It's a tough hand, but it's actually very simple to say - if you refuse to hand it over to me, won't I send troops to search for it? As long as the picture is on the ship, are you afraid that you won't be able to find it?

But this is just a threat, and it is inconvenient to really do it directly - if he could do it, he would have done it a long time ago. It's not that Hongfu is afraid of these merchants, nor is he afraid of the wealthy dignitaries behind them, but he also hopes to use these merchants in the future to vigorously develop maritime trade, unless he has to, he is not willing to really tear his face. Besides, the charts of these years are very simple - the drawing technique and craftsmanship are not the same - the details are often hidden in the hearts of some old shipwrights, so you can't search for them. What about being caught and tortured? After all, there are still people who are neither afraid of pain nor death, and if he deliberately cheats you and gives you some false clues, you won't even have time to cry when you get to sea!

Fortunately, there is a simple way: since the ship you are waiting for has been detained, then when I send troops to Wu Hui, I can let you be a guide in front. Want to trick me? Sail your boat into the reef first, and then come and trick me.

Of course, this matter is still not 100% insurance, the so-called hard hand is not really done, but only verbal coercion, if he really does it in his identity, then it will be inferior.

The key is also a soft hand, Shi Xun immediately took out a few charts to show everyone, in order to show his sincerity. These charts are the results of the sea merchants who have met Youzhou and Pingzhou over the years, and they have been drawn by sending people to draw them - most of the merchant ships in Youzhou and Pingzhou have been directly bought by Shi Xun, and the rest do not dare to argue with him, the current Lord Thorn Shi, and it is much easier to think about the map. It is a new chart drawn by Hoon. It is not treasured and kept secret. Rather, it is printed in large quantities. Maritime merchants throughout the two states. Basically, the geographical and hydrological conditions from Lelang to the coast of Xuzhou are all marked in detail on the map, and they are much more detailed and accurate than the original private collections.

Of course, Shixun is not hiding his selfishness, and the maritime merchants of Youzhou and Ping got these pictures, but they were all offered as treasures, and it was impossible to pass them on to others. Therefore, none of these Dengzhou maritime merchants here have ever seen it, but they see it today. All overjoyed.

After all, they did not focus on running the southern route, but also often went north to trade in Youzhou and Pingzhou, and urgently needed more detailed and accurate charts. And when I looked at it again, I found that the pictures of the sea and Xu Erzhou that Xun Liang came out were much more clever than those that he treasured.

Yes Xun said, why you hold the map in your hand and refuse to give it to me, because you haven't seen the chart of the South China Sea yet, and you are afraid that I will break the contract in the future, so okay, I will exchange the map of the north with you first. You can weigh for yourselves. If you want it, hurry up and give me the charts of Wu and Hui; Those who think they must go back and consult with the Lord's house. Then forget it - the war cannot be delayed, I can't afford to wait for you.

After saying these words, he got up to see off the guests. Zhuge Liang finally helped him take back all the charts from the countless greedy eyes - the charts were very detailed, even if they really had the ability to look at them, for a short time, no one could remember them. Kong Ming concisely told the merchants, saying that these pictures have been engraved and printed in many copies, and tomorrow morning, I will wait for you in front of the house to come and offer a picture, and if you offer a picture, you will send a picture.

As a result, early the next morning, all the eleven shipowners arrived, each with a drawing, and according to Zhuge Liang's request, an old shipwright who was familiar with the hydrological conditions along the coast of Wu and Hui was attached, and they all exchanged the charts printed by Shi Xun. Zhuge Liang is not afraid that they will make it bad, the big war is imminent, if the army loses because of the false picture, not to mention the person who donated the picture will be killed on the spot, even the main family behind them will not be pleased. Even if there are 2,000 stones behind it, it is Xun Yu Ming Cao Cao, and he may be beheaded all over the house!

After waiting for two more days, Shao Yi also sent the information about the situation of Wu and Hui in the county government, as well as Cao Cao's direct delivery to Guangling, to hand over a batch of documents to Shixun, so under the arrangement of Shixun, Zhuge Liang, Guo Huai and others worked tirelessly for three days, not only redrawing the charts of the two counties, but also formulating a detailed plan for attacking Yin and Cheng.

This kind of thing is Xunzhi's "first creation", according to him: "Strong knowledge is not like a bald pen." To put it in the common saying of later generations, that is, "a good memory is better than a bad pen". Zhuge Liang deeply believes this, although he has not yet developed the cautious and proud character of the original history, but the relevant characteristics have long been integrated into the bloodline, whether it is the overall civil or marching formation, he is ruthless in the details, and strives to be safe. In these years, there is no perfect planning for the battle, and often the main general gathers to discuss, or pat his head with a flash of inspiration, and then immediately assign tasks verbally, and it is easy to make mistakes in the communication process. However, Shixun asked that a detailed plan be drawn up first, and then divided into the tasks that should be completed by each department, and issued one by one, whether it was successful or failed, and rewards and punishments were given afterwards according to what the plan said.

- Obey the order, if you fail, it may not be excessive; Violating the order is not enough to atone for the crime.

After living for three days in a hurry, Zhuge Liang and Guo Huai lost weight again after they became seasick on the way, and they couldn't help but feel a little distressed when they saw it. However, the soldiers were so fast that they couldn't delay it at all, so they had to work hard for these two disciples.

After the plan was perfected, Shi Xun was immediately assigned and deployed, planning to personally lead the troops south to attack Yin and Cheng two counties.

