Tao Qian saw that it was none other than Chen Deng, the lieutenant of the agricultural school. www.biquge.info Although Chen Deng's age is not very old, his ability is really not small. He was originally the son of the Chen family in Xuzhou, and his father Chen Qi has always been known for his resourcefulness. He Chen Deng has been well-read and knowledgeable since he was a child, and with his father Chen Qi's ear and face, he can now be said to be better than the blue. This made Zhao Yu, who had no successor, really jealous, Chen Qi had such a good son.

And Chen Deng also lives up to his reputation as a talent, not only hearty, quiet personality, but most importantly, quite capable. Since he was promoted to filial piety, Tao Qian appointed him as the Dongyang Commander to govern a county. The fledgling Chen Deng has governed Dongyang in a good way, and he himself has won the respect of the people. Later, Tao Qian promoted him to the captain of the agricultural school, firstly, it was also to appease the heart of the Chen family, and secondly, Chen Deng was indeed very capable, coupled with the famine in Xuzhou at that time, Tao Qian sent such a person who was deeply respected by the people to take charge of agricultural affairs, but also to make the people feel at ease.

Moreover, Chen Deng did not live up to Tao Qian's trust in the slightest, not only personally inspecting the soil conditions in the Pengcheng area, but also building water conservancy facilities to irrigate farmland. Xuzhou can have today's "rice accumulation" situation, thanks to Chen Deng's ability.

At this time, there was silence in the hall, and Chen Deng's voice was particularly abrupt. His father, Chen Qi, used to be Peixiang, and now he is at home for the elderly. At this time, Tao Qian saw Chen Deng, who was full of confidence, and couldn't help but have an illusion that Chen Qi was high-spirited when he was young. Moreover, Chen Qi has always been known for his resourcefulness in Xuzhou, and his son will not be bad if he thinks about it, so Tao Qian immediately sat up and asked Chen Deng to share his opinion.

"Back to my lord, the current situation is dangerous, but it is also dangerous. Yuan Shu in the south was now defeated by the Yanzhou army and retreated to Huainan. However, he Yuan Shu led Xuzhou by himself, which shows that he is quite ambitious for my Xuzhou. Now, for the sake of all Yuan Shu's allies, we invaded Yanzhou, and were attacked by the Yanzhou army and lost Xiaopei, and now even if we are in the midst of life and death, it is not an exaggeration at all. ”

"I already know all this, Yuanlong, don't sell Guanzi." Tao Qian sighed and said.

"Don't be anxious. Cao Cao's group seems to be menacing, but it is not. That high night quietly took away Xiaopei, I waited until yesterday to know. If Cao Cao intends to attack Xuzhou, it must be a large army at this time, so why write a letter to the lord? ”

When a young man in Chen Deng's position heard this, he frowned and continued: "Captain Chen's intention is that Cao Cao is unable to attack me in Xuzhou again, so he is ready to make peace?" "The person who spoke was none other than Tao Qian's subordinate Sun Qian. Speaking of which, this Sun Qian is also a celebrity in later generations, Liu Bei's minister of Yuancong. Since he took refuge in Liu Bei in Xuzhou, he has been thinking hard about Liu Bei, and Liu Bei entered Jingzhou thanks to the help of this person. It's just that in this era, Sun Qian doesn't have a reputation now, but his background is not small, how can he not be valued by Tao Qian when he can be personally recommended to the state and county by a generation of great Confucian Zheng Xuan?

