under other conditions, how could he not be overjoyed?

Wang Yu smiled and waved his hand, and said slowly: "It's not that you can say that you have a bearing, it's just that Ben Hou thinks that what General Liu said is not detailed enough, and I want to add a few points." ”

"Please give me advice." Liu Yi secretly screamed in his heart: It's coming.

"Regarding trade, Ben Hou would like to add a point, hoping that General Gongsun will allow our army to open mines in Liaodong."

"Open a mine?" Liu Yi was a little dizzy, there are indeed a lot of iron ores in Liaodong, but is it necessary to go all the way to mine?

"Yes, open the mine." Wang Yu did not elaborate.

Liaodong's products are actually very rich, especially iron ore, he remembered that the iron ore in Liaoning in later generations is the kind near the surface, and the difficulty of mining is very low.

More importantly, in this way, Liaodong will have one more product, and the trade with Qingzhou will become closer. Wang Yu had no intention of conquering Liaodong by force, especially after knowing Gongsun Du's several foreign campaigns, he was not in the mood to do so.

His idea was very simple, through trade, he could tie Gongsun Du to his chariot without realizing it. There will be no problems at first, and when Gongsun Du finds out that something is wrong, he will be surprised to find that Liaodong is no longer inseparable from trade with Qingzhou.

Moreover, in this trade, Qingzhou will also profit a lot. Even if it's war horses and livestock, you can't just count on Youzhou, one more channel can give you more leeway and reduce your risk, so why not?

Without waiting for Liu Yi to answer, Wang Yu said again: "In addition, I want to confirm whether the information shared includes your army's charts?" ”

"This ......" Liu Yi looked embarrassed.

"Don't want the east, just Jizhou and Youzhou." Wang Yu knew what the other party was embarrassed about, Gongsun Du Bacheng had already regarded the Sanhan tribe in the east as a back garden, whether it was to replenish the population or plunder supplies, it was very important.

"That's no problem, I'll send a copy of it to the prince when I get back." Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Bohai Bay is not big, and it is not difficult to draw a sea chart, even if he doesn't give it, Wang Yu will be able to do it in a little time. It's different when you go to Sanhan, that place is poor and bad, and it doesn't take two or three years, spending hundreds of lives, and it's difficult to have results. Once Wang Yu built a naval army, it would be really troublesome to expand in that direction.

Now Wang Yu wants Jizhou and Youzhou, and his goal is still in the Central Plains, and then thinking of the recent situation in Hebei, Liu Yi naturally understands Wang Yu's intentions.

"Also, since the alliance is formed, should there be some explanation in terms of common enemies?"

"Together...... Enemy? Unconsciously, the initiative has been completely controlled by Wang Yu, but Liu Yi suddenly realized that Wang Yu's requirements are stranger than the other, just thinking about the deep meaning is enough for him to be busy, how can he have time to take care of others?

"The prince refers to ......"

Both sides can fight, and they are in a hostile relationship, and there is an enemy who must join forces to deal with...... It doesn't exist at all!

"Karasuma! Xianbei! ”

Wang Yuyun smiled lightly, but his tone was unquestionable: "Isn't this our common enemy?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )