Autumn, mid-August!

Danyang, Niuzhu Ferry.

Huang Gai was standing on the bank of the river at the moment and looked north with his sword, the river was sparkling, and the key was that it was empty, so that he was so anxious that he paced back and forth.

"Well, what about this man? Didn't Gong Jin say that the people on the other side of the strait would come over one after another in the next few days? I've been guarding it for three days, and I haven't seen a single hair! ”

Huang Gaiqi's teeth itch.

"General, could it be that there are salt dealers smuggling salt to transport it! Or maybe there are people in Xuzhou who make personal gains and secretly sell salt in the past! ”

Deng Dang, the general next to him, said.

"Xuzhou?" Huang Gai squinted his eyes and was about to speak, when a boat came across the river in the distance, and above it was the person he sent to investigate the truth.

For a long time, I went ashore with fine work.

Directly took out the salt bag and exclaimed: "General, there is salt in every village in Jiangbei, and it is also refined salt, which is said to be refined by Chu Feng and named snowflake salt." ”

As he spoke, he handed the salt bag to him.

Huang Gai opened it and looked at it, and was stunned for a moment, this salt was unexpectedly free of impurities, and it was as fine as river sand, and this kind of quality may not be able to be used even by the royal family back then.

"You say this salt is for the common people?"

"Well, it's the same in every family, it is said that this is a low-grade snowflake salt, and there are better ones for the middle and upper grades, and non-powerful and wealthy families can't buy it."

Carefully sighed, this kind of refined salt is actually eaten by the people, the key is that this is still the worst, so how much better is the best? Isn't it...

"Is there anything better?" Huang Gai was stunned,

Then, his pupils narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "It's bad, it's bad, it's bad, you guys are here to stay, and I'll go to meet the lord." ”

Immediately, he returned to the village and took his guards to ride away.

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The day is noon.

West of Danyang, outside Lingyang City.

After Huang Gai arrived, after a while, Sun Ce withdrew from the battlefield and came back.

"Gongfu, why did you suddenly come here from Niuzhu? Isn't it true that the residents of Jiangbei have begun to move south? Sun Ce pressed his sword and said with a hearty smile.

Behind him, Zhou Yu chuckled,

The expression is strategic.

"Lord, what are you moving! None of the people in Jiangbei have moved south, and they will not move now, nor will they move in the future. Huang Gai sighed.

"No one has moved south? Why? ”

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were all surprised and asked curiously.

"My lord, look at what it is."

Huang Gai took out the salt bag from his waist, revealing an angry but helpless look.

"Anthracene! This salt... It's so white and delicate? Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows, with a very surprised expression: "Gongfu, where did this come from!" ”

"In the homes of the people of Jiangbei, the people of Jiangbei now eat this kind of refined salt, and according to the fine work, this kind of refined salt is only low-grade salt, and there are still high-grade refined salt,"

"I'm afraid that I, Jiangdong, am lifting a stone to shoot myself in the foot, not only failed to curb Chu Feng's development, but let him develop such refined salt, huh!"

The more Huang Gai thought about it, the more angry he became, and he kept sighing.

Originally, under Chu Feng's rule, there were two or three hundred thousand people who were supplied with salt by them, which was a very considerable amount of income, which could be used to subsidize the military expenses of boats and horses.

Well, now it's all gone.

Zhou Yu: "??? ”

Sun Ce: "??? ”

"Can the people eat such refined salt?" Zhou Yu felt that his brain was insufficient, just like the emperor drove a Mercedes-Benz, and the people already drove Ferraris.

Zhou Yu frowned, pinched some salt and tasted it.

He was inexplicably worried, he thought more than Huang Gai, and immediately said: "My lord, this salt is far better than my Jiangdong sea salt, if it flows into the territory, I'm afraid..."

"You mean Chu Feng wants to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth?" Sun Ce snorted coldly, a little displeased.

"It is very likely, my lord, that we should immediately order the interception of merchants on the river, prohibit merchants from coming and going, and set up multiple passes in the territory to prevent salt dealers from entering the country,"

Zhou Yu squinted his eyes and said urgently.

