Chapter 203 Jingzhou Family

[There are two exams next Tuesday and Saturday, and I have to prepare in advance! It will be updated today!]

"Decline? How can the transshipment of salt in Jingzhou decline easily? Didn't the father support a family to compete with this Chen family?

Although Liu Biao has no intention of expanding outward, there is no one in Jingzhou on the way of balance. Even the Cai family, who used to be powerful, did not dare to brazenly bully other families in Jingzhou, and how could he tolerate the uniqueness of the Chen family?

"Liu Jingzhou did investigate this matter at the beginning, but I don't know why it didn't end." Zhuge Liang frowned and said that he was also a little surprised by the decline of another family. How can these families decline after decades of inheritance? Moreover, this family also controls the transshipment of Jingzhou salt. Such a family should be prosperous.

"What is the lifeline of the other families in control of Jingzhou?"

At this time, it is not the time to care about these things. The things behind the rise and fall of the family are really too complicated. If it is possible, Liu Qi is not willing to participate in it. This family even controls the transshipment of Jingzhou salt, and the other lifebloods should be in the hands of the family.

"In addition to the Chen family who controls the transfer of Jingzhou salt, the Wang family of Lingling and the Zhao family of Nanjun control the production of Jingzhou weapons. The armor of the Flying Dragon Army and the Flying Tiger Army comes from these two families. The two families have always wanted to suppress each other in Jingzhou, but they have been one for more than ten years. It didn't succeed."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said that he naturally knew that behind this was Liu Liubiao's power in balancing the two sides. The armor is as important as the transportation of salt. Although he did not know why Liu Biao allowed the Chen family to be dominant, the production of the armor was firmly watched by Liu Biao.

"In addition, this Wang family in Jingzhou not only controls the production of armor, but also General Wang Wei is the Pang family from the Wang family, and Wang Can, one of the Wang family, has also served under Liu Jingzhou. The Wang family must have no other power with the Zhao family." Zhuge Liang said.

"Oh, so it's hard for the Zhao family to compete with the Wang family."

Liu Qi thought for a moment and said that the people do not fight with officials, especially in troubled times. Although the Zhao family and the Wang family are both family, there are two talented people in the Wang family at this time. Although the Zhao family has an ancestor who is an official, it is already a cold person at this time. Such a family can compete with the Wang family. Heng, the means of the head of the Zhao family are certainly not weak.

"The lord is right. After inheriting the position of the head of the Zhao family more than ten years ago, he tried his best to pull the Zhao family back from the edge of life and death. Later, he took the right to make weapons of the Jingzhou army among many families, which has continued until now." Zhuge Bright nodded and obviously knew the owner of the Zhao family very well.

"Oh, the rise of the Zhao clan. Didn't the Wang clan think about using the relationship between General Wang Wei and Wang Can to suppress the Zhao clan?"

Liu Qi looked at Zhuge Liang, not to mention that Wang Can was Wang Wei alone, who could suppress the Zhao family.

"General Wang is so clear that he will not do such a thing, and Wang Can's literary talent will never forget it. It's just because he is weak. He hasn't had much real power to hold some idle positions in Xiangyang over the years, and he rarely interferes in the affairs of the family. Moreover, the ancestors of the Wang family were also prominent for a while. Wang Can's grandfather, the lieutenant, disdained to use these methods, so there is a situation of competition between the two powers today. Zhuge Liang made the matter of the Wang family very clear.

"Wang Can?" Liu Qi was a little surprised. He didn't remember it just now, but when he heard Zhuge Liang talk about the origin of Wang Can, he suddenly realized.

Wang Can is not famous in Jingzhou now, but he will be famous in the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the future. The seven sons of Jian'an are led by this person. Later, after surrendering to Cao Cao, he became an important minister under Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, this person was in Xiangyang.

"Is it that the lord doesn't know this person? This man's prestige in Jingzhou Shilin is not low, second only to Mr. Pang De. He never forgets it and can rely on the horse." Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Qi in surprise. Wang Can made such a statement that Liu Qi had never heard of it.

"I didn't remember it for a moment. Wang Can, Kong Ming, find an opportunity to test it, and use it if possible." Liu Qi thought for a moment and said that Wang Can is a talent, at least equivalent to Yi Ji and others.

"The Lord is wise." Zhuge Liang bowed and said.

"What do the other two companies control?"

These three families control the salt and iron of Jingzhou, and these two families control the lifeline of Jingzhou.

