What happened in Qingzhou Dart Bureau is just a microcosm of Sun Quan's rule, and the same thing happened in Xuzhou and Yangzhou Dart Bureau and Qianzhuang. What made Sun Quan and Zhou Yu feel strange was that all the dart games and money banks were very cooperative, and there were no serious conflicts. It's as if the dart game and the money village really have nothing to do with the Southern Han Dynasty and operate independently. What's even more strange is that Nan Ye didn't react to the defection of the Sanzhou Dart Bureau and Qian Zhuang, and there was no sign of sending troops.

Zhou Yu felt a little unbelievable about such a smooth takeover of the dart bureau and the bank, and what made him feel even more incredible was that the money in each bank was only less than one-tenth of the money on the books, but even so, it could still meet the business travelers and people who came to withdraw money every day. Zhou Yu was so smart, after a few days of research, he found that although people went to the money bank every day to deposit and withdraw, there was always some gold and silver in the treasury that was idle, and it was rarely emptied. As long as you keep some of the gold and silver, you can use the rest for other purposes.

This discovery made Zhou Yu excited, and reported it to Sun Quan as soon as possible. Sun Quan newly obtained Liu Bei's land, but he didn't get much grain in Liu Bei's treasury, which made Sun Quan, who was preparing to expand his army and fight for the world with Nanye, a headache. At this time, Zhou Yu discovered the secret of Qian Zhuang, how could Sun Quan not be excited? Therefore, Sun Quan ordered that Dawu Qian Zhuang be opened everywhere under his rule, and each Qian Zhuang left only 5 percent of the deposit reserve, and the rest was handed over to the state treasury to expand armaments.

Sun Quan occupied Liu Bei's territory, and the dart bureau and money village opened were all on the original site, but the name was changed, and the business content was still the same, so the people didn't think much about it, and there was no run. Because of this, Sun Quan did not discover the shortcomings of his actions, and only saw the money-making side of the bank.

People are always greedy and insufficient, and the money collected through the money bank allowed Sun Quan to quickly expand the army, but Sun Quan wanted to get more money, so he asked Zhou Yu if there was any other way to get money.

It is not easy for Zhou Yu to use his own wisdom to study the deposit reserve, how can he make Sun Quan make a lot of money with a random idea? However, Zhou Yu realized a problem through the matter of Qian Zhuang's accumulation of money, that is, Nan Ye, who was the first to run the dart bureau and Qian Zhuang, must be very rich, if Nan Ye uses this money to expand the army, his strength is definitely several times that of Dongwu, and it is not something that Dongwu can compete with at all. This made Zhou Yu very anxious, and he also wanted to support Sun Quan to have more money to expand his armaments.

In Zhou Yu's view, Nan Ye, who can create a dart game and a money village, can be said to be the first in the world. Zhou Yu couldn't think of a way by himself, so he hit Nan Ye with his idea, wanting to steal some more ways to make money from Nan Ye. Of course, it was impossible for Zhou Yu to consult Nan Ye himself, so he gathered the dart head and shopkeeper who were originally in charge of the dart bureau and the money village in one place and asked them what good strategies they had to make money.

Sun Kang and other shopkeepers of the money village saw Zhou Yu asking for advice, and they offered advice one after another. Sun Kang said: "The governor can follow the example of the national teacher to print money stamps and hand over children. ”

Zhou Yuqi said: "What is the profit of printing money tickets and handing over children? ”

Sun Kang said: "It is inconvenient for Jiaozhou merchants to carry gold and silver, so they sometimes use money tickets and Jiaozi as gold and silver trading goods. If Da Wu can print money stamps and hand over children, it will be like opening a mountain to make money, wouldn't it be rich and widespread? ”

Zhou Yu's IQ is not low, but no matter how smart he is, he can't imagine the consequences of indiscriminate issuance of banknotes. However, Zhou Yu still instinctively felt that there was something wrong with this plan, after all, the indiscriminate issuance of copper coins would also cause prices to skyrocket, and Dong Zhuo's small money was a precedent. So Zhou Yu asked: "Although money tickets and Jiaozhou can replace gold and silver, someone must first deposit gold and silver in the bank. ”