Hearing this, Chen Deng nodded and said, "That's right." Although Cao Cao started tuntian in Yanzhou this year, he recruited nearly two million displaced people last year, and grain and grass were his biggest shortcoming at this time. Even with Yingchuan's help, it's overstretched. Now that he has fought against the Black Mountain Army, the Southern Xiongnu and Yuan Shu, and occupied the Lu State and Mount Tai, it is natural that the troops are tired. Therefore, Gao Ye is now stationed in Xiaopei, in my opinion, this is forcing adults to negotiate with him. ”

"But Yuanlong, you also said that Cao Cao collected two million displaced people last year, and this year Yanzhou has not heard of any disasters, and it is inevitable that a bumper harvest will come. Wait until next year, then Cao Cao has enough grain and grass, won't he still come to me for trouble in Xuzhou? Besides, we and Yuan Shu are still allies, if Yuan Shu wants us to help, will we help? Zhao Yu said on the side, he really can't let him fight, but analyzing the situation is his strength. Zhao Yu shook his head after saying this, and continued: "If you continue to help Yuan Shu, Cao Cao will be angry and raise troops and take me directly from Xuzhou." If you don't help, I'm afraid that Yuan Shu is not easy to deal with. ”

When Tao Qian heard this, he let out a long sigh, what Zhao Yu said was not what he thought in his heart? It's just that Chen Deng didn't show any hint of crampedness, but continued: "Now Yuan Shu's strength in Huainan is also greatly damaged, and he has to go back to Shouchun to lick his wounds. And that Cao Cao is close at hand, and Xiao Pei is always the eastern barrier of my Xuzhou. If he can't get Xiaopei back, if Cao Cao wants to attack Xuzhou at that time, it will be easy. Therefore, today's plan should be to retreat Cao Cao's army and send Xiaopei out. ”

"What is Yuanlong's plan?" Tao Qian looked at Chen Deng with a heavy face and asked.

"I also said that Cao Cao is short of grain and grass now, and he must be here for grain and grass. The lord should now send an envoy to negotiate with that Cao Cao, if he can pay a small amount of grain and grass to make Cao Cao's army withdraw from Xiaopei, it is the best. ”

"But Yuanlong, you also said that Cao Cao is short of grain and grass now, if he gives Cao Cao food for nothing, it is difficult to guarantee that Cao Cao will not continue to attack Xuzhou." Sun Gan shook his head on the side and said, "In my opinion, we should send someone to contact Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Yan, Yuan Shu and others as soon as possible to put pressure on Cao Cao together." ”

Although what Gong Yu said is true, there is one point that is not. Now that the Montenegrin army has been newly defeated, Yuan Shu has lost tens of thousands of horses, and Gongsun Zan has been suppressed by Yuan Shao in Youzhou, and it is difficult to put pressure on Cao Cao. Besides, since it is a negotiation, it is natural to have a good talk. As long as he can delay the time and Cao Jun's army is short of food, he himself will speed up the negotiation process. Now our priority is to get Xiaopei back. Even if the negotiation can't be reached, as long as the time is delayed, Cao Cao's army will be tired from afar, and we will have a better chance of winning the siege at that time. ”

"Well, Yuanlong is polite, as for this negotiation, there is no further delay. It's just that this person chose ......" Tao Qian frowned, looked at the people under him, looking like he was thinking about something, and when his eyes swept to Mi Zhu, he spoke: "I think it's up to Zizhong to work hard." ”

Mi Zhu, who has been silent, can only give up his hand when he hears this, there is no way, who makes himself Tao Qian's subordinate official, and he is powerless to refuse?

I only heard Chen Deng say again: "Zizhong is the most suitable to go." After all, Zizhong is quite clear about my Xuzhou family background, and Zizhong is even more proficient in how to negotiate. In this way, there is Lao Zizhong. ”

Mi Zhu smiled bitterly, didn't dare to say anything, and said that he did his best. After Tao Qian set an upper limit of 300,000 stone grains and grass for Mi Zhu, he let Chen Deng continue.

