Cao Cao sat on the boat, the boat rowed out a wave, slowly moving forward, Cao Cao sat on the boat, looking at the surrounding scenery, couldn't help but make a poem, when he was conceiving the verses, but heard the words of the official, the boat was about to arrive at the shore, Cao Cao resisted the impulse in his heart, turned his head, looked at the shore, on the shore, there was already a group of people waiting, this time, Cao Cao came to Yangzhou, in order to be able to quickly implement the canal policy.

Before that, he also had to meet a strange person, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Fu Zhi, it stands to reason that the Assassin Shi as a supervisory body, does not have the power to implement internal affairs, of course, the same is true of Fu Zhi, but he can rely on his strong personality charm, lead the Taishou of Yangzhou counties, act together, build water conservancy, reclaim farmland, these things, for the local Taishou is beneficial and harmless, under the leadership of Fu Zhi, these years, the development of Yangzhou has never stopped.

Cao Cao looked at the shore, he saw a lot of boats were leaning on the shore, most of them were people's fishing boats, and some large merchant ships, most of these merchant ships were for official use, and the merchants could not own them privately, of course, there were troop carriers, these troop carriers, were connected to Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, Funan, Yizhou, the four regions of the button, through these ships, the southwest coastal areas can ensure the safety of all places.

Cao Cao looked at these seriously, and soon, the boat docked, and when the sailors stopped the boat and anchored, Cao Cao led his subordinate officers and walked on the river bank, just on the shore, he saw an old man of about the same age as himself, on crutches, leading the ministers, waiting, Cao Cao knew in his heart that this was the history of Yangzhou Thorn, this person frowned, and it seemed that he was not very kind.

"Meet Situ Gong!!" Cao Cao smiled, stretched out his hand, helped him up, and said: "Fu Gong doesn't have to be like this, I have heard the name of Fu Gong, and I am really happy to meet him today!" Although Cao Cao was so complimentary, there was no excitement on his face, and he said: "Does Situ Gong want to go to see a few canals in Yangzhou first, or do you want to go back to the house to talk about it?" ”

This person didn't have any intention of greeting Cao Cao, he went straight to the point, hearing his words, Cao Cao didn't deliberately greet again, turned his head, looked at the small boats on the shore, and asked: "How is the fishing industry in Yangzhou recently?" ”

Cao Cao did not answer his question, but instead asked, but only in an instant, he took the initiative of discourse into his own hands, and he also looked at the ship in the distance and said, "It's not good." ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Then please take me around, I want to see the canal digging in various places... Before I came here, I heard that I was frustrated and chiseled a lot..."

"No, Situ Gong, it's different, the minister dug the canal to divert water for irrigation, and Situ Gong is to dig the canal that the boat can pass through, and the canals I dug here should not be of much help..." I'll take Situ Gong to a few nearby watersides to have a look..."

Frustrated and Cao Cao rode in the same carriage, the two looked at the scenery outside the window, Frustrated Professor also introduced the situation here, talking and talking, Cao Cao felt a little bad, of course, it is not that the situation in Yangzhou is not good, it can be seen that Frustrated Professor is a capable minister, the situation in Yangzhou is very good, you can see abundant crops everywhere, the people are full of food and clothing, and there are many vehicles, and the situation in Yangzhou has exceeded many counties in the Central Plains.

However, the main problem is still in the channel, originally Cao Cao learned that Fu Zhu was in Yangzhou Daxing water conservancy, originally thought that it could have a little effect on the canal, but after arriving, Cao Cao found that what Fu Zhu just said was right, the canal he built was for water diversion, not for shipping, which could not help the canal, Cao Cao frowned, and asked: "If I dig from Jiaozhou and let Jiaoyang connect, where does Fu Gong think it is most appropriate to start?" ”

Frustrated, he turned his head and looked at Cao Cao in front of him, as if he was a little surprised, he thought for a moment, and then said: "Situ Gong, this Jiaozhou is already connected to Yangzhou, in the past, Liu Gong had built a gallop road in Jiaozhou, and the exchanges between the two states were very close, in addition... From the sea, goods can also be transported through the South China Sea, why did Situ Gong take the extra step to dig a canal??? ”

"Ahem, ahem... What about the public? ”

"You're here to build the canal, what's the use of my opinion?"

"This...."Cao Cao couldn't answer, he said: "I think, water transportation may be faster than land routes...", frustrated and helplessly shook his head, said: "I thought that Cao Gong was the Situ of the dynasty, the canal is great and the world, Cao Gong's heart is here, it must be respectable, but I don't want to, it turns out that he is just a person who covets fame and fame, building a canal?? Just for your merits?? Still digging from Jiaozhou?? Leave!! ”

Cao Cao saw it, he was shocked, and hurriedly got off the carriage, blocked in front of him, and said with a smile: "Don't be like this, this is the first time I have rushed to the south, I have been looking at the map before, and I don't know the specific situation, so I came in person, I want to take a look, I want to take a look, I don't blame, the matter of the canal, the merit is in the future, and I hope that the Fu Gong can help one or two..."

