"You!" Zhang Zhao understood now that Fatty Yang was following his words step by step. He clearly knew Lu Su's identity, but he didn't say it at first, but waited to see his own jokes, his secret joy, and his anger, all of which were seen by Yang Hong, that is, being treated like a monkey , and Yang Hong was watching there, watching himself acting.
Zhang Zhao took a deep breath. He couldn't be angry, he couldn't be angry, because once he got angry, he could lose his mind, and in this way, he would only be led by others during the peace talks. If he did something meaningful on the spur of the moment It's not good to hurt Jiangdong's face!
"Okay! I admit that this Lu Su is not only Zhang Zhao's nephew, he is also the military adviser of the 100,000 troops who conquered Wancheng this time!" Zhang Zhao revealed Lu Su's identity. He knew that since Yang Hong Playing with yourself like this, then you must know Lu Su's identity. Instead of hiding it, it's better to say it directly. Now let's tell you clearly, Lu Su's identity, let's discuss a price!
"Brother Zhang Zhao, if you had done this earlier, why bother Hong so much! This prison in Wancheng is on the other side of Wancheng, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth!" Yang Hong complained in a regretful way. Looking at Zhang Zhao, as if all this was Zhang Zhao's mistake, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but get angry and wasted time. Zhang Zhao admitted that he had concealed Lu Su's identity, but you, Yang Hong, said it bluntly at first. That's enough, I have to put on a show and send the soldiers out, and come back to see my own jokes when it's difficult!
"Tell me, Yang Changshi!" Zhang Zhao was ready to be slaughtered by Yang Hong. Didn't Yang Hong turn so many corners to tell Zhang Zhao that they already knew Lu Su's identity and Lu Su's identity? You are in the Jiangdong Army, so you, Zhang Zhao, should be obedient and don't play tricks.
"Hehe!" Yang Hong knew that it was time to start asking the price, and Yang Hong stretched out a palm.
"Five thousand gold?!" Zhang Zhao's face really sank, five thousand gold, this is not a small amount, five thousand gold can recruit tens of thousands of people, and all of them have armor and weapons. Even if the cavalry is formed, a small-scale cavalry battalion can be formed. Sometimes a small and medium-sized family does not have such money in the whole family.
You must know that when the Mi family, the richest man in Xuzhou, married a daughter to Liu Bei, the dowry was only five thousand gold, but there were two thousand servants and several carts of jewelry. This incident really shocked the world, but now Jiang Dong thinks To redeem Lu Su, he actually had to take out five thousand gold. Isn't this similar to robbery? No matter how valuable Lu Su is, he can't do this! This can catch up with Jiangdong's tax revenue for half a year.
However, Zhang Zhao calmed down his mentality. Although five thousand gold is a lot, it is still within Zhang Zhao's acceptance range. You must know that Lu Su is not only Jiangdong's military adviser, he also has another identity, that is, he is still Jiangdong Lu. The heir of the Patriarch of the family, now the Patriarch of the Lu family basically doesn’t care about things, so it can be said that the Lu family is in charge of Lu Su. Lu Su, no matter how high the price is, it is worth it.
So Zhang Zhao looked at Yang Hong. What he needs now is to bargain with Yang Hong from this price to see if the price can be lowered. A part of it needs to be paid out, and if the price of redeeming Lu Su is spread out, for Jiangdong, there are really only advantages and no disadvantages.
