Zhuge Liang is really not so dirty, and he is changing the law to fool these families. He chose this group of families because he had his ideas.

Smuggling, in fact, the biggest requirement is really not which family has a big business or a wider network. The most important thing is to look at courage and action.

The fact that he did not visit the family of the Assassin's Mansion that night shows that he has too many scruples before and after, and his courage and action are insufficient, and he is not suitable to participate in the smuggling at all.

It's easy to get involved.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang really had no idea of changing people.

But Zhuge Liang wilted, he didn't say that, the purpose was to get out the disaster relief materials that Zhang Xi urgently needed from the hands of these families.

are all smart people, there are some things, you don't need to say it too clearly, do you think it's to keep the quota, you think it's to hand over the name, you don't take out these things, Zhuge Liang actually doesn't mind that there are one or two less families in the list of smuggling families this time.

Zhuge Liang knows too well the way these families behave, you can't talk to them about everything on the bright side and do it, so that they will think that you have a request for them, as long as you put things under the table, their mentality will change immediately, but it will become a family that wants the court.

In addition, the benefits given by Zhuge Liang are also real, twice the price of grain in Dahan, if it is put in the grain market on Cao Wei's side, it will be 150% profit margin.

In this profit margin, some people are willing to take the initiative to smuggle grain to Chang'an, and they don't have to ask for it from the Guanzhong family.

Seriously, that is, the Guanzhong family bullied Zhang Xi and didn't understand the Tao here, if it was really according to the five times the price of grain in Shuzhong that these families said, if this price code was publicized, believe it or not, Cao Pi dared to smuggle a batch of grain to Chang'an privately.

The profit margin of 150% is enough for these families to risk smuggling, and as for the subsequent taxation, they have to advance the money first, which is a routine operation, and there is nothing worth discussing at all.

And Zhuge Liang's real killer move is the official personnel he planted in the smuggling team.

On the one hand, these official supervisors told these families that as long as the grain was transported to the territory of the Han Dynasty, even as long as it was not far from the border of the Han Dynasty, in case of danger, they could mobilize the nearby Han army to protect them, so that the risk could be reduced invisibly.

After all, these years are not peaceful, and the officials on both sides can handle it, but the bandits and bandits along the way are not easy to handle, and with the deterrence of officers and soldiers, a lot of costs can be saved.

But in the same way, these officials have been following the smuggling team, and once the smuggling routes and smuggling relationships are familiar, if the officials want to kick out the family and engage in smuggling on their own, they will have a channel.

Zhuge Liang is warning these families not to hide from the court.

If you help the court do things, the court will naturally not treat you badly, and the benefits you deserve will definitely be given.

But if you do something that is not conducive to the Han Dynasty behind the back of the court, then the Han can find someone to replace you at any time, or even go up yourself.

Although it is said that in the early days, Zhuge Liang did not have enough confidence, and without the guidance and network accumulation of these families, he could not replace the family.

But the families are also very clear that other conditions can be discussed again, and it is estimated that Zhuge Liang will not give in to this article.

Or just shoot it off.

But the Guanzhong family, will they really give up this opportunity to make a fortune?!

To be honest, there were indeed many people in the Guanzhong family who participated in the evening meeting.

After all, although there is a lot of profit, compared with the original conditions, it is a bit worse, and it will definitely be earned if you really want to do it, but it will definitely not earn as much as the original conditions.

How much is still a little unbalanced in my heart, Zhuge Liang will do this again. The initiative is in the hands of the imperial court, and the families are afraid that they will not be able to make a long-term profit with this money.

But just when the Guanzhong family hesitated and planned to drag it out and see if they could raise the price. A certain insider from the Yongzhou Thorn Mansion has come out with news again.

Chen Yi is also unlucky, last time he passed on a gossip, this time it has to be him - it is rumored that the imperial court is also negotiating similar smuggling with the Jingzhou family.

That means, once the smuggling on the Yongzhou side is not successful, the imperial court will set its sights on the Dongwu side.

