Chapter 246 The illusion of chaos
Although he was seen through the risk of "the transfer of this Changsha prefect may not be able to obtain a property certificate", Zhou Yu, after all, had been on a boat for more than half a month, and had a mission, and had to struggle.
So the first option he refuted was to question "How long can the legitimacy of the court in the Housing Administration Bureau be maintained?"
After a brief panic, Zhou Yu insisted: "Li Ju Guo Si respected the status of old ministers such as Huangfu Song, Ma Riyi, and Shi Sun Rui higher than himself, which was nothing more than a temporary stopgap. Now both Yuan and Cao Cao recognized the court nominally led by Huangfu Song, Yang Biao, and Ma Riyi, and the King of Hanzhong could never recognize that court.
Li Jue will not be able to get more support if he continues to perform. These people have no ambitions and are unsatisfied with the will of desire. Even if Jia Xu's wisdom is used to make his far-reaching plans, they can't help it. So within a few months... or even within a month or two, Li Jue will definitely seize the position of the Three Dukes or General himself.
At that time, our Lord Sun Polu will be able to convince Yuan Shu and continue to turn against Li Jue, and refuse to obey the orders. If Liu Biao still obeys the orders of Li Jue, he will at least ask the King of Hanzhong to invite our Lord Sun Polu to join Yuan Shu and discuss the right and wrong with the three parties. Liu Jingzhou, who is willing to serve the traitor of the country!"
Zhou Yu's urgent and wise remarks were considered a desperate move. He put forward the new standards for whether Sun Jian and Yuan Shu camps recognized the current Chang'an court:
At present, Li Jue and Guo Si are not the first and second-highest officials in Chang'an. Even if they pretend to take a few shields, they can recognize them first. But as long as Li Jue and Guo Si officially seize the power of the highest minister in name, the princes in the south can turn against each other. And at that time, the princes who refuse to turn against each other with Li Jue and Guo Si will be defeated as the "betrayal alliance".
Just like Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, back then, the reason was that "these people supported Dong and delayed the rebel army to fight against the thieves."
This truth makes sense, so Li Su didn't refute it in person. He just picked up the simple celadon tea bowl and took a few sips leisurely. When Zhou Yu felt guilty, he slowly thought about it.
"Does the right general think I'm saying this?" Zhou Yu couldn't help asking.
Li Su then put down the tea bowl: "There is some truth, but, Brother Gongjin, you are afraid that you didn't say it on purpose, 'When will Li Jue and Guo Si be rebellious and unrest, and the desires are unsatisfied'. They dare to be presumptuous, naturally because they feel that all external troubles are eliminated, and I have no worries; they have not dared to be presumptuous, naturally because they feel that there is still danger-
The biggest danger for Li Jue and Guo Si is that the King of Hanzhong is always determined to fight for the Northern Expedition! As long as the King of Hanzhong did not say that he would give up the Northern Expedition this year and did not announce the seal of Chen Cangdao, they would be like a stunning person, like a thorn in his throat and never dared to slack off for a moment. What's more, the King of Hanzhong had just won a great victory in Chen Cangdao and annihilated Dong Yue's entire Central Army General!
As long as we announce the seal of the pass, or we announce that the King of Hanzhong is injured, we should calm the troops and accumulate grain and slowly plan it, and even reveal some Hanzhong kings want to take advantage of the thief and accumulate more territory, then Li Jue and Guo Si will be completely lazy. Even if Jia Xu's plan is the plan, they will not be able to pull it back. Therefore, whether Li Jue is lazy reveals flaws, the whole world depends on the King of Hanzhong. Only when the King of Hanzhong let go of the knife in front of them will they slack off."
Li Su's words are very interesting: Didn't you say that you hope that "the court will destroy the credibility of applying for property rights certificates" so that Sun Jian's small property rights in Changsha will be legally held for a period of time?
