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Two days later, Liu Min arrived in Kuaiji County by boat. He wore a traveling crown, a Confucian robe, and a long sword on his waist. A child behind him was carrying a bookcase. From the outside, he looked like a taxi to ask for.

The ships slowly stopped at the dock of Shanyin County, the county seat. Shanyin County, which is today's Shaoxing, has been a prosperous place since ancient times. Compared with Jianye, Shanyin County has less solemn and more like a mercenary merchant. There are dense cargo ships on the dock, and workers are in groups carrying large and large cargo parcels. The atmosphere is particularly warm and busy.

Liu Min did not stay on the dock for a long time. He asked the boatman to go directly to the county town. Shanyin County was quite large, with nearly 100,000 people living in the streets, green trees, and various shops. The shouts came one after another, and the business was prosperous.

After Liu Min inquired, he came to a small alley in the south of the city. This alley was called Shiren Lane, and it was named after ten families. Liu Min walked to the end of the alley and came to a half-old gate. A big tree in the yard was as paved as a cover, covering the entire courtyard. He knocked on the door, and after a while, a woman asked, "Who is it?"

"I came from Jingzhou and was named Liu in the lower house, so I looked for Mr. Sun."

The door creaked and opened the crack. A middle-aged woman looked at Liu Min. Liu Min took out a bronze medal and shook it. The woman immediately opened the door, "Please come in."

Liu Min walked into the yard and asked with a smile: "Is Mr. Sun here?"

"I am here"

A door in the room opposite opened, revealing a large and wide face, and staring at Liu Min nervously. This person was Sun Ben. Sun Ben was originally under house arrest by Liu Jing in Wuchang, but since they reached an agreement, Liu Jing sent him to Kuaiji County and hid here.

Sun Ben knew Liu Min, his nervous gaze disappeared, he smiled, bowed and said, "It turned out to be Liu Shenjun, long time no see."

Liu Min nodded with a smile and replied, "Mr. Sun, okay?"

"Fortunately, please go to the inner house."

The house where Sun Ben lives covers an area of ​​about two acres and consists of two courtyards inside and outside. He took Liu Min into the inner courtyard and sat down in the house. Sun Ben smiled and said, "Sun Quan sent troops to Yuzhang, and I knew that joining the army would come to me soon."

As soon as this sentence was said, Liu Min immediately knew that Sun Ben was not invisible. He had already had activities in Kuaiji County and should still be very active. Liu Min smiled, "It seems that the gentleman knows the situation of Jianye very well."

Sun Ben smiled proudly, "Of course, Kuaiji County was originally my sphere of influence. Since I was hiding here, someone would provide me with information."

Speaking of this, Sun Ben asked with anticipation in his eyes: "Is the time ripe?"

"It's almost done. I received a quick message from His Highness the King of Han. He said that the sir can start activities and establish forces first. When the last time is ripe, it will be launched."

"When does the last time come ripe?" Sun Ben asked again.

"I know the specificity, but Your Highness said that he will notify us."

Sun Ben nodded, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

Liu Min did not stay in Shanyin County for a long time, so she returned to Jianye that afternoon. At night, Sun Ben took a carriage to a mansion in front of a large mansion in the east of the city. This was the mansion of General He Qi, the south of Zhen. Since He Qi failed the Western Expedition, he was demoted to the commander of Kuaiji. He still asked him to be in charge of dealing with the Shanyue people. There was no way out. The army of Kuaiji County was built by He Qi. Half of Han people and half of Shanyue people. Except for He Qi, no one could command this Kuaiji army.

He Qi has always been Sun Ben's person. When Sun Ben wanted to rebel, He Qi was on the list. After Sun Ben failed and was arrested, in order to stabilize Kuaiji, Sun Quan sent someone to reach a compromise with He Qi. Sun Quan did not hold He Qi accountable for supporting Sun Ben, and He Qi must continue to be loyal to the Marquis of Wu.

Even though he said that, Sun Quan has been making small moves in the past two years, using various means to weaken He Qi's military power. For example, Sun Quan apparently promoted He Qi to General Zhennan, but also arranged two lieutenants to take charge of some of the troops. This is a typical example of open promotion and secret demotion, which made He Qi very dissatisfied.

When Sun Ben appeared again half a year ago and found him, He Qi turned to support Sun Ben again, and was the biggest supporter of Sun Ben's comeback.

When Sun Ben came to He Qi's mansion, He Qi immediately ordered someone to invite him into the study. Soon, He Qi hurried to the study. He knew that Sun Ben's arrival must be related to Sun Quan's dispatch of troops. When Sun Ben saw him entering the door, he smiled and said, "General He, our opportunity is coming soon."

"Has the King of Han sent someone to find the envoy?"

Sun Ben nodded, "That's it."

Sun Ben did not conceal from He Qi that he had received the support of Liu Jing. Only in this way can He Qi and others support him see hope. Although He Qi was defeated by Liu Jing that year, he also understood that Sun Quan was the lord of Jiangdong after all, and his power was strong. They could not defeat Sun Quan alone. Only by obtaining the support of external forces can he compete with Sun Quan. The external forces were either Cao A or Liu Jing.

