Chapter 548 Internal worries

  At this moment, I only heard that a maidservant from outside came to report, saying that Jiang Canjun in the vestibule had something important to report.

  Zhuge Liang glanced at Huang Yueying with some embarrassment.

  Although Huang Yueying loses her temper in private, she still clearly distinguishes between public and private matters.

   She sighed, and said helplessly, "State affairs are important, Alang should go and have a look first."

  Zhuge Liangliang nodded, "I'll come back to accompany Xijun after finishing the government affairs."

  Although she knew that Zhuge Liang was gone, it would be rare for her to come back, Huang Yueying nodded, "It's okay, I'm not a weak woman, I know how to take care of myself."

  After watching Zhuge Liang go out, Huang Yueying asked the maid beside her, "Is the prime minister eating normally these days? How long do you sleep in a day?"

  The maid replied, "Mrs., the prime minister eats less food these days than before. He only eats five liters of rice a day. He goes to bed at night and wakes up at the end of the Yin hour."

  Huang Yueying was taken aback, "I haven't looked at the prime minister for a month, and it became like this?"

  Her face changed for a while, and then she ordered, "Go, and call me all the unmarried women in the house who are under the age of twenty."

  Zhuge Liang returned to the study in the vestibule where government affairs were handled, and saw Jiang Wan, who had been waiting there for a long time, handed over a letter, "Prime Minister, a letter from Governor Li Zhong of Jiangzhou."

  Li Yan is now the governor of Jiangzhou, commanding the land of Bajun, and Chen Dao, who guards Yong'an in Badong County, is still Li Yan's.

  One of these two counties is the throat between Dahan and Jingzhou.

  One is that the place is rich and rich, which can be regarded as one of the logistics bases of the Han Dynasty. Li Yan moved to Jiangzhou to facilitate the collection of materials for the Northern Expedition and the recruitment of soldiers.

   Now that he holds such an important place in the two counties of Dahan, he can't take it lightly if he can specially send the letter to the prime minister of Dahan.

  Unexpectedly, after Zhuge Liang opened the letter and read it carefully, the expression on his face suddenly became gloomy.

  Seeing the prime minister's appearance, Jiang Wan guessed a little bit in his heart: This Li Zhengfang, I'm afraid he's committing selfishness again!

   After a long time, Zhuge Liang looked up at Jiang Wan, heaved a long sigh, and said, "Gongyan, the Northern Expedition is imminent, but Li Zhengfang's actions have gone too far. What should we do?"

   "I don't know what Li Zhongdu has done?"

  Jiang Wan asked carefully.

"He built a forty-six-mile city in Jiangzhou (now Chongqing), saying it was used for grain storage, and then he planned to recruit civilians to cut off the mountains around Jiangzhou and divide the Han River from the river. (Yangtze River) connected together."

   "Cutting mountains and piercing waters?"

  Jiang Wan said in surprise, "How much labor will this cost?"

   Consuming people's power before the Northern Expedition is equivalent to consuming the power of the Northern Expedition in advance. What is Li Zhengfang trying to do?

"Nowadays, Jiangzhou is surrounded by the Han River and the Jiang River. If the mountains are cut through the two rivers, Jiangzhou will become a land surrounded by water. As long as there is enough food in the city, anyone who wants to enter, I'm afraid it will be him. It's up to you."

  Zhuge Liang's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water. It is conceivable how angry he was for the prime minister of the Han Dynasty who had previously planned to endure with Li Yan for the country to say this.

   "Li Zhongdu took good care of Daxigong, and there was a precedent in Qianwei County. Maybe he had such thoughts?"

  Jiang Wan said tentatively.

"If this is the case, then it would be the best." Zhuge Liang sneered, "He also proposed to cut off the land of Sanba, Fuling County, and Jiangyang County, and combine these five counties into one state, and he wants to be the governor of the state. How do you explain it?"

  Jiang Wan took a deep breath, "Isn't this a desire to support troops and form a place of its own?"

