"Okay, then Lu Meng will thank Lord Fei Yi for his praise."
After speaking, Lu Meng smiled and retracted, put on a slightly serious attitude, and said to him again: "Lord Fei Yi should come here this time for the grain and grass of Wei and Shu. ”Seeing Lu Meng introduce the topic, Fei Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "What the general said is good, Fei Yi came here for the sake of grain and grass.Now Shu accepts 100,000 people from Wei, and its grain and grass are short of food and grass recently, and after aiding Wei with grain and grass once, it is still unable to fill its vacancy.Therefore, this time, our two countries jointly implored Soochow to help, for the sake of their allies. ”Hearing Fei Yi's words, Lu Meng looked embarrassed, then lamented and blurted out: "Alas, Lord Fei Yi doesn't know anything."
Although our army has three armed forces, in fact it has not yet stabilized internally, and there has been civil strife in recent days.A few days ago, I Dongwu just pacified the remnants of Shanyue, lost many sergeants, and consumed a lot of grain and grass. ”"Afterwards, our army finally recruited these Shanyue people to surrender and co-opt, in order to appease these Shanyue, it can be said that a large amount of grain and grass materials were consumed by our army.And so it goes.As a result, the materials in our army's treasury are extremely scarce, and you know that this has not yet reached the harvest season.I didn't expect that the letters from your Shu and Wei kingdoms would be sent, and you wanted to ask for help for grain and grass, which my majesty had a great headache for. ”When Fei Yi heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said in surprise: "Then General Lu Meng means that His Majesty Wu does not plan to send grain and grass to my Shu State and Wei State this time" Lu Meng hurriedly said: "How can this be, although my Wu State is in trouble, but I know that Wei and Shu are in greater trouble, as an ally country, Your Majesty of my family still decided to give a trace of assistance to the allies of the two countries at all costs." ”Hearing this, Fei Yi breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, this Sun Quan finally agreed to be willing to help, and said happily at the moment: "Oh, I really didn't expect His Majesty Wu to be so affectionate and righteous."
When Wu encountered this predicament, he still thought of our Shu and Wei, which really made Fei Yi admire, please accept Fei Yi's worship. ”That is, Fei Yi really bowed to Lu Meng and expressed his gratitude.Seeing Fei Yi express himself like this, Lu Meng couldn't help but smile, and after the other party finished saluting, he shook his head slightly and said, "Lord Fei Yi, don't be so excited, and listen to me finish speaking." ”That is, Lu Meng watched Fei Yi fall into a nervous expression again, and Lu Meng slowly spoke: "This time, His Majesty of my family has decided to give 100,000 stones of grain and grass to give it away. ”As soon as Lu Meng said this, he suddenly saw Fei Yi, and his originally nervous expression was first white, then red, and finally slowly eased down, as if he was relieved.Lu Meng hurriedly said again: "Take out these 100,000 stones and give them to the two allies of Wei and Shu, although it is not much, but it also shows my intentions of Eastern Wu, plus your own grain and grass, it should be able to support it for a period of time for the time being." ”Lu Meng's sudden words were suddenly like a basin of 10,000-year-old ice water, pouring Fei Yi aside from beginning to end, and Fei Yi, who poured it directly, was called a heart-piercing cold.Originally, I came to the emperor's order this time to ask for hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass to return, but after some time, only 100,000 stone grain and grass came, and these 100,000 stone grain and grass were still the grain and grass of Shu and Wei, which was equivalent to the same country as long as 50,000 stone grain and grass came.These 50,000 stones of grain and grass sound like a lot, but for a country, it is a drop in the bucket.If he only went back with 50,000 stone of grain and grass, I'm afraid His Majesty wouldn't know how to imagine it, this is not half of the reduction, but a tenfold reduction.Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Fei Yi stubbornly said to Lu Meng: "General Lu Meng, this...These 50,000 stones of grain and grass, if you bring them back, can be described as a drop in the bucket.Not to mention my entire Shu Kingdom, even a single state city will not help, and with these 50,000 stone grains and grass, Fei Yi will not be able to explain to His Majesty when he goes back. ”"Lord Fei Yi don't have to worry, His Majesty of my family has already thought of a strategy for your lordship."
After Lu Meng finished speaking, he looked at Fei Yi's anxious expression, and said again: "Although I, Dongwu, am in trouble this time, and I can't give a large amount of grain and grass to your country and Wei at one time, if your country can hold on, it should be able to hold on until the next harvest of my Dongwu."
Once the harvest is completed, Soochow will immediately prepare some grain and grass to send to your country to relieve your country's sorrows. ”"This..."
Hearing Lu Meng's words, Fei Yi didn't know how to answer, this time he came to think about what the other party wanted, but the other party said that he was also in trouble, if he insisted, I am afraid he would have to ask for it.And in that case, I am afraid that it will lead to a gap in the relationship between the two sides, and the other party did not say that he would not give himself food and grass, but just give a little first, and when the harvest comes, he will give some more, which is also reasonable.If you have an awkward relationship with the other party because of this matter, I am afraid that once the other party gets angry, he may give up the matter of giving grain and grass, and then it will really not be worth it.After Fei Yi weighed it again, he still bowed to Lu Meng and said, "Since His Majesty Wu is so bothered, then Fei Yi will thank you on behalf of the two countries." ”Suddenly, Lu Meng spoke again: "Well, Lord Fei Yi is really too polite, since the Lord agrees with this matter, then Lu Meng will let people go and prepare later."
