Sun Quan has been receiving kickbacks from Yao Ji Commercial Bank for a long time, and it is obviously inappropriate to directly let the government to check it, and this kind of thing can only be done by sending henchmen.

So, Zhou Shan, who was doing dirty work full-time, was called to him by Sun Quan again.

"My lord?"

"You go and order two hundred sergeants, and immediately rush to Zhenze East Street to raid Yao Ji Commercial Bank."

"Huh? Shopkeeper Yao is not."

Zhou Shan's face was full of surprise, and he said in his heart, Isn't Yao Xuan your guest? Why are you going to raid his shop all of a sudden?

Sun Quan stroked his purple hair lightly, and explained with half-squinted eyes: "Long Xiangce turned against Tai Shici, and killed Pan Zhang's subordinate Ma Zhong, and now the Huainan is threatening Jiangdong, I want to raise a large army to Hefei to crusade and ask for the crime, Yao Ji Commercial Bank is opened by Hefei people, it is difficult to ensure that it is not Long Xiang's internal response, and it must be cut off first." ”

"I see, I'll do it."

"Wait a minute."

Zhou Shan clenched his fists and was about to turn around and leave, but Sun Quan stopped him again and instructed: "Yao Ji Commercial Bank is very profitable, you have to prepare more carriages and horses to carry your property, I want to use these to fill the military funds, in addition"

"My lord, please speak."

"Yao Xuan operates such a big business, the profits cannot be exclusive to him, there should be detailed accounts in the store for verification, you go to bring back all the account books, I will check the corruption of Hefei officials according to the account books, see who profits from the underwear trade, and wait until the war is used to break the hearts of the people in Hefei."

"The last general can be saved."

Zhou Shan did a lot of dirty things for Sun Quan, although his lord's words were high-sounding, but the core was to erase his own stains.

After all, the 'native products' sent by Yao Xuan in recent years have been handled by Zhou Shanzai many times.

Not long after Zhou Shan left, Sun Quan first went back to the house to change into a crimson robe, and then moved to the council hall.

Zhang Zhao, Lu Meng and others were already waiting in the palace, seeing that Sun Quan was dressed brightly and dazzlingly, he didn't notice any difference, and said that the Lord was quite particular about dressing when he was fair, and he only wore crimson on festive festivals, so why did he see people in this color robe today?

Lu Meng has already reported the situation in Huainan, and it stands to reason that Sun Quan should be extremely angry at this time, but wearing a red robe is a reflection of a good mood.

Since most of the generals in Jiangdong were outside, the main people who rushed to the council hall were mainly civil officials, namely Lu Meng, Zhou Tai, Zhu Zhi, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Sun Shao, Qin Song, Gu Yong, Yu Tuo, and Zhuge Jin.

The civil officials were headed by Zhang Zhao on the right, and the military attache should be headed by the metropolitan governor Lü Meng, but Wu County was too respected by Zhu Zhide, and it was not a formal court meeting at that time, so Lü Meng humbly let Zhu Zhi be the second seat on the left, and Zhuge Jin was the last seat because of his qualifications.

Sun Quan entered the hall through the side door at the back of the hall, walked to the main seat and sat down, first glanced at everyone, and then opened his mouth to lead the topic.

"Huainan matter, I believe that Ziming and everyone made a report, Long Xiang's ambition of this thief and wolf, I didn't see it clearly before, if I don't kill it in time, I will raise a tiger, I want to pour Jiangdong's troops to fight for Hefei;

One is to ask Long Xiang for the crime, the second is to recover the lost land in Jiangdong, the third is the shame of Xue Shouchun, the fourth is to open up the Jianghuai waterway, and the fifth is to chase the Central Plains according to Huainan. Today, we will discuss it openly and honestly. ”

"At this time, Cao Cao's army was in Hebei, but Shouchun was taken by Long Xiang, it is indeed a good opportunity for us to send troops, but"

Zhang Zhao turned his words, stroked his mottled long beard, and said worriedly: "With the old man's understanding of Long Xiang, this person is by no means an impulsive and reckless person, he still has Lu Su as a think tank by his side, I am always worried about some conspiracy."

