The march of the army did not carry grain and grass, because it was a march within the territory, so the grain and grass could be provided by the counties along the route. At night, you need to camp near the county seat. It was planned to march on the eighth day to reach Shu County, the Zhisuo of Lujiang County.

On the third day of the march, shortly after the camp was set up at night, the guards came to report that Liu Ye of Huainan was recruited, Yuan Yao was immediately excited when he heard it, this may be his first serious subordinate, so he hurriedly invited.

After a while, Liu Ye, who was dressed as a scholar and looked to be in his twenties, was invited into the tent......

"Chengde Liu Ye, Liu Ziyang. I have seen General Zhengdong. Liu Ye just glanced at Yuan Yao and bowed.

Yuan Yao's first impression of Liu Ye was that he was young and old, but people in this era deliberately dressed themselves up to look mature and stable.

"Mr. Ziyang doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat."

"General Xie, Ziyang doesn't dare to be Mr."

Liu Ye did not rush to sit down after a humble salute, but took out a pair of brocade books from his arms and held them high on his chest and said: "This thing is still with the general!" ”

When the guards in the tent saw this, they wanted to go forward to pick it up, but Yuan Yao stopped him, because he knew what it was, it was just a drawing of a trebuchet.

When recruiting Liu Ye, because he knew that he had made a thunderbolt in the later Battle of Guandu, Yuan Yao played a trick and drew a counterweight trebuchet to seduce Liu Ye. Because this kind of trebuchet has not yet appeared in this era, it will definitely have a certain attraction to people who like machinery, and it can be used to increase the success rate of recruitment, and as Yuan Yao expected, Liu Ye soon ran over.

Yuan Yao is very satisfied that his treacherous plan succeeded, and this design has another purpose, that is, moral kidnapping.

In this era, the counterweight trebuchet is definitely a military secret, and it is something that only his own people can know, how can Yuan Yao take it back, besides, he has already seen it! So he said to Liu Ye with some ill will: "Ziyang doesn't need to be polite, since this thing has been given to you, it will be given to you." ”

"This ......," Liu Ye said with embarrassment, "This thing is ingenious, if it spreads, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to the general's future war, and the general should keep it properly." ”

"So I'm about to hand it over to Ziyang for proper preservation!" Yuan Yao replied with an innocent expression with big eyes.

Liu Ye couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this.

When he got the catalogue, he was immediately fascinated by it and forgot to think it through. But when he studied and understood and regained his composure, he found that he had been calculated. As long as he doesn't flee Huainan with his family, this Yuan Yao must see each other. However, thinking that Yuan Yao didn't have any reputation for being smart, he was still lucky, hoping that the other party was just an unintentional move, and now it seems that ...... He did it on purpose.

"In this case, I will keep it for the general first." Liu Ye reluctantly put the catalogue in his arms, walked to the guest seat and sat down, and then said, "I don't know what the general's order says, if you want to recruit Gongcao to do it, what does this Gongcao mean?" ”

Hearing this, Yuan Yao was a little embarrassed and said: "I didn't think about this matter well, I don't have the right to open the government, and I can't arrange Cao's subordinates, so now I can only appoint you as the arsenal order and join the military." However, my father, General Zuo, has already promised to give me the four counties of Jiangdong as a territory, and as long as Ziyang helps me recover the territory, I can appoint a subordinate. As for this worker, he is the worker of the farmer and the merchant of the city, and I will be the official in charge of all the fortifications in my territory in the future. ”

The six Cao of the Han Dynasty did not have a Gong Cao, and no one had gathered the power of industry together at this time, because the interests of the handicraft industry were not too eye-catching now, and there was no Ministry of Industry until after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so Yuan Yao needed to explain the authority to Liu Ye, but in fact, it was just to draw a big pie, and the purpose was to seduce.

"This ......" Liu Ye was taken aback when he heard this kind of official position that created a precedent in ancient times, and hurriedly said humbly, "Such a heavy responsibility, I dare not take it seriously." ”

Yuan Yao said: "Ziyang, don't be polite, as long as you help me recover Jiangdong, no one will say that Ziyang deserves it." ”

When Liu Ye heard this, he did not reply whether he was out of office, but said with some compassion: "Now the general and Liu Miao have nearly 100,000 soldiers on both sides of the Yangtze River, and I am afraid that the people on both sides of the strait will suffer together in the war." ”

Hearing Liu Ye's words, Yuan Yao seemed to feel the atmosphere of the exam, knowing that he was testing his own heart, that is, whether he was worth taking refuge in, so he hurriedly reined in his mind and replied cautiously: "The so-called thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a grate." I am also worried about how to save the people from the war, not so much how merciful I am, but I regard the population as the most important resource, and it is still in this land where it is very distressing to kill or wound a single person. It's a pity that I'm only a shallow learner, so I invite talented people to give advice, intending to cure this stubborn disease in the world. ”

"A thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a g......rate," Liu Ye savored this, and said with emotion, "I never thought that the general was a child of a family, but he said the people's suffering, if someone in the market knew that this statement came from the mouth of the general, they would definitely regard the general as the savior, Ziyang admired!" ”

"Uh, doesn't that come up at this point?"

Yuan Yao wondered in his heart, but he didn't know that this proverb came from the late Ming Dynasty after Li Zicheng raised troops.

"Hehe, Zi threatened to be serious." Yuan Yao was secretly proud, but he showed humility on the surface, but he still couldn't help but look at Liu Ye expectantly, thinking that since he had already admired it, he would bow his head if he didn't bow his head!

"Dare to ask the general's ambition?" Liu Ye knew what Yuan Yao meant, but he was unmoved, but continued to ask.

After listening to Liu Ye's question, Yuan Yao was stunned, and his impetuous heart naturally calmed down.

He didn't expect Liu Ye to ask this question. If you want to talk about ambition, Yuan Yao dared to admit the first in the world, and no one dared to admit the second, because he knew much more than others!

Yuan Yao looked at Liu Ye, a person who didn't even know where Southeast Asia was, but looked at himself with the eyes of an examination school, Yuan Yao couldn't help but slowly show a confident smile, and a kind of arrogance suddenly rose in his heart.

Under Liu Ye's gaze, Yuan Yao suddenly got up and left the main seat, came to the front of Liu Ye's seat, glanced at Liu Ye who lowered half of his body from top to bottom, and then Shi Shiran sat opposite him, raised his sleeves and said: "My ambition is afraid that you can't understand it, I'll draw ......it for you."

Liu Ye was accidentally shocked by Yuan Yao's posture, and couldn't help but panic in his heart, and secretly surprised: "What a big momentum!" ”

Yuan Yao removed the teacup that entertained Liu Ye, dipped his fingers in the tea, and then said while drawing on the desk: "This place is Yangzhou, where we are located, and the westward coastal journey here is Jiaozhou." Further west is the Indochina Peninsula, which is several times larger than Yangzhou. The land is hot and winterless, and it is suitable for cultivation all year round, so a high-yielding, drought-tolerant rice variety with a growth cycle of only two months will be born, which I call - Champa rice. This rice seed can be planted locally three times a year, if introduced to Yangzhou can also be two crops a year, if it becomes, then the Han will no longer have to worry about running out of grain! ”

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