Chapter 187: Iron has to be hard

The next morning,

Yu Pan was a little surprised to look at Liu Chan, who had a tired face, facing the cold wind, standing in the morning light holding a ring-headed knife, which was waving awkwardly, looking ......

Is this practicing martial arts?

Seeing Liu Chan's solemn face, Yu Xuan was embarrassed to hit him.

He stepped forward and smiled:

"The son of the world got up early."

Liu Chan's chaotic dance was out of order, and he felt ashamed.

However, last night, after listening to Gu Xiu's story about the later history of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Chan was quite depressed,

Only by sweating in the cold wind can he calm his restless heart a little.

"Mr. Zhong Xiang, what do you think of my knife technique?" He wiped his sweat and asked earnestly.

"Uh, Shizi...... Shizi, this is not at all. ”

Liu Chan nodded and said with a wry smile:

"Indeed, it's a complete mess."

In the previous battles, although Liu Chan had the experience of charging in person a few times,

But at that time, it was an absolute battle in the protection of everyone, and it was impossible to do it with Sun Quan to shoot the tiger.

Liu Chan very sincerely asked Yu Flip to instruct himself in a few moves, although Yu Flip is not good at swordsmanship, but it is more than enough to guide Liu Chan.

He took the knife and danced casually a few times, letting Liu Chan follow and learn, and the scene was quite lively for a while.

Luo Tong has an important mission, and he got up early in the morning to see Yu Xuan.

Seeing that Yu Chuan was actually teaching Liu Chan the knife technique, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Sure enough, as I expected, Zhong Xiang should have defected to Liu Adou early, and he also contributed a lot to the previous things.

Otherwise, with his ability, he shouldn't have been captured by Liu Adou so easily.

However, Luo Tong did not have any intention of reporting Yu to Sun Quan.

After all, he and Yu Fu are fellow villagers,

In this era when the concept of vernacular is very heavy, Yu Tuo and Liu Chan are good friends, which is of great help to Luo Tong.

"Chen Luo Tong, see the son."

Liu Chan was dancing happily, and when he saw Luo Tong stepping forward, he was slightly unhappy.

The last time I was in the mouth of the oil river, this product was elusive, is this a habit?

"General Gongxu came early."

Luo Tong smiled gently: "I'm disturbing the prince Yaxing, Tong is going to return today, and I came to say goodbye to the prince." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Chan speculated before that Luo Tong, as the messenger who sent Sun Shangxiang here, must also be on the mission of repairing the Sun-Liu Alliance, but he didn't expect Luo Tong to return so soon.

Luo Tong smiled and said:

"Tong was ordered to escort Mrs. Sun, and now that the mission has been completed, it is natural to return to Jiangdong immediately.

If the prince has anything else to send, but it doesn't hurt to say. ”

Liu Chan was silent for a moment and said:

"I also asked Gongxu to tell General Sun that Cao Cao was about to die, and Cao Pi might pour his troops south to attack Jiangdong.

Lu Xun had the talent to command the army, and he also asked General Sun to use it to prepare for Cao's army to go south. ”

Liu Chan knew that he might seem a little yin and yang when he said this,

But there is no way, Cao Wei did carry out several large-scale battles against Eastern Wu in history.

If there was no Lu Xun, I don't know if Soochow would be able to withstand such a large-scale attack.

Liu Bei's Yizhou and Liu Chan's Jingzhou are far from recovering to the point of launching a large-scale unified operation.

Liu Chan was also ready to find a way to pacify the rear of Nanzhong and then make preparations for troops.

At this time, if Sun Quan was picked by Cao Pi, it would be a big trouble.

Luo Tong smiled in his heart, and said in his heart Lu Yusheng came over, Liu Chan really began to fully support Lu Xun now.

Originally, weakening the power of Jiangbei was something that Luo Tong liked to see.

But Jiangbei's power weakened too quickly, and the vacancies they left behind were basically filled by the four surnames of Wu County.

Only sharing a little benefit to the other Jiangdong clans made them a little unhappy.

