Chapter 17 The History of Yanzhou Thorns

Cao Cao, who was already stunned, didn't hear what Gao Ye said next at all, and only had the words "the world looks forward to it" in his mind. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info don't need to say much about Gao Ye, as a cultural person, how can Cao Cao not know how great the merit of promoting paper is. Today's bamboo slips are not only bulky, but also do not have much to write in each volume. In addition, it is not easy to store and spread, so Cai Lun and Zuo Bo have improved the papermaking process again and again.

Nowadays, there are a lot of Zuobo paper on the market, but there is a common problem, that is, expensive! Not only is it expensive, but the feeling of writing is not very good, and the color of the paper is yellow, which is not like the paper made in the high night, white as snow. Such a good paper, not only more thick and durable, but also low cost, as long as it is launched, it will inevitably be sought after by the world's scholars, whether it is a family or a poor family, will sing praises to their own people who promote papermaking. In this way, how can Yuan Benchu's name of the fourth world and the third prince be compared with himself?

Gao Ye is right, the time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. If he can really collect the Qingzhou Yellow Turban for his own use, coupled with the method of papermaking, his reputation will be greatly increased, and the predicament in front of him will naturally be solved. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at Gao Ye with even more relief, and even Gao Ye felt a little chilly with his straight gaze.

"I don't want Mingxi to give me such a generous gift! Ha ha! Mingxi, you still said that you don't know how to plan, this plan, I'm afraid that Wen Ruo will be amazed when he hears it! ”

"My lord, don't laugh at me, to be honest, what kind of talent I have, I know it myself, there is naturally no problem in letting me govern the locality, or lead troops to fight, and it is also my strength to check and fill in the gaps." Gao Ye said, and repeated the fact that he was not good at temple calculations, after all, this is true, in case Cao Cao has to let his temple be counted in the court, isn't this a pit for himself. "As for planning the world, the temple is still up to Wen Ruo and Fengxiao, I have also heard of Cheng Zhongde's name, it is said that he changed his name to 'Yu' because he dreamed of 'supporting the sun and standing', and he is also quite famous in the Dongjun area. As for me, let me fight in peace. ”

"You, you are humble. Let's not talk about this for a while, how do you think this paper thing should be promoted? ”

"I don't think there's a rush to promote it. Now although the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have been repelled by you, they are short of food and grass, and they will inevitably rise again next year, which has nothing to do with ambition, just to eat a full stomach and do it unexpectedly. Yanzhou Liu Dai is not a good fighter, if the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is resurrected, Meng De will inevitably learn from Yuan Shao, and if he is an anti-guest, he can occupy Yanzhou. Gao Ye said with a smile, although he knew that Liu Dai was going to die in battle in the third year of Chuping, but how could he say such a thing, it was better to suggest that Cao Cao also come to an anti-guest. Moreover, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao of Chen Liu, and Baoxin of Jibei are not bad at each other, and with them, it is not difficult to appease the Yanzhou family.

"Well, Ming Xi's words are very true, and so is Wen Ruo's meaning. In that case, I'll have to go back and get ready. ”

"Well, so whether it's promoting paper or sowing new grain, it must be done after Meng De you get Yanzhou. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the two brothers, are now becoming more and more tense day by day, maybe when the fight will start, the sooner you can occupy Yanzhou, the sooner you can develop, and you can really have the strength to protect your territory. After you have a firm foothold and then implement the new paper, the scholars are grateful, and see that you have a county to fight against Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, so you will have the intention of coming to take refuge. Otherwise, you only have one Dongjun, and after the implementation of papermaking, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers will be jealous of you, maybe they will unite to eliminate the lord and you first, and then they will continue to fight each other. ”

"Mingxi's words are reasonable, since this is the case, I am waiting. Now that Mingxi has voted for me, you want to go to Dongjun with me, you and I will fight sooner or later, and take Yanzhou as soon as possible! ”

"It doesn't have to be. If the lord wants to recover the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, it is not difficult to think of it. The most important thing is that the lord should take the land of Yanzhou as soon as possible. Whether it is Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, they all wrote to me hoping that I could form an alliance with them, and even Xun Chen's guy had already helped Yuan Shao persuade me to surrender once, but I refused. If I openly announce that I have taken refuge in my lord now, what do you think Yuan Shao will do in his heart? Now he is at war with Gongsun Zhan, and I heard that not long ago at Jieqiao, Ju Yi defeated Bai Ma Yicong, and I think this battle has come to an end. At this time, the lord is not strong enough, if Yuan Shaoruo takes Jizhou with all his strength to attack the lord of a small eastern county, how can the lord stop it? There is still a Chen left between Yingchuan and Dongjun, and it is not so easy for me to send troops to help. Gao Ye frowned, Cao Cao listened, and couldn't help nodding. His current strength is still not enough, as long as his territory cannot be connected with Yingchuan in the high night for a day, it will be difficult for Yingchuan's grain and grass soldiers to give him practical help, after all, Chen Liu is still Liu Dai and Zhang Miao's territory.

