"I'm here for the canal, and the excavation of the canal requires a lot of manpower... Kindness... I thought, maybe Du Gong knows where to find a large number of people? I think, around Funan, there are always barbarian, indigenous settlements, right? Cao Cao asked.

Du Wei sat in front of him, a little dazed, looking at him, and didn't speak.

"Duke Du, I don't want to arrest the people under your rule, I just hope you can help me find some manpower!"

Du Wei still looked at him and blinked.

Cao Cao was angry, he understood why Gu Yong said that, this guy looked very polite and humble, but he didn't expect that he would have such a bad temperament, he said so much, but he didn't even reply a word, just when Cao Cao was about to break out, Du Wei had a chance to speak, he looked at Cao Cao and said: "Cao Situ, I can't hear your words, I'm deaf." ”

Cao Cao was stunned, the anger in his heart disappeared in an instant, and his face was a little embarrassed, he really didn't know, and his actions just now, as if he were deliberately teasing him, which made Cao Cao a little embarrassed, he frowned, thought for a moment, but Du Wei handed over a blank piece of paper from the side, he looked at Cao Cao, smiled, Cao Cao understood what he meant, picked up the pen, and began to write.

When Cao Cao wrote out the plan for the canal and handed it over to Du Wei, he also stared at Du Wei and wanted to see how his face changed, but to his disappointment, Du Wei did not change much, he read the paper in detail, and then said: "It turned out that Cao Gong came for this matter, this is easy to do, in addition to Funan, there are still many thieves, especially on Jianning Long Island in the south, there are more thieves." ”

"They often robbed the people of Funan, robbed livestock, and cultivated land, and I also sent people to contact them to see if I could educate them, teach them to farm, and let them settle in Funan, but they ate the envoys I sent..." Due to the complex terrain and the mountains and forests everywhere, I have never done it..."

"Now, it's a good time, Situ Gong, since you want manpower, you can't make a small fuss, I play the Son of Heaven and ask the Northern Army to come, what do you think?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, thought about it and said, "Is it necessary to let the Northern Army come?" ”

After he finished speaking, he remembered that Du Wei couldn't hear it, so he had to write on the paper: "Why do you need to mobilize the Northern Army? Is it overkill? Du Wei lowered his head, glanced at it, shook his head, and said seriously: "Situ Gong, marching and fighting is not child's play, if you send local troops, the harvest will not be too much, and there will be damage, facing unfamiliar terrain, it is difficult to be frustrated..."

"But if the northern army comes, these thieves will not have a chance to escape, they may be able to capture hundreds of thousands of people at one time to help Cao Gong build the canal, and Jiaozhou and Funan can also be peaceful, there will be no thieves attacking, one thing, since it is going to be done, it must be done thoroughly, not giving the thieves any chance, and destroying them in one fell swoop, this is what we should do!"

Hearing Du Wei's words, Cao Cao nodded.

He wrote: "That's it. ”

In September of the first year of Yankang, the world shook.

The northern army, which had not been out for a long time, under the leadership of Huang Zhong, pounced on the south, and such a big move by the Son of Heaven immediately aroused the vigilance of the temple ministers, what did the Son of Heaven want to do? The war in Xiping lasted for more than ten years, should this be the case, the Son of Heaven also explained to them, it was to solve the thieves around Jiaozhou and Funan, in this regard, the ministers could only hehe.

Do you need the Northern Army to get rid of the thieves???

However, the northern army is indeed going to Jiaozhou, which makes the ministers unable to refute, Cao Cao after solving these problems, directly returned to Yangzhou by water, and on the same day, he released the captain of the water division who was responsible for guarding Yangzhou, You Tu, according to his words, there are northern troops coming, just prisoners, and dare to make trouble in Yangzhou? If they make trouble, the Northern Army can kill them all in half an hour.

You Tu was already ready to go out, and on the same day, he personally led the fleet and rushed towards Jianning Long Island.

The northern army has not yet arrived, but Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng have arrived.

When the two of them arrived in Yangzhou, they rushed directly to Qiantang to meet Cao Cao and Fu Zhu, when they arrived in Qiantang, it was already in full swing, the people were busy, and Fu Zhu never treated his own people badly, and he did not treat the people of Yangzhou who served in these years, and used the savings of Yangzhou over the years to subsidize and subsidize the people, so that the people did not complain.

For the people, he was not too harsh and relatively relaxed, so the progress of the canal was not very fast.

Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng and his entourage, rushed here, began to observe the surrounding situation, Cao Cao dug the canal, the starting point is not bad as they thought, the main thing is the progress, it seems, this canal has not yet come out of a county, this has been more than two months, such progress, if you want to dig to Youzhou, wouldn't it take hundreds of years? Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng both thought of this question in their hearts, and their faces were a little worried.