Now Sun Quan has noticed the tacit understanding between Lu Xun and Liu Chan,

In order to eliminate the four surnames of Wu County, he has made it clear that Luo Tong is ready to give up some power, and with Luo Tong as the governor, he moved his grandson to Luo Tong's side and learned the art of war and war theory from Luo Tong.

This made Luo Tong feel very good.

For this, he also had to help Sun Quan speak.

"Lu Xun uses soldiers, how can he compare with the prince?

If the prince is willing to help his ministers and others, even if Cao Pi has great ability, he will not dare to go south to cause chaos. ”

That's why I just didn't want to help you......

Liu Chan didn't want Cao Wei to rush to support every time he attacked.

Wouldn't this be Sun Quan's thug.

Seeing Liu Chan's hesitation, Luo Tong smiled and said:

"General Sun admires the son of the world, and often says that the son of the world is the first hero in the world.

The person who can revive the Han family is none other than the son of the world,

The minister is also willing to be the lord of the world, let it be driven, and dare not slack off......"

No matter how naΓ―ve Liu Chan is at this time, he can probably hear the meaning of Luo Tong's words.

Yes, it must be Sun Quan's defeat, and those clans in their court began to make trouble, and Sun Quan was ready to pull a gang to fight a gang.

Thinking that Sun Quan used the means of "the dispute between the two palaces" in the history books, Liu Chan was not surprised at all by what means he used now.

But maintaining a half-dead Soochow is of great significance to the current Liu Chan,

He pondered for a moment and said:

"Let's say it clearly, my father and son are willing to watch each other with General Sun and help the Han family together,

As for the others, I have no idea of forming an alliance with them for the time being. ”

In order to calm Sun Quan's heart, Liu Chan planned to shed some blood.

"Wait a minute, I have a gift for General Sun."

He went back to the house to grope around, took out a sapper shovel, walked slowly to Luo Tong unwillingly, and handed the sapper shovel to Luo Tong.

"This is a divine weapon given to me by God Haotian, invincible, rare in the world,

This thing is taken as a token for General Sun,

I hope that General Sun will join hands with me to go on the Northern Expedition and support the Han Dynasty! ”

Luo Tong took the sapper shovel, and his face suddenly changed.

He remembered that this was the weapon used by Liu Chan's ace Haotian Army in the Battle of Youjiangkou at that time.

At that time, the Haotian army suddenly dispatched and caught Wu Jun off guard.

But at that time, Han Dang's death camp was large after all, and under Han Dang's command, it would not collapse so easily.

But the soldiers who fled said that the weapons in their hands were wicked.

Wu Jun's ring-headed knife broke as easily as dry wood in front of this weapon,

The brave soldiers of the Wu army did not dare to resist after losing their weapons, so they could only flee one after another.

At that time, the generals of the Wu army did not believe that Liu Chan really had the ability to communicate with heaven and earth, but that Liu Chanjun's iron smelting technique had made great progress.

But really holding this rough shovel with a matte finish, Luo Tong immediately realized that this was by no means a magical weapon that could be possessed in this era.

Haotian gave it, and it was really true.

"The prince can rest assured, as long as our country quells the civil strife, he will definitely go on a northern expedition side by side with the prince.

The strange treasures, jade and jade that the prince likes will also be worshiped every year, and they will definitely satisfy the heart of the prince. ”

"You don't have to play with it,

Jadeite, I just want jadeite. ”

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Luo Tong left satisfied,

This mission was very successful, and his status in Sun Quan's heart will definitely rise a lot, and he has also set up a line with Liu Chan, so he can use the opportunity to send jade in the future to contact more.

He will later become the commander of the Huiji clan, and will be able to seize even more power in the future.

The conversation with Luo Tong made Liu Chan realize that there was something wrong with his previous decision-making now.

Liu Chan's previous strategies were all based on the "Three Kingdoms" Zhonglian Sun Kangcao.

However, at that time, Sun Quan was the victor, and the ethnic contradictions in his country were not fierce, and the economy was far better than now, which could be used as the basis for constantly fighting Cao Wei.

But now the situation is different, the last time Sun Quan was beaten too hard, the Jiangbei faction of Eastern Wu suffered a huge blow, and the clan in Jiangnan has begun to fight for power in advance.

In addition, the Dongwu tradition is unreliable, and the iron has to be hard.