"Lord, the Wuling Xie family and the Changsha Ma family jointly control the horses in Jingzhou. Although there are not many horses in Jingzhou, there are also two small horse farms. Although these two horses are not as good as the horse farms of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others in the north, they can barely supply the flying dragon after collecting the horses of the whole Jingzhou. Used by Wei and Flying Tiger Guard. Other old, weak, sick and disabled horses are sold to the family of Jingzhou to rush to the treasury of Jingzhou.

Zhuge Liang sighed and said that the reason why the whole Jingzhou has formed the Flying Dragon Guard is that the two cavalry of the Flying Tiger Guards are not available, and there are too many supplies to be consumed once the cavalry is expanded. Therefore, Liu Biao chose the most elite horses to form these two cavalry.

With the number of horses in Jingzhou, it may not be possible to form a cavalry of thousands of people. However, in this way, the whole horse in Jingzhou will be in short supply, and this urgent cavalry will not be as sharp as the flying dragon guard and the flying tiger guard, which is like a chicken rib.

"Oh, Kong Ming, do you know how many horses I have in Jingzhou?"

Speaking of the horse, Liu Qi's heart moved. Although the two cavalry of Feilongwei and Feihuwei can ensure that Jingzhou is worry-free, it is not enough to expand outward.

"There are nearly 20,000 horses in the two horse farms, and nearly 20,000 of these 40,000 war horses are old, weak, sick and disabled. The remaining 20,000 horses can ensure normal fertility. The horses of Feilongwei and Feihuwei are selected from these 20,000 horses. If there are excellent horses in the Jingzhou family, they will also be acquired by two horse farms, and there are horses sold by horse merchants in private, but these situations rarely occur.

Zhuge Liang frowned. Compared with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others, this horse is really nothing. As far as he knows, Cao Cao has a total of five horse farms. There are at least 50,000 horses in each horse farm, while Yuan Shao deals with foreign races all day long according to the four northern states, and the horses in his hand There will be more, no less, and there will be almost half of the old, weak, sick and disabled horses in a horse farm like Jingzhou.

"So little?" Liu Qi frowned and said that the cavalry, in the ratio of three to one, these two thousand horses could form a total of 6,000 cavalry, and the rest of the horses could not be replaced at all. Moreover, these 6,000 cavalry are much different from the Flying Dragon Guard and the Flying Tiger Guard.

"Lord, the princes all know the importance of cavalry. Therefore, since the war, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have successively blocked the source of horses in the north and banned the trading of horses. Jingzhou, Jiangdong and Yizhou have gathered the original horses together to form a cavalry in front of them."

Jia Xu said with a wry smile that before the war, the major families could have more than a dozen war horses to travel, and the larger families could even raise their own horses to supply their own travel. However, during the war, the major princes began to buy the horses among the major families. Whether they like it or not, they had to sell them. Jingzhou The horse was also acquired and formed by several big families such as Cai, Kai and Pang.

"Wow! How about these two families? Liu Qi exhaled and was not too disappointed. It was normal that there were too few horses in the south of the Yangtze River.

"These two families do not compete with each other like Zhao and Wang, but cooperate closely with each other and exchange and learn from each other in private, but they just put the competition below."

Zhuge Liang laughed and said that the performance of these two families was also beyond his expectation.

"So these two families have advanced and retreated together?"

Liu Qi was helpless. These families did not have a fuel-efficient lamp. At the same time, he also understood why Liu Biao did not hand these over to a big family like Cai. These small families are easy to control, and even if something happens in the future, it is easy to deal with. If these are handed over to a big family like Cai, once What happens may be countered by these big families.

"Lord, although these families are a little troublesome, if the master means are appropriate, they should not oppose the master." Zhuge Liang persuaded.

"Ha ha, it's nothing more than these management rights. I just want the further development of Jingzhou. These management rights can never be fully controlled by them. Weapons and armor are nothing, but the transportation of salt is even more important and cannot make any mistakes. If they want to intervene, they can only take a small part. At that time, it depends on how they choose.

Liu Qi shook his head and said that if he wanted to move these management rights, he was moving the roots of these families. How could these families make him get what he wanted?

The operation of weapons doesn't matter. At that time, he only needs to choose the best, but salt is the top priority no matter which dynasty it is. Controlling the sale of salt can be said to indirectly affect the life and death of a country. At most, these families can only transport salt to Jingzhou, and the government must sell salt.

A family like Jingzhou is dominant, but for what reason, it is a fatal threat to Jingzhou. If Jiangdong blockades the Yangtze River, prohibits free traffic, or if there is something wrong with the Chen clan, it will be a huge blow to the whole Jingzhou. At that time, if someone takes the opportunity to stir up trouble, Jingzhou will be in turmoil again.