Zhang Zhao is very familiar with the policy of the Warring States Period. There is an article in it called Buying Bones with Thousands of Gold, which tells about a monarch who plays with horses and wants to buy a thousand-mile horse with a lot of money. After three years, there is still no gain. At this time, a young courtier with a low position in the palace volunteered to stand up and said, "Please give me this job!" The monarch nodded in agreement. In less than three months, the man found a good horse that could travel thousands of miles a day, but when he wanted to buy a horse, the horse died. After thinking about it for a while, he still spent 500 gold to buy back the bones of the dead horse. When he returned to the palace with the bones of Chollima to return to the king, the king was very angry when he saw that it was the bones of a horse, and said angrily: "What I want is a live horse. What's the use of buying this dead horse? Isn't it a waste of 500 gold?" The courtier said with a smile: "Please calm down, the king, gold is not in vain. You are willing to pay a high price for a dead horse. If the news spreads, people will believe that you are a king who loves good horses sincerely, and you know what you are talking about. It’s true. In this way, someone must come to offer horses.” Later, within a year, the monarch really got three thousand-mile horses offered by others.
And now Zhang Zhao regards Lu Su as those dead horses. It should be said that Lu Su is also a thousand-mile horse. Zhang Zhao wants to use the five thousand gold to tell the talents of the world that Lu Su, who was captured in Jiangdong, is willing to Use five thousand gold to redeem him, and you can see our Jiangdong's desire and emphasis on talents, so there will be fewer talents who go to Jiangdong!
"Five thousand gold is too expensive! This is a price that Jiangdong cannot accept!" Zhang Zhao said to Yang Hong with a serious face.
"Five thousand gold?!" Listening to Zhang Zhao's words, Yang Hong didn't care about Zhang Zhao's attitude towards him, but shook his head, "It's not five thousand gold!"
"Not five thousand gold?!" Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment. How much is not five thousand gold? Lu Su is a great talent and Zhang Zhao knows it, because among the younger generation in Jiangdong, apart from Zhou Yu, Sun Ce and Sun Quan, there is Lu Su, and Zhang Zhao is very close to Sun Quan. It is also very clear that although Lu Su is a bit honest, he is not weak at all in terms of strategy. His ability to command troops and his ability to govern are both excellent. The reason why he is not as good as Zhou Yu now is that Because Lu Su did not have as much contact with military and political affairs as Zhou Yu, when Lu Su gradually became familiar with him, Jiangdong would not only have one Jiangdong Mei Zhoulang, but perhaps an additional Lu military division.
On the original historical track, Lu Su followed Zhou Yu first. Lu Su's intelligence was not inferior to Zhou Yu's at all. What he lacked was experience. He followed Zhou Yu to learn experience. Waiting to learn, this At that time, Zhou Yu was also seriously ill because of the problem of traveling. Zhou Yu died. The princes of the world got rid of a big enemy, especially Cao Cao. Stupidly thought that this Jiangdong was about to be released, but who knew that there was another Lu Su after Zhou Yu. Lu Su had watched and studied for so many years! His intelligence is no less than Zhou Yu's, and he is naturally familiar with the road when he takes office. Under his leadership, Cao Cao has not been able to take advantage of it.
Lu Su is definitely worth thousands of gold, Zhang Zhao doesn't believe that Yang Hong doesn't know, since Yang Hong says it's not five thousand gold, then it's fifty thousand gold! Zhang Zhao immediately stood up and looked at Yang Hong angrily, "Yang Changshi, you must be poor and crazy! Fifty thousand gold, don't say I don't have it in Jiangdong, even if I have it, I can't take it out!" Fifty thousand gold is enough Sun Ce has rebuilt a Yuzhou iron cavalry, which can change the entire Jiangdong navy's equipment, and is enough for the Jiangdong army to take the entire Jingzhou's food and grass!
"Fifty thousand gold?!" Knowing that Zhang Zhao was in a hurry, Yang Hong still smiled, "Brother Zhang Zhao, don't be impatient, don't be impatient if you scratch your head!"