"Now that the lord has Wen Ruo, he might as well visit Zhang Miao again on the return trip to prepare for the anti-guest. As long as the lord wins Yanzhou next year, everything will naturally fall into place at that time, even if Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are dissatisfied, they will only be helpless in the face of the lord whose strength has soared. ”

Cao Cao nodded incessantly, suddenly remembered something, turned his head to look at Gao Ye and asked in surprise: "Mingxi, you are in Yingchuan, how do you know so much about the Qingzhou Yellow Turban?" Ben Chu and Gongsun Chan fought at the boundary bridge, I still don't know about Bai Ma Yicong's defeat by Ju Yi, how did you know Mingxi? ”

Gao Ye just laughed when he heard this, and then said, "Lord, do you know how I earned my family fortune? ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao was also stunned when he heard Gao Ye's question, he was asking him about the source of the intelligence, but what did he say about doing business with himself, which is really incompatible. However, Gao Ye didn't wait for Cao Cao's answer, and to be honest, Gao Ye didn't believe that Cao Cao could really answer. Although people today are not as repulsive as the Chinese will be hundreds of years later, there is always such a thing as looking down on businessmen. The main reason why families like the Xuzhou Mi family, the Zhongshan Zhen family, and the Su family can't get the same status as other families of poetry and rites is not because they started in business! Therefore, it is not surprising that Cao Cao never paid attention to what kind of business he was doing.

"My family's biggest business is Piaoxiang Building. I remember Dongjun too, didn't Meng De pay attention to it on weekdays? Gao Ye said with a faint smile, this Piaoxiang Building can be said to be his greatest achievement in recent years, relying on the influence of the Yingchuan Chamber of Commerce, it has opened to many places. It's just that to be honest, there is a shortage of manpower under his command, so the Piaoxiang Buildings in many counties are joint ventures with local merchants, so the information that can be obtained in these places is also limited. However, for Hebei, Xuzhou, Huainan and other places, he sent the most loyal and capable people under him, and he trained them for five years before he sent them to collect news for himself. After all, the restaurant and the Qinglou have always been the most well-informed places, and Gao Ye does not need them to complete such a difficult task as stealing intelligence, so although these people are not up to the standard of future agents, they are more than enough to be qualified for this position.

"These restaurants, plus the Yingchuan Chamber of Commerce, are my sources."

Cao Cao saw Gao Ye's face full of pride, and his heart was even more surprised. I occasionally go back to Piaoxianglou to have a meal or something on weekdays, and sometimes I talk with Xiahoudun and them about where to talk about the world, but now that I think about it, my every move is afraid that all of them will be known by Gao Ye. Ren Cao Cao is a generation of traitors, and he can't hide his anger when he is spied on, but fortunately, Gao Ye said that this intelligence system was given to him for free, and he decided to forgive Gao Ye for this shameless behavior. But in the same way, Cao Cao couldn't help but be full of joy that he could obtain so much information. It's just that Gao Ye said that if he wants to really be able to make him a complete and reliable intelligence network in the whole world, he still needs to continue to build, and the most important thing is the training of talents. It's too early to do these things, and it's not too late to do them when the three states are pacified and there is spare energy.

Cao Cao naturally agreed, to be honest, Cao Cao was very satisfied with his trip to Yingchuan. Not only did he receive Gao Ye and his Yingchuan, but he also received generous gifts such as horse harness, new grain, and paper-making skills. In the end, he unexpectedly gained the intelligence organization that Gao Ye had painstakingly established, so Cao Cao felt that his luck for thirty years had not been very good, and it all broke out today.

Cao Cao, who returned to Dongjun, was overflowing with joy, and arranged various tasks with a smile every day, especially the capture of Yanzhou as the core of the plan. Even Cao Cao himself felt that his luck was too good now, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban had revived, and he hadn't started the anti-customer-oriented plan yet, so Liu Dai was actually killed by the Yellow Turban! The dignified Yanzhou Thorn History was actually killed by a group of rabble, and it was so clean and neat that even he didn't expect it. Cao Cao, who received the message, looked sad in front of people, and when he returned to the back hall, he couldn't even straighten his waist with a smile.

Zhang Miao, who had already discussed with Cao Cao, plus Bao Xin and Chen Gong, who also had this intention, united with the major families in Yanzhou to elect Cao Cao as the assassin of Yanzhou, so as to pacify the Yellow Turbans and return the people of Yanzhou to a bright future. Cao Cao was naturally not pretentious, and he took Yanzhou Mu by himself at that time. As soon as this news came out, it shocked the world.

However, something more shocking to the world is still to come, Cao Cao, who has just become the pastor of Yanzhou, immediately ordered Bao Xin to be the vanguard to conquer the Yellow Turban, and he is a strong soldier and ready to set off. At this moment, Yingchuan Taishou, which is adjacent to Yanzhou, suddenly announced the surrender of Cao Cao, as soon as the news came out, not to mention how surprised the princes of the world were, after all, Gao Ye's strength was there; Even the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu lost their temper in the house! The two of them thought in unison this time: "Could it be that my dignified Yuan family is only after Cao Cao's eunuch!" This high night, it is really hateful, hateful! ”