Chapter 113 is a word difference

"This, this ......" Zhuge Jin's mind turned sharply, he knew that he couldn't say big things at this time, if he said big words to deceive the little emperor in front of him, in case he led his troops to Jingzhou, he found that he had been deceived, Dongwu did not send troops to attack Cao, he turned his gun in anger and turned to attack Wu, then it would be a bad thing, wouldn't he become a sinner of Wu through the ages?

Thinking of this, Zhuge Jin had no choice but to say honestly: "Your Majesty, I can't hide it, our army has been exterminating the Shanyue barbarians recently, and Jin is afraid that the country will not be able to draw troops and horses to the north to attack Cao for a while." ”

Of course, Zhuge Jin made up what exterminated the Shanyue tribe, he couldn't say that the army of Eastern Wu had suffered heavy losses, his vitality was greatly injured, and he was licking his wounds, so he couldn't send troops to be so embarrassed, so he could only pretend to fight with the Shanyue tribe to prevaricate.

Liu Hou said with a cold expression: "Mr. Ziyu, I respect you as the brother of the prime minister, so I talked to you about the alliance, but I didn't expect you to come to entertain me, and I didn't have the sincerity to negotiate peace with me at all." ”

"No, it's not like this, Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the foreign minister is indeed full of sincerity, but our country does have difficulties, and please forgive me."

"Hmph, you said that you want to ally with my country to fight Cao, but you refuse to send a single soldier, isn't that a pastime?

Hearing Liu Hou's words, Zhuge Jin almost wanted to vomit blood, who said that we proposed the alliance to fight Cao, we obviously proposed that the alliance to resist Cao is good. It's just a difference of one word, and the meaning is tens of millions of miles apart. I knew that there was a pit waiting to be picked here, and I wouldn't have promised the little emperor to change this word when I died just now.

"This, this, majesty, is not like this......"

"Hmph, I came to form an alliance, but I didn't have any sincerity at all, I only wanted to take advantage, but I didn't want to pay anything, is there such a good thing in the world? I would like to send you a message: 'There is no such thing as a free lunch'. ”

Zhuge Jin's head was running at full speed like an overclocked computer, and he hurriedly thought about how to deal with it, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the Shanyue clan is hidden in the deep mountains, and it is very troublesome to find them, and a large number of troops are needed to disperse in the mountains to search, so my country has been involved in too many soldiers and horses in this war, and now it is really impossible to send soldiers and horses to help His Majesty in the war."

If you don't see if this will work, we will provide some food and money to help your army. As the saying goes, if you have money to contribute, you have the strength to contribute, my country will contribute some money and food, and your country will send troops and horses, then it can be regarded as our alliance to cut Cao. ”

Hearing this, Liu Hou couldn't help but blossom, he was talking here and there, wasn't he just waiting for your words? He already knew in his heart that it was impossible for Dongwu to send troops to attack Cao together, and it was thankful that they could not pull their hind legs and stick knives in their backs.

Since he couldn't get their military help, Liu Hou just wanted to extort them fiercely. The current economic situation of Shu is not very good, and the grain is also relatively tight, if you can really knock out a sum of money and grain from Eastern Wu, it will be very beneficial to your Northern Expedition.

Although Liu Hou was happy in his heart, he showed embarrassment on the surface, he pretended to turn his head and asked Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, do you think there is such a precedent?" ”

And Zhuge Jin looked at him with a pleading gaze, hoping that this brother, who was important in the decision-making level of Shu Kingdom, could help his brother. Zhuge Liang looked at Zhuge Jin, replied to him with a look of "don't worry, my brother will support you", and then said to Liu Hou:

"Since the Qin Dynasty, every adult male has been required to serve the battle of January every year, known as 'Yue Wei Chang Zu'. If a person who is supposed to serve in the January Duty Guard every year does not want to serve in person, he may pay 'more money' to hire a 'subordinate' to ask him to serve on his behalf. As long as the monthly salary is 2,000, it will be regarded as a "practice" for the service.

If Soochow was unable to send troops to attack Cao, it was not impossible to use money and grain as a countervail. It's like 'hiring more money'. ”

The "more" here refers to forced labor. Zhuge Liang borrowed money from the people to resist forced labor, trying to prove that Wu Guo's practice was feasible. Liu Hou smiled secretly, it seemed that Zhuge Liang had fully understood what he meant, but he couldn't be too anxious, so as not to arouse Zhuge Jin's vigilance.

Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is the king, and Zhuge Jin must be made to think that he reluctantly agreed for Zhuge Liang's sake.

"But this is just a folk practice, is this really okay? Prime minister. Liu Hou asked Zhuge Liang with a hesitant and confused look.

"Yes, civil affairs and national affairs are the same." Zhuge Liang said.

"Oh...... Since the prime minister said it was feasible, let's do it. Liu Hou looked very "reluctant" and agreed.

Zhuge Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Liu Hou: "Thank you for your tolerance, may your two countries always form an alliance, non-aggression against each other, and support each other......"

"Well, Mr. Ziyu, don't say that I don't care about feelings, I only agreed to this matter for the sake of the prime minister this time. Since it has been decided that my Han will send troops and your Wu State will send money and grain, then without further ado, let's talk about the amount of money and grain and the time of handover. As you know, we will soon send troops, and if we drag it out, it will be easy to delay our dispatch time. Liu Houdao.

