Shi Xie's contribution made Sun Ce's momentum great, and he became the prince with the largest area and the greatest prestige in the south. Although the actual situation is that Shi Xie only expressed his submission and did not really surrender, only Sun Ce and a few of his henchmen knew about this matter, and no one else knew about it! I have to say that Shi Xie is an old and cunning person, after publicly announcing his devotion to Sun Ce, although Sun Ce was dissatisfied, he could only suppress it, so that he could not only get benefits, but also did not have any actual losses.

Jingzhou, when Liu Biao got the news, he roared angrily: "Damn it, this little bastard has surpassed Benzhou Mu in terms of momentum, I'm afraid the next thing is to do something to Benzhou Mu." ”

Immediately, Liu Biao gathered his subordinates and said very dissatisfied: "Look at it, see for yourself!" ”

Cai Mao and the others had already heard the news before this and understood that this was a pretext to play, so they were silent one by one. Obviously, Liu Biao didn't wait for them to speak, and then said: "We have a big enmity with Jiangdong, and now that Xiao'er is in power, he is bound to be rampant." No matter what you think, you must immediately come up with a way, if you finally let the state pastor lose people, then the state pastor will make some people lose their lives! ”

After speaking, Liu Biao flicked his sleeves and went back to the backyard.

Cai Mao and the others were not frightened, they have always looked down on Jiaozhou Shixie. Without him, Cai Mao and the others' Cai family, Kuai family and other families have opened stores in Jiaozhou, but it is a huge state, and the money the family makes there is not as much as a county in Jingzhou, so they really can't afford it.

However, regardless of whether they could afford it or not, and how they would respond to Liu Biao's anger, there was no doubt that Sun Ce had become the most powerful and extensive prince in the south.

When Liu Yan in Yizhou got the news, he didn't make any moves, but his heart inevitably sank!

People such as Xiliang Ma Teng have forgotten about this after seeing it. Yuan Shao of Jizhou, also because there is still Cao Cao between the two, only a little attention.

The ones who really raised their vigilance, in addition to Liu Biao, who had a direct conflict, were Cao Cao and Gongsun Du.

Cao Cao is because Yangzhou is divided by the Yangtze River, and the two sides occupy Jiangbei and Jiangnan, which are considered to be directly bordered, so they have to be vigilant, and Gongsun Du is familiar with history and knows that the rise of the Sun family is unstoppable. But now Gongsun Du is faced with a choice.

"Help Sun Ce tide over the difficulties? Or do you ignore it? ”

According to the news, Sun Ce's death knot should be caused by this raid on his family and his family. Raiding the family and destroying the clan is a deep hatred, and those who escape naturally do not want revenge all the time. And Sun Ce happened to be brave and strategic, but his background and long-term victories made him develop arrogance, which was the fundamental reason for his death.

Gongsun Du thought about it for a long time, and sighed softly: "That's it, Da Qiao, who was supposed to marry you, has become my Ying'er, so I will compensate you with this." ”

When Gongsun Du said this, there was a hint of strange color flashing in his eyes, but he quickly disappeared, and then got up and wrote down a secret order, which was quickly passed on.

……

By March, the snow in the south had melted, and Sun Ce, Liu Biao, Liu Yan and others had begun spring planting. What no one noticed was that this year's spring not only came late, but also came a little warmer, and the spring rain was much less than in previous years.

Although the snow melts later in the north, it is only ten days and a half months, and the impact is not great. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Du also asked the people below to hurry up and start spring planting.

In April, when the snow melts, it warms up all of a sudden.

Xuchang.

As soon as Cao Cao came back from Captain Tuntian, Cheng Yu hurried over.

"Zhongde? Come, sit here. ”

Although Cao Cao was a little surprised, he still greeted warmly.

"Thank you, Lord." Cheng Yu arched his hand, and was not polite, and sat straight over.

is different from history, after Cao Cao's subordinates lost Xun Yu, nor did they have Xi Zhong and Guo Jia, and Xun Yu faintly looked like an anti-bone boy, Cao Cao valued Cheng Yu, an old and serious strategist, much more seriously. Hehe, maybe Cheng Yu sent that money is also one of the reasons.