   "That's right, it is true that he wants to form a place of his own with soldiers. He also said that the Baiwu soldiers guarding Yong'an are not elite, and the number is too small. He wants to replace them with Jiangzhou soldiers."

When Zhuge Liang said this, his teeth chattered, "The Bai Mu soldiers were the late emperor's personal guards, and they accompanied the late emperor to fight in all directions. In the battle of Yiling, the late emperor was able to return to Yong'an safely. Are you an elite soldier?"

   "He wants Jiangzhou soldiers to replace Bai Wu soldiers to guard Yong'an, what does he want to do! What does he want to do!"

  When the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty said this, he couldn't bear it anymore, he squeezed the letter paper in his hand, smashed it directly to the ground, and cursed angrily in a low voice, which was actually a rare gaffe.

  Connecting the Hanshui River, making Jiangzhou City a land surrounded by water, cutting off five counties to form a prefecture, and finally wanting to withdraw the white soldiers...

   All kinds of actions, it is light to say that they want to fight for power and profit, but if they want to stand on their own, I am afraid it is justified...

  Jiang Wan broke into a cold sweat when he thought of this.

   "Prime Minister, if this Li Zhengfang acts like this, I'm afraid it will cause disaster after a long time!"

  After thinking and thinking, Jiang Wan still couldn't help but whispered something.

  Zhuge nodded, "Why don't I know? It's just that he is the late emperor's supporter after all. He has a high position and authority, and he is indeed talented..."

Having said that, Zhuge Liang sighed, feeling a little constrained, "And the most important thing now is the Northern Expedition. He has an old relationship with Na Meng Da. Although Na Meng Da has the heart to return to Han, he has not yet made up his mind. .”

"If he seizes his power suddenly, it will not only cause the hearts of the big Han to fluctuate, but Meng Da may also become suspicious..." Zhuge Liang frowned tightly at this point, "I'm afraid that Li Yan is also doing it right. It’s because of these things that I have no fear.”

  Jiang Wan felt troubled when he heard it, "Then what should I do?"

"Li Yan can't move lightly. Fortunately, Hanzhong has already produced grain since last year. Young Chang is very talented. He started storing grain in Hanzhong as early as last year, so he doesn't have to rely too much on Li Yan's grain collection in Jiangzhou. "

  When Zhuge Liang mentioned this, he felt a little lucky, thanks to the fact that the big man has produced a lot of food in the past two years.

   There are also troops from the Northern Expedition. The Dingkou found this year is enough to make up for the gap in Jiangzhou soldiers.

   "However, although he can't be easily moved, but he can't agree to his conditions, and just leave it alone, and then slowly break his foundation."

  Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, and finally a light flashed in his eyes.

   "Didn't he say that there are few Baimai soldiers? Let's draw some Jiangzhou soldiers to supplement the Baimai soldiers."

   "Again, on the grounds that the march is unfavorable, he is not allowed to penetrate the waters of the two rivers. As for the matter of drawing five counties to form a state alone, it is no small matter, and we will talk about it later."

  Zhuge Liang said so much in one breath, only the matter of Meng Da made him hesitate.

   His eyes flickered for a long time, and then he said with determination, "Gong Yan, sharpen the ink for me, I want to write a letter to Sun Quan."

  Jiang Wan hurriedly walked to the table, poured some water into the inkstone, and asked at the same time, "Prime Minister wants to write a letter to Sun Quan about Meng Da?"

  Ma Su and Jiang Wan were originally Zhuge Liang's right-hand men and possible successors trained in the plan.

   Now that Jiang Wan asked about it, Zhuge Liang patiently explained, "That's right, Meng Da is very important to the Cao thief. First, he has a good relationship with Xia Houshang, the governor of Jingzhou, Cao Wei's important minister, and second, he has the trust of Cao Pi."

   "Both Xia Houshang and Cao Pi died this year. He has no support now. I'm afraid it's just a time when he feels uneasy, and there is a gap between Shen Yi, the prefect of Weixing County next to Xincheng County, and Meng Da."