"Huh! Yang Changshi, we came here with sincerity. If you advocate Lu Bu's lack of sincerity, then don't talk about it. You should let Gan Ning's navy go back to Jiangxia! At worst, our Jiangdong army will not Jiang Xia is here to make peace with Liu Biao of Jingzhou!" Zhang Zhao couldn't afford 50,000 gold, and Jiang Dong couldn't afford it now either, this amount is really too big, if it was replaced by food, now because the world is in turmoil, food and grass are very precious, that's it , 50,000 gold can be exchanged for nearly 200,000 shi of grain and grass, which is enough for how many people to eat! Lu Bu ransacked the homes of so many gentry in Wancheng, and the food and grass were only less than 100,000 shi. How could Zhang Zhao agree? It's fun! Yang Hong believes that Liu Biao of Jingzhou will definitely not intervene at that time. On the contrary, he will provide convenience for Jiangdong Army, and anyone can sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight!
"Brother Zhang Zhao, do you mean that you Jiangdong don't want to talk about peace anymore, and you still want to fight! Okay!" Yang Hong also changed from his smiling expression at the beginning to a glaring expression, "Since you don't want to Now that the peace talks have been made, then I will report to my lord and let General Gan Ning go down the Yangtze River!" Yang Hong deeply understood when to be soft and when to be hard.
"Going down the river?!" Zhang Zhao thought that Yang Hong was threatening him to let the Gan Ning Army go back to Jiangxia to threaten the Jiangdong Army. "Not going to Jiangxia!" Subconsciously, Zhang Zhao said this.
"Go to Jiangxia?!" Yang Hong sneered twice, "Since my lord has said it all, General Gan Ning's navy will withdraw from Jiangxia. Next, Mr. Zhang Zhao should go back and ask you to let Kuaiji wait for the arrival of our army!"
Accounting! Zhang Zhao thought of the meaning of going down the river. The Jiangdong Army not only had to guard against the Ganning Army who entered Jiangxia, but also the Jiangdong Army had a long river bank. The Yangtze River brought the Jiangdong Army natural dangers, but It also made his river bank line too long. If Lu Bujun did not have a navy, it would be okay, because the Jiangdong navy is the overlord above the Yangtze River. Over the years, the Yangzhou navy and Yuzhou navy have been wiped out by the Jiangdong navy. The navy and even the Xuzhou navy have suffered, and the most unlucky one is the Jingzhou navy, which has been beaten for so many years.
Before Yang Hong said such a thing, Zhang Zhao must have laughed in disdain, so go if you have the ability! Who is afraid of whom, the Jiangdong navy is the overlord of the Yangtze River, and other people are simply not enough to look at it, even if the old overlord Jingzhou army is still under pressure, but now it can't, Lu Bujun has that sharp weapon in his hand! On the surface of the river in the Dazhai of the Wancheng navy, the 30,000 Jiangdong navy just disappeared for no apparent reason. In the hands of Zhou Yu and the other in the hands of Sun Quan in Kuaiji, Zhang Zhao dare not gamble, let alone whether he can defeat Lv Bu's navy, even if he can, but the Yangtze River is so big and the river bank is so long. If you beat them and harass them, the soldiers in Jiangdong will be exhausted. If you send Bingzhou Wolf Riders to Jiangdong again, ha ha! Zhang Zhao didn't even dare to imagine. You must know that in order to start a war with Lu Bu and Jingzhou Liu Biao, Jiangdong mobilized a lot of people. Now there are only a few hundred people in some cities, including officials. The other city defense forces have been drawn out!
Once the hinterland blossoms, then Zhang Zhao's crime will be serious. He has come to negotiate peace, not to let Lu Bujun and Jiangdong continue to fight!
