Chapter 1269: The clever words and seduction of Da Sima
Is it sincerity again?
Qin Bo only felt that his mouth was full of bitterness.
It’s just that now the polarity between Han and Wu has reversed. It is no longer Han who seeks Wu, but Wu seeking Han.
The situation is stronger than the people. Even if Qin Bo is unwilling, he can only continue what Feng Dashima said:
“Da Sima, I am ignorant, please tell me what kind of sincerity you want, Da Sima?”
Feng Da Sima’s face showed a sincere smile for the first time, and he picked up the whip again:
“This is a very sincere statement from Qin Xiaoshi!”
Speaking, he raised his whip and clicked on the map:
"Please see the affairs of the Qin School. The general has given you so much territory to expand the country of Wu, such a large area of land!"
Feng Da Sima exaggeratedly drew a big circle, "As long as the cultivation is done properly, it will be enough to supply the entire Jingzhou's military grain, not to mention the entire Jingzhou's military grain."
"So," Feng Da Sima used his long whip to gently draw a horizontal line from west to east in Jiangling in Nanjun, "as long as you can find a way to plant sugar cane in all the areas south of Jiangling, and provide it exclusively for our Han Dynasty." Jaggery.”
"So," Feng Da Sima pointed at himself and then Qin Bo, his voice softened, "Jingzhou has no worries about military supplies, and I can see Qin's sincerity in school affairs."
“In this way, I can have a reason to persuade His Majesty and the ministers in the court at the court meeting!”
The truth of Feng Langjun’s special skills: the activation of clever words and seduction!
Campus official Qin Bo was shocked and immediately tried to resist desperately:
"Da Sima, you must not do this! If you really want to do this, Bo Ke will die without a burial place!"
At that time, the general took over Jingzhou. Because of the shortage of food, he specially ordered the generals to open up farmland.
So many of the fields in Nanjun are actually in the hands of the generals in the army.
Although over the years, the generals in the army have often used the help of Jingzhou's wealthy families, either openly or covertly, to convert the military villages that were originally supposed to grow grain into growing sugar cane to make a lot of money.
After all, farming is for food.
The food in Shu is abundant and cheap. When the time comes, I will exchange half of the jaggery for the food in Shu and hand it over for errands.
The remaining half is pure profit.
Who doesn’t do this now?
Sweet brown sugar, thick wool, mellow wine...
·If we farm these things honestly, how many years, no, how many lifetimes do we need to farm before we can enjoy them?
We are all colleagues, so why should others enjoy it while I can only live in plain clothes and eat vegetables? Who would be willing to do so?
But all said and done, it is still a tacit and unspoken rule for everyone to cultivate sugar cane in military camps.
That definitely cannot be put on the surface.
At this time, Qin Bo heard Feng Da Sima’s intention and seemed to want to make the matter public?
No matter how uneducated Qin Bo is, he still understands one thing:
Persuading people to teach farming and mulberry farming is the greatest form of political correctness.
Especially what the school affairs office did in the early years, how much of it was to put those ministers into a dilemma of life and death in the name of political correctness?
Now Da Sima wants to make himself violate the biggest red line. What is this other than to make himself die without a burial?
Qin Bo did not believe that the officials he had offended to death in his early years would forget their grudges so easily.
“Huh!” Feng Da Sima pressed down and signaled Qin Bo to calm down:
“School Qin, the friendship between you and me is no longer a day or two. Do you think I will be the kind of person who will let you die without a burial place?”
Chin Bo Na Na.
No matter what Feng Da Sima's reputation is outside, but honestly speaking, since I have a relationship with Feng Da Sima, I have gained countless benefits.
In terms of cooperation with friends, Feng Dashima is indeed well-known.
After all, the golden name of Xinghan Hui is well-known in the world.
“Then what does Da Sima mean?”
Qin Bo was a little confused.
“This is the condition I told Lord Wu.”
Feng Da Sima smiled slightly, leaned slightly closer, and then lowered his voice:
“Then after Qin Xiaoshi, you argued hard with your reasons, used reason, and moved you with emotion, you finally convinced me.”
Feng Da Sima pointed at himself, his voice became deeper and deeper, and at the same time he was full of confusion:
"Three thousand fine war horses," Feng Da Sima held out three fingers, "One thousand horses are given in exchange for free. In fact, they are given away for free!"
“One thousand horses were sold at half price, and the remaining thousand horses were sold at the original price. Is this a great achievement?”
Hearing this number, Qin Bo's eyes suddenly widened and his breathing became rapid.
"Big, big, big Sima, is this true? Three thousand war horses?"
What is the concept of three thousand war horses?
The Wei thieves in Yangzhou, north of Jianye, were originally good at riding horses, but what about now?
I heard that we are now starting to be short of war horses.
Not only did the number of cavalry dispatches become less and less.
Moreover, the number of cavalry dispatched is also getting smaller and smaller.
For Da Wu, three thousand war horses were enough to form a brand new cavalry army!
With three thousand cavalry troops, coupled with Da Wu’s navy, His Majesty’s long-cherished wish to capture Hefei has come true!
