Chapter 305: The Role of the Mastermind

Fang Zhiwen's words were somewhat unexpected, even Xu You needed time to measure the impact that this kind of purely commercial port might have on Jizhou, to be honest, this impact was two-sided, and theoretically the emergence of a neutral port should be more beneficial to the weaker side.

Because the dominant side often has the ability to restrict the other party's economy and trade, but the emergence of a neutral port is likely to easily break this trade blockade, thereby weakening the advantage of the strong side, prolonging the time of the struggle, increasing the intensity, but from another aspect, war is originally a competition for interests, a neutral port, will bring huge trade benefits to everyone, even during the strong hostility and war, the neutral port can bring everyone benefits, or even more benefits.

The key is actually who controls the majority of the trade in this neutral port, of course, there is also a tax proceeds, if you can get a part of the tax revenues, then this thing should be feasible, as for trade, maybe the Yuan family can't get into it at sea, but on land, the Yuan family will definitely be able to take the lion's share, and the Yuan family also has influence in the south, so it is completely possible to start from there and seize the share of the sea trade.

It's just that this idea is in Xu You's head, Xu You is not a member of the Yuan family, and Xu You can't directly get any benefits from the Yuan family, and the reason why Xu You chose to help Yuan Shao, the concubine, is to hope that Yuan Shao can obtain the authority of the Yuan family, and then Xu You will get benefits from Yuan Shao, as well as realize his political ambitions and personal interests of the family.

Therefore, Xu Yu has to continue to think about it. In this matter, how to seek the greatest interests for Yuan Shao, not for the Yuan family, this is the quality of a clever strategist. They will always know what's at the heart of the matter, and they won't be blinded by the chaos of external factors.

"My lord, can you let us discuss?" Xu You couldn't let the situation calm down for a long time, so he simply thought of a delaying plan.

"Good! However, the two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, definitely don't like to sit here, why don't you two have a discussion with Zilong again, and I will also go to observe and observe? ”

"Therefore I wish the ear 1

Yan Liang and Wen Chou were in front of the lord and a kind of civil and military generals last time. I felt very shameless when I couldn't defeat Zhao Yun, but in fact, after digging deeper, the two of them lost at that time, so they kept training hard with the idea of getting it back. This time, it's okay, I saw Zhao Yun again, and I was just right to take revenge, so as soon as Fang Zhiwen's words came out, the two of them immediately responded.

Zhao Yun bared his teeth and smiled. The last time he was with these two strong generals was still between them, but now, Zhao Yun is completely sure of defeating these two, but it is not bad to be able to fight again. The current opponent of Zhao Yun is difficult to find, and the opponent of this level is already good.

Last time it was a horse fight. This time, since the battle was on the open-air platform of the five-story pavilion, the battle could only be fought on foot. However, this has little impact on generals of their level.

Although the weapons in their hands seem to be a little long, but in the hands of these experts, the length of these long weapons used immediately changes very arbitrarily, especially Zhao Yun, a silver spear seems to have turned into a flexible spirit snake, winding and swimming around, and from time to time to send out devouring blows.

The last time Wen Chou and Zhao Yun fought against him, he was already slightly inferior, and this time it was even worse, as soon as Wen Chou came up, he found that Zhao Yun's strength was much higher than the last time he fought, not that his strength was greater, nor was it faster, but more importantly, the realm was different, Wen Chou didn't understand at all, why was this.

Zhao Yun's defense can always use the smallest force, the shortest route and the most ingenious position, easily block Wen Chou's strong and fierce attack, when attacking, Zhao Yun's silver spear is unpredictable, the combination of speed and angle makes Wen Chou tired every time, and the defense is quite uncomfortable and reluctant, sometimes, Wen Chou even suspects that Zhao Yun is deliberately releasing water.

In fact, Fang Zhiwen did tell Zhao Yun before to let him not hurt these two generals, and now Fang Zhiwen doesn't want Yuan Shao to turn his face with him, and Yuan Shao is still acceptable as the spokesperson of the Yuan family in Jizhou, if he is replaced by the family because Yuan Shao folded the general, and gets that Yuan Shu to come to Jizhou, that guy is really rampant, in case of bad things by that guy, let Taiping Dao become bigger, it is not the situation that Fang Zhiwen wants to see.

Here, Fang Zhiwen watched with great interest as Zhao Yun and Yan Liang and Wen Chou jingled, and over there, Xu You was carefully explaining his understanding and views to Yuan Shao.

"At the beginning, Fang Zhiwen's purpose was very clear, that is, to make war money, the situation in Jizhou can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, unless the people of Taiping Dao die down, or Han Fu will fall to us in an all-round way, otherwise, the rebellion in Jizhou is unavoidable, how could Fang Zhiwen not see it, only said that he secretly helped Taiping Dao train soldiers, and knew that he was going to fan the flames, originally thought that he wanted to disturb Jizhou through Taiping Dao, and then put his hand into Jizhou, now it seems that this guy is just to make money."

