Cao Cao did not take a boat, directly from Yangzhou to Funan Zhenla, he from the land, through Jiaozhou, to go there, of course, he is to observe the situation along the road, Yangzhou assassin Shi frustration but the situation in Jiaozhou blown to the sky, Cao Cao is not very convinced, he still has to go to see in person, when the frame rushed to Jiaozhou, Cao Cao was indeed a little surprised, the situation here made him a little incredible.

In the eyes of everyone in the temple, Jiaozhou represents poverty, remoteness, poor mountains and bad waters, Cao Cao did not rush here, the same thought, but when the car left Yangzhou and entered Jiaozhou, he was startled by the scenery in front of him, in front of him, is an endless range of cultivated land, these cultivated land, and Yangzhou, and the Central Plains are different, they are not scattered, but closely connected.

Starting from Cangwu County, the empty and spacious roadside, there is arable land everywhere, the cultivated land is connected together, it is very pleasing to the eye, such a situation, Cao Cao has really never seen, and the distribution of the dwellings, is also very distinctive, along these cultivated land, the dwellings are also located on the side of the road, most of the dwellings are almost the same decoration, the whole Cangwu County looks as if it has been carefully drawn by people, the building, the cultivated land, extremely beautiful.

Cao Cao's eyes widened, even if he was in a hurry, he couldn't help but get out of the car, from the beginning of entering Jiaozhou, the road seemed to be so flat, so clean, Cao Cao walked on the edge of those cultivated land, after passing through the endless cultivated land, you can also see some other planting areas, where there seem to be cultivated such things, herbs and the like, and some are standardized workshops, some do textiles, some process herbs, fruits.

Cao Cao looked at the surrounding situation and hurriedly called the pavilion chief who was escorting them to his side.

"This... Why is the arable land and the houses here like this? ”

The pavilion chief was stunned for a moment, he was a young man, it seemed that he was still not very familiar with the surrounding situation, he frowned, and said: "Back to Situ Gong, Jiaozhou has always been like this...", Cao Cao glanced at him, and said helplessly: "Okay, you can send a post guard now, let your assassin history come to see me!" The pavilion chief nodded, and hurriedly went to command, Cao Cao looked at the situation here, and was a little shocked.

From time to time, horse-drawn carriages appeared on the road, pulling a lot of supplies and heading towards the county seat.

When Cao Cao led people into the county, he found that most of the county is also like this, well-behaved, neat, orderly, in the mouths of the people here, he heard the familiar Yangzhou accent, and even Yuzhou accent, since he was a child playing with two bastards, he is very familiar with the accent here in Runan, Yuzhou, Jiaozhou seems to be more outsiders than locals, most of these outsiders are businessmen.

Two days later, Gu Yong, the assassin of Jiaozhou, came to meet Cao Cao.

Gu Yong walked into the county office, just in time to see Cao Cao walking out of the study, Gu Yong hurriedly bowed, but Cao Cao laughed and helped him up, Cao Cao looked him up and down, nodded, and said: "Okay, yes, as soon as Gu Gong shows talents, I will say, what a capable person can govern Jiaozhou like this!" When I saw it today, this capable minister's posture, but the public couldn't cover it!! Cao Cao praised, but Gu Yong didn't have any joy, just arched his hand and replied: "Cao Gong has a good reputation." ”

Cao Cao led him back to the study and sat facing him.

"Gu Gong, the situation in Jiaozhou is good..."

"It's good."

"I came here this time, there is something important, I think you have also heard, I want to build the canal, lack of manpower, ready to find manpower from Funan, therefore, there may be a large number of manpower to pass through Jiaozhou, this matter, I hope Gu Gong can help take care of it..."

"Don't dare."

Gu Yong didn't talk much, but he showed due respect for Situ, Cao Cao was already very happy about this, at least much better than the crazy old man, the two talked for a long time, and Cao Cao asked with great interest: "Gu Gong, the situation in Jiaozhou seems to be different from other places?" ”

Gu Yong looked at him, frowned, and said: "Situ Gong doesn't know, Jiaozhou only appeared at the end of Jianning, this was originally Jiaozhi County, the number is less than 200,000, and there are fierce beasts in the mountains and forests everywhere... Arable land is even scarcer, and most of the people live by fishing and hunting... There are only a few in the county, not to mention Chidao, everything is a time when everything is in ruins, at this time, Liu Gong rushed here..."

"After arriving here, he formulated a policy of Jiaozhou for 20 years, mobilized the people, cultivated together, and rejuvenated agriculture, therefore, most of the cultivated land here is connected together, all of which are reclaimed in a unified manner, and he also built roads to allow Jiaozhou to communicate with foreign countries, and learned that there are special fruits and herbs here, and he encouraged the people to cultivate on a large scale, as well as fishing, and even hunting, weaving, and iron smelting, he made detailed plans in all aspects...."

