I just saw Chen Yang pick up the pen and write and draw on the white strip of cloth, Dian Wei watched from the side, he shook his head, he couldn't understand what he was drawing.

After a while, Chen Yang picked up the strip of cloth and threw it to Dian Wei.

"Lao Dian, you bring this back to the prime minister, and you are guaranteed to earn a reward again." Chen Yang said with a smile.

Dian Wei picked up the strip of cloth and flipped through it, but he couldn't understand what Chen Yang was drawing.

"Shopkeeper Chen, what's the use of this painting you are painting?" Dian Wei asked puzzled.

"This is a Quyuan plow, you can't understand it, take it back and hand it over to the prime minister, let him build it, then you don't have to worry about the problem of clearing the wasteland."

Chen Yang said confidently: "I have studied, using the current plough to plough the land, it takes three people and two oxen, and at most one acre of land in a day. ”

"Quyuan plough is different, only one person, one cow, can reclaim at least three acres of land in a day."

"In this way, the problem of the prime minister clearing the land will be solved, and there will be no need for soldiers to farm."

So powerful?

Dian Wei looked at the drawings for a while, but he still couldn't understand them, and then said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Chen, I'll take it back for the prime minister to see, if it really happens, you have made a great contribution." ”

Chen Yang waved his hand: "Go, you got the bounty, hurry up and pay the wine money, but you have to keep this matter secret for me, you just said that you came up with it." ”

Dian Wei bowed slightly, and then left the tavern with a smile, this time he didn't even bother to drink the wine, and left happily.

Not long after, Dian Wei appeared in Cao's mansion.

In the council hall of Cao's mansion, Cao Cao was looking at the accounts of grain and grass with a sad face.

"It's been half a month, and it's not raining, and this spring drought came too suddenly."

Guo Jia, who was sitting next to him, muttered while looking at the account book.

Cao Cao sighed and said: "Shopkeeper Chen is really like a god, you say that there will be a drought, but our current food is no longer enough." ”

Guo Jia heard Cao Cao mention the shopkeeper Chen again, and couldn't help but think of what happened half a month ago, he frowned and said: "Prime Minister, that shopkeeper Chen, where is it sacred?" ”

Cao Cao grinned: "A young man who opens a tavern, but his ability is not small, his ability is extraordinary, and he has great talents!" ”

"By the way, how is the food that you prepared half a month ago?"

When Guo Jia heard this, he quickly stood up, shook his head and said, "I have purchased a lot, but it is far from enough for our army." Now the price of grain in Xudu City has risen from 50 yuan a stone to 80 yuan a stone, and the inner treasury does not have enough money to buy grain. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he frowned sadly and sighed: "I knew that Shopkeeper Chen was so godly, I must have purchased a large amount of grain, and now ...... Alas! How have you discussed the matter of land reclamation and taxation? ”

This is their current solution to the food problem.

"Prime Minister, I'm here!"

Just as Guo Jia was about to speak, Dian Wei suddenly walked in in a hurry.

"Evil, what's wrong?" Cao Cao asked.

"I have ......"

Dian Wei was about to speak, but was interrupted by Cao Cao: "If the evil comes, let your affairs go first, Fengxiao, you will say first, do you want to open up the wasteland or increase taxes?" ”

"No, it doesn't work to get soldiers to farm, or to increase taxes."

Before Guo Jia could speak, Dian Wei first said: "Letting soldiers go farming is to train soldiers to become farmers, and they have lost their blood, how can they win a war like this?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head when he heard this: "General Dian, how to charge into battle, I am not as good as you, but you are not as good as me in this internal affairs, this matter should be ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Cao Cao wave his hand and interrupt.

Cao Cao asked with interest: "Then, why is it not feasible to increase taxes?" ”

Dian Wei remembered Chen Yang's words, and said proudly: "Increasing taxes is, it is looking for death!" From ancient times to the present, people who want to achieve hegemony rely on strong national strength, and the source of national strength is the people of the world. ”

"Increasing taxes is driving the people to a dead end, just like the one who kills the chicken and then takes the eggs away, anyway, that's pretty much it, and ...... Hide the wealth from the people, right! It is to hide the wealth from the people. ”

"Only in this way will there be endless food."

In fact, Dian Wei didn't remember much of those words, and after saying them vaguely, the general meaning was still expressed.

