"I ......"

Xu Sheng, who was full of joy, thought that this would be the result, and after opening his mouth, he never closed it, he wanted to say something, but I didn't have the courage to say that objection for a long time.

Liu Lan saw Xu Sheng's reluctant look, and said with a smile: "Are you still afraid that the credit will not be successful?" There are many opportunities in the future. ”

With a three-phase look, he met Xu Sheng's eyes that were eager to retract his fate, and said: "As long as you guard Xiaopei well and make Xuzhou have no worries, then after attacking Zang Ba and returning to the division, it will be a great achievement for you!" ”

Xu Sheng was helpless, but he could only agree: "The last general will obey!" ”

"Okay." Liu Lan laughed, looked at everyone again, and said: "Now that Xuzhou has 55,000 troops, I reserve 15,000 people to defend the city, and the remaining 40,000 people will go with me to attack Zangba!" ”

"The last will obey." Everyone stepped out of the way.

"Okay, then it's decided, you can go back to the camp and prepare immediately."

After Liu Lan finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Shu, and the meaning expressed in his eyes could only be understood by the two of them, but in an instant, he saw Liu Lan looking at Cao Bao with a smile, and said: "General Cao, I want you to lead the Danyang Army as the vanguard, I don't know what General Cao wants?" ”

Cao Bao was pointed at by Liu Lan, looked at him in surprise, pointed at himself suspiciously, and said, "Me? ”

"Exactly!" Liu Lan nodded and said, "I wonder if General Cao is willing to take this first credit?" ”

"The last general obeys!"

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Everyone left one after another, but Liu Lan did not leave the chamber, but just stood in front of the geographical map of Xuzhou and watched silently. And the focus of his eyes was the place where Zang Ba was stationed, Kaiyang City......

He looked as if he was fascinated. It was getting darker and darker, but I still didn't want to leave, and suddenly I seemed to think of something. looked at the flying hourglass that was about to run out on the side, and suddenly shouted: "Liu An, Liu An." ”

Liu An heard the summons of the envoy in the house, pushed the door in, and said, "My lord." ”

"What time is it? Are the gates closed? Liu Lan asked anxiously, but he thought in his heart, is there no news yet?

Liu An said without thinking: "At this time, the city gate should have just been closed. He said this, but he was puzzled and asked, "Is the lord still going out of the city so late?" ”

"No, I'm just asking."

Liu Lan waved his hand and said, "You can step back first." ”

"No."

Liu An slowly exited the door. Just as he was exiting the door, he only heard his voice coming from inside the house, saying, "If Yuan Zhi comes, let him come directly to see me without having to pass the courtesy!" ”

"No."

Before Liu An finished speaking, he saw Xu Shu's laughter coming from outside the open door: "Lord, your trick is really amazing, the fox that has been hidden for so long has finally revealed its tail!" With that, he laughed and walked into the house.

Liu Lan laughed, but found that Liu An was still in the house. His face immediately became gloomy, and he said, "You should step back first." ”

Waiting for Liu An to retreat, Liu Lan said to Xu Shu: "Can you be sure?" ”

"Yes."

Xu Shu smiled: "Sure enough, the lord guessed correctly, it was really him." After speaking, he wrote the name of the person in front of the short table with tea and water.

Looking at the names on the table. Liu Lan still looked plain, obviously the name was not unexpected, but he still felt a little sad about it. After all, it was just a guess before, so he still had a trace of luck in his heart. But at this time, the evidence was conclusive, and he was a little reluctant to face it. I don't want to believe that this is the truth.

But many things are not what you want to do, you have to make trade-offs, and he has learned a little more in the cruel struggle, so he will never have the slightest woman's kindness, his face immediately became cold, and he asked coldly: "Did he spread the news?" ”

"At the moment before the city gate was closed, the henchmen who came out of his camp left the city, and they should have passed the news we wanted to pass on to Yuan Shao."

"Okay."

Liu Lan sneered and said, "Then we will act according to the plan." ”

After speaking, he said meaningfully to Xu Shu: "Although I already know who he is, but now is not the time to startle the snake, Yuan Zhi, can you understand?" ”

"Yuan Zhi understands."

Xu Shu looked at Liu Lan with a wry smile and said, "It's just that the lord gave him a chance like this, but in the end he still disappointed the lord, how should the lord deal with him at that time?" Xu Shu sighed in his heart, the lord was too merciful, and the kindness made him feel that Liu Lan was a little kind of woman!

"Deal with it as you would have done, and I will never be merciful again."

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Xuzhou's preparations have long been ready, but for a month and a half, the Xuzhou army has always been in a state of assembly, where is there the intention of going to Langxi, such a move not only reduces the morale of the soldiers who are gearing up to zero, but even some generals inevitably have a trace of doubt in their hearts.

Such a result shows that Liu Lan has other plans, but how can they know what his real purpose is if they want to break their heads......

Since preparing to send troops, Liu Lan has lived in the barracks, and all state affairs have been handled in the barracks, and his big tent at this time seems to be a shrunken state governor's mansion.