Now Liu Jing fully supports Sun Ben, and there is hope for defeating Sun Quan. He Qi's heart also began to get excited. He ordered people to drink wine and sit opposite Sun Ben. He Qi drank a few drinks. He started to feel excited. He picked up his ear cup and said angrily: "Last year, Kuaiji suffered a flood that was not encountered in the year. The autumn harvest was reduced by 70% and the people were in trouble. But what did he do? Not only did he not reduce taxes and provide disaster relief, but he actually increased taxes. If the government had not resisted secretly, he would not know how many farmers would have been forced to die. Not long ago, he increased the taxes, and the taxes of merchants doubled. Yesterday, I found Lu Fan and clearly asked Kuaiji County not to implement the tax increase order, but Lu Fan refused. I had a big fight with him. I guess once it was really implemented, the business in Kuaiji County would be hit by destruction, and at least half of the shops would be closed."

Sun Ben also said angrily: "The country that uncle and Bo Fu conquered was little by little by little by little. He was defeated repeatedly, and he was cedeed to pay compensation. He was incompetent in the outside world and tried hard to exploit him. What was his face to meet his father and brother?"

The two of them sighed, and Sun Ben drank another glass of wine and said, "The key is to seize Kuaiji County, and then go north to seize Wu County. I guess Liu Jing's intention is to take advantage of the current empty Jiangdong opportunity to seize Jiangdong in one fell swoop."

"It should be this, but the timing he mentioned may mean that Sun Quan was dragged down by the Jiaozhou army and was unable to withdraw, that was the best time."

After pausing, He Qi suggested: "In addition, the envoy can go to Jianye and secretly win over some of the high-ranking military officials who support us, such as Zhu Zhi, Han Dang, and Cheng Pu. They were all implicated by the past and were completely deposed. They can be attracted to it. It is also Kuaiji Yu family, Wujun Lu family, and Danyang Xie family. These wealthy families must also strive for it. In addition, I will contact them from the Shanyue people, and I believe they will support the envoy to rise to power. I think it is necessary to get Cao A's support, so that we will have greater grasp."

Sun Ben nodded silently, He Qi was right, he should take action

Sun Quan led a 100,000 army to take 1,000 or two large warships, stretching for two miles, sailing like clouds, covering the sky and overwhelmingly, traveling westward on the Yangtze River. Since the defeat in the Western Expedition in the 14th year of Jian'an, the warships in Jiangdong have been damaged, leaving only a few small boats below 1,000 stones. They were then subjected to ship restrictions from Jingzhou, making it difficult for Jiangdong warships to recover.

However, Zhou Yu used a flexible approach to build a nine-stone warship and prepared a large amount of shipbuilding materials. When the restrictions were lifted, large-scale shipbuilding began immediately. In just two years, Jiangdong warships were restored to 1,500 warships, and there were as many warships of more than 1,000 stones.

This time, when the Jiangdong Army went on an expedition, almost allocating all the money and grain from the official warehouses in various parts of Jiangdong, he used the whole country to fight against the Jiaozhou Army, which was invading the northern invasion. On the main ship of the 5,000 stone, Sun Quan stood at the bow of the ship and stared at the vast river surface, looking a little worried.

At this time, Zhang Zhao slowly walked behind him and smiled and said, "Does Wu Hou have no confidence?"

"I don't know why, but I always have an ominous premonition in my heart." Sun Quan sighed.

Zhang Zhao gently stroked his long white beard and said, "Wu Hou's heart was left with a shadow because of the failure of the western expedition to Jingzhou that year, and it has not been eliminated so far. In fact, this time when we conquer the Jiaozhou army, Wu Hou should have confidence."

"It's not entirely the shadow of the beginning. The main reason is that I'm a little worried about what the Han army will do this time and whether it will help the Jiaozhou army. If the Han army also participates in the battle, I'm afraid this Western Expedition will not be that easy."

"Although Wu Hou's worries make some sense, I believe that Liu Jing will never publicly support the Jiaozhou army. After all, there is an alliance between us, after all, there is Princess Shangxiang. Liu Jing wants to give this to secretly assist the Jiaozhou army at most. But after all, the strength of our and Jiaozhou army is very different, and even if it is secretly assisted, it will not have much effect."

Sun Quan smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that the Jiaozhou army will suddenly use tincture oil, but we don't. This is the enemy of the warship."

Zhang Zhao was also silent, it was indeed very likely. He pondered for a moment and said, "The old minister thought that even if Liu Jing gave them tinea oil, the amount would not be large. Or if Wu Hou wrote a handwritten letter and asked Jing to give it to Jiangling, Liu Jing would not have done too much with Wu Hou's handwritten letter."

"Does the military advisor think Liu Jing is in Jiangling?" Sun Quan asked with a frown.

Zhang Zhao nodded, "I'm sure Liu Jing must be in Jiangling or Chaisang. At this time, he will never be in Chengdu, but even if he doesn't want to see us, it doesn't matter. Give the letter to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning will naturally give it to Liu Jing."

"Okay, I'll write a letter now."

Sun Quan immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to find Lu Su, handing him the letter and instructed him: "Jing, go to Chaisang first. If Chaisang has not many troops, then Liu Jing may be in Jiangling or Wuchang. Jiangling may be even bigger. If Liu Jing is willing to meet Jing, it is best if he doesn't want to meet, then please ask Gan Ning to pass this letter to Liu Jing. It is of great importance, so Jing must act cautiously."

Lu Su took the letter and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wu, I have been dealing with Liu Jing for many years, and I know how to deal with him, and I will never miss a big deal."

Lu Su then rode a speedboat and sailed towards Jingzhou like an arrow. Sun Quan stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the speedboat away. His heart was heavy and full of worries.
Chapter completed!