After listening to his words, Guo Jia looked at him as if he had seen a ghost, and Cao Cao's face was also full of incredulity.

Dian Wei is a big old man, and he is the absolute first in the charge, but he is a novice when discussing internal affairs.

How could he have said such a reasonable thing?

It hit the nail on the head and directly hit the drawbacks of increasing taxes.

Hide the wealth from the people.

It's a very good word, even if they can't even think of it.

Cao Cao was cheerful after hearing this, this world is actually the world of the common people, and all his troops are also from the common people.

Only the people are rich, the people want it, and the world is at your fingertips.

Thinking of this, Boss Cao was shocked!

What a treasure for the people!

"General Dian, where did you hear these words? Did Xun Yu teach you to say that? Guo Jia frowned, he couldn't believe that Dian Wei could still compare himself.

"Of course I thought of it myself."

Dian Wei remembered Chen Yang's instructions, but he panicked and his face was not red.

"It can't be!" Guo Jia said immediately.

"Evil, tell me quickly, who taught you?" Cao Cao also looked at him and asked.

Dian Wei was a little weak by him, but for the sake of Chen's shopkeeper, he patted his heart and said: "No one taught me, it was really me who thought about it, in fact, my resourcefulness is not much worse than that of Fengxiao." ”

Guo Jia rolled his eyes at him, obviously not believing it.

Dian Wei grinned, and his gaze flickered to the ledger on the table.

The ledger was full of dense words, Dian Wei glanced at it curiously, it may be that he has been messing with Chen Yang for a long time, and he can also understand the content recorded on it.

"Prime Minister, this number is not right!"

Dian Wei's words made Cao Cao and Guo Jia look at him in surprise.

Cao Cao pointed to the accounts and asked, "Can you understand?" ”

Dian Wei was stunned by the question, and he scratched his head: "I seem to understand." ”

Then, pointing to one of the wrong numbers, he continued: "Prime Minister, it is written here that there are seven hundred and fifty stones of grain and grass in the camp, and here are two hundred and fifty stones, which add up to a thousand stones, but why do you record nine hundred?" ”

Dian Wei pointed out an obvious mistake, and Cao Cao and Guo Jia looked at him in disbelief after reading it.

This kind of low-level mistake, even if Dian Wei doesn't say it, they can see it, and they haven't seen it here yet.

But how did Dian Wei see it?

If you want to say that Dian Wei can eat a cow in one meal, Cao Cao will not doubt it, but Dian Wei can actually do the math, and he can't believe it when he is killed.

"Evil, how do you see it?" Cao Cao asked in surprise.

Dian Wei scratched his head: "Actually, it's very simple, I understood it in a daze when I saw it, but your way of keeping accounts is too troublesome." ”

After that, Dian Wei wrote down the numbers he saw from Chen Yang and explained them briefly.

"This ......"

Guo Jia was shocked by Dian Wei again, he and Cao Cao were both smart people, and as soon as Dian Wei finished explaining, they understood the beauty of this number.

This kind of number is much simpler than what they are commonly used to, extremely easy to record, and the essence has not changed in any way.

"General Dian, you invented this?"

Guo Jia's heart could no longer be calm, and he, the chief strategist, couldn't think of such a simplified way of bookkeeping, and his self-confidence was seriously frustrated for a while.

However, Cao Cao didn't think so, he asked, "Evil, what have you been doing lately?" ”

Dian Wei smiled: "I've been drinking at Shopkeeper Chen's. ”

When it comes to Chen Yang's wine, Cao Cao also misses it very much, he hasn't been drinking for half a month, and he's been too busy recently.

However, Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Shopkeeper Chen, haha...... I see, I see! ”

Guo Jia was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is Shopkeeper Chen?" ”

Dian Wei was stunned for a while, and suddenly found that he seemed to have said something wrong and accidentally exposed Chen Yang.

However, Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Okay, no need to say it again, since you can learn from evil, it means that this bookkeeping method works, I will promote it immediately, and you can go down first when evil comes." ”

"Good!"

Dian Wei was just about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and came back, he said again: "I almost forgot, Prime Minister, I have solved the matter of clearing the wasteland, and we no longer need soldiers to farm." ”

After that, he took out the strip of cloth that Chen Yang gave him.