He really underestimated Chu Feng, and he actually rebelled against an army in retaliation, but he was curious about how to refine such refined salt.

"Publicly, the western front is tight, this matter is up to you, remember, do everything you can to prevent such refined salt from flowing into Dongwu County."

Sun Ce nodded and arranged directly.

"No!" Huang Gai nodded, this matter could not be delayed, he simply drank some water and changed to a war horse before turning back again.

"Lord, the Western Front needs to be resolved quickly, and Zulang is in a hurry, as well as Tai Shici and other thieves in Jing County, you must quickly take Yuzhang just in case!"

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

This Chu Feng, I'm afraid it's even more difficult to deal with than he thought, this time he can be regarded as stealing chickens and rice, falling into the disadvantage, Yu Zhang must take it quickly.

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A few days later,

Shouchun, the council will be in the house.

Yan Xiang reported with a happy face: "Lord, once the snowflake salt was launched, countless families rushed to buy it, and now, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou are all widely spread. ”

"With this snowflake salt, we can make countless profits, and it is estimated that in less than three years, we will fill the warehouse with five grains in Shouchun, and the soldiers and armor are complete."

Chu Feng slowly put down the paperwork, raised his head and said, "How is the progress over there in Jiangdong?" ”

"This ...... Lord, Jiangdong has been cut off, and Huang Gai is in charge, prohibiting merchants from the two places, and there are very few snowflake salts sold to Jiangdong privately. ”

Yan Xiang replied.

"Hmph, how daring, dare to directly ban merchants from going back and forth? He Sun Ce is still attacking Zulang now, so I really don't dare to come to the city? ”

Chu Feng slapped the case and said coldly.

"Lord, the new attachment from all over the country is not long ago, and the Sun clan has prestige in the Jianghuai region, so it is not appropriate to use troops at the moment!" Yan Xiang hurriedly admonished.

"Don't worry, I'm measured!"

"The most important thing at the moment is the ownership of Jiang Quan and Yuzhang County, and it is undoubtedly stupid to start a war with Sun Ce at this time, but it does not mean that he has no worries."

Chu Feng said coldly.

"Zhang Xun and Liang Gang listened to the order, and the two of you led all the boaters out of Chaohu Lake into the Yangtze River, and practiced on the river every day! In addition, at the mouth of Chaohu Lake, there is a strong camp in the water village. ”

"No!" The two of them hugged their fists in response.

"Le and Li Feng listened to the order, and the two of you led the five thousand foot soldiers to Liyang, so as to train the soldiers and horses, and confront Huang Gai and Niu Zhu in the north and south!"

Chu Feng said again.

"No!" The two of them hugged their fists in response.

"In addition, when he released a relay, he said that Ji Ling would lead 10,000 foot soldiers out of Anhui City to cross the river to the south, and Qiao Rui would lead 5,000 as the vanguard and go south out of the nest lake,"

"And I, I will personally lead more than 10,000 troops into Liyang, attack Niuzhu, and take Wu County directly!" Chu Feng said in a deep voice, play tricks, then it depends on who is more anxious.

"Lord, this bluff, you are trying to force Sun Ce to return to the army!" Lu Su said with a slight squint at the corner of his eyes.

"No, no, no, the war in Danyang is heating up right now, he will not withdraw his troops from Danyang, and the purpose of this move is just to make him misjudge, I will take advantage of the fire and win Yuzhang!"

Chu Feng said with a sneer.

If Yuzhang does not take it down, it is not wise to directly cross the river to fight.

"But my lord, the situation in Yuzhang is still unclear, not to mention, our army does not have large warships, how to capture Yuzhang?" Liu Ye frowned and asked.

"Warships? Liu Biao has a lot of it, I will leave Jingzhou tomorrow and borrow a boat from it! ”

Chu Feng chuckled.

"Is there a way for the lord to let Liu Biao borrow the boat?" Lu Su was surprised when he saw that Chu Feng was confident.

"Yesterday I intercepted a handwritten letter sent by Sun Ce to Cao Cao, with it, Liu Biao will not shirk!"