Sun Kang said with a smile: "The governor has already run a money bank, so he should know that the silver in the inventory is not enough to deposit 10% of the silver money. Even so, there is no need to worry about the people coming to take it. The same is true for printing money stamps and handovers, it is natural to print them at will, but it is okay to print more. ”

Zhou Yu thought about it, so he dedicated this plan to Sun Quan. Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, so he ordered Zhang Zhao to be responsible for printing the Dawu money stamps, replacing the money stamps and Jiaozi printed by Nanye, and forced the people in the territory not to use the money stamps and Jiaozi of the Southern Han Dynasty, but only to use the Dawu money stamps.

Nan Ye's every move was fully understood. Originally, when he got the news of Liu Bei's request for help, Nan Ye planned to send troops to attack Wu and began to gather people in Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Sili. But Sun Quan and Zhou Yu replaced Qian Zhuang to issue money tickets indiscriminately, and Nan Ye was not in a hurry. In Nan Ye's view, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were killing themselves, and immediately ordered Wu Guo's money tickets to circulate in the territory to be invalid. He also ordered the Academy of Sciences to counterfeit a large number of money tickets from Soochow to spend in exchange for materials in Soochow, disrupting the economic order of Soochow.

Whether it is papermaking or printing, Nanye has a leading edge in technology. The money stamps issued by the Southern Han Dynasty and Jiaozi Dongwu cannot be imitated, and the money stamps issued by the Eastern Wu Dynasty Nanye are effortless to imitate, and they can be completely fake. As a result, in less than a year, prices in Soochow soared, and the people were struggling to make a living.

The people of Dongwu found that the Dawu money tickets were depreciated, and they took the money tickets to the Dawu money village to exchange real money and silver, causing a run. There were not enough reserves in the money bank of the Eastern Wu to pay, so the credit of the Eastern Wu regime headed by Sun Quan fell sharply, and there were countless people who occupied the mountains as kings and fell into the grass.

Nan Ye saw that the time had come for the civil strife in Eastern Wu, so he convened the generals to discuss the matter of raising troops. In fact, as early as a year ago, Nanye's soldiers and horses had gathered at the border, and people from all walks of life were waiting for Nanye's order. If it weren't for Nan Ye's desire to exchange the minimum price for the biggest victory, I am afraid that he would have already captured Dongwu at this time.

Guo Jia heard that Nan Ye had the intention of sending troops, so he said: "The chaos of Eastern Wu has been completed, this time there is no need for the national division to go out, and we will wait for the army to advance together to pacify Wu." ”

Of course, Nan Ye believed in the strength of the soldiers and horses under his command, but he had been idle for a year, so he said: "This time the troops are divided into five ways to attack Eastern Wu, and I naturally have to lead all the soldiers and horses." As for the other four roads, they will be arranged by Fengxiao. ”

Guo Jia didn't say much when he heard this, so he arranged: "The first route soldier national division is personally the commander, Zhao Yun and Yang Xiong are the vanguard, and I am the commander of the army division with 100,000 troops from Yangzhou to take Jianye." The second route soldiers were led by Ma Chao, Pang De, Xu Huang, and Ma Dai, and Pang Tong was the military division, and the commander of 100,000 troops marched from Sili to the state. The third route was Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, Zhang Liao, and Wei Yan as commanders, and Jia Xu was the military division, commanding 100,000 troops from Jingzhou to Yuzhou. The Fourth Route soldiers Gan Ning, Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, Zang Ba, and Zhang Yan were the commanders, and Lu Xun was the military division, commanding 100,000 troops to attack Xuzhou by sea. The enemy's five route soldiers Tai Shici, Zhang He, Yu Ban, Zhang Ren, and Yan Yan were the commanders, and Xu Shu was the military division, commanding 100,000 troops to attack Qingzhou by sea. Whoever wins the 500,000 horses of the Fifth Route Army first will take Yanzhou first, and those who can take Yanzhou will be the first to take it. ”

When the generals heard this, they all agreed in unison, and they were all very excited. The combat power of the Jiaozhou army is famous all over the world, and the 500,000 army can be worth the millions of people under the command of other princes. All the generals were confident that they would defeat Soochow in one battle.