Jiangdong is also a large grain-producing area, and after more than ten years of transformation, Changsha County in Jingzhou now has a certain scale of production base.

Smuggling grain over there is much more convenient than smuggling grain in Guanzhong.

In other words, the Han court actually didn't plan to put all the eggs in one basket, if the family in Yongzhou was unwilling to participate in this smuggling, then forget it, anyway, Jiangdong is not without grain smuggling channels, this money, the Jingzhou family may not be unwilling to earn. Who made Zhuge Liang half of Jingzhou.

In this way, where can the Guanzhong family still sit still.

If you don't agree, the Guanzhong family will have no money to make, and the Han court will not lose at all.

It's better to agree, although the profit is not as much as expected, but to tell the truth, if the imperial court really gives so much money to buy grain, why smuggle it.

There are people on Cao Wei's side who are willing to send food over, or are Cao Wei's courts turning a blind eye?

This matter is basically solved, Zhuge Liang has probably agreed on a framework with these families, and this matter will be left alone.

The person who took over was Fei Yi.

Fei Yi was also not easy, he suddenly received an order from the imperial court, was appointed as the left attendant of the household department, and then transferred from Jingzhou to Chang'an with an official letter to preside over the grain smuggling in Chang'an and the formation of the Central Plains intelligence network.

Poor Fei Yi, he had just returned from an envoy to Jiangdong, and before he had time to catch his breath, he immediately hit the road and rushed to Chang'an.

It just so happened that Fei Yi met Zhuge Liang directly in Chang'an, and then reported in person what he saw and heard on his envoy to Soochow this time.

"Soochow is afraid of change!"

This is Fei Yi's judgment with a dignified face.

When Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi heard this, their faces became solemn.

Fei Yi has presided over intelligence work over the years, and his personality has changed significantly from his early years, becoming a lot calmer and more cautious.

Fei Yi, in fact, his personality in his early years was a bit arrogant, to put it nicely, it is called being bold, valuing promises over wealth, and it is difficult to hear, that is, he is too naïve and defenseless to treat others.

Otherwise, in history, he would not have trusted a general so much, and was finally assassinated.

Since Zhang Xi was in charge of Nanjun, he discussed with Zhuge Liang and transferred Fei Yi to Jingzhou to preside over intelligence work.

Especially the particularity of presiding over intelligence work, Fei Yi has seen too many scenes on the spot, laughing in front of him, stabbing in the back, and he has also seen many examples of deeds being exposed and dying.

This gave Fei Yi an intuitive understanding of the secrecy of intelligence work, and also changed some of Fei Yi's principles of dealing with the world.

You can't hurt people, and you can't have the heart to defend people.

Another thing, after presiding over intelligence work all year round, Fei Yi also developed a habit that the analysis and judgment of intelligence work often need to be combined with various aspects of intelligence before drawing conclusions, and even if a conclusion is reached, it cannot be completely believed.

This is also the reason why Fei Yi rarely makes his own judgment on intelligence. On the intelligence line, there are too many cases of deception.

But once something is recognized by Fei Yi as "very likely to happen", then this thing, which is basically the same, will really happen.

Fei Yi will not make a clear judgment on intelligence work, because he is in charge of intelligence work with rigor, and everything must be left "just in case." However, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi will not regard Fei Yi's "very likely to happen" as a subjective speculation.

Therefore, after Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi heard Fei Yi's judgment that "Dongwu is afraid of change", they immediately believed Fei Yi's words, and Zhuge Liang even directly asked what was wrong with Dongwu.

Then Fei Yi talked little by little.

"Yi went to Jiangdong this time to pay homage to Lord Wu, Lord Wu's treatment of Yi is no different from the past, and the reception of officials is also the same as always, but what Yi saw in Jiangdong, combined with the intelligence given by Xiangyang, Yi thought that Wu was afraid of abnormal changes."