Now let me tell you, whether the court destroyed its credibility depends on whether Liu Bei was pushing it tightly! Therefore, in this transaction, Liu Bei was very kind to Sun Jian no matter how he looked at this transaction! Liu Bei wanted Li Jue to give up the credibility of issuing a real estate certificate earlier, so he could coax Li Jue to give up earlier.
If Liu Bei maintains pressure on Li Jue, Li Jue dare not dare to float away. At the same time, he leaked the secret to Liu Biao, reminding Liu Biao, "With Li Jue not deposed Huangfu Song, he should pretend to give Huangfu Song. Yang Biao submits a letter and ask Huangfu Song and Yang Biao to submit a new Changsha prefect to come." Then Sun Jian's small property rights should not be sold at all.
Of course, Liu Bei would not do this at any time, nor would he give Liu Biao a chance to test his attitude, because he would not get any benefits when he did this. It was purely to harm others and not to benefit himself, and to harm Sun Jianliu Liu Biao.
The great name and conspiracy here have been going on for several twists and turns. If Zhou Yu hadn't been arguing about this issue, he would have turned a few more turns with his IQ.
"It's so... so vicious!" Zhou Yu was shocked and thought to himself, "No, I can't play the trick of the imperial court's righteousness with them anymore. I'd better admit it in this regard. I'll report the lord's quotation first, and then express my sincerity in reducing the price. So that the other party can cut it down, otherwise the initial price will not be high."
After understanding this, Zhou Yu expressed his mistake very decisively: "The right general is very smart, and I am taught by a boy. I also thank the King of Hanzhong for his high righteousness in fighting the revival of the thieves. Let me tell you about the offer from my Lord General Sun Polu and give some discounts.
That's right, the last time Changsha County comprehensively counted the population was in the early years of Emperor Ling, with 260,000 households and 1.07 million people. After that, natural disasters continued, but before the District Xing Rebellion, there should be more than 900,000. Including the District Xing Rebellion and the losses of the Changsha soldiers going north to fight Dong, there is at least 700,000 people. A little less men, counting 300,000, of which 200,000 are strong men of tax age - these numbers, right general should have no objection?"
Li Su didn't want to worry about these statistical data, because no matter how fierce the quarrel was, it would only have a few percentage points of error. He could not come up with the data to refute it, and he would cut a large piece of it if he wanted to bargain. So he nodded casually: "Even if there are still 700,000 people."
Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Men Ding 200,000, the second time, the man Ding 100,000 was reduced to 50,000, and the woman Ding 300,000 was paid in full. Even if the whole county pays full taxes of 400,000, the court pays two stones of grain per year, it will be 120 cents of 100,000, and the year will be 800,000 stones of grain, 48 million yuan, which is 50 million yuan.
Sun Polu was willing to give up the population land of the county. Before I set out, he said that he had to convert three years of taxes to supply military supplies, so he was willing to give up Changsha. So at the beginning, I planned to pay 2.4 million shi of military rations and 150 million kilograms.
However, what the Right General said just now was at the critical point. Sun Polu's control over Changsha could indeed be interfered with by Li Jue and Guo Si's life at any time. We calculated based on the three-year income, which would be a bit bluffing. Therefore, we are willing to give in, and calculated based on the two-year income.
I think this is not an exaggeration, because since Sun Polu attacked Dong and was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou by Yuan Gaolu, he has been able to take Changsha for two years. He has fought thousands of miles away and cannot use Changsha's money and grain to supply military supplies to the front. There are no famous generals and capable ministers to guard the rear defense, and Changsha's taxes are becoming short again.
If the King of Hanzhong serves as the prefect, rectify the administration of the officials, and recover some of the taxes owed in the past two years, he will not lose any loss. How about it? Just one million and six hundred million s of grain, and one hundred million s of taxes will be counted as taxes, and Changsha County will belong to you. Let’s make up for it, one million and five million s of grain will be ready.”
Zhou Yu specially quoted two prices, which seemed that he did have a "sincere discount". It was for Li Su's words just now, to express Sun Jian's gratitude to Liu Bei, and directly cut off one-third of the asking price.