"Okay, okay, let's discuss the specific details and sign the covenant as much as possible." Zhuge Jin agreed quickly, before he set off, the ministers of the Eastern Wu Dynasty had already studied and judged the shape, and they were already mentally prepared for the indemnity to Shu Han. If some money can be sent through guò to delay the time for Shu Han to attack Eastern Wu, the Eastern Wu court is optimistic.

Now it's just a change of name, from indemnity and tribute to one side sending troops and one side paying money to fight in partnership, this name is much better, I believe that I will go back to pay with this name, and I will definitely get Sun Quan's appreciation.

However, he didn't have long to be happy before he was completely sent to hell by Liu Hou's words. Liu Hou first asked Huang Hao to find an abacus, although there was an abacus in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was not the same as that of later generations, but the abacus that Huang Hao found was naturally exactly the same as that of later generations, because this was an abacus improved by Liu Hou.

Zhuge Jin was also very curious to look at this little emperor planning a plate, he guessed this is an abacus tool, but he has never seen such a strange abacus. I saw Liu Hou crackling and calculating, and while calculating, he recited some words:

"A soldier eats three catties of rice a day, 200,000 soldiers eat 600,000 catties of rice a day, which is 5,000 stones, a month and 30 days, and consumes 150,000 stones.

Each soldier was paid three taels of silver per month, 600,000 per month for 200,000 men, and 3,600,000 per month for half a year. Each soldier eats one tael of salt a day, and 200,000 people are 200,000 taels, which is 12,500 catties, 375,000 catties in one month, and 2,250,000 catties in six months, and 2,250,000 divided by 120,000 is 18,750 stones. ”

Zhuge Jin vaguely heard him muttering the key words of 200,000 people and half a year, and his face turned green with fright, and sure enough, after Liu Hou finished the calculation, he said to Zhuge Jin:

"Okay, it's settled, our country is going to dispatch 200,000 troops this time, and the preliminary estimate is that the battle time will be half a year, and it will cost 900,000 stone of grain, 3.6 million yuan of silver, and 18,750 stone of salt. Please prepare these things in your country within two months and transport them to Jingzhou and hand them over to my second uncle. ”

"Hiss~" Zhuge Jin gasped, fortunately he didn't drink tea, otherwise the tea in his mouth would definitely be sucked into his lungs, and it would be difficult to get a foreign body pneumonia out.

With so many materials, how could Wu Guo take it out, especially 900,000 stone of grain, even if the people of Wu State tightened their belts, it was impossible to get it. I've seen a lion open his mouth, but I've never seen a lion open so wide, is this little emperor of Shu crazy?

"Your Majesty...... Majesty, this, this is too much, right? Zhuge Jin was frightened and stammered.

"It's not much, the consumption of 200,000 people for half a year is so much, I calculated it clearly in front of you just now, Tong Su is not deceived, I am absolutely not wrong, I don't believe you can calculate it yourself." Liu Hou pushed the abacus to Zhuge Jin and motioned for him to recalculate it himself.

Zhuge Jin didn't take the abacus, but said: "Jin believes that His Majesty is not wrong, but the expenses of your country's army for half a year can't all be borne by our country." ”

"Huh? Didn't you say that it was okay, our alliance to fight Cao, everyone worked together, there was money to contribute, and there was a strong contribution, our Han sent troops and horses, and you Dongwu were responsible for money and food. You see, you're just wasting some money and food, and that's nothing. But as for us, the soldiers are all fighting with their lives, and we don't know how many people will die on the battlefield.

Money and wealth are external things, nothing is as important as life, Mr. Ziyu, what do you think? So, how can I see that you Dongwu has taken advantage. Oh, I think I missed the pension just now. Once the war starts, there will inevitably be soldiers who will be sacrificed, and this will have to be a pension. If the pension is included, the copper money may have to be increased several times more.

Mr. Ziyu, why is your face so ugly? Aren't you feeling well? If you're not feeling well, go back early and get some rest. Don't be too expensive, why don't we change it, you send 200,000 troops to cut Cao, how about we supply you with grain and grass? ”

"Your Majesty, it's a big deal, you ask for so much money and food, don't say that Jin can't be the master, even if Jin is a person who can call the shots, he can't come out with so much money and food. I think, even if I turn the treasury of my Wu Kingdom upside down, it is impossible to piece together so much money and grain, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Zhuge Jin wailed.

"Mr. Ziyu, you are so insincere, you still say that you want to negotiate peace with us, and you also say that you want to form an alliance with us, you really have no sincerity at all. You Wu Guo can't come up with so much money and food? Fool whom? Dongwu occupies a land of ointment, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with fertile land and rivers, and has been the land of fish and rice since ancient times. In such a rich place, it is possible that you will not be able to get even a little money and food. ”

Zhuge Jin was about to cry, who said that Jiangnan was very rich? At that time, there were still many places in Suzhou and Hangzhou that were occupied by Shanyue barbarians, and at that time, the development of Jiangnan was not high, and it was far less prosperous than the Central Plains.

Besides, is there a lion as big as you? You love to fight for half a year, is it about us? Why do we need to pay for you for half a year? Do you want to fight a war without paying a penny, and we will bear all the burden? What I said just now was "we will give some money and food", not all of it will be paid by us, have you heard clearly?

Are you really going to send 200,000 troops? 200,000 is 200,000, but who are your soldiers? Can you eat three catties of rice a day? All of them are big stomachs?

And why do your soldiers take a payroll? Take the money, right? But why does each person have to take so much money three times a month? Do you think they are all state apes? Zhuge Jin was thinking about these questions in a mess, and the whole person was about to collapse.