Qin Song immediately added: "In the face of absolute strength, no matter how powerful the conspiracy and tricks are, most of the governors have counted the soldiers and horses from all over the country, and the troops that Jiangdong can mobilize at this time have exceeded hundreds of thousands, how can more than 10,000 soldiers and horses be able to resist by Long Xiang?" ”

"There should be more than 10,000 people, Long Xiang recently recruited a rebellion, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, and Chen Lan all brought soldiers and horses, especially Chen Lan has thousands of troops, and I guess the total strength of Hefei has exceeded 20,000." Lu Meng made a timely correction.

Hefei and Jiangdong have always had close contacts, and such things as the number of garrisons cannot be concealed at all, and Hefei currently has a total of 26,000 troops in the Sixth Army, and counting the troops of Tai Shici and Zhang Liao, it is only just close to 28,000 people.

Qin Song twisted his mustache and showed a contemptuous smile: "What about 20,000?" We have more than 100,000 in Jiangdong, and the art of war is 'ten to surround it, and five to attack it. Now is the time to send troops. ”

Lu Meng nodded affirmatively and added: "I just state the situation, and I also very much agree with the use of troops in Hefei, in addition, Long Xiang was always undefeated in the past, because there was only one city, and now although the strength of Hefei has increased, there are also a lot more cities to be fortified, Liyang, Quanjiao, Fuling, Junqiu, Shouchun, etc., it will be easy for us to break through." ”

"Haha, the Governor is right."

Qin Song listened very happily, most of the people in the council hall were outsiders who followed Sun Ce, they had never found a sense of belonging in Jiangdong, and they also had conflicts with the locals for their own interests.

Compared with Jingzhou in the west, Huainan is the hometown of many outsiders from Jiangdong such as Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and it can inspire everyone to go to war in terms of personal feelings.

"Governor, if Long Xiang shrinks his forces and moves the people outside Hefei to Hefei to concentrate, then he can't break them all, I heard that Hefei New City is very big."

Wu County has the four major clans of 'Gu Lu, Zhu Zhang', and Huiji County also has 'Yu Wei Kong Xie'.

As a representative of the Huiji clan, whether it was in the era of Sun Ce or Sun Quan, he has always held an important position in the county.

Since Sun Ce settled in Jiangdong, the Sun family has been using soldiers every year, and no matter how thick the Jiangdong Shi family is, the Sun family can't help but keep taking it.

Seeing that everyone was talking and fighting, Sun Quan showed a confused smile on the stage, Yu Chuan felt that it was inappropriate to pour cold water directly, and Gu Yong's qualifications were not as good as his own, so he stood up first and pointed out the difficulties.

As soon as Yu's words fell, Zhang Hong, who had never expressed his opinion, stood up to refute him.

"Zhong Xiang is too worried, if Long Xiang concentrates all the people of Huainan in Hefei New Town, he may be able to hold on to it in a short time, but with the land and grain storage in Hefei New Town, how long can Long Xiang last? You must know that there are hundreds of thousands of people in Huainan in the whole of Huainan, and he is doing this as the way to die;

Take a step back and say, even if Longxiang has food to defend, we can ignore Hefei and directly occupy all the surrounding cities, and we can trap the soldiers and civilians of Hefei. ”

"Haha, the words of the east are very close to my heart."

Sun Quan couldn't help but slap the table and praised him for his think tank Zhang Hong.

Zhang Hong bowed his hand and reminded Sun Quan: "The 100,000 soldiers counted by the Metropolitan Governor before, including 30,000 garrisons in Guangling County, if Lu Taishou transfers all the troops of Guangling to Huainan, he must beware of Chen Deng's sneak attack from Dongcheng. ”

"Chen Deng, this guy has stopped for a long time."

When Sun Quan muttered to himself, seeing Zhang Hong's calm expression, he guessed that the other party had a plan to deal with it, so he asked: "Since the east has this concern, can there be a plan to resolve the hidden danger?" ”

"Yes, Long Xiang brazenly seized Shouchun, and the Huaishui line was connected to Dongcheng, and the lord could send an envoy to Dongcheng."

As soon as Zhang Hong said half of his words, Sun Quan knew that he was going to send an envoy to see Chen Deng, which was nothing more than to make friends for benefit, but Sun Quan had a long-term hatred with Chen Deng and was unwilling to adopt this suggestion at all, so he didn't listen to it at all.

(End of chapter)