Of course, only Zhou Yu knew whether Sun Jian’s original intention was really cut off by one-third.
Strictly speaking, it is not a scam. Mi Zhu bought out the prefect of Liaodong for 350 million, while Liaodong was less than 500,000 people at that time. Sun Jian sold Changsha now 50% more population than Liaodong back then.
However, Mi Zhu's 3.50 million is the price of friendship, and he also gave his son a hostage and his sister a concubine. Sun Jian could not give Sun Shangxiang, who was still in a baby state, to Liu Bei first.
Li Su estimated that there were discounts, but the true range might not be that large.
However, selling official positions and land does not mean buying antiques in Panjiayuan. The bargaining price is almost the same as bargaining, and it is impossible to cut it several times.
Li Su did not answer at all, but just smiled: "Sun Polu's method of calculating accounts reminded me of the money for selling official positions and repairing palaces in the late years of Emperor Ling. At that time, a small county prefect was enough for 20 million, and a wealthy county with a population of one million would be doubled at most. Sun Polu's Changsha prefect paid 50% off the money for repairing palaces, which should be 10 million.
Now that I have been working for so many years, I have to sell 100 million plus 1.5 million stones of grain. I am afraid that it will cost at least 400 million to 500 million in total. I have made 40 times more money after spending four or five years in vain."
If buying an official is compared to speculating in real estate, Sun Jian is worthy of being the number one speculator in the late Han Dynasty.
Zhou Yu's face turned dark: "How can I calculate this? Emperor Ling is stupid. Everyone knows that his sales of official positions were actually renting officials. Those who paid the money and took office could only leave for one year. If the King of Hanzhong rented it once a year, he would give him 40 million yuan a year, and Sun Polu He Ren was just Changsha.
Sun Polu took office for 10 million yuan because the court also asked him to wipe out the Qu Xing Rebellion, and he did kill Qu Xing. Isn’t this credit worth tens of millions of yuan?"
Zhou Yu was not ridiculed by Li Su's random jokes and directly pointed out the essential difference between renting and buying.
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Li Su smiled: "You just said that Sun Polu's Changsha prefect is only sold at two years of rent and tax, so the rent should be two years. Even if the King of Hanzhong rents it again, the rent should be given to the new court, not Sun Polu.
Let me tell you the price, one million stone of military rations, plus eighty million coins, which means that the tax is calculated based on the two-year rental fee of the Ling Emperor Dynasty. Moreover, if you want to transport this million stone of military rations to Lujiang County or Danyang County for delivery, we have to calculate the freight loss.
Changsha County transports 1 million stones of grain to Danyang. Even if the whole process is transported, there is still 20% of the freight. So it is only 800,000 stones to the destination, which is almost the same. Moreover, we actually have to start shipping from Chengdu, and we have to change boats and pass through dangerous shoals several times. Even if we transport water, we have to eat 40% on the way, and it is good to transport 600,000 stones."
The loss of canal transportation has not been a small amount in all dynasties.
Zhou Yu was so anxious that he stopped him: "You can't calculate that way! The land we sell is in Changsha, of course we have to calculate the water transportation loss from Changsha to Danyang. How can we calculate it from Chengdu? We didn't ask you to raise grain from Chengdu. Can't raise grain in Yidu and Wuling in Jingzhou?"
Li Su: "You know that Wuling Yidu has a sparse population and does not have that much excess food."
Zhou Yu: "Then you can buy Shu brocade as Liu Biao, and buy the surplus grain of Nanjun. Nanjun is located in Yunmeng, with a thousand miles of fat and a surplus of money and grain. Anyway, Sun Polu only accepts 20% of the loss. He has at least 30,000 troops. In the future, he will be ordered to attack Yangzhou and expel the pseudo-prefects appointed by Dong Zhe, and will only require more troops.
According to the rate of military ration consumption of one dou per day and one stone on twenty days, the 30,000 army will be 50,000 and 600,000 stones a year. The 50,000 army will be 1 million stones a year. If it is sold to Changsha County, it will not raise the military ration and other consumption for the entire year. Sun Polu will definitely not sell it to Changsha."