"Huh!" Zhang Zhao snorted coldly, fifty thousand gold, this number is too huge, Jiang Dong can't give it at all, even if Lu Su is sacrificed, it's impossible, Zhang Zhao still bites his mouth and doesn't let go, "It's a big deal. Fifty thousand gold, you Lu Bujun think highly of our Jiangdong!" If Jiangdong gave Lu Bujun fifty thousand gold, then Jiangdong's army would be suffocated to death, not to mention other things, even the salaries and grass of the soldiers might not be able to pay. You can't even feed the soldiers, how can the soldiers serve you
"Who said it was 50,000 gold!" Yang Hong looked at Zhang Zhao and asked back. Although Zhang Zhao never let go, Yang Hong knew that Zhang Zhao had a tendency to give in. He was persecuting Zhang Zhao but he didn't want to Driven Zhang Zhao crazy, it is true that this time the Ganning water army wiped out 30,000 Jiangdong water troops outside the Wancheng water army Dazhai, but you have to know that only 10,000 of the 30,000 Jiangdong water troops are the real main force , and this time Gan Ning was able to win so simply because the Jiangdong navy was unprepared. It was the first time they encountered bed crossbows, and it was the first time they saw that the navy could still fight like this, but the second time they did not It's the same, after all, Jiangdong is still dominated by the navy, and those navy generals are not vegetarians. It's really a big deal to change one out of ten, and the 70,000 navy Jiangdong can still make up!
It would be really difficult for Lv Bu to build a navy without thousands of ships, because Lv Bu didn’t have a dock for building warships, and Gan Ning would not have a single ship even if he sank, even though Lv Bu allocated five to Gan Ning. Thousands of people are used to strengthen the navy, but these 5,000 people still lack warships!
What kind of navy is called a navy without warships? At best, it is a group of troops who can swim!
"Not fifty thousand gold?!" It's not fifty thousand gold, so why did you, Yang Hong, shake your head when Zhang Zhao said five thousand gold!
"Who told you it was 50,000 gold!" Yang Hong sat down again and drank a cup of clear tea. "From the beginning to the end, did I, Yang Hong, ever say 150,000 gold?!" Yang Hong seemed to be thinking of you Expression "Brother Zhang Zhao, don't you think about it, I, Yang Hong, am such an unreliable person, I was once an official under Yuan Gong, 50,000 gold haha, even the Yuan Gong back then couldn't give out my surname at once." , and you Jiangdong are even more impossible!"
When Yang Hong was under Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's palace in Shouchun was only less than 40,000 gold, and this output also caused Yuan Shu's heartache for a long time. A few years later, the army did not expand, nor did it recruit troops, it was only for his own enjoyment, so even Yuan Shu couldn't get 50,000 gold, and Jiangdong has been fighting all these years, fighting Liu Yao and Yan Baihu Fight, fight with Wang Lang, fight with Liu Xun, and fight with Jingzhou Liu Biao! The previous ones were all wiped out by Jiangdong Sun Ce, but don't forget that if you hurt the enemy by one thousand, you will lose eight hundred. Do you think Sun Ce's army has no losses! There are still a few people left who followed Sun Ce back then, and the soldiers have changed from one crop to another, let alone other soldiers and horses!
After fighting so many battles, it is natural to recruit soldiers and horses, as well as food and grass. The Yuzhou iron cavalry was saved by Sun Ce's frugality. These things have already consumed most of Jiangdong's tax burden. Where is there spare money? Sometimes the warehouse is empty. Can run mice!
"That's how much!" Zhang Zhao laughed angrily, it wasn't fifty thousand gold, it wasn't five thousand gold. "Could it be five hundred gold?!" Zhang Zhao looked at Yang Hong mockingly. The gentry may fight a lot, but for a vassal, they may reward more than that much at a time. Yang Hong's face is really hypocritical. Zhang Zhao just wants to watch Yang Hong slap himself in the mouth!
"It's not five hundred gold!" Yang Hong still shook his head, and continued to drink his clear water.
"Hehe, Yang Hong, Yang Hong, if you don't want to talk, then say it earlier, our Jiangdong Army is not begging you for a peace talk!"
Looking at Zhang Zhao's current tone and attitude, Yang Hong knew that something was wrong if he continued to play, and maybe Zhang Zhao could really change his face. "It's only fifty gold!" Yang Hong still stretched out his palm.