"The Shen family is a wealthy family in the Weixing area of ​​the new city. Meng Da is there, but he is considered an outsider. Meng Da was backed by someone before, so Shen Yi couldn't trouble him. Now he will definitely not let go of this great opportunity, so he is here Life in Xincheng may not be easy."

   "I wrote to Sun Quan, deliberately mentioning Meng Da's willingness to accept the matter. Soochow got the news, and it would definitely start to recruit. After all, the new city where Meng Da is located is condescending to the land of Jingzhou."

   "If Xincheng and Nanjun attack from north to south, Jingzhou in Cao's hands may easily fall into Soochow's hands, so Sun Quan, Lu Xun and others will definitely not let go of this opportunity."

  Jiang Wan still didn't understand, "If Meng Da defected to Soochow because of Li Yan's incident, wouldn't our success come in vain?"

  Zhuge Liang sneered, "Meng Da has the heart to win, but he seldom has the meaning of gratitude. Before he was bullied by Liu Feng, he betrayed the big man, and now he is bullied by Shen Yi, why wouldn't he betray Cao thief?"

   "If he doesn't want to return to Han because of Li Yan, then I will give him another choice, let him vote for Soochow! As long as he can cause chaos during my Northern Expedition, it will be fine to keep the Cao bandits in check."

   "Anyway, this person is also capricious, so even if the big man wants to use him again in the end, he must be careful."

   "At the same time, it can also give Soochow a bait for them to attack Xiangyang."

  Jiang Wan finally understood after hearing this, and looked at Zhuge Liang in awe.

   Among the big men, there is only one who can repeatedly violate the prime minister's will, and finally live a good life, and even be promoted to a noble... After thinking about it, it seems that there is only one?

   "Ha Chi, Ha Chi!"

  Feng Yong, who was far away in Yuejuan, sneezed twice in a row, rubbed his nose, and tightened his clothes.

   It doesn't make sense!

  Although it has entered the coldest time of the year, here in Yuexi, according to the experience of spending winters in the Northwest in previous lives, the lowest temperature is around zero degrees.

   What's more, I have always paid attention to exercising. Whenever I go out, I always pay attention to keeping warm. How could I catch a cold?

  Guan Ji glanced at Feng Yong, her face was a little hesitant, but in the end she told Amei, "Go, get the down jacket from Hanzhong."

   "No, no, no!" Feng Yong was terrified when he heard this, and quickly refused, "No, I'll just add another dress when I go out later, I don't need that down jacket!"

Because of the promotion of chicken and duck raising technology, Xinghan Club has finally accumulated a lot of down jackets. This winter, down jackets are not only selling well in Jincheng, but even Liangzhou has sent people over to urge the second down jacket. batch of goods.

  It is only used as high-end clothing. How can there be down jackets?

   What's more, there is a batch to be supplied to the middle and senior generals in the army.

Seeing that there is no money to be made, the old brothers of the Xinghan Club are almost anxious. According to Feng Yong's estimation, the breeding business is likely to explode next year—at the same time, the probability of outbreaks of chicken plague and duck plague will also increase accordingly. .

  Feng Yong has no way to stop all this. The drive of profit will make people take risks. There will definitely be people who will ignore their warnings and increase the breeding density in private.

   But who cares, Feng Yong doesn't care about these details at all.

  Even if there are ten farms, seven or eight of them will die, and the remaining two or three will still make money overall.

  Anyway, the fluff needs to be disinfected. The fluff is plucked from chickens and ducks that died of plague, sterilized, and sewn into clothes. As long as you don’t tell me, who knows where it came from?

   Wouldn’t it be enough to sell it to Cao Wei or Soochow?

  As for whose farm encountered plague, it should be regarded as bad luck, and learn a lesson—who told you not to tell me?

   Logically speaking, this down jacket should be the exclusive supply of Xinghanhui, but when Xinghanhui's supply is tight, someone has the audacity to intervene in it.

  Beyond the control of the Xinghanhui, a down jacket made of goose feathers appeared in the backyards of Jincheng. The thermal quality seemed to be better than the down jacket produced by the Xinghanhui.