Five days later, Lord Fei Yi led men and carriages to the territory to pull the grain and grass, as for how you want to divide up with Wei when you go back, that is your business. ”With Lu Meng's exit, he took the lead, which was regarded as blocking Fei Yi's mouth, so that Fei Yi could no longer refute.Originally, Fei Yi wanted to come this time, and directly asked the people of Dongwu to send a team of men and horses to transport grain and grass to Yizhou together, so that he was done.But he didn't expect that the other party not only reduced the grain and grass by ten times this time, but also planned to wait for the people to come and transport the grain and grass after he returned.If he was saying something to refuse at this moment, wouldn't it be a little too small-bellied, so Fei Yi had no choice but to thank the other party again: "Since this is the case, then General Lao Lumeng will bother, Fei Yi will go back to prepare, and in a few days, he will come again with men and horses to transport these grains and grass." ”Lu Meng said again: "Lord Fei Yi doesn't need to panic, 100,000 stones of grain and grass, Lu Meng will prepare it for your lord soon."
When the time comes, everything will wait for the adults to come, and there will be no delay in the adults' trip. ”"In this way, General Laulumon will bother."
said that Fei Yi withdrew, although there was a lot of resentment in his heart, but he was helpless.After all, at the moment, I can't solve any problems, so I can only go back first, discuss with Your Majesty, and make a decision.But Fei Yi was also very worried in his heart, His Majesty finally gave him an important task, but he failed to complete it well, so wouldn't it damage his status in His Majesty's heart.But at the moment, although Fei Yi has too much reluctance, there is no way to do it, as soon as he goes out, he gallops back to Yizhou.As soon as he entered Yizhou, Fei Yi went straight to Liu Bei's palace to report the matter.When Liu Bei saw Fei Yi returning so quickly, he immediately stepped forward and said to Fei Yi in person: "Oh, Aiqing is really fast, this time it's really hard." ”Faced with Liu Bei like this, Fei Yi was immediately ashamed, sighed, and bowed to Liu Bei is hand: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." ”As soon as he saw Fei Yi like this, Liu Bei's face immediately became gloomy, but in front of other people, Liu Bei was inconvenient, and besides, he hadn't figured out the reason yet, so he had to pretend to smile and say: "Aiqing, please hurry up, what's the matter, say it slowly." ”Fei Yi immediately lost his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister Fei Yi is ashamed of his trust in His Majesty." ”Liu Bei couldn't help frowning and asked: "Could it be that Aiqing took the handwritten letter from me and Cao Pi to Dongwu to ask for help with grain and grass this time, then Sun Quan did not help" "That's not the case." ”After Fei Yi finished speaking, he took a deep breath and told the cause and effect of the whole thing, especially all the conversations with Lu Meng, word for word.Liu Bei and the heavy generals who listened were all angry, even though everyone heard Lu Meng's words that Eastern Wu encountered two major difficulties, but everyone was not convinced.Liu Bei immediately said angrily: "Hmph, this Sun Quan must have deliberately used the excuse of refusing us to ask for food, so he said this, it is really hateful."
asked for hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and grass, but only gave us 100,000 stones, and still asked us to divide it equally with Wei State, which really looked down on me. ”Just when Liu Bei was angry, Zhuge Liang on the side said: "Your Majesty is angry, although this Sun Quan said that he would not give us the grain and grass to deal with, it is equivalent to giving us 50,000 stones of grain and grass, although these 50,000 stones of grain and grass are useless, but they can support the army for half a month." ”After finishing speaking, I heard Zhuge Liang speak again: "It's just that Your Majesty has ignored four things, one of which is that there is a natural disaster in the country this time, so there is a shortage of food; Second, Sun Quan also said that he had just collected a Shanyue person, so he needed a lot of grain and grass to appease; Third, Sun Quan also said that the treasury was empty, and the people had stored grain when they heard about the war, so they could not forcibly requisition, and if they wanted the people to collect grain, they had to spend a huge amount of money; Fourth, Dongwu said that he would give us and Wei 50,000 stone of grain and grass first, and when the harvest was harvested afterwards, he would give us a part. ”"One and the other can naturally be used as excuses and reasons, but the third is undoubtedly a turning corner to tell us that there is not much grain and grass in Dongwu, and if you want more grain and grass, you must go to the people to collect it, and it needs a lot of money and silver, which is to inform us that if you want more grain, you must come up with money.""
Fourth, since Dongwu said that he would give us 100,000 stone of grain and grass first, let us temporarily divide it equally with Wei State, and 50,000 stone per person.When the harvest comes, when we are allocating grain and grass, it means that Dongwu wants to take the initiative this time, and if we want to ask for grain and grass from it in the future, we need to see Dongwu's face and must give it a thin face. ”: