Sun Ce followed Wei Teng into the cabin, and found that there was a pile of paper rolls on the case, and some on the bed, it seems that Wei Teng has read a lot of books in the past two days. Wei Teng rummaged through it, took out a roll from it, spread it out on the desk, and pressed it with two long strips of stone. Before the Three Kingdoms, most of the books were bamboo slips and silk books, which would not be rolled when they were spread out, but the paper was different, rolled up for collection, and when they were spread out, they needed to be pressed at both ends, and it was not very convenient to read and write.

Sun Ce saw it in his eyes and had an idea in his heart, but he didn't say it.

This paper is a map, the drawing is relatively simple, the pen and ink are relatively new, probably Wei Teng himself painted, marked with some rivers, hills, can be seen to be Fuchun, Qiantang as the center, including Danyang, Huiji and Wu County three counties of the situation map.

"Sir is a man of heart." Sun Ce said with a smile.

Wei Teng's face was slightly red, a little embarrassed. He didn't originally draw these maps for Sun Ce, if he hadn't heard Sun Ce's attitude just now, he wouldn't have let Sun Ce see these maps. He invited Sun Ce to take a seat, and asked the waiter to prepare some tea. Sun Ce drank a lot of wine and needed to drink some tea to sober up.

"Does the general need to wake up early tomorrow?"

"Even if I don't sleep all night, I can still wake up early." Sun Ce touched his head and said with a wry smile: "I'm used to it, I have to practice martial arts every day, and I don't dare to relax one day." ”

"No wonder the general's martial arts are so good." Wei Teng praised it, sat opposite Sun Ce, and found Yang Xian's location on the map. "Look, General, we're here now. Yangxian to the east is Taihu Lake, also known as Gu District Ze, there is a piece of Daze to the north, after Daze is Qu'a, Dantu, the new Yangzhou Thorn Shi into Wu County, is likely to be stationed there, to the west to take the lake familiar, Jiangcheng, recapture the stone city. If so, then the general can sit back and take it in stride. ”

The waiter brought tea, and Sun Ce took a cup, held it in his hand, and looked at Wei Teng. He already has a rough idea of the situation in Yangzhou, and the map in his heart is much more detailed than Wei Teng's. He cared more about Wei Teng's ideas than about maps. He had always thought that Wei Teng was a member of the party and a supporter of Yuan Shao, but now he realized that this may not be the case. In Wei Teng's heart, the status of the imperial court is not low, and unlike the three Zhou brothers, he belongs to a category of people who can be fought for. He rushed to Shicheng to support Zhou Xin, probably out of local consciousness rather than to support Yuan Shao.

If it weren't, he wouldn't explain the situation for him.

"Here's the real trouble." Wei Teng stretched out a finger and drew a line in the middle of the map, passing Wucheng in the east, passing through the hometown and Wanling in the middle, reaching Lingyang in the west, and extending all the way out. "From here to the south, there are all hills, and there are no less than 100 bandits of all sizes, including tens of thousands of people and more than 1,000 small bandits. If he is instigated by others to attack and harass from time to time, the general will not be able to sleep peacefully. ”

Sun Ce agreed. "What is your plan, sir?"

"There is no good way, but to focus on prevention, strengthen the inspection of several important passages, cut off the connection between the north and the south as much as possible, concentrate troops to stabilize the great river, and then practice moral administration, educate people, and recruit displaced people to settle in the mountains."

Sun Ce was silent. Wei Teng's method is not constructive, but I don't know if he has reservations or limited ability. Seeing that Sun Ce didn't react, Wei Teng thought for a while and asked rhetorically, "Does the general know how many rebellions have been made over the years?" ”

Sun Ce shook his head. "Please give me advice."

Wei Teng snapped his fingers and said. "In the first three years of Emperor An, the pirates Zhang Bolu and others plundered the coastal counties. In the first year of Emperor Shun Yangjia, the pirate Zeng Jing and other Kou Huiji, killed the three county magistrates of Juzhang, Yin and Yun, attacked the eastern governor of Huiji, and the demon thief Zhang He called the general, Kou 49 bodies, and it was not until the third year of Yangjia that it was pacified. Four years later, the Jiujiang thief Cai Boliu Kou County boundary, Wu County Cheng Yang Zhen rebelled. In the sixth year of Yonghe, Danyang thieves attacked the county...... In the first year of Xiping, Xu Sheng, a member of the Huiji, proclaimed himself the King of Yue, and you should know something about this war, so that General Zunsun had a meritorious ......"

Wei Teng said more than a dozen in one breath, and his fingers turned over and over at least twice, and Sun Ce's scalp tingled for a while. He knew that there were many thieves in Jiangdong, but he didn't expect the history to be so long, and he felt that he hadn't lived in peace in the past hundred years.

"Has the general noticed that most of the rebellions are in the past few decades, and there are rebellions in Guangwu Mingzhang Sankistan."

"Why?"

The reason is very simple, the politics of the three dynasties are clear, the orders are followed, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Later, the eunuch used power, which made the elders greedy and turbid, and the people could not bear it, so they could only rise up and resist. In order to quell the rebellion, the imperial court suppressed it with troops. With soldiers, more taxes are paid, and then more people will rebel, and there will be more thieves, and there will be fewer and fewer people. If it continues like this, sooner or later Jiangnan will be full of thieves. ”

Sun Ce took a sip of tea and nodded lightly. He understood what Wei Teng meant. To deal with the Yangzhou assassin sent by Yuan Shao, it is possible to expel it by force, and to treat the locals, it is necessary to practice virtue and education, and it is best not to shed blood, otherwise the blood will flow more and more until it is dry. This is not what he wants to see, and it is also not the result that Wei Teng wants to see. It's okay to ask the family to support him, but you have to give them benefits, and you can't be hard.

This is probably where he and Wei Teng have common interests, and it is also the basis for their cooperation.

Sun Ce put down the teacup and tapped his fingers lightly on the desk. "What Mr. said is very true, I also want to practice moral education and be a follower, but I am worried that it will be difficult to achieve my wish."

"What is the general worried about?"

"The trees want to be quiet, but the wind does not stop. Some people talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but behind their backs, they invade the land and flee the endowment, oppress the small people, and coerce the public opinion to respect themselves. Sir, I take the liberty of asking, did your Wei family encroach on the people's fields or something? ”

Wei Teng snorted: "After the general takes office, you can go to investigate, if my Wei family occupies an extra inch of land, I am willing to pay ten times the compensation." ”

"Of course I believe you, sir." Sun Ce gave a thumbs up, praised it, and without waiting for Wei Teng to be modest, he asked again. "But what about the others?"

Wei Teng closed his mouth in embarrassment, avoiding Sun Ce's gaze.

Sun Ce picked up the teacup again, took a shallow sip, tasted it slowly, and said faintly: "Sir, I'm not a murderer, and I don't want to kill people unless I have to." If you don't believe it, just go to Jingzhou and Yuzhou to find out. But some people are really not like words, and they can't kill them. For example, this Yang Xian Xu family, you didn't go, I don't know how rich his family is, although I haven't checked him yet, but I look at his virtue, I know that he can't be as innocent as Mr. Like this kind of black sheep, do you say that it is okay not to rectify it? ”

Wei Teng slowly put away the map. "The general is right, I'm just worried that the fire will cook the oil, the oil will not be exhausted, and the fire will not be extinguished. You want to kill Xu Chun, but do you know that Xu Chun doesn't want to kill you? There are not only bandits in this Tongguan Mountain, but also yellow scarves, and there are seven or eight groups of people, large and small, can you kill them? ”

Sun Ce laughed silently. "I will kill, but I will not only kill." He put down his teacup, stood up, and spread his hands. "I promote good with one hand and eliminate evil with the other. For the good, I will help them, and spare no effort. For the wicked, I will slaughter them and destroy them all. ”

Wei Teng looked at Sun Ce, who was smiling, his heart was pounding, and his legs were a little weak.