“Of course it’s true.” Feng Dashima nodded, confirming that Qin Bo had no auditory hallucinations, and then a sincere smile appeared on his face:
"And every year from now on, we big men can sell you a thousand war horses from the Kingdom of Wu at half price, and sell them for another thousand at the original price. In this way, your cavalry will naturally no longer have to worry about a shortage of horses."
“Every…every…year?!”
This time, Qin Bo really felt that he was hallucinating.
“Da Sima, please, please don’t make fun of gambling.”
I will take it seriously.
Feng Da Sima’s voice is as far away as the horizon, yet as close to his eyes as it is erratic, yet full of infinite bewitching power:
“I’m not joking about school affairs in Qin.”
As he spoke, he stretched out two fingers:
“But I have two conditions.”
Of course Qin Bo knew that Feng Da Sima’s offer of such generous terms could not be free of charge.
He calmed down, tried his best to recover from the shock, and said solemnly:
“Da Sima, please speak.”
Based on what Da Sima just proposed, no matter what conditions the other party offers, Qin Bo feels that he should listen to it clearly and miss every word.
"First," Feng Da Sima withdrew one finger and raised only his index finger, "As the Qin school official said just now, I know very well what situation your Da Wu is in now."
“So in order to guarantee this deal, you have to provide enough guarantee.”
Hearing this, Qin Bo's heart skipped a beat again.
For the great battle last year, Wu rented a large number of horses and weapons from Han.
As a guarantee, Da Wu not only used the checkpoint taxes in Jingzhou as a mortgage.
At the same time, in order to pay rent, a large number of fields south of Nanjun were planted with sugar cane.
Now when he heard Feng Da Sima mentioned the mortgage, Qin Bo naturally felt a little panicked.
Da Sima Mobucheng, is it possible that he still doesn’t give up on his original idea?
As if seeing Qin Bo’s worry, Feng Dashima smiled on his face:
“In Qin’s case, food and clothing are essential to people’s livelihood, so farming and mulberry cultivation are the foundation of the country, right?”
I don’t know why Feng Da Sima suddenly mentioned this, but Qin Bo had to nod:
“What Da Sima said is absolutely true.”
Feng Da Sima looked at Qin Bo’s slightly nervous face, and the smile on his face became stronger:
“So, in addition to growing grain, Jingzhou can also grow mulberry trees, right?”
Hearing this, Qin Bo became even more confused:
Such common sense, doesn’t Da Sima even know this?
It shouldn’t be. I heard that Da Sima started his career in farming. There is no reason why he doesn’t understand this.
“Let’s go!” Feng Da Sima struck the whip into the palm of his hand and agreed, “So this mulberry is very important and indispensable.”
“It’s just that, Qin School Affairs, you see, our Han Shu land, in order to provide food for you Jingzhou, grows more grain and less mulberry.”
Speaking of this, Feng Da Sima sighed with emotion:
“Sichuan is famous for its brocades. Who would have thought that in recent years, it has only been focusing on growing grain to help the allies. Silk silk has become less and less, and Shu brocades are hard to see. It will no longer be as grand as before!”
Qin Bo's face twitched.
He glanced at Feng Da Sima's clothes and said nothing.
After Feng Da Sima sighed with emotion, he said to Qin Bo:
“School Minister Qin, do you understand what I mean?”
Qin Bo tentatively asked with some uncertainty:
“Da Sima means planting mulberry trees?”
"Yes, south of Nanjun, except for the sugar cane land, the rest can be converted from rice to mulberry, specializing in silk production. We will harvest as much as we produce, just like the sugar cane industry."
As Feng Da Sima spoke, he stretched out his palm and touched the space between Jingzhou and Shu:
“In this way, we in Shu don’t have to worry about low grain prices hurting farmers. At the same time, with silk, thousands of people in Shu who make a living by weaving Sichuan brocade can have a secure livelihood.”
"And you, Da Wu, don't have to worry about not having money to buy horses." Feng Da Sima stretched out his finger and pointed back and forth between himself and Qin Bo a few times, "Wouldn't it be wonderful to get the best of both worlds?"
“Changing rice to mulberry is the same as making sugar cane?” Qin Bo immediately grasped the key point. He repeated the sentence, feeling a little confused and feeling that something was not right.
But more importantly, it is heartbeat.
How precious is Shu Brocade?
If we could exchange silk for Sichuan brocade, just like jaggery for brown sugar, wouldn't that open up another huge source of wealth?
“Da Sima, he is really the current Lord Tao Zhu!”
Qin Bo subconsciously praised him sincerely.
“Really? Doesn’t Principal Qin also think this is wonderful?”
Qin Bo shook his head, "This is a very good strategy, but..."
He hesitated for a moment before continuing:
"It's just that the matter is so big that I dare not specialize in it, so I have to ask your Majesty for instructions."
"OK, no problem."
Feng Da Sima readily agreed and looked at Qin Bo with eyes full of smiles.
Because Sun Quan refused to agree, Feng Da Sima didn't care at all.