You can see the officials who walked out of the tent everywhere, and you can also see the military attache who walked into the tent at any time, after a busy day, Liu Lan finally got a little leisure, sitting in the tent, but holding a letter of intent handed by Mi Zhu in his hand.

The content of this letter of intent was proposed by Liu Lan to Mi Zhu: whether it is possible to gather the women in Xuzhou City and form a textile mill similar to the textile factory of later generations in the situation of employment, Liu Lan is not familiar with these light industries, so he can only put forward some of his ideas to Mi Zhu, after all, a businessman like Mi Jia, a rich businessman, can see the pros and cons, and has the most right to speak.

Less than four days after he proposed to Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu handed over the articles of association of the textile workshop, first of all, he affirmed that Liu Lan's idea of the textile workshop was very good, but this sentence was more like flattery in Liu Lan's view, and the next few points were what Mi Zhu thought in his heart.

First of all, it is absolutely difficult to recruit women to weave, after all, the workers in the textile mills are all women, which is even more difficult. If you can change your employment to the government, you will be able to work in the textile workshop with peace of mind. But this is contrary to Liu Lan's original intention, but if it is a private employment. There are quite a few problems that need to be addressed.

First of all, if the women of this era had a variety of mulberry hemp in their homes, and they were all woven at home, if they were brought together, how should the cost of this employment be calculated? If you give less, no one will come, and even if you give the same fee, the female workers will not come, after all, how can weaving at home and going to the textile mill to weave be the same day, much freer.

If you give several times the fee to attract female workers. In terms of the nature of businessmen who value profits, they naturally don't want to see themselves lose money, so although Mi Zhu complimented Liu Lan's idea, he finally rejected his proposal.

But Liu Lan thought of a better way after seeing Mi Zhu's analysis, Mijia in Xuzhou is a good platform, a platform that can be played by anyone, as long as there is such a platform, Mijia will definitely be bigger and stronger in terms of Mijia's capital.

What Mi Zhu said in this charter is measured by the clothes and clothes of ordinary farmers, but for a big platform like Mi Jia. Naturally, you can't use hemp to run a textile workshop, which not only wastes a platform like Mijia, but also a waste of resources.

In terms of the capital of the Mi family, it is possible to let the recruited female workers practice (fine silk). After all, the most expensive linen cloth is only 200 Wen, but the cheapest practice also costs 2000 yuan, so that the Mi family, as a businessman, has a greater opportunity to make money. And for the female workers, the reward will also be several times that of weaving hemp at home.

Liu Lan originally wanted to directly hand over the matter to Mi Zhu to deal with. After all, he only needed one result, but he still rejected such an idea. He felt that he should find a time to talk to Mi Zhu again, and if he didn't explain it himself, it would be difficult for Mi Zhu to do it with his heart.

At this moment, I saw the herald outside the tent hurriedly enter the account, and said: "My lord, General Yide asks to see you!" ”

"Zhang Fei?" Liu Lan muttered while waving his hand, "Let him come in to see me." Then he put the charter handed over by Mi Zhu back in front of the low table.

Soon, a loud voice came from outside the tent, only to hear Zhang Fei shout as soon as he entered the front tent: "Lord." At the same time as the voice sounded, I saw him step into the inner tent, and his black charcoal-like face was full of anxiety, and the anxious look was not only written on his face, but could also be felt from his hurried steps.

Liu Lan looked at Zhang Fei, who was in a hurry, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yide, what is the matter with you coming to me at this time?" "It seems that the first one who can't hold his breath is really Zhang Fei!

"Lord, I'm in a hurry." Zhang Fei's black cheeks were flushed, and he was about to continue, but he heard Liu Lan laugh and said, "Don't you miss Miss Xiahou?" ”

Zhang Fei shook his head, waved his hand, and said, "No, no." I just want to ask the lord, it's been half a month, and when will I send troops? ”

"That's what happened!" Liu Lan smiled and said, "It's almost over, wait patiently for a few days, and then you will be in Langxie County." ”

"Lord, what the hell are we waiting for?" Zhang Feiman was puzzled, and thought with some complaints: "The first lord said that he was waiting for Zilong, and now Zilong is here, and you said that the grain and grass are dispatched, and now the grain and grass are also ready, but you said that you want to choose an auspicious day." Thinking of the end, I sighed in my heart, but now it's good, I don't even have an excuse, and I just let everyone wait outside Xuzhou for a few days.