"In fact, what Gongyou said is not unreasonable, Cao Cao retreated this time, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not come again next time, so I still need to strengthen the capital and outreach two strategies. The so-called strong capital, as the name suggests, is to strengthen the strength of Xuzhou itself. Now that I am the captain of the agricultural school, the tuntian fields in the Pengcheng area are no longer in trouble. It's just that the other counties are still quite troublesome. Since I am in charge of the affairs of Xuzhou Tuntian, I will naturally do my best to ensure food and grass for adults. As for the army, now that General Cao has been captured, I think the two of them can temporarily lead the military and step up military training in case of emergency. ”

Tao Qian couldn't help frowning when he heard this, although Chen Deng's plan was also right for Xuzhou, but he Chen Deng wanted to take charge of the tuntian affairs of the entire six counties of Xuzhou, how big the benefits were, and how could Tao Qian not know? also handed over the military affairs to the Mi family, which was also to envelop the Mi family to support his opinions. However, he inserted his second son Tao Ying'an into it, making it clear that he didn't want the Mi family to monopolize military power. Although Tao Ying is not familiar with political affairs, his martial arts are not bad, and it is okay for him to bring troops there. However, the matter of Tuntian cannot be decided by the Chen family, and then Tao Qian said: "Yuanlong's words are reasonable. Ying'er and Zifang are quite brave and brave, and it is more than enough to train sergeants. In my opinion, the affairs of Tuntian can be handled by Yuanlong, so that Shang'er can learn more skills with you. Yuan Da was originally the Taishou of Guangling, and you should also be concerned about the Tuntian affairs of Guangling. ”

When several people heard this, they all gave up, and as for what everyone was thinking in their hearts at the moment, only they knew. Seeing Chen Deng, who was slightly embarrassed, Tao Qian was also quite proud. A child like you, if you want to play tricks in front of me, you're still a little tender in the end! It's just that he didn't know that if Chen Deng hadn't endured it at this moment, he would have laughed a long time ago. Originally, he was just talking, how could he hold all the big interests of Tuntian? Now his rights have been extended from Xuzhou City to other counties, which is already a victory for himself.

"Since Yuanlong explained the method of strengthening the foundation, but I don't know this outreach strategy, how to connect the law?"

"Lord Hui, now that Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself the uncle of Xuzhou, his intentions for my Xuzhou plot have been clearly revealed, so Yuan Shu and I must not only appease, but also be careful. As for outreach, on the one hand, from Gongyou's words, he should go to unite Gongsun Chan in Youzhou. He and Yuan Shao have both grudges and interests, and it is absolutely impossible for the two of them to unite. Therefore, when we send people to unite Gongsun Zhan, there must be no obstacles. ”

"Well, what Yuan Long said is very true. In this case, how about asking the public to work hard? That Gongsun Bojun's teacher Lu Zigan is also close friends with your mentor Kang Chenggong, and if you go to see Gongsun Zhan, you will be more talkative. ”

"We will live up to our mission." Sun Qian replied.

"Well, Yuanlong, you go on, one is for us to unite with Gongsun Zhan, and the other is for you?"

"Second, we should immediately send an envoy to Chang'an. The adult is the history of Xuzhou Thorn, and Yuan Shu calls himself Xuzhou Bo, so he naturally presses you. If the adult can be appointed by the imperial court to Xuzhou Mu, then Yuan Shu is just a self-title, how can he be appointed by the imperial court? So naturally, there is no need to worry about Yuan Shu's life. His Majesty is now controlled by Li Dao and Guo Yan, as long as the adults prepare more gold and silver, and make friends with Li and Guo, they can naturally be appointed by the imperial court. ”

"Okay, I'll order someone to go to Chang'an." Tao Qian also nodded and smiled.

"These three, naturally, we still have to unite the counties of Qingzhou and Huainan, and they will not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth. Moreover, Beihai Taishou Kong Wenju has a lot of friendship with adults, and if Cao Cao really comes to attack, he can also ask them to rescue. In this way, Cao Cao will inevitably be unable to attack Xuzhou in a short period of time. When my Xuzhou soldiers are well fed, I can also fight with Cao Cao. ”

"Good! Okay, Yuanlong really deserves to be the son of Han Yu, and the resourcefulness of this body is not much better than your father! Hahahaha. ”