If Emperor Sun is old and confused, and is willing to drink poison to quench his thirst in order to survive the current financial crisis and solve the problem of war horses in the army, that would be good for you, good for me, good for everyone.
If you don’t want to…
It is said that Shu and Jingzhou are blocked by mountains and rocks, but Jiangdong, especially Jianye and Jingzhou, are not far apart?
The so-called "out of reach" refers to Wu State's current control over the local area and the extent of the Han's penetration into Jingzhou.
Even without Sun Quan’s false edict, wouldn’t Feng Da Sima be able to do this?
You have to ask the Jingzhou aristocratic families who are accustomed to reaping the sugar cane dividends and the highly independent Jingzhou military leaders whether they will agree.
For this kind of thing, Feng Dashima only needs to sow the seeds.
Someone will water it later to make it germinate.
The biggest obstacle to this matter is actually Lu Xun, so Feng Dashima just needs to find a way to deal with him.
“Let’s not mention the first condition for now. If Lord Wu doesn’t agree, we can talk about it later. I’ll talk about the second condition.”
Feng Dashima stretched out two fingers:
“That’s Lu Boyan, he must leave Jingzhou! I don’t want to see him at the border between Han and Wu!”
“Ah?” Qin Bo heard this condition and immediately asked subconsciously, “Why?”
"Because I hate Lu Boyan very much!" Feng Dashima said confidently, "When I think of him staying in Xiangyang now, not far from Guanzhong, I feel very sick!"
Qin Bo was suddenly speechless.
This reason…
very good, very powerful.
It seems that his guess is right. Feng Da Sima is indeed very resentful towards the general.
No, it should be extremely deep.
Otherwise we would not have made such a request.
“Da Sima, your conditions,” Qin Bo smiled bitterly, “are really embarrassing for me!”
Feng Da Sima sneered:
“You can’t say anything more about school affairs in Qin. You can’t even agree to this condition.”
He saw him throw away the whip, walked back to his seat, sat down, and said slowly:
“I can tell you about school affairs in Qin. We can discuss other matters, but if you don’t agree to this matter, then there is nothing left to discuss.”
He raised his eyelids and glanced at Qin Bo:
“Qin School Affairs Bureau, if it were the school affairs office in the earlier years, even if this matter is a bit difficult, I’m afraid you would have handled it long ago.”
“Have I made you too much money over the years, so you have forgotten what your true responsibilities are?”
“How about I let Xinghanhui cut off your dividends now? Huh?!”
The last "um" is the emphasis.
Suddenly, Qin Bo felt a great sense of oppression.
“Da Sima, Da Sima, please don’t be impulsive, think twice, please think twice!”
The dividends obtained from transactions with the Han Dynasty every year are the foundation of the school office.
If your financial resources and income are cut off, why would Your Majesty keep the school affairs office?
At that step, the school's house was from top to bottom.
Feng Da Sima sneered, picked up the tea cup, and took a big sip. His mouth was dry after spending so much time just now.
But he just didn’t look Qin Bo in the eyes.
Qin Bo was very discerning, and he quickly stepped forward, picked up the teapot, and poured tea for Feng Da Sima.
Then he smiled and said:
“Don’t be angry, Sir. The villain just said that this matter is difficult to handle, but he didn’t say that it can’t be done. Don’t you think so?”
"I knew it."
Feng Da Sima then smiled again and pointed at Qin Bo:
“Don’t be so cunning in front of me, this matter is actually not difficult at all!”
He picked up the tea cup and took another sip before continuing:
"Lu Boyan has been in Jingzhou for a long time. He has settled many things with one word. He has great power and high prestige. Now he leads the army to capture Xiangyang. It can be said that the soldiers and people of Jingzhou are looking forward to it."
"And what about Lord Wu? He led the army to attack Hefei repeatedly. Even last year, with such a huge momentum, he returned without success."
Feng Da Sima glanced at Qin Bo and said, "Tell me, comparing the two, what do you want the officers and soldiers to think?"
“In addition to the three battles of Jingzhou, Yiling, and Shiting, this Lu Boyan can be regarded as the master of great achievements, right?”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk,” Feng Da Sima shook his head, “It’s such a high achievement, and he controls half of Wu’s territory alone, plus the military and civilians are looking forward to it...”
Having said this, Feng Da Sima looked at Qin Bo meaningfully, "Qin School Affairs, do you think I should be worried about Lord Wu, or should I say that Lord Wu has a rare trust in the generals in ancient times?"
He sighed again and said leisurely:
"It would be fine if nothing happened, but something is going to happen. The school affairs office, which is supposed to supervise all officials, has done nothing. I wonder if this is considered dereliction of duty?"
Qin Bo's hands and feet suddenly became cold and his face turned pale.
He looked at Feng Dashima blankly, and almost blurted out:
If the Grand Sima was in charge of the school affairs office, who in the court would dare to disobey?
Feng Da Sima reached out to touch the tea cup again, picked it up and took a sip, but in fact he was hiding his gaze on Qin Bo.
Seeing Qin Bo's horrified expression, Feng Da Sima raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
True and clever words bring great success!
(End of this chapter)