A few days later.

Yuan Xi received a message from the Central Plains.

Sun Ce was assassinated and succeeded by his brother Sun Quan. Jiangdong's military power fell into the hands of Zhou Yu. He personally led a large army to seize Liyang, Guanglinggang, Longxukou and other areas, and jointly attacked Liu Biao's Jingzhou with Cao Cao. At present, Zhou Yu is still fighting with Liu Biao, and after Cao Cao captured Nanyang County, he led the army to retreat into Yuzhou. According to a local family, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were advancing in the direction of Wuguan. Do you know what he wants? Inside the military and political yamen, Yuan Xi said to the civil and military forces.

The guards hung up the map.

Fu Zhi stood up and said, "Wuguan is the barrier of Chang'an, located on the flank of Nanyang County. Did Cao Cao want to occupy there and then eliminate the Kansai warlords led by Li Dao and Guo Yan? Consolidate the defense of Luoyang and Nanyang? ”

(Note: Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and other Guanxi princes were Dong Zhuo's subordinates in their early years.) After Dong Zhuo's death, they occupied Chang'an and continued to control the Son of Heaven. Until the first year of Jian'an, the Son of Heaven escaped from Chang'an and went to the eastern capital of Luoyang, where he was taken hostage by Cao Cao and went to Xuchang. Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, relying on the dangers of Tongguan, Wuguan and Weihe, seized Chang'an and became stronger warlords in Guanxi. ）

"Cao Cao's attack on Wuguan is to be enemies with Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, he doesn't have the courage, right?" Tian Feng said.

"The forces of Fan Chou and Zhang Ji have been wiped out, and even Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu and military advisor Jia Xu have taken refuge in Cao Cao. The current Kansai warlords are not as powerful as before. Cao Cao had just won Nanyang County and received tens of thousands of surrendered troops. What else is he afraid of? Frustrated.

"Sir, don't forget, Xiliang still has warlords." Tian Feng said.

"What if there are warlords?"

"Cao Cao is not so stupid, he will not poke this hornet's nest!"

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"Alright, alright..." Yuan Xi stopped their argument and said, "I'm just asking casually." Whether he fights Chang'an or not doesn't matter much to us. ”

"My lord, how can this not matter? Chang'an was in the rear of Cao Cao. When he defeated Chang'an, he had no worries. In the future, if we go to war, we will be able to gather all our forces. Frustrated.

"Mr. Fu's words are wrong. I think it's better for Cao Cao to lay down Chang'an! Guo Tu's words were surprising, and he seemed to have different opinions.

And all the people looked at him.

Yuan Xi was also stunned: "Oh? What is the high opinion of the public rule? ”

Guo Tu replied: "My lord." Since Dong Zhuo's death, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others have been entrenched in Chang'an, although there are 100,000 heavy soldiers, they have never dared to be enemies of Cao Cao. What difference does it make to us whether there is or is not? Maybe it will become our enemy in the future. If Cao Cao was allowed to destroy them, the lord thought about it, what would be the situation? ”

"To the west of Chang'an.... It was Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Kansai warlords. After Ma Tengnai Fubo, he was thinking about serving the court all the time. And Han Sui and Ma Teng are sworn brothers. If Cao Cao defeated Chang'an, then behind him, there would really be a strong enemy! Don't forget, Ma Teng has a very good relationship with Qianghu, and every time he fights, he pulls Qianghu together. In this way, Ma Teng's strength is not less than 200,000! This is a little stronger than Cao Cao! ”

"Cao Cao's seizure of Chang'an, on the surface, seems to be beneficial to him, but in fact he is digging his own grave, and for us, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Why should we care? It is better to enrich itself and consolidate its strength.... ”

Guo Tu's remarks made Fu Zhi and Tian Feng fall into deep thought.

They didn't know that Yuan Xi thought the same thing in his heart.

He was ready, and after Cao Cao captured Chang'an, he sent someone to make friends with Ma Teng. Behind Cao Cao's ass, a nail was pierced. In the Great War of the Central Plains, he used this nail to put Cao Cao to death.

"The public rule is reasonable..." Yuan Xi praised Guo Tu.

Guo Tu smiled and said modestly: "The minister just said what the lord wanted to say." ”

"Hmm."

"About Cao Cao, put it aside for now." Yuan Xi took out three drawings from his arms, handed them to Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and Guo Tu respectively, and said, "Help me take a look, this is my newly designed ship type." ”

Ju Yi, Wen Chou, etc., all gathered around.

The drawings depict three warships, poorly ill and oddly styled. Many places are marked and wrapped in wrought iron. In the rear of the warship there was a huge boiler with a chimney on it.

The size of the mast is smaller than that of an ordinary warship, and it is obvious that it cannot carry the huge hull.

Fu Zhu only glanced at it, then frowned and said: "Lord, although the minister does not understand warships, he knows that warships must be driven by sails. The lord painted this.... The sails are too small to move the hull. Not to mention the wrought iron to aggravate the hull. I'm afraid.... ”

"The lord forgives the sin, the minister thinks that this ship will never be available!" Tian Feng said.

"Wrapping those wrought irons, and then there are those cauldrons and chimneys, won't they sink to the bottom at once?" Guo Tu also shook his head.

Ju Yi said: "The last general has seen the warships of the imperial court before, such as warships, fighting ships, and building ships, all of which are made of wood. With a load of tens of thousands of catties, it runs briskly. Why don't you follow suit? ”

"Hehe..." Yuan Xipi laughed twice, took the three drawings back, put them in his arms, and said, "Show you, it's like playing the piano to the cow." I'll take it to Liyang and show it to the shipbuilders. ”

Frustrated: "... ”

Tian Feng: "... ”

Guo Tu: "...... ”

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Yuan Xi got up and said, "Okay, the meeting will be here." Your next task is to buy coal. I cleaned up the former half-price market and used it to pile up coal, and I kept it for a great use. ”

"No..."

The people answered.

The three drawings drawn by Yuan Xi are obviously unreasonable.

Even if a warship is built, it can't be used, it's just a waste of money and food, as a strategist under Yuan Xi, how can he watch Yuan Xi fail and be indifferent?

Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, and Guo Tu all want to admonish again.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xi didn't even listen, as if he had been chased by a ghost, and walked out of the military yamen. He went back to the Assassin's Mansion, said goodbye to Zhen Mi and Gao Ling, and then went to the school field.

The four inconsistencies are already waiting there.

Yuan Xi rode on it and rushed to Liyang.

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Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao embarked on the road to Youzhou with hundreds of millions of family wealth, preparing to start a commercial life-and-death showdown with the Lu family in Jixian County, Youzhou.

Tian Yu and Tian Chou, who were stationed on the Great Wall, faced 50,000 or 60,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry, as well as Yuan Shang's tens of thousands of troops, eyeing each other. They didn't dare to be careless, on the one hand, they warned the Youzhou Thorn History Mansion, and on the other hand, they mobilized heavy troops to defend in an all-round way.

After Yuan Xi left Yecheng.

The families of Yecheng received a notice from the government.

At a price of 10 yuan a catty, a large amount of coal was purchased.

To them, coal is an inconspicuous stone, worthless. But this thing, a small lump, weighs more than a dozen pounds. As long as you can find a coal mine and mine it casually, you can reap millions of dollars.

Thereupon.

The families used their hired farmers to search for coal mines all over the mountains.

Even the Lu family, who merged with the state, also looked at the price of coal and devoted themselves to the cause of coal mining. Moreover, there are countless coal mines in Bingzhou (Shanxi), and you can find more than a dozen of them at will.