Zhang Liao and Xu Huang accompanied Guan Yu to leave.

Cao Shuo took Sima Yi and Lu Bu back to the room.

As soon as he entered the door, Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Zhongda fooled Guan Yunchang, I don't think it's strange. But what General Lu said was sincere, but it was much more than I expected. ”

"I hate to break Liu Xuande's body into pieces." Lu Bu said: "Gongzi refuses to send his wife back, of course I will do my best to help." ”

"How did General Lu think of sending Liu Xuande's wife to Xudu in the first place?" Cao Shuo asked.

"I was thinking that it would be useless to keep his family." Lu Bu said: "The matter between me and Liu Xuande has nothing to do with his family. ”

"But in Baimen Tower, Liu Xuande wants to put the general and his wife to death." Cao Shuo smiled slightly and said to Lu Bu: "I refuse to return his family, it's just to tell him to be careful in the future, not everyone will give him a chance to live, I am one of them who can't give him a chance." ”

"What does Childe plan to do with Liu Xuande's family?" Lu Bu asked.

"I'm going to keep them first." Cao Shuo said: "Wait for Guan Yunchang to leave the Cao family, and then dedicate them to my father." I think my father should have been very interested in Liu Xuande's family at that time. ”

"Gong Cao must think that Gongzi is extremely filial." Lu Bu said with a smile: "It is said that Mrs. Gan is good-looking and a rare beauty. Doesn't Childe want to kiss Fangze? ”

"If I use it, how can I send it to my father?" Cao Shuo pursed his lips and said to Lu Bu: "What's more, Mrs. Gan is much older than me, and she has also slept with Liu Xuande many times. I'm not interested in other people's sleepers. ”

Lu Bu smiled slightly, but did not say anything.

Cao Shuo winked at him twice, and asked shyly, "General Lu, do you want to taste it first?" ”

"Forget it!" Lu Bu said: "It's enough to have my wife, I'm not very interested in other women." ”

"When General Lu said this, it reminded me of one thing." Cao Shuo said: "The so-called public mouth is very suitable for General Lu. ”

"Why did Childe say that?" Lu Bu asked in surprise.

"Before I met General Lu and his wife, I had heard people say that the general is greedy for money and lustful, and he can disregard his feelings for his own selfish interests." Cao Shuo said: "To tell the truth, I really believed it at that time. I really met the general, and I knew the general's deep affection for his wife, and I realized that it was someone who maliciously slandered the general, which gave the general such a notoriety. ”

"Even if everyone in the world scolds me, what can I do?" Lu Bu said: "As long as Gongzi understands me, I am already satisfied." ”

"Of course I understand the general." Cao Shuo said: "The general will go back later, let the soldiers prepare well, and we will return to Shouchun early tomorrow morning." ”

"Childe doesn't stay in Xiapi for two more days?" Lu Bu said: "In the Xuzhou area, there are still many problems that need to be solved. ”

"I knew there would be a lot of problems." Cao Shuo said: "But Shouchun is our foundation, Xuzhou is handed over to Zhongda to take care of, as for something to be solved, I am the same in Shouchun." ”

"I'll go back and let the soldiers prepare." Lu Bu arched his hand and said, "Do you want to tell General Zhao about them?" ”

"There will be a military order later." Cao Shuo said: "General Lu only needs to get the soldiers under his command ready. ”

"In that case, I'll retire first." Lu Bu arched his hand and said.

Seeing him leave, Sima Yi asked Cao Shuo, "After Gongzi returns, do you want to let the soldiers enter the villages?" ”

"It's not every village." Cao Shuo said: "It's just a military village. These are the soldiers, and the people are the people. Later, if you give birth to a child, you will also be sent to the army if you are physically strong. Only in this way can I ensure that the army has a strong fighting force from beginning to end. As for the other villages, not everyone can be a soldier. Men must be strong enough to be sent to the military village. ”

"Since it's a military village, will it be any different from an ordinary village?" Sima Yi said: "After all, the soldiers put on armor and follow Gongzi to fight everywhere. ”

"Of course there will be differences." "Their fields are better, their women are more beautiful, their tools are better, and they have more livestock," Cao said. On top of that, they gave birth to children, both men and women, and the rewards were twice as much as in ordinary villages. ”

"In this way, there must be more people who want to be soldiers." Sima Yi said: "If Huainan and Xuzhou can be developed as Gongzi said, hundreds of thousands of troops can still be prepared." ”

"Hundreds of thousands of troops?" Cao Shuo smiled slightly, patted Sima Yi's shoulder and said, "Zhongda still let go of his courage to think. Just one Huainan, as long as the population keeps up, can reach 10 million in a few decades. What's more, we also have Xuzhou and Lujiang. If all goes well, what will happen to the million-strong army thirty years from now? ”

"Thirty years ......" Sima Yi said: "Thirty years later, the world still doesn't know how, maybe Cao Gong has pacified the heroes and made immortal contributions to the Han family." ”

"The general trend of the world, together for a long time, must be divided, and for a long time, it must be united." Cao Shuo said: "Now that the troubled times have risen, who can guarantee that the world will be dominated within 30 years? If the fight continues endlessly, the Central Plains and the Jianghuai region will definitely wither, and in the future, the barbarians will be rampant and the Hu people will enter the customs. I'm afraid that my people will never have peace! ”

"When Li Dao and Guo Yan were in trouble in Chang'an, the Huns had already entered the customs." Sima Yi said: "There are also Wuhuan, Xiqiang, and Nanban, which one has ever stopped?" ”

"That's why I need the population, I need more troops." Cao Shuo said: "When the world is decided, anyone who offends my Huaxia will be punished even if it is far away!" ”

Sima Yi clenched his fists and bowed to Cao Shuo and said: "The son has such a great ambition, I am willing to go to the soup and follow to the death!" ”

Smiling slightly, Cao Shuo patted his arm again: "In charge of Xuzhou, you have to know what is the most important thing." The most important thing is not the development of military strength, but the economy and people's livelihood. Only so that the people can eat enough, wear warm clothes, and live in houses. They will not give up what they have already obtained, and if anyone dares to disagree with us, the people will not be the first to agree! ”

"I know." Sima Yi said: "Gongzi said that if you open up trade and improve the status of merchants, as long as it is conducive to trade, you will let them go all the way. They were allowed to ride horses and use carriages, and they were allowed to rent boats. In the local area, village communities should be built, water conservancy should be built, and agricultural land should be cultivated. Then develop workshops in the city and bring together some skilled people. ”

"There's also education." Cao Shuo said: "All kinds of things, anyway, it's very complicated, it's all handed over to you!" ”

(End of chapter)