"Yide, aren't you here to complain because you're afraid that you won't fight? Don't worry, I can guarantee that your rod is indispensable, all you need to do now is be patient and just wait. Liu Lan didn't want to explain too much, but he looked at Zhang Fei and said with a smile: "How is the morale of the battalion sergeant now?" ”

Zhang Fei heard a trace of worry in the lord's tone, and frowned: "The morale is a little low, but the soldiers don't have much commotion. ”

Liu Lan nodded, and was about to open his mouth to persuade a few words, but when he saw the herald enter the account, he said: "Lord, Xu Junshi asks to see you!" ”

Liu Lanhuo stood up and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, you should step back first." ”

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In the tent, the worried Liu Lan sat in the handsome tent and looked at Xu Shu and said, "It's been so many days, and there hasn't been any movement in Cao Bao's place, can't it be that something has happened?" ”

Xu Shu comforted: "The lord is relieved. Said with a calm smile, and said: "Since the lord said that Cao Bao already knew that Lu You framed him, and the lord now puts the two of them together, and Lu You is Cao Bao's deputy general, this is when the enemy family is very red when they meet, how can Cao Bao let Lu You go, and Cao Bao is a smart person, of course he knows the lord's intention to hand over the secret letter to him, plus the lord has made him the vanguard, if such an obvious intention cannot be understood, then this Cao Bao has been the commander of the Danyang Army for so many years. ”

"That's what I said, but I'm afraid that Cao Bao didn't act as we thought." At the end, he was a little worried, and said, "If that's the case, this matter will be a little tricky." ”

Xu Shu on the side nodded frequently, and said thoughtfully: "This Cao Bao is also weird, he hasn't even done it for so many days, is it possible that he is also waiting for something?" Xu Shu said this, his straight body was like a lightning strike, and he exclaimed: "I'm afraid I'm afraid that I will really be caught by the master." ”

Xu Shu immediately figured out the key to it, and his worry arose, and said: "We only think that Cao Bao will definitely deal with Lu You as soon as possible after seeing the secret letter given to him by the main bus, but we just think about the best place from our own standpoint, but we don't think about the worst outcome and how Cao Bao will think about it." After speaking, he was extremely annoyed, and said: "Blame me for this matter, blame me, it's careless, I underestimated that Cao Leopard." ”

When Liu Lan heard Xu Shu say this, he didn't understand what Xu Shu was trying to express, and he regretted it in his heart, patted his forehead, and said, "One hundred secrets, one hundred secrets!" Said worriedly: "What Yuan Zhi said is good. Liu Lan, who straightened out his thinking, regretted not falling, and said: "Cao Bao knows that I have been killing him for a long time, but I don't have an excuse to explain to the subordinate officials of Xuzhou and take care of the Danyang army, and at this time, I just handed Lu You's secret letter to him to watch......

Speaking of this, Xu Shu picked up the conversation and said: "Then Cao Bao will naturally think that the lord is killing two birds with one stone, borrowing his Cao Bao's hand to get rid of Lu You, and then use the dead Lu You to get rid of him Cao Bao." ”

Liu Lan sighed again and again, and said, "I'm afraid that Cao Bao really thinks so." ”

Xu Shu stroked his short beard, paced back and forth at the bottom of the stairs, and said, "It doesn't matter what Cao Bao thinks now, but we know that Cao Bao will never kill Lu You at this time, in that case, how should he deal with Lu You?" When he said this, he pondered in his heart.

"Since Lu You can't be killed, then Cao Bao must ......" The two of them thought of the worst outcome in their hearts at the same time, and as soon as they thought of this, they were all shocked, and they raised their eyes to look at each other, only to see that the other party's face was full of worry, and after looking at each other and smiling bitterly, they said in unison: "Cao Bao will not control Lu You first, and then collect all his henchmen." ”

Thinking of this, cold sweat flowed from the corners of his foreheads, only to hear Liu Lan shout as if he was shouting, and said: "The order is raised, and at the same time, the pioneer Cao Bao is ordered to come to discuss the matter." ”

The herald outside the tent heard Liu Lan's shout, hurriedly entered the account, and after listening to Liu Lan's instructions, he hurriedly went out of the tent while ordering the drum to raise the tent, and personally went to Cao Bao's camp to summon.

Not long after the herald left, Xu Shu, who seemed to be thinking about something, said worriedly: "Just in case, the lord still orders General Guan to prepare in case of accidents." ”

"You mean?" When Liu Lan heard Xu Shu's words, the whole person instantly seemed to be in the cold winter, and he thought angrily in his heart: "Hunting birds all day long, I don't want to be pecked and blinded by birds today." Thinking about this, he shouted angrily outside the tent: "Herald, quickly Xuanyun Chang came to see me." Waiting for the herald to come out, he looked at Xu Shu and smiled bitterly, and said, "I hope there is still room for turnaround, otherwise it would be a pity to lose such a good situation!" ”

In the midst of worry, a drum fell, two-thirds of the civil and military forces in the big tent came, and soon the two drums sounded, and the military camp was limited to three drums, if the three drums did not arrive, then what was waiting for it was the head of the owl to show the public.

After the second drum fell, Liu Lan's civil and military forces had already arrived, but the Danyang army not only did not see the shadow of Cao Bao and Lu You, but even Xu Tan and Zhang Yu did not come.

Liu Lan knew that the worst result at this time was that Cao Bao completely controlled Xu Yu and led the Danyang army to flee from Xuzhou, if this was the case, he was afraid that it would be more difficult to get rid of him in the future than at this time, he thought here and hurriedly got up, and said: "Don't wait, the generals will follow me to Cao Bao's camp!" As he spoke, he left the camp in a hurry. (To be continued.) )