Shi Xun went south this time, shouting the slogan "Harassing Wu Hui", but after carefully checking the map, he found that Wu County could not be harassed - because there was no suitable place to land. In these years, Shanghai is still sinking in the sea, the only external port in Wu County is Dantu, but it is a river port rather than a seaport, and the Youzhou fleet can come and go across the ocean, but if it enters the Yangtze River waterway, it will be a matter of minutes to be pinched and destroyed by the Dongwu sailors. Moreover, Wu County is Sun Quan's real heartland, and Wu County, where he lives, is only more than 100 miles away from the sea, and there is also Songjiang and the East China Sea. If Shi Xun dared to land on the coast of Wu County, with his thousands of soldiers and horses, the Sun family would casually send a second-rate general (such as Ling Cao) out, and he would be able to trample on him.

Of course, it is impossible not to land and walk around the sea. Not to mention that there were no artillery in these years, it was difficult for surface ships to threaten the defense facilities on land, and the two coastal counties of Wu County, Lou County and Haiyan, were not Dayi. Even fewer fishermen live by the sea and make a living from fishing. Even if the Youzhou fleet knocked over a dozen fishing boats. Shooting dozens of fishermen, will Sun Quan really feel pain?

In these years, there is no sense of sea power, and the benefits that various regimes must obtain from the sea are pitiful, so even if the Youzhou fleet sees Tian'er and Sun Quan's side, and then beats gongs and drums to make a lot of noise, as long as he does not land, Sun Quan can still eat and sleep. Pure when you're farting – not a stinky fart yet.

Yes Xun has the opportunity to destroy all the salt fields along the coast, and that may also have a certain impact on the economy of Soochow, the problem is that there are so few people under his hands, and he does not dare to land on the shore with great fanfare, hundreds of thousands of miles of salt works, which life will he have to pound!

So he didn't dare to enter the Yangtze River waterway to harass the Dantu, nor did he dare to enter the Hangzhou Bay of later generations to attack Qian Tang - Qian Tang is adjacent to Fuchun because of Zhejiang, which is Sun Quan's hometown, who knows if he will put a dozen warships in Zhejiang? For Lou County and Haiyan. The harassment of not landing is meaningless, once landed. The risk factor immediately skyrocketed.

Therefore, he had to give up Wu Jun and pointed directly at Huiji. Huiji has excellent ports of Yin County and Cheng County, north and sea, Xu Tongtong, south and Jiaozhou connected, according to the Guangling County Government to collect information can be known, the size of the sea ships anchored in the port is not less than ten, the cargo throughput is close to Liaodong. It can be said that in the original history, the largest harbor group in the Han Dynasty in this era was Xuwen (at the southern tip of the Leizhou Peninsula) and Hepu (near Beihai City in later generations) in Jiaozhou, and the second was Yin County and Cheng County in Huiji. Therefore, Sun Quan was able to send a boat division to Liaodong, but Gongsun Yuan could not take the initiative to envoy Wu Hui to the south.

Because it is the fluttering of the small wings of the butterfly, now the navigation trade of Denglai, Liaodong, and even Youzhou is catching up with Huiji, and it has become a pillar industry in the local area. Due to the lack of attention to business due to traditional thinking, although the throughput of Yin and Cheng is not small, their status in the social economy of Soochow is much lower. The problem is that Jiangnan is not a rich place, and if the sea trade of Yin and Cheng is destroyed, it can still deal a heavy blow to the Sun family. Besides, behind the maritime merchants of Yin and Cheng, there are also shadows of the major families of Wu and Hui, and even many generals in the Sun and Wu regimes, can they allow Sun Quan to completely ignore the destruction of maritime trade?

Yes Xun hopes that Sun Quan will pretend to be deaf and dumb, then at least thirty percent of the generals and local clans under his command will be forced to rebel on the spot.

And although the northern part of Huiji is also the heart of the Sun family, but the defense is much lower than that of Wu County, Yin, Cheng County has never been attacked from the sea, even if there is a little local soldiers, but also most of the inland barbarians, bandits, take advantage of the weakness to attack, even if you can't capture the city, the success rate of burning several of its market towns is also very high. It is precisely because of the above considerations that it is Xun who will point the direction of attack to the second county.

Previously, he had only revealed the plan to attack the second county to the core personnel of the army and those ship owners, and the news was strictly sealed, even Shao Yi of Guangling had not heard of it. So, when preparations were made, he sent half of the warships—ten—to be guided or assisted in carrying supplies by seven ships of the seas of Dengju, and he personally commanded them to slaughter the northern part of Huiji County.

The first strategic target was a harbor in the north of Zhenxian County, which was the location of Zhenhai County in later generations. There were six or seven local ships moored in the harbor, and from a distance, they didn't take it seriously—Shihoon didn't raise the battle flag at all—only that there were merchant ships from the north heading south. They looked, hey, this is really a lot, more than a dozen ships, how much cargo has to be carried? I wonder if I can afford to eat it? Just as he was about to send someone to take a small boat to contact and negotiate, he saw those big ships suddenly unfold in formation and quickly approached in a semicircle.

Even at this time, there was still no warning - not that no one had thought about whether it was a pirate attack, but how could there be such a large scale of a pirate group in these years? Are you Wang Zhi or Zheng Zhilong more than a thousand years later? Therefore, the Youzhou warship was easily attached to the Huiji merchant ship, and then put down the gangplank, and the sailors killed it with their bright knives - the Huiji merchant ship was only half an hour, and all of them were taken prisoner.

Immediately, the sailors rushed ashore, and under the command of Qin Yi, they killed the defenders as quickly as possible and occupied the port. Immediately, Qin Yi escorted a person over, pushed him to Shixun and knelt down, Shixun looked at it fixedly, it was a small official, about thirty years old-it should be the manager of the port here. Although the little official was forced to bow to the ground, he still couldn't figure out the situation, and he craned his neck and shouted: "Who are you and the bandits? And I don't know that there is Dong Yuandaiye in my county?! ”

It's Xun Xin who said, hey, is Dong Xi still meeting at this time? (To be continued......)