Seeing Cao Cao's attitude, Fu Gong also put away his anger, he frowned, and said: "Situ Gong, the matter of the canal is to use hundreds of people and spend countless money, there must be no mistakes, especially such excessive mistakes...", Cao Cao smiled and nodded, his attitude was very respectful, and he gave up, leading Cao Cao to continue to inspect various places, and followed Fu Zhu, Cao Cao traveled all over Wu County.

Later, he went to Huiji County, Chaisang County and other regions, frustrated with his understanding of Yangzhou, which did benefit Cao Cao a lot, there seemed to be no area in Yangzhou that he didn't know, in addition, Cao Cao gradually understood his temperament, he couldn't joke about this person, he was very solemn, never joked, usually, Cao Cao was a good joke person, even to the Son of Heaven, he occasionally laughed, which made everyone laugh.

But in front of the frustrated professor, this will not work, no matter what joke Cao Cao makes, the frustrated professor is frowning, looking at him coldly, there is no human touch at all, the whole person, it is like an administrative machine, in front of him, you can only say some serious things, even greeting him refused, usually the officials meet, after the meeting, they will start to talk about business, no one greets him or something, Cao Cao is very uncomfortable.

Originally, he was not a person with few words, and he liked to joke, who knows, he met such a person.

The two walked in Qiantang County of Huiji County, Cao Cao wanted to make this the starting point of the canal, Qiantang County of Huiji County, close to the lake, of course it is the most suitable, the two watched here for a long time, Cao Cao gradually had a plan in his heart, seeing that he was a little excited, he nodded in frustration and said: "It's okay to start work from here, but there are very few people in Huiji County, I'm afraid that people will have to be transported from abroad..."

"Hahaha, Fu Gong is not bad as I thought... Hey, it's a great view... If you retire, this is the most suitable place to retire..."

"First of all, it is necessary to connect several counties in Yangzhou, Yangzhou has a lot of water sources, which is not difficult, but it is difficult to manpower....", listening to the words of the frustrated professor, Cao Cao looked at him a little helplessly, and asked: "Before I arrived, I thought I was a madman, I was busy formulating decrees and strategies all day long, and I didn't have any leisure time, but now I know that I am much worse than the frustrated Gongke..."

"Frustrated, this person should also be properly relaxed, if he can't speak, it's a serious matter, I'll have a banquet tonight, let's eat together and drink wine, how about it?"

"How are you going to solve the labor problem?"

Cao Cao opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak, he looked at the lake, frowned, and said: "Duke Fu may know that in the past, when Duke Dong built the Youzhou Chi Road, he used a large number of captives and slaves... In addition, when the prince was in Yangzhou, he also brought a lot of labor to Yangzhou, so I want to transfer people from Funan and Zhenla, and I also want to arrest some from overseas..."

"By the way, there are also prisoners, prisoners in the prison, they can't be wasted, let them come, and there are local families, I am ready to let them send their servants to help... Many people think that this is a bit unkind, but I think that after the canal is completed, it is the people who benefit the most, but it is not benevolent...", Cao Cao did not finish speaking, and the frustration on the side interrupted him.

"Yes, okay, that's all."

After speaking, he turned around and left, leaving only Cao Cao, who was about to tell his great ambitions, staring blankly at the water and opening his mouth wide, but it stopped abruptly.

Cao Cao sighed here for a long time, at this time, he missed Liu Bei very much, or Liu Bei is good, he can talk to himself very happily, talk and laugh, what kind of person is this, an administrative machine developed by Ma Jun??

When Cao Cao returned to the county office, there was no figure of Fu Zhi, he waited until the evening, and did not wait for him, Cao Cao hurriedly found the county order, asked about the whereabouts of Fu Zhi, the county order met Cao Cao, and said: "Fu Gong left earlier, and did not inform his whereabouts." Hearing his words, Cao Cao was furious, this guy is not a person, and he really left like this???

He looked at the county order helplessly and asked, "I will go to the table and the temple later, you tell the soldiers of the post station, and I will be here later..."

"Respectfully!"

"By the way, is there anything interesting in this Qiantang County?"

"Back to Situ, my Qiantang County has built a canal in the north of the city, which can irrigate..."

"Alright, alright, let's get out!!"

Cao Cao returned to the study, wrote out the situation here in detail, and wrote his own plan, that is, about the problem of manpower, he hoped to start construction from tomorrow, although the huge canal, he only explored the Yangzhou area, the rest of the area has not yet been whereabouts, but Cao Cao can't wait to carry out, because he wants to quickly build the canal, let the canal directly into the ship, the wealth obtained, can be used in the construction of the next section of the canal.

In this way, a lot of pressure on the temple can be reduced.

As soon as he finished writing, a post station soldier came to visit, and Cao Cao handed the letter to this expressionless and extremely solemn post guard, and what he wanted to say was also held back by him.

There is no normal person in Yangzhou, and the officials here are all crazy, all crazy!!