In the crowd, they saw Cao Cao and another old man, presumably the Yangzhou Assassin Shi Fu.

Occasionally, they would raise their heads and yell at the distance, mainly to ask about the situation there, looking at the two people jumping up and down regardless of their image, Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng were a little surprised, they walked to Cao Cao's side, bowed, and bowed to Fu Zhu, and said: "Meet Situ Gong, meet Fu Gong!" ”

Hearing their words, Cao Cao and Fu Zhi both raised their heads in unison, glanced at them quickly, and continued to get busy.

"Situ Gong, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss it very much..."Zhou Yu opened his mouth and was about to say hello, but Cao Cao suddenly threw him an iron hoe, directly interrupted his words, and asked, "You are here for the canal?" ”

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Fa Zheng on the side, but Fa Zheng nodded and said: "That's true, we are going to play the Son of Heaven, and ask to be in charge of overseas affairs, as well as shipbuilding, Your Majesty is going to set up a maritime division in Yangzhou, let the two of us be responsible for handling this matter, this matter is to open overseas borders, explore, arrest, if it can be successful, it will be...", "Set up in Huiji, you can ask the local officials for the rest of the things." ”

Cao Cao said a word, and he didn't mean to continue listening to Fazheng's words at all.

Fa Zheng and Zhou Yu were a little helpless, and helped Cao Cao do some work, they found that Cao Cao had changed a lot during this period of time, what about the funny Situ in the past? ? What about the much-spoken Situ Gong in the past? What about the kind Situ Gong? The person in front of them is completely an administrative machine, he doesn't even want to say hello, he doesn't listen to any nonsense, his mind is all on the canal, and they really feel strange in the face of such a Situ.

After a busy day, when they left here, Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng were a little exhausted, and the two of them said goodbye to Cao Cao out of breath, Cao Cao just glanced at them, and didn't pay attention to them, the two walked on the way to the post station, or Zhou Yu couldn't help but ask: "Situ Gong, what's wrong??" Isn't it that the pressure to build is so great that it looks like this?? ”

Fa Zheng shook his head helplessly, and said: "I don't know, it's okay, it's good that he doesn't interfere, we can handle this matter on our own, the first thing to do is about the local families, now, only they have the ability to go to sea, they must be called over first, before they can succeed...", hearing Fa Zheng's words, Zhou Yu laughed and said: "From the beginning of the journey, Xiaozhi said that there is a way to encourage these families.... I don't know how to do it? ”

Fa Zheng looked at Zhou Yu and didn't say anything, until the two returned to the post station and sat down to rest, Fa Zheng said: "Gong Jin don't pretend to be ignorant, what method do I have, presumably Gong Jin is clear, Gong Jin's talent is not just in the military...", hearing Fa Zheng's words, Zhou Yu smiled and said: "I also have an idea in my heart, but I don't know if it is the same as filial piety..."

"Oh? Gong Jin asked. ”

"Call the family over and tell them about the benefits of the prince in the past..."Zhou Yu said slowly.

Fa Zheng immediately continued: "Then tell them about the huge interests overseas, including gold and other things." ”

Zhou Yu squinted his eyes, stared at Fa Zheng, and said, "Allow them to keep the slaves they got from overseas, finances..."

"Show them a false and real overseas world, a world full of gold..."

The two of them laughed in unison.

Zhou Yu thought for a moment, and then asked: "In this way, overseas exploration will definitely be very fast, but will it make the family in Yangzhou rise too fast?" Will they compete with the temple for benefits? ”

"What Gongjin said is true, however, today's temples are still at a loss for overseas, and it is pitch black, at least, there are these people to help explore, which can make things very convenient, as for interests, these families are also Han nationals, and their wealth is not the wealth of the temple? If it rises too fast, then it's good to cut it from time to time..."Fa Zheng said coldly.

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "It can only be like this, these people build ships and travel, although they are not as good as us, but they have a large number of people, presumably the overseas exploration will be very fast, the wealth they looted, in fact, is also the wealth of the temple, as long as they can explore more areas for the Han, this is enough... In addition, I think we should integrate all the official shipyards in Yangzhou, as well as the sailors... Get ready to explore overseas as soon as possible..."

Fa Zheng nodded and said: "Gong Jin, just leave these things to me, I will go to the family tomorrow to discuss the matter of going to sea, but this sailor, as well as the ship, will bother you Gong Jin..."

The two of them quickly assigned their work, and after a busy day, they soon fell asleep.