Yuan Shao was sitting precariously, his brows furrowed slightly, there were no outsiders now, his signature sunny smile was temporarily put away, and after thinking carefully about Xu You's statement, Yuan Shao nodded in agreement: "Ziyuan's words are reasonable, Fang Zhiwen has always pursued a cautious policy of land expansion, he prefers to concentrate manpower and material resources in big cities, rather than being keen on blind land expansion, and moreover, there are still large areas of wasteland in Lelang in his hands, so I don't think he is just to make money1."

"The population has not spoken, but when he speaks, he goes straight to the core.

Xu You nodded: "That's for sure, there are two so-called war money, one is the purchase and sale of strategic materials, and the other is the flow of population and talents, Fang Zhiwen has a vast land in his hands, and it is the time when he wants to draw the population, so he instigated the Taiping Road turmoil, in fact, he wants to take advantage of the chaos to attract the population and fill it into his territory, so he really has no intention of the land commission in Jizhou." ”

"That's right1 Yuan Shao slapped his thigh excitedly, and now he really grasped the context of Fang Zhiwen, just like the Yuan family agitated and supported Taiping Dao in order to destroy the local bureaucratic system that maintained imperial power, and the royal support for Taiping Dao was to destroy the foundation of the world, and now Fang Zhiwen supports Taiping Dao in the hope that this world will be chaotic, so he can profit from it, so he prohibits Taiping Dao on his territory, but instead he helps Taiping Dao train the army, this guy is going to watch the fire from the other side and take chestnuts from the fire!

Xu Youzhizhu said with a smile: "That's right, so Qinghekou Port is a very important place for Fang Zhiwen, and he must not give up, in view of this, we can open the price higher, but it can't be too high, I'm afraid he will start a new stove." ”

"Liu Yu?" Once again, he exerted his keen gaze.

"That's right! Liu Yu, Liu Yu has now tasted the sweetness of sea trade, if Qinghekou is lost, Liu Yu is afraid that he will be more active in opening up a port, and between Fang Zhiwen and Liu Yu, the relationship has always been very close, so Qinghekou Port is important to Fang Zhiwen, and it is more important to us, at least Fang Zhiwen has other choices, but we don't. In addition, no matter who is in the hands of Qinghekou Port, first of all, we must ensure that Qinghekou Port's position in maritime trade cannot be replaced, and that the role of Qinghekou Port in Jizhou cannot be lost, and only Fang Zhiwen can do this. ”

Xu You's words directly pointed out the root of this matter, the consequences of not agreeing with Fang Zhiwen's management of Qinghekou Port, it may be that no one can get the benefits of Qinghekou Port, and Fang Zhiwen starts a new stove, it is just a matter of taking some time.

A smile appeared at the corner of Yuan Shao's mouth: "Ziyuan, do you think you can share the tax revenue from Qinghekou Port?" ”

"I'm afraid I can't."

"What about the share of the shipping ports?"

"I'm afraid I can't 1

"Won't we get nothing, then?" Yuan Shao asked with a smile.

"Originally, whether you want to take it, or the Yuan family wants to take it, this is very important, if the Yuan family wants to take it, then you have to start from the south, oppress Yangzhou and Jiangdong clans, and squeeze out the share of shipping routes, and the north will unite with the Jizhou clan and set up checkpoints outside the Qinghe estuary to force Fang Zhiwen to comply, of course, it may not be possible, and it is more likely to offend a lot of people. If you want to take it yourself, then you only need a name. ”

"In what name?" Yuan Shao asked with interest, and Xiao Ji on the side seemed to have an understanding.

"Naturally, in the name of the agent of the Jizhou family, he occupies a position in the Qinghekou Port, such as obtaining a suitable official position, as a bridge for observation and communication, in addition, as a price to protect the safety of the Qinghekou area and ensure the smooth land route of the Qinghekou, the Yuan family's business should enjoy preferential taxes and appropriate priority rights in the Qinghekou, etc."

The sparse beard on Xuan's chin said proudly, and Yuan Shao nodded slowly while listening, with a meaningful smile on his face.

"So, what about Taiping Dao?"

"What's wrong with Taiping Road? Does Fang Zhiwen have anything to do with Taiping Road? Besides, those mud legs in Taiping Road are just biting dogs that have been fed by me, and when it finishes biting people, what is the difficulty in beating the dog to death? ”

Yuan Shao laughed, and the smile full of sunshine appeared on his face again: "I have Ziyuan, I can worry about it1."

Fang Zhiwen didn't know the result of the discussion, but Fang Zhiwen knew very well that Qinghekou Port would either fall into his own hands, so just wait for the depression to go down, when the route was pinched in Fang Zhiwen's hands, the port would be pinched in Fang Zhiwen's hands, as for what price Yuan Shao would propose, as long as it was lower than the cost of rebuilding a port, Fang Zhiwen could pay it, of course, it couldn't be cash or anything like that.

As for Fang Zhiwen's real purpose, Xu You may have basically grasped it, of course, he said that Yuan Shao may not have guessed all of his own guesses, and sometimes, he can't use up his hole cards all at once.

It's just that Fang Zhiwen's idea of taking back Qinghekou Port from the Yuan family is really like what Xu You thinks? To be continued.