Cao Ang discussed privately with Sun Ce and prepared to order a large number of Quyuan plows.

Eight million copper coins, they must pay it.

If you have seen it, you will hand it in.

The two reached a tacit understanding, and at the same time wrote a letter to their family, asking them to send money.

Cao Ang wrote a letter detailing it, and asked Cao Cao to buy a large number of cultivated cattle, and asked him to count the cultivated cattle of the people.

As long as he had Quyuan plow, his 150,000-strong reclamation team, multiplied by several times, they could feed hundreds of thousands of troops.

Cao Ang carefully calculated that if 150,000 people could have 10,000 ploughing cattle, then they could at least feed an army of about 500,000.

In this way, it is very cost-effective, so Cao Ang attaches great importance to it.

And Sun Ce is the same, he plans to use Cao Cao's model to concentrate a part of the people to reclaim fertile land, they want Dongting Lake, as long as they occupy part of Dongting Lake, then there is no need to worry about grain and grass.

The two started operations in Beiping New Town and sent the news back.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, Sun Ce and the others had been in New Beiping City for a month.

Here, you can clearly see the changes here.

The city of New Taipei is very vibrant, with a large population and a large number of scholars.

It is most normal to often meet scholars on the road, and even they feel that New Beiping City is a place where scholars from all over the world gather.

The library here is visited by a large number of people every day.

The books here are getting richer and richer, there are already hundreds of thousands, and they are still increasing every day.

It's also normal when it will break through one million copies.

A month later, Zhou Yu took Sun Shangxiang and his entourage to finally enter New Beiping City.

Zhou Yu inspected Qingzhou for ten days, and then inspected Youzhou for another twenty days, and only now did he enter New Beiping City.

At this time, it was not far from Zhang Ming's marquis ceremony, and there were only ten days.

Zhou Yu found Sun Ce.

"Bo Fu."

"Brother."

Sun Ce didn't say much, but took them to the courtyard.

Here, Zhang Ming prepared a temporary courtyard for Sun Ce to serve as a temporary residence.

Sun Shangxiang was already slim at this time.

She was dressed in men's clothes and was very handsome.

If it's not a daughter, it's a handsome little brother, the kind that can fascinate thousands of girls.

Sun Ce asked people to get tea.

"Gong Jin, it's been hard all the way."

"Brother, you care about Gongjin, and I'm also working hard."

Sun Ce doted on his sister and said, "You love to make trouble." ”

Zhou Yu took a few sips of tea and said, "Bo Fu, you let people pass the word, what's going on with this Qu Yuan plow?" ”

Sun Ce gave a detailed explanation, and then said: "I already plan to order a batch, and I will organize Tuntian after I go back." ”

If that's the case, Zhou Yu is naturally very supportive.

Zhou Yu said: "Bo Fu, now we should unite with Cao Cao, Zhang Ming is developing too fast, this time I have investigated in detail, and found that it is much stronger than the last time I came." ”

Sun Ce is also very dignified.

He said worriedly: "Now, is there any point in us uniting with Cao Cao?" ”

Sun Ce is not only far away from Zhang Ming, but also very far away from Cao Cao.

In fact, such a combination is of little substantive help.

"For the time being, we just need to maintain a good relationship, and in addition, we also need to build our strategic rear."

Strategic rear? Are they in need?

Sun Ce couldn't be sure.

Sun Ce asked, "Gong Jin, what are the conclusions of your investigation?" ”

"Zhang Ming has become a system of his own, his governance method is very unique and efficient, and it is undoubtedly a disaster for the family."

"In the past, many people judged that without the support of the family, it would soon collapse, and the bigger the territory, the easier it was to collapse."

"But now, I have come to the conclusion that Zhang Ming can quickly pacify the place and suppress the family."

"Moreover, the officials he trained are of high quality and can implement the policies of Zhang Ming, while in the past, many officials of the family first took care of their own interests, and then the interests of the people."

"Now, Zhang Ming doesn't need to rely on any family at all, he has cultivated a super large group of readers, these people only look forward to Zhang Ming, and Zhang Ming's policies can be implemented very well."

Zhou Yu spoke highly of him, and he said to Sun Ce: "Now, it is impossible to want Zhang Ming to collapse by himself, if we want to maintain our current position, we can only let Cao Cao block Zhang Ming and make him unable to go south." ”

Sun Ce nodded, then asked, "How should we?" Can this Cao Cao block it? ”

"Maybe, maybe not, so we need to have a strategic plan now."

"First, we should actively go south, expand our territory, and increase our strategic space."

"Second, accumulate grain."

"Third, increase the reserve army, similar to Zhang Ming's militia system."

Zhou Yu began to plan for Sun Ce.

He was to have a team go south and clear the land in the south.

Sun Quan accepted them all and discussed the details with Zhou Yu.

Sun Shangxiang felt bored, she didn't understand these things, so she went to play by herself.

This trip to Youzhou also had a great impact on Sun Shangxiang.

She followed Zhou Yu to inspect many places and learned a lot of things.

He has also seen other places, where the people are not living well, and the people have no hope.

Only here, the people live easily and hopefully.

She likes this atmosphere very much, because others are uncomfortable, and she can't be happy in this atmosphere.

Zhou Yu planned a grand strategy for Sun Ce.

Sun Ce bought a Quyuan plow and wanted to do a big job.

They decided that in the next few days, they would take a good look at the city of New Beiping.

Zhou Yu examines from the perspective of folk customs, economy and culture, while Sun Ce examines from the perspective of military affairs.

From a military point of view, Sun Ce felt that as long as there were 30,000 people in this city, it would be difficult for the enemy to break through.

In New Beiping City, there are more and more outsiders.

It has also become a cultural and economic center.

Here, more and more scholars are here to discuss knowledge, and all kinds of scholarship are produced here.

There are more people going back and forth doing business.

Time passed slowly, and there were only a few days before the marquis ceremony.

Many people in the city began to clean the streets and their yards on their own.

They are going to meet this moment, to welcome this moment as it comes.

Finally, the ceremony is about to begin.

This time, hundreds of people were invited to participate, and these people were some of the more prestigious people.

There are many people from all over the world.

And the people of the city were like feasts.

Zhang Ming held the ceremony, and they were sincerely happy.

At about half past nine in the morning, Zhang Ming appeared in front of everyone in a python robe.

"It's actually a python robe."

"It's not an easy ceremony."

"What does Zhang Ming want to do?"

Zhang Ming did not announce the matter of wearing a python robe in advance, and he did not disclose it to outsiders.

However, this time, he was indeed wearing a python robe.

As soon as the python robe appeared, many people began to talk about it.

Yes, Zhang Ming's subordinates, this is naturally no problem, they are very happy to see this.

Zhang Ming's status has risen, and their status has also risen, and even many people secretly called for Zhang Ming to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Zhang Ming naturally wanted to, but he had to take it step by step.