It is said that the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, but Nan Ye led the troops to fight another rule, that is, the grain and grass did not move the public opinion first. Before the army moved, the newspaper published Sun Quan's three major crimes to denounce Soochow. The first is to betray the covenant and attack Liu Bei. The second is to pretend to be a dart master to raise an unrighteous teacher. The third is to confiscate the dart board and replace it with the dart master, and indiscriminately issue silver tickets, causing the people to live in poverty.

As soon as the newspaper came out, there was an uproar in the world, and the discerning people knew that Nan Ye was going to move troops at a glance, and Nan Ye was not afraid that the world would know. The 500,000 army can't hide it anyway, so it's better to be generous and ask the teacher to ask for the guilt, so as to crusade against Eastern Wu in response to Liu Bei's request for help.

Sun Quan's rule was already in turmoil, and Sun Quan, who was busy, was anxious, and when he heard that Nanye's army was pressuring, he was taken aback at that time, and hurriedly convened the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Zhou Yu has been haggard a lot in the past year, he originally thought that he had found a way to make money, but he didn't expect that there would be endless troubles. Although Sun Quan relied on Qian Zhuang to collect money and recruited a lot of soldiers and horses, it is also a fact that the people under his rule are not able to make a living, and it can be said that Sun Quan has fattened Sun Quan and suffered the people. Nowadays, the politics and economy of Soochow are in chaos, but from a military point of view, there are not many soldiers and horses. At this time, Sun Quan asked for a plan, Zhou Yu was not panicked, and said calmly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry!" There is a way for soldiers to block, and water to cover the earth. Nanye has only 300,000 soldiers and horses, and he is still divided into three routes, and His Majesty only needs to send generals to garrison the prefectures and counties. You can also send an envoy to Cao Pi for help. ”

Sun Quan didn't know that Nanye still had two navies, and only found out that Nanye had an army of 300,000, so Zhou Yu miscalculated the number of men. Sun Quan also calmed down when he heard what Zhou Yu said, now that he has an army of 600,000 under his command and a city to defend, he really doesn't have to worry about Nan Ye coming to attack. Sun Quan asked Zhou Yu: "How does Gong Jin think he should dispatch troops and horses?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "You can order the five generals Lu Su, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Zu Mao to command 200,000 troops to defend and annex the state. The five generals Lü Meng, Pan Zhang, Dong Xi, Zhu Huan, and Zhu Ran commanded 200,000 troops to defend Yuzhou. I, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Ling Tong, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and other generals commanded 200,000 troops to defend Yangzhou. Your Majesty can be careless! ”

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Who can go to the envoy to say that Cao Pi sent troops to help?" ”

Kan Ze came out of the class and said: "Weichen is willing to go!" ”

Sun Quan shook his head and said: "In the past, Derun once presented a letter of deception to Cao Cao, but this time I am afraid that I will not be able to win the trust of Cao Pi." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Hong came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, please allow Weichen to go!" ”

Sun Quan nodded and said, "If Zigang goes, I can rest assured!" After that, he ordered Zhang Hong to go to see Cao Pi, and ordered Zhou Yu to transfer troops and horses to defend the city.

When Cao Pi heard that Eastern Wu had sent an envoy in Yecheng, he knew that it was for Nanye to send troops. At the beginning, Cao Pi and Sun Quan joined forces to attack Liu Bei, but the benefit was that Sun Quan took the lion's share, because Cao Pi wanted to use Sun Quan as a shield and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. At this time, Sun Quan sent an envoy, and Cao Pi didn't want to see it, so he ordered the warrior in front of the palace to put it in.

Sima Yi persuaded on the side: "The envoy of Eastern Wu will come for Nanye's army." Why did Your Majesty stop it? Call in, and see his words. If you can't, you can treat each other with good words. ”

Cao Pi said: "The envoy of Eastern Wu must say that we are waiting to send troops, how can I answer correctly?" ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "Your Majesty can do what he wants, but don't agree on a date, and then wait and see what happens." If Dongwu wins, we will send troops to help, if not, we will help Nanye to defeat Wu. ”