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Although the center of gravity of the entire Youzhou is not in Dongying now, Ye Chen is highly concerned about Dongying.

He personally arranged the strategy against Dongying, and his goal was not only to create unrest and then take the opportunity to sell equipment to make money, but also to conquer culturally.

He personally selected a large number of books to be shipped to Dongying, but there are books, and teachers are also needed, and the next step is to choose some people to teach in Dongying.

Of course, he also had to select a group of people from Dongying to study in Youzhou, learn advanced cultural knowledge, and then bring them to Dongying.

However, there is a very important point, that is, Dongying must not appear his own characters, and in the end, he must use Chinese characters, and those who do not use Chinese characters will be destroyed, there is no way now, but when Ye Chen's strength is further enhanced, he will also do it.

There is no problem in the Mahan region, and today Mahan is three ethnic groups, not just one ethnic group in history.

The most important thing is that Youzhou has a very strong control over Mahan and Goguryeo, and their own army is already very weak and unable to resist.

After doing this, Ye Chen began to focus on the construction and military preparations of Youzhou.

In terms of construction, the construction of the city has been completed, and Ye Chen has no plans to build a new city in the short term.

But the construction of the road has begun vigorously, and one-third of the money moved back from Xuzhou has been invested in building the road.

The main road connecting the counties was built at the same time, and the rest of the more important places were also built, and the rest of the Rao is strength Ye Chen did not dare to spread the shop all at once, so he could only take his time.

"Lord, the documents sent by Cao Cao." Ye Chen was in the office, and Guo Jia came with a piece of paperwork.

Ordinary documents don't need to be sent by Guo Jia in person, these are usually done by Ye Chen's personal soldiers, so Guo Jia sent them in person, obviously the matter is more important and needs to be discussed.

"Cao Cao wants to attack Yuzhou, please let us contain Yuan Shao?" Looking at the content of the paperwork, Ye Chen said in surprise.

"That's right, Cao Cao's attack on Yuzhou, the biggest obstacle is Yuan Shao, he is afraid that Yuan Shao will attack from his rear and be in danger." Guo Jia said.

"Let's go, let's go to the side and have a good discussion." Ye Chen asked Guo Jia to go to the lounge next to him, there were tables, chairs, and tea, and it was more convenient for the two to sit and discuss.

What Ye Chen didn't know was that historically, Cao Cao also occupied the areas of Yuzhou and Luoyang in 196.

"Fengxiao, Cao Cao didn't say any benefits in his heart, did he send someone to discuss?"

Cao Cao asked Ye Chen for help, it was impossible not to talk about the remuneration, if there were no conditions, it was foreseeable that Ye Chen would not even pay attention to Cao Cao, then if it was not explained in the letter, it must be sent someone to discuss.

"That's right, Cao Cao's messenger is Cheng Yu." Guo Jia said.

Cheng Yu, this person has great ability and is Cao Cao's mastermind.

"Presumably, this is Cheng Yu's suggestion that Cao Cao attack Yuzhou."

The idea of attacking Yuzhou was indeed proposed by Cheng Yu.

Yuan Shao has no plans to invade foreign countries now, and is still integrating Qingzhou, which is the best time.

But Yuan Shao would also not let Cao Cao occupy Yuzhou.

If Cao Cao is allowed to occupy Yuzhou and other places, the territory is larger than Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will immediately feel threatened, and he will inevitably send troops to intervene at that time, so Cheng Yu proposed to bring Ye Chen in.

"Fengxiao, what do you think?" Ye Chen asked.

"Lord, we want to develop to the south, the only obstacle is Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao wants to attack us or Cao Cao is not so easy, this has formed a three-party stable situation, I am afraid that after Cao Cao obtains Yuzhou, his strength will increase greatly, and when Cao Cao is not in a close alliance with us, then we will have to face Yuan Shao alone."

Guo Jia's words are very reasonable, after Cao Cao obtains Yuzhou, the territory must be similar to Yuan Shao, and when the time comes, he can develop to the south or west, and his status will not be so important at that time.

I thought that Ye Chen would agree with his idea, but who knows, Ye Chen shook his head and said.

"The three of us, now we are fighting for the speed of development, whoever develops fast will win, Yuan Shao's development space is to attack us or Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's development direction is to the south, and our development space is diversified, and the territory is not the most important."

Ye Chen continued: "As long as we don't give Yuan Shao a chance, Yuan Shao will develop in the future and will attack Cao Cao, if Cao Cao becomes strong and does not cooperate with us, we can cooperate with Yuan Shao and attack Cao Cao together, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao want to jointly attack us, at present, it is almost impossible." ”

The division and merger of the three parties all depend on interests, Ye Chen's development model is relatively special, although the territory is not large, but the population has been growing, and the number of talents is also increasing.

So he doesn't care about the size of the site at the moment.

"Lord, are you inclined to help Cao Cao obtain Yuzhou and other places?"

"Not necessarily, it depends on how much Cao Cao can pay."

Ye Chen put on the appearance of a businessman again, as long as he could afford the price, as if anything could be discussed.

After discussing with Guo Jia, let Guo Jia come forward first, Ye Chen does not come forward There are many benefits, at least it is more convenient to bargain.

Guo Jia went to discuss with Cheng Yu.

In the evening, Guo Jia came to see Ye Chen again.

"100,000 people, 500,000 silver coins, they will pay this price?"

When he came back, Guo Jia reported the results of the discussion with Cheng Yu.

"Yes, lord, Cheng Yu said, as long as we restrain ourselves, we will already give a lot." Guo Jia said.

Guo Jia didn't agree to Cheng Yu, but he also felt that this price was okay in his heart, because when the time came, Ye Chen and they could just mean it, work without contribution, and even if Yuan Shao didn't move, they could do nothing at all.

"This price is too small, it is not to my liking, tell Cheng Yu that I want 300,000 people, 1.5 million silver coins, and in addition to free trade in his territory, our merchants will abide by the law, which reassures them."

Cao Cao is a shrewd person and has more restrictions on businessmen, and Ye Chen's private salt is difficult to sell in Yanzhou, so Ye Chen will sigh with Cao Cao.

"Lord, this is completely a lion's mouth, don't think they won't agree." Guo Jia glanced at Ye Chen and said.

Even without Ye Chen's help, Cao Cao would attack Yuzhou, and the price offered by Ye Chen was too big, and people might not talk about it directly, and they wouldn't even be able to get the hair at that time.

Ye Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry, this price is still negotiable, but there are two points, the population of 200,000 cannot be less, and the other is to let Cao Cao relax the restrictions on our merchants in Youzhou." As for the silver coins, they are negotiable. ”

"Lord, even so, Cao Cao will not agree."

Ye Chen said conceitedly: "He had to agree, telling Cheng Yu that if he didn't agree, we would join forces with Yuan Shao to attack them." ”

"My lord, this is blackmail." When Guo Jia heard this, he screamed in fright.

"Yes, it's blackmail, if you want Yuzhou, you will obediently pay money to buy peace. And you have to pay first. Ye Chen said domineeringly.

(End of chapter)

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