"After I succeeded Liu Gong, I just governed according to the strategy left by Liu Gong, and there is today's prosperous world, because Liu Gong is also virtuous."

Speaking of these, Gu Yong's words became more, listening to his introduction to these situations, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel respect, he shook his head and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, if Gong Liu hadn't died early... Alas...", Cao Cao sighed, he looked at Gu Yong, and said: "The situation in Jiaozhou is so good, Liu Gong must be happy in the spirit of heaven, and you can rest assured.."

"Situ Gong, are you looking for people from Funan Zhenla, are you looking for local people?" Gu Yong asked suspiciously, Cao Cao nodded and said, "Naturally." Gu Yong smiled and said: "Situ Gong, this is not easy, Funan and Zhenla, and Xiping have been united for 16 years, collectively known as Funan Kingdom, with a virtuous talent as the prime minister, this virtuous talent, after arriving in Funan, is also like Liu Gong, Daxing agriculture, doing water conservancy, and engaging in official learning...."

"In today's Funan, everyone speaks elegantly, with the Son of Heaven in their hearts, as the Han people say, if Situ Gong wants to arrest them and let them build the canal... It's not easy..."Gu Yong shook his head.

When Cao Cao heard this, he frowned, and said unhappily: "Barbarian, why do you claim to be the people of the Son of Heaven?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gu Yong's face suddenly became a little wrong, frowned, stood up, and said: "Situ Gong, that virtuous man, he can't listen to others, Situ Gong has to persuade him well... I still have some things, so I won't bother anymore...", Gu Yong said, turned around and left, Cao Cao watched him leave with a little blankness, where did he provoke this guy? ? He is also from a barbarian background??? No, I heard that he was from a big family.

Cao Cao pondered, and simply ignored him.

Immediately set off, to Funan, walking on the road, Cao Cao was still thinking, what to do, Funan had already been attributed to the Han Dynasty in the early years of Xiping, when the temple sent the minister to manage, as the vassal state of the Han Dynasty, but Cao Cao did not expect that the situation in Funan would become like this, if the people there really became Han people, how could he arrest them, I was afraid that he proposed to arrest, and the minister of Funan would drive himself out.

Uncivilized barbarians are not the same thing as people who have read through the books of the sages, nor can they be treated in the same way.

Cao Cao sat in the carriage, when he passed through Jiaozhi County, Jiaozhou Zhizhi County, he was stunned for a moment, on the side of the county gate, there was a huge statue, the statue seemed to be cast in copper, the sculpture was an old man, the old man was like an old farmer, rolled up his trouser legs, smiling, holding a big fish, staring at all the people who came to Jiaozhou, Cao Cao clearly saw that every person who entered the city would bow to the sculpture.

Cao Cao slapped his forehead suddenly, he understood why Gu Yong was so angry.

He hurriedly looked at the huge sculpture and muttered in a low voice:

"Gong Liu, I'm not talking about you, don't blame for unintentional words, don't blame for it!"

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When Cao Cao arrived in Funan, he frowned tightly, especially annoyed, because he came all the way, all he heard was Yayan, the new minister seemed to be promoting Yayan here, building a lot of official schools, the arable land, houses, and buildings on both sides of the road were all the same as the Central Plains, and he couldn't see any barbarian wind, and he saw that the young children were shouting Yayan, chasing each other and playing.

Occasionally, there would be cultivators, and after seeing their group, they would bow to them.

Alas, what is this, if they are all like this, who will build the canal?

Cao Cao stroked his beard and fell into deep thought, because Cao Cao did not notify, the officials here did not know that Situ was coming, and when they later learned that Situ had arrived, these people were particularly shocked, Cao Cao everywhere he went, the officials here would warmly greet and receive Cao Cao, among these officials, there are people from the Central Plains, and there are also locals from Funan, but it can be seen that even if it is a Funan person, it is definitely not a mediocre person.

When Cao Cao inquired about the local situation, and even about the canal, most of them were able to express their opinions.

The two countries merged into the Funan country, in fact, is not big, there are few people here, arable land is more, Cao Cao soon rushed to the main city, into the prime minister's mansion, these years, Cao Cao has been busy in the temple of various policies, these local officials, is really not very familiar, these officials, most of them are directly by the Son of Heaven and Guo Jia after negotiation, arranged down.

The Prime Minister of Funan stood in front of Cao Cao and saluted him, "Du Wei, meet Situ Gong!" ”

He is more polite than Gu Yong, these local officials, because they directly obey the orders of the Son of Heaven, they are not so awe-inspiring for Situ, Cao Cao's attitude towards him is very satisfied, at the same time, he is also thinking in his heart, Gu Yong said that this person will not listen to the advice of others, nor can he listen to his own words, and he thought that he was an arrogant person, but he didn't expect that he was so polite, why did Gu Yong say him like that? ?