"Fifty gold!" What a price! The price of several war horses? The price of several pairs of armor? Or the price of half a battleship! Are you kidding me! Fifty gold, sometimes you can't even afford a good horse or a good armor. Zhang Zhao likes antiques, he has a jade statue in his home, the price of this jade statue is more than platinum, but now a Lu Su is only worth fifty gold? !
"It's fifty gold. Could it be that such a big Jiangdong can't even afford fifty gold!" Yang Hong expressed a feeling of regret again, "If that's really the case, then brother Zhang Zhao, please go! Assuming that there is no one named Lu Su in your Jiangdong Army!" Yang Hong waved his hands, looking like a good man who is hard to be.
Lu Su is worth fifty gold? If that's the case, wouldn't it become the price of cabbage? Then why do you have so many bays, Yang Hongguai? He Zhang Zhao can pay the fifty gold to Lu Bujun now. If it is really fifty gold, now He can take Lu Su away!
"Come on, go, go to my room and get one hundred gold for Mr. Yang Hong!" Zhang Zhao still couldn't believe it. He now has one hundred gold in his room. What Hong said was true, then he could release people immediately. After a while, the guards brought a package with a hundred gold in it.
"Yang Changshi, there is a hundred gold inside, order it!" Zhang Zhao pushed the package over the table.
"Mr. Zhang Zhao, how can I, Yang Hong, not believe it! No need to order!" Yang Hong also smiled and pushed the package aside.
"Then you can release him now!" Zhang Zhao said to Yang Hong.
"Don't worry!" Yang Hong still had a smiling expression, "It's getting late, even if you bring Lu Su to Mr. Zhang Zhao today, it's not easy for you to go back. Why don't I arrange a place for Lu Su to freshen up at night. Wouldn't it be better for you to leave Wancheng together again!" It's getting late, and now Lu Su just came out of the prison in Wancheng because he needs to wash himself well, otherwise his body will stink.
"Let's talk about other people now, Mr. Zhang Zhao. In order to show sincerity, my lord asked General Gan Ning to withdraw from Wancheng, and let you take away any prisoners who wished. Even a great talent like Lu Su It’s just asking for a mere hundred gold and let Mr. Zhang Zhao take it away! Now Mr. Zhang Zhao has shown the sincerity of your lord Sun Ce!” Yang Hong looked at Zhang Zhao with a smile.
"Huh?!" Zhang Zhao frowned. If everything Yang Hong said is true, then Lu Bu's sincerity is really great. I did it with a little sincerity, otherwise people would laugh at Sun Cejun for being stingy if they found out.
"We released the prisoners of Sun Ce's army, and you Jiangdong should also release the prisoners of our Lu Bu army!" Yang Hong finally talked about his purpose.
"Your captives of Lu Bu's army?!" Zhang Zhao didn't understand. This time, their Jiangdong army went ashore from the Dazhai of the Wancheng water army and went directly to the outside of Wancheng. They fought on the land of Lujiang River. The 100,000 army was almost wiped out, and only Sun Ce brought back 5,000 people. Where did Sun Ce's army get the prisoners? If they want to capture them, they are Sun Ce's and Lu Bu's troops!
"Yes!" Yang Hong took out a piece of paper from his bosom, on which was what Yang Hong needed. "Brother Zhang Zhao, please look, this is the list of us captured by your Sun Cejun this time!"
Zhang Zhao took the paper and looked over it. He finally understood what the prisoner meant. It basically said the places in Danyang County. Even the names of places and seniority were well written. The Danyang soldiers under Lu Bu, the family members of the urban management soldiers in the hands of Liu Mang under Lu Bu's command, especially those from the Chu Ziying, which includes the entire Chu Village! The other Danyang soldiers also followed suit and included their own family members. These people’s family members are all in Jiangdong. They are worried about their family members, and they are afraid that they will be implicated by Sun Ce. Sun Ce's attack on Wancheng fell short, so what if the Bingzhou wolf cavalry came one step earlier! Sun Ce had already entered Wancheng. In order to make these Danyang soldiers serve him wholeheartedly, Liu Mang could only pick up their family members, but there were too many people, and it was impossible to sneak into Jiangdong to pick them up. The only way is to exchange prisoners on the surface.
