"They hope that we will find a way to gather all the copper coins in Yizhou and exchange them for food, cloth, jewelry, and other things."

"In addition, they also said that they would pay twice the price to buy Shu Jin."

Chen Zhou did not hesitate, and honestly relayed Jiang Wei's words to Huang Quan and others.

Hearing this, the Yizhou people present were a little dazed.

They originally thought that Cao Wei wanted them to be traitors and betray Liu Bei.

In the future, when Cao Wei attacked Yizhou, he started an incident in the rear.

But I didn't expect that Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and others would offer such conditions.

"Cao Wei, what does this mean?"

Zhang Yi frowned slightly.

"Cao Wei's trick is so ruthless, you don't need a knife to kill people, and you don't need to see blood!"

Huang Quan figured it out and couldn't help but sigh.

"What does Gong Heng (Huang Quanzi) mean by this?"

Ma Zhong looked at Huang Quan suspiciously.

"Let me ask you, what is the purpose of Cao Wei's trade with us with grain and jewelry? It can't be their kindness, right? ”

Huang Quan asked rhetorically.

Seeing that everyone was still a little dazed, he patiently explained,

"The purpose of Cao Wei's move is very simple, that is, to plunder the copper coins of Yizhou. Have you forgotten what Dong Zhuo did back then? ”

Although none of the people present had been to Chang'an, they had also heard that Dong Zhuo had minted inferior and cheap five-baht coins, which led to soaring prices and the people's livelihood!

"As for Cao Wei's high-priced acquisition of Shu Jin, I am afraid that it is to follow the example of the Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period to buy Lu Min from the Lu State, and the plan of Lu Min to destroy the country!"

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the textile technology of the Lu State was extremely developed, and the Lu Min produced was extremely popular.

With Lu Min, Lu Guo transferred a lot of money.

In order to contain the state of Lu, Guan Zhong, the prime minister of the state of Qi, came up with a trick, and he suggested that Duke Huan of Qi and his ministers take the lead in wearing clothes made of Lu Min.

It didn't take long for the people of Qi to also rise up to be proud of wearing Lu Min's clothes.

As a result, Lu Min is in short supply, and the price is rising.

Seeing this situation, the whole country of Lu gave up farming and went to weaving to make money.

As a result, it didn't take long for Guan Zhong to suddenly order another ban on the import of Lu Min.

This is a bitter thing for the Lu country.

Not to mention the mountains of Lu Min in the warehouse, the farmland is deserted, and there is no food at all.

As a result, the treasury of the State of Lu was empty, the people fled in large numbers, and the monarch had no choice but to bow down like the State of Qi!

Although Yizhou has the fertile Chengdu Plain, it still lacks arable land.

As long as you give up farming for one season, there will be a food shortage the following year!

"What, Cao Wei's mind is so vicious?!"

"I'll just say, how can Cao Wei be kind!"

When the people heard this, they were shocked and angry!

"Then according to my uncle, do we have to agree to Cao Wei's side?"

Zhou Zhou tentatively authentic.

Everyone was also silent, looking at Huang Quan in unison, waiting for his final decision.

Huang Quan touched his chin and fell into thought.

For Liu Bei, an outsider, like Huang Quan, Ma Zhong and other local scholars in Yizhou, they don't have a good impression of him.

After he stole Shu and established himself as emperor, he did not reuse the Yizhou faction.

Waging war against foreign countries has hurt the interests of the Yizhou faction.

In this way, Huang Quan, Ma Zhong and others naturally felt a little dissatisfied with Liu Bei in their hearts!

"Yunnan, you are the smartest of us, you might as well tell us your opinion."

Huang Quan suddenly raised his head and looked at Qian Zhou.

Qian Zhou groaned slightly, and said,

"According to the little nephew, we should agree to Cao Wei."

"Oh? In detail. ”

"Everyone, listen to me, whether it is Liu Yan's father and son, or Liu Bei, what good will it do us if they rule Yizhou?"

Qian Zhou asked unhurriedly.

Everyone shook their heads.

Just kidding, Liu Yan and Liu Bei and others manage Yizhou, and it's good that their Yizhou faction is not suppressed, how can it be beneficial?

"In that case, then why should we help Liu Bei?"

Qian Zhou sneered and said slowly,

"For example, today's thirteen states, except for Yizhou, all fell into the hands of Cao Wei."

"With the land of Yizhou alone, how can you resist Cao Wei's million male soldiers?"

"Under such a situation, no matter how stubborn Liu Bei resists, it is only the people of Yizhou who can suffer!"

"But if we help Cao Wei, how can Cao Wei treat us badly after the world is calm?"

Including Huang Quan, everyone present showed a deeply approving expression.

When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, except for 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses, there was not much grain and grass left.

Once they fight against Cao Wei, it's not that they Yizhou people have to contribute money, but they have to take their lives if they don't do it!

In the final analysis, Huang Quan and other Yizhou scholars are similar in nature to the Jiangdong scholars led by the Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang families.

They don't really care who rules them.

But what they care about is whether their interests will be damaged!

After some persuasion by Qian Zhou, many people have already shown a look of interest.

But Ma Zhong was a little worried,

"If Liu Bei knows about this matter......

"Mr. Dexin can rest assured that whether it is buying and selling grain, or vigorously promoting the cultivation of mulberry hemp and purchasing Shu brocade, it is a normal business practice."

"Unless Liu Bei catches the handle of our dealings with Cao Wei, what excuse does he have to attack us?"

Qian Zhou is full of confidence.

"Yes, what Yun Nam said has some truth."

Huang Quan seemed to have made up his mind, and bowed slightly,

"Then you will be responsible for this matter, Yunnan, be careful in everything, don't be careless!"

"Please rest assured, uncle, the little nephew will be done a complete and beautiful job!"

Huang Quan nodded with satisfaction.

……

In the following period of time, Qian Zhou, who was instructed by the Yizhou faction, continued to trade with Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and others.

He used the copper coins he collected from Yizhou to buy a large amount of grain, salt, cloth, jewelry, and other goods from Cao Wei.

It's just that Qian Zhou secretly stored all the grain, and just used salt, cloth, jewelry, and other things to sell, so as to continue to return copper coins.

Under the cover of the cooperation of the Yizhou Shi clan, all this was going on quietly and silently in the shadows, but Shu Han didn't know about it!

Spring goes to autumn, and it comes to the end of the year in a flash.

At the end of each year, it is the time to compare the money and grain of the national treasury, and the court is extremely busy.

And the person in charge of this matter is Zhuge Liang.

On this day, he was sitting upright in the hall, holding the account book in one hand and making calculations in the other, checking whether the accounts were correct.

However, at this moment, I saw Ma Jian running in in a hurry.

"Prime Minister, something is wrong!"

Zhuge Liang was slightly stunned, and then asked in a deep voice,

"What's wrong?"

"In the City...... There are no more copper coins! ”

It's already the middle of winter, but Ma Jian is in a hurry.

Zhuge Liang heard this, but he was a little dazed,

What do you mean by that? How could there be no copper coins in the city? ”