"This is not Yi's delusion, when Yi arrived in Jiangdong, it was close to the end of the year, usually at this time, the Eastern Wu rarely met in court, and Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, rarely received important ministers, but in recent months, Sun Quan has summoned Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Sun Sheng, Gu Yong, Buqi, Zhu Ran, Cheng Zhi. Even Yi heard rumors that Lu Xun and Xu Sheng, who were stationed in Xiapi, were also transferred back to Jianye by Sun Quan in the name of reporting on their work and met them once. It has all martial arts in Chinese, which is really not in line with past practice. ”

"Second, according to the local detailed secret report, in the past few months, the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu have been frequently transferred, and it has been announced to the outside world that the soldiers and horses of Wuzhong have indeed been transferred to Jianye, but the soldiers and horses of Jianye have not been transferred to Wuzhong, and the whereabouts of the soldiers and horses have not yet been ascertained."

"Third, according to Jiangxia Wen Taishou's report, the frequency of Jiangdong naval forces has increased recently, although Wen Taishou has also been notified in advance in accordance with the covenant, but according to Wen Taishou's words, in the past winter, Jiangdong naval forces rarely exercised, and now they are moving, I am afraid that they will be cheating. Although Wen Taishou had strengthened his precautions, he was still uneasy, so he reported to Xiangyang and asked the general to make a decision. ”

"Fourth, according to Sima Li Qiu of Wuling County, Changsha has recently transferred troops and horses abnormally, Li Sima is worried that there will be changes in Eastern Wu, and has ordered people to strengthen border guards, but Wuling County has insufficient soldiers and horses, and asked Jiangling Shi Taishou to reinforce the troops, Shi Taishou troops are also insufficient, and he does not dare to transfer easily, so he reports to Xiangyang and asks the general to decide."

"Fifth, Wuling County reported a change in Changsha, and Wang Tingshi sent someone to ask Pan Taishou of Lingling County, but Pan Taishou said that there was no abnormality in Guiyang, Jiaozhi and other places, although there was an abnormality in Changsha County, it should be regarded as an exception, and it was not to be feared."

"Sixth."

Okay, it's all the sixth, this is to say that Dongwu is not greasy, and you can't believe it if you kill Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi.

Now Jingzhou Guan Yu's recovery after serious injury has not been good, it has been a perennial state of recuperation, Jingzhou affairs have always been handled by Xu Shu and Wang Ji, these two people's ability is absolutely no problem, but in terms of prestige, it is more than a little worse than Guan Yu.

Moreover, because of the northern expedition in the past two years, most of the Jingzhou army was concentrated in the Xiangyang area, and the defenses of Jingnan and Jiangling were indeed a little weak.

If Soochow comes to another raid. Jiangling is okay, with Jiangxia as an eye and barrier, it is impossible for Dongwu to cross the river in white clothes again, but the two counties of Jingnan are really a little difficult to do.

Now Zhuge Liang is fortunate that he has arranged in advance for Chen Zhi to lead 10,000 northern troops to settle in White Emperor City, if there are really police in Jingnan County, then even if the soldiers of Xiangyang have no time to go south to rescue, the northern army of White Emperor City can go down the river and directly support Wuling County.

It's just that Soochow is really going to betray the alliance again?!

This question, now even Zhuge Liang does not doubt it.

If you say that the last time Dongwu betrayed the alliance, Zhuge Liang still felt a little incredible, and felt that the generation of Dongwu was so short-sighted. So this time, Zhuge Liang didn't doubt it at all.

Now Zhuge Liang can see that in the land of Jiangdong, the only people who really have a long-term strategic vision are Zhou Yu and Lu Su.

But now, Lu Su has passed away, Zhou Yu is seriously ill and is not a director, and it is not impossible for Jiangdong to produce a character similar to Lu Meng, saying that it is not impossible to move Sun Quan to betray the alliance.

Moreover, with the current situation of the three countries. I'm afraid that Lu Su will come back and Zhou Yu will come back, and he may still support the covenant.

After all, the Han Dynasty has taken Guanzhong, and Jiangdong has also marched into Qingxu.

The three families of Wei, Han and Wu all have the possibility of winning the world, and now they are gradually evenly matched, who is willing to bow their heads and admit defeat? !

(End of chapter)