Grasp it tightly, whether it is sowing seeds or striving for talents, there can be no delay.

In the next few days, Liu Chan and Ma Liang, Yu Tuo, Pang Lin and others planned the spring ploughing event.

Qi Jinjin's dwarf rice seeds have been sent a lot,

But if it is promoted on a large scale, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Under Maleonn's suggestion, most of the land is still grown with traditional crops.

Liu Chan commanded his troops to begin to reclaim the wasteland, and tried to plant dwarf rice and some sweet potatoes on the wasteland.

These newly reclaimed wastelands are counted as Liu Chan's private land,

Liu Chan also knew that there would inevitably be problems in the first type, and promised to count everyone's achievements if he planted well, and counted his own losses if he didn't plant well.

In view of the fact that the current small-scale peasant economy is really unable to support so many people to work as professional soldiers,

Liu Chan could only take out the traditional tuntian system and mobilize these soldiers, who were still slaves, to work for free.

But Liu Chan promised that this kind of thing would never last long.

Although these soldiers were war criminals, they were also the people of the Han Dynasty.

As long as they behave well after five years of reform, they can regain their status as freedmen.

When the time comes, Liu Chan will give them farm tools, and the land they have cultivated will also become their own cultivated fields-

As for how big this field can be, it depends on their own subjective initiative in five years.

At this time, Cao Cao had already invented the scholar family system that was later carried forward by the iron-blooded great.

The vast majority of Cao Wei soldiers, even if they had been farming for a lifetime, were only semi-serfs, and most of them had already accepted their fate and were ready to farm here in Liu Chan.

But Liu Chan actually said that he could give them a chance to restore their status as free people.

This made many people burst into tears at that time, and they bowed to Liu Chan one after another, saying that they must do their best to restore their freedom as soon as possible-

This one can't speak.

The person who can talk also bows to the ground, saying that it doesn't matter if he is free or not, the main thing is to make some contribution to the Han.

With a large amount of manpower, Jingzhou's spring ploughing finally has the scale it wants.

The clans of Jingzhou also showed their support for Liu Chan and began to actively provide some seeds and agricultural tools - after all, such a large-scale reclamation would also be of great help to them.

When the whole Jingzhou is prosperous, it is the real prosperity.

Again, this is a small detail.

Not only that, Liu Chan also asked Yu to turn his hands and prepare to promote literature in the army first, and named this move "literacy".

The captured Cao Wei soldiers became the first targets of literacy,

Those who can read a thousand words early can restore their status as free people a year early.

This should be attractive enough.

Literacy was a very important subject in the early years of the Han army.

But now the composition of the Han army has long been in shambles, and literacy has not been promoted.

There are also many generals who are proud of their lack of education, and many qualified generals have big heads when they look at the scriptures and history, and they also think that this thing is useless, and they don't bother to watch it at all, and even squeeze out the literate soldiers in the army. (For example, Wang Ping, a general in the late Ji and Han dynasties, was clearly recorded to be literate no more than ten, although he was not Han, he could not know ten words even if he was willing to read a book)

There is a hope for the soldiers, and they are willing to study hard, but their own Yuan Cong soldiers (such as Yang Qun and Ding Li's subordinates when they were thieves) trembled when they heard that they were studying.

They would rather go to Jianye than hold those scriptures to understand the subtle words of their ancestors.

In this way, Liu Chan is very good.

But Yu turned to a calm face, indicating that he had long understood the intentions of the prince, and these things would soon be solved.

Isn't it just to let these stubborn people study honestly?

It's not hard.

Unconsciously, most of the first month of Jian'an's 25 years has passed.

Seeing that it was approaching the end of the month, Liu Chan hurriedly sent Ma Jian on the road.

"Cao Cao will definitely die.

When I arrived in Luoyang, I saw the opportunity to act. ”

Ma Tan chick nodded again and again like eating rice:

"Don't worry, I will do my best to complete the task assigned by the prince."

"Well, it's still the same sentence, it doesn't matter if you can't find Deng Ai, you have to think about your personal safety first.

If everything goes well, you can give full play to your mental combat skills.

If it doesn't work, let's run quickly. ”