Cao Cao personally poured Cheng Yu a cup of tea, and then asked, "What is the important matter for Zhongde to come here?" ”

Cheng Yu knew the advance and retreat, never pampered and arrogant, and quickly took the tea when he heard the sound, and then immediately replied: "Lord, this day this year seems to be a little wrong. ”

Cao Cao was stunned, didn't react, just asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"As soon as the snow melted, it became hot, which is really wrong."

Cheng Yu pointed out the key points, and then continued: "For this reason, Yu specially consulted the old farmers within a radius of 100 miles from Xuchang, according to their feelings, this summer may be a little hot. ”

Cao Cao finally understood, and asked with a solemn face: "Will it cause a drought?" ”

"I don't know." Cheng Yu shook his head and said, "But don't be careful!" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhongde has a good plan?" ”

"Yanzhou and Xuzhou are fine, one is against the Yellow River and the other is against the sea. But Yuzhou is different. Since Cheng Yu came, he was naturally prepared, and said straightforwardly, "To solve the problem of drought, if you want to have an effect in the short term, it is to dig a pit to store water, and the trouble is that when the weather is hot, you don't know how much water can be left, whether it is enough." In the long run, it will be necessary to dig a canal to divert water, but it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, but it will take a lot of time. ”

Cao Cao couldn't help pacing back and forth in the room when he heard this, obviously making a difficult choice.

After a while, Cao Cao stopped at his feet and said, "With our current financial resources, I am afraid that it will not be possible to open a canal to divert water." ”

Cheng Yu naturally knew the inside story, and it was his duty to give advice, as for how he would choose in the end, it was not his business, so he nodded and did not speak.

Cao Cao glanced at him, and continued, "Dig the pond!" Let each village organize manpower, dig at least one, and if there is no one in two months, sit down! In addition, let Captain Tuntian except for the things in the field, that is, dig the pond, there can be no stealing and trickery, and dig as much as he can. ”

"Yes, my lord."

Cao Cao's movements on this side naturally couldn't be hidden from Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao didn't care when he got the news. Gongsun Yi had already received an order from Gongsun Du before this, and he also began to dig the pond. It's just that because of the dense water network in Qingzhou, the movement is much smaller, and it is covered up by Cao Cao's movements, and no one pays attention to it.

Youzhou, Zhuo County.

Gongsun Du said murderously: "This is a matter, no one is allowed to slack off, but anyone who disobeys this order-"

"No mercy!"

Originally, some people didn't care much about hearing this, but they all cheered up and replied in a loud voice: "Yes, lord." ”

Youzhou, and Bingzhou, located in the north, is short of water resources, the annual rain is far lower than in the south, Gongsun Du had to give this strict order, to be honest, Gongsun Du is not sure that the drought at the end of the Han Dynasty should be this year, but he clearly knows that the drought is inevitable, and it is good to be prepared now.

As a result, the two states were merged and the ponds were excavated on a large scale to build water conservancy. Even the original plan to rest the city was directly stopped, and half of the captives who built the road were directly transferred.

In most places in Youzhou and Prefecture, Gongsun Du is not worried, because they are located in the border areas, these places are vast and sparsely populated, although there are few rivers, but there are still some rivers, as long as you make a little preparation, there will be no problem. But the counties in eastern Liaodong are different.

From the east of Lulongsai, the place where Gongsun Du started is densely populated, and now it is impossible to go away without saying 10 million, 8 million, but the rivers in these places are much less than those west of Lulongsai, which is a big trouble.

Gongsun Du thought about it, and finally sent another order to Yingzhou.

Soon after, the natives who became miners in the counties of Yingzhou were taken away one by one, sent to the seaside, and boarded the warships of the Youzhou Army, and the original mining of minerals was directly stopped.

To the south, Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Liu Yan and others did not notice anything wrong, and when they got Cao Jun's abnormal movements, they only raised their vigilance and did not say anything else.

As time went by, the weather became hotter and hotter, and the water level of streams and rivers in various places dropped rapidly.

Until......