"Good idea!" Zhang Zhao sneered. Lu Bu was selling people's hearts. After being taken to Lujiang by Lu Bu's family members, they might have a stronger sense of submission to Lu Bu, and they would wholeheartedly work for Lu Bu. This Lu Bu really dared to ask for it. It seems that there are tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people! The population of Jiangdong is not large, not more than a million. How can these tens of thousands of people be sent out for nothing
"Okay!" Zhang Zhao thought for a while and agreed without hesitation. After all, there were quite a few prisoners in Jiangdong, and those people were all strong and strong. They could be brought back to form an army, which was much better than these old and weak women and children.
"Hehe, that's the best!" Yang Hong smiled and achieved his first goal. Originally, Lu Bu's standard for him was to exchange Lu Su for tens of thousands of people, but Yang Hong asked Zhang Zhao to use fifty gold Going to buy Lu Su, what does this mean? This is completely embarrassing Lu Su! If Zhang Zhao exchanged five thousand pieces of gold for Lu Su, then Lu Su would really become famous, a thousand-mile horse that is hard to find! You see how willing Jiangdong is to spend five thousand gold for a military adviser. Maxima is common but Bole is not. In this case, Sun Ce will become Bole. Those talented people will definitely look sideways at Sun Ce and may go He has taken refuge in Jiangdong, and Yang Hong can't do things to add fame to Jiangdong's army!
So he sold Lu Su for fifty gold with a surname of shame and anger. If Lu Su went back and knew that he was worth fifty gold, his expression would be very exciting, and with the two words of sincerity, let Zhang Zhao sell those Danyang soldiers. Hand over the family members to Lu Bujun!
"Continue to the second one!" Yang Hong waved his hand, "Let us all have time to settle down early!"
"There are also those gentry people, you have to teach us!" Zhang Zhao's second purpose is for those gentry. Originally, Sun Ce wanted to tell the gentry in Jiangdong. Theirs is Lu Bu's army, but under Chen Gong's strategy, Lu Bu's army in Wancheng released the news that these gentry chiefs are alive. Chen Gong's suggestion to Lu Bu is not to really offend those Jiangdong gentry There is no benefit, it will only make these gentry support Jiangdong Sun Ce more and more, so the survivors of these gentry are a bargaining chip and a goodwill, the kindness that Lu Bujun showed to those Jiangdong gentry. Those Jiangdong gentry will definitely accept this kindness!
"Yes!" Yang Hong was as forthright as ever, which made Zhang Zhao a little embarrassed. Yang Hong originally wanted to let those gentry return to Jiangdong. It's lively, so those gentry children will definitely put it back, and now we'll see what price we can sell it for!
"One thousand gold!" Yang Hong stretched out a finger, he stopped playing tricks on Zhang Zhao, and directly said the price, "One thousand gold for one, but there are nine gentry children in our city of Wan!"
"One thousand gold!" These people are not as talented as Lu Su, they are basically a bunch of trash who only take credit for their achievements. They are not worth a thousand gold, but these ransoms don't need to be given by Sun Cejun, one thousand gold Just one thousand gold! Yes, nine people add up to nine thousand gold, which is not a small number.
"Don't rush to agree!" Yang Hong stopped Zhang Zhao, "This thousand gold is just a ransom, and my lord has additional conditions!"
"What condition!" Zhang Zhao asked, this was the first time Yang Hong had really proposed a condition, and Zhang Zhao had to face it carefully.
"One person for one hundred people! One hundred people who can really repair and build ships!" This is what Yang Hong really wants, craftsmen who repair and build ships! (To be continued.)