  So Feng Yong's younger brothers got angry on the spot, isn't this **** killing everyone's jobs?

  While tracing the source of the goods, someone was sharpening their swords, preparing to let the other party know what the angry iron fist of the rich and powerful is.

  Unexpectedly, after this investigation, they found Hanzhong, Nanxiang, and a little lady named Zhang.

  So the little brothers are all scared, can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke!

  The little lady surnamed Zhang was not only not afraid of those younger brothers, she even provoked their leading brother and sent Feng Yong a refined goose feather down jacket.

   The euphemism is to ask Brother Feng to see if there is anything to be changed?

  Feng Yong is more cowardly than his younger brothers, and he dare not answer, let alone put it bluntly, and let Ah Mei hide it.

  So now when he heard that Guan Ji wanted to take it out, he immediately refused.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to go out, Guan Ji came over with a down jacket and insisted on changing it for Feng Yong. At the same time, she said, "It's so cold, I heard that the goose feather down jacket is warmer. A Lang left it in the warehouse. It's also a waste."

  Feng Yong felt a little uncomfortable, twisted his body, and glanced at Guan Ji.

   "What is Ah Lang thinking? It's just a piece of clothing, and my concubine is not unreasonable, and she is not so stingy."

  Guan Ji seemed to know what Feng Yong was thinking, and smiled tolerantly, "Ah Lang's body is the most important thing. But speaking of it, Si Niang seems to have succeeded in raising geese?"

   "According to the news from Hanzhong, it should be done."

   "It's just that she is not afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the gentlemen in the Xinghan Club?"

  Guan Ji asked casually.

  Siniang ran away from Hanzhong, which was also due to the Xinghan Society, or the credits of the families behind them, and that matter also involved her marriage with A Lang, which she also knew about.

   "What are you afraid of? Even the Xinghan Club can't produce enough down jackets. Even if Si Niang can manage the Zhang family's business in Hanzhong, what can she do with her own family?"

  Feng Yonghun said indifferently, "There are only a few sets of this goose feather down jacket out now, and they are given to a few familiar people as gifts. How can it be so simple to sell it like Xinghanhui?"

   "Otherwise, why did the people in the Xinghan Society stop so easily when they knew that Siniang was behind this? Isn't it because they knew that this matter would not pose a threat at all?"

After hearing this, Guan Ji nodded, licked her fingers, and sniffed Feng Yong, "But I saw that the down jacket made by Si Niang is indeed better than the one made by you. Not only is it thicker, but also No taste either."

   "Isn't Ah Lang afraid that Siniang will raise more geese in the future and compare your down jackets?"

Feng Yong snorted, "Things are good things, but the cost is too high, and in the end few people can afford them. How much is it worth to raise geese compared to raising chickens and ducks? Goose eggs look big, but they are expensive. It looks like there is no oil or water."

   Goose is a vegetarian, not only lays fewer eggs, but also has less oily eggs.

  Duck is an omnivorous eater, and there are no taboos for meat and vegetables. Although the eggs have a fishy smell, they can't stand the oil and water.

   These days, even pork with a smell of smell is delicious, let alone duck eggs with only a little fishy smell?

   Not to mention eggs, they are delicious and nutritious, and the yield is also high.

  So in this era of poor food and the breeding technology supported by Feng Yong, raising chickens and ducks is destined to have a brighter future than raising geese.

  Goose feathers are not destined to be as abundant as chicken feathers and duck feathers.

   Goose feather down jackets can only be produced in small quantities at most, and will not have much impact on Xinghan.

  However, if he can make use of the advantages of the product and turn it into a high-end luxury product, for Zhang Xingyi, it can be regarded as an industry.

  After listening to Feng Yong's analysis, Guan Ji nodded and said meaningfully, "It seems that A Lang still cares about Si Niang very much, and even thought out the way of this goose feather down jacket for her."

   Damn it!

  Feng Yong shivered on the spot.

  (end of this chapter)