Sun Jian was originally counting on Changsha County to be sold for him to cover all the expenses for the entire army for several years of war. Zhou Yu cut the price of the army himself, which was reduced to two years of military supplies. After Li Su slashed hard, there was only one year of military supplies left. That was a big deal. Even Sun Jian’s bargaining chips to get rid of Yuan Shu’s control were not enough.
Yuan Shu now at least the entire logistics supply to Sun Jian every year is similar to that of Li Sukai. However, Yuan Shu is even more despicable. He never gives Sun Jian enough money and food for one year at a time, but once every two or three months to ensure that Sun Jian is always in a semi-hungry state, "It's like raising an eagle, hunger is for me, and fullness is gone."
In history, Cao Cao also saw Lu Bu this way: You can’t raise a tiger, you must raise an eagle!
At the current price of Li Su, Zhou Yu actually has no authority to agree. He can only ask Li Su to prepare the transaction materials first and hoard them on the Jingzhou border. Then, after Zhou Yu's spaceship asked Sun Jian for instructions, he finally decided to make the discount before he could formally trade secretly.
Li Su: "But the loss of 800,000 shi of military rations from Chengdu is indeed too great. If you buy too much in Nanjun, Liu Biao will be alert. I believe that the purchase in Nanjun and the recruitment in Jingzhou must not exceed 100,000 shi.
Let's do this, we will give a total of 400,000 stones of grain, and transport 300,000 to Jingzhou from Shu. The remaining grain and rice are converted into copper coins or Shu brocade at 300 coins per stone. These things are light and we don't count the freight. A total of 400,000 stones of grain and 200 million coins. How about it? With 400,000 stones of military grain, Sun Polu can let the entire army eat it for at least half a year, and eat it until next year's autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest, Jiangdong is also considered a land of fish and rice. Use these Shu brocade copper coins to ask the people whether they are afraid they can't buy autumn grain to supplement military food?"
Li Su would give 300 coins per stone of rice and reduce 400,000 stone of rice, and would give 120 million more coins.
This trading method is enough to ensure Sun Jian’s confidence in “food security”. No matter what, Liu Bei guarantees you to eat the autumn harvest.
Although Zhou Yu did not have the authority to agree to the total price, he could still make up the details of these delivery. After thinking about it, he felt that there was indeed no major danger, so he agreed.
Without saying a word, Li Su clapped his hands and signaled the maid who was serving outside the door to get a few pieces of Shu brocade.
Then while I was taking the time to get things, Li Su and Zhou Yu kidnapped: "Gongjin should not be a person who is not diligent in four bodies, but is it not a person who doesn't know what the price of ordinary Shu brocade is? You should have a clear idea in your mind? The Shu brocade with a width of shakuba is counted as 1,600 to 2,000 yuan per piece, so don't you cheat people?"
Zhou Yu calculated and nodded: "It's about this price, and the amount is 1,800 yuan per piece."
At this time, the maid had already brought the new Shu brocade. Li Su picked up one and placed it on the desk in front of him. Zhou Yu's eyes almost shook when he saw this Shu brocade just now.
Zhou Yu couldn't help but comment: "How come there is such a wide Shu brocade in this world? Are there not all the beautiful silk cloths in the world that are less than two feet wide? Is this kind of cloth more than five feet wide? Is this kind of cloth more than five feet? Use this to make clothes, especially long robes, and large parts do not even need to be spliced, and they can be cut to the end. The rag fabric can also be of great use, and it is better to splice it than the rags with narrow brocade."
Li Su was also not vague: "I don't care whether you think the Zangjin is 1,800 or 2,000 yuan. Anyway, the large-scale wholesale of this kind of Kuanjin is 6,000 yuan at least. At that time, the 34,000 yuan horses will be given to Sun Polu, and the 200 million yuan will be discounted. When the Jin is shipped, Changsha County will deliver it to us."
Chapter completed!